Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - While the festive season will see many people relax and become more socially active, criminals will capitalise on this opportunity to exploit human psychology by using advanced technological tactics to defraud people. That's according to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), who have seen a sharp incre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president. But, the island's nation's minority Tamils say the retired army colonel - dubbed "The Terminator" by his own family, should be tried as a war criminal for the massacre of 40,000 Tamil civilians in 2009. Meanwhile, India seemed troubled due Rajapaksa's relations with China. Rana Senn has the details.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Residents in Durban are still reeling in shock following the discovery of two bodies outside the popular Suncoast Casino in Durban. 50-year-old Fatima Mohamed and 24-year-old Kresan Chandiah were found stabbed to death in the sand dunes outside. The pair were discovered with multiple stab wounds by a vagrant. No arrests have b...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - This November, Newsbreak is paying tribute to the Indian indentured labourers who settled in South Africa in 1860. Commemorating 159 years since their arrival - we'll be bringing you exclusive interviews about your ancestors. Today, we add the contemporary youth voice to the story of the 1860 legacy. Activist and director...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the festive season approaches and holiday planning gets underway, insurance experts have urged the public to purchase the correct travel insurance. Edite Teixeira-Mckinon, Deputy Ombudsman at the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance says, consumers inadvertently get themselves into a corner by purchasing travel insurance for a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Men are 30% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than women - which may be due, at least in part, to increased tobacco use. That's according to the Cancer Association of South Africa. November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, with World Pancreatic Cancer Day on November 21st highlighting the need for greater awarene...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The four men accused of kidnapping Sandra Moonsamy - the daughter of a Pinetown business tycoon - have chosen not to apply for bail, as yet. The four made their second brief appearance at the Durban Magistrate's Court. They are each charged with kidnapping, extortion, attempted murder and robbery. Two of the four accused are also charged with being in the country wi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Two people have been found stabbed to death in the sand dunes outside the popular Suncoast Casino in Durban last night. Police say an Indian female aged 50 and male, believed to be in his thirties, were found with multiple stab wounds by vagrants last night. Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker says no arrests have been m...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - Chairperson of the Tongaat Policing Forum - Nazir Sadick says the elderly woman's 13-year-old granddaughter had painfully witnessed the brutal murder. Sadick says, while the CPF is working closely with police in the area - he is urging residents to ensure gates and doors are locked at all times and that every case is report...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A 13-year-old Tongaat teenager heard the final screams of her grandmother, moments before she was bludgeoned to death at her Fairbreeze home, north of Durban yesterday. According to KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, the teenager was outside drying clothing when she ran to her grandmothers rescue only to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — KwaZulu-Natal police have confirmed that a 37-year-old man from Phoenix north of Durban is being investigated by the Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, on allegations of human trafficking. It is believed that a 17 year old teenager was forced by the accused into having sexual relations with men in exchange for money. Naicker says that the sus...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - This November, Newsbreak is paying tribute to the Indian indentured labourers who settled in South Africa in 1860. Commemorating 159 years since their arrival - we'll be bringing you exclusive interviews about your ancestors. A year ago, Anand Jayraj, the Media Liaison of the 1860 Indentured Labourers Foundation in Verulam, north...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - This November, Newsbreak is paying tribute to the Indian indentured labourers who settled in South Africa in 1860. Commemorating 159 years since their arrival - we'll be bringing you exclusive interviews about your ancestors. The contribution that people of Indian-origin made to the political landscape of South Africa, took centre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Department of Bio Chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape has raised concerns around the number of men that are being diagnosed with late stage cancer. The University's Dr. Carl Albrecht has urged men to be pro-active about their health and recognize warning signs earlier upon annual inspection. Acco...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Over R50million is set to be injected into Durban's Madressa Arcade at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street, formerly Grey Street. The iconic building was sold for 18-million-rand and will now be revitalized into an arcade which would include a high-end spice emporium - while also reverting to its original form of being a market with scores o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Police have swooped in on a couple in Phoenix, north of Durban - who allegedly lured a 17-year-old girl on the pretense of taking her on a holiday with their family, but was instead forced to take semi-nude pictures of herself and later sold into sex with several men. SAPS spokesperson, Captain Louise Naidoo says one person has be...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The new interim leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) - John Steenhuisen says that under his leadership, the party will focus on lifting poor South Africans out of poverty. Meanwhile, political analyst - Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast says Steenhuisen has five months to re-position the party in various communities - in order to regai...

SABC News and Current Affairs — South African Airways says it's considering various options presented by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to resolve the ongoing strike at the company. SAA management and striking unions met under the CCMA mediation over the weekend to end the crippling wage strike. Briefing the media at its headquarters in Kempton Park, the airline...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The South African Weather Services say inclement conditions are expected to ease in KwaZulu-Natal from today. It says the province can expect a 30 to 60 per cent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Two tornadoes swept through the province with one of them leaving a trail of destruction in its wake in Mpolweni in New Hanover in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - "The Foundation for Professional Development" hosted its second violence conference in Gauteng, focussing on practical solutions to end violence in society. Having concluded last night, the two day conference brought together experts and professionals to share research findings and methodologies on gender based violence and hea...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Thousands of local and international commuters could be left stranded as NUMSA and the South Africa Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) reached a deadlock in wage negotiations with South African Airways (SAA). The unions have rejected SAA's wage offer of 5-point- 9 percent to be paid in March next year. Unions are demanding an eight percent wage increase to be paid by en...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - This November Newsbreak will be paying tribute to the Indian indentured labourers who settled in South Africa in 1860. Commemorating 159 years since their arrival to South Africa - human rights expert and South African jurist, Dr Navi Pillay, dusts off the history books on the political emancipation of Indian-origin people in S...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Two women have been shot dead in an apparent botched hijacking at Lotus Park in Isipingo. It's alleged two armed men arrived in a Hyundai H100 and tried to hijack the vehicle the women were driving. It's believed the women refused to leave the vehicle which led to the suspects firing several shots at the women. The victims wer...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Reacting to our story on the upcoming implementation of the Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) carriculum, Chairman of the Parents Association in KwaZulu-Natal - Vee Gani says the curriculum will enable learners to become more responsible in terms of their sexual behaviour...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - SABC news reporter - Dries Liebenberg is currently at the Umshwathi Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Liebenberg spent the night in the area to asses the damages and dire condition the community is facing following the tornado that swept through the area on Tuesday afternoon....