The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our municipal elections are scheduled for the 4th of November. These are the first local government elections where uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) will be contesting. The…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Spineless Cyril was at it again last week when he suspended (not fired) the Police Commissioner, who has been giving damning evidence at the Madlanga Commission.…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, At last, things are happening. A top-shot ANC cadre fingered at the Zondo Commission received a proper jail sentence. Vincent Smith, once a powerful MP and…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, There have been severe weather events for weeks in the northern provinces and particularly in Limpopo. It was so bad that the Kruger National Park was…
RAMAPHOSA and STARMER
Hannes Wessels, It was with a sense of almost total despair that I read recently of South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech when opening Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Show in Harare recently.…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, For me one of the main news stories of this week was about the recent poll substantiating last week’s DA poll, showing a dramatic loss of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Most of the news here this week has been about the dithering of the ANC towards Trump’s tariff threat and how DIRCO (The Department of International…
The Trust Factor.
Hannes Wessels. I see, in his recent address to the South African parliament President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke glowingly of the significant strides that have been made in the last 31…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, This week there has been some very negative press on Cyril and his lack of leadership and I’m not surprised. On Friday, Isaac Mashaba writing an…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, We are getting used to political bombshells and two Sundays ago an enormous explosion caused by Lt.-General Makhwanazi shook the SA landscape and caused forceful reverberations…