Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - A specialised KwaZulu-Natal police unit is making significant progress in clamping down on child pornography, but says parents and internet providers need to be more proactive in protecting young victims. Newsbreak spoke exclusively to Captain Kessie Gounder from the Serial and Electronic Crimes Investigation Unit which operate...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - As the world observes Nelson Mandela month, the International Islamic Relief Organization - Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) would be providing free cataract camps to disadvantaged communities in Durban. The non-profit organisation has partnered with private hospitals and eye care specialists in the city to provide free cataract care on...

SABC News and Current Affairs — A new drama series - titled the Good Karma Hospital - is attracting a growing following not just in the United Kingdom but across it's borders. The series focusses on a junior doctor from Britain who ends up working in a coastal town in tropical South India. Maya Jagjivan caught up with Amrita Acharia who plays the lead character Dr Ruby Walker....The series airs Mo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Contrary to speculation on social media prominent Durban businessman - Hassim Randeree is adamant that the murder of his son and his subsequent hijacking does not mean that the family is being targeted. He spoke to Newsbreak in an exclusive interview after his son Mohammed Randeree was murdered at his Sherwood home at the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - In what's been described as the Tamil diaspora's contribution to Nelson Mandela's legacy - Lotus FM presenter Mala Lutchmanan is set to host the South African launch of her book on Mandela Day next week. The book is a tamil translation of Madiba's autobiography - Long Walk to Freedom. The book was initially launched at the...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The murder trial of businessman Rameez Patel has been postponed to September at the Polokwane High Court. Patel's lawyer, Tumi Mokoena was absent from court for the second time this week. Mokoena has represented Patel since his arrest following the death of his wife Fatima Patel in 2015. He is facing legal woes of his own after he allegedly shot and wounded four far...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Minoshni Pillay - A Durban author is questioning the local publishing industry that has declined to publish her second novel - The Architecture of Loss. Despite finding success with an international publishing house, Zainub Dala insists that local publishing houses are not doing enough to support South African stories. Dala's debut novel "Wh...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Minoshni Pillay - According to the 2015 Annual Book Publishing Survey by the Publishers' Association of South Africa, the total income recorded by South African publishers was two point 9 billion rands. Trade - the sector that published books for the general reader - makes up twenty-seven percent of this. In Part 2 of this series on the jour...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - The cold front expected to KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape this weekend is expected to bring snowfall. In KZN snowfall will experienced in parts of the Drakensburg. According to weather forecaster from Weather South Africa Julius Mahlangu - the icy cold is set to hit by Sunday and dissipate by early Tu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - There's been a spike in the number of accidents on the R102 between King Shaka International Airport and the Gateway Shopping Complex in Durban in the past week, with many road users now calling for intervention. Social media has been flooded with comments claiming that certain stretches of the road have very poor visibility. T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - Many important life lessons can be imparted to children through magical stories and so the power of reading must not be under-estimated. This is according to author and mother of two Sashnee Singh from Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal. The 34 year old has published a book titled - Slow Down Little Tortoise or you'll miss all the fun. Si...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Prabashini Moodley - The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal has suspended it's decision to take the South African Social Security Agency or SASSA to court. This after a recent meeting with SASSA officials that yielded positive results. Earlier this year - the DA marched to protest against the high number of rejections from applicants in Phoe...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - It's understood that a third police officer from the Shongweni Dog Unit is likely to be charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The officers are expected to appear in the Pinetown magistrates court, west of Durban, shortly. It's alleged they set their dogs on two men and extorted money from the victims' fam...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Chicken flew off Air India's in-flight menu as the debt-ridden flagship carrier went fully vegetarian. The change upset Indians who adored its signature in-flight cuisine but rival airlines can now hope to gobble up its sinking business with juicier menus topped with chops and tikkas. Our correspondent Rana Senn has he details....

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Vusi Mkhosini - ANC structures in KwaZulu-Natal are calling on the party's senior leadership to remove outspoken party MP, Dr. Makhosi Khoza, from parliament. Khoza earlier indicated that she would defy the party's directive and vote according to her conscience during a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. Recently, Khoza - like th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison in KwaZulu-Natal Mxolisi Kaunda has called for an investigation into the deaths of those killed during the road carnage in the past weekend. This after six people were killed during an accident involving two vehicles on the R102 near Phoenix, north of Durban on Saturday. It'...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - The influenza virus is out in full swing. That's according to General Practitioner from the Greenbury Medical Centre - Dr Perumal Pillay who's been treating many patients with various symptoms that accompany the virus. In this week's Medical Monitor Dr Pillay explains how rest, increased vitamin C intake and water can help...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal police have called on the rightful owners of stolen and hijacked vehicles to visit the pound in Isipingo, south of Durban - to identify their vehicles. This after a massive operation where 45 stolen and hijacked vehicles worth an estimated R3.5 million were recovered. The vehicles were found with altered or eras...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Nonkululeko Hlope - The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Dean of the School of Education - Professor Thabo Msibi - says he will be championing the call for free higher education. Thirty-four-year-old Msibi - who is the youngest dean in the country - was appointed in May. His academic qualifications include a Master of Education from Columbia Un...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The illegal practice of taking the short cut to getting a driver's license in South Africa must stop. This is the call from the Automobile Association after a spate of accidents that claimed the lives of several young motorists and passengers. Six people were killed during an accident involving two vehicles on the R102 near P...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - It's been a tragic end to a beautiful young love story as the families of a Johannesburg couple lay them to rest. Twenty-three year old Sadhna Sriram and twenty -four year old Sachin Govender were both killed in a road accident in the early hours of Saturday morning near the Tugela Toll Plaza in KwaZulu-Natal. It is allege...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal say they were prevented from conducting a site visit at Durban's Addington hospital yesterday. The party was set to visit the oncology departments at two provincial hospitals in the province including the Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital. This comes after the release of the Human Righ...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Meanwhile, the office of the KwaZulu Natal MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo sent Newsbreak an emailed response regarding hospital visits by Members of Parliament, Members of the Provincial Legislatures and Councillors. Here is that response voiced by Prabashini Moodley..............

SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist, Minoshni Pillay - Legendary British singer Sir Elton John has donated fifty million rand to a local children's hospital to help fight HIV/Aids. The Elton John Aids Foundation made the generous donation to the KwaZulu-Natal Children's Hospital in Durban. Originally known as the Addington Children's Hospital, racial tensions in the 1980s force...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - The weekend saw a number of big moves being made in the football world, none more so than the quasi-trade between Everton and Manchester United. United legend Wayne Rooney returned to Merseyside after 13 years, while Everton talisman Romelu Lukaku changed from blue to red in a mega-money move. It was the first bit of significa...