Innholdsfortegnelse for Saturday, November 28, 2020 i Pretoria News Weekend

Warning of tighter local restrictions A RESURGENCE in Covid-19 cases in South Africa may lead to localised lockdowns. Because of the free flow of people between provinces, it was only in the early stages that inter-provincial travel was prohibited but Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern at the surge of cases especially areas such as Nelson Mandela Bay. South Africa is in a five-day mourning period, declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa in honour of those who succumbed to Covid-19. South Africa has registered 21 289 deaths with a total of 778 571 infections since the first case in March. The country has been in lockdown since late March, with levels relaxed gradually. We are in level 1 and international travel is among the latest relaxations to be announced.…

ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA A DELICIOUS ROYAL SECRET Of all the meals that represented British culture, perhaps none captured the imagination more than the Christmas pudding. It was the Victorians who firmly fixed the traditional plum pudding as a festive dish.KWASI KWARTENG CHEFS from the British royal family’s kitchen have shared the recipe for a traditional Christmas pudding that they usually make every year for Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family. Go to: www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/food-drink/recipes…

More parking options at ORT The SA Civil Aviation Authority required that airports had processes in place to control and direct the flow of people and vehicles prior to the airport reopening in June. “Among these protocols was a requirement that only passengers be allowed into terminal buildings, which in turn required closure of most terminal entrances.” There are now ground level exit and entry points to the terminal for people needing to get to the piazza, which is for use by taxis and e-hailing services. Exit for these services is on the lower level as before “The upper roadway is open for drop-offs and a number of entrances to the terminal building on the upper level are open. Exiting from the upper roadway takes place in the same way…

FIRST PART OF NEW LIFESTYLE CENTRE OPENS Kings of the castle development SAKHILE NDLAZI sakhile.ndlazi@inl.co.za THOBILE MATHONSI African News Agency (ANA) IT’s not just another mall says Carl Erasmus of Castle Gate, built by Atterbury Property Developments on the last remaining portion of land owned by his family. Erasmus visited the mall at its official opening this week and described it as well-designed with a good tenant mix and meeting the vision his father had as it offered views of the surrounding areas such as Bayside. The mall is just the first part of the Castle Gate lifestyle centre being constructed off Solomon Mahlangu Drive between the N1 and R21, with the development taking its name and logo from the historic Erasmus Kasteel built in the early 20th century…

Airline under fire for phallic flight route MOSCOW: National carrier Aeroflot should consider sacking the head of its budget airline after one of its passenger planes appeared to trace a phallic-like route in the sky during a commercial flight, Russia’s state aviation authority has recommended. A commission for the Rosaviatsia authority said in a report that the crew of a Moscow-Yekaterinburg flight operated by Pobeda deviated from its authorised flight path on November 11 for manoeuvres with 102 passengers on board. Russian media have cast the manoeuvres as a gesture of public support for soccer star Artyom Dzyuba who had been dropped from the Russian national team after the leak of a private, intimate video featuring a man similar to him. Pobeda and Aeroflot did not immediately reply to requests…

FRANCE Macron ‘shocked’ by allegation of police beating of black man FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron is “very shocked” by images purporting to show a black music producer being beaten up and racially abused by Paris police, BFM TV reported, quoting comments given to it by the Presidency. French authorities are investigating allegations that the man, who has given his identity as Michel, was assaulted and racially abused at his studio in Paris’s last Saturday after CCTV footage of the incident was released. He said he had been walking in the street without a mask – against French Covid-19 health protocols – and, upon seeing a police car, went into his nearby studio to avoid getting a fine. However, he said, the police followed him inside and began to assault and…

ThePeople Fists and pig guts fly as Taiwan parliament debates US pork imports TAIPEI: Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament yesterday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing US pork imports. President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would, from January 1, allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhances leanness but is banned in the EU and China, as well as US beef more than 30 months old. While welcomed in Washington, and removing a roadblock to a long sought after US free trade deal for Taiwan, the KMT has strongly opposed the decision, tapping into public concern about food safety after several…

