The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The news explosion of the week, of the month, of the year was on Friday when Ebrahim Rasool, our ambassador to the USA was kicked out…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 9 March – Sunday 16 March: On Sunday evening, chaos erupted in Bucharest as supporters of Calin Georgescu protested the rejection of his candidacy for the Romanian…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The drama of the delayed, disputed budget three weeks ago heightened interest in the Finance Minister speech in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. The key point of…
NOW HERE’S A THING
Nigel Henson “There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile” Dear Readers Belated best wishes for the year ahead-…
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 World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 23 February – Sunday 2 March: On Sunday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, Moscow’s point man for relations with the U.S., said that a meeting at…
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…
Trump Derangement Syndrome Alive and Well in South Africa.
Hannes Wessels, It has long fascinated – and distressed me – how white journalists, reporters, editors, media proprietors and white led pressure groups in South Africa have seldom missed an…