Indholdsfortegnelse for 2022-09-27 i Cape Argus

Award-winning rapper K.O is dominating SA’s music scene with his new offering Sete. The smash hit features amapiano’s Young Stunna and Somnyama The Greatest, aka Blxckie. Sete has gained popularity on social media, with many using the song in their posts. A video of Young Stunna singing his verse helped propel the song’s success as more people caught onto it. Since its release last month, Sete blew up as it dominated at number 1 on official charts, radio airwaves and playlists. Within five days, the single reached Gold certification and, in 16, was awarded platinum status. For Sete, K.O fused various worlds, various worlds, where artists’ skills and sounds could be showcased to thrive on a neutral and mutual platform. K.O told IOL Entertainment: “I had an idea to bring…

COSATU members yesterday booed ANC national chairperson and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe off the stage in a clear protest against government’s disapproval of salary increases for public servants. Delegates at Cosatu’s 14th national congress refused to be addressed by Mantashe at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand yesterday. Mantashe was due to deliver the ANC’s message of support at the 14th Cosatu national elective conference. However, he was met by angry workers who sang and told Mantashe to go away as they did not have money. The workers broke into song, singing Asinamali, to the surprise of their leadership, including the re-elected president Zingisa Losi. It appears that the Cosatu members were expressing their frustration over a proposed 3% wage increases for public servants. They held placards reading…

The search for two missing children ended yesterday after police found bodies in Paarl and Siqalo. Police are combing both crime scenes for clues. The girl in Paarl has been identified as Tamia Botha, 4. She was last seen at a local shop just before 8pm on Sunday in Klein Nederburg, Paarl. Community members together with missing persons’ organisation, Track and Trace, had mobilised and were searching for the child when her body was located just before 4pm. It is understood that Tamia’s parents met police and gave their statements surrounding her disappearance. She was last seen dressed in a black T-shirt and blue boots. She has green eyes and light brown hair. Ingrid Harding of Track and Trace missing persons said the little girl vanished just before load shedding.…

The national Health Department is working to see if hospitals across the country could be exempted from Eskom’s power cuts. The department said the increasing stages of load shedding had affected the provision of health-care services across the country, thus necessitating the move. Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has since engaged with the public enterprises minister, Eskom and municipalities on processes to be followed in order to exempt health facilities from load shedding. A report on the impact of load shedding and intervention measures will be provided during a media briefing scheduled for Friday. Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo supported the exemption of hospitals. Although hospitals and some clinics had generators or UPS systems, load shedding, irrespective of the stage, affected the day-to-day running of an already under-resourced health system, Mbombo…

On Sunday I was fishing at Broken Roads, Fishermen Lane, Strandfontein. While sitting on my cooler box, I noticed a large flock of seagulls hovering over those huge holes. Being a retired, inquisitive police officer, I went to investigate and to my horror, I saw about 50 sealed packets, each containing about six fish. I immediately contacted Councillor Elton Jansen and relayed my find and fear of poor locals seeing them as Biblical manna. I want to really thank Jansen who realised the seriousness of the situation and immediately activated officials to deal with it. We must warn people not to dump waste food on our beaches as this could lead to deadly consequences. Our health officials must advise about the dangers of dumped food.…

Resignations, short-term stints and media leaks have plagued the National Arts Council (NAC) and MPs are considering placing the agency under administration. The problems besetting the NAC overshadowed the issue of artists’ funding in a recent sports, arts and culture portfolio committee meeting. As a Sports, Arts and Culture Department agency, the NAC’s mandate is to, among other things, allocate funding to artists, cultural institutions and NGOs to disseminate literature, history and storytelling. This is done through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (Pesp). Acting CEO Julie Diphofa told arts and culture portfolio committee members that the Pesp call for funding was released on June 20 and closed on July 29, attracting 9 455 applications through the grant management system. She said the department had a R180 million budget for…

A strong ANC contingent visited Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Soweto home yesterday to honour and celebrate the Struggle icon’s 86th birthday. The celebrations were organised by the ANC, with President Cyril Ramaphosa making his visit to the family home before his keynote address in honour of her contribution to the Struggle for freedom. Friends, family and ANC leaders flocked to her Orlando West home before his keynote address in honour of Madikizela-Mandela. She died at Milkpark Hospital in 2018. Among those who attended were ANC Gauteng chairperson and Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, Johannesburg chairperson Dada Morero and secretary of the Ekurhuleni ANC, Thokozani Nciza. Ramaphosa said Madikizela-Mandela was a fearless leader who remained loyal to the party even during difficult times. “She was loyal to the ANC and the only party that…

WHEN news filtered through on Sunday that the victim of a shark attack in Plettenberg Bay had been a heroine to the community of Observatory, social media was flooded with tributes from friends, colleagues and acquaintances. Kimon “Kiki” Bisogno, 39, had endeared herself to the Observatory community when she opened a kitchen that helped the area’s homeless and worked to rehabilitate them for a life off the streets. Bisogno and her partner Diego Milesi opened the Obs Pasta Kitchen in 2019 from the kitchen of their pizzeria, Ferdinandos Pizza, to serve meals to the homeless once a week. Bisogno’s work with the homeless would eventually see her offering yoga lessons, meditation and life skills to those living on the streets. On their Facebook page Ndifuna Ukwazi said: “Through their…

While possibly being without wing Seabelo Senatla for a significant period is a huge blow, the Stormers are confident that they have “a lot of soldiers” who can step in when duty calls. Senatla suffered a pectoral injury while being cleaned out dangerously by Bundee Aki as the defending champions opened their United Rugby Championship (URC) title defence with a 38-15 victory over Connacht in Stellenbosch at the weekend. The incident occurred in the second half of the round-two clash, and speaking during a media briefing yesterday, Stormers assistant coach Rito Hlungwani said they are still awaiting medical feedback on Senatla’s injury. “The only (injury) concern is around Seabelo. We have sent him for scans, but we are still waiting,” Hlungwani said. “We have got quite a few youngsters who…

