Duel of the mayors
In today’s Daily Friend Show Live, Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer discuss and contrast the campaigns of Helen Zille and Dada Morero for control of
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How do we stop healthcare professionals leaving SA?
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is approaching various healthcare organisations to discuss the effects of the emigration of healthcare professionals on the industry and on healthcare services generally, and what needs to be done to keep them in South
The risks in proposed water-use rules
In 1998 the ANC took custodianship of all water resources under the National Water Act but denied this amounted to expropriation. Now, it plans to make race the dominant factor in water-use licensing and water allocation. Given past land reform
Why SA cannot subsidise its way out of becoming a failing state
South Africa is once again arguing about the Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP). The key question is not whether this one programme pays for itself, but whether South Africa can keep subsidising firms and sectors while the basic services
Do Afrikaners get to be Afrikaners per se?
The recent controversy over Bokkieweek offers a useful lens on a deeper and recurring question in South African public life: do Afrikaners get to exist as Afrikaners per se, or only as scattered individuals whose cultural preferences must remain private
Young people just aren't voting and why it matters ... with Sara Gon
Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer discuss how to encourage young people to vote, what it means to be a good citizen, and the importance of civic education. https://youtu.be/Himb2T3qOnw?si=d37wfC-v4ZKC5KVS
Why I’m more bullish on South Africa than Britain
A recent visit to the United Kingdom left me convinced that South Africa, despite all its glaring problems, has a more direct route to improvement than Britain. Both countries are stuck in low-growth traps. The difference lies in the nature
The lobbying storm in a teacup
The former DA leader, John Steenhuisen, has exacted vengeance on his party and caused a furore that might stay around for some time.
Might Ahmed al-Sharaa turn out to be the Middle East’s Henry IV?
In the mid- to late-1500s France was torn apart by the French Wars of Religion. Many French nobles and commoners alike had embraced the Protestant faith – they became known as the Huguenots – and, in an age before freedom