Innholdsfortegnelse for 2021-07-10 i Pretoria News Weekend

If you pick up any skincare products – peel-off mask, day cream, face wash or serum that promises to brighten and hydrate the skin – you will probably find vitamin C or ascorbic acid in the ingredients list. Perhaps the most popular natural remedy for skin woes, vitamin C has several incredible benefits for the skin. It is not surprising, then, that it has become the buzzword in the beauty category. Vishal Kaushik, the founder and managing director at Upakarma Ayurveda, lists the multifarious benefits of vitamin C for your skin. Undoing sun damage When you go out in the sun, UVA and UVB rays from the sun wreak havoc within minutes of exposure. This can cause skin ageing, dullness and many other skin troubles. Enter: vitamin C. Photoprotection is…

Genevieve Serra genevieve.serra@inl.co.za COFFIN manufacturers have confirmed chipboard used to make coffins is running out locally as the Covid-19 third wave ravages the country. Last week, undertakers said they had ordered additional coffins in the wake of the third wave to prevent a shortage as experienced during the second wave. Undertakers confirmed that between Muslim and Christian Covid-19 burials, they were conducting up to at least 91 a week. Chipboard is predominantly used to manufacture coffins and approved by the South African Bureau of Standards. According to coffinandcaskettraining.com, 70% of coffins were made out of chipboard in South Africa. Brent Berry, owner of Beta Manufacturing, Beta Coffins, had noted the start of a shortage of chipboard during the third wave. Berry has since ordered his chipboard from China but has…

Goitsemang Tlhabye goitsemang.tlhabye@inl.co.za FOUR legal eagles from the City of Tshwane are vying to be the next Miss South Africa. They will join 26 others in the race to receive the crown from title holder Shudufhadzo Musida at this year’s illustrious beauty pageant. The four were announced as part of the 2021 top 30 pick, featuring an impressive and diverse group of contestants which include medical doctors, an attorney, a commercial pilot, an environmental specialist, as well as models, graduates and students. This year’s top 30 contestants comprise 12 from Gauteng, four from Tshwane, seven from the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal with four entrants, three from the Eastern Cape, two from the Free State, as well as one contestant each from North West and Limpopo. Among them is Kgothatso Dithebe, 26,…

Zelda Venter zelda.venter@inl.co.za MUSIC enthusiasts in Tshwane will be able to play music like Aretha Franklin’s, Lenny Kravitz’s and Led Zeppelin’s – thanks to the School of Rock, which opens in the capital city soon. Lessons at the famed school are drawn from all styles of rock and roll – with theory and technique – via songs by these legends. Students at the school range from toddlers to adults. The expansion of the world- renowned school is set to take place in four provinces in South Africa after the first franchise in Africa opened six years ago in Claremont, Cape Town. Leigh Spaun and Keith Taeuber, siblings and owners of the Cape Town branch, said they were excited at the prospect of job creation, along with the education of young…

Ntombi Nkosi ntombi.nkosi@inl.co.za thick smoke covered the skies of KwaZulu-Natal as angry protesters demanded that former president Jacob Zuma be released immediately. Major roads that were affected included the N2 and N3 highways. These roads were closed yesterday afternoon. Zuma spent his first night at the Estcourt Correctional Centre on Wednesday as part of serving his 15-month sentence after he was found guilty of contempt of court for failing to appear at the State Capture Commission. Several roads were barricaded by burning tyres, debris, soil, rocks and hijacked trucks and vehicles. The protesters, wearing ANC regalia chanting struggle songs, some of them insulting President Cyril Ramaphosa, vowed to continue with their demonstration even if it means the economy is at a standstill in KwaZulu-Natal. Cele announced that 13 people were…

Top hospitals in public sector ailing from neglect A fire at one of the biggest public hospitals, the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, and the delay in reopening the facility has brought infrastructural issues into sharp focus. The fire broke out in mid-April. Only now is a phased reopening of the hospital being undertaken. Reopening was delayed due to fire safety issues. A host of compliance measures were not in place. These included fire hydrants without a water supply, fire hydrants without correct couplings, non-functional fire doors and a lack of emergency lighting in the stairwells. These deficiencies had been long-standing. I am extremely familiar with conditions on the ground in hospitals in the area. I interact daily with doctors and students in the different academic hospitals on the circuit…

