March and Braai: The strange loops of South African history
The first thing I thought of when I heard that AfriForum and March and March were collaborating was Piet Retief and Dingaan trying to broker a deal on a precarious cliff called Vulture’s Hill (Aasvoelkop) after a festivity took a
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Zille attacked from all sides!
In today’s Daily Friend Show, Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja react to election campaigning kicking off in earnest. They discuss the Radio 702 Johannesburg mayoral debate, in which Helen Zille fended off attacks from all sides, some of the adverts
Rainbow pedestrian crossing triggers "Christians"
It would be funny to watch minorities invoke majoritarianism against other minorities, if it wasn't so hateful and intolerant.
Bernie Sanders and AI – serious or cynical?
I have always sort of liked Bernie Sanders, even though my politics and his rarely align. I liked the way he attracted support from both the left and the right wing, particularly during his presidential runs in 2016 and 2020.
The other 9/11: lessons from Chile
As pundits around the world mull over the long consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States twenty-five years ago, it is worth considering that “other 9/11,” when it was the United States that backed a terrorist attack
Provincial migration: Implications for Gauteng and the Western Cape
South Africa’s rural provinces are experiencing rapid out-migration – people moving elsewhere – as their local economies endure high unemployment, disinvestment, slowing growth, and infrastructure decay. Meanwhile, their urban counterparts, Gauteng and the Western Cape, are experiencing rapid in-migration, placing
No growth without fixing municipal dysfunction – IRR
South Africa cannot achieve the economic growth it desperately needs while its cities and towns struggle to provide the infrastructure and services on which businesses and households depend. This is the core message of a new analysis published by the
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.