Daily Archives: October 20, 2026

My name is Pieter Lourens. I was a colonel once, in an army that no longer exists under a flag that no longer flies. These days I’m the founder, chairman and only permanent employee of Meridian Advisory, which sounds like a firm that does your taxes. It does something else. It sells the one thing African governments can’t get from the people who lecture them: a man who has done the work and doesn’t need to be thanked for it. Continue reading →