The Daily Friend Show

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

Politicians seek to drive racial tensions after shooting in KZN

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Caiden Lang and Terence Corrigan discusses the shooting dead of a 17 year old near Dundee in Kwa-Zulu Natal that has caused tensions in the local community that Terence and Caiden went to KZN to investigate. They also chat about South Africa's immigration…

11 Oct 2021 7AM 30 min

Lesetja Kganyago tells SA politicians: No such thing as a free lunch

Today's Daily Friend with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Hermann Pretorius. Discusses comments made by reserve bank governor Lesetja Kganyago, a national day of action by COSATU, Illegal mining and a malaria vaccine.

7 Oct 2021 8AM 31 min

South Africa no longer most industrialised country in Africa

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Bheki Mahlobo and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses an article by economist Mike Schüssler which talks about the state of SA's manufacturing. They also discuss Ramaphosa calling on teachers to lower the school dropout rate and on the practical implementations of vaccine passports…

6 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

Too white and male for the Constitutional Court

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris.They discuss the comments made about white judges at the Judicial Services commission on Monday, the global outage of Facebook and Whatsapp and Japan's new PM.

5 Oct 2021 8AM 31 min

Joburg has to pay R7 Billion of Eskom debt

Today's Daily Friend Show hosted by Nicholas Lorimer with Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt. The Crew discusses the city of Joburg's plan to take on 7 billion Rand of Eskom debt for Soweto. They also discuss news from New Zealand and the nomination of Judge President John Hlophe for the…

4 Oct 2021 8AM 30 min

President Lindiwe Sisulu?

Today's Daily Friend Show hosted by Nicholas Lorimer with Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon discusses the Presidential ambitions of Lindiwe Sisulu, the charge by the SAHC commission that the PAC had used hate speech, the Digital Vibes scandal and South Africa asking for money to fight climate change.

30 Sep 2021 8AM 32 min

Lockdown for thee and not for me

Today's Daily Friend Show with Gabriel Crouse, Nicholas Lorimer and Bheki Mahlobo. The crew discusses the disparity in the enforcement of lockdown regulations, the BEE regulations for Covid relief and Ramaphosa's call for the abolition of Covid vaccine intellectual property rights.

29 Sep 2021 8AM 30 min

What the ANC has planned for us

Today's Daily Friend Show, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer, featuring Sara Gon and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the ANC local government manifesto, the never ending Zondo commission and the energy crisis in China and the UK.

28 Sep 2021 8AM 30 min

No Police trained in the last two years!

On Today's Daily Friend Show Sara Gon and Marius Roodt, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer. The team chats about the lack of SAPS personnel trained in the last two years . They also discuss the EFF and DA manifesto launches. They also chat about the German elections.

27 Sep 2021 8AM 30 min

Ramaphosa says west must pay reparations for slavery

Today's Daily Friend Show with Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses a speech given by Cyril Ramaphosa at the United Nations, the theft of grants by public servants and the stealth privatization of the state.

23 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

A big win for mining and a defeat for BEE

Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris and Hermann Pretorius, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer. The team discusses the ruling in the Pretoria high Court getting rid of some key aspects of the mining charter and BEE. They also discuss the sale of Burger King SA and Theranos.

22 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

Our liberty to choose sweet death

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Marius Roodt. The crew discusses the effects and principles of the sugar tax. They also chat about the Canadian elections.

21 Sep 2021 8AM 30 min

IRR Under Attack

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Sara Gon discusses a letter in the Daily Maverick attacking the IRR, the constitutional court ruling on the candidate lists reopening and what happened on registration weekend.

21 Sep 2021 2AM 31 min

South Africans say corruption worse under Ramaphosa

Today's Daily Friend show with Gabriel Crouse, Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer chats about a survey from Afrobarometer showing South Africans are losing faith in our institutions. They also discuss the acquisition of nuclear subs by Australia and the German and Canadian elections.

16 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

SA spies are going rogue

Today's Daily Friend Show, with Sara Gon, David Ansara and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses a report to parliament that says that South Africa's intelligence agencies are acting without court approval to spy on people. They also chat about John Hlophe's attempts to block his impeachment in court. They also…

15 Sep 2021 8AM 32 min

Eskom techs taken hostage in Pretoria

On Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse Today the crew discusses the taking hostage of some Eskom employees by an angry community, an update on the election court cases and the tale of the cabbage bandit.

14 Sep 2021 8AM 32 min

Daily Friend Special Edition: The Meaning of 9/11 - 20 years later

On this special episode of the Daily Friend Show, host Nicholas Lorimer is joined by Frans Cronje, John Endres and Gabriel Crouse to discuss their thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the September the 11th attacks and their meaning for America and the world at the time and for the…

13 Sep 2021 12PM 1 hr 16 min

Ramaphosa approved Zuma prison release

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Michael Morris discusses the allegations in the media over the weekend that President Ramaphosa over the weekend approved the release of Jacob Zuma from prison, they also discuss the implications of the Political Party Funding act and the vaccine passport.

13 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min