The implication being, of course, that diplomacy is necessarily a rather stealthy business.Then along came Brendan Huntley, the white South African who persuaded Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to grant him refugee status in Canada on August 27, on the grounds that he had been persecuted by…

Those who regard themselves, or are regarded as true patriots have gone to great lengths in trying to demonstrate passion for their country, and whereas others regard it as foolhardy, they have sacrificed life and limb fighting wars in defence of their beloved motherland.No person can dispute that…

All hell has broken loose and they won’t leave the poor man alone. The Zulus say: “If you find a man who does not love women, I want to shake his hand.” In his honest moments, Sanford revealed his enthrallment with the signora and that his new found…

Our plan worked perfectly well. We hired some of our brothers in the region to strike down the motion on Zimbabwe from the summit’s agenda and they did exactly that. It was sweet music to the ear when it was declared that there were other more pressing issues…

Sanctions against Smith were seemingly justified because of the unfair political dispensation that existed at the time and the same can be said about sanctions in apartheid South Africa.The same cycle of events involving debates, boycotts and international demonisation of the Salisbury regime appear to be repeating itself…

The cash squeeze that followed the dollarisation of the country’s economy in February has meant that there is very little cash for consumers to spend, and naturally, industry and commerce have suffered a heavy knock.Margins in the retail sector and across all the industries have declined to the…

Often, negative emotions like malice by those in positions of authority cause them to use their power and influence to, at times without any just cause, fabricate misconduct charges and fire subordinates on flimsy grounds.Even in those instances where misconduct charges are based on justifiable grounds, rushing to…

The position taken by our party's politburo is still the same. We talked about the same old issues, the so-called outstanding GPA issues but I made it quite clear that unless and until Morgan and his sidekick meet their own side of the bargain, they should forget about…

The life of the late Senator Edward Kennedy summarised it: “Individ-ual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in, and no exemption from common obligations to give of ourselves.”Kennedy, the last of the great Kennedy brothers, died last week. He exemplified what the world loves about the…

My question now is: Since the thematic committees that will lead the process are currently being formed, are we therefore now sober enough as a nation to know and understand the process we are undertaking?Are the people selected by stakeholders to represent them in those committees ready for…