ECR Newswatch @ 16H59

0:00Your Province, your News, East Coast Radio News Watch. President Saurama Posa has called for stronger multi-lateral diplomacy, respect for international law and cooperation among nations to address global challenges. He was speaking at the Sifagot Mahatubresidential guesthouse in Pretoria, where he received the credentials of several diplomats. The President has praised the recent efforts that have brought a to-be cult to the war in the Middle East. He's urged diplomats to promote constructive dialogue, preserve dignity, and strengthen bilateral relationships while upholding international law. We strive to ensure that global peace and security is secured through dialogue and negotiation and not through force of arms, where international laws, treaties, and agreements are upheld

1:00and respected. Above all, we seek a world order that brings sustainable development and shared prosperity for all and not just a few. In while a urban couple's long-awaited trip to Spain fell apart overnight as tensions in the Middle East escalated, leaving them facing re-booking costs that doubled in just a few days. Just as the Lambert says she and her husband had been planning their Camino di Santiago Pilgrimage trip since November last year, she says they said there were said to leave last month. On the 28th of February, sitting in our lounge, it was actually in disbelief, and we actually saw what was coming on in the news, and yep, war had broken out. And for that whole week, because we were then scheduled, there was the Saturday, we were then scheduled to leave on the 8th of March, which was then eight days, and a small part of us thinking, would it stop by then? And so that whole week of the uncertainty of basically we had tickets, I mean, not knowing what was going to happen. Lambert says their flights were put on hold twice before they were cancelled altogether.

2:04She says attempts to re-book were not successful as prices surged around the world due to disruptions to air travel. Lambert says luckily she was able to receive a full refund for flights and accommodation. She says some of the money has recently been diverted elsewhere. I think with the price of diesel and our drive diesel car, it's actually been used to pull up my car. Oh my goodness. Lambert says it's not the first time they travel plans have been scuppered at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The family's trip to Rome was shelved when the country went into lockdown. Outding education emissary Le Bochang may less is approximately 45 million rand will be needed to repair a Johannesburg school that's been ravaged by fire. The blaze broke out yesterday at Riverley secondary school southwest of the city. It destroyed a classroom block, including a library under science lab. It's the third time that a fire has broken out at the school since 2007 and the second in a space of just a few months.

3:07Former MK Party Secretary General Bon Gainim Wango has joined the IFP Wango had replaced Floyd Chavambu as MKP Secretary General last August, but he was removed last month in a leadership reshuffle that saw MP Spongebob Lottnovalo given the role. And gunmen have killed at least 60 people across several remote villages in northwest Nigeria this week. Local clergy and humanitarian groups say the attacks spanned the two neighbouring states of Kebi and Nichea. New security officials say the attackers were bandits carrying sophisticated arms. Durban 28, tomorrow be tomorrow's book 29, Richard's Bay 30. Here's what's coming up in your sport, Rory McElroy says that he's far more relaxed going into this year's masters than years before. Over 30,000 athletes expected to participate in the two oceans marathon this weekend. And the good rat titans are taking on the Delhi capitals in the IPL.