Indholdsfortegnelse for 2022-09-30 i Cape Argus

We’re drawing closer to the festive season and the events are rolling in. One such offering is comedian Dalin Oliver’s Stay At Home Comedian show at the Theatre On The Square from September 27 to October 1. This show is also a recipient of the 2022 Standard Bank Ovation Award, which makes Oliver even more thrilled to be touring the hour-long show. Written, performed and produced by the radio and TV personality, this act is fresh from the National Arts Festival in Makhanda. It’s going to be a riot but don’t worry, it’s the legal kind, and the only looting that’ll be happening is Oliver with his jokes to share with your mates at the next braai. IOL Entertainment caught up with the Cape Town-based comedian during his show in…

A 36-year-old woman was apprehended by a prison warden in Mpumalanga for alleged drug possession when she tried to enter the Bethal Correctional Centre to visit an inmate. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Selvy Mohlala said the correctional centre was working towards creating a “no-go area for drugs”, and the woman was reportedly caught before entering the premises, on Tuesday. “The female visitor was reportedly searched, as per prisons standard procedures, whereby a black plastic bag concealed beneath her underwear was found. It was then discovered that the plastic bag was stuffed with about 59 different types of tablets, as well as 20 small plastic bags and other substances, including crushed leaves and a plastic bottle containing oil,” he said. Police were summoned and the woman was arrested and charged for drug…

The mother of slain 20-year-old Bradwyn Adendorf said she felt relieved after speaking to Police Minister Bheki Cele outside Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court. Annette Overmeyer, 39, with family members and Ocean View residents, had organised a protest outside court yesterday to call for murder accused Nathaniel Petersen, 22, to be denied bail. After noticing the demonstration, Cele spoke to Overmeyer. She asked him about the rights of the accused and he immediately put her in touch with Deputy Justice Minister John Jeffery. After the discussion with Jeffery, Overmeyer said: “I feel relieved because on Monday I was feeling very emotional and I was speaking to my family about the killing of our son, and it’s almost like we are hurting silently and nobody knows about it and we are forced…

Coolio, the US rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song Gangsta’s Paradise died on Wednesday at age 59. The Grammy-winning musician died in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately provided. Coolio’s friend and long-standing manager Jarez Posey confirmed the news to AFP without providing additional details. Posey told celebrity news website TMZ Coolio was found unresponsive in the bathroom of a friend’s house on Wednesday afternoon. Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr on August 1, 1963 in Pennsylvania, the artist spent most of his life in Compton, California, attending community college and working jobs including airport security before finding success in rap. Coolio began his music career in California in the late 1980s, digging roots in the Los Angeles scene by 1994 when he signed to Tommy Boy…

The findings of a new study suggest that feelings of loneliness are linked to a significantly higher risk of that person developing Type 2 diabetes. The research, published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes), was conducted by Associate Professor Roger E Henriksen and his colleagues at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. As well as examining the association between loneliness and the risk of developing the disease, it looked at whether depression and insomnia played a role. Loneliness creates a chronic and sometimes long-lasting state of distress which may activate the body’s physiological stress response. While the exact mechanisms are not fully understood, this response is believed to play a central role in the development of Type 2 diabetes through mechanisms such…

The Covid-19 lockdowns severed many families, where they found themselves having a limited period to decide who would live where and with whom. In other instances, it cemented the divide which already existed for the non-custodial parent. Post-Covid lockdowns, some parents still find themselves in a tug-of-war over the children despite custody agreements. There are cases where the levels of conflict between the parents cause emotional harm to the children. In extreme cases, a child manifests unjustified hostility towards one parent as the result of psychological manipulation by the other. Not much has been done to officially recognise parental alienation in South African courts. Nevertheless, the law advocates for the best interests of the child in terms of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. This includes the child being raised…

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin will sign documents today proclaiming Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threatening to reverse on the battlefield. The move, one of the legal steps Russia says will lead to formal annexation of 15% of Ukraine’s territory, confirms that Putin is doubling down on his war against Ukraine despite suffering a major military reversal this month. The annexation, after what Kyiv and Western countries say were phoney referendums staged at gunpoint on Russian-held Ukrainian territory, has been rejected in the West as an illegal seizure of land captured in war. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy summoned his security and defence chiefs for an emergency meeting to be held today, and promised a robust response…

