Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-07-16 i Pretoria News Weekend

The premise of the new psychological crime drama Black Bird might be brushed off as overly fanciful, if not downright hokey, were it not rooted in actual events: a convicted drug dealer (played by Taron Egerton) befriending a suspected serial killer (Paul Walter Hauser) in prison to pry out the location of a victim’s remains in exchange for a commutation of his own 10-year sentence. (If he fails, the murderer will probably be released and continue to kill.) Concocted by the FBI, the plan is so far-fetched that it earns the immediate scorn of a respected cop (Greg Kinnear). “What you’re doing isn’t police work,” he tells the federal agent (Sepideh Moafi) co-ordinating the scheme. “It’s desperation.” Adapted by novelist Dennis Lehane from James Keenes memoir In With the Devil,…

While the fashion industry is flourishing, there has been a lot of attention on the adverse environmental impact caused by the industry, responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse emissions. Buying clothes in abundance is appealing due to the affordability of fast fashion, but it comes at the cost of cheap labour and low-quality materials. Moreover, the wastage caused by unsold inventory and the discarding of dead stock has had troubling consequences, causing water, air and soil pollution, thereby affecting the life cycle of living beings. As people have become more informed about climate change and mindful of the use of natural resources, conscious decision-making has come into play for most. In an effort to cater to the needs of the audience, while being accountable for the cause of conserving…

STEVE Biko Academic Hospital has became the first health facility in South Africa to receive the World Stroke Organization Angels Diamond Award for excellence in related care. This is the first international award of its kind awarded to any South African hospital, in the private or public sector. The awards recognise hospitals that provide excellent stroke care and encourage hospitals to implement quality monitoring in order to improve performance. Criteria were based on international guidelines for treating acute stroke. Hospitals were eligible for gold, platinum or diamond awards, with diamond representing the highest level of performance. Chief executive at Steve Biko Hospital, Dr Mathabo Mathebula, said it was a great honour. “This achievement has been a milestone in our journey and is a reflection of the relentless work our doctors…

POPULAR broadcaster Given Mabunda has ticked-off yet another item on his career wish-list by joining Munghana Lonene FM. After cutting his broadcasting teeth at Tshwane FM, Mabunda moved up north in 2019, where he presented Limpopo’s Capricorn FM CTM Urban Hot 40 show every Saturday. In June last year he took a break from radio to explore other things in line with what he studied in university – supply chain management. However, the broadcasting bug bit him and he is back from his sabbatical, this time on the Polokwane-based SABC’s Xitsonga radio station with 1.4 million listeners. “Working for the SABC, Munghana Lonene FM, in particular, has always formed part of the list of stations I dreamt of working work for,” he said. Munghana Lonene FM was looking for fresh…

HONDA has pulled the covers off its all-new CR-V, and not only does the midsize Rav4 rival look more sophisticated but it also debuts new hybrid tech and a more digitised cabin. Only the US-spec model has been revealed as yet (this is an important market for Honda as the CR-V has been the country’s most popular SUV for 25 years now), but most of what you see here should filter through to global models. Customers can choose between a revised version of the current 1.5-litre turbopetrol engine and an all-new hybrid drivetrain. The 1.5T engine now produces 142kW and is paired with a heavily revised CVT gearbox which is said to offer significant driveability and performance improvements. But the more efficient option is a new, fourth-generation two-motor hybrid system,…

IT was not the No 12 iconic jersey on her back nor the absence of the talismanic Thembi Kgatlana that made Jermaine Seoposenwe shine in Rabat on Thursday night. It was because she’s Jermaine Seoposenwe, alright. Portia Modise earned legendary status with the No 12 jersey for Banyana Banyana not only on the continent but on the globe, becoming the first African player to score 100 international goals. An almost replica of Modise has emerged in Kgatlana over the years, instead the latter is full of speed and trickery. And so, when Banyana lost Kgatlana to an injury for their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash against Tunisia many a Banyana fan were left to wonder where will the goals come from? After all, this was no ordinary…

