

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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Election 2024: An ANC-MPC coalition ‘the least worst option’
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 17, 2024
The Democratic Alliance (DA) prefers to remain silent on the possibilities of a coalition, as whatever it says tends to upset other members of the

Indian Elections: Modi’s third term will come with challenges
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 10, 2024
There is little doubt that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be re-elected to serve a third five-year term after the polls open next week

Election 2024: After the Count, What if?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 3, 2024
So far, the ANC has almost consistently polled below fifty percent in the run-up to the elections on May 29th. In the past, support for

The Big Rethink in economics
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Mar 27, 2024
Next month in Washington DC, some of the world’s most applauded economists, including a few Nobel laureates, will speak at a conference on ‘Rethinking economic

Lessons from SAA: We will continue to pay for the failure of state enterprises
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Mar 20, 2024
Almost three years ago, when the government said it would partially sell off state-owned South African Airways (SAA), it appeared that the vice-like grip of

A knife edge election: Radical populism or a new moderation?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Mar 13, 2024
As we head into the election, most polls show that ANC support is tracking at below 50 percent. The Brenthurst Foundation poll, conducted last month

What will the ANC do about the report on Eskom?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Mar 6, 2024
The long-awaited independent report on the disastrous state of Eskom by vgbe, a consortium of German energy plant operators, has presented the government with politically

Game Changer: The rise of the MK Party
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 28, 2024
Just months before the election, a new party is upending earlier polls and multiplying the coalition possibilities after May 29th. The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party,

Budget 2024/25: Rules to curb deficit and debt just won’t work in SA
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 21, 2024
When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the budget this afternoon, we are likely to hear mostly bad news. Slower than expected economic growth will mean

The paths to economic decline and crisis?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 14, 2024
Some years ago, I was among a group of journalists invited to an embassy function in Pretoria. To get the discussion rolling we were asked: