Innehållsförteckning för 2024-03-26 från Cape Argus

Excitement is mounting for the renowned Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), which is set to take place in May. This year’s edition marks a temporary departure from its traditional March slot. It will run from May 3 - 4 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, following postponements and a four-year hiatus. For its 24th offering, Africa’s premier jazz celebration promises to be bigger and better than ever as new talents, formats and stages will be introduced. From international stars to local talents, this year’s CTIJF line-up is set to be a sensory treat. These are some of the artists who be will performing at this year’s event: Matt Bianco The British band burst onto the scene with their fusion of jazz, pop and a touch of spy-themed allure.…

Award-winning rapper Emtee has officially joined forces with the world-renowned record label and distribution company, Empire. The signing marks a pivotal moment in Emtee’s career as he aligns himself with an industry giant who has shaped the careers of music icons globally. Emtee, recognised for his lyricism and infectious hooks, re-emerges onto the mainstream stage with an alliance that promises to redefine the music landscape. After years of silence, he is set to reclaim his throne in the industry, not only in South Africa but on the global stage. To celebrate the signing, the rapper has released a euphoric anthem titled Good Time. The track encapsulates the essence of carefree joy, emphasising the importance of cherishing moments with loved ones without any worries weighing them down. Good Time serves as…

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says it is concerned and disappointed by yesterday’s postponement of the court judgment by the Electoral Court which was supposed to have been handed down electronically at 11am. The judgment yesterday by the Supreme Court of Appeal Electoral Court in Bloemfontein, Free State, has been moved to today to now be handed down by the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg. It was reported that an electronic copy was supposed to have been sent to litigants today, but that was retracted. Yesterday, the ANC was due to give an update following the judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. Court chairperson Delisile Nhlapho informed the affected parties that there were some details the court was dealing with. “Kindly note that there are changes effected regarding…

LOURENTIA Lombaard, who confessed to the charges relating to the disappearance of Joshlin Smith, has decided to abandon the right to apply for bail. Appearing in front of magistrate Yolisa Sipoyo in Vredenburg yesterday, the 31-year-old Saldanha Bay woman confirmed that she would not go ahead with her bail application. She is the fourth person to be charged with trafficking in persons for the purpose of exploitation and kidnapping. Joshlin, 6, was reported missing on February 20, the day after she disappeared. Her mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, 33, said she left her eldest daughter at home with her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis, as she was ill that morning. When she returned from work Joshlin was not at…

Peter de Villiers’ membership in the GOOD Party has been terminated by the party’s national management committee (NMC) following charges of sexual harassment against him. The 66-year-old former Springbok coach was suspended after he allegedly made sexual advances to a party member in January. De Villiers allegedly groped a fellow public representative of the party and was suspended after a complaint was lodged with the SAPS. According to the party, this alleged incident happened while he dropped the complainant off at home after an event at the end of January and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The complainant reported De Villiers to GOOD’s national structure. The GOOD Party’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, confirmed De Villiers’ suspension. GOOD’s NMC has terminated Peter de Villiers’ membership of the party and removed him as a…

NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will not face immediate arrest, as ruled by Pretoria High Court Judge Sulet Potterill. Potterill said the decision to arrest her would be withheld until her ruling on April 2. Potterill heard Mapisa-Nqakula’s urgent application yesterday to interdict the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Investigating Directorate (ID) from arresting her. Initially, Potterill postponed the court proceedings to 3pm so that she could review the court papers submitted by both parties. During the proceedings, the speaker’s legal counsel, Reg Willis, argued against her arrest, stating that she posed no risk of self-harm, harm to others, or interference with witnesses. According to Willis, the NPA refused to provide her client with a formal pledge that they would not arrest her while awaiting her April 9 application against the…

CEMAIR airline is hellbent on stopping its passengers from applying their natural rights. No No 1 or 2 on their flights … sorry for you!! This insane removal of toilet facilities on their aircraft is bizarre. Imagine sitting on a flight and nature calls … and there is nothing you can do about it. Except, taking a barf bag and relieving yourself in full view of your fellow passengers. Heaven forbid that you have to relieve yourself of a number 2. Shew … Cemair is an unhealthy outfit to fly with!! You have been warned.…

THERE is a great lesson the opposition can learn from the demise of the ANC in the Dullah Omar region and in the entire Western Cape. Once in power, it started to be arrogant, undermined hard-working people, silenced different views and later in 2006 imposed candidates on wards where people had their own preferences. Factionalism superseded logic as those who were in close proximity to a certain faction were ranked high on the lists and placed into positions of power in government. Some leaders fuelled and sustained race-based factionalism for their own personal gains. It got to a point in 2009 where Western Cape residents decided to use their vote wisely to put an end to arrogance, nepotism, maladministration, corruption, job for pals and family members. |…

