

This is not talked about at school
- By Elnieke Bronkhorst
- . Jul 26, 2025
All South African parents have one problem in common – it is difficult to shield their children from hardship in a society like ours. Many

Fixing South Africa in two easy steps
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 25, 2025

The censors behind the scenes
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 25, 2025

Thailand warns that Cambodia border clashes could lead to war
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 26, 2025

Bolsonaro threatened with arrest
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 26, 2025

France to recognise Palestine as a state
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 26, 2025



The wanker apocalypse
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jul 25, 2025
I’m not usually one for people’s bedrooms, but a feature of Britain’s Online Safety Act (OSA) kicks in today, meaning that mandatory age verification is required to access online pornography – and I find myself nodding in approval at my

SA's great debt crisis
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 24, 2025
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the debt problems in Gauteng and what this says about the larger problem of debt in the South African middle class, they also discuss some Petty and silly diplomatic moves by South African government

Yes, your favourite public park should be privatised
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 24, 2025
Few things have gripped the social imagination so firmly as the notion that “public = government = good” and “private = insular = bad.” This victory of rent-seeking statism over our collective minds is to be condemned, not embraced like

It may not feel like it, but SA has come a long way
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jul 24, 2025
The oldest Springbok died this week. Des van Jaarsveldt died at the age of 96. He had been a stalwart of Rhodesian rugby and played one Test for the Springboks. He also captained the side and scored a try, in

Corruption chickens coming home to roost?
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 23, 2025
In this episode of The Daily Friend Show, Michael Morris and Hermann Pretorius dive into the multi-faceted and evergreen issue of corruption. A new proposed law in Washington, D.C., paves the way for the US government to put sanctions on

Wealth "creation"
- By David Doubell
- . Jul 23, 2025

National security threats, own goals, and a perfect storm?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 23, 2025
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office released the government’s National Security Strategy, or rather a cut down version of the full document on the subject produced last year. The idea behind coming up with this redacted public document a year

Artificial Intelligence 1, Copyright 0
- By Steven Boykey Sidley
- . Jul 23, 2025
I have written previously about the hot war between creators of content and the “foundation” AI companies like ChatGPT, which hoovered up as much content as they could over the past couple of years and continue to do so with