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The first thing I thought of when I heard that AfriForum and March and March were collaborating was Piet Retief and Dingaan trying to broker a deal on a precarious cliff called Vulture's Hill (Aasvoelkop) after a festivity took a wrong turn. In the modern version, the festivity is a braai, there…
Iran-aligned Houthi forces have taken control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline, seizing the islands that command the Bab al-Mandeb strait and handing the group leverage over one of the last open arteries for Gulf oil. The advance, completed Friday after a week-long offensive, coincided with…
Have you ever bumped into someone marvellously erudite, full of wisdom and interesting information on a wide range of issues? On the other hand, have you ever bumped into someone who seems to have stepped straight out of the movie Idiocracy? The post Rescue yourself: swap phone time for serious…
"Sad case, very sad." Noah's gaze is upon me. The post Of angels and devils, and souls in between appeared first on Daily Friend.
Municipal powers, responsibilities and fiscal autonomy should be structured according to the circumstances and capacity of individual municipalities, says a new study from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). It says the key to a successful reform programme is "institutional differentiation"…
In today's Daily Friend Show, Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja react to election campaigning kicking off in earnest. They discuss the Radio 702 Johannesburg mayoral debate, in which Helen Zille fended off attacks from all sides, some of the adverts from the major parties, and how the ANC seems to…
It would be funny to watch minorities invoke majoritarianism against other minorities, if it wasn't so hateful and intolerant. South Africa's Constitution grants every person equality before the law, inherent dignity, an equal right to express themselves, and the right not to be unfairly…
I have always sort of liked Bernie Sanders, even though my politics and his rarely align. I liked the way he attracted support from both the left and the right wing, particularly during his presidential runs in 2016 and 2020. The post Bernie Sanders and AI – serious or cynical? appeared first on…
As pundits around the world mull over the long consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States twenty-five years ago, it is worth considering that "other 9/11," when it was the United States that backed a terrorist attack that toppled democracy in Chile back in 1973. With…
South Africa's rural provinces are experiencing rapid out-migration – people moving elsewhere – as their local economies endure high unemployment, disinvestment, slowing growth, and infrastructure decay. Mean. while, their urban counterparts, Gauteng and the Western Cape, are experiencing rapid…
South Africa cannot achieve the economic growth it desperately needs while its cities and towns struggle to provide the infrastructure and services on which businesses and households depend. This is the core message of a new analysis published by the Institute of Race Relations. The post No growth…
Hermann Pretorius reads his latest article for the Daily Friend about the cost of cynicism in politics. Read the article here: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2026/08/23/... The post Writers’ Room reads: “Anyone for a nice, cheap shot of cynicism?” | Hermann Pretorius appeared first on Daily Friend.
