The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again As expected Ramaphosa made his ‘Fellow South Africans’-New Years’ speech. When the radio station crossed to him, for the first minute or so there was nothing…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politics played itself out on the front pages of our newspapers this week and I imagine as we get nearer to our general election this will…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The attitude of our government and the militant anti-Israel (and anti-Semitic) marches this week-end in Sea Point are extremely disconcerting. On Sunday police had to be…
The Hijacking of the Rugby World Cup
Hannes Wessels, In my view, a fabulous World Cup Rugby final was wrecked the moment an overweight, billionaire, political opportunist by the name of Cyril Ramaphosa waddled with all possible…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, We are reasonably used to spring tides but this past weekend we saw something else; a Spring Tide like we have never seen before. The waves…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I got back home to reading all about Julius Malema and the 10th anniversary celebration that the EFF organised in the Ellis Park Stadium where almost…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, My newsletter was written and completed in draft and as I always do before I send it off I send it for proof reading to Robin.And…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, In spite of the acting Public Protector clearing Cyril Ramaphosa of any wrong doing in the Phala Phala farm scandal, Songezo Zibi who heads up the…
Reflections From The Southern Tip.
Hannes Wessels, When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently dispatched himself, along with a small army of security personnel, to Russia and Ukraine, to bestow upon Presidents Putin and Zelensky,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, It probably won’t surprise too many to learn that the President was exonerated by the acting public protector (PP) –she who needs the approval of the…