Our public health system doesn’t deserve our trust
Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the report of the health ombudsman on the state of Helen Joseph Hospital. They also talk about a social
Deal or no deal?
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Michael Morris, Nicholas Lorimer, and Terence Corrigan discusses the ongoing impasse over the national budget with the ANC refusing to
A tale of two cities
Today’s Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Sara Gon, and Michael Morris discusses the shocking comparison between the situation in Cape Town and Johannesburg. One
South Africa is wasting its greatest asset
Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the fall in capital investment in our mining sector. They also discuss Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments on the state of
ANC under siege on all fronts
John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the difficult position the ANC finds itself in with bad polling and setbacks on policy fronts. They also discuss
SA’s sickly economy
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the bad economic growth numbers for SA in 2024. They also talk about Fikile Mbalula’s moves to assume leadership of the ANC.
Sara Gon talks about her experience at ARC2025
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The ANC’s Last Chance
Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius speak to Gabriel Makin of the Social Research Foundation about the SRF’s latest polling and what it tells us about
“Open but not working”
In today’s Daily Friend Show, Chris Hattingh, Chris Patterson and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ongoing debate about the new budget, cadre deployment at SAA and
ANC: leaderless, directionless, formless
Nicholas Lorimer and Michael Morris discuss how the ANC seems trapped in its own world, unable to make decisions. They also talk about the opening