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The Auditor-General’s damning report on Covid-19 funds abuse has caused trepidation within the ANC, particularly its parliamentary caucus, which is now planning a series of measures to obviate “the negative narrative” that will most likely prevail when committee meetings resume next month. The party held a virtual caucus meeting on Thursday, chaired by chief whip Pemmy Majodina, which sought to ensure that all MPs of the governing party were prepared to face opposition party members. “The report affects us negatively as the ANC. We’re approaching by-elections and the negative narrative that’s out there will have a negative impact on the ANC,” Majodina told the meeting. The plans drafted by the caucus included rejecting a request for an ad hoc meeting to deal with the looting of funds, and getting ministers…

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More than R100 million in pension funds belonging to electrical engineers across the country appear to be in peril as a result of a criminal case against the flamboyant self-proclaimed preacher Shepherd Bushiri. At least four other pension funds that were invested in Bushiri’s operations, to the tune of R100 million, are also waiting to be cashed out. Bushiri, who is originally from Malawi, is the head of the Enlightened Christian Gathering church. He and his wife, Mary, were arrested earlier this year on charges of fraud and money laundering. He reportedly owns a string of luxury vehicles, including a Maserati he allegedly bought for his daughter on her sixth birthday in 2017. Authorities have seized his assets, putting the Electrical Contracting Industry Pension Fund in a tough spot. According…

One service provider was allegedly paid in cash, debit orders and advance payments at the same time in one of several multimillion-rand irregular contracts signed by state-owned bus company Great North Transport (GNT) in Limpopo. This was revealed in a damning March 2018 report written to Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha by Mampe Gololo, the former chief financial officer of the financially embattled GNT. In the report, Gololo dissects, among other things, a repair and maintenance contract with Swedish bus manufacturer Scania, which she said resulted in “irregular expenditure of R296 million” recorded between 2013 and 2017. Gololo, who is challenging her June 2018 dismissal by GNT in the labour court, wrote the report time when she was on suspension for what she describes as “baseless” and “malicious” charges. According to…

TV darling Minnie Dlamini-Jones and her husband, Quinton Jones, are having a baby. Fans were beside themselves yesterday when Dlamini-Jones (30) announced her pregnancy on Instagram while wishing her husband a happy birthday. The unexpected post was accompanied by a picture of her in an Asanda Madyibi traditional off-the-shoulder dress, holding her tiny baby bump. The glowing Dlamini-Jones wrote: “Starting a family with you, Mr Jones, is a dream come true and I couldn’t have chosen a better man to be the father of our child. “Our family has suffered such painful loss, however, God has proven to us that with death comes new life and we welcome this miracle wholeheartedly. Happy birthday, my love, we’re having a baby. Best birthday present ever...” The actress and TV host did not…

Single people found it easier to cope during Covid-19-enforced lockdowns than those in an unhappy relationship, but those in a happy relationship had it best, according to a new study. Experts from Danube University in Austria surveyed more than 1 000 Austrians a month into that country’s lockdown to get a picture of the link between relationship status and emotional state. People in unhappy relationships were three times more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression than singles or happy couples, the team discovered. Those who were happy in their relationships fared the best out of all the groups, showing a higher general level of mental health wellbeing than singles or unhappy couples. The findings of the survey “underline the fact that not only – but especially – in times…

In its research for stories to be included in South Africa’s leading heritage series Our Story, which City Press has been running extracts from for the past few months, SA Heritage Publishers discovered a collection of writings that can only be described as a treasure trove of South African culture and history. The collection is made up of 891 writings in seven indigenous languages – siSwati and isiNdebele were not written languages at the time the works were compiled – written between 1930 and 1950 by 187 writers in their mother tongues. It is estimated that there are between 15 000 and 20 000 typewritten A4 pages in the collection. The authors range from the well-known author and journalist RRR Dhlomo to a number of unknown South Africans. Many were…

