Innehållsförteckning för 2024-05-03 från Cape Argus

Hilton Schilder and Carlo Mombelli, together with The Prisoners of Strange, will be among the star-studded Cape Town International Jazz Festival’s (CTIJF) line-up of international stars and local talents this weekend. The Mother City jazz veteran is thrilled to be returning to the spectacular musical extravaganza, dubbed “Africa’s Grandest Gathering”, after almost two decades. “I have performed at CTIJF in 2007, a long time ago,” he told Independent Media Lifestyle. Schilder added that “festinos”, as attendees are affectionately known, can look forward to new material from him, while he also “revisits some older compositions with vocals”. The musical maestro is also relishing the chance to fully express himself during the 21st edition of the gathering. “It's two different mindsets (recording in a studio and performing live) in that one has…

Daniel Radcliffe said he was saddened by JK Rowling’s comments about the trans community. The 58-year-old author has frequently made headlines for insisting gender is rooted in biology, with critics positioning her as “anti-trans”, and the 34-year-old actor – who shot to fame playing Harry Potter in the movie adaptations of her children’s books – doesn’t understand her stance. “It makes me really sad, ultimately, because I do look at the person that I met and the books that she wrote, and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic.” Radcliffe acknowledged that the author had played a key role in the path his life has taken, but insisted that didn’t mean he owed his beliefs to her. Last month, in response to…

“I am the Sheriff of Cape Town.” These were allegedly words uttered by alleged Sexy Boys gang boss Jerome “Donkie” Booysen amid clashes over tow truck turf fights in Cape Town. The claims arose in the Western Cape High Court this week during the ongoing trial against alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack, and others. The State introduced a new witness, “Mr B”, to testify about the death of slain tow truck driver Richard Josephs, who was killed just weeks after a heated meeting in September 2019. According to the State witness, who was also Josephs’s employer, issues arose with a company known as Sasha Tow Trucking and a meeting was subsequently called at Mike’s Kitchen in Milnerton. He said Josephs was sent to the restaurant prior to the meeting to…

The bail application of five of the seven men accused of the brazen assassination of Kiernan Forbes and his long-time friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane will continue at the Durban Magistrate’s Court today. During the closing arguments in the application yesterday, the defence team accused the State of deliberately delaying the case, while it does not have evidence linking the accused to the assassination. Advocate Paul Jorgensen, representing accused number four, Mziwethemba Gwabeni, the alleged mastermind, tore into the State’s case, saying it did not have evidence linking his client to the crime. Gwabeni is alleged to have received R803 455 through his company, Gwabs Mining, which he allegedly distributed among the co-accused after Forbes – also known as rap star AKA – was killed in February last year. While admitting…

When the novice Cheetahs coach Rassie Erasmus was using disco lights from the roof of the Free State stadium to signal messages to his players, he could not have had the faintest clue that he was on the path to an honorary doctorate from the North-West University (NWU). In between, of course, has been Currie Cup successes with the Cheetahs and two Rugby World Cups, yet Erasmus looked bashful and a touch overwhelmed on stage for the awarding of his degree. Adorned in full academic regalia, the Springbok coach was awarded – and this a mouthful – the degree Philosophiae Doctor (Honoris Causa), in the discipline of Coaching Science. Ultimately, it was a case of “arise Doctor Rassie” after the Dean had performed the rituals. And what an achievement it…

The Skeleton Gorge fire along the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) has been largely contained. The fire was caused on Sunday, April 28, by a lightning strike during inclement weather conditions. According to the South African National Parks (SANParks) spokesperson, JP Louw, the fire burnt approximately 283 hectares of veld. “Light rain and mist over the past few days have helped contain the fire’s spread on the Back Table, but isolated hot spots, smouldering stumps, as well as falling trees and rockfalls, remain a concern. “Following an assessment conducted by TMNP’s conservation and fire management teams, hiking trails along Constantia Nek and Newlands, as well as trails along the Back Table between Camps Bay, Hout Bay, and Orangekloof have been reopened,” Louw said. However, Skeleton Gorge and the contour path…

