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Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za DELIVERING the National Treasury’s R41.1 billion Budget vote yesterday Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said yesterday the Budget would be committed to the National Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, including by supporting vital economic reforms, and advancing the transformation of the economy. He said the government continued to pursue a balanced and prudent fiscal strategy in order to stabilise the public finances, saying the spending ceiling announced in February would not be adjusted upwards. “However, we have a long and difficult road ahead. As we are all aware, the government is taking the required steps to avoid a debt spiral,” he said. The tax revenue shortfall for 2020/21 was R175.5 billion, which was a record. “Meanwhile, debt service costs will increase to R269.7bn in the current…

Liam Karabo Joyce liam.joyce@inl.co.za DJ and music producer Prince Kaybee has said he won’t sue Rea Gopane for comments he made about the star’s “leaked nudes”. In a video clip, Rea can be heard saying: “Kaybee is one disgusting motherf***er. Prince, you want to be couple goals on social media and show off your girl but behind the scenes you doing evil sh**.” Prince Kaybee made headlines this week after a woman named DJ Hazel Mahazard took to social media, to share screenshots of a conversation, which alluded to them sharing more than a platonic relationship. A “sexual photograph” was included in one of the posts. While he issued a public statement admitting to cheating, he sought legal action over the “offensive statements” and publishing of his “nudes”. After…

Amnesty International report quotes witnesses saying a hotel manager took his two dogs with him in helicopter in Moz ITUMELENG MAFISA A SHOCKING Amnesty International report has revealed that rescue and evacuation operations in the recent Mozambican terror attacks prioritised white people over blacks. The report alleged that white contractors were airlifted from Palma, a town on the north-east coast of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, before its black inhabitants, after conducting interviews with 11 black survivors of the siege. However, this has been rejected by Dyck Advisory Group, a South African company hired to help the Mozambican government evacuate those still trapped in the town’s Amarula and Bonatti hotels. The report quoted a number of witnesses saying during rescue operations the manager of a hotel that people…

BONGANI NKOSI bongani.nkosi@inl.co.za UNISA has told the Constitutional Court of the range of impracticalities it would face if compelled to reinstate Afrikaans as a language of teaching and learning alongside English. Matthew Chaskalson SC, representing the university, yesterday urged the apex court to “have regard to practical reality”. The court heard Unisa’s bid to appeal a ruling that declared its new language policy unconstitutional and unlawful. The university lost to AfriForum at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last year, prompting its appeal at the Constitutional Court. Based on Unisa's language policy adopted in 2016, all students now receive tutorial material in English and have to write assignments and exams in the language. AfriForum waged a legal fight to have the policy reversed. The Afrikaans-rights group launched the case in…

Kailene Pillay kailene.pillay@inl.co.za Former finance minister Malusi Gigaba lost control of his work because it was the Gupta family who controlled his ministerial decisions that eventually resulted in a strained relationship between the once close friends. Gigaba’s estranged wife, Norma Mngoma, said his relationship with the Guptas remained strained and she could not understand why he continued to protect and defend the family. Mngoma returned to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture yesterday evening after submitting a corrected affidavit. She claimed her original affidavit contained evidence that was not submitted by her but rather added by the evidence leaders of the commission. Gigaba vehemently denied the allegations made by his estranged wife saying that it was all “a figment of her imagination”. He said, in a replying affidavit, that…

STAFF REPORTER Mpumelelo Mahlangu is getting ready to launch the first entry-level South African laptop. It’s the first laptop to be launched by a black South African township-based company and entrepreneur. Mahlangu says he is ready to compete with a wide range of budget entry-level laptops. The Soshanguve-based entrepreneur always wanted to work for himself. After finishing matric, he went to the University of South Africa (Unisa), but dropped out to start a reptile rescue company and now Dot Connect, which has allowed him to create his first laptop. The idea was born when the Covid-19 pandemic began and the country went into lockdown. With movements restricted and many people working and learning from home, Mahlangu saw a gap in the market and came up with a solution to…

