ECR Newswatch Interviews

A Durban mother, who has used sanitary pads since she was about 10 years old, says women often have limited alternatives when it comes to menstrual products. More news

South African Breast Milk Reserve Founder and Executive Director, Stasha Jordan, says the organisation currently has only about one month’s supply donated milk in storage. More news

The owner of a KZN travel agency who has helped get dozens of South Africans back home from the Middle East says the war has interrupted acts of worship during the holiest time of the year for Muslims and Christians. Israel and the US launched air strikes against Iran over the weekend - heightening instability across the region. More news

DNA testing will be conducted on a Nile crocodile found wedged between rocks on Pennington Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast to determine where it came from. The freshwater reptile was discovered on Friday and taken to the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), where it received treatment. More news

" Look what I have now, a creation. A creation, waiting to be read and this is not the end. This is just the beginning." Those are the words of 9-year-old Imari-Kenya James from the Bluff, the creator of a colouring book "One thing about two things”. More news

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has heard emotional stories from dozens of dairy farmers in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands devastated by the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. On Friday, Steenhuisen officially launched the country’s mass vaccination campaign in KZN, the epicentre of the outbreak. More news

The sister of a Durban pilot who died in a plane crash in the North West says he was just two hours away from qualifying as a flight instructor. Leeche Manuel died during a training flight last week. More news

The Community Policing Forum in Westville says the murder of a motorist in an apparent hit has left the suburb, west of Durban shaken. More news

A KZN woman says she's still healing and will soon begin therapy a week after miraculously walking out of a horrific accident that saw her vehicle plunge down a cliff. More news

29-year-old preschool teacher tells amazing and horrifying survival story after her car plunged almost 100 meters down a steep cliff inside Oribi Gorge. More news

A woman is recovering in hospital this morning after surviving a terrifying crash which saw her car plunge 100 metres down a cliff at Oribi Gorge. More news

The South African Domestic Workers Forum says while it welcomes the 5% increase to the minimum wage, it feels the adjustment could've been higher.  More news

As KwaZulu-Natal melts under the brutal heat, parents and caregivers are being urged to prioritise hydration for young children. Mbali Mapholi, a nutritionist at Laager Rooibos Tea, says children don’t always say when they’re thirsty, adding that in hot conditions like these, dehydration can affect their moods, learning, and physical performance. More news

A new digital lifeline has been launched for women and children affected by gender-based violence. It offers twenty-four-hour support through a chatbot platform. The 1000 Women Trust says the WhatsApp-based tool is designed to provide information and safe options without directing users on what to do, allowing women to make decisions in their own time. More news

South Africa’s wetlands remain under serious threat from climate change, pollution, overgrazing, and invasive alien plants. That's the warning from The Endangered Wildlife Trust on this World Wetlands Day. The organisation says stronger community-centred conservation is critical to protecting these ecosystems for future generations. More news

Mohemmed Ballim, Msunduzi's Deputy Chief Fire Officer, says firefighters worked for over eight hours to extinguish the flames. More news

An infant who was left alone in a shack in the south of Durban while his parents allegedly went out drinking is now safe and sound as "Auntypolice" comes to rescue. More news

KZN Red Meat Producers Organisation’s Angus Williamson says the industry understands the battle against the disease is state-controlled and regulated by the World Organisation for Animal Health. More news

Emergency services personnel have been working to free the driver of a minibus taxi trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle near Lotus Park. Thursday morning's devastating crash on the old R102 claimed the lives of 11 people. Newswatch's Nushera Soodyal shared details of the emergency operation. More news

Sun safety needs to be top of mind all year round. Mazwai, a Managing Director for Universal Care, says they've recorded a 130% increase in non-melanoma skin cancer cases over the past eight years. More news

A legal expert says a landmark Constitutional Court ruling has strengthened protections for women by blocking antenuptial contracts signed after customary marriages. Law lecturer Natasha Venter explains that the case involved a couple married under customary law, which automatically placed them in a community of property. More news

Residents in Pietermaritzburg are known not to beat about the bush when it comes to the state of some of their roads. But one gaping pothole in Scottsville has been there for so long that it’s starting to grow on the locals. Some residents of Scottsville have seemingly taken a leaf out of a neighbouring community's book in dealing with a pothole problem. More news

The Restaurant Association of South Africa says zero-tolerance alcohol laws risk punishing the economy instead of fixing behaviour. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has proposed a total ban on drinking and getting behind the wheel, saying it's driving carnage on the roads. CEO Wendy Alberts says stronger accountability would restore respect for the law. More news

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has proposed a total ban on drinking before driving, saying the country's laws are outdated. Currently, South African law allows a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05 grams per 100 millilitres. More news

A KwaZulu-Natal dairy farmer says foot-and-mouth disease has torn through his entire herd of 1,300 cattle. More news