By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the festive season approaches, eThekwini Municipality says all Durban beaches are officially open, cleared and safe for swimming - with E. coli levels reported to be low. The city's summer season campaign, launched on the 16th of October, outlines its readiness to welcome over 1.3 million visitors to the coastline. Head of Parks and Recreation at the eThekwini Municipality, Simphiwe Ndlovu explains the preparation in the build up to the festive period...

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the festive season approaches, eThekwini Municipality says all Durban beaches are officially open, cleared and safe for swimming - with E. coli levels reported to be low. The city's summer season campaign, launched on the 16th of October, outlines its readiness to welcome over 1.3 million visitors to the coastline. Head of Parks and Recreation at the eThekwini Municipality, Simphiwe Ndlovu explains the preparation in the build up to the festive period...

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#PODCAST With E. coli levels low, eThekwini Municipality say ALL Durban beaches are officially open & safe for swimming #sabcnews

By Newsbreak producer, Tashlan Naidoo - As part of Newsbreak's 16 Words for 16 Days campaign: our word of the day is MASCULINITY. Activists say with intimate partner violence so prevalent and learnt behaviour a major driving force behind the ill-treatment of women by men, the role of masculinity has become blurred. Now, there is a push to reinforce the values of positive masculinity and grassroots campaigns to foster such values amongst young boys. To discuss the various ways in which this is being done the country, we spoke to spokesperson for the commission for gender equality, Javu Baloyi...

By Newsbreak producer, Tashlan Naidoo - As part of Newsbreak's 16 Words for 16 Days campaign: our word of the day is MASCULINITY. Activists say with intimate partner violence so prevalent and learnt behaviour a major driving force behind the ill-treatment of women by men, the role of masculinity has become blurred. Now, there is a push to reinforce the values of positive masculinity and grassroots campaigns to foster such values amongst young boys. To discuss the various ways in which this is being done the country, we spoke to spokesperson for the commission for gender equality, Javu Baloyi...

#PODCAST 16 Words for 16 Days: Promoting positive MASCULINTY in fighting GBV

by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Following Newsbreak's Christmas lunch broadcast from The Association for the Aged or TAFTA at John Conradie House in Durban yesterday, we spoke to those behind the scenes of the feast. Service provider, Freedem - caters for 13 TAFTA facilities providing around 3-thousand meals per day, all specific and personalized for different individuals. Operations Manager, Vanessa Sutherland says that providing meals for the elderly is not just about giving them food, but a lot of care has to be taken to ensure they get the necessary nutrients while also taking into consideration any health conditions....

 

by Newsbreak Producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Following Newsbreak's Christmas lunch broadcast from The Association for the Aged or TAFTA at John Conradie House in Durban yesterday, we spoke to those behind the scenes of the feast. Service provider, Freedem - caters for 13 TAFTA facilities providing around 3-thousand meals per day, all specific and personalized for different individuals. Operations Manager, Vanessa Sutherland says that providing meals for the elderly is not just about giving them food, but a lot of care has to be taken to ensure they get the necessary nutrients while also taking into consideration any health conditions....
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#PODCAST Durban caterer serves 3,000 personalized meals daily to elderly at #TAFTA facilities #sabcnews

by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - We're seeing a world that is in a state of profound distress. That's the sentiment of the United Nations in Southern Africa. Today is International Human Rights Day- a day ratified in 1948 when the UN's General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a global benchmark. The theme this year centers around "Our Everyday Essentials"- to show how human rights shape our daily lives. But amid violation of international law, allegations of genocide- and even gross disrespect for state sovereignty- are every day human rights respected? Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights representative Abigail Noko says that institutions need to be strengthened in order to protect human rights

 

by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - We're seeing a world that is in a state of profound distress. That's the sentiment of the United Nations in Southern Africa. Today is International Human Rights Day- a day ratified in 1948 when the UN's General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a global benchmark. The theme this year centers around "Our Everyday Essentials"- to show how human rights shape our daily lives. But amid violation of international law, allegations of genocide- and even gross disrespect for state sovereignty- are every day human rights respected? Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights representative Abigail Noko says that institutions need to be strengthened in order to protect human rights
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#PODCAST With E. coli levels low, eThekwini Municipality say ALL Durban beaches are officially open & safe for swimming #sabcnews

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