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued the following statement on the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian conflict with subsequent injuries and loss of life: We are aware that the recent crisis has been fuelled by a complexity of factors, both historic and more recent, themselves linked to ongoing conflict over the statehood of Israelis and Palestinians. However, at the fundamental level, decades of occupation of Palestinian territories remain at the heart of the issue (Middle East Council of Churches, 11 May 2021). It is critical that Israel ends its occupation and reconsiders its decision to annex parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, which in principle blocks the future of two states living side by side in peace and security. The…

Mpiletso Motumi mpiletso.motumi@inl.co.za THE first winners of the South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) will be announced tonight during the Craft Awards. The event, themed Still Shining, will be hosted by TV and radio host Tracey Lange and comedian and satirist, Lesego “Coconut Kelz” Tlhabi, and streamed live on YouTube from 7pm. The show leading this year’s nominations tally is the Netflix Original Series How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding starring Thando Thabethe, Busi Lurayi and Yonda Thomas. The series received 13 nominations across various categories including Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Scriptwriting, Best Achievement in Sound and Best Achievement in Wardrobe. Netflix received a further nod for their first Original Series Queen Sono with five nominations, Blood & Water also received five nominations, and Oscar winner…

THE Joburg DA has claimed that the ANC is embarking on a “vote-buying” campaign in Eldorado Park. DA Joburg leader Leah Knott said photos were taken of people in ANC T-shirts handing out food. The ANC has, however, denied this, saying it was a normal food-distribution process which occurs regularly. Knott said City of Joburg mayoral committee member (MMC) for health and social development, Eunice Mgcina, was “caught trying to cover up a blatant attempt to buy votes with food using city funds in Ward 18, Eldorado Park.” “The MMC claimed that this was part of a food resilience initiative, but doing this so close to a by-election alongside the ANC candidate in party colours, Finlay Watson, and using ANC officials to distribute the food parcels is fooling no one.…

The proposed US Strategic Competition Act and Endless Frontier Act are more “sound and fury signifying nothing” playing out for a domestic political agenda, rather than genuine attempts to address the loss of American competitiveness. They target China and may cause a retreat from globalisation and a return to the Cold War bipolar trading system. While there are some legitimate issues between America and China, the tone of the acts is anti-Chinese. The US is gradually reducing its global supply-chain reliance on China. The trend toward greater global openness appears to have peaked in 2008 as governments moved to a “buy local” economic policy to promote domestic production. These policies restricted imports through tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers. These protectionist policies, however, have the effect of limiting the scope…

India set another coronavirus milestone this week. Authorities announced the country had recorded more than 4 500 deaths from Covid-19 for the prior 24 hours, setting a world record. Despite the record number of deaths, there are some positive signs that India’s surge may be slowing, with less than 300 000 new daily cases this week. But there have been long-standing questions about the accuracy of the numbers recorded in India. As it stands now, there have been well over 25 million recorded cases of the coronavirus among India’s 1.4 billion population. The official death toll stands at more than 283 000. Other countries are expressing new concern over the variant that’s widespread in India. On Tuesday, British scientists said that the variant, known as B.1.617.2, could quickly become the…

London: The BBC yesterday made a “full and unconditional apology” after an independent report found that journalist Martin Bashir used “deception” to secure an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana. “The indirect and real target of Mr Bashir’s deceptions was Princess Diana,” wrote retired senior judge John Dyson following a six-month investigation. Dyson said he was “satisfied” that Bashir showed fake bank statements to Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, “so as to deceive Earl Spencer”.…

Washington: US Coast Guard officials have offloaded some 5 216kg of seized cocaine worth $220 million (R3bn) in the city of San Diego, authorities said. The drugs were seized in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean during April and May, following four interdictions of suspected drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by three Coast Guard ships, Xinhua news agency quoted the US Coast Guard as saying. US law enforcement increased counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs on April 1. The US Coast Guard and Navy personnel in San Diego offloaded tonnes of drugs confiscated from ocean-going smugglers in the past months.…

