The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The biggest political shock of the decade came on Friday when Floyd Shivambu, deputy leader of the EFF since its inception and author of its 7…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, For me the biggest story of the week was the forced return to SA of Ace Magashule’s one-time PA when Ace was wielding power in the…
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…
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 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 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 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…