Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Is the ANC really doing a purge of Members of Parliament as nine Mp's have resigned to date? Or is it a simple issues of economics? Economist, Professor Dilip Gracah seems to think so. He says that as ordinary Mp's these former Ministers who have resigned - including Bathabile Dlamini and Derek Hanekom - will receive re...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Classes have been suspended for the rest of this week at Masuku Primary School at Folweni, near Pinetown in Durban - where a teacher was allegedly shot dead by two men on Tuesday morning. Earlier today, the KwaZulu-Natal HOD for Education, Dr Enoch Nzama visited the school and after meeting with teachers and management made the a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - One of the six police officers who was shot earlier this morning during an Anti-Gang Unit operations, is out of surgery, but still in a serious condition. This is according to police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa. She says a second officer was also seriously wounded, and four others injured in the shooting. The six membe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The body of a man believed to be in his forties has been found dismembered on the N2 north bound, in Durban, this morning. According to spokesperson for local security company, PT Tactical, Dhevan Govindasamy, the body was found in a very bad condition. Govindasamy says the cause of death has not been determined, however polic...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Youth education and upliftment has come under the spotlight as South Africa prepares to commemorate youth day this Sunday. The June 16th Uprising in 1976 that began in Soweto and spread countrywide, profoundly changed the landscape in South Africa. 13-year-old Hector Pieterson became the iconic image of the uprising as he was o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - With the onset of social media, art has taken a new life in terms of graphic design, web hosting and even something as simple as photo-shopping profile pictures. The "Young Artist Program" hosted by the Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design (CFAD) in Durban, seeks to encourage budding artists to develop their craft in order to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - It has been almost two weeks since Sandra Moonsamy was allegedly kidnapped in Pinetown, outside of Durban. Close to the investigation, Westville Community Policing Forum vice-chairman - Asad Patel says that while every lead is being followed up, police are releasing as little information as possible because fake news circulating o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - The eThekwini Municipality is holding meetings with cattle owners from neighbouring suburbs under the Municipality's "Nuisances and Behaviour in Public Places By-Law" and the "Public Health By-law Act". This in an effort to stop cows from wandering onto public roads. Umesh Singh, chairperson of the Phoenix Community Poli...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Port Elizabeth police are seeking assistance from the community in tracking down suspects wanted for the gruesome death of a couple in Greenfields, Bethelsdorp. The couple were in their fifties. Police spokesperson - Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says a friend of the deceased couple broke down the door of their home when he be...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Independent political analyst, Precious Lugayeni says the African National Congress - like any other organisation follows the rule of thumb that when a chairperson is not able to fulfil their role, the deputy takes over. This as the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal announced that eThekwini Municipality Deputy Mayor Fawzia Peer would step into...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A 43-year-old resident from Phoenix, north of Durban says his wife served as a pillar of strength for him to complete his third Comrades Marathon. Kevin Anderton Naidoo clocked a time of 10-hours 21-minutes and 57-seconds and finished at number 6727th out of over 19,000 participants that started the race. His placing was all th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Family members of one of two guards who was fatally shot at Clairwood, south of Durban at the weekend - say they are eagerly awaiting his post mortem results. It is believed that 47-year-old Seelan Pillay aka Bull from Croftdene in Chatsworth was shot and robbed of his service pistol while on duty. Police have launched a massive...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A 79-year-old Port Elizabeth woman foiled an attack on her and robbery in her home as she wrestled with a burglar on her kitchen floor. The plucky lady from Malabar heard a strange noise in her home in the early hours of the morning and confronted the burglar. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the woman was not inj...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Former Minister for Women in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini is the latest ANC member to resign from parliament in what is seen as a mass exodus of former Ministers and Members of Parliament. Dlamini's resignation comes hot on the heels of former Ministers Siyabonga Cwele and Jeff Radebe resigning from the National Assembly y...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Spokesperson for The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, Kwazi Mthethwa, says the department condemns the shooting ...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A teacher has been shot and killed at a school at Gaze Makhanya Avenue, at Folweni near Pinetown, in Durban. Spokesperson for Netcare 911, Shawn Herbst, says it's alleged that an unknown male entered the school premises this morning and fired multiple shots at the 48-year-old teacher. Herbst says the school has been closed for...

SABC News and Current Affairs — In breaking news, eThekwini Municpality mayor, Zandile Gumede has been asked by the provincial ANC to step down for 30 days. This comes in the wake of fraud and corruption charges of about 208 million brought against her in connection with a waste removal tender in the EThekwini Metro (credit Rachel Vadi and Mlungisi Khumalo)

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the Durban community eagerly await the arrival of sardine shoals in the port city, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board have told Newsbreak that the sightings of the silvery fish off the Eastern Cape coast has not been as anticipated. Sharks Board's acting head of operations, Greg Thompson says that equipment has been sent out to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Motorists using Higginson Highway will soon be able to drive unhindered once again. Higginson is one of the oldest highways in Durban and had fallen into a state of disrepair that has been worsened by the recent flood. Previn Vedin is the councillor for Ward 71 - which includes Shallcross, Crossmoor, Moorton and Bottlebr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Former Lotus FM Station Manager, author and journalist, Fakir Hassen, has just launched his latest book "Milestones Inside 25 Years of Democracy" in Durban last night. The 66-year-old says he will not stop writing as it is essential in documenting the successes of South Africa's Indian Origin community. Sporting a freshl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Durban Metro Police say the cause of a Durban Solid Waste (DSW) truck that caught alight in Durban last night has not yet been established. Details around the incident are still sketchy and will be investigated by police. There were also reports of two alleged explosions heard in the same area around the time of the incident. M...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A survey by the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIA SA) has revealed that one in four Chief Audit Executives working in State Owned Enterprises fear for their lives due to the nature of their job. The institute has called for greater protection for its members following what it calls alarming increases in reports o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - People with albinism living in South Africa face the everyday threat of being murdered for their body parts - which are then allegedly used in practices of "witchcraft". This Thursday commemorates International Albinism Awareness Day - selected by the UN in 2013 - following the growing calls for the protection of people around...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Police have launched a manhunt for suspects who shot and killed two security guards in Clairwood, south of Durban this weekend. Police spokesperson Nqobile Gwala says the circumstances around the shooting are still under investigation. She says the guards were robbed of their service weapons. However, reports say the business prem...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The burning issue of violence at schools was addressed by the KZN MEC for Basic Education, Kwazi Mhsengu, at a meeting held in Phoenix, north of Durban, on Friday. MEC Mhsengu made a passionate appeal to communities and parents to play a more active role in ensuring the safety of learners in school. He says parents need to monitor...