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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 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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1,086 Episodes
500 – 520

Malema vs. The Human Rights Commission

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sholan Booysen, Nicholas Lorimer and Martin Van Staden. They discuss criticism of Malema by the Human Rights commission. They also chat about some opinion polling from the Rivonia Circle on the state of political play and lastly on the court victory of the new Amazon…
10 Nov 2022 4AM 32 min

Government plans a SAA of the sea

Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss plans for a South African state owned shipping company, a tender for donkey carts and the U.S. midterm elections.
9 Nov 2022 4AM 30 min

Will load-shedding cause an uprising?

Today's Daily Friend Show with John Endres, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. They discuss a report which claims that load-shedding may lead to another national uprising. They also chat about the state of finances in Gauteng's big metros as well as the calls for more power to be devolved to…
8 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

How optimistic should South Africans be?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss an article Terence wrote about the state of play in the battle of ideas in South Africans and how we should view the future. They also discuss the case of a corrupt construction project on a…
7 Nov 2022 4AM 30 min

EFF and ANC fail to reach a deal

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Herman Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the failure of the EFF and ANC to reach a deal over the control of Ekurhuleni. The walkback of anti-BEE comments made at Eskom and North Korea's nuclear weapons tests.
3 Nov 2022 5AM 33 min

Millions stolen from pensioners by the Lottery

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Tiego Thotse. The crew chats about the staggering scale of corruption in the National Lotteries Commission. They also discuss the Public Protector and the major elections in Israel, Brazil and the U.S.
1 Nov 2022 5AM 31 min

Eskom board member: scrap BEE to save Eskom

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris and Martin van Staden. They discuss comments by Eskom board member Mteto Nyati, about the need to get rid of inflexible procurement requirements. They also discuss renewed threats of a public sector strike, and worries that SADTU has about the matric…
31 Oct 2022 5AM 31 min

Former Eskom CEO arrested

Today's Daily Friend show with Hermann Pretorius, Tiego Thotse, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the arrests of former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko on corruption charges. The prospects for a Tory recovery in the UK and the terror attack warning issued by the U.S. government for Johannesburg.
27 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

Impossible choices: The mid-term budget speech

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Mlondi Mdluli and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the mid-term budget speech. They also discuss the likely ousting of the DA in the East Rand, the granting of the world cup to Qatar and the ambitions of Zweli Mkhize.
26 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

Skills shortages and the failing state

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Tiego Thotse. They discuss Ramaphosa's supposed plans to prevent state capture as well as the problem of skills shortages in the state. They also discuss money lost to licensing scams and the kidnapping of a municipal manager.
25 Oct 2022 5AM 31 min

Mbeki: ANC is trying to tilt election law in its favour

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Michael Morris. They discuss comments by former president Mbeki claiming that the ANC is supporting to the electoral amendment act to benefit itself. They also discuss drama at the Chinese Communist Party's conference and the EFF's attack on the IFP.
24 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

As Joburg crumbles, the battle for its soul continues

Today's Daily Friend with Sholan Booysen, Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse. They chat about the latest on the IRR campaign against Race laws. They also speak about the court battle over the mayorship of Johannesburg and the talks between the IFP and EFF on forming a coalition.
20 Oct 2022 5AM 31 min

Eskom: Spend more, get less

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer. They chat about a report on Eskom which showed that despite spending hundreds of millions of Rands, Eskom produced less electricity in 2022 than in 2007. They also discuss inflation and the implosion of Lizz Truss.
19 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

Guns, houses and the Mafia in KZN

Today's Daily Friend Show with Martin van Staden, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. The team chats about the damage done by the so called "construction mafia" in KZN to economic opportunities. They also discuss if president Ramaphosa is "quiet quitting" and the new raft of alcohol regulations being considered by…
18 Oct 2022 5AM 31 min

"Whites need not apply"

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer. The team discusses the memo put out by DisChem saying the company has put a moratorium on the hiring of white people for any positions at the company. They also discuss the Human Rights Council of the UN's…
17 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

Gauteng is dying of thirst

Today's Daily Friend Show with Tiego Thotse, Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh. They discuss the ongoing water crisis in Gauteng, the failure of public health facilities to reach the standards demands by the NHI, some by-election results and a plan to keep tourists safe.
13 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

South Africa facing "Economic Sabotage"

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Mlondi Mdluli and Gabriel Crouse. They chat about the Transnet strike which is crippling our logistics. They also discuss the Amazon HQ and the various competing indigenous groups. Lastly they chat about a story from the weekend of how ministers don't need to…
12 Oct 2022 5AM 31 min

This law could could make your vote worthless

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon. They discuss the opposition of a number of civil society groups to the electoral amendment act. They also chat about Zuma's run for chairman of the ANC and a defection from the PA to the DA. Lastly they…
11 Oct 2022 5AM 30 min

Business v ANC: is the gauntlet being thrown down?

Sara Gon, Michael Morris and Terence Corrigan talk about the controversies surrounding businessmen criticizing the government, the massive strike at Transnet making a bad situation even worse for business and SA, and conservative federal judges refusing to hire law graduates from Yale because they don't support free speech.
10 Oct 2022 8AM 32 min
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