Indholdsfortegnelse for 2024-08-02 i Cape Argus

Celebrate Women’s Month off with a bang at the I Am My Sister gospel concert, which promises to be an evening of upliftment and inspiration. The musical extravaganza, where music meets mission, is a celebration of faith as well as a heartfelt endeavour to support a noble cause. Among the featured performers are gospel sensations such as Jonathan Rubain, Varonica Meyer, Chadleigh Gowar, Quinton Manuels and Alive in Kaaps. They will be joined by Karen Petersen, Natasha Adams, Geraldine Adams and Abigail Thebus. Rubain is celebrated for his soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics that uplift. Meyer, with her powerful voice and deep spiritual connection, shares messages of love and faith through her music. Gowar connects with his audience through his performances, Manuels is recognised for his captivating voice and comedic…

In celebration of Women’s Month, four SA female music artists are being honoured by Apple Music. International amapiano DJ and producer Uncle Waffles, neo-R&B songstress Elaine, Afropop singer-songwriter Nomfundo Moh, and pop R&B doyenne Nanette Mbili, will each grace the covers of the global music platform’s Alpha playlist. These music change-makers join the likes of Beyoncé, who was the first artist to grace the cover earlier this year. “I’m really honoured to be featured in Apple Music’s Alpha campaign. Beyoncé was right, girls do run the world,” said Uncle Waffles. The playlist will touch on everything womanhood is about and is a place where listeners can find love and intimacy, hope and validation, intensity and rawness. According to a statement: “It’s also a place for starting conversations, uplifting one another…

“He should have known harm would come to Colonel Kinnear.” This is the opinion of a top Hawks detective assigned to investigate the murder of slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear, the Western Cape High Court heard yesterday. After weeks on the stand, Captain Edward du Plessis appeared determined while coming under cross-examination by defence teams in the mammoth underworld trial of alleged kingpin Nafiz Modack and several others. The group has been slapped with over 100 charges for various criminal cases centred on the death of Kinnear, who was assassinated outside his Bishop Lavis home on September 18, 2020. Du Plessis, who spent weeks revealing how Kinnear and others including lawyer William Booth were tracked, allegedly by Modack’s co -accused Zane Kilian, told the court that after his appointment…

THE need to reduce informal settlements, greater preparedness for disasters, and the province’s Safety Plan, were just some of the issues under scrutiny during a debate on the Opening Address of the Provincial Legislature yesterday. Premier Alan Winde on Wednesday delivered his Opening Address at the first sitting of the seventh Western Cape provincial parliament, with the debate following yesterday. Leader of the Opposition in the Western Cape, ANC’s Khalid Sayed, said a clear and detailed programme of action for the seventh administration was “glaringly absent”. In order to be better prepared for disasters in the province, Sayed urged the premier to prioritise the appointment of a commissioner for the environment, as set out in…

Organisers of the Paris Olympics this week apologised for offence caused by one particular scene during the opening ceremony. It was a scene that recalled depictions of the Last Supper – a holy moment of the Christian faith that remembers the final Passover meal of Jesus and the Apostles before the crucifixion. In the scene actors are seated at a table in the same arrangement as the well-known painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper. The actors portrayed drag queens, models with quirky and cross-dressing outfits, sexually suggestive choreography, a man painted blue and appearing almost naked, and the DJ with a golden crown at the centre of the table. The scene, its arrangement and the caricatures the actors portrayed were condemned by Christians worldwide, but also much more…

Innocent Maela says Orlando Pirates will not rely on superstitions in their quest for an unprecedented third MTN8 crown in a row, but instead they’ll work hard with every passing game. Maela has been the most successful captain in domestic cup competitions in the past two seasons, hoisting four trophies out of five. Pirates have won and defended both the MTN8 and Nedbank Cup under coach Jose Riveiro, setting themselves up as “cup specialists” in the local top-flight. They will be eager to steer their ship to a third successive MTN8 crown this season, an achievement that would be record-breaking. And having had an impressive pre-season, which included a tour of Spain, Pirates want to build on the foundation that they laid last season and get better. While they’ve cut…

SPRINGBOK utility back Canan Moodie is primed for a return to rugby when the Bulls take on the Cheetahs tonight in Bloemfontein. Moodie has been out of action since the start of June after a hand injury he picked up during the United Rugby Championship, and subsequent surgery ruled him out of the play-offs and all of the Bok mid-year Tests. Bok coach Rassie Erasmus hinted at times that Moodie could return in time to be considered for the trip to Australia in the Rugby Championship. Instead, the 22-year-old will return to action at the Free State Stadium today (5pm start) for valuable game time. Moodie will play on the right wing as the Bulls search for another win to keep their status as the undefeated log leaders. “It’s going…

Mzansi is rejoicing after Emmanuel Madonsela made it onto Gordo ft Drake’s Healing music video. Madonsela, known on social media for sharing snippets of his life, shared that while he, his wife and their two daughters wake up early every morning to walk to school/work, they wished he had a car. Little did he know his wishes would be fulfilled when Gordo used his story as the official music video for Healing. “About two months ago, while I was scrolling through TikTok, I stumbled upon The Don Madfunz, a guy from South Africa with amazing energy. His taste in music grabbed my attention, it was his dancing, smile and story that really hooked me,” said Gordo in his music video description. “The Don would walk 9 miles (14km)…

