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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 is a 10-minute show that rounds up the news events of the day 3 times a week Tuesday to Thursday. No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's fastest-growing liberal news site - dailyfriend.co.za. #InNoUncertainTerms
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Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse provide their unique take on everything and anything going on in South Africa and the world at large, with a focus on history, philosophy and current affairs. Getting away with murder in South Africa, Russian oligarchs, American elections and geopolitical strategy all feature in this unconventional podcast.
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Sara Gon, Marius Roodt and Gerbrandt van Heerden discuss the managerial schizophrenia of Pravin Gordhan, academic leaves the country because Home Affairs won't give his wife and step-daughter visas, and Extinction Rebellion gets evicted from Standard Bank. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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SA in the world: Where are we AGOAing? | Daily Friend Wrap
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In today's TDF Wrap Hermann and Marius take a look at SA's place in the world. First up, the issue of AGOA following attempts by some in the US to have the upcoming AGOA summit moved out of SA due to the ANC's position on the war in Ukraine. Then it's on to Pravin Gordhan's take on the "new" SAA and where the government sees it going. The question,…
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ANC doubles down on cadre deployment | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the defeat of the “end cadre deployment bill”, mob killings, and needing more women in the U.N. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Calling police killings treason won't fix crime | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the call by the Police Union to declare the murder of cops to be treason. They also discuss the differences between SA and Nigeria and the SAHC finding that the right to clean water is being abused in KZN. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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We can't cut costs because that would look bad
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh, and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the country's financial situation and a low-ambition "poverty alleviation" plan from government. They also discuss political killings in KZN and water shortages in Gauteng. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Sp…
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Ordinary South Africans are fighting back against load shedding.
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Today's Daily Friend show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Marius Roodt. They discuss the massive growth in the import of solar panels by ordinary people and businesses to fight load shedding. They also chat about accusations that the CIA is sabotaging SA and they discuss a DA law to make coalition governments more stable. Subscribe on Go…
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Tshwane Crisis: Its not a strike, its an attack | Daily Friend Wrap
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Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the violent strike in the city of Tshwane and the good work done by the informal waste pickers across SA. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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R233 billion spent for no electricity | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the incredible revelation that the giant Kusile power plant is currently producing no electricity. They also discuss a conflict of interest in Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s latest advisor appointment. They also chat about the Union’s outrage at government “austerity”. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitte…
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Hermann and John discuss the question of bucks and where they end up stopping. The Treasury warns that bucks are running out and labour leaders are not happy. When it comes to accountability and where the buck must stop, Chapter 9 entities are coming under scrutiny as Busi Mkhwebane is kicked out of office. Finally, the chat turns to why symbolism …
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi: A long and complex life
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Terence Corrigan, Nicholas Lorimer, and Michael Morris. They discuss the death of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the age of 95 and his tremendous impact on the politics and history of South Africa. They also discuss more news that the ANC EFF coalition is falling apart in Gauteng. Article by Dr. ANTHEA JEFFERY on Buth…
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Car tipping on the streets of Johannesburg
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Gerbrandt van Heerden, and Marius Roodt. They chat about the Rugby World Cup, the attacks on cars in Joburg, the ANC's election strategy, and South Africa's provinces. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Give us the trains or else | Daily Friend Wrap
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Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the looming battle between the city of Cape Town and national government over control of the city's trains. They also discuss hijacked buildings and who supports the EFF. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Ramaphosa: This time Stage 6 is actually good | Daily Friend Wrap
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Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss remarks by the president that our current stage 6 load shedding is "short term pain for long term gain". They also discuss a rate boycott in Durban and the failure to import electricity from Mozambique. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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One SOE to rule them all | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and John Endres discuss the creation of a new SOE, the President's response to the Lady R scandal and the collapsing electricity network in Joburg. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Hermann Pretorius. They discuss the launch of the ANC's election campaign, the country's rapidly worsening financial state, and the number of government properties that have been hijacked. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Face…
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Hijacked building fire horror | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer, and Makone Maja discuss the horrific fire in Johannesburg. They also chat about how people are being ripped off by municipalities and the new body cams for Cape town police. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ongoing strike in the city of Tshwane, the massive drop off in the number of people using rail services, and the huge cost of NHI on the South African fiscus. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Mbalula sides with ZANU-PF | Daily Friend Wrap
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Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the positive comments Mbalula made about the recent elections in Zimbabwe. They also discuss the changing attitudes to nuclear power and the state of the SANDF. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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DA calls for fresh elections in Johannesburg
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius, and Michael Morris. They discuss the DA's call for a fresh election in Johannesburg and comments by Minister Bheki Cele on police and the use of force. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Babita’s murders get sentenced, but mastermind still at large
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Gerbrandt van Heerden, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the sentencing of 6 men accused of involvement in the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran, they also discuss the plan for city power in Joburg to buy power from some independent power producers, they also chat about the massive gas finds in Mpumal…
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Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the planned expansion of BRICS, a KZN municipality helping its customers to steal electricity, and the role of community police forums. IRR Growth Strategy webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFAeqi9HiU Read the full report here: https://irr.org.za/reports/occasional-reports/irr-growth-strategy Webs…
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Nicholas Lorimer and Marius Roodt discuss comments made by The chairperson of the China Africa Development Fund which encouraged SA to relax BEE requirements to end loadshedding. They also discuss the Zimbabwe elections. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Ramaphosa: minorities have "felt excluded" from SA
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Terence Corrigan. They discuss comments made by President Ramaphosa at the 40th-anniversary event of the UDF. They also discuss the SARB's Phala Phala report and The Health Professions Council of South Africa's flouting of a Competition Commission ruling. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · …
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Today's Daily Friend show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt, and Michael Morris. They discuss the Multi-party charter for South Africa. They also chat about an insane comment from the Transnet CEO and the political situation in Zimbabwe. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Insta…
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South Africa’s drowning middle class | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Gerbrandt van Heerden discuss the desperate state of the South African middle class and what this means for our politics and economics. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Cele finally says something about N1 assault | Daily Friend Wrap
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Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discusss the comments made by Bheki Cele on the assault by VIP officers filmed on the N1, they also chat about the huge infrastructure backlog and the court ruling allowing pharmacists to prescribe ARVs. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Mbalula we gave you taps, so what if there is no water | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss bizarre out of touch comments made by the ANC secretary general, they also discuss the unemployment rate and the anonymity of MPs. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer, and Sara Gon. They discuss the chaos surrounding various Eskom projects, the high pay of municipal workers, and business stepping up to get involved. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Why the end of the taxi strike is great news for SA
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the end of the Cape Town taxi strike and what it means for SA. They also chat about the release of Zuma from prison after one hour and lastly, they discuss the article by Tony Leon about deals with the devil. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcast…
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De Ruyter is back!... well sort of | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer, and Chris Hattingh discuss the new distribution SOE which still lists Andre de Ruyter as director. They also chat about BEE requirements for complexes and the Eskom of water. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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We cannot give in "with a gun on our heads": Cape Town Taxi strike
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss the ongoing taxi strike in Cape Town. They also discuss the massive tax loss as a result of loadshedding. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Marius Roodt, and Michael Morris. They discuss the column by Adriaan Basson about a possible ANC-DA grand coalition. They also discuss the failure of the Free electricity program. They end with a discussion of Indian politics and the restoration of Rahul Gandhi to parliament. Subscribe on Google Podc…
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The Architect of our suffering | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris discuss a column by Peter Bruce on the need to abandon the “Patel-Ramaphosa songbook.” They also chat about SARS and the EFF and lastly, they discuss the methane explosion in Joburg. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Business warns government we are headed for oblivion | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Makone discuss the projection by business that SA will be in major crisis by 2030 if changes are not made, they also discuss the failure to appoint officials and the BRICS summit. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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SPECIAL - Countdown to Socialism: The National Democratic Revolution in South Africa since 1994
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South Africa’s failure to reform – and save the country, and especially its immiserated poor, from joblessness, stalling growth and widespread governance failure – can be pinned on the ruling party’s ‘unwavering determination’ to pursue the socialist-inspired National Democratic Revolution (NDR). In this way, the ANC seeks to ‘take the country by i…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Nicholas Lorimer, and Marius Roodt. They discuss Malema's choice of song at the EFF's birthday rally. They also discuss the growing alignment between the DA and IFP and the brewing conflict in West Africa. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Fac…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh, and Terence Corrigan. They discuss the EFF's 10th-year anniversary they also chat about lawlessness and Nersa holding up Eskom reform. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer, and Michael Morris. They discuss the power vacuum that Ramaphosa is apparently leaving in the ANC. They also chat about the 3 bodies found in City Power substations in Joburg and they discuss the strange things going on in the EFF. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple …
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SA's CEO's say they are stepping up | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the letter by 115 CEOs promising to work towards building SA, they also chat about Low-cost medical aid options and NHI and they discuss a weird tweet from the EFF. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Getting away with murder in SA | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss an investigation into a Pakistani gangster which suggests that its easier than one would think to get away with murder in South Africa. They also chat about the case of a person who called in sick to go to an EFF protest and the Employment Equity draft regulations. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Today's Daily Friend with Marius Roodt, Terence Corrigan, and Nicholas Lorimer talk about an ANC internal report which suggests the DA and EFF are at their "electoral ceilings". They also discuss the visit of a controversial speaker to UCT and they discuss the creation of a deputy mayor position in Tshwane. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe …
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Was Affirmative Action good for Afrikaners?
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius, and Sara Gon. They discuss comments made about BEE by Reuel Khoza at the recent Black Management forum. They also discuss the explosion which tore up Bree Street in Joburg, and a mine employing former Zama Zamas. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscrib…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Terence Corrigan. They discuss an opinion piece by Yonela Diko about the DA's push for the devolution of powers to the Western Cape. They also talk about all the theft at Eskom. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook …
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Marius Roodt, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the poor performance of the GOOD party in by-elections in George. They also chat about the changing attitude of senior business leaders to the ANC and the ANC's increasing shift toward populist politics. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on App…
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Too "white" for water? | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss the government's new draft water use regulations and their racial quotas. They also discuss the comments on NHI from the private sector. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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South Africa is running out of money and government wont fix it
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Makone Maja, and, Marius Roodt. They chat about the state of SA's fiscus, the potential for our tourism industry to shine, and the upcoming by-elections. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan, and Chris Hattingh. They discuss the court ruling which should send Zuma back to jail, except that he has suddenly gone to Russia. They also discuss the ANC's likely vote share and take a closer look at Maimane's Build One SA (BOSA) platform. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe…
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Nicholas Lorimer, and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They discuss the racist outburst in court of the man accused of burning down Parliament. They also chat about the country's infrastructure problems with a focus on Eskom and load shedding, the "price gouging" of gas, and the Mozambiquan minister who tanked h…
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Can't read? Can't write? Try politics! | Daily Friend Wrap
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Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the report that 300 councilors in KZN can't read or write. They also chat about the latest political party. Website · Facebook · Instagram · TwitterBy SA Institute of Race Relations
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Today's Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Genevieve Labuschange, and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the latest incidents of truck burning on the N3 and N4 highways. They also chat about the fight over who gets to keep the municipal cars in a KZN municipality and Paul Mashatile's play for power. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple…
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