The Daily Friend Show

Tshwane gone mad

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the madness of the Tshwane council sitting from last week. They also talk about the latest from the Madlanga commission and the ANC's candidate for Joburg mayor.

13 Jul 10AM 32 min

Humour and politics

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.

10 Jul 8AM 47 min

Crushing the construction mafia

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

9 Jul 10AM 40 min

Constitutional court rules against development

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.

8 Jul 11AM 36 min

ANC spooked by March and March

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.

7 Jul 10AM 28 min

By-election trends suggest ANC seeing collapse in the near future

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.

6 Jul 10AM 35 min

The citizen state

Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the speech by DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis about his ideological vision for the DA and the country. We also talk about the Centre for Risk Analysis' new Joburg rates tool. Check out the video version YouTube: https://youtu.be/OdWunM9lG5U

3 Jul 6AM 26 min

The Shadowy world of SA political influencers

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the growing sophistication of online influence campaigns on South African social media. They also chat about the new minister of Social development Dina Pule and Thabo Mbeki trying to rescue SA-US relations.

2 Jul 11AM 34 min

Cabinet reshuffled but don't miss the real problem

Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris talk about the cabinet reshuffle announced by the president, the Madlanga commission, and Zuma in India.

1 Jul 9AM 29 min

The Day South Africa didn’t burn down

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the June 30th marches against immigration. They also chat about Steenhusien's reaction to his demotion and inflation worries.

30 Jun 10AM 30 min

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

South Africa Could Be a Mining Superpower—Why Isn't It? | Interview with James Lorimer

Nicholas Lorimer interviews DA shadow minister of mining and minerals James Lorimer (disclaimer: his father) on South Africa's mineral wealth and mining industry.

22 Jun 9AM 1 hr 14 min

Ramaphosa vs Parliament

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest impeachment committee news, Park Tau defending BEE, and Zille meeting March and March.

18 Jun 10AM 30 min

DA demotes Steenhuisen

Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss the DA's reshuffle of their representation in national government. They also discuss the strange goings on in the FF+ and the celebration of No More Race Laws Day.

17 Jun 10AM 38 min

Remembering June 16th with Barry D. Wood

Nicholas Lorimer asks veteran American journalist about his career and his experience witnessing the events of June 16th, 1976.

15 Jun 10AM 29 min

No one likes us and we don't care!

Today's Daily Friend Show with Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the anti-South African sentiment in South Africa evidenced on social media around the soccer world cup. They also discuss the public service culture in government and the failure of basic services in courts and police stations.

12 Jun 8AM 36 min