Jacaranda FM Newswatch - Interviews

Die Noordwes Universiteit se Skool vir Kreatiewe Bedrywe en Uitvoerende Kunste, vereer die veteraan-aktrise Sandra Prinsloo Dinsdag 29 September, met 'n eredoktorsgraad vir haar jarelange bydrae tot die vermaaklikhiedsbedryf, en haar vermoeë om die norm met haar werk uit te daag. Sy het aan Marlinée Fouché gesê die uitvoerende kunste het die vermoë om die samelewing se grense te verskuif, en dat sy nog lank nie klaar is met die bedryf nie. Latest news on our website

Die Noordwes Universiteit se Skool vir Kreatiewe Bedrywe en Uitvoerende Kunste, vereer die veteraan-aktrise Sandra Prinsloo Dinsdag 29 September, met 'n eredoktorsgraad vir haar jarelange bydrae tot die vermaaklikhiedsbedryf, en haar vermoeë om die norm met haar werk uit te daag. Sy het aan Marlinée Fouché gesê die uitvoerende kunste het die vermoë om die samelewing se grense te verskuif, en dat sy nog lank nie klaar is met die bedryf nie. Latest news on our website

Families searching for missing loved ones are urged to report cases to police immediately and provide accurate information that can assist investigators. This comes as the number of missing people in Southern Africa continues to rise.

Speaking to Jacaranda FM Newswatch, Missing in Southern Africa spokesperson Priya Ranchod said families should not wait for a missing person to return before taking action.

Ranchod said the first step is going to a police station to open a missing-person case and providing SAPS with a recent photograph and a detailed description of the missing person.

This should include information about where and when the person was last seen, what they were wearing, as well as identifiable features such as hair and eye colour, tattoos, piercings, and birthmarks. Latest news on our website

South Africans, particularly residents of Ekurhuleni east of Johannesburg, are increasingly concerned that a serial killer may be operating in the area after the discovery of at least nine women’s bodies since July.

Six of those bodies were found this week alone.

Police have assured residents that some of their most experienced and senior investigators have been assigned to the case. However, authorities have not yet said whether they believe the deaths are linked. Latest news on our website

In recent weeks, Jacaranda Newswatch reported on tech leaders' concerns over the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence.

This comes after hundreds of AI agents from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, escaped an isolated testing environment known as a sandbox.

Concern over the safety of AI increased after a researcher from Anthropic, the company behind Claude, resigned and said to the world media that AI is an existential threat to humanity.

Emile Pienaar spoke with the Director of the North West University AI Hub, Professor Anné Verhoef, to understand whether these concerns are justified. Latest news on our website

South African consumers are set to have greater control over unwanted marketing calls and messages as the National Consumer Commission (NCC) prepares to launch a national opt-out registry for direct marketing.

Speaking to Jacaranda FM Newswatch, NCC representative Phetho Ntaba explained how the system will work, what consumers and businesses can expect, and how the commission plans to deal with marketers using international numbers to bypass South African regulations. NCC says they have done everything in their power to apply with applicable standards and update their system whilst continuing to update our consumers of updates and changes Latest news on our website

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Jacaranda Newswatch remembers South African victims and former Gauteng residents Nicholas Rowe and Craig Gibson.

Nick Rowe, a 29-year-old from Johannesburg, was at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, for a business presentation. He had attended St John’s College in Houghton, Johannesburg, from Grade 1 through to Matric.

In this episode, Adrian Norris from St John’s College, speaks to Chanel September about who Nick Rowe was as a student, how the school remembers him, and the legacy he has left behind 25 years later. Latest news on our website

Die wêreld herdenk op 10 September Selfdood Voorkomings Dag en hierdie jaar is die boodskap dat elke gesprek tel. Die South African Depression and Anxiety Group, SADAG, sê daar is veral kommer oor die toename in mans wanneer dit by selfdood kom. In 2025, was sowat 80% van al die selfdood gevalle in Suid-Afrika, mans. SADAG Berader, Cornelis Koekemoer het met Jacaranda FM Newswatch se Nomfundo Twala gepraat oor waarvoor om op die uitkyk te wees, en hoe om die eerste gesprek te hê wat ’n lewe kan red ….. Latest news on our website

As South Africa prepares for the November 4 Local Government Elections, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has introduced a new Electoral Code of Conduct Countering Disinformation, aimed at curbing the spread of false and misleading information by political parties and candidates.

The code comes amid growing concerns about social media, manipulated content and artificial intelligence being used to influence voters. The IEC says the new code is intended to strengthen election integrity and ensure political parties and candidates take responsibility for the information they share.

However, Right2Know National Communication Coordinator Yolanda Yalezo says the code does not go far enough, particularly because much of the disinformation circulating during elections does not originate directly from political parties. Latest news on our website

Every time you pay for a plastic shopping bag, you’re paying a levy intended to help tackle pollution. But after more than two decades — and R6.56 billion collected — has the plastic bag levy delivered the environmental change it promised? In this episode, Jacaranda FM NewsWatch follows the money, examines South Africa’s ongoing plastic pollution crisis, and asks the big question: Where is the money, and is the levy really making a difference? Chanel September takes a look. Latest news on our website