Jacaranda FM Newswatch - Interviews

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

Ramaphosa will need to focus on more than vaccines, says SAMA

The organisation’s chairperson Dr Angelique Coetzee was speaking ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening.

11 Feb 2021 6AM 3 min

President Ramaphosa must deal with Eskom crisis head-on, says energy expert

Energy expert Ted Blom says President Cyril Ramaphosa will have deal with the crisis at Eskom head-on in order to save South Africa.

11 Feb 2021 3AM 2 min

LISTEN: Eskom spent R70m on diesel in 7 hours

Eskom has revealed it spent R10 million per hour to keep the lights on by burning diesel in its pen-cycle gas turbines. The power utility has confirmed it spent R47.4 billion on diesel from 2009 to 2019.

10 Feb 2021 10AM 1 min

Deaths of 4 Nyanga children a lesson for Western Cape govt - Zizi Kodwa

Deputy Minister of State Security Zizi Kodwa says the death of four children on the N2 Borcherds Quarry intersection near Nyanga in Cape Town must be a lesson for the Western Cape government.

10 Feb 2021 8AM 1 min

MPs raise concerns over lack of info on pending Sinopharm vaccine agreement

MPs on Wednesday expressed concern over a pending agreement between South Africa and Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.

10 Feb 2021 7AM 1 min

Mothibi assures MPs: SIU on trail of PPE corruption suspects

Mothibi appeared before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on Wednesday.

10 Feb 2021 6AM 1 min

Mkhize: SA could sell or swop AstraZeneca vaccin

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is adamant that the 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine bought by government will not go to waste.

10 Feb 2021 4AM 1 min

Young mother arrested for gruesome murder of her two young daughters

The Police in Gauteng have arrested a 25-year old woman for the murder of her two daughters between the ages of 5 and 8.

10 Feb 2021 12AM 1 min

Lungile Nxelelwa handed two life sentences for murder of Keneilwe Pule (27)

Lungile Nxelelwa has been sentenced two life sentences by the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court for the rape and murder of his girlfriend Keneilwe Pule.

9 Feb 2021 5AM 1 min