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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: ANC Women's League calls for "no bail"...

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2019/09/23

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - The African National Congress Woman's League has demonstrated outside the Greytown Magistrate Court demanding that the suspect who allegedly raped an ANC volunteer in the area be refused bail. The incident allegedly occurred in a house owned by the Umvoti mayor, Thamsanqa Ngubane. The suspect is believed to be related to the mayor. SABC reporter, Khalesakhe Mbense, says the matter has been postponed to 8 October as the accused's lawyers did not attend court

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#PODCAST: Newsbreak looks back at the forgotten...

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2019/09/23

By Newsbreak producer Tashlan Naidoo - In this week's Heritage Month focus, we take a look at a forgotten performing art that kept the 1860 Indian indentured labourers occupied when they had a break from working on the fields. The Therukoothu, or six-foot-dance as its commonly known, signified a period of social cohesion in our country's history where people of Tamil, Muslim and Christian faiths celebrated their cultures as one, something rarely seen these days. Tashlan strolled back in time and

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#PODCAST: 9 suspects attempting to rob businesses at...

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2019/09/23

At least nine suspects were killed in a shootout with police at Isipingo on the south of Durban. The suspects are said to be among a group of around fifteen armed men who had attempted to rob businesses in the area. Police managed to arrest one suspect. Nonjabulo Mntungwa-Makamu reports…

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#PODCAST: Minister Pravin Gordhan honoured at the...

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2019/09/23

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan was the guest of honour at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Phoenix Community Center held this weekend, in Phoenix, north of Durban. Minister Gordhan spent a large part of his early political career in the 1970s in Phoenix - and says the area was a reflection of the political landscape of the time. In his speech, he also paid tribute to giants of various industries who were part of the community development in

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2:18

#PODCAST: Academics, scholars and activists join...

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2019/09/23

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Founded in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) has a rich history of a progressive political organisation - that fought for the rights of people of Indian origin. According to academic and an early NIC activist - Professor Dasrath Chetty - there is a need to preserve this history, which he says is convoluted. It is for this purpose that a group of academics, scholars and activists have decided to document the history of the NIC...

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#PODCAST: Johannesburg - labour union DEMAWUSA vows...

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2019/09/23

Metrobus in Johannesburg has threatened employees, who do not make it to work today, with disciplinary action. This follows the confusion between the company and labour union, Demawusa, around the court judgement on Friday. According to the company, the judge interdicted the strike. But, the union says that is not how they read the judgement. Angela Bolowana reports...

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#PODCAST: ELEVEN people killed in a collision on the...

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2019/09/23

11 people have been killed in a collision between a seven-seater vehicle and a bakkie belonging to SBV security company on the R37 outside Polokwane in Limpopo. A seven-seater vehicle was carrying nine passengers before its tyre burst, causing it to lose control and collide head-on with a security company bakkie. The bakkie had two occupants who were also killed. This report by Michael Makungo is voiced by Hoosen Ebrahim...

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#PODCAST: Award-winning Durban Author, Fiona Khan...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer, Salma Patel - Award-winning Durban Author Fiona Khan has been recognised as a Global Goodwill Ambassador and Social Entrepreneur for her sterling work in the writing nd literature industry. Through her non-profit organisation, the Global Forum for Literacy, Khan is able to uplift and mentor young children and adults to read and write. She says as a goodwill ambassador she will be able to network and plce South African on the international stage through literature......

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#PODCAST: US government allocates over R11 billion...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The United States will be allocating over R11 billion towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In an exclusive interview with Newsbreak, acting US Ambassador to SA - David Young revealed the US government’s plans in partnership with the South African government to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Young together with US Consul General in KwaZulu-Natal, Sherry Zalika Sykes will be visiting various health clinics and civil society programmes in the

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#PODCAST: Ten year old girl shot by robbers for a...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - Three suspects have been arrested by the police following an alleged armed robbery of a 10 year old girl in Estcourt yesterday. The victim was returning home from a local shop late last night when she was accosted by the suspects who allegedly shot and robbed her of her cellphone before fleeing the scene. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson captain Nqobile Gwala says community members launched a man-hunt for the suspects who were eventually apprehended and

