Post provides a comprehensive package of news, views and entertainment for the family, championing the interests of the Indian community and keeping readers fully informed and in touch with their roots, religions and culture.
RELIGIOUS BULLFIGHT Hindus target Holi Cow CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za Facebook THE South African Hindu Maha Sabha has written to celebrity chef Yudhika Sujanani asking her to change the name of her restaurant, Holi Cow, and apologise to Hindus. The restaurant opened eight years ago in Fourways, Johannesburg. It received rave reviews over the years. Over the years, Sujanani has authored cookbooks and is a television personality. A few weeks ago, a petition was created and circulated on Facebook by a group calling itself South African Indians have Rights. It was directed to, among others, Ashwin Trikamjee, president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, the South African Tamil Federation and the World Hindu Foundation SA. The identity of the person or people leading the group is not known at this…
I won’t be bullied, says Yudhika FEBRUARY marks the eighth birthday of Holi Cow. It’s been an amazing journey. What started out as my iconic office space became my little curry shop, cooking school and then a little cake shop. We made a few curries, and then made a mint chutney, which led to a whole range of pickles and sauces. I made a mutton pie and a customer asked if he could buy one. It turned into a range of pies from chicken tikka masala to lamb vindaloo and even a Channa dhal and brinjal. We baked a cake or two and not so long ago I had 17 cakes to complete before the store opened for the day. We brought back old-fashioned treats like fresh cream doughnuts and…
PARENTS UNABLE TO PAY FEES Principals fear they cannot sustain their schools NADIA KHAN nadia.khan@inl.co.za SOUTH Africa faces a crisis in education with a growing number of cash-strapped parents unable to pay school fees. Without the money, those schools that don’t get sizeable government funding will not be able to operate efficiently. When the country went into a hard lockdown in March last year, some parents took cuts to their salaries while others lost their jobs. The result was more parents could not afford school fees. The TPN Credit Bureau recently conducted a survey which showed the biggest challenge schools faced was unpaid fees. The survey found school fees amounted to 60% of a public school’s income and 90% for a private school. As a result, a shortfall in fees…
India and South Africa’s bonds deepen One million doses of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India arrived in South Africa on Monday. In a Q&A, Jaideep Sarkar, the Indian High Commissioner to South Africa, speaks on India’s vaccination drive and its efforts to help countries, including South Africa. Q: India has largely been successful in curbing the positivity rate and it launched a vaccination drive on January 16. Can you elaborate on India’s Covid-19 combat strategy including the vaccination drive? A: Given the population size and density, experts had made several predictions that India would be most affected by the pandemic. But on comparative metrics, our policy has shown results. We focused on developing Covid-19 specific health infrastructure, training our human resources to fight against…
PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO VACCINE NATIONALISM India committed to the human family POST REPORTER Supplied THE KwaZulu-Natal International Business Association (Kiba) thanked India for sending one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa on Monday. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were manufactured at the Serum Institute of India, a biotechnology and pharmaceuticals company. It is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer. Omie Singh, president of the association, said India displayed a spirit of international collegiality despite its own vast needs. “This was much needed in a world where heightened inequality has been detrimental to international solidarity. In supplying these vaccines to many countries, India’s commitment to the human family, in the spirit of ubuntu, is well demonstrated. Kiba expresses overwhelming gratitude to India for a gesture that is consistent with its historical support for…
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MANY BUT... No one will be forced to take vaccine JANINE MOODLEY AND CHANELLE LUTCHMAN JAIRUS MMUTLE GCIS NO person will be forced to take the Covid-19 vaccine. President Cyril Ramaphosa made this clear during his national address on Monday night. He said that while it was in the best interest of the country that as many people as possible received the vaccine, no one was obligated to do so. The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in South Africa from India on Monday and will go to the country’s 1.25 million front-line health-care workers who are part of phase 1 of the roll-out. The 1 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca with the University of Oxford and produced by…
