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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.

No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's fastest-growing liberal news site - dailyfriend.co.za.

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677 Episodes
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South Africa's naked rage

Today's Daily Friend with John Endres, Nicholas Lorimer, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss the rising level of rage and frustration in the country with governance failure. They also discuss Eskom and why the electricity crisis might be easier to solve than many believe.
1 Jun 8AM 31 min

70 murders a day in 2023

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Sara Gon. They discuss the latest crime stats, an opinion piece about "fearmongering" by Melanie Verwoerd, and a constitutional court ruling about the importance of public participation. Check out Bitvice https://rebrand.ly/bitvice
31 May 8AM 31 min

Most South Africans want Eskom privatised

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt, and Sara Gon. They discuss a survey from Afrobarometer which says that 59% of South Africans are in favour of privatising Eskom. They also discuss the creeping threat of NHI and the power of the civil service. Check out BitVice https://rebrand.ly/bitvice
30 May 8AM 32 min

Mbeki: Maybe it's time for a revolution

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Chris Hattingh. They discuss comments by former President Thabo Mbeki that perhaps only a "rebellion" can fix South Africa's problems. They also discuss the awarding of powers to the new electricity minister and the allegations that MPs were trying to…
29 May 8AM 29 min

ANC set to lose Gauteng and KZN?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Gerbrandt van Heerden, Nicholas Lorimer, and Sara Gon. They discuss polling released by the DA which suggests the ANC is in huge trouble in Gauteng and KZN. They also chat about inflation and the African Union's 60th birthday.
25 May 8AM 32 min

Mbalula: South Africa could become a failed state

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh, and Makone Maja. They discuss the interview given by ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula to the BBC, where he admitted South Africa was in danger of becoming a failed state. They also discuss the City of Ekurhuleni buying Xboxes for public…
24 May 8AM 32 min

Misery and madness in powerless SA

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Michael Morris, and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses the utter madness and state of the current electricity crisis, from Karpowerships, to crumbling infrastructure and slow repair work. They also chat about the DA's trip to America in an effort to save AGOA and…
23 May 8AM 33 min

Cholera Crisis: state failure leads to deaths

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Marius Roodt. The team chats about the cholera outbreak in Gauteng, the move to regulate private investigators, a man arrested for obscene images and the labour minister being unable to explain unemployment. Check out our sponsor: BitVice https://api.bitvice.io/t/24
22 May 8AM 31 min

Eskom Crisis: China to the rescue?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Makone Maja, and Michael Morris. The team discusses the visit by Pravin Gordhan to China along with Eskom's CEO, they also chat about developing South Africa's oil and gas industry and Joburg's attempts to get rid of hijacked buildings.
18 May 8AM 31 min

ANC says it is not involved in "crude racial politics"

Today's Daily Friend Show with Martin van Staden, Sara Gon, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the ANC's response to criticism of it in the wake of the publication of the new BEE targets. They also discuss the state of Eskom and the country's water infrastructure.
17 May 8AM 30 min

New race law: minorities need not apply

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, John Endres, and Chris Hattingh. They discuss Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi's new racial targets for" Employment Equity". They also discuss the state of the Johannesburg coalitions, South Africa accidentally meeting its climate change targets, and, a shocking report saying 80% of kids can't…
16 May 8AM 30 min

U.S. says SA gave weapons to Russia

Today's Daily Friend with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer, and Marius Roodt. They discuss the accusation by Ambassador Reuben Brigety that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia in December 2022. They also discuss André de Ruyter's new book and the elections in Thailand.
15 May 8AM 30 min

Thulas Nxesi: "We have been too nice to you!"

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Sara Gon. They discuss the racist comments made by Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi in parliament this week. They also chat about the support for De Ruyter from Professor Makgoba at the SCOPA hearings, the weakness of the Rand, and a…
11 May 8AM 32 min

Load-Shedding for you but not for government

Today's Daily Friend with Sara Gon, Marius Roodt, and Nicholas Lorimer. They chat about the town of Port Alfred being exempt from load shedding due to a government conference being held this week in the town. They also chat about the scrapping of a new biometrics system for Home Affairs,…
10 May 8AM 30 min

SA's roads are about to get even worse.

Today's Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gerbrandt van Heerden, and Chris Hattingh. They discuss how SANRAL is about to hit what it calls a "fiscal cliff" and how this will impact SA's road network. They also chat about South Africa's education system, the collapse in the supply of animal vaccines to…
9 May 8AM 30 min

Court ruling makes total collapse more likely

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Nicholas Lorimer, and Michael Morris. They discuss the court ruling that says that load-shedding must be suspended at various government institutions, they also chat about SA's media landscape and the upcoming Turkish election.
8 May 8AM 32 min

ANC to De Ruyter: we will see you in court!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan. They chat about the ANC's intentions to serve Andre De Ruyter with court papers in Germany for defamation. They also chat about an Eskom clerk going to jail for 10 years for corruption, the hidden wealth of the…
4 May 8AM 32 min

ANC-EFF coalition breaks up again!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Michael Morris. They discuss the collapse of the Joburg council meeting to elect a new mayor of Joburg. They also chat about comments made about the arts by Naledi Pandor and the furious reaction they provoked and lastly, they discuss…
3 May 8AM 29 min

Mantashe: Load-shedding is your fault

Today's Daily Friend show with Nicholas Lorimer, Makone Maja, and Terence Corrigan. They chat about the outrageous claim that load-shedding is, in fact, the fault of the private sector for "not investing enough", they also discuss the attacks on Andre de Ruyter and the corruption at Eskom and lastly they…
2 May 8AM 32 min
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