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, I really wasn’t going to write a newsletter this week and was going to advise that the 3Ms are here with us from London this week,…
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 Trump Storm
Hannes Wessels, For anybody who enjoys following world news, whether you like the man or not, Donald Trump is certainly making for fascinating reading and viewing, triggering massive mayhem in…
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…
The Week That Was
Hello again, I did not listen to the State of the Nation (SONA) address last Thursday evening. Cyril is boring and besides the world champion and I had joined a…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, I’m quite pleased I missed Cyril’s opening of parliament speech on Thursday. I understand that it was long and boring and there was nothing new. He…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again In the Sunday Times this week, William Gumede writes about Ramaphosa’s recycling of failed ministers in his new cabinet. He writes that the ANC is tone-deaf…
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…