Jacaranda FM Newswatch - Interviews

Independent schools record a 98% pass rate

Independent schools have recorded a matric pass rate of 98.07% for the 2020 matric exams.

19 Feb 2021 1AM 4 min

Cele ‘sensible’ to visit Zuma amid possible arrest – policing expert

Policing expert and senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Johan Burger says he's not surprised by Police Minister Bheki Cele's visit to Nkandla.

18 Feb 2021 12PM 2 min

Electoral reform, anti-corruption unit can tackle rampant graft, Zondo commission hears

The State Capture Commission has heard that electoral reform is needed to strengthen Parliament's oversight role on the executive.

18 Feb 2021 7AM 1 min

New report details devastating effect of Covid-19 on child nutrition in SA

This was confirmed by First Lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe, who delivered the 15th annual child gauge report on Thursday.

18 Feb 2021 7AM 1 min

Environment department investigates sulphur stench over Gauteng and Mpumalanga

The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) has sent officials to Sasol Secunda Operations in Mpumalanga, as part of an investigation to find the source of the strong sulphur stench in the air over parts of Gautneg and Mpumalanga since the week end.

18 Feb 2021 1AM 1 min

Risk of load shedding will gradually decrease after April, Eskom tells MPs

Eskom says while the risk of load shedding will increase during the first quarter as the power utility catches up on maintenance, it will be much lower after April.

17 Feb 2021 8AM 1 min

Vaal River pollution ‘beyond acceptable standards’, says SAHRC

“Having considered the various media reports, court orders, submissions to the panel regarding the pollution of the Vaal, the commission accepts, as a basic premise, that the Vaal is polluted beyond acceptable standards,” said commissioner Jonas Sibanyoni.

17 Feb 2021 6AM 3 min

Police track down, arrest Dimakatso Ratselane’s husband in Gauteng

The husband of radio presenter Dimakatso Ratselane has been arrested on a charge of attempted murder.

16 Feb 2021 8AM 1 min

Constitutional Court ‘cannot allow Zuma defiance to go unpunished’

Professor Ivor Sarakinsky from the Wits School of Governance says the Constitutional Court cannot let former president Jacob Zuma’s defiance go unpunished.

16 Feb 2021 5AM 2 min

Insufficient evidence to pursue case against DJ Fresh & Euphonik - NPA

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it does not have sufficient evidence to prosecute DJ Fresh and Euphonik.

16 Feb 2021 3AM 1 min

Zuma ‘is in trouble’ – criminal law expert

Criminal law expert James Grant says the Constitutional Court has the discretion to impose a prison sentence longer than the prescribed six months on former president Jacob Zuma.

15 Feb 2021 10AM 1 min

Zondo commission wants no-show Zuma to be thrown in prison

The State Capture commission of inquiry has confirmed it will apply to the Constitutional Court to impose a jail term on former President Jacob Zuma.

15 Feb 2021 9AM 1 min

Only a court can deal with Zuma's defiance, Zondo told

The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard that only a court of law can deal with former president Jacob Zuma's defiance of a Constitutional Court order.

15 Feb 2021 6AM 1 min

An educated man won’t rape, Motshekga asks Pretoria matrics

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has told a class of matric pupils in Pretoria that she believes educated men won’t rape.

15 Feb 2021 3AM 1 min

Covid-19 delays firearm license applications

The South African Police Service on Monday confirmed a delay in firearm license applications.

15 Feb 2021 2AM 4 min

LISTEN: Jiba implicated in ousting former NPA head Nxasana

Former deputy director of Public Prosecutions, Nomgcobo Jiba has been implicating in orchestrating the removal of former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Mxolisi Nxasana in a bid to take his position.

12 Feb 2021 10AM 1 min

Court grants bail to 12 accused in Nelson Mandela funeral fraud case

The East London Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to 12 suspects, including Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, in the Nelson Mandela funeral fraud scandal.

12 Feb 2021 5AM 1 min

[WATCH] Blaze at Kendel power station ‘not serious’ – Eskom

Eskom has confirmed that a large fire has broken out at the Kendel power station in Ogies, Mpumalanga. "Eskom can confirm that a fire broke out on one of the conveyor belts taking the ash out of the Kendal power station this morning,” says Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha.

12 Feb 2021 4AM 1 min

DA on SONA 2021: We are a bus accelerating fast towards the cliff

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says South Africa is in deep trouble and compares the situation in the country to that of a bus accelerating towards the end of the cliff.

12 Feb 2021 12AM 2 min

Gauteng taxi inquiry fingers police, associations for violence in sector

The commission of inquiry into taxi violence in Gauteng has found that police officials and taxi associations are among the biggest contributors to violence in the sector

11 Feb 2021 7AM 6 min