The MEC for community safety in Gauteng, South Africa, recently announced the launch of Operation Iron Fist, a plan to squash violent crime and secure a safer future for the province. It could be called Operation About Time, because it is time the South African Police Service took a harder line. For too long they […]
Those determined to bring down Jacob Zuma and destroy his future political career by pillorying him in the media should learn from the recent experience of Israel in Lebanon. When Hezbollah first kidnapped Israeli soldiers, Israel actually had quite a number of sympathisers in Lebanon. But that country’s over-zealous response has turned them into enemies […]