South Africa, for good reason, has lost the ability to trust
Like many of us, I suspect, I watched the media conference by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi with a grim fascination. Here we
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Why so many economists are wrong about free markets
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
Watered-down custard and the South African dream
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
"It is within your power ..." An open letter to President Ramaphosa
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
City of cutoffs
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
Like a man walking in on a toileting lady …
Bidvest is exposed as discriminating against impoverished white toddlers, so Solidarity’s Chief Executive, Dirk Hermann, writes them a letter. Bidvest then responds not through its CEO, but its corporate communications guy, and that − to paraphrase the final line of
Misrepresenting Cape Independence: values, not race
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 retreating into ethnic enclaves − motivated, he suggests, by fear, nostalgia, or xenophobia. This framing
SA can do it
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 win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jxIMz6er4U
The impact of the Mkhwanazi revelations on the future of the GNU
The KZN Police Commissioner put the cat among the political pigeons on Sunday. His essential complaint is that the executive branch of government has interfered illegally with the work of the police by sidelining investigations that have the potential to