Innholdsfortegnelse for Saturday, January 23, 2021 i Pretoria News Weekend

‘CANNOT CRIMINALISE CHILDREN UNDER 10’ MASK PUSH BACK ZELDA VENTER zelda.venter@inl.co.za CHILDREN under the age of 10 should not be subjected to criminal prosecution if they do not wear a face mask in public, lobby group AfriForum has argued. It has sent a letter to Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in which it calls for an amendment to the adjusted level 3 regulations in order to protect young children from possible wrongful arrest and prosecution should they not wear a mask. Regulation 34 of the regulations makes it compulsory for every person older than the age of 6 to wear a mask which covers the nose as well as the mouth in public. It stipulates that any person who fails to adhere to the…

LEGAL CHALLENGES MOUNT AGAINST REGULATIONS THE issue of children and masks is not the only legal challenge facing the government. It is expected that Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will be served with an urgent application against the implementation plan for the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. This comes after the minister failed to respond by Thursday to a letter of demand that was issued by court papers by AfriForum and Solidarity. According to AfriForum, there was more than enough time for her to respond to questions and they accuse the government of playing a reckless game in the midst of a pandemic. “A government incapable of demonstrating basic transparency on matters of such a serious nature cannot be given the benefit of the doubt,” Ernst…

REOPENING OF SCHOOLS Teacher unions, DBE on collision course TEACHER unions have accused the Department of Basic Education (DBE) of flouting a World Health Organisation recommendation that in order for schools to reopen, a country should have observed a 14-day consecutive decline in Covid-19 infections. Sadtu and Naptosa say they will continue to oppose the decision by the DBE for school management teams (SMTs) to return to schools next week. The unions, DBE and other education partners are meeting today to discuss the matric marking, which has been concluded. Gauteng was one of the provinces which concluded marking ahead of schedule, with the last of the provinces wrapping up yesterday. Marks are being captured at centres countrywide this weekend. Preliminary data is due to be released to universities on February…

Official funeral for Mthembu JACKSON Mthembu is to be given an official funeral category 1 at his home in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, tomorrow but it will be a small event because of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations. Mthembu, the Minister in the Presidency, died on Thursday from Covid-19 complications. He was 62. In terms of the regulations no more than 50 people may attend the funeral and President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed that people should not attend funerals in large numbers as they can be super-spreader events. The national flag will be flown at half mast in Mtembu’s honour today and tomorrow. A memorial service will be held in Pretoria today. Mthembu was a former parliamentary chief whip for the ANC but had recently been at the forefront of government communications on…

‘ENCOURAGED WITH REDUCTIONS’ Less holiday traffic leads to drop in road deaths SAKHILE NDLAZI sakhile.ndlazi@inl.co.za THERE was a 7% drop in road fatalities over last year’s festive season compared to the year before, and a 10.3% decline in fatal crashes year-on-year. This is according to Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, who announced the festive season statistics yesterday. However, he said many accidents occurred at weekends and after curfew when people should not be on the road. Traffic volumes declined by 8.8% from 1556704 in 2019 to 1419782 last year, and all provinces bar Mpumalanga saw decreases in fatalities. “We are encouraged that these reductions make a positive contribution towards the realisation of our target of reducing fatalities on our roads.” However, he noted intransigent motorists were on the road when they…

Missing priest found dead in Burkina Faso CAPE TOWN: A Catholic priest who had been missing since Tuesday has been found dead in Burkina Faso. According to media reports, Father Rodrigue Sanon was found dead on Thursday in Burkina Faso’s south-west forest. Announcing Sanon’s death, the bishop of the Diocese of Banfora, Bishop Lucas Kalfa Sanou, issued a statement on Wednesday expressing his profound sorrow at the death, reported Vatican News. Sanon had left his parish on Tuesday, heading for the regional capital Banfora, but “never arrived”, Sanou said. His car was found empty on the main road and security forces launched a search operation, said local media. According to local and international media, all evidence points to a kidnapping by armed terrorist groups. ANA…

