SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

Matters of national security

Loading player...
Terence Corrigan and Makone Maja discuss Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni's briefing to the media about a coup d'eta being a possible risk to the country; the Presidency's response to the DA accusing it of hiding the US rejecting Mcebisi Jonas' credentials as special envoy to the United States; and end with reports of worsening Johannesburg power outages.
16 Jul 2025 11AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

Other recent episodes

The citizen state

Anlu Keeve and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the speech by DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis about his ideological vision for the DA and the country. We also talk about the Centre for Risk Analysis' new Joburg rates tool. Check out the video version YouTube: https://youtu.be/OdWunM9lG5U
3 Jul 6AM 26 min

The Shadowy world of SA political influencers

Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja discuss the growing sophistication of online influence campaigns on South African social media. They also chat about the new minister of Social development Dina Pule and Thabo Mbeki trying to rescue SA-US relations.
2 Jul 11AM 34 min

The Day South Africa didn’t burn down

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the June 30th marches against immigration. They also chat about Steenhusien's reaction to his demotion and inflation worries.
30 Jun 10AM 30 min
All episodes