Sommaire pour 2021-10-26 de Cape Times

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za JSE-LISTED tech group Altron’s share price slid 1.8 percent to R10.82 per share yesterday in intraday trading, despite it pointing to its 2.0 Strategy as starting to bear fruit for the business. Altron’s 2.0 Strategy, introduced last year, is anchored on organic growth supplemented by carefully selected acquisitions in local and international geographies. The group reported a 71 percent jump in operating profit to R173 million for the six months ending August 31. Altron’s headline earnings per share also rose by a significant 238 percent to 11 cents per share for the period. The IT services management company said cash generated from operations rose 79 percent to R527m, with revenue for the six months rising by 2 percent to R3.5…

Marchelle Abrahams marchelle.abrahams@inl.co.za Imagine if your life was an open book? For Springbok captain Siya Kolisi that’s exactly what it is. The release of his memoir Rise chronicles the rugby legend’s rise to greatness, from his humble beginnings in Zwide township in the Eastern Cape to being the first black man to lead South Africa to victory at the Rugby World Cup in 2019. The autobiography gives an intimate glimpse into his childhood and how the odds were stacked against him. In one chapter, he recalls falling in with the wrong crowd after the death of his grandmother, with his aunt taking over as caregiver. “It was at a time when I was starting to hang out with some kids a bit older than me and doing what they were…

from page 1 In his response, Lamola said the department had found that most defaulters did not want to be found. When they were located, the minister said, they concealed their means so that they could be precluded from paying maintenance. “The investigation further revealed that there are two forms of economies in South Africa – formal and informal economies – and as such most defaulters who claimed not to have the means to pay for maintenance are within the informal economy. “The business concerns are not registered for tax and the defaulters do not have bank accounts in their names, thus making it difficult for the maintenance courts to process cases.” Lamola said the department has since initiated a maintenance defaulters track-and-trace system, which was initially introduced through…

Itumeleng Mafisa and Nomonde Zondi LAWYERS for the family of slain soccer star Senzo Meyiwa say they believe more accused should be added to the list of people charged with killing the former Bafana Bafana captain. This follows the appearance of five men accused of murdering Meyiwa in cold blood on October 26 seven years ago. Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokozisi Maphisa and Fisokuhle Ntuli appeared in the High Court sitting at the Palmridge Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where a trial date was set for April 11, 2022. Ntuli was recently convicted of the murders of councillor Thami Goodwill Nyembe and Butiza Sandisa Mahlobo, Sphamandla Zungu and brothers Phiwayinkosi Zulu, Mcebisi Zulu and Sibusiso Zulu at the Esikhaleni Regional Court. The Meyiwa family’s legal team said that they…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za IN WHAT is seen as much-needed respite for small-scale fishers, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) has made an about-turn in its West Coast Rock Lobster Total Allowable Catch (TAC) regulations, with the department finally acknowledging the threat its decisions may have on livelihoods. The department had recently reduced the West Coast Rock Lobster TAC from 160kg to 35kg as part of the interim relief dispensation for the 2021/2022 season. The Cape Times reported last Friday how the decision left fishers from coastal towns across the province up in arms, as this meant that they could only yield R6 000 a year. At the time of the announcement of the reduction, the department said officials indicated that the decision was “based on an updated…

As a child I grew up in Bethlehem in the old Orange Free State. Elections back then were usually a men-only affair. All the ooms would gather together, smoking smelly pipes and discussing the politics of the only party that made sense to them and for which they always voted. Meanwhile the tannies made coffee and koeksisters. But not all of them were happy with this status quo. My mother made sure that she was in the queue to vote. It was not simply about the National Party; it was about being part of the white Christian community. “If you don’t use your vote, you will lose your voice,” she used to tell me. We Afrikaners were trapped in a British colony, forced to pay tribute to a king and…

