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SABC News and Current Affairs

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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#PODCAST: Heatwave sweeps through South Africa

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - A heatwave is expected across large parts of the country in the coming days. The South African Weather Services have issued a warning that temperatures could soar to the high thirties. Meanwhile: Emergency services are urging South Africans to stay hydrated over the weekends hot conditions. KZN Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert McKenzie advises people to stay out of the sun between 10am and 3pm.......

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#PODCAST: President Ramaphosa visits Inanda police...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to have a busy day in the province of KwaZulu-Natal today. Ramaphosa is visiting the Inanda police station, north of Durban, which in the 2018/2019 crime statitistics recorded the highest number of sexual offences cases in the country. The station was also ranked number four amongst the stations with the highest rates of murder cases nationwide. SABC news reporter Nonjabulo Makamu, who is covering the President's trail in

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#PODCAST: Woman arrested for stabbing 51-year-old man...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - A 31-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 51-year-old man to death at a luxury hotel in Umhlanga, north of Durban. It's believed that the suspect and victim booked into the Pearls of Umhlanga hotel on Thursday night. The pair were allegedly heard arguing and screaming by hotel guests around 10pm last night who alerted security. Shortly afterwards, the victim was found in the corridors of the upmarket hotel room with a stab wound to his

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1:05

#PODCAST: Chairman of the Mount Edgecombe Temple...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (or CRL) together with the eThekwini Municipality have encouraged religious tolerance among citizens in order to promote social cohesion. This comes after it received numerous queries from the Hindu community who are either FOR and AGAINST a Green Diwali this year. The Commission is currently in Durban for a dialogue on the matter. Meanwhile, the

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2:05

#PODCAST: eThekwini Central Trust CPF warn residents...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - When the lights go off, criminals come out to play - taking advantage of unsuspecting victims. They plan break-ins when alarms systems and electric fences are disabled. Also, more smash and grabs are reported when traffic is congested during load shedding. But, eThekwini's Central Trust Community Policing Forum spokesperson - Imtiaz Sayed - says they have not really seen the difference between crimes committed during load shedding compared to crimes

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2:48

#PODCAST: Indian judges to give a verdict on plans to...

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2019/10/18

India's top court has wrapped up hearings to resolve a land title dispute between Hindus and Muslims over plans to build a Hindu temple on the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque. The judges will hand down a verdict next month to try and bring an end to the world's longest-running legal battle. Rana Sen reports...

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2:28

#PODCAST: Members of the Hindu community tell us how...

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2019/10/18

By the Newsbreak team - From dhall and cabbage to mutton curry and sausage chutney, Hindus will today break their month-long Purtassi fast. The fast is observed to pay homage to Hindu deity, Lord Vishnu. During this time, devotees abstain from eating meat in any form - eggs and fish included. Newsbreak canvassed the views of some Hindu's, who are looking forward to their first meaty meal...

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#PODCAST: Workers contracted to clean portable...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The eThekwini Municipality is investigating claims being made by local labour and contractors - sub-contracted to empty VIP toilets - after they alleged that they have not been paid by the main contractor. This resulted in sub-contractors violently venting their frustration by storming its water and sanitation offices and trashing it yesterday at Powell Road, north of Durban. Seven people were later arrested. eThekwini Municipality spokesperson, Msawakhe

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1:46

#PODCAST: REACTION - Pretoria High Court sentence...

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2019/10/18

By Newsbreak Producers Hoosen Ebrahim and Taliesha Naidoo - The Pretoria High Court has sentenced convicted child rapist, Nicholas Ninow, to life in prison. Handing down judgment, Judge Mokhine Mosopa, said Ninow's particulars should be included in the sexual offenders' list. 21-year-old Ninow raped a 7-year old girl in a bathroom at a Dros restaurant in Silverton east of Pretoria in September last year. Judge Mosopa ordered that counts one and three run concurrently. He also ordered that Ninow's

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2:40

#PODCAST: CRL Commission holds public Diwali dialogue...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - With Diwali or Deepavali around the corner, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) is holding a public dialogue in Durban today. The purpose of the dialogue is to mitigate any conflict arising from hate speech against the use of fireworks during festivities. Member of Parliament, Haniff Hoosen had initially made the call for such a dialogue following the rise of hate speech and

