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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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2:19

#ICYMI - CHATSWORTH POLICE OFFICER HONOURED FOR...

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2018/06/04

The Chatsworth community has honoured the policeman who arrested a hijacker during a botched hijacking where a nine-year-old lost her life. Sadia Sukhraj died during her morning school run when hijackers allegedly threw her father out the car and fled with her inside. Warrant officer Hemant Raghoonundan who was not on duty at the time, saw the crime taking place, responded and arrested one of the hijackers. Minoshni Pillay reports...

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#ICYMI - NEWSBREAK LEGEND DEVI RAJAB - NEWSPAPER...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - In this week's Newsbreak Legend Series, we profile a Durban newspaper columnist, psychologist and former dean of student development of the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal - Dr. Devi Moodley Rajab. The award-winning journalist devoted her life to breaking the norms of society in a day and age when most wouldn't dare as she stood up for the rights of Indian-origin women in South Africa. Newsbreak's Tashlan Naidoo visited Dr. Rajab and filed this report…

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2:18

#ICYMI - KZN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONFIRM THAT...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Emergency services have had their hands full this past weekend as more than ten people died on KwaZulu-Natal roads in separate incidents. KZN Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert McKenzie says crashes in various parts of the province had claimed the lives of of the deceased‚ six of which died in one accident. In one of the crashes seven people were killed when two light motor vehicles collided on the R103 near Midmar Dam in the Midlands. Both

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3:19

#ICYMI - SHASHIKA MOORUTH THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN OF...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - South African song bird, Shashika Mooruth, has made history at the South African Music Awards or SAMA held on Saturday night by becoming the first South African of Indian origin to be bestowed with the SAMA International Achiever Award. Mooruth says she feels extremely proud of the recognition. She says the highlight of the evening was receiving the award from President Cyril Ramaphosa - who encouraged her to achieve greater things...

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1:29

#ICYMI - INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE AS AN ARGUMENT...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - Another person has died following a shooting that took place in Overport, in Durban on Saturday night. It is believed that an off-duty police officer tried to intervene in an argument between two passengers in a taxi. Police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala says one of the two men tried to fire his gun at the police officer, but his gun jammed. The police officer then fired on the suspect. The suspect was transferred to hospital but later died. Gwala says the

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3:58

#ICYMI - MEC KAUNDA SAYS AN ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY TO...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Community Safety and Liason MEC Mxolisi Kaunda says that there is an assessment underway to investigate the conduct of police officers at certain stations. This follows widespread criticism of police efforts to curb crime at Chatsworth, south of Durban. Last week a nine-year-old Sadia Sukhraj was killed in a botched hijacking. Community members took to the streets and assembled outside the localpolice station. The situation turned chaotic when teargas and

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1:38

#ICYMI - POLICE IMPOSE A CURFEW AND BLOCK THE...

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2018/06/04

Indian troops fired gun shots at a weekend funeral march of a man killed when he was run over by an armoured car in Jammu and Kashmir. The police imposed a curfew in parts of the capital Srinagar and blocked the internet, as politicians blamed each other for the spiralling unrest in India's only Muslim-majority state. South Asia correspondent Rana Senn reports...

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1:35

#ICYMI - ROAD RAGE COMES TO THE FORE, AS A MAN IS...

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2018/06/04

by Newsbreak Producer Rachel Vadi - The driver of a bakkie which collided with a mini-bus taxi on Sunday morning has died after he was allegedly shot by the owner of the taxi. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala says the collision took place along Waterfall Road in Durban at about 11am. She says when the owner of the taxi arrived on the scene of the accident an argument ensued in which both the driver of the bakkie and the taxi owner brandished firearms. Gwala says the taxi

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1:45

#ICYMI - THE SARDINE RUN IS ALMOST HERE! WE FIND OUT...

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2018/06/01

by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The annual sardine run is almost here, with the silvery delicacy expected to brace the shores of Durban in the next month. This is as millions of sardines travel from the cold southern oceans off South Africa's Cape Point, hugging the shore as they make their way up along the coastlines of the former Transkei area. Visible even by satellite, the sardines travel in shoals exceeding fifteen kilometres in length, three and a half kilometres wide and nearly forty

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2:32

#ICYMI - SANEF CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF...

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2018/06/01

by Tashlan Naidoo - The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) has condemned the abusive manner in which police treated journalists while covering a protest outside the Chatsworth Police Station, earlier this week. SANEF council member Mary Papayya says, they have had discussions in the past with top government officials and police, on the role of journalists at crime scenes. Papayya is urging the media fraternity to stand up and not allow injustices against journalists...