UNITED STATES Trump inching toward exit PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the November 3 election, even as he repeated unfounded claims of massive voter fraud. Speaking to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday, Republican Trump said if Democrat Biden – who is due to be sworn in on January 20 -– is formally declared the winner by the Electoral College, he would leave the White House. Asked if he would leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for Biden, Trump said: “Certainly I will. Certainly I will. And you know that.” But Trump said it would be hard for him to concede because “we know there…

3 THINGS TO WATCH THIS WEEK Sunday, November 29 Like A Boss Comedy: M-Net, 8.30pm Best friends Mia and Mel run their own cosmetics company. But they’re in over their heads. A buyout proposal puts their lifelong friendship to the ultimate test. The beauty business is about to get ugly. Monday, November 30 The Undoing S1: M-Net, 9.30pm Award-winners Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant lead this thrilling HBO limited drama. On the eve of publishing her first book, a chain of terrible revelations unravel the life of a successful therapist and her family. Tuesday, December 1 The Diagnosis Detectives: BBC Earth, 7pm In episode three, the team of 12 doctors aim to diagnose a young woman suffering with dramatic weight gain and hair loss, and another who has suddenly gone…

Why ETF providers were wrong about SARB circular LAST week, the financial media were abuzz about an exchange-control circular from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) that, among other things, apparently changed the status of locally listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking global indices from foreign, or offshore, investments to local ones. This had massive implications for retirement funds, which collectively manage assets of almost R3 trillion, South Africa’s largest pot of savings. The Pension Funds Act prevents retirement funds from investing more than 40% of their assets outside South Africa (including 10% in Africa). Now, theoretically, retirement funds could move the bulk of their assets offshore, via these ETFs. The providers of ETFs, including Sygnia and Satrix, were understandably excited about this interpretation of the circular. Even though ETFs…

WORDS ON WEALTH Protection for SA cryptocurrency investors MARTIN HESSE | martin.hesse@inl.co.za Freepik IN AUGUST, I wrote that “cryptocurrency is coming of age as an investment” in the light of more buy-in from large global institutional investors, wide interest on the part of a younger generation of investors, and increased regulation, which would have the effect of taming and legitimising the crypto market, which is largely unregulated. Last year, the South African regulators established a working group, the Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group, comprising members of the National Treasury, South African Reserve Bank and Prudential Authority, Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), Financial Intelligence Centre, National Credit Regulator and South African Revenue Service, and it published a position paper which proposed a number of recommendations on the regulation of crypto assets.…

Argentina and SA to strengthen football ties STAFF REPORTER Diego Armando Maradona has been celebrated far and wide, and in a corner of Waterkloof, Pretoria, where the residence of the Ambassador of Argentine is situated, the giant light blue and white flag with its sun is flying at half-mast. Ambassador Alberto Pedro D’Alotto reflected on the Maradona legend who was an ambassador for his country as he played and travelled the world. He was undoubtedly the best player in history, with his greatest “Hand of God” goal in Mexico against England in the quarter finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, said D’Alotto. Argentina went on to beat Germany in the final. The relationship with football across the Atlantic includes many South African footballers adopting the name Maradona and tributes…

OXFAM REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE WEALTH GAP The biggest losers in unequal SA VAL BOJE OXFAM’S latest inequality report for South Africa confirms the country’s status as the most unequal in the world – especially for black women. Titled “Reclaiming Power: Womxn’s Work and Income Inequality in South Africa November 2020”, the report by Dr Basani Baloyi and Sameer Dossani demonstrates the wealth gap but also the conditions that continue to perpetuate inequality, and why poverty is so hard to escape. The authors note that most wealth levels are determined at birth meaning that if one does not have the right start in life, it is difficult to escape poverty. “Moving from poverty to a middle class status is like winning the lotto,” they note, with nine…

CORRUPTION New Zondo commission summons for Zuma THE Zondo commission has served a new summons on Jacob Zuma after he flouted the first and now expects him to appear before it in January. The summons was served this week at his Nkandla home in KwaZulu-Natal, compelling him to testify before the commission from January 18 to 22, according to the secretariat of the commission. The commission instructed a senior advocate to prepare papers as it seeks a Constitutional Court order obliging him to respect the latest summons. If it succeeds in this bid, Zuma will find himself in contempt of court and face arrest if he failed to appear in January. That application has yet to be brought, according to the spokesman for the commission, but the JG Zuma Foundation…

