The jewel in the crown of SA’s industrial policy is a lump of coal
The motor industry bleats pitifully at new trade and industry minister Parks Tau. The government teat is not providing enough milk, the piglets cry. Frequently
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Well-meaning unemployment and starvation
According to everyone who knew him, Tito Mboweni, who died this month, was a lovely man. He was cheerful, friendly, humble and thoroughly decent. A virtuous man, he is more than any other single person responsible for South Africa’s catastrophic
Reinforcing SA’s growth through infrastructure
Moments before ringing the bell at the London Stock Exchange on a recent working visit to the UK, Deputy President Paul Mashatile exhorted his audience: “We want you down there!” That South Africa wants and needs the investment is without
Of liquor and liberty: the trend towards paternalism
Hot on the heels of reintroducing the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, government has set its sights on liquor. The Liquor Amendment Bill, first introduced by the Department of Trade and Industry in 2016, seeks to raise
Third court case against NHI begins
Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discusses a court cases challenging NHI from the SA Private Practitioners Forum. They also discuss fixing Aa's motor industry, foreign-owned shop looting, and Taiwan-SA relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OAsHUnOsE
Five things about food we know that just ain’t so
Should you avoid GMOs? Should you limit your egg consumption? Should you drink dairy milk or plant “milks”? Should infants eat peanut-based foods? What we eat, and what we ought to eat, are uncommonly fertile soil for popular myths. There
Mbeki kicks the hornet’s nest
Thabo Mbeki has upset a bunch of white people and I pity him because I’ve seen what happens when a distinguished black man confronts the power centres who determine race narratives. He's written to the MEC for Education in Gauteng
'Muscular' and 'Constructive' liberalism
Free Market Foundation Head of Policy Martin van Staden writes recently that, “one hopes that the muscular liberals will gain the advantage in this particular movement before it is too late for liberal order to be rescued.” The (classical) “liberal
Nzimande: old, tired, and out of ideas | Daily Friend Wrap
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the poor record of former minister of higher education, Blade Nzimande, the GNU's dispute-solving forum, and the sewage crisis in Mogale City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p70o_APS2Y