Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu is expected to visit Eastwood Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg in the KZN midlands where two learners were stabbed to death during a scuffle. Department spokesperson, Kwazi Mthethwa says the MEC is visiting the school to conduct a fact-finding mission and also to a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Convicted child rapist Nicholas Ninow has delivered an emotional testimony at the Pretoria High Court - providing his version of events that led to him raping a seven-year old girl in a toilet cubicle at a Dros Restaurant in Pretoria. Ninow is testifying today - as the court begins with pre-sentencing proceedings. The court e...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Former President Jacob Zuma says he intends using all available legal avenues within his rights to stop his prosecution. The former president maintains the case against him is nothing but a political campaign by his opponents who are hell-burnt on seeing him prosecuted. After losing his bid for a permanent stay of prosecution, Zuma announced his intention to appeal...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - On this week's Techno Touch we preview the much-anticipated "Socially Safe" mobile app. Put together by a group of people who've had enough of lacklustre emergency services, the app aims at addressing the everyday safety challenges faced by the South African community. The purpose of the application is to have a silent hailer w...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A documentary which uncovers the legal arguments used in the Rivonia Trial is being screened at selective cinema's through-out the country Featuring South African activist and philanthropist - Denis Goldberg, the film entitled "Life is Wonderful: Mandela's Unsung Heroes" goes in-depth into the Rivonia Trial with Nelson Mandela,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Investigations continue following the attack and subsequent death of a grade 11 learner from the Eastwood Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg. It is alleged that the boy was stabbed to death as he left school yesterday afternoon. Another grade 11 learner also sustained serious injuries in the attack and was rushed to hospital....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - With the high cost of living and soaring unemployment rates, South Africans are being turned down for loans by credit providers. Over-indebted consumers who struggle in the regulated credit market are now forced to seek credit elsewhere. For their survival and a "quick fix" to their financial burdens - loan sharks are a mean...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The family of slain Arvitha Doodnath is still reeling in shock from her untimely death. Doodnath was shot dead on Saturday at the intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and Upper Park Drive at Westcliff in Johannesburg. Gauteng police say the motive for the shooting is unknown and a case of murder is being investigated. Formerly fro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - President Cyril Ramaphosa says corruption has cost the country more than 500 billion rand. The president was speaking to international investors in London on Monday. Ramaphosa says from public to the private sector -alot of money was syphoned out of state coffers before his presidency through corrupt means. Lawson Naidoo, t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to hear an appeal from former President Jacob Zuma against the ruling dismissing his application for a permanent stay of prosecution in his corruption case on the 22nd of November. State prosecutor - advocate Billy Downer - has told the court that the state and defence has discussed...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to hear an appeal from former President Jacob Zuma on the 22nd November against the ruling dismissing his application for a permanent stay of prosecution in his corruption case. The National Prosecuting Authority, Zuma and the French Arms company, Thales, have reached an agreement fo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The trial of former President Jacob Zuma and his co accused - French arms company Thales - is set to start in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today. This is after their application for a permanent stay of prosecution was dismissed on Friday. However it's not yet clear if Zuma and Thales intend to appeal against last week's ruling by a full bench of judges in the Pie...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A Reservoir Hills father wants answers for his son's death. Sam Govender says he is glad that the man accused of murdering his son - Navandren Govender - has finally been re-arrested. 27-year-old Ashen Vishnudath has been on the run since August when he escaped from Westville Prison in Durban. He was re-arrested yesterday at U...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) professor believes that socio-economic issues and unstable family dynamics are some of the reasons behind the culture of violence plaguing universities around the country. This follows the discovery of the burnt remains of 24-year-old UKZN student Samkelo Zondi. In another recent incident -...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Neighboring Mozambique heads to the polls today as it holds its general election - a test of the country's fragile peace. The African country has been faced with an economic crisis and chronic conflict where South Africans and the rest of the world fell victim to unlawful acts including cross border crimes and corruption. The i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Bollywood's take on the worldwide hit reality TV show "Big Brother" has run afoul of Hindu nationalists who want the spin-off titled "Bigg Boss" banned on grounds of immorality. Police guarded its celebrity host Salman Khan after noisy protests, while fans of the superstar accused radicals of attempting to turn India into a Nanny state. Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - The University of KwaZulu-Natal will be hosting the "Conference on Antibiotic Stewardship and Conservation in Africa" next week to showcase research that they have conducted into antibiotic resistance. Since its introduction into clinical practice in the 1930's and 1940's - antibiotics have revolutionised global public healt...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Shanell Daniel - Fees Must Fall activist Khanya Cekeshe's conviction will remain in place after the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court dismissed his leave to appeal it. The court also rejected his bail application. The student activist was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2017, with three years suspended after pleading guilty to burning a police van...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Bongani Gema - The bail application of the University of KwaZulu-Natal student accused of killing his roommate has been postponed to Monday next week. Khayelihle Nzimande appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court. He faces a charge of murder for the death of Zondi whose burnt body was discovered in the bushes at the university at the weekend. Simuke...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo & Shanell Daniel - An alleged killer who escaped from Westville Prison has been re-arrested at Umbilo in Durban. Ashen Vishnudath escaped from prison in August. The 27-year-old is accused of the murder of Reservoir Hills mechanic, Navandren Govender. Vishnudath faces a charge of murder, defeating the ends of justice and escaping from l...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Swimming has been barred at the Umhlanga Beach north of Durban, after a dead humpback whale washed ashore. The beach has been closed to the public, as it is feared that the clean-up of the carcass could attract sharks. Helga du Preez of the Soul of South Durban Community Tourism Association (SSCTA) says there could be several d...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Family and friends have been left traumatised following the death of a 24-year-old University of KwaZulu-Natal student at the Westville campus in Durban. Police say they believe Simukelo Zondi was killed before his body was set alight. Meanwhile, the 25-year-old University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) student responsible for the all...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to engage investors and business leaders of attracting further investment into South Africa. He will today deliver the opening address at the 6th Financial Times Africa Summit in London. The summit - convened under the theme "Africa in Motion" will place special emphasis on youth, women, en...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The body of a driver killed in a horrific crash on the N11 between Ladysmith and Newcastle this weekend has been identified. KwaZulu-Natal Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC - Bheki Ntuli says no identification of any of the four people in the vehicle was found - as the bodies were burnt beyond recognition. Reports also s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Cross boarder smuggling of vehicles is on the decrease at the eManguzi border in northern KwaZulu-Natal between South Africa and Mozambique. The Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Thembi Siweya visited the border post to monitor service delivery and progress in the implementation of safety measures. This follows the continuo...