Musk is 2nd-richest man in the world ELON Musk has become the world’s second-richest person, behind Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. THE latest Bloomberg Billionaires index sees Musk move from 35th position to overtake Bill Gates with a net worth of $128 billion (R1.9 trillion). Bloomberg reported that the Tesla chief executive added more than $100bn to his net worth this year. Most of Musk’s wealth is tied up in Tesla stock. Instead of drawing a salary, he has been compensated in stock based on the company’s performance. Tesla is the most valuable car firm in the world, despite producing a fraction of the vehicles of rivals such as Toyota, VW and General Motors, and Musk has his eye on a compact car for the European market. Recently, four astronauts were…

LAID BACK Now is the time to call the bluff of vagabonds JOUBERT MALHERBE TAKING a tumble becomes an occupational hazard later in life when the lyrics of the old nursery rhyme, Jack Be Nimble, are but a distant memory. When takes dogs for a walk – and of one of them is a powerful husky-chow cross – the occasional instance of meeting Mother Earth at close quarters tends to occur more frequently. “Oh, Mother Earth with your fields of green/Once more laid down by the hungry hand/How long can you give and not receive/And feed this world, ruled by greed…,” goes the great Neil Young song. It went through my head, briefly, when I had a “splat” moment the other day. I had taken our above-mentioned husky-chow, Ziggy, for…

ROYALTY Meghan Markle shares her grief after miscarriage MEGHAN Markle this week revealed she suffered a miscarriage and has described the “unbearable grief” it caused her and Prince Harry in an article written for the New York Times. The Duchess of Sussex has said she lost her second child after feeling a “sharp cramp” while changing her son Archie's nappy in July. Markle revealed she fell ill at home in Los Angeles before going to hospital, describing herself tearfully watching her husband Prince Harry's “heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine” while grieving for their unborn baby. She wrote in the New York Times on Wednesday: “After changing his [Archie's] diaper, I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my…

Tired of F**king joke, village tweaks name VIENNA: The Austrian village of F**king is changing its name, the mayor of the municipality where it is located said on Thursday, after residents apparently grew tired of the sniggers it prompted in the English-speaking world and of visitors stealing its signs. The village, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, north of Salzburg and near the German border, has long been a figure of fun in English-speaking media, which have gleefully reported local exasperation at signs being removed. In 2018 the pornographic website Pornhub said it was offering free premium access to residents of F**king and towns with names such as Titz, Germany or Big Beaver, Pennsylvania, in the US. As of January 1 the village will be called Fugging, the official statement…

UNITED KINGDOM Uneasy lies the Royal heads who watch TV series ‘The Crown’ LONDON: The UK royal family “cannot stomach” watching The Crown despite the popularity of the Netflix series which is based on the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, according to a royal commentator. The claim comes amid news that Camilla Parker Bowles, the second wife of Prince Charles, has been receiving online abuse due to her character’s portrayal. Omid Scobie, a London-based writer and the royal contributor for ABC News, said on his Heir podcast that some family members could not bear the thought of watching the new episodes, as their issue was with the show nearing modern-day events. “I think as the show progresses into the more present-day house of Windsor it becomes harder and harder for…

CARPING POINT Who has the guts to make Malema take the heat? KEVIN RITCHIE @RitchKev IN GREEK mythology, Icarus made himself some wings and then took to the air. He flew too close to the sun, the wax holding his wings melted and he plummeted to his death. There are a lot people trying to fly too close to the sun these days. It always starts out with them thinking that they’re better or bigger than the rest of us. The consequences are as predictable as Icarus’s. Last week, Jacob Zuma decided he didn’t want to be part of the Zondo commission on state capture – so he left after Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo officially declared they weren’t friends. If it wasn’t so serious, Zuma’s gambit – both the…

EDITORIAL 16 Days a time to mobilise against GBV FLAGS flew at half-mast and many wore black as a sign of mourning as South Africa launched this year’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children and remembered victims of Covid-19. Gender-based violence (GBV) has been described as South Africa’s second epidemic after Covid-19, so activities at this time are a reminder not only of the scourge of GBV in our society, but of the added socioeconomic hardships brought by the pandemic on women in particular. While there is debate on the merits of a 16-day campaign when GBV remains an ongoing issue, the concentrated period does provide a necessary focus on the call to action – including on men and boys as partners in fighting abuse…

The most 2020 books of 2020 “THAT’S so 2020,” people collectively heaved, again and again, during a year ravaged by a global pandemic, climate crises and political and social dissent. As our worlds careened off the cliffs of normalcy, some books were so prescient – so very well timed – that you had to wonder: What did these authors know that we didn’t? Presenting, the most 2020 books of 2020. American Dirt By Jeanine Cummins The first literary scandal of 2020 arrived early in this year. Cummins’s novel, about an undocumented Mexican woman who flees to the US to escape a drug cartel, generated early buzz and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. But critics were quick to point out that Cummins is white and not an immigrant, which led…

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX RISES SLIGHTLY TO 3.3% IN OCTOBER THIS week, Statistics SA announced that consumer price index (CPI) inflation to the end of October rose to 3.3% year on year. Reza Hendrickse, portfolio manager at PPS Investments, says this is slightly higher than September but still at the lower end of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) target band. Apart from transport, all of the groups in the CPI basket added to inflation. However, the main contributors in October were again food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and utilities, and miscellaneous goods and services, given their larger weighting in the basket. Hendrickse says inflation is expected to rise moderately going forward. “The Monetary Policy Committee of the SARB expects inflation to average 3.9% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022, both…

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THIS FEATURE IS SPONSORED BY PSG WEALTH HOW SHOULD I INVEST MY BONUS? It has been a tough year, but, amazingly, I am receiving three-quarters of my annual bonus. I don’t want to make any errors with this windfall. Should I put it into my retirement annuity (RA) as a top-up, or would it be better in a more accessible investment? Name withheld Richus Nel, a financial adviser from PSG Wealth Old Oak, responds: Retirement savings should be a primary focus for all individuals after ensuring they have sufficient insurance against illness, disability or death. Many individuals find retirement capital irresistible when an opportunity to spend presents itself (for example, on a house, car, holiday or wedding), but it is encouraging that you would like to invest…

FORMULA ONE Hamilton sets the pace in Bahrain’s first day of practice LEWIS Hamilton set the pace on the opening day of practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix with the fastest lap in a floodlit session that was interrupted by a stray dog and a crash for Red Bull's Alexander Albon. The Briton, who equalled Michael Schumacher's record world title haul at the last race in Turkey, stormed around the 5.4km Sakhir desert track in one minute, 28.971 seconds on Friday evening, having also set the pace in afternoon practice. Red Bull's Max Verstappen, sixth in the first of the day's two 90-minute sessions, emerged as his closest challenger with a time that was 0.347 seconds adrift. Valtteri Bottas, who completed a Mercedes one-two behind Hamilton in the first session,…

RUGBY Lions welcome back senior pros for Griquas clash MORGAN BOLTON IT must have been a gratifying experience for Golden Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen when he jotted down his match-day squad to face the Griquas in their opening Carling Currie Cup encounter today (kick-off 4.30pm). You'd also imagine he scratched out a few names, wrote down another, and then had a long, hard think as to whether he should reconsider, such has the depth of the Lions developed in the past few months. Nevertheless, filling in the spaces of his starting XV must have brought a smile to his face, as the coach inked in a powerful unit on his team sheet, putting black on white an exciting mix of youngsters and world-wise veterans. Those names, now dried on…

Mixed views on progression help NTANDO MAKHUBU ntando.makhubu@inl.co.za EXPERTS in the education sector have mixed views on the decision to bump up by 5% marks for the 2020 year-end exams in grades 4 to 9. But, said the department of education, extra help was necessary to ensure deserving children did not suffer more following an already stressful school year. The department sent a circular to all schools, giving them permission to increase marks by up to five percent in up to three subjects – and an additional one for maths, to assist learners to proceed to the next grade. This is an increase over the extra 2% which was available last year, with this change being attributed to the interruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The adjustment should be noted…

