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2:18

#PODCAST: South African NGO says securing quality...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - Fourteen million South African's go hungry everyday. That's according to the South African National Health and Nutrition examination survey. In Africa, hunger and famine affects 226.7 million people. Over 150 contries are commemorating World Food Day today, in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. FoodForward SA is the largest food redistribution NGO in the country. It recovers quality,

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2:29

#PODCAST: Two learners stabbed to death at a...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu is expected to visit Eastwood Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg in the KZN midlands where two learners were stabbed to death during a scuffle. Department spokesperson, Kwazi Mthethwa says the MEC is visiting the school to conduct a fact-finding mission and also to address the parents and the learners. Mthethwa says one learner was stabbed and killed during the incident and the perpetrator, who is

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3:40

#PODCAST: Convicted #Dros child rapist, Nicholas...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Convicted child rapist Nicholas Ninow has delivered an emotional testimony at the Pretoria High Court - providing his version of events that led to him raping a seven-year old girl in a toilet cubicle at a Dros Restaurant in Pretoria. Ninow is testifying today - as the court begins with pre-sentencing proceedings. The court earlier rejected his version, that he acted impulsively when he raped the child. His legal team will have to prove substantial and

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2:45

#PODCAST: Former president Jacob Zuma to "use all...

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2019/10/16

Former President Jacob Zuma says he intends using all available legal avenues within his rights to stop his prosecution. The former president maintains the case against him is nothing but a political campaign by his opponents who are hell-burnt on seeing him prosecuted. After losing his bid for a permanent stay of prosecution, Zuma announced his intention to appeal the recent judgment. Vusi Makhosini and Nonjabulo Mtungwa -Makamu compiled this report...

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2:31

#PODCAST: Upcoming "Socially Safe" app set to address...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - On this week's Techno Touch we preview the much-anticipated "Socially Safe" mobile app. Put together by a group of people who've had enough of lacklustre emergency services, the app aims at addressing the everyday safety challenges faced by the South African community. The purpose of the application is to have a silent hailer within reach for the users and position them at an advantage - where they can access assistance in varying aspects within moments. Local

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2:38

#PODCAST: Sir Nicholas Stadlen's "Life is Wonderful:...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A documentary which uncovers the legal arguments used in the Rivonia Trial is being screened at selective cinema's through-out the country Featuring South African activist and philanthropist - Denis Goldberg, the film entitled "Life is Wonderful: Mandela's Unsung Heroes" goes in-depth into the Rivonia Trial with Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu and others. The movie has been documented by Sir Nicholas Stadlen QC, who is a former Judge of the High

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1:21

#PODCAST: A grade 11 learner from Eastwood Secondary...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Investigations continue following the attack and subsequent death of a grade 11 learner from the Eastwood Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg. It is alleged that the boy was stabbed to death as he left school yesterday afternoon. Another grade 11 learner also sustained serious injuries in the attack and was rushed to hospital. KwaZulu-Natal Police Spokesperson - Captain Thulani Zwane says the attack is believed to stem from an altercation in which a female

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3:08

#PODCAST: Economist Dr Azar Jammine warns those with...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - With the high cost of living and soaring unemployment rates, South Africans are being turned down for loans by credit providers. Over-indebted consumers who struggle in the regulated credit market are now forced to seek credit elsewhere. For their survival and a "quick fix" to their financial burdens - loan sharks are a means of borrowing cash irrespective of the ridiculously high interest rates. Economists believe that "debt forgiveness" is likely to send

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2:32

#PODCAST: Family of slain Arvitha Doodnath still in...

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2019/10/16

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The family of slain Arvitha Doodnath is still reeling in shock from her untimely death. Doodnath was shot dead on Saturday at the intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and Upper Park Drive at Westcliff in Johannesburg. Gauteng police say the motive for the shooting is unknown and a case of murder is being investigated. Formerly from Durban, the 30-year-old was a research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation, a lecturer at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT)

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2:30

#PODCAST: Can the country be saved after President...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer, Magashini Mottian - President Cyril Ramaphosa says corruption has cost the country more than 500 billion rand. The president was speaking to international investors in London on Monday. Ramaphosa says from public to the private sector -alot of money was syphoned out of state coffers before his presidency through corrupt means. Lawson Naidoo, the executive secretary for the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (casac) says he believes the price tage for

