THE ANC’s NEW ECONOMY; AND THE REAL ECONOMY by Gerhard Papenfus The ANC’s ‘New Economy’ The ANC/EFF-type is very clear in their intention to use Covid-19 to create a new economy; an economy, in the President’s words, “underpinned” by Radical Economic Transformation....

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN - ALERT LEVEL 3 THE PRESIDENT’s ANNOUNCEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE by Gerhard Papenfus Last night, the President announced the downgrading of the lockdown to Alert Level 3. This can be compared to a person receiving a 20 year jail sentence for a crime he...

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IS IT ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE VIRUS? by Gerhard Papenfus It has never happened before, and it is not supposed to be happening now.  In South Africa, since the outbreak of Covid-19, 131 people has died as a result of Covid-19 symptoms. That is 1...

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN THE GENIE IS ALREADY OUT OF THE BOTTLE by Gerhard Papenfus The panicked response to an unknown virus - although there is, as yet, only speculation, and abounding theories in respect of where the Coronavirus originated or who designed it and for what...

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN OF ECONOMY = SWITCH-OFF OF OXYGEN SUPPLY by Gerhard Papenfus Every flight is preceded by a safety announcement. Among others, this announcement contains an instruction that, in the event of an emergency (indeed in the case of a...

COVID-19 SA LOCKDOWN – A COSTLY BLUNDER by a NEASA member We find ourselves in a boiling pot, bubbling with conspiracies and Ministers running around and shouting orders as if on a military parade. To worsen the already existing distrust, many of these conspiracies...

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IS IT ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE VIRUS? by Gerhard Papenfus It has never happened before, and it is not supposed to be happening now. In South Africa, since the outbreak of Covid-19, 131 people has died as a result of Covid-19 symptoms. That is 1...

COVID-19 & TERS-FUNDING WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER MILLIONS? by Gerhard Papenfus According to a NEASA survey, 37% of employers who have applied to the UIF for assistance in order to pay their employees, or at least a portion of their salaries, have indeed received it. A...

COVID-19 HOW CAN THIS BE JUSTIFIED? - a true story - by Gerhard Papenfus Yesterday, a very high ranking government official requested me to explain my position as articulated in my statement “Let ‘them’ go without pay” on 25 April 2020 (click here to view). My...

COVID-19 LET "THEM" GO WITHOUT PAY ... PRESS RELEASE by Gerhard Papenfus This article and the proposal contained herein, must not in any way be construed as criticism aimed at the President’s handling of the current crisis. The lockdown-narrative was thrust on the...