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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National security threats, own goals, and a perfect storm?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 23, 2025
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office released the government’s National Security Strategy, or rather a cut down version of the full document on the subject
The ANC and the Mkhwanazi allegations
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 16, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa has faced one of his most severe tests of his leadership and resolve over the allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkwanazi,
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