Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-04-17 i Sunday Independent

Easter foods are wonderful. Ham, eggs, lamb and veggies galore mean that you get your fill during this long weekend. However, it can also fill up your refrigerator after the celebrations with plenty of leftovers that your family are no longer willing to eat quite as enthusiastically as the day before. Luckily, we have got you covered with amazing dishes you can make with your Easter leftovers. Ham Tucked into breakfast sandwiches or threaded on to skewers, leftover ham is a truly versatile ingredient to have in the fridge or the freezer. Leftover cooked ham, sliced or whole, should be tightly wrapped to prevent it from drying out. Store leftover cooked ham in the fridge and use it within three days. To reheat sliced ham, place it in an oven-proof…

THE government’s poor response to the KwaZulu-Natal floods has come under heavy criticism – with some attributing it to a “leadership crisis”, outdated disaster management plans and poor infrastructure maintenance – as the death toll exceeds the 400 mark. This came after the country’s worst floods in 60 years ravaged eThekwini, leaving scores of traumatised and desperate residents without food, electricity and water. Their houses were washed away, roads flooded, schools destroyed, electricity and water cut off following heavy rains which have caused infrastructure damage worth billions of rand. President Cyril Ramaphosa, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala visited the area this week. They heard harrowing stories from residents like Thulane Kanyisa, 46. “The only thing that I managed to keep was…

From Page 1 “Over the past few days and into the next few days, the district has witnessed disruptive heavy rains leading to flooding of vulnerable settlements, infrastructure, roads, low-lying areas and bridges, causing a lot of damage in the district as a whole. The District Municipality has received reports regarding people who lost their households and belongings, while others have been left homeless due to the heavy rains,” Mhlelembana said. “We can also confirm that the Matatiele Local Municipality (LM) has 20 damaged houses where people have been left homeless and 14 other houses were partial damaged; Winnie Madikizela Mandela LM has 32 damaged houses which has left people homeless and two partially damaged houses; in Ntabankulu LM, 44 households are homeless; and, Umzimvubu LM in the areas of…

“YOU can almost predict when/where the next service delivery protest will take place.” This comes out of what was supposed to be a casual conversation with governance expert and political analyst Sandile Swana. According to information from the National Treasury, 68% of municipalities are financially unviable. Among the headaches they are seized with is that they are sitting with debts they have no idea how they will service or they are owed money they cannot collect. From everything he says, even the proverbial blind man can see the genesis of a service delivery protest. About 35% of the water purified by eThekwini municipality is lost through leaks before it reaches the end-user. Money has gone into purifying the water and making it fit for human consumption. Every municipality he reels…

As the world pivoted to meet the challenges imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, both the private and public sectors saw a need to accelerate their digital transformation to continue operations. Traditional brick-and-mortar businesses had at least to offer an online component to customers. Schooling and meetings went online. Employees saw the rise of the hybrid working model, which now sees them working both in an office and at home. The need for dependable, stable and fast online connections underpinned all these developments. But our increasingly online world has broadened the space in which cybercriminals operate, and there are hardly any connected corporations, NGOs, governments and citizens who are not a potential target. A recent study compiled by Liquid Intelligent Technologies highlights a key trend – cybercriminals are…

In the midst of Human Rights and Freedom months, we reflect on the progress made since that historical moment of April 27, 1994. Nelson Mandela’s Freedom and Democracy Project of 1994 was heralded globally as a miracle, culminating in the Constitution of South Africa in 1996. It was the end of an era. Various policies and legislation were put in place to redress the socio-economic disparities of apartheid. The RDP and BEE programmes, among others, were signals of a new dawn. Mandela’s miracle gave way to successor Thabo Mbeki’s age of hope, which was abruptly brought to a halt eight months before completion of his tenure. After Mbeki, the wobbly transition had to contend with two presidents, Baleka Mbete and Kgalema Motlanthe, one after the other. And then came one…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the navy would take over patrolling the Channel for migrants trying to cross from France. This after Britain announced earlier this week that it planned to send migrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda, according to a controversial deal as the government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey. Rwanda announced on Thursday that it has inked the multimillion-dollar deal with Britain. “Rwanda welcomes this partnership with the United Kingdom to host asylum-seekers and migrants, and offer them legal pathways to residence” in the African nation, Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said in a statement released during a visit by British Home Secretary Priti Patel. The announcement came hours before a scheduled speech by Johnson outlining his government’s plan…

