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By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Marking Africa Day with purpose and passion. Hundreds of concerned citizens have are at the Durban beachfront calling for an end to environmental injustice, xenophobia and gender inequality. The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) organised the event calling for unity amid a global pandemic. Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledg...

By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - In exactly 10 days time, some of country's favourite families will be back on the small screen, with a third instalment of the hit movie series, this time entitled "Trippin' with the Kandasamys". The antics of the Kandasamys and the Naidoo families have won the hearts of audiences worldwide first with the relationship between the neighbours Jodie and P...

By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - In exactly 10 days time, some of country's favourite families will be back on the small screen, with a third instalment of the hit movie series, this time entitled "Trippin' with the Kandasamys". The antics of the Kandasamys and the Naidoo families have won the hearts of audiences worldwide first with the relationship between the neighbours Jodie and P...

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Loving, generous and an ever-present mother, those are some of the words used to describe late community activist, Omi Nair. Her daughter Derisha Newton, was paying tribute to Omi, who passed away yesterday due to COVID-19 complications at the age of 63. She had been actively involved in the south Durban basin for over thirty years where she played a critical...

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation team have arrested a former G4S employee for theft after he stole R2.4-million from their Cash Solutions depot in Westville, west of Durban. According to the Acting Spokesperson for Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Katlego Mogale, the now retired employee allegedly built a house with the st...

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Residents from Chatsworth south of Durban and surrounding areas are being encouraged to visit the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The R.K.Khan hospital is using the centre as part of their vaccine drive for extra capacity from 8am on weekdays. In this week's Medical Monitor we speak to Programme coordinator at the Centre - Cliv...

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - "There is no way that the current vaccination rollout can influence the emergence of a third COVID-19 wave in the country". This is the view of Emeritus Professor at Wits University - Guy Richards. Even though the number of positive cases have been fluctuating in the lower thousands over the past week, Richards says its imperative that the third wave is ident...

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Parliament's Health Portfolio Committee Chairperson Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo says a door-to-door vaccination campaign will be a logistical nightmare for the department. This as many elderly citizens fear going to a vaccination site or do not have the means to get to one. There have been more than 167- thousand people vaccinated under phase 2 of the rollout using...

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The funeral service of the late community activist Omi Nair will be held at her residence at Crossmoor in Chatsworth south of Durban on Wednesday. More affectionately known as Aunty Omi - she passed away during the early hours of this morning after a long battle with covid19 at the age of 63. She had been actively involved in the south Durban basin for over t...

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Activism against the plight of Palestine civilians has continued in earnest across South Africa this weekend. This is despite the ceasefire that was brokered between Israel and Hamas early on Friday. About 250 people - including 66 children have been killed in Gaza in the 11 day onslaught. But with hostilities halted, concern has been raised about the d...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Former Speaker in the eThekwini Municipality and prominent Durbanite - Logie Naidoo is urging communities AND families to prioritise the elderly during the vaccination rollout in the country. Naidoo received his vaccine at the Moses Mabhida Stadium last week. The 64-year-old made it a family vaccination experience by taking his 89-year-old mother along for h...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Family and friends of Shaheed Abbas Essop are calling for justice, three years after he was killed during an alleged terrorist attack at the Imam Hussain Mosque in Ottawa, north of Durban. Essop - a 34-year-old mechanic - was killed when three knife-wielding men stormed the mosque and slit his throat on May 10th in 2018. Two others were injured during the at...

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has warned the elderly against over crowding at vaccine sites around the country. The association has witnessed what they describe as a lack of COVID-19 protocols at medical facilities, where the elderly seem to have a false perception of the vaccine. This comes as the country prepares for a third wave of infection...

by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - The battle has ended, but the war is ongoing. That's the sentiment coming through from various quarters following the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. The truce came into effect in the early hours of the morning- Egypt President Abdel Al-Sisi also played a role in brokering the deal. Hostilities had continued in Gaza for about 11 days- leaving almos...

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - An international non-governmental organisation aims to combat hate speech against religions worldwide. The #RejectHate campaign by Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) - Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa calls for social media platforms to remove all hate speech targeting all religious groups. Executive Advisor for the MWL in Africa, Sheikh W...

The 47-million fraud and corruption case against controversial Durban businessman Thoshan Panday has been postponed in the High Court. The case is related to accommodation for police officers during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Panday is being charged together with former KwaZulu-Natal police chief - Mmamonnye Ngobeni - two former police officers, four family members and his secretary. Thulani Msima...

by Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Shoals of sardines have been spotted making their way up the Eastern Cape towards KwaZulu-Natal. The KZN Sharks Board spotted the silvery fish between Mngazana Mouth and The Kraal, which is just south of Brazen Head. The board's acting head of operations - Greg Thompson says there is a high possibility that the much-anticipated sardines could arrive along t...

Durbanites, who are 60 years and older have turned out in their numbers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at walk-in sites. They must be registered on the Electronic Vaccination Data System first. Sites in and around the city -- from Asherville to Tongaat have seen long winding queues of people -- from as early as three o' clock in the morning. Healthcare workers are fast-tracking the over 80 year o...

An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas began in the early hours of this morning to bring an end to the bloody conflict of more than a week that has claimed almost two hundred and fifty lives. Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed that there will be a mutual and simultaneous truce with Israel beginning in the early hours of this morning. This was revealed moments after the Isr...

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Voters are feeling more comfortable with parties that are clear about looking after their interests. That's the view of elections analyst Wayne Sussman. Results from this weeks by-elections showed that Patriotic Alliance (PA) took two big wards from the Democratic Alliance: in Eldorado Park in Gauteng. Sussman explains this can be attributed to how clea...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Activist, Ela Gandhi has lauded the Department of Health for what she describes as a perfect COVID-19vaccination experience. The 81-year old granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi received her vaccine yesterday at the King Dinuzulu Hospital in Durban. Gandhi says she was pleasantly surprised with the excellent service that she received from the start to finish...

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - 64-year-old Roshnie Maharaj from Amanzimtoti, south of Durban says she got her jab from the Prince Mshiyeni Hospital in Umlazi...

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Civil rights organisation AfriForum and the 'I can make a difference' doctors group have requested the review documents of various health institutions relating to the use of ivermectin for the treatment of Covid-19 to be provided to them. This request comes as the Ministry of Health confirmed the arrival of the third wave of Covid-19 infections in the countr...

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - From today, the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will hold public hearings in KwaZulu-Natal - calling on interested parties to submit written submissions on the "Expropriation Bill". With land reform and the expropriation of land being issues of contention in South Africa for many years, this is an opportunity for ordinary South Africans...

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Years ago, when Newsbreak started the Green Scene: our hope was that this segment will create awareness about how to save the planet. It seems that every bit of information counts: as the World Wide Fund for Nature of WWF commissioned a report that shows that public interest in nature-issues has risen by 16% in the past five years and continues to grow...