Indholdsfortegnelse for 2024-06-24 i Cape Argus

Southern suburbs residents are bracing for a challenging 3-day water outage that will affect 22 areas from today. The 72-hour disruption comes as the City of Cape Town embarks on essential maintenance along the Cape Flats water network. Water and sanitation Mayco member Zahid Badroodien urged residents to stockpile enough water in cleaned, sealed containers for their household. The areas affected are Wynberg, Wetton, Ottery, Plumstead, Diep River, Southfield, Elfindale, Heathfield, Retreat, Steenberg, Lavender Hill, Seawinds, Vrygrond, Muizenberg, Parkwood, Lotus River, Grassy Park, Zeekoevlei, Pelican Park, Pelican Heights, Peacock Close and Eagle Park. Remaining positive about the next few days is Mark Rossouw from Steenberg, who welcomed the maintenance. “The City will provide tankers at strategic points so that people don’t really run out of water, but there has been…

The Steenberg Community Policing Forum (CPF) said it was confused by a spate of killings in the precinct. This comes after two people were killed at the weekend, on the back of other shootings and stabbings last week. CPF chairperson Gavin Walbrugh said they didn’t believe the murders were gang related. “I don’t know if the most recent was gang related, the shooting happened on Friday night in Cafda in addition to a shooting on Thursday night, and there was a stabbing on Wednesday morning on the M5. We are not sure if it was gang related. “We don’t know who is shooting who. We are taken aback by all of this. “We made our own investigation and gangsters said they have no issues with anyone. “And that is a…

IOL and Independent Media condemn the appalling abuse and threats directed at several of our journalists, editors, our proprietor Dr Iqbal Survé, and his family following the publication of a story involving a racist video created by DA MP Renaldo Gouws. These threats, including those of a violent nature, are intolerable and will be addressed with the utmost seriousness. We will not be cowed. The video clip which formed the basis of the story was initially leaked to IOL. Our editorial teams conducted thorough due diligence, reaching out to Gouws, DA Federal chairperson Helen Zille, and DA communications director Richard Newton to verify the video clips authenticity before publication. We also took an added step of making use of an independent open source software expert to examine the video clip.…

THE Springboks know it will take some time for the new players and coaches to find each other in the system, but Saturday’s convincing win over Wales at Twickenham was a welcome confidence boost ahead of a gruelling Test season. It was a second successive win at the same neutral ground as the world champions ran in five tries to defeat the Welsh 41-13 in an entertaining clash in London that showed some cracks here and there. Overall, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was pleased with the performance and the base they laid for the incoming Test series against Ireland starting in two weeks. The Boks and the Irish will clash in Pretoria (July 6) and Durban (July 13) in a highly anticipated repeat of a thrilling World Cup group stage…

THE technical teams of Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana will be highly relieved now that CAF has announced the dates of the continent’s premier team events Afcon and Wafcon. CAF has tried to stage these continental events every two years because these tournaments produce an important source of CAF's revenue. CAF made a $80 million profit from the last Afcon, hosted by the Ivory Coast in January and February this year. This was a dramatic increase from previous editions, which produced an average profit of around $4m. Other Fifa federations stage their continental team events, like the European Championship, Copa America and Asian Cup, every four years. Banyana Banyana, the reigning Wafcon champions, toured Senegal last month and they said it was part of the team’s preparation for Wafcon, presumably…

Donald Sutherland, one of Canada’s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as Klute, Ordinary People and The Hunger Games, has been remembered for his legendary contributions to the industry. The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday at the age of 88, his actor son, Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media. A tall man with a deep voice, piercing blue eyes and a mischievous smile, the renowned actor switched effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads opposite the likes of Jane Fonda and Julie Christie. He also played his share of oddballs and villains. One of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the 70s, he remained in demand for film and TV projects into his 80s.…

A GROUP of pensioners who paid R26 000 each for 14 nights in Thailand only to be left high and dry on the eve of their departure say they’ve been scammed and want their money back. The 80 would-be travellers were expected to leave on June 20, but were informed a week prior that their long-awaited tour was cancelled without refund. Sharon Lategan, 64, from Strand, said that in her area, they were a group of 10 people who each paid R26 000 to Prudence November from “Angelique’s Tours”. “We know the woman who was the organiser, someone saw the flyer on her WhatsApp status last year, but prior to this we heard about it from our friends. “She would organise successful boat trips to Namibia and people would…

