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Def iant whimper
Low turnouts mars protest marches while thousands rally to hear president speak
KATHARINE CHILD,
NIVASHNI NAIR, APHIWE DE
KLERK and SHENAAZ JAMAL
THE calls for marchers to rise up in
their millions against President
Jacob Zuma fell flat yesterday —
only a few hundred people showed
up at “#ZumaMustFall” events
around the country.
By contrast thousands attended
Freedom Day celebrations in
Giyani, Limpopo, at which Zuma
was the main speaker.
But, despite the apathy, the leaders of the defiance campaign said it
would continue to grow.
About 300 marchers blew
vuvuzelas and called for Zuma to
resign in the Joburg city centre.
In Durban, 150 protestors gathered, encouraged by hawkers
shouting from the pavements that
Zuma must go.
Cape Town had the strongest
showing, with about 500 people
turning up to demand that Zuma
“do the right thing”.
The leaders who had called for
civil society to rise up against the
president were notable by their
absence.
On April 16, former ANC bigwigs
Ronnie Kasrils and Cheryl Carolus,
and former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, stood on the
steps of the Constitutional Court in
Johannesburg and implored civil
society to stand together and force
Zuma to resign.
This followed the court’s judgment that Zuma had breached his
oath of office in failing to uphold the
constitution.
‘
There were 20
marshals at the
Joburg event —
one for every 10
demonstrators
Kasrils said at the time: “We see
people rising up against greed and
corruption ... We see trade unions,
the religious groups, the communities, the women, the youth, the
men, people in their millions rising
up against greed and corruption
and standing up as civil society in
our multitudes to ensure these
kinds of things cannot happen. If
we succeed, [we must tell the leaders]: ‘Serve your people and not
yourself’.”
Vavi called for people to use
“[Freedom Day] to discuss what we
do ... to protect our constitution and
protect our hard-won democracy”.
Academic and author Prince
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ALL HAIL THE CHIEF: President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa greet thousands of adoring supporters at the Freedom Day celebrations in
Giyani, Limpopo
Picture: ELMOND JIYANE/GCIS
Mashele said: “We have the power
to tell the ANC this man must go. If
we rise up in our millions on [Freedom Day] and beyond Jacob Zuma
will no longer be our president.”
United Front secretary Siphokazi
Mkhize said: “The march was a
huge success … it was fantastic.”
“It might seem like a small
turnout but that is because we only
invited civil society organisations,
such as the Right2Know Campaign,
Treatment Action Campaign, United Front and others.
“Next time it will be bigger. We
will invite everyone. We are getting
the message across. It’s time he
[Zuma] goes.”
One of the Johannesburg organisers, Ferrial Adam, of environmental NGO 350.org, said only about 200
or 300 people had been expected
and it was this number that was
used in applying for permission for
the march from the Johannesburg
metro police.
But there were at least 20 paid
marshals at the Johannesburg
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event — about one for every 10
demonstrators — suggesting that a
higher turnout had been expected.
Adam said the alliance of trade
unions, religious groups and civil
society did not have the resources
to stage a huge event yesterday, but
they hoped to be able to build up
momentum so that they could hold
a much bigger protest on Youth
Day, June 16.
“This is not the end of the
defiance campaign.”
Adam said activists were planning a march on the Guptas’ Saxonwold home on May 14.
Brutus Malada, a political analyst
and a member of the Midrand
Group, said he joined the Cape
Town event because he wanted to
say “no” to corruption.
“South Africa deserves a credible
leadership; a moral leadership …
Jacob Zuma represents everything
that is wrong about South Africa.”
Trade unionist Stephen Faulkner
Life begins with a bang
HUMAN life starts in a bright
flash of light as a sperm meets
an egg.
The astonishing “fireworks”
have been captured on film for
the first time. An explosion of
tiny sparks erupts from the egg
at the moment of conception.
Scientists had seen the
phenomenon occur in other
animals but it is the first time it
has been shown in humans.
And the size of the flash may
determine the quality of the
fertilised egg.
Researchers at Northwestern
University in Chicago noticed
some eggs burned brighter than
others, showing that they were
more likely to produce a
healthy baby.
The discovery could help
doctors pick the best-fertilised
eggs to transfer during in vitro
fertilisation.
“It was remarkable,” said
Professor Teresa Woodruff, one
of the study’s two authors.
“This means if you can look at
the zinc spark at the time of
fertilisation you will know
immediately which eggs are the
good ones to transfer in in vitro
fertilisation.”
The bright flash occurs
because when sperm enters an
egg it triggers increased
calcium, which releases zinc
from the egg. As the zinc shoots
out, it binds to small molecules
that emit a fluorescence, which
can be picked up by camera
microscopes. — © The Daily
Telegraph
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VIP jet now a must-have
Zuma wins
Freedom
DA claims official transport is gulping up too much of the defence budget Day
standoff
GRAEME HOSKEN
WEEKS after denying that a formal
request had been made for a new
presidential jet, Armscor — the
defence force’s acquisition arm —
has announced a tender for the
lease of an intercontinental VIP
aircraft.
The aircraft must be able to
transport 15 VIPs in comfort for
10 000km non-stop.
This distance will cover a trip to
Moscow, Sao Paulo or Hong Kong.
The tender was put out on Friday
and closes on Wednesday.
Last month, an air force VIP
aircraft transporting Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa had to make
an emergency landing after developing technical difficulties shortly
after take-off.
Armscor spokesman Lulu Mzili
said the lease was a matter of
urgency.
But the DA is outraged, saying
the defence force’s survival is jeopardised by VIP transport swallowing much of its budget.
DA MP Kobus Marais said
whether a new aircraft was procured or leased, the issue of poor
aircraft maintenance was not being
addressed.
He said: “Until this happens you
will have the same recurring problems. The Inkwazi (the presidential
jet) was purchased in 2004, and with
it flying roughly 600 hours annually, it can operate for at least
another 30 years.
“That is, of course, if proper
maintenance is continuously done.
“It’s mind-boggling that the gov-
ernment is even considering buying or leasing new aircraft, especially as it will be at the expense of
our pilots, troops’ safety and the
protection of South Africa’s
sovereignty.
“Our current economic circum-
‘
This is being done
at the expense of
pilots, troops and
our sovereignty
stances don’t allow for such lavish
purchases.”
Mzili told The Times 10 days ago
that there was no requirement for
VIP aircraft.
She said the request for the aircraft had been made since then.
Mzili also stated that the short
time that the tender had been put
on offer for was not unusual.
“We had already put out a
request for information so it’s
known what’s available.”
Mzili said leasing was considered
because the situation was urgent.
“It is an interim measure as acquisitions are lengthy processes.”
She declined to comment on the
budget, stating that this information would influence the proposals
that the department got from bidders.
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said: “I am really pleased with
the turnout [in Johannesburg].”
“We are in the process of
rebuilding, one step at a time, a
civil society movement.
“For five or six years at least,
civil society and a whole section of organised labour and
political organisations have
been paralysed.
“There will be ups and
downs ... It would have been
marvellous today if we had
1 000 or 2 000 people, but none
of us is disappointed. We got
people together who have never been here before.”
Political analyst Andrew
Duvenhage blamed the poor
turnout on the lack of financial
support.
RIDE
BY
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He said political apathy was
growing among young people.
“You can see this by the
lower turnout of voters.
“Young people are not as
politically involved as young
people were pre-1994. Young
people are more interested in
having a cellphone and going
to university.”
Political analyst Raymond
Suttner said: “My question is
not ‘Why are there not more
people at these marches?’ but
is there a carefully planned
discussion of how to address
the problems in the government, which are not just about
Zuma?”
Cyclists
gather in
downtown
Johannesburg
yesterday for
a 20km
Freedom Day
ride
Picture: KEVIN
SUTHERLAND
GRAEME HOSKEN
QUANTITY not quality appears to
be the driver of the new SA Police
Service training schedule.
With practical training set to remain at its current 12 months, what
has raised concerns is the drop in
the theoretical training time from a
year to eight months.
Police unions raised concerns
earlier this week after new recruits’ training was dropped from
two years to just eight months.
Young people
are more
interested in
cellphones
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SAPS cuts training at ‘quality’s expense’
The SAPS has since pointed out
that the total training period for new
recruits has only been cut by three
months — from 24 to 21.
Under the old schedule recruits
would receive a year’s theoretical
and a year’s practical training.
Training now begins with a onemonth induction phase, with
recruits posted to police stations
before they begin their eight-
month theoretical training, and
then a year’s practical course.
While criminologists are optimistically cautious about the
changes, for unions the decrease in
theoretical training is a concern.
Institute for Security Studies
policing
researcher
Gareth
Newham said the length of training
was not the concern, but rather the
quality. There were also worries
over the lack of independent training assessments.
“There need to be proper
assessment programmes where
the training provided to new recruits is assessed independently.
“The issue is that the police who
undergo training must be independently assessed to avoid the problem of people being passed so that
pass-rate targets are met.”
Thabo Matsose, SA Police Union
deputy general secretary, said the
union was worried about the
decrease in theoretical training.
“For us any decrease in training
is bad, especially theoretical training.
‘‘Training overall needs to be increased, especially as communities
already distrust the quality of service provided by the police.
“Any decrease in training could
potentially impact on service
delivery,” he said.
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Thursday April 28 | 2016
CARRY
ON
MARIAH
LONDON’S first naked
restaurant, The Bunyadi,
has a waiting list of more
than 27 000 expectant diners.
The eatery will open for
just three months from
June, allowing bon viveurs
worried about spoiling their
shirts at supper to strip off
and feast in the nude.
Diners will be encouraged
to disrobe and “experience
true liberation”.
The venue has a capacity
of 42 and dinner will cost
around £60 (about R1 260)
per person. — © The Daily
Telegraph
New ‘Top Gear’ to
get overdrive
Comedy clan opening new club in Joburg
performing this weekend,
said that, aside from their
“legendary” parties, he
admired the “Goliaths’
hustle”.
“A lot of comedians sit
around and wait for work.
These guys create
FUNNY STUFF
THE Goliath Comedy
Club will host a number
of shows including a
vernacular show and one
with industry stalwarts
and newcomers.
Other shows include
Jozi Comedy on
Saturday with
comedians such as
Robbie Collins, Ndumiso
Lindi, Loyiso Madinga
and two improv shows
featuring Chris Forrest,
Nick Goliath, Ryan
Whittal and Vittorio.
The headline show,
which is sold out, will
bring together Marc
Lottering, Conrad Koch,
Kagiso Lediga, Joey
Rasdien, David Kau and
Tats Nkonzo.
opportunities for
themselves,” Lottering said.
The Goliaths are also
considering creating
television programmes and
comedy tours to other
African countries.
Jason said: “We want to
break the misconception
that there is only one type
of comedy in South Africa.
“Trevor Noah did a great
thing for South African
comedians. Our job is to let
people know that Trevor
Noah is one of our
comedians.”
But does South Africa
need comedy? The answer
is “yes”.
Lottering said: “Some
would say that this country
is a potential mess.
“At every critical point
you’ll find that the nation
needs a saviour: that can be
comedy.
“Laughter is therapeutic
and in these times people
need to know that
everything is going to be
okay.”
The Goliath Comedy Club
will be open from
Wednesday to Sunday from
next week at Melrose Arch.
TOP Gear is to gain an
online-only sister called
Extra Gear, which will
complement the main show
and feature behind-thescenes footage and special
interviews.
Extra Gear will be
broadcast on BBC3 and will
be available to view on the
channel’s website, as well as
on the BBC’s iPlayer
streaming service
immediately after every new
episode of Top Gear.
The new show will be
hosted by one of the new Top
Gear presenters, Rory Reid.
— © The Daily Telegraph
O&M CAPE TOWN 89888/E
Goliaths don’t hang about
COMEDY family Goliath
and Goliath are getting
ready to prove that things
that come in threes are
funnier.
