Power’s on and the living is easy
This day I sit down to write is different to all other days of the preceding weeks. It is the first day in a very
Alternative woo is false advertising
It is high time that an organisation, private or public, takes aim at alternative medicine and other pseudoscientific woo. Let’s start with applying the Consumer
Pierre de Vos is wrong on Western Cape self-determination
The announcement last week by DA federal chairperson Helen Zille that a Western Cape Devolution Working Group (WCDWG) had been founded, which politically represented 60%
Managerialism in South Africa
South Africa has experienced political, social, and economic turmoil for over a decade, and there isn’t any promise of serenity on the immediate horizon. One
Coalitions are not the only way to save South Africa
Now that another coalition has failed in Johannesburg, ordinary South Africans have to start thinking about a plan B beyond politics. It’s now clear that
Capture of the Western Isles
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 2th October 1263 – The Battle of Largs, in which the Kings
The “Expropriation” Bill is dangerously misnamed
Dr Anthea Jeffery and Terence Corrigan, among others in the pages of the Daily Friend, have at length explained in detail why the so-called “Expropriation”
South Africa’s welfare dilemma
Despite South Africans’ high dependency on the welfare system, the government seems unable or unwilling to turn the situation around. It now is considering making
Universal lessons from the UK Mini-Budget and the SA land seizure bill
The mini-budget in the UK that set off a market panic last week was certainly British in its setting, but the lessons of the disaster
Abusers as watchdogs against abuse
The UN has a notorious record of nominating the worst violators to its watchdog committees on human rights and the status of women. This is