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Only 2% of SA air force aircraft working
Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Michael Morris discuss the South African Air Force having only two fighter jets, one helicopter and three fighter jet trainers
In Memoriam: Roger David Crawford (10 September 1944 − 19 March 2025)
Roger Crawford, who has died after a short illness, is remembered as a committed and influential liberal who straddled modern South Africa’s historic watershed, engaging
We have already been stopped!
Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the shocking, unintentional admission of weakness by Fikile Mbalula. They also discuss No More Race Laws and an MK
MK party accused of nepotism
Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest conflict within MK. They also chat about the auditor-general’s report on KwaZulu-Natal and demands from the head
The Wilgenhof settlement: what disturbs me about it
Dear Editor I was initially relieved to learn that Stellenbosch University, and the institution’s oldest residence, Wilgenhof, (and its esteemed alumni association) had resolved the
The true costs of BEE
Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the costs BEE imposes on South Africa and how it fails to uplift the lives of black South Africans.
SA’s ambassador to the US gets cancelled
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan, and John Endres discusses the expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool by
South Africa: struggling to make it
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Anlu Keeve, and Nicholas Lorimer discusses the massive roadblocks to developing South Africa’s manufacturing sector. They also discuss
Cricket SA punishes team for too many coloured players
Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt discuss the decision by Cricket SA to punish a cricket team for not having enough black players. They also discuss
Going, going, Godongwana
Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss the budget and what it portends for the Government of National Unity (GNU).