Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A sting operation carried out by the "Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Intelligence" at the Witswatersrand University Braamfontin campus led to the arrest of an Administration Officer and a 19-year-old student. The duo face charges of fraud and corruption following information surfaced that they were illegally registering studen...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Re-taking your K53 drivers test after a certain number of years could soon be the future of renewing your drivers license. This is according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) of South Africa being tasked to come up with alternative methods at reducing carnage on the roads of South Africa. The planned changes ar...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Pongal is a four day long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. It's the most important popular Hindu festival of the year. Social anthropologist and cultural researcher, Dr Rajendran Govender explains...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Tributes are pouring in for Pradeep Ashokcoomar - a man that has been described as an exemplary leader in the healthcare fraternity. Ashokcoomar was the principal of the KwaZulu-Natal department of health's emergency medical services (EMS) college at McCord's Hospital in Durban. He passed away on Sunday night following an ill...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The Minister of Science and Technology Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane praised the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) for being chosen by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to provide space weather information to all flights on the African continent. This means that every aircraft flying in the continent's...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - While some mothers may opt for foster-care and adoption, others choose the abortion route. Obstetrician at Hope Abortion Clinics In Durban, Jerome Kanye, says the clinic attends to up to 60 abortion cases per day...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Spokesperson for "Shepherds Keep", a Durban-based home for abandoned babies, Michelle Potgieter, says there are many options for mothers who face unwanted pregnancies...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - A mother from Everest Heights, Verulam, North of Durban, has been arrested for attempting to murder her new born baby boy. The baby was discovered by a scrap collector on Olivine Road, who heard him crying in a bin bag that was tied and dumped. The mother was later tracked down and arrested. Director of Reaction Unit South Afr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A massive fuel price increase has led to violent protests in Zimbabwe. Riot police have been deployed in the country's capital, Harare after protestors barricaded roads with burning tyres and debris. This after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the price of fuel will increase by 150 percent . In Rand terms, it now c...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers, Shanell Daniel and Taliesha Naidoo - In a snap survey conducted by Newsbreak, people say drivers who disregard the rules of the road should face the full might of the law..........

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The safety of Metro Police Officers on the roads is of great concern. This follows the murder of a Durban Metro Police Officer, Inspector Johan Deysel, on Friday. Deysel was killed while on duty when a taxi allegedly knocked him down near the Galleria Mall at Amanzimtoti, South of Durban. Metro Police Spokesperson, Superintend...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The tradition of road-side vendors is steeped in the history of South Africans of Indian origin. Having concluded their contract of indentured labour, many of the first Indentured labours took to market gardening, selling their produce along the streets. More than 100 years later, the tradition lives on as an answer to the rising...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Newsbreak spoke to KwaZulu-Natal - Health MEC - Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo who confirmed the departments intention in a bid to provide a radical transformation of healthcare professionals in the province...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The Democratic Alliance (DA) is considering taking legal action against the Health MEC in KwaZulu-Natal. DA KZN Spokesperson on Health -Dr Imran Keeka told Newsbreak- that a leaked internal circular alludes to a directive that all 100 posts for medical registrars for 2019 be filled with Black African candidates only. The party...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - The hearings of the judicial commission of inquiry into claims of state capture will resume on Tuesday. In the January 8th statement- President Cyril Ramaphosa talked tough on corruption and state capture. Senior Specialist journalist Karyn Maughan gives us an indepth analysis of state capture and an insight into the countr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - In this week's Newsbreak Legends Series - we profile Santosh Vinita "Sandy" Kalyan. The former 61-year-old educator, is a South African politician and Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament's National Assembly. She is currently serving as the DA Shadow Deputy Minister for International Relations and Cooperation and is a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - A local social anthropologist and cultural researcher believes that the annual South Indian festival of Thai Poosam Kavady MUST be celebrated on the day its meant to be observed. Dr Rajendran Govender has called on temples to hold Kavady on the date its meant to be observed and not on a day that is convenient. Dr. Govender...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Meanwhile, director at the Anti-Drug forum at Chatsworth South of Durban, Sam Pillay expressed dissapointment that Mohamed was granted bail. Pillay says alleged drug dealers are getting off too easily nowadays. He says he's in support of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa's call to fight the scourge of drugs in all communities acro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - An alleged Umhlanga drug kingpin has been granted bail of 40-thousand rand in the Durban Magistrates court. Yaseen Sheik Mohamed was arrested in December last year after one-and-a-half million rands' worth of drugs was found in his Umhlanga apartment. Police received a tipoff of a heroin packaging and storage facility at a fla...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Durban-based Indian classical singer - Isai Selvamani Karthigesan Pillay - has received a special commendation from the Indian President - Ram Nath Kovind - for his rendition of one of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite devotional poems. This song became popular during the life time Gandhi and was rendered as bhajan - or devotio...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The School Governing Body of the Schweizer Reneke Primary School has denied that there as racism at the institution. This follows an image depicting Grade R learners divided according to race, going viral on social media. Different political formations picketed outside the school yesterday. They demand the removal of the teacher, who distributed the image. The teach...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Literacy remains a huge challenge in South Africa. A recent study titled - "Progress in International Reading and Literacy" revealed that 78% of grade fours in South Africa cannot read for meaning. Petunia Thulo, who is the spokesperson for literacy NGO Nali' Bali, says it's important that parents instil a culture of reading i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Video's and images of vicious attacks on teachers by pupils continue to circulate on social media. Last year saw a number of scary incidents regarding attempted murder, stabbing, assault and intimidation of teachers. According to the Department of Education Spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga - parents need to play a more active role...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The nephew of murdered anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol filed a court application opposing apartheid cop Joao Rodrigues's attempt to escape a murder charge. Imtiaz Cajee told the South Gauteng High Court that former security branch policeman Joao Rodrigues was responsible for his uncle's 1971 murder. He requested the court t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Earlier this week national radio sation Lotus FM celebrated 36 years on air. The popular station has been a favourite among South Africa's Indian origin community and continues to bring the masses the best in local and international entertainent. Newsbreak spoke to various fans of the station who look back on a memorable 36 ye...