3.1 The Zulu Riots
The recent social unrest in KwaZulu-Natal represents a Rubicon moment in the history of post-Apartheid SA, as the first great insurrection against the ANC government.…
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Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 05/08/2021 - 12:00
Last Update: Mon, 09/08/2021 - 20:24
2.1 Economic Contraction Drives the Polarisation of Fracture
A situation of South African economic contraction, associated with recession, will accelerate the polarisation of a fractured…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 03/08/2021 - 12:00
Last Update: Mon, 09/08/2021 - 20:22
I have an enduring love of South Africa and its people and consider it my second home. As such I find myself writing this Murrination with great sadness and concern for the road ahead.
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Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 30/07/2021 - 12:00
Last Update: Sun, 15/08/2021 - 17:39
Our Theory of The Five Phases Of Empires was published in 2009 in Breaking The Code of History; The key Observation was that we would see a great power shift from West to East as American power…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 23/07/2021 - 09:00
Last Update: Sun, 10/10/2021 - 19:48
3.0 America and China during WW2 and the Cold War. Roosevelt's naivety concerning Stalin and communism in general extended to his…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 21/07/2021 - 09:00
2.0 America and Russia in WW2. This relationship was driven by Roosevelt’s naivety concerning Stalin's expansive intentions for communist Russia. All he could see was…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 19/07/2021 - 09:00
Last Update: Sun, 25/07/2021 - 12:48
History is clear when it comes to the nature of hegemony. Specifically, that It is very lonely at the top where there are no such things as friends, particularly when it…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 12/07/2021 - 13:00
Last Update: Sat, 28/06/2025 - 11:14
History is replete with events that change the course of history. The Wuhan Pandemic is just such an event, whose repercussions will echo through eternity.
8.0 The World Has Forever…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 08/07/2021 - 16:00
Last Update: Fri, 16/07/2021 - 11:18
Our working theory over the past quarter has been that the Doomsday Bubble has comprised of not one single bubble, but rather a flock of bubbles. That they would not…
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