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The Herald is the voice of Nelson Mandela Bay – in print and online.

On May 7 1845, the first copy of The Herald was printed, making it the oldest newspaper in South Africa. The Herald has come a long way since that first printing day when the paper hit the streets at a cover price of a single penny.

The Herald publishes fresh news, insights, opinions, sport and entertainment reports all day long, seven days a week on a fully mobile responsive website.
Occasionally English South Africa News · Society & Culture
301 Episodes
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John Kani discusses new play, ‘Kunene and the King’

Acclaimed SA actor, activist and playwright John Kani’s Kunene and the King makes its way to Gqeberha in July. Set in 2019, 25 years after  the first post-apartheid democratic elections, the play tells the story of two men from contrasting walks of life who are thrust together to reflect on…
24 Jun 2022 8 min

The lowdown on store's non-Halaal cold meats controversy

Nelson Mandela Bay residents who frequent a northern areas supermarket were up in arms this weekend when the store management informed shoppers non-Halaal cold meats would be removed from the premises and stored in the adjacent liquor store instead. While the store has since reversed its decision, it has already…
22 Jun 2022 15 min

Hope for end to long Gqeberha emergency room queues

The practice which manages emergency rooms at two of Gqbehera’s private hospitals is hoping the launch of a new medical centre in July will alleviate long waiting times at those emergency rooms. Patients have been complaining about waiting up to six hours to be attended to at Netcare Greenacres and…
15 Jun 2022 21 min

Get the lowdown on Bay water crisis

With the Churchill Dam expected to run dry in a few days, renewed efforts to plug the thousands of leaks driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis are under way. The city is in the midst of a severe water shortage worsened by leaks resulting in drinking water going down the…
9 Jun 2022 18 min

Nelson Mandela Bay needs 'flood of biblical proportions'

“We need a flood of biblical proportions and anybody [who’s] been in Nelson Mandela Bay long enough knows that that flood is long overdue.” So says Gqeberha weather guru Garth Sampson, SA Weather Service forecaster, on That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this week about what is needed to prevent day…
3 Jun 2022 13 min

Should corporal punishment be brought back?

Bring back the cane. That is the call from some sectors of society fed up with unruly behaviour of pupils at schools in SA. While corporal punishment in schools is illegal in SA, there are some who believe bringing it back is the only way to deal with a countrywide…
2 Jun 2022 18 min

NMB Leadership Summit: Prof Bonang Mohale

Listen as speaker of the upcoming NMB Leadership Summit Prof Bonang Mohale, President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) shares a short preview of what he will be sharing at this year’s summit. Secure your seat for the ninth annual Nelson Mandela Bay Leadership Summit, which will once again draw…
31 May 2022 17 min

NMB Leadership Summit: Lincoln Mali

Listen as speaker of the upcoming NMB Leadership Summit Lincoln Mali, Lesaka CEO Southern Africa shares a short preview of what he will be sharing at this year’s summit. Secure your seat for the ninth annual Nelson Mandela Bay Leadership Summit, which will once again draw on the finest in…
31 May 2022 19 min

How SA-born ‘bush girl’ is helping with lion rescue in Ukraine

A South African woman living in Austria has trekked across Europe to help — where she can — with the rescue and repatriation of nine lions in Ukraine.  Hester Bergh-Appoyer has been following the work of Gqeberha wildlife rescuer Lionel de Lange on Facebook and decided it was time to…
25 May 2022 9 min

Tough road ahead

Many South Africans are facing rising interest rates, growing inflation and 25% less take-home pay than they had in 2016 according to the country’s largest debt counsellor, DebtBusters.  In That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this week, we speak to economist Dawie Roodt on budgeting, interest rates and the fuel price…
13 May 2022 7 min

Daron Mann talks to Oscar Mabuyane about plans for second term

Premier Oscar Mabuyane has bagged a second term at the helm of the ANC in the Eastern Cape after beating rival Babalo Madikizela in a hotly contested battle for the position of chair at the weekend. In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, we speak to Mabuyane on how he…
12 May 2022 9 min

Golfer Mark McNulty still chasing the magic

Veteran golfer Mark McNulty has not lost his hunger for the game and is still searching for that “little bit of magic” even after 59 global victories as a professional. In That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this week, McNulty, who is playing in the NMB Classic on the Sunshine…
6 May 2022 10 min

High court bid to stop Karpowership deal

Two organisations — Green Connection and The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) — have filed separate applications in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria challenging the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in court over the electricity generation licences it has granted to Turkish energy giant Karpowership to…
4 May 2022 13 min

Border wars as Elephants take on Bulldogs in Cup rugby clash

Eastern Province rugby captain Garrick Mattheus is expecting fierce opposition from the Border Bulldogs in a Carling Currie Cup First Division clash at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday. EP’s Elephants are determined to land a killer blow against a wounded Border Bulldogs outfit. In That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this…
29 Apr 2022 8 min

State of play in Kirkwood farm protests

Scores of farmworkers, joined by residents, protested for almost a week in the Kirkwood area, demanding an hourly wage increase of R6.81 and a 30% limit on the hiring of foreigners Workers are paid R23.19 an hour but want this increased to R30.  A farmworker was shot dead at the protest…
28 Apr 2022 21 min

Thando Manana to attend US sports leadership programme

EP Rugby CEO Thando Manana is among a group of SA sport executives jetting off to the US in May to attend the SuperSport Industry Leaders programme at the University of San Francisco. There, the group will attend academic learning visits with a range of collegiate and professional sport organisations…
22 Apr 2022 15 min

What’s behind the Walmer murders?

In just one week in April, at least five people, including an innocent bystander who was caught in the crossfire in broad daylight, were killed in Walmer Township in what police believe are well-orchestrated hit murders. Dubbed one of Gqeberha’s most violent and dangerous policing precincts, residents here live in…
20 Apr 2022 13 min

Comedian Stuart Taylor on life after Covid-19 lockdown 

Since the start of the pandemic  many SA artists lost their incomes and livelihoods as the sector depends on audiences to attend their shows. In That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann, we catch up with South African comedian Stuart Taylor as he talks about his post lockdown productions. 
16 Apr 2022 12 min

Popular wrestling event not part of Splash Festival

A main feature of the Splash Festival in previous years, the Nelson Mandela Pro Wrestling Extravaganza WRESTLEMONSTER, is not on this year’s programme. Municipal officials confirmed this week the popular festival would go ahead over the Easter weekend, but Champions Pro Wrestling CEO Mark Beale said he was disappointed the…
8 Apr 2022 11 min
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