Is this the best the ANC can do?
Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris discuss the various parties’ comments on the 2026 SONA. They also talk about Lesufi’s blunder on the water crisis.
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Roedean in knots: tennis and anti-Semitism
Roedean, a pricey private all girls school in Johannesburg, has tied itself in knots over an incident that has the smell of deep anti-Semitism. Last week on Tuesday, girls’ tennis teams from King David, a Jewish school in Johannesburg, arrived
The foot and mouth crisis
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the foot and mouth disaster in SA. They chat about a nasty fight between Roedean and King David schools and they also chat about fixing South Africa’s economy. https://www.youtube.com/live/ksKLyVGhHOg?si=-cCn2PyCefte6Yri
Why did libertarians join the anti-globalisation movement?
Some of the arguments of the modern right echo those of the far left of not so long ago. I can understand right-wingers. I can understand nativists who think they’re special because of where they were born, and who think
Disastrous mismanagement of disasters by African governments
It is often said that Africa is the most vulnerable continent to the catastrophic impacts of climate change worldwide. These environmental consequences include severe floods and droughts which directly affect national economies, thereby lowering their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Agriculture
SA ending its DRC war
Nicholas Lorimer and Ricardo Teixeira discuss the end of the South African deployment as UN peacekeepers in the Eastern DRC. They also discuss the lack of Maths at 400 SA schools and what it takes to be a game ranger
SA’s long war in the DRC is ending – the reckoning should begin
After nearly three decades, South Africa is preparing to withdraw its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). By the end of 2026, the South African National Defence Force will no longer contribute forces to the United Nations
Foot and Mouth Disease: how did we get to this point
South Africa’s farming economy exists at some remove from the day-to-day life of a rapidly urbanising population, visible largely through typically reliably stocked grocery aisles. For the country’s political class, it is frequently little more than a signifier onto which to project ideological prejudices,