The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, I certainly agree with Peter Bruce who wrote just more than a week ago that any self-respecting President would immediately resign or at least call a…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, No you’re not making a mistake. It’s not Thursday but this is the last of my newsletters for a few weeks. My plans have changed and…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, The horse-trading has begun. 66 municipalities are “hung” i.e. there are no outright winners to form the municipal councils and coalitions have become the new buzz-word…
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, Here there is always plenty of political news and with the municipal elections just four days away the heat has been truly turned up. Then, as…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Being a prospective councillor comes with life-threatening stresses. A few months ago a prospective councillor was shot dead in the Northern Province. Now an EFF prospect…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, As expected many of the news stories this week are connected to the upcoming municipal elections in a little more than two weeks time. The political…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, The weekend news was dominated by the political parties delivering their election manifestos ahead of the Municipal Elections in five weeks time and…… some very depressing…
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, The main story in all the papers this weekend was about Cyril giving the green light for Zuma to be given his free ‘Get out of…