Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-08-22 i Cape Argus

Lobby group Stop CoCT has questioned how the council can approve of its councillors earning extra income by running their own businesses or by doing work outside council. The council last week approved requests by human settlements mayoral committee member Malusi Booi, urban waste management mayoral committee member Grant Twigg, and DA deputy chief whip Errol Anstey on their requests to undertake other paid work. Booi is a director of operations for a wine distributing company operating under the name of Malusi Booi Wines. However, Booi indicated that late last year he decided to step down and focus on his political career. Booi said his resignation from the company had not yet been finalised. He said he was not directly involved in the everyday operations of the business as there…

THE trial of Moyhdian Pangkaeker will continue in the Western Cape High Court today, where the man accused of killing Tazne van Wyk, 8, will return to the stand for further cross-examination on how the girl was killed. Pangkaeker incurred the wrath of community activists and Tazne’s parents following shocking claims that he, too, was a victim when Tazne was killed. Tazne’s remains were found in a stormwater drain off the N1 in Worcester, two weeks after her disappearance from her home in Clare Street, Elsies River, on February 7, 2020. Much has been made of Pangkaeker’s status as a parolee at the time of the kidnapping, rape and murder of the little girl. He has been charged for absconding from monitoring. Last week Pangkaeker, 57, told the court he…

FORMER politician and anti-apartheid activist, Doctor Mamphela Ramphele, has slammed the ANC government over its relationship with Russia amid the war in Ukraine. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation partnered with the Ukrainian Association of South Africa for a temporary exhibition, the “Womanly Face of War”, by Ukrainian women artists depicting the impact of the war. As chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust, Ramphele made the remarks during the Cape Town launch of the exhibition last Thursday at the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, Old Granary, District Six. Ramphele said the government’s actions were embarrassing and an unforgivable way of dealing with the pain of injustice. “They indicate just how quickly they have forgotten that we would not be free today had the world, the world’s…

THE City has come under fire again for continued delays in handing over plots in the Fairdale area to about 70 purchasers. The buyers were supposed to receive the plots a year ago. The City promised to meet them on August 16 and 17 to discuss progress but no further communication was made as these days passed. The purchasers lived in Mfuleni, Khayelitsha and other areas and were looking to improve their families’ lives by buying plots in Fairdale in the Blue Downs area. Purchaser Temba Klaas, who bought his plot in 2019, said: “The City took full advantage of us as we were given only two months to raise funds before we had to pay for these plots. “They threatened that if the funds were not paid by a…

ZULU King Misuzulu kaZwelithini completed traditional rituals on Saturday, which included entering a kraal to be introduced to his ancestors, and emerged as head of the 12 million-strong Zulu nation. Ahead of his receiving the crown, Misuzulu’s legitimacy to succeed to the throne had been challenged by his siblings, with the latest attempt on Saturday when the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed an urgent interdict to halt the ceremony. Around 30 000 people gathered at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace in Nongoma to listen to the new king, dressed in a leopard skin, after he emerged from the kraal. Speaking of his opponents, including his brothers Prince Simakade and Prince Buzabazi, he said they deserved to be heard but could not be taken seriously. Prince Simakade had his own “coronation” ceremony last weekend, which…

Eric Tinkler has always believed his Cape Town City charges are a team that relish facing the “big teams” from Johannesburg. Well, there are few bigger than Kaizer Chiefs, who are the venerable visitors to Cape Town Stadium tomorrow. There is a discussion to be had that Chiefs are no longer the mighty force of yesteryear when legends such as Doctor Khumalo, John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu and Ace Khuse thrilled the masses in the stands with their wizardry in midfield, with Chiefs having last lifted the Premiership title in the 2014/15 season. Furthermore, City were runners-up to champions Mamelodi Sundowns last season, while Chiefs were three places further adrift. Tinkler, however, believes that the famed gold and black jersey has lost none of its aura. “That gold jersey does give you…

SuperSport United 0 Orlando Pirates 0 Pirates and SuperSport played to a dull goalless draw at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville yesterday evening. This result means Pirates moved above Mamelodi Sundowns on the DStv Premiership log while Matsatsantsa remain in 14th place, still searching for their first win of the season .A Buccaneers side buoyed by their recent victory over Royal AM made the trip to Pretoria in search of back-to-back wins. Coach Jose Riveiro made big calls ahead of this one, dropping captain Innocent Maela and star forward Thembinkosi Lorch to the bench as he looked to refresh the legs in attacking zones and provide a better supply to Bienvenu Eva Nga upfront. Gavin Hunt and his United side headed into this encounter still searching for their first…