THREE have become two in the battle for the Premier League title with Arsenal and Manchester City still virtually inseparable with the finish line now looming large. Liverpool’s sudden slump means Arsenal and champions City are staging a repeat of last season’s duel, although this time Mikel Arteta’s side are refusing to blink. Arsenal, who host a tricky Bournemouth side tomorrow, has a one-point lead over City with three games remaining, although Pep Guardiola’s team crucially have one game more to play. City could find themselves four points adrift by the time they kick off against Wolverhampton Wanderers later tomorrow, although so far they have been ice cool under pressure. Arsenal threw down the gauntlet last weekend with a 3-2 victory away at arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur but City responded a…

MANCHESTER United have work to do in the transfer market in the close season if they are to get back to their best, manager Erik ten Hag said yesterday. United are sixth in the Premier League standings with 54 points, 13 fewer than fourth-placed Aston Villa and six below Tottenham Hotspur in fifth place. The Old Trafford side has four matches left in the league season. Ten Hag flagged the fact that United had suffered an alarming number of injuries, but said they would still need new recruits after falling short of expectations. “(There’s) always a lot of work, it’s normal when you go into a transfer window, but the injuries had a big impact,” Ten Hag told reporters ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash at 14th-placed Crystal Palace. “We…

RESIDENTS from Penlyn Estate near Athlone say they were shocked to hear screaming in their quiet neighbourhood, while a man allegedly held his family hostage. The drama unfolded in Eastview Street on Wednesday, when the 51-year-old man allegedly held his wife and granddaughter hostage at around 8am following an alleged domestic dispute. It is believed the neighbours heard the screaming and alerted the police. A source at the scene said police and a hostage negotiator attempted to defuse the situation, while a special unit entered the property to rescue the victims from the home. The source said the woman’s face, arm and neck were visibly injured when she left the house. “You could see she had been beaten. While he was being arrested, he uttered slurs and showed physical violence.”…

NORTHERN Ireland’s Ulster rugby team is a curious common denominator when it comes to the Challenge Cup semi-final between the Sharks and Clermont Auvergne in London tomorrow. The Belfast team lost to the Sharks on March 23 in a United Rugby Championship game in Durban to spark a revival for the home team, but Clermont beat the same team 53-14 in their Challenge Cup quarter-final a few weeks back. It is not that Ulster are useless – they are in seventh place on the URC log and are likely to win a play-off spot, something the 13th-placed Sharks can only dream of. The Sharks have given up on that one and put all their resources into winning the Challenge Cup, and earning a free passage into next season’s Champions Cup.…

THE honour of captaining Australia sits lightly on Mitchell Marsh’s shoulders as he prepares to lead the team in search of an unprecedented treble of major global titles at next month’s T20 World Cup. Marsh was confirmed as captain during the naming of the squad on Wednesday, continuing a remarkable comeback for the iconic all-rounder since his recall during last year’s Ashes. The 32-year-old has already proved a popular and successful skipper, leading the team to series wins over New Zealand and T20 World Cup co-hosts West Indies. His laid-back demeanour sits well with an Australian side that has reached great heights since parting ways with firebrand head coach Justin Langer. Marsh said seeing the selectors’ faith in his leadership would do little to change him. “One of the biggest…

CAPE Town City coach Eric Tinkler knows the cut-throat football culture all too well, and has confirmed that by saying: “I’ve been in this situation before, many times ...” In the wake of City’s 10-match winless Premiership streak this calendar year, Tinkler has a sense the guillotine could be hovering menacingly over him. “I can’t worry about the guillotine coming. Somewhere along the line, it will come,” said Tinkler at Wednesday’s media conference after his team’s 2-0 defeat to Orlando Pirates at the Cape Town Stadium. The hacks at the post-match presser were peppering Tinkler with questions and at times he was understandably uneasy. It cannot be comfortable answering questions about a team that hasn’t won a Premiership game five months into 2024. “I think in the first half we…

