POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – EDITION 29 – 31 DECEMBER 2015
THE YEAR IN REVIEW As this year ends our economy is at its weakest in decades, with rising interest rates, worst-ever currency exchange rates and deplorably high unemployment, perceptions of corruption keeping investment out and stopping our economy growing. This is...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 28 – 16 December 2012
#ZumaMustFall The political cliché "a week is a long time in politics" has been attributed to former British Labour Party Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960’s reportedly first said at a media briefing for journalists at the time of the sterling crisis in 1964....
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 27 – 12 December 2015
ZUMA DOES IT AGAIN On Wednesday evening President Jacob Zuma committed probably the most irresponsible and economically dangerous act of his presidency and that of the democratic South Africa. This is another clear indication that he puts the interest of himself, his...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 26 -3 December 2015
ANOTHER WEEK ANOTHER SHAMBLES This past week must be one that the ANC will be wishing never happened. This week the National Assembly was disrupted to the extent that a sitting of parliament had to be cancelled. No! it was not Julius Malema and the EFF that caused the...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 25 – 20 November 2015
CAN WE TRUST THE ANC GOVERNMENT? Up until President Zuma assumed office although I may not have agreed with many of the ANC government’s policies I did trust them to uphold the democratic order and respect the constitution of the Republic of South Africa and uphold...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 24 – 31 October 2015
#FEES? MUST FALL – THE IMPLICATIONS This past week will surely go down as one of the most defining weeks in South African politics since the advent of democracy in 1994. For the first time The ANC government found out that a sizable number of voters are no longer...
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...
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...