Chevon Booysen chevon.booysen@inl.co.za THE Equality Court matter against former Communicare attorney, Robert Siddle, has been postponed to December to allow for consultations between him and his attorney. Siddle, 38, appeared in court on Friday on a charge of crimen injuria for an alleged racist slur against a tenant, saying “you hotnots want everything for free”, and that “he was stupid and not a lawyer”. The complainant, Reginald Cedras, had previously said that he was at the Rental Housing Tribunal’s office in the CBD when Siddle, the then-Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer at Communicare, allegedly made the derogatory comment. The matter will return to court on December 7. Previously the matter was postponed to allow Siddle to make representations. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the directorate had not appeared…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za OVER 200 Golden Arrow Bus Service (Gabs) employees received their Covid-19 jabs at the company’s pop-up vaccination clinic yesterday. The employees, who had not had the opportunity to be vaccinated, gathered at the Gabs Arrowgate bus depot in Montana. A ticket seller who asked not to be named said she was happy and relieved to have received the jab, because fear had previously prevented her from being vaccinated. “Taking the vaccination means that I am safe and those that are close to me are also safe,” she said. Another employee, who is an engineer, said working hours had previously got in the way of receving the vacccine. “This vaccination means a lot to me because I was the only one in my family that had not taken…

AS THE country heads to the polls next week to elect their local government representatives for the next five years, political parties and the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) should ensure that the elections are Covid-19 compliant. There is no doubt that next week’s polls will be the most hotly contested local government elections ever, with a record number of independent candidates and smaller political parties vying for a seat in various local municipalities. It is, therefore, very easy for political parties to get carried away and ignore life-saving Covid-19 regulations at various voting stations located in different parts of the country. While the country is on alert level 1 of the lockdown, this does not mean that Covid-19 protocols are no longer critical in the fight against the pandemic.…

Funds needed to feed millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen could run out in a matter of weeks, a senior UN official warned, calling on donors to inject more cash to avert a large-scale famine. World Food Programme (WFP) executive director David Beasley said the first half of 2022 would be “brutal” for Yemen, which has teetered on the brink of starvation after nearly seven years of war between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group. “We run out (of money) in a few weeks,” Beasley said in Dubai. “I don’t see how we don’t avoid, at this stage, a famine of biblical proportions … without a massive injection of additional dollars.” The war and ensuring economic collapse as well as coalition restrictions on imports to Houthi-held areas have caused…

Actor James Michael Tyler, who played much-loved coffee shop barista Gunther on sitcom Friends, has died at the age of 59 after a battle with prostate cancer, his manager Toni Benson said in a statement on Sunday. Tyler “passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles”, he said. Tyler is survived by his widow, Jennifer Carno. Tyler, first cast in the series in 1994, starred in 150 episodes of Friends during the show’s10-year run – but was not given a line of dialogue in the show until he had made over 30 appearances. Tyler was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018 but said in June it had spread to his bones. The official “Friends” Instagram account also posted a tribute to the star. | The Washington Post…

MOSCOW: Russia reported a record high number of daily Covid-19 cases and some central European countries imposed fresh restrictions yesterday as a new wave of the pandemic gathered pace. Authorities around the world have been sounding the alarm as infections surge, with governments in regions where vaccine uptake has been low forced to toughen up restrictions in a bid to stop the virus raging out of control. Russia yesterday reported 37 930 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day case tally since the start of the pandemic. President Vladimir Putin declared that October 30 to November 7 would be paid non-working days. | Reuters…

A young boy was found dead in a migrant boat off Spain’s Gran Canaria island that had about 50 people on board, including two babies and over 20 women, officials said yesterday. Migrant crossings from North Africa into Spain have surged this year, with many people risking their lives on dangerous boat journeys across the Mediterranean. In the latest incident, a Spanish coastguard boat intercepted the seven-metre long boat carrying sub-Saharan African migrants on Sunday night south-west of the holiday island, a coastguard spokesperson said. Rescuers found the body of a boy aged about 5 on board the boat along with 23 women and five minors. | AFP…

