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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 and an opposition coalition government will be formed. Unfortunately this is not a foregone conclusion. In a normal democracy but South Africa is not a normal democracy....
THE ANC CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS – Edition 50 – 1 September 2017
August, women’s month in South Africa, drew to a close yesterday one is drawn to reflect on South Africa under the presidency of Jacob Zuma and whether the government is committed to our much vaunted liberal constitution said to contain the most liberal human rights...
THE ANC – A HOUSE ON FIRE – Edition 49 – 18 July 2017
The ANC’s National Policy Conference kicked off on Friday 30 June 2017 with the theme “Let us deepen unity!” This conference was being held against the backdrop of a ‘Party at War’ with itself. Divisions in the party have been steadily growing over the past three...
THE TIPPING POINT Edition 48 – 28 May 2017
THE TIPPING POINT It is common cause that President Jacob Zuma has wanted to remove Pravin Gordhan as Finance Minister ever since he was appointed in December 2015 after his botched attempt to capture the National Treasury by firing Nene and replacing him with Gupta...
THE ANC BIG LIE Edition 47 – 27 March 2017
THE ANC BIG LIE It is common concern that Joseph Goebels the chief propagandist of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used the BIG LIE to promote and justify their doctrine as the means of taking control of the state institutions that strengthen or promote democracy. Goebels...
A TAIL OF TWO SITTINGS Edition 46 – 7 March 2017
A TAIL OF TWO SITTINGS There could be no greater contrast than comparing the sitting of Parliament for the State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma on 9 February 2017 and the Budget Speech delivered by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on 22 February 2017....
WHAT WILL 2017 BRING? Edition 45 – 7 February 2017
WHAT WILL 2017 BRING? The New Year has started off with a bang and there is every reason that this will continue for the remainder of the year. Donald Trump was inaugurated the forty fifth, and oldest ever, president of the United States amid a storm of controversy...
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...
Clive Hatch – BIO
Clive Hatch has been an active participant in South African Political system since he was eligible to vote in 1968. Although he has actively served the Party on the national structures he has been, based in Emalahleni (Witbank) in the geographic area that is currently known as the Province of Mpumalanga, the most successful campaign ever for the DA in the Witbank municipal council, he retired from active participation in elective politics but certainly not from commenting or writing about it.
The ANATOMY of a South African FAMILY
The question that is probably most frequently asked to me is “where do you come from?”, or “in which country were you born?”
For some reason most people are surprised to hear that not only was I born in South Africa as were both of my parents. This is normally greeted with surprise, but you sound as if you come from England.
The BIG LIE
The concept of the big lie was developed and perfected by Joseph Goebels the chief propagandist of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
The concept encompasses the principle that “if you tell a lie that is big enough and if you repeat it often enough people will come to believe it”