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...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 15 – 7 August 2015
POLITICS AFTER NKANDLA It has now become patently obvious that the ANC is not going to allow President Zuma to carry any culpability for the Nkandla saga. By the end of this week the ad hoc committee will have tabled their report absolving Zuma of having to pay for...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 14 – 30 July 2015
ESKOM - CRISES OR INCONVENIENCE? For the average citizen the regular load shedding is an inconvenience. When your electricity is cut for two hours during peak time while you are cooking dinner or watching the end of a rugby match and a crucial try is about to be...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 13 (Follow up) – 24 July 2015
What does Muthambi hope to learn from the Chinese Propaganda Machine? Some people may think that I was being unduly pessimistic about the future of media freedom in South Africa, please read what Gavin Davis MP DA Shadow Minister of Communications has to say...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH -Edition 13 – 23 July 2015
WOULD NELSON MANDELA BE HAPPY WITH SOUTH AFRICA TODAY? As expected on Saturday we saw millions of people, not only in South Africa but also all over the world, going out to perform various acts of kindness with a generosity of spirit and material gifts as their...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 12 – 14 July 2015
MANDELA DAY – MAKE IT MEANINGFUL On Saturday South Africa and the world will commemorate Mandela Day. The introduction of the day was a decision taken by the United Nations in November 2009 to declare 18 July, his birthday, "Nelson Mandela International Day" in...
POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS BY CLIVE HATCH – Edition 11- 9 July 2015
MPUMALANGA - DOES TOURISM HAVE A FUTURE? “The food basket, power house and playground of South Africa is how my good friend and colleague, the late Watty Watson, former Member of Parliament and chief whip of the DA in the National Assembly used to describe his home...
