Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Without proper mathematics skills, it would be nigh-impossible for a child to work towards a decent career. This is according to Vishnu Naidoo, Chairperson of The Foundation for English, Mathematics, Sciences and Innovation of South Africa (FEMSISA). He was responding to the decision made by the Department of Basic Education -...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Police are urging jewellery store owners and employees to be on high alert. This after four armed robbers walked into a popular jewellery outlet at the La Lucia Mall on Friday evening - making away with watches worth more than R1-million. The robbers forced staff members to lie on the floor while they smashed through display...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - It's said that laughter is the best medicine...and the Good Doctor Riaad Moosa is ready to administer a healthy dose of it to Durban audiences this weekend. The comedian will be returning to the stage in the city tomorrow night after a two year absence for a Bollywood-infused night of side-splitting humour. He will be joined b...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - Medical Practitioners who formed the Eastern Cape Medical Guild during the turbulent 80's and 90's - plan on hosting a reunion annually - paying tribute to those doctors who worked tirelessly during the apartheid era. The 80's and 90's formed part of an era when South Africa was emerging from its apartheid shackles. The...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - 2016 has been a year of death and loss. From singing icon David Bowie in January, to Pop sensation George Michael - the list goes on. But none so shocking as actress-turned-politician Jayalalitha - fondly called Amma by her followers. Cultural commentator Dr Raj Govender says, Jayalalitha Jayaram became ever so popular as...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - With the aim of lifting the veil on transformation and the quota system in soccer, Durban artist Nanda Soobben has started a footballing academy - inspired by his late brother, Charlie. Soobben came up with the idea after witnessing hundreds of youngsters over the years lose interest in the sport due to the perception that kid...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Being called an acvitist of the African National Congress is an embarrassment. That's according to former poltical activist Paul David. David was speaking to Newsbreak on the third commemoration of the death of former president Nelson Mandela today. Mandela had undergone treatment for a recurring lung infection at a heart...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - Women in India are celebrating after finally been allowed to enter the inner sanctum of a historic shrine this week. The trustees of the Haji Ali Dargah agreed to lift the ban following a ruling by the Bombay High Court. The shrine was built in memory of a wealthy 15th-century Muslim merchant who gave up his worldly possessions...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo is calling on police to work tirelessy to find the perpertrators behind the murder of Dr. Vajnah Banoo Mohamed. This after concerns were raised that the former Durban district surgeon was murdered to silence her from testifying and giving medical evidence against an alleged rapi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - A Durban-based non-profit medical organisation is planning to establish a frail-care facility specifically for Muslim patients with special needs. The Islamic Medical Association of South Africa or IMA-SA says the idea came about due to the shortage of frail-care facilities in the Durban area.

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel - A new primary school is expected to be launched this weekend to mark the arrival to Durban of a well-known Muslim saint, 156 years ago. The school will be called the Habibiya Soofie-Saheb Badsha Peer Institute of Learning. Historically, the Muslim Saint, Badsha Peer, arrived on the shores of South Africa as an Indian in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Amendments to the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act will have a dire impact on how police do their job. That's according to Anti-Drug Forum Chairperson - Sam Pillay. His comments come after a Constitutional Court judgment in July declared certains sections of the Act as invalid. The changes now mean that it is illegal for police...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - India's demonetisation policy will have a ripple effect on South Africans travelling to the country for year-end holidays. But pre-planning rather than panicking is the key. That's the caution from Durban-based Malek Travel and Tours. Earlier this month, the Indian government introduced new 500 rupees and 100 rupees currency no...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - The Commission for Gender Equality is finalising a report titled "Transformation in the South African judiciary" during the 16 days of activism campaign for no violence against women and children which begins today. The report is to look at the number of prosecutions on crimes levelled against women and children. The organisat...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - A couple from Overport in Durban say they are still traumatised after a shopping trip ended in a horror hijacking and abduction. They were held hostage in their vehicle for three hours by two unknown men. After the incident on Sunday, the couple's bank accounts were cleared and they were then left in Avoca Hills, north of...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Hundreds of thousands of rands worth of classical Indian musical instruments, which belonged to the students of the Saraswathi Padasalay school of music have been stolen. The instruments were in the vehicle of Newsbreak's Art correspondent Guru Sadha Munien. The vehicle was stolen from outside the Chatsworth Youth Centre,...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - A paperless hospital tracking record system that ensures a patient is treated appropriately at all times and his or her safety is not compromised. Sounds like something only possible in the future? Well, a final year computer engineering student at the University of KwaZulu Natal has come up with a project that does exactly tha...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - Self-proclaimed healers and prophets are resorting to increasingly dangerous methods that could lead to lives being lost. This is the warning from the Commission for the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. It comes after self-proclaimed prophet Lethebo Rabalago was exposed for using Doom to supposedly heal...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Maya Jagjivan - The body of man who had been reported missing last week has been found in the Nonoti sugarcane fields on the KwaZulu Natal north coast. Police say 52 year old Jayram Pillay from Glenhills sustained multiple stab wounds to his chest. Police also recovered his vehicle which had been stolen and sold. Pillay operated a metered taxi...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The infamous 'Thali Snatcher' who has been targeting women in Chatsworth, south of Durban has been arrested. This after two wanted smash and grab suspects were arrested along Link Road in Shallcross. Police arrested the men after receiving information that two suspicious looking men were lurking under the Croftdene Bridge in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hafsa Mkhize - The eThekwini Municipality Ward Committee Elections were marred by a number of incidents yesterday. In one incident, police officers were assaulted while trying to stop a situation from getting out of control at the Bayview Hall in Chatsworth, south of Durban. It's alleged that a conflict erupted between two groups of people in...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Talk Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - An outpouring of grief was heard on Newsbreak Talk yesterday - when the community reacted to the sentencing of two Phoenix woman for the murder of Shahiel Sewpujun. Two years ago the nine year old boy was found stuffed in a manhole in Phoenix, north of Durban. His aunt and her mother- who he lived with at the time-...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - The community of Chatsworth, south of Durban say that the justice system has failed them. This after notorious alleged drug lord, Teddy Mafia was granted bail in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court yesterday. Mafia, who's real name is Yeganathan Pillay was arrested by the Hawks last week for illegal drug and firearm posses...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The skill and ability to develop an idea into a business is the most important aspect for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is according to Rakesh Wahi - chairman of the investment firm - CMA HOLDINGS. Wahi - who founded CMA - over 25 years ago has just released his autobiography titled titled "Be A Lion: Dare To Dream And Live Fea...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers Hoosen Ebrahim and Taresh Harreeparshad - Indian singing icon Sonu Nigam says that when he comes to South Africa, he comes to his roots. Nigam will be performing in the country next month - for the first time alongside another Bollywood sensation Atif Aslam. Nigam has sung hundreds of Bollywood hits from Kal Ho Na Ho to Phir Milenge Chalte Cha...