If oil disappeared tomorrow, there would be no more jet fuel, petrol or diesel. Internal combustion-engine cars, buses and trucks would be stranded. Aircraft powered by jet fuel would be grounded. Freight and passenger rail powered by diesel would halt. People would not be able to get to work or children to school. The shipping industry, transporting freight and passengers, would grind to a halt. There would be no point calling emergency services. The majority of ambulances, fire engines, police cars, rescue helicopters and other emergency vehicles would be stationary. Most cellphones and computers would also vanish as their plastic components derive from oil, so it would be a struggle to find a way of communicating with the emergency services anyway. The construction sector would halt as diesel-powered vehicles would…

Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry. That in turn could inspire watchdogs around the world to pile on, as evidenced in the growing number of antitrust probes in various countries following the opening of EU and US cases. Since AT&T was broken up exactly 40 years ago, no company has faced the possibility of a regulator-led break-up in the US until now. Google has said it disagreed with the EU’s accusations while Apple said the US lawsuit was wrong on the facts and the law. In 1984, AT&T T.N, also known as Ma Bell, was broken…

Western Province coach Salieg Nackerdien is hoping his team can start using some “common sense” ahead of their CSA T20 Challenge match against the Tuskers at Newlands tomorrow (1pm start). Province have tied two of their last three matches, with the game against the Lions being lost in a Super Over, when Kwena Maphaka defended just 10 runs. Worse was to follow against the Titans at the Wanderers last Saturday, when Province were cruising to victory in pursuit of 148. Openers David Bedingham and Eddie Moore struck half-centuries in a 92-run first-wicket partnership. However, a middle-order collapse precipitated by David Wiese’s four wickets saw the Titans manage to sneak a tie via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method with one over remaining and Province still needing 10 more runs when the heavens opened…

A TWELVE-year-old karateka from Mitchells Plain has appealed for help from the public to get her to Johannesburg, where she will be representing Western Province at the South African Japan Karate Association (JKA) championships in May. Alaine Fielies fell in love with karate when her grandfather took her to a dojo while she was in Grade R at West End Primary School in Mitchells Plain. The South African JKA championships will be hosted at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena from May 17 to May 18. For the black and brown belts, a team will be selected there to represent SA JKA at the World Champs in Japan in October. She needs R6 000 to compete in Joburg. The selection of the WP JKA team took place at the provincial…

Israel as a nation-state will not survive its genocide against the Palestinian people as the entire world is repulsed by the Zionist strategy to exterminate Palestinians just like the Nazis did to European Jews. Ironically, most ardent Zionists are not Jews and do not live in Israel. Leading Zionists Pres Joe Biden, Deputy President Harris, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Benjamin Netanyahu etc are in truth disciples of vile evil. They operate in the “limelight” but serve darkness. In contrast, decent people worship God and seek truth and justice. Sadly many evil people are in global politics and economic leadership who “pretend” to be Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc but they serve evil. They generate conflict while making fancy speeches about democracy, human rights and…

Our high-octane politics and political scene resemble a John Le Carré thriller: a multibillionaire commits suicide on a lonely stretch of coastline; a prominent business figure with close ties to the establishment dies in a mysterious bridge crash; the Speaker of Parliament unexpectedly takes special leave from her duties under a cloud; while whistle-blowers are brazenly murdered. From the corridors of political power to the boardroom of multibillion-rand private and public institutions, a multitude of names in our lawless country have lost public favour over the past two decades. Many who are sitting on various power thrones are the subject of serious crime investigations, yet thay have the temerity to brazenly commit perjury and lie under oath while treated as celebrities, their distorted images shamelessly displayed in our gory hall…

Climate change policymakers should be addressing droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin, rather than as separate phenomena. As changes to weather patterns become increasingly visible, the interplay between the two – and how their impacts feed off and intensify each other – must be critical in how we develop climate resilience. Cape Town’s narrow avoidance of day zero in 2017 should have been a once-in-a-century event. Instead, climate change has made it three times more likely. Similar patterns apply to the 2022 floods in Durban, the most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in KwaZulu-Natal. Studies have found that climate change has doubled the likelihood of extreme rainfall occurring – from once every 40 years to once every 20 years. Climate change is leading to prolonged periods…

