The Daily Friend Show

Anti-racism or anti-death?

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt discuss the utility of "Anti-Racism Week" and the defeat of the Western Cape's efforts to secure vaccines for the Western Cape. #InNoUncertainTerms

18 Mar 2021 8AM 31 min

Is Parliament planning to ignore submissions on Expropriation? with Dr Anthea Jeffery

Nicholas Lorimer asks Dr. Anthea Jeffery and Terence Corrigan for their views on Parliament's decision to push ahead with oral submissions on Expropriation without Compensation (EWC) without going through all the written submissions made to parliament. #InNoUncertainTerms

17 Mar 2021 8AM 31 min

Showdown in parliament over Public Protector

Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Gabriel Crouse discuss the expected fight in parliament over whether the Public Protector should be investigated for failing to do her job. They also discuss concerns in Europe that the AstraZeneca vaccine is causing blood clots and upcoming elections in Germany. #InNoUncertainTerms

16 Mar 2021 8AM 30 min

Chinese president tells army to prepare for combat

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan for their views on the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the next few years and what that would mean for the world. They also discuss the death of Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini. #InNoUncertainTerms

15 Mar 2021 6AM 29 min

Is it the end of the road for E-Tolls?

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Hermann Pretorius and Marius Roodt for their thoughts on the failing E-tolls project, the replacement of a translator for not being black and Brazil's upcoming election. #InNoUncertainTerms

11 Mar 2021 7AM 31 min

Ambulance services suspended in Pretoria

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Michael Morris discuss the suspension of ambulance services in the City of Tshwane due to a dispute with the provincial health department. They also discuss SA's GDP figures released yesterday and the celebration of a white actress for being a "person of colour". #InNoUncertainTerms

10 Mar 2021 7AM 30 min

Afrikaans banned at Stellenbosch?

Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Marius Roodt discuss allegations that students in Stellenbosch University have been prevented from speaking Afrikaans in private. They also discuss the report from Freedom House that freedom around the world has decreased for the 15th year in a row. #InNoUncertainTerms

9 Mar 2021 7AM 30 min

EFF threatens to shutdown UNISA campuses

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Hermann Pretorius discuss the EFF’s demand that UNISA accepts 20 000 more students or they will shut down the campus, and Hermann and Gabriel give their thoughts on the scandal hitting the British Royal family and the weaponization of race. #InNoUncertainTerms

8 Mar 2021 7AM 31 min

#StopCitizenAbuse update, Freedom Pineapples and Dr. Seuss gets cancelled

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse, Sara Gon and Amy-Claire Morton discuss the IRR's visit to the Union Buildings to hand a memorandum to the Presidency, Taiwan's Freedom Pineapples and the cancellation of the publishing of six Dr. Seuss books.

4 Mar 2021 7AM 31 min

Centralised medicine fails, Eskom accused of purging black business and an HIV cure?

Nicholas Lorimer, Bheki Mahlobo and Marius Roodt discuss the failure of the government's centralised vaccine rollout program, the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom's alleged targeting of black businesses and news from the DRC which points to the possibility of a cure for HIV in the near future. #InNoUncertainTerms

3 Mar 2021 7AM 31 min

Judge Hlophe ‘a danger to the bench’, a victory on pensions? and reporter accused of racist masking

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Sara Gon discuss the comments former Constitutional Court Justice Johann Kriegler made with regards to Judge President John Hlophe, the coming changes to Regulation 28 on pension funds and a news reporter who is accused of asking only black people to wear masks and not…

2 Mar 2021 7AM 33 min

#StopCitizenAbuse, police murders and Islamic State in Mozambique

Nicholas Lorimer chats to Amy-Claire Morton, Terence Corrigan and John Endres about the IRR's #StopCitizenAbuse campaign, the recent police murders and the ongoing insurgency in Northern Mozambique. #InNoUncertainTerms

1 Mar 2021 7AM 31 min

How much are we actually taxed? Budget Speech Analysis With Frans Cronje and Gabriel Crouse

Frans Cronje and Gabriel Crouse give Nicholas Lorimer their analysis of the 2021 Budget speech delivered yesterday by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.

25 Feb 2021 7AM 32 min

Winning the Battle for South Africa with Frans Cronje and Hermann Pretorius

Nicholas Lorimer, Frans Cronje and Hermann Pretorius discuss how a new political movement may save from South Africa from its current crisis and why ordinary South Africans need to get involved to ensure that South Africa survives the current crisis. Previous episodes: Is the ANC on life support? https://youtu.be/IXV7Ft3HmE8 After…

24 Feb 2021 7AM 34 min

Are matric results credible? Should Facebook pay for news? and unemployment is up

Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan discuss whether the latest matric results can be taken seriously, if Facebook should pay for news (and what's coming down the line in terms of social media regulation) and the bad news that unemployment is up again. #InNoUncertainTerms

23 Feb 2021 7AM 32 min

Vaccine rollout review, Zuma's authoritarian push and should Eskom increase prices?

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Hermann Pretorius discuss how the vaccine rollout is going so far, if Zuma is laying the groundwork for the undermining of democracy and if Eskom should increase electricity prices. #InNoUncertainTerms Sign the IRR's submission to Parliament on the Expropriation Bill: https://irr.org.za/campaigns/kill-the-bill-stop-ewc

22 Feb 2021 8AM 32 min

Cape booze laws, Cuban medication and Chestfeeding

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon present a slimmed down edition of the Daily Friend show to end the week, with discussions of new alcohol regulations in the Western Cape, SANDF mismanagement of medication and the new move towards chestfeeding (?) in British hospitals. #InNoUncertainTerms

18 Feb 2021 8AM 32 min

After the ANC: Scenarios for the future of South Africa after 2024

Frans Cronje lays out scenarios for how South Africa may look after the 2024 election and Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan comment on how likely they believe each scenario to be. This discussion is a follow-up from last week's episode "Is the ANC on life support? What comes next?" which…

17 Feb 2021 6AM 33 min

Frans Cronje steps down, Zuma and the rule of law, Eskom and Unconscious bias

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt discuss the announcement that IRR CEO Frans Cronje will be stepping down as CEO at the end of 2021, the damage to the rule of law wrought by Zuma, if Eskom is being fixed and the news that people at Oxford will be…

16 Feb 2021 8AM 31 min

SONA reviewed: Destroying to rebuild? Is Ace gone? And South Africans leaving SA

Nicholas Lorimer asks Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan for their views on Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), if Ace Magashule is indeed headed for jail as the media suggests and the impact and scale of South Africans fleeing the country for overseas prospects. #InNoUncertainTerms

15 Feb 2021 7AM 31 min