Post Wednesday, December 23, 2020

WHILE SOME THINK ’TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY Doctors call for a hard lockdown POST REPORTERS SIBUSISO NDLOVU African News Agency (ANA) THE new strain of the Covid-19 virus, termed 501.V2 Variant, is spreading rapidly with younger people also testing positive. General practitioners in KwaZulu-Natal who the POST spoke to said they were inundated with patients who had symptoms of the virus. Some of those who have tested positive in recent days had also tested positive earlier this year. Dr Lazarus Jakes, of Chatsworth, said: “The second wave is undoubtedly worse. I have patients who tested positive in March and recovered that are testing positive again. It’s the same symptoms, but the virus is transferred faster. Before the kids were safe, but now more children are testing positive. My youngest…

ANOTHER RACE-BASED SALE eThekwini auction legal, say city bosses CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za INDIAN, coloured and white South Africans will not be allowed to bid for vehicles at an auction that eThekwini will hold in March next year. On sale will be vehicles that the city impounded. City bosses believe there is nothing wrong in excluding minority communities. They say they are not breaking any of their internal rules and regulations. Krish Kumar, the chief financial officer at eThekwini, said: “We (the city) made it clear to exco. The head of SCM (supply chain management) made it very clear that we will be following clearly the actual principles outlined in the PFA and the BEE code. “So whoever is classified, including females and the disadvantaged, we will ensure that they are…

MOVIE RELEASES IN CINEMAS THIS WEEK Kung fu with a Durban twist CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za Supplied Facebook THE action movie, The Golden Cock, will be screened in cinemas in Durban tomorrow (Thursday). The film, produced by comedian Masood Boomgaard, focuses on martial arts with a Durban twist. Drawing inspiration from kung fu flicks, Bruce Lee movies and the Karate Kid trilogy, The Golden Cock tells the story of Manu (played by Boomgaard), who is beaten after he refuses to sell his father’s classic Ford Cortina. While Manu is left for dead, a mystical force known as The Golden Cock keeps him alive and increases his fighting spirit. Manu then goes on a journey to get revenge against the thugs. Along the way, he meets various people who help him. Boomgaard…

‘STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD’ Late chief justice’s work and life honoured NADIA KHAN nadia.khan@inl.co.za TWO books about the life and legacy of South Africa’s first democratically-appointed chief justice, the late Ismail Mahomed, were launched in Joburg recently. The biography, Ismail Mahomed – Liberating the Law, was launched at the Vodaworld Dome. A day later, the commemorative monograph (specialist work of writing), Law, Morality and Justice, Essays in Honour of Chief Justice Ismail Mahomed, was also released. This was in partnership with the SA Human Rights Commission and the National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa, at Constitutional Hill. The authors and editors of both books are Mohamed Enver Surty, a former deputy minister of basic education and minister of justice, and Quraysh Patel, a retired journalist and lawyer. Surty said…

INSPIRED BY ROALD DAHL Magical journey with a talking panther NADIA KHAN nadia.khan@inl.co.za Supplied TERISHA Govender takes readers on a magical journey in her recently-released book, Clobet Valley – The Durbey Dancer. Govender has also designed a free-game, Clobet Valley War of Science, which is based on the book. Govender, 32, of Durban, who publishes under the name TG SHA, said the book was about a girl, Floza, whose father fell ill. She has to find a cure and has an encounter with a talking panther. “The panther, Edor, promises to present Floza with a cure. Floza goes to the city of Durbey. “She sees this new world is modern and hi-tech, and she discovers a new race of people. “Floza sees how science and magic are used to make…

LOCAL ISSUES Each story teaches a lesson NADIA KHAN nadia.khan@inl.co.za Supplied KRISH Govender, a former teacher, recently released his book, South African Short Stories for Young Readers. Govender, 50, a businessman of Musgrave, said the book was targeted at grades 6 and 7 pupils, and focused on local issues that affected South Africans. The former maths and computer science teacher, who has a Master’s degree in business science, said: “This book comprises five short contemporary stories. One is titled Young Environmentalist and it is about a group of children who form an environmental club. “Another is called Cellular Phone. It is about a high school pupil who is dependent on his phone, and his life is turned upside down when he misplaces it.” Govender said there was a lesson to…