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Award-winning Current Affairs and news talk show bringing you topical news issues of the week. Relevant to Lotus FM - we cover issues YOU want - beating deadlines, making headlines. 6-7am, 1-1:30pm weekdays and weekends from 1-2pm.

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2:43

#PODCAST SPCA conducts awareness and compliance...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The SPCA is conducting awareness and compliance visits to dog owners at Bhongweni in East London. The animal organisation is concerned after residents expressed the desire to remove dogs they deem dangerous in the area if the SPCA does not do it. This after a pitbull attack on a 9-year old boy in the area two weeks ago. The child survived but is traumatised. So far, 5 pitbulls were handed to the SPCA since yesterday. This comes amid several pitbull attacks

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#PODCAST Alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe,...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe, is on his way for psychiatric evaluation at Fort England Hospital in the Eastern Cape. The order was made earlier today in the High Court in Cape Town. This after Mafe refused admission to the Cape Town's Valkenberg facility for reasons that have not been made public. He will be admitted to the facility for 30 days to assess his state of mental health. After the evaluation Mafe will be transported to Pollsmoor

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2:48

#PODCAST HAITU march to the Gauteng Department of...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (HAITU) have marched to the Gauteng Department of Health. They are demanding the permanent employment of workers. The NUMSA affiliated union says patients in public clinics and hospitals are turned away every single day due to a critical shortage of nurses and health care workers. HAITU Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Bafana Tshabalala elaborates on the seriousness of the situation...

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3:36

#PODCAST Initially thought to have committed suicide...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Crime and Violence analyst, Dr Chris de Kok says the escape of convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester highlights the extent of corruption and collusion within the correctional services department. Police say that a manhunt is currently underway to capture Bester, who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022. This after his cell was set alight, in what was initially thought to be a suicide. A subsequent autopsy failed to

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3:57

#PODCAST TEARS Foundation welcome the life sentence...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Non-profit organisation - TEARS Foundation is welcoming the life sentence recently handed down by the Pinetown Regional Court to a 33-year-old man found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl. According to the National Prosecuting Authority, the man was a tenant at the girls home in Marinahill, Durban where he raped her over a four-year period since she was nine-years old. The perpetrator was eventually caught when the girl fell pregnant. Intervention supervisor

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2:37

#PODCAST Phoenix musician Kemlall Chanlall gets...

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2023/03/28

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Local musician, Kemlall Chanlall will be jetting off to India next month to perform at the Lokrang Festival. The five-day long event is one of the most popular festivals in India, which celebrates folk dance and music. This will be the second time that Chanlall has been invited to perform at the festival. The 56-year-old from Phoenix, north of Durban says he is thrilled to perform at the event, given his passion for folk music...

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2:42

#PODCAST Electricity Minister visits Medupi power...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has arrived at Medupi power station in Limpopo as part of his assessment of power stations across the country. The multi-billion-rand power station was completed five years ago, with various units coming online over the years. Its electricity production was compromised two years ago when one of the six units caught fire. The unit is still under repair. Medupe which is one of the four biggest coal-powered stations

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2:32

#PODCAST Two suspects in court for Mpumalanga human...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - A suspected human trafficking kingpin and his accomplice are currently applying for bail at the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga. Their arrest follows police investigation into eighteen foreign nationals found crammed in a three bed-roomed house in KaMagugu just outside Mbombela City centre late last month. SABC reporter, Mthobisi Mkhaliphi is at court and brings us an update...

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3:05

#PODCAST Hundreds of HAITU members march to demand...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Hundreds of people affiliated to the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (HAITU) and the Independent Liberation and Allied Workers Union (ILAWU) are protesting, demanding that its contract members be permanently employed. They have arrived at the offices of the Gauteng Health Department in the Johannesburg CBD to hand over a memorandum. HAITU says six-thousand health care personnel including nurses stand to lose their jobs when their employment

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3:59

#PODCAST COVID-19 THREE YEARS LATER - "government...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Three years ago, today, South Africa began what was initially planned to be a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The lockdown was part of a National State of Disaster that would go on to last 750 days until it was lifted in April 2022. To date, South Africa has registered more than 4-million cases of the virus , while over 102,000 people have passed away due to related complications. Health Activist, Dr. Kgosi Letlape says the the

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#PODCAST Following 10 killings in the province last...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Police in KwaZulu-Natal are concerned about escalating crime in the province. This follows the killing of ten people in a space of 72-hours last week. On Tuesday, two taxi owners from the Durban Long Distance Taxi Association were shot dead near the Berea Shopping Centre. In another incident, a man allegedly linked to drug trade, was killed in Springfield with his wife and nine-year old daughter. And on Thursday, five people were shot and killed- while

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#PODCAST Fitness expert Kauthar Shaik discusses tips...