After a silverware drought that’s lasted half a decade for one-time South African club football “cup kings” Kaizer Chiefs, the fans have had enough. The club’s management is under siege after losing the title on the last day of the shortened PSL season, having been at the summit for 13 months. MOTAUNGS UNDER SIEGE Supporters are now directing their anger towards Chiefs supremo Kaizer Motaung and his children, who hold key positions in the club (see graphic). Bobby is the football manager and Jessica the marketing director, while Kemiso is the digital manager and Kaizer Jr plays an unofficial role. A lament last weekend from Kaizer Jr infuriated Chiefs fans. “You deserve better than this, my king,” he remarked in a tweet he posted at about 8.40pm last Saturday, a…

Racism remains a huge problem in South Africa. It may be overt racism or what former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela this week characterised as unconscious bias, but it lingers and it is ugly. So the Clicks advert that portrayed black hair as dry and damaged while white hair was called fine and flat was nothing short of racist, and no apology can correct the fact that a group of senior managers conceived this advert and then agreed that it could be sent out into the public space. It’s unforgivable. The advert fed on the worst stereotypes and caricatures of black people. So the anger and outrage in a week when we commemorate the death 43 years ago of Black Consciousness thinker Steve Biko was fully warranted. And it would have…

Cushy protest In the angry EFF protests against Clicks, DA MP Natasha Mazzone came from the blind side and noticed something we all missed, Floyd Shivambu’s expensive shoes. She tweeted: “I will say this about Floyd, for a revolutionary, he has great taste in shoes. These Prada loafers are my favourite. It’s just so much easier to protest in comfort and style … From protest to a snazzy lunch out with one removal of the beret. Forward thinking”. And she was on to something; Floyd had chosen to protest at the Sandton branch of Clicks, with all the fancy restaurants and surroundings. Indeed, we did not struggle to be poor. Madiba reborn? The only man in Mzansi who believes that umphokoqo namasi makes him a revolutionary and martyr might be…

For the past four years, Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) have been advocating that Parliament change section 100 of the Constitution to better protect pupils’ education rights. Section 100 allows national government to intervene in a provincial department – as an extreme temporary measure – to ensure service delivery. In 2016, EE and the EELC made a joint submission to Parliament’s Constitutional Review Committee, which is tasked with reviewing the Constitution. Our submission aimed to address a concerning trend – national interventions in provincial departments that fail to correct poor service delivery. Last week, the review committee finally met to discuss previous submissions made in respect of proposed changes to the Constitution, including our section 100 submission, which we are informed will be reviewed as…

Anti-apartheid lawyer George Bizos, who passed away this week, leaves behind an illustrious legal legacy. However, when one thinks of the various political trials he was involved in and the array of human rights issues about which he was vocal, there are three words he used that really stand out: “If needs be.” Those who interacted with Comrade Bizos knew that he loved telling stories, particularly the one about how he persuaded Nelson Mandela to add those three words to his famous concluding remarks from the dock during the Rivonia Trial. Those words now remain etched in our history, embedded in one of the most iconic speeches ever delivered by an accused in a South African court: “During my lifetime, I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African…

The slew of economic data released this week reflects just how the Covid-19 pandemic has depressed economic activity in the country. On Thursday, Stats SA released data showing that mining output fell 9.1% in July, while manufacturing contracted by 10.6%. The decline in mining production moderated to 9.1% year on year in July from a contraction of 27.2% in June (previously 28.2%) due to the scaling up of operations. However, this is still the fifth consecutive annual decline in mining production. According to Stats SA, the largest detractor in mining production to the annual headline number was “other” non-metallic minerals, which declined by 44.9% year on year and shaved off 2.8 percentage points. This was followed by coal (-8.5% year on year and -2.4 percentage points), iron ore (-19% and…

