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Mkhwebane: They are trying to silence me because I have all the info

Podcasts

Today’s Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Sara Gon, and Nicholas Lorimer, looks at comments by embattled Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the end of

Patel: Resistance to BEE will lead to chaos

Podcasts

Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Chris Hattingh, the team chats about the comments by Minister Ebrahim Patel regarding the importance

Right of reply: Cape Town’s plans to end load-shedding over time involve more than just renewables

Opinions

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis responds to Daily Friend columnist Andrew Kenny I was pleased to read Andrew Kenny’s critique of Cape Town’s response to

ANC plans to abolish DA-run municipality in KZN

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer, sees the team talk about plans by the ANC to amalgamate several municipalities

State of Disaster to end…or will it?

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh, and Tiego Thotse, discusses new Covid regulations and the ‘State of Disaster’, the two motions of

A new hope for Zimbabwe?

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In today’s Daily Friend Show Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer, and Marius Roodt discuss recent by-elections in Zimbabwe and what SA could learn from that country.

Eskom cancels BEE…but for how long?

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Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Gabriel Crouse discusses Transnet and Eskom’s decision to move ahead with procurement without BEE rules,

EFF v FAN in court showdown over the integrity of the electoral system

Podcasts

Today’s Daily Friend Show with Hermann Pretorius, Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan looks at the court battle between FAN and the EFF over seat allocation

Comedy, courts, and war

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Gabriel and Nick discuss the need for new topics for South African Comedy , the nomination of a new American supreme court justice and their

EEB will inflict public-sector dysfunction on private companies, IRR warns  

News

The Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEB) will ramify public-sector dysfunction deep into the private sector if it is not vetoed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the