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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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1:52

Wishing former Lotus FM Station Manager Fakir Hassen...

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2018/05/07

by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - Former Lotus FM Station Manager, Fakir Hassen, celebrated his birthday over the weekend. Here, he speaks about the launch of his set of books in 2016.

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Former LotusFM Station Manager Fakir Hassen...

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2018/05/07

by LotusFM Producers - Breakfast DJ O'Neil Nair talks to Radio Legend Fakir Hassen at the time when Lotus FM celebrated its 24th Birthday. Hassen celebrated a birthday ths past weekend. We wish him a very happy birthday

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3:43

#ICYMI - NEWSBREAK TALK - SERVICE DELIVERY PROTESTS...

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2018/05/07

by Newsbreak Talk Producers, Taresh Harreeparshad and Rachel Vadi - Police in KwaZulu Natal have confirmed that there has been an increase in protests this year. Most of these have been because of service delivery. This is comes as the entire country continues to experience similar types of protests. Newsbreak found out what some of these service delivery concerns are. We put these forward to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, who is tasked with ensuring that local

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6:20

ICYMI - NEWSBREAK LEGEND - NINEY RUTHNAM - The...

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2018/05/07

by Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - A man who's known as one of the foremost photojournalists in KwaZulu-Natal - Pregalathan Ruthnam's reputation truly precedes him. Affectionately known as "Niney", Ruthnam worked for various South African publications in a career spanning over five decades. He started off working in his uncle's darkroom and then went on to capture South Africa's history from apartheid to democracy. These days Niney Ruthnam spends his retirement with his family, occasionally

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2:22

ICYMI - CHATSWORTH ARTIST IMMORTALISES STRUGGLE...

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2018/05/07

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Anti-apartheid struggle activist, Swaminathan Gounden was further immortalised this weekend in an oil painting by Chatstworth artist Collin Sabapathy. 90-year-old Gounden has been honoured at an ANC celebratory dinner on Saturday evening in Umhlanga after he received South Africa's highest civilian accolade - the Order of Luthuli in Silver - by President Cyril Ramaphosa during Freedom Day weekend. Sabapathy says he is honoured and privileged to be able to capture

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3:15

ICYMI - TODAY SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATES A FREE MEDIA...

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2018/05/03

by Newsbreak Producers - On World Press Freedom Day today - member of the Media Freedom Committee Judy Sandison says, it's up to South Africans to ensure media freedom is not encroached upon. This year UNESCO will lead the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Accra, Ghana, under the theme is 'Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law'. Sandison says, if journalist are unable to report freely on issues affecting society, this lack of access to information will keep

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2:40

ICYMI - VAN REENEN'S PASS OPENED AFTER MAJOR ACCIDENT...

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2018/05/02

by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The road has been re-opened along the N3 toll after a major accident closed the road for several hours at the top of Van Reenen's Pass in KwaZulu- Natal yesterday. Traffic was backed up for tens of kilometres after the crash at the top of the pass killed three people. The incident involved a minibus, three light motor vehicles, and one heavy motor vehicle. The same road was closed by protesters a day before with trucks being set alight in the Mooi River area

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2:47

ICYMI - INDIA-SA BUSINESS SUMMIT URGES MORE BOLD...

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2018/05/02

by SABC News Journalist, Amina Accram - Business leaders must not only look at transactional levels - but also look at ways to close the gap between the rich and poor. South Africa's Public Enterprise Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has challenged business leaders both from South Africa and India to take more bold steps in socio-economic ventures. Pravin says both India and South Africa must work together and focus on specific sector industries like mining automotive, pharmaceuticals, health care to

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5:24

ICYMI - ROTARY CLUB OF PHOENIX CHANGING LIVES - ONE...

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2018/05/02

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - For the last few years, the Rotary Club of Phoenix have been changing the lives of young people through various projects run in the community of Phoenix, north of Durban. From Bullying Workshops to planting of trees, this international organisation brings together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services. The most recent project undertaken is a Bursary Fund which funds the tertiary studies of a deserving youth. Newsbreak's

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2:24

ICYMI - DURBAN POLICE CALL FOR WITNESSES AND VICTIMS...

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2018/05/02

by Prabashini Moodley - Investigators from the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Task Team - are appealing to those who may have been injured or witnessed the violence at the Moses Mabhida last weekend, to come forward. The eThekwini Municipality has estimated the cost of the damage caused by spectators at the Stadium in Durban to two-point-six million rand. Kaizer Chiefs fans went on the rampage following their team's 2-0 loss to Free State Stars in the Nedbank Cup Semi-Final. One suspects that was arrested

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2:21

ICYMI - SUSPECTS IN MOSES MABHIDA STADIUM RAMPAGE TO...

