Jacaranda FM Newswatch - Interviews

Fake news may be to blame for vaccine hesitancy - Media Monitoring Africa 1

Fact-checking and media monitoring agencies are hard at work in a bid to dispel some of the misinformation, disinformation and outright myths about the Covid-19 pandemic.

25 Jun 2021 9AM 1 min

Covid hospitalisations jump to 6000 in Gauteng

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the number of patients hospitalised for Covid-19 related treatment in the province has grown substantially in the past several days.

24 Jun 2021 10AM 2 min

[LISTEN] Independent Media, Rampedi face legal battle for ‘falsified’ Tembisa 10 story

Independent Media and senior investigative journalist Piet Rampedi now face legal action for falsified reports on the birth of 10 babies to one woman.

23 Jun 2021 9AM 2 min

Central bank ‘in no rush’ to raise interest rates amid rising inflation - economist

Chief economist at Econometrix Azar Jammine believes the South African Reserve Bank may hold off on increasing interest rates amid the rising cost of living.

23 Jun 2021 4AM 3 min

Equal Education backs vaccine roll out as teachers queue for jabs on day 1

Non-governmental organisation Equal Education has hailed the Education department’s plans to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine to half a million teachers and support staff across the country.

22 Jun 2021 1PM 1 min

Family struggling to accept passing of renowned composer Mzilikazi Khumalo

The family of the late Professor Mzilikazi Khumalo says it’s battling to come to terms with his passing.

22 Jun 2021 12PM 1 min

‘Genie already out of the bottle’, warns SAMA as govt mulls stricter lockdown measures

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) believes acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will fall flat on her face is she fails to heed advice from the Covid-19 advisory committees.

22 Jun 2021 4AM 2 min

Ramaphosa lauds SA’s ‘landmark’ m-RNA technology transfer hub

President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded South Africa’s successful bid for the m-RNA technology transfer hub as a historic victory in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

21 Jun 2021 9AM 2 min

Witbank Technical School brawl ‘nothing to do with race’, says premier

Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane says preliminary investigations suggest the recent violence at Witbank Technical High School cannot be linked to race.

21 Jun 2021 3AM 1 min

Joburg mayor Geoffrey Makhubo tests positive for Covid-19

Johannesburg Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo is in self-isolation after he tested positive for Covid-19.

20 Jun 2021 11PM 1 min

Amazulu King Misuzulu faces push-back as he awaits coronation

Traditional Prime Minister to the Amazulu nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi says the royal family remains divided about the new king’s reign.

18 Jun 2021 9AM 1 min

[LISTEN] Covid-19 infections in Gauteng schools surge to 4,706

The Gauteng Education Department says it is concerned about the increase in Covid-19 infections in schools.

18 Jun 2021 9AM 3 min

Not enough data to approve Sputnik V, Sinovac, says Sahpra

Sahpra chairperson Professor Helen Rees made the remarks at a media briefing hosted by acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Friday.

18 Jun 2021 3AM 2 min

Mthethwa confident about recovery of creative sector as talks continue

Sports, Arts, and Culture minister Nathi Mthethwa has lauded the progress made by the Ministerial Advisory Team on efforts to help revive the creative and cultural sectors.

17 Jun 2021 7AM 1 min

Civil society calls on Zondo commission to reveal spy documentation

Professor Jane Duncan from the University of Johannesburg believes the Secret Service Act need to be repealed, since it is completely open to abuse.

17 Jun 2021 4AM 2 min

Zondo applies for extension, ‘can't end commission’s work irresponsibly’

The commission of inquiry into state capture will approach the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday to apply for a three-month extension.

17 Jun 2021 4AM 1 min

Booze restrictions, gatherings, curfew tightened as Ramaphosa returns South Africa to level 3

President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned South Africa to level 3 of the lockdown after a few weeks under level 2.

15 Jun 2021 12PM 2 min

Paternal family denies existence of Tembisa 10 after mother fails to produce proof

The would-be paternal family of the elusive decuplets has denied their existence.

15 Jun 2021 9AM 2 min

'It will end in tears' – Limpopo Health MEC sends warning over Youth Day gatherings

Limpopo Health MEC Pophi Ramathuba has warned of “dire consequences” amid a number of planned Youth Day events in the province.

15 Jun 2021 7AM 1 min

Gauteng Education calls for calm at Ekurhuleni school following food revolt

The Gauteng Department of Education has called for calm at the Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf after parents and pupils revolted over claims of a shortage of food.

14 Jun 2021 7AM 1 min