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The Daily Dispatch newspaper has a long and rich history dating back to 1872. It was the first penny daily newspaper published in the Eastern Cape in 1898 – and by 1906, the paper boasted a circulation larger and more widely distributed than any colonial paper published outside Cape Town.
The Dispatch – published from Monday to Saturday – covers issues and debates that should be a priority for every Eastern Cape reader. It covers a region that is the birthplace of many prominent South African politicians but remains one of the poorest provinces in South Africa.
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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.
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.
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.
Tune in.
" 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.
Liam Graham, the managing director of East London’s NVest Securities, is optimistic that 2024 will be the year that investors can bounce back.
He chats to our business correspondent Ted Keenan about the economic outlook for 2024 in this episode.
Fed up with the increasing crime and car washers who have established themselves in the parking areas on East London's beachfront, Quigney Ratepayers Association are taking matters into their own hands.
The Association's chair, Satish Nair, joins Daron Mann and discusses their initiative in this episode.
This week, the province was once again hammered by intense rains that began during the holiday season, resulting in flooding in several areas.
Weather expert Garth Simpson tells Daron Mann that we can anticipate a "long dry hot summer" in the first quarter of 2024 in this episode.
Tuesday saw a large crowd gathering down Oxford Street demanding an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict, organised by Masimanyane Women's Rights International and the International Network to end Violence against Women and Girls (INEWAG).
Below the World War II stone pillar, a roughly 15-meter-long Palestinian flag was spread out on the grass. Observers held signs in green, red, and white, and many of them were wearing the keffiyeh, a Palestinian scarf that serves as a symbol of support for the state.
Daron Mann talks with Farida Myburg, one of the march organisers, about the campaign in this episode.
Following objections to the Electoral Amendment Act, the Constitutional Court has now rendered a decision about how independent candidates would compete in the future general elections of 2024. It has been determined that independent candidates will just require 1,000 signatures to compete in the 2024 ballots.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Policy analyst Dr Nkosikhulule Nyembezi about the importance and implications of the ruling.
With the provincial government announcing the creation of at least two incubator centers for cannabis and hemp production, plans to build a thriving cannabis economy in the Eastern Cape are beginning to take shape.
Earlier this week, Ntabankulu mayor Tsileng Sobuthongo announced plans to build a R220m college in the heart of the province’s cannabis-producing region during a visit by premier Oscar Mabuyane.
She discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the initiative with Daron Mann in this episode
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Jodie Phillips, winner in this year's Youth in Waste Summit where young entrepreneurs pitched and presented their businesses.
Phillips is the co-founder of Waste Takers Smart App , which seeks to makes life easy for waste collectors to recycle waste.
For the entire weekend, 14 homeowners are converting their living rooms and braai areas into cafes and art galleries in a bid to raise money for non-profit organizations.
On November 11 and 12, the inaugural Bass Property Group Blooms & Brushstrokes festival will be a flurry of activity, with everything from book readings to ceramic demonstrations, each site packed with entertainment.
Daron Mann speaks with festival organiser Hanlie Bassingthwaighte, principal of the Bass Property Group, in this episode.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks with Grandads Army rider Rodney Offord as they pedal 1,500 kilometers to Mapungubwe in order to raise money for the Eyabantwana Trust, which provides training and supplies for the paediatric surgical unit at the Frere and Cecilia Makiwane hospitals.
In this episode, Ted Keenan chats to Ian Rusell , non-executive director of RB Africa, which specialises in a host of business support programmes.
RBA works with corporate businesses in mining, auto, manufacturing,construction, transport and fisheries as well as national and government departments, including home affairs, trade & industry and public enterprises.
Johann Evertse is the retired executive director human resources and a member of the board of directors, Mercedes-Benz SA, a position he held for many years.
He has served in several public organisations including universities, business chambers and professional organisations, as well as a few others in the field of his passion, which is community development.
He chats to Ted Keenan in this episode.
In this episode, Ted Keenan chats to Own Haven MD Andrew Wiseman, who under the guidance of the Own Haven board, is responsible for the strategic direction, expansion and management of the company.
Own Haven was established as an NPO in 2002 with the aim of providing sought-after and well-managed rental homes.
East London property mogul Xoliswa Tini has bad news for those who take estate agents at face value — among even the reputable ones are some crooks.
Ted Keenan's Dispatch Live talks to Tini about the fraud challenges facing first time home buyers
Ted Keenan speaks to Thembi Chagonda, a business partner and shareholder in EL consultants Global Business Solutions (GBS), who is living her professional dream.
GBS is a leading labour law, human resources and industrial relations consultancy offering a diverse range of services aimed at empowering businesses to achieve their objectives.
Taryn Woodbridge is the CFO at Mercedes-Benz SA, as well as executive director of finance and controlling.She joined the East London car manufacturer in 2004.
She chats to Ted Keenan in this episode about her leadership skills.
In this episode, Ted Keenan speaks to Claire Sutherland, COO of Dynamic Brands.
Dynamic Brands is an innovative beverage maker that supplies retailers nationally withdairy blend Fusion, as well as brands like Mr Orange, Rascals and Slimsy.
For the entire weekend, 14 homeowners are converting their living rooms and braai areas into cafes and art galleries in a bid to raise money for non-profit organizations.
On November 11 and 12, the inaugural Bass Property Group Blooms & Brushstrokes festival will be a flurry of activity, with everything from book readings to ceramic demonstrations, each site packed with entertainment.
The tickets are in the form of a weekend pass, allowing visitors to choose where they want to go for the next two days.
Daron Mann speaks with festival organiser Hanlie Bassingthwaighte, principal of the Bass Property Group, in this episode.
After holding the position on an acting basis in the past, Sicelo Pongoma has taken on full-time responsibilities as Border Athletics President.
Charged with raising the federation's profile, he claims that winning back the clubs' trust has been one of their greatest successes this year.
Born in Stutterheim, Pongoma was a talented young sprinter who had competed at the provincial level.
He talks about his intentions for the federation with Daron Mann in this episode.
Ted Keenan speaks with Geraldine Viviers in this episode, and she claims that creating five restaurant ventures in three years, starting in 2020 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, was her biggest accomplishment.
Her achievements are even more impressive given that she was involved in a near-fatal car accident nearly 14 years ago.
Natasha Hogg, who had a remarkable talent for creating profitable restaurants from the ground up, selling them, and moving on to the next project, is interviewed by Ted Keenan in this episode.
