Helen Zille: angel, witch, gogo or leader?
Women in power, from Joan of Arc to Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton, have always had a tough job bearing the judgements of their followers and detractors.
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Principle versus pragmatism
On Tuesday last week, Thomas Massey lost the Kentucky 04 Republican House primary. He lost it because President Donald Trump did not like Massey’s opposition to his policies in Congress, and because he is the primary driver behind the Epstein
Why does Hermann Pretorius continue with a fabricated version of the Foundation’s critique of the “Race Laws Index”?
In recent weeks, an important public debate has unfolded between the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) and the FW de Klerk Foundation regarding how we, as South Africans, should navigate the intersection of non-racialism and historical redress.
Of white dogs and dogged whites
Noah works too hard. Conscientious lawyer that he is, he is eternally busy. Shuffling papers from in-tray to out-tray takes up most of his time. When he has a spare moment, he talks sonorously into a machine, a process known
News Focus: France’s Code Noir expunged
In a rare display of unanimity, France’s National Assembly voted 254-0 this week to repeal the “Code Noir,” or Black Code, a decree signed in 1685 by King Louis XIV in order to govern slaves across France’s colonies. The decree
Cadres, imaginary budgets, motte-and-bailey, and a rocket blows up
In today's Daily Friend Show, Ofentse Donald Davhie and Nicholas Lorimer talk about the ANC's human capital problem, Joburg's latest budget, immigration and a rocket that blew up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDYCmL3Xp4&t=5s
No, you did not just “break the laws of physics”
The quality of online content is taking a nosedive, and it’s not only artificial intelligence that’s to blame.
The AI backlash in the West is growing and China is thrilled
At the University of Arizona commencement this month, Eric Schmidt, the much-admired ex-CEO of Google, began telling graduates that artificial intelligence would reshape classrooms, hospitals and professions. The boos came back immediately, loud and clear. He was not alone.
Redi Tlhabi is a threat to our national intelligence
Long before Redi Tlhabi emptied her head to write a neurotic article entitled “Don’t hand South Africa’s democracy to Elon Musk for 30 pieces of silver”, curious things were happening in Washington DC, where Tlhabi and a man called Phillip