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#PODCAST: Police arrest man with 57 thousand rand...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A 25-year-old man is expected to appear in Durban Magistrates Court today after he was arrested for possession of drugs with a street value estimated at R57,000-00. Police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker says police are investigating as to whether the drugs were being brought into Durban or being shipped out of Durban - as the man was arrested near the railway station and bus terminal in Durban. He says additional charges may be added after the suspect

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#PODCAST: Richards Bay Primary School forced to close...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Richards Bay Primary School, on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal has been forced to shut down following a confirmed case of swine flu. A learner from the school is being treated for swine flu in hospital and remains in a stable condition. KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Spokesperson - Muzi Mahlambi - says the school immediately took precaution measures and closed...

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#PODCAST: Sardines netted on Durban's North Beach -...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Sardines have been netted in Durban's north beach yesterday - in what has been described as a "common occurrence" as the shoals head back into deeper southern waters. The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board have confirmed the sighting - saying that more sardines could be expected to brace the shores of KZN over the weekend. Sharks Board acting head of operations - Greg Thompson gave us an update earlier this morning...

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2:59

#PODCAST: Experts call on the public to learn about...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - With today being National Recycling Day - industry experts are calling on consumers to learn about the environmental benefits of recycling. According to Michelene Locke - sales director at ITB Flexible Packaging Solutions - plastic is not inherently bad. Locke says it is our behaviour around plastic that needs to change. She says that by recycling plastic, consumers can play an active role in keeping the material out of landfills and oceans...

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#PODCAST: Women charged with the murder of two...

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2019/09/20

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - One of two women charged with the murder of two little boys almost two years ago, received two life sentences at the Durban High Court this week. Liziwe Ngwayishe and her friend Amahle Maliwa were arrested a day after Clairwood Boys' Primary School pupils Njabulo Msomi and Luyanda Mnkayi, both 10, went missing on November 9, 2017. Ngwa-yishe was a friend and roommate to Maliwa who was in a relationship with the father of one of the deceased boys. At some point in

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#PODCAST: Pakistan refuses request from the Indian...

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2019/09/20

Pakistan has refused a request from India's prime minister to use its airspace on a flight to Germany. It crowned the hostilities between the two countries over human rights restrictions in Kashmir which is likely to spill into the latest session of UN General Assembly in New York. Ran Sen reports...

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#PODCAST: Police Minister - Bheki Cele visits...

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2019/09/19

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - Police Minister - Bheki Cele - is visiting the University of Zululand's main campus today at KwaDlangezwa near Empangeni on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. This after days of violent student protests, who demanded to speak to Cele about crime on and off campus. The students are demanding stricter security measures on campus and at residences off campus. Yesterday a number of students returned home after classes have been suspended until further notice. SABC

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#PODCAST: Three suspects arrested in Amanzimtoti...

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2019/09/19

By Newsbreak Producer, Bongani Gema - Three suspects have been arrested and one is still on the run following a botched hijacking in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. The supsects allegedly accosted the owner of the vehicle as he was leaving his residence at Illovu and demanded his vehicle at gun-point. As the suspects were speeding off, the victim alerted an off-duty police officer who pursued the suspectsand managed to intercept the vehicle at an intersection on Blaze Way Road in Amanzimtoti

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#PODCAST: Phoenix jewellery store robbed: Police in...

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2019/09/19

By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Police officers and K9 members have cordoned off the area around an abandoned vehicle - allegedly used as the get-away vehicle in a jewelry store heist that took place earlier this morning at the Phoenix Plaza, north of Durban. Police spokesperson, Captain Louise Naidoo says a shootout ensued when police responded to the robbery. It is believed that one suspect may have been shot - but all suspects are at large and no arrest has been made......

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#PODCAST: Unbelievable viral video sends shockwaves...

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2019/09/19

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - A video circulating on social media has gone viral - showing a family being caught up in gunfire at Newlands East, north of Durban. The incident which transpired earlier this week shows two cars parked at a block of flats on Tandipa Road, where a prayer was in procession, before the suspects riddled the area with bullets. One man was shot and killed with another seriously injured. Newlands East Community Policing Forum Chairperson - Thomas Jafta - says gang

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