DAVID LAZARUS DEAR Editor, for someone who claims to have “worked in education for more than a decade”, heaven help those learners under Jon Hodgson’s tutelage, if his opinion piece in last week’s edition is an example of the impartiality, maturity and objectivity expected from an educator as opposed to a propagandist (Palestinian conflict “not complex”, Saturday Insider on July 3). Spewing the usual learned-by-rote lies, distortions of facts and deliberate selective omissions of critical details so typical of Israel-haters and straight out of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement playbook, Hodgson tries even harder to impress his readers by name-dropping to buttress his self-assumed expertise and “educated” knowledge. Sadly, there isn’t enough space in this response to tackle each of his disgracefully false and shamefully dishonest allegations, hence the…

WITH online solutions popping up promising to crank out an estate plan in under 30 minutes, you may be tempted to do it yourself. After all, you will be avoiding all the costs that come with professional assistance, right? Well, going the DIY route might cost you more than you think. Many people mistakenly view estate planning as confined to the wealthy. In reality, it is important for everyone, and is essential to ensure that your loved ones are looked after and that your estate is transferred without unintended consequences. And estate planning is not a one-size-fits-all exercise – there are various risks involved, particularly when you attempt to do it yourself. Here are some risks to consider: u Legal requirements matter. For a will to be valid, the testator…

FOR all the differences in style and approach, there is a remarkable symmetry to the journeys taken by England and Italy towards tomorrow’s Euro 2020 final. Both nations found themselves at historic low points with fans despairing at their decline and then discovered men who could bring change and quickly lead them on a path to success. For England, that nadir was elimination from Euro 2016 in the last 16 at the hands of Iceland while Italy’s despair came two years later when the four-times world champions failed to even qualify for the World Cup in Russia. Gareth Southgate was not the man chosen to lead England’s revival. The FA had selected Sam Allardyce for that role but when his reign was cut short by ill-judged comments to a hidden…

soccer EUROPE might be waiting for England against Italy in tomorrow’s Euro 2020 showpiece but there is an even bigger match to look forward to in South America as an older rivalry between two more successful teams kicks off in today’s Copa America final. Brazil against Argentina is a true clasico. The teams first met in 1914 and in the years since have established themselves as two of the most storied sides in world soccer. Together they have won seven World Cups. The two teams have been head and shoulders above their rivals in this year’s Copa America and in Neymar and Lionel Messi have the tournament’s two stand-out performers. Argentina are unbeaten in 19 games going into the showdown at the Maracana stadium, while Brazil, the hosts and reigning…

Vuyolwethu Fundam vuyolwethu.fundam@africannewsagency.com TRAVEL restrictions are limiting our ability to travel as we typically would, but this could be the perfect opportunity to go on a virtual holiday. Most virtual tours are free to view – you only need a stable internet connection, a laptop or smartphone. Where can you go? You can go anywhere you want. Below are a few suggestions: Go on a live stream safari adventure Enjoy a virtual family safari in the comfort of your own home. You can include everyone by opting for a family safari – this can be a fun way to keep the kids occupied during school holidays. Visit a museum Museums are closed under level 4 lockdown in South Africa. So if you’re an art lover, you can still find…

ZELDA VENTER zelda.venter@inl.co.za TIMES are tough for elderly people in old age homes. They are lonely because their loved ones cannot visit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, residents of the University of Pretoria’s Azalea Residence have embarked on an adopt-a-grandparent project to bring some cheer to the elderly. The students adopted 70 grandparents from the Ons Tuis old age home, and St John’s Home for the Aged. Michelle Kretzschmar, 20, an Azalea Residence resident who was recently elected as a house committee member, said this project was perfect for the students. “Although most of us are blessed to have, or have had, grandparents, I have learned that children and students are sometimes scared to engage with older people. Taking an interest in them truly opened up our eyes. “Through…

Children are our most precious treasure, “for in them are the promise and guarantee of the future. They bear the seeds of the character of future society which is largely shaped by what the adults constituting the community do or fail to do with respect to children”, as stated by the governing council of the Bahá’í international community. Our love for children, the manner of treating them, the quality of the attention we show them, and the spirit of adult behaviour toward them in general, are all very important in shaping their future. Every child has unique gifts and potentialities and it is our responsibility and privilege as parents to educate our children intellectually and spiritually, support them to grow through life’s many challenges and help them turn the tests…

