The ANC’s Iran Myth: Tehran Was No Friend of the Liberation Movement
James Myburgh says that, contrary to recent claims, the Iranian regime was not a “friend” of the liberation movement in the 1980s.
8.3.2026 |
James Myburgh
Boer-baiting at the BBC
James Myburgh on how the corporation’s reporting on the Afrikaner question breaches its own editorial guidelines.
23.11.2025 |
James Myburgh
Trump And The Forty Afrikaners
James Myburgh says we should look at what is being done (or not done) rather than what is being said.
16.11.2025 |
James Myburgh
The Most Treacherous of Waters
James Myburgh says Mkhwanazi’s complaints about the press, though misdirected, touch upon a perennial problem for SA's media.
14.10.2025 |
James Myburgh
The Mad Plan to Expel Zille
James Myburgh writes on recent revelations about the bizarre strategy that brought the DA to the brink of disaster in 2019.
6.10.2025 |
James Myburgh
The true measure of the Madlanga commission
South Africa has a long tradition of judicial commissions that either shield wrongdoing or spark reform. The Madlanga inquiry will test which path it takes.
29.9.2025 |
James Myburgh
Who Killed Charlie Kirk
James Myburgh argues that Charlie Kirk’s assassination was not an isolated act but the foreseeable outcome of a propaganda culture that vilifies conservatives, suppresses dissent, and normalises political violence.
24.9.2025 |
James Myburgh
South Africa’s Democracy Dodges a Bullet
Court defeat for MVC preserves funding rules, shielding opposition parties from crippling limits and protecting political competition.
14.9.2025 |
James Myburgh
The End of History Delusion, and Its Consequences
Three decades after Fukuyama’s "end of history" thesis, Western liberal democracy faces dysfunction, debt, and the rise of illiberal ideologies.
8.9.2025 |
James Myburgh
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