East Coast Radio

East Coast Radio is the top commercial music station in KwaZulu-Natal, attracting more than 1.6 million listeners. You can tune in to East Coast Radio on FM frequencies ranging from 94fm to 96fm, depending on your location in KZN. The station features a roster of skilled and award-winning presenters, broadcasting live from Umhlanga Rocks in Durban around the clock, every day of the week. Additionally, you can listen online by streaming audio from our website, www.ecr.co.za.

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English

Radio

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#79048

South Africa

#541

Arts and Entertainment/Music

#13

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SARB: Trade turmoil puts SA exports at serious risk

1 week ago | ecr.co.za | Anastasi Mokgobu

In its latest Monetary Policy Review, the Reserve Bank warned that tariff hikes and economic fragmentation could derail key sectors like automotive, agriculture, and platinum group metals—raising the risk of job losses, plant closures, and a stalled recovery. Platinum group metals, a key export, could face reduced demand as vehicle prices rise in the US due to added import costs.
Bulls hitting their stride

2 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Liam Del Carme

One of the Vodacom Bulls' most accomplished performances this season. That's how 'To The Last Drop' rugby podcast hosts Brenden Nel and Liam Del Carme described the team’s impressive away win over Bayonne last weekend – and they weren’t shy with their praise. In this week's episode, the pair also preview the challenge facing Jake White's team against Edinburgh in the quarterfinal of the Challenge Cup this weekend.
EFF requests to withdraw 2025 Fiscal Report over illegality

3 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Mmangaliso Khumalo

In a letter addressed to Parliament, the EFF claims that the report, which was adopted on Tuesday, was approved without adherence to key statutory requirements outlined in the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, 2009. According to the party, Section 8(3) of the Act mandates that the Committee submit a report within 16 days after the national budget is tabled.
Negotiations continue ahead of vote on proposed budget

3 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Cliff Shiko

Eleventh-hour talks before MPs in the National Assembly are due to vote on the budget on Wednesday have not yet secured a breakthrough. The ANC's partners in the government of national unity have made it clear they will support a budget that includes a proposed 0.5% VAT increase. While discussions continue closed doors, parliamentary processes are underway to keep the state coffers open.
Should tobacco products be banned?

3 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Poelano Malema

Many of us have been exposed to the harmful effects of tobacco, either through smoking or being near someone who is smoking. An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide use tobacco products, according to the World Health Organization. The organisation adds that 'every year, more than 8 million people die from tobacco use'. Many people start to smoke during the adolescent age due to curiosity or social influence. Many teens see smoking as something cool to engage in.
Pythons assist thieves in petrol station robbery

3 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Poelano Malema

These shoplifters used unusual tactics to distract a cashier!CCTV footage from a Citgo store in Madison County, Tennessee, posted by 731 Crime Stoppers, shows thieves using an odd method to rob a petrol station. In the footage, one of the suspects holds a curled-up ball python on the till, and the woman he is with strokes it. Then, the man places it on the counter while the woman appears to talk to someone off-camera. Another python is brought and placed on the counter before the video cuts.
Rasool criticism of Trump a mistake - Mbeki

3 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Cliff Shiko

The now former SA ambassador was expelled from Washington earlier this month after he described Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ movement as a supremacist reaction to growing diversity in the United States. Rasool, who served as Washington's ambassador from 2010 to 2015 under then-president Jacob Zuma, returned to the U.S. in January following Trump’s election victory. The former statesman said ambassadors are expected to uphold a certain diplomatic decorum.
COVID-19 mental health effects persist - expert

4 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Anastasi Mokgobu

Thursday marked five years since the countrywas placed under a national state of disaster, and a level 5 hard lockdown was imposed to controlthe spread of COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of people lost theirlives between 2020 and 2022. Caley Wood, a senior counsellor at the SA Depression and Anxiety Group, said many are still struggling with the long-termeffects of the pandemic. "We are still seeing lingering anxiety,health-related fears, social disconnect.
Media critic Brent Bozell nominated as US ambassador to SA

4 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Anastasi Mokgobu

Trump has put forward conservative media commentator Leo Brent Bozell III for the role. This comes as relations between Washington and Pretoria remain strained over key political and diplomatic issues. Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, a conservative media critic and founder of the Media Research Center, an organisation known for exposing alleged liberal bias in the media. The nomination was published on the US Congress’s official website.
Ramaphosa pays tribute to nurses for COVID-19 role

4 weeks ago | ecr.co.za | Anastasi Mokgobu

He addressed the 9th National Congress of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) on Tuesday. Ramaphosa first declared a national lockdown on 23 March 2020 as COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world. Businesses and schools were shut down, and South Africans were ordered to stay home in an effort to contain the virus. He paid tribute to nurses and healthcare workers for their critical role during the pandemic.