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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police have opened an inquest docket after a foetus has been found in a dustin at Phoenix, north of Durban. The gruesome discovery was made by a resident on the corner of Kiddsbrook and Brookdale Road yestderday. KZN police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane says they are appealing to members of the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Today marks the 150th birth anniversary world renown peace and non-violence activist, Mahatma Gandhi. From being forcibly removed 126 years ago from a first class, whites-only carriage of a train at Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, to devoting his life in the fight for peace across the world - the life of Gandhi continues t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - Two elderly people have been burnt beyond recognition when a fire engulfed their home in Mandeni, northern KwaZulu-Natal. The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage. The incident occured during the International Senior Citizens Celebration day yesterday. KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza will take time du...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The state capture commission sitting in Parktown Johannesburg has heard a second application from former SA Revenue Service commissioner, Tom Moyane to cross examine Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Moyane's lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu says Gordhan's affidavit calls for cross examination as it makes allegations abo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - An exhibition will be held to honour the life of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol. The exhibition will be launched on October 22 and run until November 31 at the Freedom Park in Pretoria. Timol was tortured to death by apartheid security police at the notorious John Vorster Police Station in Johannesburg in October 1971. T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Social media is FOREVER! That's according to legal expert, Saber Ahmed Jazbhay, following an alleged leaked sex video circulating on social media. Last week, a video showing a Durban man and woman engaging in sexual intercourse went viral on social media with thousands of people reacting, commenting and sharing the explicit vid...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has announced that three new gender grants have been awarded to three South African universities. She made the announcement at the University of Johannesburg's Auckland Park campus yesterday. She's on the Johannesburg leg of her tour of South Africa after spending time in Cape Town. Pearl Magubane and Zoleka Qodashe reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) is urging people to submit written concerns to their "media ethics and credibility" department in order to find solutions to the issues facing media in the country. KwaZulu-Natal convenor for SANEF - Judy Sandison says they're concerned over the allegations being made against Tis...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Bongani Gema - The police have opened a case of culpable homicide after a Phoenix teenager died when a tow truck he was travelling in veered off the road and collided with a tree on the R614 near Harburg in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands this week. The 19-year-old was travelling with two other passengers when the accident occurred. KwaZulu-Natal po...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India will mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi today with gala events, rallies and cultural shows. But the celebrations will come amid a wave of ultra-nationalism, warlike tensions with rival Pakistan, divisive propaganda and brazen praise for the assassin of the apostle of peace. Rana Senn reports from New Delhi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has requested that President Cyril Ramaphosa capacitate specialised unit, the HAWKS. Batohi made the request while outlining the role of the NPA during the launch of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum at the Union Buildings in Tshwane this morning. The forum is a co...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Bail for three suspects in the kidnapping case of six-year-old Amy Leigh de Jager is expected to be decided today at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court, in the Vaal, south of Gauteng. De Jager was kidnapped last month after being dropped off at Kollegepark Primary School, in the Vaal, by her mother. She was released unharme...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Hundreds of families have been left homeless after a fire gutted the Pomona informal settlement at Kempton park in Ekurhuleni. The fire broke out at around seven last night and was extinguished shortly after midnight. An estimated 250 informal dwellings were burnt in the blaze. The cause of the fire is not yet known at this s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A manhunt is underway for the suspects responsible for the murder of a 33-year-old man and the attempted murder of another man at Arbee Drive, in Tongaat, north of Durban. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Lieutenent Colonel Thulani Zwane, says the shooting took place on Sunday afternoon. Zwane says the motive for the shooting...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Two eThekwini Metro Police officers have been severely attacked by a group of angry protesters at Isipingo, south of Durban. Captain Jerry Govender and Constable Eugene Naidoo were assaulted with bricks while responding to a mass protest on Rana Road yesterday morning. It's believed that around 500 informal residents were prot...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The state has asked the Verulam Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal for more time to analyse the large volume of data found on devices that were .seized after last year's attack on the Imam Hussein mosque. Twelve people are being charged in connection with the attack in which one person was killed and several injured. The accused are also charged with planting incen...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A man who allegedly killed his three children and stepdaughter will also be charged with rape in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court west of Durban. The man allegedly raped a woman twice, a week before the children were killed. Three of the children were found hanging inside their home, while the fourth was strangled to death and her body was found in bushes in New Germ...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) in Durban say regular self-examinations and mammograms are key to the early detection of Breast Cancer. This comes as we mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In October, CANSA focuses on breast cancer, particularly turning the spotlight on the needs of patients with adv...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Poducer, Taliesha Naidoo - One man has died in a tragic accident on the R102 between Verulam and Ottawa, north of Durban at the weekend. It's believed the victim lost control of his car moments after hitting a pedestrian on Saturday night. Netcare 911 spokesperson, Shawn Herbst says the pedestrian sustained moderate injuries.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Over 700 employees are expected to receive letters of dismissal today by the The Rand West City local municipality on Gauteng's Westrand. The municipality - an amalgamation of the Randfontein and Westonaria municipalities - says the workers have been engaged in an illegal strike. Workers belonging to unions - SAMWU and IMATU -...

SABC News and Current Affairs — WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Mystery surrounds the death of a 20-year-old man who was killed in a freak train accident in Phoenix, north of Durban on Sunday morning. Police spokesperson Captain Louise Naidoo says that according to the train driver, the man was just laying on the railway tracks. She says accidents with people crossing...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The DA has vowed to continue to pressure Gauteng premier David Makhura to lodge an inter-governmental dispute on e-tolls. Many Gauteng motorists have been refusing to pay for the e-tolls since the system was introduced in 2013. Last month, Transport Minister - Fikile Mbalula was supposed to make an announcement on e-tolls but i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The South African Society of Banking Officials (SASBO) says that they will continue to fight against the planned retrenchments in the banking sector which could affect about 10,000 employees. This follows the Labour Court in Johannesburg interdicting a planned protest by banking sector workers which was meant to take place this...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Young people from various walks of life in Phoenix, north of Durban, participated in a Gender Based Violence Awareness March - under the banner of the Phoenix SAPS Youth Forum at the weekend. Many of the youth believe there's a dire need to educate and make people aware of the crimes of gender based violence. This is what those at...

SABC News and Current Affairs — WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating the cause of death of an elderly woman who was found burnt beyond recognition in her flat on Thursday night in Phoenix, north of Durban. Police spokesperson Captain Louise Naidoo says a burnt out candle, found next to the women's bed could be the cause of the fire. It is believed t...