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Hybrid warfare is on the rise globally. Could South Africa’s Eskom be its latest victim?

Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra), University of Canberra and Dries Putter, Lecturer at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University – 10 December 2021 Hybrid warfare is gaining traction globally as the preferred option for conducting malicious statecraft in the grey zone between peace and war. […]

South Africa in 2022

By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen, Daily Friend – 1 December 2021 For South Africa in 2022 the overriding force in politics will be the continued decline of the ANC. The signs of demise are everywhere – achieving only 46 percent at the local polls, failing policies, run-down cities, and collapsing state-owned enterprises. Attempts at prediction often fall […]

The new coronavirus variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) and what we know so far

B.1.1.529 has a genetic profile very different from other circulating variants of interest and concern – it does not seem to be a “daughter of delta” or “grandson of beta” but rather represents a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2. The spike protein alone has over 30 mutations – important as the spike protein is what makes […]