ZAAHIER ADAMS zaahier.adams@inl.co.za MAMELODI Sundowns’ co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi is hoping the potential return of Themba Zwane will be the inspiration his team require in their do-or-die Champions League quarter-final second leg against Al Ahly at Lucas Moripe Stadium tomorrow. Zwane missed the 2-0 first leg defeat in Cairo last week through injury. The Premiership Player of the Year's ability to unlock the opposition's defence from midfield was glaringly absent as the Brazilians controlled all the possession, but were unable to create clear-cut chances that could penetrate the Egyptian champions' defence. But Mngqithi is optimistic ‘Mshishi’ will be ready to take his place in the starting line-up tomorrow (3pm kick-off). “Based on the report that we got from the doctors and the training he had yesterday (Wednesday)‚ it looks very positive‚”…

Dineo Faku dineo.faku@inl.co.za ENVIRONMENTAL lobby group the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) turned up the heat on ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa) to decarbonise urgently during the group’s annual general meeting (AGM) held virtually yesterday. Amsa is South Africa’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter after Sasol, accounting for 2.81 percent of the country’s emissions, according to the CER’s Full Disclosure 5 report. CER lawyers, who hold a share in Amsa, said this was the third consecutive year in which the organisation participated in the AGM and protested against Amsa’s failure to respect environmental laws. The CER’s head of corporate accountability and transparency, Leanne Govindsamy, said they had seen little change in the manner in which Amsa handled environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. “Amsa’s refusal to take steps to address concerns…

Edward West edward.west@inl.co.za INDLUPLACE Properties’ share price fell 5.3 percent yesterday after it said the dividend for the six months to March 31 would be deferred until year-end due to the unpredictable economic environment. The R3.60 that the real estate investment trust traded at was well up on the R2.54 traded at a year ago, but the price was still substantially lower than the R9.99 that it traded at three years ago this time. The company has been listed on the JSE Main Board for five years. The group, which has a R3.8 billion portfolio of 9 582 affordable residential units and 18 834 square metres of retail space, saw revenue decline 12 percent to R294.22 million in the six months period. The vacancy…

DA MEMBER of Parliament Phumzile van Damme has resigned from Parliament and the party. Van Damme is one of many black leaders to unceremoniously exit the official opposition. Shortly after the 2019 national general elections the DA recalled its party leader, Mmusi Maimane. Maimane was followed by then Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba. Van Damme was placed on special leave by the party in November 2020 without even consulting her. “To be clear, I will not be joining another political party, nor will I be using my time to launch attacks on the DA,” Van Damme said yesterday. The DA has seen leaders such as Lindiwe Mazibuko, Patricia de Lille and Bonginkosi Madikizela leave, with many citing “racial issues” and factionalism as the reason for their departure. The DA has accepted…

Shannon Ebrahim Group Foreign Editor COVID-19 has led to serious fiscal constraints within the South African government, necessitating cutbacks across departments. The Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) has had to make do with a severely cut budget over the past financial year, requiring it to become more strategic while reducing its diplomatic footprint globally. The current financial year saw the department’s budget cut by around R586 159 000. Dirco Minister Naledi Pandor outlined in her annual budget vote speech yesterday how the department was planning to do more with less. The department is in the process of closing 10 of its 122 missions abroad this year. These are in Belarus (Minsk); Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain); The Vatican (The Holy See); Finland (Helsinki); Italy (Milan); Oman (Muscat);…

Ben Levitas | Oranjezict PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s pontification about “our experience with the democratic transition is a lesson about the power of empathy, negotiation and compromise” is misplaced by his misinformed rant against Israel. Clearly, he knows nothing about the root causes of the issue, and his failure even to acknowledge the indiscriminate firing of thousands of rockets at Israeli citizens and the malintent of Hamas discredits his argument. It is simplistic to argue “the latest violence was sparked by an Israeli court decision to evict a group of families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem to make way for Israeli settlements”. After a series of attacks by Palestinians against Jews, and after the Palestinian Authority decided to look for excuses to cancel…

Peter Bachtis | Benoni My ancestors have decreed they are sick and tired of being buried in a disgraceful, filthy, unkempt, Brakpan cemetery. The blame lies squarely with the Ekurhuleni management team, who are out of their depth, having no desire to sort out their mess. To those who hold high office and are not performing, the Tokoloshe is coming to get you. Your incompetence will be revealed and stopped! I suggest you get off your backsides and start a process of good housekeeping, which will include the pavements, streets, parks and the cemetery.…

Chulumanco Mahamba chulumanco.mahamba@inl.co.za STUDENT designers and engineers have been challenged to go beyond the classroom or laboratory to enter a ventilator design competition to assist with concerns about worldwide ventilator shortages. The University of Johannesburg said yesterday that students were challenged to display their technical and commercial abilities. The Mahlale Innovation Consortium (MIC), an alliance of five higher education institutions, was formed in response to a request from the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority to promote local manufacturing of ventilators to contribute to the National Ventilator Project. The consortium will carry out the Mahlale Student Design Competition with the aim to address a shortage of skilled engineers to locally manufacture and repair existing and old ventilators and other medical devices. The competition is open for…

JOBURG residents are facing a health crisis as the city has run out of money to hire or replace its Pikitup trucks. Illegal dumping is continuing and the utility cannot keep up with clearing due to the shortage of vehicles. DA councillor Nikki van Dyk says Joburg residents are facing increased public health risks as there is no money to hire trucks which are used for refuse collection, recycling materials and removing illegally dumped rubbish. “This means that bad odours, overflowing public bins, and parks filled with illegal dumping will only get worse. We are already seeing little to no separation at source, which means that most recycling which residents diligently put out for collection is taken to the landfill. “With most of Pikitup’s own ageing fleet breaking down, there…

Please investigate with City of Joburg finance why Region D townships have not been receiving statements of accounts since early 2020. How are residents expected to honour their service commitments in a communication vacuum and the non-payment culture eradicated in the process? Ward councillors and administration offices are none the wiser or not forthcoming. The city assumes most township households have access to digital communications platforms, which is a fallacy. With low income levels, high unemployment and the bulk of ratepayers being seniors and middle-aged (who are averse to social media), access to online platforms is at a bare minimum. A large portion of this township ratepayer category is being left out of the communication loop due to City of Joburg’s exclusive digital interface focus. Covid dealt a further blow…

Dhesigen Naidoo 2020 was almost uniformly, across the world, a global winter of discontent. We are still greeted on a daily basis by the updates of the Covid-19 pandemic’s new infections and mortality numbers reminding us that in spite of a vaccine roll-out in most parts of the world, we are far from declaring a decisive end to the 21st century plague. In fact the hope that 2021 will be the last year of the epidemic is seriously in doubt. And the other three horses of the modern apocalypse show little sign of abating. The first is the global climate crisis. We have been on a downward slide since Kyoto with a renewed glimmer of hope in Paris. The other three members of this quartet are extreme weather events,…

A video widely circulated on social networks on Wednesday featuring acts of violence against individuals, triggering ethnic clashes in Abidjan and leaving 10 people injured, has been proven to be fake. “This afternoon, there were incidents in Abobo, Anyama, Yopougon, as well as in Angre, and in Daloa on Tuesday,” the Minister of Interior and Security, General Vagondo Diomande said on Wednesday on the national broadcaster, adding that these “incidents follow a video circulating on social networks, which features acts of violence against individuals.” This video was made to appear as if it was showing Ivorian migrants in Niger, but it was later authenticated as having been shot two years ago in Nigeria, an English-speaking country. “As a result, acts of violence targeting mainly the Nigerian community were perpetrated in…

BEIRUT: Supporters of the Lebanese Forces, the right-wing Christian political party, yesterday attacked a convoy of buses transferring Syrian citizens, who were heading to participate in the presidential vote in the Nahr El Kalb river area north of the Beirut capital, one of the victims told Sputnik. Starting yesterday, Syrian citizens living abroad are allowed to cast their ballot in the presidential election scheduled to be held in Syria on May 26. A polling station already opened at the Syrian embassy in Lebanon’s Baabda, with thousands of voters arriving from all over the country to exercise their rights to vote. “People bearing emblems of the Lebanese Forces attacked our buses in the area of the Nahr El Kalb river. They smashed windows, beat us. My son was badly wounded. My…

