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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 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

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1,177 Episodes
480 – 500

Power to the provinces!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss the DA's forthcoming Provincial Powers Bill, they also chat about COSATU's strike for better living conditions, the lack of dams built across SA, South Africans looking overseas for their children's education, and the launch of…
6 Jul 2023 5AM 33 min

Criminals draining our lifeblood | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas and Michael discuss the incredible waste of time and money spent on replacing stolen infrastructure. They also discuss the latest with the V.I.P protection unit assault and Zuma's failed attempt to prosecute Ramaphosa.
5 Jul 2023 5AM 11 min

Lawless unaccountable thuggery

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Marius Roodt, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the video showing members of the VIP protection unit beating people on the N1 highway. They also discuss the state of opposition politics across the country with reference to the upcoming Moonshot national convention and they…
4 Jul 2023 5AM 31 min

Eskom's new scheme to limit your power

Today's Daily Friend Show with Dr. John Endres, Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan. Eskom's new plan to "load limit" electricity supply and the state of load-shedding. They also discuss the threat to mining jobs as a result of the collapsing rail networks and they go over the U.S. supreme court…
3 Jul 2023 5AM 32 min

SA is losing trillions to violence every year

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer, and Michael Morris. They discuss the incredible impact of violence on South African society. The lack of expenditure on capital budgets across the country's metros and a clash between the Tshwane metro cops and the City of Tshwane.
29 Jun 2023 5AM 31 min

Un-constructing SA's railways | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the backwards progress of a rail line from Eskom's Majuba powerplant, the court room defeat of the Minister of Home Affairs on the ZEP and the future political fortunes of Ace Magashule.
28 Jun 2023 7AM 11 min

Zondo: Parliament wont stop state capture

Today's Daily Friend Show with Makone Maja, Terence Corrigan, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss comments made last week by Chief Justice Zondo on how he believes parliament has not reformed itself in the wake of the state capture commission. They also talk about how deeply in debt ordinary South Africans…
27 Jun 2023 5AM 31 min

Froneman: we're bringing down crime lords, with or without government

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Marius Roodt. They discuss the plans of Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman to tackle crime lords. They also discuss positive developments in Nigeria and Eskom's plans for private-public partnerships.
26 Jun 2023 5AM 31 min

Court says no to EFF land invasion incitement

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon. They discuss a victory for AfriForum in court against the EFF, comments by Eskom's outgoing legal head, the opening of an inquest docket into the death of former minister Joemat-Pettersson and the arrest of a man implicated in crimes by…
22 Jun 2023 5AM 30 min

Anti-foreigner violence on the streets of Pretoria

Today's Daily Friend show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gerbrandt van Heerden, and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the ransacking of some foreign informal traders by a group of "concerned citizens" and the issue of immigration and they discuss the EFF's attacks on the NHI.
21 Jun 2023 5AM 29 min

Shifting sands in SA politics?

In today’s TDF Show Marius Roodt, Terence Corrigan, and first-time guest, Genevieve Labuschagne discuss comments made by Gayton McKenzie on the South African political landscape. They also talk about warnings that South Africa’s foreign policy is emerging as a risk for investors and ask whether South Africa should be assisting…
21 Jun 2023 12AM 32 min

‘Plane’ incompetence in Poland

Sara Gon, Michael Morris and Marius Roodt disentangle the diplomatic disaster surrounding the President’s support plane for his trip to Ukraine and Russia. They discuss the article by Terence Corrigan in today’s Daily Friend positing that the shattering of our illusions of ANC rule is a good thing, and BUSA’s…
21 Jun 2023 12AM 33 min

NHI will be the ultimate looting frenzy

Makone Maja, Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan moot the real objectives of the NHI Bill and discuss the comments from public health officials since its passing at the National Assembly. They discuss the IRR's education report which proposes education vouchers as a solution to the public education system and close…
15 Jun 2023 5AM 33 min

Oh no! It's the NHI

Sara Gon, Chris Hattingh and Gerbrandt van Heerden discuss the National Assembly passing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill; US lawmakers wanting to stop South Africa from hosting the Agoa Summit in November, and Bheki Cele going to China for advice about law and order.
14 Jun 2023 5AM 30 min

Politics twists and turns – at home and abroad

Terence Corrigan, Marius Roodt and John Endres discuss the ANC looking at electing a new Western Cape leadership, Ace Magashule's expulsion, whether a white person could lead South Africa, plus how South Africa is interacting with China and the United States.
13 Jun 2023 5AM 32 min

Talkin' about a revolution

In this episode, Marius Roodt, Michael Morris, and Makone Maja discuss a warning by a Stellenbosch University academic that South Africa faces a 'flash revolution'. They also talk about the Shisa Nyama Index and the legacy and warnings of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who died this weekend.
12 Jun 2023 5AM 30 min

Zuma gets a court klap!

In Today's show Terence Corrigan, Michael Morris and Sara Gon discuss today’s court ruling on Zuma’s attempt to privately prosecute a journalist, crazy water quotas and whether the BRICS summit will in fact be held away from South Africa.
7 Jun 2023 5AM 31 min

Eskom exec sabotaging our electricity too

In today's show Sara Gon, Marius Roodt and Gerbrandt van Heerden discuss revelations about an Eskom executive being suspected of sabotaging electricity for his own gain; the president intends to keep the Russian ship enquiry outcome secret and how generally we are conducting our diplomacy; and the huge flight of…
6 Jun 2023 6AM 31 min

South Africa's unemployment disaster

In today's Daily Friend Show Marius Roodt, Michael Morris, and Terence Corrigan discuss the scale of the South African jobs crisis. They also talk about new race laws for businesses and criticism by Grwede Mantashe of an index which ranks how easy it is to mine around the world.
5 Jun 2023 7AM 43 min
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