This weekend marks the
launch of their comedy club
in Melrose Arch,
Johannesburg.
The launch of The Goliath
Comedy Club, with the
support of Comedy Central,
will bring together over 50
comedians for three days.
Goliath siblings Jason
and Kate, with cousin
Nicholas, and Donovan
Goliath, who is not related
to them, said the club was
only “chapter one” of their
story.
Jason said they were
excited because the club
would create another
platform on which
comedians could showcase
their talent.
“We felt conscious that
the window of opportunity
was open and that we
needed to strike while the
iron was hot.”
Comedian Marc
Lottering, who will be
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Diners eager to
feast in the raw
US singer
Mariah Carey
during her
performance at
the Cape Town
Stadium this
week. Carey will
complete her SA
tour with shows
in Durban
tomorrow and
Johannesburg
on Sunday and
Monday at the
TicketPro Dome
Picture: ESA
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SINGER Rita Ora has
denied on Twitter claims
that she was the woman
with whom Jay Z, Beyoncé’s
husband, allegedly had an
affair — an incident that
Beyoncé is said to have
sung about on a new album.
Fans of Beyoncé —
dubbed collectively The
Beyhive — have been trying
to figure out who “Becky”
in the lyrics might be.
Although rumours that
the rapper cheated on
Beyoncé have been around
since her sister, Solange
Knowles, attacked him in a
lift in May 2014, they have
been given further credence
with the release of
Lemonade, a visual album.
Songs on the acclaimed
album include words such
as “You can taste the
dishonesty/It’s all over your
breath as you pass it off so
cavalier” — on Pray You
Catch Me — and: “He only
want me when I’m not
there/He better call Becky
with the good hair”.
Ora, whom Jay Z signed
to his label Roc Nation in
2008, said: “I never usually
address tabloid gossip but
let me be clear, these
rumours are false.”
The Beyhive has also
speculated that Becky
might be Rachel Roy, a
fashion designer. She has
also denied the rumours.
On Instagram, Roy had
shared an image with the
caption: “Good hair don’t
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truths, always. Live in the
light #nodramaqueens.”
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FRANK MAPONYA
DESPITE numerous calls for Jacob
Zuma to resign, one of his backers
yesterday said the country’s president would serve out his term.
Arts and Culture Minister Nathi
Mthethwa told thousands of people
who attended Freedom Day
celebrations at Giyani Stadium in
Limpopo that Zuma would not
leave office early.
“Zuma will continue to serve as
president until he sees out his
term,” said Mthethwa, who was
President urges protesters to desist from violence
supported by Limpopo Premier
Stanley Mathabatha.
When Zuma took to the podium
he urged elected councillors who
had fallen out of favour with the
people to accept that their time in
office was over.
“If you were elected as a councillor and people no longer want
you, humble yourself and accept
defeat. The will of the majority will
always prevail,” Zuma said.
“Those elected must get it clear
that they are there for the people
and not for themselves,” he added.
The president went on to remind
people of the forthcoming local government elections, scheduled for
August 3.
He warned communities who
engaged in service delivery
protests to desist from using
violence.
“We must unite and fight against
anyone who threatens the freedom of
our country. People should protest
peacefully and not become violent,
as doing so would be to undermine
the rights of others,” he said.
He also advised communities to
isolate people who promoted
anarchy during protests.
“We have worked hard to build
this country and we cannot allow
anarchists to destroy it. It’s a fact
that South Africa is a much better
place to live in today than it was
prior to freedom.”
The president mentioned that
Giyani had been hit hard by
drought and said the government
would seek new sources of water
“to bring relief to our people”.
“We must continue to save water
because the situation is serious and
it affects both households and our
farming communities.
“But we shall not rest until all
citizens live with dignity and get
the services they deserve,” the
president said.
Free State
brawlers
won’t be
suspended
POPPY LOUW
Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE
ON POINT: Mmusi Maimane visits the Zandspruit informal settlement in Johannesburg on Freedom Day
DA: Violence is not the answer, your vote is
SHENAAZ JAMAL
DA LEADER Mmusi Maimane
condemned the vitriol of the EFF,
saying yesterday that violence
would not change the living conditions of residents.
Speaking at the Zandspruit informal settlement in Johannesburg on Freedom Day, Maimane
told the community that the only
way to change their lives was
through the ballot box.
Residents recently protested
against the lack of electricity, sanitation and housing.
Maimane told the community
that there was enough bloodshed
in the country and that they
should not listen to people who
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were driven by hatred.
Maimane said: “It’s not about
the barrel of the gun, it’s about us
using our constitutional, democratic order to vote out this government.
“You can’t be listening to people
who [say] we must go back to
violence. You start violence today
you will reap violence in the future. Protesting and burning
tyres is your right but you have to
vote for the change you want and
vote out the government that is
failing you.”
Zandspruit resident Maggie
Aphane, 43, said Freedom Day
meant nothing to her because her
living
conditions
had
not
changed.
She said: “The ANC has failed
us. As much as we loved the ANC,
it’s time for change.
“There are no basic services
here and our children are
exposed to the dirt and sewage in
the squatter camp and they get
‘
As much as we
once loved the
ANC, it is now
time for change
sick,” said Aphane.
Maimane promised residents
that their votes would count and
change would come with DA mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba
and his leadership.
Mashaba, who was absent from
the DA manifesto launch last
week, said he would tackle the
lack of basic service delivery in
the area.
He said he had already written
to the SA Human Rights Commission about the living conditions in the area.
“I have taken this matter up
with the SA Human Rights Commission because I cannot wait
until the elections to do something about this,” said Mashaba.
THE University of the Free
State will not suspend any of
the students involved in a brawl
between protesters and rugby
supporters in February.
This emerged last week as
the university started issuing
notices to begin a disciplinary
process into the incident.
Social media erupted in
February after a video went
viral, showing students protesting over the outsourcing of
cleaning jobs at the campus
clashing with rugby supporters
during a Varsity Cup match.
Some of the charges against
the students include vandalism
of property, inciting violence
and bringing the name of the
institution into disrepute.
UFS spokesman Lacea Loader said the decision not to suspend any of the students was to
allow them to continue their
studies.
“The disciplinary hearings
will be conducted before an independent panel,” Loader said.
But not everyone is happy at
how the university has handled
the recent unrest.
Student
Representative
Council president Lindokuhle
Ntuli said many students were
angered by university management’s disciplinary process.
According to Ntuli, only seven rugby supporters were issued with charge sheets, alongside eight protesters.
“On the footage you can
clearly see that there were
more than seven supporters assaulting protesters,” he said.
Police are also investigating
other incidents that occurred
on campus during the time of
unrest, including those involving people who were not UFS
students.
Hands off Mamelodi struggle heroes, EFF told
SIPHO MASOMBUKA
MAMELODI families have
rallied behind the relatives of
hanged struggle hero Solomon
Mahlangu to protect his
memory from being used by
“populist” movements such as
the EFF for political gain.
The families of deceased
liberation fighters decided to
take action during a meeting
held at Mamelodi West local
municipal offices on Monday.
They intend approaching the
Pretoria High Court for an
order barring any political
party other than the ANC from
using the names of icons that
were part of the township’s
rich struggle heritage.
Mamelodi boasts some
prominent names in the
liberation struggle, including
Dr Fabian Ribeiro and his wife
Florence, who were gunned
down by apartheid agents in
their Mamelodi home in 1986.
Stanza Bopape died after
being tortured at John Vorster
Square, and there were the
“Mamelodi 10” — guerrilla
hopefuls who were abducted
by security police and set
alight in a minibus in 1986.
Maria Ntuli, 83, whose 17year-old son Jeremiah was one
of the Mamelodi 10, said the
families had decided to come
together following the recent
tug-of-war that erupted between
the EFF and Mahlangu’s family
over the use of his name at its
political rallies.
Earlier this month the
Pretoria High Court
overturned a judgment barring
the EFF from holding a lecture
in Mahlangu’s name, paving
the way for the event to go
ahead at the University of
Pretoria’s Mamelodi campus
without the family’s blessing.
Ntuli said only the ANC had
the right to use Mahlangu’s
memory.
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Vodacom must pay up for stealing bright idea, says court
GRAEME HOSKEN
and SIBONGILE MASHABA
IT’S said that love can make you do
crazy things.
For Nkosana Makate that crazy
thing could see him and the love of
his life become billionaires.
Makate, aka “Mr Please Call Me”,
invented the revenue-generating
cellphone messaging app, Please
Call Me, because he and his then
girlfriend, now wife, Rebecca, battled to stay in contact.
She was a student at the Eastern
Cape University of Fort Hare and
Makate, who was based in Sandton,
was able to see her only during
university vacations.
As a student Rebecca often did not
have enough money to phone him so
Makate sought a solution.
What came about was a bridge to
close the long-distance gap.
The idea, he believes, not only
saved his relationship, but probably
thousands of others.
“Without enough money for airtime a cellphone is useless. This
invention ensures that, irrespective
of whether people have money or not
they can remain in contact.
“I’m 100% sure Please Call Me has
kept lots of husbands and wives and
boyfriends and girlfriends together,”
Makate said.
Rebecca said she was happy to
have inspired her husband.
“It’s such a good feeling to be part
of the history of what happened.”
Makate shot to fame on Tuesday
‘
I’m 100% sure the
app has kept
husbands and wives,
girlfriends and
boyfriends together
when the Constitutional Court ruled
against Vodacom, finding it claimed
Makate’s invention as its own. The
cellphone giant was ordered to compensate him for his loss.
The compensation [Makate wants
15% of what Vodacom has made off
the messaging system] is set to run
into billions of rands.
Rebecca said the court ruling was
“life-changing”.
“This is just proof that one can
achieve anything if they believe in it.
We always think that a small person
[taking action] against a big company is impossible but this shows
that anything is possible.”
Now working at the SA Local Government Association as head of
finance, Makate wants to use some
of the compensation he receives to
give back to society.
“I am interested in litigation
finance and in setting up something
where ideas around innovation can
be incubated, grown and developed,”
he said.
For now, though, a large part of his
time is focused on a tell-all book
which is set to be published in
December.
“It is the story of the past 16 years
of my life. All of my trials and tribulations and now the victory.”
Does he still use his invention?
“Hardly ever. My wife works so we
don’t have a need for it, although
occasionally my brother or a friend
will send me one.”
Why the ‘other woman’
is a long-term loser
Listening to traffic
reports ‘distracting’
You snooze and
your bosses win
WOMEN who lose their partner to
a love-rival are better off in the
long term, a study of break-ups has
found.
Although being cheated on
might initially seem devastating, it
leaves the victim with a “higher
mating intelligence”, which helps
her to choose a more faithful
partner in the future.
In contrast, the “other woman”
ends up with a partner with a track
record of being deceptive and a
cheat, meaning that she is the
long-term loser, psychologists say.
SEVEN in 10 drivers would not
spot a gorilla at the side of the road
if they were listening to a traffic
report, a new study has shown.
Researchers at University
College Dublin and University
College Cork believe listening to
traffic reports prevents drivers
from concentrating.
They asked 36 motorists to
complete a course in a driving
simulator while listening to a
traffic update. They then added a
gorilla to the footage. Only 23% of
the drivers saw the animal.
COUPLED with the 35-hour work
week, an afternoon nap in French
offices might seem to leave little
time for work.
But a leading Gallic think-tank
has said that bosses should
encourage staff to take a postlunch snooze of 15 to 20 minutes,
insisting that it boosts
productivity.
Napping is a physiological need
that should be recognised as being
in the best interests of employers,
the experts who compiled the
report for think-tank Terra Nova
argue. — © The Daily Telegraph
EVER wondered what goes
through a shark’s head when it’s
chasing its prey?
