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The Daily Friend Show

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 is a 10-minute show that rounds up the news events of the day 3 times a week Tuesday to Thursday.

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Daily English South Africa News Commentary · Politics
1,084 Episodes
280 – 300

That high pass rate don’t mean nothing

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the announcement that the matric class of 2023 had the highest pass rate of all time. They also discuss the resignation of Ghaleb Cachalia from the DA and they discuss the finding of a huge pile…
19 Jan 2024 7AM 32 min

These parties should be worried about Zuma's new party.

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer, and Chris Hattingh. They discuss the newest of South Africa's political parties. They also chat about the Taiwan election, the Iowa Caucuses, and the Red Sea attacks.
15 Jan 2024 7AM 34 min

An ominous development in KZN | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss the murder of DA Chief Whip in the uMngeni municipality and the trend of political violence across the country. They also chat about the decline in the quality of drinking water across the country. They lastly discuss French businesses deciding not to invest in…
6 Dec 2023 9AM 15 min

Court rules on how we get to vote next year | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt on today's Daily Friend Wrap. They discuss the Constitutional Court ruling on the Electoral Amendment Act. They also discuss the contraction in GDP numbers for Q3 and lastly, they discuss some comments made by the Chief Justice.
5 Dec 2023 11AM 15 min

High noon for the ANC: Sheriff comes to collect

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Chris Hattingh, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the arrival of the Sheriff of the High Court at Luthuli House in search of assets. They also discuss Michael's article in Bussiness Day about public procurement and they talk about how freedom and prosperity go…
4 Dec 2023 7AM 32 min

Weed for me but not for thee | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the plans to build a cannabis collage in the Eastern Cape, they also discuss funding problems in the Western Cape, and the cutting of electricity to a hospital.
29 Nov 2023 9AM 13 min

ANC in danger of liquidation | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the potential liquidation of the ANC’s assets due to the party not paying its bills for the 2019 election. They also discuss the loss of so many jobs in the mining sector and how stock theft also hurts the poorest in our society.
28 Nov 2023 9AM 14 min

VW! DON'T GO!

Sara Gon, John Endres, and Michael Morris discuss the possibility that Volkswagen will leave SA because of bad policy, load-shedding, and needing to be more competitive; the significant opinion by Sunday Times Deputy Editor Mike Siluma questioning the retention of BEE; and the construction mafia in Cape Town that put…
27 Nov 2023 7AM 32 min

Should sports stars comment on politics?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss how much sports stars should talk publicly about their personal political beliefs. They also discuss the horrifying number of children in SA facing starvation and they chat about the huge drop in sin tax collection.
24 Nov 2023 7AM 29 min

Repo Rate remains as is | Daily Friend Wrap

Sara Gon and Chris Hattingh discuss the Reserve Bank’s MPC leaving the repo rate unchanged but with warnings for the future, PetroSA’s proposed partnership with Russia’s Gazprombank to restart the gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay, and how the Israel/Hamas war could end the ANC-EFF-PA coalitions in local government.
23 Nov 2023 9AM 11 min

The Middle Class is being Crushed | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris discuss the startling figures showing how much crime costs South Africa each year and how much poorer middle-class South Africans have become since 2016. They also discuss the planned removal of two judges and the Parliamentary motion to close Israel’s embassy in South Africa.
23 Nov 2023 1AM 14 min

ANC: Private sector is to blame for everything! | Daily Friend Wrap

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the claims by minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni that the private sector is undermining government. They also discuss the ANC's use of SASSA to campaign and the former mayor of Joburg endorsing Hamas.
21 Nov 2023 8AM 13 min

Will the ANC surrender power if they lose in 2024?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Michael Morris. They discuss the ANC's potential reaction to losing the 2024 election. They also chat about the charms of competition and the SSA blocking investigations into Eskom corruption.
17 Nov 2023 7AM 34 min
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