The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again In the Sunday Times this week, William Gumede writes about Ramaphosa’s recycling of failed ministers in his new cabinet. He writes that the ANC is tone-deaf…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, As many of you will know Jacob Zuma is not my favourite politician. If I told you though that I am eternally grateful to him for…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Our election results have brought a new era of politics into our country. “In many ways, SA is a different country this morning and in many…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, As to be expected, after the general election with the “kindof” hoped-for results that we received, this week’s news has been ‘politics 24/7’. The ANC is…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Notwithstanding the pollsters warning us that we were in for political upheaval at our general election the final vote tally surprised many. I’m almost certain that nobody expected…
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…