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by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The funeral service of the five members of one family that tragically lost their lives in a head-on collision in Bergville, will take place today. According to KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert Mckenzie, 2 light motor vehicles were involved in the crash. There are unconfirmed reports that four other patients are fighting for their li...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Judge Navanethem Pillay has urged Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the violence by the Burmese Military against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Almost 90-thousand Rohingya's have fled the country in the last 10 days amid escalating violence and human r...

by Newsbreak Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Judge Navanethem Pillay has urged Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the violence by the Burmese Military against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Almost 90-thousand Rohingya's have fled the country in the last 10 days amid escalating violence and human rights atrocities, including the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Spring is certainly in the air, but NOT everybody will be stopping to smell the flowers in bloom. According to the South African Allergy Society, as many as 30% of people suffer from seasonal allergic rhinitis - more commonly known as hay fever. This is often agitated during the spring season, when more pollen is found...

by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Spring is certainly in the air, but NOT everybody will be stopping to smell the flowers in bloom. According to the South African Allergy Society, as many as 30% of people suffer from seasonal allergic rhinitis - more commonly known as hay fever. This is often agitated during the spring season, when more pollen is found in the air. In this week's Medi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Proucer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it's determined to get to the bottom of the current spate of political killings in the province. This as it confirms the death of former ANC Youth League national secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa. He died yesterday after succumbing to wounds he sustained when he was shot in an ambush in July this y...

by Newsbreak Proucer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it's determined to get to the bottom of the current spate of political killings in the province. This as it confirms the death of former ANC Youth League national secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa. He died yesterday after succumbing to wounds he sustained when he was shot in an ambush in July this year. Magaqa was a ward councillo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Yet another life has been lost this weekend on the notorious M4 Ruth First Highway, north of Durban. A man, believed to be in his thirties, sustained fatal injuries in a crash when he was thrown out of his vehicle on Saturday evening. According to Crisis Medical spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, nine other people were injured in the...

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Yet another life has been lost this weekend on the notorious M4 Ruth First Highway, north of Durban. A man, believed to be in his thirties, sustained fatal injuries in a crash when he was thrown out of his vehicle on Saturday evening. According to Crisis Medical spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, nine other people were injured in the three-car collision. Van Reenen...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - In this week's series of Newsbreak's legends, we profile a legend in the culture industry Tamil scholar Mr Kisten Chinnappen. Passionate about preserving and propagating the Tamil language and Tamil literature, Chinnappen has penned many book and presented many research papers at national and international conference. He is a str...

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - In this week's series of Newsbreak's legends, we profile a legend in the culture industry Tamil scholar Mr Kisten Chinnappen. Passionate about preserving and propagating the Tamil language and Tamil literature, Chinnappen has penned many book and presented many research papers at national and international conference. He is a strong advocate of using drama and...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The KwaZulu-Natal Action Housing committee has raised concern after more than 60 families have been left destitute at Howell Road in Sydenham - west of Durban after being evicted from their homes. This is as a result of a long-standing dispute with a company managing low cost housing units on behalf of the eThekwini Metro. The r...

by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The KwaZulu-Natal Action Housing committee has raised concern after more than 60 families have been left destitute at Howell Road in Sydenham - west of Durban after being evicted from their homes. This is as a result of a long-standing dispute with a company managing low cost housing units on behalf of the eThekwini Metro. The residents claim the houses were m...

SABC News and Current Affairs — CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Sello Hatang has called on the church to re-imagine its role in liberating South Africa's youth. Hatang delievered the 2017 Diakonia Lecture in Durban. The lecture also recognised a courageous and determined woman activist with the Diakonia Human Rights Award. Minoshni Pillay reports...

CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Sello Hatang has called on the church to re-imagine its role in liberating South Africa's youth. Hatang delievered the 2017 Diakonia Lecture in Durban. The lecture also recognised a courageous and determined woman activist with the Diakonia Human Rights Award. Minoshni Pillay reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The Chatsworth community police forum has expressed concern over the increasing amount of traps - apparently set by criminals - on roads that cause road crashes. Many crashes have been reported on the South Coast as a modus operandi by criminals to catch unsuspecting robbery and hijack victims. CPF spokesperson Jakes Singh says...

by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The Chatsworth community police forum has expressed concern over the increasing amount of traps - apparently set by criminals - on roads that cause road crashes. Many crashes have been reported on the South Coast as a modus operandi by criminals to catch unsuspecting robbery and hijack victims. CPF spokesperson Jakes Singh says the the incidents happen at nigh...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - In yet another scam targeting tertiary institutions in South Africa, an employee for the Department of Health in the Northern Cape and Kimberley, has been arrested on Friday for alleged bursary fraud worth over R80 000. It is alleged that 44 year old Lindiwe Cynthia Nqumashe would approve extra payments for bursaries to be paid i...

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - In yet another scam targeting tertiary institutions in South Africa, an employee for the Department of Health in the Northern Cape and Kimberley, has been arrested on Friday for alleged bursary fraud worth over R80 000. It is alleged that 44 year old Lindiwe Cynthia Nqumashe would approve extra payments for bursaries to be paid in certain student's university a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - KZN Spokesperson for Human settlements, Mbulelo Baloyi says a task team has been formed to deal with the matter. Baloyi says they are currently trying to establish who really needs the help and support from the Department...

by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - KZN Spokesperson for Human settlements, Mbulelo Baloyi says a task team has been formed to deal with the matter. Baloyi says they are currently trying to establish who really needs the help and support from the Department...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - The name Ela Gandhi has become synonymous with peace and nation-building. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, Gandhi has dedicated her life to promoting the ideals of non-violent resistance and non-racialism. Today, the 77-year-old often travels the world to continue the work started by her grandfather, the "Mahatma". In this Women's Month...

by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - The name Ela Gandhi has become synonymous with peace and nation-building. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, Gandhi has dedicated her life to promoting the ideals of non-violent resistance and non-racialism. Today, the 77-year-old often travels the world to continue the work started by her grandfather, the "Mahatma". In this Women's Month edition of our Legends Series,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - The Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital in Mayville, west of Durban has once again teamed with the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (IMASA) to give the gift of sight to 20 financially challenged women this Women's Month. The free cataract camps will take place on Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th and will be performe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A Phoenix father will be laying to rest the remains of his son today, whose burnt body was found in a mine in Gauteng about a month ago. Twenty-year old Hughes Dharampal, who had been working as a jockey-in-training went missing from the Turffontein Racecourse after he allegedly received a call from a colleague asking to meet him...