With the recent racism scandals that hit the country in the beginning of this year, many people shared their thoughts on the matter. Andiswa Makanda who was born and raised in the Eastern Cape also wrote an article sharing her thoughts on the matter.
tru Afternoon, spoke to her to find out more about her article and for her to elaborate on the reasons behind the article.

MORE than a quarter of a million people quit the Eastern Cape for other provinces in the five years to 2011, Statistics South Africa said, denting hopes for economic growth in the province. The Eastern Cape’s outward migration has raised concerns in the midst of a restructuring mining sector, upon which the province’s rural population depends.
tru Afternoon spoke to Mr. Andrew Murray: CEO – EASTERN CAPE SOCIAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL (ECSECC) to find out more about the reasons behind this trend.

More that 34 000 people were fined for not buckling up on the roads during the 2015 Festive season alone and daily many people die in our roads due to drivers disregarding imithetho yendlela. We asked trufm listeners to weigh in and tell us ukuba ngeyiphi imithetho yendlela that drivers tend to disregard. We also sought the expert opinion of Tsepo Machaea, who works a lot with road users and is a former Arrive Alive spokesperson in the Eastern Cape.

While Rolene Strauss's crowning moment as Miss World has been hailed as inspirational, pageants could have the opposite effect, according to a gender activist. many have called into question whether beauty pageants such as Miss World are still relevant. Others said it was inspirational because Miss World was not only about beauty as the winner did a lot of charity work.

tru Afternoon got the bottom of this by gathering former and current beauty queens: Former Miss SA Teen; Zizo Tshwete, the current Miss Heritage Global; Ziphozihle Ntlanganiso and a Zingcwele Songelwa, a young person who participates on these pageants...to find out the truth about beauty pageants

He currently plays the role of Ranthomeng on SABC 2's Muvhango, his real name is Brian Temba and he was born in Corana just outside of Mthatha. tru Afternoon took time out to speak to him to find out more about his career and how much he knows about the Eastern Cape.

trufmwas launched in 2008.The focus of the station is to groom the young people of the Eastern Cape and to be a platform for self-expression.The station broadcasts in English (40%) and IsiXhosa(60%)to theyouth of the Eastern Cape.

trufmwas launched in 2008.The focus of the station is to groom the young people of the Eastern Cape and to be a platform for self-expression.The station broadcasts in English (40%) and IsiXhosa(60%)to theyouth of the Eastern Cape.

trufmwas launched in 2008.The focus of the station is to groom the young people of the Eastern Cape and to be a platform for self-expression.The station broadcasts in English (40%) and IsiXhosa(60%)to theyouth of the Eastern Cape.

Dj Tira addressed rumours that Big Nuz could be leaving his stable Afrotainment on The Real Deal.

The truBreakfast team spoke to Miss Avu on ways of saving money. Miss Avu informed us about the importance of using stamps, vouchers & other ways of saving money.