

An important DIRCO statement goes ignored
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 28, 2025
On 21 July, Monday last week, the Government Gazette carried a notice, No. 6444, entitled “Status of the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa”. Henceforth,

You have rights, except at the US border
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 27, 2025

This is not talked about at school
- By Elnieke Bronkhorst
- . Jul 26, 2025

Northern Cape has vast opportunities says Ramaphosa
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 28, 2025

R500 million spent so far on parliamentary repair and renovation
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 28, 2025



Fixing South Africa in two easy steps
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 25, 2025
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer, on today's show, discuss comments by Moeletsi Mbeki on how to get SA moving again. They also talk trade and the EFF's plan to beat MK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Usc1oBVG4

The censors behind the scenes
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 25, 2025
Governments are dangerous agents of censorship. Behind the scenes, however, there are far less accountable private censors, acting on behalf of self-appointed fringe moralists. Steam, the world’s most popular full-featured video game distribution platform, quietly added a new rule for

Alienation of Johannesburg sports facilities: a distraction from decades of failure
- By Leah Potgieter
- . Jul 25, 2025
Johannesburg residents − and DA councillors − are alarmed at the recent move by the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) on well-used and functioning public infrastructure, sports facilities and open spaces in the city, through outright sale, long-term leases or ceding

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