THE Proteas will again be without full-time captain Dane van Niekerk for the Commonwealth Games later this month, after she was unable to recover from the fractured ankle she suffered earlier this year. Van Niekerk has been undergoing rehabilitation for the injury, which also kept her out of the 50-over World Cup tournament earlier this year. It is a significant blow for the Proteas to absorb. Van Niekerk is not only one of the best T20 players in the world, but also a cunning tactician, whose leadership has been refined by stints in the Big Bash tournament in Australia and as skipper of the Oval Invincibles, which won the inaugural edition of The Hundred tournament in England last year. With Van Niekerk absent, the team will continue to be…

TENNIS trailblazer Ons Jabeur, who became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, was honoured by Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday for “her remarkable sporting successes”. The 27-year-old Jabeur, defeated in the Wimbledon final by Russian-born Elena Rybakina last weekend, was awarded the country’s Great Medal of the National Order of Merit. Saied hailed Jabeur for raising “high the country’s flag in international sporting events” and described her as “the ambassador of Tunisia”. “Congratulations for this success and future successes.” Jabeur, nicknamed “Minister of Happiness” by fans in Tunisia, said she hoped to inspire other Arab and African players to succeed at tennis. “We want to give more hope to the young people who watch us. We hope to continue this momentum. We are proud…

MAKING it easier to live and work anywhere, including Bali, the Canary Islands, and the Caribbean, Airbnb has announced that it will collaborate with 20 destinations worldwide. It launched its Live and Work Anywhere initiative earlier this year to identify some of the world’s most remote worker-friendly destinations and to assist governments and Destination Marketing Organisations (DMOs) in reviving tourism and providing economic support to communities after two-plus years of travel restrictions. The 20 destinations it will spotlight include: l Baja California Sur, Mexico l Bali, Indonesia l Brindisi, Puglia, Italy l Buenos Aires, Argentina l Caribbean l Canary Islands, Spain l Cape Town, South Africa l Colombia l Dubai, United Arab Emirates l Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy l Lisbon, Portugal l Malta l Mexico City, Mexico l Palm Springs, California,…

Famous worldwide as a tourist hot spot, Goa has in the past 100 days taken several steps to make it the tourism capital of the country. From developing an app for the safety of tourists to the concept of a “multilingual tourist call centre”, the tourism department is mulling many ideas to attract domestic and foreign tourists. More than eight million tourists visit Goa every year. Most of them prefer ‘sun, sand and sea’ to have a memorable time. But now, the government is also focusing on hinterland tourism and has started “Monsoon Trekking”. Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has said that ease of doing business is needed to achieve the goal. “Goa Tourism has been witnessing a steady growth in tourist arrivals, especially after three waves of Covid,” he said.…

Charlie Puth has announced his third, self-titled studio album, Charlie. The How Long hitmaker, who recently professed that the internet “saved my life” after reaching a wider fan base on TikTok, has unveiled the follow-up to 2018’s Voicenotes, and has thanked fans for helping him make it online. Alongside the cover art of him leaning on a giant white box with the song titles around him, he wrote on Instagram: “This is the official artwork for my album Charlie. This album was born on the internet, and I’ve had so much fun making it in front of all of you this past year. “In 2019, I used to think that in order to be an artist, you had to hide away and talk to nobody to make your art. Turns…

Muldooneys’ ultra-luxury handbags and leather goods are making a comeback after a hiatus of about 10 years. The “Made-in-France” bags are inspired by the incredible story of Warrior Goddess Meenakshi, from the ancient city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. The design of every series is inspired by history and legend and a destined cosmic love story. Muldooneys Paris, launched in June 2022, has all the sophisticated signature stamps of elegance, rarity, intelligence and futurism of its founder-designer, Marlene P Naicker, who first launched the brand in 2005. The front panels of the Meenakshi potli bags are decorated with 200 hand-embroidered flowers and nearly 4 000 thousand Swarovski crystals. The precious sun and moon elements have been crafted using the centuries-old technique de bijouterie: la Fonte a cire perdue, traditionally…

