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SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Residents of Phoenix, north of Durban are hoping that a recent drug arrest of an alleged drug kingpin family, will help bring down the scourge of drugs that is plaguing the community. This is according to Phoenix Community Policing Forum Chairperson, Umesh Singh. He says the communities reaction is worth taking note of. This come...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Members of three funeral associations in South Africa are confident that the KwaZulu-Natal local governement will come to the party and stop the implementation of a ruling by National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa of NAFUPA SA. This after NAFUPA SA warned Indian and white owners of funeral parlours to n...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Minority Front (MF) will hold its first National Conference since the death of the party's founding leader, Amichand Rajbansi. The conference will be held this Saturday at the Pavilion Hotel in Durban. Several positions are being contested, including that of Party Leader, Secretary and Treasurer. MF spokesperson and membe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - A pioneer of the Durban restaurant industry Jack Moodley has passed away. Ninety-seven year old Moodley passed away in his sleep at his Merebank home this morning. Moodley was the owner of many popular Durban restaurants, including the Delhi restaurant, Princess Restaurant, Paradise Ocean Terminal, Gabson bakery and the Ge...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The first two trucks of water collected by humanitarian organisation, the Gift of the Givers have departed Johannesburg for drought-stricken Cape Town. The approximately 12-thousand bottles of five litre water will be stored at the South African National Defence Force warehouses in Goodwood, Cape Town for distribution. Founder...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The families of two cousins who died from an alleged hit-and-run incident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Phoenix, north of Durban, are appealing to members of the public to help in identifying the driver of the vehicle which ran over the young boys. According to their uncle, Kevin Naidoo the two were returning home when...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The families of two cousins who died from an alleged hit-and-run incident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Phoenix, north of Durban, are appealing to members of the public to help in identifying the driver of the vehicle which ran over the young boys. According to their uncle, Kevin Naidoo the two were returning home when...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The Chatsworth Community Policing Forum (CPF) has taken the top award, as the Best CPF in South Africa at the SAPS 5th National Excellence Awards held on Friday in Durban. The awards recognise and reward outstanding performance, exceptional devotion to community relations and extraordinary courage within the South African Police...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The Chatsworth SAPS has the second best police woman in the country. Communications Officer at the Chatsworth police station, Captain Cheryl Pillay was runner up in the category of policewoman of the year in the fifth SAPS National Excellence Awards that was held over the weekend at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convent...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - A fire broke out at the Blue Waters Hotel on Durban's golden mile last night. The incident occurred around 6pm. Only one woman suffered smoke inhalation before being transported to a nearby hospital for further care. The cause of the fire in unknown at this stage. Police and rescue care services managed to successfully evacuat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — According to the City- the Municipality can not just build fencing on bridges that are owned by SANRAL to curb or discourage rock-throwing from these bridges onto cars on freeways below. The Municipality says they control only two bridges in eThekwini. As a result they have to engage with SANRAL on implementing or constructing safety mechanisms to help stop rock thr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - There is an implication that tow truck drivers are involved in a so called rock throwing syndicate. This, after several incidents of rock-throwing have been reported especially in KwaZulu-Natal. Two youngsters, Amina Haffejee and her brother Abdur-Raheem have been the first fatalities from this phenomena after a boulder...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - An increase in school robberies have set off alarms bells. This after two schools were robbed in the Malvern area, south of Durban in the past week. It is believed they are being targeted as they are currently collecting large sums of money for school fees for the new academic year. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala schoo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — It's been an emotional morning for the Mahabeer family as they laid to rest eight members of their family who were killed in a horrific accident last weekend. Hundreds of community members, family of the deceased and school children have converged in Orion Khan hall in Northdale in Pietermaritzburg. The crash occurred on the N2 between Hibberdene and Port Shepstone...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Communities are speaking out, suspects have been arrested and now activism turns to action. This Saturday afternoon, members of Abantu Abahlangene Against Crime and eThekwini Secure will be participating in a motor convey from Durban along the N2 to Tongaat to create an awareness against rock throwing and rock placement accidents that have been taking place recently...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Join Newsbreak Talk's Taresh Harreeparshad and Rachel Vadi this Saturday 27 January 2018, as they host the organisers of the first-ever motorcade through Durban after a spate of rock-throwing incidents. Join the Team on Saturday from 102pm and give your views a voice. Call into studio on 089 310 8789 or whatsapp on the number 071 613 7803 26991586_1610224342394415_3...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Parents are being encouraged to enrol their children for martial arts classes at the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The classes are being held at no cost for children and parents are welcome to attend as well. Community activist and seasoned karate instructor - Devan Pillay says the classes has va...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - On the day of India's 69th Republic Day celebrations - the Consul General of India in Durban Dr Shashank Vikram is set to officially launch the South African Indian Dance Alliance or SAIDA. The Alliance endeavours to promote the colourful yet vibrant Indian Dance as being an integral part of South Africa's performing arts...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - KwaZulu Natal MEC for Economic Development Sihle Zikalala has met with various funeral parlours in Durban to come up with solutions. This after the National Funeral Practioners Association of South Africa warned funeral parlours that are owned by Indian and white South Africans NOT to operate in black townships and rur...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Join Newsbreak Talk's Taresh Harreeparshad and Rachel Vadi this Sunday 28th January 2018 as they tackle the issue of high electricity bills in the eThekwini Municipality. The Municipality will be in studio to answer your questions.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Alarm bells have been ringing, following a number of alleged attempted kidnapping of primary school learners in and around Durban over the last few days. In the latest incident that took place yesterday afternoon, an adult male tried to walk away with a Grade R female learner while she was on her way home in Chatsworth, south of...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Police in KwaZulu-Natal have urged mothers to seek necessary help before resorting to dumping new born babies in the trash. This after the body of a new-born body was found in a rubbish bin on Prince Edward Street in Durban this morning. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala says, the baby was found by communities memb...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Police are appealing for victims of a pilgrimage scam to come forward with information. This after the Mountain Rise police in Pietermaritzburg arrested a mother and daughter for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting devotees, by posing as an international travel agency. 65-year-old Shameem Joosub and her 29-year-old daugh...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are currently questioning two men who have allegedly been involved in a rock throwing incident that took place yesterday on a bridge near Queen Nandi Drive on the N2 in Durban. Metro spokesperson, Superintendent Sewpersad Parboo says the suspects were detained after they were found with a boulder in their possession. It is...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A 52-year-old suspect has appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate Court for the alleged murder of a 42-year-old man at Welbedacht in Chatsworth, south of Durban. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala says residents of the area found the victim's mutilated body in the early parts of Sunday morning. It is alleged that the suspect...