Ramaphosa speaks! Reserve Bank threatened and Biden makes a promise

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Via Skype, Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Marius Roodt bring the first of the Daily Friend's self-isolation podcasts to you in which they discuss the President's speech to the nation, a German businessman's plot against the South African Reserve Bank and the promise to choose a woman vice-president made by Joe Biden.

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16 Mar 2020 12PM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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