Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - South Africa is set to host the 'Indian Ocean Rim Association Council' (IORA) meeting in Durban this weekend. The 'IORA' is an international organisation consisting of 21 coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean, whose aims is to promote trade liberalisation,cooperation, investment promotion and economic cooperation. The five...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Insurers are expected to feel the strain as claims are expected to mount amid more natural disasters. This after the heavy rains caused havoc and destruction in KwaZulu-Natal. Insurance Ombudsman for Short term Insurance - Peter Nkhuna, says the increase in such claims has outstripped premium growth, resulting in what the indust...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim braved the wet, rainy weather to bring us the latest on the destruction caused at the Durban harbour by the KZN storm.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - A high level conference is currently underway in Durban, exploring how natural gas can play a greater role in South Africa's energy mix to support the industrial and economic development goals in the country. Over 200 delegates consisting of government, gas developers, institutional investors and technology providers are curre...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - A Durban-based relief organisation is helping victims of yesterday's flash floods and severe storms piece their lives together. The Al Ihsan Relief Team has been monitoring the situation at several informal settlements - and have been providing blankets and warm meals to those affected by the storm. Spokesperson, Abdul...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Medical Practioner Dr Cyril Naidoo has issued a challenge to all retired policemen and security guards in the Chatsworth community - south of Durban to come together and form a task force that will keep residents safe. Dr Naidoo who is also an honorary life President of the KwaZulu-Natal Parent Teacher Association of South Africa - was yesterday hijacked from Bayvie...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says they've not yet recieved any cases reagarding the latest advertisment by personal care and beauty brand Dove advertisement, which has sparked outrage on social media. The advert depicts a black woman transforming into a white woman, seemingly after using a Dove product. A nu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Hoax messages circulating on social media during yesterday's storm placed undue pressure on emergency services personnel. This is according to spokesperson for Marshall Security and Crisis Medical, Kyle van Reenen. He indicated that current circulation of a message on social media, claiming that the M41-N2 Umhlanga interchange br...

SABC News and Current Affairs — After twenty years of research to uplifted the water and sanitation sector - the Durban University of Technology's Professor Faizal Bux has been named the winner of the Transformation and Redress category of the third Water Research Commission or WRC Knowledge Tree Awards. Professor Bux has been instrumental in establishing the research niche area of Wastewater Tech...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Dubbed the "all-in-one" online business portal, mobical.me is making waves in South Africa's virtual space as the go to provider for business, sports clubs or schools. The free web portal allows users to broadcast messages, distribute tickets to events and even sell products online through it's specialised "shop" . Recently in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Political analyst Dr Lubna Nadvi says the Pietermaritzburg High Court Judgement that nullified the results of the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal ANC elective conference stands and should be respected. She says in the interim - the ANC needs to determine how the province will be run...........

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - As school holidays are in full swing, emergency services are calling on parents and guardians to be extra-cautious with the safety of their children. This after emergency services say they recieve a high volume of danger incidents that involve children during the holiday periods. ER24 spokesperson, Annine Siddall says the mos...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Gauteng Police have seized more than three-hundred firearms, over three-thousand-five-hundred round of live ammunition and recovered over three-hundred-and-twenty suspected stolen vehicles. They have also arrested more than eight-thousand suspects for various crimes during the month of September. According to police spokes...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - As confirmed by spokesperson Sthembiso Mshengu: The faction that took the ANC provincial leadership to court to declare the 2015 Provincial Elective Conference null and void will be seeking an execution order to ensure that the High Court ruling is upheld. This follows the decision by the PEC to lodge an appeal to that d...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - For analysis on the political story making headlines this week: The newly elected Eastern Cape ANC PEC leadership intends on extending an olive branch to those they defeated following the elective conference in East London at the weekend. This after a case of four disgruntled ANC delegates believed to be supporting form...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - As a fitting tribute to the great peace icon, Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the United Nations has declared his birthday, the 2nd October as the International Day of Non-Violence. This year, all eyes commemorating this day of peace, turned to many countries ravaged by internal war and suffering - with a special emphasis on...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - A five year old girl has tragically died while attempting to cross the R102 near Phoenix, north of Durban. The child had suffered severe head trauma and was declared dead by paramedics. Spokesperson for a Verulam based security company - Prem Balram - has warned parents and caregivers to be more vigilant during the scho...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Arts and crafts designed and manufactured by local enthusiasts will be showcased at the Hobby-X exhibition in Durban this weekend. The three day exhibition gets underway at the Durban International Convention Centre on Friday. It is aimed at promoting hobbies and crafts such as scrap booking, paint and vinyl art and even jewel...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Ever heard the phrase - what goes around comes around? The Law of Karma - or the Hindu belief that the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence are viewed as deciding their fate in future existences - will be the focus of a lecture series held by world renowned spiritualist Shri MK Angajan. Shri Angajan says the laws of karma are not as sim...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Motoring enthusiasts can now get up to speed on the latest cost of car parts, with the release of the latest 28th edition of the Kinsey report by automobile guru Malcolm Kinsey. Kinsey says if you are in the market for vehicle parts, shop around before taking that hasty decision to purchase......

SABC News and Current Affairs — Struggle stalwart Paul David says that while the ANC has enriched the lives of millions post-1994, it could have enriched double that number of lives if the state had not been looted. David was reflecting on his role in the liberation struggle. In this Newsbreak Legends Series, Taresh Harreeparshad visited 77-year-old David at his KwaDukuza home...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - While the decolonisation of many countries around the world is cause to celebrate the independence of nations - the decolonisation of mathematics has also been met with both delight and scepticism at the University of KwaZulu Natal's this weekend. The controversy of decolonizing maths was presented in a paper by the key note spea...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are searching for five suspects wanted in an armed robbery that took place at a shopping centre at Moorton, in Chatsworth, south of Durban yesterday. According to police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala the men allegedly held up staff, assaulted them and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. A case of business rob...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The doctor of late former President Nelson Mandela is being investigated for possible misconduct by the Health Professions Council. This follows two complaints relating to his controversial book titled MANDELA'S LAST YEARS. The book, which was released in June this year, was removed from shelves just hours after its release following strong criticism from the Mandel...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - It was a proud moment for Port Shepstone cultural musician, Vernon Govender who took home the award for the Best Indian Album at the South African Traditional Music Awards (SATMA) held on Saturday night in Mahikeng. 'Bhakthi Sangeedham' is the first album produced by Govender, who recorded this devotional album at the SABC studio...