#PODCAST Minister Leon Schreiber on Muslim marriage law reform in SA

By Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad & Taliesha Naidoo - Muslim marriage officers will no longer be required to renew their certification every five years- following a landmark decision by the Department of Home Affairs. Muslim marriage officers are now recognised on the same basis as other religiou…

#PODCAST COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa confronts local government failures

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Issues of corruption, maladministration and accountability are featuring prominently at a ministerial engagement session in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. The engagement is being led by Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa. Hlabisa has highlig…

#PODCAST Adoption specialist, Jeevie Pillay, to launch new handbook

By Newsbreak Producer, Matthew Veeran - Adoption specialist Jeevie Pillay is set to launch her new handbook "Welcome to Adoption" this Sunday at the Umhlanga Book Fair. The launch serves as a key feature of the three-day literary event, aiming to provide prospective parents with a practical method …

#PODCAST SA Booksellers Association discuss the ever-popular Umhlanga Book Fair - which gets underway today #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Books are not on their way out. That's the unwavering view of Mohamed Karwa, executive member of the South African Booksellers Association. He will be discussing the evolutionary process of marketing books at the Umhlanga Book Fair in Durban this …

#PODCAST Film producer Anant Singh joins Newsbreak for an exclusive update on the R7.5 billion Durban Film City project #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Now, veteran film producer Anant Singh joins Newsbreak for an exclusive update on the R7.5 billion Durban Film City - a landmark project near the beach front, that has remained his vision for over two decades. After years of being stalled by complex legal batt…

#PODCAST Newsbreak Fishing Report - 20 March 2026 #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Cast away with this week's Newsbreak Fishing Report, brought to you by KZN angler Sanjay Ramsarup... 

#PODCAST Azarrah Karrim highlights vital role of women and passive resistance in modern journalism #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Intern Snenhlanhla Dlamini - Journalism is probably more important now than it has been in any moment in South Africa's democratic history. That's the view of investigative journalist Azarrah Karrim- ahead of her keynote address at the Annual Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture at the Phoenix…

#PODCAST SAMNET welcome the decision to recognize Muslim marriage officers on the same basis as other religious leaders #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Islamic organisations has welcomed Government's decision to finally recognize Muslim Marriage Officers on the same basis as other religions. This comes just two years after the 2024 introduction of marriage certificates that recognized Muslim marriages for the…

#PODCAST Verulam Water Crisis Committee relay frustrations as residents feel impact of continued supply disruptions #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Verulam Water Crisis Committee (VWCC) north of Durban says frustration is building as residents continue to feel the impact on continued water supply disruptions. The Committee says there are certain communities experiencing interrupted water supply for se…

#PODCAST Economists warn that private transport services will bear brunt of possible "exorbitant" April fuel hike #sabcnews 

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - While South African's brace themselves for potentially exorbitant fuel price hike next month- economist John Loos says the private transport sector will be the hardest hit. He was basing this on the 2022 oil price surge- where the private transpor…