Conscious Caracal

Conscious Caracal

Giving my thoughts on politics and culture from southern Africa, as well as interviews with interesting thinkers and doers.

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October 14, 2026 • 69 mins

I am joined by South African political and current events commentator StephanZA to discuss how the ANC governed after gaining power, how the Cold War never ended in their minds, the National Democratic Revolution, how this old ideological DNA stills informs their decisions today, and more.

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I'm joined by economist Russell Lamberti to explain the South African government's plans for a Transformation Fund, or what him and others are classifying as a "white tax". We also discuss how the ANC earned South Africa the title of the most race-regulated country in the world.

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I am joined by Flemish writer and political analyst Vulpes to discuss the Flemish struggle for language rights, cultural recognition, and political autonomy, the similarities between the Flemish and Afrikaner language struggles, why the Flemish and the Afrikaners are natural allies, why Flemish sounds like Afrikaans, the Flemish movement in the 21st century, identity, and more.

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I am joined by Alec Hogg, an alternative media entrepreneur who founded and runs Biznews.com. Hogg also founded Moneyweb and is the host of the Alec Hogg Show podcast. We discuss the fall of mainstream (dinosaur) media in South Africa, the rise of online and alternative media, BizNews' success story, activist journalism, and more.

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I am joined by Stelios Panagiotou, a co-host on the prominent UK-based online media platform, Podcast of the Lotus Eaters. Stelios and his colleagues have been doing detailed, regular, high-quality analysis of South African politics and current events from a British/European perspective for a while, and I wanted to therefore pick his brain as to why South Africa has caught their eye.

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I am joined by attorney Wian Spies, who attended the Expropriation Act case in the Cape Town High Court alongside AfriForum’s legal team as HurterSpies’ representative. We analyse the core arguments heard in court for and against the Expropriation Act, the debate over whether “nil compensation” means “no compensation,” share our thoughts on the case as a whole so far, and answer audience question...

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Retired US Army Colonel Chris Wyatt, and former Director of African Studies at the US Army War College, joins me again to discuss South Africa and Afrikaners in the American spotlight, his first visit to the Afrikaner town of Orania, how American perceptions about South Africa are changing, and more. Chris accumulated 36 years of army service under his belt, is the Principal and CEO at The Indaba Africa Group and has accumulated a ...

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I interview Colonel Neall Ellis ("Nellis"), a South African military aviator and a widely regarded as the most famous combat helicopter pilot alive. His story spans over four decades of global conflict, where he transitioned from an elite air force pilot in the South African Air Force (SAAF), flying Alouette III gunships during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. He was awarded the Honoris Crux (South Africa's decor...

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I am joined by Kevin Dolan, the founder and head of the EXIT Group, a fraternity of like-minded men who take a short position in the present system and building for what comes next. We discuss effectively harnessing and channeling political momentum, how to prepare for what comes after this current paradigm, EXIT's strategy, South Africa, and more.

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I am joined by Will Tanner, an American writer and co-founder of the American Tribune. We discuss Accelerationism and the flaws in accelerationist thinking about how change comes about, the fact that there are still liberals in South Africa, the phenomenon of South Africanization, effective ways to channel political energy and momentum, and more.

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I sit down top chat to Jacques Broodryk, spokesperson for AfriForum Community Safety, hostile environment awareness instructor, close protection officer, security consultant, and documentary filmmaker. We discuss the situation on South Africa's borders, illegal immigration, March and March, 30 June's protest action, and what AfriForum is doing to make border communities and farmers safer.

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I am joined by Burger Lambrechts, the Orania Town Council's Head of Information, to discuss the recent poll they did amongst the inhabitants of this Afrikaner-only town in South Africa. The results may surprise you.

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To celebrate another major milestone, my channel turning 10 years old, I read and analyse another one of my favourite essays: 'The disintegration of the South African order' by Professor Koos Malan.

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I am joined by American political and cultural commentator and host of the J. Burden Show, J. Burden, to tackle the topic of how much influence the internet has on real life, elections, and human behaviour and organisation.

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Rory Duncan returns to tell another story about his experiences in Africa, this time it's the story of how he was abducted and imprisoned by state security forces during Zimbabwean dictator, and hero of the ANC, Robert Mugabe's violent landgrabs in the early 2000s.

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I sit down with the legendary Advocate Gerrie Nel, the Head of AfriForum's private prosecution unit, to discuss the growing power of private prosecution, the Mbalula Dossier, televised justice, the future of holding corrupt politicians accountable, and more.

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I am joined by Jeremy Carl, a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, former Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and author of The Unprotected Class. We discuss racially discriminatory policies and anti-white rhetoric in the United States and South Africa, as he investigated in his book.

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I am joined by Renaldo Gouws to discuss his intellectual journey from attacking and criticising AfriForum and downplaying the issue of farm murders as "just normal crime" and debating me on it, to supporting AfriForum and spreading awareness about the severity of the farm attacks crisis in South Africa. What changed?

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I am joined by Sama Sambit, a South African political commentator, to discuss the underlying, embedded moral failings of communities in South Africa and how it fuels the crime crisis.

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I am joined by Mike Sham, an entrepreneur, political analyst and host of the State of the Nation podcast. We discuss how the different ANC presidents (Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa) shaped post-Apartheid South Africa in the 21st century, Ramaphosa's "New Dawn" that never was, and the impact of ANC factionalism.

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