Innholdsfortegnelse for 2021-07-07 i Star

Dineo Faku dineo.faku@inl.co.za ANGLOGOLD Ashanti yesterday shot up 3.5 percent in intra-day trade after the miner named Alberto Calderon as its new chief executive. Calderon is a seasoned mining executive who served as chief executive at Australian-based commercial explosives maker Orica from 2015 until he stepped down in February this year. He was previously a senior executive at BHP, the global mining and metals giant, and was also chief executive of Colombia’s Cerrejón Coal Company. AngloGold said Calderon would assume the position in September. AngloGold’s chairperson, Maria Ramos, said the appointment followed a comprehensive global search in which it considered several excellent candidates. “We are confident that, in Alberto, we have the right person to lead this company forward and realise its outstanding potential, drawing on his huge leadership…

Kedibone Modise kedibone.modise@inl.co.za Local musician and TV host Loyiso Bala has been appointed as the new business manager for SABC’s Umhlobo Wenene FM and Tru FM. In January 2019, Bala, who was a final-year MBA student at Henley Business School, secured a job as channel director for one of the largest family and faith TV networks on the continent, TBN in Africa. Now the award-winning singer is ready to take on another major responsibility. Taking to social media recently, the Siyabonga hitmaker announced the milestone with a caption: “Appointment Notice.” He wrote: “SABC welcomes Mr Loyiso Bala, who is joining the public broadcaster as a business manager for the Eastern Cape Combo: responsible for overseeing Umhlobo Wenene FM and Tru FM.” Umhlobo Wenene FM presenter Putco Mafani congratulated Bala on…

Loyiso Sidimba loyiso.sidimba@inl.co.za TRADE union federation Cosatu says the government’s Covid-19 temporary employer/ employee relief scheme (Ters) will resume later this month for workers negatively affected by the level 4 restrictions put in place last week. Parties at the National Economic Development and Labour Council have agreed to resuscitate Ters in principle, according to Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla. He told Independent Media that Ters would be revived to focus on restricted sectors such as vulnerable workers in the liquor, tourism, hospitality, restaurant and travel industries. “This principled agreement is going to the Cabinet and the National Coronavirus Command Council for final approval in the next few days,” he said. He said applications should start on July 19 and payments on July 26. “We’ve asked them to see if they can’t…

In 2014, popstar Rihanna sued her financial adviser Peter Gounis for “allowing” her to squander $9 million that nearly resulted in her bankruptcy. His quip in response to the lawsuit was priceless: “Was it really necessary to tell her that if you spend money on things, you’ll end up with lots of things and no money?” Conversely, lifelong petrol attendant Ronald James Read was such an ardent saver that he had accumulated a net worth of $8 million by the time he died at the age of 92. I often think of these stories when asked about saving. Saving is a fundamental part of building wealth. Even the most modest salary can build wealth for an individual with the right saving habits, and even the highest-paying jobs can’t prevent you…

Norman V Mahlangu | Siyabuswa A LOT of incorrect interpretations come to mind when we talk of greatness. The most common is that to be great one should have lots of money or own as many valuables as possible. Yes, money and riches are some of the tools we can use to transform and affect people’s lives positively, but they don’t automatically turn us into great people. Real greatness is determined by the number of people one has affected positively. The more you get involved in transforming people’s lives positively, the more you become great. Really great people have the burden of making others great – that qualifies them to be great. Riches and valuables are not enough on their own, it’s the way you use them to make others…

HE WAS a healthy 76 year old. Every day he waited for the SMS. “Why are they taking so long?” he would say. “I can’t wait forever to be vaccinated.” Unfortunately, he had a stroke. The SMS never came. Hospitalised, and paralysed in most of his left body, a nurse placed a panic button in his left hand, disabling him from calling for help. Dehydrated, he reached for a glass of water and fell out of bed. The second stroke happened leaving him incapacitated with zero speech, motor ability and dignity. He was tested Covid-negative at entry. Shortly after that he contracted Covid in ICU. His wife and son, unable to visit, called every day. A nurse holding a phone to his ear noticed the emotion on his face when…

Being Quinton de Kock must be a tough existence. Every day people look at him hoping that someone else will emerge. That the realisation that he’s been blessed with so much talent will manifest into some form of responsibility. That he won’t take things for granted. That he will ponder about life’s issues a bit more, give greater thought about a topic before commenting, and heaven forbid, be more socially aware. Fortunately, De Kock is smart enough to know that the people feeling that way are inadvertently projecting their own issues onto him. The same way he approaches his batting is the way he takes on life too. He keeps things simple. And this should not be interpreted as stupid. There’s a fundamental difference. When recently asked in the Caribbean…

Liam Karabo Joyce liam.joyce@inl.co.za Hip hop heavyweight Cassper Nyovest is putting his money where his mouth is. This comes after the story of a young woman from Swaziland, who needs a lung transplant, caught the attention of Nyovest. Nompilo Dlamini, 26, has been documenting her journey of living with cystic fibrosis on social media. Recently, she shared that she was in the last stage of her condition and in desperate need of R2 million to afford the transplant that will save her life. Nyovest donated R150 000 this past weekend. “Just donated R150 000 to #SaveNompilo. Please donate what you can to help. Nothing is too little. Even R10 will help. “It’s a Swazi account so you have to go through global payments if you’re in SA. The goal is…

