The Daily Friend Show

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

SA July riots cost more than American BLM riots

On Today's Daily Friend Show, Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Sara Gon. They discuss the continuing fallout of the July riots in KZN and Gauteng, Jacob Zuma's parole and the backlog in the DNA cases.

9 Sep 2021 8AM 30 min

DA sues the ANC for not paying its staff UIF payments

Today's Daily Friend, with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris and Gabriel Crouse discuss the DA laying criminal charges against the ANC for not paying its staffs' UIF contributions. They also discuss the IEC attempt to reopen the candidate lists and also an attempt by the City of Cape Town to reign…

8 Sep 2021 8AM 32 min

If only we had more to celebrate than resilience

Today's Daily Friend Show, hosted by Nicholas Lorimer, with Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon. The team talks about how Shoprite is both thriving and suffering in the aftermath of the July riots, an alleged accidental shooting of an old lady by MK vets and the capture of a database by…

7 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

South African Democracy lives to fight another day

On Today's Daily Friend, Gabriel Crouse, Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer give their views on the latest happenings in SA. Today's topics include, the rejection of the IEC's attempt to postpone elections and Zuma's medical parole.

6 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

Is the ANC going bankrupt both a good and bad thing?

Today's Daily Friend Show featuring Terence Corrigan, Gabriel Crouse and Nicholas Lorimer. The crew discusses the latest developments in the court cases around the election postponement the latest covid variant in SA and SA refusing to accept Afghanistan refugees.

2 Sep 2021 8AM 31 min

12% social security tax defeated...for now!

Today's Daily Friend Show hosted by Nicholas Lorimer featuring Gerbrandt van Heerden and Gabriel Crouse. The crew talks about the withdrawal of the proposed 12% social security fund tax on incomes, the voting preferences of LGBT South Africans and a leaked report from the state security ministry.

1 Sep 2021 9AM 31 min

Is political violence growing in SA?

On today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Terence Corrigan The crew discusses ​the murder of an ANC candidate in Cape Town, the murder of a teenager by another student in Joburg and the great economic ideas and results coming out of Botswana and Zambia

31 Aug 2021 8AM 31 min

ANC shenanigans in Parliament on EWC

Marius Roodt, Sara Gon, and Hermann Pretorius discuss the ANC’s changes to the EWC constitutional amendment and what it means. They also discuss the Taliban’s windfall of a modern arsenal in Afghanistan and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pleas to protect whistleblowers.

30 Aug 2021 10AM 30 min