The Daily Friend Show

The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day on Monday and Friday.

The Daily Friend Wrap releases episodes at 17:00 which comment on the news events of the day 4 times a week Monday to Thursday. On Friday we do a live show on YouTube at 13:30.

No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's leading liberal opinion site

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1,211 Episodes

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Cuba starts reform, cricket cancelled and AstraZeneca suffers setback in SA

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Marius Roodt discuss the implementation of free market reforms in Cuba, the cancelling of Australia's cricket tour to SA and news that the AstraZeneca vaccine is proving ineffective against the South African variant. #InNoUncertainTerms

8 Feb 2021 7AM 31 min

Patel promises to save economy, Gordhan promises to save Eskom and EWC pushed back

Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Terence Corrigan discuss the promises of economic recovery after Covid-19 from Minister Patel, the promise by Minister Gordhan to hold Eskom to account for load-shedding and an extension on the Expropriation Bill comment period. #InNoUncertainTerms

4 Feb 2021 7AM 31 min

Expropriation without compensation: Why the stakes are so high

Hermann Pretorius and Duwayne Esau give an update on the IRR's efforts to fight expropriation without compensation and why people should care.

3 Feb 2021 7AM 31 min

Battle to legalize weed, Ramaphosa nominates Cubans for Nobel Prize and SSA cover-up

Sara Gon, Gabriel Crouse and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the fight to legalize weed in South Africa and around the world, the nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize of the Cuban Medical Brigade and Ramaphosa's complicity in covering up the capture of the State Security Agency. #InNoUncertainTerms

2 Feb 2021 8AM 30 min

Protests on the beach, Zuma says arrest me and trouble in Myanmar

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan for their views on the beach protests against lockdown over the weekend, Zuma daring the government to arrest him and the sad news of a military take over in Myanmar. #InNoUncertainTerms

1 Feb 2021 8AM 32 min

To the moon! with Elon Musk & Reddit and Zuma runs out of options

Nicholas Lorimer asks Gabriel Crouse and Sara Gon for their view on the strange case of soaring stock prices being driven by Reddit and Jacob Zuma's defeat in the constitutional court to avoid appearing before the Zondo Commission. #InNoUncertainTerms

28 Jan 2021 8AM 30 min

Fighting expropriation without compensation (EWC) with Frans Cronje & John Endres

Frans Cronje and John Endres talk to Nicholas Lorimer about the battle of ideas and how to save South Africa from the destruction of property rights through expropriation without compensation. #InNoUncertainTerms

27 Jan 2021 8AM 32 min

Spies and vaccine skepticism

Nicholas Lorimer chats with Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan about the capture of the State Security Agency by Zuma and the widespread skepticism of vaccines. #InNoUncertainTerms

26 Jan 2021 7AM 32 min

Jackson Mthembu's legacy, Ivermectin in court and riots in the Netherlands

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt for their views on Jackson Mthembu who died of Covid-19 last week, the move by Afriforum and a group of doctors to take government to court to approve use of Ivermectin to fight Covid-19, and a series of riots in the usually…

25 Jan 2021 7AM 32 min

Can the public protector be removed? Where is the vaccine? and Blatant Elite Enrichment

Nicholas Lorimer asks Terence Corrigan and Hermann Pretorius for their views on the Public protector as she goes to court for perjury, why the government is so slow to roll out vaccines and what President Ramaphosa said about BEE.

21 Jan 2021 7AM 31 min

Biden's inauguration, are medical schemes racist? and Merkel gets a successor

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Marius Roodt and Michael Morris for their views on Biden's inauguration, a report that South African medical schemes are racist and Angela Merkel's successor. #InNoUncertainTerms

20 Jan 2021 7AM 32 min

#PowerToThePeople: The IRR takes on Eskom and the Command Council speaks

Nicholas Lorimer asks Hermann Pretorius and Gabriel Crouse about the IRR's plan to fix Eskom and what went down at the Command Council Imbizo yesterday. #InNoUncertainTerms Don't forget that you can now WATCH the Show on our YouTube channel.

19 Jan 2021 8AM 31 min

EFF says postpone elections, FEDUSA says no retrenchments and Biden gets his first test

Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon and Terence Corrigan discuss the EFF's proposal to bundle the local and national government elections in 2024, the call by a union federation to halt all retrenchments and the first test of a Biden presidency.

18 Jan 2021 10AM 34 min

Lockdown arrests, should we be scared of the mutant virus? and Trump impeached, again

Nicholas Lorimer, asks Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt for their take on the arrest of a man in Pretoria for buying formula for his baby, Gabriel gives an update on the dangers posed by the South African mutant variant of Covid-19 and we quickly give an update on Trump's 2nd…

14 Jan 2021 7AM 31 min

No grants, no doctors, no money

Nicholas Lorimer asks John Endres and Hermann Pretorius for their views on the SASSA grants disaster, the shortage of doctors in Gauteng and the bankruptcy of the Amathole municipality.

13 Jan 2021 8AM 30 min

Cyril closes borders, Ugandans vote and Awomen to that!

And in our comeback episode, Nicholas Lorimer, asks Marius Roodt and Sara Gon for their take on the speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night, the upcoming vote in Uganda, the role of Facebook in SA politics and what’s up with Awomen.

12 Jan 2021 8AM 31 min

Vaccine roll-out and the Capitol riot

Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Hermann Pretorius discuss the government’s failure to acquire vaccines on time as well as the events of the Capitol Hill riot in the United States.

11 Jan 2021 7AM 31 min

Frans Cronje on 2020 and beyond

Nicholas Lorimer concludes the year of the Daily Friend Show with a special hour-long edition with a one-on-one discussion with our Editor in Chief, Frans Cronje, who gives an overview of the world and South Africa post-Covid. Thank you for your support and we look forward to bringing you more…

3 Dec 2020 8AM 1 hr 13 min

The year that was with the Daily Friend

Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt and Hermann Pretorius discuss the crazy and difficult year that was. Thank you to all our listeners who joined us this year. It has been a pleasure producing the podcasts to our loyal audience who seek news and analysis #InNoUncertainTerms. We wish you all a wonderful…

3 Dec 2020 7AM 32 min

ANC takes anti-foreigner stance, hostage-taking in the Free State and fiscal cliff looms for provinces

Nicholas Lorimer is joined by Sara Gon and Jonathan Katzenellenbogen to discuss Jonathan’s Daily Friend article on the ANC’s anti-foreigner policies, the election of a DA speaker in a rural Free State municipality and the fiscal cliff facing provincial governments.

2 Dec 2020 7AM 30 min