Jacaranda FM Newswatch @ 08H01

0:00Jan is back up to 24 degrees today, Ptoria, 27 Rustenburg reaching a high of 28. There's been a collision in Ptoria on Linward Road at King's Highway, Causing Slimming Traffic, and another collision on Roger Dyson Road, Eastbound, before Foot Rackered. In your sport, Doug's top diversity captain will, after yesterday's fourth round matches, and the record sport of paddle has been included as a middle event at the Asian Games in Japan. We start in Limpopo, where police have been out since early this morning, arresting more suspects linked to an insurance, murder and fraud syndicate. National Police have confirmed the two brothers of former police sergeant Rachel Kutumela are amongst those arrested already for allegedly being involved. A sangoma was also arrested. Kutumela has accused of masterminding the 10 million ran syndicate. Mangalisa Kumalo has more.

1:00Police say there are executing a total of seven warrants of arrests. All of them are believed to have taken out a life and funeral policies on 10 people, who were later murdered. Kutumela was arrested in October 2024 while on duty. She has since been dismissed from their ACP's. For three years, Kutumela is facing more than 30 charges in the Bulukwane High Court, including murder and money laundering, along with her sister, daughter and elder brother. Mangalisa Kumalo for Jacker and a news watch. At the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, in North West Businessman Suleiman Karim, is expected to face cross-examination today. He's alleged links to suspected crime king, pinverse music at Matlala and businessman Morgan Maumela were a key focus of the testimony yesterday. Karim told the hearing in Victoria that Matlala instructed him to buy 750,000 ran to Maumela. He says the payment was meant to come from the 1.2 million ran Matlala had just

2:00repaid him after allegedly owing him the money for six months. Mr. Maumela approached me and said, look, I need you to pay Mr. Maumela. He wanted me to pay a big amount and I said, how do I pay him half of this money? You're not paying me but now you want me to pay 750 of this money. He says, no, Mr. Maumela needs the money can you do this? And I then agreed to do 500 because we knew that there were more invoices coming or he knew. In Parliament, Matlala's name is also expected to be raised, the ad hoc committee, which also investigates allegations of crime and interference in the criminal justice system. Well today, yeah, testimony from acting deputy national commissioner for crime detection and divisional commissioner for detective and forensic services. He'll thus send to Mule. She's been accused of financially benefiting from Matlala. To international news, the oil price remains under the $100 per barrel marked this morning after its biggest plunge in history. Brain crude filed through the night following remarks by

3:01US President Donald Trump that he reckons the US Israel attacks on Iran could end soon. This was an excursion that a lot of people wouldn't have done. I knew oil prices would go up if I did this and they've gone up probably less than I thought they'd go up. But I don't think anybody thought we were going to be this quickly successful. Brain crude is now trading at $92.70 per barrel. And the list is out of some of the most unusual items found in lost and untlaimed luggage at US airports last year. These include a fragment from a meteorite that fell to earth in 1576 along with a bionic knee with an integrated motor electronic controls and its metal housing. And then officials say they also wonder who is it that left a set of gold plated golf clubs behind. Wow. No, that part I get. Trust me. It doesn't matter how expensive your golf clubs are. Every man and woman, every now and then, you want to throw that in the water.

4:06Oh, we are not going to play golf this weekend, but the bionic knee. Yes, that sounds incredible. I was one of those. I've got someone for you for a step, got something for you at the airport. She wants to get to know someone at the airport. There was a full beekeeper suit. Oh, that's cool. I've lived at the airport. Yes, that's very cool. But if the beekeeper is nowhere to be seen, maybe it's not a perfect seat. Little boy, that one. Okay. So 5050 50. 50. 50 central stats. If you avoid that one. Okay. So, 50 and 50 central stats. So, 50 and 50 central stats.