She appears to have anchored in Lavender Blue in East London with her spouse, James, though they are still creating new businesses and aren't moving on.
In this episode, Ted Keenan chats to Melanie Van Vreden, co-owner and MD of recruitment company Abantu Staffing Solutions, with offices in East London and Gqeberha.
In 2011 she won the Business Women’s Association regional award for the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.
"We have come a long way since then. Our team is bigger and we are now operating in the national space, something technology has allowed.”
Is our ocean furious?
The prolonged downpour, totalling 117mm of precipitation, cast doubt on predictions of a dry, hot El Niño summer.
In this episode, Daron Mann and Nick Pike talk about how our climate is changing.
For most people, especially first-time buyers, buying a home is fraught with decisions that they normally do not make and getting a bond is at the top of that list.
Jocelyn Carr, a partner and founder of Mortgage Master, which has offices in East London and Gqeberha, says her company has taken the uncertainty out of buying a property.
Leigh Oberem, East London franchise holder of Tyson Properties, said the company’s success was based on solid business strategy, innovative marketing and partnering with the right people.
Tyson Properties was established in August 2005 by seasoned real estate expert Chris Tyson and businessman Gavin Cunningham with six agents in Morningside, Durban.
It now employs over 420 agents and employees in 26 offices in Gauteng, the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Tyson’s home turf, KwaZulu-Natal.
Yamkela Nkomo, the founder and managing director of Yam Business Solutions, opened her company in 2017, prompted by the huge number of graduates who were jobless, with little chance of finding a decent job in the formal sector.
The arrival of the manganese rush in East London has sparked fears of hazardous dust pollution and run-off into the environment.
The state corporation is allegedly abusing a loophole in the SA Air Quality Act to avoid having to apply for an atmospheric emission licence (AEL) in order to conduct a listed activity, which would require carrying out an environmental impact assessment. Daron Mann discusses this theory with environmental lawyer Ricky Stone in this episode.
In this latest episode of That Weekend Feeling, Daron Mann speaks with Bruce Young, the director of Blood Lions, a documentary that follows a quest by environmentalists to learn the truth about South Africa's multimillion-dollar businesses of predator breeding and canned lion hunting.
Policies, laws, and practices relating to the management, breeding, hunting, and commerce of lions have been changed since the film's premiere eight years ago.
Young gives credit to Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Barbara Creecy who banned the controversial captive lion industry, including canned hunting, petting zoos and the commercial trade in lion bones
" We knew from the start that it is going to be difficult to change the law because this is a very well established industry. But it is happening," said Young.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks with Dr. Lesley-Ann Foster, the founder and director of Masimanyane Women's Rights International, about the case of a pre-schooler's family who accused the child's stepfather, a primary school principal, of rape.
The attacks were allegedly carried out at the family home.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks exclusively with Zolile Williams, the Eastern Cape's MEC for cooperative governance, who this week warned the province's municipalities sternly about missing spending targets and, in some cases, hiring inept employees who are being investigated for crimes.
At a MuniMec held in East London on Tuesday, Williams was told that the municipalities had failed to meet their targets to spend 16% of their grants for the first quarter of the financial year.
His department wants municipalities to have spent 60% of the money by the end of this year but to date, they have only spent 8%.
In this episode, Ted Keenan chats to CEO of Border Cricket and Eastern Cape, former Cape Cobras and Lions batsman Omphile Ramela.
On Thursday last week, Ramela made several announcements at the CEOs Business Breakfast including plans to bat for a major share of the Cricket World Cup in 2027.
Ramela said he's main objective in the next five years is improving the infrastructure in the Eastern Cape to world standards.
Daron Mann speaks with rugby analyst Owen Nkumane on the Springboks' chances of making it to the World Cup finals following their strong performance against Scotland.
The Springboks will be aiming for a win in their second match in Pool B against Romania on Sunday.
Listen as Daron Mann talks to Taryn Westoby about the eagerly awaited Radio Awards in this latest episode of That Weekend Feeling.
For more than 10 years, the Radio Awards have recognized outstanding achievements in the South African radio industry, and this year's edition has added new categories including Online radio and the Podcast category.
According to Westoby, there have been about 50 judges and over 700 000 votes cast so far. The #MyStationCompetition's voting entries must be received by September 27.
In this episode, Ted Keenan sits with Professor Siyabonga Mxunyelwa from the Faculty of Science at Walter Sisulu University who doubles up as an entrepreneur. Outside of the lecture room he encourages young people to enter the entrepreneurial space.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Daily Dispatch Local Hero for 2022 Tubs Lingham as he shares about his NPO'S ambitions to get businesses to help sponsor one child for a year, at a cost of R1,000 a month.
The faith-based NPO, Breath of Life house situated in Selborne, East London, cares for 12 babies under the age of two , and has been struggling under the financial weight of daily childcare costs and emergency renovations — but its staff have never given up hope.
In this episode Ted Keenan talks to Tristen Everitt and Kirsten Baldwin. The duo are in their 2nd year of University and are budding writers with a few projects in the pipeline.
Join us in this latest episode of That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann as he chats to former radio presenter and media personality, Baydu Adams.
Adams has just released his first-ever book, a biography “The Cruel & Beautiful World of Radio”.
With over 20 years experience in the radio industry, his last radio gig was last year as the Programming Manager at Algoa FM in Gqeberha.
The East London high court has found that the Buffalo City municipality’s failure to give ratepayers 14 days’ written notice before implementing the 80/20 deductions on their accounts was unlawful.
In March, BCM implemented a new credit control policy wherein ratepayers who owed the city for rates, like water and fire levies, would have 80% of their electricity purchase deducted to service their arrears and be given units worth 20%.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Nico du Plessis, director at NJ Du Plessis & Associates Inc as they unpack the latest high court judgement.
In this Episode Ted Keenan talks to Evan Jones from Inyosi Empowerment. The company provides financial assistance to small black owned, active companies that seek extra support in their growth.
In this episode of That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann, we catch up with Dafabet Warriors batsman Matthew Breetzke about his call-up to the Proteas squad.The former Grey High pupil will join the Proteas squad to face Australia in a three-match KFC T20 International Series against Australia between August 30 and September 3.Breetzke, who had known about his selection for a week before the announcement went public said he was at home chilling with his girlfriend when he received the call." I had just changed my phone so I didn't have Rob Walter's number. He called and told me I had been called up.""It was massive obviously, I then called my parents afterwards. They were relieved , it was a big day for them also," said Breetzke.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to inspirational conservationist 16 year-old Keira King on her 7hour 20 minutes journey to save the critically endangered African penguin.
