POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 23 = 21 October 2015
IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? Resulting from the shameful episode in March when our government helped to sneak Sudanese president and wanted war criminal, Omar al-Bashir, out of South Africa instead of arresting him, the ANC now wants to...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 22 – 7 October 2015
IS THERE ANY CREDIBILITY AND MORALITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS? One of the tiredest political clichés is "a week is a long time in politics" which has been attributed to former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. This week its full implications must have hit DA...
WHAT HAS MINISTER ROB DAVIES AND THE DTI GOT TO HIDE?
Just 24 hours after the Democratic Alliance (DA) uncovered the non-existence of the R95 million Centurion Aerospace Village (CAV), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) began a furious attempt to cover its tracks by disabling and removing the CAV’s website...
THUMBS UP FOR TONY EHRENREICH – THUMBS DOWN FOR SAFA !
THUMBS UP FOR TONY EHRENREICH - THUMBS DOWN FOR SAFA ! Better late than never the Western Cape secretary of COSATU and leader of the ANC in the Cape Town City Council is reported on the front page of today's Star as condemning the composition of the Bafana Bafana...
POLTICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 21 – 28 September 2015
B-BBEE – IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE? During the drafting of the South African constitution it was agreed by the overwhelming majority of political parties and members that there had to be some form of affirmative action or had to be undertaken to empower people who had...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 20 – 16 September 2015
SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION – IS IT FAILING YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS? Education and educational institutions in South Africa have been in the spot light in recent weeks and therefore begs the questions “Are young South African receiving an adequate education?” and “What is...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 19 – 8 September 2015
THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN DURBAN – GOOD OR BAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA? The announcement last week that the hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games was awarded to Durban was in certain circles met with celebrations in certain circles with predictions of the great benefits...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 18 – 25 August 2015
THE ECONOMY – QUO VADIS SOUTH AFRICA? President Zuma’s dismal performance the National Assembly on Thursday 6 August where his answer too many questions was “I did not know” and final question that South Africa was getting along just fine and that "this is a...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 17 – 14 August 2015
DOES ZUMA DESERVE AN APOLOGY? The full page article in The Citizen written by Steven Motale on Wednesday 12 August 2015 is at best misleading and in certain aspects incorrect. He poses the question “Was Zuma actually found guilty of corruption?” No he was not however,...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 16 – 12 August 2015
PRESIDENTS QUESTION TIME At last on Thursday we eventually managed to have the President able to answer questions in the National Assembly and account to the nation. This after the EFF once again disrupted the proceedings that the National Assembly almost deteriorated...
