Indholdsfortegnelse for 2023-09-21 i Cape Argus

Former radio jock Nigel Pierce is back to his high-energy opinionated vlogs following his four-year sabbatical. Independent Media Lifestyle caught up with the radio presenter, whose real name is Gavin Goliath. Goliath, who prefers to be called Pierce, became a hot topic when he was booted out by the SABC in 2019. Pierce was sacked from his afternoon drive show on Good Hope FM after the SABC accused him of “breaching his contract and bringing the SABC into disrepute on social media platforms”. In a previous interview, he said he was given his marching orders in front of staff and also claimed his dismissal was “personal” and suggested that his fellow DJs “had a hand in it”. After four years, Pierce broke his silence in an exclusive interview with…

THE University of the Western Cape (UWC) is mourning the loss of Professor Henry “Jatti” Bredekamp, a leading scholar and former director of the Institute for Historical Research at the university. He was 78. Bredekamp was born at the Genadendal Mission Station in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa. He began his career as a farm schoolteacher near Leeu Gamka in the Great Karoo. He later joined UWC, where he would work for the next 27 years. Bredekamp held two Master’s degrees in history, obtained as a Fulbright scholar from the Wesleyan University in the US, and then UWC. In 1976, he was appointed lecturer-researcher at UWC’s Institute for Historical Research. In 1992, he was appointed associate professor and, in 1995, director of the Institute. Bredekamp published…

LANGA residents have expressed their anger after learning that a woman accused of scalding a 4-year-old child with boiling water was released from jail. Asanda Makaluza reportedly heard the child and his friend banging on the gate of her Settler’s home in Langa on June 24. She left her home with a kettle and allegedly doused the child with boiling water. The boy was left with burns on his face, torso and arms. The victim’s family said they went to confront Makaluza, and she told them that he had been trespassing. Days later, her father went to the boy’s mom and apologised on his daughter’s behalf. The family told the Cape Argus they forgave her, but she must still pay for what she did. After the intervention of EFF activist…

A CAPE Town shelter is appealing for assistance to ensure its operational costs are covered and lifesaving services for at-risk women and children continues. Established in 2014, The Safe House in Fish Hoek opened its doors in 2015 after a revamp. Executive director Kathy Cronje said the shelter was funded by the Department of Social Development (DSD) for 15 beds, but it increased to 20 beds during Covid-19. A little more than 30% of funds to sustain the shelter was received from the DSD and the rest was sourced from other streams such as donations, sponsorships and partnerships. The shelter must raise an additional R80 000 a month for the 15 beds. “It is stipulated that the clients may only stay here for three months, but sometimes it is impossible…

THE public has been invited to comment on the proposal to declare seven Kramats in Cape Town national heritage sites. The sanctified and highly revered shrines of Muslim saints referred to as Mazaars or Kramats, form part of phase two of a serial nomination brought forward by the Cape Mazaar (Kramat) Society and Vidamemoria Heritage Consultants to the SA Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). The “Circle of Tombs” consists of over 20 Kramats that around the Cape Peninsula and are grave sites of the “Auliya” (Friends of Allah), who were known to have resisted oppression, slavery and colonial rule and contributed to the spread and preservation of Islam in southern Africa. These sacred sites are visited by thousands annually, who are moved by its sanctity and peace, which is intensified through…

It is high time that the government took seriously the ongoing taxi violence that has become second nature to those involved in the industry. The government must put measures in place to curb the problem that is threatening to cause irreparable damage to the economy. For years, the taxi industry has been engulfed by infighting that has resulted in the loss of many lives. The traffic blockades in uMhlanga on Tuesday, with the taxi operators blocking all roads within the suburb, demanding that the authorities build them a taxi rank where their taxis will operate from, should be another wake-up call for the local government to realise the seriousness of the dangers and threats posed by the industry. The government must consider forming strong, lasting relationships and bonds with the…

THE Springboks’ match-winning wing Cheslin Kolbe says the current South African team are a more formidable outfit than the 2019 squad that won the Webb Ellis Cup in Japan. Only five players in the match-23 for Saturday’s game against Ireland (9pm kickoff) did not play in Japan, and the retention of the nucleus that won four years ago can only mean growth, according to Kolbe. “Plenty has happened since 2019 and a lot has evolved in the team as well – in a positive way,” Kolbe said. In 2019, the Boks pioneered the “Bomb Squad”, and in 2023, it has grown into the “Nuke Squad”. Kolbe said the players leave the planning to the coaches and get on with the job. “We respect the decision of the coaches, and we…