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2:46

#PODCAST: Eskom's load shedding leaves SA's economy...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Eskom's stage 2 rotational load shedding has stopped South Africa's ecconomy in its tracks ahead of a review by credit ratings agency, Moodys. In the first quarter of this year, the implementation of stage four load shedding saw the economy declining with production halting for up to 12 hours a day. The Reserve Bank has also warned that SaA could see almost no growth with more than ten thousand job losses. Foreign investment is also in the firing line

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2:19

#PODCAST: Fraudulent driver licence endangers lives...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says a leader of a syndicate believed to be involved in fraudulently issuing driver's licences and learner's licences for applicants in Pinetown, west of Durban, has been arrested by the Hawks. Department spokesperson Kwanele Ncalane says the suspect was arrested yesterday as part of an on-going operation by the department, the Road Traffic Management Corporation and the Hawks. Ncalane says in the past financial year

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1:56

#PODCAST: President Ramaphosa visits eThekwini to...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially opened a privately owned smart phone factory plant at Dube Trade port, north of Durban. The gadgets will be sold both in the domestic market as well as in the regional market. The President accompanied by some of his cabinet ministers and KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala also took a tour inside the factory plant. Ramaphosa is in the province to among other things launch the district development model in eThekwini Metro. SABC

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#PODCAST: The Bluff, south of Durban has been awarded...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - eThewkini has been awarded "International Whale Heritage Site" status. The Bluff in Durban offers a historic whaling station and many opportunities for whale and dolphin watching along the extensive coast. Only two such sites exist in the world and the Bluff is one of them. Chairman of the Community Tourism Association "Soul of South Durban" - Helga du Preez says - whale heritage sites are an initiative aimed at increasing the protection and conservation of

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#PODCAST: South Africa is one of 25 countries where...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - South Africa is one of 25 countries where veganism has seen a sharp increase. That's according to Dr Lize Barclay, a lecturer in Future Studies and Systems Thinking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). Speaking to Newsbreak on the backdrop on World Food Day, which was commemorated yesterday, Dr Barclay says the rise in veganism is very much related to the rise in environmental concerns, especially amongst millennials...

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#PODCAST: Classmates and teachers of the late Sanjana...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The classmates and teachers of Sanjana Singh - a grade 10 learner at Newcastle High School who tragically passed away along with her parents and brother in a fatal accident over the weekend - have been deeply saddened by her death. Principal of the school, Manuel Govender, says since the devastating incident, learners have received counselling in order to come to terms with Singh's death. Eight people died in a collision on Saturday night on the N11 between

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#PODCAST: Confessed child rapist Nicholas Ninow...

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2019/10/17

The confessed child rapist, Nicholas Ninow, has recited a poem to his victim in the High Court in Pretoria as a way of apologising for raping her. 21-year-old Ninow cried as he read the poem as well as a letter to the family of the eight-year old victim. Ninow testified in mitigation of sentence. He was found guilty of raping the girl who was seven at the time of the incident, at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria. He was also found guilty of possession of drugs and defeating the ends of justice. Liela

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#PODCAST: KZN Parents Association calls for conflict...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer Bongani Gema - A Pietermaritzburg family is trying to come to terms with the death of their son. 18-year-old Hershelle Fynn was fatally stabbed allegedly by a fellow learner on his way home from school. KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, addressed a community meeting, following the incident. Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal Parents' Association chairperson, Vee Gani says conflict resolution skills need to be taught to learners at an early age in order to avoid further

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#PODCAST: We discuss the possibilities of an...

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2019/10/17

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Smoky skies and metres of plastic wrapping: the Diwali spirit is about to sky rocket! But over time there seems to be a greater push to go green for Diwali. How can you have an environmentally sustainable Diwali while maintaining all the trimmings? Taresh Harreparshad discussed this and much more on Sunday's edition of Newsbreak Talk, live from the Midlands Diwali Festival...

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#PODCAST: "Meals on Wheels" tackles hunger in...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Global icon, Nelson Mandela once said that poverty is not an accident, like slavery and apartheid. Instead it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. One such community service striving towards this is the "Meals on Wheels" initiative, which fights hunger in disadvantaged areas throughout the country on a daily basis. Mark Jerome, a senior caregiver for Meals on Wheels in Durban says their community service puts a smile on a number of

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