Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Five foreign nationals have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping three Ethiopian teenagers and trafficking them into Gauteng. The suspects were arrested yesterday at Mayfair in Johannesburg after demanding R50 000 in ransom for each child. Hawks spokesperson, Captain Lloyd Ramovha says the five Ethiopian suspects are facing...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The body of a suspect, accused of murdering an elderly woman, has been found hanging in a Brighton Beach police holding cell in Durban this morning. The 42-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday following the murder of a 78 year-old woman in her Bluff home, south of Durban. The suspect was expected to appear at the Durban Magis...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The body of a 48-year-old man has been found mauled, reportedly with multiple dog bites at Armstrong Street, in Malabar, north of Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says members of the public stumbled upon the body of Melvin Stuurman earlier this morning. It's believed that a woman had been...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Department of Basic Education is working on making Grade Nine the first point at which learners can leave school. This means learners who complete Grade Nine will receive a General Education Certificate. This has been revealed by the Minster of Basic Education, Angie Motshega, at SADTU's elective conference held at Nasrec in Johannesburg. Ditaba Tsotetsi reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - South African business owners have been warned over falling prey and being duped by Mozambican nationals in a tender scam. This after reports surfaced of local business owners having been contacted by criminals who pretend to offer them a tender in neighbouring Mozambique. After being lured across the border to secure the tende...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - About 30,000 pirated DVD discs - confiscated from street vendors in and around KwaZulu-Natal - will be destroyed by the Film and Publication Board (FPB) later this morning in Durban. This initiative forms part of the ongoing battle by the content-classification and regulation authority against pirated music and movies sold illegal...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A total shutdown at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will take place tomorrow in solidarity with victims of gender-based violence. This after 22-year-old UKZN student, Sinethemba Ndlovu, was murdered last week. Ndlovu was stabbed to death allegedly by a man who wanted to rape her at a function at Msinga, near the KZN Midlands....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs to an inmate at the Westville Prison in Durban. The 34-year-old woman was allegedly found with 200 capsules of heroin concealed in her underwear at the facility. The discovery was made during a search by Correctional Services officials. KwaZulu-Natal police s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly Durban woman. The decomposing body of the 78-year-old woman was found on Tuesday in the laundry room of her Bluff home, south of Durban. KwaZulu-Natal police say the victim was found with her hands tied and is believed to have been strangled. KZN poli...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - It has been almost twenty years since the Phoenix Hospice and Daycare Centre, in Mount Edgecombe, north of Durban closed down due to funding shortfalls. A group of passionate individuals, have struggled to continue to provide the much-needed services provided by the Hospice. Spear-headed by Stanley Pillay, the Centre has over the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - COSATU and its affiliate the South African Society of Banking Officials say they will seek leave to appeal the judgment of the Labour Court which has stopped Friday's planned protest by workers in the banking sector. COSATU's deputy secretary-general Solly Phetoe says the union will also resubmit a section 77 notice to the Nat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — U.S. President Donald Trump has urged India to end hostilities with rival Pakistan and restore normalcy in Kashmir where millions have been held under a military lockdown for almost two months. He also offered to broker a peace deal as the leaders met on the sidelines of the annual UN gathering in New York. Rana Sen reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Spring is the beginning of the gardeners year. It's the season when flowers are in full bloom, showing off their brightest colours. And with temperatures gradually rising, late spring is the perfect time for novice gardeners to start a new garden or revamp an old one. In this week's Greenscene, Newsbreak spoke to avid gardener...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Police have launched a manhunt for a fourth suspect believed to be involved in a suspected business robbery and shootout with police at the Crown Mines area, south of Johannesburg. Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele, confirmed that two suspects were killed and another had been wounded during the shootout. This af...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A brand new film academy has been launched in South Africa. The SA International Film Academy (SAIFA) is set to recognise artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South African film industry. Member of SAIFA's advisory panel - Fakir Hassen says the academy will honour artists and films that are both multi-raci...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Bongani Gema - A 36-year-old suspect who allegedly raped three sisters in front of their children in Jozini, northern KwaZulu-Natal, earlier this month has been arrested. The suspect faces 11 charges which include rape, sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery. KZN police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele says the suspect fled from Jozini to I...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Labour Court in Braamfontein, Johannesburg will today rule on whether they will interdict an urgent application by the South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO) - who plan to embark on a nationwide strike tomorrow. Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) filed the application to interdict bank employees from going on strik...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - 21 year old Adriaan Hughes from Cape Town celebrates his South African heritage through his love for dancing to Kwaito an Gqom music. Despite not growing up in a community where this music originates from- he says he loves how the beat represents a unique South African identity that can be enjoyed by all.

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - A night vigil is being held tonight at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Westville campus in honour of slain UKZN student, Sinethemba Ndlovu. This after the 22-year-old was stabbed to death allegedly by a man who wanted to rape the woman at a function at Msinga, near the KZN Midlands, last week. Member of the Student Support Servi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating a case of murder after the decomposed body of a 78 year-old female was found at her home in Bluff, south of Durban. KZN police spokesperson - Colonel Thembeka Mbele - says the victim's body had been found with her hands tied to her back. It's believed the woman might have been strangled. Mb...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The fourth suspect in the kidnapping case of six-year-old Amy Leigh de Jager will be back in court on Wednesday next week. Molemohi Bafokeng made his first appearance in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court in the Vaal today on charges of kidnapping and extortion. His co-accused Tharina Human, Laetitia Nel and Pieter van Zyl,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Over 1,000 new cases of HIV transmissions are received in KwaZulu-Natal every week. That's according to Sherry Zalika Sykes, the United States Consul General for KZN. Sykes, together with the acting U.S. Ambassador to SA - David Young, has been visiting a number of health clinics that are funded by the U.S. Government through...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department has condemned the alleged actions of a Grade One school teacher after she videoed a learner struggling to pronounce the name of a textbook - which has spread on social media. It's believed that after the little girl failed to pronounce the name of the textbook correctly, the teacher allege...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's flag carrier has put its pilots and cabin attendants on a low-fat diet in a bid to dress up Air India which is up for sale. The no-frills menu is Spartan to say the least. A previous attempt to find a new owner for the airline failed as the 87-year-old Maharajah daily posts a loss of 3.2 million dollars and is in the news for some very bad reasons such as it...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Taliesha Naidoo and Shanell Daniel - A newly created Facebook group is giving South Africans a sense of hope amidst the recent wave of crime that has hit the country. The group called #ImStaying is described on it's online page as a dedication to South African women and men of all races and all religions, who remain loyal to South Africa. It w...