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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
260 – 280

Get the lowdown from Putco Mafani on his tabletop dance

No stranger to the mic, Umhlobo Wenene presenter Putco Mafani is our guest on Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week. The popular broadcast personality was suspended — or “unscheduled” — after a video of him dancing on a table, apparently inside SABC studios, surfaced.Mafani talks about doing…
26 Jan 2022 11 min

Lionel de Lange on moving rescued lions from Ukraine to SA

From -14°C to nearly 30°C in just a matter of days, the drastic spike in temperature was not the only change six lions had to endure as they made their way to a better life. The lions, bred in captivity in Ukraine, recently settled in at their new home at…
21 Jan 2022 17 min

Why is the race question on blood donation forms?

All blood matters. So says Khoi and San activist Christian Martin, whose blood is boiling over the SA National Blood Service’s failure to offer donor forms making provision for Khoi and San people, despite several requests for them to be included. Martin also recently discovered that administrative errors on the part…
19 Jan 2022 12 min

Shafiek Abrahams on why Kohli and Co should face sanctions

Virat Kohli and some of his Indian teammates threw their toys out the cot when a television review decision against Dean Elgar failed on Thursday. Former Proteas spinner Shafiek Abrahams has a proper go at the tourists for throwing accusations against broadcaster SuperSport into the on-field stump mic.In an exclusive…
14 Jan 2022 15 min

What pass can we expect for the Matric Class of 2021?

In just over a week, the Matric Class of 2021 will receive their results.But, will it be a good pass? Education expert Prof Jonathan Jansen believes it is “madness” to expect good results with the constant learning disruptions pupils had to endure. In this week’s segment of ‘Behind The Herald…
12 Jan 2022 25 min

Are pit bulls vicious, or just misunderstood

Are pit bulls bad dogs? Are the owners bad? Or are the dogs badly trained? The tragic death of Zwide toddler Simamkele Khovu recently has once again cast the spotlight on pit bulls and, as always, there was a mixed reaction to the dog attack. In Behind The Herald Headlines…
5 Jan 2022 20 min

UDM rocks boat as Nelson Mandela Bay coalition cracks appear

Less than a month after the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition unveiled its strategy document and labelled itself the “government of local unity” the cracks are already starting to show. This after the UDM threatened to boycott party meetings and abstain from voting in council if specific demands were not met…
29 Dec 2021 17 min

How is the Covid-hit tourism industry shaping up?

Tourism, as an industry, has been hit hard thanks to travel restrictions — locally and internationally over the last two years — brought on by Covid-19. Now, with the festive season well under way, we look at how things are shaping up and what lies ahead? In That Weekend Feeling…
24 Dec 2021 13 min

Beachfront car guards to take up posts

An initiative three years in the making, the Nelson Mandela Bay beachfront is getting a much-needed boost as car guards, with formalised training, will be taking up their posts in the weeks to come. The initiative came to fruition recently when role players from the Summerstrand Neighbourhood Watch, SA Police…
22 Dec 2021 10 min

Cops behaving badly — what is the solution?

One needs to make an example of the rotten apples. So says DA Eastern Cape safety and security spokesperson Bobby Stevenson about rogue SA Police Service (SAPS) officers, among them officers accused of kidnapping, extortion and assault. This in light of reports that claims worth more than R7.9bn were still…
15 Dec 2021 14 min

Rachel Kolisi shares her heart for the Kolisi Foundation

Established in April 2020 by Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel, the Kolisi Foundation was the result of the power couple’s desire to change the story of inequality in South Africa, responding with compassion and courage to the challenges faced by our nation. In That Weekend Feeling with…
10 Dec 2021 11 min

Mayor Eugene Johnson shares plan for Nelson Mandela Bay

All eyes will be on Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson for the next three months after she recently highlighted what she hoped to achieve in her first 100 days in office. But what exactly does she and her co-governance partners have planned to get the Bay back on track?…
8 Dec 2021 10 min

Alexandria dunefield holds huge promise: WSA’s Dr Andrew Muir explains why

Situated in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions in the world, the Alexandria dunefield, one of the largest coastal dunefields in the world, is on the Unesco World Heritage Site tentative list. But what makes this dunefield, stretching from the Sundays to Bushmans rivers along the Sunshine Coast, so…
3 Dec 2021 15 min

Are we winning the battle against women abuse?

Reeva Steenkamp, Jayde Panayiotou, Susan Rohde, Tshegofatso Pule, Nosicelo Mtebeni, Sinthia Williams and Vicki Terblanche. We know these names well as they are the faces of women brutally murdered and their partners have been placed at the centre of their deaths. With the annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence…
1 Dec 2021 22 min

Wessa’s Koekemoer unpacks EC offshore exploration 

South Africans have been up in arms over applications for offshore seismic exploration projects off the Eastern Cape, threatening to boycott at least one of the companies behind the project. While opposition to the exploration off the Wild Coast has been mounting, a French multinational has now also applied to…
26 Nov 2021 15 min

Meet Eastern Cape Springboks fan who got his undies signed

It was a Springboks supporter wearing just his SA flag broeks while watching the Springboks beat Scotland 30-15 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh last weekend who stole the show. A video of Jack Denton went viral after he asked Springbok captain Siya Kolisi to sign his Speedo. But just how…
19 Nov 2021 6 min

Water woes: How do we prevent a dry Christmas?

Half of Nelson Mandela Bay could be without water by Christmas unless all residents and businesses reduce consumption. What exactly is the problem? And what role can each of us play to ensure we do not have a dry Christmas? In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, we…
17 Nov 2021 17 min

Anticipation builds for return of Ironman Africa to Nelson Mandela Bay

The Ironman African Championships returns to Nelson Mandela Bay’s shores on November 21, after it was postponed twice since its initial date of March 29 2020. And though Covid-19 has wreaked havoc with sports the world over, international and local athletes are expected to flock to Gqeberha to put their…
12 Nov 2021 11 min
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