The Daily Friend Show

The never ending state of disaster

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the state of disaster which has been extended again, a stupid tweet by Cher and the introduction of an Asian-American muppet on Sesame Street.

15 Nov 2021 7AM 31 min

The life of F.W. de Klerk

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan. The team discusses the passing of former president and deputy president F.W. de klerk and his impact on SA, recounting votes in the Western Cape and shenanigans with the firearms control amendment act.

11 Nov 2021 6AM 29 min

Andre de Ruyter gets serious about Eskom

Today's Daily Friend Show, featuring Nicholas Lorimer, Bheki Mahlobo and Gabriel Crouse. They discuss the comments by Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter about the state of Eskom. They also discuss the medium term budget update and the latest on Covid numbers.

10 Nov 2021 6AM 31 min

Is water shedding upon us?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer. The team discusses a planned water outage in Joburg and the prospect of water shedding in SA's metros. They also talk about anti-foreigner legislation in Botswana and the theft of a massive load of cocaine from the Hawks.

9 Nov 2021 6AM 30 min

The coalition dance begins

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Gabriel Crouse and Nicholas Lorimer discusses the first moves in the coalition game and some comments made by Herman Mashaba.

8 Nov 2021 7AM 30 min

Coalitions everywhere

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Terence Corrigan, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer, discusses the prospects for coalition governments across SA, Mmusi Maimane's attempt to run for president and COP-26.

4 Nov 2021 8AM 32 min

The ANC's KZN election disaster

Today's Daily Friend with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer and Bheki Mahlobo discusses the results of the election in KZN and the victory of a Republican governor in Virginia and what this means for the global debate on CRT.

3 Nov 2021 8AM 31 min

Daily Friend Special: Analysing the election results

Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Gabriel Crouse discuss the results from yesterday's election and what it means for the future of SA politics.

2 Nov 2021 3PM 1 hr 19 min

The weird election

Nicholas Lorimer Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt chat about the early results from yesterday's local government elections.

2 Nov 2021 8AM 30 min

Pravin Gordhan: no guys, this time we are serious about load shedding

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the press conference about Eskom in which Pravin Gordhan promised more action on load shedding, Quinton de Kock's statement regarding taking the knee and the coup in Sudan.

28 Oct 2021 7AM 31 min

Eskom staff go nuclear!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses the shortage of skilled staff at Eskom's nuclear power station, the arrest of officers for shooting women with rubber bullets and the state of the SA media.

27 Oct 2021 7AM 31 min

Cricket SA demands players 'take the knee'

If you are having issues accessing the audio version of the podcast, you can still to access it on YouTube (link attached). On today's Daily Friend Show, Marius Roodt, Gabriel Crouse and Nicholas Lorimer discuss Cricket SA forces all players to take the knee to show support for the Black…

26 Oct 2021 8AM 31 min

Nando's burns Gareth Cliff's platform

Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon discuss what's in the news on today's Daily Friend Show. They discuss the canceling of Gareth Cliff by Nando's and the unexpected new political party members as well as city power's failure to avoid load-shedding in Joburg.

25 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

Vigilante stalks the streets of Mamelodi

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the story of a vigilante referred to as "John Wick" who is accused of killing gang members in the area. They also discuss the call by Mandla Mandela to boycott Miss Universe and the story of…

21 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

Prices are going up!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Bheki Mahlobo, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. The team discusses the raise in inflation in SA and the world. They also discuss the NUMSA strike and Ramaphosa's pledge to not tolerate corruption.

20 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

What's the best local government in SA?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan. The crew discusses an index produced by Media24 about which is the best governed municipality in South Africa. They also talk about the murder of Sir David Amess in the UK.

19 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

Defence minister taken hostage by army vets

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. The crew discusses the alleged taking hostage of two ministers by MK veterans, an update on the Glencoe case and Apple bowing down to China.

18 Oct 2021 8AM 32 min

Taxis burned on the streets of PE

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer. The team discusses the outbreak of violence between shop owners and taxi drivers in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) sparked by a road rage incident. They also chat about the city of Joburg's request to be taken off the loadsheding…

14 Oct 2021 8AM 31 min

Mogoeng Mogoeng steps down as Chief Justice

Today's Daily Friend Show featuring Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris and Gabriel Crouse discusses the run of Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice, the impact of tariffs on chicken and the state of SA's unions.

13 Oct 2021 8AM 31 min

Rewriting history in our schools

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Gabriel Crouse and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the plans for the reformulation of the history curriculum and what the potential pitfalls could be. They also discuss the charging of an Mpumalanga MEC with a double murder and some new business regulations.

12 Oct 2021 7AM 31 min