By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Award‑winning journalist and author, Zubeida Jaffer, has launched a new book about one of South Africa's greatest yet often overlooked heroines - Charlotte Maxeke. The book titled, Becoming Charlotte, brings to life the early journey of South Africa's first indigenous black woman graduate and pioneering activist. According to Jaffer, the book goes beyond history books, offering a fictionalised yet deeply researched narrative of Maxeke's life. Jaffer says the book is not just a tribute to a remarkable woman - it is a celebration of courage, intellect, and the enduring spirit of African women across generations...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Award‑winning journalist and author, Zubeida Jaffer, has launched a new book about one of South Africa's greatest yet often overlooked heroines - Charlotte Maxeke. The book titled, Becoming Charlotte, brings to life the early journey of South Africa's first indigenous black woman graduate and pioneering activist. According to Jaffer, the book goes beyond history books, offering a fictionalised yet deeply researched narrative of Maxeke's life. Jaffer says the book is not just a tribute to a remarkable woman - it is a celebration of courage, intellect, and the enduring spirit of African women across generations...

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#PODCAST Author Zubeida Jaffer previews her new book, which pays tribute to struggle icon Charlotte Maxeke #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 weekend. With the fast-changing needs of book consumers- the Fair aims to showcase how books are adapting to the needs of communities. Karwa explains how local books are telling the stories of the communities they serve...

*The Umhlanga Book Fair runs from the 20th to the 22 March at the Apart-Hotel. 

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 weekend. With the fast-changing needs of book consumers- the Fair aims to showcase how books are adapting to the needs of communities. Karwa explains how local books are telling the stories of the communities they serve...
*The Umhlanga Book Fair runs from the 20th to the 22 March at the Apart-Hotel.&nbsp;

#PODCAST SA Booksellers Association discuss the ever-popular Umhlanga Book Fair - which gets underway today #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 battles and municipal hurdles, the development is finally seeing renewed momentum through strategic interventions by the Presidential eThekwini Working Group. In this interview I asked the man behind it all to discuss how this world-class precinct will finally overcome its past challenges to transform the local economy and the South African cinematic landscape as we know it... 

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 battles and municipal hurdles, the development is finally seeing renewed momentum through strategic interventions by the Presidential eThekwini Working Group. In this interview I asked the man behind it all to discuss how this world-class precinct will finally overcome its past challenges to transform the local economy and the South African cinematic landscape as we know it...&nbsp;

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

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

#PODCAST Author Zubeida Jaffer previews her new book, which pays tribute to struggle icon Charlotte Maxeke #sabcnews

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