

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 upended world
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Mar 5, 2025
President Donald Trump is on a path to upending the world order of international security and trade that has evolved since World War II. He

And now for the cuts – dealing with the unions and the tenderpreneurs
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 26, 2025
The ANC’s partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU) might have just saved the ANC from itself. Had the ANC’s partners in the GNU

Budget Basics: Low growth, uncontrollable spending, and no reform
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 19, 2025
South Africa’s government finances are facing a severe squeeze and will continue to do so as long as we have a miserable economic growth rate

SA’s shredded foreign policy
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 12, 2025
The two pillars of South Africa’s post-1994 foreign policy have crumbled; we do not have the resources and capabilities to undertake large-scale peacekeeping missions across

To “Make America Great Again” Trump will dole out aid
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 5, 2025
It is not only South Africa that is threatened with a cut-off in US aid. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump accused SA of, “confiscating

The DA and the ANC: Will a moderate centre ever hold in SA?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 29, 2025
The government of national unity (GNU) is heading for a breakup, although this is not about to happen soon. It’s highly unlikely that DA ministers

GNU not working for the DA: Time for a “red line”
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 22, 2025
This week, three DA ministers are in Davos as part of the SA delegation headed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. That shows that the ANC is

Without a big ANC revamp, SA is trapped
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 15, 2025
The ANC is desperately trying to get across the idea that since it lost its majority at last year’s election, it is on a path

The Mozambique crisis and SA’s floundering
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 8, 2025
In the face of widespread doubts about the credibility of the Mozambique election held last October, which was followed by three months of violent protest,

Syria: The winners, the losers and the uncertainty
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Dec 18, 2024
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria after more than 50 years in power marks a dramatic shift in the balance of power in