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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: Community activist Jonathan Annipen...

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2019/06/19

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - Meetings are being held across Durban for social grant recipients to address their issues of concern. South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) representatives are expected to attend these meetings to provide recipients with alternate forms of payment which are safer and more reliable. This after the discovery of SASSA cards being cloned sparked outrage and great concern among beneficiaries. Community activist and organiser of the meetings - Jonathan

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1:59

#PODCAST: JHB residents urged to use water sparingly,...

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2019/06/19

By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - Taps in Gauteng will run dry for 54 hours from the 24th of June. This as Rand Water has scheduled a major water shutdown for maintenance work and repairs to be conducted. The shutdown will affect all Gauteng reservoirs water supply. The City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for the Environment and Infrastructure Services, Nico de Jager is appealing to all residents to use water sparingly during the mass shutdown...

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3:48

#PODCAST: Verulam NPO call for the history of Indian...

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2019/06/19

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The history of the Indian Indentured labourers in South Africa could soon be included into the curriculum at schools in the country. This after the 1860 Indentured Labourers Foundation in Verulam had written to the Department of Basic Education requesting the inclusion into the school syllabus. The department has now appointed a Ministerial Task Team that will review the submission and revise the history curriculum accordingly from grades four to 12. Member of

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2:25

#PODCAST: Dire consequences for employees and doctors...

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2019/06/19

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - A Durban-based labour lawyer says that employers have the right to subpoena an employee's doctor to explain the information on a sick note. Saber Ahmed Jazbhay says that doctor-patient confidentiality will not be broken and that the doctor will just need to substantiate and explain the reasons behind the awarding of the sick note. Jazbhay says if either party is found guilty of fraudulent activity in this regard, the consequences could be dire for both doctor

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2:19

#PODCAST: Robust discussions on violence and...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - Following the recent spate of violence and crime in South African schools, various stakeholders held a robust discussions at a media briefing in Pretoria. The South African Police Services, various teacher's unions and Equal Education groups gathered to share solutions to curb thr scourge of violence facing schools. Using of drugs and substance abuse were some of the major suspected factors to have had a contribution to violence and crime in schools. SABC

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1:54

#PODCAST: Gauteng Department of Transport to vet...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Taxi ranks and routes at Soweto in Johannesburg which are operated by rival associations WATA and NANDUWE has been reopened. The two organisations were stopped from operating and their ranks closed in March this year following violent clashes between members which claimed the lives of three people. A peace deal was signed between the rival taxi associations in Soweto last Tuesday in which the groups pledged to end all hostilities. This morning the Gauteng

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#PODCAST: EFF to take Trevor Manuel matter to the...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The Economic Freedom Fighters' application for leave to appeal the ruling in Trevor Manuel's defamation case has been dismissed by the Gauteng High Court today. In a statement in March, the EFF accused Manuel of nepotism and corruption in influencing the appointment of new Sars commissioner, Edward Kieswetter. In May, the court ruled that the statements were defamatory and false and ordered the EFF to apologise and pay a fine of 500-thousand-rand. Speaking to

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2:18

#PODCAST: Security guard killed and robbed of service...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - A private security officer has been shot dead after allegedly being robbed of an air rifle on Wick Street, in the Verulam CBD, north of Durban. It's been reported that the 60-year-old man was allegedly approached by an unknown suspect late last night while he was on duty. Prem Balram - the director of local security company, Reaction Unit South Africa, says a manhunt is underway in search of the suspect...

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2:29

#PODCAST: Father, son and neighbour killed in alleged...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Mfundo Mthembu - A father, his son and their neighbour has been shot dead during an alleged house robbery in their complex in Arboretum, at Richards Bay, north of KwaZulu-Natal. This after unknown suspects accosted the family members in their house during the early hours of the morning. Meanwhile the wife of the forthy-two-year-old father sustained gunshot injuries to her thigh and was taken to hospital for further medical care. KwaZulu-Natal Police Spokesperson, Colonel

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#PODCAST - Newsbreak Talk #YouthDay and #FathersDay -...

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2019/06/18

Newsbreak Talk merges #YouthDay and #FathersDay - President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the country on Youth Day remembering the young heroes of June 16, 1976 and Newsbreak Talk asks for little cuties to send in their messages for #FathersDay. Presented and Produced by Salma Patel and Tashlan Naidoo.

