Nvidia – the honeypot, the patsy, the smuggler, the spy and the president
The thing about the Jensen Huang affair is that it is just so clichéd. Embarrassing (especially for him, and for those of us who might
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on achieving value-for-money objectives in local government
Tomorrow’s Institute of Race Relations (IRR) webinar launches a short report exploring the value-for-money common ground between the major parties, and the scope in hung councils across the country for their working together to put residents’ interests first. The public's
Will we have stable reform-minded coalitions in Gauteng?
South Africa’s political landscape fundamentally changed at last week’s municipal elections. Fresh coalition possibilities are now open as the decline in ANC support continues at pace, and as the party’s former voters move to other parties instead of not voting.
Silence on Gaza floods an inexcusable blind spot in SA broadcasting
From: Iqbal Jassat Executive Member, Media Review Network Via email The first major winter storm of the season has just ripped through Gaza, submerging an estimated 70,000 tents and claiming the lives of five people, including three children. It is
On “degeneracy” and piety in civilisation
Moralists warn that “degeneracy” corrodes civilisation and justifies (or creates) strongmen to restore civilisational norms. History says otherwise. “Why do you defend this degeneracy?” That was the question pointed at me in 2023 when I dared to defend equal rights
Language, not looks: SA’s real minorities
I was elated recently to hear Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni describing South Africa as “a country of minorities”. Speaking in the Ronnie Mamoepa Press Room at Tshedimosetso House, the GCIS – government information service – headquarters in Hatfield,
Coalitions galore
In today's Daily Friend show, Nicholas Lorimer and Ofentse Donald Davhie discuss the aftermath of the 2026 local government elections. https://youtu.be/hI4_4LrD68M
The politics of making unlikely bedfellows
“The people have spoken,” President Cyril Ramaphosa declared as he arrived at the national results operations centre of the IEC last evening. “We accept and respect the will of the people, however concerning it might be”. The African National Congress