

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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The Big Trade-off: Holding on to SOEs vs Faster Economic Growth
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 7, 2024
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

After the Hague: Claiming the moral high ground creates its own problems
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 31, 2024
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

SA, Iran and the wider war in the Middle East
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 24, 2024
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

Lawfare: South Africa at the ICJ
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 17, 2024
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

Lessons from Argentina: What if a libertarian becomes President of South Africa?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 10, 2024
In Argentina, Javier Milei, a radical libertarian who promised shock therapy to severely cut the role of the government, was recently inaugurated as President. Milei

Making privatisation and ending BEE key to the election
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jan 3, 2024
At the launch of his political party, ‘Change Starts Now’, last year, Roger Jardine said he would soon be asking the public for policy suggestions.

2024 Elections: A watershed if the ANC gets less than 50 percent
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Nov 29, 2023
The national and provincial elections next year could be a watershed in our post-1994 history. There is a good chance that the African National Congress

The Harvard Report: An indictment of a one-party dominant rule
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Nov 22, 2023
The Harvard Report, Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa, released last week is a damning indictment of the entire ANC project. It is one of the

What comes after a century of South African nationalism?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Nov 15, 2023
Next year will mark a hundred years since the National Party gained a foothold in government as part of a coalition with the South African

Reconfiguring the state: Is it really politically possible?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Nov 8, 2023
The government has plans to reconfigure the state. But the precise meaning of this and its scale and timing are still unknown. The need to