The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, At their final ANC election rally on Saturday at the FNB Stadium a giant Palestinian flag adorned the stage. There was no sign of a SA…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The National Health Bill (NHI) that Ramaphosa signed into law last week has been the one story of the week that has dominated our news wires.…
The Week That Was
Hello again The DA seems to be in trouble and whereas the polls show that the ANC is losing support the reality might be very different. What worries DA supporters…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Jacob Zuma has had a bad week. He lost–for the 6th successive time–yet another court action to have Billy Downer removed as the prosecutor in his…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three or four really big stories dominated the headlines in our press this week. Marcus Jooste (63) killed himself. Jooste headed up the Steinhoff Group of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our news is bleak. Two of the most depressing articles I have read in a while were published in Politicsweb yesterday (Wednesday). David Bullard’s article, “Whether…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The ANC held their manifesto congress for the upcoming general election in the voter-rich province of KZN. They managed to fill the Moses Mabhida Stadium in…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three stories dominated our news this week. Thursday and Friday were all about SA taking Israel to the ICJ (International Court of Justice) accusing them of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, A great deal has been written in the press this week about the court action of genocide instituted by SA against Israel at the ICJ (International…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again As expected Ramaphosa made his ‘Fellow South Africans’-New Years’ speech. When the radio station crossed to him, for the first minute or so there was nothing…