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

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Nuclear board resigns, Taiwan votes no on China and Brand SA goes after politicians

Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan chat about the resignation of the NECSA board, the presidential election in Taiwan and the Brand SA CEO.

15 Jan 2020 9AM 31 min

Dion wired closes shops, Jabu Mabuza out and The Saviour party

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse, Sara Gon chat about difficulties in the retail sector, the resignation of Eskom board chairman and South Africa’s saviour party.

13 Jan 2020 8AM 44 min

Sol Plaatjie and Meghan Markle

Marius Roodt, Gabriel Crouse and Hermann Pretorius talk about Sol Plaatjie and Meghan Markle.

10 Jan 2020 2AM 49 min

Matriculants, Iranians and Cricketers

In the first Daily Friend podcast of 2020 Marius Roodt, Gabriel Crouse and Sara Gon discuss the matric results, Middle East tensions and race in South African cricket.

8 Jan 2020 6AM 50 min

Year Round-Up for 2019

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse, Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan discuss the British Election, and their high points and low points of 2019.

13 Dec 2019 9AM 32 min

Amending Section 25 Will Only Empower the State

IRR head of policy research, Dr Anthea Jeffery, takes Hermann Pretorius through the likely costs & consequences of the Draft Bill to amend Section 25 of the Constitution.

11 Dec 2019 5AM 21 min

Loadshedding, Florida, Saudi and the British elections.

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Hermann Pretorius discuss the latest round of load shedding, a shooting in America and Thursday’s British election

9 Dec 2019 6AM 28 min

Joburg changes hands, economy looking bad and coffin case mishandled.

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Gabriel Crouse discuss the new mayor of Johannesburg, the Q3 GDP figures and the mistakes made in the ”Coffin case” judgement.

6 Dec 2019 4AM 36 min

A new cold war?, North Korea's Christmas gift and Cricket goes crazy

Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan, Sara Gon and Marius Roodt chat about growing tension between China and the U.S, the failure of the North Korean peace talks and the ongoing trouble at Cricket SA.

4 Dec 2019 8AM 30 min

Hate speech judgement, data problems and crisis in cricket

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Gabriel Crouse chat about a ruling on hate speech, problems with ACSA and World Bank Data and the fight between Cricket SA and the media.

2 Dec 2019 6AM 32 min

Human rights abuse in China, South African economy and non-racialism.

Marius Roodt is joined by Terence Corrigan and Ian Cruickshanks, as well as a special guest from Cape Town, Michael Morris, who discuss human rights abuses in China, the faltering South African economy, and non-racialism.

27 Nov 2019 8AM 31 min

Gwen is back, Eskom threatens to shut off the lights and Jesse says the ANC is racist

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse, and Sara Gon, chat about Gwen Ngwenya's return to the DA, Eskom's threat to switch off Bloemfontein's lights and Jesse Duarte's attack on the ANC.

25 Nov 2019 9AM 33 min

Eskom CEO and the US

Marius Roodt, Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan discuss the new Eskom CEO and take a trip across the pond to the US.

20 Nov 2019 8AM 33 min

Hard rock Steenhuisen, Chinese, Contortion, and de-construction

Marius Roodt, Gabriel Crouse and Sara Gon discuss with hard rock Steenhuisen, Chinese, Contortion, and de-construction.

18 Nov 2019 5AM 42 min

Taking a trip round the world – municipal service issues, LGBTQI+ rights in Africa, and an election in the UK is looming

Terence Corrigan, Gebrandt Van Heerden, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. discuss a forthcoming report on the state of LGBTQI+ issues on the continent, an attempt by a civic group in Soweto to get electricity debt scrapped, and what polls are saying about the forthcoming UK election.

13 Nov 2019 7AM 31 min

Moral failure, a steel plant closes and we remember the Fallen

Sara Gon, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer, discuss the Deputy President's failure to condemn the oppression of gay people in Africa, the closing of a steel plant and the place of Remembrance Day in South Africa.

11 Nov 2019 5AM 25 min

Arm attack to Victory's fruit

Long boy liberty and team talk about midnight gunshots, public deification(!) and the on sweeter side... the #commonsense thrill of victory.

6 Nov 2019 9AM 36 min

Victorious in rugby, land grabs and trade with the U.S.A.

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, Terence Corrigan, and Marius Roodt celebrate victory in the world cup and the EFF's attempts to ruin said celebrations, discuss the prevalence of land grabs and talk about intellectual property and what it means for South African U.S trade.

4 Nov 2019 5AM 28 min

Budget policy speech analysis

Budget policy speech analysis from Gabriel Crouse, Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer.

30 Oct 2019 10AM 21 min

Good news Monday, or I can't believe its not a rugby podcast!

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Gabriel Crouse talk about rugby, Lesufi and a dead terrorist in this all good news edition of the Daily Friend.

28 Oct 2019 7AM 33 min