Tim Flack, at The Blogs

Jun 5, 2025, 7:51 PM

What happened on Piers Morgan Uncensored was not a debate. It was not journalism. It was not even a bad interview. It was a trap, and it was deliberately designed that way. Piers Morgan invited Natasha Hausdorff, a barrister with...

Nov 21, 2024, 3:36 AM

US imposes sanctions on Hamas’s Basem Naim

Basem Naim, a Hamas leader who is a former Gaza health minister speaking during a press conference in Cape Town on November 29.

Few alliances have raised as many eyebrows as South Africa's relationship with Hamas. Once a beacon of peace and reconciliation, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) now finds itself at odds with its own legacy by openly aligning...

Oct 25, 2024, 11:45 PM

Mandela Officially Banned from the UK

In the pantheon of political opportunism, there are few who rival Mandla Mandela's remarkable ability to conflate righteous indignation with glaring historical ignorance. His recent Instagram tirade following the UK’s refusal to grant him a visa is a masterclass...

Oct 6, 2024, 1:00 AM

Hamas March to Parliament in South Africa

The so-called “March for Palestine” to the South African Parliament on October 5, 2024, wasn’t what it appeared to be at first glance. Far from being a solemn protest against injustice or an earnest plea for peace, this march...

Sep 27, 2024, 2:48 AM

Idiotic City of Johannesburg Embraces Terrorism

In a staggering display of moral bankruptcy and intellectual collapse, the City of Johannesburg is actively considering renaming one of its most prominent streets, Sandton Drive, to "Leila Khaled Drive." For those unfamiliar with Leila Khaled, she is not...

Sep 12, 2024, 8:05 AM

The Moral Bankruptcy of Support for Hamas

What we are witnessing in South Africa is not only pathetic but deeply concerning. The recent public declarations of support for Hamas from figures within the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Al Jama-ah Party and the ANC Western Cape demonstrate,...

Jul 30, 2024, 11:30 PM

South Africa’s Flirtation with Iran and Turkey

From Left to Right:
South african President Cyril Ramaphosa, DIRCO Minister Ronald Lamola, Ex DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor and Deputy President Paul Mashatile

When Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), isn't busy navigating the bureaucratic labyrinth, he's apparently quite the globetrotter. His latest escapades? Rubbing elbows with the Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister and then jet-setting to Iran...

Jul 16, 2024, 8:42 PM

Im In Trouble With the Deputy Minister

In a recent public statement, Deputy DIRCO Minister Alvin Botes publicly and in Parliament criticized my article, highlighting the African National Congress's (ANC) post-election abandonment of their keffiyehs – the scarves worn to show solidarity with Palestine. Minister Botes’...

Jul 8, 2024, 11:50 PM

Breaking the Silence: I Saw It with My Own Eyes

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the...

Jul 2, 2024, 1:27 PM

The ANC Packed Keffiyehs Away After Election Day.

In a twist of post-election irony, the South African political party of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress (ANC) has quietly retired their keffiyehs, the once-proud symbols of their proclaimed solidarity with Palestine. The South African government, then ruled...

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The writer is a seasoned communications professional with a diverse background spanning military service, media, public relations, and safety and security. He is a firearms activist and owns the Cape Town-based public relations firm Flack Partners PR.