AT the end of a thrilling come-from-behind one-day international series win over No 1-ranked Australia, came an admission from Proteas white-ball coach Rob Walter that “we need to be careful of reading too much into this series and what it means for the World Cup”. It certainly was an artful way of keeping expectations to a minimum, while at the same time trying to alleviate any extra pressure placed upon his team that contains eight World Cup debutants ahead of their departure for India on Saturday. But after Marco Jansen’s near faultless player-of-the-match all-round performance of 47 (23 balls) and 5/39 that set up the convincing 122-run victory in the series decider last Sunday, there is no doubt that Walter will be quietly optimistic. The No 7 all-rounder position has…

Grief casts a heavy pall in A Haunting in Venice, Kenneth Branagh’s third instalment of his Hercule Poirot series. As director and an actor, Branagh has sought to imbue the meticulously groomed Belgian detective – one of Agatha Christie’s most beloved creations – with psychological depth, even darkness. Since 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express and last year’s Death on the Nile, that aspiration has yielded some interesting artistic choices but, on a pure entertainment level, diminishing returns. A Haunting in Venice opens with moody shots of St. Mark’s Square in the titular city, set to strains of Hildur Gudnadottir’s elegiac score; set in 1947, and moved to Italy from the English setting of Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, from which this film is adapted, A Haunting in Venice is, true…

A Cape Flats petrol station was closed for business yesterday after a political party protested outside. The BP Express on Eisleben Road in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, was shut down with immediate effect by protesters led by the president of the National Coloured Congress (NCC), Fadiel Adams. Protesters are unhappy that the business is not “coloured compliant”, meaning there are no people from the area employed at the petrol station. Entrances and exits to the petrol station were blocked by residents. Police were also called to the scene. Speaking live on his Facebook page, Adams said the NCC had decided it would make businesses “coloured compliant”. “If coloured don’t work, you don’t trade. Look. It’s cold. We really don’t want to be here, but they have declared war on our people,…

Ageism remains an unseen nemesis in an era pushing for progress, disregarding potential insight, and inhibiting social development, according to various scholars. Untying the threads of ageism is not only an endeavour towards inclusivity but also a step further towards attaining every dimension of human potential. In correspondence to the World Health Organization (WHO), ageism pervades many institutions and areas of society, such as those that provide social and medical services, together with people who work in the job market, the media and the legal system. A 2020 longitudinal study discovered that age dictated who received multiple medical procedures or therapies in 85% of 149 studies. Having said that, the objective of this piece is to investigate the various contexts in which ageism is encountered globally. Second, it attempts to…

The newly-promoted KZN Inland Tuskers stunned defending champions the Lions with a nine-wicket victory at the Pietermaritzburg Oval yesterday to send shockwaves to all teams competing in Division One. The Tuskers dismissed the Gauteng side for 89, and knocked off the target for the loss of a single wicket. Going into the match, the Lions were expected to breeze past the Tuskers, seeing they have more accomplished players in their squad, including Proteas spinner Bjorn Fortuin. To everyone’s surprise, the Tuskers dominated the Lions and used their home-ground advantage to perfection. From the toss, the KwaZulu-Natal outfit knew what to do, and their decision to field first proved to be fruitful in almost no time. Left-arm fast bowler Mbulelo Budaza possessed the right skills for the wicket that was on…

JUST when you think that the crisis that has hit Cape Town’s three Premiership clubs cannot get any worse, they continue to plumb new depths of despair. On Tuesday, hapless Cape Town Spurs suffered their sixth consecutive defeat after they lost 2-1 to Golden Arrows. This losing run equalled the PSL record of a club losing the first six league matches of the season. That unwanted streak was matched by Bush Bucks, who in the 1999-2000 season lost their first six matches. Also on Tuesday, some 50km down the N2, Stellenbosch FC went down 2-0 to Moroka Swallows FC. It was Stellenbosch’s fourth consecutive game without a win, although they managed a draw during this phase. Last Sunday, the third top-flight team from down south, Cape Town City, lost 3-2…

EDDIE Howe was proud of Newcastle United’s dogged return to Champions League football after two decades away, holding seven-time European kings AC Milan to a goalless draw in Tuesday’s opening Group F match. Howe was the happier of the two managers with taking a point from the clash at the San Siro as his team were mostly on the back foot against last season’s losing semi-finalists. Newcastle did little in their first fixture in Europe’s top club competition since 2003, the Saudi Arabia-backed club barely creating a chance and lucky to escape with a draw on the balance of play. Milan should have won after wasting a string of chances, particularly in the first half, and dominating the play on Sandro Tonali’s return to his old stomping ground after being…