SIYETHEMBA Sithebe bears no grudges against AmaZulu’s head honchos, but he would savour a Kaizer Chiefs win over Usuthu on any day. Late last year, Sithebe exercised his right to sign a pre-contract with a club of his choice, given that he was in the last six months of his deal at AmaZulu. He signed with Chiefs, and that irked AmaZulu boss Sandile Zungu, who froze him out of the match-day squad for the rest of the season. This meant that he could train and do all things as an AmaZulu player, but he was just not going to be selected for the match-day squad until his contract expired. That didn’t go down well with Sithebe as that “time was tough” on him, but he took it on the chin…

INJURIES across Europe’s top five leagues rose by 20% in the 2021/22 season, according to a study published on Wednesday, as arguments intensify over football’s congested calendar ahead of the World Cup. The study by insurance brokers Howden found clubs paid a record-high price for injuries of £513 million (about R10.161 billion) last season. Injury cost was calculated by multiplying the cost per day of a player by the number of days they were unavailable because of an injury. World players’ union Fifpro says structures must be put in place to limit player workloads. For the first time this year a European campaign will be interrupted by a mid-season World Cup, causing further fixture congestion either side of the tournament in Qatar, which starts on November 20. European governing body…

We all know Siya Kolisi is a huge Liverpool fan, but visiting the club never gets old for the Springbok captain. After a gruelling international season, where the Boks faced Wales in a three-Test series and then featured in six matches during the Rugby Championship against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina, Kolisi is finally able to enjoy a breather away from the game. The Boks’ next assignment is the end-of-year tour to Europe, where they will take on Ireland (November 5), France (November 12), Italy (November 19) and England (November 26). But now is the time to relax a bit, and Kolisi and wife Rachel jumped on a plane to the UK. He posted a pic of himself and Rachel on his Instagram account earlier this week at OR Tambo…

The distraught family of the kidnapped 8-year-old boy from Nyanga are living in fear after they identified the body which was discovered near Siqalo on Monday as that of their son. Lukhololwam Mokotwana was kidnapped on Friday by unknown men who later demanded a ransom of R100 000 from the mother, who paid just R1 000 of the money. The distressed family said one of the family members received a “threatening” SMS. While they couldn’t disclose the contents of the SMS, they said they now feared for their lives as it was now clear they were being targeted by people who knew their family. Lukhololwam’s granny, who asked not to be identified, said the family couldn’t identify the body at the scene and were further denied when they…

The National Prosecuting Authority says it is confident that the 18-year-old suspect who appeared in court yesterday over the death of a Vredenberg magistrate can be linked to her murder. Cassidy Hartzenberg, the nephew of Romay van Rooyen, appeared in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Van Rooyen was murdered at her Marina da Gama home earlier this month and her car was stolen. Her body was discovered on September 10 inside her home. Initial investigations showed no signs of forced entry and her vehicle was recovered on September 11, abandoned along Highlands Drive, Mitchells Plain, with the key in the ignition. As calls grew for swift action on Van Rooyen’s death, Police Minister Bheki Cele assured her family the investigation would receive high priority. The Hawks (Directorate for…

Outside, balmy September sunshine warms an idyllic coast, as California basks in yet another perfect day. Inside, it’s -273°C in some spots, pockets of cold that bristle with the impossible physics of quantum mechanics – a science in which things can simultaneously exist, not exist and also be something in between. This is Google’s Quantum AI laboratory, where dozens of super-smart people labour in an office kitted out with climbing walls and electric bikes to shape the next generation of computers – a generation that will be unlike anything users have in their pockets or offices. “It is a new type of computer that uses quantum mechanics to do computations and allows us to solve problems that would otherwise be impossible,” explains Erik Lucero, lead engineer at the campus near…

THE Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (Colda) 2022 has announced it will establish the Society on Liver Disease in Africa (Solda) during the start of its three-day conference in Cape Town. Colda 2022 saw delegates and speakers from across 42 countries converge both in person and virtually for the fifth conference on the African continent focused entirely on liver disease. After two years of meeting virtually, around 170 attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cape Town – Upper Eastside, yesterday. Colda 2022 is aimed at empowering healthcare professionals to diagnose, prevent, treat and achieve a cure for liver diseases for patients in Africa. Topics covered included hepatitis elimination, the challenges of hepatobiliary surgeries in sub-Saharan Africa, and the management of end-stage liver disease – real life challenges,…

