Straw Manning Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
That there's a very strong strand of anti-zionism out there is obvious enough. Largely, but not exclusively, associated with the left - hard left...
What An Interesting Banking Situation In Ghana – Yes, It’s Politics
We do have to warn that our information source here is more than only slightly partial. But it does hang together, does make sense....
Quasimodo Singed, Esmeralda Missing As Notre Dame In Flames
Notre Dame Cathedral has gone up in flames, bringing down the roof and the spire. Varied potential jokes present themselves in embryo - Quasimodo...
How Does This Work? Indonesian Ride Hailing Scam Discovered
Four men have been arrested for a ride hailing scam in Indonesia. The difficulty is in working out how the scam worked. For they...
India’s Pulse Market – The Latest Piece Of Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt Is Glycophosphate Residues
As we've seen endlessly in the tech markets there's nothing like sowing a bit of fear, uncertainty and doubt to make sure that people...
Uganda’s Mariam Nabatanzi – One Woman, 38 Surviving Children
This is going to be close to some sort of global record, one Ugandan woman, Mariam Nabatanzi, has 38 surviving children. She's not aided...
A Fun Suggestion – Circumcise All Tanzanian MPs
There's a certain element of tongue in cheekiness to this suggestion - or perhaps it's simply to make a political point. The idea is...
Strive Masiyiwa Is Right, Zimbabwe Should Price In SA Rand – Anything But Zim$
The precise details of this call for Zimbabwean businesses to price in South African Rand, put forward by Strive Masiyiwa, might not be entirely...
Trump’s Cat Among Pigeons – Golan Heights Are Israel Now
There's a certain logic to this insistence from Donald Trump, that we should all just recognise that the Golan Heights are part of Israel...
Zimbabwe’s One Sensible Economic Move – Abolishing The Special Exchange Rate For Fuel Purchases
Something that's just so hard to get across to people is that special exemptions and treatments for certain parts of the economy just don't...