Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe a Lesson in Economics
“Life in Zimbabwe: Wait for Useless Money,” a report in the New York Times for October 2, is a firsthand look at the effects on any society whose government has recklessly...
Africa
Mugabe Maintains Stranglehold on Zimbabwe
On June 22, Zimbabwean opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from his race to unseat dictator Robert Mugabe, who has terrorized Zimbabwe for more than two decades. After winning a narrow first...
Ian Smith and the Fall of Rhodesia
Ian Smith's passing at age 88 on November 20 merited a few mentions in the mainstream press. Unsurprisingly, much of what was written about the man and his attempt to save...
Mandela’s Messianic Image: The Rest of the Story
The Western media have thrown objectivity out the window in their coverage of Nelson Mandela. ...
Silk Tie Revolutionaries
Conservatives have long railed at the communist/liberal-left axis that has formed the most visible base of the worldwide attack on South Africa: the Soviet Union, Cuba, Libya, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe; the...
A Meeting of Minds
A full-page advertisement appeared in the January 28, 1987 issue of the Washington Times with a picture of Oliver Tambo, leader of the South African Marxist terrorist group known as the...
South Africa: The Questions That Need to Be Asked
The issue of South Africa is of concern to everyone, not just South Africans. Indeed, according to former British Foreign Secretary David Owen, it is over this issue "that the world...
The Comrades’ Necklace
The scene is a gloomy shanty somewhere in Soweto, the sprawling black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Standing around the room are a group of young black radicals known as...