Foreign exchange platform JP Markets has been put into final liquidation after an extensive investigation by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), which had received numerous complaints from investors who had lost money. The FSCA stated that it would work with the liquidators and do everything in its power to ensure that clients of JP Markets recovered as much of their funds as possible. Because of the intervention of the FSCA, more than R2.58 billion was preserved in the many bank accounts belonging to JP Markets. The FSCA is also preparing to hand over the matter to the National Prosecuting Authority for further investigation and possible criminal prosecution. The FSCA has several other ongoing investigations into foreign exchange platform operators and warns that “foreign exchange-derivative platforms are a very popular…

The challenge in the labour court by the Public Servants Association (PSA) against the department of public service and administration over its failure to implement the final year of the 2018 wage agreement has received a boost, with Cosatuaffiliated unions now set to join the fight after arbitration failed. Cosatu public sector unions; the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu); the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa); the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru); and the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) had initially chosen to negotiate with the department for it to honour the final year of the multiyear wage agreement through the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council. However, following months of negotiations, the unions have thrown in the towel after the bargaining council dispute resolution efforts…

A confidential document paints a bleak picture of the SABC’s future if it doesn’t act urgently to prevent its “collapse”. The document also suggests that the public broadcaster is pushing ahead with retrenchments, despite the ANC’s strenuous objections to this process. According to the 68-page presentation by the SABC management last month, seen by City Press, revenue for the past financial year was R1.7 billion below budget. To make matters worse, the anticipated impact of Covid-19 on revenue is estimated to be R2 billion for this financial year. As a result of this bleak picture, coupled with the precarious position the SABC was already in, the public broadcaster was continuing with the section 189 consultation process with relevant stakeholders. However, the SABC board and executive seem to be considering a…

One crime intelligence officer linked to the so-called death squad has been dismissed from the SA Police Service (SAPS) for allegedly associating himself with terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Nkanyiso Mdunge was dismissed on August 20 following a disciplinary hearing that found him guilty of associating himself with Al-Qaeda through a social media post. But Mdunge is not going down without a fight and has vowed to challenge his dismissal through the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council, which would make a ruling on whether the SAPS was right to dismiss him. He believes this was an effort to get rid of him and others who had gone to China for training. The crime intelligence officer was among a group of 16 “top-secret agents of the state” who were allegedly recruited by…

HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IN SA HASN’T BEEN SPARED South Africa’s healthcare sector, now part of a worldwide pandemic, has not been spared the critique for being neither inclusive nor transformed enough in this democratic dispensation. Speaking to City Press on the racial dynamics in the medical industry, as well as his own experience of alleged racial targeting, Professor Shisana Baloyi, the academic head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of the Free State said: “We haven’t even moved an inch in addressing racism and systemic racial issues in this country. “We made mistakes with our new dispensation … we overtrusted our [black] organisations,” Baloyi said. The big organisation that failed everyone is the ANC: “It did not champion the real transformation. There is still racial inequality in…

“To raise six kids with so much love and to remain so committed to your family … you don’t find a woman like that every day” Gary and Vivienne Player’s love story spans seven decades, starting on the day a 14-year-old Gary stood on a rock in his parents’ yard in Johannesburg to see what the neighbour’s daughter looked like, until today – six children, 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren later. But now, after 63 years of marriage and a lifetime of shared struggles, the golf legend has finally begun to ask himself when the sand in their hourglass will run out. “At some point, the cancer is going to claim her,” said Player in a candid interview this week from the US. “She has pancreatic cancer, one of the…

When the 2019/20 Absa Premiership campaign resumed last month following the prolonged national lockdown, more than 20 young MultiChoice Diski Challenge (MDC) players reported for duty in the senior teams of the top 16 PSL clubs, making their dreams a reality. It has been six years since the MDC was launched, and the PSL clubs continue to reap the rewards of this innovative programme. The Diski Challenge has been instrumental in helping some of the country’s finest young footballers achieve their career aspirations. Also, the programme ensures that there is a growing pool of talented players to strengthen the Premiership teams. Despite the season’s early end – only 204 of the 240 scheduled matches were played – the MDC numbers show a solid contribution to the country’s professional teams. Joe…