DAKAR: Early results in Senegal’s presidential election suggest opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye may have clinched an outright majority, though his rival in the ruling coalition said a run-off vote would be needed to determine the winner. Opposition supporters celebrated in the streets of the capital Dakar into yesterday after local media channels started announcing polling station tallies that put Faye, 44, comfortably ahead of his main rival, Amadou Ba. Several opposition contenders in Sunday’s election conceded defeat to Faye. An analyst put Faye ahead with around 57% against 31% for Ba. Official results are expected to be announced on Friday. | Reuters…

It will be first versus second when the unbeaten Warriors visit the Lions at the Wanderers in tomorrow’s Cricket SA T20 Challenge clash. Although second, the Lions have had close encounters that could have gone either way, and will need to bring their A-game to stop the Warriors. The Eastern Cape outfit make the long trip to Johannesburg following a comfortable 24-run win over the North West Dragons at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Sunday. The victory saw them move to 27 points. The Lions limped to 90-5 in their 15 overs after there was a delayed start due to rain on Saturday against the KZN Tuskers at the Wanderers. The Tuskers chased down the total and won with 20 balls to spare, and with that, they secured their…

THE University of the Western Cape (UWC) Student Representative Council (SRC) has apologised to the LGBTQIA+ student community following a recent homophobic comment made by its gender and security officer. In a statement yesterday, the SRC said the remark, loosely translated in English to “they repulse me” was made on Facebook, in reference to another translated post which read, “Girls who date other girls”. SRC acting president Siyabonga Sgudla said the SRC became aware of the comment on Sunday night. A statement on the incident was released early yesterday morning. “It is crucially important for the UWC student community to take note that the SRC is firmly against any form of unfair discrimination, including homophobia. It is with no doubt that the SRC is extremely disappointed by the conduct of…

GAUTENG Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the opposition to National Health Insurance is baffling. What is baffling is to have a government that assumes that a country with a 32.1% unemployment rate can successfully implement and sustain universal healthcare coverage when countries with a 3.5% unemployment rate are working very hard to deal with challenges facing their universal healthcare (UHC) services. This even though they have for many years, since 1948, conducted an aggressive recruitment campaign, in all corners of the world, to get expatriates to support their UHC financially, to sustain it, and also contributing to their staffing levels. Why is it so difficult and impossible for the premier to understand such a simple explanation, which has been repeated over and over again? Another point Mr Lesufi deliberately ignores is…

Like Europe, North America has become acquiescent to radical Islam. Democratic and liberal undertakings have demonstrated why Jews can no longer feel safe. Radical Islam has been waging a 100-year war against the West. Prior to WW I, much of the Middle East was under Turkish control. The population was mostly Muslim. Christians and Jews were Dhimmi. They were humiliated and belittled. The Arabic word for blacks is Abeed, meaning slave. The leader of the British mandate’s Arabs was Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He instigated pogroms against the Jews from the 1920s. In Egypt, 1928, Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood. He called to replace the West with a Caliphate. The Brotherhood includes CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), the National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Muslim Students…

I WAS ASKED at a service yesterday, how can the church serve the homeless? It got me thinking. I would like to share my thoughts on this. The church can serve the homeless by making their facilities accessible to them. In most cases, the biggest asset a church has is its facilities, and often they are underutilised. It is important to consider using their buildings to meet the needs of the communities they serve. Often, the people the church doesn’t reach on Sunday mornings have needs starting on Monday. They may need computer lab access to develop résumés and apply for jobs. Students may need a place to complete homework assignments or just to play computer games. Local community development organisations that link with a church’s vision may need a…

IT IS incumbent on us as South Africans to demand the highest standards from those who occupy the highest positions in this land. The highest levels of integrity, ethics, accountability and professionalism. We must demand uncorrupted and incorruptible leaders of unimpeachable character, who will lead from the front and lead by example. There can be no room for doubt, else the office-bearer will be continually subjected to suspicion and scrutiny. Which is the case with our (honourable) Parliamentary Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula – who faces arrest after being accused of receiving bribes amounting to R2.3 million from a service provider in the Department of Defence during her tenure as minister of defence. Last week, her home was searched by the Hawks. Mapisa-Nqakula has since applied to the court to interdict her…

World No 3 Jannik Sinner survived a scare from Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor as he moved into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 5-7 7-5 6-1 victory on Sunday night. The second seed Italian, a two-time finalist in Miami, struggled against Griekspoor’s power play in the first set, but turned the contest around after a rain break at 3-3 in the second set. Sinner came out fighting and took the second, before utterly dominating the third to book his place in the last 16. “I think even the first set was really close, but it (got) away,” said Sinner. “I think mentally I tried to stay strong, which I did, and I was in a tough situation today. “After the rain came, I tried to come back a…