

SONA shows ANC will need to be dragged into reality kicking and screaming
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Feb 13, 2025
I guess I should have known better. Watching the State of the Nation Address 2025 (SONA) live in anticipation of a briefing I would be

State Capture 2.0? SA’s latest lesson in political déjà vu
- By Reuben Coetzer
- . Feb 13, 2025

Take Trump seriously, not literally
- By Kevin Joubert
- . Feb 13, 2025

SA has no plan in foreign affairs
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 12, 2025

Expropriation law could disrupt banking, IRR warns
- By Staff Writer
- . Feb 13, 2025

Diplomacy only way to resolve DRC conflict – Ramaphosa
- By Staff Writer
- . Feb 13, 2025



Terence Corrigan unpacks the facts and myths about the Expropriation Act – Part I
We present the podcasts of the weekly IRR Show on Chai FM. The show is broadcast live every Tuesday from 09h00 to 10h00 on Chai FM 101.9 and deals with the politics of the day and related issues. We also

SA’s shredded foreign policy
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 12, 2025
The two pillars of South Africa’s post-1994 foreign policy have crumbled; we do not have the resources and capabilities to undertake large-scale peacekeeping missions across the continent, and, due to our foreign and domestic stance, the US now sees us

Hubris on the Hill: remembering the Battle of Salaita Hill, 1916
- By Dylan Löser
- . Feb 12, 2025
As a South African interested in military history, I am drawn to tales of South African heroism under fire. Over the past few years, however, I have come to realise that for every South African military triumph, there exists an

Europe throws a lifeline to Ramaphosa
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 11, 2025
Nicholas Lorimer, and Hermann Pretorius discuss the warm comments by a senior EU figure towards South Africa. They also discuss the DA taking EWC to court and also the infighting in MK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63oK5vUUr3E

Wanatu?
- By David Doubell
- . Feb 11, 2025

Lies and libels: the Jews deserve better
Jews were horrified by the invasion by Hamas of Israel, the horror of the murders, the rapes, the venomous hatred, the unalloyed glee of the perpetrators, the torture and the kidnapping by the equivalent of between four and six battalions

Trump's executive order on SA
- By Daily Friend
- . Feb 10, 2025
Today's Show with Michael Morris, Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan discusses Donald Trump's executive order. They also discuss the EFF's continuing internal troubles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0UMyprR7hI&t=1s

You need to speak out!!!!
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 10, 2025
“Terrence he is an extremely dangerous world leader. You need to speak out about that,” read the note on Facebook messenger. This was on the morning of 15 April 2020. Donald Trump, faced with the COVID pandemic and then approaching