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Ivo Vegter, Daily Friend – 12 August 2022 A new report has exposed the ugly truth about South Africa’s liberal media: its nefarious funders seek to advance democracy, defend press freedom, combat corruption, and promote an open society. ‘US government’s National Endowment for Democracy – with @OpenSociety & @luminategroup – have captured South African “liberal” […]

Sandy Africa, Associate Professor, Political Sciences, and Deputy Dean Teaching and Learning (Humanities), University of Pretoria – 26 July 2022 Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality. Mbeki, […]

“Competition between groups, especially between street gangs and groups specialising in extortion, appears to have become more acute and more violent.” Guy Lamb, Criminologist / Lecturer, Stellenbosch University – 18 July 2022 In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one […]

Iran and Argentina have applied for BRICS membership Corné Mulder, FF Plus: International Relations and Cooperation – 29 June 2022 Iran’s possible joining of the BRICS group and growing demands from Russia for active support from BRICS countries against the West are creating a crisis for South Africa. Iran formally requested to become part of […]