The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Is SA balancing on the cusp of a revolution? That certainly is the view of more than one journalist and several socioeconomic gurus who have all…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, In my absence the Zondo Commission finally came to it’s completion and the final sections of what took 4 years and cost us R1 billion were…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Last evening, the breaking news on our TV was that Athur Fraser, the former spy boss had laid criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The charges…
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, 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, 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…