PARIS: An enormous iceberg, currently the largest in the world, measuring around 4 320 km² in size, has broken from an ice shelf in Antarctica, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday. The iceberg, dubbed A-76, spotted in recent images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, is around 170km in length and 25km wide, and is slightly larger than the Spanish island of Majorca, said the ESA. It has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. It is larger than the A-23A iceberg (approximately 3 880km² in size), which is also located in the Weddell Sea. In comparison, the A-74 iceberg that broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in February, was only 1 270km².…

Jamal Grootboom jamald.grootboom@inl.co.za Scorpion King DJ Maphorisa seems to think that dating “broke” women is “toxic”. The conversation on social media with regards to dating “broke people” has been a hot topic for a while. Last year, Boity Thulo shared how she couldn’t wait for her husband to leave R100 000 for her just to go out for brunch with her girls. Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung also said last month that you need to show him a six-months bank statement before he will consider going on a date with someone. South African men got very touched in both these instances even though in modern-day society men are still viewed as providers and South African men, especially cisgender heterosexual ones, also uphold this patriarchal norm. Amapiano pioneer DJ Maphorisa seems to think…

MASHUDU SADIKE THE SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Limpopo has blamed the provincial Department of Education for the increase in bullying and rape incidents in schools in recent months. The Chapter 9 institution held a three-day commission into bullying, corporal punishment and sexual relationships between teachers and learners in schools in the province. The hearings started on Tuesday just weeks after the death of Mbilwi Secondary School learner Lufuno Mavhunga, who took her own life after a video showing the humiliating violent attack by a fellow pupil was circulated on social media. Harrowing and shocking testimonies were shared by parents, teachers unions, student structures and NGOs. The Commission for Gender Equality’s Nkhensani Hlekani told the hearing on Wednesday that there had not been any solutions to sexual harassment in…

Over the past 12 months, South African schools have had to dramatically change their approach to teaching, with e-learning becoming an integral part of their daily lives. At our universities, the same trends have applied. And with the risk of the third wave of Covid-19 infections upon us, it’s a reminder once again around how important e-learning has become in our current world. However, the faster adoption of e-learning could be a moment that moves our tertiary education space forward, resulting in improved student performance. Many universities in South Africa have digital tools at hand already. Typically, they will have a learning management system (LMS) such as Moodle or Canvas. They’ll also either use a tool like Zoom or BigBlueButton to carry out video calls and lectures. The students who…

Khotso K.D Moleko | Bloemfontein Only a few months ago, the coronavirus reduced the exaggerated claims that human rights and freedom are unshakable God-given and God-provided (by progressive humans) truths, for each human being. Even the anti-religious conviction that each human being has complete ownership over “his or her” body to do whatever they like with it, was set aside without protest or need for a referendum. Even the staunchest advocates of human rights forgot about their convictions and instead went to hide at home without any debates. Only the doctors and essential workers who were also terrified confronted the pandemic. Even so, these are not the most vocal supporters of human rights. Without a doubt, the virus, or any disease for that matter, does not inquire if…

IT HAS been an interesting time in South Africa for anyone who follows politics and, fundamentally, business and politics cannot be separated. The debate on state capture, and the independence of the judiciary, define 2021’s key debates. Many political commentators predicted that the year was going to be messy, and sadly it is the vulnerable that suffer. It is like the famous African proverb “when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled”. With the current economic meltdown, business has been harshly affected and black businesses bearing the brunt of the worst… It's time for black business to find its voice. The silence of black business, in a time where small to medium-sized enterprise is suffering, is painful to see. By the end of the Covid-19 season, small business may be painstakingly…

Mpiletso Motumi mpiletso.motumi@inl.co.za KELLY Khumalo has called out the South African Music Awards (Samas) and asked them to respect the hard work she puts into her projects. The nominees for the 27th edition were announced on Wednesday and Khumalo’s album received a nod for Best Afro Pop Album. She was apparently unhappy with this and in a tweet asked the awards body to remove her work from any category she was nominated for, saying she wants the effort she puts into her work to be respected. Once the nominees were announced, Limpopo sensation Makhadzi started to trend as she was not nominated in the categories that people were expecting her to be nominated in. This is not the first time an artist has complained about the nomination process. Cassper Nyovest…

