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That Weekend Feeling with Prof. Jonathan Jansen

Prof Jonathan Jansen takes aim at two educational policy pronouncements made by government recently

20 Aug 2022 8 min

BlockDown!

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.

18 Aug 2022 5 min

A New Chapter

As the Border Kei Chamber Of Business in Komani held its AGM recently, Ted Keenan chats to its newly elected President Mr. Lisle Clark.

15 Aug 2022 20 min

Enyobeni Parent Speaks Out

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

12 Aug 2022 8 min

That weekend Feeling with Daron Mann & Mluleki Ntsabo

With the Springboks set to play the All Blacks of New Zealand this weekend, Daron and Mluleki break down the anticipated fixture

6 Aug 2022 10 min

Daron Mann & Banyana Banyana's Robyn Moodaly

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

5 Aug 2022 6 min

Enyobeni families struggle with lack of concrete forensic deadlines

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.

22 Jul 2022 9 min

ENYOBENI TAVERN | Liquor board speaks out

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.

2 Jul 2022 10 min

Into the lion's den

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…

11 May 2022 9 min

The ANC’s on-off Eastern Cape provincial elective conference

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…

21 Apr 2022 22 min

#JusticeForSibongile campaign growing

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.

4 Apr 2022 10 min

Rhodes versus anti-vaxxers

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.

14 Mar 2022 11 min

Athol Trollip talks about joining Herman Mashaba's ActionSA as Eastern Cape leader

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…

10 Feb 2022 15 min

ADM Councillor Nanziwe Rulashe speaks out after assault captured on video

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.

27 Jan 2022 9 min

How safe is SA's Koeberg nuclear power station?

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?

18 Jan 2022 19 min

Broke Eastern Cape health has no money to keep doctors

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…

7 Jan 2022 15 min

Unpacking the case: Shell vs the Wild Coast

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,…

30 Dec 2021 10 min

Family's horrific wait for justice for Angelique

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. 

16 Dec 2021 11 min

The fight against gender-based violence in South Africa

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…

11 Dec 2021 13 min

SYNDICATE CITY | Crimewave crashes over BCM

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…

5 Dec 2021 18 min