The pitfalls of age verification online

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Many countries have, or will soon, enact some sort of age verification requirement online. Doing so is a privacy nightmare, however. A growing number of

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Why SA badly needs a new centre-left party

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At first glance South Africa’s politics don’t really look that interesting. A country with a racially segregated past elects a radical far-left[1] party (the ANC) to enact radical economic policies which aim to redistribute the wealth of the former elite

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Lesotho’s declaration of a self-inflicted disaster

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Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster over “high rates of youth unemployment and job losses”. This measure in the landlocked southern African kingdom is likely to be in force until 30 June 2027. The immediate government justification is

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Why liberal democracy is reverting back to authoritarianism

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Democracy and individual freedom are not natural elements of human government. Authoritarianism, the rule of society by a minority possessing moral or physical authority over the majority, is the means by which humans have normally governed themselves historically. It is

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A changed region

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October 7 changed the political outlook of the entire Middle East region.  The political outlook of the Middle East region shifted enormously after Hamas’s surprise attack on the State of Israel on the morning of the 7th October 2023, which

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Why so many economists are wrong about free markets

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Over 100 economists warned against Javier Milei’s economic policies. Over 100 economists were dead wrong. A friend sent me an article from The Guardian, published shortly before the 2023 election in Argentina won by libertarian candidate Javier Milei. It is

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Watered-down custard and the South African dream

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I come from a long line of ordinary South Africans, the kind of people this country runs on, working-class people who never expected shortcuts, only the chance to build something a little sturdier for the next generation. When I was

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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 our intervention will assist you in the formulation of your response to the matters raised

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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 fundraiser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CA1DUu5Phc