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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
60 – 80

What do Proteas Women need to improve on before T20 World Cup?

The Proteas Women know what they are good at and what they need to work on as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup approaches. That is the opinion of wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta, reflecting on the Proteas’ 2-1 T20 series loss to Sri Lanka at Buffalo Park on Wednesday.  “Could we…
4 Apr 2024 10 min

National election set for ‘big ballots’

It is two months until South Africans take to the polls in the country’s seventh democratic national and provincial election and, for the first time, voters will be faced with “ballots as big as never before”. As a result, voting, and counting of the votes, will take longer this year,…
28 Mar 2024 10 min

Nelson Mandela Bay’s status as murder capital of SA under the spotlight

Nelson Mandela Bay is SA’s murder capital according to an international report authored by the Mexican Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice. The report comes at a time when at least 25 people have been killed in the metro over the past week.  Nearly half of these deadly incidents,…
20 Mar 2024 17 min

No end to EP Rugby factional drama

Another vicious power struggle has enveloped EP Rugby, with some club officials accusing the body’s interim leaders of conducting a hostile takeover of the troubled organisation. With tensions high ahead of the union’s disputed meeting on March 23 an acrimonious election is expected as feuding factions battle for control. In…
13 Mar 2024 8 min

Lack of speed cameras to be discussed

Speeding motorists in Nelson Mandela Bay have enjoyed impunity for almost 18 months as there is nobody to oversee traffic cameras around the metro. This after the municipal contract overseeing traffic cameras was cancelled in September 2022 and has still not been renewed due to due to non-performance according to…
6 Mar 2024 11 min

Mabuyane highlights achievements and advantages of Eastern Cape

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…
29 Feb 2024 26 min

Education experts discuss Cedarberg Primary crime crisis

Disturbing is how National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA (Naptosa) executive director Basil Manuel describes the goings on at a Nelson Mandela Bay primary school. Teachers at Cedarberg Primary School in Booysen Park are at their wits’ end as pupils run rampant, join gangs, threaten the teachers and classmates, and…
29 Feb 2024 18 min

Chapter and verse on library closures

Libraries in Nelson Mandela Bay have been closed during weekends for six years now and there is no indication this will change any time soon. That is because only R5,000 from a provincial grant of R8m for staff salaries is budgeted for overtime payments. The matter was brought up at…
21 Feb 2024 11 min

Where to now for EP Rugby?

EP Rugby’s new-look executive say they have buried the hatchet to make a fresh start in the resurrection of the troubled union. In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, we speak to Gerald Antonie, who was elected as acting president. He says it is time for less…
14 Feb 2024 14 min

Ronwen’s dad on son’s Bafana heroics

Bursting with pride. That is how Ronwen Williams’ father described feeling after his son’s spectacular performance at the weekend. Rodney Williams watched the challenging match in anticipation as his son led Bafana Bafana to a 2-1 victory against Cape Verde, steering them to their first Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)…
7 Feb 2024 10 min

What’s being done to save St George’s Park

Nelson Mandela Bay's historic St George’s Park is being given a much-needed makeover — by residents. The park has been overgrown, neglected and overtaken by vagrants in recent years. Now, what started with simply trimming overgrown bushes and trees has quickly grown into an initiative that could result in the…
31 Jan 2024 13 min

Get the lowdown on Sunrisers’ ‘weird’ record-breaking game

“A weird game” is how batter Tristan Stubbs describes the Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s convincing nine-wicket win in their Betway SA20 clash against the Pretoria Capitals in Gqeberha on Monday. The Sunrisers dismissed the visiting side for a tournament record low of 52 runs in front of a raucous St George’s…
24 Jan 2024 9 min

Saying the right thing at the right time

“Sometimes you just have to talk to the right person at the right time.” So says Gqeberha e-hailing driver Bartho Dick who, by simply asking “how are you?” unwittingly saved the life of a suicidal passenger four years ago. The story of how Dick reached out to Natasha Mulusa while…
18 Jan 2024 20 min

Ramifications of attacks on paramedics

Medical emergency response times are being hampered in Nelson Mandela Bay by thugs preying on paramedics responding to emergencies. So says Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo. This follows yet another attack in which paramedics were robbed at gunpoint while treating a patient in an ambulance in Despatch at…
10 Jan 2024 11 min

Mayor reflects on last year and discusses plans for 2024

Taking a look back at the highs and lows of 2023, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk reflects on the difference he has in his role as the first citizen of the city. In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, we speak to Van Niekerk about…
5 Jan 2024 16 min

Don’t become a road death statistic

Hundreds of people have already died on SA’s roads and the number is likely to increase once the post-festive season trek home starts. In the Eastern Cape, the number was approaching 80 fatalities by Wednesday morning, with several multiple-fatality crashes recorded. Provincial transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose says several factors…
27 Dec 2023 10 min

Getting to grips with beachfront littering

Litter pickers, tasked with gathering alcohol bottles, shattered glass, and takeaway packaging scattered across the Gqeberha beachfront, have characterised the aftermath of the recent long weekend as the most challenging they’ve faced since 2019. Every morning, cleaners start work at 6am but residents and tourists are not just playing their…
20 Dec 2023 17 min

Why there is opposition to seismic testing

“A wall of moving sound” is how Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa (Wessa) Eastern Cape chair Gary Koekemoer describes the proposed seismic testing along the Southern Cape coast. Earlier in November, the department of mineral resources and energy granted seismic exploration company CGG environmental authorisation to proceed with…
13 Dec 2023 16 min

Heritage artifacts: should they stay or go?

Queen Victoria might lose her position in front of the Main Library in Govan Mbeki Avenue if the EFF in Nelson Mandela Bay has its way.  EFF councillor Ndumiso Qwazi filed a motion with the office of speaker Eugene Johnson in November in which the EFF is calling for the…
6 Dec 2023 21 min

Are invasive body searches of prison visitors really necessary?

Correctional services officials and members of the public have been “caught in the act” smuggling contraband into prisons, with drugs and cellphones being particularly rife at the St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay. That is according to correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo, responding to reports of invasive body…
29 Nov 2023 25 min
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