CHINA Film marks a year since Wuhan lockdown CHINA premiered a patriotic documentary film yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of Wuhan’s coronavirus lockdown, part of a broader effort by authorities to cast the government’s early response to Covid-19 in a positive light. Small numbers of viewers gathered in Beijing to watch the film Wuhan Days and Nights as it opened to the public exactly a year after Wuhan went into a surprise 76-day lockdown in the early hours of January 23. Wuhan, in the central province of Hubei, is believed to be the epicentre of the global pandemic that has infected nearly 100 million people and killed more than 2 million so far. China managed to quash the virus months later with strict control measures and life…

SWITZERLAND Anger as Rupert ‘jumps vaccine queue’ RUDOLPH NKGADIMA IOL SWISS politicians are up in arms after South Africa’s second richest man, billionaire Johann Rupert, received a Covid vaccine at a Swiss clinic his family owns before it was available to the public. According to Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, Rupert flew to Switzerland last month “desperately looking for a vaccine”. Rupert received a vaccine from the Hirslanden hospital group in Frauenfeld, the capital of Thurgau. The hospital is owned by South Africa’s Mediclinic, which Rupert’s Remgro owns a 45% stake in. A spokesman for the clinic, Hirslanden, confirmed the report, saying the 70-year-old Rupert qualifies as a “test“ patient before the scheme’s official start because he is overweight, diabetic and has high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. The clinic was…

AUSTRALIA Google may cut off country over media bargaining code GOOGLE said yesterday that it would pull its search engine from Australia if the proposed mandatory bargaining code for digital platforms is adopted in the country. In April, the Australian government tasked the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to come up with a code of conduct. Last month, the Australian government introduced to the parliament the code that would address alleged disparity in the bargaining process between news media and digital platforms. If passed, media code will force tech companies to pay news outlets for their content or face fines of up to A$10million (about R117m), according to Australia’s national news agency (AAP). Mel Silva, managing director for Google’s Australian operations, told a Senate enquiry the code was unworkable and…

ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA FAMILY MATTERS Our task now is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future JOHN F KENNEDY 35th President of the United States Kamala Harris’s Indian family huddled around a TV to watch her inauguration as US vice-president, but plan on being there in person in four years if she becomes America’s number one. The first female, black and south-Asian vice-president in US history was born in California, but her mother took her on several trips to India as a child, and her links to the country have set its 1.3 billion people abuzz. See https://bit.ly/HarrisIndia…

YOUR STARS Barbara Kiselev If today is your birthday: A good time this new year to determine your course and stick to it. You will be tried, but you’re up for it. So take those dreams and make them real. All you need do is decide you want it, and it’s yours. Aries (21 March-20 April) They didn’t say it will be easy. So this new week, this new year, change the narrative of your life, to something more positive. This way you can see yourself in a new place and maybe find yourself there too. Taurus (21 April-21 May) You’re moving on up! Time to break free! This is a good time to break some rules, and try something new and unexpected. Who ever thought you couldn’t do it…

TELEVISION ‘Duke’ had to rise early to work out for Bridgerton sex scenes REGE-Jean Page worked out at 5am every day to prepare for his Bridgerton romps. Page, 30, stars as Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, in the hit Netflix period drama and has revealed he was put through his paces by a strict personal trainer at the crack of dawn each day, in order to build up his strength for all the “physical activity” between his character and Phoebe Dynevor’s alter ego, Daphne Bridgerton. Page told The Sun newspaper: “There’s a lot of physical activity involved, so I was on the full ‘Rocky’ regime for it. I was up at 5am every day, going to the gym, meeting my trainer. “He was horrible to me for an hour…

RETIREMENT Employers still dodging pension fund contributions GEORGINA CROUTH georgina.crouth@inl.co.za Supplied THE Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) has voiced consternation over the non-payment of retirement fund contributions by many employers and that some funds treat members with disdain. In her office’s annual report for 2019/20, the adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane, said the number of complaints the office received seemed to have stabilised, although it remained high. “This has continued to place a strain on our resources.” In the year under review, the office reported 11 179 new complaints, which is 2% less than the previous year (11 399). The high number of complaints, “points to an industry that has not sufficiently aligned itself to serve the interests of the primary stakeholder: the members. The ordinary member of a retirement fund experiences repeated…

RUGBY Sharks to become rugby’s Roc Stars MIKE GREENAWAY mike.greenaway@inl.co.za “The Sharks will be the envy of the rugby world, attracting top players from around the globe” — Michael Yormark, Co-CEO Roc Nation THE Sharks’ ground-breaking deal with American consortium MVM Holdings has been consolidated by a partnership agreement with Roc Nation, one of the world’s leading marketing companies that promote singing sensations such as Rihanna and Shakira, as well as multiple stars of American Football, basketball and ice hockey. The company was founded in 2008 by rapper legend Jay-Z and has offices in New York City, London, Nashville and Los Angeles, and it clearly has the expertise to grow the Sharks into a global brand. In the deal concluded a fortnight ago between MVM and the Sharks, New York…

SOCCER Swallows hoping to chirp above champions MIHLALI BALEKA MUZI NTOMBELA BackpagePix MOROKA Swallows didn’t in their wildest dreams imagine it would get this big. That they are at the neck of the DStv Premiership, level on 26 points with champions and leaders Mamelodi Sundowns, wasn’t part of the initial script. Early in September when the Birds achieved the improbable, winning the GladAfrica Championship to return to the elite league, all they wanted to achieve in their first season back in top-flight was to save their status by finishing in a respectable spot. But such has been their never-say-die-attitude and non-complacent demeanour, the Soweto giants have punched above their weight to be among the pacesetters from the outset, thanks to an unbeaten streak in their first 12 matches where they…

Tropical cyclone heads our way TROPICAL Storm Eloise in the Mozambique Channel was forecast to intensify into a tropical cyclone yesterday and make landfall around Vilankulas today. Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms are expected in several districts of Mozambique and stretch along the South African Indian Ocean coastline. The South African Weather Service warned of extreme rainfall which could lead to flooding in the eastern lowveld and escarpment and northern KwaZulu-Natal. The KZN Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has placed disaster management teams on alert. The system may lead to some rain in Gauteng and North West on Monday, but not of the same extreme nature. Saws is monitoring the system and will notify residents of any changes in the storm’s behaviour. Pretoria can expect another hot…

RISING STARS Local Pretoria learners star in national TV commercial CHELSEA NTULI chelsea.ntuli@inl.co.za FIVE young learners from schools in Pretoria were chosen for Curro Holdings’ first official TV ad currently being flighted on the SABC, DsTV, and eTV. In the ad, “Where great futures begin”, the children share their love for their schools and how they wish that every child could attend a school like theirs. Pretoria News spoke to Grade 7 pupils of Woodhill College, Damien Matee, who said it was a huge thrill to see himself on TV. “At first I did not expect it to be such a big production but it was very exciting because I have ambitions to become an actor and I just love being on the screen,” he said. He said he also…

ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA VIDEO CALL HACKING ON RISE Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business. KEVIN MITNICK US computer security consultant The FBI has warned of security risks related to video conferencing. As more people work remotely due to the pandemic, law enforcement noted a rise in “vishing campaigns” targeting businesses through video conferencing and calls. Go to: www.iol.co.za/technology/software-and-internet…

Dutch citizens try to dodge curfew AMSTERDAM: Fears of being cooped up during a Covid-19 curfew have led the Dutch to resort to creative ways to dodge the rules, with people signing up for borrow-a-dog services and ordering the uniforms of home delivery companies. From today, a curfew to curb the pandemic from 9pm to 4.30am will be imposed, the first nationwide curfew since World War II. Exceptions will be made for essential services, including meal deliveries, couriers and those who need to walk pets. A website for those needing help with their pets with volunteers to walk dogs has been overwhelmed with offers. “We normally get 10 offers a week and since they announced plans for a curfew we have received 300 offers,” said Jos van Prooijen, who runs…

MOZAMBIQUE Nation braces for storm A POWERFUL storm nearing Mozambique was expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone yesterday, according to forecasts, dumping rain in already swollen rivers in an area devastated by Cyclone Idai less than two years ago. Tropical Storm Eloise, over the Mozambique Channel whose warm Indian Ocean waters fuel its strength, could develop into a category 3 tropical cyclone, Mozambique's National Meteorological Institute (INAM) said. Eloise which is due to make landfall today, could pack winds of up to 140km/h and deliver 200mm of rain in 24 hours. This has raised fears of widespread flooding like that which killed more than 1000 people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, displaced many more and wiped out crops when Idai struck in March 2019. Eloise is expected to pummel…

