East Coast Radio Newswatch

ECR Newswatch @ 13H00

Former Bafana Bafana coach Cliver Barker has died at the age of 78.

10 Jun 7AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 12H00

The funeral service for renowned broadcaster and author Eusebius McKaiser is being held in his hometown of Makanda in the Eastern Cape.

10 Jun 6AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 11H00

A political analyst says the explosive and damning allegations around the public protector's inquiry which have led to a loss of life, are a sign that the nation's moral compass needs serious adjusting.

10 Jun 5AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 10H00

The DA in KZN says it will write to the Public Protector to have the controversial 22 million rand statues purchased by eThekwini Municipality investigated.

10 Jun 4AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 09H00

The Chairperson of the provincial Public Works Portfolio Committee has expressed concern over ongoing tussles over teaching posts and incidents of school vandalism.

10 Jun 3AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 08H00

In the pursuit of achieving consistent power supply our Electricity Minister says the main focus right now is on poor performing power stations.

10 Jun 2AM 2 min

ECR Newswatch @ 07H00

The South African Policing Union in KZN is calling for the immediate scrapping of a pilot project which it says reduces days worked and stands to cut members' salaries at Westville prison.

10 Jun 1AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 18H00

The police chief says no foul play is suspected in the recent death of a senior investigator in the Thabo Bester prison escape case.

9 Jun 12PM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 17H00

A truck has ploughed into another stationary heavy-duty vehicle near the Mariannhill Toll Plaza, killing one person.

9 Jun 11AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 16H00

With the World Health Organisation predicting that cancer will become the leading cause of death in Africa by 2030, researchers in South Africa say the continent is taking the lead in cancer therapy.

9 Jun 10AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 15H00

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramakgopa says the energy availability factor at the country's power plants has increased to 60 percent over the past few weeks.

9 Jun 9AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 14H00

More than 200 South African firefighters are helping to battle the massive wildfires in Canada.

9 Jun 8AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 13H00

Hospitality union FEDHASA says it hopes this weekend's Comrades Marathon will provide a timely boost for KZN's tourism sector.

9 Jun 7AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 12H00

Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande says producing our own medicine is vital to the national response to disease outbreaks.

9 Jun 6AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 11H00

Here’s your latest ECR Newswatch bulletin from the team at East Coast Radio.

9 Jun 5AM 2 min

ECR Newswatch @ 10H00

Here’s your latest ECR Newswatch bulletin from the team at East Coast Radio.

9 Jun 4AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 09H00

The Black Business Federation has distanced itself from claims of procurement fraud at Eskom.

9 Jun 3AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 08H00

Humanitarian group, the Gift of the Givers, has sent teams to the Free State community of Vredefort, in the wake of troubling developments due to the cholera outbreak

9 Jun 2AM 3 min

ECR Newswatch @ 07H00

A hostel dwellers organisation in Durban says the deadly shootings at Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi are a cry for urgent police intervention.

9 Jun 1AM 2 min

ECR Newswatch @ 06H00 - SA cholera outbreak kills 32

The death toll from the country's cholera outbreak has climbed to 32.

9 Jun 12AM 3 min