The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, This has been another busy week on the political front with a great deal of maneuvering in the ANC towards Friday when, at the Nasrec Conference…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Yesterday the committee set-up to look into the Phala Phala farm robbery made its report to the Speaker of Parliament. As at writing the contents of…
The Week That Was
| Gerald Potash | Hello again, This past weekend was embarrassing for the President. Twice he was made to abandon an address to the members of his party who had…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, There really should only be one story this week and it is all about the municipal elections held countrywide on Monday. The feature of this election,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, On Friday the Constitutional Court handed down a judgement in the matter where Jacob Zuma had appealed his being sentenced for contempt of court and for…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, So, after thinking about it and hinting at it and carefully considering his options, Ramaphosa actually made some cabinet changes on Thursday night. It took almost…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Pieter Mulder writing in Die Burger over the weekend (and before the NEC meeting) quotes “the President is in office but not in power”. The chaos…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, On Friday the ANC security-cluster MP’s called the three Ministers, those of State Security, Defence and Police— Dlodlo, Mapisa-Nqakula & Cele—to account for their unpreparedness of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Last week SA made international news because Jacob Zuma went to jail. This week SA made international news because of the rioting, flagrant looting and vandalism…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, What would you have to do to get a third party to pay your expensive legal fees in a high-profile corruption case? Jacob Zuma, charged with…