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Look to US, not apartheid SA, to best understand Trumpism

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A little under a month ago, the Financial Times published a piece by Simon Kuper, “Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa” (19

Why the DA is right to play hardball in Tshwane

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The Democratic Alliance has taken a hard line on the ousting of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink, telling the ANC that unless it helped to reinstate

More to Cabanac than simplistic analysis suggests

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The appointment of Roman Cabanac as chief of staff by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has triggered a great deal of commentary in the

Feelgood is good, but it’s not enough

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Cast your mind back to January 2024. South Africa was in Stage 3 loadshedding. We were a nation traumatised by 2023 – the year with

Voters did not ask for more ANC-style transformation

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Since the election on 29 May 2024, a narrative has taken hold that misrepresents how South Africans voted. It is well described in a tweet

SA’s high-stakes opportunity

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What follows is the text of an address I gave today to the Cato Institute in Washington D.C., where I am embarked on the second

South Africa’s precarious 2024 opportunity

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What follows is the address I delivered today to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)* in London on the opportunities and challenges facing the country

Coalitions: time for the DA to get in the ring

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As the ANC mulls over its post-election options, the DA has emerged as one of its strongest coalition options. The DA shares with the ANC

Namibians befuddled by SA

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Earlier this week I had the opportunity to travel to Namibia. It was an eye-opening experience: Namibians − citizens of a country with one twentieth

This just isn’t good enough

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Most Daily Friend readers will have just finished their Christmas breaks, enjoying time with friends and family, taking life easy for a couple of weeks