Exploring Ideas which shape South Africa

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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Ricardo Teixeira. They discuss using the army as police, a collection of ideas about how to fix South Africa and they discuss the legacy of Paul R. Ehrlich.

20 Mar 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

Inside South Africa’s Political Future | Full interview with John Endres

Nicholas Lorimer interviews the CEO of the Institute of Race Relations about South Africa's political landscape. Where is the country headed? Can it be rescued from its current crisis?

29 Jun 9AM 1 hour

SA holds its breath for June 30th | The Daily Friend Show Live

Today's Daily Friend Show with Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer. They chat about the looming 30th of June deadline for all foreigners to leave SA. They also discuss the Madlanga commission and SA's policy towards BRICS.

26 Jun 8AM 45 min

Joburg to be cut off from national funds

Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris discuss the impending cut off of national funding for Johannesburg. They also discuss fixing South Africa's mining industry and the looming threat of June 30th.

25 Jun 12PM 37 min

South Africa’s privatized police force

Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the growing cooperation between the police and private security in the lead-up to the 30th of June. They also discuss the ANC’s candidate selection process for Joburg mayor. Lastly, they discuss the resignation of Keir Starmer.

24 Jun 10AM 40 min

South Africa's worsening political violence crisis

Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the spate of political violence over the weekend, the Speaker of Parliament trying to protect the president, and de facto weed legalization.

23 Jun 10AM 36 min