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party and its youth league has called for the immediate resignation or dismissal of Dr Nomsa Masuku from the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC). This comes after Masuku was recently charged with fraud involving R1.2 million during her previous tenure at Standard Bank. On Friday, Masuku appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court sitting in Palm Ridge on charges of theft, fraud and money laundering. According to media reports, these offences were allegedly committed during her tenure as head of Standard Bank’s Corporate Social Investments (CSI) Programme. In a statement, the MK Party, through its spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said Masuku’s presence in the structures of the commission present a significant threat to the integrity and credibility of the IEC which should be beyond reproach. “Her arrest…

The EFF, Vuyo Zungula’s African Transformation Movement (ATM) and United Africans Transformation (UAT) have been given the cold shoulder, after the quick exit from the Progressive Caucus by the United Democratic Movement and Al Jama-ah, On Saturday, the ANC confirmed that, thus far, 10 parties had joined the Government of National Unity (GNU), including the UDM and Al Jama-ah. “The first phase for parties to join the GNU initiative has therefore been concluded. The parties constituting the GNU together secured over 70% of the vote in the 2024 elections, ensuring broad representativity and a strong mandate to govern. “These parties have agreed to be bound by the foundational principles outlined in the Statement of Intent, and to work together to pursue its objectives,” the ANC said. Changing its tune, the…

With the anxiety and excitement of the May 2024 elections fading, we are eagerly anticipating the outcome of the dominant or larger political parties negotiating the process of reshaping the government and its constitutional structures. This is an opportune time to consider what changes are needed in South Africa and how good governance can benefit everyone in this amazing country. It is also appropriate to consider what should and could change in South Africa, and why the “visible hand” of good governance should be the prime consideration for the new administration. The primary goal of politicians should now, of course, be joining hands and focusing on addressing the most critical issues facing us: inequality, unemployment and poverty. Despite our best intentions, we have struggled to achieve some of the laudable…

RONWEN Williams became only the third goalkeeper in the history of the PSL to win the PSL Footballer of the Season award to cap a season that saw him help Mamelodi Sundowns to an almost invincible campaign. Williams was a central figure in the Brazilians going unbeaten in their 29 league matches, only to lose to Cape Town City on the final match day of a season that saw Sundowns capturing a seventh successive Premiership title. The goalkeeper, who also keeps goals for the country’s senior national team, was honoured in the 2023/24 PSL Awards last night – his victory seeing him emulate his mentor Andre Arendse as well as Itumeleng Khune, both of whom also wore the Bafana Bafana jersey. Williams also took the Goalkeeper of the Season award…

Franco Smith is a seasoned campaigner, having played and coached across the globe. But it seems as if he has a special bond with Scotland. He made his Springbok debut at Murrayfield in December 1997, as Nick Mallett’s team won 68-10, and now he’s won his first major international trophy as a coach with the Glasgow Warriors. Saturday night’s gripping 21-16 United Rugby Championship triumph over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld was a homecoming of sorts for the 51-year-old Smith, who played out of Pretoria for a good few years after leaving Griquas. It is where he spent most of his career as a Springbok, and now it was the scene of his finest moment as a coach. Smith is regarded as a serious guy who doesn’t drop his guard…

Red Bull’s three-time world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday from McLaren’s pole-sitter Lando Norris to extend his lead in the world championship. Lewis Hamilton completed the podium at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit for the Mercedes seven-time former champion’s first podium of the season. This was Verstappen’s 61st career win, seventh of the season, and fourth at the track where he first shot onto the F1 scene as a teenager in 2016. It pushed him another step further to a fourth straight title with Austria and Silverstone coming up over the next two weekends. Fourth-placed George Russell in the other Mercedes enjoyed a stunning start. With Verstappen to the left of Norris, and Russell to the right of him in the charge into the first turn at the…

Award-winning actor, director, and producer Thabo Rametsi has ventured into the comic book industry. Rametsi and his partner, Thabiso Mabanna of Nguniverse Studios, have co-created Imbokodo, the first of a four-part comic book series. Rametsi is known for his commercially successful films like Kalushi, Amandla and Silverton Siege. Now, as he ventures into comic book writing, he hopes to one day create a cinematic universe. Imbokodo is a thrilling Afro-futuristic adventure featuring the greatest warriors in Ndawo. The new comic series tells the tale of a war breaking out among the Badimu, which casts a darkness over Ndawo. This darkness births genocide and war among the Muntu. And now a thousand years later, Ndawo remains divided into several empires. As the brutal war reaches a bloody crescendo, numerous young girls…

