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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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#ICYMI - ANGRY CHATSWORTH RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT

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2018/05/29

by Newbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Frustrated residents who gathered outside the Chatsworth police station last night say police are failing to protect the Chatsworth community...

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2:51

#ICYMI - CHATSWORTH WARD COUNCILLOR CALLS FOR THE...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Prabashini Moodley - Democratic Alliance councillor in Ward 71 - Sharon Hoosen says the party will make an urgent appeal to bring back the anti-hijacking unit to the Chatsworth community. Hoosen was reacting to the hijacking incident in Shallcross yesterday, where a nine-year-old girl was killed. She says, increased policing is a matter of urgency...

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1:39

#ICYMI - AT LEAST 20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARRESTED...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer - Hoosen Ebrahim - Police have confirmed that around 20 community members have been arrested for public violence following last nights protest action. Police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala explains how angry community members threw objects at the police station, demanding better law enforcement in the area...

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1:37

#ICYMI - MOORTON COMMUNITY POLICING FORUM DEMAND...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Angry residents of Chatsworth, south of Durban are demanding police take control of the spiralling crime in the area. Over a thousand residents gathered outside the Chatsworth police station yesterday evening over a car hijacking at Shallcross which resulted in the death of a nine-year old school-girl. The protests quickly escalated when residents started burning tyres. Police retaliated with rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd. Newsbreak caught

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3:08

#ICYMI - PHOENIX POVERTY REDUCTION ASSOCIATION LAUNCH...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Mahatma Gandhi once said, "poverty is the worse form of violence". It is under this ethos that the Phoenix Poverty Reduction Association launched its 'Poverty Awareness Week' in the area, north of Durban. The initiative will run for five days by going to different schools in the Mafukuzela-Gandhi Circuit - holding talks relating to poverty alleviation in the country. Chairperson Selvan Chetty says the programme aims to teach children from a young age to

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3:03

#ICYMI - UPDATE: KZN PARENTS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - Schools, parents and guardians need to address and act decisively against bullying in schools. That's according to KwaZulu-Natal South Durban branch Parents Association Chairperson - Vee Gani. Gani was reacting to the latest incident of school bullying at Durban's Sastri College. On Friday a video of the bullying incident went viral on social media. The clip shows the victim outside the school being attacked by a group of bullies in the taxi he was in. Gani says

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2:45

#ICYMI - VIVIAN REDDY CALLS ON DURBAN BUSINESSES TO...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Durban businessman Vivian Reddy is urging all South African businesses to come to come forward and assist orphaned children in the country. Reddy shared these sentiments with Newsbreak following the unveiling of a newly built cottage at the Lakehaven Child and Youth Care Centre in Sea Cow Lake at the weekend. The cottage will house 15 orphaned children and has been sponsored by the Sibaya Community Trust, of which Reddy is a member. The home was built

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2:06

#ICYMI - LIMPOPO HAWKS ARREST SEVEN SUSPECTS IN...

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2018/05/29

by Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - Seven suspects who allegedly robbed SBV security guards of an undisclosed amount of cash outside Polokwane in Limpopo yesterday - were arrested last night. A joint operation by various law enforcement units led the police to a house in the Seshego Township where the seven suspects were apprehended. Rifles, ammunition and bags of money were also recovered. Newsbreak spoke to Limpopo Hawks Spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke...

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3:03

#ICYMI - SHOCKING STATISTICS RELEASED AHEAD OF WORLD...

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2018/05/29

by: Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - As the world gears up for "World No Tobacco Day" on Thursday, Executive Director of the National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) - Savera Kalideen says the statistics around smoking are alarming. According to recent reports one in five babies surveyed in two townships had the same level of nicotine in their system as active smokers. Under the theme "Tobacco Breaks Hearts", NCAS together with the Heart and Stroke Foundation will be hosting events across the

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2:57

#ICYMI - MOTOR RACING ORGANISATION CALLS FOR...

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2018/05/28

by Newsbreak Producer Hafsa Mkhize - Efforts to clamp down on illegal drag racers might work for a while, but it wouldn't be long before racers are back on the streets. This is according to Chairperson of KwaZulu-Natal Motor Racing - Kas Moodley. He was reacting to a landmark ruling where an alleged illegal drag racer was fined 10,000 rand. Moodley says something needs to be done to provide legal strips for racers...

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2:54

#ICYMI - PARENT OF A GRADE NINE SASTRI COLLEGE...

