

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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How the ANC stirred up tougher opposition to the NHI
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 28, 2024
The ANC is putting all it has into its defence of the NHI. It realises that its ambitions will be scaled back by the courts

The ANC: Reform by stealth?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 21, 2024
The ANC’s poor election result, combined with high unemployment and negligible economic growth, is forcing the party to look afresh at some of its ideas.

Why should business come to the party?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 14, 2024
Parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) are putting on road shows across the country to try and get business to boost investment. At

What sort of leverage does the DA really have in the GNU?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 7, 2024
The overriding reason for the DA to be in the government of national unity (GNU) is to keep the radical comrade parties out of the

Empowered and local: Baking in high costs to the State
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 31, 2024
The ANC is in a government of national unity (GNU), but it will not be compromising on empowerment and transformation. Indeed, the signs are that

The GNU: Some reform but no rocket fuel
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 24, 2024
The country is in a far better place than it was on the eve of the 29 May election. Prior to the election there was

The ANC’s Big Rethink
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 17, 2024
Tomorrow, the ANC’s most senior leaders will hold a marathon meeting to discuss what went so terribly wrong for the party at the recent elections.

The upcoming big test of the GNU
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 10, 2024
Tomorrow, the Government of National Unity’s ministers and senior civil servants will begin a two-day cabinet lekgotla, to try to agree on a plan. Next

The GNU Cabinet: A terrible deal for the DA
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 3, 2024
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has been massively shortchanged in the GNU deal. It has not been given a fair allocation of Cabinet posts. It is

Stay in the fight: The DA and the ANC in the GNU
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jun 26, 2024
After a week of euphoria over the prospects of the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), a new reality has dawned. The new