Innholdsfortegnelse for Saturday, October 3, 2020 i Pretoria News Weekend

› SPECIALS Celebrate Loot’s 17th birthday THIS month, Loot turns 17. For the past 17 years, Loot has been one of South Africa’s most trusted online general merchants. Loot stocks everything from fragrances, make-up, toys, books and groceries, to dog beds, computers, treadmills, generators and so much more. To celebrate our birthday, we are launching 17 different deals throughout the month. Be sure to keep an eye on our newsletters and social channels, else you will miss out on our great offers, all only valid for a limited time. Our birthday offers launched today with 10% off when purchasing 2 or more books from selected categories. Other deals will see big savings, coupons, free delivery and many more exciting offers. Loot is always trying to improve its service and offering.…

LOCKDOWN DIARY LEVEL 1 AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS LAND AGAIN SUNDAY, MARCH 15 President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a broadcast address, declares the National State of Disaster and imposes a travel ban and border closures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. MONDAY, MARCH 16 Panic-buying at the shops. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Schools across SA close. FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Day 1 lockdown level 5 (to April 30). TUESDAY, APRIL 21 R500 billion stimulus announced in response to the pandemic. FRIDAY, MAY 1 Day 1 lockdown level 4 (to May 31). SUNDAY, MAY 24 Ramaphosa addresses the nation to announce move to level 3. MONDAY, JUNE 1 Day 1 lockdown level 3 sees most industries return to work. MONDAY, JUNE 8 Grades 7 and 12 at school; domestic business flights resume. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 First…

TRANSPORT Numsa wage strike set to derail Gautrain services JAMES MAHLOKWANE james.mahlokwane@inl.co.za GAUTRAIN services are expected to come to a halt from Monday morning as the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) embarks on a wage strike. This is despite a call by Bombela Operating Company, which manages the Gautrain, to urge the union and workers to abandon their plans, and respect the outcome of a vote. Gautrain spokesperson, Kesagee Nayager, made the call yesterday. She said since early August, when wage negotiations began, Bombela had been committed to reaching an agreement in this regard. “The initial demand by Numsa tallied to an increase of approximately 30% and their subsequent, revised demand equates to an increase of approximately 26%.” The offer tabled by the company is 4.1%. “When wage negotiations deadlocked,…

Renew licences every 10 years, says Outa ORGANISATION Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) outspoken leader, Wayne Duvenage, suggests driving licences should be renewed every 10 years, rather than every five. He said authorities struggled to cope with the demand for renewals which had been aggravated by services being off-line during lockdown. This week the Pretoria News reported on queues at the Centurion licensing centre, and drivers’ frustrations at the long waiting period. He said especially for younger drivers the five-year limit did not make sense and Outa, the organisation believed it was time to get in tune with other countries and move to renewals every 10 years. An exception would be for public driving permits and licences for the over 65s. He planned to take the proposal to Transport Minister, Fikile…

LAID BACK Cheers to a good friend in quaint Kaapsche Hoop JOUBERT MALHERBE WE WERE still well within the Tshwane District boundary when I spotted the first juggernaut rumbling along in the opposite lane of the N4. Different context, I know, but I immediately thought of that anti-Ku Klux Klan song that Joan Baez sang at Woodstock, Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man. There were many more trucks to come when we were on our way to the tiny and scenic village of Kaapsche Hoop in Mpumalanga to take in some country air… and some ale. We went there along with friends, sisters Minky and Pinki Wessels, with Minky doing the driving. I get a shiver down my spine whenever I see these huge lorries hurtling down towards the vehicle I’m…

COURT 7 asbestos corruption accused get bail SIHLE MLAMBO THE Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court has granted bail ranging from R50 000 to R500 000 in the high-profile Free State asbestos corruption case. The seven accused were arrested by the Hawks this week, with six suspects arrested in the Free State and Gauteng on Wednesday, while the seventh handed himself over to the police in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday afternoon. • Joburg businessman Edwin Sodi, 47, owner of Blackhead Consulting (Pty) which scored millions in contracts from the Free State Department of Human Settlements, was released on R500 000 bail. The following accused were released on R100 000 bail: •Matawana Mlamleli, 63, of Bloemfontein, a former MEC of Human Settlements in the Free State and a former Mangaung mayor. • Nthimotse Mokhesi, 61,…

