
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 Detrimental State and the Counter-Revolution
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Oct 4, 2023
The signs of accelerating state failure are pretty much everywhere: from the potholes, the urban decay, crimes that are not prosecuted, the lack of security,

Our wider defence tragedy
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Sep 27, 2023
Last week three South African Navy submariners were swept off their vessel’s hull to their deaths while taking on supplies from a helicopter. An official

Lessons from the Tshwane strike
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Sep 20, 2023
For the past two months, the City of Tshwane has faced illegal strike action by the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in support of

The state has run out of money: Muddle or Reform?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Sep 13, 2023
The National Treasury knows that South Africa is heading into an economic crisis, but it can’t do much about that. It lacks the political authority

So, what can save Johannesburg?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Sep 6, 2023
Downtown Johannesburg is fast becoming a new type of hell where criminal gangs run buildings and disasters strike. Within two months this year, one of

Zimbabwe: SA’s tight corner
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 30, 2023
South Africa is in a tight corner after last week’s election fraud by Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF. For the first time ever, election observer missions

What is BRICS Really About?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 23, 2023
South Africa has made a massive financial and diplomatic investment in the BRICS Summit being held in Sandton this week. The grouping which brings together

Zimbabwe: A test for African Election Observers
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 16, 2023
There is too much that has happened in the run-up to next week’s elections in Zimbabwe to ensure that these will be free and fair.

Big business’s pledge: Co-option and a State without the will to change
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 9, 2023
Since its pledge of commitment to the country and its offer to help the State, big business has entered into a new and closer relationship

Starlink Challenges the State
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Aug 2, 2023
Starlink is the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. It can provide fast high-quality internet service to most places on earth. The