A SAPS constable has been denied bail by the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court after being arrested on charges of murder, attempted murder and arson. Silas Maluleke, 40, allegedly exchanged fire with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child, who is also a police officer, in an incident which left her grandmother dead, said Lumka Mahanjana, the North Gauteng regional spokesperson for the director of public prosecutions. On June 8, Maluleke went to his ex-girlfriend’s home and broke the window of the room where she, their son and the woman’s grandmother were sitting. “The grandmother saw him and told the girlfriend who it was,” said Mahanjana. “He then started firing shots inside the house using his service pistol. One of the shots hit the grandmother. After firing shots, he threw something…

Mpiletso Motumi AS the days continue to get colder, Phumzile Ntuli is making it her mission to keep people fashionably warm. The designer is set to launch her latest cultural blanket range today through her brand, ZyleClothing. “It is about uniting and committing to our culture. My work is pure and is not associated with customs and traditions. It is about love and unity,” she said. Her daughter and brand general manager, Zinhle said the launch of five new blankets included a LGBTIQ+ inspired blanket. “Our blankets convey unity and love. The same still applies for this new launch. We have a VhaVenda inspired blanket, the Musadzi blanket that depicts a woman. It tells you how the VhaVenda clan respects and holds hierarchy with the women. There is also the Kaross…

Mpiletso Motumi mpiletso.motumi@inl.co.za ELEVEN beauties from Gauteng, eight from the Western Cape and three from the Eastern Cape are part of the group of 30 women announced as finalists for Miss South Africa. KZN’s Andile Mazibuko is a 23-year-old homeopathy student who hopes to raise awareness of homeopathy as an alternative form of medicine. She entered Miss South Africa to amplify the socio-economic issues facing young people. “I believe my skills, with the help of those before me, will make an impact in bettering the future.” For Kgothatso Dithebe, Miss South Africa is familiar ground. She made it to the Top 5 in the 2019 competition. “My biggest disappointment was not winning. But seeing a woman deserving of the title, and how she pushed boundaries and changed the narrative, made…

Thami Zwane | Edenvale TWENTY nine (finally admitted by eSwatini authority) or about 47 (as per Swaziland Solidarity Network) pro-democracy protesters have been killed in eSwatini. SADC went in and encouraged dialogue. How can you do that in such a highly volatile situation? They should rather order their member state to stop offensive assault by state security forces, unban political parties, allow safe return of political exiles and release political prisoners for a peaceful negotiated settlement. The poverty-stricken mountain kingdom of absolute monarchy has lost hitherto over R2 billion in property and other damages that it can ill-afford. The message of the people of eSwatini is coming through loud and clear that they need nothing less than a political change. All countries on the African continent, including its…

Phil Greenlees | Pinelands ILLEGAL gatherings of maskless numbskulls in deliberate defiance of the rules? Who you gonna call? It may as well be Ghostbusters because the police have been deployed to seek out the real criminals. You know, surfers and beach walkers for example. Yet the shrunken heads failing dismally to run our country and uphold its laws seem convinced that dense, seething clouds of infection lurk at our shorelines, ready to engulf anyone rash enough to wander into one of them. These decision-makers, at no risk to themselves, are the ones issuing those edicts that close down businesses and cause much of our unemployment, while ignoring those who are contributing to the need for these shut-downs.…

FOR a moment, spare a thought for the citizens of eSwatini. For more than a month they have braved a brutal crackdown from a monarch who refuses to loosen his grip on power. In eSwatini, King Mswati III’s word is interpreted as the law of the land. Welcome to Africa’s last absolute monarchy, where 2021 resembles France before the French Revolution. In a tiny kingdom ensconced between South Africa and Mozambique, Mswati’s police and military have violently suppressed an uprising that started over a call for democratic reforms. The king has ruled his land since 1986 with an iron grip, and while a majority of his subjects are impoverished, Mswati, his family and those in his orbit live lives of luxury. While everyone else has had to tighten their belts,…

MIHLALI BALEKA @Mihlalibaleka SOUTH AFRICA (0) 1 Malinga 68th min BOTSWANA 0 IT wasn’t pretty, even though there was some eye-catching passing, but Bafana Bafana will take some positives from their Cosafa Cup opener after defeating neighbours Botswana at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium yesterday. In the opening game of the tournament in Gqeberha, Eswatini defeated neighbours Lesotho 3-1 as they climbed to the top of Group A. But a narrow win for Bafana ensured that the host nation started on a high note as well. Bafana are yet to recover from their epic failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations next year. But by winning the Cosafa Cup, they would show their intentions of turning over a new leaf. What is clear is that their restructuring phase…