A new virtual reality installation
in Cape Town offers the chance to
be a shark in pursuit of dinner.
Visitors to the Shark Education
Centre can now chase after a juicy
tuna, thanks to a virtual-reality
helmet designed to simulate a
shark’s point of view.
The installation is the result of a
collaboration involving a Cape
Town interactive design agency,
Formula D Interactive and the
Save our Seas Shark Education
Centre for shark conservation.
Formula D Interactive managing
director Marco Rosa said: “We
hope that if people understand
these creatures better they will be
more inclined to support
conservation.”
Shaped like a shark’s head, the
custom-built virtual-reality helmet
is mounted on a handle-bar and
can be rotated through 120
degrees.
“Physical feedback mechanisms
such as vibration motors, for the
touch sense, and fans, to simulate
the smell sense, are incorporated
into the exhibit.”
If the “hunt” is completed
successfully, the user’s virtual
shark opens its jaws and eats the
prey.
Mission accomplished.
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PACKET
Don’t hug
your dog,
he hates it
IT MIGHT come as a surprise to
some, but dogs hate being
hugged, a study has shown.
Animal psychologists say
dogs feel stressed and unhappy
when they are embraced by
their owners because it stops
them being able to run away.
The researchers looked at 250
pictures of dogs as they were
being hugged and decided that
eight out of 10 of the dogs
showed at least one sign of
discomfort, stress or anxiety.
The study was the work of
Stanley Coren, a canine expert
and professor of psychology at
the University of British
Columbia.
“Dogs are designed for swift
running,” Coren wrote in
Psychology Today.
“That implies that in times of
stress or threat the first line of
defence that a dog uses is not
his teeth but his ability to run
away.
“Behaviourists believe that
depriving a dog of that course
of action by immobilising him
with a hug can increase his
stress and, if the dog’s anxiety
becomes significantly intense,
he might bite.” — © The Daily
Telegraph
An Indian
shopkeeper
arranges
condom packets
at a chemist
shop in New
Delhi. One of
India's most
senior lawyers
has been tasked
to investigate if
the pictures on
condom packets
are too racy
Picture:
PRAKASH
SINGH/AFP
Love makes brains bigger
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MOTHERLY love and nurturing can help babies’
brains grow at twice the
rate of neglected youngsters, a study has shown.
Though it is known that a
loving, stable home life
improves overall childhood
development, this is the first
research showing it has a
significant effect on a child’s
brain size.
Children who received the
most support from their
mothers before school were
found to have more growth
in the hippocampus, which
is associated with learning,
memories and regulating
emotions.
Crucially, those youngsters who were more
neglected when they were
under six did not catch up,
even when their mothers
became more supportive in
later years.
“This study suggests
there’s a sensitive period
when the brain responds
more to maternal support,”
said first-author Joan Luby,
Washington
University
child psychiatrist at St Louis
Children’s Hospital.
“The parent-child relationship
during
the
preschool period is vital, it’s
even more important than
when the child gets older,”
she said.
“We think that’s due to
greater plasticity in the
brain when children are
younger, meaning that the
brain is affected more by
experiences very early in
life,” she said.
“That suggests it’s vital
that kids receive support
‘
Maternal
support affects
child’s brain
development
and nurturing during those
early years.”
The study followed 127
children from the time they
were about to start school to
early adolescence, scanning
their brains throughout.
The researchers mea-
sured nurturing in mothers
by closely observing and
scoring videotaped interactions between them and
their children.
Parents who maintained
composure and completed
assigned tasks while still
offering emotional support
to their children were rated
as more nurturing and supportive, she said.
After examining the brain
scans, researchers found
the children whose mothers
were graded as more supportive than average had
increases in growth of the
hippocampus more than
two times greater than
those children whose mothers were rated only slightly
below average on the nurturing scale.
The researchers found
that the growth trajectory
in the hippocampus was
associated with healthier
emotional functioning when
the children entered their
teen years.
“Early maternal support
affects the child’s brain
development,” said Luby.
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PHILANI NOMBEMBE
PSYCHOLOGISTS
are
being forced to close their
practices because medical
aid schemes are refusing to
pay them.
This is the picture painted
by psychologists’ organisations, which have taken
the health minister to court
over regulations that they
say are hurting their
patients and pockets.
They fear a drastic reduction in the number of practising psychologists.
About 75% of South
Africans in need of mental
care are not receiving it, it
has been estimated. There
are about 6 800 psycholo-
gists practising in this country.
Psychologists are not
being reimbursed by some
medical aid societies for
providing treatment outside the categories for
which they are registered.
Several
representative
bodies are taking Health
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi,
the Professional Board of
Psychology, the Health Professions’ Council of SA and
the Board of Healthcare
Funders of SA to court hoping for a ruling that will
result in the repeal of the
scope-of-practice
regulations.
Motsoaledi is defending
the action and has objected
to the case being heard,
arguing that it has constitutional implications that
must be publicised to allow
interested parties to join the
proceedings.
According to the litigants,
the regulations, issued in
2011, are “often interpreted
to prevent psychologists
from treating the full range
of psychological conditions
in line with their professional competency”.
After waiting for three
years for the case to be
heard in the Cape Town
High Court, the Health
Department asked for a
postponement last week.
The matter was postponed to August.
WORLD/BUSINESS
Dope, booze and jihadism
Paris terrorism
suspect a ‘moron’
SALAH Abdeslam, the primary
suspect in the terrorist attack in
Paris, showed little sign of religious
fervour before the bloodshed and
was known to enjoy a beer and a
joint. He was transferred from
Belgium to France yesterday to
stand trial.
The 26-year-old French national
of Moroccan origin, whose older
brother Brahim blew himself up
during the November 13 attacks on
the French capital, was arrested in
Brussels last month after four
months on the run as Europe’s
most wanted man.
Although the attacks were
claimed by Islamic State extremists, the two brothers were not
known as religious fanatics and
drank and smoked pot in Les
Beguines, the bar they ran in
Molenbeek, an immigrant neighbourhood of Brussels.
Abdeslam’s Belgian lawyer, Sven
Mary, told the French daily
Liberation: “I asked him if he had
read the Koran; he replied that he
had researched it on the internet.”
Mary described his client as a
“little moron from Molenbeek,
more a follower than a leader”.
He added: “He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray. He is
the perfect example of the Grand
Theft Auto generation who thinks
he lives in a video game.”
HEAD
CASE
The recovered
head of a Lenin
statue that was
dismantled in
1991 on display
at the exhibition
‘Revealed. Berlin
and its
Monuments’ at
Spandau Citadel
in Berlin,
Germany,
yesterday
Picture: GREGOR
FISCHER/EPA
The Molenbeek bar was shut
down two weeks before the Paris
attacks after police said it was used
“for the consumption of banned
hallucinogenic substances”. A
Molenbeek resident, who identified
himself only as Youssef, said the
brothers were “friends of ours, big
smokers, big drinkers but not
radicals”.
Salah Abdeslam certainly knew
radicals, though, having come into
contact with another Molenbeek
resident, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,
believed to have been the mastermind of the Paris attacks.
What is more, Abdeslam’s arrest
on March 18 came just days before a
series of co-ordinated attacks on
the Belgian capital killed 32 people,
‘
My client has the
intelligence of an
ashtray. He thinks
life is a video game
with the police uncovering clear
links between him and the three
Brussels suicide bombers.
Abdeslam
had
previously
worked as a technician for the
Brussels tram network but was
fired for skipping work in 2011.
Around the same time he was
arrested for robbery along with
Abaaoud. He also developed a taste
for casinos, gambling in the Dutch
city of Breda in June 2014 and in
Brussels last year.
But last year he criss-crossed
Europe, visiting Greece in August,
then Austria and Hungary at a time
when tens of thousands of migrants
from Syria and Iraq were transiting
Europe.
Prosecutors
believe
Abdeslam was in charge of logistics
for the Paris attacks, which were
planned in Brussels.
He rented the cars that the IS
team used to travel to Paris, and
booked the rooms where they
stayed before launching the worstever terror attacks on French soil.
His brother Brahim detonated
his suicide vest in a bar in Paris on
November 13, as at least eight other
IS attackers were shooting and
blowing up 130 people who had
been enjoying a Friday night out in
the French capital.
It is possible Salah Abdeslam
drove three suicide bombers to the
Stade de France stadium and he
appears to have also been in central
Paris at the time of the slaughter.
After his arrest in Brussels, he
said he had changed his mind about
blowing himself up. — AFP
Duterte vows bloody presidency
PHILIPPINES presidential elections
frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte joked
yesterday about his penis and vowed
to pardon himself for mass murder.
He again hit out at key Philippines
allies, the US and Australia, after
warning last week that he would be
prepared to sever diplomatic ties
with them because their ambassadors spoke out against a joke he
had made about raping a missionary
who was later murdered.
Duterte has shocked the political
establishment in recent weeks by
surging to a clear lead in opinion
surveys before the May 9 presidential election with a campaign stump
speech full of swearing and promises to end crime by killing tens of
thousands of criminals.
In a speech to the nation’s busi-
Steinhoff folds
in Darty battle
STEINHOFF said it would not
raise its offer for French
electronics retailer Darty‚
handing victory to Fnac after a
protracted auction.
Steinhoff’s offer of 160p a share
in cash is final and will not be
increased‚ the South African
company said yesterday.
Fnac raised its offer to 170p a
share and now speaks for 51.8% of
Darty shares.
Fnac rose 1.6% yesterday in
Paris. Darty fell 0.4% to 168p and
Steinhoff rose 0.4%.
“Steinhoff’s pursuit for retail
consolidation looks like it will
take a pause for breath‚” Exane
BNP Paribas analyst Graham
Renwick said in a note.
“While we believe the Darty
deal had strategic merits and
would have created value for
Steinhoff below 160p‚ their
decision to walk away reflects
strong capital discipline.”
— Bloomberg
ness leaders, Duterte defended his
history of womanising with typical
straight-talking and crassness.
“I was separated from my wife. I’m
not impotent. What am I supposed to
do? Let this hang forever,” Duterte
said, referring to his penis, as people
in the crowd laughed. “When I take
Viagra, it stands up.”
Duterte, 71, had earlier on the
campaign trail said he had two mistresses but reassured taxpayers that
they would not cost much because
he kept them at cheap boarding
houses and took them to short-time
hotels for sex.
Duterte has also boasted about
running vigilante death squads during his many years as mayor of
Davao, the biggest city in the southern Philippines. He once said death
squads had killed 1 700 people.
However, he has at other times
denied any links to the vigilante
groups, which have attracted fierce
criticism from human rights groups
and the UN.
A key part of Duterte’s campaign
has been a pledge to eradicate crime
in the first six months of his presidency by ordering security forces to
kill criminals.
In his speech to the Makati Business Club, Duterte promised that his
presidency “will be a bloody one”.
Surveys have shown Duterte is
particularly popular among the
nation’s wealthy and middle class,
who fear rising crime. Voters are
also being lured by his hard-man
image and promises of quick fixes to
deep-rooted problems. — AFP
Apple turns to apps,
music as iPhone wilts
Crisis-hit Mitsubishi’s
orders slashed by half
APPLE Inc’s first-ever drop in
quarterly iPhone sales has
spurred chief executive Tim Cook
to turn the spotlight on prospects
for its services business, but the
field is rife with competition and
may prove challenging for a
brand based on gadgets.
Second-quarter earnings saw
services emerge as Apple’s
second-largest business after the
iPhone for the first time —
topping iPad and Mac sales,
which both fell.
The App Store, Apple Music,
storage centre iCloud and mobile
wallet Apple Pay and other
services generated nearly
$6-billion in revenue, up 20% from
the previous year. And executives
have cheered the progress they
are making in subscriptions,
touting Apple Music’s 13 million
paying subscribers.