SOUTH Africa is famous for its diamonds. In fact, some of the most famous diamonds in the world were mined here. What’s even more incredible is that the world’s largest diamond ever found, the Cullinan Diamond, was unearthed here. After the enormous diamond was cut into 105 diamonds, two of the larger parts – named the Great Star of Africa (Cullinan1) and the Lesser Star of Africa (Cullinan 2) – are now set into the British Royal Crown. Another one of our spectacular diamonds, which has recently come into the spotlight as celebrities such as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga have had the honour of wearing it, is the Tiffany Yellow Diamond. The 82-faceted cushion-shaped Tiffany, which was found in Kimberley, is one of the largest fancy yellow diamonds ever discovered.…

It came as a shock this week when advocate Malesela Teffo, counsel for accused number one to four in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, withdrew himself from the case. His clients are Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, Mthobisi Ncube and Mthokoziseni Maphisa. The fifth accused, Fisokuhle Ntuli, is represented by advocate Zandile Mshololo. It was Teffo’s decision to abandon his application to challenge the court’s jurisdiction that seemingly triggered emotions to run high in court. It came to light in court that he failed to communicate his new decision to Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela, who was unhappy with his conduct. “I want to know what is the position about the heads which I don’t have on my table,” Judge Maumela said angrily to Teffo, who…

ARTIST Michelle Kruger has an impressive collection of work, including Lego brick portraits of world icons such as Marilyn Monroe. Kruger said she had always been artistically inclined, and after high school she applied to the Tshwane University of Technology, where she studied Performing Arts Technology. “After graduating I could not find work in the industry and landed in a receptionist position at an architecture firm. I studied towards my certification as an architectural drafter, and from there moved on to civil engineering drafting. “I also studied towards a diploma in civil engineering.” But she had been continuously pursuing her art and was painting and had works exhibited in various venues, including Ink Box Gallery in Kalk Bay and The Gallery Lifestyle in Ballito. Last November, she experimented with Lego…

As the Comedy Central Roast of Khanyi Mbau grows closer, the fourth and fifth panellists have been named. Radio and television personality Thabo “Tbo Touch” and Cape Town rapper YoungstaCPT will be the thorns among the roses as they share the stage with female powerhouse celebrities Celeste Ntuli, SelBeyonce Mkhize and Devi Sankaree Govender. The panel join roastmaster Mpho Popps, who said this would go down as one of his career milestones. “As the roastmaster I say, ‘May the thickest skin win’.” Taking to his Instagram page, Tbo Touch shared the trailer and asked Mbau in advance for her forgiveness. “You goin have to forgive me in advance for this one! But I have to do it. Bring it on, it’s game time.” On hearing that Tbo Touch is going…

The multi-talented Somizi Mhlongo is one of those celebrities that you can’t help but keep up with. Everything he touches, turns to gold – except his love-life which, unfortunately, is in shambles. Somizi and his now estranged husband, Mohale Motaung, blew Mzansi away in 2020 when they gave fans an all access pass to their wedding with their wedding special, Somizi & Mohale: The Union. The two are now involved in a messy divorce, but that hasn’t left a sour taste in Somizi’s mouth. On a recent episode of Living The Dream with Somizi, the Idols judge said that he was ready to get married again. It was all revealed during a tennis match with his new friend, Troy, whom Somizi says he met on Idols SA. Somizi asked Troy…

