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DA’s budget victory?

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with John Endres, Marius Roodt, and Nicholas Lorimer discusses the third attempt at a budget. They also talk about regulatory changes

Ramaphosa vs Trump

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Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the explosive and chaotic meeting between Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House.

What South Africans really think

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Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest polling from the IRR about how South Africans feel on a variety of policy questions. They show

This is the cost of resilience

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Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the shocking statistics around malnutrition in South Africa and the importance of economic growth. They also discuss murders around

Soldiers left behind

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Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss reporting from City Press about how most of South Africa’s troops in DRC have been left behind due to

Macpherson: Nil compensation is compensation

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, John Endres, Chris Hattingh, and Hermann Pretorius discuss comments by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson,

Lesufi: The DA is the “ENEMY”

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Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss comments made by Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, about the DA and employment equity. They also discuss violence against buses.

The unemployment crisis gets worse

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Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest unemployment figures, President Ramaphosa visiting NAMPO, and civil servants losing their benefits to the NHI.

Mr Ramaphosa goes to Washington

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In this episode of the Daily Friend Wrap, Hermann Pretorius and Marius Roodt take a look at the upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Cyril

Transforming South Africa into one we can ALL be proud of

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michael Morris, and Anlu Keeve discusses an article by Christopher Rutledge, a labour activist, defending Employment equity. They