The Daily Friend Show

What Ramaphosa needs to do this SONA

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the SONA, a ruling on BEE and disaster relief, a SALGA leader demanding more money and the number of strikes held across the country last year.

9 Feb 2023 4AM 30 min

Ramaphosa: "Stop moaning and help me!"

Today's Daily Friend with John Endres, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. They discuss comments by the president that the country's businesses should stop moaning and help government solve issues. They also discuss the slow pace of the unbundling of Eskom and the terrible results of the South African education system.

8 Feb 2023 4AM 30 min

#Pledge To Vote

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Alex Weiss. The team discusses the #pledgetovote campaign which the IRR is launching. They also discuss the latest opportunity to comment on the expropriation bill. And they discuss the State of the Nation Address and the downturn in the business…

7 Feb 2023 4AM 32 min

The ANC polling at 37%?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Marius Roodt. They discuss polling which suggests the ANC could get 37% in the next election, an ANC/EFF coalition, bungee MPs and cricket in SA.

6 Feb 2023 4AM 30 min

The billion Rand football scheme

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Chris Hattingh. They discuss the planned advertising deal with Tottenham Hotspurs, a new wind farm and Satanic Panic.

2 Feb 2023 4AM 29 min

The ANC's laughable "plan" to solve Eskom crisis

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Gerbrandt van Heerden. The team discusses the ANC's plans for resolving the Eskom crisis, the shocking growth in murders and the problems of the education system.

1 Feb 2023 4AM 31 min

Eskom: a new state of disaster

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Makone Maja and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss discussion of a new state of disaster to deal with the Eskom crisis, the ANC's plan for White Economic Empowerment in the NEC and the massive backlog of surgeries in Gauteng hospitals.

31 Jan 2023 4AM 31 min

The 1 % Mayor takes power in Joburg, as the coalition falls

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Martin van Staden and Philasande Shongwe. They discuss the fall of the anti-ANC coalition government in Johannesburg and what it means for SA's political future. They also discuss the EFF deciding to turn on the IFP and they discuss Malaysia's lessons for South…

30 Jan 2023 4AM 31 min

Farm burned down, 315 jobs lost

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Chris Hattingh. They discuss a case of arson on a mushroom farm which resulted in 315 people losing their jobs. They also discuss the president claiming there is a "silent revolution in education". And lastly they chat about Mbalula's demand…

26 Jan 2023 4AM 30 min

First major load shedding protest: will there be more?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Chris Hattingh. The crew chats about the DA's march on Luthuli House in protest of load shedding. They also chat about the ANC's defence of the policy of cadre deployment in court and the confusing message from Lesufi on Soweto's…

25 Jan 2023 4AM 31 min

Marching on Luthuli House

Today's Daily Friend show with John Endres, Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the planned DA march to Luthuli House protesting load-shedding. They also discuss the way out of the Eskom crisis and the growing debate over federalism in South Africa.

24 Jan 2023 6AM 31 min

Ignore Eskom, build your own nuclear reactor.

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer, and Sholan Booysen. They discuss the plan Afriforum to build its own power stations as well as the president's comments on Eskom's tariff hike. Also they discuss the matric pass rate and the commemoration of the battle of Isandlwana.

23 Jan 2023 4AM 32 min

Eskom crisis: too many chickens!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Makone Maja. They discuss the glut of chickens as a result of loadshedding, the failure of the education system to produce people for the workplace, comments by the health minister on NHI and a possible mistake by City Power in…

19 Jan 2023 4AM 30 min

How to pass Matric

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sholan Booysen and Marius Roodt. They discuss the IEB matric pass rate. The drop in China's population. Comments by Ramaphosa on the electricity tariff increase. They also discuss the issue of "unofficial" traffic pointsmen.

18 Jan 2023 4AM 31 min

Eskom Crisis: Now the taps start to run dry

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Chris Hattingh. The discuss the ongoing Eskom crisis and how government is perhaps not fully truthful in its claims to foreign audiences. They also discuss a legal effort to challenge load-shedding in the courts, and they discuss fewer people dying…

17 Jan 2023 4AM 28 min

Is there even a plan to deal with load-shedding?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the seeming lack of urgency on the part of government to do anything to fix Eskom and the ongoing stage 6 crisis. They also discuss a survey of SA executives, who are worried about "state collapse"

16 Jan 2023 4AM 32 min

Who is really behind loadshedding ??!!!??!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Alex Weiss, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss comments by government figures about the malevolent forces who are really to blame for loadshedding. They also chat about the problem of vandalism and the first day back to school.

12 Jan 2023 4AM 32 min

South Africa: Land of Assassins

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Martin van Staden and Chris Hattingh. They chat about the disturbing trend of assassinations at Fort Hare University. They also discuss moving Eskom to the ministry of Energy and the talk about expanding the South African reserve bank's mandate.

11 Jan 2023 4AM 31 min

Ditsobotla, a guide to SA's future

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Sara Gon. They discuss the mass of by-elections in Northwest in December last year. They also discuss a bad audit report for Tshwane and Panyaza Lesufi's comments on the IEB.

10 Jan 2023 4AM 30 min

An ANC stuck in the past and heading for oblivion

Today the Daily Friend Show returns for another year of news and analysis. Join us as we wrap up the events of December and today. They discuss the ANC elective conference and the alleged attempt on Andre De Ruyter's life.

9 Jan 2023 4AM 29 min