Ntombi Nkosi ntombi.nkosi@inl.co.za President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the passing of the City of Joburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo as a loss to the city and the province. Makhubo died, at age 53, yesterday, after he had been hospitalised for a spell, and eventually succumbed to Covid-19. “The passing of Makhubo is a stark reminder of the threat posed by this deadly pandemic, against which we are all extremely vulnerable,” Ramaphosa said. Ramaphosa lauded Makhubo for his contribution to the national effort to fight the pandemic. “Since he received his own diagnosis in June, this year, Makhubo regularly posted public health messages urging people to take responsibility for their own safety and that of others,” the president said. Ramaphosa also paid tribute to Makhubo as an experienced public servant, including his…

Ntando Makhubu ntando.makhubu@inl.co.za THE SOUTH African lockdown has had devastating effects for many, but for Sinethemba Malungelo Ngwayo it was a perfect opportunity to hone his other talent. With plenty of time on his hands, he pursued his childhood dream of releasing music. Ngwayo, owner of Circle Rail, said if it had not been for the lockdown last year, he would not have considered doing music. He said while he had time he decided to experiment with recording. “I found the response from people to be very great and some even encouraged me to record a full album. “I had given up on pursuing my dream, but then I read stories about DJ Edit SA – the Pretoria News assistant editor who has ventured into music – I realised it’s…

The 2021 Land Rover Discovery now features an enhanced interior and exterior, and is smarter and better connected with cutting edge new technologies. The new 2021 facelift Discovery remains one of the most capable and versatile seven-seat premium SUVs in the world. The latest Discovery delivers a bold exterior evolution with new signature LED headlights and daytime running lights set lower in the projector units. All models come with a five-year/100 000km maintenance plan.…

A Tesla Model S Plaid electric vehicle burst into flames in the USA last week while the owner was driving. The driver, an “executive entrepreneur”, was initially not able to get out of the car because its electronic door system failed, prompting the driver to use force to push it open. The car moved for 12 metres before turning into a “fireball”. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk touted the Plaid edition as being “faster than any Porsche, safer than any Volvo” at its launch event last month.…

Haitian police killed four “mercenaries” they said were behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, pictured, this week and took two more into custody, as the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation was pitched into uncertainty. Police did not identify the suspects or say what their motives were for the shooting of Moise and his wife Martine, who survived, at their private residence in the capital Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. Police chief Leon Charles said there were still more members of the hit squad at large. |…

YOU’VE probably read many articles about debt – it’s a perennial financial planning topic that has been debated repeatedly over the years. Surely there’s no point in revisiting this topic again? There is a point, and here’s why. According to a report by DebtBusters, a debt counselling and restructuring firm, unsecured debt has increased by 53% in South Africa since 2016. This is a frightening statistic, and it’s only going to get worse as retrenchments and lay-offs continue in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Debt is always worth talking about because it’s so easy to fall into the trap, particularly in these difficult economic times. But if you empower yourself with knowledge, you can make the right decisions about debt and come through on the other side unscathed, maybe…

Native Americans are concerned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are irrigating their gardens with water they consider as sacred. Prince Harry and Meghan’s mansion in California is built on land that once belonged to the Chumash tribe. The area is home to several hot and cold springs, as well as a series of underground rivers from which local residents divert water. Tribe leader Eleanor Fishburn says that Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39 – who stepped down as senior royals last year – should not be using the water to irrigate their gardens. According to The Sun newspaper, she said: “For us, this water is a pure water, a holy water and a ceremonial water. As a native population, it is sacred for us and the idea that people…

Gerry Cupido geraldine.cupido@inl.co.za The groom wore jeans and the bride wore a Vera Wang gown and stiletto cowboy boots. American Country singer Blake Shelton and pop star Gwen Stefani tied the knot last weekend during an intimate wedding ceremony at Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch. The Hollaback Girl singer this week took to Instagram to share images taken on their special day. The blushing bride was positively beaming with joy and looking ever the chic pop star in a white custom made Vera Wang gown. The gown the 51-year-old mother-of-three wore during the ceremony featured a full-length tulle skirt and sweetheart-style fitted bodice. The dress featured “hand pieced silk, crystal and sequin embroidered foliage delicately trickling from the waist down the skirt”, said designer Vera Wang. During the ceremony she wore a…

