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Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee and Breitbart's Joel Pollak on democracy, foreign policy, and power

In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick associate editor Ferial Haffajee sits down with Joel Pollak – a South African-born American conservative commentator, author, and senior editor-at-large at Breitbart News.
Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee and Breitbart's Joel Pollak on democracy, foreign policy, and power

Their conversation explores US democracy, the Trump presidency, South Africa’s foreign policy, and the future of US-SA relations in a high-stakes debate on power, sovereignty, and ideology in a shifting global order.

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Comments (5)

Jan Smith Apr 7, 2025, 07:18 PM

I was really hoping Ferial would school an "American" for his self-importance and how out of touch he is with the rest of the world. I was sorely dissapointed.

dou Apr 1, 2025, 12:40 PM

I find it interesting that Ferial Haffajee vigourously defends the SA government for paying with our tax money for the ICJ case against Israel when Joal Pollak rasied the question of Iran funding the case. That is frankly naive from her, as the real question is was the ANC (the political party and not the government) bribed to take the case on, with our tax money?

Alison Joubert Apr 1, 2025, 10:22 AM

Thanks for this. Didn't know that these Power Chats existed. I like the long form interview.

superjase Mar 31, 2025, 12:48 PM

please provide a transcript.

Hercules Louw Mar 31, 2025, 10:40 AM

Ferial, please consider the following from the ordinary SA citizens' point of view before expressing how proud you are about the ICJ case: How many Palestinian and/or Israeli hostage’s lives were saved? Did the court case lengthen or shorten the war? Did it harden of soften the attitude of Hamas? How many SA lives will be lost due to the cutting USAID etc.? How many SA jobs and revenue linked to AGOA are at risk? The total financial cost to SA if the ANC digs in on the case?

kanusukha0@gmail.com Apr 1, 2025, 05:27 PM

Maybe you should just ask a simple question : is defending apartheid ever O.K.?