Innholdsfortegnelse for 2023-01-09 i Pretoria News

While many people have started heading back to work, there are some who are still on holiday and still partying it up. Too many late nights, way too many drinks and sickening hangovers can leave even the most dedicated beauty fanatic’s skin looking dull. It can be so much harder to have naturally glowing skin when living the party life. We have a few tips on how you can fake glowing skin. Flawless dewy skin Foundation is your friend. But I’m not referring to a full-coverage matte foundation. You’ll need a more sheer, creamy foundation. A moisturising formula is great. It will give you just a hint of cover and add much-needed moisture to your skin as well. For a more dewy look, add a few drops of liquid…

PRETORIA businessmen together with the City of Tshwane have come together to fix potholes on a stretch of the KwaMhlanga Road between Mamelodi and Cullinan, northeast of Pretoria. Since the road is a busy route, Frikkie van der Walt, Wessel Snyman and Xander Snyman saw it as a good opportunity to step in and assist with the filling of potholes, as they own a maintenance business called Rent a Brother project. With the help of their team they have filled up 500 potholes in five days, with 18 tons of tar and machines from the Tshwane Road Works Department. Snyman said the Cavalier Group backed the entire project financially: “Potholes are very dangerous especially for motorists; they can cause instant accidents and damage cars. We’re really happy and thankful for…

DRIVEN by passion and believing in hard work, Norman Chirumiko has not allowed his epilepsy to cause him misery. He makes a living by making and selling beds and picnic blankets for dogs. Born and raised in Cosmo City, he started his business in 2015 after losing his part-time job. Chirumiko said he knew he had to make a plan and not let his disability stand in his way. He said his mother had always been his greatest inspiration; she taught him to never give up. He said as someone living with a disability, it was very difficult to get a job, especially with no qualification. He saw the need to start his own legacy using his creative mind and with his hands. He started sewing dog beds and picnic…

THE North West Division of the High Court in Mahikeng has dismissed an urgent application to declare as unlawful the appointment of Lesego Seametso as municipal manager of the City of Matlosana local government municipality in that province. Ngoako Malatji, a lecturer and programme champion at Wits, also asked the court to declare unlawful the municipality’s contract with Seametso after he (Malatji) did not succeed in being appointed as manager of the entity. Malatji argued that the Department of Local Government, Human Settlements, and Traditional Affairs ignored a report from the selection panel that conducted the interviews, which gave him the highest score among the three candidates. “During May 2022, the City of Matlosana Local Municipality advertised the post of municipal manager. Of the number of candidates who applied, no…

RENOWNED cleric Bishop Vusi Dube of eThekwini Community Church says churches have played an important role in community-building in South Africa without much support from the government, and it would therefore be a shame if churches were to be taxed. Dube was responding to recent calls from the SA Local Government Association (Salga) in KwaZulu-Natal for a national discussion and review of the tax exemptions allowable to churches. Dube said churches were getting by without government support despite playing an important role in the country’s social cohesion project. Salga said that, with many churches spread across the country, local authorities were losing potential revenue and land that would be viable for business opportunities. Dube said any move towards taxing churches would not be a sound…

Russia’s bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people overnight, local officials said yesterday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbour. President Vladimir Putin ordered a 36-hour ceasefire along the line of contact from Friday at midday to observe Russia and Ukraine’s Orthodox Christmas, which fell on Saturday. Ukraine rejected the truce, and the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russian troops had shelled dozens of positions and settlements along the front line on Saturday. A 50-year-old man died in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv as a result of Russia’s shelling overnight, Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the region, said on the Telegram messaging app. The news came minutes after midnight…

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron’s government will attempt to revive his economic reform drive and score a major political victory this week with a launch of the pension system’s overhaul in the face of vehement trade union opposition. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to detail plans tomorrow to make the French work longer, most likely by raising the retirement age to 64 or 65 from 62 currently. With one of the lowest retirement ages in the industrialised world, France also spends more than most other countries on pensions at nearly 14% of economic output, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The reform’s passage through parliament will not be easy. Macron lacks a working majority and will need to win over several dozen conservative lawmakers or use his…

Cotonou: Benin yesterday voted for a new parliament with opposition candidates authorised to stand in the elections for the first time under President Patrice Talon after a four-year absence. The vote will be a key test for the West African nation, where Talon’s supporters say he has ushered in political and economic development, but critics argue his mandate has eroded democracy. The streets of Cotonou, the economic capital, were calm. The 2019 elections were marked by deadly violence, record abstention, a total internet shutdown and the opposition barred due to a tightening of voting rules. This time, seven political parties – including three claiming to be opposition – were allowed to participate. | AFP…

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro says he can’t explain his side’s poor conversion rate in front of goal after his men suffered yet another defeat, this time a 2-1 loss against Cape Town City on Saturday. The Buccaneers' latest loss means they've now lost three consecutive league matches after going down to Kaizer Chiefs before the World Cup break and Mamelodi Sundowns after the resumption. The Sea Robbers' failure to score in the second stanza against City saw them extend their barren run in the second half of games to 15 matches, a first in the club's history. "There's no explanation for that, if you want to go deep with the analysis then we have to speak about the chances we create and not the amount of goals we…

