Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — In this week's Newsbreak Legends Series, we profile a man who has given his life to the fight for better higher education in the country. Professor Ahmed Bawa is a theoretical physicist who currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at the Universities South Africa (USAF). Having served in many institutions, including the Durban University of Technology...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Renowned sitarist Dr. Kannada Narahari says performing at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown next month is special way to give back to South Africa. Dr. Narahari is based in Durban as an Ayurvedic doctor and music therapist. He will be accompanying Guy Buttery for a show entitled "The Mending". Dr. Narahari explai...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Also, in an interview with a close friend of Essop reveals that the suspected attackers were allegedly disturbed during their attack - resulting in one of the suspects being left behind. In the aftermath of the bloody attack, Afzal Mitha, a close friend of the 35 year old Essop - told Newsbreak, that two suspects got away in a ge...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - A suspected explosive device has been found at the Imam Hussein Mosque at Verulam north of Durban, just hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the house of prayer. Reports from the scene indicate that worshippers had concluded their evening prayers before finding a white capsule with two wires connected to a cell-phone...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran chats to Producer, Rachel Vadi, who has been at the scene of the bloody mosque attack at Verulam north of Durban this morning. Vadi says the early morning prayer did not go out as usual today, signalling that the situation is tense at the usually quiet town......

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The motive for the attack at the Mosque in Ottawa near Verulam north of Durban remains unknown. Three unknown men allegedly stormed into the mosque and attacked worshippers yesterday after the mid afternoon prayer. Police in KwaZulu-Natal are investigating two counts of attempted murder, murder and arson. No one has been arrested...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Durban's Botanic Gardens will host an exciting Easter Egg Hunt. Newsbreak's Taliesha Naidoo spoke to Botanic Gardens Trust Manager, Kerry Phillips about the hunt.......

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - If you have free time on your hands and would like to be a part of marine education then Durban might have the answer for you. During the month of May, uShaka Sea World Education Centre will be accepting applications for new volunteers to work as Education Guides. The applications are open to marine enthusiasts between the ag...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The independence of India's judiciary came under focus after opposition MPs renewed calls for a probe into allegations of impropriety by the Supreme Court Chief Justice. The demand was struck down last month by Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament - which alone can impeach the senior-most judge. Our India correspondent, Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - The Free State has become the first province in South Africa to amalgamate the gambling, liquor and tourism boards - allowing for greater efficiency and delivery to visitors. The province is exhibiting its best tourism assets at the Travel Indaba at Durban's ICC. Dhilosen Pillay - the newly appointed Chairperson of the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Genevieve Lanka - The reality of drug addiction and the war to stay clean will come alive at the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre in Chatsworth, south of Durban this weekend. The one-man show, performed by author Steve Hamilton, takes the audience through his book titled 'I want my life back', which documents his harrowing journey from experimentation to addiction and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Hafsa Mkhize - Community members of Bayview, in Chatsworth south of Durban say they will not tolerate sexual predators in the community. This comes after the residents protested outside the local Magistrates court yesterday against the bail application of a 40-year-old suspect who allegedly sexually abused five children known to him. Police spokesperson Thulani Z...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Children with Autism are often soft targets for criminals. That's according to Caz Collins - the Director of Breakthrough Interventions South Africa, an organisation empowering Autistic children to reach their full potential. She was reacting to the discovery of the body of ten year old, Katlego Joja was found in a stream...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Genevieve Lanka - Mother of slain Durban woman, Annelene Pillay who was gunned down outside her workplace in November 2016, says her murder is a wake-up call for all men. She was reacting to the 25-year sentence handed down to her daughter's ex-boyfriend Tyrone Pillay. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to the murder, saying he was motivated by anger when Annelene en...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Police patrolling the precincts of Malvern, south of Durban have urged residents to report and monitor criminal activity in the community. This after an elderly women was stabbed and killed by a group of suspects who broke into her home yesterday afternoon. Police have launched a manhunt for the group of suspects operating in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Yesterday on Newsbreak...We brought you an exclusive interview with angry patients outside the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, many of whom had been waiting in line from 3am for treatment. Tensions flared when these patients were told that staff were still dealing with a backlog of patients from last week Thursday, and that th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Former Lotus FM Station Manager, Fakir Hassen, celebrated his birthday over the weekend. Here, he speaks about the launch of his set of books in 2016.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by LotusFM Producers - Breakfast DJ O'Neil Nair talks to Radio Legend Fakir Hassen at the time when Lotus FM celebrated its 24th Birthday. Hassen celebrated a birthday ths past weekend. We wish him a very happy birthday

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Talk Producers, Taresh Harreeparshad and Rachel Vadi - Police in KwaZulu Natal have confirmed that there has been an increase in protests this year. Most of these have been because of service delivery. This is comes as the entire country continues to experience similar types of protests. Newsbreak found out what some of these service delivery concerns a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - A man who's known as one of the foremost photojournalists in KwaZulu-Natal - Pregalathan Ruthnam's reputation truly precedes him. Affectionately known as "Niney", Ruthnam worked for various South African publications in a career spanning over five decades. He started off working in his uncle's darkroom and then went on to capt...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Anti-apartheid struggle activist, Swaminathan Gounden was further immortalised this weekend in an oil painting by Chatstworth artist Collin Sabapathy. 90-year-old Gounden has been honoured at an ANC celebratory dinner on Saturday evening in Umhlanga after he received South Africa's highest civilian accolade - the Order of Luthuli...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers - On World Press Freedom Day today - member of the Media Freedom Committee Judy Sandison says, it's up to South Africans to ensure media freedom is not encroached upon. This year UNESCO will lead the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Accra, Ghana, under the theme is 'Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law'. San...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The road has been re-opened along the N3 toll after a major accident closed the road for several hours at the top of Van Reenen's Pass in KwaZulu- Natal yesterday. Traffic was backed up for tens of kilometres after the crash at the top of the pass killed three people. The incident involved a minibus, three light motor vehicles...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Amina Accram - Business leaders must not only look at transactional levels - but also look at ways to close the gap between the rich and poor. South Africa's Public Enterprise Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has challenged business leaders both from South Africa and India to take more bold steps in socio-economic ventures. Pravin says both India a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - For the last few years, the Rotary Club of Phoenix have been changing the lives of young people through various projects run in the community of Phoenix, north of Durban. From Bullying Workshops to planting of trees, this international organisation brings together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian...