Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - "Attached to the Soil" is the title of a project aimed at combining photographic portraits, recordings of stories and video segments of landscapes based on the ideas of young South Africans in our 25th year of democracy. The project is led by a visiting Professor from the Michigan State University in the U.S - Peter Glendinning...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A man will appear in court today on charges of culpable homicide following the death of a jogger, in a hit and run incident. The incident took place in Hillcrest, outside of Durban on Saturday morning. The body of the man believed to be in his 40's was found by a security guard. Medical personnel say the man sustained major head i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Rachel Vadi, Tashlan Naidoo and Hoosen Ebrahim - Corruption-charged eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede confirmed yesterday that she would be taking 30 days leave of absence starting today. This followed a resolution by the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal that she takes the days to afford the governing party time to finalise her ma...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Edward Mothibi has won the 2019 Comrades Marathon. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Nedbank Running Club's Gerda Steyn has smashed the Comrades 12 year up-run record. Both winners joined Taresh on Sunday's "Comrades Edition" of Newsbreak Talk...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Newsbreak Talk shift focus on Child Protection Week 2019. The Chairman of the Parents Association KZN, Vee Gani joined the team for a hard hiting discussion...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The Indian-origin and black communities need to work harder at building a better relationship in South Africa. That's according to businessman - Vivian Reddy. This ahead of the fourth annual, “We Are One Festival” which will be held over the June 16th weekend in Durban. The theme of this year’s festival is, "promoting oneness...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - MEC for Education in KwaZulu-Natal Kwazi Mshengu is currently addressing a mass meeting of School Governing Bodies (SGB's) representing 12 schools in Phoenix, north of Durban. The meeting is taking place at the Hopeville Primary School Hall in Phoenix. Various challenges have been raised by the very SGBs. These challenges incl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - The Lenasia Magistrate's Court has withdrawn all charges against Fita Khupe - who was allegedly involved in the mass murder of a family in Vlakfontein, south of Johannesburg, last year. In January, one of the two suspects allegedly involved in the killings is believed to have killed himself. Police say they found that 27-year-o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested the mother of a baby found in a bush at a petrol station in Durban. The two-week old baby girl was found by a petrol attendant outside the station on Mahatma Gandhi Road, in Durban on Tuesday afternoon. The baby received medical care and has been taken to a place of safety. KZN police spokesp...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - KwaZulu-Natal police says no arrests have been made following the killing of an alleged Phoenix drug lord yesterday. Thirty-year-old Kalvin Periasamy was shot dead at the Gateway shopping mall in Durban. It is believed that Periasamy was a drug lord and mini-bus and tow truck owner from Phoenix North of Durban. He was gunned do...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - An extensive sea rescue search is underway for two men at False Bay in Cape Town. It's believed the men went out to sea to assist three fishermen who went missing on Tuesday and never returned. However, the three fishermen were found washed ashore at Sandbaai on Wednesday. One of the fisherman died while the other two were inju...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data released by Statistics South Africa shows year-on-year growth at 0% and quarter-on-quarter at -3.2% suggesting that South Africa is headed for recession sometime this year. That's according to chief economist at the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) - Ian Cruickshanks. A technical...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A two-and-a-half-year-old toddler has been mauled to death by a leopard at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. The boy was attacked by the leopard on Wednesday. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his severe injuries. General Manager of Communications and Marketing at the Kruger National Park, Ike Phaahla sa...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Over 600 employees from KwaZulu-Natal-based research programme - Maternal Adolescent and Child Health Systems (MatCH) could lose their jobs by September. This is according to Director of MatCH - Professor Jerry Coovadia. MatCH is a community based primary health-care programme, funded by United States Agency for International...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Today marks one week since Durban businesswoman - Sandra Moonsamy went missing. Moonsamy is the daughter of a local transport and logistics tycoon. The mother of two was kidnapped while travelling along Stapleton Road in Pinetown last week Thursday. She was stopped while driving her Range Rover and accosted by a group of men t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A manhunt is underway for the mother of a two-week old baby girl found abandoned outside a petrol station on Mahatma Gandhi Road, in Durban. A petrol attendant made the discovery on Tuesday afternoon after he saw something moving in a bush on the stations premises. Upon closer inspection, he noticed it was the baby wrapped in a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The body of a 62-year-old man has been found with his throat slit. The gruesome discovery was made by the victim's domestic helper yesterday afternoon at his home on Valley Drive, at Hillcrest, West of Durban. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, says the victim was found with his hands tied and several ite...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating a shooting that took place earlier this morning in the parking lot of popular shopping mall in Umhlanga, north of Durban. It's believed that an alleged drug lord, with a taxis and tow truck business operating in Phoenix and surrounding areas was shot three times and left for dead. eThekwini Outer North Clu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health is investigating the death of a 23-year-old woman and her unborn baby over the weekend. This at the General Justice Gizenga Memorial Hospital - formerly known as the Stanger Hospital. KZN Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, says stern action will be taken against any persons found guilty o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A 51-year-old sales manager from Chatsworth south of Durban will be taking part in his 28th comrades marathon this Sunday - and says that mental preparation is key to his training. Ricky Pillay says his inspiration stems from former Comrades great Wally Hayward. Hayward was a South African endurance athlete with a 60-year caree...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Your office toilet is using up to 90% of your company's water. That's according to a study by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). The study found that in one office building alone in Gauteng, yearly water consumption and associated costs - were cut by 87%. This was done by simply addressing a major leak, intr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Social media safety is in the spot light after a 28-year-old woman from Newlands West in Durban was attacked and robbed after accepting to meet a man she knew from facebook. The women who travelled to Verulam where the incident took place said she was interacting with the suspect on the social media site for over a month before...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Danville Park Girls High School learner - Camishka Marimuthu has been selected to represent South Africa at the World Championships of Performing Arts in California next month. The 16-year-old was selected after scoring over 90% for her Bollywood inspired performance at the South African Championships held last month in Rusten...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A suspect who allegedly attacked his family with a bush knife at Madudumbe area in Glendale on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, has been shot dead by police. Authorities received a call from the family yesterday reporting that a relative attacked them with a bush knife. Upon the police arrival it is reported that they attempted t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - One of the original founding members of the old legal firm - Seedat, Pillay and Company - Hassim Seedat passed away this morning. Seedat was 88 years old and played a vital role in the underground fight against the apartheid regime in South Africa. He was a civil lawyer that obtained his law degree from the Inns-off court in Lo...