Indholdsfortegnelse for 2022-11-14 i Cape Argus

ACTOR Nkanyiso Kunene says he is thrilled to be featuring in two prime time shows, 1Magic’s The River and Mzansi Magic’s uZulu no Mhlaba. Kunene has made his debut in the new maskandi drama series uZulu no Mhlaba, and is also playing Zakhele, the young lover of Kedibone aka Rakagadi, (Tsholofelo Matshaba) in the award-winning tele- novela The River. In uZulu no Mhlaba Kunene plays young Mfecane alongside maskandi icon Bheki Ngcobo, popularly known as Ihhashi Elimhlophe, Ayanda Borotho and Phindile Gwala. The 13-episode drama premiered on Sunday, October 30. It tells the story of two maskandi artists who engage in a brutal feud over music, only to discover they are more closely linked than they could have imagined. The series explores two generations of maskandi musicians, fathers and their…

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday that the ANC national elective conference would be a moment of great significance for the governing party and the country. “It will demonstrate the ANC’s internal democratic processes at work and affirm the commitment of ANC members to renewal, unity and rebuilding our organisation,” Ramaphosa said. He made the statement at the closing address of the national executive committee (NEC) meeting which ended yesterday. Ramaphosa also said the NEC welcomed the report on preparations for the 55th national conference, which will be held from December 16 to 20. At the meeting, several NEC members raised the issue of the robbery at his Phala Phala game farm, calling on Ramaphosa to step aside over the weight of the allegations against him, including fraud and money laundering.…

The 40-year-old foster mother accused of killing 9-month-old Caswell Frans will on Thursday enter into a plea and sentence agreement with the State following a pre-trial appearance in the Western Cape High Court. Caswell’s remains were discovered on December 20 last year after the Capricorn woman had allegedly placed him in a plastic bag and buried him in a shallow grave in Vrygrond. Little Caswell had been placed in Morris’s care in April last year, a month after he was born. The mother had trusted Morris to care for her child until she could resume responsibility. According to court documents, a witness and family member who spoke to the Weekend Argus, had seen Morris assaulting the child on December 17at her home in Vrygrond. Morris was seen dragging Caswell by…

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has been asked to intervene in a row between Basotho and AmaHlubi communities and authorities for abruptly blocking their ulwaluko rite of passage on land they’ve used to practise their heritage for 28 years. The Winelands Fire Protection Association flagged the initiation school as a fire risk on the Stellenbosch Municipality-owned land – just days before the initiation school started. The picturesque Idas Valley plantation is the go-to site every festive season for the people of Sotho and Hlubi descent, who want to send their boys to the proverbial mountain, and they’ve used it exclusively since 1995. Some of the boys come from far-flung areas in other parts of the province. But now the Stellenbosch Initiation Forum accuses the WFPA of threatening their heritage,…

THE Springboks may have tasted a second defeat in a row in their first two Test matches of the end-of-the-year tour but the fans who watched South Africa go down 30-26 will know the boys have not lost pride. It was always going to be a tough task against a French team playing in front of 80 000 fervent supporters in Marseille but Siya Kolisi’s men showed that the fighting spirit that carried them to the world championship in Japan in 2019 is still there. Defeats aside, it was unquestionable why South Africa are world champions and they would have taken some confidence in that show against a world class and in-form team like France. The Webb Ellis trophy holders will in 10 months play two group games, against Scotland…

MANAGER Mikel Arteta said he is hoping the World Cup break does not impede Arsenal’s momentum, after the north London club defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 on Saturday to take a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Captain Martin Odegaard scored both goals as Arsenal beat Wolves to get to 37 points, extending their lead over second-placed Manchester City, who lost at home to Brentford earlier in the day. There will be a mid-season break to accommodate the World Cup, which runs from November 20 to December 18 in Qatar. The league will resume on Boxing Day. “I would train tomorrow but unfortunately they’re not here,” Arteta told the BBC. “I wish those going to the World Cup the best and they will look after themselves; I hope…

A FORTY-year-old man is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court this morning on a charge of murder after allegedly stabbing a homeless man in Sea Point. An argument that had broken out between the two men – one a resident of the homeless “Tent City”, and the other a visitor to the settlement – turned violent, and the visitor was stabbed with a knife. The man who had been stabbed ran across the road to the police station, but he collapsed and died on its doorstep. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the circumstances surrounding the fatal stabbing incident were under investigation. “According to reports, the Sea Point SAPS detective commander was in his office when he heard a fight and shouting that seemed to be just…

The ANC had its policy conference in July this year. It was dominated by in-fighting about a second term for the current president and the allegations of corruption against him and others, as well as the step-aside rule. This past weekend, the National Executive Committee met in preparation for the December elective conference and the same issues are dominating t he agenda. The ANC has, at branch and national levels, descended into a party with no visible evidence of its much-vaunted renewal and without any cohesive vision for South Africa. It shows the people of the country it governs that all it has finally become are a bunch of aged and angered activists who want their turn at the power levers and cash registers of South Africa. Its overall stance…

Fresh from securing a historic third term as China’s top leader, President Xi Jinping is poised for a triumphant re-entry to the world stage at a pivotal G20 summit this week. After almost three years of self- imposed pandemic isolation where international diplomacy was largely conducted by video link, China now aims to shore up its global alliances – especially with developing countries – in the face of increased competition with the US and a world environment destabilised by the Ukraine war. A flurry of state visits to China in the past weeks have highlighted the importance of maintaining trade and diplomatic ties – even as China acts more assertively to defend its interests. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defied fierce domestic criticism to visit Beijing on November 4 with a…

