Indholdsfortegnelse for 2024-06-11 i Cape Argus

South African singer and songwriter, Tyla is securing her bag. The popiano sensation, who recently became the country’s youngest Grammy Award winner, has already started collaborating with some of the world’s biggest fashion houses and technology brands. In February, the Water hitmaker partnered with American fashion brand, Gap. The 22-year-old led their spring 2024 campaign, “Linen Moves”, which is a fusion of fashion, music and dance, celebrating originality and self-expression. These are all qualities the songstress has become renowned for embodying and this campaign marked her debut in the fashion mainstream. Gap has a storied history of partnering with big artists and Tyla joins the likes of LL Cool J, Madonna and Missy Elliott, who have been ambassadors for the major retailer. In the advert, Tyla can be seen dancing…

After threatening to derail the first sitting of the 7th Parliament through a court interdict and indicating that it would boycott the meeting, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) 58 MPs had their flights to, and accommodation in, Cape Town cancelled. Parliament will meet on Friday to elect a Speaker, president and deputy president more than two weeks since a historic election in which the ANC lost its absolute majority for the first time in 30 years. But MKP founder Jabulani Khumalo, who is embroiled in a high court tussle over the leadership of the party, yesterday indicated that he would attend the first sitting and be sworn in as an MP as his name appears on the list of the party’s representatives. The MKP’s faction, aligned to Jacob Zuma, had…

A FORMER student at the Western Cape College of Nursing in Athlone has taken the stand against convicted killer Luyanda Botha in the Wynberg Regional Court to reveal what happened on the night he allegedly tried to rape a fellow student. Five years after being convicted for the rape and murder of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, Botha is back in court as he now faces an attempted rape charge dating back to 2014. The Post Office employee was caught in 2019 for killing the 19-year-old student at the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont in August that year. The indictment further stated that Mrwetyana was raped twice, her body hidden inside the safe of the post office, and then later dumped and doused with an accelerant before being set alight. Botha…

The future is uncertain for over 200 staffers who worked for the 10 outgoing KwaZulu-Natal ANC MECs after the party failed to retain the province during the recent elections. The ANC, which has been in government since 2004 after dislodging the IFP, failed for the first time in 20 years to defend the coastal province with a whooping budget of R150 billion. As the yet-to-be-known provincial government prepared to take the provincial government purse and levers of power, the ANC MECs, including Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube, were clearing their cabinets. Consequently, the lives of the staffers, who worked for them and linked to their tenures of offices, are in limbo. Some faced losing their bonded houses and vehicles, while others had pending instalments for their luxurious vehicles. A staff member…

SEVERAL homes in Wynberg were cut off from their electricity supply as a result of cable theft yesterday. Ward councillor Carmen Siebritz said about six streets with between 40 and 50 homes were impacted by power outages as a result of the theft. The affected streets were Mission Road, Vine Road, Sussex Road, Good Hope Road, Shiplake Road and Lower Piers Road. Siebritz said the latest incident of cable theft occurred in Mission Road, with the first complaint received at about 6am yesterday. She said 30 metres of three overhead conductors were stolen. “It’s not something that started happening recently. It’s something that’s been coming on for a while. It started on a Broad Road and they now seem to be moving towards the Castletown Road, Mission Road side of…

THE SOUTH African Zionist Federation (SAZF) strongly condemns the inflammatory and grossly biased statement issued by the outgoing South African government regarding the heroic hostage rescue operation carried out by the soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the Israel Security Agency (ISA), and the Israel Police Force (Yamam) in Nuseirat in central Gaza. This remarkable operation on Saturday successfully rescued four innocent Israeli civilians who had been cruelly abducted by the terrorist group Hamas. Noa Argamani 25, Almog Meir Jan 21, Andrey Kozlov 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were violently seized by Hamas last October from the “Nova” music festival. For months, they were held captive in unbearable conditions in the dense and heavily-populated Nuseirat area. Palestinian Chronicle journalist Abdallah Aljamal, who also wrote an article for Al Jazeera,…

Jabu Rakwena, Azapo national spokesperson, ends his biased opinion piece, “Coalition with like-minded parties ANC’s best option” (Daily News, June 7) thus: “Going into coalitions with the DA would spell the death knell for the ANC”. My rejoinder is: Who cares if the ANC dies? Any party dies when it has reached its sell-by date. Rakwena’s appeal to “like-minded” parties to join the ANC in a coalition smacks of tribalism in the extreme – the kind of tribalism that the MK Party is being accused of. The millions who voted for the face of MK, Jacob Zuma, simply ignored his many flaws and voted on racial and tribalistic lines. I am sure many Indians also voted for Zuma as they perceive him to be well disposed towards Indians. Perhaps he…

