Criminal justice system loses way on investigation of 14 prima facie corrupt police personnel
- By Paul Hoffman
- . Feb 13, 2026
On 17 December 2025, the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry delivered to the president its first interim report on the work it did in 2025. The
There’s always one, isn’t there?
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 13, 2026
DA troika could do the trick
- By David Gant
- . Feb 13, 2026
Is this the best the ANC can do?
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 12, 2026
The parlous state of the nation
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Feb 12, 2026
SONA, JHB water crisis, and Kim Jong Un’s successor
- By Staff Writer
- . Feb 13, 2026
Mr President, don’t miss your value-for-money moment – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Feb 12, 2026
Cape Town safety wall row, Ethiopia’s secret RSF camp, Zimbabwe
- By Staff Writer
- . Feb 11, 2026

Dion George’s new “non-partisan” conservation lobby is explicitly partisan
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 12, 2026
Fired environment minister Dion George launched a new conservation initiative to advance his activist agenda. Not three months since being booted out of government, Dion George has resurfaced as the inaugural executive chairman of the newly-launched global NGO, the Conservation
Yes, liberalism does eschew regulation of gambling and other vices
- By Martin van Staden
- . Feb 12, 2026
South Africa now finds itself in an economic malaise to which liberalisation is the only viable answer. With tepid if any growth rates, the highest formal unemployment rate in the world, and disinvestment continuing apace, the last thing anyone should be thinking is, “How can we increase state
Will water hand Joburg to the DA?
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 11, 2026
Nicholas Lorimer and John Endres discuss how the DA might benefit from the water crisis in Joburg. They also discuss a state-owned property company and if National Service is a good idea. https://www.youtube.com/live/0-KI03q8UZI?si=2wDoIFL36rcf4A7q
How did it get so big?!
- By David Doubell
- . Feb 11, 2026
Roedean in knots: tennis and anti-Semitism
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 11, 2026
Roedean, a pricey private all girls school in Johannesburg, has tied itself in knots over an incident that has the smell of deep anti-Semitism. Last week on Tuesday, girls’ tennis teams from King David, a Jewish school in Johannesburg, arrived
The foot and mouth crisis
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 10, 2026
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the foot and mouth disaster in SA. They chat about a nasty fight between Roedean and King David schools and they also chat about fixing South Africa’s economy. https://www.youtube.com/live/ksKLyVGhHOg?si=-cCn2PyCefte6Yri
Why did libertarians join the anti-globalisation movement?
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 10, 2026
Some of the arguments of the modern right echo those of the far left of not so long ago. I can understand right-wingers. I can understand nativists who think they’re special because of where they were born, and who think
Disastrous mismanagement of disasters by African governments
- By Kenneth Kgwadi
- . Feb 10, 2026
It is often said that Africa is the most vulnerable continent to the catastrophic impacts of climate change worldwide. These environmental consequences include severe floods and droughts which directly affect national economies, thereby lowering their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Agriculture