‘I wasn't incompetent, I was scammed’ - Singh defends track record at Zondo commission

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…