Jacaranda FM Newswatch @ 17H00

0:00It's the way of picking on 27th March, October 24, 1926. On the N3 South, you can expect heavy traffic towards the Haldedays Interchange in Germiston and then also slow-moving on the N1 North in Midrant between the Beclue Interchange and the Samran Road Exit. So man, your sport headlines, trouble Tottenham Hotspur, seek to ease their domestic woes in Atlético, Clash, and South Africa begins intense preparation for the 2026 World Athletics Relays. This our president, Sarah Ramaposa and his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, are expected to address the media. He is on a state visit to Brazil to strengthen ties there and will shame more once events start going. Another big story, this hour, the nine people accused of the murder of TUT lecturers will spend another week behind bars. The bell application has been postponed to next week Wednesday, according to the Investigating

1:01Office in the case. They may interfere with investigations. And the atmosphere remains tense at the Madlonga Commission, where ANC linked Northwest Businessmen, Suleiman Karim, is destifying. His lawyers are pulling out all the stops to prevent him from answering questions about his dealings with Businessmen Morgan Maumela, who's been identified as a key player in TEMBISA's largest-leading syndicate, Anastasimo Khobri reports. There's a list that Karim and Maumela, along with a list crime kingpin, Vussimus de Cat Matlala, were part of a tender-reaking syndicate operating at TEMBISA Hospital. The Special Investigating Unit has since uncovered three coordinated syndicates, responsible for leading more than two billion rents intended for healthcare. Evidence before the Commission shows that tens of millions of rents move between Karim Maumela and Matlala. Mr. Matlala said to me, there's more invoices that are still owed to him, and then he will then talk me up on the next payment.

2:01Anastasimo Khobri, for Dr. Karim, the news watch in Criteria. And as the war in the Middle East rages on, and the price of rent crude oil stays above $100 a barrel, it is slowly coming down again this morning at six o'clock South African time. Instead of $116 a barrel, now we're at $101 in that area. Meanwhile, Asian countries who are heavily dependent on Iran for their oil are finding ways to cushion residents and industries from the effect of this. So in South Korea, there's a price cap on fuel to alleviate pressure on the country's energy supply. The same has been done in Croatia, although it's not an Asian country there. If we had now prepared a draft decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on certain petroleum products, Japan made tap into strategic stocks, and civil servants in the Philippines, the country there is adopting a four day working week to cope with soaring fuel prices and to prevent people from driving around. And finally, meet the man who will most probably lead Nepal after securing a majority of the

3:06votes in the latest elections in the country. So this is Bandedra Shah, he is 35-year-old, rapid-turned politician, first-time parliamentary lawmaker of the weekend, he toured the streets of his new constituency, wearing his signature dog sunglasses, waving from the sunroof of a car in a victory parade. Get it! I'm here for it. Get it. Isn't it such a ride? I love it. Be like the South African equivalent of President Kasping your face. But there's other stories on JackRoundFM.com, next bulletin at six. Wanna win 5,000 round? Cash. Someone's general knowledge is about to be put to the test, and that someone is you. Coming up next. The game that makes you scream at your radio more than any other.

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