METRO Policing plans for the holidays LIAM NGOBENI liam.ngobeni@inl.co.za AROUND 2 600 Tshwane Metro Police officers have been deployed as the city moves into December and the start of the holiday season. MMC for Community Safety, Karen Meyer, said law enforcement officers would be spread out across all regions of the city to ensure safety of residents and visitors. “The metro is at the centre of a road network that takes people from all across the country to their various destinations during the festive season.” Because of the lockdown, there would be stringent and coordinated efforts to ensure that as commuters travel on public transport and other motorists set off, there was safety on the roads. Efforts had to be made to avoid driving Covid-19 infections up as people…

SAA Zondo to charge Myeni for revealing witness’s identity THE Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture will press criminal charges against former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni for revealing the identity of a secret witness in her testimony. Commission chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, began yesterday’s proceedings by saying that after considering Myeni's stated reasons for revealing the identity of the witness, he had instructed that the matter be taken up urgently. “A few weeks ago Ms Dudu Myeni gave evidence via video link in this commission and in the process disclosed the identity of a witness, whose identity I ordered should not be disclosed,” Justice Zondo said. “Subsequently she furnished the commission with an affidavit in which she explained her conduct. “Since then, the legal team…

SA has some of world’s best wine The International Wine Challenge has announced its 30 best wines from around the world, with South Africa one of the top performing countries, with three vineyards making the list. A Chardonnay from Australia, Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2018, beat wines entered from over 50 countries to be awarded the Champion White Trophy. South Africa’s entries show the diversity of white wines being produced in the country with the Elgin Chardonnay 2018 from Boschendal Wines taking the South African White Trophy. Also among the top 30 is Groot Constantia Wine Estate’s Sauvignon Blanc 2019 which won the International Sauvignon Blanc Trophy, the first time in 10 years that the award hasn’t been won by either the Loire or New Zealand. Other gold and trophy winners…

VIRTUAL COMPETITION It’s yebo for SA as Finland falls in traditional cook-off VAL BOJE IT’S close to 10 000km as the crow flies from Pretoria to Helsinki, Finland, but the two cities were brought together in a culinary cook-off. South Africa was represented by private chef Dion Vengatass, while Kalle Tanner, the winner of the Finnish Chef of the year 2018, represented his country. Chef Kalle and his partner, sommelier Noora Sipilä, had been due to come to South Africa for the competition but the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions meant a virtual event instead. The chefs exchanged traditional recipes for the challenge. Chef Dion set Chef Kalle the challenge of curried tripe and trotters with marogo and pap “cooked with your grandmother’s love”. The return challenge was an intricate…

Disney to lay off more employees WASHINGTON: Walt Disney Company has unveiled its plan to lay off about 32000 employees, up from the previously announced 28000 job cuts in September, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues a heavy toll on its theme park businesses. The redundancies will take place in the first half of next year, most of which will come in the company's theme park division. Disney said it was considering cutting its investments in film productions and TV content, halting capital spending and furloughing more staff besides layoffs. However, thousands of workers have already been laid off or furloughed by the company. Disney owns two theme parks in the US, one in Southern California and the other in Florida. The California-based park is still shut due to the pandemic,…

IRAN: MILITARY COMMANDER VOWS REVENGE Nuclear scientist dies after attack PROMINENT Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died in hospital yesterday of injuries suffered in an attack near Tehran, Iranian state media reported. Fakhrizadeh has long been suspected by Western, Israeli and Iranian exile foes of the Islamic Republic to have masterminded what they said was a covert atomic bomb programme halted in 2003. Iran has long denied seeking to weaponise nuclear energy. The semi-official Fars News Agency, affiliated with Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, named the scientist injured in the reported attack as Fakhrizadeh. Shortly before, several Iranian news outlets including state broadcaster IRIB said a nuclear and missile scientist had been assassinated in an attack. But there was no official confirmation of a death, and Tehran's nuclear energy…

ETHIOPIA Abiy tells envoys he will protect civilians in Tigray ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government will protect civilians in the northern region of Tigray, he told African peace envoys yesterday, a day after he announced the military was beginning the “final phase” of an offensive there. But a statement issued after their meeting made no mention of talks with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to end fighting that began on November 4. The government had given the TPLF until Wednesday to lay down their arms or face an assault on Mekelle, the regional capital of 500 000 people, raising fears among aid groups of extensive civilian casualties. In a statement issued after Abiy met the AU envoys – former presidents Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique…

