SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

First U.S. presidential debate review, railways looted and 2 million jobs gone

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Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Terence Corrigan discuss the first of three debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for control of the most powerful nation in the world. They also talk about a story from the Daily Maverick about the level of destruction wrought on Gauteng’s rail network by vandals and thieves and we briefly discuss the massive job losses reported in Q2 of 2020.
30 Sep 2020 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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