Zaahier Adams zaahier.adams@inl.co.za Throughout the history of the World Twenty20, no team have become champions without losing a match. This is good news and bad news for Temba Bavuma’s Proteas as they prepare to take on the West Indies at the Dubai International Stadium today. It means that stumbling over the first hurdle is not unique to the Proteas, but it is also a fact that a further defeat today could result in elimination with the tournament proper hardly five days old. Any wiggle room that might have existed was vanquished by Australia holding their nerve in the opener on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. It is imperative that they learn quickly from their woeful batting effort at the Sheikh Zayd Stadium for they do possess one of the more lethal…

Dineo Faku dineo.faku@inl.co.za ESKOM’S largest coal suppliers Exxaro and Seriti Resources have agreed to invest in renewable energy projects at Eskom operations, marking progress in the race to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the production and generation of electricity. The parties said the first phase of the envisaged project pipeline was expected to see the construction of a number of solar photovoltaic facilities both on mine and at Eskom sites. They said these might be behind-the-meter solutions, that was, off-grid or wheeled solutions, or combinations of the two. The parties said they had signed a memorandum of agreement in line with enabling a just energy transition in South Africa by participating in these renewable energy projects at the mines and related Eskom sites, with the aim of creating employment and…

Philippa Larkin philippa.larkin@inl.co.za SISA NGEBULANA, the founder and chief executive of Rebosis Property Fund, said yesterday that his work was done in sorting out the financial crises at the company and he was retiring with Otis Tshabalala selected as his successor to “steer the firm’s greater future”. Ngebulana founded Rebosis in 2010, which became the first black-owned and managed property fund to list on the JSE. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the company saying last week that it would dispose of its portfolio of office assets worth R6.3 billion, which would bring down the company loan-to-value (LTV) level and optimise its balance sheet to real estate investment trust standards, closing the curtain for Ngebulana’s three-year stint since the board brought him to stabilise the company. In…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za INDEPENDENT Civic Organisation of South Africa (Icosa) provincial leader Dawid Kamfer has cited “dirty politics” as the reason for his resignation as a councillor in the DA-led Mossel Bay municipality. Kamfer, who has been a councillor for the past five years, tendered his resignation with immediate effect last week. “It was not a nice five years to begin with, but I still learned a lot. I have to get it off my chest. “There were many officials who played a dirty game with the ruling party, but I would like to say in the same breath, thank you to the officials and councillors I worked well with in the last five years,” he said in his resignation letter. The municipality said it received Kamfer’s resignation, but there…

Mayibongwe Maqhina mayibongwe.maqhina@inl.co.za MINISTERS in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster declared yesterday that they were operationally ready for free and fair local government elections. Briefing the media on the state of readiness for the elections, Defence Minister Thandi Modise said they would not tolerate any form of criminality. “The JCPS cluster will ensure that the local government elections are conducted in a safe and secure environment. “We are declaring that we are operationally ready to execute our mandate, and ensure a safe and secure environment, for all to participate in the free and fair elections in our country,” she said. Modise also said National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structures (NatJoints) have put measures in places to protect all citizens, as they get ready to exercise their constitutional…

OWN Correspondent EPIDEMIOLOGIST Professor Salim Abdool Karim says he is deeply grateful to Rhodes University for conferring a degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) (honoris causa) on him. At its second virtual graduation ceremony for Masters and PhD students on October 29, the university will recognise Karim for his scientific and leadership contributions in AIDS and Covid-19. Over the years, Karim has acquired a reputation as an outstanding, internationally recognised academic researcher on HIV-AIDS research, and has established South Africa as a world leader in the field. More recently, he led the South African public towards understanding the SARS CoV-2 virus. “I am deeply grateful to Rhodes University for this honour. As one of the finest universities on the African continent, Rhodes University represents both scientific excellence and a strong…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za MAKHAZA residents in Khayelitsha and civil rights organisations have cautiously welcomed a new mobile station in the area and hope that this will not further delay the building of a permanent structure they were promised almost 10 years ago. For the past eight years the Makhaza community has been waiting on a promised “state-of-the-art” police station after the Khayelitsha commission of inquiry affirmed the demand for a police station in the crime-ridden area. With more than 17 new informal settlements, the need for a police station has grown, and on Saturday Police Minister Bheki Cele unveiled the mobile truck that will be erected in time for the festive season. Outgoing Ward 96 councillor Danile Khatshwa said while the community welcomed the unveiling of the mobile unit, they…

