The Daily Friend Show
SA Institute of Race Relations
The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day on Monday and Friday.
The Daily Friend Show releases episodes at 17:00 which comment on the news events of the day 4 times a week Monday to Thursday. On Friday we do a live show on YouTube at 13:30.
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Episodes
- Who is really behind Zuma?
Sep 28, 2026
- IDAC must be scrapped | Paul Hoffman
Sep 23, 2026
- Chaos at EFF KZN event
Sep 21, 2026
- 75 parties on the Joburg ballot |The Daily Friend show LIVE
Sep 18, 2026
- SA's economy needs a radical change
Sep 16, 2026
- ANC candidate lists in chaos: Fikile says it's the enemy within
Sep 14, 2026
- Zille attacked from all sides ! | The Daily Friend Show Live
Sep 12, 2026
- Writers' Room reads: "Anyone for a nice, cheap shot of cynicism?" | Hermann Pretorius
Sep 10, 2026
- The new IPSOS poll is crazy
Sep 7, 2026
- ANC fails to submit candidate lists
Sep 4, 2026
- Johannesburg could be that shining city on the hill | Sindile Vabaza
Sep 1, 2026
- Women hold the key to the ANC's victory or defeat
Aug 31, 2026
- Dada Morero makes new friends in Joburg
Aug 28, 2026
- Can fixing local government fix our economy?
Aug 26, 2026
- ANC can't even select its mayoral candidates
Aug 24, 2026
- March and March marches on!
Aug 21, 2026
- South Africa abandons its swimmers | Leah Potgieter
Aug 19, 2026
- ActionSA's Tshwane troubles
Aug 17, 2026
- The incredible fakeness of social media
Aug 14, 2026
- Fighting tyranny and funding freedom | Makone Maja
Aug 12, 2026
- The local government elections announced! Start the campaign clock.
Aug 7, 2026
- SA’s new reality since June 30th | Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
Aug 5, 2026
- Decentralized digital war the Russia-Ukraine War | Greg Mills
Jul 29, 2026
- Zuma the accountant
Jul 28, 2026
- How to send SA's politicians to jail | interview with Paul Hoffman
Jul 23, 2026
- How to send SA's politicians to jail | interview with Paul Hoffman
Jul 22, 2026
- Thuli Mandonsela is wrong | Terence Corrigan
Jul 22, 2026
- Space based internet is coming to SA
Jul 20, 2026
- Duel of the mayors
Jul 17, 2026
- Young people just aren't voting and why it matters with Sara Gon
Jul 15, 2026
- Tshwane gone mad
Jul 13, 2026
- Humour and politics
Jul 10, 2026
- Crushing the construction mafia
Jul 9, 2026
- Constitutional court rules against development
Jul 8, 2026
- ANC spooked by March and March
Jul 7, 2026
- By-election trends suggest ANC seeing collapse in the near future
Jul 6, 2026
- The citizen state
Jul 3, 2026
- The Shadowy world of SA political influencers
Jul 2, 2026
- Cabinet reshuffled but don't miss the real problem
Jul 1, 2026
- The Day South Africa didn’t burn down
Jun 30, 2026
- Inside South Africa’s Political Future | Full interview with John Endres
Jun 29, 2026
- SA holds its breath for June 30th | The Daily Friend Show Live
Jun 26, 2026
- Joburg to be cut off from national funds
Jun 25, 2026
- South Africa’s privatized police force
Jun 24, 2026
- South Africa's worsening political violence crisis
Jun 23, 2026
- South Africa Could Be a Mining Superpower—Why Isn't It? | Interview with James Lorimer
Jun 22, 2026
- Ramaphosa vs Parliament
Jun 18, 2026
- DA demotes Steenhuisen
Jun 17, 2026
- Remembering June 16th with Barry D. Wood
Jun 15, 2026
- No one likes us and we don't care!
Jun 12, 2026
