Writers' Room reads: "Anyone for a nice, cheap shot of cynicism?" | Hermann Pretorius

Hermann Pretorius reads his latest article for the Daily Friend about the cost of cynicism in politics. Read the article here: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2026/08/23/... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHa3E4Q8kk0

The “myth of white genocide” disinfo campaign reaches Lex Libertas 

For more than a year I have been saying this on X (Twitter), and I will say it again here: “white genocide” as a narrative device is a product of the left and the press.

AGOA survival doesn’t cure South Africa’s growth challenge 

Last week United States (US) President Donald Trump signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), keeping duty-free access to the US market open for more than 30 African countries until the end of 2028.

New IRR report on fixing local government released today

“Fixing South Africa’s Broken Municipalities” is the title of the webinar today at which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) launched a new in-depth study of local government.  Local government: crises decades in the making and how to deal with

Without deep reform, forget about a big boost to business confidence

Business confidence has rarely been at high levels in SA, but since about 2010—bar a few short periods—has been in the doldrums.

What SA can learn from Meloni’s coalition 

As Giorgia Meloni’s party gathered for a rally in Bari on 4 September, her government marked 1,413 consecutive days in office, one day longer than Silvio Berlusconi’s second government between 2001 and 2005.

Glitch's fault ...

A low wage is not immoral; forbidding it is

The National Minimum Wage Commission will soon determine next year’s mandatory wage levels. The exercise rests on a persuasive but perverse moral claim.