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Policy analyst and researcher Dr Nkosikhulule Nyembezi has predicted the ANC to receive less than 50 percent of the vote in the national ballot.
He explains why in this latest episode with Daron Mann. -
Only a few weeks remain before South Africans cast ballots, and political parties have stepped up their campaign.
In this episode, host Daron Mann speaks to Action SA Eastern Cape provincial chair Athol Trollip about his party's plan for the province. -
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Only a few weeks remain before South Africans cast ballots, and political parties have stepped up their campaign.
In this episode, host Daron Mann speaks to Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen about his party's state of readiness. -
Government should not interfere with people's lives.
That is a view of Free Market Foundation CEO David Ansara.
The foundation recently launched is campaign for Home Rule which speaks of decentralization of governance, emphasizing individual rights, private property, and the role of local communities in decision-making.
He chats to Daron Mann in this episode. -
Amid the heated discussion over the export of South African livestock, Wednesday was a bustling day at the harbor in East London. 56,000 sheep, 1,500 cattle, and 200 goats were put into the animal carrier Al Messilah.
They are to be taken to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for slaughter.
Pieter Cloete, president of AgriSA in the Eastern Cape and Dr Smaragda Loew, president of Ban Animal TradingSA join Daron Mann in this podcast to discuss the issue. -
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has raised the alarm over an infectious disease outbreak at a feedlot housing 56,000 sheep destined for live export by ship from East London to the Middle East.
In this second segment, host Daron Mann chats to SPCA's Jacques Peacock about the latest discovery inside the livestock carrier Al Messilah ahead of the three-week journey to the Middle East. Tune in! -
If BCM's town planning unit does not sharpen up, construction companies will migrate to municipalities that don’t take two years to process an application.
This warning comes from Contour Projects MD Henk Massyn, one of East London’s top township and infrastructure development companies.
He chats to Ted Keenan in this episode. -
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says he remains positive about his party’s future in the Eastern Cape and has issued a warning to those undermining former president Jacob Zuma’s popularity in the province in light of his new party uMkhonto weSizwe’s rise to prominence.
He chats to DispatchLIVE's Mandilakhe Kwababana in this episode about his plans for the province. -
Amid the heated discussion over the export of South African livestock, Wednesday was a bustling day at the harbor in East London. 56,000 sheep, 1,500 cattle, and 200 goats were put into the animal carrier Al Messilah.
They are to be taken to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for slaughter.
Pieter Cloete, president of AgriSA in the Eastern Cape and Dr Smaragda Loew, president of Ban Animal TradingSA join Daron Mann in this podcast to discuss the issue. -
The 12,519-tonne floating book fair is eagerly awaiting its next throng of visitors.
The ship, which boasts more than 5,000 book titles, docked in East London last week and will be here for three weeks.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Anastasia Leushkina about the ship and its activities. -
Daron Mann talks to Eastern Cape DA leader Andrew Whitfield about the party’s call for the devolution of police powers to the province to fight rising crime. Whitfield said he believes the country has a “rapidly increasing culture of lawlessness at every level of society” while Eastern Cape-born gender justice activist, businesswoman and politician Anele Mda talks to Daron about making history by contesting the elections as an independent candidate to ensure that “grassroots people’s representative can be elected by the people” for the first time since the dawn of our democracy.
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When Methodist Church steward Mbuyiselo Manyonga set off to find the source of the muffled cries he heard while preparing for Sunday service, he thought there was a cat in distress.
However, what he found buried in a shallow grave inside an incomplete building next to the church was not someone’s pet, but a newborn baby boy.
The baby boy, found with his umbilical cord still attached, is in a stable condition at Indwe Hospital. His mother is not known.
Daron Mann speaks with Provincial Health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo in this episode, and provides us with an update. -
Umjelo Non-Profit Organisation, has taken on the Herculean task of turning the impoverished Mamolweni village, on the coast in the former Transkei, into a flourishing community.
In this episode, Ted Keenan chats Templeton “Pinkie” Yoba about Umjelo’s objectives.
Yoba was born in the former Transkei, worked as an agriculture extension officer, was a regional manager of Tracor (Transkei Agriculture Co-operative) and a director in the office of the national director of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. He retired in 2021. -
Premier Oscar Mabuyane has compared the Eastern Cape’s performance in 2023 to what the ANC government hoped to achieve in priority areas in its next five years — that is if it wins the national election in May.
In many of the priority areas, the provincial government’s current performance was ahead of the curve.
In this exclusive episode, he chats to Ted Keenan about the six targets that, if hit, would see the country shed the tag of being “almost a failed state”. Tune in. -
Scores of fans from flocked to King Phalo Airport on Wednesday to give a rousing welcome to their superstar Sivenathi Nontshinga after his successful world boxing title victory in Mexico.
The 25-year-old Chicken Farm fighter won back the IBF junior-flyweight belt from Adrian Curiel via a 10th-round stoppage on Saturday morning in front of 10,000 fans at Oaxa City, Mexico.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Sivenathi's father Thembani Gopheni about his son's achievement. -
The Buffalo City Metro Development Agency has been left with an egg on its face after it put up incorrect information about the history of East London during the reign of King Phalo, one of the celebrated traditional rulers in the Xhosa nation.
The historical events on two of the posters have since been called into question.
In this episode, Daron Mann discusses the concerns expressed by residents regarding the information boards with Ward Councilor Funeka Wolose.
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" My prayer for tonight is for a clean sheet"
Ronwen Williams spectacularly saved four spot-kicks — an almost unheard of feat — in a penalty shoot-out that Bafana Bafana won 2-1 against Cape Verde to steer the South Africans to their first Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) semifinal in 24 years.
In this exclusive episode, Daron Mann chats to Ronwen's first coach, his father Rodney Williams about his son's heroics in this year's Afcon finals.
Rodney also gives a prediction on tonight's game against Nigeria. Tune in. -
The fallout over Buffalo City’s ailing infrastructure has reached Gonubie beach, which is still closed due to two extensive sewage spills.
A large manhole hidden in the undergrowth and a second on a raised embankment along the river have been oozing chunky grey effluent into the sand since January 8 — and the leaks have yet to be fixed.
Daron Mann offers some clarification on the matter in this episode by speaking with Dean Knox of Jonginenge Eco Adventures. -
The start of the academic year in the Eastern Cape was a tale of two nations on Wednesday last week.
But while the urban year started smoothly, hundreds of rural pupils had to stay at home staring at the rain.
In this episode, Daron Mann has a discussion with provincial education spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima about the department's plans for the year. -
While the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) and other donors work to find a solution with the Enoch Mgijima municipality, donors have raised money to assist the animals housed at the troubled Komani SPCA, which is about to be evicted by the municipality.
This after Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality informed the animal shelter in December that it would not extend its long-standing lease agreement beyond January 31.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Bianca Naude to get the latest on this story. - Mostrar más
