Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Urgent relief is being provided by humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, to the hardest hit areas affected by heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal. Founder of Gift of the Givers, Doctor Imtiaz Sooliman, says mainly humanitarian needs are being met - including food, clothing and shelter for those affected by the flooding...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Eight family members have been killed and two others seriously injured when their home collapsed on them at Westcliff in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The collapse occurred after torrential rains led to a bank above the home caving in - completely demolishing the home on Monday night. Two people were rescued from the rubble, bu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - South Africa's biggest biking and musical festival is setting the stage for a dynamic Sunset Beach Party which promises audiences some of the country's biggest names in music. The 2019 South Coast Bike Fest presented by Ugu South Coast Tourism will feature South-Africa's leading musicians as well as motorcycle trial champions,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - "Growing South Africa Together" will be the aim of the 1860 Heritage Centre as they prepare to host a talk commemorating 25 years of democracy this Saturday. Community activist Kiru Naidoo will be heading a panel which will host members from the Durban Youth Council and a social cohesion advocate from the Department of Arts and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Several roads have been damaged and house walls have collapsed in the ward 71 district of Shallcross and Chatsworth, south of Durban as a result of the torrential storm that hit the province. Ward 71 councillor, Previn Vedan says an operational centre has been set up at his office to deal with any issues that residents need add...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Metro Police Spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad, says metro police will be in full force on the provinces roads as further heavy rainfall is expected today

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A fifteen-year-old girl has drowned after being washed away in a river at a informal settlement near Wiltshire Road, in Pinetown, Durban. Spokesperson for Rescue Care Paramedics, Garrith Jamieson, says another two children were saved by community members after being caught up in the same river late last night......

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Emergency services and residents are frantically searching for four children and two adults who are believed to be trapped under a collapsed house at Westcliff in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The house allegedly collapsed late last night during the heavy downpours. The house is situated below the banks of a high school in the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The bodies of three missing family members have been recovered at a home in Malvern, south of Durban. This brings the total number of bodies recovered from the home to seven after the home collapsed during heavy rains in the province. Our SABC reporter - Minoshini Pillay is outside the home and says the bodies of two children...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The South African Weather Services have issued a weather warning of heavy rains in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal today. The weather services say the heavy rains will lead to localised flooding in areas along the coast and adjacent interior of the province. Weather forecaster - Wiseman Dlamini says a couple weather conditions h...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The third phase of India's marathon general election is underway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second term against his main challenger Rahul Gandhi, the head of the country's main opposition party. While India doesn't elect a Prime Minister directly, SABC reporter Neha Poonia explains why this election is all about these two men...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka may open another worrying chapter in the country's already long history of violence. That's according to Dr. Rajendran Govender, the Vice Chairperson of the Social Justice Action Campaign (SOJAC). About 290 people were killed and 500 injured in various bomb attacks in Sri Lanka. The coordinated...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Heavy flooding caused by intense overnight rain has disrupted traffic around the Durban vicinity. Police have confirmed that several roads are closed and heavily flooded - with incidents caused by heavy rain. Reports also indicate that all areas in the vicinity of the port city have been affected, with buildings also being floo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — At least 290 people are now known to have died in a coordinated attack on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan officials have called the attack a "brand-new type of terrorism." Police have arrested 24 people in connection with the suicide bombs, the worst violence the South Asian island has seen since its civil war ended 10 years ago. No gro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The N-3 toll concession has reported an increase of traffic volumes along KwaZulu-Natal highways as holidaymakers are making their way to their various destinations after the Easter weekend. N-3 toll concession Commercial Manager Con Roux says about two thousand vehicles passed through the Mooi River Plaza this morning. He say...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a policeman at the M19, in Durban, yesterday. Police Spokesperson, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, says the suspect handed himself over to Sydenham police and faces a charge of murder. The policeman has been identified as Constable Biyela and was a part of the Sydenham Crime Prevention Uni...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Tragedy struck a Durban family yesterday afternoon - in an accident that claimed the life of the 17 year old son. It is believed that heavy rains could have played a part in the single car accident in Phoenix, north of Durban. Spokesperson for KZN VIP Medics, Garreth Naidoo says the family was a few kilometres away from home when...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Several bomb blast ripped through a number of churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people and injuring hundreds of others. While there has been no immediate claim for the attacks, Pregasen Padayachee of the Solidarity Group for Peace and Justice in Sri Lanka says international interventio...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A high level investigation is underway at the South African Social Security Agency( SASSA) regarding a video circulating on social media, showing a group of criminals bragging about stolen SASSA cards and the money they have taken out of them. The agency says that criminals have been implicated in selling these cards for as muc...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Tributes continue to pour in for veteran Journalist Zubeida Mayet who passed away at the age of 82. Born in Vredesdorp in 1937, Zuby Mayet was the founder and treasurer of the Union of Black Journalists (UBJ). During her tenure, she was detained for four months under the apartheid government's Internal Security Act and banned f...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The latest corruption report titled "Upholding Democracy" by Corruption Watch has highlighted the role of civil society in exposing corruption and holding leaders to account during 2018. The organisation's executive director David Lewis says institutions such as Parliament and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) were compr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's embattled Jet Airways halted all flight operations after banks threw out its calls for emergency funds. With its 16,000 employees staring at a stormy future, the curtains seem to finally fall on what was once India's largest and finest private airline that for 26 years offered the "joy of flying". Our South Asian correspondent - Rana Senn with this report......

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Team work makes the dream work for Professor Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim and his wife, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim. This after spending thirty-two years concentrating on preventing young girls from contracting HIV. In Part two of speaking to Newsbreak about being honoured and elected as a Fellow Royal Society, Professor...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Disaster mamagement teams are fearing more bodies could be found at the Pentecostal Holiness Church at eMpangeni in northern KwaZulu-Natal. This after 13 congregants were killed and 16 others were critically injured when a part of the church building collapsed on them last night following heavy rains. SABC reporter Nonjabulo Mntun...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producers Samkelisiwe Gumede and Taliesha Naidoo - A group of black Muslims in South Africa are making history by hosting the inaugural black Muslims conference. The conference will take place this Easter Weekend at Mayfair in Johannesburg. The aim of the conference will be to outline the status of Black Muslims in South Africa and to share ideas on how...