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0:00Pretoria's 20 degrees today in Bombayland, 27 Joeburg, 18. As various provinces are preparing for severe rain and thunderstorms over the weekend, emergency services in Johannesburg are calling on mattress to be vigilant on the roads. Spokesperson Robert Malowitzi also urges residents to be alert. Avoid crossing river streams while conducting their daily activities, money to young children to stay away from, you know, river streams and also some dreamy channels. Our motorists are also as to exercise caution while driving. Meanwhile in the Echoroleni Metro Municipality, the newly elected speaker of the Council John Sonona has pledged to serve the residents there. The ATM member was elected to the position yesterday defeating the EFFs in Kuleko Dunga. He has committed himself to restoring stability in the Metro.

1:00We know that we have received a lot of petitions from you, the residents of Echoroleni, and I can assure you that we will deal with the petitions, we will make them our first priority. Because of that, it is the only way that the residents of this city can communicate to us. Then we head to the Western Cape. The High Court there has ruled that the only parliament can change the country's value-added tax rate, striking down Section 7-4 of the VAT Act as unconstitutional. The Judgment confirms that the Finance Minister cannot raise VAT through a budget announcement. The DA bought the case. According to the party, the ruling strengthens parliamentary oversight and also protects South Africans from decisions that could affect the cost of living without proper democratic scrutiny. This was a very important case because it underscored that parliament is the only structure that can raise taxes or impose taxes in South Africa. That was Helen Zillow from the DA. Meanwhile, the South African breast milk reserve

2:04is calling on healthy mothers to donate breast milk as demand continues to outpace supply. The founder and executive director, Stasha Jordan, says the organisation only has about 1,500 units of donated milk in storage at the moment. She said it only covers about a month's supply for thousands of premature children and critically ill babies who rely on it each year. It matters, especially if they live behind very low birth rate babies that can only drink breast milk because when babies weigh less than 1.8 kilos, it is dangerous to feed them artificially because they are at risk of necrotizing entrocolitis. More on this on jackernaifim.com, click on news. Then we move abroad. Daniel Sulk, director of the political futures consultancy in Cape Town, says it's almost impossible to predict how long the war in the Middle East will take to play out. This comes amid the ongoing war between Israel and the United States against Iran. Sulk says the impact of the price of oil

3:06will depend on how much longer Iran will attack oil infrastructure. It also depends about how much security the United States can provide to oil tankers that currently are stuck. I'm able to go through the state of Hormuz. The US has promised some sort of escort system of tankers and that of course remains to be seen. Listen to jackerna news, watch this interview with our very own email pinon. You can also find that on jackernaifim.com you can click on jackpot. More news at 12.