Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Institute of Rhino Cyrogenetics is in the process of re-establishing the northern white rhino population - of which there are only two females left in the world. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs over five-hundred rhino were poached for their horns in South Africa in the first eight months of 2018. KwaZul...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The portfolio committee on police believes the retention and transfer of forensic and investigative skills amongst police is essential in tackling and eradicating crime in South Africa. This follows the committee commending KwaZulu-Natal police on the swift arrest of a suspect linked to the triple murder - in which a mother and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Meanwhile, Metro Police Spokesperson Senior Superintendent Parbhoo Sewpersad says motorists can be fined if they stop on a busy road or contravene traffic by-laws to give beggars money...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Begging on the streets of Durban is spiralling out of control. Frustrated motorists say the increase of beggars at busy intersections is a serious concern. Newsbreak has been receiving complaints about the increase of beggars, particularly in the Durban Central Business District (CBD). Taliesha Naidoo took to the streets of th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Durban-born author Raashida Khan, has scooped the Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Award Debut Prize for her novel - The Mirror Cracked. Khan's book which was one of the prizes on Newsbreak last week - tells the story of a South African woman who's almost perfect life is shattered when she discovers her husband is having an extra-ma...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The South African Police Service (SAPS) have urged the public to closely study the recent landmark dagga judgement if they intend on using or transporting the drug. The Constitutional Court has decriminalised dagga for private use, but hasn't specified any quantities. To enact this judgment, Parliament must amend the Drugs and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Three South Africans have been selected to be part of the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Each participant will receive up to R50,000 each for their community initiatives. The program aims to empower people with the tools, support and funding to advance their causes and build their communities. Only 11 people out of the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Fashion designers from around the country have been encouraged to participate in the Africa Fashion Exchange 2018 which would take place in Durban from Thursday next week. This is part of the KwaZulu-Natal Fashion Council's mission to revive the fashion and textile industry in the province. Designers will be given a platform to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Niadoo - The Verulam Family Court has postponed the bail application of the Phoenix triple murder accused to next month. 45-year-old Colin Pillay made his first appearance for the murders of 44-year-old Janelle Govindasamy and her daughters, Rackelle and Denisha. The state has told the court that it intends to oppose bail. The bodies o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared an official funeral for Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa who passed away on Saturday. Molewa was 61 years old...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the school third term holidays begin this week, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged bathers on public beaches to be cautious of full moon tides which bring along heavy rip currents and abnormal high tides. This after a 49-year-old woman drowned at Margate beach on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal at the weeken...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - This week is Eye Care Awareness Month. 75% of all cases of blindness is avoidable either through prevention or treatment. According to Durban-based optometrist Kasturie Chetty, one of the leading causes of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, also known as diabetic eye disease - a medical condition in which damage occurs to the r...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Durban's first male Indian-origin nurse to graduate from St. Aiden's Hospital with top marks - plans to put Chatsworth on the map. Vincent Madaray, The Unit Manager at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City at Abu Dhabi in Dubai, is one of the speakers at The International Council of Nurses (ICN) conference which kicks off today. T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The 45-year-old man arrested for the brutal triple murder of a mother and her two daughters at Phoenix north of Durban‚ will appear in the Verulam Magistrate's Court today. The bodies of 44-year-old Janelle Govindsamy and her daughters Rackelle and Denisha had been discovered at their flat in Longcroft Drive on Friday. The susp...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - SABC 3 will re-broadcast the documentary "Indians Can't Fly Part 1" - the story of struggle hero Ahmed Timol. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria found that Timol, just as his family had always maintained, died at the hands of apartheid security branch police while in detention. The repeat will take place on October-sevent...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - KwaZulu-Natal has seen a decrease in the number of road fatalities over the long weekend. Authorities have attributed the decrease to the high number of law enforcement officials being visible across the province on all major routes. Meanwhile, Gauteng recorded a high number of fatalities since the beginning of the long weekend...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Police Minister Bheki Cele is calling for tougher sentences for people who commit crimes against women. He was addressing the Phoenix community, north of Durban, that is still reeling with shock, following the discovery of the bodies of a mother and her two daughters. The bodies of 44-year-old Janelle Govindsamy and her daughters Rackelle and Denisha were discovered...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Many motorists say the practice of street begging is becoming a nuisance and is hazardous on busy roads in urban areas in the country. But a recent survey shows that individuals engage in the practice of begging as a result of a number of factors - including an educational level, not being adequately able to equip the individu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A 27-year-old Indian man NITIN SONAWANE will be embarking on a peace mission to celebrate heritage in South Africa. Sonawane who hails from Mahrashtra will undertake a 2000 kilometre walk and cycle programme, beginning his journey from Gauteng next month. He will be honouring two world icons - Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela....

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Talisha Naidoo - Students at the Durban University of Technology's (DUT) Department of Fashion and Textiles will take their love for fashion onto the catwalk at its annual fashion show next month. The coveted event will showcase the designs of 25 third year students under the theme, the Art of Fashion. Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - With the technological age well and truly upon us - tobacco manufacturers have had to modify their tactics in order to lure the younger generation of smokers. This is the view of Peter Ucko, Chief Executive Officer of TAG - the Tobacco, Alcohol and Gambling Advisory, Advocacy and Action Group. Full-page magazine adverts have be...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Hosted by Taresh Harreeparshad, Produced by Rachel Vadi - It's the curtain-call for Heritage Month- as the nation reflects on what it means to be truly South African. Social cohesion remains the national goal- but is it becoming more elusive in an era charged with divisive slurs?

SABC News and Current Affairs — Hosted by Taresh Harreeparshad, Produced by Rachel Vadi - There's a joint concern from civil society and community members- now that it's legal to use dagga privately. But this landmark ruling is also being lauded as progressive. Do you think is a good direction for South Africa to take?

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has condemned the racist slurs uttered in the video by Kessie Nair. Communications Officer at the foundation, Zaakirah Vadi says society has to put programs in place to address people who make such racist remarks...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The family of a young Phoenix woman who was stabbed to death by her husband, say they will be appealing the sentence that was handed down to her husband at the Verulam Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Naeem Mohammed Sheik Mooideen was sentenced ten years in prison for the murder of his wife, Nadia Mia Sheik. Mooideen pleaded guilty...