Police have seized counterfeit goods worth close to R28 million over the past three weeks in the Johannesburg CBD. In the biggest bust of fake goods made in the country this year, police seized R15.5m worth of counterfeit products at a shopping mall in the Johannesburg CBD at the weekend. Gauteng police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk said the operation resulted in the seizure of over 18 000 counterfeit items, which included shoes, sports apparel, handbags, caps and perfumes. The bust followed another operation when the national counterfeit goods unit pounced on a factory sewing fake branded clothes worth R6.6m at Rahima Moosa Street in the Johannesburg CBD last week. More than 7 000 counterfeit items were seized. “This is the biggest counterfeit manufacturing plant bust in the past year,” said…

FORMER Western Cape judge president John Hlophe is ready to lead uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) MPs in the National Assembly. Earlier this year Hlophe was the first judge, since 1994, to be impeached by a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly which had adopted Parliament’s justice portfolio committee report which affirmed findings by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The JSC had found that Hlophe had tried, in 2008, to influence two justices of the Constitutional Court on behalf of Jacob Zuma in the arms deal matter involving French arms company Thint (now known as Thales). Since his impeachment, Hlophe had lost his privileges including his pension and the right to be referred to as a judge. On Friday, the MK Party indicated that he would now lead its 58-member parliamentary…

Aspiring young sailors from Khayelitsha, Masiphumelele and the Cape Flats are embarking on a 5-day voyage aboard Nave Italia, the world’s largest active “brig” ship, to receive training from Italian Navy instructors. The Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) Sailing Academy students, accompanied by RCYC Academy manager Jennifer Burger, are expected to set sail today until June 30. The group will sail from Gaeta, a picturesque coastal city in central Italy, to Civitavecchia, Italy’s largest cruise port terminal. Among the enthusiastic group is Wanda Rala Rala, a 23-year-old who started his sailing journey in 2019. Rala Rala’s inspiration to be at sea came from a simple yet profound curiosity: the thrill of experiencing something entirely new. “I had never been on a boat or sailed before. The excitement of trying something…

WITH overnight and early morning temperatures already hovering close to 0°C and in some occasions dipping slightly below the freezing point, the primal instinct of needing to keep warm has kicked in. And true to the universal principle of causality, City Power, Johannesburg Metropolitan’s energy utility, has already started feeling weighed down by the high electricity consumption burden on the network. The current surge in energy demand has reached dangerously high and unprecedented levels and urgent action is required to prevent the collapse of the system. The strain on the system Before electricity reaches you as a customer, it travels through high-voltage transmission lines and as it approaches residential areas, it transitions to smaller, local distribution lines. These lines carry power to substations, where it undergoes a transformation to a…

For some players, a Test debut will bring plenty of nerves, but new Springbok Edwill van der Merwe was happy to take in the moment with little nervousness as he capped his performance with a brilliant try. The Lions winger had a long journey to becoming an international player, leaving Cape Town for Joburg for a better playing opportunity, and on Saturday he grabbed the chance in the Green and Gold with both hands to kickstart his journey with the world champions. Coach Rassie Erasmus was pleased with the winger’s performance and said the fact that he comes in as a 28-year-old debutant probably aided him in understanding the setup quicker than others would have. Van der Merwe played a crucial role in the 41-13 victory, making two early try-saving…

THE West Indies and South Africa have faced each other in 22 T20 International matches prior to their clash in Antigua this morning. Out of these 22 games, the score was deadlocked at 11 each after the Windies’ 3-0 clean sweep in the Caribbean last month. They have also met four times previously at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, starting with the very first game of the competition 17 years ago. We take a look back at these T20 World Cup previous encounters. @ The Wanderers, September 11, 2007 WI: 205/6 (Gayle 117) | SA: 208/2 (Gibbs 90*, Kemp 46*) – South Africa won by eight wickets (with 14 balls remaining) The opening match of the inaugural ICC Men’s World T20 – as it was known back…