

Justin and Justinian
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Apr 4, 2025
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 1st April 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I

VAT rise passes
- By Daily Friend
- . Apr 3, 2025

VAT hike
- By David Doubell
- . Apr 3, 2025

The ANC is facing electoral oblivion
- By John Endres
- . Apr 3, 2025

Hungary seeks withdrawal from International Criminal Court
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 4, 2025

By-elections sees mixed bag for DA, ANC
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 4, 2025



Ramaphosa thinks the DA has made a big mistake
- By Daily Friend
- . Apr 2, 2025
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest budget battles and the incoming US tariff policy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-Wot5eeFE

Boycott?
- By David Doubell
- . Apr 2, 2025

The ANC-EFF’s relentless assault on Pretoria High School for Girls continues
- By Richard Wilkinson
- . Apr 2, 2025
Last week, on Tuesday 25 March 2025, a cavalcade of blue-light vehicles swept into the parking lot at Pretoria High School for Girls. The cars were transporting members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, who were conducting an oversight

Hitting bottom as a spark for change?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Apr 2, 2025
Our economy is in a deep slump. We are getting poorer, with our economic growth rate consistently below the rate of increase in our population. Almost all of our public enterprises, inefficient monopolies on the backbone of the economy, are

Stamped out: the case for letting go of the SAPO
- By Reuben Coetzer
- . Apr 2, 2025
In South Africa, policy reform often arrives like a postmarked letter from the past—late, smudged, and slightly irrelevant by the time it reaches its destination. So it is with the recent call by the DA GNU Minister of Communications and

ANC unveils plan B
- By Daily Friend
- . Apr 1, 2025
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest in budget negotiations and falling CEO confidence in South Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg82mqLjxc8

Retaliatory tariffs are bad policy
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Apr 1, 2025
We all like to hear fighting words from the targets of Trump’s tariffs, but counter-tariffs only make a bad situation worse. Lately, we’ve had a lot of opportunity to discuss tariffs and whether they’re a good idea. US president Donald

Perceptions of race
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Apr 1, 2025
The issue of race rears its head at every available opportunity, and yet in many (most?) cases it is used as a means of identifying a group which may in fact have little to do specifically with race. To quote