Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - The community of Chatsworth, south of Durban has expressed anger at the passing away of one of the accused in the Baby X trial. According to Legal Aid SA, the maternal grandmother passed away in prison. The deceased and the child's mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the surviving siblings, were arre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Dries Liebenberg - CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation - Sello Hatang - has warned against creating myths around public figures such as Madiba, Mahathma Gandhi, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Delivering the annual Mahathma Gandhi Media Lecture at the Durban University of Technology, Hatang paid tribute to Madikizela-Mandela, who passed away...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Automobile Association has encouraged all South Africans to utilise petrol responsibly. This after their release of information to assist motorists understand how the fuel price is comprised. The breakdown gives an overview of the cost of every litre of petrol inland AND at the coast. The figures released are based on 93 unleade...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - The community of Chatsworth, south of Durban has expressed anger at the passing away of one of the accused in the Baby X trial. According to Legal Aid SA, the maternal grandmother passed away in prison. The deceased and the child's mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the surviving siblings, were arre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The India-South Africa Business Summit 2018 will be held on the 30th April at the Sandton Convention Centre. The theme of this years' summit is "United by Legacy, Unified for Prosperity" and aims to maximize the potential of economic and commercial pertnership between the two countries. There will also be a focus on India-SADC country partnerships. The summit is fre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The India-South Africa Business Summit 2018 will be held on the 30th April at the Sandton Convention Centre. The theme of this years' summit is "United by Legacy, Unified for Prosperity" and aims to maximize the potential of economic and commercial pertnership between the two countries. There will also be a focus on India-SADC country partnerships. The summit if fre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - A Havenside grandmother who is accused of the torture and murder of Baby X has died in the Westville Prison. The deceased and the child's mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the surviving siblings, were arrested in November 2014, after the child was declared dead at their home in Chatsworth, south of...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The case against a couple from Phoenix north of Durban accused of the attempted murder of their four-year-old daughter, has been adjourned to the 25th of April in the Verulam Magistrate's Court. A video of the woman assaulting the little girl went viral on social media. It's also alleged the boyfriend punched the child before throwing her against a cabinet. He can b...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Reservoir Hills community, west of Durban claim they are being robbed of a pivotal educational and cultural resource centre. That's according to Minority Front (MF) spokesperson, Jonathan Annipen. This after the Reservoir Hills library, which was temporarily closed in October last year, has not yet reopened. The temporary...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Hafsa Mkhize - Local non-profit organisation - Helping Hands together with the Active citizens Movement have collaborated to assist victims of a fire that swept through the Merebank Shopping centre last week. Five people have been injured in the fire that broke out inside a block of flats above the centre, south of Durban. Helping hands Founder Sharin Rajman says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Mazda Southern Africa has re-launched its "Airbag Recall Awareness Campaign", urging all Mazda customers to take their vehicles to their nearest dealer for an airbag inflator replacement. It's estimated that 28-thousand Mazda's are affected in South Africa and these include the Mazda2, Mazda6 and RX-8 vehicles produced between...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Onto the main local news: Link Road at Shallcross, south of Durban remains closed following protest action that erupted after a teenager was allegedly knocked dead along the busy route. Police are monitoring the route which has been the scene of violent protests and suspected looting after the incident. Chatsworth Community Po...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Think South African Indian music and one name comes to mind: Tansen Nepaul. Not only has Nepaul established himself in the local music industry, but also earned international acclaim as a skilled musician and producer. His band, the Tansen Nepaul Show Band has graced stages across the country, from big concerts to wedd...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Authorities in India are still hopeful the Gupta brothers will appear before tax officials. The family had been given seven days from last Thursday, to comply with the order. This was the fourth time in about three weeks that the Indian tax authorities had extended a deadline for the Gupta brothers to answer questions about their tax affairs. The Guptas are being in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - An unexploded mortar bomb was discovered yesterday at a residential area at Winston Park west of Durban. Police say the owner of the home where it was discovered was gardening when he made the discovery. Police spokesperson Nqobile Gwala says the owner dug up the suspicious-looking object and immediately alerted police.........

SABC News and Current Affairs — This Saturday on Newsbreak Talk let's pay tribute to the late Winnie Madikizela Mandela. Hosted by Taresh Harreeparshad and Produced by Rachel Vadi

SABC News and Current Affairs — The case of former president Jacob Zuma will be heard on June the eighth in the Durban High Court. This after both the prosecution and the defence teams requested more time in order to allow Zuma's legal team to bring a review application against the NPA's decision to reinstate the charges against him. Zuma is facing 16 counts of fraud, money laundering and racketee...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Advocate Vishalan Naidu spoke to Newsbreak about former President Jacob Zuma's day in court.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - While there may have been mixed reactions from South Africans on today's court case of former president Jacob Zuma, there is a united voice, that the case is finally being heard at court. Newsbreak's Rachel Vadi captured the sentiment on the ground...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Salman Khan will spend another night in prison as a judge this morning did not give a ruling on his petition for bail. The superstar was sentenced to five years in jail for poaching rare antelopes in 1998. The verdict is the latest twist to an off-screen life almost as dramatic as the blockbusters he has starred in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A Concert for Cancer is expected to radiate through the Chatsworth community this weekend. The concert, which will take place at the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre in Chatsworth on Saturday, will raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer. Concert organiser and host - Luvalan Pillay spearheaded the initiative followi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Veteran South African journalist and Writer at the University of the Free State Zubeida Jaffer has drawn parallels between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and that of the late Princess of Wales, Lady Diana. Jaffer has written a touching online opinion piece about the life and times of Winnie Mandela since her passing on Monday a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - A voice for the voiceless... That is how Snuki Zikalala, close comrade - who spent over a year with the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Old Mampuru Prison in Pretoria in 1969 - describes the global icon. Zikalala, who is the President of the ANC Veterans' League, told Newsbreak that the late Madikizela-Mandela was a cham...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak Talk Producer, Rachel Vadi, spoke to Steve Smith from the Monkey Helpline about the problems these animals cause in and around Durban.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Despite warnings from government on the deadly Listeriosis outbreak in the country, some tuck shops are still selling high risk foods including polony and russians. This is according to health improvement organisation - the Healthy Living Alliance. They say that low income earners are not well equipped with the knowledge assoc...