Outcry, protests over alleged gang rape LUCKNOW: Galvanised by the alleged gang-rape of a young woman who died of her injuries earlier this week, political parties representing India’s downtrodden Dalit community held protests in several cities yesterday. In Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, the capital of the state where the crime took place, police baton-charged more than 100 activists, who demanded justice. Four high-caste Hindu men have been arrested. A rape takes place every 15 minutes in India, federal data shows. Reuters…

FRANCE Macron’s announces plan to fight Islamist activism FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron has set out a series of measures to crack down on Islamist activists and to build up a form of Islam compatible with French values. The centrist president warned yesterday that Islamists were at work in communities around France, seeking to build up “a parallel order” and eventually “take complete control” of society. France has had a tortured relationship with its Muslim population, with many tracing their origins to the country’s former colonies in Africa. Fears around radical Islamism have become even more topical with the emigration of hundreds of young French people to join the Islamic State extremist group, and a series of Islamist attacks on French soil that claimed more than 230 lives in 2015 and…

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Women ministers a first for nation THE new president of Bougainville, an autonomous part of Papua New Guinea, appointed two female cabinet ministers yesterday, a rare move in a region where women are often sidelined in politics. Papua New Guinea is one of three countries worldwide to have no female politicians, although Bougainville has made some progress to bolster women’s political representation since the end of its civil war in 1998. “I have appointed two female members to the cabinet to ensure there is recognition of the dynamic role that our women have in Bougainville society,” said Ishmael Toroama, who was elected president last week. He appointed Theonila Roka Mat-bob as minister for education and Yolande Geraldine Paul as minister for primary industries and marine resources. Reuters…

On a mission to escape chronophobia LINDSAY SLOGROVE lindsay.slogrove@inl.co.za “SLIPPING the surly bonds of Earth” was balm for the Covid-bound soul this week. The phrase comes from a soaring sonnet, titled High Flight, by John Gillespie Magee jr, a 19-year-old American airman who was killed in action near Britain in December 1941. It’s tragic that someone so impassioned by flight didn’t live long enough to see “the high, untrespassed sanctity of space” being explored, opening such vast windows of wonder to Earthlings. This Earthling was absorbed by a NatGeo documentary about the Cassini mission to Saturn. Apart from the scientific “miracles” of the mission, with everything that could possibly go right went right, what was really fascinating was the aspect of time, and the, er, astronomical numbers involved. Please bear…

3 THINGS TO WATCH THIS WEEK SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 Escape Plan: The Extractors: M-NET at 8.05pm Sylvester Stallone returns for another action-packed film. Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a tech mogul. Also starring 50 Cent, Dave Bautista and Jaime King. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 The World’s Most Secret Homes: BBC Lifestyle at 8pm Featuring, among others, secluded houses in forests, luxury bunkers and cabins on remote islands. The show uses drones to explore the natural surroundings of the homes and their interiors, to reveal what makes them unique. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Party of Five: M-NET at 9pm A reimagination of the popular drama of the 1990s. Five children suddenly find themselves on their own when their parents are deported back to Mexico. They must learn to…

Section 12J – ain’t no sunshine when it’s gone OVER THE years, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) has not only transformed itself into an efficient revenue collection entity, but it has also come to play a key role in stimulating growth in the fiscus through various incentives aimed at growing the economy. Arguably, one of the most effective instruments introduced by Sars to date has been section 12J (S12J) of the Income Tax Act, which was launched in 2009 and affords investors a 100% tax rebate on amounts invested into section 12J-listed venture capital companies. The intention of S12J is specifically to bolster investment into the small business sector and, in doing so, to create jobs that can contribute to the country’s tax base in due time. To date,…

TV GUIDE TODAY Cricket: Indian Premier League T20: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals, 11.50am, CRI; Delhi Capitals v Kolkata Knight Riders, 3.50pm, CRI; Vitality T20 Blast, Final, 7.40pm, VR2, CRI (8.20pm), GSD (10pm); Women’s ODI Series: Australia v New Zealand, First ODI, 2.10am, CRI Cycling: Giro d’Italia, Stage 1: Monreale-Palermo Tissot ITT (15.1km), 1pm, VR1 Golf: European Tour: Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, Day 3, 1pm, GOL; LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, Day 3, 7pm, GOL; PGA Tour: Sanderson Farms Championship, Day 3, 10pm, GOL Motorsport: FIM Superbike World Championship, France, SBK Superpole, 10.50am, MSP, SSM; FIM Superbike World Championship, France, SSP Superpole, 11.35am, SSM, MSP; FIM Superbike World Championship, France, SSP300 Superpole, 12.15pm, MSP, SSM; FIM Superbike World Championship, France, SBK Race 1, 1.30pm, MSP;…

GO BOKKE! TODAY rugby returns to the field after a six-month hiatus and there will be plenty of talent on show to get South Africans excited about the future of the game. Dubbed the Springbok Showdown, the Newlands (Cape Town) spectacle will see the Green and Gold pick teams locking horns as a way for SA rugby to determine the depth of talent in the country. WYNONA LOUW looks at five intriguing head-to-head battles that will be of particular interest to the Rassie Erasmus/Jacques Nienaber brains trust. Elton Jantjies vs Damian Willemse THIS match-up is one that words alone would not do justice to describe. While we all know Jantjies’ attacking ability (and that alone makes this battle one to look forward to) and while we all should know that…

TOURISM Paradise in the heart of Kruger WITH the announcement of level 1 of lockdown there has been a rush on top local tourist destinations with the Kruger National Park a firm favourite. There is much to choose from when it comes to accommodation, but in the heart of Kruger, accessed at Orpen Gate, lies the private Mluwati Concession and the exclusive Imbali Safari Lodge. The 100km2 concession is in the western region of the park, bordering Sabi Sands and Manyeleti game reserves. Each private suite at Imbali comes with its own plunge pool with a vista of the park beyond. Imbali guests experience memorable sightings from the comfort of their suites and it is a birders’ paradise. Daily game drives with experienced rangers both in the concession and the…

OUTCRY Euthanised lions a threat – SANParks SOUTH African National Parks (SAN-Parks) defended its decision to euthanise seven lions in the Karoo National Park, after the pride left the park and killed a number of sheep from a neighbouring farm. After coming under fire this week, SANParks said yesterday its decision to put down the lions deemed to be damage-causing animals “was not taken in haste nor lightly”. Among those who condemned the killing was Beauty Without Cruelty SA’s chairperson Toni Brockhoven, who said killing a pride because they escaped indicated inadequate fencing at the Karoo National Park. “There are no ‘damage-causing animals’, only humans who believe they have the right to claim everything as their own,” she said. “Shot for killing sheep? You mean (insured) sheep who would be…

ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA ONLINE GAMING IS TAKING SA BY STORM If you want to gamble, so be it, but when it gets to the stage where gambling is the only thing you are thinking of and it is affecting your life, that’s when you need to put a hold on itADEBAYO AKINFENWA WITH an army of online casinos targeting SA players and enticing them with bonus incentives, more gamers are signing up. Anyone with internet access and a real-time HD webcam can stream and play blackjack, roulette, baccarat, or poker tables hosted by a real-life croupier or dealer. Go to: www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng…

2021 school calendar to start on January 25 THE 2021 school year will begin on January 25, according to the revised school calendar. This was confirmed by the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga and gazetted yesterday. “We are fully aware that the country needs the school calendar for effective planning purposes; and we have worked hard to ensure it is done properly; taking into account the disruptions that have occurred in 2020,” said Motshekga. She confirmed that some curriculum work would need to be carried over into 2021. The National Senior Certificate exams will start on November 5, instead of October as usual, to allow matrics as much time as possible to cover critical curriculum content. Because it is combined with the June exam, it will be the largest…

ELDERLY Affordable housing for homeless Foundation seeks to eradicate homelessness among the city’s most vulnerable citizens GOITSEMANG TLHABYE goitsemang.tlhabye@inl.co.za THE Tshwane Leadership Foundation is tackling homelessness one step at a time with the launch of the Inn housing programme for the elderly homeless in the City of Tshwane. Wayne Renkin, from the foundation said the Inn launched this week, would provide affordable housing for the elderly homeless in the City, who could not afford proper housing. Renkin said with many elderly only receiving a grant as their source of income, balancing their basic needs, food and housing was a struggle on the R1800 grant provided by Sassa. He said the plight of elderly homelessness was also revealed by the 2015 research report conducted by the foundation alongside the City…

Nigerian city lands new Guinness record LAGOS: Lagos State has earned Nigeria a world record by celebrating the country’s 60th Independence Day with 60000 cupcakes to produce a giant anniversary mosaic. The initiative by Lagos State was carried out on Thursday in collaboration with Fly Africa. In a statement posted on Facebook, Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the mosaic sent a message to the world that Lagos is a land of creativity and innovations. The event was monitored by officials from the Guinness World Records. The mosaic dethroned the previous Guinness World Record title-holder, the South African Spar group, which created the country’s flag mosaic using 33660 cupcakes as a tribute to the Springboks for the Rugby World Cup in 2015. ANA…

The People Bernie Sanders campaigns to back Biden WILMINGTON: Bernie Sanders, right, is returning to in-person campaigning for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, and heading to the battleground states of New Hampshire and Michigan to promote Joe Biden and soothe any lingering tensions between the Democratic Party’s progressive and centrist wings. | AP No Brexit breakthrough, but Merkel ‘optimistic’ BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pictured, said yesterday she had no breakthrough to announce in EU talks with Britain but remained optimistic that sealing a deal on a new trade relationship after Brexit was still possible before the end of the year. With just under two weeks before a deadline for reaching a trade agreement, there were still significant hurdles to finding a way…

CARPING POINT Trump and Zuma like two peas in a pod KEVIN RITCHIE @RitchKev NEXT month, the US will vote for its next president. The pickings couldn’t be much slimmer; two geriatric white men vying for control of the last superpower. One is a career politician, the other a hopeless bankrupt, with three baby mamas, five kids and an arrest warrant who lives in public housing, as someone described it on Twitter. Whether Donald Trump actually wanted to be president in 2016 or just campaigned in a cynical bid of showmanship to reinvigorate – and re-monetise – his personal brand is moot. What isn’t is his existential need to stay in office for another term. This week, after Trump’s herculean battle to avoid releasing his tax returns, the New York…

EDITORIAL Carelessness right now is foolishness THE news yesterday that US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for Covid-19 may well be cause for schadenfreude in some parts of the world, given the White House’s resolute denial of both the best scientific advice and the president’s alleged determination to downplay the scale of the disease when it first took root in the US. People who think this is nothing less than karmic justice may be right. But the reality is that none of us are out of the woods yet when it comes to combating this coronavirus. South Africa endured one of the harshest lockdowns in the world, effectively flattening the curve and managing the peak of the infection so successfully that we opened our international…

Author offers both sides of the story for reader to choose IN THE mood to contemplate your own mortality? Then Jodi Picoult has the book for you. The bestselling author’s latest offering, The Book of Two Ways, follows Dawn Edelstein, a former Yale Egyptology student turned death doula. In Dawn’s orbit there’s a whole lot of death, starting with Win, the dying woman she’s caring for, the memories of those Dawn lost and the very, very deceased (as in mummified in Middle Egypt 4 000 years ago). In short, if you are looking for comic relief, you are out of luck. But readers don’t pick up Picoult for the LOLs. Instead, they come for the heart-wrenching moral choices, the complicated family dynamics, the deep dive into ethical issues, and, lately,…

Kipchoge’s path to fifth London Marathon opens up as Bekele pulls out ETHIOPIA’S Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in history over the distance, has withdrawn from tomorrow’s London Marathon with a calf injury which has put paid to his showdown with world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, organisers said yesterday. Bekele said he picked up the injury after “two fast training sessions too close together”, leaving Kenya’s Kipchoge as an even hotter favourite to win his fifth title in the race which will be run on a new, multi-lap course at St James’ Park. | Reuters FOR THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS GO TO WWW.IOL.CO.ZA/SPORT…

› SOCCER Klopp in a corner on Internationals for players LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp expressed his concerns about releasing his players for international duty amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the club had struggled to get clarity from national teams over safety protocols. Premier League champions Liverpool, like several other elite European clubs, have begun their new campaign with a shortened pre-season, a cramped fixture schedule and the risk of losing players to Covid-19. Next week’s international matches make things even more complicated for Liverpool, with Klopp saying it has been difficult for the club to make contact with national teams and manage player logistics. “I don’t want to sound disrespectful about how other countries are doing it but this is the place that we know and we know how we…

RESEARCH Covid-19 expected to return, like flu SHAUN SMILLIE AS SOUTH Africans once again enjoy overseas travel and more freedom, in Europe a second wave of the Covid-19 virus is wreaking havoc as infection rates rise and renewed lockdowns loom. South Africa might have seen a dramatic drop in infections over the past two months, but the fear is will the country be hit by a devastating second wave or resurgence? And research suggests that it is coming, and will be with us early next year. Then it will return the same time, every year. A new study released by Wits University suggests that the Covid-19 virus might start following a seasonal cycle, just like the flu. “In South Africa, we are over our first peak. Now the big question…

South Africa can afford wood-based buildings RESEARCHERS at Stellenbosch University have found that South Africa has sufficient resources for a sustainable wood housing building market. The study, headed by Dr Philip Crafford and Dr Brand Wessels, found that the perception that the country did not have the resources for wood-based buildings was incorrect. South Africa does not have a culture of designing and building with wood, so there is a need for further research on the potential benefits. At present, only 1% of new homes in South Africa are wood-based, compared with 90% in the US. But the scientists believe that almost 95 000 wood houses could be built in South Africa annually. Despite limited forest cover, the study found that with the use of wood resources currently exported as…

President gave trip ‘verbal approval’ THE Presidency has disputed claims that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and senior ANC members travelled to Zimbabwe on an SA Air Force jet without prior approval. Acting Presidency spokesperson Tyrone Seale said President Cyril Ramaphosa received the request to travel from Mapisa-Nqakula on September 7 and approved the trip verbally on September 8, the day of departure. “The minister requested permission to travel to Zimbabwe to conduct a bilateral meeting with her Zimbabwean counterpart, the Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Ms Oppah Chamu Muchinguri-Kashiri,” said Seale. As Ramaphosa was not in Gauteng at the time, he gave verbal approval and signed the relevant documentation on his return to Gauteng, he said. On September 10, a day after the entourage returned from Zimbabwe, the Presidency…

WEBINAR Understanding diversity SAKHILE NDLAZI sakhile.ndlazi@inl.co.za THE outcry over the Clicks/TRESemmé advertisement should enlighten companies about the difference between diversity and inclusion. You can have a diverse workforce, made up of different races, genders,disabilities, but that does not mean the company is inclusive. A panel of panellists weighted in on the matter in a webinar this week hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP) under the theme: Re-imaging management sciences and inclusivity, to iron out the difference between diversity and inclusion at companies, in light of the offensive Clicks/TRE-Semmé advert. Professor Stella Nkomo of the Department of Human Resource Management at UP said many companies had not looked deeply enough at inclusion. She said many workplaces have tried to make up inclusion by being diverse and getting numbers – more…

‘Hellish’ detention in Saudi Arabia ADDIS ABABA: New details are emerging of the squalid detention conditions facing thousands of migrants from Ethiopia, some who were chased across the border from Yemen into Saudi Arabia amid gunfire because of coronavirus fears. A report released yesterday by Amnesty International describes widespread abuses in Saudi detention facilities, including beatings and electrocutions. Detainees described being chained together in pairs and being forced to use cell floors as toilets. From a filthy cell in Saudi Arabia, an Ethiopian migrant spoke on a smuggled phone to The Associated Press, fearing to give his name. Some 300 countrymen are detained with him, he said. And no one knows when Ethiopia’s government might bring them home. “We are detained in a very inhumane condition, sleeping on waste overflowing…

