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The Daily Friend Show

SA Institute of Race Relations

150 episodes

2 days ago

The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day on Monday and Friday. The Daily Friend Wrap releases episodes at 17:00 which comment on the news events of the day 4 times a week Monday to Thursday. On Friday we do a live show on YouTube at 13:30. No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's leading liberal opinion site #InNoUncertainTerms

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The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day on Monday and Friday. The Daily Friend Wrap releases episodes at 17:00 which comment on the news events of the day 4 times a week Monday to Thursday. On Friday we do a live show on YouTube at 13:30. No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's leading liberal opinion site #InNoUncertainTerms

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Episodes (20/150)

The Daily Friend Show

A gnu dawn for the GNU?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Ofentse Davhie and Anlu Keeve. They discuss the latest developments on the GNU. They discuss informal traders and they chat about disappearing tax credits to fund NHI.

2 days ago

42 minutes 35 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Lesufi sells out Joburg to keep his seat

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the motion of no confidence in Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. They also discuss Eskom's debt problems and gang murders.

3 days ago

28 minutes 21 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The Bill you need to know about to save SA

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the IRR's Value for Money Bill. They also chat about overregulation and ActionSA's weird polling plan.

4 days ago

34 minutes 17 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Can SA end HIV?

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss South Africa's opportunity to end HIV if it makes the right choices. They also discuss South Africans having a favourable view of military rule, and how many people actually benefit from BEE.

5 days ago

33 minutes 37 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

"ANC willing to talk about BEE"

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss reports that the ANC is willing to discuss changes to BEE with the DA. They also chat about Mbalula's strange trip to Libya, and they discuss a North West municipality wasting R11 billion.

6 days ago

28 minutes 41 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

South Africa's crime story is deeper than you think.

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the comments by former police minister Bheki Cele in Parliament about accepting free accommodation "Cat" Matlala. They also chat about teachers and the City of Joburg.

1 week ago

39 minutes 4 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The incredibly pathetic defence of BEE.

Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the weak defence of BEE offered by the Black Business Council. They also discuss the Gauteng Crime Wardens and Grey listing.

1 week ago

28 minutes 24 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Zuma ordered to “pay back the money”

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest court defeat for Zuma. They also talk inflation and climate regulations.

1 week ago

23 minutes 30 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The DA's alternative to BEE

Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the DA's new procurement policy alternative to BEE. They also chat about cops fighting cops and exorcising ghost employees.

1 week ago

34 minutes 15 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Setback for the Green agenda?

Nicholas Lorimer and Dr John Endres discuss the latest details about South Africa's future energy mix. They also discuss abuse of state resources, extortion and ANC internal politics.

1 week ago

31 minutes 31 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The Madlanga commission: The ANC's doom?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer Makone Maja and Riccardo Teixeira. They discuss a column by professor William Gumede about the impact of the Madlanga on the ANC. They also chat about South Africa's "butterfly strategy" and the SANDF.

2 weeks ago

36 minutes 36 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Very bad omens for the ANC

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest by-election results, the gambling industry, and air freight.

2 weeks ago

25 minutes 39 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The Podcast Report: the Malema Firearm verdict

Viv Vermaak and Nicholas Lorimer talk about how the world of podcasts responded to the guilty verdict in the Julius Malema firearms case.

2 weeks ago

22 minutes 56 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

SA Inc's R1.8 trillion hoard

John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the Reserve Bank report that companies are sitting on a huge pile of money. They also talk about the importance of good governance and a mix-up at the PIC.

2 weeks ago

26 minutes 5 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Police minister: South Africa is becoming a gangster state

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the threat to South Africa of gangs and mafias. And why we need more effective institutions to protect ourselves.

2 weeks ago

30 minutes 34 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

Renaming Tembisa Hospital: Is This the Justice Babita Deokaran Deserves?

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss calls to rename Tembisa hospital after murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran. They also discuss some harsh words for government from a CEO and they chat about riots at Fort Hare.

3 weeks ago

25 minutes 57 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

ANC on the Brink? R1 Billion in Public Funds at Risk

John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest developments in the ANC's ongoing money troubles. Is the party at risk of insolvency? They also chat about the next head of the NPA, the ANC's industrial policy and the latest from Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi.

3 weeks ago

29 minutes 39 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The ANC's grand plan to win Joburg

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ANC's plans to deploy a "big gun" to fight the Joburg mayor's race. They also chat about the Universal Basic Income Grant and the SABC.

3 weeks ago

32 minutes 50 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

The massive land claim scam

Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the conclusion of the massive land claim scam with a ruling ordering the Mpumalanga government to pay R306 million to a conservationist. They also discuss the merger of Rise Mzansi, BOSA, and GOOD to form Unite for Change. Lastly, they discuss the Ngonyama Trust.

3 weeks ago

27 minutes 33 seconds

The Daily Friend Show

A DA breakthrough in Pretoria?

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss some good results for the DA in recent by-elections and a big electricity theft scandal.

1 month ago

18 minutes 28 seconds