The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Jacob Zuma has had a bad week. He lost–for the 6th successive time–yet another court action to have Billy Downer removed as the prosecutor in his…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three or four really big stories dominated the headlines in our press this week. Marcus Jooste (63) killed himself. Jooste headed up the Steinhoff Group of…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 17 March – Sunday 24 March: On Sunday, Russia concluded its three-day presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin the clear winner. Putin said the election had “consolidated”…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our news is bleak. Two of the most depressing articles I have read in a while were published in Politicsweb yesterday (Wednesday). David Bullard’s article, “Whether…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Jacob Zuma is a Russian agent. A compelling and detailed article from Adv Andre Pienaar of C5 Capital (a venture capital firm focused on Cyber security…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The ANC held their manifesto congress for the upcoming general election in the voter-rich province of KZN. They managed to fill the Moses Mabhida Stadium in…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, SONA was a disaster for Cyril. Most of the press this week had full ‘goes’ at Ramaphosa for a pathetically weak State of the Nation address…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, A great deal of our news this week has been about the judgement from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by SA against Israel. Ramaphosa…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again The upcoming general election–we still don’t have a date but it could be as early as May– is taking up lots of newspaper space. Stephen Grootes…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three stories dominated our news this week. Thursday and Friday were all about SA taking Israel to the ICJ (International Court of Justice) accusing them of…