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2023/03/27

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Does the Islamic fast of Ramadan mean no fitness training for a month? Experts say it doesn't have it. The Ramadan fast requires people to not consume food or water from sunrise to sunset - which raises concerns about supplementing the body through workouts. But fitness expert Kauthar Shaik advises that supplementing the body well enough at the break of dawn can help sustain fitness workouts in the day. She also explains what the best times to train

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3:08

#PODCAST Local musician Deshan "Styler" Naidoo to...

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2023/03/24

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Durban-based musician Deshan "Styler" Naidoo, will be releasing 10 cover songs of Indian singer - Sid Sriram - on 10 Fridays, starting today. This project leads up to Sriram's concert, which will be held in Durban in June. Naidoo's renditions of the south Indian singing sensation's most popular songs will be released on all his social media platforms. Speaking to Newsbreak, Styler says he is grateful that the organisers of the event recognised his talent and

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#PODCAST Sunday marks the 3rd anniversary of SA...

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2023/03/24

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - This Sunday (26 March) marks the third anniversary of the Declaration of the State of National Disaster in South Africa and the subsequent COVID-19 lockdown. While many countries continue to put into place strong measures around vaccination and regulations - in South Africa - Coronavirus seems to be a thing of the past. The last update to the SA Coronavirus online portal was made on the first of February - showing that there was, at the time, just over 6,100

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3:29

#PODCAST DUT Institute for Water & Wastewater...

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2023/03/24

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Durban is facing a major water sanitation crisis. This according to Professor Faizal Bux, Director of the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology (IWWT) at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). His views come as South Africa observes National Water week from the 20th to 26th of March, under the theme "Accelerating Change". Prof Bux says there is a serious need to ensure better maintenance of infrastructure as thousands of litres of water is wasted

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#PODCAST Newsbreak Fishing Report - Friday 24th March...

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2023/03/24

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Cast away with this week's Fishing Report - brought to you by KZN angler Sanjay Ramsarup...

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#PODCAST Former Eskom CEO, Matshela Koko accuses...

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2023/03/23

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The case of fraud, corruption and money laundering against former Eskom CEO, Matshela Koko, has been postponed. Koko and seven others, including his wife and two step-daughters, appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga. They were arrested last year, in connection with irregular contracts, valued at over two-billion Rand, granted during the construction of the Kusile Power station in 2015. Mthobisi Mkhaliphi reports....

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1:52

#PODCAST Case adjourned against truck driver involved...

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2023/03/23

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The bail application of a 22-year-old truck driver whose vehicle ploughed into at least 45 cars on the M41 in Durban earlier this month killing one person has been adjourned. Sithulile Zulu, who appeared at the Durban Magistrates Court, says he will plead not guilty to all charges levelled against him. Zulu is facing charges of reckless and negligent driving and failure to comply with the duties of a driver following the incident. It is believed that his truck

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#PODCAST The first United Nations Water Conference in...

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2023/03/23

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - World Wide Fund or WWF International says citizens across the globe must exert more pressure on governments to address water challenges. Currently the United Nations Water Conference is underway in New York - where global governments are meeting to discuss ways to ensure global water security and accessibility. WWF International Freshwater Policy Lead Christine Colvin explains how a lack of political will to address water shortages could put the world at

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3:06

#PODCAST CANSA call on those in the process of...

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2023/03/23

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) are calling on stoma patients - or those who are in the process of undergoing an ostomy surgical procedure in the near future to contact them for support and guidance. CANSA Clinical Specialist & Stoma Manager Vlooi Venter says adapting to life after a colostomy or similar surgery can be quite difficult, but thankfully support is out there. Venter says CANSA provides stoma services including products,

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