Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Meanwhile, Durban University of Technology communications director - Alan Khan says registrations are continuing at the institution despite the skeleton staff. Khan says their main concern is that registrations continue without disturbances.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Labour unions representing striking workers at the Durban University of Technology says they will continue to down tools until management meets their demands. This after talks between the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu), the Tertiary Education National Union of South Africa (Tenusa), the N...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's junior education minister has caused a political stir by rejecting Charles Darwin's theory of evolution because he says nobody saw the process of chimps turning into men. The former policeman is accused of pandering to his hard-line Hindu bosses, and has raised critical questions about religion and science. Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - With the aim of conducting research on Indians who migrated to South Africa between 1860 and 1911, Chairperson of the Board of the Gandhi Luthuli Documentation Centre at UKZN - Kiru Naidoo - is currently exploring the Indian subcontinent. Naidoo who will be travelling along the south of India says, once completed the resea...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - The frantic search continues for thirty-one year old Ross Govender from Rosebank in Johannesburg. Govender was last seen on Friday at a shopping mall in Sandton city. The Pink Ladies - a volunteer-based organisation which helps find missing people - has since sent out an alert asking members of the public to assist in the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The death of two young people in December last year has put the spotlight back on the urban phenomena of "rock-throwing" from bridges and over-head walk-ways along roads in the eThekwini Municipality. Sixteen-year-old Amina Haffejee, and her seven-year-old brother, Abdur Raheem, were killed on the N2 near Ballito north of Durban...

SABC News and Current Affairs — eThekwini Deputy Mayor Fawzia Peer and Ethekwini Cluster CPF Chair Imtiaz Syed answer questions around the recent rock-throwing incidents. Criminal elements are allegedly throwing rocks off bridges onto cars on busy freeways - the motive still unknown. Two children have died from this incident during the festive season. Call Newsbreak Talk Producers Taresh Harreepar...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak's Executive Producer, Salma Patel hosts the show unpacking the issues arising from Cyril Ramaphosa's first-ever speech as ANC President held ironically, on the 13th January - with Ramaphosa elected as the 13th President of the ANC.

SABC News and Current Affairs — ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver his first address as Party president at the ANC's 106th Anniversary Celebration held at East London today. Among the issues he covered included unity, youth unemployment, free education, good health, gender inequalities, elimination of corruption, declaration of the Centenary of Nelson Mandela. (by SABC Newsbreak Producers: Rach...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police have intensified their manhunt for a man linked to the murder of 20-year-old Siam Lee. This after the charred remains of a woman, believed to be Lee, was found in a sugarcane field in New Hanover on the provinces midlands. Police have yet to confirm if the remains are that of the missing Durban woman. It'...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - False messages being circulated on social media have created a hype of confusion amidst social grant recipients in the country. This after South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) recipients received a letter from SASSA detailing optional changes to their payment methods. Recipients are being advised that the changes to th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Women representation in government was high on the agenda at the first-ever "Persons of Indian Origin" Parliamentary Conference at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in Delhi - a networking summit for people who have ties to India. The parliamentary conference held on the 09th January - coincides with the day that the father...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The Consulate General of India in Durban is once again offering South Africans an opportunity to study in India through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship­ programme. Applications for the programme is opened for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various disciplines for the 2018-2019 acade...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - With the aim of curbing the number of road deaths due to negligent driving, the Chatsworth Motor Club, in partnership with the Chatsworth Community Policing Forum will be hosting a Motor Show at the Chatsworth Stadium on Saturday 13 January 2018. President of the Chatsworth Motor Club, Selvan Moodley says the idea behind the even...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Social grant recipients are being urged to remain calm following the proposed changes in the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) payment methods. This after a number of recipients received a letter from SASSA detailing optional changes to their payment methods. Minority Front spokesperson - Johnathan Annipen says ther...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A man has been killed following protests action on the N2 highway, after the EB Cloete interchange in Durban. It's believed he was electrocuted after fleeing the scene of the protest action. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane says an inquest docket into the man's death has been opened. The scene has since b...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Hours after two people were killed in a crash between a bakkie and a truck in the early hours of this morning along the N3 near Pietermaritzburg, emergency services are still busy clearing the scene. KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health Emergency Medical Service's Robert McKenzie says in addition to medical treatment being administ...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has welcomed President Jacob Zuma's decision to appoint a commission of inquiry into state capture - but she is concerned about the timing and how late the decision has been made. The President made the announcement earlier this week saying he wants government to be seen dismantling corr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - In this week's Hashtag Headline, we look at the most trending topic in not just in the last few days, but last few years. State Capture has been a topic at the centre stage on a number of online portals, taking up more than 68% of what is trending online in the last 24 hours. This is according to Conrad Travis David - the founder...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The eThekwini municipality is urging residents to use the clear plastic bags for recycling while the City experiences an interruption to the supply of orange recycling bags. The interruption has caused a knock-on effect to areas such as Tongaat, Verulam, Bluff and Chatsworth. These areas have seen a backlog of refuse bag coll...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Police in KwaZulu-Natal are on a manhunt for another suspect linked to the killings at Glebelands Hostel at Umlazi, south of Durban. Bongani Mbhele is wanted in connection with two murder and attempted murder cases that took place at the notorious hostel two years ago. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane say...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The South African Human Rights and Pro-Palestine group Boycott Divestment Sanctions - BDS South Africa has been blacklisted by the Israeli government. BDS have found themselves blacklisted, along with 20 other organisations for their support of Palestine nationals and their rights. According to BDS member Mohammed Desai the list...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The Automobile Association has issued a stern warning against motorists who leave their children and pets unattended in vehicles. This after a number of such incidents were reported to the association. The AA is urging residents to consider either leaving children or pets at home before running errands. They say the consequences...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo wihes you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Proucer, Salma Patel - Today (10th January) marks exactly one year since South African PhotoJournalist - Shiraaz Mahomed - was captured in Syria while he was on his way back to the Turkish border. South African Humanitarian Aid organisation - The Gift of the Givers - has confirmed that they are in negotiations with Mahomed's captors trying to...