Oscar Van Heerden

Business

SA faces a hard winter — Slowing economy and political developments are telling us so

17th May 2026

South Africa is entering a difficult period. Not because of one single event, but because several major economic pressures are converging at...

Opinion

Phala Phala: a storm in a tea cup

17th May 2026

With the Cyril Ramaphosa impeachment saga unfolding, I want to state from the very beginning that this Phala Phala matter, as far...

Editorial

Wishful thinking is not a dependable strategy in war

10th May 2026

After almost four years of war against Russia, the Nato and the USA are experiencing what I can only describe as “internal...

Opinion

Will Westerners, Jews own up to genocide?

3rd May 2026

With attempts to restart peace negotiations with Iran, the Trump administration seems reluctant to find a lasting solution, and the question we...

Opinion

This is why Trump will lose the midterms

26th April 2026

Election manipulation is on the cards. Everyone is waiting with bated breath for the obvious outcome of the midterm elections in November...

Opinion

Clearly a ‘horses for courses’ approach by Ramaphosa

19th April 2026

Yet again, South Africa and the US are engaged in that old friend or foe game of international relations chess. The appointment...

Opinion

This war has been a strategic defeat for the US and Israel

12th April 2026

Let me be very clear. This two-week ceasefire is not the end of this war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime...

Editorial

Once upon a time in Iran and Gaza, monsters lurked

5th April 2026

Gather round now kids. Once upon a time, there were monsters. They were insatiable; it was apparent they almost never got enough...

News

Time for divorce papers

29th March 2026

The abuse is getting too much and Europe realises, perhaps too late, that it’s time to leave this abusive relationship with its...

Opinion

Time for SA to reconsider its position on nuclear weapons

22nd March 2026

According to two nuclear scientists who formed part of the team that dismantled South Africa’s nuclear bombs in 1990/91, they were impressed...