MIHLALI BALEKA Comment GOODMAN Mosele, Bandile Shandu and Monnapule Saleng are quality players in their own right, but are these the players that Orlando Pirates needed in order to compete? Come every transfer window, South Africa’s “big three” teams Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns are expected to raid the market – except that Chiefs were banned from signing any players last season after being handed a one-year transfer ban by Fifa. But while Sundowns mostly strengthen all departments due to their deep pockets, it appears that Pirates’ focus is always on their midfield. But disappointingly, in almost four seasons since they started that trend, they have only the MTN8 title, which they won last term, to show for their return on investments. It’s not that Mosele, Shandu and Saleng…

Aishah Cassiem aishah.cassiem@inl VITOL has declared a force majeure to end operations at Sunrise Energy’s import terminal at Saldanha in the Western Cape as a result of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) shortages. Vitol said in a letter to its customers on June 28 that “it is with great regret that, due to unfavourable weather conditions in the port of Saldanha and at the MBM (multibuoy mooring system), our vessels that are scheduled to replenish stock at the import terminal have been delayed and that we were unable to replenish on LPG stock in tank at the facility.” Vitol’s Mariska de Jongh said the development forced the company to declare a force majeure since performances of the contract had been greatly affected by the weather conditions. Last August, Sunrise Energy’s facility…

Chulumanco Mahamba chulumanco.mahamba@inl.co.za NON-PROFIT organisation Equal Education (EE) is going back to court to try to force the government to provide meals to all qualifying pupils of the school feeding schemes. EE and the school governing bodies of Vhulaudzi Secondary School and Mashao High School in Limpopo are returning to court against the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments for failing to roll out the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) to every eligible learner for more than a year. The two schools are represented by Section27 and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC). The non-profit organisations announced yesterday that they were asking for a new court order that declared that education officials had not met their constitutional obligations to provide daily meals to all qualifying pupils, and…

Mayibongwe Maqhina mayibongwe.maqhina@inl.co.za THE National Arts Council has appointed Mazars Forensic Services to probe allegations of mismanagement in the disbursement of the R300 million Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP). This was revealed by the director-general of the Sport, Arts and Culture Department Vusumuzi Mkhize when he briefed the portfolio committee on sport, arts and culture. The briefing was a sequel to the committee’s oversight visit to the National Arts Council (NAC) a few months ago amid a sit-in by artists who complained about the handling of the PESP funds by the NAC. Mkhize said Mazars Forensic Services was appointed on June 25 to undertake the investigation after a tender process closed on June 3 and an adjudication process followed. “They were briefed on June 28 and commenced with work…

Cometh Dube-Makholwa | Midrand THE BETTER life for all that we were promised at the dawn of our democracy in 1994 has turned into a horrible nightmare. Everything has come to a crushing standstill, where, for the first time in the history of this country, qualified doctors and nurses cannot be employed because there is no money. The training of various categories of health professionals has been hampered by what the government describes as budget constraints. But, one would have hoped that the few that managed to undergo and complete their training would not be sitting idling at home while there is a dire shortage of medical staff which is due to lack of funding. Those who have followed the Zondo Commission have no doubt why the government…

Q: WE HAVE noted that many leaders from the political parties and the government in South Africa attended the celebrations of the centenary of the founding of the CPC (Chinese Communist Party) held by the Chinese Embassy in South Africa. Many of them fondly recalled and thanked the CPC for its support to South Africa’s national liberation movement. In the mid-20th century, the CPC gave strong support to Africa and other developing countries in their struggle for national liberation and independence. What do you think is the significance of this special friendship to the future development of China- Africa relations? A: The CPC strives for the well- being of the Chinese people and human progress. The Chinese and African peoples have supported and co-operated with each other in our respective…

Zaahier Adams zaahier.adams@inl.co.za The Proteas have suffered a setback ahead of their maiden limited-overs tour of Ireland after fast bowler Sisanda Magala was ruled out through injury. Magala hurt his left ankle during the team’s preparations in Grenada ahead of the departure to Ireland. His withdrawal opens the way for West Province left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks to be retained in the squad for the Ireland tour. Magala, 30, will spend at least three to four weeks on the sidelines. Magala’s loss is a severe blow to the Proteas as he would most likely have come into the reckoning for either the three one-day internationals or three T20s against the Irish to played in Dublin and Belfast respectively. First-choice fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi are in need…

MIHLALI BALEKA @Mihlalibaleka FORMER Kaizer Chiefs coach Muhsin Ertugral says his players’ confidence and productive pre-season preparations were the secret behind his team’s successful outing in the 27th edition of the Nelson Mandela Cup back in December 2001. Amakhosi became the first South African side to win the Mandela Cup, now known as the CAF Confederation Cup. They beat InterClub Luanda 2-1 on aggregate in the final, despite having only 15 players in the match-day squad for the return leg. “Heading to the final, we had already won three trophies. In the first half of the season, we had a fantastic run, considering how the boys were taking care of themselves and how the team was organised,” Ertugral told Independent Media from Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. “We had already won the…