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FROM HIS WOUNDS, YOU COULD SEE HE PUT UP A FIGHT Killed keeping a family legacy alive CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za SIBONELO NGCOBO African News Agency (ANA) DAN Shadew was never far from his shotgun. He lived in Holmbosch, Nonoti, a rural area outside KwaDukuza. Far from help, he knew his shotgun was his only hope if he was attacked. Years ago, Shadew’s parents farmed the property, growing vegetables. Over time, he sold the farming land but chose to remain on the piece of land where the family house was built. He lived alone and ran a tuckshop from his home. Last Friday night, the vigil Shadew, 74, kept on the family property ended when he was stabbed twice in the chest and strangled to death. His attackers fled in his…
THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT PROVIDE ANYTHING TANGIBLE UKZN spends millions on Operation Clever CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za WHILE the SRC at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is trying to raise R3million to pay off student debt, the university has splurged out on more than R73m largely on one individual. The university confirmed in a statement that it spent R73560829 on Operation Clever that investigated, among others, the sale of places at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. The investigation was launched in 2016 and included Avril Sahadew, the university's forensic audit specialist, and Paul Finden, the director of legal services. The university claimed Sahadew received death threats and, as a result, was accommodated in a safe house. The university also paid for bodyguards. Between August 2017 and May 2020, the…
MINIMUM WAGE Domestics get 23% salary hike POST REPORTER THE new national minimum wage (NMW) is R21.69 for each ordinary hour – an increase of 4.5%. This will come into effect on March 1. The new minimum wage for South Africa was published in the latest Government Gazette on Monday night. The minimum wages for domestic workers and farm workers have been increased by 23% and 16% respectively. Farm workers are now entitled to a minimum wage of R21.69 per hour; domestic workers are entitled to a minimum wage of R19.09 an hour; workers employed on an expanded public works programme are entitled to R11.93 an hour. In a statement, the DA said the above-inflation minimum wage increases gazetted would lead to further job losses at a time when unemployment…
BUILDING TRUST New ombudsman to monitor press transparency and accountability SEASONED journalist and editor Yogas Nair has been appointed internal press ombudsman at Independent Media. Nair said she was honoured to assume the role to look into complaints or observations from readers on substantive editorial issues and to publish the findings. “I believe that to make self-regulation credible, the media must step up and commit themselves to systems of good governance, transparency and a greater willingness to admit their mistakes,” said Nair. “For self-regulation to command public trust, newspapers must be held accountable to their own editorial and ethical standards and to provide readers with an independent assessment of their observations.” Internal “readers’ representatives” has been an industry standard across the world for decades. Independent Media launched its internal press…
BUSINESS STANDS STRONG AT 71 YEARS Tailor leaves legacy for family CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za IN 1924, Parsotam Khoosal left his home in India in search of a better life in South Africa. Khoosal was only 11 and he travelled from Palsana, a village in the district of Surat, by ship. He was under the care of his neighbour, Narandas Dayal. Khoosal, who spoke little English, left behind his parents, three brothers, and a sister. Over the years, he became a skilled tailor and opened his shop, Airways Tailors, in Durban, 71 years ago. Khoosal died in 1994 at the age of 81 but his legacy lives on in his son, Navin Khoosal, 68, who took over the business. “Shortly after arriving in South Africa, my father rented a flat in…
CLINICS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AMONG BENEFICIARIES Company to provide free internet CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za TECH company 123NET has launched a programme to provide free fibre to clinics, schools, libraries, state hospitals and non-profit and religious organisations in Phoenix. The company has rolled out free fibre to Siphosethu and Natest primary schools and the Shri Mariammen Temple Society in ward 48, Phoenix, which allows them free connectivity to the internet. Seelan Achary, the ANC chairperson for ward 48, said he liaised with representatives from the uMhlanga-based company, and as part of its social investment initiative, free fibre would become available in other areas in Phoenix. It will also be provided to surrounding areas such as Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu. “In Ward 48, there are about 16 primary and high schools, about 16…