LIVERPOOL reached the FA Cup final as Sadio Mane's double inspired a 3-2 win over Manchester City that kept alive their quadruple bid and shattered their rivals’ treble hopes. Jurgen Klopp's side are chasing an unprecedented clean-sweep of the four major trophies in a single season. They remain on course to achieve that incredible target after a scintillating first half display in yesterday’s semi-final at Wembley. Ibrahima Konte put Liverpool ahead and Mane doubled their lead thanks to a blunder from City keeper Zack Steffen. Senegal forward Mane struck again before half-time and, although Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva netted after the interval, City were unable to complete a remarkable revival. Liverpool will make their first FA Cup final appearance since 2012 on May 14 when they face Chelsea…

FOR a man who has a very good reason to be inwardly focused, Thulani Sibisi’s selflessness is very remarkable. The former Two Oceans Marathon champion has been battling prostate cancer for close on a decade now and you’d expect a man in his condition to be all about getting better or enjoying what could well be his last years. Sibisi is fighting a completely different battle though, a mighty selfless one at that. Inspired into taking up the sport by the many talented runners who shone for the suppressed black nation during the apartheid years, the man from Newcastle is hell-bent on seeing yesteryear’s heroes being honoured by not only the sport they served so well but the government as well. Sibisi gets close to tears whenever he tells the…

Johannesburg: Many countries and international organisations have over the last few years been investigating forms of centralised digital currencies, spurred on by the rise of decentralised finance and China’s experiments with implementing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Not to be left behind, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has been both participating in international co-operation efforts with partners such as the Bank for International Settlements, and conducting its own exploration of digital currency technology. On April 6, the SARB released the report for Project Khokha 2, which investigated the potential of using blockchain technology for high-value wholesale transactions between commercial banks and other institutions. The project was launched in February last year, followed by the announcement in May of a study into the feasibility of a South…

There is a lot advice out there about how to organise your home, with strategies for dealing with individual spaces or categories of items that are frequent clutter culprits. If you haven’t worn a piece of clothing in more than a year, donate it. Every time you bring home a new book, give one away. Clean and organise your pantry twice a year. But in addition to those tips, people who continue to stay organised tend to share the following habits. Keep a to-do list In our fast-paced lives, where work and home have become even more intertwined, having a to-do list is key to staying organised. Your list can be electronic or physical, but update it frequently and carry it with you. There is no correct way to organise…

The ANC’s controversial “step aside” rule is back in the spotlight and, as predicted, ultimately reached its crescendo in the past two weeks. This was precipitated, in the main, by the election of the likes of Zandile Gumede and Mandla Msibi as chairperson of KZN eThekwini Region and Treasurer of Mpumalanga Provincial Executive Committee of the organisation, respectively. This has triggered unwarranted revulsion and “shock” from divergent quarters in the fold of the ANC itself and, funnily, even in the ranks of the opposition, particularly the DA. It has been my view that this issue has not been properly thought through and that the implementation of this “rule” would backfire. And it has. At the heart of this controversy lies the hypocrisy and inconsistency in terms of the real motives…

TOP management of one of South Africa’s private prisons failed to inform the University of South Africa (Unisa) that some of their officials were allegedly cheating by submitting assignments written by prisoners who were promised favours. Instead, the management of Kutama Sinthumule Correctional Centre – one of the two private prisons in South Africa, in Makhado, Limpopo – decided to investigate the matter themselves and allegedly covered it up. One of the prison officials, who claimed to have intimate knowledge of the practice, said yesterday: “The prison management decided to be the referees, players and the coaches in the same game and expect everyone to be spectators. Instead of informing Unisa to investigate these serious allegations, they decided to investigate the matter themselves and as usual they found no evidence…

From Page 1 “The one prisoner blew the whistle on the practice because the officials were getting cocky and failed to deliver on their promises. But I had long stopped using prisoners for my assignments when it happened and I came forward with some of the evidence, but I was warned to keep my mouth shut or I would be exposed and expelled.” The prisoner, who can’t be named, said he had written assignments for four officers who hold senior positions within the facility and whose names are known to this newspaper. However, yesterday Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Sechaba Mphahlele dismissed the allegations as untrue. “Allegations that an offender assisted officials to write assignments for them were investigated some two years ago and were denied by both the offender…

THE DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards show returns to television screens following a two-year break, since early 2020, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Set for June 25, the awards will be honouring top achievers across comedy, music, television, radio and sport. MultiChoice CEO Nyiko Shiburi said, “We are excited to be back on stage and on screen for the 2022 DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards. The nominees are all deserving, but the only way to make sure your favourite wins is to vote! “Through the MyDStv App and on the Mzansi Magic website, you can make your voice heard and guarantee that your star of choice walks away with an award.” Shiburi welcomed the opportunity to host a fourth edition of the star-studded event, adding to the excitement with the…

