ActionSA grows larger

Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the merger of ActionSA and the Forum 4 Service Delivery. They also talk about the success of a school in Limpopo and a shooting in Cape Town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofbCpn9_iE8

Jordan Griffiths gives credit where credit is due to the success of the 1st phase of clean water to Hammanskraal

We present the podcasts of the weekly IRR Show on Chai FM. The show is broadcast live every Tuesday from 09h00 to 10h00 on Chai FM 101.9 and deals with the politics of the day and related issues. We also

Without a big ANC revamp, SA is trapped

The ANC is desperately trying to get across the idea that since it lost its majority at last year’s election, it is on a path of renewal and cleansing. Yet its rhetoric and ideas are much the same as they

Phillip de Wet contracts an acute case of authoritarianism

South Africans, says Phillip de Wet, should reach political consensus on implementing a “Great (Political) Internet Wall”, à la China, to shut out social media platforms. An urgent mental health intervention is needed for Phillip de Wet, who lately earns

What does the matric pass rate tell us

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the 2024 matric pass rate, the illegal miners in Stilfontein, and the Competition Commission report on supermarkets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzmxB8nHTkA

Defending the indefensible - South Africa's support for Syria at the UN

Introduction In 'Pretoria’s support for global monsters exposed in Syrian “Belsen redux"' (BizNews Premium 5 January 2025), RW Johnson referred to the opening of former President Bashar al-Assad's prisons to the public after his overthrow.  Johnson also mentioned mass graves

Last chance saloon for the GNU

John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss what 2025 has in store for South Africa and the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfXsuSdlrQg

Colonialism