The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again The upcoming general election–we still don’t have a date but it could be as early as May– is taking up lots of newspaper space. Stephen Grootes…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three stories dominated our news this week. Thursday and Friday were all about SA taking Israel to the ICJ (International Court of Justice) accusing them of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, A great deal has been written in the press this week about the court action of genocide instituted by SA against Israel at the ICJ (International…
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…
Reparations: Who Owes Who?
Hannes Wessels, As a delegate at the recently held Cop 28 climate conference in Dubai, Ndileka Mandela, Nelson’s granddaughter, grabbed headlines when she denounced Britain and the Royal family, for…
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, The biggest news of the week is not about SA but what is happening in Israel and Palestine. You will not be surprised to learn that…
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 Die Burger in an editorial on the weekend reported Cape Town City 1; Taxi bosses 0. Our mayor gets credit for his calmness and not allowing…