Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police suspect foul play in the death of a man, whose body was removed to a private mortuary without following proper legal process. According to SAPS eThekwini Outer North Cluster spokesperson, Captain Louise Naidoo, it's alleged that the man died at Phoenix. North of Durban, with body injuries consistent with assault. She says...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Community activist and director on the board of the 1860 Heritage Centre - Satish Dhupelia says that while Indian-origin people have come far in South Africa, many challenges still exist. Speaking as the country commemorates 100 years since the formal abolition of indentured labour, Dhupelia - a former educator, discussed the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — It is a sad day for the community of Durban who are bidding a fond farewell to a distinguished gentleman and a stalwart of cultural wisdom Devianathen Parthasarthy "DP" Pillay. Affectionately known as "Willy", the 94 year old Pillay was a well Known figure in the Tamil cultural scene. As the Chairperson of the Rainbow Senior Citizens at Mount Edgecombe, north of Dur...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A Durban entrepreneur is boldly steering business into unchartered waters as a finalist in the coveted National Business Awards. Kershen Pillay, who is the CEO of Masifunde Training Centre at Umhlanga, north of Durban will be competing for the Top Performing Entrepreneur in 2017. The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — As we continue our commemoration of 157 years since the arrival of Indentured Indians to South Africa, this morning we discuss the role women have played during the years of indenture. Between 1860 and 1911, Indian-origin men and women entered into contracts to work on sugar plantations in what was then known as Natal. This, after escaping the period of British colo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - As the fear over Flakka continues to grow in the country, police are making strides in curbing the sale of the "zombie" drug. Earlier this month, Newsbreak broke the story of how the drug has hit the community of Chatsworth causing a state of panic, after three men from Westcliff in Chatsworth, south of Durban were hospitalis...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - It's still unclear what sparked the blaze at the Foreman Road informal settlement in Clare Estate, West of Durban. Over a thousand people have been left homeless after the fire raged through their homes yesterday morning. More than 200 homes have been completely destroyed and a two-year-old girl has been killed. But fire figh...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Summer may be fast approaching - but its not yet time to pack away your winter woolies and gudhrees. Unseasonal cold weather is expected over the next few days throughout the country. According to SA Weather Service Forecaster, Bransby Bulo snow and widespread rainfall can be expected over much of the southern and eastern parts o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Placing great emphasis on education in developing the country, the eThekwini Municipality is offering bursaries to study further. Minority Front Councillor, Jonathan Annipen says that young people should use this opportunity to advance themselves as education is a key factor in improving oneself........

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Irate residents, who attended a town meeting to discuss the foul stench emanating from the Phoenix Waste Water Treatment Works plant, north of Durban, feel they are being given a "raw deal". The meeting which took place at the Ottawa Community Hall last night, saw residents from Phoenix, Ottawa and Verulam band together in their...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal residents should brace themselves for heavy rainfall today. The South African Weather Service has issued warnings that severe thunderstorms are expected over the north-western parts of the province, south-eastern Mpumalanga and the extreme eastern parts of the Free State. Weather forecaster Vanetia Phakula says the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating the death of a 78 year old man, who was allegedly found stabbed to death at his home in Phoenix, north of Durban. According to SAPS eThekwini Outer North Cluster spokesperson, Captain Louise Naidoo, his 72 year old wife was also found in an unstable mental condition with superficial neck wounds. Captain N...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Genevieve Lanka - A year after raising concerns about the implementation of the Small-Scale Fishing Policy, community fisherfolk have finally received feedback. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries provided an official response to Parliament's Portfolio Committee this week, citing multiple interventions. Part of the recommenda...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils has slammed the State Security Agency for laying charges against veteran journalist Jacques Pauw. The SSA has accused Pauw for allegedly contravening certain sections of the intelligence act with claims in his book "the President's Keepers" that President Jacob Zuma received a salary from a businessman and that bogus spies...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Delhi in India has unveiled plans to remove four-million cars from its streets. The drive aims to tackle the noxious smog in India's capital, where the air pollution is 20 times higher than safe levels. But critics say this road-rationing formula is bound to backfire as the city's rickety public transport service will collapse. Here's Rana Sen with that story.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - South Africans are among the top 10 consumers of soft drinks in the world and research has shown that drinking just one sugary fizzy drink a day increases the chances of being overweight by 27%. This is according to a global health improvement movement called the 'Healthy Living Alliance' (HEALA). They say that the increase in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Diabetes may be the second highest cause of death in South Africa after tuberculosis but people are still in denial. That's according to Diabetes South Africa KZN Branch Manager - Jenny Russell. Russell says the diabetes statistics are alarming and that South Africans are failing to understand the disease. To continue raising aw...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Meanwhile, spokesperson for the KZN Subsistence Fisherfolk - Desmond D'Sa, says the departments has failed to answer the main objections raised last year...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - As we continue our commemoration of 157 years since the arrival of Indentured Indians to South Africa, this morning we speak about a well known religious figure - who's past is often forgotten. Hazrath Badsha Peer was born in Madras, South India in 1820 and made his way to Durban in 1860 with other indentured Indians to work o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Residents of Phoenix and Ottawa, north of Durban are up in arms over a foul odour that has been lingering in the air over recent months. Newsbreak has received several complaints from residents who say that breathing and even day-to-day living in the area around the Phoenix Waste Water Treatment Works has become unbearable. Woodv...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Following up on our story this morning...Health issues have come under the spotlight following the recent surge in complaints over an unpleasant odour emanating from the Phoenix Waste Water Treatment Works plant, north of Durban. With residents inundating the eThekwini Municipality with complaints, Senior Manager of Phoenix Waste...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - This morning, Newsbreak continues the commemoration of the 100 year anniversary since the formal abolition of Indian indenture - which affected thousands of people of Indian Origin who were duped into contracts to work on sugarcane plantations in return for a free passage and a better life in South Africa. While being promised...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The KwaZulu Natal Department of Health is currently investigating the alleged mistreatment of a patient by a staff nurse at the St. Mary's Hospital. This follows a video of the alleged incident going viral on social media. The video shows a nurse addressing the patient in a terse manner that does not convey empathy. The nurse al...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - eThekwini Manager of the Phoenix Waste Water Treatment Works, Lusapho Tshangela, says upgrades at the plant have been plagued with snags which they are working around the clock to fix. He says they have taken all the necessary steps to ensure that the maintenance and development processes are carried out as quickly as possible...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The funeral service of former Member of Parliament in the then House of Delegates, Arumugam "AK" Pillay is currently underway at the MTSS Hall in Merebank, south of Durban. After retiring as a principal, Pillay continued his civic activism through politics and later through the sports field. Former journalist, Yogin Devan, who wo...