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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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2:06

#PODCAST: #BabyRescue KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health...

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2019/02/12

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo visited the baby girl at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban yesterday afternoon. Dr. Dhlomo says the Department needs to strengthen its campaigns on family planning...

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#PODCAST: #BabyRescue NPO "Shepherd's Keep" discuss...

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2019/02/12

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - There has been widespread outrage after a new-born baby girl was found in a storm water drain at Newlands East in Durban yesterday. The baby was rescued from inside a pipe that was approximately ten metres deep during a four hour long rescue mission. The little girl was airlifted to the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital here in Durban. The incident has since shed the spotlight on options available to women who face unwanted pregnancies. Non-profit organisation -

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1:28

#PODCAST: Eskom confirm that South Africa will...

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2019/02/12

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Eskom has announced the implementation of stage three load-shedding nationwide from eight o'clock this morning until 11pm. The power utility says although that seven generating units that went offline yesterday are now producing power, diesel and water reserves are still very low resulting in the need for load-shedding. Stage-3 load-shedding calls for three-thousand megawatts to be shed from the grid nationally. Load-shedding schedules are available on Eskoms

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2:11

#PODCAST: Family of the late Imam Abdullah Haron...

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2019/02/12

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The family of the late Imam Abdullah Haron will re-open the inquest into their father's death in 1969. The long-awaited decision follows the success of the Ahmed Timol inquest, which was reopened by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in 1996. Haron died on September 27, 1969, after being held incommunicado for 123 days by the South African state security in an apartheid prison. Fighting for justice is family representative Imtiaz Kajee. He explains the

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2:36

#PODCAST: Optometry Forum of South Africa call out...

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2019/02/12

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Thousands of optometrists associated with administrators around the country have been resigning due to alleged unscrupulous financial exploitation and unethical behaviour. This is according to the Optometry Forum of South Africa. They represent over 1000 optometrists nationally, pointing out that the profession is faced with many challenges including having no say in the prices that they charge to patients. Spokesperson Sibusiso Thabete says that government

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2:33

#PODCAST - Gift of the Givers delivers #water to...

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2019/02/11

by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - The people of the drought stricken town of Makhanda at Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape will today receive approximately 100-thousand litres of water from non-governmental organization, Gift of the Givers. This follows several calls from distressed citizens who have gone without having access to water for almost a week. Settlers Dam which provides water for this area is at 13% and water cannot be extracted from the last 10% due to high silt levels. Founder of

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3:45

#PODCAST - #Baby miraculously survives after being...

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2019/02/11

Emergency medical personnel have been praised for a successful operation to rescue a new-born baby girl from a storm water drain this morning. The operation - which began at 5 this morning - was a mammoth task as paramedics and firemen had to dig ten metres into the ground to reach the little girl who was inside a pipe. Community members turned out in their numbers and cheered as the baby was brought to the surface. Prabashini Moodley reports.............

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2:17

#PODCAST - #Gordhan #crimeninjuria case against...

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2019/02/11

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - The case between Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, and EFF leaders, Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu, has been referred to the South Gauteng High Court. This follows their appearance at the Equality Court Court sitting in the Johannesburg Magistrate's today. Gordhan wants the EFF leaders to be charged with crimen injuria, incitement of public violence and defamation.Last year, Malema launched a scathing attack on Gordhan outside the Commission of

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1:16

#PODCAST - Durban business counts the cost after...

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2019/02/11

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Twelve people have been arrested after they allegedly embarked on a violent protest on Peter Road at Sea Cow Lake in Durban yesterday. It's believed that the protests, which involved about three hundred people, erupted after a child was allegedly mauled to death by a dog on his way to school on Friday. It's alleged that the dog belongs to a construction company in the area. Spokesperson for Durban Metro Police, Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad says the

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7:32

#PODCAST: After a storied four decade career,...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Forty years of dedicated and resolute service comes to an end for a much-loved school principal, Dr Nestar Vejay Joseph. Having taught Matric English for 20 years, Dr Joseph took her place at the helm of Whetstone Primary School at Phoenix, north of Durban - as one of the first Indian-origin female principals in that area in 1999. In this week's Legends series, Rachel Vadi profiles this popular principal...