The recent South African general elections, which culminated in a hung Parliament, have left the nation in a state of political uncertainty. The MK Party’s (MKP) legal threats over the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) certification of the elections and its attempts to block the first parliamentary sitting have further exacerbated this instability. The MKP’s decision to boycott the parliamentary proceedings, resulting in Parliament’s refusal to book flights to and accommodation in Cape Town, underscores the deepening crisis in the nation’s political landscape. The MKP’s actions reflect a broader issue within South African politics: a growing disillusionment among citizens with the political process. The voter turnout of just 58.64% is a stark indicator of this disenchantment. South Africans are increasingly sceptical that their participation in elections will lead to meaningful…

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is oozing confidence that they’ll qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup if they win all their home matches in the group stage qualifiers. Bafana will host neighbours Zimbabwe in their fourth group stage qualifier at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein this evening (6pm kick-off). A win from that match will see the South African national team amass seven points in Group C, having beaten Benin and lost to Rwanda before holding Nigeria to a 1-all draw in Uyo on Friday night. Bafana’s draw with Nigeria was hard-earned as the team endured a lot of challenges, including flight delays, long bus trips and change in accommodation, ahead of the game. But having had a seamless trip from Uyo to Bloemfontein on Saturday, the team…

Renowned music producer and entrepreneur, Kabelo “Prince Kaybee” Motsamai recently visited the L-Tido podcast, where he provided clarity on some issues that have kept him on top of the trends list. But before he got into that, he told L-Tido about how he came to fame. “Before I got into the fame I was very selfless, I use to do things that were very disgusting in a way, because I come from the streets, bro ... When you are on the streets there is quite a lot that happens. “I left home after dropping out of Grade 11. I went to Bloemfontein, started hustling, I never told my mom where I was going. I was gone for three or four years, never saw my mom. So I was in the…

POLICE have confirmed that one of four people shot and killed in Nyanga at the weekend were related to six family members killed in the Eastern Cape. Provincial police commissioner Thembisile Patekile confirmed this yesterday while visiting the crime scene where three children were killed on Saturday in Site C, Khayelitsha. Police spokesperson, Andrè Traut, said Provincial Serious and Violent Crime detectives are pursuing leads to apprehend the suspects who shot and killed two men aged 32 and 38, and two females aged 22 and 25, in Nyanga on Sunday afternoon. “Unknown suspects opened fire at the victims at the Nyanga Hostels in Bush Street and fled the scene. “The motive for the murders is yet to be determined,” said Traut. The…

MANY buildings are standing empty, unused (and being destroyed in the process) or they are sold off to developers for luxury accommodation. In January, with the eviction of homeless people being fast-tracked by the City I, out of desperation, started a project called “Restart”. I approached a number of buildings mostly owned or leased by foreign nationals. They are located in the CBD, Bellville and Maitland. These buildings have been converted into accommodation facilities. Most of these facilities are high-rise buildings and have been converted into two or three 10-bedroom dormitories for short-term stays with the balance of the building being either two-person rooms or family rooms. The rooms are all lock-up rooms with a basin and lodgers share kitchen and bathroom facilities per floor. These buildings were converted into…

THE FOLLOWING text prompt was typed into the AI chatbot and virtual assistance ChatGPT: “The United Nations has added Israel to the list of countries who harm children. Yet, prime minister Netanyahu maintains that the Israeli Defence Force is the most moral army in the world. More than 15 000 children have been killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Most schools and universities have been destroyed by the IDF denying 625 000 children an education. Write a satirical article of not more than 250 words about these matters.” ChatGPT generated the following article: “A Moral Army’s Miraculous Feats in Gaza. In a world rife with moral ambiguity, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s unwavering assertion that the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) is the most moral army in the…