An all-female-led company iKasi Creative Media has joined forces with FAME (Film, Arts, Music, Entertainment) Africa Week 2022. Set to take place in Cape Town from August 24 – 26 at the CTICC, FAME Week Africa is expected to transform three days of peer engagement and networking into lasting business. Lamise Inglis, iKasi Media’s managing director, said the partnership will enable the company to continue its work of “uplifting small town and rural youth in creative ways”. “We are very excited about this joint venture,” Inglis said. “An ex-colleague of mine reached out to me on social media … this was before FAME Week was even announced, and she said, ‘Lamise, there’s this big event coming up. I think you guys need to exhibit there’.And then we booked the stand…

City law enforcement intervention ‘too late’ The City of Cape Town’s anti-crime focus in the CBD has been slammed as a little too late, and reactionary, after the latest crime statistics showed that the area had seen a significant spike in reported crime. And according to the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl Action Group, the City had been ignoring calls for assistance to address rising crime in the Cape Town Central precinct and surrounds long before the situation reached its current state. Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl Action Group chairperson Paul Jacobson said: “While we welcome the City’s interventions, it’s a bit too late. “What’s been unveiled by the crime statistics is something residents and businesses have been saying for some time, and the City would not release a budget…

Police officers attached to the Flying Squad have arrested two men for the alleged theft of a cargo container carrying boxes of chocolate worth R1.5 million. The stolen cargo, snatched from Cape Town Harbour last week, was reportedly traced to the suspects at a residence in Kensington. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut said officers arrived at the residence to find the suspects in the process of offloading the container. “On Saturday, police apprehended two male suspects, aged 54 and 60, for the possession of the stolen cargo valued at R1.5 million, as well as presumed stolen home appliances.” In a separate incident, police apprehended three men for the alleged hijacking of a truck that was carrying boxes of meat, also worth R1.5 million. Police say initial reporting of the incident indicates…

NEARLY 37 years after the Trojan Horse massacre, which was part of an orchestrated campaign against protesting students by the apartheid security forces, the scene of the massacre has officially been declared a Provincial Heritage Site (PHS). On Friday, Heritage Western Cape and Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Anroux Marais, along with community members, gathered at the Dulcie September Hall, Athlone, for an official plaque unveiling. On October 15, 1985, security forces and the Railway Police shot and killed three protesting students, Jonathan Claasen, 21, Shaun Magmoed, 15, Michael Miranda,11, while injuring several others, in what is now known as the Trojan Horse massacre. As a heritage site, the portion of Thornton Road between Klipfontein and Repulse Road in Athlone will now be protected under the National Heritage Resources Management…

With plastic flowing into the natural environment at an unprecedented rate, new, innovative solutions are being implemented to reduce the impact of plastic pollution on Cape Town’s beaches. One method is the installation of litter nets at stormwater outlets near beaches in Sea Point. This trial project was spearheaded by the local non-profit Pristine Earth Collective (PEC), which maintains the nets and supplies the manpower, together with Shark Spotters, which manufactured the nets, and the City to ultimately reduce the amount of litter being discharged on to the beaches. PEC director George van der Schyff said they were seeing roughly eight bags of waste being collected daily in the the first eight nets installed at Sea Point. This was a mix between organic waste (leaves and twigs) and post-consumer packaging.…

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has explained how a focus on the “small details” has helped him enhance his performance for the club. The Egyptian forward has already netted twice and created two opportunities for teammates in the opening three games of the new campaign, with Jurgen Klopp’s side now preparing to take on rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford. Speaking ahead of today’s clash, Salah was asked how much attention he pays to the performance data available to players in the modern era. “I’m really focused on small details because I think small details, at the end of the day, are going to make a huge difference between players,” Salah told Liverpool’s website. “So, on the details I really try to ask about everything and have all the details. Not…

Heart 104.9FM Breakfast Show presenter Aden Thomas is adding TV talk show host to his resume. The Cape Town radio jock’s career spans over two decades on the air. Now Thomas has landed his first talk show, on kykNET&kie, as of October 1. Sê jou sê is his first TV stint and will be an interactive talk show where guests get to “have their say” on any past or present feuds, disagreements, alleged dishonesty between spouses, family members, loved ones as well as ill feelings among friends and any issues or beefs that need to be quashed. Thomas will be the anchor presenter in the studio, while journalist Chrislynn Sias will assist him as a field presenter. Sias said: “I can’t wait to work alongside this veteran of radio.…

