ECR Newswatch interviews and soundbytes
Hear the latest news soundbytes or interviews from KZN's No. 1 news team: East Coast Radio Newswatch. © East Coast Radio.
Eskom working to restore power after snowstorm in KZN
Eskom in KZN says its teams are working to restore power to areas affected by the severe snowstorm. Since Friday night, a number of areas including Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle, Underberg, and Empangeni, have been without electricity…
Gift of Givers on N3 snow-stranded motorists and relief efforts
Relief and recovery operations have been underway since the N3 toll route was reopened last night. Thousands of people travelling on the national route were trapped their vehicles when snow brought traffic to a halt on Friday. On Saturday, graders and rescue teams began clearing the area in the vicinity…
‘We need to hear our children’ – Verulam activist on sex pest coach case
A Verulam community activist says children need to feel empowered to speak out about abuse.
Bluff family tells of horror home robbery
A Durban family say they are now living in constant fear after their house was ransacked.
Invasive Plant Species Threaten Ferncliffe Forest in Pietermaritzburg'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A mass IT outage has hit companies around the world on Friday, including South Africa.
Scientist find radioactive solutions to rhino poaching
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
South Africans stood in queues at various voting stations on Wednesday to make their voices heard in the provincial and national elections.