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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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3:03

#PODCAST: N3 Toll Concession says the past festive...

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2020/01/06

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The past festive season saw a decrease in deaths along the N3 highway between Cedara and Heidelberg with 13 fatalities - four less than in 2018. That's according to N3 Toll Concession commercial manager - Con Roux. The N3 highway from Durban towards Johannesburg experienced weekend of heavy traffic as holiday goers made their way home after the festive period. Traffic volumes were recorded at just under 1,800 vehicles per hour by midday on Friday and over 1,400

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1:27

#PODCAST: Top-performing KZN learner Bhekamandaba...

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2020/01/06

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Bhekamandaba Makhonza from Edendale Technical High School in Pietermaritzburg is flying the flag high for KwaZulu-Natal. The 17-year-old is the third ranked Physical Science student in the country. Makhonza who is currently on his way to Midrand, Johannesburg where the Department of Education is hosting a celebration for the top achievers, says he will be studying actuarial science this year...

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2:48

#PODCAST: Power utility Eskom blames "malfunctioning...

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2020/01/06

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Embattled power utility Eskom says load shedding is likely to continue for the next two years as efforts to stabilise the constrained grid, goes on. This comes after the supplier implemented stage 2 load shedding from Saturday evening until 5am this morning. Eskom deputy spokesperson, Dikatso Mothae says that a conveyor belt at one of its power stations malfunctioned causing extra strain on the system resulting in the weekend load shedding. Mothae says with the

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4:09

#PODCAST: We look back at some of the big political...

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2020/01/03

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - The 2019 political year has seen a host of interesting developments: speculation remains rife that the ANC is still battling factionalism, the DA revealed a lot about it's internal wrangling when Mmusi Maimane stepped down following the return of Helen Zille to the party an the EFF has held strong onto it's controversial identity. All of this, while the enquiry into state capture remained on everybody's watch list. What does the political landscape hold

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3:35

#PODCAST: Three die in an accident in Paarl, raising...

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2020/01/03

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The number of road fatalities in the Western Cape province continues to grow after three people died in an accident at Paarl, in the Western Cape. In a separate incident yesterday the driver of a motor vehicle died after hitting two pedestrians at Nyanga. Western Cape Traffic Chief, Kenny Africa, says while the growing death toll since the start of the New Year is not welcomed, the province has seen a decrease in the number of fatalities since the start of

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2:47

#PODCAST: Festive period drownings now at five, after...

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2020/01/03

A ten-year-old boy has drowned at Salt Rock Beach, north of Durban. He is the fifth person to drown this week after three family members from Utrecht in northern KwaZulu-Natal died saving a 9-year-old child. On Wednesday, another 10-year-old drowned at the Westville community pool. Nonhlakanipho Magwaza reports...

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3:58

#PODCAST: KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala says the focus...

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2020/01/02

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala says the province is focused on increasing investment and industrialisation in 2020. He was reflecting on the year that was in the province. Zikalala counts the opening of the new Durban promenade and the cell-phone manufacturing plant at the Dude Trade Port as notable achievements to increase the business profile of Durban. Zikalala says job creation remains a priority. He cited gender based violence as one of the biggest

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4:30

#PODCAST: January marks the start of Tamil Heritage...

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2020/01/02

By Newsbreak Prodcuer Hoosen Ebrahim - January marks Tamil Heritage Month in Canada - a month dedicated to celebrating Tamil culture. Tamils began migrating to Canada since the early 1950s and have established a thriving community there. To discuss the significance of such a commemoration in the western part of the world, Hoosen Ebrahm got a hold of cultural historian Kiru Naidoo...

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2:30

#PODCAST: Gauteng police seek information after the...

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2020/01/02

Gauteng police have called for anyone with information to come forward following a drive-by shooting in Melville, Johannesburg. Two people died in the New Year's eve incident. Six others were wounded - with two of them in a critical condition. This comes after an unknown suspect allegedly opened fire on a popular restaurant on Seventh Street - following an altercation. Horisani Sithole reports...

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2:08

#PODCAST: At least 16 people have died following...

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2020/01/02

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - At least 16 people have died in flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after the city had its most intense rainfall for at least 24 years. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) measured 377 millimetres of rainfall in a day at an airport in East Jakarta. That's the most most rain in a single day since at least 1996, when records supplied by the agency began. Hoosen Ebrahim reports...

