The Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing, Admin, and Rural Nodes in America in 2025

By SIMON BARKHUYSEN Saffers Turned Boer-Yankies (Bryankies) Eyeing the USA: The Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing, Admin, and Rural Gems Howzit, Saffers! You’ve scored refugee status, a lekker shot at the American Dream, and a sneaky feeling that a braai in the USA—complete with a juicy paycheck—trumps a smoky session in the bush any day. Time […]
Riding Free – A Journey Down US Route 89

By SIMON BARKHUYSEN The Unsung Sovereign of American beauty Gather ‘round, you wayfarers, you chroniclers of the past, you pilgrims of the untamed path! Envision a highway that carves through America’s wildest heart—a 1,600-mile lifeline of asphalt threading from the sun-scorched borderlands of Nogales, Arizona, to the glacier-crowned frontier of Montana’s Canadian edge. This is […]
The Unintended Consequences of US Refugee Policy for South African Minorities

The recent resettlement of 49 South Africans, described as “Afrikaners”, to the United States under refugee status via the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has drawn public ridicule, suspicion, and commentary. While some predict their imminent return to sunny South Africa, the event offers an unexpected opportunity to examine how USRAP’s criteria could inadvertently apply to other historically marginalised […]