CARPING POINT Load shedding – 14 years still going with no end in sight KEVIN RITCHIE @RitchKev WHEN load shedding began in this country, Flo Rida’s Low was the biggest song in the world. The first Twilight film was still a year from being released, actor Heath Ledger was still alive, Fikile Mbalula was still head of the ANC Youth League and the Parlotones’ third album was going to platinum. It took Good Hope FM’s Dan Corder to remind us of this on Monday. It’s amazing that load shedding, the South African euphemism for rolling power cuts, has been with us since late 2007 – almost 14 years. We’ve put up with all the excuses: wet coal, Gupta coal, technicians dropping spanners in nuclear reactors, sabotage, and state capture, to…

3 things to watch this week THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 Lioness: M-Net at 8.30pm A new thrilling South African drama in which a woman is wrongly convicted of fraud and in the process loses her children. She emerges from prison eight years later intending to reunite with her children and clear her name. SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 Farmer Wants A Wife - Australia S10: BBC Lifestyle at 8pm A new crop of farmers are ready to find their soulmate. The dating show has an impressive success rate in pairing up couples, resulting in nine marriages and 20 babies in Australia and 147 marriages and 280 babies worldwide. MONDAY, JANUARY 25 Work on the Wild Side: BBC Earth at 6pm The series follows vets and volunteers who gave up their day jobs in…

SERIES Dynevor’s ‘fun’ Bridgerton sex scene PHOEBE Dynevor had “fun” filming her Bridgerton sex scenes. The 25-year-old actress – who plays Daphne Bridgerton in the Netflix series – says the racy scenes were choreographed like a dance routine which made them feel safe and fun, unlike ones she filmed. “My first-ever scene was in episode 6, where Simon is going down on Daphne. And it was so great because it felt safe and fun: you choreograph it like a stunt or a dance. It’s crazy to me that hasn’t been there in the past. I’ve done sex scenes before that I can’t believe I did: it was only five or six years ago, but it would not be allowed now.” However, not all scenes were as nice to shoot as…

PLANNING POINTS Set SMART goals for long-term financial success HESTER VAN DER MERWE CHRISTMAS might have come and gone, but the festive season cheer should linger into January (the Covid-19 second wave notwithstanding). It’s obviously too late to start budgeting for one of the most expensive times of the year, but you can still take advantage of the festive season’s feel-good vibes and set goals that will help you to achieve long-term investment success. Indeed, goals are vital to leading a successful and happy life. You need to know what you want from your personal life, what you hope to achieve in your career, and how you want to experience retirement. Without goals, life can become a series of muddled events. I’m going to take it one step further and…

TV GUIDE TODAY Cricket ANZ Bank Women’s Super Smash: Auckland Hearts v Otago Sparks, 12.35am, CRI; Auckland Aces v Otago Volts, 4.05am, CRI, GSD (5.05am); Test Series: Sri Lanka v England, Second Test, Day 2, 6.15ajm, VR1; Women’s ODI: South ‘Africa v Pakistan, Second ODI, 9.30am, CRI, GSD (9.45am); Big Bash Twenty20: Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat, 7am, VR2; Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers, 10.10am, VR2 Golf PGA Tour Champions: Mitsubishi Electric Championship, Hualalai, Day 2, 2am, GOL, GSD; European Tour: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, Day 3, 10am, GOL; LPGA Tour: Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Day 3, 8.30pm, GOL, VR1; PGA Tour: The American Express, Day 3, 10pm,GOL, GSD (11.35pm) Rugby Currie Cup - Premier Division, Semi-final 1: Vodacom Bulls v Xerox Lions, 1.30pm, RUG, GSD…

TRAGEDY Doctor killed in chopper crash had helped treat Mthembu IOL REPORTER THE FATAL flight of the Netcare 911 helicopter was delayed because one of the doctors on board had earlier in the day been called upon to assist a team trying to save the life of the Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, who died on Thursday. This tragic turn of events was revealed by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, who sent his condolences to the families of the five people who died when the helicopter crashed near Bergville en route to Durban. Those on board have been identified as Dr Kgopotso Rudolph Mononyane, an anaesthetist, Dr Curnick Siyabonga (Sia) Mahlangu, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and Mpho Xaba, a specialist theatre nurse, all from Netcare Milpark Hospital, along with Sinjin Joshua…

