Is South Africa serious about its sovereignty?
Speaking at Waterkloof Air Force Base, defence and military veterans minister Angie Motshekga opened the 13th Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition with a message worth taking seriously. She told delegates that July’s Defence Industry Lekgotla had produced a roadmap built on “localisation and sovereign capability, ensuring South Africa
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A failing empire, consumed by ignorance, avarice and hatred
The once-great US of A is on a downward spiral, ruled by a megalomaniac who arrogantly exudes ignorance. I did tell you so.
Rape and murder in SA: a reply to Jackie Phamotse
There is a way of talking about violence against women in South Africa that begins from a morally serious concern and ends somewhere much less useful. A woman is murdered, raped or assaulted and almost immediately ordinary men are told
DA’s changing of the guard the most consequential political event this year
Many who watched it, have failed to appreciate what exactly happened in the Democratic Alliance this year. The party underwent a fundamental shift, a changing of the baton as a new guard took over. For years the DA has prided
Getting into a frothy over rugby
“Well, how did you enjoy the rugby?” Noah asks. Noah and I are standing our Irish friends to breakfast at a local restaurant. This is a sensible way to entertain them, as even they are civilised enough not to drink
75 parties on the Joburg ballot
In today’s Daily Friend Show, Nicholas Lorimer and Anlu Keeve react to the latest developments in the wild and wacky land of South Africa, from local government elections to crime and the rural economy. https://youtube.com/live/yp-sMVq7_wI?feature=share
Creepy commonalities: the revival of nostalgia for evil pasts
In the bestselling satirical novel by Timur Vermes, Look Who’s Back, a scruffy character in a dusty and petrol-soaked trenchcoat with a trademark sweep of dark forelock and a toothbrush moustache awakes on a patch of open ground in central
The most endearing feature of the high-trust society is the honesty box
In many English villages, eggs or vegetables are left outside homes on tables. You take half a dozen of the former, then you slip cash into a box, ordinarily a few pounds. Nobody is guarding the table, nobody is monitoring
Scrap race laws for SA’s sake, not Washington’s, IRR urges government
Whatever Washington’s concerns are, South Africa should ditch race laws and threats to property because they directly harm South Africans in every government-defined race group. So says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in response to the new US visa