By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has taken bold steps to advance women's health and safety in the province. Following a cervical and breast cancer screening campaign across Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu and Phoenix, north of Durban, Simelane officially opened the new Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC) in KwaMashu. September marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. The disease is a significant public health issue in South Africa, being the second most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death among women aged 15 - 44. Simelane says the turnout from the campaign highlighted a growing demand for early detection and proactive healthcare among women...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has taken bold steps to advance women's health and safety in the province. Following a cervical and breast cancer screening campaign across Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu and Phoenix, north of Durban, Simelane officially opened the new Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC) in KwaMashu. September marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. The disease is a significant public health issue in South Africa, being the second most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death among women aged 15 - 44. Simelane says the turnout from the campaign highlighted a growing demand for early detection and proactive healthcare among women...

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#PODCAST KZN Health MEC opens the Thuthuzela Care Centre, in a bid shine the spotlight on women's health issues #sabcnews

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad. 

The CRL Rights Commission has begun it's public consultations with different religious groups about it's impending Section 22 Committee- which seeks to form a self-regulatory framework for the Christian sector in the country. This is also extending to other religious groupings. But there has been growing push-back against the move. The South African Church Defenders filed papers in the Johannesburg High Court seeking to interdict the Commission's activities, while also calling for the removal of CRL Rights Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. Hindu and Muslim groups have also raised concern. SA Church Defenders' Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba, Deputy President of the SA Hindu Maha Sabha Prof. Brij Maharaj and SA Muslim Network Dr. Faisal Suliman joined the conversation. The CRL Rights Commission was unable to participate in this discussion but Newsbreak Talk did carry their response...

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.&nbsp;
The CRL Rights Commission has begun it's public consultations with different religious groups about it's impending Section 22 Committee- which seeks to form a self-regulatory framework for the Christian sector in the country. This is also extending to other religious groupings. But there has been growing push-back against the move. The South African Church Defenders filed papers in the Johannesburg High Court seeking to interdict the Commission's activities, while also calling for the removal of CRL Rights Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. Hindu and Muslim groups have also raised concern. SA Church Defenders' Pastor Mpfariseni Mukhuba, Deputy President of the SA Hindu Maha Sabha Prof. Brij Maharaj and SA Muslim Network Dr. Faisal Suliman joined the conversation. The CRL Rights Commission was unable to participate in this discussion but Newsbreak Talk did carry their response...

As public consultations commence: Various religious groups maintain that the CRL Rights Commission's proposal for a Section 22 Committee is flawed #sabcnews

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.

42-year-old Navin Singh was shot dead as he tried to protect his 78-year-old mother from alleged intruders at his Clare Estate home in Durban. Word on the ground is that this isn't the first time that this family's home was broken into. Crime activists and community members claim the area is experiencing increased levels of crime due to vagrancy and informal dwellings mushrooming in the area. How do you keep crime off your doorstep? Lal Hiralal, PRO for the Clare Estate Rate Payers Association and Vincent Chetty, Chairman of the Clare Estate Action Committee joined us for this conversation- along side the grieving family and concerned officials. 

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.
42-year-old Navin Singh was shot dead as he tried to protect his 78-year-old mother from alleged intruders at his Clare Estate home in Durban. Word on the ground is that this isn't the first time that this family's home was broken into. Crime activists and community members claim the area is experiencing increased levels of crime due to vagrancy and informal dwellings mushrooming in the area. How do you keep crime off your doorstep? Lal Hiralal, PRO for the Clare Estate Rate Payers Association and Vincent Chetty, Chairman of the Clare Estate Action Committee joined us for this conversation- along side the grieving family and concerned officials.&nbsp;

Is vagrancy leading to increased levels of crime in Clare Estate? #sabcnews

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad

The family of the late Navin Singh- who has shot and killed as he defended his sick mother from alleged intruders- has described him as a selfless person who always worried about others first. Last week Singh tried to fend of intruders who the opened fire on him at his Clare Estate residence, west of Durban. A single bullet to his torso took his life. He was taking care of his 78 year old mum. This was not the first time the family home was broken into. Ashika Singh- Navin's sister in law- explains how difficult it has been for the family to cope...

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad
The family of the late Navin Singh- who has shot and killed as he defended his sick mother from alleged intruders- has described him as a selfless person who always worried about others first. Last week Singh tried to fend of intruders who the opened fire on him at his Clare Estate residence, west of Durban. A single bullet to his torso took his life. He was taking care of his 78 year old mum. This was not the first time the family home was broken into. Ashika Singh- Navin's sister in law- explains how difficult it has been for the family to cope...

#PODCAST KZN Health MEC opens the Thuthuzela Care Centre, in a bid shine the spotlight on women's health issues #sabcnews

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