Jacaranda FM Newswatch @ 17H02

0:00From Beclue, this queuing traffic all the way down past Malibongue on the western bypass all the way on the N-3 into Jermiston is queuing up the N-3. There's a crash near Fenberin coming from Heldon, there's two accidents on the Mike 1 near Santa, Northbound and Southbound and an accident in Medran on the N-1 Northbound before New Road. Joe Manview, a sport headlines to the Africa 150 for six after 18 overs in the T-20 World Cup semi-final against the Black Caps and former Wallaby coach Dave Renny takes over as New Zealand coach. The Minister of Defence, Angela Chechars says although the S&DF has been deployed as a form of hard power against crime, the government also has to implement so-called soft power to assist communities. This comes off the president, Sarah Ramaposa, announced at the set of National Dress that these members will be deployed to hunting and the Western Cape to assist with taking on

1:00organized crime and illicit mining. What Chechars says, she's spoken to the president about the need to address these problems in communities. To make sure that we can have communities to reveal themselves was this kind of violence also undermines or tears the fabric of the community. So whoever indicates has to be able to say that, make sure that there's no incident elsewhere. I think the planning should be able to do that. In other news, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gaiton McKenzie, said it's all systems go for the country to host the first live golf series Tournament in Africa. The event will be held in Stain City, Johannesburg later this month and will include a 45-renowned golfers McKenzie briefed the media in Pretoria. Lent golf is projected to generate close to one premium rent in economic activity. Tourism, hospitality, local spending, decoration and international exposure. And on the international front, the latest press briefing from the U.S. Secretary of Defense

2:04BTEC SAFE. Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean, an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Next day, it was sunk by a torpedo, quiet death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. Like in that war, back when we were still the war department, we are fighting to win. So you didn't mention the name of the ship, but Sri Lanka's Navy confirmed that about 140 people are missing after an Iranian vessel went down on the country's coast, the latest developments around the war in the Middle East is on JackRanFM.com and click on news. And finally, on a much lighter note, a recent study by scientists in Madrid in Spain showed that a woman's brain undergo significant changes during pregnancy. So the study consisted of 127 women and it shows that the gray matter in the brain decreased by an average of 5%. So that's the nerve-witch part of the brain involved in processing information, emotions

3:08rather than empathy. And the science that says it's almost like pruning of the brain to enable women to relate to and bond well with the newborn babies. Today's other stories, JackRanFM.com, click on news on expuliting, is at 6.