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“It is within your power …” An open letter to President Ramaphosa

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Dear Mr President We write this open letter to you in advance of your address to the nation scheduled for 7pm tomorrow. We hope that

City of cutoffs

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In today’s Daily Friend Show, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the billing mismanagement of Johannesburg, the failures of the mining ministry, and an MK

Misrepresenting Cape Independence: values, not race

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Dear Editor In his recent article, The toxic lure of enclaves and anti-immigrationism, Ivo Vegter accuses supporters of Cape Independence and self-determination more broadly of

SA can do it

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Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss South Africa’s great economic potential, what the president should say about the police minister, and a rare ANC economic

Tariff time approaches

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John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss US-SA relations and the looming threat of tariffs. They also discuss deepening economic problems in South Africa and accusations

What might ActionSA sacrifice to save Tshwane?

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Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the looming battle over the city manager of Tshwane. They also discuss formalising the informal sector.

Cops & Robbers?

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Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss accusations by a senior cop that the minister of police is covering up political killings. They also talk about

Corruption can be captured

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Society is confronted by a multitude of serious global crises. These include regional wars, revolutions, increasing anti-Semitism and Islamism, unprecedented fires, floods and famine, diminishing

What really happened in 2024?

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Nicholas Lorimer chats to Hermann Pretorius about his new book, Rule Breakers: How the 2024 Election Campaign Changed South Africa Forever

ANC kicks SACP out of meeting

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Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the growing split between the ANC and SACP, the growing tensions in the GNU and the problem of too