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#PODCAST - Gender-Based Violence activist says not...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - 21 women and children have been murdered over the last few weeks. This is the startling statistics that President Cyril Ramaphosa quoted in his address to South Africans on Wednesday evening. Stating that femicide is on the rise since the start of the lockdown, President Ramaphosa said the country is waging a war on two pandemics - COVID-19 and Gender-base violence. Reacting to the presidents speech, Local activist and therapist, Beverley Motlhabani says

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#PODCAST: Catch me if you can - sardines play cat and...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Durban residents may have just struck silver- if local fishermen are to be believed. Local fishing expert Adam Kamdar says this year's catch is proving to be a phenomenal one with dozens of nettings taking place daily. He says this years cycle is unusual in that the silvery shoal is moving closer to shore, attributing this to the cold front. However, Kamdar says the shoals are playing a cat and mouse game with anglers by moving in unusual patterns during the

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#PODCAST: Health Department implement the "Hospital...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - South Africa is currently at the foothills of the COVID-19 surge. That's the view of Deputy Director General in the Health Department, Dr. Anban Pillay. This week the Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that the country can expect a spike in the number of infections and deaths. Dr. Pillay says that they have a "Hospital Readiness Plan" in place, that is able to determine the number of hospitals, beds and equipment needed to deal with the surge. He

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#PODCAST: @WWFSouthAfrica explain why PPE's could...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Education NGO FEMSISSA have reacted to the growing calls to axe Basic Education Minister Angie Motsekga, saying they fully agree. This week, the Educators Union of South Africa gave President Cyril Ramaphosa two months to "get rid" of Minister Motshekga, citing health and safety concerns. FEMSISSA meanwhile, say the Minister and her staff need their positions re-evaluated, as they have failed in delivering their mandate. Chairperson Vishnu Naidoo also

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#PODCAST: ANALYSIS: Sit-in restaurants and hair...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of lockdown regulations for restaurants and personal beauty care services including salons. He made the announcement during his address to the nation on the 100th day of the national lockdown at the Union Buildings in Pretoria last night. But he issued a stern warning against the abuse of alcohol, which he said contributes to criminality, especially gender-based violence. Meanwhile, Independent Political

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#PODCAST: Calls intensify for Basic Education...

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2020/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Education NGO FEMSISSA have reacted to the growing calls to axe Basic Education Minister Angie Motsekga, saying they fully agree. This week, the Educators Union of South Africa gave President Cyril Ramaphosa two months to "get rid" of Minister Motshekga, citing health and safety concerns. FEMSISSA meanwhile, say the Minister and her staff need their positions re-evaluated, as they have failed in delivering their mandate. Chairperson Vishnu Naidoo also commented

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#PODCAST: 89-year-old Amrithbhai Daya from PE named...

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2020/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - 10 years on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, we continue to look back at how that moment of sporting history brought our "Rainbow Nation" together. This morning we speak to 89-year-old Amrithbhai Daya, a gentleman from Port Elizabeth - who became the oldest ever FIFA volunteer at the age of 80. Daya was even contacted by a representative from FIFA to confirm his brilliant achievement. On the 18th of July this year, Daya will turn 90 - sharing his

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#PODCAST: A 60-year-old woman becomes the first TAFTA...

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2020/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A 60-year-old woman has become the first resident from The Association of the Aged (TAFTA) to test positive for the coronavirus. Almost three months since the official coronavirus lockdown in South Africa, non-profit organisation TAFTA announced that the lady tested positive after experiencing a high temperature and body pains on Sunday. Chief Executive Officer of TAFTA, Femada Shamam says the lady and her husband are now in quarantine. Shamam says all other

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#PODCAST: @eusaunion give President Ramaphosa TWO...

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2020/06/17

The Educators Union of South Africa has given President Cyril Ramaphosa two months to get rid of Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga. EUSA's Kabelo Mahlobogwane says since the re-opening of schools more than 2,000 learners and teachers have tested positive for COVID-19. He adds that more than 100 schools across the country had to close and teachers have already died from disease. However, the Education Department has rejected the allegations and says it's an attempt to tarnish the minister's

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#PODCAST: Members of the Hindu faith "extremely...

