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The GNU turns one
Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh and Terence Corrigan discusses the one-year anniversary of the GNU, China trying to woo Africa, and Israel's strikes on Iran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6IoOM3400
National Dialogue? Not with these people
I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead or participate in a “stolen land” ceremony, or “acknowledgment of country”. When that exercise is
Ramaphosa will talk this country to death
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a National Dialogue, starting with a National Convention in August. Talk is not what this country needs. If there’s one person who is all talk an no action, it’s Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa. That was a
Getting better politicians
Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss an article about the rigorous new standards the ANC is setting for its candidate selection. They use this to get into a broader discussion of how South Africa can get better politicians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZA7WvzidxQ
Jo’burg: the DA’s Operation Market Garden?
In the closing months of the Second World War in Europe, the Allies were advancing towards Germany, but faced the formidable Siegfried Line of fortifications. British commander, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, proposed a daring plan to capture bridges over the
The totality of race law in South Africa’s economy
The following are edited remarks I delivered at the launch of the joint Free Market Foundation-Solidarity Research Institute report on the cost of so-called “broad-based black economic empowerment” policies at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on 12 June. Thank you to everyone
Really? A national dialogue?
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the planned "National Dialogue", pull back on BEE in mining, and score cards for ministers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDVqwTsm2VA
Privatise the SABC Entirely!
In politics, the phrase “too big to fail” often just means “too interconnected to be allowed to fail”. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is one such beast deemed to be too big to fail. Since 2009, the SABC has