The Daily Friend Show

Eskom cancels BEE....for how long?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Gabriel Crouse. They discuss Transnet and Eskom's decision to move ahead with procurement without BEE rules, the lack of staff at the Hawks and the move by China to build naval bases in the Solomon Islands.

28 Mar 2022 8AM 31 min

EFF vs. FAN in court over the integrity of the electoral system

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. The crew chats about the court battle between FAN and the EFF over seat allocation in the North West. Biometric data collection for sim cards and infrastructure collapse in Bloemfontein.

24 Mar 2022 8AM 30 min

3000 ghosts employed by Prasa

Today's Daily Friend show with Michael Morris, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer. The team chats about the revelation that 3000 of Prasa's employees are non-existent. They also discuss Sihle Zikalala's comments on democracy and the e-hailing driver's strike.

23 Mar 2022 8AM 30 min

IRR kicked out of "Power"

Today's Daily Friend Show with Gabriel Crouse, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. The team chats about the ejection of Gabriel from a PowerFM discussion live on air. They also discuss the extension of the state of disaster and ActionSA's firing of Makhosi Khoza.

22 Mar 2022 8AM 31 min

Nuclear disaster averted near Cape Town?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer. The team chats about news from Koeberg power station, the extension of the state of disaster, America hiking its interest rates and Mbali Ntuli leaving the DA.

17 Mar 2022 8AM 31 min

Fuel rationing in South Africa?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer Bheki Mahlobo and Terence Corrigan. Suggestions that SOuth Africa may have to ration fuel, the potential issues with mother language instruction and the case of a principal who forced a student to climb into a pit toilet.

16 Mar 2022 8AM 30 min

Court finds TRESemmé shampoo advert wasn't racist

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer. They chat about the discussion around supposedly racist adverts, they also discuss the grounding of Comair and China's Covid problems.

15 Mar 2022 8AM 32 min

Are South Africa's elites behind our riots?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh and Michael Morris. They discuss a report which looks at the causes of civil unrest. The report on inequality by the World Bank and how the past is remembered in SA.

14 Mar 2022 8AM 30 min

A single currency for Africa?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss African integration, senior ANC member found guilty of perjury South Korea's election and Indian politics.

10 Mar 2022 6AM 31 min

Get ready for stage 6 loadshedding

Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris. The team chats about the latest bout of loadshedding, the rising cost of fuel and the crisis hitting the richest South Africans

9 Mar 2022 6AM 30 min

'We harass all foreigners equally'

Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt. They discuss the claim by foreign shop owners that xenophobes are racially discriminating, the latest GDP figures and a statement by J'oburg's opposition parties.

8 Mar 2022 7AM 30 min

We beat the 'command council'

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Chris Hattingh. The team discusses the possible defeat of the 'command council', a DA MPL's thoughts on foreign owned businesses and the problems with transnet.

7 Mar 2022 7AM 30 min

Medical interns not paid for months

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Hermann Pretorius. The team chats about the failure to pay medical interns at a Joburg hospital. They also discuss the infighting over NUMSA's investment company and the refugee crisis in Europe.

3 Mar 2022 7AM 31 min

Malema prosecutor resigns: scared of being called racist

Today's Daily Friend Show, with Michael Morris, Nicholas Lorimer, and Sara Gon. They discuss a report from News 24 which claims that the lead prosecutor in the Malema firearms case resigned from the case. They also discuss demands to ban RT and some thoughts on the war in Ukraine.

2 Mar 2022 7AM 32 min

Tshwane on the brink?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Gabriel Crouse. They discuss the war of words between the wild dogs and ActionSA over the Tshwane adjustment budget, the firing of MEC Albert Fritz by the DA and the latest on the Ukraine Russia war.

1 Mar 2022 7AM 30 min

Russia invades Ukraine!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Chris Hattingh. The team discusses the invasion of Ukraine by the armed forces of the Russian Federation and what this might mean for the world at large. They also chat about the government escaping a R100 billion public sector wage…

28 Feb 2022 7AM 31 min

Budget breakdown

Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the latest government budget, the latest by-election results and the trucker protests in Canada.

24 Feb 2022 7AM 31 min

Has South Africa's Opposition just made a huge mistake?

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Michael Morris. The crew chats about the addition of the PA to the multi-party coalition governments in Joburg and Ekurhuleni. They also discuss the opposition of BUSA to the proposed employment equity act and the latest political party funds report.

23 Feb 2022 7AM 30 min

The Ukraine-Russia crisis

Today's Daily Friend Show with Marius Roodt, Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse. They chat about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the lifting of Covid regulations in England.

22 Feb 2022 7AM 31 min

Mbeki: SA can't be governed without the ANC

Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan. The crew chats about comments made by former president Thabo Mbeki about the importance of the ANC. They also discuss the continuing capture of the State Security Agency and the launch of Trump's new social media app.

21 Feb 2022 7AM 32 min