RED Bull’s Max Verstappen can complete a hat-trick of Miami Grand Prix victories on Sunday but the announced departure of his team’s star designer, Adrian Newey, is the big talking point going into the weekend. The sixth round of the season is, for the second weekend in a row, run to the sprint format with only one practice session and a 100km race tomorrow before qualifying for the main event. Verstappen won the first sprint in China last month and arrives in Florida with four wins from five races and a 25-point lead over teammate Sergio Perez. The 26-year-old won the first race around the Hard Rock Stadium in 2022 and then again from ninth last May, a big blow for Perez after the Mexican started on pole with a…

Dan Schneider is suing the producers of Quiet on Set for defamation. The 58-year-old producer launched careers of the likes of Ariana Grande, Miranda Cosgrove and Amanda Bynes through their various series on Nickelodeon, but he is alleging that makers of the recent Discovery+ documentary have portrayed him as an abuser after showing him alongside dialect coach Brian Peck, who was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the rape of Drake and Josh star Drake Bell in 2003. According to legal documents obtained by E! News, the iCarly creator states he was not complicit in the abuse, “condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself”. In a statement obtained by the outlet, he said: “There is no doubt that I was…

A PRIVATE investigator from Bloemfontein has become involved in the search for missing Joshlin Smith, claiming he has located her static DNA in the Saldanha Bay area. The claim has infuriated some residents and the missing child’s paternal grandmother, Lauretta Yon, who said she was in the dark over any alleged discovery. It has been more than two months since the 6-year-old went missing from her Middelpos home in Diazville while in the care of her mother’s boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis. Her 33-year-old mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith reported her missing a day later, on February 20. This week, retired police officer Danie Krugel, alleged that he had found Joshlin’s hair. Krugel is the inventor of the Matter Orientation System (aka Krugel Theory Tester), which he claims…

THE Western Cape Department of Infrastructure says it is aware of RDP housing beneficiaries who sell and rent out their houses. This comes after backyard dwellers from Forest Village in Eerste River complained about their “bad living conditions” while on the waiting list. Resident Cornelia Petginger said the community had long been waiting to be relieved from rent and living at the mercy of homeowners. “The cutting of power or sometimes being thrown out of rented rooms or houses by spiteful owners further angered us. “This situation has sometimes been stressful for children and contributes to them not performing at school because parents must find accommodation in the middle of the night,” she said. Petginger said the current Forest Village housing project was supposed to bring relief, but it did…

THE MAMELODI Sundowns duo of Ronwen Williams and Teboho Mokoena will be left on the sidelines as Bafana Bafana teammate Percy Tau heads to the Sun City Superbowl in North West for the SA Sports Awards. Bafana striker Tau is one of five nominees for the People’s Choice Award, and he will be looking to add to the CAF Inter-club Player of the Year Award he won last year, after a good season with Egyptian giants Al Ahly. Among a host of other awards to be handed out on the night, the public, through voting, will determine who is the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Who wins the award is based solely on their votes. Tau had a difficult Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with Bafana and he has…

INTERIM coach Philip Snyman believes the Blitzboks are not far off reclaiming the swagger they enjoyed when he was a player in the golden era for Springbok Sevens. This weekend in Singapore will be Snyman’s third tournament in charge and he is bristling with optimism. His belief stems from the selection changes he has made, the growing time he has had with the squad, and a gut feeling about a season that can still be rescued. “We have a couple of experienced campaigners back in Siviwe Soyizwapi, Dylan Sage and Rosko Specman, while the inclusion of Tiaan Pretorius and Tristan Leyds will add some exciting game-breaking abilities,” said Snyman. “But what excites me the most is the starting line-up that was retained from Hong Kong, where we topped the pool…

OVER the years, Chippa United have built a formidable record at home, more so against the big fish of South African football. Opposition teams have become cognisant of the explosive repertoire that the Chilly Boys possess when playing in front of a home crowd, be it in Gqeberha or East London. It seems the intensity with which Chippa play their home games pays almost no regard to the pedigree of their opponents or the form they bring into any fixture, so long as it is in the Eastern Cape. Tomorrow, coach Kwanele Kopo’s troops welcome the mighty Orlando Pirates at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the Friendly City for the first semi- final of the Nedbank Cup. It’s a massive occasion, not only for Kopo and his squad, but also…