The month of April has historical significance for the ANC and the SACP. It was on April 6, 1979, that Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, who was born on July 10, 1956, took his last breath at the hands of the apartheid operatives. He had been found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. All attempts by his lawyer to appeal the sentence fell on deaf ears. Mahlangu was hanged in Pretoria Central Prison, C-Max or Kgosi Mampuru Prison. The sad thing about this story is that Mahlangu lost his life at the tender age of 22 – three months before he celebrated his 23rd birthday. As Mahlangu took his last steps to the gallows, he uttered the words that still reverberate in many people’s minds, especially those who are interested in…

Over the past few years, the US has accused China of using “debt diplomacy” to make developing nations across the world more dependent on Beijing. Yet the cases of Sri Lanka and Pakistan – both friends of China facing dire financial situations as inflation soars – show that President Xi Jinping’s government is becoming more reluctant to pull out the chequebook. China still hasn’t made good on a pledge to reissue loans totalling $4 billion that Pakistan repaid in late March, and it hasn’t responded to Sri Lanka’s pleas for $2.5bn in credit support. While China has pledged to help both countries, the more cautious approach reflects both a refining of Xi’s signature Belt and Road Initiative as well as a hesitancy to be seen interfering in messy domestic political…

COACH Brandon Truter guided AmaZulu to a hard-fought 1-0 win over their KwaZulu-Natal rivals Maritzburg United in the DStv Premiership match at the Moses Mabhida Stadium yesterday. Usuthu remained seventh on the league standings despite recording their first win over the Team of Choice since March 2014, but they are now a point behind sixth-placed Stellenbosch. The Team of Choice remain 12th on the log. The Team of Choice threatened first through Genino Palace, whose deflected shot was blocked on the goal-line by goalkeeper Veli Mothwa. He made a great recovery as he had to move swiftly to his left to make a fantastic save. Usuthu then took control of the match and they should have opened the scoring when Lehlohonolo Majoro was sent through on goal. However, the experienced…

CAPE Town City came from behind to salvage a point against Royal AM as the two teams played to a 1-1 draw in a DStv Premiership match at DHL Stadium yesterday. Royal AM remained second on the log standings with 44 points, four ahead of the Citizens who moved to third, although the fourth-placed Kaizer Chiefs were in action later. After enjoying an unbeaten run in their last seven league matches this year, the two teams came into this encounter eager to keep that momentum. The Citizens, though, were tipped as the favourites given that they had won back-to-back league matches where they scored six goals. City lived up to the lofty billing after the start, exerting the pressure on the visitors. They were unfortunate not to score on the…

The pandemic has all but destroyed international tourism and one knows not how long it will be before the jet-setting globetrotters will be able to visit their favourite watering holes and savour local delicacies again. However, as disrupted supply chains are being repaired and restored we are witnessing a surging trend of chefs and restaurants are constantly vying with one another to serve the world on their plate. Project globalisation may have hit a roadblock but the world now can be any well-heeled person’s oyster. Imports of edible products are not as restricted as in past and it’s not surprising that more exotic and expensive items are finding their way on to menus. There was a time when pink Norwegian salmon tikka created a stir in the Delhi ka Aangan,…

NoViolet Bulawayo’s debut novel, We Need New Names, gave her a dream entry into the world of letters. It won several major prizes on both sides of the Atlantic, including the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. So important was the novel, published in 2013, that its title was adopted into popular slang even by those who had not read it. When intimating the necessity of resisting tired mantras and old ways of thinking, one might say: “We need new names.” For a writer of so much promise and whose footfall resounded in Zimbabwe, where she was born, and in the US, her new home, her follow-up novel was bound to be a literary event. It is a measure of her political…

Highschoolers, beware: before you annotate your next copy of The Great Gatsby, check the publication date. It might be worth a fortune. “The Great Gatsby is considered, in collecting terms, the No 1 American novel to collect,” says the London rare book dealer Peter Harrington. “A lot has to do with the dust jacket – people just seem to desperately want it.” Harrington will soon bring a first edition of the 1925 book, widely considered F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, to New York’s International Antiquarian Book Fair, which runs from April 21-24 at the Park Avenue Armory. Harrington’s book is priced at about $360 000 (about R5.2 million), placing it at the upper tier of a booming collectible market. “For 20th century literature, this is up there,” he says. “The truth…