IT’S interesting that the monster, secession of our southernmost province, is rearing its ugly head again, even though it is not even a general election. The idea of people and groups wanting their own little island is nothing new. In fact, it’s as old as mankind. It’s also no coincidence that former US president Barack Obama chose a Bible term for the title of his latest best-seller Promised Land. God had promised His people a new land “overflowing with milk and honey”. Fundamentalists would want us to believe that it refers to modern Israel. However, the enemies of Israel have branded it an apartheid state. In our modern history, the Europeans, having discovered in their voyages of discovery from the 1300s to 1600s how backward Africa was, decided at the…

The detention by Sudan’s military of the country’s prime minister and a large number of his cabinet and party members early yesterday morning plunged the country’s fragile democratic transition into disarray. Days earlier, the capital, Khartoum, was swept by the biggest pro-democracy street protests since 2019, when long-time dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir was toppled by a wave of popular discontent. Crowds swelled in the streets again yesterday in response to the detentions. Internet services were disrupted or unavailable in Khartoum and other parts of the vast north-east African country. Local news channels reported the closing of roads and bridges connecting Khartoum with the rest of Sudan by large contingents of security forces, and the suspension of flights at the airport. Since Bashir’s ousting, the country has been governed by a…

Facebook will fuel more episodes of violent unrest around the world because of the way its algorithms are designed to promote divisive content, whistle-blower Frances Haugen told the British parliament yesterday. Haugen, a former product manager on Facebook’s civic misinformation team, was appearing before a parliamentary select committee in Britain examining plans to regulate social media companies. She said the social network saw safety as a cost centre, lionised a start-up culture where cutting corners was a good thing and said it was “unquestionably” making hate worse. “The events we’re seeing around the world, things like Myanmar and Ethiopia, those are the opening chapters because engagement-based ranking does two things: one, it prioritises and amplifies divisive and polarising extreme content and two it concentrates it,” she said. She said the…

ATHENS: Fofi Gennimata, leader of Greece’s socialist opposition Movement for Change, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. The death of Gennimata, who was to turn 57 next month, was announced by the Evangelismos hospital where she had been receiving treatment since October 12. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was shocked to learn of Gennimata’s death, and a day of national mourning was declared for tomorrow, when her funeral will be held, his office said. Mitsotakis, who arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday for a two-day visit, will return to Greece tonight. “Fofi was a fighter, battling against her health issues with dignity. She became a symbol of courage for all women and men, sorely tested by serious illness,”he said. Gennimata had her first cancer diagnosis in 2008. Tributes from across…

Warsaw: Poland will increase to 10 000 the number of soldiers deployed to help border guards stop migrant crossings from Belarus, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said yesterday. The announcement follows a series of incidents along the border in which large groups of migrants have tried to tear down a razor wire fence recently put up by Polish forces. “We are increasing the number of soldiers to help the border guard service by 2 500. Soon, about 10 000 soldiers will be guarding the security of the border,” he said on Twitter. Thousands of migrants – mostly from the Middle East – have crossed or tried to cross from Belarus since the summer. | AFP…

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced intense criticism and speculation over his future after his team’s humiliating 5-0 defeat at home by Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. United’s worst ever defeat at home to their arch-rivals killed in 90 minutes the short-lived hype that surrounded Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to the club and the hopes of a title challenge that it raised. But it also brought into the spotlight the Norwegian’s management and coaching of the team as he approaches three years in charge of the side. While United were booed off the field at half-time, as they trailed 4-0 at the break for the first time in the Premier League era, there were no chants for Solskjaer to be fired. But social media was much less forgiving…