UNITED STATES World reacts to Trump infection Shock, sympathy, mockery and uncertainty over US president’s Covid-19 diagnosis NEWS that the world’s most powerful man was infected with the novel coronavius drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity surrounding everything about US President Donald Trump. Trump’s announcement yesterday, on Twitter, that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the corona-virus, and the deep uncertainty that accompanied it, flashed across screens large and small, upending countless plans and sparking comment everywhere from presidential offices to the thousands looking to weigh in on social media. Trump said in a tweet: “@FLOTUS and I tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get though…

BELGIUM Court recognises artist as king’s daughter after decades-long battle “THE legal victory will never replace the love of a father but it provides a feeling of justice,” the lawyers for Delphine Boel said. Boel, an artist and sculptor, is on the cusp of officially becoming a Belgian princess after a Brussels court ruled in her favour on Thursday in a decades-old royal paternity scandal pitting her against former King Albert II. Her lawyer, Alain de Jonghe, confirmed that the court gave his client full satisfaction, recognising her as the former monarch’s daughter. A statement from her team of lawyers said she would be able to be called princess “Delphine of Saxe Coburg”, and will be set on the same footing as her royal brothers and sisters. The breakthrough ruling…

MOVIE Millie Bobby Brown shines as Sherlock’s kid sister in enjoyable ‘Enola Holmes’ ANN HORNADAY MILLIE Bobby Brown makes a high-spirited leading-role movie debut in Enola Holmes, which on paper might sound like a starchy exercise in feminist revisionism, but winds up executing that agenda with wit, pacey storytelling and an overarching mood of cracking good fun. Anchored by Brown’s sturdy, self-possessed performance as Sherlock Holmes’s teenage sister, this sprightly paean to mothers, daughters and female autonomy often feels like the spiritual sequel to last year’s similarly lively Little Women, albeit with more jokes, fight scenes and clever interstitial inserts thrown in for the viewer’s enjoyment. This rollicking Victorian-era adventure surely isn’t canon, but the Baker Street Irregulars aren’t its intended audience anyway. Arthur Conan Doyle might have created the…

The Brief CREDIT DELINQUENCY RATES INCREASE IN SECOND QUARTER THIS WEEK’S TransUnion Industry Insights Report, which analyses the South African credit market across credit products, shows higher delinquencies in the second quarter of this year, reflecting the difficult economic environment for consumers. The year-on-year changes in the serious delinquency rates at the end of June were: credit cards up 0.5% to 12.8%, bank personal loans up 0.7% to 22.2%, non-bank personal loans up 4.4% to 32.1%, home loans up 4.1% to 7.8%, and vehicle finance up 1.4% to 7.4%. The findings also reveal that payment holidays and increased credit usage resulted in a growth in outstanding balances; however, demand for new credit, in all areas except home loans, fell significantly. LOWER INFLATION IN AUGUST ‘BODES WELL FOR REPO RATE CUT…

Financial education should begin at home A WEBINAR by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) this week revealed a staggering, but not altogether surprising, statistic: divisional executive of regulatory policy Caroline da Silva said a survey the FSCA had commissioned indicated – and the figures were still to be finalised – that more than one in four South Africans (26%) with credit life cover did not know they had this cover. About five million people who were sold a credit life policy when they bought something on credit didn’t know they owned such a policy. Although this statistic is an indictment of the credit life industry, which appears to me to be surreptitiously selling insurance with the view that the less people know, the less they’re likely to claim, it…

› SOCCER Bafana coach to give rookies a taste of international football HERMAN GIBBS BAFANA Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki has chosen a 25-man squad for international friendlies against Namibia and Zambia in Rustenburg next week. Ntseki has emphasised that he has chosen some greenhorns with the eye on the future and will give them a run in the friendlies so that they experience a taste of international football. “This exercise is all about introduction and induction,” said Ntseki. “We have called up a number of youngsters to get the feel of the senior national team set-up and that is very critical. The whole idea is to merge these players so that going forward we have a huge pool in case of injuries or any other mishap. “It is critical that…