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 is a 10-minute show that rounds up the news events of the day 3 times a week Tuesday to Thursday.

No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's fastest-growing liberal news site - dailyfriend.co.za.

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864 Episodes

20 – 40

ANC loses 3 elections to IFP

Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. They discuss the recent by-election victories of the IFP in Newcastle. They also discuss the reforms to electricity transmission and an American company buying up a slice of the Springboks.

15 Mar 9AM 28 min

Is this why Gordhan quit? | Daily Friend Wrap

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the end of the SAA/ Takatso deal. They also chat about Urban decay and the importance of property rights as well as Thabo Mbeki's claims that Zuma is trying to destroy Democracy.

14 Mar 10AM 17 min

Joburg crisis : Rand water didn't open a valve | Daily Friend Wrap

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ongoing water crisis in Johannesburg, the cost of living crisis facing South Africans and a police station that doesnt open at night because they don't have power.

13 Mar 10AM 12 min

Meet the new ANC same as the old ANC | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the ANC’s electoral list, the growing water crisis and growing SA’s economic pie.

12 Mar 9AM 14 min

ANOTHER poll with the ANC below 40%

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the latest polling from the Brenthurst foundation which shows the ANC below 40%. They also discuss the state of the relationship between business and government and lastly they chat about a horrifying polling find about how…

11 Mar 8AM 37 min

Unfit and incapable

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the comments of the Joburg mayor on a rates boycott in Johannesburg due to the water outage. They also discuss the legacy of Pravin Gordhan and a Mpumalanga mayor who is accused of stealing electricity.

8 Mar 7AM 27 min

Joburg without water: South Africa’s biggest city is parched and in crisis | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan discuss the continuing water crisis affecting Johannesburg. They also discuss prescribed assets scheme that the ANC is promoting in its manifesto. Lastly, they chat about the MK party’s violent rhetoric toward the IEC.

7 Mar 8AM 16 min

The only part of Eskom that works | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt discuss Eskom’s problems, policy brutality and MK party manifesto.

6 Mar 9AM 15 min

No water and no fire trucks, Johannesburg falls apart | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the worsening state of Johannesburg's infrastructure, they also discuss the GDP growth numbers for 2023 and professionalizing the public service.

5 Mar 9AM 14 min

ANC makes an oopsie

Today's Daily Friend with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and John Endres. They discuss the numerous tangled corruption binds the ANC has gotten itself into, the failure of the Change Starts Now Movement and lastly they chat about getting economic growth up.

4 Mar 7AM 32 min

Government uses non-racialism to defend BEE

Today's Daily Friend Show with Mlondi Mdluli, Michael Morris, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the government hiring an "all-white" team of lawyers to defend the state in a BEE case. They also discuss a fistfight between the ANC and EFF and lastly, they discuss mismanagement at Eskom.

1 Mar 7AM 28 min

What is Gordhan hiding? | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the strangeness of Gordhan's behavior around the SAA deal. They also chat about another MK by-election and SAMWU demanding more money.

29 Feb 9AM 13 min

Can they actually fix it? | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt discuss the MPC's plan to fix the loadshedding crisis. They also discuss over crowded prisons and air force air con problems.

28 Feb 9AM 14 min

South Africa’s upside-down pyramid of doom | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the tiny number of taxpayers who are paying most of our taxes. They also discuss export taxes and a scandal involving the speaker of parliament.

27 Feb 8AM 13 min

ANC manifesto: tired, old, bad ideas

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Makone Maja, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the ANC election manifesto and political violence between MK and ANC supporters.

26 Feb 7AM 35 min

We can’t comply with the court because: The System is down

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Michael Morris.They discuss the latest revelations on the cadre deployment documents released by the ANC. They also chat about the budget and kids walking to school in rural SA.

23 Feb 7AM 32 min

South Africa needs to cut spending | Daily Friend Wrap

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the 2024 national budget and the impeachment of John Hlope.

22 Feb 9AM 10 min

May 29th South Africa votes on its destiny

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the date of 2024 elections and cadre deployment.

21 Feb 11AM 13 min

ANC: E-tolls will be gone for real this time, we promise! | Daily Friend Wrap

Nicholas Lorimer, and Makone Maja discuss the end of E-tolls, the staggering cost of the NHI and the unemployment rate and how to lower it.

20 Feb 8AM 13 min

DA manifesto: a credible offer for South Africa?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss the DA manifesto and the ANC running out of time to deploy the cadre deployment minutes.

19 Feb 7AM 30 min