Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Police have made a grisly discovery in Durban at the weekend. The body of a severely decomposed woman was recovered from a stream in Matheran Road, Avoca, north of Durban. The 31-year-old woman's body, which was wrapped in white linen, was found after residents alerted police of a fo...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - A new trend is sweeping through the African continent, where locals are seeking out Bollywood Movies dubbed in English. CEO of a satellite channel, Harish Goyal, says Africa's romance with Bollywood soapies and movies is growing in popularity on the continent only because Afric...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by New Delhi Correspondent, Rana Senn - Hindu radicals on the weekend assaulted a top director at his movie set in Jaipur. Sanjay Leela Bhansali fled the city after the attack, but has rejected charges of dishonouring India's former royalty in his new film. Many in Bollywood are now offering to pay for protection from fanat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, says her resignation from the provincial leadership of the DA has got nothing to do with reported infighting within the party. De Lille announced her resignation this morning as the provincial DA leader. She was elected in April last year. Thandiswa Mawu reports....

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by SABC News Journalist - The owner of the truck which was involved in a crash resulting in multiple deaths on Durban's Fields Hill in 2013 has briefly appeared before the Verulam magistrate's court. Twenty-four people were killed when the truck belonging to Gregory Govender ploughed into peak afternoon traffic at a busy in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Talk Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - On Newsbreak Talk- KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo said that posts are available, but doctors are reluctant to go to rural areas where the need is the most. The MEC was responding to issues raised by doctors who say they are unable to qualify as there is a lack of space to complete mandatory communit...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Lotus FM — SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Talk Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - On Newsbreak Talk- KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo said that posts are available, but doctors are reluctant to go to rural areas where the need is the most. The MEC was responding to issues raised by doctors who say they are unable to qualify as there is a l...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - The planned water maintenance on the Midmar Treatment Works will NOT lead to taps running dry across three municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. That's the assurance from Umgeni Water. They've called on residents not to panic and to refrain from stockpiling water - as this will only put water resources under strain. The planned main...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Father of five, Shaun Pillay, is expected to apply for bail in the Chatsworth Magistrates Court on the 31st of January. He appeared on Monday this week where he was formally charged with the murder of Shallcross resident - forty-five year old Vijayalakshmi Moodley. Moodley's decomposed body was found covered in blankets by...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - With children back at school - peer pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol is more likely now than during the December break. South African Breweries or SAB is teaching parents how to empower children against underage drinking by opening communication lines with their children. Their Alcohol Policy Manager, Rowan Du...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Minoshni Pillay, SABC News - A ten million rand solar panel installation project in the eThekwini Municipality is set to reduce the city's carbon footprint and increase its usage of clean energy. The Municipality has launched five new solar installations at municipal buildings across the city. The initiative promotes the use of renewable energy that looks set to...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SAMBR) has launched a campaign to highlight the need for more donors and raise funds for the non-profit organisation. The "Give a Little, Save a Life" campaign also shares success stories of patients diagnosed with life-threatening blood diseases. One such story is that of Reza Price. T...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak producer, Hafsa Mkhize - There's still a glimmer of hope for thousands of 2016 matric pupils who passed in KwaZulu-Natal, for acceptance to Universities. Some matriculants are still in the process of fine-tuning their study plans, opting for a gap-year. Not by choice but due to financial difficulties. Rishern Naik has done the Phoenix community, north o...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Popular Hollywoodbets Dolphins cricketer, Keshav Maharaj is smashing all barriers in his career. The 26-year old left-arm spinner from Effingham, north of Durban had a successful 2016. He debuted for the Proteas against Australia and proved his pace and force by bowling out Australian captain, Steve Smith for a duck on day 2...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak's New Delhi Correspondent - India will soon kick off its 68th Republic Day celebrations to honour the day in 1950 when the nation adopted its Constitution. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince is invited to an elaborate military parade in Delhi. But nation-builders see challenges of poverty, healthcare, rampant corruption and social frictions as work still in progres...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - As long as local communities continue to buy stolen goods from drug users - the drug problem will continue. That's according to Chatsworth Anti Drug Forum Director Sam Pillay. Drug users selling stolen goods at cheaper prices remains a trend. This results in more robberies in local communities. According to Pillay, drug...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Meanwhile, Police Spokesperson Thulani Zwane says residents should not buy goods from unknown sources in order to alleviate domestic robberies...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - VR or Virtual Reality Technology has taken South Africa by storm since it's global release roughly two years ago. Technophobes are abuzz, talking about the awe and excitement of VR, which allows users to enter a "fantasy-like" environment by connecting their smart phone to a specialised headset. But while most are excited to s...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Minoshni Pillay, SABC News - The brutal, pre-meditated act of dog fighting has increased in the last two to three years. But the National Council of SPCA's - responsible for the prevention of cruelty to animals - says its dedicated unit responsible for investigating these crimes, is making headway in breaking syndicates and working with police to convict those re...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Majority of high school learners that performed well in mathematics between 1994 and 2004, were from affluent areas attending former model-c schools. This is one of the findings of a study initiated by the South African Mathematics Foundation's Advisory Committee on Mathematics or ACM. The study examined how various curric...

SABC News and Current Affairs — EXCLUSIVE by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - He is the first African batsman to score a triple century in test matches, the eighth best batsman in the world and ranked world number five in One Day Internationals. Now, Proteas batsman, Hashim Amla is bowling away young hearts with the launch of his Cricket Academy. The academy was launched at Durban's Westwood M...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Taps in various parts of the eThekwini Municipality are running dry after the Department of Water and Sanitation ordered Umgeni Water to cut water supply by 15 percent due to the ongoing drought. Longer shut off hours, possibly from 7pm to 6am, are also on the cards as residents are failing to conserve the 15 percent use - as...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - Firefighters say vehicles catching fire was a problem long before the Ford Kuga scandal. Over 40 Kugas burst into flames, prompting a mass recall of the compact one-point-six sport utility vehicle. The recall by the embattled motor company was aimed at addressing an engine overheating condition, believed to be the cause of the f...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Talk Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Children should not be left unsupervised with dogs. That emerged on Newsbreak Talk yesterday, when we discussed the increasing rate of dog attacks on humans. Last week a toddler died from a dog attack in Mayville, Durban. Most recently an 82 year old Pinetwon man was attacked by his two dogs. It's caused widespread...

SABC News and Current Affairs — Newsbreak Anchor, Matthew Veeran interviews The Gift of the Giver's Dr Imtiaz Sooliman who confirms that kidnapped photo-journalist Shiraaz Mohamed is still alive. Mohamed was kidnapped over two weeks ago in Syria near the Turkish border............ (credits: Hafsa Mkhize)