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2:54

#PODCAST South African businesses urged to cut carbon...

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2022/09/02

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - As dangerous carbon emissions continue to drive climate change, South African businesses have been encouraged to take their overall carbon footprint more seriously. This is the view of Tygue Theron - Head of Business Development at Energy Partners Intelligence. He says investors have also becoming savvy on this point and are now actively seeking out companies who tend to focus more on addressing their own environmental impact. Theron says as South African

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2:34

#PODCAST New study looks to uncover why black men are...

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2022/09/02

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A team of local and international scientists, have identified "genetic signatures" that they believe can help explain why men from some ethnic backgrounds are more prone to prostate cancer. Their findings, showed that men of African descent have more than double the chance of succumbing to prostate cancer than men of other racial heritages. The researchers from South Africa, Brazil and Britain, used a process called whole-genome sequencing to map the genetic

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3:46

#PODCAST The Automobile Association (AA) say their...

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2022/09/02

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Genevieve Lanka - The Automobile Association (AA) says their online petition calling for the termination of e-tolls has been gaining momentum. The Association is currently lobbying for government to announce a decision on the controversial project during Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in late October. In addition to its termination, the Association is also requesting government to reimburse those who have been paying

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2:10

#PODCAST Pietermaritzburg Regional Court postpones...

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2022/09/02

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Genevieve Lanka - The trial of one of the alleged instigators linked to last year's July civil unrest - Ndumiseni Khetha Zuma - has been postponed again in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court. This after his legal counsel withdrew from the case. Meanwhile, a man arrested for looting a shop in Umbilo, in Durban, during the July riots last year has been sentenced to an effective 8 years imprisonment in the Durban Regional Court. Genevieve has the details...

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1:02

#PODCAST Newsbreak Fishing Report - Friday 02...

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2022/09/02

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

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1:29

#PODCAST Minister Sisulu reveals South Africa's...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - South Africa remains a destination of choice for tourists as 15-million visitors visits the country annually. This was revealed by Minister of Tourism, Lindiwe Sisulu during a media briefing today on the recovery of the tourism sector since Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted. Sisulu says the latest tourism statistics show unequivocally that there is renewed hope on the horizon, especially at the start of Tourism Month.......

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1:43

#PODCAST Memorial service set to honour late comrades...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A memorial service will be held this afternoon for the late comrades runner, Mzameleni Mthembu in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. Mthembu and fellow athlete, Phakamile Ntshiza, passed away after experiencing difficulties along the 89-kilometre route. Nine out of 74 other marathon runners who were admitted to medical facilities, remain in hospital. SABC News reporter, Nonjabulo Mntungwa-Makamu says a massive crowd of support is expected at Mthembu's memorial

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2:17

#PODCAST Victory for environmentalist as court rules...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - Community Outreach Coordinator for The Green Connection - Neville Van Rooy - says today's victory sends a strong messages to multi-national corporations that the voice of communities will not be silenced. The Makhanda High Court in the Eastern Cape has set aside a review of a decision by the Mineral Resources Department to grant exploration rights to petroleum giant, Shell, to conduct seismic survey off the Wild Coast. Van Rooy explains...

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2:58

#PODCAST Court sets aside Shell's exploration rights...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Makhanda High Court in the Eastern Cape has set aside a review of a decision by the Mineral Resources Department to grant exploration rights to petroleum giant, Shell, to conduct seismic survey off the Wild Coast. Shell was granted rights to explore gas and oil in 2014. The decision was renewed in 2021. But civic organisations and environmentalists took the matter to court for a review. The applicants argued in court that Shell did not have environmental

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1:31

#PODCAST Bail application for KZN DG, Dr Nonhlanhla...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - The director general in the KwaZulu-Natal premier's office - Doctor Nonhlanhla Mkhize - denies that she knows the man who allegedly threatened the chairperson of the board of Mhlathuze Water to stop an investigation into fraud and corruption of 37-million rand. Acting for Mkhize, advocate Griffiths Madonsela has told the Durban Commercial Crimes Court that the state failed to prove that there was a telephone conversation between Mkhize and Sphiwe

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4:12

#PODCAST Competition Commission warn consumers over...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Genevieve Lanka - The Competition Commission has warned that consumers could be facing opportunistic price increases of sunflower oil. In it's latest Essential Food Pricing Monitoring Report, the commission red-flagged high and growing concentration along the sunflower oil value chain. The reasons for the price escalation within the value chain has not yet been determine and is being investigated further by the commission. The report further found that the price of some

