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SLR: Jou ma se p* - the ANC export Westminster is about to adopt
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SLR: Jou ma se p* - the ANC export Westminster is about to adopt

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
A provocative warning that Westminster risks adopting the ANC’s hostility to critics and accountability.
Ronald Lamola, South Africa's international relations minister
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SLR: Lamola's Washington strategy could push South Africa further out in the cold

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The Common Sense
5 min read
Lamola’s Washington gamble: courting the radical fringe as tensions rise
THEMBELIHLE, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 23: Town rules on a sign as you enter Orania on August 23, 2022 in Thembelihle, South Africa. Orania is a white Afrikaner-only town located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
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Ernst v Zyl: News24's "AfriForum's Orania Millions" scandal that wasn't

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
Orania’s success proves harder to smear than its critics expected.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 17: Aerial display at the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) 20th anniversary at Air Force Base Waterkloof on September 17, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. AISI was established in 2006 as a strategic initiative of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and growth of South Africa’s aerospace and defence industry. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
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Chris Hattingh: Time for South Africa to get serious about sovereign defence

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Daily Friend
4 min read
Angie Motshekga talked up sovereign capability at AAD 2026, but Chris Hattingh says a 0.7% of GDP defence budget, the lowest since 1960, tells another story.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange words during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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TCS Editors: America's case against SA is right, Pretoria should take note

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The Common Sense
6 min read
US concerns expose tensions over investment, expropriation and South Africa’s foreign policy.
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters about healthcare in the Oval Office at the White House on September 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that his administration's Medicaid ​"most-favored-nation" drug pricing model will cover all 50 ‌states, the District of ‌Columbia and Puerto Rico. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Ivo Vegter : Trump’s America - an empire consumed by ignorance, avarice and division

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Daily Friend
13 min read
Trump’s trade policies, economic record and leadership face growing criticism.
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