Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Calling all innovators in rural areas - The Grassroots Innovation Programme by the Department of Science and Technology is on the hunt for upcoming scientists and engineers to help produce their innovations into a small business. Called the Technology Localisation Implementation Unit or TLIU- in conjunction with the C...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Campaigns to target women involved in drug related activity will be launched by the Anti-Drug Forum. This after a 51-year-old woman was arrested at the weekend in possession of drugs worth two-thousand-rand at her Demat Road home in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The woman will appear in court today on charges of dealing in dag...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada stood for non-racialism. And how proud would he be to know that in South Africa today lives a man named KATHRADA SITHOLE. The 29-year-old was named after the late anti-apartheid activist by his grandfather, George Mzwakne Sithole who spent ten years on Robben Island along with Ahmed Kath...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - An anti-apartheid activist, environmental campaigner and international icon for social justice, Kumi Naidoo, wears many hats. Now, he can add Doctor of Social Science to this illustrious list. Naidoo was the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. He has just been conferred with an honorary doctorate from the U...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Maritime experts from across Africa will converge in Durban for the 2nd annual maritime summit taking place at the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence today. This year, the focus would include the need for connecting ports, ships and communities to the city of Durban. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA),CEO, Sobantu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim canvassed the views of some social grant beneficiaries on this main day of social grant payments.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Salma Patel - A Durban-based company hopes to sew 5000 special school bags for children in far-flung areas. The specially-manufactured school back-packs have a rain-resistant poncho attached, that unfolds to cover the child AND the bag. With the rainy season approaching this could be the ideal answer to prevent children in rural areas from missing sch...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Kolkata-based travelogue writer Dr. Amal Bandyopadhyay, is in South Africa for the first time ever. The Jadavpur University Professor begins his journey in Cape Town before making his way to Durban, Johannesburg, Pilanesberg and the Kruger National Park. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has visited over 34 countries as a travel writer and sa...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Author and friend of struggle hero Ahmed Kathrada, Zuleika Mayat says the ideals that Kathrada embodied is still needed today. 91-year-old Mayat and Kathrada enjoyed a ten-year correspondence while he was imprisoned on Robben Island. The anthology of letters was captured in a book titled, 'Dear Ahmedbhai Dear Zuleikhab...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Calling all innovators in rural areas - The Grassroots Innovation Programme by the Department of Science and Technology is on the hunt for upcoming scientists and engineers to help produce their innovations into a small business. Called the Technology Localisation Implementat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Campaigns to target women involved in drug related activity will be launched by the Anti-Drug Forum. This after a 51-year-old woman was arrested at the weekend in possession of drugs worth two-thousand-rand at her Demat Road home in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The woman will appear...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada stood for non-racialism. And how proud would he be to know that in South Africa today lives a man named KATHRADA SITHOLE. The 29-year-old was named after the late anti-apartheid activist by his grandfather, George Mzwakne Sithole who spent ten y...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - An anti-apartheid activist, environmental campaigner and international icon for social justice, Kumi Naidoo, wears many hats. Now, he can add Doctor of Social Science to this illustrious list. Naidoo was the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. He has just been conf...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Maritime experts from across Africa will converge in Durban for the 2nd annual maritime summit taking place at the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence today. This year, the focus would include the need for connecting ports, ships and communities to the city of Durban. The South African Mar...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim canvassed the views of some social grant beneficiaries on this main day of social grant payments.

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Salma Patel - A Durban-based company hopes to sew 5000 special school bags for children in far-flung areas. The specially-manufactured school back-packs have a rain-resistant poncho attached, that unfolds to cover the child AND the bag. With the rainy season approaching this could be the ideal answer to preve...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Kolkata-based travelogue writer Dr. Amal Bandyopadhyay, is in South Africa for the first time ever. The Jadavpur University Professor begins his journey in Cape Town before making his way to Durban, Johannesburg, Pilanesberg and the Kruger National Park. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has visited...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Author and friend of struggle hero Ahmed Kathrada, Zuleika Mayat says the ideals that Kathrada embodied is still needed today. 91-year-old Mayat and Kathrada enjoyed a ten-year correspondence while he was imprisoned on Robben Island. The anthology of letters was captured in a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Calling all innovators in rural areas - The Grassroots Innovation Programme by the Department of Science and Technology is on the hunt for upcoming scientists and engineers to help produce their innovations into a small business. Cal...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Campaigns to target women involved in drug related activity will be launched by the Anti-Drug Forum. This after a 51-year-old woman was arrested at the weekend in possession of drugs worth two-thousand-rand at her Demat Road home in Chatswor...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada stood for non-racialism. And how proud would he be to know that in South Africa today lives a man named KATHRADA SITHOLE. The 29-year-old was named after the late anti-apartheid activist by his grandfat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - An anti-apartheid activist, environmental campaigner and international icon for social justice, Kumi Naidoo, wears many hats. Now, he can add Doctor of Social Science to this illustrious list. Naidoo was the Executive Director of Gree...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim - Maritime experts from across Africa will converge in Durban for the 2nd annual maritime summit taking place at the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence today. This year, the focus would include the need for connecting ports, ships and communities t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak's Hoosen Ebrahim canvassed the views of some social grant beneficiaries on this main day of social grant payments.

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's Salma Patel - A Durban-based company hopes to sew 5000 special school bags for children in far-flung areas. The specially-manufactured school back-packs have a rain-resistant poncho attached, that unfolds to cover the child AND the bag. With the rainy season approach...