Subrat Patnaik, Sanjana Shivdas and David Shepardson TESLA YESTERDAY neared $1 trillion (nearly R15 trillion) in market capitalisation as the company founded by Elon Musk received its biggest order of 100 000 electric rental cars for Hertz. Tesla shares were up 7.5 percent at $978, hitting a new record yesterday, following the order. Shares were also buoyed by news of the company’s Model 3 becoming the first electric vehicle to top monthly sales of new cars in Europe. The news from Hertz comes as Tesla is coping with a backlog of unfulfilled orders for its vehicles and continuing supply chain disruptions, but it does solidify the mainstream appeal of electric cars. Interim Hertz chief executive Mark Fields said the order would primarily be Model 3 vehicles.…

from page 1 assistance, should the need arise, in and around identified hotspots. “We had a look at the country as a whole. We have identified areas that give us concerns. “We have ranked those hotspots into medium, low, and high-risk areas. We will be deploying accordingly,” she said. Police Minister Bheki Cele said KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape were regarded as hotspot provinces. Cele said the deployments would depend on the level of risk at polling stations. “Fortunately, more than 19 000 police officers will be in low risk areas, about 3 500 in medium, and 270 to 300 are at the high-risk areas around the country,” he said. Modise said the intelligence coordinating committee had conducted security threat assessments and made assurances that the country…

Sihle Mavuso sihle.mavuso@inl.co.za TODAY is the moment of decision in the legal fight that former president Jacob Zuma is waging against senior National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutor advocate Billy Downer SC. Zuma has since August this year been engaged in a court fight against Downer, accusing him of engaging in unethical conduct while leading his prosecution against the former president for alleged corruption during the arms deal of the late ’90s. Zuma alleged that Downer had, without the authority of the director of public prosecutions, been leaking information to the media and spies from the Central Intelligence Agency of the US. A few days before the matter was orally argued by parties before Judge Piet Koen last month, Zuma upped the stakes and filed a supplementary affidavit – accusing Downer…

Mayibongwe Maqhina JUSTICE and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said his department is considering developing a framework to trace the concealment of income and assets gained in the informal economy for use by courts to grant maintenance orders. Lamola revealed this when responding to parliamentary questions from IFP MP Themba Msimang, who asked about the number of maintenance defaulters. In his response, the minister said there were a total of 16 435 maintenance defaulters that the courts have dealt with between April and July this year. “Of the 16 435 cases, enforcement orders in the form of emolument attachment orders and warrant of attachment of debts were issued in respect of 2 555 cases,” he said. Lamola also said the number of defaulter cases had increased since the outbreak of…

Staff writer MULTI-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Ntlantla Swana from Gqeberha and singer, pianist and musical theatre performer Leah Mari from Durban, received mentorships to take their music to a new level. The two are winners of the inaugural Cabaret And Beyond Festival, hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in collaboration with the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex. Twenty-one composers finished a four-month new musical theatre writing initiative culminating in a live showcase staged at the Seabrooke Theatre in Durban. Patrons had scrambled for tickets, with the second week run of the show being completely sold out after adding a performance date. Festival curator and project manager, Roland Perold, said: “What a pleasure to see this new writing project come to fruition with such overwhelming success.…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za FAMILIES from a small “forgotten” informal settlement on the outskirts of the Epping Market are shattered at the thought of having to leave the place they’ve called home for over two decades, after the City was granted an eviction order. The families, who said they were going to be moved to Kampies near Uitsig, were provided with building materials including a door and a window as per the court order. They also raised concern over why a wall was being erected around them. The City however yesterday told the Cape Times while the eviction order was granted “no eviction is taking place”. Father of four, 52-year-old David Williams said: “We don’t want to move anywhere. We have lived here for over 27 years with no municipal services,…

