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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 is a 10-minute show that rounds up the news events of the day 3 times a week Tuesday to Thursday.

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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867 Episodes
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Is Zuma very sick? | Daily Friend Wrap

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the news reports that Zuma has had a spell of poor health recently. They also discuss the attempted arrest of the City Manager of Johannesburg and lastly, they talk about a proposal from the manifesto of Rise Mzanzi.
24 Apr 10AM 21 min

Ramaphosa and the big banks

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Michael Morris. They discuss comments President Ramaphosa made with regard to businesses and the "monopolistic" control of the big banks. They also discuss a leaked recording from the ANC and lastly they discuss the ANC losing to MK in court.
22 Apr 8AM 32 min

SA's great cyber threat

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Michael Morris, and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses the poor track record of government departments fending off cyber attacks. They talk about the reopening of rail lines across SA, and lastly they discuss Doctor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza's comments on why the sewers are leaking.
19 Apr 8AM 38 min

Malema works to woo Coloured voters | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt discuss the attempts by the EFF to campaign in Eldorado Park in Gauteng. They also talk about how the Western Cape is outperforming the rest of the country in job creation. Lastly, they discuss Siya Kolisi making the list of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world.
18 Apr 10AM 14 min

The SA media in crisis

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Nicholas Lorimer, and Sara Gon. They chat about the self-imposed shutdown of the Daily Maverick and the problems facing the world of media globally. They also chat about the murky finances of the Ingonyama Trust and lastly they discuss the shocking story of…
15 Apr 8AM 34 min

The Youth don’t care, and that’s normal

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the myth of the youth disillusionment explored by Gareth van Onselen. They also discuss South Africa’s foreign policy and Ekurhuleni council chaos.
8 Apr 8AM 35 min

R1.7 million for a dance video

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Makone Maja and Mlondi Mdluli. They discuss a scandal involving the National Lottery, if "policy uncertainty" is the problem, and the failure to get rid of pit toilets.
5 Apr 8AM 32 min

The speaker goes down in flames | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the resignation and arrest of the speaker of parliament, Mapisa-Nqqakula. They also chat about pre-election violence and a study about pollution in SA. [Photo: DIRCO]
4 Apr 10AM 17 min

Zuma: 1 ANC: 0 | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the ANC's failed attempt to get the MK party deregistered, the private sector's role in revitalizing cities and the country's strategic oil reserve.
26 Mar 9AM 14 min

Has ANC infighting brought down the speaker?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Dr. John Endres, Hermann Pretorius, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the raid on the speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's, house on Tuesday by the Hawks. They also chat about the ATM's manifesto and the IEC apparently not supplying election materials to South African missions around…
25 Mar 8AM 34 min
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