
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen is a Johannesburg-based freelance journalist. His articles have appeared on DefenceWeb, Politicsweb, as well as in a number of overseas publications. Katzenellenbogen has also worked on Business Day and as a TV and radio reporter and newsreader. He has a Master's degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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The four US demands
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 9, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC must be furious that the Trump Administration is conducting much of its foreign policy toward South Africa through Afrikaner

How should the DA fight its corner?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 2, 2025
The ANC has not adapted to the reality of its failure to achieve a majority from the voters last year. That alone accounts for much

Iran backs down: Bunker busting bombs, Middle East peace, and Regime Change?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jun 25, 2025
After US President Donald Trump slammed both Israel and Iran yesterday, the US brokered ceasefire appears to be holding. That could mean at least a

Ramaphosa and Trump: The consequences
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 28, 2025
President Donald Trump may yet fundamentally change South African politics. He has drawn our attention and that of the world to the very high crime

Ramaphosa and Trump: what’s the deal?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 21, 2025
It is unlikely that a solve-it-all reset deal will emerge from the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump at the White House

The Trekkers and the ANC’s stand-off with the US
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 14, 2025
The arrival in the US earlier this week of 49 Afrikaners, who have been granted refugee status, was a slap in the face for the

The battle over race quotas
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 7, 2025
Within a month after its legal victory overturning the VAT hike, the DA was back in court yesterday to challenge racial quotas for hiring by

The Zelensky visit: Engineering backdowns?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 30, 2025
There are signs of an about-turn in a key aspect of the ANC’s foreign policy. Last week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a one-day visit

Racial Quotas: A path to job losses and slow growth
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 23, 2025
In a display of ethnic nationalism and faith in central planning, the government released its new racial workforce quotas for private companies last week. Since

If the ANC backs down on the VAT increase
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 16, 2025
The ANC appears to be on the verge of backing down on any increase in VAT. At first, the ANC’s back-down on a VAT increase