Jacaranda FM Newswatch @ 07H01

0:00JAN has worked it out to 24, Pretoria 26, Polakwane Iehive 25. It is pouring across the province, please drive carefully and as we linger, thank you very much for your video about the traffic that is on the N3, I think it's heading towards Van Buren there. In your sport, the Springboks launched their season program yesterday with an alignment camp and the Pro Tiers World Cup curse strikes again. South Africa has lost one of its most beloved entertainers, storytellers and cultural voices. Sali Philander passed away yesterday at the age of 65. He brought laughter, insight and warmth to TV audiences on the big screen and on theater stages across the country for decades. Philander taught one stalled Jacaranda FM that he's come to peace with what life has thrown at him. I don't even regret the bad things that happened to me. They evil things that happened to me because all those things contribute to who I am now. Things happen, it's about how you respond, how you manage it, that dictates your state

1:04of comfort with yourself. Sali Philander rose to fame across the country for his role as the TV presenter in the Afrikaans music quiz show Lerica Rai. He also presented the South African version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. And he acted in series including Arons Flay, Devil's Peak and Parliament. On the big screen Sali was in movies such as The Road to Mecca, The Pritzvon Prittoria and The Umbrella Men escape from Robin Ireland. Until the other main story of the morning, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has called on South Africans to leave the Middle East and avoid non-essential travel. We are now entering day six since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran that widened across the region with Iranian retaliatory attacks. Derka said by yesterday, more than 6,400 South Africans registered on the Department's travel smart system. Those who wish to evacuate cities and countries affected have been strongly advised to use the official channels and leave the moment they are able to do so.

2:08Several airlines have resumed limited commercial flights out of the region. Yesterday, President Sinalt Ramapurza said government has involved regional leaders to try and safeguard citizens and a system in evacuating. We will be making all efforts that South Africans were stranded at their homes safely. What is happening in the Middle East is calamitous. Meanwhile, an oil tanker was hit by a large explosion in waters off Kuwait, causing an oil spall. Chinese shipping giant Costco, which operates one of the world's biggest oil tanker fleets, has meanwhile announced that its suspended services to and from Gulf countries. In Iran, the capital Tehran several reports this morning of explosions that could be heard since the early hours Iran has now activated its defences in response. And away from all of that, a story that sounds like a good Dan Brownbock. The scene is Italy in the year 1550.

3:10Renaissance artist Michael Angelo joined a secret brotherhood. Some of them who stayed close to the master painter until his death. He convinced them to hide some of his paintings, because he didn't want a nephew that he detested to get his hands on the Michael Angelo paintings after his death. And so they did. Only no one knows exactly where. Researcher Valentina Celerna says she's unearthed the archival documents that reveal the plot to hide the Michael Angelo paintings in a room that requires a system of keys to unlock. She's searched in a number of European cities. She's followed the clues and she believes that room is in the St. Peter Inchains church in central Rome. She hasn't been there yet to write the last part of the book. I'm so lost now. So this could be reality. So this is reality. This is not reality. This is not reality.

4:10So Michael Angelo did not like his nephew. He was scared. His nephew was going to get all these paintings. So in this brotherhood, he found friends and they said to him, don't worry. We will hide it after your death. And they did. He was in the room. As though undiscovered Michael Angelo paintings. St. Peter Inchains church in central Rome, this woman has four decades followed this. Is it like a dream of yours that you would discover something in your parents' garage that you didn't, but they didn't know you didn't know. If I just think how I feel when I find the Twiny Rand in the jeans pocket, I've washed it. Oh, Jacket. Oh, Jacket. Yeah. Jacket. Yeah. That is so cool. This has me. I mean, I'm in for this. Yeah. Down, down, brown stuff. Too. You get it. Yeah, I'm. The proof, fantastical, then. Yeah. But you have. That's homework.

5:11I can't. The last guys in class. Oh, it's the last guys in class. This is a lot. This is a lot. This is a lot. There's some talent in these Ninja Turtles. Yeah. Also, I see that we get it. Yeah. The proof, fantastical, then. Yeah, but you have. Let's homework. I can't see the last guys. Oh, it's the next class. There's a lot. This is a lot. .