HOPES that the new year would finally see the Covid-19 pandemic finally left behind by the global community have been dashed, as one case was identified in South Africa and after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an increase in cases of an Omicron sub-variant across numerous countries. Through gene sequencing carried out by Stellenbosch University researchers from a December 27 sample, local scientists announced that the XBB.1.5 variant had been identified. It has been nicknamed the “Kraken variant” by some for its ability to spread, and it comes in the wake of health stakeholders saying they hoped 2023 would be the year the pandemic would finally be put behind the world. The WHO said the XBB.1.5 sub-variant had not only increased, but also been identified in more than 27…

From page 1 “We are certainly not saying the rumours are true, but this is a warning to leaders of society to be careful about how they behave because things done in the dark always find their way to the light. “In this case, the ANC should protect its image by gathering facts from Makamu himself to put the matter to bed. “Otherwise, the unproven rumours have the potential to hang like a dark cloud over the party’s honourable deployees,” he said. Makamu has maintained his innocence, saying those linking him to the scandal sought to tarnish his image. His spokesperson, Hitekani Magwedze, said the MEC is already seeking legal advice on how to deal with the allegations implicating his name. “The MEC explicitly distances himself from these images coupled…

ALTHOUGH South Africa’s history is replete with iniquitous policies that were pursued by the white settler colonial governments through a plethora of discriminatory measures, the Natives Land Act 27 of 1913 was the most notorious as it resulted in more land being made accessible to white farmers and the clear confinement of black people to dwell within the assigned “native” territories (13.5%). Land reform attempts to fight poverty, boost rural economic growth and create jobs. In the rural areas, land symbolises security, identity, history and a favoured home for retirement. Land incorporates everything that characterises black South Africans. The Freedom Charter of 1955 set the goal of sharing the land. Despite South Africa’s reform policies, the promise to redistribute 30% of white farmland (via redistribution and restitution) to black communities…

Kenyan police have arrested more suspects over the killing of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said yesterday. Rights campaigners have issued calls for heightened efforts to protect members of the LGBTQ community after Chiloba’s violent death in the Rift Valley of western Kenya. Police on Friday said they had arrested a freelance photographer said to be a longtime friend of the 25-year-old victim, a leading activist in the LGBTQ community in Kenya as well as a model and fashion designer. On Saturday another three suspects were detained for their alleged role in disposing of his remains, media reports said, quoting police officials. Chiloba’s body was discovered about 40km outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret after…

Iran has hanged two men tied to anti-government protests, continuing a trend of using capital punishment to suppress dissent. The government has also killed hundreds of people, held thousands of sham trials and sentenced more people to death row, according to rights groups. The men, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39, were accused of taking part in the killing of a member of the Basij, a volunteer paramilitary force overseen by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on November 3 near the city of Karaj, according to the Mizan News Agency, which is tied to Iran’s judiciary. They are the third and fourth protesters to be executed by the government since September and the first time two have been killed on the same day, perhaps indicating a ramping up…

JAKARTA: A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province yesterday, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Over half of those who arrived at 2.30pm yesterday were women and children, said Ridwan Jamil, head of Aceh Besar disaster agency. Hundreds of Rohingya have reached Aceh in the past few months, including a boat that washed ashore carrying 174 in December. The UN refugee agency said 2022 could be one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the Rohingya, persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Nearly 1 million Rohingya live in crowded conditions in Bangladesh. | Reuters…

Bamako: Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home this weekend, according to an AFP reporter at the airport, a day after they were pardoned by the neighbouring country’s junta. The troops, whose detention triggered a bitter diplomatic row between the countries, were arrested on July 10, 2022, after arriving in the Malian capital Bamako. Mali accused them of being mercenaries, while Ivory Coast and the United Nations say they were flown in to provide routine backup security for the German contingent of the UN peacekeeping mission. After their plane landed, the uniformed soldiers disembarked one by one. | AFP…

Glasgow Warriors (10) 24 Tries: Cancelliere (2), Steyn, Jones; Conversions: Horne (2) Yellow Card: Bean Stormers (12) 17 Tries: Dweba, Blommetjies, Polemela; Conversions Libbok The Glasgow Warriors and the Stormers dished up an entertaining United Rugby Championship clash yesterday, one that oscillated between exciting play and physical confrontation. It was indeed a clash of styles, with Glasgow more willing to spread the ball to expose space in the wider channels, while the Stormers used their power game to stay in touch with their hosts. As early as the eighth minute, an industrious Warriors attack cut the Stormers defence open, wing Sebastian Cancelliere and centre Huw Jones interlinking with pleasing play for the No 14 to cross the whitewash. Cancelliere, in particular, was a handful throughout the encounter and…

