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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society will be hosting the 34th instalment of their Annual Fair over the next two weekends. Vice President at the Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society - Sham Maharaj says the the annual fund raiser helps funds many projects run by the Society - the most recent of which is a children's home...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of modern India's most divisive leaders, scored a dramatic election victory after six weeks of campaigning in gruelling summer heat. His Hindu nationalist party decimated the opposition with promises of business-friendly policies and a muscular stand on national security. Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Hoosen Ebrahim and Taliesha Naidoo - South Africa could possibly have a female deputy president. This after Deputy President David Mabuza requested for his swearing in as a member of the National Assembly be put on hold - so he can subject himself to the ANC integrity commission. Several female candidates have been suggested as possible picks...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police are searching for two men, who allegedly robbed a popular fashion outlet at the Musgrave Centre in Durban. The suspects allegedly walked into the centre on Tuesday night and accosted two security guards, robbing them of the radio handsets and cellphones. The suspects then allegedly broke into the fashion o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Senior counsel representing the state, advocate Wim Trengove says the delays in prosecuting former President Jacob Zuma was caused by litigations brought before courts. Trengove argued these, including an application by Zuma's lawyers opposing a search and seizure procedure of certain documents at his home and offices in 2005....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Three suspects have been arrested today in connection with murder of two Durban Metro Police officers. The suspects are aged between 17 and 22 years. On Monday night, Inspector Zephania Dladla and Constable Nomasonto Mhlanga, were shot dead outside ANC ward 52 councillor, Boxer Zulu's home. It's believed the officers were prote...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A man has died and a woman injured after a wall collapsed on them at the corner of Kruger and Marshall streets, in Johannesburg. National spokesperson for Netcare 911, Shawn Herbst, says a tipper truck transporting materials for recycling allegedly knocked an eight meter portion of the wall yesterday. Herbst says the surviving...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A newly launched non-government organisation hopes to bring sports to the youth of local communities. Global Sports Consortium CEO, Ishwar Bridgemohan says through this development, they hope to be able to finance deserving young people and help them become professional athletes. He says 25 years into democracy, its about time Sou...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A group of Durban parishioners who were injured when a bomb exploded near their bus in Egypt on Sunday have arrived home. The injured were from the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Parish and the Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in the Bluff and Wentworth. The parishioners were on their final leg of their pilgrimage tour to the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has designed a mobile laboratory to cut the hours spent transporting samples from contaminated water in disaster areas. The laboratory on wheels operates on solar panels allowing you to park it wherever there is sunshine. UJ's Water and Health Research Centre Director - Professor Tobias Barna...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Seven marathons on seven continents for seven foundations. That outlines the life-changing journey of Sam Appalsamy. The 57-year-old marathon runner, financial planner and founder of the 777 M.A.D Trust is running across the world to raise funds for various charities in South Africa. Appalsamy explains why he started running f...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - Two people have been shot and killed at Ezakheni outside Ladysmith in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. The victims are believed to be the son of Alfred Duma Municipality mayor ,Vincent Madala and his bodyguard. The shooting took place near the mayor's house in Ezakheni E-Section last night. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson Lieutena...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's opposition parties have accused the Election Commission of ignoring large scale vote rigging. The protests grew louder today as exit polls claimed a sweep by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right wing party even in states where it was projected to lose. The election results are expected tomorrow. Our South Asian Correspondent - Rana Senn reports......

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is calling for a full review of the of the country's electoral system. The organisation held a picket outside parliament in Cape Town this morning ahead of the first sitting of the National Assembly. A memorandum has been handed over calling on ministers in parliament to keep to their oath of offic...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The ANC says that Deputy President David Mabuza not being sworn into parliament today says nothing about the composition of the next cabinet. Mabuza requested that his swearing-in as an MP be postponed so that he could subject himself to the ANC's integrity commission. Political Analyst, Dr. Lubna Nadvi says the postponement o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The swearing in of 400 members of the National Assembly has taken place in parliament. Among the first to take the oath or affirmation were President Cyril Ramaphosa and a number of current ministers. The acting secretary to parliament has called out the names. The ANC has announced that Nomvula Mokonyane will be redeployed to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Metro Police have confirmed the names of the two officers that were shot dead on duty - guarding the home of a councillor in Bambayi, north of Durban. Metro Police Spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad says funeral arrangements are currently underway. He also adds that a police contingent has been deployed to the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Shanell Daniel and Taliesha Naidoo - Two women, who allegedly kidnapped and assaulted an elderly Chatsworth woman, have been granted bail. The women appeared at the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court, south of Durban yesterday, on charges of kidnapping and assault. They were granted one thousand rand bail each. The women allegedly kidnapped and ass...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - The case against a Phoenix man accused of murdering his wife has been adjourned to the 30th of May. 40-year-old Kasilal Singh appeared in the Verulam Magistrates Court yesterday. He faces charges of murder and arson to which he has pleaded not guilty. Singh allegedly slit his wife Avina's throat and set their home alight in Pho...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Today marks the first sitting of the sixth Legislature of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, following the elections. This first sitting will of the swearing in of the eight political parties who got seats in the legislature. Also, KwaZulu-Natal Premier-elect Sihle Zikalala will be sworn in as head of the province by judge pres...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The United States government this weekend blacklisted Chinese firm Huawei due to security concerns, which forced Alphabet, Google's parent company, to suspend its corporate relationship with chinese tech giant. The suspensions effectively halts the transfer of hardware and software between the two companies, including a partner...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Technicians are currently working around the clock to restore electricity to almost fifty-percent of areas in Durban. This after thousands of people woke up to a power outage this morning due to an explosion at the Klaarwater major substation, south of Durban. Spokesperson for eThekwini Municipality, Msawakhe Mayisela, says the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - Two eThekwini Metro Police officers have been shot dead in the Bhambayi area at the corner of Fernham and Stoneham Drive along Phoenix, north of Durban. The two officers were on duty when they were ambushed by a group of suspects in an unidentified vehicle last night. The suspects are alleged to have taken the officers firearms...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - Four people have been shot dead at a home during the early hours of this morning in Inanda, north of Durban. The victims are believed to have been family members. The victims are reported to be between the ages of 27 and 44 years old. The motive of the incident is still unknown at this stage. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson L...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The Pietermaritzburg High Court is hearing heads of argument by the legal team representing the French arms company Thales which - along with former President Jacob Zuma - is seeking that charges be permanently dropped. The case involves 783 questionable payments to Zuma allegedly received from the company in connection with t...