The Long Road to Nowhere: South Africa at the Fracture Point
By Andrew Field South Africa was meant to be the beacon of hope for southern Africa. For centuries the region looked to it as the powerhouse, the state to be…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Lots of news this week was centered around the election of a chairperson for the Phala Phala impeachment committee. The DA made it quite clear they…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again The news of the day, of the week, of the year is the ruling by the Constitutional Court, last Friday, that the Parliamentary clearing of President…
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, The whole country waited with baited breath on Thursday morning to hear what the sentence that was to be meted out to Julius Malema by the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, In my absence, the two biggest stories to emerge from South Africa were the intensifying political tensions ahead of the upcoming elections, and the ongoing economic…
The Week That Was
Hello again Geordin Hill-Lewis of Cape Town and Solly Msimanga of Johannesburg are the two leading figures in the race for the leadership of the DA. The election will be…
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, Cyril is at it again. He is organising a talk-shop. A “National Dialogue” starting in August. To quote Ivor Vegter in the Daily Friend “If there…