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A fire that cannot be extinguished

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In May of 1976 the chairperson of the West Rand Administration Board, which had taken over the administration of Soweto three years earlier, told the

Will South Africa became another Venezuela?

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The following is the text of an address given by the CEO of the IRR, Frans Cronje, to the Cato Institute in Washington DC, in

A brilliant flash, then oblivion: is this the ANC’s supernova moment?

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My colleague Anthea Jeffery has written here on why, and contrary to most opinion, the proposals of the EFF and the ANC on custodianship are

Racist murder at Mkhondo, or another Coligny injustice?

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I have issued a statement today in which I explain why the IRR will be looking to verify the version of events set out by

Time to stop #CitizenAbuse

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The mainstream media and many financial institution analysts are driving the line that last week’s budget was enlightened and littered with efforts to reduce the

Defenders of expropriation bear a heavy moral burden

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Professor Ruth Hall of the University of the Western Cape’s Institute for Poverty, Land & Agrarian Studies began a lengthy defence of the government’s Expropriation

A less subtle case for why top independent schools need to stay closed

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As he had promised, Gauteng MEC for Education Panyazi Lesufi paid a visit yesterday to Helpmekaar Kollege after that school had decided that it would

Covid-19 and private schools: a testing challenge

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South Africa’s elite private schools should be allowed to determine their own affairs without government interference – but they should take great care not to

The second (and third) waves of state capture are coming

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Over the next few weeks, the Daily Friend will be republishing a selection of the most popular posts of 2020. This piece was first published

Here I stand. I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

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 ‘It is not because men have enacted laws that life, liberty, and property exist. On the contrary, it is because life, liberty, and property are