21 October 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the passing of a great journalist and friend
14 October 2021
Jeremy Gordin on what is left unsaid in the criticism of David Unterhalter's non-appointment to the ConCourt
07 October 2021
Jeremy writes on the inexcusable exclusion of David Unterhalter from the ConCourt shortlist
30 September 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the man sitting on the other side of the ANC chessboard to Jacob Zuma
23 September 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the wave of criticism that has recently been directed against the Institute
16 September 2021
Jeremy Gordin says it is one thing for the ANC to do it, quite another when it comes to this national sport
09 September 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the death of Timol-accused Jan Rodrigues
07 September 2021
David Bullard writes on why he fails to make the full seven
02 September 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the ANC's suspicious legal manouverings around the election
26 August 2021
Jeremy Gordin asks whether the commission is really gunning for state capture rather than grand corruption
19 August 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the Taliban's rapid takeover of a country run by a familiarly feckless govt
12 August 2021
Jeremy Gordin assesses the President's recent testimony to the Zondo commission
05 August 2021
Jeremy Gordin reports back on a recent secret meeting of the underground cell of the FGKPD
29 July 2021
Jeremy Gordin asks whether it is time to pack his bags, just after he's watched the rugby
22 July 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the unnatural calm that has descended on SA
15 July 2021
What happened? Who was behind it? What was the purpose? And where to from here?
13 July 2021
David Bullard on the "spontaneous outburst of emotion" across KZN, that was anything but
08 July 2021
Jeremy Gordin on the cruel and unusual punishment of listening to the SC, over hours
01 July 2021
Jeremy Gordin asks what the ex-President thought he was doing
24 June 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the SCA's decision to turn down Jan Rodrigues' stay application
17 June 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the latest "low point" in South African journalism
10 June 2021
Jeremy Gordin reviews "When They Came for me: The hidden diary of an apartheid prisoner by John R Schlapobersky"
03 June 2021
Jeremy Gordin says surprise is the price we pay for our forgetfulness
27 May 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on how he managed to get Pfizered-up
20 May 2021
Jeremy Gordin says the President can no longer lay-off responsibility for all the RET-legislation before parliament
13 May 2021
Jeremy Gordin says Bibi Netanyahu didn’t expect what happened to happen
06 May 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on what has become of our ruling party
22 April 2021
Jeremy Gordin says many of our current problems lie downstream from flaws in our founding document
20 April 2021
David Saks writes on the implications of the objections to David Unterhalter's candidacy for SA's highest court
15 April 2021
Our judges, journos and politicians compete for the most prestigious prize of them all
08 April 2021
Jeremy Gordin's reflections on wandering the leaf-strewn Parkview streets
01 April 2021
Jake Gordin argues that the current 'every nation for itself approach' may end very badly for everyone
25 March 2021
Jeremy Gordin says one year in, and everything appears to be falling apart
18 March 2021
Jeremy Gordin says there is no need to burn books now that you can just erase them
11 March 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the JCC's ruling against the CJ over his Israel remarks
02 March 2021
David Bullard says that thanks to the ANC there is a rather low bar for belonging to the most rich
25 February 2021
Jeremy Gordin suggests that journalists take themselves less not more seriously
18 February 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the journalist's boozy blunder, and the DM's role in the whole debacle
16 February 2021
David Bullard scavenges over the remains of President Ramaphosa's address
11 February 2021
Jeremy Gordin on the impossibility of writing a compelling SONA address
04 February 2021
Jeremy Gordin on Mufamadi's reluctant testimony to the Zondo Commission about SSA efforts to suborn our judiciary
28 January 2021
Jeremy Gordin writes on the new variant that has swept through SA, claiming the lives of some 75 000 people
21 January 2021
Jeremy Gordin reports back after making his way through all 329 pages of the SANEF-Satchwell report
14 January 2021
Jeremy Gordin on the p-words the US President used to pressure Mike Pence
17 December 2020
Jeremy Gordin says Mogoeng Mogoeng's "prayer" was disreputable fear-mongering
10 December 2020
Jeremy Gordin on the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in SA
03 December 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on Dali Mpofu's legal interventions on behalf of Tom Moyane and Thandi Modise
24 November 2020
Israeli PM Netanyahu's letter in reply to ex-President Zuma, as bcc'd to Roy Isacowitz
19 November 2020
Jacob Zuma's letter to Donald J Trump and Bibi Netanyahu, as blind copied to Jeremy Gordin
12 November 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on what our commentariat do and don't get upset about