Acting SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Aleck Skhosana has revealed that the seeds of its decision to take over running Cricket SA (CSA) this week were sown by Sports and Recreation Minister Nathi Mthethwa. While Sascoc’s Friday night press release on the matter – which has plunged cricket into a fresh crisis in a year defined by one leadership blunder after another – unequivocally denied Mthethwa’s hand in the intervention by claiming “the minister has not instructed or directed the Sascoc board at any stage”, Skhosana appeared to suggest otherwise to City Press yesterday. “We were invited by the minister as Sascoc some time ago, who then gave us feedback on meetings he’d had with cricket people,” said Skhosana. “But the minister then said that, if he…

What is the point of defending the indefensible? How low can the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) stoop after trying to justify the unjustifiable? Why is it taking South Africans for a ride? The SANDF this week defended the use of an air force jet by an ANC delegation that travelled to Harare, Zimbabwe, saying Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was, in fact, on official duty and actually allowed her ANC colleagues to catch a ride. What a coincidence this was. Or was it? How was it that her trip to Zimbabwe happened to be on the same day as the ANC delegation’s journey? This was blatant misuse of state resources and taxpayers’ money to conduct party business. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule explicitly stated that the party had gone to Harare…

Why is it that most households are divided when it comes to supporting football clubs? I have come to this conclusion after realising that football divides families. You hardly find all the members of a family following one particular club. I wonder why this is the case. Mine is no different, I must say. But what is this thing about divide and rule in one family, I have been asking myself. You can imagine the teasing and mocking of one another when one club wins and another loses. It never ends. Sometimes it ends in tears, as some can’t stomach it. In one office, a certain topic is banned when one club has lost – something that has become a regular occurrence. I remember when we were growing up, we…

South Africa has a long history of racism. Corporate SA, across its boardroom appointments and public messaging, has always had a brutal relationship with black people. So, in the wake of the Clicks hair product advert debacle, little in me was surprised or outraged. To be honest, I was quite bored by the fact that this still happens so blatantly. What I could not get enough of were the voices of powerful black women. They have done exceptional work in creating hair care products that they have fought hard to get ample space for in retail stores. They have laboured constantly and tirelessly and put in the time to counter the oppressive beauty industry message, but they were not being asked by the media to share their thoughts and opinions,…

Selective honesty is a strategy used by the ANC and its president to disarm the nation. The essence of deception is distraction. South African citizens have been subjected to political mind games by the ANC’s leaders and members for many years, using age-old strategies: “selective honesty” and “giving before you take”. These are tactics mostly used by those aspiring to power, scrambling for votes or already in power. The tactic is to disarm potential victims by either promising to give them something or generously doing so to take more later, without arousing suspicions regarding the actual intention. This “law of power” – selective honesty – has been in full swing since the advent of the “new dawn”, and is at its peak during Covid-19 as corruption is exposed, resulting in…

City Press apologises to Reshebile Aviation and Protection Services for reporting as fact and not as allegations that its taxes were not in order in “Fat tender for firm with tax question mark [print] / Umgeni Water awards R220m contract to ANClinked firm with tax question mark [digital]” (City Press, April 14 2019). Reshebile complained to the Press Council that the story was false and misleading and malicious, and that City Press failed to approach the SA Revenue Service to verify the company’s tax affairs, causing it “severe reputational harm”. An adjudication panel convened by the press ombud found that City Press transgressed the Press Code by stating as fact that Reshebile’s taxes were not in order. The panel also found that the headlines in both the print and the…

Kim Kardashian shocked fans by announcing that her family’s iconic reality TV show is ending after 14 years on air. Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which helped make Kim and her siblings Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall household names and launched their careers in the fashion and beauty industries, will air its last season early next year. There were no reasons given for the decision, but E!, the network that airs the show, said that it respected “the family’s decision to live their lives without our cameras.” In recent years, numerous siblings, most recently Kourtney, have been reluctant to film the show. Kim has also endured a turbulent year, with her husband Kanye West’s mental health battle and controversial US presidential run putting unprecedented strain on her marriage. Throughout the…