STELLENBOSCH Municipality has failed to act on a six-month-old public protector report accusing it of maladministration and improper conduct and ordering the council to report irregular appointments to the provincial Treasury. The municipality has said it is currently in discussions with the Public Protector’s Office over findings made in a report over the disputed 2016 appointment of its strategic corporate services director, Annalene de Beer. In March, a report by the public protector found that De Beer’s appointment amounted to maladministration and improper conduct and ordered the council to report the irregular appointments to the provincial Treasury. This order was issued so that the Treasury could decide whether or not the remuneration paid to both constitutes irregular expenditure. De Beer’s appointment in 2016 came…

THE father of kidnapped Shanawaaz Asghar has revealed how he and his son-in-law collected his son a day after the kidnapping took place. Muhammad Asghar, father of the 6-year-old, said the boy had been taken at the front door of their residence in Kensington on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 7.30am while Asghar was about to drop his children at school. Shanawaaz is a Grade R learner at Hidayatul Islam Primary School, just 400 metres from the family’s home. His father detailed frantic negotiations with the kidnappers who let him listen to Shanawaaz playing in the background. “We did not sleep. We did not eat. We just prayed. Right now all we can do is thank the community and everyone who helped share the posts and pray for…

PARLIAMENT’S inquiry into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office resumes today with the testimony of former PPSA chief operating officer Basani Baloyi who fought her dismissal by Mkhwebane in the courts. Baloyi launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court on the basis that the termination of her employment was unlawful and that Mkhwebane had not complied with her constitutional obligations, but the high court ruled the case was “essentially a labour matter”. Baloyi then turned to the Constitutional Court which gave her leave to appeal against the high court decision and for the case to be heard anew. On Thursday the hearings adjourned abruptly after a technical hitch forced former PPSA executive manager Lufuno Ndou off the virtual platform. The committee will now try to…

THE search for acclaimed canoeist Giel van Deventer is still ongoing. However, authorities fear he may have already drowned. Van Deventer, 72, went missing while participating in a canoeing race on the Breede River on Saturday. According to Canoeing South Africa, Van Deventer was paddling in a K2 with partner Lodewyk Rabie when they ran into trouble in a tree block close to the race finish outside Swellendam. Canoeing South Africa president Kim Pople said: “When Giel and Lodewyk ran into the tree block, Giel disappeared underwater. “Since the incident, race officials and police divers have been searching for him without success. “People said unfortunately the level of the already full Breede River rose overnight making conditions for the search very difficult. “It is now presumed that he has drowned.…

THE ongoing battle between those hoping to preserve the “sacred heritage resources” at the River Club development site and those who are hoping to benefit from its transformation into Amazon’s African headquarters will continue in the Western Cape High Court this week. The anticipated hearing on the most recent court action taken by the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) is set to take place today and tomorrow, together with an application calling for certain members within the GKKITC to be removed as representatives in the litigation. Members of the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) are facing contempt of court allegations for their continued work on the site after Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath issued an order in March, effectively halting construction pending…

TWO leading feminist Muslim scholars led Jumu’ah, the Friday prayer service of Muslims, for a non-segregated and entirely mixed-gendered congregation in a bid to break gender stereotyping. In the congregational service which was co-hosted by the Oxford Institute for British Islam (OIBI), Cape Town’s Open Mosque was led by Zurich University Shari’ah Law specialist Professor Elham Manea, while Islamic activist and singer Ani Osman-Zonneveld recited the athaan, or call to prayer. Jumu’ah is traditionally led by men. However in their statement, the Open Mosque which describes itself as “autonomous, non-sectarian, gender-equal, interracial and unaffiliated to any specific school of thought (madhab) ideology or denomination” said it was happy to co-host the historic open-air service. “For the first time, the weekly Friday worship in Islam will be led and performed exclusively…

Chelsea suffered their first Premier League defeat this season as Edouard Mendy’s embarrassing blunder put Leeds United on course for a 3-0 win, while Brighton condemned West Ham to a third successive loss yesterday. Mendy’s costly mistake was the catalyst for Chelsea’s shocking implosion at Elland Road as Brenden Aaronson netted after catching the goalkeeper taking too long in possession. Rodrigo’s fourth goal in three games this season doubled Leeds’ advantage before half-time. Jack Harrison completed Leeds’ first win over Chelsea since 2002 and their biggest against their old rivals since 1995. Adding to Chelsea’s misery, their Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off for a second booking in the 84th minute. “Everything that can go wrong, did go wrong,” Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said. “It started (Saturday). We had…