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
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…
Freedom Was the Lie That Worked
By Andrew Field Freedom is one of the most overworked words in southern African political life. It is invoked with solemnity, defended with anger, and celebrated with gluttonous ritual by…
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…
Power Without Prosperity: Southern Africa’s Year of Stagnation
Andrew Field, Southern Africa in 2025 was a region still caught in its own contradictions. Governments spent the year juggling conflict, corruption dressed as governance, and the maintenance of power,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I’m back from Australia and it’s hard to know where to start so much has happened. The
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 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…