Newsbreak

SABC News and Current Affairs — By the Newsbreak Team - Fishing Report for Friday the 31st of July 2020 with angler Sanjay Ramsarup.

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Community members from Lenasia, Klipstruit, Eldorado, Ennerdale and surrounding areas of Johannesburg have come together to voice their concerns regarding alleged land grabs and land invasions in the areas. Local resident Majiet Amien says they are being faced with not just a drop in their property value - but they are also fearin...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Four Durban Metropolitan Police officers have been arrested for corruption and theft at Tongaat, north of Durban. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, one SAPS Tongaat officer has also been arrested for extortion. According to Police Spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker - the four Metro officers received information about a shop ow...

SABC News and Current Affairs — The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has urged South Africans to comply with their tax returns this year. Briefing the media yesterday, SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says its newly introduced auto assessments will allow taxpayers to get their refunds within 72 hours. This will enable SARS to complete tax returns for more than three-million individuals thro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel Not even the national lockdown is keeping criminals at bay with some criminals posing as municipal workers in the Springfield and Asherville areas, near Durban. Communications Officer for the Sydenham Community Policing Forum, Satish Dhupelia, says the areas is facing several criminal activities including business robberies. Dhu...

SABC News and Current Affairs — In today's sardine fever, angling enthusiast Adam Kamdar says Durban fishermen have made yet another great catch this morning following yesterdays large netting

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi The Phoenix Child and Family welfare Society have shut its doors for day-to day operations after a resident at one of their shelters tested positive for the coronavirus. Vice chairperson of Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society, Sham Maharaj says the lady who resides at the Sahara Shelter in Phoenix, south of Durban is receiving...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - In a bid ease the plight of under-privileged COVID-19 sufferers, the Phoenix Crisis Centre is appealing to the public to donate items, that will then be made into hampers. Some of the items that have been requested are oranges, ginger, lime, lemon and salt - items which are known to boost the immune system. Stakeholder in the i...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The arrest of six men in connection with a series of drug-related murders in Chatsworth, south of Durban has been welcomed by community members and anti-drug activists. Earlier this week, five suspects were found in possession of illegal shotguns, rifles, pistols and 220 rounds of ammunition. The owner of the firearms was placed u...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature - Les Govender says it's scary and concerning that residents and public facilities in the Chatsworth are NOT adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines. He adds that it's even more mind-boggling, given the fact that the area has been officially listed as a hotspot within the eThekwini...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Statistics show that children are spending more time watching television and browsing the web during lockdown. The report released by Statistics South Africa, is titled "Social impact of COVID-19: Mobility, Migration and Education in South Africa". It is based on information from 1,323 respondents from various demographic groups a...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Executive Producer, Salma Patel From student activist to teacher to film and tv producer, Firdoze Bulbulia, has traversed the world of education and entertainment but its her love for children that led to the focus on creating cartoon to teach youngsters about how to keep safe during a pandemic. The production - called Wazi - is about a little child who...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo In today's sardine fever, angling enthusiast Adam Kamdar says Durban fishermen have made a substantial netting this morning...But what do weather patterns reveal for the next few days

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo Cricket South Africa (CSA) have come out to address the issues of inequality and social injustices rearing its ugly head in the beautiful game, amid the uproar of the black lives matter movement which triggered many allegations of racial discrimination against black players over the years. The national outcry by cricket fans, th...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The Durban Port have welcomed the introduction of an integrated system to control the number of trucks entering and exiting the port. With operating hours now being discussed, a holistic truck booking system to show expected truck volumes is also being worked on in order for all parties to plan more effectively. General Manager...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - South African short film "Saloon" has been gaining plaudits on the international scene and most recently was nominated as a finalist at the Kosice International Monthly Film Festival in Slovakia. Directed by Durban's Dayakar Padayachee, Saloon is the story of a troubled hit-man who visits a nearby bar - which acts as a safe hav...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - As COVID-19 continues to leave a trail of death and economic devastation - South Africa mourns the death of yet another anti-apartheid activist in Saeeda Cachalia. She passed away at the weekend from coronavirus related complications at the age of 80. She was grand-daughter of the iconic ANC stalwart Ismail Cachalia. We spoke t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Specialist family physician - Professor Morgan Chetty - has placed people who suffer from uncontrolled diabetes and obesity at the top the list of most vulnerable people when it comes to contracting COVID-19. As the CEO of the KwaZulu-Natal Managed Care Coalition Limited, Chetty has been closely monitoring the situation in the pro...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The death of two founding members of the Saaberie Chishty Society, in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg has sent shock-waves through the community members. Chairman Abbas Sayed succumbed to the virus of Friday, while his brother Osman passed away on Saturday. Abbas' son - Aboo Sayed confirmed that both brothers had passed away from C...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - An impoverished family at Phoenix, north of Durban, received a Mandela Month home makeover amid the COVID-19 lock-down. The initiative was made possible by local non-profit organisation the Phoenix Crisis Centre and also involved SAPS Phoenix and comedian, Bash With Tash. Shanell Daniel reports...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The numerous atrocities faced by the indentured Indians of South Africa are well documented and those sensitive stories continue to be told, almost 160 years later. A new article published by Selvan Naidoo - the curator of Durban's 1860 Heritage Centre - looks back at the colonial system of indenture, which was often compared t...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Marketing Manager at Crisis Medical - Tammy Gove says the death of Barry Mohan - of one of their senior members - is a great loss to the emergency response field...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers, Taliesha Naidoo, Rachel Vadi and Taresh Harreeparshad - Healthcare workers and mental health- expanded to the mental health of all South Africans during lockdown. July is National Mental Health Awareness Month. We speak to Durban Physiotherapist, Shamim Khan who says in all her more than 32 years in the industry he has never come across these...

SABC News and Current Affairs — by Newsbreak Producers, Rachel Vadi, Taresh Hareeparshad, Taliesha Naidoo - Education - On Thursday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that schools will close from the 27th of July until the 24th of August as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the country. Matriculants and their teachers will only have a one week break and grade seven pupils a two wee...

SABC News and Current Affairs — By Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Sending grade 12 learners back to school on the 3rd of August defeats the purpose of closing schools. That's according to education analyst Prof. Labby Ramruthan. He was reacting to the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that schools will close for a month- but grade 12 and 7 learners will return earlier. Prof. Ra...