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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
580 – 600

Will this be what ends corruption in Joburg?

Today's Daily Friend Show with John Endres, Tiego Thotse and Nicholas Lorimer. Today's team chats about a new Financial misconduct board which aims to help the city crack down on corruption. They also chat about the reduction in the unemployment rate and a new partnership between the Ingonyama trust and…
30 Nov 2022 4AM 30 min

Zuma and Shaik: the modern medical miracles

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Sholan Booysen. The team discusses the appearance of Schabir Shaik, and Jacob Zuma, both released on medical parole tearing up the dance floor in a Durban Restaurant. They also chat about comments made by Judge President John Hlophe as well…
29 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

Protests erupt across China

Today's Daily Friend Show with Mlondi Mdluli, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer. The team discusses the major protests in China, an article on diversity written by Terence Corrigan and a statue being removed in Namibia.
28 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

Crime up 18%!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Tiego Thotse and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the latest crime figures, the mismanagement of the Joburg government's fleet, the failure to plan for the diesel shortage at Eskom and Ramaphosa's visit to the U.K.
24 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

ANC conference: No bribery allowed!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sholan Booysen, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the ANC's statement on bribery of electoral delegates for its December conference. They also discuss the Iranian soccer protest and the Harrismith municipality's woes.
23 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

IFP and DA unite to take down ANC in Durban

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. They discuss the DA and IFP working together in Durban to win a by-election against the ANC. They also discuss the parole of Chris Hani's killer. They also chat about Malaysia's elections and the new WITS planetarium.
22 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

Zuma back to jail, again?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Tiego Thotse. They discuss The Supreme Court of Appeals Ruling on Zuma, Ramaphosa asking the UK to lift sanctions on ZANU-PF, the Taxi strike in Cape Town, Fracking and a pug on a plane.
21 Nov 2022 4AM 32 min

Eskom saboteur caught!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Tiego Thotse, Nicholas Lorimer, and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the arrest of an alleged saboteur at Eskom, the career of Lindiwe Sisulu and successes in the retail sector. Check out our sponsor Bitvice: https://api.bitvice.io/t/24
17 Nov 2022 4AM 31 min

EFF demands book be withdrawn

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Martin van Staden. They discuss the demands by the EFF that Jacques Pauw 's new book be taken off shelves. They also discuss the multitude of disasters befalling Eskom as well as the Land Court Bill. Check out our sponsor:…
16 Nov 2022 4AM 30 min

Government wants to tell doctors where they can work

Today's Daily Friend Show with Martin van Staden, Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh. They discuss the legal battle over government's certificate of need for health professionals. They also chat about South Africa's performance as a G20 member and the continuing trouble with SAA. Check out our sponsor BitVice: https://api.bitvice.io/t/24
15 Nov 2022 4AM 30 min

Ramaphosa: BBBEE here to stay

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer, and Michael Morris. They discuss Ramaphosa's comments on BBBEE, the financial woes of the Post Office and the extension of the social relief grant. Check out our Sponsor Bitvice: https://api.bitvice.io/t/24
14 Nov 2022 4AM 32 min

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
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