The ANC’s evil masquerading as virtue
The ANC is sacrificing other people for immoral ends, while claiming to be sacrificing itself for moral ends. Throughout the horrible, confused mess of ANC
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WHITE or WRONG, My Family, My Tribe
“White or Wrong, My Family, My Tribe” was the title of a documentary I had planned to film in post-apartheid South Africa, but it never came to be. In 1998, I returned from exile, intending to tell the story of
The goal is control, not empowerment
Today's Daily Friend Show with Makone Maja, Anlu Keeve, and Nicholas Lorimer discusses the claims by the deputy president that EWC will speed up land reform. They also discuss the R100 billion rand “transformation” fund. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASzWTcD8c0E
Steel tariff madness as another Master Plan crumbles
The steel industry blames cheap imports for its woes, as government officials prepare a new wave of protectionism, at the cost of consumers. Master Plans kill industries. Pick a Master Plan, concocted by the Department of Trade Barriers, Deindustrialisation and
Bozell may be the US ambassador and he's not housetrained!
For some time now there’s been a collective wish that Koos Bekker would rock up unannounced at News24 and hold court with an urgent intervention: “Today I’m admitting your editor into the finger-painting class at Valkenberg Hospital where he’ll stay
NO MORE RACE LAWS!
Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the IRR's new "No more race laws" bill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIE9bg7LAhk
“Kill the Boer”: Marco Rubio, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and the rule of law
On 21 March, Julius Malema celebrated Human Rights Day by once again inciting the killings of (primarily white) farmers. The Supreme Court of Appeal last year decided that calls for racial slaughter are consistent with South African law. Among other
A view from Washington, DC
While walking from one briefing to the next in Washington, DC, last week, I received a notification from South Africa’s favourite app. EskomSePush told me loadshedding stage 2 had been implemented. In places such as Washington, a narrative that doing
Debt, debt, and more debt
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the staggering amount of money municipalities owe to Eskom. They also talk about income tax bracket creep and the new US ambassador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoGnxybL1nw