Through her love for the ocean and the aquatic life, King paddled 46km from Salmon Bay in Ballito to Durban to raise funds for The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB).
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Gift of the Givers co-ordinator Corene Conradie about the scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape.
This is in the wake of Daily Dispatch's report on Tuesday that unemployed Bongeka Buso, 38, is thought to have hanged herself after allegedly feeding poison to two of her children, Orabile, 8, and Oratile, 5, and stabbing teenager Anathi in the neck in their R1 village home in Tholeni.
Conradie said the high employment in rural areas has led to many children in the province to suffer from malnutrition.
" Nine children died in the Butterworth region between January and February last year due to these cases," she said.
According to Conradie, Gift of the Givers have supplied with over 30 million nutritional sachets in destitute regions in the Eastern Cape, however said that is not enough.
In this episode, Dispatch Live's Ted Keenan talks to Johnny Goldberg, founder and chairman of Global Business Solutions, an EL company that consults at a top manufacturing and ministerial level on several subjects.
In this episode of That Weekend Feeling, Daron Mann chats to cricketer Jon Jon Smuts who recently became the first SA20 player to be traded in a player swap between franchises.
Smuts secured a move from the Sunrisers Eastern Cape to join Durban's Super Giants.
Off spinner Simon Harmer will move to the Sunrisers as part of the swap deal .
Smuts says being approached by a big franchise like the Super Giants has increased his confidence."
This makes you want to play your best cricket, you just feel valued," he said.
Hard-hitting Smuts was the Sunrisers’ third-highest run-scorer in the first season and aims to increase his tally in Durban.
The seat of the Eastern Cape high court should move from Makhanda to Bhisho, the committee charged with rationalisation of the country’s courts recommends in its final report.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to attorney Brin Brody from the Makhanda High Court Action Committee about the implications of the move.
In this episode, Ted Keenan talks to Michael Fridjhon, a wine connoisseur and auctioneer on the evening of The Rotary Club of Gately's Annual Wine Auction.
In this episode of That Weekend Feeling , Daron Mann catches up with East London’s renowned artist Kerry Hiles on her musical journey.
Having performed at this year’s National Arts festival in Makhanda, Hiles is part of an established line up set to hit the stage in next month’s Edinburg Festival Fringe in Scotland.
Her show, A Star is Born — the Rise and Fall of Judy Garland, premiered at the Umtiza Festival in 2019 and won two Ovation Awards at the National Arts Festival in 2019 and 2020.
In this segment, Hiles tells Daron about her evolvement post Covid-19 and the feedback she’s received from her fans.
Having embodied Winehouse’s impressive voice in her tribute show Amy Winehouse: The Diva and Her Demons, Hiles tells Daron that the Covid-19 pandemic has had an effect on the music industry.
“ I’m finding that people don’t want to spend money as regularly on just entertainment, they actually want an experience something that is tangible for that hour,” she said.
Known for transforming the stories of iconic women in her previous musical productions, she received an award from Standard Bank for her shows at the National Arts Festival.
“ It is such an honour to be noticed with the cream of the crop. The works that are there in the festival blow my mind every year,” said Hiles.
Catch all and more in this segment.
Recent reports reveal that Buffalo City Metro is the epicentre of kidnappings in the Eastern Cape.
The trend has been growing in recent years, usually targeting people in foreign-owned businesses, but recent months have seen a dramatic rise in cases targeting South Africans.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to provincial Hawks spokesperson Yolisa Mgolodela about the recent spate of abductions in BCM.
Although most common in Gqeberha and Mthatha, Mgolodela says kidnappings have escalated to East London in recent months, which is a cause for concern for local and foreign business owners.
In the first quarter of 2023, about 184 incidents of kidnapping were reported in the Eastern Cape, with ransom demands amounting to millions of rand asked from families of the victims.
In this Podcast, Dispatch Live's Ted Keenan talks to the founding members of Invest Pro and In 2 Assets, discussing their collaborations and what the future has to hold for the duo.
In this episode, Dispatch Live's Ted Keenan talks to Johan Rich. After going into retirement, Johan has truly grabbed life by the horns, living what today's Youth call his "Best Life". Travel with these two Gentlemen, both "Rough and Tough from the Bluff".
In this episode Dispatch Live's Ted Keenan talks to Morgan Morris and Jackie Dewar, two property developers who have set their sites on property development in the Eastern Cape.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to Transport spokesperson Khuselwa Rantjie and National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry provincial chair Cwayita Zituta about Transnet’s new manganese export plan.
This week, Transnet announced that it had completed upgrades of its manganese rail line to East London from the Northern Cape. The project is expected to create about 300 jobs.
In this segment, Rantjie says health risks pertaining to manganese ore dust will be looked into holistically.
" If there are any health concerns then the relevant medication must be in place to make sure as we develop our economy we do not create challenges in terms of the sustainability of out environment," said Rantjie.
In this episode of That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann, weather guru Garth Sampson takes us through the changes in our climate.
Recently , Eastern Cape mountains have been covered in a thick layer of snow which several routes to be closed by the department of transport.
Sampson says winter is not entirely over and predicts at least two more months of cold weather and rainfall in the province.
With Cape Town dams overflowing due to recent rainfall , Sampson says the Eastern Cape should rather focus on saving water in this rainy season.
According to Sampson , Cape Town's 99% storage rate can be attributed to less water consumption.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to ANC Women’s League secretary-general hopeful Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe about the upcoming elective conference.
Despite the conference being postponed by a week, Tikana-Gxothiwe shrugged off rumours of a possible split in the Eastern Cape.
She says the province is united despite 'some' branches opting for other preferred candidates.
Sisisi Tolashe, who is the deputy minister in the presidency for women, youth and persons with disabilities, has set her sights on the league presidency.
Both leaders are from the Chris Hani region, but have been fielded in two different line-ups.
Tikana says the outcome of the ANC Women's conference will be crucial leading up to next year's general elections.
In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Pet detective Diane Logie, owner of Healthy Hound Missing Pet Search & Rescue.
She was part of the rescue mission to locate Tucker, an Africanis mixed breed dog that disappeared from his new home in Vincent Heights on Monday, and was found on Tuesday morning.
Logie reveals she came all the way from Johannesburg with her three trained dogs — Zizou, Bob and Axle to search for Tucker.