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2018/05/28

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - A concerned parent of a learner at Sastri College spoke to Newsbreak about the long duration in which investigations are taking place. He says his grade nine learner is in constant fear of what could happen from bullying at the school. He says it is an unhealthy environment to learn in and the process of the investigations needs to be sped up...

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2:52

#ICYMI - FURTHER INCIDENTS OF BULLYING AT DURBAN'S...

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2018/05/28

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - An increase in the number of bullying incidents at a Durban school has prompted the principal to pen a letter about bullying to parents and guardians of learners at the school. Sastri College has been in the news since last year after a learner was allegedly stabbed because he stood up for his friend, who accidentally stepped on the shoe of another learner. The letter, which Newsbreak has a copy of states, "there has been sporadic incidents of bullying at the

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2:25

#ICYMI - 10 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR ROCK THROWING...

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2018/05/28

by Newsbreak's, Hafsa Mkhize - KwaZulu-Natal Police have welcomed the sentencing of 27-year-old convicted rock-thrower, Nkosinathi Mthalane. This after Mthalane was sentenced to 10 years in prison for malicious damage to property on Friday. It's alleged that earlier this year a motorist was travelling west bound on the N3 near Tollgate Bridge in his VW Polo when he became a victim of the rock throwing incident. Mthalane allegedly threw a rock that shattered the victims windscreen and immediately

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1:32

#ICYMI - POLICE ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOT TO...

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2018/05/28

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The shooting of two people in an alleged hijacking that took place in Chatsworth, south of Durban this weekend - has raised concerns about community involvement in fighting crime. It is believed that an 18-year-old male was seated in his car when he was approached by unknown suspects. Community members who were nearby saw what was happening and intervened. The suspects opened fire into the crowd that gathered and two people were injured. Police spokesperson,

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1:50

#ICYMI - CRITICS HIT OUT AT INDIAN PRIME MINISTER,...

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2018/05/28

India's Narendra Modi flagged off celebrations to hail his fourth year in office. His government is set to splurge millions of dollars this week to count his achievements as prime minister. But critics say messy realities are now sinking in, as loud promises to the poor have proved to be mere hype amid colossal expectations. Our South Asian correspondent Rana Senn reports...

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3:19

#ICYMI - STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 90% OF LUPUS...

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2018/05/25

by Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - More than 90% of lupus patients are women. But not much is known about this condition. Lupus is an auto immune disease - meaning the bodies immune system becomes over-active and starts attacking healthy tissue. In this week's Medical Monitor, Rheumatologist Dr. Neeta Patel explains how the disease can be treated...

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1:44

#ICYMI - A MASSACRE OF 13 PEOPLE IN SOUTH INDIA...

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2018/05/25

A massacre of 13 people in South India is being likened to the 2012 Marikana killings as police snipers shot dead men and women protesting against a polluting copper plant in Tuticorin. 60 others were injured in the port town which has sparked calls for a national probe into the bloodbath. India correspondent Rana Senn reports...

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2:26

#ICYMI - U.S CONSUL GENERAL APPLAUDS KZN FOR THE...

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2018/05/25

by Newsbreak Producer, Prabashini Moodley - Through a partnership that spans over 14 years, the United States governement has invested more than 5.8 billion Dollars in the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Now, the U.S Consul General in Durban - Sherry Sykes has congratulated the KwaZulu-Natal government for the successful completion of the KZN One Million Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision campaign. Today the province will celebrate one million men being circumcised, in an effort to fight

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2:30

#ICYMI - THE POPULAR PHOENIX CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE...

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2018/05/25

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The ever-popular Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society Fair will once again kick off this evening and run over the next two weekends at the Rydalvale Grounds in Phoenix, North of Durban. President of the Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society, Sharm Maharaj says the annual fair is the charity organisation's biggest fund raiser. He says that due to the cut backs in funding from government, the funds raised from the Fair has become of vital importance...

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1:42

#ICYMI - AHEAD OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL LOCAL...

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2018/05/25

by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Ahead of Liverpool's Champions League final in Kiev - renowned local artist Collin Sabapathy chose to immortalise Liverpool hero Mohammed Salah in his latest work. A head shot of Salah against the Liverpool emblem and slogan has received a lot of attention. Sabapathy's work is featured in dozens of collections across the globe - including portraits of former President Thabo Mbeki and struggle stalwart Swaminathan Gounden, among others. Sabapathy says Salah's

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