The size of Apple’s installed
base of a billion devices in
consumer hands suggests it has
plenty of room to grow in
services. — Reuters
MITSUBISHI Motors yesterday
said sales in Japan had fallen
since the company admitted last
week it had been cheating on fuelefficiency tests.
Mitsubishi president Tetsuro
Aikawa said orders had dropped
by almost half since the scandal
erupted.
“It’s difficult to know exactly
what kind of impact this problem
will have on sales,” he said as
Mitsubishi released its latest
financial results.
“Domestic orders have dropped
by nearly half since before our
announcement and now. As far as
overseas markets are concerned,
we don’t have new information on
how this has impacted our sales.
The situation is very serious and
we’re treating it that way.”
The company said it could not
make financial forecasts for the
current fiscal year in light of the
potential damage from the
scandal, as it faces the possibility
of big fines, lawsuits and
compensation costs. — AFP
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Freedom
every day
The Times
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For many South Africans,
yesterday’s Freedom Day
represented a freedom that
must still be fought for
TIME MARCHES ON: Protesters at Beyers Naude Square
PUBLIC ENEMY NO 1: Many protesters carried placards depicting President Zuma as a criminal
Picture: RUVAN BOSHOFF
Picture: IHSAAN HAFFEJEE
WARNING SIGNS: In Cape Town, hundreds of people, many from church groups, marched through the
city centre towards parliament
Picture: RUVAN BOSHOFF
NOT SO SUNNY SOUTH AFRICA: The scene in Beyers Naude Square in Johannesburg. This year’s Freedom Day coincided with the 20th anniversary of the constitution’s adoption, the 40th anniversary of the June 16 uprising,
and the 60th anniversary of the women’s march to the Union Buildings
Picture: IHSAAN HAFFEJEE
SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT: Participants in The People’s Assembly protest in
Johannesburg make their voices heard
Picture: CORNELL TUKIRI/EPA
GIVE IT HORNS: Women blow shofars in Cape Town. In the Bible, the walls of
Jericho fell as Joshua’s army sounded this instrument Picture: NIC BOTHMA/EPA
US
UK
FRANCE
People too scared to
Google terrorist topics
Folk remedy rosemary
proved to boost memory
You don’t need a brain
to learn, study finds
INTERNET traffic on Wikipedia
about terror groups plunged 30%
after revelations of web monitoring
by the US National Security Agency,
suggesting that government
snooping is hurting the pursuit of
information.
A paper in the Berkeley
Technology Law Journal says the fall
in traffic is evidence of the “chilling
effect” on legal conduct of the
disclosures on intelligence gathering
by Edward Snowden.
Author Jonathon Penney
examined views of Wikipedia
articles on 48 topics identified by the
US Department of Homeland
Security as subjects they track on
social media, including al-Qaeda,
dirty bombs and jihad. — Reuters
FOLKLORE advises slipping
rosemary into the pocket of errant
lovers to help them remember their
vows. Now scientists have shown
that the herb really is linked to
better memory.
People in a room suffused with the
smell of rosemary had memory-test
scores on average 15% higher than
subjects not exposed to the perfume.
Mark Moss, head of psychology at
the University of Northumbria, said:
“Wisdom through the ages is based
on observations of behaviour. We
once had herbalists who handed out
lavender to sleep, or chamomile to
calm, and the effects would have
been documented. So people realised
rosemary had an effect on memory.”
DEFINITIONS of intelligence vary
but all infer a brain that can learn
from experience.
Yesterday scientists announced a
discovery that turns this on its head.
A slime made up of independent,
single cells, they found, can “learn”
to avoid irritants despite having no
central nervous system.
“Tantalising results suggest that
the hallmarks for learning can occur
at the level of single cells,” the team
wrote in a paper in the journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
These findings in an organism that
preceded humans on Earth by about
500 million years suggest that
learning predates the emergence of
nervous systems, said the
researchers. — AFP
THREE WORDS, ONE VOICE: Demonstrators in Cape Town came together from all
walks of life
Picture: MIKE HUTCHINGS/REUTERS
1 IN TEN
GREY DAY: Beata Lipman, 87, at the protest in Cape Town
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AUSTRALIA
Rebel leader’s return
‘marks end of war’
A fine line between
genius and madness
Four-day week cut to
two as dam dries up
Papua New Guinea
orders Manus closed
THE civil war left tens of thousands
dead — but on Tuesday President
Salva Kiir called it an “incident” as
he welcomed rebel chief Riek
Machar back to the capital, Juba,
saying his return marked “the end of
the war”. Machar was sworn in as
vice-president.
The problems — and the
expectations that the new
government will solve them — are
huge, analysts warn. — AFP
THE line between genius and
madness is not only thin, it might be
even more blurred than thought.
A study by psychologists at De la
Salle University, in Manila, found
that creative people often show
psychopathic and narcissistic
tendencies.
Arrogance, dishonesty and risk
taking are components of human
creativity, the researchers said.
A TWO-DAY week for public service
workers was declared yesterday as
the government appealed for help to
save its power grid.
A drought is threatening the main
source of electricity, the Guri dam,
which generates hydroelectric
power.
President Nicolas Maduro
described the dam as like a “desert”.
“We are doing everything to save
the Guri.” — Bloomberg
HARDLINE immigration policy was
thrown into turmoil yesterday after
Papua New Guinea ordered the
Australian-funded Manus Island
holding facility to close following a
Supreme Court ruling that detaining
people there was unconstitutional.
“Papua New Guinea will ask the
Australian government to make
alternative arrangements for the
asylum-seekers,” Prime Minister
Peter O’Neill said. — AFP
NATION MUST RISE: Protesters in Durban call for Zuma’s resignation
Picture: EPA
Picture: REUTERS
HAMBA, ISIKHULU: Protesters in Durban. The People’s Assembly has vowed to
embark on a continuing campaign until Zuma resigns
Picture: ROGAN WARD
UK
US
NORTH KOREA
Shoreditch honoured as
Shakespeare hangout
Trump declares himself
‘presumptive nominee’
Kim huffs and puffs
and blows house down
IT SEEMS fitting that William
Shakespeare spent a part of his life
in the London hipster haven of
Shoreditch. Its fashionable streets
might soon be acknowledged as the
playwright’s home — shifting the
spotlight from Stratford-upon-Avon
and The Globe theatre in southwest
London.
The Museum of London
Archaeology is leading a project to
uncover and explore the remains of
the Curtain Theatre, the 16th- and
17th-century venue, identified only
four years ago, at which Shakespeare
first staged Romeo and Juliet.
The museum will preserve the
remains of the theatre, which
archaeologists are now exploring.
REPUBLICAN Donald Trump
declared himself the “presumptive
nominee”, and Hillary Clinton all but
clinched the Democratic race, as
both scored dominating wins in
northeastern state primaries.
Trump won all five of the states
that voted on Tuesday —
Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Maryland, Delaware and Rhode
Island — and earned a boost of
momentum ahead of a key contest
next week in Indiana.
“I consider myself the presumptive
nominee,” Trump said. “As far as I’m
concerned, it’s over.”
Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware
and Maryland; Sanders won in
Rhode Island. — AFP
A REPLICA of South Korea’s
presidential Blue House will soon be
blown apart on an artillery range
outside Pyongyang in a typically
extravagant propaganda exercise.
South Korea’s military said
yesterday that the North’s military
had built the half-size replica at the
Daiwonri range earlier this month.
“It is believed to be aimed at
stirring up hostility against the
South and fuelling security concerns
in the South,” the official said.
North Korea is stoking nationalist
sentiment as it gears for a ruling
party congress — the first for nearly
40 years. The gathering opens on
May 6 and there is growing concern
that it will be preceded by another
nuclear weapon test. — AFP
OPINIONANDLETTERS
Zuma can afford to
giggle at legion of
armchair activists
W
HEN it came down to it, it was a
case of all talk, no action. The
vitriol of weeks past that
accompanied the #ZumaMustFall
movement amounted to nothing more than a
few hundred people heading to gathering
points in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape
Town calling for President Jacob Zuma to
step down.
Where were the armchair activists? The
blogger analysts? The middle class who felt so
let down by President Jacob Zuma’s Friday
night “apology”?
Their voices were loud on Twitter and
Facebook in days gone by. The memes were
quick and full of wit, but when it came down to
it the Freedom Day braai was more alluring
than spending the day campaigning for Zuma’s
removal.
It’s no wonder the ANC Freedom Day
appears confident enough
braai more
to head to the local
government polls with
alluring than
Zuma at the helm.
It’s the same apathy
marching
that allows Zuma to say,
without a sense of irony,
for change
at yesterday’s main
Freedom Day
commemoration event in Giyani, Limpopo, that
elected councillors who had fallen out of favour
with the people should accept that their time
was over.
“If you were elected as a councillor and
people no longer want you, humble yourself
and just accept defeat. The will of the majority
will always prevail.
“Those elected must get it clear that they are
there for the people and not for themselves,”
Zuma said.
Neither Zuma nor the ANC believes that the
people no longer want Zuma to lead them.
They have no reason to believe it.
Yesterday’s poor turnout at the People’s
Assembly march calling for Zuma to resign
didn’t give them cause for concern.
If anything, it probably confirmed the status
quo. If #ZumaMustFall is the basis for the
opposition parties’ election campaigns, a
rethink is needed . . . it’s clearly not enough to
galvanise the masses into action.
WHAT’S TRENDING AT
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A shortage of
water foresight
IT IS easy to blame our
present water problems on the
drought.
The reality is that over the
past 20 years no minister or
deputy minister did anything
to address the water situation.
All of them should be
made to account for their
total lack of foresight by
having a class action
brought against them for
gross negligence or
dereliction of duty. — Fed-up
South African
Race policy cripples sport
MINISTER Fikile Mbalula’s
punishment of the SA Rugby
Union, Cricket SA, Netball SA
and Athletics SA by
suspending the privilege to
host international
tournaments is an indication
of the failure of
transformation.
South African politicians
often use the term
transformation in relation to
the nature of the change
that is needed in the political
system and society in South
Africa.
Although the word does not
occur once in the constitution,
it did not prevent the
government enforcing a
racially obsessed society.
Transformation has created
a society in which heads are
counted based on race and not
on expertise or merit. Sport
has become the next victim of
the policy.
This narrow-minded race
obsession will not lead to a
better society. It will
deteriorate our societies even
further.
Malema’s trouble with numbers
RECENTLY, EFF leader Julius
Malema called on blacks to have
more babies to hold the white
populace at bay. This was not an
April Fool’s joke.
As it turns out, Statistics SA
figures show that the mortality rate
among whites exceeded the birth
rate in 2011. It is also believed that
the white population could decline to
3 million in 2030 from the present
figure of 4.5 million (this might also
have to do with emigration).
The real deficit is in quality
education. One of the main reasons
there is scarcity of black managers is
because less than 10% of blacks have
degrees. That then is what Malema
would be wise to concentrate on: not
more blacks, but more blacks with
degrees and opportunities. —
Richard Stewart, Linmeyer
ENTERTAINMENT Swizz Beatz
shows love for Black Coffee
American hip-hop star Swizz
Beatz has showed his
appreciation for Black Coffee,
not only mentioning him in a post
on Instagram, but also showing
a copy of his album.
We live in a demanding society
NEWS: Rhodes students
shun Bathabile Dlamini
Students shunned ANC Women’s
League president Bathabile
Dlamini on Friday when she
visited the university to show
solidarity with students who
embarked on a week-long protest
against rape and sexual assault.
A CULTURE of demand is creeping
into our society — and in particular
universities — with potentially
devastating consequences.
The spectre of intolerance started
with campaigns such as
#FeesMustFall. The students initially
demanded that there should be no
university fee increases for 2016,
which was granted under duress by
the government. This duress was
occasioned by the violent nature of
some of the protests which
threatened the stability of higher
education in particular but also of
the country in general.
