South Africa is ready to host the 46th SADC Summit. Regional leaders are gathering in Durban to tackle key issues, from integration and infrastructure to peace and security. Security has been tightened around the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, ahead of the summit. Ditaba Tsotetsi is in Durban and filed this report...

South Africa is ready to host the 46th SADC Summit. Regional leaders are gathering in Durban to tackle key issues, from integration and infrastructure to peace and security. Security has been tightened around the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, ahead of the summit. Ditaba Tsotetsi is in Durban and filed this report...

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By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Bafana Mahungela has been found guilty of all charges in the High Court in Johannesburg. He killed school teacher Kirsten Kluyts in October 2023. The charges against Mahungela included murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and attempted rape. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges. SABC reporter, Refilwe Mekoa is at court and joins us on the line for an update....

By Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Bafana Mahungela has been found guilty of all charges in the High Court in Johannesburg. He killed school teacher Kirsten Kluyts in October 2023. The charges against Mahungela included murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances and attempted rape. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges. SABC reporter, Refilwe Mekoa is at court and joins us on the line for an update....

Bafana Mahungela found guilty of the murder of Johannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts

By Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Poorly run municipalities are slowing down South Africa's economic growth. This was a key finding in the Institute of Race Relations (IRR's) report entitled Local Government: crises decades in the making and how to deal with them. It says that municipalities have been plagued by poor governance, perpetual financial difficulties and ineffective administration. This makes the urban viability of municipalities unattractive for economic development, according to the report. Author Terence Corrigan explains how mismanaged municipalities are stunting the countries developmental potential...

By Newsbreak Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Poorly run municipalities are slowing down South Africa's economic growth. This was a key finding in the Institute of Race Relations (IRR's) report entitled Local Government: crises decades in the making and how to deal with them. It says that municipalities have been plagued by poor governance, perpetual financial difficulties and ineffective administration. This makes the urban viability of municipalities unattractive for economic development, according to the report. Author Terence Corrigan explains how mismanaged municipalities are stunting the countries developmental potential...

New report finds poorly run municipalities are slowing down SA's economic growth

By Newsbreak PAs Heritage Month celebrations continue, a young KwaZulu-Natal teenager is proving that preserving the past can involve looking to the future. Fourteen year old Yuvhaan Singh has used AI and robotics to keep the generations-old tradition of beadwork alive. He's built Beadbot, a robot made from scratch using Lego and AI training, designed to showcase and preserve the craft. Now, he's hoping to take that innovation from the World Robot Olympiad South Africa (WROSA) National Final this weekend in Pretoria to the world stage in Puerto Rico. Singh explains how his invention was born....roducer, Tashlan Naidoo - 

By Newsbreak PAs Heritage Month celebrations continue, a young KwaZulu-Natal teenager is proving that preserving the past can involve looking to the future. Fourteen year old Yuvhaan Singh has used AI and robotics to keep the generations-old tradition of beadwork alive. He's built Beadbot, a robot made from scratch using Lego and AI training, designed to showcase and preserve the craft. Now, he's hoping to take that innovation from the World Robot Olympiad South Africa (WROSA) National Final this weekend in Pretoria to the world stage in Puerto Rico. Singh explains how his invention was born....roducer, Tashlan Naidoo -&nbsp;

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