US indifference to the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza being massacred by Israeli warplanes has been met with disbelief – not only by its allies, but by the rest of the UN Security Council. For the third time in a week, the US blocked the adoption of a joint UN Security Council statement that called for the protection of civilians and a halt to the ongoing violence. The US refusal to endorse a joint UN Security Council statement shocked council members. What was even more outrageous was the Biden administration approving the sale of a further $735 million (about R10 billion) worth of arms to Israel in the same week that Israel was continuing to bomb civilian homes leaving men, women and children trapped beneath the rubble.…

The long debate on whether South Africa is ready to hold the local government elections this year is one that should be finalised as soon as possible. The announcement by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) that it has appointed retired Constitutional Court Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke to review whether it is permissible for the electoral body to run the polls in October is one that is long overdue. According to the IEC, Moseneke will undertake an urgent appraisal of all the relevant legal, socio-political, health, practical and other considerations and submit a report to the commission in July. The report will make recommendations of additional measures to further fortify the integrity and safety of the elections. It will be interesting to see if Moseneke’s recommendations circumvent some…

HUNGARIAN mother Szilvia Bedo-Nagy only found out she had given birth to baby daughter Napsugar when she was brought out of an induced coma more than a month later, having tested positive for Covid-19 and contracted pneumonia. She was heavily pregnant when she was diagnosed with Covid-19 late last year and was sent home to quarantine. But as her condition worsened, she was rushed back to hospital. “I couldn’t breathe,” Bedo-Nagy told Radio Free Europe from her home in the rural town of Hatvan. “It turned out that it was pneumonia.” She was transferred to Budapest and Napsugar, which is Hungarian for “sunshine”, was born by Caesarean section. Bedo-Nagy was put in the intensive care unit on a ventilator, then an artificial lung and finally into an induced coma. While…

Buenos Aires: Seven people have been placed under formal investigation for manslaughter in Argentina over the November death of soccer legend Diego Maradona, a judicial source said. The accused – who include Maradona’s neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Diaz – potentially face eight to 25 years in prison. The indictment is based on findings by a board of experts into Maradona’s death from a heart attack last year at the age of 60, a source from the San Isidro attorney-general’s office, which is leading the investigation, said. That report concluded that Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonising period” before his death.…

Ashfak Mohamed ashfak.mohamed@inl.co.za THE American drawl is coming through slowly but surely, but Shaun Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi is determined to wear Team South Africa kit at the Tokyo Olympics. The 20-year-old from Soweto made everyone sit up and take note on Sunday night when he ran a superb 100m time of 9.87 seconds at The American Outdoor Championships for college athletes in Tampa, Florida, as part of the University of Houston Cougars team. That time would’ve broken Akani Simbine’s national record of 9.89sec, but a wind of +3.8 metres per second meant that it would not be recognised. Maswanganyi followed it up with an exceptional 19.93sec in the 200m a short while later, but again, the wind (3.3m/s) denied him Olympic qualification. His personal bests are 10.06 and 20.31 respectively. “I’m…

So school contact sports have been cancelled due to the pandemic. What alternatives are there for your kids to burn off some of that energy and keep active? Let’s take a look at some safe options which can keep the family fit and healthy while we fight this virus. The Department of Basic Education has taken a rational decision to halt all contact school sport for the safety of our nation. I feel it’s a good decision as we have not been disciplined enough as a nation. What activities can we do as a family to keep fit: Run/Jog: Running is massive in SA, and we have some of the best elite runners in the world. All you need is a decent pair of shoes and a warm fleece top…

IT sounded like a bomb that’s waiting to explode. Well, that’s how I felt when I first saw the news that Manqoba Mngqithi, Rhulani Mokwena and Steve Komphela will jointly be coaching Mamelodi Sundowns this season. But I have to admit that I’ve been made to eat humble pie since. There has been no shortage of flair in the Sundowns team this season. Not that it wasn’t there when former coach Pitso Mosimane was in the driving seat in the last few seasons. But three renowned coaches with slightly different views of football, driving Sundowns to a steady destination is worthy of admiration. Mngqithi is a tactician, Mokwena a tactical genius and Komphela a fatherly figure. That union has seen Sundowns being only a win away from winning the Premiership…