Picture above: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaks to South African president Jacob Zuma ahead of a media briefing at the headquarters of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg. Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters By Uriel ben Avraham During apartheid South Africa, boycotts were called against the country. The point of the boycotts was to […]
By Peter Bailey The recent shenanigans of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and their Commander in Chief, Julius Malema, in protesting the Centenary of the Balfour Declaration in front of the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria fascinated me. My thoughts were that not many in that crowd of protesters actually had any real knowledge whatsoever of […]
It was like a scene from the ‘Walking Dead’ TV series – incomprehensible grunts from a mob hell-bent on madness “We Are Marching To Pretoria” is a popular old South African folk song. Many of senior years could today still sing it being well versed with both the lyrics and the tune. However, ask these […]