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EP Rugby acting president George Malgas says he will be led by the court ruling and constitution concerning control of the body rather than following SA Rugby’s directives.

This is after the mother body advised EP to hold an emergency election within 21 days to end a period of instability.

In the latest episode of Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann, Malgas also unpacks the court order which ruled he be reinstated as the union’s vice-president and maps the way forward.

Severe weather has hit the country, with the Eastern Cape suffering devastating floods and snowfall.

KwaZulu-Natal was also hit with a tornado this week.

In the latest episode of Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann, we chat to Weather Guru Garth Sampson for an update on the recent weather, including the rainfall over the last few days and his winter weather forecast.

We also chat to Dr Imtiaz Sooliman of Gift of the Givers on relief efforts in Nelson Mandela Bay after many lost their homes in the floods at the weekend.

With election day behind us, South Africans are waiting in anticipation for the results.

In today’s episode of Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann, we chat to the IEC’s Eastern Cape manager for electoral operations, Siyabonga Maki, as he reflects on the 2024 general elections.

Maki joins us from the results headquarters in East London.

When the call first came from Garden Route municipal and disaster management officials for assistance after the collapse of a multistorey building under construction in George, Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman “did not take it so seriously”.

Nevertheless, the organisation’s Knysna representative, Mario Ferreira, was on the scene within two hours.“

He just said it’s bad and we need support, so we dispatched teams — a support team, not search and rescue teams, not medical teams, just ordinary teams to support in terms of finding the people, helping the victims,” Sooliman said.

“We didn’t know at that stage how chaotic it was.

"A little later in the day I asked him to send me some pictures.

“ In my mind, I could not picture it but when he sent me the pictures, I said: ‘Oh my God, this is a total disaster’.”

In Behind The Herald Headlines with Daron Mann this week, Sooliman describes how the organisation — renowned for its support during similar disasters such as earthquakes — immediately rallied its teams to assist.

With less than three weeks to go before South Africans head to the polls for a fiercely contested general election, have you made up your mind about who you will be voting for?

In Behind the Herald Headlines with Daron Mann, we speak to party leaders about their offerings.

This week, we catch up with ANC Provincial Head of Communications, Gift Nqondi, who is confident that the "ANC will regain it's strength and receive more than 50% in this coming national elections"

With three weeks to go before South Africans head to the polls for a fiercely contested general election, have you made up your mind about who you will be voting for?

In Behind the Herald Headlines with Daron Mann, we speak to party leaders about their offerings.

This week, we catch up with UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, who says “coalitions are here to stay in SA and it’s a good thing”.

“All we need to do is allow those who will be seated around the table to negotiate after the elections and try to integrate the manifestos of various political parties so that their constituencies can feel they are represented at the main table.”