The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, What has taken place in the Middle East this week has shunted our political focus to the back-burner. Everybody, the whole world, was watching America going…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Cyril is at it again. He is organising a talk-shop. A “National Dialogue” starting in August. To quote Ivor Vegter in the Daily Friend “If there…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Week after week we hear how little money the government has for this or that. And week after week we becry the fact that SA is…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, As to be expected after the Oval Office spectacle last Wednesday very many views of the meeting between the Presidents have been aired. My first impression…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, This week was all about Wednesday.With Ramaphosa in America to meet with Trump and taking some Ministers with him, we, the world champion and I settled…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politically, here there is always news to write about. This week’s big question is: Is the Government of National Unity (GNU) tearing apart? Angry ANC members…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Dennis, that character of note, invited the usual suspects to join him at the CTPress Club on Tuesday. At our table were, as usual Paul, Henry,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politically we are on a cliff edge. The question that every commentator is asking is; will the GNU survive? The ANC’s NEC held a meeting on…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The news explosion of the week, of the month, of the year was on Friday when Ebrahim Rasool, our ambassador to the USA was kicked out…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The drama of the delayed, disputed budget three weeks ago heightened interest in the Finance Minister speech in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. The key point of…