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2018/05/02

by Hafsa Mkhize - Three suspects are expected to appear at the Durban Magistrates court today in connection with the Moses Mabhida violence that erupted in Durban last month. KwaZulu-Natal Police made the breakthrough yesterday afternoon. This in the aftermath of the damages caused by Kaizer Chiefs fans who went on the rampage following their team's 2-0 loss to Free State Stars in the Nedbank Cup Semi-Final. Eighteen people were injured, TV equipment and other infrastructure were damaged and a

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2:47

ICYMI - PETROL PRICE GOES UP IN MAY

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2018/05/02

by Hafsa Mkhize - Motorists are bracing themselves for a sharp hike in fuel prices, as the national bus strike continues to hamper commuters. The Automobile Association says petrol will increase by 49 cents a litre, diesel by 60 cents a litre and illuminating by 52 cents a litre, at midnight tonight. AA spokesperson Layton Beard says contributing factors to the increases are the weakening of the rand against the US dollar and the high prices of crude oil and petroleum products on international

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1:41

ICYMI - PHOENIX HIJACK RING BUST

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2018/05/02

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The arrest of three suspects, believed to be part of a hijacking syndicate operating in Phoenix, north of Durban have revealed startling information on the operations that has plagued the community for years. Director of Reaction Unit South Africa, Prem Balram - who was part of the team that executed the bust - says the suspects provided vital information about their operations. Balram says the information acquired will be sure to help curb the spate of

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2:07

ICYMI - PRIVATE SECURITY PERSONNEL EASY TARGETS FOR...

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2018/04/30

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - The safety of private security personnel came under the spotlight this week after two safety response officers came under fire during a hijacking at Phoenix, north of Durban. It is believed that the two reaction officers responded to a panic alarm at a home in Lentfern, Phoenix. An alleged "look-out" for the suspects opened fire on the guards as they entered the road. KZN VIP Service's Glen Naidoo says that while the officers received medical treatment at a local

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3:14

ICYMI - PMB BF SETS GF ALIGHT - 11 NORTHDALE FAMILIES...

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2018/04/30

by Newsbreak Producer, Rachel Vadi - Various religious and political organisations have rallied around in supporting eleven families that have been left homeless following a criminal fire that swept through a block of flats in Pietermaritzburg last week. It is alleged that the Lahore Road flat caught fire when 31-year-old Nathan Rampersad set his 17-year-old girlfriend, Nana Gwala alight in a domestic dispute. Gwala, who suffered extensive burns, was rushed to hospital where she remains in a serious

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2:31

ICYMI - UN SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADDRESS...

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2018/04/30

The unresolved matter of Palestine is no less than a gaping wound in the international conflict landscape and one that the United Nations Security Council has failed to adequately address. That was the message of International Relations Special Envoy, Aziz Pahad, to the Council during a debate on the Middle East, focused on the Palestinian question. This as the UN's top official to the region warned the Council that the enclave of Gaza was coming apart under the pressure of an explosive combination

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3:52

ICYMI - PROTESTORS GO ON RAMPAGE AT MOOI RIVER, 23...

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2018/04/30

by Newsbreak Producer, Hoosen Ebrahim - The N3 near Mooi River Toll Plaza is partially opened with diversions following violent protests last night involving truck drivers. Authorities have urged motorists drive carefully during road diversions as recovery operations are under way. Police have confirmed that a total of 23 trucks were torched and at least 18 looted. The drivers are reportedly protesting against the employment of foreign nationals at their companies. Kwa Zulu-Natal Transport

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2:16

ICYMI - MAIMANE CRITICIZED FOR LIKENING HIMSELF TO A...

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2018/04/30

The ANC in Tshwane and the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) are spitting fire over the DA leader, Mmusi Maimane's Mini-Mandela claims. Maimane told his supporters at his party's Freedom Day celebrations on Friday, in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria that people call him a mini-Mandela these days, and accuse him of being a sell-out. SANCO and the ANC, are fuming and demanding that Maimane retract his statement. Maluti Obuseng reports...

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5:54

ICYMI - NEWSBREAK LEGENDS - AROONA CHETTY, DIRECTOR...

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2018/04/30

In this week's Newsbreak Legends series, we profile the life and times of Director of Phoenix Child welfare, social worker and care taker of the Phoenix community, Aroona Chetty. She has spent all of her working life as a social worker. Chetty who is currently the director at the Phoenix Child Welfare, has always had a passion for community work and children's rights. Hafsa Mkhize caught up with Aroona Chetty and compiled this report...

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2:47

ICYMI - INDIA & SA FIRM UP ECONOMIC TIES THROUGH...

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2018/04/30

The India-South Africa business summit has officially been launched. Addressing business delegates and other dignitaries at a gala dinner, minister of trade and industry - Rob Davies says the summit will help solidify trade agreements and deepen investment relationships between the two countries. India says it is confident that South Africa has the potential to double its trade figures with its country in the coming years. High Commissioner of India to South Africa Ruchira Kamboj says since the

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