ECR Newswatch Interviews
Hear the latest news soundbytes or interviews from KZN's No. 1 news team: East Coast Radio Newswatch. © East Coast Radio.
Invasive Plant Species Threaten Ferncliffe Forest in Pietermaritzburg'
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Ferncliffe Forest, located on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, is under threat from invasive plant species. Janine Stephen, one of the founders of the Ferncliffe Forest Wilding Project. Some invasive plants like Bugweed are trees that invade, some are like creepers, like the unbelievably thorny Mauritius Thorn.
LISTEN: Economist unpacks imminent two-pot retirement system
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A change in our retirement savings system is due to come into effect in just over a week, and economists are warning that even the smallest withdrawal is big in the long term.
KZN woman tells of moment fire ripped through Bushman’s Nek resort
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A KZN woman who was holidaying at a popular Underberg hotel has described the moment a raging wildfire tore through the establishment.
Miss SA finalist Adetshina withdraws from pageant
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Legal analyst Sunil Singh believes Home Affairs should have picked up any possible fraud when the mother applied for a birth certificate.
South African ‘Swiftie' who travelled to Vienna speaks of terror plot
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A South African woman who flew to Austria to see Taylor Swift perform says she's thankful and relieved that the police thwarted a planned terror attack in Vienna.
LISTEN: KZN’s Sibudu Cave awarded world heritage status
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A local professor says designating historical buildings or places as heritage sites allows for the preservation of their rich history.
LISTEN: Eyewitness recounts Phoenix Plaza shooting
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An elderly Phoenix woman who witnessed an armed robbery at the Plaza has described the pandemonium when gunshots rang out at the busy shopping mall on Sunday.
Global IT outage hits SA
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A mass IT outage has hit companies around the world on Friday, including South Africa.
Scientist find radioactive solutions to rhino poaching
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After three years the Rhisotope Project at Wits University has successfully introduced low doses of radioisotopes (radioactive material) into 20 live rhinoceroses in their efforts to curb rhino poaching.
Onion and tomato prices up 110% in five years!
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South African consumers are paying R2,279 more for food than they did in 2019. An average food basket cost R3,051 five years ago. The same basket costs R5,330 now. The price of onions, tomatoes, apples and samp skyrocketed by between 110 and 190 per cent. Mervyn Abrahams, who is a…
Locals living in cars after Tornado; looting taking place
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It has been a week since a tornado tore through Tongaat and parts of the north coast, forcing many to take shelter after their homes were damaged. At least eleven people were killed during severe storms that hit KZN, with seven deaths recorded in Tongaat. In the aftermath of the…
Trees started flying, the house started shaking -'we hid in the kitchen' says tornado survivor
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Families in tornado-hit Tongaat are still piecing back their lives days after the area was torn apart in the storm. Some houses were destroyed, schools and some homes had roofs blown off and windows shattered. 11 lives were lost in the storm - including a teacher and a baby. A…
Tongaat tornado: injured woman's sister explains what happened
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Families in tornado-hit Tongaat are still piecing back their lives in the wake on Monday afternoon’s devastating storm. Newswatch has been visiting affected areas. An emotional resident told Newswatch her sister and niece were hospitalised after their house crumbled around them.
Tornado in Tongaat: Local says they had to pull people to safety
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Families in tornado-hit Tongaat - are still piecing back their lives - days after it was torn apart in the storm. Some houses were completely destroyed, schools and some homes - had roofs blown off and windows shattered. 11 lives were lost - in the storm - including a teacher…
Zuma casts vote in Nkandla
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Former president Jacob Zuma, voted in Nkandla, arrived to loud cheers from a crowd of sup porters at Ntolwane Primary School.
Election 2024: Thousands turn out in Imbali in peaceful start to polls
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South Africans stood in queues at various voting stations on Wednesday to make their voices heard in the provincial and national elections.
IFP president to cast vote in Hlabisa
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The political door-to-door campaigns, rallies and preparations by the IEC have all come down to voting day.
Westville homeowner says lion cubs ‘weren’t meant to stay forever’
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A Westville woman who kept young lions on her premises insists they were well looked after and freely roamed their one-acre property.
Karou Charou wants your vote as KZN’s only independent candidate
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KwaZulu-Natal's only independent political candidate hopes to secure a seat in the provincial legislature.
From Township to Triumph: Samkelo Cele's Journey to Basketball Stardom
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Durban basketball Rising Star Samkelo "Sam" Cele plans to continue making his mark in the Basketball Africa League after a successful debut season in 2023. He chats with ECR Sports' Faheedah Crouch about his journey to big heights ahead of his second season with the Cape Town Tigers in the…