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SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - Job seekers should be using social media to showcase their talents and creativity in an effort to attract the attention of potential employers. That's according to Sanet Nel - Marketing Manager for Oxbridge Academy - a distant learning institution. Nel says, with thousands of applicants vying for a limited number of vacanci...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The deadly Nipah virus has killed 10 people in southern India and dozens more are believed to be infected. Experts reached the effected site to grapple with the rare outbreak which has sparked panic in the Kerala state - popular among foreigners for its upcoming monsoon festivals. From India, Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - South Africans are being warned of criminals who lurk on online classified and advertising sites. Police in Gauteng responded to two cases in Pretoria recently. In the first incident, a man was thrown from a building and his friend robbed when they went to meet a person who was selling a camera. In the other incident, a man wa...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - South African schools are in dire need of greater avenues to assist children that are victims of abuse and sexual assault. This is according to the South Durban KwaZulu-Natal Parents Association Chairperson - Vee Gani. He spoke to Newsbreak after teachers, parents and learners picketed outside a Chatsworth school yesterday morni...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Equality Court in Durban has ordered the son of former President Jacob Zuma - Edward Zuma - to pay a fine of 60.000 Rand for hate speech. Edward Zuma was taken to court by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after criticising Derek Hanekom and Pravin Gordhan in an open letter in July, last year. He called them "askaris who defend white monopoly cap...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Prabashini Moodley - South African musician, Shashika Mooruth has encouraged local artists to push the boundaries and create more original music as opposed to cover versions. Mooruth will be receiving the prestigious International Achiever Award at the South African Music Awards or SAMA's next month. In their announcement of the award - SAMA said "Moo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — DA leader, Mmusi Maimane has warned South Africans not to be excited about the so called "new dawn" being preached by the ANC since President Cyril Ramaphosa took office in December. The president will be marking 100 days in office, but the DA has labelled his performance "underwhelming" and has too much "hype and no action". Maimane says, president Ramaphosa had mo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshed - More than 90% of lupus patients are women, but not much is known about the condition. Lupus is an auto immune disease - meaning the bodies immune system becomes over-active and starts attacking healthy tissue. In this week's Medical Monitor, Rheumatologist Dr. Neeta Patel explains how the disease can be treated...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has placed Sardines on the "orange list", which means their numbers are fast dwindling. As we approach another sardine run, the wilderness preservation organisation cautioned communities to think twice when catching the tiny silver fish. In recent years, sardine shoals have been visibly decreasing...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - Two suspects are expected to appear in court soon for house robberies that took place in Hillcrest, west of Durban this past weekend. It's believed that two families were held up in their homes by the perpetrators who ransacked the house, removing jewellery and cash - before fleeing the scene. In a separate incident, a 37-year-ol...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal Police have confirmed that two girls aged five and seven, were killed and a third was injured after a wall and gate in the Durban suburb of Clare Estate collapsed on them last night. It is alleged that the three young girls had been playing near the entrance to a property on Kennedy Road‚ and were swinging on a ste...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The aunt of the three children who were allegedly kidnapped yesterday in Newcastle - Farida Gama, revealed that one of the suspects involved in the incident was a family friend. Gama says the suspects demanded a ransom of two million Rand. She says the family was relieved to find the children alive. Gama says the incident was an...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - Four suspects have been arrested following the alleged kidnapping of three girls between the ages of seven and 11 at Madadeni in Newcastle north of KwaZulu-Natal. The girls were on their way to school when the incident occurred and a subsequent ransom was demanded by the suspected kidnappers. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson The...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Tighter security measures have been put in place at the only Shia Mosque in Cape Town following the deadly attack at a Shia Mosque in Veralum, north of Durban, earlier this month. One person was killed and two severely wounded during the knife and petrol bomb assault on the place of worship. This has raised major safety concerns for Shia Muslims. Carmel Loggenberg-R...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - People have been urged to practice extreme caution when using electrical products in their homes - especially mobile-phone accessories and electronic equipment. This after a house burnt down in Sherwood, west of Durban yesterday. The incident has reportedly been caused by a cell-phone which exploded while it was on charge. The...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Supporting gay and lesbian rights, the Minority Front in conjunction with LGBT advocacy group "Soul Sisters Production" launched the Phoenix Women's Circle on Saturday at the Greenbury Hall in Phoenix, north of Durban. Speaking at the entertaining afternoon, leader of the Minority Front - Shameen Thakur Rajbansi says the idea behi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A local dancer has become the first South African male to graduate in the Indian classical dance of Kuchipudi. Niveshan Munsamy has spent four years studying the art-form in Chennai, south of India. Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian classical dances, originating in the village of Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Hawks commercial crime unit have confirmed that a high level investigation is currently underway into Durban Solid Waste (DSW). This after DSW was accused of awarding an irregular recycling bag tender amounting to around 90-million-rand. Minorities of South Africa (MOSA) has accused and laid the criminal charges against imp...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The chairperson and founder of the Imam Hussain Mosque at Ottawa, near Verulam, north of Durban has refuted claims circulating on social media that the prayer facility receives international funding. Azad Seedat told Newsbreak that hoax social media messages have been doing the rounds, claiming that donors from Iran are unhapp...

SABC News and Current Affairs — In this week's Newsbreak Legend Series, we profile struggle stalwart and cultural activist - Kista Naidoo. The award-winning 86-year-old has dedicated his life to propagating the Tamil and Telegu languages and culture at Clairwood, south of Durban. He also played a vital role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo compiled this r...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo - The most anticipated wedding of the year between Britain's Prince Harry and former actress Meghan Markel is just one day away. The royal wedding will take place at the at St George's Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle tomorrow. The wedding service is expected to begin at 12pm. Author and royal wedding commentator - Fiona Khan s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by The National Freedom Party or NFP has submitted a motion to the National Assembly in Parliament to allow the South African embassy in Israel to be downgraded to a liaison office. This is according to NFP MP Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Imam. The motion comes days after the killing of at least 60 Palestinians in the past four days by Israeli soldiers at the Gaza border. Th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - In an attempt to dispel the stigma surrounding cannabis, chair of the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the Cannabis Development Council of South Africa - Krithi Thaver has established the "Holistic Relief Wellness and Pain Management Centre". The medicinal cannabis dispensary based in Durban North, is the first of it's kind on the Afri...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Catch up on where to land that big catch with the Newsbreak Fishing report by Sanjay Ramsarup

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating an inquest docket that was opened at a police station, after 14 year old Mckaylen Ramsamy was knocked and killed by a train in Verulam, north of Durban yesterday. It is believed that Ramsamy, a grade 8 pupil at Temple Valley Secondary School was declared deceased at the scene. According to police s...