Bullying is getting out of hand at the province’s schools, with several incidents over the past few days showing violent incidents on playgrounds. In one video that went viral, a Grade 8 pupil at Zandvliet Secondary School in Macassar was beaten in front of a large group of students by a fellow Grade 8 pupil. A 47-second video clip taken by a spectator, who could be heard laughing and encouraging the violence, shows the pupil repeatedly punched and kicked while the perpetrator continued to hurl abuse at her. The perpetrator took hold of the victim’s hair and threw her to the ground while continuing her attacks. The more than 20 pupils at the scene could be heard laughing and encouraging the attack, with one pupil moving closer and smoking a…

The League of Friends of the Blind (Lofob) has bemoaned relentless attacks by opportunistic thieves targeting its building. Lofob Board treasurer Philip Bam said over the last few years there had been numerous thefts from the property of copper pipes, resulting in considerable water loss. “One year we reported 11 cases to the SAPS. Two weeks ago, a dot bell and piping were ripped out at the residence for ladies. A water pipe was broken as the thief clammed the copper bend. The matter was reported to the SAPS but the case closed within a few days without any investigator having spoken to staff. Lofob managed to beef-up security after the spate of copper pipes thefts but the thieves found some weakness in the system,” Bam said. The non-governmental organisation,…

Retired Major-General Jooste was headhunted for the position of commanding officer, special projects, at SANParks where he was responsible for developing, planning and executing an anti-poaching strategy. Tony Park is a novelist who divides his time between his home country, Australia, and the South African bush, which features prominently in his well-loved novels. Together they created Rhino War, which chronicles the three years, or 1 000 days, starting in 2012, in which Jooste took up his controversial position and transformed the anti-poaching unit of the Kruger National Park into a force to be reckoned with. South Africa has the distinction of successfully bringing back the endangered rhino from extinction; however, the numbers of rhinos started dropping again through poaching. The scrappy beginning of Jooste’s appointment was the first area of…

IN THE article, “Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis asked to lease Cissie Gool House to the occupiers” (Cape Argus, November 8), readers are not informed of the City’s plans to develop social housing at this site. Around 700 social housing units are possible in the Woodstock Hospital precinct, making it one of the biggest projects in the area. However, an orchestrated building hijacking of this property remains the biggest obstacle to social housing development of the site. The City cannot implement social housing projects on sites which have been illegally occupied, or buildings that have been hijacked, and is hopeful that a process of engagement will result in the vacation of the site without the need for a costly and time-consuming eviction process. The context is as follows: In March 2017, in…

Following the release of the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry report into racism at Stellenbosch University (SU), the university in partnership with Nelson Mandela University and Bath University will host a “Race and Transformation in Higher Education” conference this week. The conference will take place from November 15-17 from 8.30am to 4.30pm at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) at 10 Marais Road, Stellenbosch. The Khampepe Commission, led by retired Judge Sisi Khampepe, released its 184-page report last week. SU rector and vice-chancellor Professor Wim de Villiers requested the independent, external commission of inquiry following two incidents in May, with the commission formally commencing its work on June 13. SU said the conference would look at how race intersects with notions of class, gender, sexuality, language and other markers of…

The US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On October 26 it issued a security alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton, the financial centre of Johannesburg. Days later it blacklisted four individuals and eight companies as terrorist financiers for Islamic State (Isis). This followed media reports, most notably by The Economist, showing that Isis was using South Africa to add to its war chest. There is a long history of concerns about the country’s deficiencies in dealing with terrorism financing activities within its borders. More than 15 years ago, American terrorism expert John Solomon warned that lawlessness and government corruption in the country facilitated terrorist financing. I have been researching terrorist financing within South Africa for many years. In…

Ankara: Türkiye has appointed an ambassador to Israel after a gap of four years in the latest step to normalise ties with the Jewish state. Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, a veteran diplomat who had served as Türkiye’s consul general in Jerusalem between 2010 and 2014, was named to the post at the weekend, Turkish media reported. Ankara withdrew its ambassador to Israel in May 2018 and dismissed the Israeli envoy over the killing of dozens of Palestinians. But Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a congratulatory letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his victory in elections held earlier this month. |…

ENGLAND’S Tommy Fleetwood became the seventh player to defend ‘Africa’s Major’ as he won the Nedbank Golf Challenge by one shot over New Zealand’s Ryan Fox at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City yesterday. With no tournament in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Fleetwood was the defending champion with his victory in 2019. In the previous 39 editions of the NGC, there had only been six players to successfully defend their title. Those players are Seve Ballesteros (1983 and 1984), David Frost (1989 and 1990), Nick Price (1997 and 1998), Ernie Els (1999 and 2000), Jim Furyk (2005 and 2006), and Lee Westwood (2010 and 2011). Fleetwood finished on 11-under-par after a closing with a five-under 67, with Fox one adrift on 10-under after a…

THE curtain came down on schools cricket in Cape Town when Rondebosch hosted traditional rivals Bishops in their derby fixture on Saturday. A powerful Bosch team with six provincial players in their line-up proved too strong for the visitors, winning by 133 runs. Rondebosch won the toss and elected to bat on a batting-friendly wicket. They started cautiously, with openers Maahir Joseph and Jordan Neill watchful against a disciplined Bishops bowling attack. Joseph (7) was first to be dismissed, trapped lbw by Ross Morgan, and when captain Fayaad Daniels (0) was bowled by Fayaad Domingo shortly afterwards, Rondebosch were 47/2. It was left to Neill (55) to rebuild the innings, as he mixed caution with aggression to unfurl some attractive drives on either side of the wicket. His innings, which…