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#PODCAST: Outrage from the now-banned Muslim...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Egypt's former President Mohammed Mursi - ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office - died yesterday from a heart attack after he collapsed in a Cairo court while on trial. The 67-year-old Mursi, a top figure in the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, had been in jail since being toppled in 2013 - following mass protests against his rule. The Muslim Brotherhood has since come out and said the death was a "full-fledged murder". Newsbreak's Tashlan

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1:39

#PODCAST: Health authorities on alert as a suspected...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Health authorities in Kenya are on high alert over a suspected case of Ebola, in Kericho County in the west of the country. The patient is said to have exhibited suspected symptoms of the disease and is now in an isolation ward in Kericho County referral hospital. Reports suggest the patient travelled from Uganda over the weekend. The haemorrhagic fever crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo where it has killed 1,300 people to Uganda where it

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2:55

#PODCAST: Durban ICC welcome academics from across...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Youth participation is critical in South Africa's public policy making. That's according to sociology expert - Dr Sheetal Bhoola. She has been speaking to Newsbreak ahead of today's International Conference on Public Participation (ICPP). The second ICPP is taking place at the Durban ICC from today until Wednesday. The conference will host academics from across the world who seek to address economic marginalisation and social exclusion in both developed and

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2:16

#PODCAST: Clairwood Roots Reunion looks to take...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Former Clairwood residents who pine for the "good old days" will have the opportunity to take a trip down memory lane this month. This as a small group of former residents get set to host the Clairwood Roots Reunion on the 29th of June at High School Grounds, south of Durban. Clairwood was established more than 150 years ago during a period of colonial rule. It represented the majority of the Indian-origin population before the group areas act split and

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#PODCAST: Car crashes into a barrier and down an...

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2019/06/18

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - One person has been killed and three others critically injured in an accident on the N2, near the M7, in Durban. The accident took place during the early hours of yesterday but the wreckage was only discovered several hours later. It's believed the vehicle crashed into a barrier at the side of the road - before it rolled down an embankment. Spokesperson for Emergency Medical Rescue Services - Rob Mckenzie says the cause of the accident is unknown at this

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2:14

#PODCAST: Police continue the hunt for suspects...

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2019/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Gauteng police say cannot confirm if the money stolen during an armed robbery outside the Hamidia mosque in Newtown, Johannesburg is indeed from the Mosque. The suspects sped off with an undisclosed amount of money after a shootout ensued with private security guards on the scene. Dashcam footage of the incident has since emerged and where police identified a black Mercedes as the getaway vehicle. Closer inspection of the video suggests the vehicle was rather a

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2:21

#PODCAST: KZN Sharks Board continue to monitor...

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2019/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board says it is still receiving several reports of sardine-related activity off the Eastern Cape coast. Spokesperson Greg Thompson says the silvery delicacy is extremely unpredictable and its movements are difficult to trace. He however added that he cannot rule out the possibility that they could grace the shores of eThekwini in the coming weeks...

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#PODCAST: July could be a good month for motorists as...

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2019/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Motorists can breath a sigh of relief following an announcement by the Automobile Association (AA) - that fuel prices could drop by as much as 90 cents a litre next month. The AA said it expected diesel to drop by 70 cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 62 cents after analysing the Central Energy Fund's unaudited mid-month fuel price data. Spokesperson for the AA - Layton Beard says if stability is brought to the rand-dollar exchange, motorists could be

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#PODCAST: New Durban avaition school looks to provide...

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2019/06/17

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The owner of a new aviation flight school at the Virgina Airfield in Durban aims to take disadvantaged youth off the streets and educate them in order to have a flourishing career in the sector. Fathima Khan Gaibie says she faced several challenges being a person of colour. She also says that opening a flight school - being a woman - became an issue at a certain point. Gaibie says her school is in the process of being accredited and should take off by the end

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#PODCAST: Newsbreak Talk tackles school discipline -...

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2019/06/15

by Newsbreak Producers, Rachel Vadi and Salma Patel - School discipline takes centre stage as the Forest High School court case came up this week; a learner was seen assaulting a teacher in a scuffle - that video went viral; a teacher was gunned down at a Folweni Primary school near PineTown in Durban; a teacher seen with a gun in a matric exam class - whats going on at our schools? Are our learners and teachers safe anymore?

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