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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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2:04

#PODCAST: Prof. Rajen Naidoo of the Cannabis in the...

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2019/08/23

By Newsbreak producer Taliesha Naidoo - Cannabis-based oils and products are fast becoming the therapy of choice, thanks to the relaxation of legislation and landmark court judgements. However, the use of Cannabis at the workplace, like all other drugs is a no-no. Does the use of cannabis products then fall into the category of banned drugs? Professor Rajen Naidoo - one of the delegates at the "Cannabis in the Workplace Conference" facilitated a presentation titled: "what cannabis does to your body

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1:59

#PODCAST: Wildfires raging in Brazil's #Amazon...

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2019/08/23

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year. More than 72,000 fires have been detected so far by Brazil's space research centre INPE. Most of these fire are in the Amazon basin, home to the world's largest tropical forest which is seen as vital to countering global warming. The dry season is frequently blamed for the wildfires in the Amazon, however, INPE said the large number of wildfires could not be attributed to the dry

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1:16

#PODCAST: One killed, several injured in N1 Highway...

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2019/08/22

By Newbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - One man has died and 17 others injured in an accident between a mini-bus taxi and a light motor vehicle on the N1 Highway, in Johannesburg. Strini Ramea, base manager for Saaberie Chishty Ambulance Services, says the man sustained critical injuries while the other occupants sustained moderate injuries. Ramea says the N1 Highway is a high accident zone and urges motorists to be extra vigilant on this road...

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2:27

#PODCAST: Department of Environmental Affairs confirm...

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2019/08/22

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The Department of Environmental Affairs has confirmed that the dumping of liquid waste at landfill sites in South Africa will be illegal from today. The new regulation has taken almost a decade to come into effect. The department said a key benefit of the new liquid waste legislation is that the country's groundwater reserves will receive protection from seeping hazardous liquids. Environmental Activist - Desmond D'Sa says although the new legislation is

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2:33

#PODCAST: Ex KZN police spokesperson - Vincent Mdunge...

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2019/08/22

Former KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson - Vincent Mdunge - is focused on moving on with life with his family, pursuing new business interests, after his release from Durban's Westville Prison this week. Mdunge's release on parole comes after his 2017 imprisonment for fraud and forgery. He was found guilty of using a fake matric certificate for employment and further studies at UNISA. After his conviction in 2014, he lost two appeals in the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. Minoshni Pillay

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3:30

#PODCAST: "Sites of Conscious Collective" launch a...

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2019/08/22

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Today, the "Sites of Conscious Collective" in Durban will launch a project of memorialising significant spaces in the liberation history of South Africa. A symbolic ceremony will take place in Chatsworth this afternoon where there is remaining graffiti present from the 1983 anti-Tricam campaign. This date also coincides with the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Natal Indian Congress. One of the organisers from the sites of conscious collective - Kiru

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2:31

#PODCAST: The Equality Court declares the public...

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2019/08/22

The Equality Court, sitting at the Johannesburg High Court, has declared the public display of the apartheid flag as hate speech. The court has ruled that it also constitutes harassment. The Nelson Mandela Foundation brought the matter to court, insisting the display of the flag amounts to unfair discrimination against black South Africans. Lobby group, AfriForum challenged the Foundation's case and described it as a violation of freedom of speech. Sashin Naidoo reports...

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2:37

#PODCAST: Security footage shows murder-accused...

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2019/08/22

Triple murder accused, Colin Pillay has admitted under cross-examination in the Durban High Court that he is the person in security video footage that shows the flat in Phoenix, north of Durban, where the killings took place in September last year. According to the state, it shows him leaving the flat with a knife in his hand, hours after the murder of his lover - Jane Govindsamy - and her two daughters. Prabashini Moodley...

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3:23

#PODCAST: Nostalgic moments for comrades who attended...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer, Taliesha Naidoo - The United Democratic Front (UDF) commemorated its 36th anniversary yesterday. The UDF was a major anti-apartheid organisation introduced by Rev. Allan Boesak. It was launched at the Rocklands community hall in Mitchell's Plain, near Cape Town on the 20th of August 1983. It was the day government planned to introduce the Tricameral Constitution. The organisation was initially formed to oppose this. About ten thousand people attended the UDF's launch. One of

