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ActionSA’s Tshwane troubles
Nicholas Lorimer and Dr John Endres discuss the fracturing coalition in Tshwane, the troubles of Johannesburg and its potentially sunny future, and how the UK
The incredible fakeness of social media
In today’s TDF live show, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius chat about the problem, and scale, of fake content on social media and how society
The SANDF encroachment crisis: military bases and the land question
Fifteen months is a long time in politics. It is long enough for a civilian to die after gaining access to unexploded ordnance at an unfenced military training area. It is long enough for court orders to remain only partially implemented because alternative accommodation was never provided. It is long enough for hundreds of millions of rand in proposed perimeter fencing to remain unfunded aspirations. And it is long enough for an interdepartmental working group that Parliament instructed the Executive to establish to remain nothing more than a phrase repeated in a PowerPoint presentation.
SA needs a capitalist revolution
About the lack of growth in our economy (raised by Jonathan Katzenellenbogen’s piece yesterday, Do we truly want to grow?), this is a political problem that can only have a political solution.
Fighting tyranny and funding freedom | Makone Maja
Nicholas Lorimer chats to Makone Maja about her recent trip to Ghana, the fight for freedom in Africa, Pan-Africanism, and foreign funding of NGOs. Let’s
Open letter: why do US companies enforce racial preference laws in SA?
If the United States truly stands against racial discrimination in law and policy, a glaring contradiction demands attention; hundreds of American companies operate successfully in South Africa while actively complying with – and thereby reinforcing – Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) and Employment Equity rules.
Date of local government election announced! Start the campaign clock
Today’s Daily Friend Live features Nicholas Lorimer and Ricardo Teixeira. They discuss the looming local government elections, the MK Party’s latest power struggle, and the
SA’s new reality since June 30th | Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen discusses the new reality in which South Africa has found itself since the 30 June anti-immigration protests. They reveal a state that has
The R6 million trip to Venezuela
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the controversial trip taken by a Gauteng Legislature delegation to Venezuela in November last year. They also discuss the
SA’s failures point to the same problem
Anlu Keeve and Michael Morris discuss videos posted by Cilliers Brink and Helen Zille on different aspects of state dysfunction, and a social media post