Jonathan Katzenellenbogen

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

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

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

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,

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

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:

Later this month the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will present a budget against a backdrop of disappointment. The country’s economic growth rate this year

Both South Africa and Israel have claimed victory in the ruling handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week. In much of

The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has sparked a wider Middle East war, which could yet draw in the world’s major powers and threaten a global

The South African government is proud of its activist foreign policy in speaking out on the big international issues of the day. Its case before