
A changed region
- By Kenneth Mokgatlhe wa Kgwadi
- . Jul 13, 2025
October 7 changed the political outlook of the entire Middle East region. The political outlook of the Middle East region shifted enormously after Hamas’s surprise

Why so many economists are wrong about free markets
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 12, 2025
Over 100 economists warned against Javier Milei’s economic policies. Over 100 economists were dead wrong. A friend sent me an article from The Guardian, published

Watered-down custard and the South African dream
- By Anlu Keeve
- . Jul 12, 2025
I come from a long line of ordinary South Africans, the kind of people this country runs on, working-class people who never expected shortcuts, only

“It is within your power …” An open letter to President Ramaphosa
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 12, 2025
Dear Mr President We write this open letter to you in advance of your address to the nation scheduled for 7pm tomorrow. We hope that

Like a man walking in on a toileting lady …
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jul 11, 2025
Bidvest is exposed as discriminating against impoverished white toddlers, so Solidarity’s Chief Executive, Dirk Hermann, writes them a letter. Bidvest then responds not through its

Misrepresenting Cape Independence: values, not race
- By Daily Friend
- . Jul 11, 2025
Dear Editor In his recent article, The toxic lure of enclaves and anti-immigrationism, Ivo Vegter accuses supporters of Cape Independence and self-determination more broadly of

The impact of the Mkhwanazi revelations on the future of the GNU
- By Paul Hoffman
- . Jul 10, 2025
The KZN Police Commissioner put the cat among the political pigeons on Sunday. His essential complaint is that the executive branch of government has interfered

We can only have one: EWC or constitutionalism
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 10, 2025
The following is an edited address I delivered at the Residential Investment & Development (Reside) Summit on 9 July. Early in May, Dean Macpherson, the

The four US demands
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 9, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC must be furious that the Trump Administration is conducting much of its foreign policy toward South Africa through Afrikaner

Gangster’s paradise: state capture isn’t over
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 8, 2025
Bombshell accusations levelled at police minister Senzo Mchunu demonstrate that one way or another, the state remains captured at the highest levels. On 16 August