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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to have a busy day in the province of KwaZulu-Natal today. Ramaphosa is visiting the Inanda police station, north of Durban, which in the 2018/2019 crime statitistics recorded the highest number of sexual offences cases in the country. The station was also ranked number four amongst the stat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A 31-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 51-year-old man to death at a luxury hotel in Umhlanga, north of Durban. It's believed that the suspect and victim booked into the Pearls of Umhlanga hotel on Thursday night. The pair were allegedly heard arguing and screaming by hotel guests around 10pm last nigh...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (or CRL) together with the eThekwini Municipality have encouraged religious tolerance among citizens in order to promote social cohesion. This comes after it received numerous queries from the Hindu community who a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - When the lights go off, criminals come out to play - taking advantage of unsuspecting victims. They plan break-ins when alarms systems and electric fences are disabled. Also, more smash and grabs are reported when traffic is congested during load shedding. But, eThekwini's Central Trust Community Policing Forum spokesperson...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's top court has wrapped up hearings to resolve a land title dispute between Hindus and Muslims over plans to build a Hindu temple on the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque. The judges will hand down a verdict next month to try and bring an end to the world's longest-running legal battle. Rana Sen reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By the Newsbreak team - From dhall and cabbage to mutton curry and sausage chutney, Hindus will today break their month-long Purtassi fast. The fast is observed to pay homage to Hindu deity, Lord Vishnu. During this time, devotees abstain from eating meat in any form - eggs and fish included. Newsbreak canvassed the views of some Hindu's, who are looking forward to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The eThekwini Municipality is investigating claims being made by local labour and contractors - sub-contracted to empty VIP toilets - after they alleged that they have not been paid by the main contractor. This resulted in sub-contractors violently venting their frustration by storming its water and sanitation offices and trash...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Hoosen Ebrahim and Taliesha Naidoo - The Pretoria High Court has sentenced convicted child rapist, Nicholas Ninow, to life in prison. Handing down judgment, Judge Mokhine Mosopa, said Ninow's particulars should be included in the sexual offenders' list. 21-year-old Ninow raped a 7-year old girl in a bathroom at a Dros restaurant in Silverton e...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A Pietermaritzburg family is trying to come to terms with the death of their son. 18-year-old Hershelle Fynn was fatally stabbed allegedly by a fellow learner on his way home from school. KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, addressed a community meeting, following the incident. Fanele Mhlongo reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Verulam Magistrates' Court has amended the bail conditions of terror suspect, Farhad Hoomer. This is to allow him to travel to Vietnam on business. Hoomer appeared in court today to face charges, which relate to the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act. Hoomer and 11 others are accused of being involved in last year...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A Pietermaritzburg family is trying to come to terms with the death of its son. Eighteen-year-old Hershelle Fynn was fatally stabbed allegedly by a fellow learner between his home and school. KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, has addressed a community meeting, following the incident which happened earlier today. Fanele Mhlongo reports ...

SABC News and Current Affairs — It's time for the Hindu festival of lights - Diwali. Some this time around are to celebrate without Fireworks. The Mitchells Park Trust will be celebrating the festival with a more environmentally sustainable light at Durban's Mitchells Park. They will be highlighting the values of non-violence and respect for all forms of life. Tracy Valaydham reports..........

SABC News and Current Affairs — The editor of an isiZulu dictionary for primary school children - doctor Mpilo Mbatha - says there has been a decrease in the number of people speaking indigenous languages. Mbatha was speaking at the launch of the dictionary for grade R to grade three learners in Durban. It coincided with the PAN South African Language Board's commemoration of International Diction...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - With Diwali or Deepavali around the corner, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) is holding a public dialogue in Durban today. The purpose of the dialogue is to mitigate any conflict arising from hate speech against the use of fireworks during fe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Eskom's stage 2 rotational load shedding has stopped South Africa's ecconomy in its tracks ahead of a review by credit ratings agency, Moodys. In the first quarter of this year, the implementation of stage four load shedding saw the economy declining with production halting for up to 12 hours a day. The Reserve Bank has als...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says a leader of a syndicate believed to be involved in fraudulently issuing driver's licences and learner's licences for applicants in Pinetown, west of Durban, has been arrested by the Hawks. Department spokesperson Kwanele Ncalane says the suspect was arrested yesterday as part of an...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially opened a privately owned smart phone factory plant at Dube Trade port, north of Durban. The gadgets will be sold both in the domestic market as well as in the regional market. The President accompanied by some of his cabinet ministers and KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala also took a tour ins...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - eThewkini has been awarded "International Whale Heritage Site" status. The Bluff in Durban offers a historic whaling station and many opportunities for whale and dolphin watching along the extensive coast. Only two such sites exist in the world and the Bluff is one of them. Chairman of the Community Tourism Association "Soul...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - South Africa is one of 25 countries where veganism has seen a sharp increase. That's according to Dr Lize Barclay, a lecturer in Future Studies and Systems Thinking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). Speaking to Newsbreak on the backdrop on World Food Day, which was commemorated yesterday, Dr Barclay says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The classmates and teachers of Sanjana Singh - a grade 10 learner at Newcastle High School who tragically passed away along with her parents and brother in a fatal accident over the weekend - have been deeply saddened by her death. Principal of the school, Manuel Govender, says since the devastating incident, learners have rece...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The confessed child rapist, Nicholas Ninow, has recited a poem to his victim in the High Court in Pretoria as a way of apologising for raping her. 21-year-old Ninow cried as he read the poem as well as a letter to the family of the eight-year old victim. Ninow testified in mitigation of sentence. He was found guilty of raping the girl who was seven at the time of th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Bongani Gema - A Pietermaritzburg family is trying to come to terms with the death of their son. 18-year-old Hershelle Fynn was fatally stabbed allegedly by a fellow learner on his way home from school. KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, addressed a community meeting, following the incident. Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal Parents' Associatio...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Smoky skies and metres of plastic wrapping: the Diwali spirit is about to sky rocket! But over time there seems to be a greater push to go green for Diwali. How can you have an environmentally sustainable Diwali while maintaining all the trimmings? Taresh Harreparshad discussed this and much more on Sunday's edition of Ne...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Global icon, Nelson Mandela once said that poverty is not an accident, like slavery and apartheid. Instead it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. One such community service striving towards this is the "Meals on Wheels" initiative, which fights hunger in disadvantaged areas throughout the country...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Fourteen million South African's go hungry everyday. That's according to the South African National Health and Nutrition examination survey. In Africa, hunger and famine affects 226.7 million people. Over 150 contries are commemorating World Food Day today, in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Or...