According to Logie, there are only three qualified pet detectives in South Africa, two in Gauteng and one in Cape Town.
In this episode Ted Keenan talks to Manelisi Bam, Mthatha born and Selborne College schooled. He was a prodigious athlete who won provincial age-group titles throughout his youth, and has taken his competitive spirit and his will to win into the IT sector.
Today he is a director and owner of BAM Telecoms, partnered with SA’s tech giants. One of his main strategic objectives is to manufacture and distribute technology primarily developed by Africans for Africans.
Parents of the victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy have asked for support from community members to fight the scourge of underage drinking in the Buffalo City Metro.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to parent , Khululekile Ncandana who lost his child, Bhongolethu in the tavern tragedy last year.
In this episode, Ted Keenan speaks to MHG property development manager Tim Dlulane about the company's plans for a 10,000 home and service infrastructure "Super Suburb in Kidd's Beach.
Post the Border Kei Chamber's Youth Reality Conference, Ted talks to the Chamber's Executive Director, Lizelle Maurice about the main message shared and the outcomes of the conference.
As the whole country heads to Makhanda this week, hundreds of artists and visitors will gather for the 49th National Arts Festival (NAF).
One of the artists set to bring laughter is comedian Kate Pinchuck, as she makes her return in the small town of artistry.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to Pinchuck as she unpacks her journey to comedy.
A former Rhodes student, Pinchuck will be performing in Makhanda for the eighth time for her stand-up comedy show "Trash mouth".
"Every year I keep saying it is my last time but I keep coming back because I love it," she said.
Despite her experience, Pinchuck says she looks up to many South African acts and advises upcoming comedians to work hard.
In this episode, Daron Mann has a discussion with political analyst Ntsikelelo Breakfast about EC Premier Oscar Mabuyane's court challenge to stop the SIU’s investigation into allegations that he may be complicit in academic fraud at Fort Hare.
Breakfast says President Cyril Ramaphosa has to stand by his commitment to fight corruption even if it implicates those who support him.
The relationship between Mabuyane and Ramaphosa has deteriorated and Breakfast argues that it may have an negative effect on Ramaphosa's campaign for the upcoming elections.
Ted Keenan sits with Ursula's Creations' owner Chantel Haschick to talk about her journey since acquiring the business.
In this episode, Daily Dispatch's Ted Keenan talks to NEMISA's CEO Trevor Rammitlwa. Nemisa has partnered with Walter Sisulu University in upskilling students in Media which will ensure productions of great quality through their cohorts.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to ActionSA provincial chair Athol Trollip as they unpack the latest cholera outbreak.
Trollip issued a stern warning to the Eastern Cape government to ensure municipalities implement stringent wastewater treatment measures to avert a possible cholera outbreak in the province.
"Every municipality in the Eastern Cape is guilty of discharging raw untreated sewerage into our water," said Trollip.
In this episode, Ted talks to Border Kei Chamber of Business' Lizelle Maurice on their plan to reduce load shedding in the East London area.
In this episode Dispatch Live's Ted Keenan talks to NVest Securities Liam Graham about the steady rise in interest rates and whether this cascades down to the market, making investors jittery about putting cash in stocks.
In this special episode, Daron Mann talks to wildlife rescuer Lionel de Lange as he continues his Lion rescue mission, in war-ravaged Ukraine.
This time last year, Mann jetted off to join the mission and got an update from De Lange from the city of Bucharest, Romania, before they head to Ukraine, trying to make their way past blown-up bridges and possibly dodging missiles.
According de Lange , the lions are currently doing fine in Colorado, US. The lions were flew from Bucharest, Romania to Doha, Qatar before being sent to the United States.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to Cannabis specialist at the Eastern Cape department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Dr Sunshine Blouw.
The department is earmarking arable land in Eastern Cape's rural communities to develop commercial Cannabis projects.
According to Blouw, hemp is regarded as a perfect choice for crop rotation and a high value crop that will lead to the industrialisation of cannabis production in the Eastern Cape.
The Stormers will take their defence of their United Rugby Championship crown to the Grand Final this Saturday when they take on Munster at Cape Town Stadium.
In this episode, Daron Mann speaks to Stormers coach John Dobson as he shares the teams preparations.
Dobson insists they are prepared for the match despite added pressure to deliver.
The Western cape side announced that tickets sold out in under three hours since becoming available on Thursday morning.
On this week's podcast , Daron Mann hears from EC Education spokesperson Vuyiseka Mboxela what the department is doing to address infrastructural issues faced by schools in the province.
The Dispatch has extensively covered the schools’ struggles for decent facilities and their ongoing fights against vandalism.
On Wednesday, The Dispatch reported that at least 10 Eastern Cape schools have been prioritised for infrastructure upgrades and the building of new hostels
In this episode, Mboxela said goverment has a lot of intervention measures in line but some may not be implemented in this financial year.
Chintsa-born sailer Kirsten Neuschäfer became the first woman to win a solo Golden Globe round-the-world.Neuschäfer received international acclaim as she crossed the ancestor of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d'Olonnethe, France in a eight-month long journey .In this exclusive interview with Daron Mann, Neuschäfer takes us through her journey in the ocean, the hardships and the emotions she went through during the tough race.Neuschäfer also talks about her is planned holiday in the Eastern Cape , she says she wants to use the time to reflect and think about her next destination.Could we see a movie on her journey anytime soon?Listen to this latest episode of That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann.
Daron Mann speaks to former Surfing SA President Johnny Bakker about his new role as Vice President of the African surfing confederation. Bakker, who is also an attorney, has been tasked to improve the level of surfing in the continent.
In this episode, Bakker shares the challenges faced by surfers in the African diaspora and talks about the language barriers with West and Central African countries.
With Senegal awarded the rights to host the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics, Bakker says the confederation is excited about the tournament has a task of improving the standards of surfing and its level of administration.
Daron Mann speaks to Prudhoe community leader Gladman Tom.
The resort, owned by the Prudhoe community after a successful land claim, is in ruins after TV and bed sets, cutlery, bed linen and fridges were looted over the weekend.
In this episode, Tom said the state of the resort has deteriorated over the years and claims the government refused to provide security for the premises.
Daron Mann talks to Mkhululi Ndamase, privincial health spokesperson about Eastern Cape's government outreach programme to compensate ex-mineworkers who contracted lung diseases like TB, asbestosis and silicosis while working in various mines in SA between March 1965 and October 2019.
