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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1,175 Episodes
1100 – 1120

Live Discussion: Economic experts on how EWC will affect #YourBudget

In anticipation of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget speech, the IRR launches its #YourBudget campaign by hosting top economists Dawie Roodt and Lumkile Mondi, and leading financial commentator Magnus Heystek. The panel of experts discuss how proposed changes to the South African Constitution, and the introduction of expropriation legislation, will…
24 Feb 2020 9AM 53 min

Independent Power, Co-dependent PP and De Klerk

Gabriel Crouse, Sara Gon and Nick Babaya discuss the potential gains and drawbacks of allowing independent power production in the Western Cape to supply power to the grid. They then muse on Busisiwe Mkhwebane's proposal that the Zondo Commission hands over evidence to her office and lastly, they dissect De…
17 Feb 2020 6AM 39 min

US and SA trade, Irish shenanigans, and reflections on Joseph Shabalala

Gabriel Crouse is joined by Marius Roodt and Sara Gon who talk about the withdrawal of SA's preferential access to US markets, the extraordinary performance by Sinn Fein in the Irish elections and what it means, and they pay tribute to Joseph Shabalala, the founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
12 Feb 2020 7AM 35 min

DA vision, Wuhan flu and Iowa messes it all up

Gabriel Crouse, Nicholas Lorimer and first-time guest Nicholas Babaya have a lengthy discussion the the DA’s values and vision document, they discuss the looming threat of the novel Coronavirus and the latest developments in the United States presidential election.
5 Feb 2020 5AM 45 min

IRR team hands over more than 200 000 names of South Africans who oppose EWC

On 30 January, IRR team handed over to parliament more than 200 000 names of South African who support the IRR's opposition to government's EWC. Gabriel Crouse is joined by Nicholas Lorimer and Anthea Jeffery who get into details of the importance of all South Africans to be involved in…
31 Jan 2020 5AM 31 min

Mafia EWC and hope for the DA

Gabriel Crouse asks Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius about recent developments with EWC and what signs are coming out of the DA
27 Jan 2020 8AM 32 min

EWC is ratcheting up

Terence Corrigan, Hermann Pretorius, Dr. Anthea Jeffery and Gabriel Crouse take you through what to expect next in the government’s assault on property rights.
24 Jan 2020 8AM 33 min

Special edition update on EWC

Terence Corrigan updates listeners on the state of property rights in South Africa and the efforts to undermine them.
24 Jan 2020 7AM 18 min
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