SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

Can government create 'real' jobs? Is NMB going under administration? And how easy is it to do business in SA?

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Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Marius Roodt chat about infrastructure spending plans, the state of the contested metros and coalition politics as well as South Africa’s ease of doing business ranking and what we should be doing about it.

From Monday 3 August, the Daily Friend Show will be premiering every Monday to Thursday at 16h30 on CliffCentral.
29 Jul 2020 9AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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