In this episode, Ndamase takes us through some of the compensations applicants can claim.
Ndamase said about 4bn has been set aside for this outreach programme.
Ted Keenan speaks to East London's harbour master, Pinky Zungu on her recent appointment.
On this week's episode of That Weekend Feeling, Daron Mann speaks to comedian and content creator Rory Petzer.
Petzer was recently awarded for his content at the Savanna Comic's choice awards, winning the Uplifting comics category.
In East London's attempts over the years to become the sports events capital of South Africa, the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality's latest actions have brought this journey to a halt. Ted Keenan Speaks to former DA Councilor Lindsay Pollock in this interview.
Daron Mann talks to comedian Stuart Taylor as he unpacks what spectators can expect during the 49th annual Makhanda National Arts Festival in June.
Taylor said these are exciting times for artists post-COVID , and promised a good entertainment offering.
"We can now finally be back with a bang. A lot of people were quite cautious last year, but now people want to be out again," he said.
Ted Keenan talks to Merissa Himraj, CEO of Wavemaker, a South African media network agency ranked among the top 5 in the world. In this episode, Himraj shares the importance of having mentorship for aspiring leaders and gives a glimpse of her leadership style.
On That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this week, Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman takes us through the foundation’s mission to negotiate the release of South African Paramedic, Gerco van Deventer, who was kidnapped in Libya in 2017 and later sold to al-Qaeda terrorists in Mali.
Daron Mann talks to Nahoon’s bridal specialist and bird rescuer, Mandy Seymour about how she found herself sharing her bedroom with four rescued wild birds. Seymour, 33, and her husband Dean Knox, an environmental activist, are on a new journey across the urban frontier into the world of BCM wildlife.
In this episode, Mandy goes through her lived experience with the birds, how they think, behave, imprint, and respond in a protected space.
Ted Keenan talks to East London Businesswoman and Owner of Shamrock Pies, Grazia Linden.
Daron Mann speaks to Jane Cowley, Democratic Alliance's health spokesperson and shadow MEC for Health as they unpack the devastating 10-year wait patients requiring orthopaedic surgery such as joint replacements at East London’s Frere Hospital face. This follows after Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth revealed that there are 1,600 patients on Frere's waiting list.
Daron Mann talks to South Africa’s first black woman chartered accountant, Nonkululeko Gobodo, whose new book, AWAKENED, has just been launched in partnership with Daily Dispatch Dialogues.
Multichoice, over the past week, handed over multipurpose centers in the Eastern Cape. Schools in Butterworth and East London were the fortunate recipients of these facilities.
Songezo Zibi has one simple message to SA’s people who are “gatvol“ with the government.
“If you want to change the country, get off the side-lines.”
Ted Keenan speaks to Zibi, who reckons “we get what deserve”, in terms of leaders.
While happy to blow his own trumpet, he is now campaigning to chuck out President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cronies, and the 2024 election is his target date.
Does he have the pedigree? Not as a politician he doesn’t, but then he is pretty scathing about most of the current crop of leaders, with so many of them having their noses so deep in the corruption trough that they cannot see the voters.
If the country wants a president of high integrity, no cupboard skeletons, skilled in top-level communication, has had hands-on experience in many business sectors, was past editor of Financial Mail, and has written to books on how to reignite Nelson Mandela’s “Rainbow Nation” philosophy, then he was the man, and his newly formed Rise Mzansi party was the people’s political party for the future.
“By the next election we will have 3m supporters who are actively working to make SA a home for their children and their children’s children.”
Coalitions are the future. Project aims to empower voters to choose wisely in 2024
Daron Mann speaks to Bulelwa Ganyaza, spokesperson for Chris Hani District Municipality, about the devastating recent devastating floods in the country, the flood damage, now estimated at R4.5bn for the Eastern Cape alone, and the declaration by President Cyril Ramaphosa of a state of disaster to deal with the aftermath. R4.5bn needed to repair Eastern Cape flood damage · All hands on deck as Komani flood-relief efforts continue
In a landmark decision handed down by the Bhisho High Court this past week Judge Rob Griffiths ruled that the Eastern Eastern Cape Health Department must care a patient they injured. The precedent-setting decision could free the EC Health Department from making crippling cash payouts to settle negligence claims in future. Spokesperson for EC Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth, Mkhuluhli Ndamase, reflects on the implications of this ruling in the latest edition of THE DAILY DISPATCH IN DISCUSSION WITH DARON MANN
Ken Clark Enoch Mgijima Municipality councillor and owner of Twizza soft drinks and Crickley Dairy speaks to Daron Mann about the "advanced collapse" in Komani, where fed-up residents took to the streets to protest the lack of service delivery, water shortages, load-shedding, and additional electricity cuts due to money owed to Eskom. Ministers to visit Komani after police fire on protesters · Besieged Eastern Cape business owners mull relocating · Double whammy as outages, protests hit Komani businesses
Ted Keenan talks to online forensics expert Jason Jordaan on how cybercrime is now the fastest growing ‘business’ in the world.
Ted Keenan interviews Energy Extraordinaire, Yoliswa Balfour as they discuss her new business ventures and strides in the fuel and energy sector.
Ted Interviews the CEO of ANCA Foods, Devin Isemonger, after their recent drive to go off the grid.
Daron talks to Sizwe Kupelo about his foundation's calls to ban Pit Bulls after the recent spate of attacks.
With the 2022 festive season around the corner, Daron talks to BCM spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya about the state of readiness of the city.
In yet another thought-provoking discussion, Ted Keenan and Liam Graham
of NVest Securities unpack the recently held 91 Conference in East London, questioning the state SA today.
With news surfacing of over 100 000 calls to the 10111 number going unanswered
in East London over the past 3 years, Daron Mann speaks to DA's Bobby Stevenson.
After the release of his book, Blazing a Trail, business banking extraordinaire Lincoln Mali shares his thoughts and tells the story behind the pages in an interview with Ted Keenan.
After celebrating 5 years in the Automotive and Motoring Industry, Ted Keenan talks to Managing Director of The Automotive Learning Academy, a commercial partner to MBLA, Kim Smallie.
With the upcoming mining indaba ready to take place in the Eastern Cape, Nafcoc's involvement sets to open the industry up to all people, especially
the youth. Ted talks to Tankiso Mosi, Deputy Chairperson of Nafcoc's Youth
Chamber.
Daron Mann interviews Morgan Memela, new head coach of the Chilli Boys, Chippa United, ahead of their clash with Richards Bay this Sunday.
