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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Today marks "World Autism Awareness Day" - an annual event aimed at speaking out against discrimination, celebrate the diversity of our global community and strengthen commitment to the full inclusion and participation of people with the disability. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that manifests during the first t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Africa Solidarity Network told Newsbreak that there's new reports of attacks on foreign nationals reported in the KwaZulu Natal province YESTERDAY. Africa Solidarity Network secretary-general Daniel Dunia explains the need for immediate intervention to end the scourge of attacks against foreign nationals...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal will host a Palestine Solidarity Meeting on the fifth of April at the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The meeting will be addressed by leading Palestine activist and diplomat, Lema Nazeeh of the West Bank town of Ramallah. This meting will form part of the 15th International...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - In this week's Newsbreak Legends Series we profile South Africa's Iron Lady - Sunklavathy "Margaret" Rajbally. The 82-year-old is a former eThekwini municipality deputy mayor, MP and firebrand in championing worker's rights in the country. Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo sat down with Rajbally to relive her life and times...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The newly formed Capitalist Party of South Africa (ZACP) believes they can eradicate all pit toilets in schools across the country within a year for one-billion rand. The newly-formed party will compete in the national elections on the 8th of May for the very first time. Chairman of the party, Kanthan Pillay says all ten of its...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Two people have died in a devastating fire that swept through an informal settlement in Cato Crest, outside of Durban yesterday. Ward Councillor Warren Burne says about 83 occupants were affected when the fire spread through close to 40 dwellings. He says that though the residents were distraught, they had already begun rebuilding...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - South Africa is hosting the 4th Annual Meeting of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The meeting currently underway in Cape Town is tasked with mobilizing resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Deputy Director General at National T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A woman believed to be in her mid-fifties has been killed in a hit-and-run incident on Commercial Road in Pietermaritzburg. The woman had been crossing the road when she was allegedly knocked by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane says law enfor...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - After a packed to capacity crowd in Port Elizabeth - the Newsbreak Election Debate Roadshow now heads to Cape Town this Saturday at 13:00. Politicians and the community of Rylands will assemble at the Siva Aalayam Temple Hall to have a frank discussion about politics ahead the General Elections this May. Newsbreak's Taresh Har...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects who shot and killed a nurse in Verulam, north of Durban. The 27-year-old victim was shot outside the Oakford Clinic, on Wednesday morning. The motive for the killing is still unknown. In a separate incident, police have confirmed that the man found dead in his home at Montford in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police has confirmed that the man found dead at Chatsworth, south of Durban yesterday is linked to the murder of Demisha Naik. The 23-year-old Naiks body was found in her flat on Tuesday evening - she had been stabbed to death. A day after her death a 24-year-old man, who was wanted by police in connection to he...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The South African Navy along with military veterans from the South African Indian Legion (SAIL) have paid tribute to Chief Petty Officer Wilson Perumal Govender. The 51-year-old was killed at the weekend during a home invasion at his residence in Reservoir Hills. First employed with the Navy in 1985, Govender worked his way up...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - While EFF leader Julius Malema's comments between 2016 and 2018 may not constitute hate speech, they may create deeper division in the country. This is according to the Acting Executive Director for the Freedom of Expression Institute, Rea Simigiannis. The EFF leader spoke during a rally in KwaZulu Natal, where he labelled peop...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A Durban-based author has published an education children's book called "Rosy & Friends learn about Climate Change". Author Kasthurie Govender is a married mother of two adults children. She is passionate about Mother Nature, her beauty and wonder. The book is now available online on Amazon, Kindle and Smashwords. Govender says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A seamless synergy of cultures is expected at the ONE SPIRIT dance festival which kicks-off today at The Market Theatre (John Kani Theatre), in Johannesburg. The festival will run until Sunday, March 31st, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Tribhangi Dance Theatre. Partnering with the Market Theatre, the Tribhangi Da...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's main opposition Congress party will give 1,045 dollars to each of 250 million dirt poor Indians every year if voted to power. The announcement by its chief Rahul Gandhi was the latest in a torrent of promises showered on voters by politicians ahead of national election now just days away. Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - South Africa's violent past has impacted and influenced the rate of violence in the country today. That's the view of criminologist, Doctor Vanitha Chetty. This comes after an increase in murders that have been linked to gender based violence. On Tuesday, 23-year-old Demisha Naik was stabbed to death, allegedly by her boyfriend...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - PR Councillor - Jonathan Annipen has written to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about the Tongaat water crisis. Annipen says the consistent water shortages are an infringement on resident's rights of a basic necessity....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Intern, Mfundo Mthembu - Police have launched a man hunt for one of the five criminals who escaped while being transported to the Vryheid correctional services, north of KwaZulu-Natal. The prisoners fled the scene while being transported by police officers from a court in Nongoma to Vryheid correctional services. Four of the prisoners have since been re...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - An intense tropical cyclone is moving swiftly towards to the East of Mauritius. The cyclone is expected to be almost as strong as Mozambique's recent Cyclone Idai. This according to Forecaster for the South African Weather Services, Mbavhi Maliage. Maliage says the cyclone is expected to last for a day and a half and is being...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police have confirmed that a 30 year old man has died in an alleged suicide in Chatsworth, south of Durban. KZN Police spokesperson Colonel Thulani Zwane says police are not able to confirm if the deceased is a suspect in the Demisha Naik murder. 23-year-old Demisha Naik was allegedly stabbed to death in her flat in Shallcross, s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Meanwhile, Naik's family friend - Richlee Soobramoney says the family is battling to come to terms with Demisha's death......

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Tributes are pouring in for a slain Chatsworth woman. It's alleged that 23-year-old Demisha Naik was stabbed to death in her flat at Shallcross, south of Durban yesterday afternoon. Police are investigating a case of murder and no arrests have been made. Naik's friend Micaela Leigh Govender describes Demisha as a kind soul......

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development - John Jeffery has launched a plan to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and ethnic intolerance. The country has been gripped with this issue in recent days with many incidents including protest unrest and Xenophobia on the increase. Yesterday over 50 forei...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A media platform known as "Entrepreneur Connect Africa 100" is aiming to propel job creation through economic transformation. The platform uses technology as a disruptor to drive conversations of entrepreneurial collaboration, innovation and trade within countries on the African continent. Media and communications expert - Van...