SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

Ramaphosa tells ANC to face reality, ANC says no

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Today's Daily Friend show with Nicholas Lorimer, Anlu Keeve and Ricardo Teixeira. They discuss the fallout from Ramaphosa's comments that the ANC could learn from the DA about clean audits. They also discuss the horrific state of the South African Defence Forces which has stalled its modernisation programs and seems to be short changing its soldiers who were deployed to DRC.
19 Sep 2025 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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