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…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Local news paled after the Trump-Zelensky row. Nothing like that has ever dominated news so completely in our time. Ramaphosa’s desire to go and “talk” to…
The Week That Was
Hello again, Most of our news this week, as you would expect, has been all about the budget being cancelled at the 11th hour. In fact it was cancelled as…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, There are very few “quiet” weeks in SAn politics. This week the budget on Wednesday dominated our news but the fall-out and in-fighting in the MK…