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SABC News and Current Affairs — Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan says there has never been a relationship between him and the controversial Gupta family. Giving testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg, Gordhan said there was never any official meetings between them. He said several attempts were made by the Gupta brothers to meet him but his office, the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Economists have issued a cautionary advice to customers who will be spending their monies on Black Friday. They say since the economy is not in a good shape and the rand is in a state of fluctuation, consumers should be wiser this time around. In South Africa Black Friday means that consumers can buy items at a cheaper price. The day originates from United States ju...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - A Pretoria-based insurance company has decided to settle payment of 2.4 million rand to a Durban widow whose husband was shot and killed in a hijacking incident at Chatsworth, south of Durban last year. The company in question refused to pay-out the insurance to Denise Ganas, after her husband Nathan, failed to disclose his hig...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - The Kruger National Park has praised the 'Meerkat' technology in its fight against poaching - especially rhinos. The Meerkat uses innovative technology to distinguish between humans and animals in a natural habitat. It can also survey large distances where traditional surveillance equipment falls short because of the extreme temperatu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Severe thunderstorms with possible flooding is expected in parts of KwaZulu-Natal today. According to the South African Weather Service, heavy rainfall has been anticipated in the country. Weather forecaster - Madimetja Thema says these weather conditions are likely to continue until the end of the week...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - November marks the 158th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers from India to South Africa. Now more than a century on - people of Indian origin have made great strides in all aspects of society. In this edition of unearthing their experiences and contribution to South Africa, Newsbreak spoke to the Chairpers...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - The World Health Organisation (WHO) regards malnutrition as the biggest threat to global public health, and describes it as deficiencies in a person's intake of nutrients. In South Africa, 13% of children are either overweight or obese. Statistics SA reported that about a third of all children in Gauteng and the Free State are stunte...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - The new National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP) must be impartial and display "no fear or favour". That's according to Law expert - Saber Ahmed Jazbhay. Five candidates have been shortlisted for the position. They are Advocate Siyabulela Mapoma, Advocate Andrea Johnson, Advocate Rodney de Kock, Advocate Shamila Batohi and Advo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan, has begun his testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Parktown Johannesburg. Gordhan says state capture has increased joblessness, disenfranchised the youth and advanced the marginalisation of women. He says it also replaced competent and experienced individuals at th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Nelson Mandela Youth Centre at Chatsworth, south of Durban is urging the public to come forward and become storytelling volunteers. This initiative is aimed at building literacy and imagination in children. Volunteer registration takes place this Saturday at the youth centre from 10am. Youth Centre programme coordinator, Cl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Environmental Affairs Department has put together a team to investigate claims of raw sewage spilling into the Vaal River. This emerged during the second phase of an inquiry into the sewage spillage led by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Johannesburg. It is estimated that about 150 mega-litres of raw sewage pours into the river on a daily ba...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Former Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille has announced that she will be start a new political party that will contest next year's general elections in all provinces in the country. This follows her resignation as Mayor and member of the Democratic Alliance last month after a long battle with her former party. de Lille says she...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Controversial politician Patricia de Lille has launched a new political party. The former Cape Town Mayor, who resigned and left the DA last month, said today's politics had failed South Africans and many have lost their faith in politicians. de Lille told Newsbreak that her motto in life was "not to give up on the good fight for a be...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - South Africa is likely to introduce the carbon tax in the New Year. Decisions are expected to be taken at a plenary session in Parliament this week. The government hopes to take precautionary action to cut industrial pollution AND greenhouse gas emissions by as early as 2025. South Africa will be following Colombia, which succe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture before Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in Johannesburg today. Gordhan is expected to deliver explosive details and implicate high ranking government officials. Member of the media committee within the Active...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Students armed with a degree in Computer or Information Technology have been encouraged to apply for a free Java and Oracle programming training at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). The programme is being to tackle the unemployment and skills gap in the sector. The course is expected to bring high level IT experts from...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Law expert Saber Ahmed Jazbhay believes that Omar Sabadia - who hired three hit-men to murder his wife in 1996 - deserves to be released from prison next year. His wife Zahida went missing 22 years ago and her body was found 22 days later, tied to a tree in Ga-Rankuwa north of Pretoria. Sabadia was due to be paroled in June thi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - In this week's Newsbreak Legends series - we profile struggle icon Sunny Singh. A man who has been largely unassuming in the background - more of a worker, than in the headlines. He's considered one of the great unsung heroes of the struggle for South Africa's freedom. Newsbreak caught up with the 79-year old Singh at his latest p...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - As you sow, so shall you reap took a very sentimental meaning this week: as South Africa celebrated the 158th anniversary since the arrival of Indians in the country. These indentured labourers toiled the sugar cane fields to sweeten colonial profits - but reaped a legacy of immense success themselves. Newsbreak Talk trac...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - In 2014, three matric pupils were stabbed to death at an end of the year party in Richards Bay, on the KwaZulu-Natal north-coast. All three were stabbed during a brawl at the Pens Down festival. And in 2016, three other teenage boys died and 32 others were admitted to hospital after suffering symptoms of poisoning, allege...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taleisha Naidoo - Clarence Primary School in Durban has scooped one of the top awards at this year's Excellence in Education awards. The school won in the #Mandela100 category for creating a video showing their understanding of former president Nelson Mandela's legacy. The video created by students, between the ages of 10 and 12 years old - wel...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Tamil community has learnt with dismay that the 60-thousand Rand bust of child activist Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar had been stolen from Rose Park in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Valliamma was part of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha Movement, opposing apartheid laws by the former National Party (NP) government. Progressive...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The number of South African consumers taking up debt has decreased. According to Statistics South Africa, civil summons and judgements for debt has seen a significant decrease since 2017. The total number of civil summonses issued for debt decreased by 2.8% in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2017. The largest negative contributors to the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The interview process to select a suitable candidate to lead National Director of Public Prosecutions is continuing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Four candidates Advocate Andrea Johnson, Advocate Rodney de Kock, Advocate Moipone Noko and Advocate Naomi Manaka spoke out eloquently about integrity, professionalism and service excellence as a value required to ta...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - November marks the 158th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers to South Africa. The first ship - the Truro arrived on 16th of November 1860 to the shores of Durban, from Madras in India. South African Hindu Dharma Sabha President - Ram Maharaj - reflects on this historical day...