Despite the controversy over the DA’s new policy, which professes not to recognise race, and the party’s alleged purge of black leaders, interim leader John Steenhuisen is confident that he’ll emerge triumphant after the party’s national congress next month. The DA leadership race is heating up, with provincial leaders beginning to reveal whether they’ll be endorsing interim leader Steenhuisen or member of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature Mbali Ntuli. Talking to City Press, provincial leaders from Mpumalanga and Limpopo said they’d be supporting Steenhuisen for the top position. Mpumalanga leader Jane Sithole didn’t hesitate to confirm that he was the province’s preferred choice: “We’re 100% behind Steenhuisen.” Limpopo leader Jacques Smalle wouldn’t confirm who he supported, but said the DA was “already being led in the right direction”. However, KwaZulu-Natal leader…

Popular comedian Donovan Goliath and his partner Davina Gordon have collaborated with Castle Lite to host South Africa’s first YouTube news talk show – The Lite Show with Donovan Goliath – which was launched last month. Goliath (37) and Gordon (35) have kept their fans entertained throughout the lockdown with their impressive social media posts, featuring some of the biggest news headlines. As a result, they have attracted big brands and they are now getting paid for their creative content. Every Friday at 9pm, Gordon stars as a violinist on the show, which also features comedians Lihle Msimang and Mojak Lehoko and rapper Rouge, whose real name is Deko Barbara-Jessica Wedi. Her segment is called the Rap Up. Goliath, who was born in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, said that…

A review by the director-general of the department of transport into allegations of Covid-19 procurement irregularities found no evidence to support claims that companies owned by people linked to senior managers had benefited. Director-general Alec Moemi told City Press that, as the accounting officer, he personally verified that all procurement processes were in compliance with the required legal prescripts. Because public transport posed a major risk in terms of the spread of the Covid-19 virus during the national state of disaster and the lockdown period, the department even had a responsibility to supply material to minibus taxi operators. An unsigned memorandum circulated by disgruntled employees in the department – addressed to the office of the Public Protector – had contained claims that the department had spent up to R80 million…

Two incidents that show that racism is still embedded in South African society have outraged black communities in Mpumalanga. One is related to the nationwide outrage against Clicks’ offensive TRESemmé advert and the other to the beating of one man and the murder of another. In Carolina, a small town in the province, three white men have been detained after they allegedly brutally assaulted two brothers in the storeroom of a local Spar supermarket, killing one of them. In Standerton, about 150km from Carolina, a BP filling station has been closed down after its owner, Christiano Dippenaar, allegedly referred to EFF supporters, who were protesting outside Clicks at the Monument Shopping Centre, as “monkeys”. Carolina Spar’s senior staff members William Viljoen (32) and Hannes Terblanche (29), as well as security…

The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) in North West will order its members who were recalled as mayors, speakers and chief whips by the ANC interim provincial committee (IPC) to defy that decision. While others in the governing party said the decision was influenced by factionalism, the ANCWL claimed the affected deployees were recalled because they had refused to give in to underhand demands related to tenders by some IPC members. The IPC announced the recall of troikas which consist of mayors, speakers and chief whips in five municipalities – Mahikeng, Ditsobotla, Matlosana and Maquassi Hills local municipalities, as well as the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality. All the municipalities, with the exception of Ditsobotla, were led by female deployees of the ANC as mayors. The women’s league said that,…

From Lovers Mohlala and Stanton Fredericks to Ben Motswari and Phakamani Mahlambi, the roll-call of talent to come out of the Bidvest Wits academy is remarkable. The latest find, Rowan Human, was without doubt on track to become the latest jewel in the club’s crown of home-grown youngsters in the first team. The 19-year-old was a standout among the 10 reserve team players who were being incorporated into what would be the last chapter written by the tradition-steeped club that has become extinct after the sale of its Premiership status to Limpopo outfit Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila. The irony is, while Human has marketed himself so well in the few weeks football played in the biobubble, the Wits academy coaches are pondering their next career moves. The group of tacticians includes…

