The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, As many of you will know Jacob Zuma is not my favourite politician. If I told you though that I am eternally grateful to him for…
The Race Against Racism
Hannes Wessels, While I was not living in South Africa when the ANC, led by Nelson Mandela, came to power in 1994 it was plain to see that almost the…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 16 June – Sunday 23 June: On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his war cabinet – a week after opposition leader Benny Gantz withdrew from…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Our election results have brought a new era of politics into our country. “In many ways, SA is a different country this morning and in many…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 9 June – Sunday 16 June: On Sunday, results from the European Parliament elections were announced, massively disrupting politics in several European countries as the far-right parties…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, As to be expected, after the general election with the “kindof” hoped-for results that we received, this week’s news has been ‘politics 24/7’. The ANC is…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Notwithstanding the pollsters warning us that we were in for political upheaval at our general election the final vote tally surprised many. I’m almost certain that nobody expected…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 26 May – Sunday 2 June: On Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and his South Korean host, President Yoon Suk-yeol, agreed to launch a diplomatic and security…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, At their final ANC election rally on Saturday at the FNB Stadium a giant Palestinian flag adorned the stage. There was no sign of a SA…
Election postards 2024: #Snuffeditonthe4thofJuly
Losing date announced by loser. SIMON LINCOLN READER Londonistan Shortly it will be announced that the UK General Election will be held on July 4th. I know, I know –…