When Lukhanyo Am was ruled out for action for the rest of 2022, the groan from Springbok fans would’ve been audible across Mzansi. Am, 28, has been in irresistible form this year, even when filling in at right wing at times. But Bok coach Jacques Nienaber placed his trust in the experienced Jesse Kriel in the No 13 jersey, and the outcome has not been entirely convincing. I must admit that Kriel was a bit better overall against Argentina in Durban, but is he the only solution in Am’s absence? At the moment, if you’re thinking of specialist outside centres, then yes. Stormers star Ruhan Nel has a serious injury that will keep sidelined for a while, and Wandisile Simelane is now a fullback at the Bulls. Both have been…

As summer approaches, the music industry is heating up with impressive releases. Here are five new songs we think you should definitely add to your playlist. Elaine – Deja Vu Elaine first performed an unreleased cut of Deja Vu during a recording of Channel O’s Massive Music in May. The guitar-heavy ballad sees her sharing the story of an unrequited love she just can’t seem to let go of. While the award-winning R&B star hasn’t quite found her feet since signing an international record deal off the back of her breakthrough project Shining Star, this single may well mark her return to her best. Cassper Nyovest – Pardon My Arrogance “Pardon the arrogance, I’m the epitome, this is black excellence,” Nyovest sings on his new single. Pardon My Arrogance sees…

Community leaders in Macassar are furious and fighting the “illegal eviction” of a family yesterday morning from the City of Cape Town’s rental stock units in the area. In an eviction notice sent to Madalynn Abrahams, the City said she forcefully moved her belongings into the unit on September 15 when the flat was already allocated to an elderly person on medical grounds. Abrahams’ aunt, who was the tenant of the unit, died earlier this month. Abrahams said she was living with her aunt and her grandmother, who was the initial tenant of the unit. She contends that she had stayed with the tenants for more than two years, and is convinced that she was registered as a beneficiary. The family and community leaders are now accusing the City’s area…

The South African media, both print and electronic, have been filled with the same hackneyed topic of criticism of the ANC government, but more recently with significance and intensified censure. That increased reproach is now being voiced by the general public all venting their frustration in letters and calls to the media. The tone of this disparagement is reaching a crescendo and is indeed frightening. Sadly though, and not that long ago, when large numbers of ordinary citizens took to the streets of major cities throughout the country in vocal protest against Jacob Zuma and the corruption under his presidency, no such protest has happened in South Africa against load shedding. Where are the masses ready to stand up and say “no more”? Why not a single protest march? The…

Iran has arrested more than 1 200 protesters, officials said yesterday, in its lethal crackdown on 10 nights of unrest driven by outrage over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the notorious morality police. At least 41 people have been killed as Iran has heavily deployed security forces against nationwide demonstrations sparked by the death of Amini, 22, following her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran’s strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing. Tensions grew between the Islamic republic and Western nations as Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador, a day after the EU protested against the “widespread and disproportionate use of force” and Tehran called in the British and Norwegian envoys. Protests flared again across Iran as a Tehran crowd shouted “death to the dictator”,…

As the country braces itself for another week of unrelenting load shedding, President Cyril Ramaphosa admits there is no quick fix for load shedding but stresses progress is being made to put an end to the rolling blackouts. Writing in his weekly letter, Ramaphosa said: “For every person living in this country, the past two weeks of load shedding have been extremely frustrating and challenging. The widespread public anger is wholly justified.” He said the load shedding “is beyond an inconvenience” and bears dire consequences – from education to public safety to the provision of health services. “Large and small businesses alike are losing money and the energy crisis is endangering investment and our economic recovery,” Ramaphosa said. He acknowledged a “sense of despair” that load shedding is worsening and…

This letter may seem contentious but it is supported by centuries of evidence. George Bernard Shaw said: “To live for others and not for myself, that’s middle-class morality”. Aristotle said that the most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers the other classes. Thus society must limit poverty and uplift the poor into the middle class. Without this ability to escape poverty, society as a collective will ultimately suffer. Overall, the poor add limited value to the overall development of society. They do not contribute towards the rate or tax needs of society and require the most from the budget in terms of education and health care, housing and social welfare, etc. Over the past few decades, the Chinese government uplifted more…

The Liesbeek Action Campaign, the civil society group trying to preserve the sacred heritage resources at the Two Rivers Urban Park in Observatory, say they are disappointed with the latest Western Cape High Court judgment. Last week Judge Mokgoatji Dolamo struck down an urgent interdict from the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) which sought to stop the developers of Amazon’s African headquarters from continued construction. Following the judgment, the group said: “We are disappointed he did not recognise that the failure of the lawyer for the group seeking to intervene to disrupt the Goringhaicona, to file papers by August 19, was the reason for the delay in the hearing of the contempt matter.” The urgent interdict application was brought after the Observatory Civic Association (OCA), with the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous…

Early childhood development centres, often referred to as crèches, daycares, edu-cares or preschools, are vital spaces for young children. There, they can learn and play, interacting with their peers and receiving care while their parents are at work or looking for work. These centres are crucial building blocks for children’s development – and their futures. In South Africa, 1 660 3173 children are enrolled in 42 420 early childhood development programmes. Early childhood development centres have another role, too, that isn’t often discussed: as employers. This is particularly important in a country like South Africa, which has an unemployment rate of 33.9%. Across the country, early childhood development centres employ 165 059 people, most of them women, as “teaching” staff. That’s a substantial and growing workforce. Managing employees, children, parents…