Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Following the scourge of gender-based violence across the country, a Durban-based organisation "The Ministry Project" will stand in solidarity against the violence during their Walk Against Abuse campaign. Shane Pillay, founder of the organisation, says the walk - which is scheduled for September 28th, will begin at Blue Lagoon...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO) will this morning oppose a court application by Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) seeking an interdict to halt the nationwide bank strike planned for Friday. BUSA says the union did not follow the proper procedure when calling the protest action. If the strike goes ahead, about 4...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A case of murder is being investigated by KwaZulu-Natal police after a 22-year-old University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) student has been stabbed to death. The incident took place during a function that the victim attended at Msinga, near the KZN Midlands. Police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, says the victim was stabbed in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Bongani Gema - A Tongaat teacher accused of raping a 16 year-old learner has been arrested and appeared before the Verulam Magistrate Court yesterday. The 31 year old suspect allegedly raped the victim in a premises on Tongaat Main Road. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson captain Nqobile Gwala says the arrest of the suspect was delayed by the ne...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - One of the continuous issues being dealt with at the state capture commission of inquiry led by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, is that of allegations levelled towards Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. While South Africans eagerly await the outcomes and investigation results, together with testimonies from the Zondo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Places of worship will be opening their doors to everyone today so that people can learn about the heritage and cultures of cosmopolitan South Africa. Among these places of worship that one can visit is the Aleemia Musjid at Phoenix in Durban. Chairperson of the Phoenix Religious Leaders Forum, Moulana Tariq, says learni...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to host the largest international nursing and allied health conference which begins today. Approved by the World Health Organisation - the conference aims to bring together nursing sectors from all over the globe and gather thousands of delegates over the next three days. Scientifi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The South African Society of Bank Officials, SASBO, has provided details on their planned nationwide strike action this Friday. Around 40-thousand members are expected to take part in the strike - which is against the retrenchment of workers and digitalisation of banking systems. SASBO's General Secretary Joe Kokela says the union will ensure that ATM's and banking...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's prime minister and the US president heaped praise on each other as they came onstage before 50,000 rapturous fans. The "Howdy, Modi" event in Houston was a rare show of solidarity with a foreign politician on American heartland which also offered support for the crippling lock-down in Muslim-majority, Kashmir. South Asian Correspondent, Rana Senn with this r...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The case against two suspects arrested for being in possession of seventeen computers - which were stolen at Zwelibanzi High School, in Umlazi township, south of Durban, has been postponed. The suspects, aged twenty and twenty-one appeared at the the Umlazi Magistrate Court today with one of the suspects believed to be a grade...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The African National Congress Woman's League has demonstrated outside the Greytown Magistrate Court demanding that the suspect who allegedly raped an ANC volunteer in the area be refused bail. The incident allegedly occurred in a house owned by the Umvoti mayor, Thamsanqa Ngubane. The suspect is believed to be related to the may...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak producer Tashlan Naidoo - In this week's Heritage Month focus, we take a look at a forgotten performing art that kept the 1860 Indian indentured labourers occupied when they had a break from working on the fields. The Therukoothu, or six-foot-dance as its commonly known, signified a period of social cohesion in our country's history where people of Tami...

SABC News and Current Affairs — At least nine suspects were killed in a shootout with police at Isipingo on the south of Durban. The suspects are said to be among a group of around fifteen armed men who had attempted to rob businesses in the area. Police managed to arrest one suspect. Nonjabulo Mntungwa-Makamu reports…

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan was the guest of honour at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Phoenix Community Center held this weekend, in Phoenix, north of Durban. Minister Gordhan spent a large part of his early political career in the 1970s in Phoenix - and says the area was a reflection of the political l...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Founded in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) has a rich history of a progressive political organisation - that fought for the rights of people of Indian origin. According to academic and an early NIC activist - Professor Dasrath Chetty - there is a need to preserve this history, which he says is convoluted. I...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Metrobus in Johannesburg has threatened employees, who do not make it to work today, with disciplinary action. This follows the confusion between the company and labour union, Demawusa, around the court judgement on Friday. According to the company, the judge interdicted the strike. But, the union says that is not how they read the judgement. Angela Bolowana reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — 11 people have been killed in a collision between a seven-seater vehicle and a bakkie belonging to SBV security company on the R37 outside Polokwane in Limpopo. A seven-seater vehicle was carrying nine passengers before its tyre burst, causing it to lose control and collide head-on with a security company bakkie. The bakkie had two occupants who were also killed. Th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Salma Patel - Award-winning Durban Author Fiona Khan has been recognised as a Global Goodwill Ambassador and Social Entrepreneur for her sterling work in the writing nd literature industry. Through her non-profit organisation, the Global Forum for Literacy, Khan is able to uplift and mentor young children and adults to read and write. She says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The United States will be allocating over R11 billion towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In an exclusive interview with Newsbreak, acting US Ambassador to SA - David Young revealed the US government’s plans in partnership with the South African government to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Young together with...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - Three suspects have been arrested by the police following an alleged armed robbery of a 10 year old girl in Estcourt yesterday. The victim was returning home from a local shop late last night when she was accosted by the suspects who allegedly shot and robbed her of her cellphone before fleeing the scene. KwaZulu-Natal police sp...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A 25-year-old man is expected to appear in Durban Magistrates Court today after he was arrested for possession of drugs with a street value estimated at R57,000-00. Police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker says police are investigating as to whether the drugs were being brought into Durban or being shipped out of Durban - as th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Richards Bay Primary School, on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal has been forced to shut down following a confirmed case of swine flu. A learner from the school is being treated for swine flu in hospital and remains in a stable condition. KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Spokesperson - Muzi Mahlambi - says the school i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Sardines have been netted in Durban's north beach yesterday - in what has been described as a "common occurrence" as the shoals head back into deeper southern waters. The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board have confirmed the sighting - saying that more sardines could be expected to brace the shores of KZN over the weekend. Sharks Board...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - With today being National Recycling Day - industry experts are calling on consumers to learn about the environmental benefits of recycling. According to Michelene Locke - sales director at ITB Flexible Packaging Solutions - plastic is not inherently bad. Locke says it is our behaviour around plastic that needs to change. She says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - One of two women charged with the murder of two little boys almost two years ago, received two life sentences at the Durban High Court this week. Liziwe Ngwayishe and her friend Amahle Maliwa were arrested a day after Clairwood Boys' Primary School pupils Njabulo Msomi and Luyanda Mnkayi, both 10, went missing on November 9, 2017....