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2:08

#PODCAST: New WhatsApp line plans to tick the check...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The Department of Social Development together with the South African Social Security Agency in KwaZulu-Natal is calling on social grant beneficiaries to make use of their new WhatsApp line. The line was created to give beneficiaries a platform to send queries and assist them with fraud cases. Les Govender, member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature for social development, says for those who do not have access to WhatsApp, a telephone call line is still available

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1:21

#PODCAST: First of its kind "Cannabis at the...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Employers have been encouraged to attend a first of its kind conference entitled ' Cannabis in the workplace ' - currently underway in Durban. It aims to empower companies around regulation relating to the usage of Cannabis in a working environment. The conference is being held at the Umhlanga hotel, north of Durban. Experts in the industry would present research and experience's on how companies are affected by the abuse of the plant usage. One of the

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1:05

#PODCAST: One killed in South Coast road collision

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer - One man has been killed in a collision between a bus and a light motor vehicle on South Coast Road, near the N2 interchange, in Durban. Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for Rescue Care paramedics, says the man sustained fatal injuries while multiple occupants of the bus were moderately injured. He says the cause of the accident is not yet known..

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3:06

#PODCAST: Reflecting on the 36th anniversary of the...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Founding Executive Member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) - Judge Thumba Pillay says people should decide who represents them at Parliament rather than the party. He was reflecting on the 36th anniversary of the formation of the UDF yesterday. The movement was formed in 1983 to oppose the formation of the Tricameral Parliament during apartheid. The movement became a rolling machine to demolish racial oppression. It resulted in members like Albertina

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3:11

#PODCAST: Meet Yavi Madurai, a women who is slowly...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Women are starting to change the interface of the tech world. That's according to Yavi Madurai - the managing director of technology company Black Box Theory. She says it is true that the technology sphere is male dominated - but women have managed to organise their representative bodies to plug in to the ICT sector. In this week's Techno Touch, Madurai explains how patriarchal perceptions have never shutdown her drive to do her job...

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1:36

#PODCAST: Man suspected to be responsible for the...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - The man suspected to be responsible for the murder of an elderly retired school principal has appeared at the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court. 79-year-old Shirley James was killed at her home in Newlands West, Durban, last week. She was found with assault wounds to her head and was robbed of a cellphone. Captain Nqobile Gwala, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, says the 30-year-old suspect was arrested over the weekend at Sea Cow Lake, north of Durban...

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1:45

#PODCAST: Legal Aid South Africa reach an agreement...

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2019/08/21

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Work has resumed at Legal Aid South Africa after an agreement was reached with thousands of employee's who embarked on strike action earlier this week. Lawyers downed tools after the company announced cost cutting measures - which included a reduction of a limited number of employee benefits due to severe budget shortfalls. The company provides aid to thousands of South Africans who would normally not be able to afford legal services. Legal Aid SA's

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2:51

#PODCAST: A young Muslim woman takes to social media...

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2019/08/21

A young Muslim woman has stood up against the Indian army, accusing it of rights abuses in Kashmir. Her allegations in online posts renewed a debate on a grinding lockdown in the region - where thousands were arrested after India sliced Kashmir in two and stripped the state of its special constitutional status. Rana Senn reports...

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3:51

#PODCAST: Forensics finds traces of blood belonging...

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2019/08/21

The Durban High Court has heard that Rackelle Govindsamy's blood was found on the clothing of triple murder accused, Colin Pillay. Pillay is on trial for the murder of his lover Jane Govindsamy and her two young daughters. Their bodies were found by Jane's husband - Sagren, in their flat in Phoenix, north of Durban - last year. Prabashini Moodley reports...

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3:39

#PODCAST: The #MedicalMonitor discuss stress and how...

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2019/08/20

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - It may be a gut feeling causing stress - or it may just be your gut! While stress has the potential to overwhelm a person, it can also lead to digestion issues. Professor Jose Ramos, an Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, says stress can slow down ones digestive system. In this week's Medical Monitor we look at the digestive system and how stress can affect it's functionality. Ramos says managing stress can help the process of making foods and drink go down a

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3:21

#PODCAST: "Alleged harvesting syndicate" could be...

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2019/08/20

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Meanwhile, an alleged organ harvesting syndicate could be behind the disappearance of two missing South Africans that were living and working in Vietnam. This is according to non-governmental organization, Gift of the Givers. Founder, Dr. Imtiaaz Sooliman says that two suspicious American women befriended the men at separate times before they vanished. Dr. Sooliman says upon investigation, he discovered that one of the women told a family member of John Bothma

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