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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Friction and the Iran War
On Monday this week, oil markets went into panic over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point through which 20% of the
What Iran means for SA
The Iranian navy corvette, Naghdi, which participated in exercises with the SA Navy in January, was sunk in the opening hours of the US aerial attack over the weekend. President Donald Trump said that the US had sunk nine Iranian vessels, and a post of satellite imagery by Intelschizo on X showed what it said were three Iranian corvettes, including the Naghdi, sunk at their moorings.
Is the ANC prepared to accept low growth to avoid hard political choices?
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his budget speech this afternoon against a background of improved financial-market confidence in the country and talk by big
The ANC’s end, and its legacy: water cut-offs
Intense droughts caused the collapse of the ancient civilisations in the Indus Valley and Maya. And long, dry periods are also thought to have contributed
Roedean in knots: tennis and anti-Semitism
Roedean, a pricey private all girls school in Johannesburg, has tied itself in knots over an incident that has the smell of deep anti-Semitism. Last
Foot and mouth disease: Best practice is to allow farmers to vaccinate, but not in SA
In the face of one of the country’s most serious outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in years, farmers are fighting for the right
Trump has peaked
A lot changed for the Presidency of Donald Trump over the past week. There is a strong negative domestic backlash against his administration’s hardline defence
What the fall of the Islamic Republic could mean
Regime change in Iran would be an historic breakpoint that might be compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The latest revolt
As the Mullahs teeter: SA confused and hypocritical
Earlier this week, on the eve of naval exercises with the SA Navy and others off Simon’s Town, Iran pulled out. But there are still
The difficult workings of regime change
There are a few big things about regime change. It is far from rare, is very often chaotic, it usually has a big impact and