Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Lincoln Reader was born in Johannesburg. He spent a decade living in London, where he worked in financial services, eventually co-founding investment marketplace Lofotr Investors. He writes a Friday column for The Daily Friend, podcasts twice week and is a trustee of the Kay Mason Foundation, a charity awarding bursaries to young people in Cape Town.
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In praise of both Jeff Wicks and General Mkhwanazi
General Mkhwanazi is upsetting academics. They’re cross because twice now at the parliamentary ad-hoc committee hearing he’s scoffed at the idea that presenting a granny-disemboweling,
The “centre-left” are in trouble
The left, or those who pretend to be, are in trouble. I’m not talking about their control being threatened – they retain a firm grip
Lesson from London
Donald Trump is right: London’s Sadiq Khan is the worst mayor in the world, possibly since records of bad mayors began. In fact, you might
Fickle and cowardly
Bossman Jerry Greenfield at Botulism and Japanese Beetles, or Ben & Jerry’s, has thrown in the towel. It wasn’t a rush of conscience at giving
No diamonds, gold, oil or rare earths there
The generic operating model of the massive USAID scam under successive US administrations as follows. A bunch of dudes from India or Africa − The
Crackers, bonkers, unwell, messy
The heavy-set English boomer woman spoke from the front of the room without a podium or microphone. “Our book of the month is Too Much and
Most of all, the centrist is honest
A new centrist bloc is reportedly being formed between South African opposition parties − namely Musi Maimane’s BOSA, Songezo Zibi’s Rise Mzansi and Patricia de
When next Putin calls …
If reports are true − that following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call on Monday night (IST) with US President Donald Trump, he phoned South African President Cyril
One of the most understudied “transformation” disasters
The South African government is concerned by the volume of anti-transformation talk it is encountering, but it’s not really the government, as that’s supposed to
The parent of fake news is mad news
I doubt there is a face across America, Europe or Africa whose chin isn’t dripping with fake news − even if the owners of the