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3:19

#PODCAST: Over 120 undocumented foreign nationals...

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2020/01/02

More than 120 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested at the Durban beachfront on New Year's Day. They were arrested during Police Minister Bheki Cele's walkabout in the area. The majority of those taken into custody are said to be from Malawi. Authorities say beach-goers seemed to have obeyed the city's by-law that forbids drinking in public. Nonjabulo Mntungwa-Makamu reports...

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3:37

#PODCAST: Close to 1,500 illegal and unwanted...

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2020/01/02

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Close to 1,500 illegal or unwanted firearms have been handed in to police by South African citizens. This consisted of 1,248 handguns, 75 shotguns and 142 rifles. Also, more than 14-thousand rounds of ammunition were handed in by the end of the first month of the firearms amnesty period which ended on Tuesday. It is understood that most of the weapons will be destroyed. National Police Spokesperson - Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo says that ballistic tests will be

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5:34

#PODCAST: President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for unity...

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2019/12/31

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the hardships faced by South Africans due to the rise in unemployment and poverty have not been taken for granted. In his New Years message, Ramaphosa says 2019 was a "mixed bag" and called on fellow South Africans to join hands with one and all for a better future. He also mentioned the rise in violent crimes against women and children and vowed to lead the country into a new decade of renewed hope...

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3:00

#PODCAST: International - Jharkhand becomes the 11th...

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2019/12/31

This weekend Jharkhand became the 11th Indian state to reject a religion-based law which has sparked deadly protests and calls for a nationwide boycott. Opposition to the legislation and a national headcount has also found support in the West, where critics say the draconian measures are blatantly anti-Muslim. Rana Senn reports from New Delhi...

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3:40

#PODCAST: Using fireworks outside of the by-law...

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2019/12/31

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Members of the public making use of fireworks outside of the by-law stipulated time could be liable for a fine of up to R5,000. That's according to Durban Metro Police Spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Parbhoo Sewpersad. Municipal by-law guidelines allow for fireworks to be set off tonight from 11.45 pm until tomorrow morning at 12:15 am. Sewpersadh says any member of the public found to go against the half-hour rule or other related regulations will face the

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2:22

#PODCAST: NSPCA urge the South African public to be...

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2019/12/31

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) is urging the public to be responsible when discharging fireworks and be mindful of animals. NSPCA spokesperson Meg Wilson says fire crackers have a detrimental effect on both wild and domestic animals...

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2:45

#PODCAST: More bloodshed across KZN over the weekend,...

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2019/12/30

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - It's been a bloody weekend across the KwaZulu-Natal province as three people have been shot dead and another is fighting for his life at a Durban hospital in three separate incidents. In the first incident, Westville prison warden - Stanley Pillay was gunned down at Shallcross, south of Durban during the early hours of Saturday morning. Meanwhile, a second victim died following a shooting on Umhlanga Rocks Drive, north of Durban. In the third incident, a man

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2:18

#PODCAST: Talks underway to rename Chatsworth's...

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2019/12/30

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Davarum, the first Indentured Labourer to disembark from the SS Truro on 17 December 1860, could be immortalised with a road in Durban named after him. The 1860 Indentured Labourers Foundation in Verulam, north of Durban have approached the eThewkini Municipality to rename a road within the municipality as part of their program for the commemoration of 160 years since the arrival of the Indentured Labourers to South Africa. PRO of the group - Anand Jayraj says

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2:31

#PODCAST: Statistics reveal that over TWO MILLION...

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2019/12/30

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - A little over two million crimes were recorded between April 2018 and March 2019 - according to the crime statistics as published by the The South African Police Service (SAPS) and Statistics South Africa. Taking stock of the year that was, eThekwini Central Cluster CPF chairperson Imtiaz Syed says education of South Africa's youth is key to ensuring a crime free South Africa in the future...

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2:13

#PODCAST: Shallcross CPF pay tribute to the late...

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2019/12/30

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Chairman of the Shallcross CPF, Mahendra Lillkant, says that Westville prison warden - Stanley Pillay was a very humble person that was involved in various sporting activities...

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