ANC spokesperson Moloto Mothapo used the columns of the Sunday Times (8 January 2017) to launch an attack on the DA for “walking out of parliament when funds to alleviate the plight of the poor are allocated” but fails to condemn the ANC members of parliament who on...
DA HAS TO OBEY THE LAW NOT ANC POLICY.
Writing in the Citizen today (10 January 2017) Sydney Majoko seems to be under the illusion that Tshwane Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga was wrong to have undertaken a visit to Taiwan in strengthen trade relations and ensure more investment for the City of Tshwane...
ZUMA’S RELIGIOUS HYPOCRACY
Once again President Zuma has opened his mouth to change feet on Friday 6 January 2017 when addressing ANC supporter in Vilikazi Street, Soweto by saying “...... we mustn’t forget Christmas, because these things are the same. The birth of Jesus, who came to free...
THIS WAS THE YEAR 2016 Edition 44 – 30 December 2016
THIS WAS THE YEAR 2016 This time last year who would have thought that: ? David Cameron who had won the British General Election with an outright majority would resign and be replaced by Theresa May; ? Britain would vote to leave the EU; ? Donald Trump would be the...
PLANET ZUMA FIGHTS BACK Edition 43 – 3 December 2016
PLANET ZUMA FIGHTS BACK The despot from Planet Zuma, the planet that was revealed to the nation by DA leader Mmusi Maimane during the 2014 state of the nation debate, appears to have adopted a “Fight Back” campaign to prop up his ailing support. The original “Fight...
JACOB ZUMA CAUGHT – BUT IS HE OUT? Edition 41 – 9 November 2016
JACOB ZUMA CAUGHT – BUT IS HE OUT? In a normal functioning democracy there should have been an official statement from the Presidency on Wednesday night with a full and unconditional apology from the President and accompanied by an announcement of his resignation to...
CAN THE ANC SAVE ITSELF? Edition 40 – 19 September 2016
CAN THE ANC SAVE ITSELF? The repercussions of the 3 August 2016 local government elections are now starting to sink in and the once mighty ANC is at a loss as to how they must deal with these losses. The hard reality that the voters no longer “love” the ANC as the...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS – Edition 39 – 15 August 2016
BEYOND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION South African politics will never be the same following the final declaration of the 2016 Municipal Elections on Saturday 6 August. These results were certainly a vindication of the commitment of the 1.7% of the South Africans who...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 37 – 9 June 2016
THE ROLE OF THE SABC With the dawn of our new democracy in 1994 many South Africans, myself included, breathed a sigh of relief that we would not be treated to the Cliff and Pik (Cliff Saunders & Pik Botha) show on SABC every Sunday evening. This was because...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Editions 38 – 23 June 2016
South Africa Burns On Thursday 16 June in his address at the rally to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising President Jacob Zuma correctly made the point that “in 1976 not a single school was burnt”. He used this as the reason why schools,...
About Clive Hatch
Clive Hatch is a political commentator and opinionist. He is a former Member and Leader of the Opposition in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. After matriculating from Jeppe High School for Boys in 1967 Clive Hatch has lived, worked and been involved in the Emalahleni (Witbank) community.
THE ANC’S MOMENT OF TRUTH – Edition 53 – 15 December 2017
In a day or two the 5000 odd delegates from all structures of the ANC will gather at Nasrec in...
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS RADICAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION – NOW! Edition 52 – 25 November 2017
In the light of recent developments it has become more important than ever before that South...
WILL THE ANC LOSE IN 2019? – Edition 51 – 5 October 2017
Millions of voters are under the impression that come 2019 the ANC will lose the general election...
Sbu Nkosi in Springbok Squad
The first recipient of the Clive Hatch Education Scholarship to matriculate from Jeppe High School...