
Amy-Claire Morton
Amy-Claire Morton is a Film & Television student at University of Johannesburg, and is interning as a journalist with the Daily Friend.
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Sights on citizens: Guns, government and self-defence
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . May 26, 2021
To be honest, I don’t like guns, even hunting rifles for that matter. This is mostly because, first, I don’t like wildlife hunting, and, second

The Baby and the Alligator: Ramaphosa at the Zondo Commission
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . May 5, 2021
Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa caused a stir when he defended cadre deployment in his testimony at the Zondo Commission. ‘I would say that when

Reflections on Freedom Day: 1994, and after
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Apr 27, 2021
South Africans today celebrate the first post-apartheid election on 27 April 1994 – a moment of great change, and of hope. But when it comes

Sophie’s Declining Choices
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 2, 2020
The collapse of economic life coupled with declining services has a severe impact on the life of someone like Sophie. Sophie is a 58-year-old domestic

Regulatory overkill?
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Apr 2, 2020
With lives in the balance, what is gained by depriving people of their livelihood through excessive regulation? And have restrictions on freedom of movement gone

The Price of China
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Mar 21, 2020
In a recent article for Time magazine, Charlie Campbell explored “What the Chinese Surveillance State Means for the Rest of the World” and reported that

An error of comedies
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Feb 15, 2020
Comedian and Journalist Daniel Friedman did not incite or encourage white genital mutilation, but there is an argument that he owes an apology for using

When does rhetoric become action?
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Dec 11, 2019
It was announced in recent days that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had charged Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for firing a gun