BMW South Africa is hoping to take its electric car game closer to the mainstream with the local launch of the iX3 and i4. The iX3, which is effectively a battery-powered X3, is priced from R1 290 000, while the 4 Series Gran Coupe-based i4 is yours for R1 600 000. Although they don’t exactly make EVs accessible to the masses, the former is still among the more affordable electric offerings in the country, and costs about the same as an X3 xDrive30d. The BMW iX3 is powered by an electric motor that pushes 210kW and 400Nm through the back wheels, for a claimed 0-100km/h sprint time of 6.8 seconds. The motor is fed by an 80kWh high-voltage battery that allows a claimed range of up to 460km between charges.…

FEW critics would’ve expected today’s third Test between the Springboks and Wales at Cape Town Stadium (5.05pm kick-off) to be a series decider. With the Welsh having lost their last Six Nations game against Italy and their United Rugby Championship sides battling in South Africa, it was supposed to be about by how much the Boks would win. But after scraping home 32-29 at Loftus Versfeld in the first Test, Jacques Nienaber’s much-changed side came up short at the Free State Stadium, going down 13-12. The Welsh are full of confidence going into the Cape Town Test, but the Boks will also be fired up to reward a boisterous home crowd. Here are four factors that can decide the outcome… 1 Driving mauls The Boks enjoyed some success in the…

TWO weeks ago, Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk breezed to a comfortable win in his first 400m race of the 2022 track season at the Stars and Stripes Classic meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Running in lane five, Van Niekerk was a clear winner by some 15 metres and stopped the watches at 44.58 seconds. After a strong start, Van Niekerk took the lead around the 200m mark, and from that stage onwards, it was a race against the clock. In an interview with Independent Media this week, Van Niekerk said he resisted the urge to cut loose when he entered the 100m straight. “In the past, I would do crazy things and try to break every record,” said Van Niekerk. “In the past, I wanted to damage everyone (by…

HEINRICH Klaasen believes the Proteas batters “will be smiling” heading into the opening One-Day International against England on Tuesday in Durham. The Proteas, despite being without captain Temba Bavuma and superstar opener Quinton de Kock, powered to totals of 318/9 at Taunton and 360/7 at Worcester’s New Road respectively in the two warm-up matches this week. The batting unit looked in decent touch with Klaasen striking 123 and 51 over the two matches, while Janneman Malan also struck 103 in the first game at Somerset. There were also half-centuries for David Miller (55*), Rassie van der Dussen (61) and Andile Phehlukwayo (67). This is encouraging for the visitors as they have previously relied heavily on contributions from Bavuma, who is ruled out of the tour, and De Kock in…

A man reportedly died at a local liquor tavern in Limpopo’s Mashamba Village after patrons allegedly engaged in what they called a “drinking competi- tion” said police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo. “In the (competition), the winner who could consume the entire bottle of Jägermeister within a specified time, would get R200.” Mojapelo said one of the competitors and was taken to the local clinic where he was certified dead. Drinking a lot of alcohol quickly can have significant and even fatal consequences, including alcohol poisoning. Too much alcohol consumed too quickly can cause problems with your breathing, heart rate, body temperature, and gag reflex as well as possibly cause death. Jägermeister, is a digestif liqueur from Germany created in 1934, that is produced with 56 different herbs and botanicals. With…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence about criminal charges brought against him by former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser, calling them an attempt to “intimidate and bully” him to stop his fight against corruption. The defiant Ramaphosa made these stern remarks following calls from some members of Radical Economic Transformation (RET) within his party to step down. It was also in apparent reaction to some of the RET members led by former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo and former uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans spokesperson Carl Niehaus, who yesterday led a group of almost 300 people to Luthuli House – ANC headquarters in Joburg – to demand his removal. Addressing the third day of the 15th national congress of the SACP at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo…

Renowned Amapiano DJ Kabza De Small seems to be steady on Spotify music charts with each week proving he is a fan favourite after claiming a spot on the Top 5 artists this week as the only local artist. The award-winning music star is among local artists that people are still obsessed with, particularly his latest offering with Msaki Khusela taken from his latest album KOA II Part 1. Dubbed the biggest album of 2022, KOA II Part 1 took the number one spot on Spotify’s Top 5 albums in South Africa. The DJ has shown great consistency in delivering hits after releasing his much loved songs such as Asibe Happy and Abalele where he features renowned DJ Maphorisa and popular music sensation Ami Faku. You have no doubt seen…