In light of reports that the ANC Youth League in the O.R. Tambo region will not be backing Cyril Ramaphosa at the party's upcoming National Elective Conference, Daron talks to the Melikhaya Mcitwa of the branch to find out more.
With The Eastern Cape Liqour Board recently launching its Campaign against the abuse of alcohol by minors in a new culture of pens down parties, Daron invites
Mgwebi Msiya, spokesperson for the ELCB, to discuss the campaign.
With growing concerns that Pondoland will lose out on the growing cannabis industry, Ted Keen talks to .Gavin Tessendorf and Jakes Jacobs about the challenges faced.
Ted Keenan interviews CEO of East London's Mercedes Benz Plant, Mr. Andreas Brand in a discussion on the plant, successes and the challenges of the Company and the role it plays being situated in East London.
After the High Court in East London granted a Court Order to members of a faction of the ANC who wanted to nullify meetings and voting that had taken place recently in the Dr. W. B. Rhubusana region, Daron Mann discusses the issue with Ondela Sokomani.
With the on-going tensions between Russia and Ukraine, The British Pound being less than the Dollar and Repo rates climbing up to 7.5%, investment seems to be a no-go zone. Ted sits with NVest Securities' Liam Graham in a discussion on the
matter.
With SA plunging into the dark ages, not only consumers are affected. Daron Mann talks to Mthatha businessman Dr. Andile Nontso about how load-shedding is battering local businesses.
With South Africa possibly being the largest Citrus producer in the World, Ted Keenan & South African Citrus Growers Association CEO, Justin Chadwick meet up to discuss the Industry Further.
Ted catches us up with Border Kei Chamber of Business CEO, Lizelle Maurice, giving her take on what's to come after having been a part of the the ECDC's Symposium and Exhibition.
Having hit 50k followers in the space of a year, Ryan Ward chats to Ted Keenan, detailing the journey they have travelled as "Your Story South Africa".
With the Democratic Alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay announcing it will be seeking a Vote on no confidence in NMB mayor, Daron chats to the DA's candidate, Retief Odendaal.
The Daily Dispatch newspaper has a long and rich history dating back to 1872. It was the first penny daily newspaper published in the Eastern Cape in 1898 – and by 1906, the paper boasted a circulation larger and more widely distributed than any colonial paper published outside Cape Town.
The Dispatch – published from Monday to Saturday – covers issues and debates that should be a priority for every Eastern Cape reader. It covers a region that is the birthplace of many prominent South African politicians but remains one of the poorest provinces in South Africa.
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After defeating Hector Flores in an IBF Junior Flyweight Title fight in Mexico, Sivenathi Nontshinga became SA's youngest Champ. Daron Mann hears it all...
WILD WATERS | Daron Mann talks to Dispatch's resident
surf aficionado Nick Pike about the recent storm swells
and unusual waves seen across the province in recent days.
Having founded Twizza in 2003, Ken Clark now shifts his focus to the political sphere of Komani. Ted Keenan chats to him to see where the journey is headed.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board’s Mgwebi Msiya unpacked the board's planned learner ambassador programme to combat underage drinking. Liquor Board chooses pupil ‘ambassadors’ to educate peers about dangers of alcohol
With the Cannabis Industry growing significantly, it was only fitting for Ted Keenan to chat to an expert in the field, Dr. Shiksha Gallow.
Prof Jonathan Jansen takes aim at two educational policy pronouncements made by government recently
A credit control Policy has been introduced that will see BCMM residents with accounts owing, being blocked. Daron Mann chats to BCMM Mayor, Mr. Xola Phakathi to give greater detail.
As the Border Kei Chamber Of Business in Komani held its AGM recently, Ted Keenan chats to its newly elected President Mr. Lisle Clark.
After the death of teenagers at East London Tavern, Enyobeni in Scenery Park, many questions still have not been answered. Daron Mann speaks to parent Khululekile Nqandana who shares his views
With the Springboks set to play the All Blacks of New Zealand this weekend, Daron and Mluleki break down the anticipated fixture
After winning the Women's African Cup of Nations, Banyana Banyana restored pride into South African football. Daron Mann talks to team player, Robyn Moodaly
Daily Dispatch senior reporter Sithandiwe Velaphi speaks to Daron Mann about the effect on the victims' families after repeated delays over the cause of death at the Enyobeni Tavern disaster and the confusion surrounding the constantly changing theories on what led to the deaths.
Daron Mann talks to Buffalo City Metro spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya about the pain the city has gone through and Eastern Cape Liquor Board spokesperson Mgwebi Msiya about how the tavern was granted a licence. www.dispatchlive.co.za
A personal crusade in pursuit of animal welfare is set to take Daily Dispatch contributor Daron Mann to war-ravaged Ukraine within the next few days. Daron, who is responsible for the weekly online podcasts The Daily Dispatch in Discussion with Daron Mann and That Weekend Feeling, will be accompanying well-known bear and big cat rescue specialist Lionel de Lange on a mission to rescue lions, abandoned in zoos or by private individuals, fleeing the armed conflict.
ANC Eastern Cape provincial task team members Oscar Mabuyane, Babalo Madikizela and Mlibo Qoboshiyane are set to go head to head in the upcoming provincial elective conference. Madikizela, who is currently the ANC's provincial treasurer Eastern Cape MEC for Public Works and sitting premier Mabuyane talk to Daron Mann about the on-again-off-again scheduling of the conference, which was again announced to be going forward less than an hour after the interviews were recorded, followed by a statement refuting this.
Supporters for Sibongile Mani, the Walter Sisulu University student convicted of stealing NSFAS funds have started the #JusticeForSibongile to have her sentence reduced to stop her from serving jail time.
Rhodes University has won the first battle against anti-vaxxers opposed to the institution's mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy but the war is far from over.
Athol Trollip says ActionSA is ready to bring some "sanity to the circus and get rid of the clowns." The former DA federal leader tells Daily Dispatch about his move to the new party and his belief that pragmatic leaders, such as him and Herman Mashaba, can change the course of South Africa. While acknowledging that ActionSA had a long way to go, Trollip expressed his excitement at the party's future prospects. Trollip also talks about the loss of the Nelson Mandela Metro during his mayorship, touching on the issue of patronage and taking aim at "radical racists" in the Economic Freedom Front. He hit out at SA politicians, who he accused of enriching themselves by "having their fingers in the till". Trollip said that the ANC could not be counted on fixing what they themselves had broken and failed to rectify for 28 years and it was time for an alternative. DispatchLIVE
Amathole District Municipality councillor and mayoral committee member Nanziwe Rulashe breaks down as she relives the trauma of being dragged out of the district's head offices and assaulted by armed men and security personnel.