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1:25

#PODCAST: One person killed in a crash between two...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - One person has died following a crash between two vehicles along Old Caluza Road in Pietermaritzburg yesterday morning. Details surrounding the cause of the head-on collision are still unknown and police are investigating. NETCARE 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst says a total of six people were involved in the crash...

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1:32

#PODCAST: Better water conditions can be expected as...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Over one thousand participants of the Dusi Canoe Marathon can look forward to better water conditions this year as compared to last year. This year's marathon will take place from the 14th to the 16th of February from Camps Drift to Blue Lagoon. KZN Canoe Union Water Liaison Officer - Kevin Trodd says although water conditions have improved, the dam levels at the uMsindusi and uMngeni Rivers for the three day canoeing classic is still low...

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#PODCAST - ONE DEAD and three others seriously...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - One person has died and three others seriously injured in a shoot-out outside a popular restaurant on the Palm Boulevard, at Umhlanga, north of Durban. Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbhele says it is believed that the fatal shooting began with an argument. She says police are investigating cases of murder and attempted murder...

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#PODCAST: 11 February 2019 marks 29 YEARS since...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Today marks the 29th anniversary that former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of prison and embarked on an historic decade-long journey. South Africa's transition from apartheid ended formally on the 27th of April 1994 with the first democratic general election. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of that ground-breaking moment. In many ways the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which he appointed in 1995 reached far beyond its

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#PODCAST: Ongoing taxi war claims another life as a...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - An ongoing taxi war has claimed the life of yet another person at Tongaat, north of Durban. A man believed to be in his 50's was shot in the back of the head while he was waiting to transport learners from school on Friday afternoon. IPSS Medical Rescue Spokesperson, Paul Herbst says a local doctor declared the man dead at the scene. He says the deceased was a lift-club operator and added that those involved in private transport are believed to be a threat to the

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#PODCAST: Durban University of Technology...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producers Salma Patel & Taresh Harreeparshad - One life lost, as students protest for better education. It's not the first time student protests have erupted into chaos. It's also not the first time their demands have not been met. Society mourns the loss of a young life - but what's the lesson here? Newsbreak Talk finds out...

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#PODCAST: DDP Programmes Officer Brian Mhlongo joins...

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2019/02/11

By Newsbreak Producers Taliesha Naidoo & Taresh Harreeparshad - While President Cyril Ramaphosa's second state of the nation address may have hit the right notes - was it music to your ears? Newsbreak Talk speaks to political expert, Brian Mhlongo from the Democracy Development Programme (DDP)...

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2:43

#PODCAST - Restructuring #ESKOM won't make a...

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2019/02/08

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - Eskom being split into three state owned entities, the need for growth in the South African economy and job creation...These were among the points of address in President Cyril Ramaphosa's second State Of The Nation Address last night.Economics Lecturer at Akademia, Edward Blight, says he does not believe that the restructuring of Eskom will make a difference...

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#PODCAST - KZN schools awarded for recycling project...

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2019/02/08

by Newsbreak Producer, Shanell Daniel - School's in Durban that participated in Coca Cola Beverages South Africa's (CCBSA) 2018 School's Recycling Programme are being honoured today. A glamourous regional awards ceremony in underway at the Pesco Hall in Phoenix, north of Durban. Samukelo Nkosi is the Corporate Social Investment Specialist for CCBSA in KZN. Nkosi says the school's have outdone themselves and prize giveaways will make a difference at their schools...

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#PODCAST - IEC welcomes May 8th as election date -...

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2019/02/08

By Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has welcomed the much awaited 2019 election date announcement - as made by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the State of the Nation address last night. South Africans can now prepare to go to the polls for the national and provincial elections on 8 May 2019. Spokesperson for the IEC, Kate Bapela says the announcement provides a clear and certain target for final preparations by all stakeholders including the IEC, political

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