COURT NPA charges Beale with murder, fraud STAFF REPORTER PAEDIATRIC surgeon Prof Peter Beale, who is accused of causing the death of a 10-year-old boy during surgery, has been charged with murder. Beale and anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi were charged with culpable homicide after Zayyaan Sayed, 10, died following a routine laparoscopic operation at Joburg’s Park Lane Hospital in October 2019. The operation, which was expected to last an hour and a half, took almost four and soon after, Zayyaan’s lung collapsed. He was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU), but died. Life Healthcare, under which the Park Lane falls, suspended the two doctors and the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) investigated the case. The two were later arrested and charged with culpable homicide. On Wednesday the National…

MICRODOT TRAFFIC MONITORS Total ban on drinking and driving coming THE lives of motorists in South African are about to change as the government is closer to introducing legislation which includes a total prohibition on alcohol consumption for drivers and microdot technology to monitor traffic. Interested parties had until Wednesday to submit their comments on the amendments to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act. This was a second call for people to make submissions after the initial November 20 deadline collected 6 900 submissions. The amendment, once it is implemented, will mean motorists may not drive after consuming any alcohol, irrespective of concentration measured in their blood. However, the commencement date is still to be proclaimed by the President. Another aspect is the use of microdot technology embedded…

LAID BACK Being left locked down in the dark yet again JOUBERT MALHERBE WHERE WERE you when loadshedding met lockdown and left us in the dark… which is exactly where I was. When the latest round of power cuts hit, courtesy of the woeful legacy of Messrs Molefe, Singh and several other higher-up figures, I was tucked in. How I knew that the power had gone, was that the fan went off and soon it was sweltering. I thought of that great album by ace English pair, guitarist Richard Thompson and his then-spouse, Linda, called Shoot Out The Lights. It was their final album as they split up soon after amid much rancour. Ironically, the album kicks off with the song, called Don’t Renege On Our Love, on which you…

Cannabis farm raid near Bank of England LONDON: The first cannabis farm has been found in London’s financial district, where office buildings have been emptied because of Covid-19 lockdowns which forced people to work from home, British police said this week. The City of London Police said 826 cannabis plants were found in a building near the Bank of England after reports of a “strong smell of cannabis”, which led to the raid. “This is the first cannabis factory in the city, no doubt being set up in response to fewer people being out and about during the pandemic who might have noticed any unusual activity,” the police said. During an online event this week, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said: “We are now going to be the subject…

The PeopleUS to join the WHO’s Covax vaccine facility Canada’s governor general resigns TORONTO: Embattled Governor General Julie Payette, pictured, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada, has resigned amid reports that a third-party probe into allegations of workplace harassment and bullying from current and former staffers had been completed. Media cited unnamed sources who described the findings as so “scathing” and “blistering” it would have been impossible for the former astronaut, 57, to stay in the largely ceremonial role she has occupied since 2017. | Washington Post GENEVA: The US under President Joe Biden intends to join the Covax vaccine facility that aims to deliver coronavirus vaccines to poor countries, his chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, pictured, told the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. Fauci, speaking to…

RUSSIA EU demands Navalny’s release THE European Council President Charles Michel told Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday by telephone to release opposition politician Alexei Navalny and insisted on an investigation into his August poisoning. “In my call with President Putin today, I reiterated (that the) EU is united in its condemnation of Alexei Navalny’s detention and calls for his immediate release,” Michel, who chairs EU summits, said on Twitter. “Russia must urgently proceed with full and transparent investigation into the assassination attempt on him.” Meanwhile, The Kremlin said that nationwide protests planned for today to call for the release of Navalny were illegal and were being promoted by people it called provocateurs. Navalny, Putin’s most prominent critic, was detained on Sunday and later jailed for alleged parole violations after flying…