Our young people need to learn to
eschew violence as a mechanism to
resolve conflict. — Nathaniel Lee,
Comptonville
What is the best way to
empower disadvantaged black
South Africans?
The answer is not in
disempowering minorities
through the use of
demographic representation,
but rather by empowering
people through proper sports
facilities, education, job
creation and efficient
services.
In this the government has
failed spectacularly.
— Jaco Schoeman,
Afrikanerbond chairman
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sports team should be
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What we need is a
rock star running
this country
BAD SIGNS: Valhalla residents protest at the building of a mosque in their suburb
Picture: SIMONE HERADIEN
Pin faith on a
braai in Valhalla
W
HY would the
proposal to build a
place of worship so
enrage some of the
residents of Valhalla? Because
it’s a mosque. Do not for one
moment think this is merely a
debate about proper community
consultation, or concerns about
the noise expected to emanate
from loudspeakers carrying the
mullah’s prayers. This is simply
blind prejudice against Muslims
on the part of a group of citizens
to the west of the city of Pretoria.
Their action represents one of
those unspoken arenas of
prejudice we do not like to talk
about — religious bigotry. We
fly into a rage when the issue is
black/white racism (there are
still people trying to pin down an
estate agent called Sparrow) but
we are silent when it comes to
religious hatred.
The placards carried by the
protesters should send chills
down our democratic spines.
Like “No ISIS in Valhalla” or
“Paris, Brussels ... Valhalla?”
The protesters are saying that
the murderous behaviour of a
small group of terrorists on the
other side of the world is exactly
what you should expect from
Muslims in Pretoria, and indeed
of all Muslims, wherever they
might be found. Muslims, they
are saying, are inherently
violent and will blow up people
and things in this indistinct
suburb of Centurion. The
mosque gives them an ideal
launching pad for their evil.
It is a strange argument to
make in a place like South
Africa. Our very violent colonial
and apartheid past was
perpetrated by successive
Christian governments who
abused the Bible to justify all
kinds of violence, including
torture, murder, theft, banning,
and the destruction of families.
They laid waste to a promising
country, leaving us a legacy of
mass poverty and
institutionalised violence.
Christians, that is.
I have no doubt that these
protesters are those who voted
for those violent Christian
governments and who sit
comfortably in church every
‘
The irony is
always that
those who claim
to be devout
Christians are
often the most
outspoken bigots
Sunday oblivious to their hatred
of Muslims.
How does this happen? Here
are people raised on a diet of
prejudice through mutually
supportive institutions: homes,
schools, churches and cultural
associations. Their lower middle
class status was achieved
through discrimination because
they enjoyed racially exclusive
access to jobs in the army, air
force and Pretoria’s civil service.
Then came democracy and the
loss of racial privilege, and these
citizens boarded themselves up
in enclaves like Valhalla, cutting
themselves off from the changes
sweeping the country. Isolated
and resentful, they were left to
grumble and live out their
prejudices privately. Until a
mosque threatened to come to
town and the ugliness of
prejudice came out onto the
streets.
Do not for one moment
imagine that religious prejudice
targeting Muslims is the
prerogative of white Afrikaans
speakers in Pretoria West. One
of my most difficult struggles for
transformation was simply to
persuade a former white,
nominally Christian university,
to broaden the campus menu to
include halaal foods. It was like
asking Osama bin Laden to
address the graduation
ceremony of the faculty of
theology. The irony is always
that those who claim to be
devout Christians are often the
most outspoken bigots.
Fortunately, Cape Town also
has a large, integrated
community of Muslims and
Christians who through
centuries of intermarriage,
common schooling and shared
neighbourhoods learnt to live
and learn and love together.
There are very few Christian
homes that do not have a Fatima
in the family line, or a Matthew
in the Muslim heritage.
And herein lies the solution.
The integration of communities.
The religious bigotry of Valhalla
is based on the ignorance that
comes with separation, as is the
case with any other kind of
prejudice, including everyday
racism. Consider the ignorance
contained in one of the Valhalla
posters: “Indian neighbours, yes;
Muslim invasion, no.”
To really deal with bigotry we,
therefore, need to find ways of
integrating schools, residences
and faith communities. I have
yet to see imaginative proposals
from our political leaders or
urban planners to consciously
build integrated residential
communities. Public schools
tolerate rather than embrace
Muslim culture in their Monday
morning assemblies, for
example. And faith communities
remain sheltered in their own
cathedrals unlike in the struggle
days when the frontline of the
march saw mullahs, rabbis,
pastors and dominees joined
arm-in-arm as a symbol of
solidarity.
We must constantly work on
building integrated communities
because our failure to do so will
tear us apart in times of crises.
The residents of Valhalla are
products of a divided history;
they should not simply be
condemned or discarded but
engaged and integrated into
normal society. And who better
to do this than our Muslim
brothers and sisters
themselves?
Here’s an idea: invite them to
a braai.
THE great, now sadly late, rocker
Prince will be remembered for
many things, from musical genius
to edgy sexuality and the shock of
the new back in 1978. Back then he
burst onto the musical scene with
his debut album For You.
But, unlike some of the lip
synchers, boy bands and hip-hop
maestros and mistresses of pop
today, Prince was a real musician.
He could do it all. He wrote lyrics,
composed music, orchestrated and
played a dizzying array of
instruments. He could also act, and
turned his hand to movie directing
as well.
There seems little connection
between being an all-round
musical sensation and directing
the affairs of a modern state.
But both have, or should have,
this in common: effective political
leaders and icons like Prince need
to be almost infinitely adaptive.
They should have a range of
instruments to play when times
and circumstances, whether the
economic weather or popular
culture, change.
Very few political leaders
seemed to possess such durable
adaptiveness as former president
of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
It is indeed noteworthy that
Prince sold more than 100 million
records in his life and with the
posthumous bounce now likely he
will no doubt sell even more.
But what of the Brazilian
politician Lula? He seemed set for
top billing in the political
equivalent of the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall
of Fame. When he left office in 2010
he had a record 87% approval
rating, which in populous Brazil
means about 165 million Brazilians
liked him. And it went beyond
South America. US President
Barack Obama dubbed him “the
‘
Effective political
leaders and icons
like Prince need to
be almost
infinitely adaptive
most popular politician on earth”
and told the press “I love that guy.”
Little wonder that, two years
later, in late 2012, Lula arrived in
South Africa heralded by his hosts
Cosatu as the pioneer of the “Lula
Model”, which could couple
economic growth with rights for
workers and massive upliftment
programmes for the poor.
Such were Lula’s political gifts
that he could hand-pick his
successor, Dilma Rouseff, who,
despite lacking Lula’s popular
touch, managed to win two
consecutive presidential elections.
All seemed set fair for Brazil.
Two years ago it hosted the soccer
World Cup and this week the
Olympic flame arrives in the
country ahead of the Olympics.
But the lights are going out.
Only two weekends ago Rousseff
was impeached by the lower house
of congress and is en route to a
likely forced exit.
As for Lula? He is being
processed through the criminal
justice system, accused of
corruption and illicit acquisition of
riches due to the political system
being underpinned by “political
leaders trading bribes, padding
contracts and political support in a
vast mutually beneficial scheme
(for the politicians and the
tenderers)”, to quote one report.
But although this fall of a giant is
perhaps a morality lesson with a
lot of local application for the usual
suspects in our country, Lula and
Brazil’s descent from grace goes a
lot beyond country and
personality.
Lula’s Brazil, which he governed
between 2002 and 2010 was the sort
of rock star of emerging markets
everywhere; it provided a real
example and universal hope of the
arrival of a new economic era
underpinned by democratic
government.
In short, the decade of Lula,
coinciding with the first decade of
this century, suggested that
unprecedented economic growth
meant not only the rich world
staying rich but the developing
world racing ahead of it in due
course.
Brazil by 2007 was surging at
over 8% GDP growth and emerging
markets on average were at 8.7%.
But given Brazil’s sheer size the
effect was enormous. It also gave
hope to the developing world since
Brazil was the B in BRICS, the
ambitiously conceived global club
which Jacob Zuma was happy to
join.
Brazil hit the jackpot from the
global commodities boom — a big
ticket for Brazil which has endless
farmlands and mines, and sits on a
sea of oil, riches all of which China
greedily consumed.
Because Lula had political
smarts — he managed to impress
the markets and equally uplift an
estimated 30 million poor
Brazilians whom he placed on the
lower rungs of the middle-class
ladder for the first time.
But he had barely left office
when the global recession hit and
the Brazilian model of growth was
revealed, like the famous
Copacabana beach, to be built on a
foundation of sand.
This was well summarised by
the Washington Post which noted:
“The riches flowing from Brazil’s
mines and farms fuelled a
consumer spending binge, but they
patched over the structural
problems that made Brazil a
creaky, onerous place in which to
do business.”
Today’s Brazil, political scandals
based on corrupt enrichment
aside, is by many measures in a
dreadful condition.
Its once-admired economy is
struggling with the deepest
economic recession since the
1930s, rising unemployment, a
credit rating downgrade and a
budget deficit of nearly 11%, nearly
three times South Africa’s.
Meanwhile, the former economic
outlaw, neighbouring Argentina,
for so long the growth laggard
compared to Brazil, made last
week a triumphant return to the
international capital markets. The
former basket-case country, under
new and business-friendly
President Mauricio Macri,
managed in record time to raise
$16.5-billion in international bonds
and on Friday pay its creditors $93billion that had been owing for
over 15 years.
I am off this week to revisit both
those countries after an absence of
some years.
The reversal of fortune between
them is stunning and there is
much to learn from it for our own
struggling economy. Or as Prince
titled one of his albums, Sign o’ the
Times.
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SNEAK PREVIEW
SMOKING HOT: Fashion’s favourite double act, Patsy and Edina, return to the screen in ‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’
IN JULY fashion’s favourite double act,
Patsy and Edina, return in Absolutely
Fabulous: The Movie. Today the first trailer
landed and, as expected, the film promises
to be packed with ridiculously flamboyant
outfits and fashion in-jokes. And we finally
discover the story behind those paparazzi
pictures from the set of Kate Moss
clambering out of the Thames.
Here is what we learned from the trailer:
Stella McCartney wants nothing to do with
Edina . . .
At “London’s biggest fashion event of the
year” Edina approaches Stella McCartney in
a gold dress, green furry stole and red OTT
necklace. McCartney looks horrified and
says: “You’re not wearing my clothes are
you?” Edina replies: “No, no it’s all TK Maxx,
TK Maxx!”
Pictures: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS:THE MOVIE TRAILER
Patsy and
Edina kick ass
remind me to go back for the boots I just saw
in Westwood’s window.”
Simply enthralling, writes Emma Spedding
Patsy is sticking to her signature head-to-toe
white look . . .
It might be 24 years after the “sweetie
darlings” first hit our screens, but Patsy is
staying loyal to her signature look, wearing
a white shirt with Liz Hurley white trousers.
She wears this to deliver one of the best
lines in the trailer, telling Edina she doesn’t
need to look in a mirror, because “I am your
mirror”.
Patsy and Edina kill Kate Moss . . .
Patsy and Edina make a beeline for Kate
Moss at said fashion event and accidentally
push her into the Thames and kill her. We
then see a police search party scouring the
Thames for the supermodel’s body and news
reports showing pictures of the wanted
terrible twosome. Stella McCartney throws a
brick through Edina’s window — “the only
thing she has ever received from the
designer”.
The Vivienne Westwood shop window delays
their attempt to flee the country . . .
We see the pair running through London in
a bid to escape to Saint Tropez, but the
Vivienne Westwood shop window proves a
bit of a distraction. Edina says to Patsy:
“When this is actually over darling, will you
Were scenes filmed at the British Fashion
Awards?
Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders
presented Stella McCartney with the Best
Brand Award at the 2015 British Fashion
Awards in full character. The pair wear their
full looks from the night in the trailer,
making us suspect scenes were perhaps
filmed at the Awards Show.
Their fugitive outfits are on-point . . .
Instead of wearing stealth head-to-toe black,
Patsy and Edina flee to the South of France
in statement parkas and camouflage prints.
Edina wears a green oversize parka covered
in badges, with platform Timberland boots
and a trucker hat. Patsy wears black
leggings with an Ashish sequin parka worth
£3 380.
ON THE RUN: Patsy and Edina flee to the South of France in the movie, but Vivienne Westwood’s shop
window proves to be a bit of a distraction
Saffy is giving us PJ envy . . .
Edina’s daughter Saffy was tormented by
her mother and Patsy for her lack of taste in
almost every episode, but we have to say
that we are rather fond of her blue-andwhite-striped PJs. — © The Telegraph
LOVE MY SHOP
Big presence for brand new gift shop
FREQUENT travellers
Why this address?
to Europe will know
Pylones has more than 150
Pylones, the go-to shop
flagship stores, all located
for interesting gifts
in the best malls.
for the family. With
covetable novelties,
Special features of the
Pylones, established in
shop?
Paris in 1985, launched
Each Pylones store is
its first shop in
designed in Paris by a team
Johannesburg last
BARRY BERMAN of architects. Inside are
week. Barry Berman,
lines, stripes of colour, that
one of the owners, tells
allow our objects to sit in
Andrea Nagel what it’s all about.
a row. A unique concept is tailored to
each store to showcase all the colours
What do you sell?
and lights.
Pylones is a troublemaker with gifts
— shakes them up, reinvents them,
What do you love about the
and colours them.
brand?
It’s always offering something fresh
Where is it?
and new. There are 25 designers
Sandton City in Johannesburg and
working on new objects every day,
the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. A
so every time you walk into a Pylones
third store will open in Midrand’s Mall
store you’ll find something you’ve
of Africa next month.
never seen before.
GIFTED:
With more
than 2 500
items,
Pylones is
one-stop
gift heaven
The story behind the name?
The name comes from an electricity
pylon — a pylon spreads and connects
— this is the aim of Pylones,
to share and extend its unique gifts
around the globe.
History of the product?
Pylones was established in Paris in
1985 by Jacques Guillemet and is
still owned by the founding family.
There are more than 700 employees
globally. Pylones has 150 flagship
stores and supplies more than 25 000
independent stores globally.
Where are the gifts made?
In France and China.
so I contacted the president of the
company, who gave me a chance to
secure some locations and introduce
the brand to our market.
How did you become involved in this
business?
I saw the brand overseas and
knew that South Africa needed
something new in the gifting space,
What do you recommend?
The matching kitchen brush and soap
dispenser, the fish pen, the glasses
case, the poodle soap dish, cappuccino
cup stack, cellphone cover, microfibre
cloth, salad servers and iPad cover, to
mention only a few.
The soundtrack in the shop?
Contemporary music.
Describe the shop in a sentence.
Unique colourful gifts with more than
2 500 items for the kitchen, home,
travel and office.
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The Times
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TREND NEWS
Pep up your step with plastic
US designer’s surreal new
range of inflatable shoes
JEREMY Scott is an outlandish American fashion
designer, who’s worked with style icons like Bjork,
Katy Perry, Rihanna and Britney Spears,
collaborated with brands like Adidas and has been
fashion label Moschino’s creative director.
His latest venture is a collaboration with Melissa’s,
a famous brand of plastic shoes.
The capsule collection consists of the Melissa
Inflatable Mule, a Melissa Ankle Boot and two flats,
called Melissa Space Love and Melissa Tube Sandal.
Each style features an exclusive air nozzle which
simulates Scott’s signature inflatable shoe in
collaboration with Melissa Shoes.
“I like the idea of putting a smile on people’s faces
when they see my work and surprising them,” he
said. “One of the reasons I chose to do this
collaboration with Melissa was because I wanted to
share my designs with more people.”
Scott says he finds the energy between opposing
elements inspiring. “I love
twisting reality and
HEY SHOE WOW!
making the surreal real.
Footware
It was more of a play
inspired by
off the fact that
pool
Melissa is known for
toys
its plastic shoes. I
wanted to have it play
with the inflatable pool toy
ideas.” — Staff reporter
ý Melissa shoes are available
from stockists including Stuttafords
and online at melissaza.co.za
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As part of the University of
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community better, a pop-up Street Store
mushroomed in the Kingsway campus
parking lot.
Men and women living on the streets
were encouraged to pick and choose free
garments — shoes, socks, pants, skirts,
dresses, shirts and blankets — to keep
them warm through winter.
For many, used to scavenging on the
streets and digging through dumpsters,
this was their first dignified shopping
experience, complete with especially
printed Street Store shopping bags.
“We got the idea from M&C Saatchi
Abel,” says Gugu Segwabanyane, project
manager of the UJ Street Store event.
“They started doing Street Stores in
January 2014 and our Street Store was the
410th one worldwide.”
What began as an initiative to raise
awareness for the Napier Haven Night
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with Street Stores for the homeless taking
place from Bogota to Las Vegas.
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according to Segwabanyane they were
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“Our biggest fear when we planned the
event was that we wouldn’t get enough
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Men were allowed to pick up to five items
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Le doughnut vita
I DON’T get it, I just don’t. The rush for
Krispy Kreme doughnuts when they first
landed in all their oily splendour on our
shores was incredible. There were
people sleeping outside the Rosebank
shop the night before, scraping and
pawing at the windows as dawn
approached, and queues of desperados
continued for months afterwards, both
day and night.
Naturally I was made to go along with
my children to join a queue. And of
course we walked away with an overly
large box of the stuff.
And so?
Well, they’re just doughnuts aren’t
they? Very sweet doughnuts. No better
— and, okay, no worse — than the
doughnuts at any of the supermarkets
where I’ve bought them before.
They have a way nicer box, I’ll say that
much, which at the end of the day — let’s
be realistic — might be what it’s all
about.
I don’t know what I was expecting. But
I guess something that made me want to
go back for more in weaker moments.
The way good slap chips do. Or the best
trashy soft-serve.
Perhaps my problem is that my idea of
doughnut heaven is not the super-soft
cakey sort, dripping with icings and
glazes, but the toothsome, long-proved
yeast dough sort, never iced but usually
topped with a shake of caster or icing
sugar, and sometimes filled with jam or
custard. The Krapfen or Berliner of
Austria and Germany are still my
favourite.
Apparently Krispy Kreme are yeastrisen, but you’d never say so from the
texture.
Luckily, I discovered this week that
making the perfect doughnut at home is
quite simple. It’s very satisfying and
THIS dish has nothing at all to do with olives.
It comes from medieval England and is made
up of beef slices (or veal, or mutton) spread
with stuffing, rolled up and gently braised.
Legend has it that the name is a corruption of
the Old French word for lark, alou, because it
looks like a small bird — minus its head, of
course.
Serves 4.
INGREDIENTS
makes you feel extremely clever.
This recipe comes via one of my
favourite chefs, Jacob Kenedy, owner of
London’s Bocca di Lupo.
This is his grandmother’s fantastic
recipe. Quite a granny she is too — her
heady social life in Rome was the
inspiration for much of Fellini’s La Dolce
Vita (I’m not sure how that gels with
excellent doughnut-making, but no
matter).
The recipe is too long for this column,
so here is the somewhat obscure link
where I tracked it down:
http://www.cityam.com/article/
1379463430/dessert-master-his-nan-sdoughnuts
It looks epic but I promise it’s really
simple (it was my 11- year-old daughter
who was the chief cook in our doughnut
escapade).
These are European style no-hole
doughnuts. Make the smaller size, he
recommends, or the centre will be raw.
My favourite filling for these is good
gelato. You know how ice cream makes a
waffle dance and sing? Well that’s what
it does for a doughnut too.
I’m sure I don’t need to convince you
how good a fresh, home-made doughnut
is filled with caramel or pistachio gelato.
I say, if you’re going to do sugar, then
make it count.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)
They say, “You're only as young as you
feel.” They may not be completely correct.
You are only as young as you think you
ought to feel. Just as there are teenagers
with such an authoritative demeanour they might
as well be octogenarians, there are some folk of
advancing years who could allow themselves to
have so much more fun were it not for a belief that,
somehow, these days, they are far too old for any of
that silliness. Don’t talk yourself out of an adventure that you deserve to enjoy today. Worried?
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
Humans are frail and flawed with faults
and foibles. If we list these drawbacks and
defects, we may convince ourselves there
is hardly any point in going anywhere or
doing anything. Won’t the ultimate outcome only
be unsatisfactory? That is the kind of thinking we
should be wary of. It is, indeed, our capacity to
come up with such pessimistic ideas that constitutes the worst thing about our entire race. Be,
today, the best that you can be, and you will yet
achieve all that needs to happen. Confused? I've
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)
Are you doing the right things, in the right
order? Before you answer, do you mind if I
ask you some of those complicated questions for which I have become so notorious? How do any of us actually know whether
what we are doing is right or wrong? Aren’t we just
fooling ourselves when we imagine we have made
everything fit into place? Doesn’t it just, at best, fit
into the kind of place that other people consider to
be tidy? If something feels right to you today, why
should it not be right? Anxious? I've recorded a
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
“I started a joke that started the whole
world crying. But I didn’t see, the joke was
on me.” So sang the Bee Gees in one of
their early hits. Those words still make
sense. We have to be careful what we joke about
for it is too easy to be inadvertently hurtful. We
must also be aware that what we take so seriously,
others may find funny. The issue arising in your life
now involves a conflict between two people’s
perceptions of a situation. Rights and wrongs don’t
BEEF OLIVES
8 very thin slices topside beef (ask your butcher to flatten them, which will tenderise the
meat)
50g bread crumbs
300g beef mince
15ml (1 tbsp) dried mixed herbs
125g bacon, chopped
2 large gherkins or 4 pickled onions, chopped
10ml (2 tsp) Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
15ml (1 tbsp) oil
15ml (1 tbsp) butter
125ml ( cup) white or red wine
750-900ml beef stock
METHOD
Lay the beef slices flat and spread them out. If
they are too thick, cover with plastic wrap and
flatten with a meat tenderiser or wooden
rolling pin.
YOUR
STARS
Jonathan Cainer
Many have been talking about the unprecedented number of celebrity deaths so far this year.
What “explains” this? As I mentioned recently, it's not the kind of question an ethical
astrologer would normally ask. Our work focuses on birth … and life. We don’t predict the
date or cause of anyone’s demise, not least because we risk creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
My ancient predecessors, of course, had no such qualms, as I shall explain tomorrow, when I
shall also point out where I suspect, if there is an astrological correlation to this situation, it is
most likely to be found.
matter. Sensitivity must be the watchword. Worried? I've got an important message for you. Call
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
If we summon enough determination, we
can make almost anything happen. There
is so much to be said for the power of
mind over matter. We can also free
ourselves from potential pain by disengaging. If
faced with a situation we find provocative or
problematic, we simply have to persuade ourselves
that if we don’t mind so much about it, then it won’t
matter so much. Today, you have more power than
you realise. Even if a miracle is unattainable, the
next best thing to one of those may be a possibility.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)
Some colours, we are informed, clash with
others. Or that’s what the old-fashioned
book of decoration and design used to say.
A succession of rebellious art students
have been blazing new trails for decades and the
old rules seem to have been eradicated. We have
become so accustomed to having our senses
assailed with vivid contrast, that we can no longer
tell what’s subtle or tasteful any more. Almost. Not
entirely. You've got a good feeling for what will
work and what won’t work today. Trust that.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 22)
Why wouldn’t magic be possible in the
lives of human beings? Didn’t someone
once set a ball of rock spinning in the sky
and allow it to evolve an entire race of
sentient creatures? That was a pretty magical act
of creating something out of nothing, wasn’t it?