Amid the climate crisis, it is easy to be overwhelmed and pessimistic about the prospect of securing a sustainable and healthy future feeling like a distant and unachievable reality. Despite this, our coastlines provide a source of hope. Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) have emerged as crucial components in climate change mitigation strategies. This year, the theme for World Oceans Day (June 8), “Catalysing action for our ocean and climate”, provided a great opportunity to champion the unsung coastal custodians. BCEs are coastal and marine ecosystems that feature mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes. The ecosystems can potentially be major role players in the fight against climate change, as they capture and store carbon in their vegetation and the soil in which they grow. They can do this at a much faster…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East yesterday hoping to deliver the ceasefire that President Joe Biden proposed last month, in an all-out push by Washington to secure an end to the Gaza war. Speaking after meeting Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on the first stop on his trip, Blinken said Hamas was the only side that had yet to agree to Biden’s ceasefire proposal, which Washington says Israel has already accepted. “My message to governments throughout the region, to people throughout the region, is if you want a ceasefire, press Hamas to say yes,” Blinken told reporters before departing Egypt to visit Israel where he was due to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sisi said it was important to lift obstacles to humanitarian…

SINGER-songwriter Ross Learmonth has entered a new era in his career that has allowed him to showcase not only his longevity as an artist, but his true talent as a songwriter. Since his departure as the frontman of renowned local rock group Prime Circle, Learmonth’s first few singles Wild, Screaming and Young all went to number one across a variety of South African radio stations. “It’s been incredible. It’s for the good and the bad,” he explained about his new era as a solo artist. “I think it’s been great to do that just to sort of allow people to be who they are and things to be what they are and get over yourself a little bit.” Chasing the goal of trying to write a good song has been…

A STRAND Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) member is due back in court for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old waiter near the Greenways Golf Estate on Beach Road. Following a viral video of the alleged incident showing accused NHW member, Michael Lamprecht, 47, allegedly attacking Martin Roos, 22, police confirmed that Lamprecht was arrested and appeared in the Strand Magistrate’s Court. “Strand police registered an assault case for investigation following an incident on Saturday May 25, 2024 at Greenways Golf Estate, Strand. A suspect was arrested on Tuesday, May 30, and he appeared in court on June 4. “The case was remanded until August 8,” Traut said. In the video taken from an apartment above, a man is seen dressed in a black jacket and grey cap, standing over Roos as he tries…

Confidence placed by the Senegalese people in the president ial candidate from the opposition, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is starting to bear fruit. The president, who came to power with pan-African slogans and promised to restore the sovereignty of the republic, is already demonstrating impressive results just months after the elections. For example, Dakar is now actively working to strengthen ties and deepen integration with partners in the Sahel. On May 30, Faye arrived with his first official visit to Mali and Burkina Faso. On the trip, the president of Senegal raised the issue of returning these countries to the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). Earlier, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their withdrawal from the organisation due to the sanctions imposed on them, which they regarded as illegal,…

I AM confused about the state of governance following the elections outcome. The ANC has been the governing party since 1994. Since then we have had many elections which brought no drastic changes because the ANC won all the elections in co-operation with its alliance partners. However, for the first time, the ANC lost its majority in the last elections and that, according to my understanding, should mean we have no government in place until a new one is formed. This can take any form, something I find very confusing because the ANC had Cosatu and the SACP as alliance partners. If the new government takes the form of a coalition, will Cosatu and the SACP be part of their coalition? There had been many instances where the…

In a 2022 article, Is Ramaphosa deliberately bringing the ANC and the country into disrepute?, political analyst Sipho Singiswa posed the question: “Is Ramaphosa treating the ANC in the same way as he is dealing with SOEs – by running it into the ground in order to break it from the inside? After all, he is the poster boy of the corporate class with the mandate to leverage his influence to advocate for and ‘achieve’ corporate-friendly policy amendments, especially the South African Mining Policies. “If so is this to ensure that the ANC’s electoral dominance is destroyed by creating the possibility of a coalition government out of a selection of neo-liberal parties and in collusion with his long-time business partners to uphold and entrench the corporate status quo, protected from…

All-rounder Nadine de Klerk has called on the Proteas Women’s team to be “positive and brave” on their tour of India. The Proteas have arrived on the subcontinent for an all-format tour that includes three ODIs, three T20Is and a solitary maiden Test. It is the first tour in more than a decade where the Proteas Women’s team will be without former head coach Hilton Moreeng. Bowling coach Dillon du Perez has been handed the reins on an interim basis. The team also has a new batting coach in Baakier Abrahams, who has enjoyed great success with the double SA20 champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape the past two seasons, and will hopefully look to replicate that with the Proteas Women’s team. There has been significant progress since Abrahams took over on…