If some behaviour at the just-ended UN General Assembly was theatre of the absurd … make no mistake, it’s not unique to New York. It’s everywhere. During the 83rd birthday...
To escape from woeful international news there’s been the week’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. It throws up this reminder of another life … Moses the Masai warrior killed...
This old saying saves people like me trying to explain it and getting dragged into a snake pit of debate. (credit: Banksy Art) Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now. “How I...
It was a clever plan. The warring sides could meet for peace talks on a train straddling the border. The negotiating table in the dining car was to be bang...
“I would rather be cold under one blanket than warm under 10 blankets owned by the Anglo American Corporation.” Words drawn from the fight against colonialism in southern Africa....
It’s just days away on Saturday Aug 2. Get your diary out and make a plan. It’ll be worth it. It’ll be hot nostalgia on these chilly evenings. Grog and...
Two of them were betting on the Wimbledon final. The one whose barks and yelps favoured Jannik Sinner won five bucks.The third one didn’t show much interest but got...
Money doesn’t grow on trees but there’s plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in getting it out of the ground – gold, that is....
(china: old southern Africa lingo from London Cockney rhyming slang ‘china plate’ or mate.) Obituary-Howard Burditt, long-serving Reuters photographer in Zimbabwe ANGUS SHAW, FORMER AP CORRESPONDENT Veteran Reuters Zimbabwean photographer...
So much bull around these days it’s hard to keep up. Who is the craziest billionaire of them all? No prizes for an answer because it’s all in the...