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2020/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The South African Hindu Maha Sabha is in the process of calling a meeting with church leaders to find a way forward following the recent series of defamatory attacks on the Hindu faith. In the most recent video that surfaced on social media, Reverend Llewellyn Joseph of the Revival Ministries Church at Chatsworth, south of Durban is seen comparing "curses and spirits" that people face, to Kavady, which is a Hindu religious festival dedicated to Lord Muruga

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#PODCAST: Commission for Gender Equality express...

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2020/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Commission for Gender Equality says it's disgusted at the high rate of Gender Based Violence that the country is currently facing. This comes after the recent spate of GBV incidents that include the gruesome murder of a woman who was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old mother of two was axed and a 39-year-old woman was shot and killed. These are just some of the reported cases, of which the commission says is not a true reflection of this

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#PODCAST: These South African matrics express their...

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2020/06/16

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - These matric learners who've just returned to school after being homebound for more than two months, reflect on what the struggles of youth in 1976 means to them. How has this youth day together with the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on their final schooling year? Here's what they had to say...

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#PODCAST: High Court in Pretoria to deliver their...

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2020/06/16

By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Judgment on the legality of tobacco sales in level 3 of the lockdown has been reserved. So, what does this mean for ordinary South Africans? Thus far, the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria considers the application around the legality of the lockdown ban on tobacco product sales urgent and will deliver their decision by email. Human Rights Attorney and Legal Expert - Saber Ahmed Jazbhay - says due to huge public interest in this tobacco case the

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#PODCAST: Local traditional artists work together...

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2020/06/16

By Newsbreak Executive producer Salma Patel - South African traditional artists have come together making music during lockdown - to spread a message of peace and hope. Set to the tune of the national anthem - Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, the song features six languages including isiZulu and sign language. One of the producers, Rajive Mohan elaborates on the project...

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#PODCAST: "Global Shapers" call on young people to...

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2020/06/16

By Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo - Youth education has come under the spotlight as the country commemorates Youth Day, under lockdown. The 16th of June 1976 uprising which began in Soweto and spread countrywide, profoundly changed the political landscape. 13-year-old Hector Pieterson became the iconic image of the uprising as he was one of the first students to be killed on that fateful day. Now a group of young people driving dialogue, action and change called "Global Shapers" says the youth need to

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#PODCAST: Emergency services on high alert as the...

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2020/06/16

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The gripping cold weather that has hit parts of the country during the past week or so, is expected to continue this week over the central and eastern parts, where it will get worse. That's according to the South African Weather Services. The extreme cold will be coupled with cloudy conditions, with showers expected from today until Thursday. This will affect Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Free State, Mpumalanga and some parts of Limpopo. Shanell spoke to

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#PODCAST #Quarantine and #isolation put young women...

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2020/06/15

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Adolescent girls and young women are facing higher levels of domestic and intimate partner violence, exacerbated by quarantine and isolation. This is according to Sulosh Pillay, founder of the non-profit organisation "The ACT Foundation". Pillay says the foundation is conducting a dignity and awareness program, aimed at highlighting the importance of practicing good hygiene and social distancing...

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#PODCAST #Sardines are loving the #LockDownSA -...

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2020/06/15

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Large shoals of sardines have been spotted at the Pennington area, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. Acting head of operations for the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Greg Thompson, says the sardines are expected to move to other areas on the south coast, however they could decide to make a U-turn and go home. Thompson tells us more...

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#PODCAST Bodies pile up as India's #Coronavirus death...

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2020/06/15

Bodies littered public hospitals and some were found in garbage dumps or in drains especially in national capital New Delhi. The courts said coronavirus patients were being treated worse than animals in India where the number of cases last weekend jumped past the 320,000-mark with at least 9,200 deaths. Rana Senn has the details...

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#PODCAST GBV Activist sceptical that funding from...

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2020/06/15

by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - The Solidarity Fund has approved 17-million rand in funding for initiatives that support victims of gender-based violence. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa, who once again called for an end to Gender Based Violence across South Africa. He added that government should do more at least at the justice level to bring the confidence amongst women that cases will be taken through. Last week the body of a young woman was found dumped under a tree in

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