The ANC’s Action-SA conundrum in Tshwane

Recently in the City of Tshwane there was a political upheaval, with the removal of Cilliers Brink of the Democratic Alliance as Mayor and his replacement by his deputy, Nasiphi Moya from ActionSA.  Moya’s election was backed by the ANC

Gaza women’s silent suffering

Hamas suppression of women: The ignored tragedy. The international community has long been troubled by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But a vital point that is frequently ignored is the way that Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, systematically oppresses women.   Hamas

Daily Friend special: Securing the tools to defeat corruption, an interview with Paul Hoffman

In this special episode Nicholas Lorimer talks to Advocate Paul Hoffman about a private member's bill to create a new chapter 9 institution which would target high-level corruption. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PipgkH4ETRc

Nigerian passports

MAGA hippies fall for raw milk

There was a time when unhinged back-to-nature idealism was limited to the green left. Not anymore. Raw milk has become a MAGA symbol. We all know the type: modern-day hippies who wear handmade tie-dyed clothes to Mary-Ann’s Natural Emporium (or

The shadow of the “Banana” republic

The British civil servants, or mandarins, sitting around the table at Lancaster House all knew Canaan Banana was a depraved little bastard. They knew, but when the Marxist oddball Robert Mugabe proposed him as Zimbabwe’s leader, they supported it.  They

Fall of Jaffna

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 5th December 1995 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nazly/32246797116] The island nation of Sri Lanka

Don’t blame the mob – blame the appeasers

In the age of so-called “cancel culture,” it takes two to tango: the cancel mob, and those who tolerate and appease them. We might be misallocating attention by focusing too much on the mob, which is acting rationally in pursuit