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SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - Speaking about the sad passing of Moosa Moosa this week, his son AB Moosa has been reflecting on the work this his dad will be remembered for. Saying quote, "it was my father and I that took it upon ourselves to change the South African cinema landscape" - AB is adamant that his dad left an indelible mark on the industry. In this exclus...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi - Sad news for the entertainment industry as late yesterday afternoon, movie mogul Moosa Moosa passed away. In the 1980's he acquired sole ownership of the Avalon Group which was founded by his father, AB Moosa senior. Following a tempestuous time during the apartheid era, Moosa Moosa and his son AB Moosa Jnr rebuilt Avalon - and the group...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Today marks "International Seafarers Day" with the theme being focussed around well-being and communication. To mark this day, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) will honour cadets in Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. SAMSA Chief Operating Officer - Sobantu Tilayi says that technology has transformed communication...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, is due back in the Newcastle Magistrate's court today on a charge of contravening the Riotous Assemblies Act by allegedly inciting his supporters to invade land. In June 2016‚ Malema told a gathering in the northern KwaZulu-Natal town that white people could not claim ownership of...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - In this week's Legends feature, we zoom in on a lady who exudes courage and self-sacrifice - Professor Anshu Padayachee. A legend known for her sterling work in the fields of Technology, Gender Violence and abuse. Professor Padayachee is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Technology Network. She has been a life l...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi - Residents of Port Shepstone and Ulundi will be able to have their say on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill - as the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform embark on public hearings in KZN this week. The bill seeks to amend the Restitution Act of 1994 which gives effect to section 25 of the Constitution. Chie...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Indian courts have lifted the centuries-old iron veil on public breast-feeding. The verdict offers working mothers their undeniable right to nourish infants in full gaze and without the fear of critical scrutiny or even frivolous lawsuits by a moral police brigade - which is growing in strength in the country. Our South Indian correspondent Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — This Saturday on the 23rd June 2018, Newsbreak Talk tackled the issue: Are South Africans posting too much of information on social media? A study conducted by CSIR found this to be true and correct to an extent and has warned South Africans to be wary and careful of publishing private information on public platfoms. Social media expert Nazreen Ebrahim spoke to the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — On Newsbreak Talk this Saturday 23rd June 2018, Producer Rachel Vadi chats to Karen Pillay a Child Rights Activist and asks are South Africans posting too much information on social media; what are the guidelines when posting pictures of children and the trauma that siblings and family suffer when a loved one's photos and video are published..........

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board says sardines were spotted this morning along the South Coast between the Sezela and Sugarmill region. The main concentration of activity was between Pennington and Suzela yesterday with netters managing to load over one-hundred crates. This years run was penned to be the largest in the last decad...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Increased land invasions in the Chatsworth area, south of Durban has forced residents to seek political help in addressing the tense situation. They have invited President of the Congress of the People or COPE - Mosiuoa Lekota to address them on land expropriation without compensation in the area. Resident of Chatsworth, Zain Soo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Leader of the Congress of the People or COPE - Mosiuoa Lekota says, the parties policy on land expropriation is in line with the South African constitution which states - no one may be deprived of their property, including land..............

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi - The quick reaction of a mother in Phoenix, north of Durban prevented her young child from becoming another statistic of kidnapping in South Africa. It is believed that the primary school child was with her grandmother after school when the incident took place. Phoenix SAPS spokesperson, Captain Louise Naidoo says the mother was able to g...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - Tributes continue to pour in after the passing of musician and family man Goolabjith Nepaul. Nepaul died yesterday after suffering from an ongoing illness. The well known musician and husband to Kumari Ambigay played a vital role in the entertainment industry. Family spokesperson Tansen Nepaul says Goolabjith Nepaul was a kind and gentl...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - Durban central and south beaches have been closed to bathers with immediate effect as shark nets have been removed to accommodate the sardine run. This is according to eThekwini Municipality spokesperson Mandla Nsele. The closure will remain through-out the run, the duration of which is unknown at this stage. Nsele has urged beach-goe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - As the country experiences the winter chill, the youth of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be collecting relief items for the underprivileged at Lenasia in Gauteng this weekend. As part of the foundations youth month initiatives, the volunteers will lead a door-to-door campaign called "Operation Winter Warm". The youth will be coll...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Matthew Veeran - A group of talented youth have been assembled by award-winning actor and director Rajesh Gopi, to form the cast of his new musical - "Hook or By Crook". The play tells the story of political struggle and fighting corruption - set against the backdrop of Chatsworth's bustling Bangladesh Market. What makes the production even more uniqu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi - Tackling the issue of what they are calling "senseless violence" in the community, a Phoenix family are looking for support from the people around them, by organising an awareness motorcade this weekend. 37-year-old Donovan Naicker was murdered in March this year, when he tried to help an older man who was allegedly being beaten by a gro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - Human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation BDS South Africa's National co-ordinator Muhammed Desai says the organisation views today's press conference and engagement as a turning point. This after they briefed the media together with South African TV personality Shashi Naidoo following her recent pro-Israeli social media post...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - The country is gearing up for the annual sardine migration - where millions of silvery fish travel from the cold southern waters off the Cape Point. The sardines move along the shore as they make their way up along the Transkei coastline into KwaZulu-Natal beaches. The annual migration creates a feeding frenzy for predator fish as wel...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is urging the country's youth to engage people who harbour racist sentiments in order to foster a mind shift. This ahead of the foundation's Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism. Participants aged between 15 and 21 years can submit their original essays, sharing their thoughts and experiences o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board says the first shoals of the annual sardine run may reach Durban beaches over the weekend. A shoal of silvery fish was spotted this morning on the KwaZulu Natal southern coast and it looks like they could be headed to the Durban Beaches in the coming days. KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board says they have spotte...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - Managing Director of World Wide Worx - Arthur Goldstuck has urged all Liberty Holdings customers to change their transactional bank account details and any other systems which could have the same passwords as their Liberty accounts. This after cyber criminals hacked into the financial services company's system on Friday and announced du...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi - Tackling the growing scourge of drug abuse in Phoenix, north of Durban - the Phoenix Local Drug Action Committee (PLDAC) will be hosting a drug abuse awareness march near the Phoenix Plaza later today. Chairperson of the PLDAC, Mohammed Shah says past awareness programmes proved to be extremely successful, with many addicts approaching p...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating the cause of a crash where two people were killed and five others were injured after a truck veered into an embankment in Umkomaas, south of Durban. KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert Mckenzie says the five injured were at the back of the truck which was reportedly trans...