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2:41

#ICYMI - INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SOUTH AFRICAN...

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2018/06/01

by Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The wait is finally over! The internationally acclaimed South African crime thriller - Nommer 37, is finally heading to local cinemas today. Directed by KwaZulu-Natal's very own Nosipho Dumisa, the thriller has been sparking massive interest with international audiences. It tells a story about gangsterism, drugs and corruption on the Cape Flats. Lead actor - Irshaad Ally says the movie is a window into the reality of crime in the country...

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1:42

#ICYMI - HIGGONSON HIGHWAY PLACARD DEMONSTRATION...

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2018/06/01

by Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - A placard demonstration will take place shortly at the Higginson Highway in Chatsworth, south of Durban. The demonstration will be held to raise awareness against gun violence. Newbreak spoke to educator and Lotus FM Presenter Mala Lutchmanan who will be part of the demonstration...

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2:48

#ICYMI - INDIAN SURVEILLANCE TOOL COULD INVADE...

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2018/06/01

by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - India's government plans to snoop on people's online postings and even read their e-mails. It was seeking a company with the ability to track trends, topics and Twitter hashtags and also data mine individual social media accounts. Critics said this will create a mass surveillance tool. Newsbreak Tashlan Naidoo spoke to our India correspondent Rana Senn...

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1:40

#ICYMI - KZN POLICE LAUNCH A MANHUNT FOR FOUR...

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2018/06/01

by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal Police have launched a manhunt for four suspects involved in an attempted car hijacking at Avoca, north of Durban which left a 40-year-old man dead. It's alleged that the suspects were driving a silver Yaris when they accosted the deceased. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala has urged community members to not argue with criminals when they demand valuables. This, just days after the murder of nine-year-old Sadia Sukhraj, who was shot and

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2:02

#ICYMI - MAURITIUS CONFERENCE FINDS THAT TOURISM...

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2018/06/01

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Tourism fuels growth, creates jobs and provide an olive branch to poverty stricken communities in Africa. This was the message and key note delivered at the "International Conference on Digitalisation and Sustainable Tourism in Mauritius" last month. The conference concluded by saying that tourism accounts for 10% of the global GDP and 10% of total employment world wide. It also discussed how the industry is faced with a number of challenges such as climate

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3:35

#ICYMI - MAURITIUS SUCCESSFULLY HOST THE...

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2018/06/01

Tourism experts, including government and commercial travel companies converged on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last month, for the International Conference on Digitalisation and Sustainable Tourism. The conference aimed to interrogate international travel concerns and looked at ways for countries to capitalise on sustainable tourism. The challenges faced by the tourism industry, such as climate change was also be discussed. SABC reporter Swazi Khanyile attended the conference...

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2:14

#ICYMI - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE...

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2018/05/31

by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Teachers and fellow classmates of slain Sadia Sukhraj are still reeling in shock and disbelief at her untimely death on Monday. According to the Principal of Everest Primary School in Shallcross - Anesh Singh, the Department of Education will be providing counselling to all learners. Singh says nine-year-old Sadia was somone who always stood out in a crowd...

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3:17

#ICYMI - 20 ANGRY CHATSWORTH RESIDENTS TO LAY ASSAULT...

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2018/05/31

by Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - 20 Chatsworth community members are expected to lay assault charges against officers from the Chatsworth police station with the Independant Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). They alleged that they were victims of police brutality on Monday night, after violent protest action outside the station. All twenty suspects made a brief appearances on Wednesday, at their local magistrate court. Spokesperson for the Minority Front Johnathan Annipen says, the

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3:01

#ICYMI - MEC WEZIWE THUSI CALLS FOR CHILD PROTECTION...

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2018/05/31

by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - In response to the recent outcries by residents, the Department of Social Development in KwaZulu-Natal together with the Department of Community Safety and Liason in the province will host community dialogues to address the increasing criminal activities in Chatsworth and Shallcross, south of Durban. This is according to Social Development MEC Weziwe Thusi. According to Thusi, the family of the young girl killed will undergo psycho-social support. Thusi said a

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2:16

#ICYMI - NGO "PEOPLE AGAINST OPPRESSION" PLAN A...

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2018/05/31

by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Non-profit organisation People Against Oppression have planned a "Palestine Solidarity Protest March" for this Saturday. The Durban rally is set to begin around midday outside the intersection of Stanley Copley Drive and Alpine Roads, heading towards the Overport Secondary School. The protest is in solidarity with the Palestinian people who have experienced yet another brutal attack in their 70th year under occupation and dispossession. Over 100 Palestinians

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