The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, I am irritated by the amount of publicity given to the ANC as compared to other political parties. This weekend was non-stop ‘ANC news’ as the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The fourth instalment of The Zondo Report was delivered to the President on Friday. At the end of June the last section detailing the problems at…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The President spoke to the nation on Monday evening addressing the devastating floods in KZN and declared the floods a national state of disaster. Parts of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The largest ANC branch in the country is eThekwini (Durban Metro, to you) and there this past weekend a vitally important vote took place to see…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The Ramaphosa-faction in the ANC got a strong boost this weekend when Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal, to you)—the first of the eight provinces to hold its conference…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, At last Cyril is showing some backbone. Last week he gave the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane 10 days to let him know, in writing, why he…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, “The ANC has morphed from a liberation movement into a criminal syndicate”. This quote from senior political journalist Bhekisisa Mncube, whose new book The Ramaphosa Chronicles…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Non-SA news very seldom (other than sport, of course) makes it into these newsletters but it’s hard to start a newsletter at this time without mentioning…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, If I asked you to guess what happens 75 times every day in SA I am not too sure how many of you would actually guess…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Thursday evening saw President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering his SONA (State of the Nation Address). The venue was Cape Town’s classically beautiful City Hall, because the Houses…