The Daily Friend Show
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Aug 2, 2023
Useful commentary on SA current affairs.
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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.
No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's leading liberal opinion site
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Bad cops rule, good cops suffer
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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South Africa's extortion economy
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Judging Ramaphosa: Impeachment committee chair elected
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Cadres, imaginary budgets, motte-and-bailey, and a rocket blows up
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May 29, 2026 |
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DA wins its first Gauteng township election
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May 28, 2026 |
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South Africa doesn't look like you think it does
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May 27, 2026 |
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Joburg seeks to hire EVEN more managers
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May 26, 2026 |
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ANC mayor fail
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May 25, 2026 |
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The hell which traps 13 million South Africans
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May 22, 2026 |
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Do you have what it takes to be an ANC mayor?
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May 21, 2026 |
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South Africa hit by rising prices
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May 20, 2026 |
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Government STILL coming for your healthcare
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May 19, 2026 |
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DA flooded with calls to save Ramaphosa
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ramaphosa claims mining is proof of BEE success!
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May 15, 2026 |
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Ramaphosa fires Tolashe
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May 14, 2026 |
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Motsoaledi: NHI will fix it all
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May 13, 2026 |
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Ramaphosa seeks legal limbo to solve crisis
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May 12, 2026 |
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The court ruling that has reset South Africa’s politics
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ramaphosa faces impeachment hearing
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May 08, 2026 |
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Hacked CITY: R2 billion stolen over wifi
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May 07, 2026 |
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Joburg’s financial catastrophe
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May 06, 2026 |
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‘Sharia court’ horror: ISIS network in SA?
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May 05, 2026 |
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The 46 BEE mining billionaires
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May 04, 2026 |
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The rand falls, the Fed holds, stormy seas ahead
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Bankrupted by the city. It could happen to you.
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The right to remain: community vs people
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Reaping what is sown
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Zille’s tough choices
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Trippling down on BEE
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Mantashe: Iran saved South Africa from petrol shortages
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Can the DA ever be SA's biggest party?
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Malema sentenced to 5 years in Jail
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The land lie
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Geordin Hill-Lewis A new DA leader for a new age?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Fixing South Africa's immigration CRISIS!
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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South Africa's 40 transformation funds
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Praying for water
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Lesufi pays the price of ideology
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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South Africa’s rapidly changing campaign landscape
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Petrol panic sparks tax relief
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Schools EXTORTED
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Chaos in council meeting: ANC mayor removed!
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Relief for fuel prices?
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Senior cops arrested
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Poverty is a choice
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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ANC muzzles political speech
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Exploring Ideas which shape South Africa
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS sets out his vision for the DA
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Joburg ANC tears itself apart
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Was Madlanga Commission’s Witness D killed by former police officer?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Fighting with the Americans
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Does South Africa need a navy?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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South Africa’s economy, weaker than it looks
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Joburg’s electricity company is doomed
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Populist surge in South Africa?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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South Africans abandoned in the Middle East
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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They didn't hide the dead rats
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Life can be better in SA
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Value for MONEY isn't a favour, it's a right
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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A GNU divided against itself can stand
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Gauteng ANC in flames
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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All roads lead to Joburg
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Budget all you need to know
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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NHI stopped in its tracks
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Zuma’s party is deeply troubled
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Tshwane’s R1bn backpay wage bill
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Gold rush! Desperate South Africans scratch in the dirt for cash
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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SA biggest crisis continues
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The man who would be king
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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SONA so what?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Is this the best the ANC can do?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Will water hand Joburg to the DA ?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Foot and mouth Crisis
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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SA ending its DRC war
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Dealing with China
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Next leader of the DA?
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The DA's Ruthless pursuit of power: Steenhuisen to hand over the reins
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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This isn't the podcast you’re looking for.
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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SA governments biggest moment of hubris
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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BEE shake up or shake down?
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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They say South Africa is turning around, they’re wrong.
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Malema is at the end of his road
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Ramokgopa refuses to fix Eskom
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Chaos spreads, South Africans fight back
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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A plan to actually fix South Africa?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Forced to flee: chaos and disorder in SA
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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A big sign the ANC is losing on NHI
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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SA generals go rogue
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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The podcast report: searching for the good vibes in SA
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Daily Friend Show year end special : The slow death march of the ANC.
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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The DRC: South Africa’s ongoing Vietnam War
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Parliament to place Ramaphosa under the microscope
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Property rights are human rights
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Russia ignores Zuma
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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BEE reform promised. Is this the beginning of the end?
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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South Africa turning around? What you need to know.
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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South Africans are far more united than you think
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Mk’s sinister intentions
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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“shake the hornets’ nest and mock the marginalised for their patience”
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The G20 diplomatic spat
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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New poll shows DA leaders more popular than most ANC leaders
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Podcast Report: Cape Independence
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ramaphosa's dare to name the date
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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More Palestinian refugees mysteriously sent to SA
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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South Africans demand merit not race
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Has South Africa turned the corner?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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China’s secret military project in SA
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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The deeply insecure Gauteng government
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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The Phantom Menace
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Mbulula: "If you want to see white people running in their numbers"
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Mbeki We need better presidents!
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The coming KZN crisis
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Property Chaos in Joburg
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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A gnu dawn for the GNU?
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Lesufi sells out Joburg to keep his seat
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Bill you need to know about to save SA
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Can SA end HIV?
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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"ANC willing to talk about BEE"
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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South Africa's crime story is deeper than you think.
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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The incredibly pathetic defence of BEE.
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Zuma ordered to “pay back the money”
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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The DA's alternative to BEE
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Setback for the Green agenda?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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The Madlanga commission: The ANC's doom?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Very bad omens for the ANC
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The Podcast Report: the Malema Firearm verdict
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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SA Inc's R1.8 trillion hoard
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Police minister: South Africa is becoming a gangster state
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Renaming Tembisa Hospital: Is This the Justice Babita Deokaran Deserves?
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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ANC on the Brink? R1 Billion in Public Funds at Risk
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The ANC's grand plan to win Joburg
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The massive land claim scam
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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A DA breakthrough in Pretoria?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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South Africa’s Jobs Crisis: 230,000 Lost in Just One Year!
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Unanswered Questions: The Shocking Death of Nathi Mthethwa in Paris
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ramaphosa’s Big Coalition Mistake? Leaders Left Waiting!
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Just because you wish it, doesn't make it so
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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PA out of Joburg coalition
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Can Zille win Joburg?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Expropriation act really is bad news
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ramaphosa tells ANC to face reality, ANC says no
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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The Podcast Report: Helen Zille for Joburg mayor?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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The Madlanga commission begins
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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New book alleges Mashaba enabled Malema
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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It's time to hold the powerful accountable
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Mashatile's false choice
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Strategic analysis of South Africa’s political situation
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Gambling with our future
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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SA must choose: Crime or capital
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Gauteng Health cancer of corruption
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Sep 08, 2025 |