Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal police have re-iterated their call to report missing people immediately - from the moment they do not return home. This as they are urging anyone with information on the missing 34-year-old man from Marianhill, west of Durban to come forward. Police are still searching for the man named Basil Lloyd Green, who has been miss...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad - Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements MEC Ravi Pillay has given the assurance that land expropriation without compensation will not result in residents having to give up their homes. Last week the ANC Lekgotla took the decision to support the amendment to section 24 of the Constitution. MEC Pillay explains how land issues a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad - Residents at Seven Tanks on the Silverglen Conservancy, in the precincts of Chatsworth, south of Durban are expected to be presented with relocation proposals today. That's according to Human Settlements MEC Ravi Pillay. Residents are still reeling from shock after alleged land invaders stoned their houses and damaged their prop...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Salma Patel - Amending Section 25 of the constitution relating to land expropriation without compensation does not give criminals free-reign to commit illegal land-grabs. That's according to Human Rights expert - Saber Ahmed Jazbhay. The Durban attorney - who penned a paper on the topic "The Ethics of Illegal Action" says the amendment still has to go...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Thirty-four girls have been found raped at a children's shelter in India's Bihar state. Statements of the victims paint a terrifying picture of a pattern of abuse. This has led to calls for national action over the management of care homes meant for the most vulnerable members of the society. Rana Senn reports from New Delhi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille has dropped a bombshell by resigning as mayor of the Mother City from the end of October. The announcement was made at a joint media briefing by De Lille and Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane in Cape Town. A new mayor will be elected soon, as Mercedes Besent reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Veteran photo-journalist and former Lotus FM station Manager, Fakir Hassen has launched his book on Nelson Mandela as the country celebrated the icon's centenary. The 170 page book, entitled 100 Memories of Madiba, documents the political, social and sometimes humorous exchanges between the former President and the most...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The first all-women expedition group will be donating over 30-thousand books to schools and organisations around the country and raise funds to help humanitarian and animal welfare groups across Africa. The group led by humanitarian and conservationist Carla Geyser will set out on a journey across the continent in an effort to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The Railway Safety Regulator - RSR - has threatened to lay criminal charges against The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa or PRASA if they continue to operate their railways without a safety permit. PRASA was previously issued with a safety permit under special conditions of which they failed to submit on time. Spokesperso...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - A 24-hour command centre will this week be set up by the South African Police Service at the Seven Tanks community in Chatsworth south of Durban following the burning tyres, rock throwing and petrol bombs by alleged land grabbers. According to Silverglen Nature Reserve Conservancy chairperson Shaun Hammond and KwaZulu Natal ME...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - A concerned vendor who refused to be named told Newsbreak that people have been trying to scam hawkers by using large sums of fake money. Tashlan Naidoo ventured to the Bangladesh Market to find out first hand...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers - Street vendors from the Bangladesh Market at Chatsworth, south of Durban are fearing for their lives as criminals continue to wreak havoc in the township. Vendors have claimed that they are unable trade freely as social ills are spiralling out of control leaving them unsafe and penniless.... (credits: Magashini Mottian, Tashlan Naidoo)

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - As part of South Africa's Women's Month celebrations, Newsbreak reflects on the life of anti-apartheid activist Barbara Hogan. Hogan, the wife of late struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada will be speaking at a women's tribute event organised by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Sunday. She was one of the activists castrated at the Wom...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - The BRICS Summit has been described as more than just a talk shop. The investment catch phrase was coined by Goldman Sachs Asset Management chair Jim O'Neill referring to the rising giants of the world economy. Previously those countries were named as "emerging economies". The summit may have drawn to a close but the BR...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - The movie "Broken Promises Four" has exceeded all expectations by raking in over a-million-rand at the local box office, surpassing the new "Mission Impossible" that was released at the same time. Film Director Kumaran Naidoo has confirmed that production for number five is expected to begin in September. He says he is humbled by the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Cricketer-cum-politician - Imran Khan - tipped to be Pakistan's next prime minister has invited his Indian cricketing rivals for his inauguration. His guest list also include Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan. Missing from from the list is his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, infact raising eyebrows... Rana senn reports from New Delhi ........

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - An alleged senior citizen serial-killer is expected to appear in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates' Court on three counts of murder and theft today. Provincial police spokesperson Thulani Zwane says the 28 year old suspect is alleged to have committed a string of murders at old age homes in Capital in the past month. Zwane says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police have swooped on a hydroponic dagga lab at Westville, west of Durban earlier this morning. This follows an intense intelligence-driven investigation. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala says police found dagga farming in three rooms and about 50 dagga plants at the home in Meerut Road. She says residents need to be mo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The United Nations has called on both ZANU PF and the Movement for Democratic Change to "exercise restraint" following the announcement of the election results. The U N says they are concerned about reports that there have been incidents of violence in some parts of Zimbabwe," Six people have been killed in violent protests af...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Operation Bobbi Bear, a human rights organisation committed to helping sexually abused children in KwaZulu-Natal says the rape and murder of that seven-year old child is a horrendous act and a shame on our society. Founder and adviser at the organisation Jackie Branfield says even though South African law is very helpful in al...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has dismissed claims circulating on social media that she's been granted an offer to move to the Western Cape provincial legislature to take up a vacant position. The speculation included De-Lille taking up the position created by the exit of Lennit Max as head of one of the portfolio committe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India effectively stripped four million people of their nationality in Assam, as they were excluded from the final draft of a list of citizens. Entire families living for decades largely in seven districts of the north eastern state must prove they are not Muslim settlers from Bangladesh. From India - Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Operation Bobbi Bear, a human rights organisation committed to helping sexually abused children in KwaZulu-Natal says the rape and murder of that seven-year old child is a horrendous act and a shame on our society. Founder and adviser at the organisation Jackie Branfield says even though South African law is very helpful in al...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - As the country observes Women's Month this August, a local surfing movie is promoting self-expression, self-discovery and non-conformity for young women. The movie, entitled "Deep End", recently premiered at the 2018 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). The film's lead actor and SABC news anchor - Mahendra Ragunath expl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Several million pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in the holy land of Makkah ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage later this month. Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Over two thousand South Africans have been making their way to the Kingdom in the build-up to one of the largest pilgrimage gatherings in the w...