LANGUAGE Oxford announces words of the year EVERY year, the home of world-renowned language data, Oxford Languages, releases its word of the year. However, due to this unprecedented time, the institution has decided to select several official words of the year. The English language has undergone enormous change over the past year, adapting rapidly and repeatedly to world events, the institution said. The “Words of an Unprecedented Year” report allowed the team at Oxford Languages to share the evidence-based data to analyse the unfolding story. The institution said that recording and analysing new words and their uses offered unique insight into understanding the situation and navigating these “unprecedented times”. Previously, the Oxford Word of the Year was selected as a word or expression shown through usage evidence to reflect the…

COMMENT Finding ‘peaces’ of gratitude every day LINDSAY SLOGROVE lindsay.slogrove@inl.co.za A WHILE ago, some colleagues tried an experiment to try to find their own small places of peace. Newspapering was growing distressing, with some uncomfortable changes happening on the way. Fear of the unknown loomed over us. Saffers and the rest of the world were growing angrier and a constant flow of news, local and international, on all platforms, heightened the helplessness we felt about trying to keep cheerful, if not exactly over-the-moon-dancing-a-jig happy. Since the nature of most information (or lack thereof) – all those ugly rumours, fake news and personal attacks – is negative, it became easy to slip into a flood of gloom. We are also deluged by clever marketing ploys telling us how poorly we’re doing.…

THE CROWN ‘The morning I tip-toed into the queen’s bedroom’ The fifth episode in the new season of The Crown has a simple one-word title: “Fagan”. Outside of England, the word Fagan calls to mind not much. Inside England, the word conjures up the scariest and dodgiest threat to a sitting monarch in modern history. Fagan refers to Michael Fagan, a 32-year-old man who in 1982 not once but twice broke into Buckingham Palace and roamed the halls, drinking wine, sitting on thrones and admiring paintings. On his second break-in, he tiptoed into Queen Elizabeth’s bedroom, threw open the curtains and woke her up. “Who are you?” the queen says on screen. “I don’t want money, I don’t want anything,” Fagan tells her. “I just want to talk to you.”…

YOUR STARS Barbara Kiselev If today is your birthday: Now is the time you can live your dream. This is a year where you get what you want. So just a little work and you’re trending. It’s about realising your worth, and keeping to those goals. Never mind the obstacles. Aries (21 March-20 April) No illusions. You do what needs to be done. This week you are pursuing goals, and getting things done. So do what’s expected, and maybe a little more. You won’t be sorry. And so you can stretch yourself. No illusions. Taurus (21 April-21 May) This week you are feeling it. Getting things done, getting yourself out there. So don’t let anything hold you back, and keep mixing it up. It’s a matter of being present in…

The power of online learning A RECENT survey among South Africans showed that during the lockdown many of them had upped their skills by doing an online course. In the 4th-quarter 2020 issue of Personal Finance magazine, we guide you through the fast-expanding world of free and paid-for online education. Also in this issue: u How the pandemic has irrevocably changed the property market. u An analysis of the business interruption saga. u Investing in commodities. Personal Finance magazine is the only publication in South Africa dedicated to giving you all the information you need to manage your money wisely and grow your wealth. Don’t miss the new digital issue (which you can download), available for R24.99 at https://digital360.africa/product/personalfinance-volume-85, or take out an annual subscription (four issues) for R90.…

PSL Down but not out, Stellies take note MIHLALI BALEKA THE dire effects that came with Mamelodi Sundowns beginning their calendar year having had to juggle between continental and domestic football so often, saw them stutter in the early stages of their domestic title defence. That they’ve successfully reached the promised land in the last three seasons deserves plaudits, considering they also qualified for the knockout stage in the Caf Champions League in the last two seasons, under former coach Pitso Mosimane. But, following the Covid-19 disrupted year, the Brazilians have had a breather – their focus solely on the domestic season since the start of the calendar year as they also got a bye in the first round of the Champions League's preliminary qualifiers. And, boy, have they grabbed…