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The Daily Friend Show

SA Institute of Race Relations

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

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42:35

A gnu dawn for the GNU?

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/31

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Ofentse Davhie and Anlu Keeve. They discuss the latest developments on the GNU. They discuss informal traders and they chat about disappearing tax credits to fund NHI. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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28:21

Lesufi sells out Joburg to keep his seat

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/30

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the motion of no confidence in Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. They also discuss Eskom's debt problems and gang murders. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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34:17

The Bill you need to know about to save SA

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/29

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the IRR's Value for Money Bill. They also chat about overregulation and ActionSA's weird polling plan. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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33:37

Can SA end HIV?

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/28

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss South Africa's opportunity to end HIV if it makes the right choices. They also discuss South Africans having a favourable view of military rule, and how many people actually benefit from BEE. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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28:41

"ANC willing to talk about BEE"

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/27

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss reports that the ANC is willing to discuss changes to BEE with the DA. They also chat about Mbalula's strange trip to Libya, and they discuss a North West municipality wasting R11 billion. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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39:04

South Africa's crime story is deeper than you think.

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/24

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the comments by former police minister Bheki Cele in Parliament about accepting free accommodation "Cat" Matlala. They also chat about teachers and the City of Joburg. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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28:24

The incredibly pathetic defence of BEE.

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/23

Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the weak defence of BEE offered by the Black Business Council. They also discuss the Gauteng Crime Wardens and Grey listing. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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23:30

Zuma ordered to “pay back the money”

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/22

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest court defeat for Zuma. They also talk inflation and climate regulations. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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34:15

The DA's alternative to BEE

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/21

Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the DA's new procurement policy alternative to BEE. They also chat about cops fighting cops and exorcising ghost employees. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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31:31

Setback for the Green agenda?

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/20

Nicholas Lorimer and Dr John Endres discuss the latest details about South Africa's future energy mix. They also discuss abuse of state resources, extortion and ANC internal politics. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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22:56

The Podcast Report: the Malema Firearm verdict

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/10/15

Viv Vermaak and Nicholas Lorimer talk about how the world of podcasts responded to the guilty verdict in the Julius Malema firearms case. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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33:10

Mashatile's false choice

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/12

Today's Daily Friend Show with Ofentse Donald Davhie, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. They discuss comments defending BEE by the deputy president. They also talk about the hunger crisis destroying the lives of young South Africans and they chat about GDP growth numbers. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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28:37

Gambling with our future

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/10

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the incredible spending by ordinary South Africans on gambling. They also discuss political activism from churches in Nelson Mandela Bay and chaos in policing. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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32:52

SA must choose: Crime or capital

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/09

Terence Corrigan and Makone Maja react to the flagging of capital flight as a potential consequence of contract killings, they discuss Busiswe Mkhwebane’s perjury case as well as the struggles behind the SABC’s operating model. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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36:24

Gauteng Health cancer of corruption

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/08

Hermann Pretorius and Makone Maja discuss the Gauteng Department of Health corruption audit findings. They delve into the new labour reforms for small firms regarding dismissals of senior employees and conclude by critiquing NACAC’s proposal for a new independent and permanent anti-corruption body. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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34:26

Yet another SANDF blunder

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/05

Today's Show with Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the decision to hold and then postpone military exercises between South Africa, Russia and China. They also discuss teen pregnancy, SASSA grants and provincial police devolution. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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30:19

80% of SA thinks the country is in trouble

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/04

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss IPSOS polling showing 80% of South Africans think the country is heading in the wrong direction. They also discuss comments made by an HR manager in Stellenbosch and insane demands by a union. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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34:09

Has the ANC’s election campaign already collapsed?

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/02

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer talk about early problems with the ANC's election campaign, and they also discuss employment equity amendment regulations, and they talk about an act of vigilanteism. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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24:34

Crisis and decline: Joburg council turns on itself

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/09/01

Today's show John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the internal conflict in the Joburg coalition. They also discuss the rift between the ANC and SACP and the Madlanga commission. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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40:07

BEE a "system that privileges the existent or...

The Daily Friend Show ·

2025/08/29

Today's show with Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. They discussed the recent report from Open Secrets which criticizes BEE. They also discuss an MK Party protest in Durban, the declining number of households with reliable water and NSFAS shortfalls. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

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