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SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Chairperson of Chatsworth Community Policing Forum, Jakes Singh has urged religious organisations to step security in and around their premises. This after a temple in Mobeni Heights was held up by armed robbers last night. It is believed the incident occurred during a cultural class. The suspects allegedly t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police are investigating the circumstances around which a pig's head was allegedly found at a mosque construction site in Scottburgh, south of Durban, yesterday. Chairperson of the South African Muslim Network (SAMNET), Dr Faisal Suliman says that South Africans need to practise better religious tolerance…

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Taliesha Naidoo - Police are still searching for a gang of armed robbers who struck a jewellery store at the City View shopping centre in Greyville last night. The suspects allegedly held the store owner at gunpoint, robbing the victim of her cellphone, wallet, jewellery and TV sets before fleeing the crime scene on foot. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The University of South Africa (or Unisa) is experiencing a delay in delivering study material to its students. The institution had told Newsbreak that the backlog is due to the unexpected increase in student registrations for the 2017 academic year. A number of students from around the country have been affected in various co...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - All women Durban Club - Soroptimist International is hosting an Adventure into Womanhood event in the city this weekend. The event is aimed at equipping young girls with the necessary skills to better handle tertiary and the University lifestyle. President of Soroptimist International Durban Club, Saijal Bandulal says the initia...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Police have been monitoring the situation in Mariannridge and Bonela, west of Durban, following ongoing violent protests since the weekend. On Monday community members raised concerns about their safety and requested that the municipality intervene. The situation remains tense in the Cato Manor area as shack dwellers a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - KwaZulu-Natal residents have been warned to brace themselves for yet another cold front which is expected to sweep through the province from today until the weekend. However, conditions are expected to improve slightly, following last week's cold snap, which saw snow falling in many parts of the country. SA Weather Service foreca...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Potstickers are those irresistible dumplings that are steamed on one side, pan-fried on the other. Whether you call them Dumplings, or gnocchi - their questionable name comes from the Chinese name guotie, meaning, pan stick - because they are typically fried in a pan and sticks slightly to the pan before being nudged out. In Thi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Police are investigating the murder of another resident at the notorious Glebelands hostel in Umlazi, south of Durban late last night. A 38-year-old man was allegedly shot multiple times by unknown suspects. This comes as the Moerane Commission probing political violence in the province continues. Over 90 people have b...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has urged health care students to swiftly make use of a new electronic system in applying for an internship program at a public health facility. The new online system being called the Internship Community service Program {ICSP} , is part of an initiative launched by the Department o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A legal battle is brewing between the Women's Legal Council (WLC) and the South African Government. This as the WLC challenges the state at the Western Cape High Court next week from the 28th of August till the 8th of September - for failing to pass legislation that will give recognition to Muslim marriages. The process, whic...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - An exhibition of paintings and sketches by the late apartheid struggle stalwart - Fathima Meer has just been launched at the Constitution Hill Women's Jail, west of Johannesburg. The paintings which depict harsh realities of the prison, has been preserved from the late Fathima Meer's time spent behind bars in the 1970's. Her d...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Police are monitoring the situation at Bonela, west of Durban following violent protests that broke out at the weekend and yesterday. Tensions are escalating in the Cato Manor area as shack dwellers, residents and the eThekwini Municipality clash. The residents say they are living in constant fear and anger. Ward Councillor Warr...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Muslim pilgrims are heading to Saudi Arabia to be part of the largest gathering of people in the world, to participate in the annual Hajj pilgrimage. About two million pilgrims are expected in Mecca to observe the fifth pillar of Islam, which is a mandatory religious duty for an adult Muslim who can afford it. This year's Hajj...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Floods across South Asia have killed over 800 people and affected 16 million others. Swollen rivers drowned thousands of villages in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Aid agencies such as Red Cross warned it was becoming one of the deadliest regional humanitarian crises in decades. Rana Senn describes the situation there...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The Phoenix husband, accused of murdering his wife, Nadia Mia Sheik has been remanded in custody until he undergoes psychiatric evaluation. Naeem Mohammed Sheik Mooideen has been denied bail at the Verulam Magistrates Court yesterday. This after Magistrate V Alamchand (Aa-lum-chund) considered Mooiden a threat to society and a flight risk. Our reporter Rachel Vadi f...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Do YOU know of any phenomenal women working tirelessly within the Phoenix community. Well, this could be their chance to be the Phoenix Woman of the Year for 2017. This as the Phoenix Network Forum calls for nominations ahead of their annual Phoenix Women of the Year event. The event recognizes women working within the Phoenix co...

SABC News and Current Affairs — India's Supreme Court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional. In a 3-2 majority verdict, the court called the practice "un-Islamic". India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (which is divorce) three times. The landmark court decision came in response to petitions c...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Dr Fathima Seedat who holds a PhD in Islamic law - says the supreme court ruling marks a major victory for muslim women.....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Bail has been denied to Naeem Mohammed Sheik Mooideen, charged with the murder of his wife Nadia Mia Sheik. Mooideen has been considered a threat to society and a flight risk. He appeared at the Verulam Magistrate Court this morning where the state prosecutor asked for Mooideen to be referred to a district surgeon for medical eva...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Indian Delights is THAT celebrated Durban cook book- that is famous the world over. Zuleikha Mayat is regarded as the legend who started it all. But on closer inspection, there is a greater legacy behind these recipes: and that is Zuleika Mayat's recipe for success. In this Women's Month edition of our Legends Series, Ta...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is calling on South Africans to remember the struggle stalwart's final call for President Jacob Zuma to go. This as tributes pours in to commemorate the anti-apartheid activists 88th birthday, today. Kathrada died in March this year from complications of a cerebral embolism. As part of the commem...

SABC News and Current Affairs — 23 passengers were killed when an Indian train derailed at high speed. Authorities on Sunday began an investigation even as rescuers clawed through 14 mangled coaches to save lives. It was the fourth major crash in 2017 on the world's fourth biggest rail network which plans to run Bullet trains one day. Rana Sen reports......

SABC News and Current Affairs — A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied permission to abort by the Indian Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl. India's decades old law on abortion prohibits termination of pregnancy beyond 20 weeks but the national government has promised to write a new legislation to help other such survivors. Our India Correspondent Rana Senn reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Celebrating 70 Years of India's Independence, Vedic and Vastu Astrologer, Subadra Devi Dasa embraced the ancient vedic form of astrology to look into what the future holds for South Africa, politically. Dasa was at the Magnificent India Day, hosted by the Consulate General of India in Durban, yesterday. Her predictions…may or may...