SANDF, the ANC's employment force
- By Ricardo Teixeira
- . May 18, 2026
How well-informed do we need, or want, to be?
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . May 18, 2026
The silence that condemns us all
- By Marika Sboros
- . May 18, 2026
Sofa, so good, but Ramaphosa won’t wake up in the shower
- By Viv Vermaak
- . May 17, 2026
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Russia’s shrinking geopolitical power
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 16, 2026
In 2022 shortly after Russia lunched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to overthrow Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky saying:
Dementia, and surprising things you can do to avoid it
- By Garth Zietsman
- . May 16, 2026
The prospect of dementia is one of the more feared ailments we face. It is a hard thing to endure as its direct victim, or as one of the relatives who has to look after them and watch a loved
The Hague Group’s Gandikota-Nellutla exposes her anti-Israel agenda
- By Kenneth Kgwadi
- . May 16, 2026
The executive secretary of the Hague Group, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, has exposed her anti-Israel and anti-Jewish agenda when she acknowledged on a call with over 108 people that their work was secretly coordinated by questionable groups that have been sanctioned by
The stain that is our racialism
- By Wanda Watt
- . May 16, 2026
Terence, fruit of my loins, is speaking to me on the phone. The call is mine. He visits us sometimes, but phones only when overwhelmed by a rush of filial piety. In common parlance, this is known as feeling sorry
Ramaphosa claims mining is proof of BEE success!
- By Daily Friend
- . May 15, 2026
On today's Daily Friend Show, John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss Ramaphosa's answers to a Q&A in parliament about BEE, the role of MK and the EFF in the impeachment hearings, the cold reality of provincial finances, and the Madlanga
Germany funded its defence turn, South Africa hasn’t
- By Ofentse Donald Davhie
- . May 15, 2026
The Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, recently announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has formally endorsed the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) “Journey to Greatness” 30-year plan to rebuild South Africa’s armed forces and eventually reach a defence
AI is not governable, Mr. Malatsi
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 15, 2026
Leaving aside the farcical release of an AI-generated AI policy full of AI hallucinations, why do we need an AI policy at all?
NHI is an arrogant government in action
- By Chris Patterson
- . May 15, 2026
The NHI is a system that risks infecting – like a virus – the entire healthcare system to the public inefficiencies, corruption, waste and mismanagement extremely prevalent in the public healthcare system.