Obesity in adults has nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016 across the world. The World Health Organization estimated that by 2016, about 1.9 billion adults worldwide were overweight. More than 650 million of the adults were obese. These represent about 39% and 13% of the world’s adult population, respectively. Women bear a disproportionately higher burden of obesity. In 2016, it was estimated that 15% of the world’s women and 11% of men were obese. Overweight and obesity are burgeoning health issues in sub-Saharan Africa – particularly South Africa, with a significantly high burden of overweight and obesity. In our recent research, we looked at the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age in South Africa. Obesity leads to many maternal and child health problems. These include infertility,…

THE thrill of a risky job and the lure of getting out of his comfort zone were the driving forces behind Pitso Mosimane accepting the offer from Saudi Arabian lower division outfit Al Ahli. Speaking at a media conference in Sandton prior to his departure to Jeddah, Mosimane admitted that he was putting his reputation on the line by taking on the project of helping the club get back up to the Pro League. “We gave them (his management team MT Sports, headed by his wife Moira Tlhagale) a mandate to try and handpick a project that is challenging and will take us our of our comfort zone,” Mosimane explained. “The club has expectations to go back to the top league and for us, we want to make history and…

THE Sharks will integrate their Springbok players back into the team for their home United Rugby Championship (URC) match against the Glasgow Warriors on October 15 so in the meantime, it is the squad that Sean Everitt has overseas that will be tasked with slaying the Dragons in Newport tomorrow night and then Leinster in Dublin next week. Everitt said from Newport after naming his team for the Dragons that his Boks will enjoy this week off after the end of the Rugby Championship and then next week will report for training at Hollywoodbets Kings Park under the coaches who stayed behind, Joey Mongalo and Etienne Fynn. The Sharks boast more Boks than most from the recently ended Championship — Siya Kolisi, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche, Eben Etzebeth, Lukhanyo Am,…

MP suggests he’s ‘in cahoots with criminals’ PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa appeared before Parliament to respond to questions about kidnappings, crimes in the Province, the Phala Phala farm burglary and what he called the “calamity” of Eskom. Ramaphosa believed the number of confiscated guns and murder-related arrests since the Anti-Gang Unit’s (AGU) establishment in the Province indicate both the scale of crimes and the work the unit was putting in. He said the Hawks and the police were working on kidnappings and that multi-disciplinary investigators were probing beyond just the Province and looking across borders, but he did not give specifics. In response to a question by EFF leader Julius Malema, who had asked whether he had assessed reasons for the proliferation of the “criminal economy linked to gangsterism” on kidnapping,…

In response to the escalating gang-related violence in their area, Beacon Valley residents in Mitchells Plain are expected to take to the streets on Sunday to call for an end to the scourge. Fed-up residents have called for various local organisations, church leaders, councillors and law enforcement to support the march. A recent fatal gang shooting in the area has left the residents living in fear, as random shootings continue daily. Graham Diedericks, a prominent member of the Hard Livings gang, was shot and killed while sleeping at his home in Orpheus Crescent, Eastridge, early on Saturday last week. Save Mitchells Plain member Shahiem van Nelson said they were approached by residents to organise the march after these incidents escalated in the area and surrounds. “We are assisting the community…

Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage. It’s mid-summer on the shores of Hudson Bay and life for the enormous male has been moving in slow motion, far from the prey that keeps him alive: seals. This is a critical time for the region’s polar bears. Every year from late June when the bay ice disappears – shrinking until it dots the blue vastness like scattered confetti – they must move on to shore to begin a period of forced fasting. But that period is lasting longer and longer as temperatures rise – putting them in danger’s way. Once on solid ground, the bears typically have very few options for food, explains…

Political murders have been an issue of contention in various provinces across the country, particularly in KZN where the murder of political rivals, public figures and elected officials are the order of the day. In KZN, it is not uncommon to see councillors with security detail that rivals that of ministers and celebrity superstars. A councillor’s salary level is lower to middle management level range, yet the one thing that they are said to have access to is budgets, resources and the power to unlock infrastructure projects. These often lead to the culture of murder and extortion which rivals that of Mexican drug and kidnapping cartels. The latest developments of how an IFP mayor was named as a suspect by a victim during a funeral service should not be taken…