Why shouldn’t we, as beneficiaries of that process,
be capable of summoning similar power? You are
capable, today, of doing so much more than you
think. Look at what something truly is and what it
has the positive potential to become. Worried?
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CANCER (June 23 - July 23)
“Brown paper packages tied up with
strings, these are a few of my favourite
things.” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic song dates back to an era before
plastic and packing tape. If they had been composing now for some more modern version of “The
Sound Of Music”, they would have had to find a
different rhyme. Your fellow Cancerians’ point,
though, would remain just as valid. When we
simply remember our favourite things, we don’t
feel so bad. Today may yet bring you a new
favourite. Confused? I've recorded four minutes
of news that will help. Call MTN 083-900-8535
or Vodacom 079-008-4033.
LEO (July 24 - August 23)
Has this planet been set spinning in the
sky specifically for the purpose of ensuring you experience a tough time? I’m
asking this provocative question because
Combine the bread crumbs, mince,
mixed herbs, bacon, chopped gherkins or
pickled onions and Worcestershire sauce and
season.
Place a generous spoonful of this mixture on
one end of each beef slice, roll up tightly and
secure with a toothpick.
Heat the oil and butter in a saucepan and fry
the beef olives until browned all over.
Pour over the wine and 500ml
(two cups) of the beef stock and simmer
gently for 45 minutes, adding more
stock as needed.
Continue cooking until meat is tender.
Remove toothpicks and serve with buttered
vegetables, potatoes and mustard.
I'm hoping that, in giving the only possible sensible
answer, you will start to see the obvious and relax.
No dark force opposes you. No gnarled hand of
twisted fate is reaching out to steer you towards
some ghastly destiny. You have everything to play
for and every reason to expect support and help
from a kindly sky today. Anxious? I've recorded
a very special message for you. Call MTN
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
“When will I be loved?” So asked
Phil Everly in the hit song he performed
with his brother Don. The pop songs of
the early 1960s were, it seems, full of
lyrics which posed unanswerable questions. As
we attempt to understand the dilemma you
feel you face today, we should stop to consider
the writer’s perspective when he composed
this melody. He was a pop icon at the peak of his
career. He could not have been more loved by more
people. Don’t look for what you have already got.
Worried? I've got an important message
for you. Call MTN 083-900-8535 or Vodacom
079-008-4033.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)
If there is a purpose and a point,
how come nobody seems to know what
it is? Or, if they feel sure they know,
why don’t they all agree? Surely, we don’t
just exist so that we can work, hold down our jobs,
feed our families and watch TV? Isn’t there
something bigger, brighter, more amazing going
on? Of course there is, although often we only
notice that out of the corner of our eye. Look
out, today, for a flicker of insight that leads to the
light of a profound, inspiring revelation. Confused?
I’ve recorded four minutes of news that will
help. Call MTN 083-900-8535 or Vodacom
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)
“Together we’ll stand, Divided we’ll
fall Come on now people let’s get on the
ball and work together.” So goes
the classic Canned Heat track. It sounds
similar to “Let’s Stick Together”, a hit for
Bryan Ferry. So it should. These are earlier
and later versions of the same song by Wilbert
Harrison, His inspiration may have been the way
his own record company wasn’t working
(or sticking) together with him. But whatever
in your life now drives a quest for co-operation, |
if it has the desired result, all will be well. Anxious?
I've recorded a very special message for
you. Call MTN 083-900-8535 or Vodacom
079-008-4033.
PUZZLES
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE | Find five differences in these pictures of
The Times
THE TIMES CROSSWORD
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© The Times, London
Kenya’s Jemima Sumgong winning the 2016 London Marathon
Pictures: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP
SOLUTIONS
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9
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9 8 7 6
4 6 3 5
1 5 2 9
2 9 6 1
3 1 8 4
7 4 5 8
8 7 4 2
6 2 1 3
5 3 9 7
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DOWN
1 Hidden crop covered with fresh seed
(8)
6 Material left during visit (6)
9 Sound avoided in the Tube (4)
10 It’s unclear if swimming is associated with lakes (10)
11 Primarily visual skills rejected by
airborne musician? (10)
13 Secret society about to expel a
scandalous gossip (4)
14 Soft metal in dancing and music
(8)
16 Eyes right at last in old films (6)
18 French brass and zinc with odd bits
missing (6)
20 Novel heroine goes round city centre with an immortal (8)
22 Kafka’s first novel may be recognised (4)
24 Mark’s girl rejected something
sweet (6,4)
26 Sail around in the open lake discovering trinkets (10)
28 Team taken in by joiner in French
leave (4)
29 Novice losing heart is less productive (6)
30 Talk about the centre of Rome? It’s
unimportant (2,6)
2 King Charles, man beheaded by a crabby group? (9)
3 Moving forward, having arrived at
school (2,5)
4 Fish not on one dish (5)
5 Bones in trick cyclist’s head? (3)
6 Sort of willow — foundation for hedge
(9)
7 Stone that’s awful overturned in grass
(7)
8 Private function daughter avoided (5)
12 Island scholar absorbed in Buddhist
scripture (7)
15 Where Guantanamo Bay is to run
hospital apparatus (9)
17 Players on stage whisper in ditch
(4,5)
19 Data base? (7)
21 Budding carnation finally added to a
bouquet (7)
23 Indigenous tribal leader going green
(5)
25 Fancy drink being spiked with drug
(5)
27 Was a scooter in transit? (3)
SUDOKU |
1
7
3
5
6
2
9
4
8
Fill in all the squares in the grid so that each
row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits
from 1 to 9. © Puzzles by Pappocom
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HARD
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maternal or paternal relatives of the child;
The biological parents or any maternal and/or paternal family of a male child,
Aphelele Matshebelele, born 16 November 2009, and/or Ntombizandile
Matshebelele, the alleged biological mother, last seen in the Du Noon area, and/or a
man Unathi Mose, alleged to be deceased;
Anyone with information as to the whereabouts or confirmation of the deaths of
Stanford Mkhali, who was allegedly a Lesotho national, and Lindiwe Halom, also
allegedly deceased. Or anyone with information as to the biological parents of two
male siblings born August 2004 and 2006 respectively, and/or Lindiwe Mbele, and/or
any maternal or paternal family of the children;
Anyone with information as to the whereabouts or confirmation of the death of Basaly
Malunga (allegedly deceased), and/or the whereabouts of Victorino Antonio
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Anyone with information as to the whereabouts or confirmation of the death of Anna
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Liquor Act
Liquor Act
Liquor Act
LIQUOR ACT 2003
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
IN TERMS OF SECTION 24
Notice is hereby given that it
is the intention of the person
whose details are set out
below to lodge an application
for Liquor Licence to the
secretary of Local Committee
of Ekurhuleni.
1. Full names the applicant
Bonginkosi Shabalala
2. Intended Trading Name:
Ezenkeni Pub & Grill
3. Identity number or
Registration number of the
applicant: 84030251158
4. Full address and Location
of the premises:
Portion 8 of Erf 4544
5. Type of License Applied
for: Pub & Grill
6. Names and nature of
Education Institutions within
a radius of 1 kilometer from
the premises in paragraph 4:
None
7. Name and Distances of
similar licensed premises
within a radius of 1 kilometre
from the premises in
paragraph 4: None
8. Place of Worship within a
radius of 1 kilometer
in paragraph 4: None
Signed at Germiston on this
day 22nd Day of April 2016
Signature of Applicant or an
authorised person
083 400 7858 or
[email protected]
029G2H
LIQUOR ACT 2003
IN TERM OF SECTION 24
who's details are set out
secretary of the Local
Committee of Ekurhuleni
1. Full names of the Applicant: Masinga Liquor and
Minerals
Masinga Inn
3. Identity Number or
Applicant:
2002/031672/23
4. Full address and location
of the premises: 3463 Katlehong South, Katlehong
5. Type of licence applied for:
Tavern Liquor Licence
Educational
Institutions
within a radius of 1 kilometer
from the premises in paragraph 4: Katlehong Primary
School
7. Names and distances to
paragraph 4: None
Place of Worship within a
radius of 1 kilometer from the
premsises in paragraph 4:
None
Signed at Kempton Park on
this 19th Day of April 2016
Signature of Applicant of an
authorises person
072 688 9778
[email protected]
029FRD
LIQUOR ACT 2003
IN TERMS OF SECTION 24
whose details are set out
secretary of Local Committee
of Ekurhuleni.
1. Full names the applicant:
Steven Baloyi
6WHYHV3ODFH
3. Identity number or
Registration number or
registration of the applicant:
5507305443086
4. Full address and Location
of the premises:
419 Temong Section,
Tembisa
5. Type of License Applied
for: Tavern Liquor Licence
Education Institutions within
a radius of 1 kilometer from
the premises in paragraph 4:
None
7. Names and Distances to
within a radius of 1 kilometre
paragraph 4: None
8. Place of Worship within a
premises in paragraph 4:
None
this day 19th Day of April
2016
authorized person
072 688 9778 /
[email protected]
029G2I
LIQUOR ACT 2003
secreatary of the Local
1. Full names of the
Applicant: Tshetso Ephraim
Lephoto
Lephoto's Place
Applicant:
5612125445087
of the premises:
263 Zonkizizwe Section
Katlehong
Educational
Institutions
paragraph 4: None
paragraph 4: None
authorises person
072 688 9778
[email protected]
029FG2
LIQUOR ACT 2003
Applicant: WO Bhekezakho
Tavern & Services
WO Bhekezakho Tavern
Applicant:
2015/352167/07
of the premises: Portion 104
of Erf 4676 Roodekop Extension 21, Germiston
Educational
Institutions
\within a radius of 1 kilometer
paragraph 4: None
paragraph 4: None
None
authorises person
072 688 9778
[email protected]
029FRE
LIQUOR ACT 2003
Applicant: Lefa Charles
Ranoto
Majozi Place
Applicant: 8410305992086
of the premises: Erf 10464
Tembisa Extension 24
Tembisa
Educational
Institutions
from the premises in paragraph 4: None
paragraph 4: None
None
authorises person
072 688 9778
[email protected]
029FG3
Every
Fox
has its
day
JAMES CORRIGAN
DO YOU believe that actor Tom Hanks
really put £100 (about R2 000) on
Leicester City to win the Premier League
at the start of the season?
The cynics among us can only pray that
Hanks was indeed joking earlier this
week. Otherwise we will have to face up
to the awful reality that, at the conclusion
of this most pure of sporting fantasies,
money will just be going to money again
as a billionaire collects another £500 000
and, more wretchedly, that an American
actor who “chose” to be an Aston Villa
supporter knows a damn sight more
about English football than we do.
If Hanks’s claim is true, the very least
we can console ourselves with is the
thought that, contrary to ever-increasing
public opinion, the 5 000-1 on the Foxes
would not be the longest odds on any
single event in British history.
Twenty years ago this September
Frankie Dettori went through the card at
Ascot with his magnificent seven. Ladbrokes reported that the odds on that
happening in that morning’s ante-post
markets were somewhere near 200 000-1.
But as the Frankie bandwagon hit the
turbos and the people jumped on, the
prices tumbled and the SP accumulator
paid out about 25 000-1.
Of course, it is the word “accumulator”
that will have the semantic brigade out
wagging their fingers, because how can
“a single event” be “an accumulator”?
Well, Ladbrokes also revealed that at
least a couple of punters that day merely
wrote down “Dettori to win all seven
races at Ascot” and were given odds of
20 000-1. It was a costly mistake, but did
encapsulate this was a “single event”.