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3:14

#PODCAST: Zuma will fight legal battles until the...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to hear an appeal from former President Jacob Zuma against the ruling dismissing his application for a permanent stay of prosecution in his corruption case on the 22nd of November. State prosecutor - advocate Billy Downer - has told the court that the state and defence has discussed the appeal process with the KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Achmat Jappie. The state will oppose the application. Legal expert, Krish

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2:55

#PODCAST: Former President Jacob Zuma's corruption...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to hear an appeal from former President Jacob Zuma on the 22nd November against the ruling dismissing his application for a permanent stay of prosecution in his corruption case. The National Prosecuting Authority, Zuma and the French Arms company, Thales, have reached an agreement for the accused to file their application for leave to appeal on the 1st of November. The provisional trial date has been postponed to the

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1:59

#PODCAST: The trial of former President #JacobZuma...

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2019/10/15

The trial of former President Jacob Zuma and his co accused - French arms company Thales - is set to start in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today. This is after their application for a permanent stay of prosecution was dismissed on Friday. However it's not yet clear if Zuma and Thales intend to appeal against last week's ruling by a full bench of judges in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma and Thales are facing charges of fraud, corruption, racketeering and money laundering linked to the

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1:22

#PODCAST: Reservoir Hills father demands answers...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A Reservoir Hills father wants answers for his son's death. Sam Govender says he is glad that the man accused of murdering his son - Navandren Govender - has finally been re-arrested. 27-year-old Ashen Vishnudath has been on the run since August when he escaped from Westville Prison in Durban. He was re-arrested yesterday at Umbilo in Durban. Vishnudath is accused of murdering the 30-year-old mechanic, who was found dead with gunshot wounds in a secluded area

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2:28

#PODCAST: "Unstable family dynamics" could be one of...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) professor believes that socio-economic issues and unstable family dynamics are some of the reasons behind the culture of violence plaguing universities around the country. This follows the discovery of the burnt remains of 24-year-old UKZN student Samkelo Zondi. In another recent incident - a learner died after being stabbed in a lecture venue at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Professor Nirmala Gopal of the

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2:26

#PODCAST: In a test of the country's fragile peace,...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Neighboring Mozambique heads to the polls today as it holds its general election - a test of the country's fragile peace. The African country has been faced with an economic crisis and chronic conflict where South Africans and the rest of the world fell victim to unlawful acts including cross border crimes and corruption. The impoverished nation has also seen one of the most violent campaigns in its brief and turbulent history - raising fears that the

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2:53

#PODCAST: Hindu nationalists in India want the...

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2019/10/15

Bollywood's take on the worldwide hit reality TV show "Big Brother" has run afoul of Hindu nationalists who want the spin-off titled "Bigg Boss" banned on grounds of immorality. Police guarded its celebrity host Salman Khan after noisy protests, while fans of the superstar accused radicals of attempting to turn India into a Nanny state. Rana Senn reports...

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3:20

#PODCAST: UKZN to host the Conference on Antibiotic...

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2019/10/15

By Newsbreak Producer Magashini Mottian - The University of KwaZulu-Natal will be hosting the "Conference on Antibiotic Stewardship and Conservation in Africa" next week to showcase research that they have conducted into antibiotic resistance. Since its introduction into clinical practice in the 1930's and 1940's - antibiotics have revolutionised global public health by substantially decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections in humans and animals. South Africa is

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1:59

#PODCAST: #FeesMustFall activist Khanya Cekeshe's...

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2019/10/14

By Newsbreak's Shanell Daniel - Fees Must Fall activist Khanya Cekeshe's conviction will remain in place after the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court dismissed his leave to appeal it. The court also rejected his bail application. The student activist was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2017, with three years suspended after pleading guilty to burning a police van at the height of the Fees Must Fall protests in 2016. Cekeshe's new legal team led by Advocate Thembeka Ngukaitobi believes that his

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1:23

#PODCAST: UKZN student accused of murdering his...

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2019/10/14

By Newsbreak's Bongani Gema - The bail application of the University of KwaZulu-Natal student accused of killing his roommate has been postponed to Monday next week. Khayelihle Nzimande appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court. He faces a charge of murder for the death of Zondi whose burnt body was discovered in the bushes at the university at the weekend. Simukelo Zondi was reported missing last Thursday by his girlfriend. The university has suspended lectures at its Westville campus today in

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