POPULAR Long Street tasting room and eatery, Beerhouse, will be shutting its doors after this weekend, after its management cited extortion as a significant threat. Owner Randolf Jorberg said extortion started on the second or third day of trading in 2013, when a man from the “underworld” visited the business. The man, he said, pitched a proposal for a protection fee, which Jorberg refused to pay, until a few days after an employee was murdered. Thirty-two-year-old bouncer Joe Kanyona was stabbed in the neck at Beerhouse on June 20, 2015. “A man said if I pay them, I could call them if ever a group too big for our own doorman came in and behaved rowdy and I had to tell him that in two years of trade, the only…

People should not be sleeping in public spaces. Not in a city centre, and especially not during an extremely cold and wet winter. They deserve to live dignified lives in safe and comfortable homes. On this we can all agree. The City of Cape Town this week started the process of getting homeless people off the streets of the CBD. The illegal occupation of public areas has become a growing problem since the pandemic took hold in 2020. The courts ultimately granted the City permission to enforce the evictions. More than 150 people have since accepted shelter in the City’s Safe Spaces, but those who have not taken up the offer face the threat of being removed by force by the authorities. One hopes it won’t come to that. There…

Iran held a funeral ceremony yesterday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. Thousands of mourners paid respects to Haniyeh as the Israeli military confirmed that an air strike in Gaza last month killed the Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a “harsh punishment” for his killing. In Tehran’s city centre, crowds, including women shrouded in black, carried posters of Haniyeh and Palestinian flags in a procession and ceremony that began at Tehran University. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced the day before that Haniyeh and a bodyguard were killed in a pre-dawn strike on Wednesday on their accommodation in…

A gunman who ambushed and killed a police officer during the national lockdown in Nyanga has been sentenced to life in prison for the attack which also left two other officers wounded. Just over four years after the shooting, which claimed the life of Constable Asanda Siyoko, 30, the Western Cape High Court has handed down a 51-year cumulative sentence to Aviwe Ndwanyana. At the time of the murder, police revealed Siyoko and two colleagues were attack while inspecting a spaza shop trading after the curfew in Nyanga. The trio were patrolling along Old Klipfontein Road and Moya Street in Old Crossroads, when they noticed the spaza shop, called “Nqwathi Cash Store”, was still open after 10.30pm. At the time, level 3 lockdown regulations stipulated that stores were only allowed…

IN A DRAMATIC twist, DA federal chairperson Helen Zille has, for the first time, publicly admitted that the current multiparty government in its current form is not a Government of National Unity (GNU). She said it was a coalition of the ANC, DA and other, smaller parties. Speaking at an event hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Zille said ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa coined the term GNU. “So from the beginning, (he) came up with the notion of a GNU, which he thought would be a better way of selling the concept of coalition to his own party (the ANC),” she said. Zille said it was not a GNU as some parties, like the uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) and EFF, were sidelined from the power pact. “Now, this, of…

A POPULAR skateboarder from Athlone has been lauded for his contribution to the sport after being acknowledged in the 2024 Guinness World Book of Records and bagging his 10th international title. Speaking to the Cape Argus shortly after competing in the FISE Street Open Championships in Tignes, France, Jean-marc Johannes said he is finally living his dream after obtaining the silver medal at the professional championship. His passion for skateboarding started 22 years ago when he tried out various sports at school, but failed to make any teams. At just 11 years old, he entered a competition in Claremont and won. He has been competing professionally ever since and at just 15 years old, he was rated among the top 10 skateboarders in South Africa. Johannes was awarded his first…

Within the past few months, there has been good and bad news for South Africa’s oil and gas industry. I’ll start with some good news: Shell, the UK giant, is optimistic that the vast hydrocarbon reserves discovered offshore in Namibia extend into South Africa’s offshore zone. The company is so optimistic, in fact, that it asked the government for permission to bid on exploration rights for the Northern Cape Ultra Deep (NCUD) block in the Orange Basin. Now for some bad news. Total- Energies was said to be considering an exit from Block 11B/12B, the offshore licence area where it discovered large reserves of gas condensate and natural gas in 2019 and 2020. After floating several unsuccessful proposals for the development of its Brulpadda and Luiperd fields, the French major…

Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs have unsurprisingly grabbed the headlines in the lead-up to the 2024/25 campaign but will relinquish that privilege for at least the next two weeks as a consequence of their failures last season. Amakhosi have been thrown into deep introspection as they are forced to become spectators in an improved R10 million MTN8 competition that will see Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns kick off as favourites. Gone are the days when the Glamour Boys would be placed on a pedestal ahead of an MTN8 tournament and rightfully so, considering that they are the most successful side in this competition with 15 titles to their name. Chiefs’ 10th-place finish in the league last season saw them miss out on a place in the MTN8 for the second time…