Kaizer Chiefs title aspirations suffered a huge blow after losing 1-0 to Sekhukhune United on their anniversary on Saturday, but coach Arthur Zwane remains optimistic. Chiefs ended 2022 on a high as they won back-to-back league games, including beating Orlando Pirates, to be fourth on the log. Zwane's men were expected to continue with that purple patch on Saturday night as they hosted Sekhukhune at FNB Stadium on their 53rd birthday but Chiefs came up short. An early second half strike from Vusimuzi Mncube sunk them. A win would have taken them up to third after fellow title competitors Richards Bay and SuperSport United lost. Instead, they remaining fourth on the log, 13 points behind leaders Mamelodi Sundowns, but Zwane is optimistic his side will find consistency in the coming…

While the ANC and its top leaders celebrated the party’s 111th birthday at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Mangaung, Free State, some party members slipped out of the venue to spend some time at a nearby tavern. Some of those sitting at the tavern seemed completely drunk even before the president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, delivered his annual January 8 speech. Historically, the January 8 statement is meant to set the tone for the party’s ambitions and government business for the year ahead. For those sitting at the nearby tavern, the January 8 statement formed part of the end of the December holidays and the return to ordinary life on January 9, with most employees returning to work. Some sang Struggle songs while drinking beer, while others danced…

EASTERN Cape police say they are working around the clock to apprehend the suspects behind the alleged assassination attempt on University of Fort Hare (UFH) vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, whose bodyguard was shot dead in a hail of bullets. Provincial police commissioner Nomthetheleli Mene has ordered the immediate arrest of the suspects who killed the driver identified as Mboneli Vesele, 52, at about 8.20pm on Friday. At the time of the incident the vice-chancellor was not in the vehicle, but in his house as he had been dropped off earlier. The passenger’s side where Buhlungu would have been seated was also shot at. Buhlungu was moved from his official residence in Alice in the Eastern Cape to a safe location at the weekend. Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Tembinkosi Kinana, said:…

SA’s position a vivid response to Russophobic hysteria unleashed by Western countries ON THE eve of the South African BRICS chairmanship scheduled for this year, I would like to point out that the world is now undergoing an irreversible transformation to become multipolar and, as I believe, more equitable and fair. I would like to quote the extracts of the speech of the President of the Russian Federation, Mr Vladimir Putin, which he addressed during the BRICS summit last year: “Only honest and mutually beneficial co-operation will make it possible to look for proper and successful ways out of the crisis situation in the world economy that has arisen out of the selfish actions of individual states that use financial mechanisms to shift responsibility for their own mistakes in macroeconomic…

German police have taken into custody an Iranian citizen, 32, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an “Islamist-motivated” attack, authorities said yesterday. The residence of the suspect in the city of Castrop-Rauxel was searched, a joint press release from the Duesseldorf public prosecutor’s office and police in Recklinghausen and Muenster said. “The suspect is suspected of having prepared a serious act of endangering the state by allegedly procuring cyanide and ricin to commit an Islamist-motivated attack,” it said. The crime carries a prison sentence of between 6 months and 10 years. Castrop-Rauxel is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, whose Interior Minister Herbert Reul said: “We had a serious tip-off that prompted police to act.” A second individual – the suspect’s brother –…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for “bold and radical” action to reform the crisis-hit state healthcare system as he held emergency talks with health leaders. After years of underfinancing, the NHS state-funded health service is struggling to meet the demand for emergency medical care during a particularly difficult winter with high rates of coronavirus and flu. Hospital and ambulance staff have launched rare strike action – in the case of the nurses, for the first time in 100 years – with many members of the public sympathetic to their cause. Nurses are calling for a salary hike to reflect inflation soaring above 10%. | AFP…

Dakar: Thirty-eight people died and 87 were injured when two buses collided near the town of Kaffrine in central Senegal yesterday, a fire brigade official said. “It was a serious accident”, said Colonel Cheikh Fall, who is in charge of operations of the National Fire Brigade. “There were 125 victims, of whom 38 have died.” Following the accident on No 1 national road, all the victims were evacuated to a Kaffrine hospital. The wreckage and demolished buses have since been cleared, he said. Road accidents are common in Senegal, largely because of driver indiscipline, poor roads and decrepit vehicles. | AFP…

Kampala: Twenty-one people were killed when a bus headed for the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, crashed shortly after crossing the border from Uganda, police said. The Ugandan government is planning to issue measures to improve road safety after a surge in accidents in the country over the festive period. Ugandan regional police spokesperson Rogers Taitika said 21 people were confirmed dead and 49 injured after the accident on Saturday evening. Those killed were mostly Kenyans but also included eight Ugandans. The bus was travelling from the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale to Nairobi and crashed in the Kenyan town of Lwakhakha. | AFP…

Wayne Parnell is as far removed from a Pretoria local as you can get. The Proteas all-rounder is a social media influencer of note, often snapped in his funky street gear, dyes his hair all shades of silver, and is married to a Cape Town model. But for the next month Parnell will call the capital of the nation home as he leads the Pretoria Capitals in the upcoming Betway SA20. And he knows that one way to get the locals on his side is to get the team winning from the outset, especially as they are accustomed to success with the Titans in South Africa’s domestic competitions. "Obviously everyone wants to win that beautiful trophy but there is a process that needs to be put in place first and…