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EFF suggests “Apartheid tax”
Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the EFF’s alternative to the VAT increase. They also discuss the payment of funds to the taxi industry and
Tripling down on BEE
Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the ANC tripling down on BEE and how some in the ANC are worried about kicking the DA out of the GNU.
SA doesn’t have any trade reps
Sara Gon and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the lack of South African trade counsellors anywhere in the world. They also chat about the dispute between Joburg
ANC support is cracking
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ANC’s weakening support base, the ANC’s view of itself, and the health minister promising new hospitals.
The game has changed: a new era in SA politics
Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the results of an IRR poll which has the DA, for the first time in South African history, being
Corporate SA gets it wrong again
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Chris Patterson, Nicholas Lorimer, and Hermann Pretorius discusses a common view that politics is about squabbles. They also discuss the
“The boss lady has arrived”
Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the over-the-top state-of-the-city address ceremony in Tshwane, nuclear power, and an EFF-DA team up.
The budget is made up and the money ain’t there
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the practice of irresponsible municipal budgeting. They also chat about the impossibility of NHI and how SA is forced to hustle.
ANC is obsessed with power
John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ANC’s desire to blow up the GNU slowly. They also discuss the IRR engaging with the EFF and
The great GNU stand-off
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Michael Morris discusses the current state of the GNU which seems to be on the