Like many people around the world, I watch a lot of football. I’m sure you’ve noticed how the game has evolved over the years. It is no longer the plain and simple game we once knew. With different coaches and aficionados entering the arena with new, sometimes bold, and innovative ways to kick a ball, the mind boggles sometimes. I’m not against change for the better. I am against change for the sake of change, and some of the changes are just off the wall, particularly in relation to the laws of the game. I also find that players are becoming more adept at finding ways to hoodwink the referee and match officials. I see assistant refs becoming the subject of abuse from erring players, who must surely know that…

Germany-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is widely credited as saying: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.” I couldn’t agree more. Something had to give at Kaizer Chiefs. How ironic it is that the words of Einstein came to haunt his compatriot Ernst Middendorp, now referred to as Chiefs’ former coach. Chiefs might have taken what they deemed appropriate action by dismissing Middendorp and his assistant Shaun Bartlett this week, but does it solve their problems? While it was the right call by chairperson Kaizer Motaung and must be applauded, Middendorp’s sacking isn’t the solution to the club’s problems. Many, myself included, believe there is a big elephant in the room that needs to be addressed and tackled – Bobby…

Western Province’s apparent reluctance to strike a proposed equity deal with New York-based company MVM Holdings will threaten its ability to retain its leading players after next year’s British and Irish Lions tour. As recently reported, MVM Holdings – led by KwaZulu-Natal-born lawyer Marco Masotti – entered into a 45-day exclusive negotiation phase where it offered the cash-strapped provincial union $6 million (R100 million) for a 51% stake in the franchise. However, Province president Zelt Marais initially voiced concerns about relinquishing outright control. Other obstacles have resulted in prolonged talks and the possibility that the deal might not take place at all. A source familiar with the negotiations said the Stormers’ senior players (mainly the Springboks, led by their captain, Siya Kolisi) would be key to MVM Holdings’ plan due…

The psychology of racism in South Africa and the quest to undo the vestiges of our apartheid past are heavily contested and mystifying terrain. Painful race-based events of the past week helped confirm an almost universal quest by politicians for easy victories and half-baked solutions. And, while nothing seems to pain EFF leaders more than having to think, and stop romanticising anarchy and idiocy, the hypocrisy of some proponents of black consciousness on the one hand and “rainbowism” on the other invite scrutiny. Let me explain. The EFF is the most persistent and lethal threat to our democracy. The juvenile party is living a reckless opposition political party’s dream: an opportunistic, anarchistic, hypocritical and populist existence free of consequence and accountability. We defeated a racist apartheid regime, but undeniably inherited…

Yesterday marked 43 years since you joined the land of the brave, the spiritual abode of our ancestors. I do not possess what gifted novelist Ayi Kwei Armah from Ghana calls “the eloquence of the scribes”. Had that been the case, I would, with accuracy, have described the great meaning of your life to humanity, neither exaggerating nor minimising it. Your contribution to the cause of what another gallant son of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, called the liberation of humankind, is simply immeasurable. And to imagine that you accomplished all this before the age of 30! Today, son of the daughter of the amaCethe clan, I feel compelled to count, one by one, the blessings you conferred on black humanity. When my peers and I – in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, about…

The world is changing and the traditional commute to and from an office for a 9am to 5pm day is slowly falling away. More people are exploring their talents and skills that are unrelated to traditional employment, and they must find time to acquaint themselves with their personal finances. Traditionally, your employer would make sure that your tax was paid over to the taxman each month, provide you with an IRP5 during tax season and give you the opportunity to save for your retirement, but, as a freelancer/entrepreneur, you have to take care of all these things (and more) yourself. 1 GET ORGANISED: As someone who works for yourself, you are often the person in charge of marketing, sales and accounting. You need to have systems in place to…