More intent on soothing the insecurities of the privileged AS WE all go out to vote on November 1 in the local government elections, the eight words the Democratic Alliance’s John Steenhuisen wants his party to be identified with are “a record of action” and “a promise of more”. Those are good themes for the DA and available terrain on which to battle Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC, described by many voters as a leader of chaos and cronyism. A record of action and a promise of more also hint at the recognition of something many voters, according to Steenhuisen, should dislike about the ANC’s manifesto promises under Ramaphosa – “a party of wild, unattainable promises. A manifesto with every fantasy we can think of, ignoring the real-world constraints of resources, budgets,…

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” on climate goals, the UN weather agency said yesterday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming. A report by the World Meteorological Organization showed that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels surged to 413.2 parts per million in 2020, rising more than the average rate over the last decade despite a temporary dip in emissions during Covid-19 lockdowns. Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said that the current rate of increase in heat-trapping gases would result in temperature rises “far in excess” of the 2015 Paris Agreement target of 1.5ºC above the pre-industrial average this century. “We are way off track,” he said. “We need to revisit our industrial, energy and transport…

Stuck in Gaza for the past 15 years, Munir Hamo may soon be able to reunite with his wife and six children in Jordan. He is one of some 5 000 Palestinians who received rare Israeli approval this month to be included in the Palestinian population registry, making them eligible for official documents such as Palestinian passports. Under interim peace deals with the Palestinians in the 1990s, Israel, which captured the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Middle East war, controls the registry. It described the new registration approvals as a humanitarian gesture. “I haven’t seen my children in 15 years. My sons and daughter got married, and I wasn’t able to attend their weddings,” Hamo said. His long period in limbo began after he left Gaza for…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday it was “touch and go” whether the UN COP26 climate conference will secure the deals needed to help tackle climate change. Britain hopes the summit in Glasgow, starting on October 31, will adopt plans to help limit the rise in the average global temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “I am very worried because it might go wrong and we might not get the agreements that we need and it is touch and go … but I think it can be done,” Johnson said. Hopes of a major breakthrough deal at the talks were dealt a blow last week when the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin would not attend the summit. |…

Tashkent: Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev cruised to victory yesterday in an election that monitors said was “not truly competitive” despite some reforms in the authoritarian Central Asian state. Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission said Mirziyoyev had taken 80.1% of the vote against four token opponents, a preliminary count showed. The vote was held on Sunday. Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016 after the death of his mentor, dictator Islam Karimov, who ruled for 27 years. Mirziyoyev has been credited for ending a decades-old system of forced labour and introducing limited media freedoms. But rights groups say the past two years have seen a crackdown on dissent, particularly on internet freedoms. | AFP…

Eshlin Vedan eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za Cape Town City coach Eric Tinkler believes that the “underdog” tag could work to his team’s advantage ahead of their MTN 8 final showdown against Mamelodi Sundowns at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday night. “We got ourselves to the final and are playing a good team in Sundowns. They are definite favourites and we will be underdogs. It’s a good position to be underdogs. We will work extremely hard in terms of our preparation and planning and I’m confident that the boys will want to go out there and put on a good performance,” said Tinkler. One area of concern for City heading into the game is their defensive form. The Citizens have conceded five goals in their last three games. They also head…

Herman Gibbs Banyana Banyana will pursue their dream of lifting the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the first time when they play Mozambique today at FNB Stadium. The match will be the second leg of their first-round fixture and was initially scheduled for the Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto, but the South African Football Association (Safa) has since announced that the match will be played at the 'Calabash'. It may turn out to be a good switch since the 'Calabash' has been a happy hunting ground for Banyana Banyana's male counterparts Bafana Bafana. In their recent World Cup qualifiers there, Bafana Bafana ran out winners against African giants Ghana and Ethiopia. Victory for Banyana Banyana today seems a mere formality after they hammered Mozambique 7-0 in Maputo. On the eve of…