Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Climbing up the jungle-gym, rolling in the sand-pit and sharing lunch-time snacks with new friends - these are just some of the simple pleasures that come with heading back to school. However, while these school-time joys do come with a lot of excitement, they have the potential to attract unwanted germs and infections - which...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - The South African Post Office is warning the public to be on high alert of a parcel delivery scam currently doing it's rounds. According to the spokesperson for the SA Post Office - Johan Kruger, the scam has been designed to defraud unsuspecting clients of thousands of rands. Kruger says, members of the public receive an...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Lecturer for the Department of Education's Adult Education Programme, Lutchmee Naidoo, says it's never late for you to matriculate, regardless of your age. Naidoo says the departments programme has yielded many success stories...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - From being a car guard to finally matriculating at 40-years-old, Manuel Naidoo, from Phoenix, north of Durban, is ecstatic to have completed matric after leaving school twenty-five years ago. Naidoo, who dropped out of school in Grade 11, wrote the Adult Basic Education matric examinations and passed with his Amended Senior Ce...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Social media experts have warned the public about a new WhatsApp scam that has affected millions already. Hackers gain control of the user's accounts and then proceed to ask their contacts for money. Reports indicate that the RICA process could be responsible for the leak in information - as it may allow third parties to gain a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - While the country remains elated by the increase in the 2019 Senior Certificate Examination Results, The Department of Basic Education has noted a drop in the number of candidates passing mathematics in 2019 compared to 2018. The class of 2019 achieved an overall pass rate of 81.3%, an increase by 3.1% to the performance compar...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - While the country remains elated by the increase in the 2019 Senior Certificate Examination Results, The Department of Basic Education has noted a drop in the number of candidates passing mathematics in 2019 compared to 2018. The class of 2019 achieved an overall pass rate of 81.3%, an increase by 3.1% to the performance compar...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have confirmed that clean-up operations are underway following the crash landing of the Defence Force C130 transport aircraft in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). No injuries were reported, however some reports claim that one soldier suffered a heart attack. The plane was c...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The British royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have quit as senior royals and revealed they will live between the UK and North America while working to become financially independent. The shock move was announced in a statement by Buckingham Palace and was shared by the couple on their instagram page. Our UK correspondent Holly Hudson has more...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Provisions will be made for applicants who wish to apply for funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme or NSFAS for 2020. That's according to the Executive Administrator for NSFAS, Dr Randall Carolissen. Despite the closing date for applications having already been met in November last year, 2019 matriculants and o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Matthew Veeran and Prabashni Moodley - US President Donald Trump, in a televised address from the White House - said no American or Iraqi lives were lost in the attacks and the bases suffered only minimal damage. This after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel yesterday....

SABC News and Current Affairs — The over 790-thousand Grade 12 learners in public schools who wrote the 2019 matric exams have achieved an 81.3 percent pass rate. That's an improvement of 3.1 percent from the previous year's 78.2 percent. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga officially announced the results of the 2019 National Senior Certificate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg last night (t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Salma Patel - Newsbreak also canvassed the views of various matriculants from around KwaZulu-Natal, who had been out and about from the early hours of this morning to find out their results...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Matthew Veeran and Prabashini Moodley - With a ground-breaking pass rate of 81.3 percent in the National Senior Certificate Examinations - the class of 2019 has truly outdone themselves. The highest performing provinces were the Free State in first place, Gauteng in second and the North West in third place. KwaZulu-Natal meanwhile, had the hig...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - No matter where life has taken you around the world - you have always been able count on Lotus FM to maintain your link back home. Today the firebrand radio station turns 37 and it's celebrations all around. Acting Programme Manager Raeesa Mohammed says, despite challenges - the station has triumphed and is as strong as eve...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The festive season is now officially over which now marks the start of "Janu-Worry" for a lot of South Africans. It's been described as the longest month of the year, for those that have not effectively planned for expenses like school fees and uniforms. Financial Planner, Jaco Prinsloo says, it is imperative that you set out a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Hoosen Ebrahim and Tashlan Naidoo - Another top achiever in KwaZulu-Natal is 18-year-old Hemal Heeralal from Maritzburg College for boys at Pietermaritzburg. His hard work in 2019 has certainly paid off as Heeralal has attained seven distinctions in the National Senior Certificate Examinations...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - After burning the midnight oil throughout their schooling careers, the much-anticipated 2019 IEB results have garners various successes. One such story is that of top achiever at Clifton School, in Durban - Naail Suliman. Following in his father's footsteps, Suliman has a history of producing exceptional results. He spoke to Ne...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - While the most common New Years Resolution is to lose weight, it's also the resolution that is most often broken. That's according to General Practitioner specialising in weight loss - Dr Naseeba Kathrada. With the festive season now over, the focus for many South Africans has shifted to shedding the holiday weight - which...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - After months with their heads buried in their books and putting pen to paper, matriculants are getting ready to celebrate their achievements. However, with this comes safety concerns as celebratory parties are expected to continue throughout the week. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, is parents to know...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - The Independent Examinations Board (IEB) pass rate for matriculants of 2019 is 98.82%. This is a small decline from last year's pass rate of 98.92%. According to the IEB - all candidates who got through achieved a pass that is good enough to enter a tertiary institution. More than 12,500 full-time and part-time students sat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Dozens of students and professors have been injured after an attack by armed men at the Delhi University on Sunday night. The rampage has since triggered nationwide protests which placed further pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi - to jettison an anti-Muslim law he ratified last month. Newsbreak's Rana Senn reports from New Delhi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The ANC's top leadership has flocked to the Northern Cape for the annual January 8 statement to be held this Saturday at Tafel Lager Park Stadium in Kimberley. The ANC's provincial secretary, Deshi Ngxanga, outlined the party's programme for the week during a media briefing in the Diamond City. Ngxanga says the event will give the ANC and the nation a chance to refl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Three men will be appearing at the Chatsworth Magistrate Court later today, for possession of drugs with a street value of almost half a million rand. The KZN Provincial Drugs and Firearm Unit together with the Point Task Team made the arrest over the weekend in Bayview in Chatsworth, south of Durban after receiving information fr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The past festive season saw a decrease in deaths along the N3 highway between Cedara and Heidelberg with 13 fatalities - four less than in 2018. That's according to N3 Toll Concession commercial manager - Con Roux. The N3 highway from Durban towards Johannesburg experienced weekend of heavy traffic as holiday goers made their w...