Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A vehicle has been petrol bombed and several others stonned during violent protest action at The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Edgewood Campus, in Durban. This according ot Metro Police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Parbhoo Sewpersadh. Violent protest action hit several campuses in the city today with angry protestors ha...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Embattled power utility, Eskom says Stage-2 rotational loadshedding will halt from 6am until 9am this week in order to accommodate traffic congestion for people traveling to work. Loadshedding will continue until Thursday this week. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says members of the public can access the latest load...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - An eThekwini Metro Police Officer accused of murdering a 29-year-old woman and dumping her body on the side of the road, has told the Umbumbulu Magistrate's Court that he wants to be released on bail so he can go back to work. 30-year-old Ndumiso Khumalo changed his mind about applying for bail after he initially abandoned his...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A suspect charged with the murder of businesswoman Kavitha Nerputh is expected to appear in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court today. The 41-year-old Nerputh was found dead in the passenger seat of her Audi SUV in Alexandra Park about two weeks ago. It is alleged that she was strangled with a cellphone charger cable. The...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - South African football coach instructor - Zunaid Mall - has been appointed as the Technical Director of the Mauritian Football Association. The 56 year old football enthusiast who hails from Johannesburg has been actively involved with the sport for over 25 years. He contributed towards the success of the SAFA CAFF instructor...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - After days of protests on some campuses around the country, the Department of Higher Education has agreed to register all National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) students with debt on condition they meet the academic requirements for continued funding. This was one of the challenges between protesting students and the de...

SABC News and Current Affairs — An Indian court has postponed the scheduled hanging of four men for the notorious gang-rape and murder on a Delhi bus in 2012. The ruling shocked the nation so deeply that the government urged judges for permission to execute them without any further delay. Rana Sen reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating the cause of death of a woman whose decomposing body was found at her home in Phoenix, north of Durban at the weekend. Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbhele says the inquest into the death is still in the early stages of investigation. She says the body was discovered by the woman's mother who was...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Eight South African learners have claimed top honours, by winning the 5th International School Moot Court Competition held in Poland. The learners from KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, spent the last week in Poland, up against 11 other countries, beating USA in the finals. Durban girl, Sarushka Naidoo of Eden College says the once...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - South Africa is mobilising against the deadly coronavirus, and the concern is that it is just a matter of time before it slips through our borders carried by an infected traveller. Across the globe, countries have been introducing counter-measures to prevent the spread of the virus. The first confirmed fatal cases outside Chin...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - It's almost judgement day for those hoping to freely consume, manufacture and sell cannabis. Following the Constitutional Court's 2018 ruling that personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence, Parliament has been given two years to change sections of the Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicine Controls Act, after these wer...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Developing skills in a community steeped in unemployment - Action Coach Business Mastery recently conducted an entrepreneurial workshop to the Wentworth Business Clinic, in Wentworth, south of Durban. Business Coach, Trevor Clark says that worldwide, they have found that in communities were unemployment is on the rise, entreprene...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Protest action has once again ground registration to a halt at tertiary institutions across the country this week. The protests were in solidarity with a call by the South African University Student Union - for a seven day national shutdown. Hundreds of students embarked on violent protests at the University of KwaZulu-Nat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Eskom says Stage 2 load shedding will resume this morning from 9am. This after the embattled power utility implemented Stage 2 load shedding from 9pm last night until 6am this morning, owing to system constraints and depleted resources. Today, Eskom's Group Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter, is expected to address the media at Mega...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Hafsa Mkhize - Travel Agencies have encouraged Globe trotters to take precautionary measures if they are travelling to and from China. South African travel agency - Malek Travels has had to cancel a number of travel packages due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China. The company's CEO - Nazir Malek has advised travellers to take the following measures to ensure th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The University of KwaZulu-Natal says registration at its Howard campus will continue today. This after registration was suspended yesterday following violent protests by students. The disgruntled students say there is a lack of student funding and that they are being blocked from registering because they owe the university mo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - As renouned poet Maya Angelou once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." It is with this in mind that the 23rd Time of the Writer International Festival hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts or CCA is encouraging school learners to submit their short stories for the annual School Short...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Hafsa Mkhize - As we wrap up Skincancer awareness month, the Cancer Association of South Africa - CANSA - reminds all South Africans to be SunSmart throughout the year and especially on hot days. According to the Organisation, South Africa now has the second-highest incidence of skin cancer after Australia. CANSA says Sunburn can occur within fifteen minutes, and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Hundreds of thousands of citizens protested against an anti-Muslim law as India celebrated its 71st national day with a grand military show at the weekend. The government faces charges of destroying the Constitution which declared India into a non-religious democratic republic on 26 January, 1950. Our South Asian correspondent, Rana Senn reports.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - At just 7-years-old, Kaylee Grace Budhram, knows all the right moves! The Grade 3 lass from Phoenix, north of Durban, recently won silver and received the title of Woman Candidate Master at the African Youth Chess Championship in Namibia. Adding to her many titles, after picking up chess just 10-months ago, Budhram also won th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Going vegan can reduce your food related carbon footprint by 50%. That's according to international organisation - "The Vegan Society" . January is being celebrated as Veganuary- in an attempt to plant the seeds of a conscious diet that doesnt harm the planet. In this week's Green Scene The Society's spokesperson Sam Calvert e...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal residents that wish to contribute to the planning of the 25th National Hindu Conference, can do so at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban tomorrow evening. This November also commemorates 160 years since Indians arrived in natal as indentured labourers, making this event that more iconic. The two hour Durba...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - The World Health Organisation says that smoking could significantly increase the risk of post surgery complications. According to the WHO, every tobacco-free week after 4 weeks improves health outcomes by 19%, due to improved blood flow throughout the body to essential organs. This also aids surgery recovery. WHO's Dr. K...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Sanele May, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for a crash that killed about 24 people in 2013, has been released from prison. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Correctional Services Singabakho Nxulalo. In September 2013 - May lost control of the truck he was driving, while passin...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Scientists this week made a landmark discovery when ragweed, also known as "hay-fever weed"- a highly allergenic weed native to North America- was detected in South Africa for the very first time. While the threat of allergic plants, such as ragweed migrating southward, because of climate change, has always been a concern, lit...