As odds-busters go, Dettori’s afternoon
in 1996 was and remains unprecedented.
That is not to denigrate Leicester’s
achievement by one iota. After all, Dettori was the little man in physique only; in
metaphorical terms his standing going
into Ascot was positively Goliathan compared to Claudio Ranieri’s team.
It will be wrong for anyone to play
down the unlikelihood of this feat, even if
they do hark back to Brian Clough
believing in all those miracles at
‘
Leicester have
underlined the
beauty of sport as
the primary
gambling medium
Nottingham Forest in the late 1970s.
Yes, many commentators will understandably dig deep into romanticism to
describe the outrageous improbability of
this fairytale, but in strictly betting terms
Leicester have done nothing more than
underlined the beauty of sport as the
primary gambling medium.
Look through the back pages since the
league season began in August and you
will find any number of shocks.
South Africa were 1-1 000 to beat Japan
in the Rugby World Cup — and lost.
Serena Williams was 1-750 when taking
the first set against Roberta Vinci in the
US Open final and lost.
In the Premier League itself, West Ham
were 750-1 to rack up their hat-trick of
away wins at Arsenal, Manchester City
and Liverpool, while it was 100-1 for any
player, not just Jamie Vardy, to break
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring
in 10 consecutive league games.
Every fox has its day, no matter how
ferocious the hunt. — © The Daily
Telegraph
SPORT
Why so hush-hush?
Rugby’s strategic transformation plan treated like it was a state secret
LIAM DEL CARME
IT SAYS all you need to know about
transformation and how SA Rugby
deals with it that on Freedom Day a
man who helped develop its strategic transformation plan didn’t feel
liberated enough to talk about it.
Mind you, Mervin Green, who is
SA Rugby’s general manager of
performance management, was not
allowed to.
The long-serving administrator
could not speak about the prickly
matter that has again been thrust
front of mind after Sports Minister
Fikile Mbalula revoked certain
hosting rights from some of the
country’s major sports codes.
SA Rugby was one of the federations that fell short of set targets and Green would have been
ideally placed to shed some light on
why this was the case.
The Times was informed yesterday afternoon that SA Rugby CE
Jurie Roux was the organisation’s
spokesman on transformation, but
he was “away”.
“I cannot speak without permission,” was all Green said. But
thankfully not all his colleagues
were as taciturn. Others spoke on
condition of anonymity. They are
exasperated that not all SA Rugby’s
affiliates embrace the transformation objectives completely.
“Why are the Bulls there (in
terms of the target) and the Lions
are not? Transformation requires
an attitudinal shift. It is a strategic
imperative for all of us. It should be
part of the provinces’ strategy anyway, otherwise rugby will die over
time,” said one official.
As [much] as 84% of South
Africa’s population under 18 is
black. It is a statistic that should
alarm and excite rugby officials.
Just imagine what would be possible if South Africa harnessed its
true potential.
SA Rugby has over the years
TRIPLE world champion Lewis
Hamilton is the only Formula 1
driver to have won the Russian
Grand Prix, and, with Mercedes
teammate Nico Rosberg on a redhot winning streak, needs to keep it
that way on Sunday.
The Briton will be toiling flat out
on May Day, the international
workers’ holiday, to deny his German rival a seventh successive win
and his fourth of the season.
Hamilton won the inaugural race
around the 2014 Winter Olympic
THE FLAB AND THE FURY
‘
Imagine what
would be possible
if South Africa
harnessed its
true potential
counterproductive. He pleaded for
help from the government.
“The collapse of physical education in schools has made it very
difficult to grow numbers. We can
only be as good as our nursery.
“But we can’t use that as an
excuse. We have to realise that
transformation is something that
cannot be ignored. All corporations
have to comply. Why should rugby
be different?” he asked.
Hard toil ahead for Lewis on May Day
Park and returned in October to
repeat the feat after Rosberg had
secured pole position but then
retired with a throttle failure.
Hamilton is already 36 points
behind Rosberg, and, while he is
unlikely to be sending out Mayday
distress signals, the Briton is in
need of a track turnaround.
“There was plenty going through
my head after China, as you’d
expect,” he said after starting that
third race of the season at the back
of the grid and finishing seventh.
“But, after all these years,
experience has taught me to stay
calm and keep pushing forwards
when I get knocked back.
“There are lots of positives to
carry into the next battle.
19
Boxing
history
beckons in
Limpopo
BONGANI MAGASELA
Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury pulled off his T-shirt and told Wladimir Klitschko: ‘A fat man — that’s who beat
you. Shame on you’, at a news conference ahead of their rematch in July Picture: LEE SMITH/ACTION IMAGES
dangled incentives to provinces to
meet transformation targets, but
they hold very little sway over
developments on the ground.
“We cannot make money part of
how we hope to change perceptions. It cannot be perceived as a
bribe because it will be perceived
as window-dressing,” said a former
player, who is now an official.
He cautioned that wielding a big
stick at the unions might prove
The Times
“If nothing else, I know after
these first few races that I can still
overtake.”
Rosberg has not had to do much
of that recently, leading from pole
in Shanghai and also enjoying comfortable wins in Australia and
Bahrain.
But the German remains wary of
what might happen.
HISTORY will be made
tomorrow night when three
of the four boxing
superpowers in the
sanctioning of the sport —
the WBA, IBF and WBO —
will all be involved in one
tournament.
Phathutshedzo Dongola’s
Limpopo Boxing Promotion
will stage the fights at
Ngoako Ramathlodi Sports
Arena in Seshego, outside
Polokwane.
Topping the programme
will be an IBO welterweight
title fight between holder
Tsiko “Cruel Junior”
Mulovhedzi, of
Thohoyandou, andMexico’s
Jesus Gurrola. An IBF
international belt has been
added as an incentive.
The main supporting bout
pits another IBO champion
— junior bantamweight
holder Gideon “Hardcore”
Buthelezi from Boipatong —
against the Dominican
Republic’s Diego Pichardo.
A vacant WBA
international lightweight
strap will be up for grabs
between Malcolm “The
Stone” Klassen, from
Gauteng, and Mexican
Leonillo Ruiz Miranda, while
reigning national junior
flyweight champion Bongani
Silila, from Duncan Village,
and Namibian Japhet Uutoni
will fight for a vacant WBO
international belt.
Prince Ndlovu and his
Malamulele homeboy
Sydney “The Skeleton”
Maluleke will do battle for a
vacant IBF Africa
featherweight belt.
“I’ve made the most of my opportunities and I have a bit of an
advantage in the points right now
— but we are only three races down
and it would just take one bad
weekend for that gap to disappear,”
said Rosberg.
Both Mercedes drivers can
expect to be pushed hard by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Kimi
Raikkonen but they also need to
worry about Red Bull’s Australian
Daniel Ricciardo and local hero
Daniil Kvyat. — Reuters
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Willard gives
Tuks taste of
battery acid
TSHEPANG MAILWANE
WHO STOLE THE GOALS? Hlompho Kekana of Mamelodi Sundowns during the side’s goalless draw against Ajax Cape Town at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town
Picture: PETRI OESCHGER/ GALLO IMAGES
A dip for Downs
MARK GLEESON
MAMELODI Sundowns dropped
points but were fortunate to avoid
defeat as they played out a goalless
draw with Ajax Cape Town yesterday and now have only a fourpoint lead at the head of the Premier Soccer League table.
Sundowns inched up to 59
points, while Wits sit on 55, with
the two frontrunners still to go
head-to-head next month. They
are the only two sides who can win
the league title.
Ajax, with just a single victory in
their preceding eight outings, blew
two superb chances to score.
The first came after just 11 min-
utes, with Sundowns turning over
possession to allow a swift set of
attacking passes from Ajax that
saw Erwin Isaacs set up Prince
Nxumalo directly in front of the
goal, only for Dennis Onyango to
make a point-blank save.
Twenty minutes later there was
an even better opportunity. A
ricochet off the crossbar fell perfectly for Isaacs just metres from
the goalline, but somehow he managed to hook it over the top.
It took Sundowns until the 44th
minute to create their first effort
on goal when Leonardo Castro
headed over from a free kick.
Sundowns looked a lot better in
the second half and Ajax seemed
to have exhausted their energies in
the opening stanza.
A powerful header for Bangaly
Soumaharo in the 72nd minute
forced a fine save from Anssi
Jaakkola in the Ajax goal and
Keegan Dolly had a chance from a
difficult angle soon after.
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Ajax missed two
superb chances at
goal in the first
half
But the match petered out in the
end and a draw seemed a fair
outcome.
ý At the Isaac Wolfson Stadium,
second-half substitute Lerato
Manzini’s hat-trick ensured Chippa United a 4-1 win over Platinum
Stars. The other goal came from
Andile Mbenyane, just six minutes
into the game.
Robert Ng’ambi scored a consolation goal three minutes from
time. At Olen Park, Jomo Cosmos
held Bloemfontein Celtic to a 0-0
draw, while Golden Arrows
thrashed Mpumalanga Black Aces
4-2 at the Mbombela Stadium,
thanks to Hellings “Gabadinho”
Mhango, who scored all the goals.
WILLARD Katsande has gone from
a reckless tackler to a classy midfield anchorman and, most recently, a goal scorer Kaizer Chiefs can
rely on when things are tough.
Last night, when Amakhosi were
desperate for a hero, Katsande
scored the winning goal in a 2-1
victory over the University of Pretoria at Tuks Stadium in Pretoria.
It was Katsande’s sixth goal of
the season. It sparked celebrations
among supporters, who have not
had that winning feeling in the
Absa Premiership since beating Supersport United in February.
Chiefs move to third place on the
table. Reneilwe Letsholonyane
should also be given credit. When
he was introduced in the second
half for Lucky Baloyi, the game
changed. He missed a sitter after
coming on but made up for it with a
goal in the 72nd minute when he
cancelled out Vuyisile Ntombayithethi’s fifth-minute goal.
‘
Steve can sleep
better tonight as
they look to finish
as high as possible
Katsande was at the far post to
head home the all-important goal
six minutes from time.
With this win, under-fire Chiefs
coach Steve Komphela can sleep a
lot better and hope things will
change as they look to finish the
season as high as possible.
Chiefs face Mamelodi Sundowns
at Loftus Stadium this weekend.
ý Orlando Pirates could not get
into gear and had to settle for a 0-0
draw against Polokwane City at
FNB Stadium last night, writes
Marc Strydom.
Pirates struggled to find momentum in unfamiliar home surroundings as Orlando Stadium was unavailable because it had to be left
vacant four days before Saturday’s
EFF manifesto launch there.
Bayern Munich feel
the pain in Spain
A SENSATIONAL solo effort
by Saul Niguez handed
Atletico Madrid a
1-0 advantage over Bayern
Munich in the first leg of
their Champions League
semifinal at Vicente
Calderon Stadium last night.
The Spanish under-21
international skipped past
four Bayern players before
firing into the far corner to
give Atletico the perfect
start after 11 minutes.
Bayern dominated for long
spells thereafter, but the
closest they came to a vital
away goal was a thunderous
long-range effort from David
Alaba that came off the
crossbar.
Atletico will travel to
Bavaria for the return match
on Tuesday looking to
complete the job to reach
their second final in three
years and exact revenge for
defeat to Bayern in 1974.
Bayern lost the first legs
of their semifinals in Spain
in the previous two seasons
to Real Madrid and
Barcelona. And they
couldn’t have made a worse
start once more in the
Spanish capital as, roared
on by a vociferous support,
Atletico flew out of the
blocks early on.
Niguez had already had a
long-range effort saved by
Manuel Neuer before he
opened the scoring in
stunning style. The 21-yearold picked the ball up near
halfway line and moved past
the four half-hearted
Bayern challenges before
curling a left-footed shot
inside of the far post. — AFP

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