SA’s great cyber threat
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Michael Morris, and Nicholas Lorimer discusses the poor track record of government departments fending off cyber attacks. They
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‘It’s the law!’ – the motto of the 21st century’s useful idiot
Superficially, society seems to have taken the historical lesson offered by the Holocaust to heart: being ordered to engage in injustice – mass extermination, in that case – is insufficient to compel obedience. ‘I was obeying an order’ is no
IFP: "you cannot fix it with the people who destroyed it,” | Daily Friend Wrap
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the comments by IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa about MK and the prospects of working with the ANC after the election. They also discuss water gangs and the movement of millionaires from Jo'burg to Cape
Election 2024: An ANC-MPC coalition ‘the least worst option’
The Democratic Alliance (DA) prefers to remain silent on the possibilities of a coalition, as whatever it says tends to upset other members of the Multi Party Charter (MPC), its pre-election coalition. But DA leader John Steenhuisen told the Mail
Let’s Liberate the University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is holding online elections for its highest governance body, known as Council. Council consists of 30 members and four of these individuals are elected by what is known as ‘Convocation’, which effectively means the entire
Ramaphosa's warning on home-ownership: get a lawyer! | Daily Friend Wrap
Hermann Pretorius and Makone Maja discuss the impact of government failures on flood disasters, how young people's dreams of car ownership are undermined by economic failures, and how President Ramaphosa told a woman worried about her home to simply get a lawyer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkAPtUSOkU
Cannabis-based medicinal products - the scam
We present the podcasts of the weekly IRR Show on Chai FM. The show is broadcast live every Tuesday from 09h00 to 10h00 on Chai FM 101.9 and deals with the politics of the day and related issues. We also
SA’s misplaced African hopes
If we were to somehow surge job creation by increasing regional exports, our neighbours would be worse off and South Africa’s gains would be short-lived. By better appreciating the dynamics behind this, we can identify high-growth paths. Africa, with 18%
Fixing South Africa’s democracy
On 29 May, South Africa will be faced with its seventh general election since 1994. While the 1994 election saw this country escape the dark clutches of minority rule and Apartheid, subsequent elections have seen the ANC’s dominance erode South