Today DispatchLIVE explores one of South Africans most unenviable environmentally sensitive choices: support nuclear power, possibly the only viable option to mass electricity generation if coal is phased out, or support the globe's biggest greenhouse gas culprit?
The cash-strapped Eastern Cape is losing 91 doctors, more than 500 nurses and numerous allied health professionals who were meant to continue working for the health department as per contractual agreements that were secured through the funding of study bursaries. With at least R358-million needed to retain the staff and a slashed operating budget, the province will be hard hit by the departures. DispatchLIVE's Daron Mann speaks to Dr Mawande Dlamini, one of the affected medical doctors, as well as Rolene Wagner, superintendent-general of the Eastern Cape health department, about what led to the situation and the path forward. Broke Eastern Cape health department to lose 91 doctors, 631 nurses
Daron Mann talks to environmental activist and teacher Dean Knox about the importance of the interim decision by Judge Gerald Bloem to bar Shell from conducting seismic blasts for oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast and speaks to Johan Lorenz, from constitutional law specialists Richard Spoor Inc. Attorneys, who was the lead attorney in the legal action against the oil giant and outlines the way forward. BIG OIL VS BIG HEARTS: the battle for South Africa's Wild Coast
Not only did Maria Clarke, mom of murder victim Angelique Clarke Abrahams have to wait two years for justice, but she had to sit with her daughter's killer and hold back her own feelings every time he chose to visit her grandson in her own home.
As we reach the end of this year's 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign Daron Mann talks to Lesley Ann Foster, Executive Director at Masimanyane Women's Support Centre, about the surge of gender-based violence in South Africa and the Eastern Cape after a spate of violent killings of Eastern Cape women. This month East London has seen guilty verdicts delivered against two men for the murder of their partners. Alutha Pasile was convicted of the horrific murder and dismemberment of Fort Hare law student Nosicelo Mtebeni while Carl Abrahams was convicted of killing his wife, Angelique Clarke-Abrahams, in front of their young son.
Daily Dispatch correspondent Ted Keenan talks to Red Alert Security's Brett Harvey about the explosion of violent crime in Buffalo City that has recently escalated to a high number of armed robberies and carjackings in the metro, who and what the targets are, what is behind the steep incline and what we need to do to deal with it.
We speak with John Rance, chairperson of the Kei Mouth Ski Boat Club. When plans for seismic exploration for oil and gas were mooted in 2012 and 2013 he was Chief Environmental Officer for Border Deep Sea Angling Association, which was among the first organisations to oppose Shell's plans Friday is D-Day for decision on Shell exploration
There are 11m vehicles on SA’s roads, with an average age of 10 years. In 2022, there will be more vehicles, and they will be getting older, especially in Eastern Cape. So, if you’re in the aging vehicle category, do you trade in on a new machine, buy a good pre-owned one, or bite the bullet and drive your old jalopy into the ground? Peter McNorton, of Kelston Motor Group, in discussion with Ted Keenan, Daily Dispatch business correspondent, said: “Take the foot off the accelerator when it comes to a decision.” Passion must be tempered with common sense and tough financial questions. What’s the old machine costing, with repairs and expensive maintenance mounting along with the kilometres on the odometer? What will a new or used vehicle cost? What’s the trade-in? What if the family’s financial position had a nasty reversal? Kelston Group has nearly 30 outlets in Eastern Cape, and recently added Kelston Chery in East London. “With all the new brands, do the research. There are great deals. But know your budget.” Then there is another confusing area. Fossil fuel or electric? Winstone Jordaan, MD of GridCars said one in forty vehicles sold globally was electric. By 2030 every second sold in the USA will be electric. If the statistics pan out, Jordaan will be in the pound seats, with nearly 300 charging stations on the main routes. He said SA cannot buck the electric trend, because the vehicle suppliers to the SA manufacturers are from Europe and Japan. “In a few years our exports will be electric, and not too soon. It’s great for the environment.”
Daron Mann speaks to Gary Koekemoer from the Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa, which has called on the government to immediately halt all seismic exploration off the nation's coastline citing recent research that shows the incredible ecological devastation it could cause. www.dispatchlive.co.za
Daron Mann talks to Daily Dispatch journalist Gugu Phandle and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr Terri Henderson about the tragic story of 16-year-old Lathitha Nako, who took her own life after being tormented by fellow school pupils and teachers at her Bhisho school.
While the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast residents fight Shell’s ocean blasting oil search, spare a thought for Capetonians. If Eskom has its way it will soon start refurbishing Koeberg, despite the decrepit 40-year-old plant being way past retirement age.
Daron Mann talks to Jack Denton, who boldly bent over to have his Speedo signed by Bok skipper Siya Kolisi in Scotland. Denton hails from the Eastern Cape and attended Kingswood College in Makhanda. His Brother, David Denton, also an old Kingswoodian, played rugby for Scotland 42 times.
The voices of South Africans vehemently opposed to seismic blasting surveys off the SA coastline are growing louder as citizens begin to take a stand against big oil
Draconian pandemic lockdowns have decimated the restaurant industry, with over 3,000 closures, and East London, the surrounding towns and coastal venues are not immune. Yet there have been survivors, who have battled to stay open and will not get beaten. Ted Keenan, Daily Dispatch business correspondent, talks to three East London business owners – eatery business veteran, Mike Butcher, one of East London’s top restaurant entrepreneurs Natasha Hogg, and Zinzi Rwicilia, who owns The Bistro, in Beacon Bay and has in two years built a successful business. We learn their secrets of keeping the food and drinks flowing. But what, in their opinion, must the government do over the festive season. And what would be the final nail for many owners who have not made a profit for 18 months. Their fortitude goes further than the kitchen, it applies to every sector. The advice applies to all businesses.
Daron Mann talks to Ironman South Africa's MD Keith Bowler about plans for the future after the Covid-19 pandemic, including dropping Buffalo City as a venue.
