This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 16th January 1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union,

The ANC has dropped the ball on vaccine procurement and rollout in a spectacular manner.  By the day the signs have been mounting that our

As he had promised, Gauteng MEC for Education Panyazi Lesufi paid a visit yesterday to Helpmekaar Kollege after that school had decided that it would

In part one and part two of this series on the World Health Organisation, we looked at its poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and

Welcome to the past. When the National Party was still ruling South Africa, Barclays, a major and highly visible British bank, was one of the

South Africa’s elite private schools should be allowed to determine their own affairs without government interference – but they should take great care not to

Judged purely by his achievements, Donald Trump was the best American president in the last 28 years, much better than Barack Obama. Unlike Obama’s predecessor,

WASHINGTON: I’ve been asked multiple times in the past week whether the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol undermines American democracy.  My reply is

Has the time come to look upon those who fought the British in the same way as we look upon those who resisted apartheid? Should

In the early 1960s, Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to try and explain why the German people had followed Hitler on such a radical and