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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 chat about the Rugby World Cup, the attacks on cars in Jo’burg,

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

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

One SOE to rule them all

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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 Jo’burg.

Baby please! Give me one more chance!

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Hermann Pretorius discusses the launch of the ANC’s election campaign, the country’s rapidly worsening financial

Godongwana: cadre deployment would kill Treasury

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan, and Marius Roodt looks at the comments about cadre deployment made by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Lessons from a liberal – a tribute to Julian Ogilvie Thompson (1934 – 2023)

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‘We South Africans now enjoy the rare opportunity to shape our own future. There is every reason to believe that, working together in a spirit

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

A CITY HELD HOSTAGE | Daily Friend Wrap

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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

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