Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The outstanding team work of the SAPS Chatsworth Serious and Violent Crimes Unit has not gone unnoticed. This follows the swift arrests of four suspects in connection to the murder of a 72-year-old pensioner from Kharwastan, south of Durban. The pensioner was strangled to death last week, and her daughter severely assaulted an...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating the cause of the death - after the body of an unidentified man was found hanging from a tree this morning at the Silverglen Nature Reserve in Chatsworth, south of Durban. Spokesperson for Amawele Emergency Services, Sivan Soobramodey says paramedics who were called to the scene declared the man dead at sc...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended entry to the kingdom for the minor Islamic pilgrimage or UMRAH and visits to Masjid Al Nabawy in Medina. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the announcement amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus. Secretary-General of The South African Hajj & Umrah Council (SAHUC), Moaaz Ca...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has ordered all formal wholesalers, retailers and informal traders to remove and stop the sale of 400g pilchards in tomato sauce and 400g pilchards in chilli sauce with immediate effect. This, after an investigation found a deficiency in the canning process. Sal...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Taliesha Naidoo and Shanell Daniel - Pensioners say the R 80 increase for old age, disability and and dependency grants to R 1860 per month is not enough. Newsbreak canvassed the views of these pensioners following Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget Speech - many of whom say they feel robbed with the less than R 100 increase....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Salma Patel - Mauritius has temporarily suspended entry for Italian and Korean travellers as a precaution to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. This is to ensure that the Indian Ocean island remains a safe destination for travellers. No cases of the Coronavirus have been recorded in the country, and any visitor who has been to China in the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's prime minister appealed for calm after the death toll rose to 27 due to days of clashes between Hindus and Muslims over a divisive citizenship law in the national capital. Some 350 people, including police officers and journalists, were also injured in the city's deadliest violence in decades. From New Delhi, here's Rana Senn...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - As temperatures begin to cool down as a sign of summer ending and autumn on the doorstep, it's now the perfect time to plant those winter flowering bulbs. That's according to avid gardener, Angele' Chetty. In this week's Greenscene we go deeper into the sand - finding out how plant-lovers can experience the joy of having flower...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A 38-year-old Durbanite, who is a high impact researcher at The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been honoured with the prestigious Vice-Chancellors annual award valued at R150,000. The award is presented to a preeminent researcher at UKZN in recognition of their outstanding research achievements as well as the internatio...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - As South Africa rapidly embraces the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) at schools across the country, the dangers of a digitally advanced leaner has sparked major concern. This after videos of learners participating in a social media challenge called the "Skull-Breaker Challenge" have left many injured or hospitalized. The cha...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Former SAA board chairperson, Dudu Myeni, has conceded that there might have been an error of judgement on her side in what is referred to as the Airbus Swap deal. Myeni is accused of trying to stop the deal from taking place so she could introduce a middle man. The deal which would see SAA swap its old A320 aircraft for A330s, was approved by Treasury. Myeni is on...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Taliesha Naidoo and Matthew Veeran - Expectations are high ahead of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's budget speech this afternoon. It is his second and most anticipated speech - at a time when the country faces unpalatable economic and financial challenges. One of the minister's top priorities will be to try and convince ratings agency, Moody's...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - An unidentified man has been shot dead while attempting to steal batteries from a cellphone tower at Canelands, in Verulam, north of Durban. That's according to spokesperson for local security company, Reaction Unit South Africa - Prem Balram. The man, together with two other suspects, allegedly broke into the facility yesterda...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Community participation in creating a united South Africa is a key focus of the newly appointed KwaZulu-Natal co-ordinator of the One South Africa Movement - Visvin Reddy. The movement is based on uniting all citizens of South Africa and aims at getting answers to issues affecting regular people on a daily basis. Reddy - a comm...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Social justice organisation the Soul City Institute (SCI) is calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to take action against ANC MP, Boy Mamabolo. This after Mamabolo alleged during the State of the Nation Address last week that EFF leader Julius Malema was abusing his wife. Ramaphosa has since apologised to Malema and his wife fo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The National Health Insurance (NHI) bill and the impact that the cannabis industry can bring to our ailing economy are hot topics in South Africa at the moment. All eyes will be on finance minister Tito Mboweni tomorrow as he delivers the much anticipated budget speech. Economist Dawie Roodt, says the much debated NHI bill was...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The urgent cry of residents living in Richmond and Pietermaritzburg has been heard after a major storm left residents homeless and destitute. Coming to their aid is African disaster relief organisation - Gift of the Givers Foundation, distributing day-to-day necessities to the community today. The foundation's KwaZulu-Natal med...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - In the build up to the 160 year commemoration of the 1860 Indian Indentured Labourers arriving in South Africa, Newsbreak has been canvassing the views of the youth of the country. This week, Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi asked youth if they believed the commemoration has any significance to them...

SABC News and Current Affairs — ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that unless corruption is rooted out it will destroy the ruling party. He said there are some in senior positions squandering the public purse and setting the party back through corruption. The president was delivering the memorial lecture about the life and sacrifices of the late stalwart, Raymond Mhlaba, in Vryheid, in nort...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received about R35-billion this year to help qualifying students at Universities and TVET colleges. NSFAS Administrator Dr Randall Carolissen, says part-funding has already been released to students for registration and for expenses in the month of February. He says the fund...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A third suspect accused for the murder of a 72-year-old woman in Kharwastan, south of Durban, is expected to appear at the Chatsworth Magistrates Court today. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, says the 28-year-old man was arrested over the weekend in the Eastern Cape. The case against the other two suspe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A local community organisation has come to the aid of a Chatsworth family after a devastating fire ripped through their home a few weeks ago - leaving them with as little as the clothes on their back. Founder of the "Day 2 Day Foundation" Bilal Khan, says while the call out for community assistance in rebuilding the home in Crossm...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The body of a 24-year-old woman, found under a tree at a park in Chatsworth, south of Durban this weekend - has once again plunged the community of Chatsworth into shock and anger. Responding to calls from various residents, spokesperson for Amawele Emergency Services, Sivan Soobramodey says paramedics tried to revive her, but the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A number of community halls in Chatsworth, south of Durban have been given the green light for makeover and refurbishment - following years of complaints by residents. eThekwini Ward 71 Councillor Previn Vedan says residents of Shallcross, Bottlebrush, Crossmoor and Moorton have been deprived of the essential services such as fune...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The financial state of the country is expected to be revealed by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni when he delivers his 2020 budget speech on Wednesday. With load-shedding greatly costing the South African economy due to the constraints on embattled power utility Eskom, the economical challenges facing the country has come under th...