Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Journalist, Fakir Hassen - Deputy Director-General in the Department of International Relations and Co-Operation, Anil Sooklal, has touched down in the Indian Capital, New Delhi, to attend the 70th Republic Day celebrations. Sooklal was the second South African person of Indian Origin to receive the Samman Award conferred by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind at th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - India has outlined its plans to rejuvenate relations with South Africa by inviting President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend its Republic Day Celebrations. Ramaphosa will touchdown in New Delhi, India on Friday as the chief guest of honour at the country's Republic Day Celebrations at the weekend. Its Ramaphosa's first visit to Indi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Heads of state and business delegations are jetting into India's capital New Delhi for its landmark Republic Day Celebrations at the weekend. President Cyril Ramaphosa will be the chief guest of Honour and this is his first visit to India as a head of state. Nelson Mandela was the first President to visit India as a head of state in 1997. The celebrations will follo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made many milestones in research, development and exploration. ISRO now assists dozens of other countries in satellite-driven projects. After many successes, including its world-first mission to Mars - Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has challenged ISRO to put the first man or...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Cannabis users and growers are in for more good news following the Constitutional Court officially legalizing dagga use and growth in a private capacity. R1000 is up for grabs by a South African supplier of bio-active cell food if you can grow the biggest home-grown marijuana plant in South Africa. Dubbed as "bushmastery", it...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - In a snap survey - Newsbreak asked Durban motorists about their concerns over the new hijacking tactics and what precautions can be taken to safeguard ones life.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Durban motorists have been warned to be on high alert following an increase in hijackings across the city. Security officers have told Newsbreak about a scary new trend where hijackers attempt to abduct the drivers in the hope of finding the vehicle's tracking device and the drivers banking details. Blue Security operations di...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A Chatsworth man accused of murdering his wife has been released on three thousand rand bail. Navin Chanderlal appeared at the Chatworth Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The 53-year-old's next court appearance will be in April. His wife, 65-year-old Jennifer Pillay was found strangled to death in her bathtub on Christmas Eve. H...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A 53-year-old businessman has been arrested and detained for allegedly raping an 18-year-old female during a job interview at Tongaat, north of Durban. The suspect allegedly approached the female to offer her a job at his massage parlour. It's alleged that during the interview process, the female was raped by the suspect. Dir...

SABC News and Current Affairs — In Newsbreaks Techno Touch feature - India's booming Information Technology sector aims to create more entrepreneurs to help boost the country's economy and ensure employment for the youth. More than 50% of its population is below the age of 25 years. Its expected that this sector - about 600 million youth - will change the world. Based in India's IT Hub at Bangalor...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Members of the Chatsworth community south of Durban have come together in solidarity to stand against a permit and fee system to be implemented by the eThekwini municipality. They have started a petition which has already received over one-thousand signatures against the permit system. Casual joggers and walkers in Chatsworth...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Shanell Daniel - Newsbreak speaks to Chairman of the Bayview Flats Residents Association and the Bayview Community Policing Forum, Brandon Pillay, about the community reeling in shock after the shooting of Dilano Chetty. Pillay says more needs to be done to educate communities on violence..

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A 32-year-old man has handed himself over to police for the alleged killing a 19-year-old man, Dilano Chetty. Chetty was gunned down outside his home in Skylark Road at Bayview in Chatsworth south of Durban on Sunday. Police Spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane, says it's believed that the suspect was known to the vi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - This year the Anti-Drug Forum (ADF) in Chatsworth, south of Durban will look to join forces with similar-minded organisations around the continent to escalate the fight against drug abuse. Founded 14-years ago by community activist Sam Pillay, the ADF has strived to end the scourge of drugs in Chatsworth. But now Pillay, armed...

SABC News and Current Affairs — KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education spokesperson, Kwazi Mthethwa says the Department is not aware of any disconnections or issues around these basic services. He is urging principals of schools that are affected in Phoenix, north of Durban to contact the Department.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Theres been a major uproar over the disconnection of essential services such as electricity or water at various schools in Phoenix, north of Durban. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education and the eThekwini Municipality have confirmed that officials are deployed to ensure the situation returns to normality. Spokesperson for the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Holiday makers returning home from areas with a high prevalence of Malaria have been urged to check for symptoms associated with the deadly mosquito-borne parasitic infection. This is according to the Institute of Communicable diseases. They say that the summer period is usually Malaria season. The incubation period is variable - usually between 2 and 3 weeks from t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - It was a historical moment at Moses Mabhida stadium when ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa asked the men present to stand up and raise their hand in support of no violence against women. Following on from this announcement, Gender based activist from the #TotalShutDown movement, Mandisa Khanyile explains the support government needs...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Higher educational institutions across the world are being called upon to better prepare learners with 21st century employability skills. This is according to Durban based Senior Academic Dr Ahmed Shaikh. He says that Graduates may not be adequately equipped if they are armed only with employment skills to take on a shifting w...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - KwaZulu-Natal Area Manager for Lightening Security Solutions, Tiny Quinn, says female drivers are mainly being targeted in smash-and-grab incidents. Quinn says motorists must be on high alert, especially during peak-hour traffic, when many smash-and-grab incidents are recorded. He explains

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A woman from Malvern, South of Durban, Michelle du Plesis, has been left traumatised after she fell victim to a smash-and-grab incident just a week ago in Durban Central. Du Plesis says her two-year-old daughter and husband were with her during the incident and she is now terrified to leave her home.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — A family from the United Kingdom is desperately seeking answers following the tragic death of their daughter in South Africa. Nineteen-year-old Sinead Moodliar allegedly drowned at the uMhlanga beach, north of Durban on Boxing Day last year while out on an early morning swim with a friend. The former Crawford College learner was in Durban on holiday. Her distraught...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Preliminary statistics of the festive season road deaths released by Transport Minister Blade Nzimande shows that 1612 people died on South African roads between December 1st 2018 and January 8th 2019. Spokesperson for the Automobile Association, Layton Beard, says these fatality statistics are a national disaster and a sad in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - South African film fanatics are in for a treat as another locally produced movie has hit the box office with a bang. The movie, titled "3 Days To Go" premiered last night in Durban ahead of its cinema opening on January 25. Written and directed by Bianca Issac, the film stars A-list local actors including Jailoshini Naidoo, K...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Marigolds are an annual blooming plant that is not only easy to grow but perfect to cheer up any garden with a pop of colour. In South Africa, marigolds are popularly sold ahead of the Thai Poosam Kavady festival which is in praise of the Hindu deity - Lord Muruga. Dolly Prithipaul is a small scale marigold farmer from Cliffd...