Seven people were shot in four days in a flare-up of violence in Hanover Park. Community policing forum (CPF) spokesperson Kashiefa Mohammed said the shootings are all gang-related. “Four murders and three attempted murder incidents were recorded since Saturday. The first shooting since a peace agreement took place three weeks ago was of a gangster. “On Tuesday, three people were shot, I understand that one of them died. We believe the shootings are an internal squabble. While some made peace, others were not happy about that, and this is what is happening – we should have known that it would.” She said the shootings were shocking to Hanover Park after the three-week reprieve. “The only shootings we experienced were people shooting into the air. “No one was injured, and now…

A South African Revenue Service (Sars) building at Frederick and Rissik streets in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, caught fire yesterday afternoon. According to Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson Nana Masechaba Kgiba, the fire happened in the storage room, which is in the basement. “We can confirm that the fire has been contained at the basement level, which is used as storage. We can confirm for now that everyone is safe and out of the building,” she said. Kgiba said it was still unclear what caused the fire. “We will do preliminary investigation of what caused the fire,” she said. This is the third fire reported in Joburg CBD within the space of a month, including the hijacked building where 77 residents burnt to death on August 31. The fire comes a…

ELECTRICITY Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has defended using R30 billion to burn diesel to stave off higher stages of load shedding. Ramokgopa said the government was correct to give Eskom R30bn to buy diesel during the current financial year because it was protecting an already ailing economy. He said thousands of people lost their jobs last year because of load shedding and if higher stages were implemented more people would be out of work. Ramokgopa, part of the ministers in the economics cluster answering questions in Parliament yesterday, said last year alone, more than 620 000 people lost their jobs. He said Stage 6 load shedding was costing the country R1 billion a day, and that was unsustainable. The government had to find ways to deal with this…

SHOULD the Springboks replicate the intensity they overpowered New Zealand with at Twickenham, Saturday’s World Cup clash against Ireland can yield the desired results for the reigning champions in a crucial Pool B clash in Paris. That is why Bok coach Jacques Nienaber wants his team to maintain the intensity they have been playing with over the last four Tests when they take on the world No 1 side at Stade de France (9pm kick-off). Nienaber picked a 7-1 bench loaded with forwards – the same blueprint used to beat the All Blacks in London – and they have to close out the clash without taking their foot off the accelerator should the run-on XV get that ascendancy early in the game. Cobus Reinach is the only specialist backline player…

FRANCE coach Fabien Galthie is taking inspiration from Charles Darwin to prepare for minnows Namibia in Marseille tonight in what should be a further step to topping Pool A in the World Cup. After seeing off New Zealand in the tournament’s opening match in a 27-13 thriller, Galthie rung the changes for the second game against Uruguay. That threw up more questions than answers for the coaching staff, however, as a largely second-string team laboured to a 27-12 victory over the South Americans. It was a win, however, that did not see France bag a try-scoring bonus point, so Galthie has this time plumped for a near full-strength team, leaving no room for error. Just three from that starting XV against Uruguay were retained for the match against Namibia, who…

Rafa Nadal’s last Grand Slam victory came at the French Open in 2022 but with Novak Djokovic having overtaken his impressive haul of most major titles in men’s tennis, the Spaniard conceded the Serbian is the best player in history. Djokovic’s recent win at the US Open for his third Grand Slam title this year took his tally to 24 Grand Slams, two ahead of Nadal’s total. “I believe that numbers are numbers and statistics are statistics. In that sense, I think he (Djokovic) has better numbers than mine and that is indisputable,” Nadal said in an interview with AS published yesterday. “This is the truth. The rest are tastes, inspiration, sensations that one or the other may transmit to you, that you may like one or the other more,”…

Manchester City overcame an early scare to get their Champions League title defence off to a solid start on Tuesday night, but nine-man Celtic endured a rough night in Rotterdam. Barcelona cruised past Antwerp and Kylian Mbappe helped Paris-Saint Germain to an opening win on a breathless beginning to the group stage of Europe’s top club competition. Newcastle returned to the high table of European football for the first time in two decades with a battling goalless draw against AC Milan at the San Siro and Lazio grabbed an equaliser deep in injury-time to hold Atletico Madrid. In Manchester, Pep Guardiola’s City were stunned when Red Star’s Osman Bukari opened the scoring in first-half stoppage-time. But Julian Alvarez continued his sparkling early-season form by levelling two minutes after the break.…