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Today's Daily Friend Live with John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the story of Count Binface and the role of humour in politics. They also discuss the new minister of agriculture. Lastly they chat about China's new space rocket.

Nicholas Lorimer and Anlu Keeve discuss a new government plan to tackle South Africa's construction mafias. They also discuss the Joburg rubbish crisis and ask South Africans abroad for their views on why they immigrated. Link to the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdCvpNzESz8rhLuHtTYVMsxJVI2Ohg55gJwiiV_aJuV6P3hA/viewform

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the Tafelberg School constitutional court ruling they also discuss the importance of the middle class and they chat about the treasury restricting payments to municipalities.

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the ANC's response to March and March, the war over the Eskom transmission grid and national government suspending payments to Joburg.

Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss Gareth van Onselen’s analysis of by-election data from across the country. They also chat about the response by Tony Leon to John Steenhuisen’s interview with News24.