Lucky by Marissa Stapley (R150 on Loot.co.za) CHOSEN by Reese Witherspoon’s book club, this book is about Lucky Armstrong who just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend. She is preparing to start a new life, complete with a new identity, when everything goes sideways. Suddenly Lucky finds herself completely alone, without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learnt the art of the scam. Battle of the Ankara (Fridays on Honey TV (DStv 173) Battle of the Ankara is a design competition where 10 up-and-coming fashion designers from different countries compete for the Ankara fashion crown. All designs are inspired, rooted and based on the Ankara material. The show is hosted by Radio DJ, Luthando “LootLove” Shosha and judged by…

A woman was hospitalised after a wall fell on her as heavy rain pounded the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, which borders Kwazulu-Natal, this week. According to the executive mayor of Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Vukile Mhlelembana, the woman was rushed to hospital and later discharged. He said, according to a preliminary report on the damages in the municipality, no lives had been lost in the district, although residents had lost houses and properties were damaged as heavy floods hit the area. This came as the national government focuses on the floods in Kwazulu-Natal, where almost 400 people lost their lives and billions worth of infrastructure was damaged. Turn to Page 2…

From Page 1 “His party has been in power for almost 30 years and has done nothing to change the apartheid spatial design.” African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyo Zungula said “the fact that it took calls from opposition parties for the government to declare KZN a disaster province is another clearest sign that this government is totally out of depth. “Blaming apartheid for systemic inequality for lapses of the ANC-led government is shameful. Vulnerable areas in flood-prone lands should have long been ring-fenced and demarcated, such that people are not allowed to settle in such places,” he added. KZN DA chairperson Dean Mac- pherson said: “It’s clear that many questions are starting to be asked about the preparedness of eThekwini and other municipalities for something like this.” Asked to…

Singer Kelly Khumalo’s decision to have advocate Magdalene Moonsamy on a watching brief at the murder trial of late soccer great Senzo Meyiwa has tongues wagging, but Moonsamy hit back, saying Khumalo had nothing to hide. The advocate placed herself on record before Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela on Monday in the Gauteng High Court, saying she represented Khumalo. Moonsamy told the Sunday Independent’s sister paper, Sunday Tribune, that she was not privy to dockets or other case related documents, but that her responsibility was to ensure that procedure was being followed to the letter. “You would know that my client has been through the court of public opinion, she has been humiliated, called names and has been through the worst. This instruction from her is not only to protect what…

During the Nato invasion of Libya the Federation of African Journalists sponsored a trip to Tripoli for a group of senior African journalists. The objective was for the journalists to go and try to find the third side of the story about what was described by the Western media as a civil war that led to the Nato invasion – apparently driven by the UN principle of “The Responsibility to Protect”. As the situation panned out Nato’s invasion led to the killing of Muammar Gaddafi and regime – thereby confirming suspicions that Nato’s intervention was driven by more ulterior motives including the protection of Western interests led by the country with the world largest economy – the US. Those who held this view argued that the US was worried about…

Demonised. Written off many times for her staunch far-right political positions, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Rassemblement National (National Rally) still stands. Last week, she was one of the top two winners of the first round in France’s presidential election, with 23.41% support. She will challenge the incumbent president Emmanuel Macron, who won with 27.6% in a run-off on 24 April. France, Europe and the world are anxious and on the edge to see if she can win this time and become the first female president in France. French presidential elections create a sense of doomsday and a one-way tough choice against the far right. This one is no different. It looks serious and tense as usual. While new polls by IFOP give Macron the lead with 51%,…

ORLANDO Pirates will likely face a hostile crowd as they travel to the Benjamin Mkapa national stadium in Dar es Salaam to take on Simba SC in a CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first leg tonight . The game is set to be played in front of a crowd of 60 000 people. Pirates will be favourites to win the tie and will also be backing themselves to potentially become the first ever South African side to win Africa’s second-tier football club competition. The Sea Robbers enter the knockout phase of the competition on the back of impressive displays in the group stage. They advanced from Group B as group winners, having won four out of their six fixtures and only losing one. However, Simba star Mohamed Husseini is…

ZIMBABWEAN runners reigned supreme in the half marathon of the TotalSports Two Oceans Marathon yesterday, with debutant Moses Tarinyiku triumphant in a three-way sprint finish while Fortunate Chidzivo won the women’s race at a canter. Tarinyiku, in the colours of Nedbank Running Club, kept up with the lead bunch throughout and beat defending champion Elroy Gelant into second place, his winning time of 63:31 a mere two seconds ahead of the Boxer Athletics star. Desmond Mokgobu of Enttsika AC came in third place, having lost out to Gelant in the last 20m. “I am very happy with this first place,” Tarinyiku said at the finish. “It’s my first Two Oceans. I struggled a bit from the 17km and I kept looking at where Elroy was " Gelant was by…