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

Mpiletso Motumi mpiletso.motumi@inl.co.za JESSICA Sithole stepped into the homes of many South Africans when she took on the role of Nyakallo in 1Magic’s popular telenovela The River. The show has been in need of some new characters to breathe some life into it and Sithole came right on time to shake things up. For those who don’t follow the series, Sithole’s character is that of a typical Mosotho girl who comes into the lives of the Dikanas (the show’s rich family) as a helper. She becomes too familiar with Zweli Dikana, the father and head of the household, and eventually he falls in love with her. Unfortunately Sithole’s role in the show is short-lived as she gets killed off. Her character brought some drama to the telenovela and had great…

THE Constitutional Court, in the case of the Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State versus Jacob Zuma, in a seven to two majority judgment, ordered that former president Jacob Zuma be imprisoned for 15 months. The court believed that any other form of coercive order would be futile and a punitive measure was appropriate under the circumstances. The Constitutional Court emphasised that the former president had been given ample opportunities to comply with requests of the Zondo Commission as well as the Constitutional Court itself, to give evidence to contest his wilfulness or mala fides. However, he had refused to do so. Other factors the Constitutional Court considered was that Zuma’s evidence at…

The annual Group of Seven (G7) Summit was held in Cornwall from June 11 to 13, marking the first in- person meeting of prominent Western leaders and invited guests since the Covid-19 pandemic in March last year. The G7 Summit promised to be an opportunity for leaders of the most industrialised countries to formulate collective responses to several widespread challenges – notably including the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. Leaders would be prompted to consider the future of the G7 and its contribution to the wider system of global governance going forward. Among the agenda items concerning upscaling the donation of surplus vaccines and increasing countries’ capacity to manufacture and distribute vaccines and other medical necessities, the G7 announced plans to donate a billion Covid-19 vaccines to the world’s…

Martin Hesse ALTERNATIVE investing is a trend that has become stronger in recent years. It refers to investing in assets that fall outside the mainstream asset classes of listed shares, bonds, listed property and cash. You may be considering ways to incorporate alternative investments into your portfolio. However, besides the advantages, these investments have their drawbacks, which you need to be aware of. What are alternative investments? David Moore, head of alternative investments at Alexander Forbes Investments, says there are two broad categories: u Private markets. These encompass entities that aren’t publicly traded and whose value is not calculated daily, and they include private credit, private equity, venture capital investments and real assets. Real assets include infrastructure and property. u Hedge funds. These are funds that use derivatives to…

Martin Hesse MEMBERS of a number of plans on the Bonitas Medical Fund had key benefits removed without being adequately informed beforehand of the changes. Members, who were able to choose their plan (or option, as it is known in the industry) for 2021 late last year, were informed only this year that procedures for which they thought they were covered had been excluded. So says a broker who wants to remain anonymous, who contacted Personal Finance to express her unhappiness with the way Bonitas had apparently deprived members of benefits they had signed up for, and questioned why the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), which must approve all benefit changes, had allowed the belated exclusions. Specifically, according to the CMS-approved annexure to the scheme’s rules, all back and neck…

ASH Barty has not set foot on home soil since March but the endless air miles, hotel rooms and Covid-19 bubbles will all be worthwhile if she becomes the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon for 41 years today. The 25-year-old world number one reached her maiden Wimbledon final in impressive fashion and stands on the cusp of emulating her idol Evonne Goolagong who claimed the second of her titles at the All England Club in 1980. Standing in her way is the formidable presence of big-serving Czech Karolina Pliskova whose journey to the Centre Court showpiece has also been a long and winding one. Barty, bidding for a second Grand Slam title having won the French Open in 2019, will start as favourite having won five of the…

RATHER than worry about ‘five-fors’, ‘ten fors’ or man of the match prizes, Kagiso Rabada has reached the stage in his career where the ‘how’ matters more than the ‘how many’. Rabada passed the 200-wicket mark in Pakistan earlier this year to statistically establish himself among the great bowlers from South Africa, but he’s looking deeper for ways to keep himself motivated as he completes his seventh year as an international player. “Cricket may seem easy from the public’s perspective, but it is an extremely hard sport, you are always challenged by the world’s best. It’s extremely stimulating,” the Red Bull athlete explained from Ireland this week. “I’ve really been enjoying my cricket of late, not really worrying about my performance, more about how I can perform.” Perhaps…