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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The N3 Toll Concession URGED motorists to be patient as traffic volumes peak as many holiday goers make their way home and various holiday destinations around the country. The concession organisation has noted with concern the violation of traffic rules by motorists at various toll plazas around the country. The Concession's Co...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Durban is often known as the "coolest place to be in summer", and marketing manager at Durban Tourism, Sbu Zondi says this year Durban is once again going to live up to that expectation. Speaking to Newsbreak about the City's plans for entertainment and events along the Durban beach front, Zondi says locals and visitors alike can...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Government has called on parents to watch their children closely following three cases in which four children were kidnapped in Ekurhuleni in the East Rand at the beginning of this month. In all cases the suspects demanded a ransom and later released the children on receipt of the cash. Those kidnapped were between the ages of...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Eskom says load shedding may be averted from today until the 13th of January 2019 following the improvement of the power system. The power utility says improvements are due to maintenance efforts and decreased demand in supply as businesses and industries close down for the festive break. The announcement was made during an information sharing session at its headqua...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The political crisis in Sri Lanka continues to grip the island nation. In the latest developments, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that the President Maithripala Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament last month was unconstitutional. This after President Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him wi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - "No man is above the law and no man is below it." These were the words of American statesmen Theodore Roosevelt Junior, who served as the 26th President of the United States in the 1900s. The North Gauteng High Court has done just this by ordering the State Attorney to take steps - including the institution of civil proceedings...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has warned that Airline, CemAir will remain grounded if it fails to rectify two serious offences that pose a safety risk to the public. CemAir was issued with a prohibition order earlier this week after failing to produce proof of the appointment of an approved and qualified pe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A non-governmental organisation is urging parents to be vigilant while on outings with their children this festive season. Child Protection Programme Manager at Save the Children South Africa, says parents should adequately prepare their children with safety tips before sending them away from their homes...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A 43-three-year-old suspect told the Durban Magistrate's Court that he did NOT only work with nine-year-old Miguel Louw's mother Raylene, but he was also in a romantic relationship with her for two-and-a-half years. Mohammed Ebrahim appeared in court for his formal bail application. He has been charged with the murder of the boy who went missing in July this year. T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - South Africa has only two types of anti-venom to treat snake bite victims in the country. One of these is to treat a vast number of bites from the venomous snakes in the country, while the other is to specifically treat boomslang bites. In this week's Greenscene, snake catcher - Jason Arnold explains how the warm weather condit...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taleisha Naidoo - A Durban man is on a mission to spread the Christmas joy to underprivileged children. Shiven Gopi is transforming old and broken toys donated by community members into good-as-new toys. The electronic quality engineer has turned his dining room table into a workshop in order to repair the toys. After the repairs are done, Gopi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The city of Cape Town has been voted as the greatest city on Earth in the 2018 Telegraph Travel Awards survey. This is the sixth year in a row that the Mother City has claimed the top spot. Over 45-thousand tourists voted in favour of the Mother City as the number one destination, above popular cities such as New York and Tokyo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - South Africa has been ranked as number one in cyber crimes in the world. Consumers have been urged to be extra vigilant when it comes to cyber crimes this festive season as criminals always find new ways, especially when it comes to phishing scams. South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) Chief Executive Officer K...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) says the number of cancer cases in the world could rise to over 29-million by the year 2040. Today marks Universal Health Coverage Day and the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) will be focussing on strengthening advocacy efforts towards equitable access to treatment and care for all...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - With the 2019 General Elections just months away, South African political parties have begun weeding out corrupt members in an effort to woo the electorate. This as the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) parted ways with Member of Provincial Parliament Hassan Farouk Motala, who was convicted of fraud at the Durban Magistrates Court re...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Pietermaritzburg-based non-governmental organization - the Gift of the Givers Foundation have provided humanitarian support to almost 100 families of SAPS officials killed in the line of duty in the Western Cape. The NGO joined Police Minister Bheki Cele and other police officials in the distribution of food parcels, party pack...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A local doctor is set to fly the South African flag high at the African Union. Dr. Shakira Choonara has been selected as the only South African to join the inaugural African Union Youth Advisory Council as a member. The 29-year-old will drive and advocate global youth development issues alongside eight prestigious young leader...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Police have arrested a woman, believed to be in her twenties, for the alleged dumping of two foetuses on Lynn Road in Glen Ashley, north of Durban. Police say the arrest was made after community members noticed the woman suspiciously standing near the area of the shocking discovery. It's believed that the foetuses were twins. K...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Deaths related to illegal electricity connections are on the rise in areas north of Durban. That's according to a private security company. On Saturday, an unidentified man was electrocuted at Canelands in Verulam, north of Durban. Director of Reaction Unit South Africa - Prem Balram says in most incidents, children are electroc...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A group of people demanding compensation from the Gauteng government following the Life Esidimeni tragedy, say they are being given the run around. They held a protest outside Gauteng Premier David Makhura's office in Johannesburg yesterday. The Gauteng government says it has settled the 134 claims for people who were part of the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - A photographic exhibition depicting the difficulties faced by families during the apartheid era, opened at the Durban Art Gallery last night. Entitled "Proclamation 73", after an apartheid era race classification law - the exhibit runs from now until February next year. Curator, Chandra Frank says the exhibit depicts and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — According to a global study, India's dirty air claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017, or 12.5% of all deaths recorded last year. The warning on the scale of pollution comes at the peak of India's tourism season, but tourism in the Asian country has withered in recent times due to toxic smog engulfing its larger cities. Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Bathers are being urged to exercise extreme caution when out at the beach or around any bodies of water. This after two eight-year-old boys drowned on Friday at Dakota Beach in Isipingo, south of Durban. It's believed the boys were swimming when they got into difficulty. Livesaving SA spokesperson - Jace Govender says as the f...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader - Mangosuthu Buthelezi has expressed concern about government's plan to expropriate land without compensation. Addressing an audience at the Indian Consulate in Durban, Buthelezi - who is the traditional prime minister of the King of the AmaZulu, said people were forcibly removed by the apartheid government through similar measures...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - One of South Africa's leading non-governmental organisations, Democracy Development Programme (DDP) will be commemorating 25 years of creating political awareness and citizen participation in the country's fledgling democracy. It also paved the way for a healthy discussion focusing on tolerance and human rights that are enshrin...