by NEASA | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRESOPINION PIECE: AMSA’S 2000 JOB CUTS AND THE ONGOING STEEL INDUSTRY WOES ARE SELF INFLICTED 16 July 2019 The potential loss of 2000 jobs at Arcelor Mittal South Africa (AMSA) is receiving much media attention....
by NEASA | Jul 2, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPINION PIECE: MUNICIPALITIES: VIGILANT COMMUNITIES ESSENTIAL 2 July 2019 The Auditor General has painted a grim picture of financial mismanagement in the country’s 257 municipalities, saying...
by NEASA | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRESOPINION PIECE: IT DEPENDS ON ‘US’, NOT ‘THEM’ 11 June 2019 Many South Africans are waiting for some sort of extraordinary intervention to save us from our national predicament. Who will lead us to a better...
by NEASA | May 14, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPINION PIECE: THE 2019-ELECTION IS BEHIND US NOW LET’S GET DOWN TO WORK 14 May 2019 I believe the President when he says he wants to fix South Africa; I do not doubt his...
by NEASA | Mar 4, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPEN LETTER TO MOTORISTS SASOL CONSUMER BOYCOTT PUNISHES THE WRONG ENTITY 4 March 2019 Dear motorist At the outset I wish to confirm that I have no personal interest in any of the entities dealt with herein....
by NEASA | Feb 25, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPINION PIECE: ESKOM – A BLESSING IN DISGUISE? … AND THEN CAME SONA AND THE BUDGET SPEECH 25 February 2019 Particularly over the past decade, every aspect of the South African society has been...