Jacaranda FM Newswatch @ 10H02

0:00The Madlanga Commission has granted suspended Ikarolani Deputy Police Chief Julias Mkwanazi a postponement for his testimony. Mkwanazi had been issued with a summons to appear before the Commission from the 9th to 13th March. His attorney Korsana Kumalo approached the Commission yesterday seeking additional preparation time. Kumalo also informed the Commission that Mkwanazi recently underwent eye surgery and is expected to have another procedure soon. The deadline for the Madlanga Commission of Inquiries may not be extended. The original deadline was set for the 17th of March. Commission Chairperson Mkwanazi requested more time due to the number of witnesses who still have to testify as the presidency spokesperson Vincent Mkwania. President Ramaphosa has amended the period in which the Madlanga Commission must complete

1:00its work and submit its final report. The Commission shall submit a second interim report by 29 May 2026 and a final report on the completion of the inquiry on 31 August 2026. This extension was granted at the request of the Commission due to the number of persons who must still appear. Salavika's National Dialogue process has entered its first phase following the successful election of the National Dialogue Steering Committee leadership. The First National Convention held in August last year approved the mandate's responsibilities as well as the composition of the Steering Committee. Under crime-related matters, and it was this morning's big new story, police have reported the arrests of one suspect connected to a multi-million-round insurance murder scheme in Lumpur, which took place in Sibu Kheng Yesteray, thus as the investigation progresses. This legislative is accused of securing life and funeral insurance policies on vulnerable

2:03individuals. The inquiry focused on former South African police service sergeant Rachel Kudumela, who was apprehended in October 2024. Yes, the police are clinical. Yesterday, we arrested one woman. I think she's in her 50s in Sibu Kheng. She too also played a role, so we've got five so far, two outstanding, but we are hot on the hills. And I think our team has been hard at work. We do believe that we have saved a lot of lives. In usable two suspects arrested for attempting to detonate two explosives outside Gracie Manchin, where New York City may live, have been charged with federal terror offences. The explosives were deployed at an anti-Muslim protest led by far-right activists Jake Lang. Yes, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tish. This is being investigated as an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism. Proliminary test results determined that these were not hoax devices nor smoke bombs.

3:05They were improvised explosive devices that could have caused serious injury or death. And we end off in New Zealand, where a second inquiry report into the country's COVID-19 response found that its strategy was one of the best in the world. And that strategy also helped limit infections and deaths. The first report released in 2024 showed New Zealand at one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 deaths in terms of deaths per capita among the developed countries. That's the New Latest News Update, more than 11.