Lawlessness, crime, shrinking wealth and the future of South Africa
This past weekend I was at a rather large family thanksgiving event sitting ‘ebuhlanti’ (in a kraal), chatting away with a gentleman who was showing
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Ten things we know that just ain’t so
From swimming after eating, to getting sick from sitting in a draft, we’re all told myths about what’s good or bad for us. “I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain’t so,” wrote the
First President of Texas
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. September 5th 1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas Portrait photograph of Sam Houston from a 1/6th plate daguerreotype
The ANC in KZN is falling apart | The Daily Friend Wrap
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the collapse of the ANC’s organizational structures in KwaZulu-Natal. They also talk about education minister, Siviwe Gwarube, promising pit toilets will be eradicated by April next year and a BRICS bank loan to Transnet.
The Orania model and South Africa’s cosmopolitan liberals
Non-racialism is a key liberal implication, but so is freedom of association and private property. There is no contradiction between these principles, even when the latter two are “seemingly” (but not really) exercised in contravention of the first. Nowhere is
Post Office to be liquidated | Daily Friend Wrap
Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the looming liquidation of the South African Post Office unless it receives a R3.8 billion bailout within a month. They also talk about a school in Limpopo with 90 kids per class and the
Eskom’s miracle turnaround: mindshifts from a crisis, external pressure, merit and incentives
Since March 26th 2024, we have had no power cuts. That would be unremarkable in most countries. But in South Africa, we have come to expect that power cuts will continue indefinitely due to the mix of public sector mismanagement, corruption
Motsoaledi plays the race card | Daily Friend Wrap
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss comments by the Health Minister that attacks on the National Health Insurance are a 'swart gevaar' tactic. They also talk about the latest GDP figures and state elections in Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryac-hXi9TI