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2:57

#PODCAST Food rescue group "SA Harvest" strike an...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - National food rescue organisation "SA Harvest" have struck a long-term partnership with The Sharks rugby team, in a bid to intensify their relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal. The three-year partnership first came about during last year's unrest, when the organisation's warehouse was affected. The organisation then contacted The Sharks for assistance with space to continue feeding the needy - and the rest is history. The partnership will see the rugby club provide

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3:46

#PODCAST Geopolitical experts call on India to put...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - More than 1,000 people - including over 380 children - have been killed in catastrophic floods in Pakistan. Abnormal heavy monsoon rains and glacier melting triggered the floods that have submerged a third of the country and affected tens of millions of people. The devastating floods is being described as Pakistan's worst climate disaster in the country's history. An estimated cost of the damages currently stands at 10-billion US dollars. As the country

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2:57

#PODCAST Shortage of contraceptive stocks at local...

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2022/09/01

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Genevieve Lanka - Women and girls are facing dire challenges when trying to access contraceptives from local clinics. This is according to a report released by the Stop Stockouts Project (SSP), an organisation that monitors the availability of essential medicines and children's vaccines in the country. After receiving reports regarding contraceptive stockouts over the past year, the SSP conducted a survey on contraceptive availability between April and June this year

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2:01

#PODCAST Chaos unfolds as Lekota says he is still the...

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2022/08/31

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Embattled COPE leader, Mosioua Lekota says he is still ready to serve his party and will not allow members of the party to label him a thief. Lekota addressed the media in Boksburg, Johannesburg after the party suspended him, for what some say was the role he allegedly played in dividing the party. Prior to his address, chaos unfolded as a scuffle broke out between party members. The disgruntled members say they do not recognise Lekota as the party leader

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2:32

#PODCAST Gender activists demand the dismissal of...

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2022/08/31

By Newsbreak Senior Producer, Genevieve Lanka - The National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) has handed over an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa - calling for the dismissal of Bheki Cele as minister of police. According to the NSMSA, the minister has failed to effectively deal with the war on women and girls. The movement has also called into question his recent statements on rape, saying it expose his lack of empathy for victims of GBV. The letter has garnered over 63-thousand

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#PODCAST VBS Bank gets order to attach Jacob Zuma's...

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2022/08/31

The curator of VBS Mutual Bank is entitled to instruct the sheriff to attach movable assets of former president Jacob Zuma. This after the Pietermaritzburg High Court granted a summary order against Zuma for the outstanding amount of 6-point-5 million rand related to a loan that he defaulted on. Zuma took out a 7-point-8 million rand loan from VBS in 2016 to repay the state for non-security related improvements at his Nkandla home. This was after then Public Protector - Advocate Thuli Madonsela -

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3:32

#PODCAST OUTA calls for action against those...

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2022/08/31

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse or OUTA is calling for action against all those implicated in the Babita Deokaran murder. Members demonstrated outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health this morning. The 53-year-old was gunned down outside her Johannesburg home, a year ago in what is believed to have been a hit linked to her unearthing of corruption in the department. OUTA says one year since her murder and very little action has taken by Gauteng Health Department to expose those

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1:51

#PODCAST Chatsworth's Nelson Mandela Community Youth...

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2022/08/31

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Dance enthusiasts are being encouraged to join free line dancing classes at the Nelson Mandela Community Youth Centre in Chatsworth, south of Durban. A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps - while arranged in one or more rows. The classes, which are being taught by professional dancers, will start this Saturday from 9am to 10am. Here's dance instructor, Cathy Reddy...

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#PODCAST PROFILE: Director of Public Prosecutions in...

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2022/08/31

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Genevieve Lanka - From an aspiring prosecutor in a rural magistrate court, to becoming a senior state advocate, and now serving as the Director of Public Prosecutions in KwaZulu-Natal. This is the remarkable journey of Advocate Elaine Zungu. Zungu was appointed to the helm of the NPA in the province in 2019 by President Cyril Ramaphosa. As Women's Month draws to a close, we speak to Zungu about her passion for law and gender empowerment. Genevieve Lanka reports...

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