Durban director, Dayakar Padayachee, 31, will present his short film “The Caretaker” at this year’s Durban International Film Festival, which features almost 200 movies, including documentaries, shorts and those suitable for children,. “The Caretaker”, an online short film, was co-authored and co-produced by Padayachee, Danielle Retief and Rowlen von Gericke. The film is based on a woman with dementia. After experiencing the trauma of losing her husband to a wild animal in the Drakensberg mountains, Madame Karnstein, an ageing widow, is diagnosed with dementia. Her son Sean implores her to seek a caretaker, but she remains stubborn. In the middle of the night, a mysterious young woman named Alanna Krynau presents her illustrious resume. During her daily and nightly shifts, Madame Karnstein’s mental health proves to be stranger than expected.…

IT’S a niche market when it comes to electric cars, especially at the price, and, as I write this, South Africa is on stage six load shedding, read blackouts. Analysts don’t predict an improvement to the electricity crisis any time soon and, to top it all, fuel prices continue to soar monthly, with R30 a litre a very real prospect soon, leaving us between a rock and a hard place. This isn’t a political commentary piece but you get my drift, so on to the Audi e-tron Sportback S quattro 370kW. It’s a mouthful, I know, but also an eye-catcher in “myth black” that had many people asking what the car was about. Well, for a start, the battery capacity is 95kWh which, with normal driving, should give a range…

ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones believes officiating delays and the proliferation of cards are a blight on the game and is determined to drive change that will result in a more entertaining spectacle for fans before next year’s World Cup. The increased use of the Television Match Official (TMO) to spot infringements as well as a lower threshold for yellow and red cards as World Rugby tries to improve safety have made for more stop-start games in recent years. “We’ve gone too (far) playing it like it’s a tennis game and every decision’s got to be right,” he told reporters on Thursday. “Rugby when it’s played at its best, and when we have the laws at the right level, we get that natural flow and rhythm in the game and we…

THE Springboks might be under pressure to teach Wales a lesson and clinch the Incoming Series in Cape Town today, but they don’t mind. In fact, they’ll be using that pressure as fuel. The Boks are going into the decider level with the Welsh Dragons after winning the opening Test in Pretoria and losing to Wayne Pivac’s team a week later in Bloemfontein. This was the first time Wales had ever beaten the Boks at home. Throughout the week, the message from the Bok camp has been that they are approaching this game as a ‘final’. And that should say enough about their motivation. During the captain’s press conference yesterday, assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said that they are not new to playing under pressure as he referenced the two…

APART from choosing the best place to go on holiday, it’s important to recognise the value of spending quality time with your loved ones where you are able to reconnect. According to research published by the National Council on Family Relations, the more time you spend time with your family the better the emotional bond gets. There’s a variety of activities to partake in; from playing board games to gardening, the options are endless. Then there are those activities that take a lot more planning and investing in: a family holiday or trip to an amusement park, or going to see a family show. All these options play major roles in the overall health of a family. “There are so many family holiday options available in South Africa, particularly now…

Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has launched its new mobile app, which is aimed at enhancing the experience for passengers as they move through airports or seek travel-related information. The Acsa App, which was launched at the beginning of July, is available for download on Apple, Google and Huawei app stores. Acsa chief information officer Mthoko Mncwabe says the app was designed to make the passenger airport experience easier and seamless. Customers can view and search for flights by airport or use advanced search to get flight information for future flights. He said that this functionality also allowed passengers to subscribe to a flight to receive notifications on their flight status. “Travellers can also pre-book parking at ORTIA and pay for parking tickets by using the app. The app also…