05 November 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on the US President's apparent defeat at the hands of mail-in voters
29 October 2020
Jeremy Gordin on the two important differences between SA and Europe
22 October 2020
Jeremy Gordin says the ex-journo was tripped up by old skeletons, but she was not part of 'state capture'
15 October 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews "Cop Under Cover" by Johann van Loggerenberg
08 October 2020
Jeremy Gordin says our politicians seem far from gruntled at this development
06 October 2020
David Bullard responds to Anton Harber's snide and inaccurate criticism
01 October 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews Anton Harber's "So, For the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture"
24 September 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on the C-words currently wearing him down
17 September 2020
Jeremy Gordin on the waning of the epidemic, the relaxing of the lockdown, and related philosophical questions
15 September 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on a Carl Hiaasen plot come to life
10 September 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on resigning himself to the unreality of the South African experience
04 September 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews "The Last Jacobins of Africa: The ANC and the making of modern South Africa"
31 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on Jacob Zuma's letter in response to Cyril Ramaphosa
27 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin's sets out what President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to do
25 August 2020
David Bullard says the ANC raiding party went too far with its Covid-related corruption
20 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee's fascinating bequest to the nation
13 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin on his metamorphosis as occasioned by ANC misrule
06 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on the recent outcry over Covid-19 procurement corruption
30 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin reflects on the response to the passing of Andrew Mlangeni
23 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin says Covid-19 has forced SA to confront the dire consequences of ANC rule
16 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin says the lockdown cost 3m people their jobs, and for what?
09 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on Dr Bandile Masuku and eNCA's 1.5m graves blunder
02 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on how the Covid-19 epidemic has hit Gauteng
23 June 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews Roy Isacowitz's biography of his father Jock
18 June 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on President Ramaphosa's speech to the nation
11 June 2020
Jeremy Gordin ruminates on the FNF's strange cancellation of Politicsweb
03 June 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews "The Murder of Ahmed Timol: My Search for Truth"
28 May 2020
In an open letter to NDZ Jeremy Gordin questions the motives behind the tobacco ban
21 May 2020
Jeremy Gordin reflects on day 55 of the lockdown, having used the last of his pipe tobacco
19 May 2020
Jeremy Gordin reviews "The End of October" by Lawrence Wright
14 May 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on the President's underwhelming address to the nation
07 May 2020
Jeremy Gordin on whether the Ramaphosa govt is using the lockdown for ulterior purposes, and what these may be
30 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on the fury of South Africa's scorned smokers
22 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin on South Africa's dismal apartheid-style lockdown experience
16 April 2020
Ivor Sarakinsky says Jeremy Gordin is out of his depth when it comes to Covid-19
15 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin on why Dr Salim Abdool Karim's recent presentation was less than reassuring
08 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin reflects on lockdown questions, great and small
01 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin says SA is no country for old men (or women), who would like to walk their dogs
27 March 2020
Andrew Donaldson says SA has decided to treat a public health crisis as a security issue
25 March 2020
Jeremy Gordin questions whether the 21 day lock down will actually hit its target
18 March 2020
Jeremy Gordin writes on familiar old dangers versus the new one
19 December 2019
Jeremy Gordin reviews The Night Trains: Moving Mozambican Miners to and From South Africa, circa 1902-55
12 December 2019
Milton Shain says the recent ADL survey finding on anti-Semitism in SA should not be so easily dismissed
11 December 2019
Jeremy Gordin reviews "Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel" by Ronnie Kasrils
04 December 2019
Jeremy Gordin questions the findings of the recent Anti-Defamation League survey
02 December 2019
Jeremy Gordin reviews "He Does Not Die a Death of Shame" by Jack Hoffmann
29 October 2019
Jeremy Gordin reviews "Agent running the field" by John le Carré
17 October 2019
Jeremy Gordin tries valiantly to uncast the die.
08 October 2019
Jeremy Gordin reports on RWC red cards, Etzebeth, Mr Jones, Basson, & other idiocy
02 October 2019
Jeremy Gordin delivers his verdict in the case of Munusamy, Brown, McKaiser & Others