COMMENT When democracy gets in your eyes lindsay slogrove lindsay.slogrove@inl.co.za HANDS up if you got something in your eyes on Wednesday evening as President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris were inaugurated. How do you describe the world exhaling? Millions of people realised on Wednesday they had been waiting to exhale for more than four years. Even some who voted for now-Florida Man breathed out, having witnessed the extent of the madness when insurrectionists, incited by him and his cronies, stormed the Capitol on January 6. The only ones huffing are the hard-core alt-right and the wicked, and those who face several serious jail sentences for their actions. The inauguration represented a new beginning, but it was also an ending worthy of a great, epic Hollywood tear-jerker: good triumphing over…

Biden brings hope of change JOE Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the US this week under immense security – thanks to the unprecedented and unpresidential efforts of his predecessor to divide the country. Donald Trump extended none of the courtesies of an outgoing president to an incoming one, and certainly nothing of the generosity of spirit shown to him by Barack Obama. It would have been strange had Trump finally found a modicum of grace, for in the last four years – with its crescendo only a fortnight ago in the assault on the Capitol – he has done everything he can to pander to the basest instincts and fears of some Americans. Inciting hatred, lying, eschewing principle for personal profit at every turn, Trump must be…

BOOK Like blood, bile is also thicker than water AVNI Doshi’s debut novel has cut a slow but inexorable path around the world, dazzling readers in country after country. Girl in White Cotton was first published in 2019 in India, the birthplace of Doshi’s parents. Last year, the novel – retitled Burnt Sugar – was published in the UK, where it was named a finalist for the Booker Prize. And now, trailing clouds of international praise, it has finally arrived in the US. Burnt Sugar is a work of extraordinary insight, courage and sophistication. It is also the world’s worst Mother’s Day present. “I would be lying if I said my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure,” the narrator begins. “The sympathy she elicits in others gives rise to…

The Brief MARKET CAP OF EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS INCREASES 10% IN 2020 THE market capitalisation of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) listed on the JSE rose from R100.8 billion to R111bn in 2020, an increase of 10.1%. Mike Brown, the managing director of etfSA.co.za, says 2020 was a mixed year for the exchange traded product (ETP) industry. “Although financial markets were relatively favourable, with global equity markets recovering well from the Covid-19 crash of March 2020 and South African equity indices ending the year strongly, profit-taking, it appears, led to a sharp reduction in the number of commodity ETFs in issue on the JSE. “As a result, although the market price of many ETPs rose during 2020, the reduction in the shares in issue helped dampen…

VIDEO STREAM Raging Bull Awards event to go virtual this year MARTIN HESSE martin.hesse@inl.co.za THE “Oscars” of the unit trust industry, the Raging Bull Awards, hosted by Personal Finance, will take place on Tuesday, February 2. Breaking with the tradition of a lavish gala dinner, owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event takes the form of a streamed video presentation. The presentation will be of special interest to unit trust companies, financial services regulators and investment industry bodies, but is chiefly aimed at the individual investor, who is faced with a bewildering array of about 1 500 funds from which to choose. The JSE is the main sponsor of this year’s event. The data providers, on whose methodology the awards are determined, are ProfileData and its subsidiary, PlexCrown Fund…

#BLACKDAY SHABNIM SHINES LIGHT ON A BIGGER CAUSE ON ‘BLACK DAY’ SHABNIM Ismail is one of the biggest stars of South Africa’s Momentum Proteas national women’s cricket team and the right-arm fast bowler is the Proteas’ leading wicket taker in both the One-Day International and T20 International formats. As she prepares to play in her landmark 100th One Day International against Pakistan at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead today, she has more than cricket on her mind as she and the Momentum Proteas dedicate the first ‘Black Day’ One Day International to show their strong support for the fight against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa. She spoke to IOL Sport in the build-up to this weekend’s significant ‘Black Day’. 1. As a Momentum Protea and as a strong South African woman and athlete…

CRICKET Smith wants brothers in arms between cricket nations STUART HESS stuart.hess@inl.co.za GRAEME Smith has called for better co-operation between countries in order to ensure international cricket can run as smoothly as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic. Cricket South Africa’s Director of Cricket, explained that the sport risks creating insurmountable hurdles if countries can’t agree on the necessary protocols to ensure touring can continue. Cricket SA has already lost important income as a result of England postponing the One-Day leg of their tour earlier this summer citing concerns about the bio-secure environment that had been set up in Cape Town, even though none of the touring group tested positive for the virus. “If member nations don’t support each other and get in and play cricket then the sport is going…