https://www.isegoria.net/2025/06/the-cape-is-still-a-commanding-piece-of-real-estate-on-the-world-map/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2025/06/the-cape-is-still-a-commanding-piece-of-real-estate-on-the-world-map/comment-page-1/#comment-3758489 Michael van der Riet Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:13:23 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52901#comment-3758489 Prisoners of Geography: Africa. I wish that Tim Marshall hadn’t written this exceedingly superficial piece. It calls his credibility into question. South Africa is not a commanding presence at the southern tip of Africa as it no longer has a navy or air force. Regarding the outside world doing business with Bloemfontein, I spent a week there one night. There is no sign of Marxism-Leninism ceasing to be the political direction taken by the entire Subsahara.

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