The news that Shell plans to conduct a large-scale offshore seismic survey for gas and oil deposits along the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast has drawn criticism from environmental groups and animal rights activists, with one group even threatening to chain naked 'Wild Women' to the ship in protest. Daron Mann speaks to attorney Kim van Kets from Wild Women on the Run's, and Jason Simpson, a chief engineer for controversial international conservation group Sea Shepard. Shell aims boom guns at Wild Coast
NVest Financial Holdings is East London’s giant full-service financial group, and the only listed company in Buffalo City Metro and the immediate Border area. Today Dispatch Live's Business Correspondent, Ted Keenan, interviews Travis McClure, director of NFB Private Wealth Management, and Liam Graham, director of NVest Securities. Between the two companies they have over 6,000 direct clients, the majority of them East London based, and well over R30bn assets under management and administration. The Podcast's theme: Wealth creation and wealth management, when and why to start, and how people slow out of the investment blocks can catch up. “Having our own stock broking company in the same building gives a flexibility and instant reaction time that is unparalleled in East London,” said McClure. "We don't take the trust of East Londoners for granted. We work hard at it, and know we have succeeded when our clients head into a financially stress-less retirement.” Said Graham: “If your investments, over a long term, are not beating inflation, and then some, you are going backward.”
Mark Keohane tells Daron that he foresees the Springboks demolishing the Welsh backline in their Saturday clash after the many recent changes to the national side and how it will affect their game plan.
ANC and DA leaders speak to Daron Mann about their wins, losses, and plans after the 2021 local government elections.
Port Alfred based Sticks Stiglingh tells Daron Mann what challenges are faced by Eastern Cape Athletics, which has recently elected him as its president, and talks about his background in sports administration and successes at Kowie Striders and developmental groups at the towns Nemato township.
Izak Johan Haarhoff left his small home town to study medicine at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, where, as a white Afrikaans male, he overcame cultural and language barriers to embrace his new home. During the course of his studies, he was diagnosed with cancer, was temporarily paralysed in a bus accident, and faced the loss of six loved ones. WSU medical student survived crash, fought cancer and overcame tragedy in his journey to graduation
Ted Keenan talks to three Eastern Cape short-term insurance experts. Their common advice: irrespective of how tight budgets get, hang on to insurance cover.
Qonce-born Miss SA 2021 runner-up Zimi Mabunzi talks to Daron Mann about her pageant journey and her ambition to make an impact in the lives of South Africans.
Eastern Cape opposition leaders have called for premier Oscar Mabuyane to be removed from office. The DA's provincial deputy Bobby Stevenson, UDM MPL Lulama Mahlathi discuss call for a vote of no confidence in the premier other political and legal actions they are considering pursuing.ANC spokesperson Loyiso Magqashela speaks about the party's position on the scathing Public Protector report which implicates the premier and MECs.
Twizza founder and CEO Ken Clark tells Daily Dispatch he has partnered with 20 independent council candidates and together they can take over Enoch Mgijima local municipality. The beleaguered municipality based in Komani (formerly Queenstown) as been lambasted for failing to provide water, electricity and effective refuse removal to residents and has come under fire for spending R15 million on what was meant to be a community stadium but was slammed by opposition parties and described by DA federal chair Helen Zille "another get-rich-quick scheme"
Former Springbok and Southern Kings coach Robbi Kempson speaks about the latest performances and the way forward for the national team ahead of their northern hemisphere tour. LISTEN | Ex Springbok Robbi Kempson speaks about recent Bok's wins, losses and their way forward
Contralesa Eastern Cape provincial chairperson Advocate Mwelo Nonkonyana speaks to Daron Mann about new rules stipulating a reduction in the number of traditional leaders serving in local government. The new laws reduce the number of traditional leaders serving on councils from a maximum of 20 percent to a maximum of three councillors. Nonkonyana said this not only went against previous agreements but also discriminated against traditional leaders and was done without consultation. We’re being sidelined, Eastern Cape traditional leaders say
Buffalo City Metro plays a considerable role in East London property prices and attracting new people to invest and live in here. Daily Dispatch asks three local property experts, Tim Canham from Pam Golding, Penny Lindstrom from ERA Sun, and Investpro Property Management’s Robin Knott what the city needs to accomplish to make the city an investor’s choice. www.dispatchlive.co.za
Adrian Gardiner, founder and owner of the Mantis Collection and Chairman & Co-Founder of the Community Conservation Fund Africa, and founder of Shamwari Game Reserve, speaks to Daron Mann about the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the hospitality industry and tourism in South Africa.
One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane lashes out at the Enoch Mgijima municipality's leadership and calls for their resignation.
Former Springbok coach Pieter De Villiers speaks to Daron Mann on the challenges facing the beleaguered EP Elephants as his coaching tenure comes to an end and his plans to move to politics. De Villiers opens up about the financial problems facing the provincial rugby team, the current losing streak in SA rugby, saying that the national team is no longer able to compete at the top level and there needs to be soul searching for the reigning world champs to move forward. As coach De Villiers ended his tenure with a 63% win ratio. De Villiers, who recently announced his move to politics, told Daron how he believed he was in a good position to make a positive contribution to the country by representing Patricia de Lille's Good party as a mayoral candidate at Drakenstein Municipality in the Cape Winelands.
The Eastern Cape is engulfed in a violent war between taxi operators and associations with stories of violence and shootings on an almost daily basis. Across the province, taxi bosses and drivers have been targeted, with many being killed, in the ongoing battle. Daron Mann talks to an assassination survivor about the turmoil, what is behind it, who is involved, problems with police and government, and the danger to Eastern Cape commuters. The taxi owner provides details on the failed attempt of his life and how he had to witnesses people dying around him, while he details what he believes is needed to end the violence.
Eastern Cape Iinyathi cricket coach and ex Proteas spinner Paul Adams talks about the rebirth of Border Cricket and how it is providing an opportunity for more cricket players to get exposure to the top level of the game in the all-new CSA T20 Knockout competition during the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of non-racial cricket in South Africa following his revelations at Cricket South Africa's Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings. Daily Dispatch Podcasts with Daron Mann
Daron Mann talks to the devastated mother of 5-month-old Ezam Makhabane and the aunt of 6-month-old Kwahlelwa Ndongeni, the two babies who died in an East London daycare centre on the same day, about the trauma and uncertainty their families are facing.
The parents are yet to find out the truth about what transpired and took their babies' lives.
The babies died within hours of each other a month ago.
Autopsy reports are awaited to ascertain the causes of their deaths. Parents demand the truth: 'How did East London crèche babies die?' · 'Filthy' East London creche closed after two babies die · East London mothers still in dark about what killed their children at crèche