Inhaltsverzeichnis für 2021-04-26 in Cape Times

EDWARD WEST edward.west@inl.co.za EMIRA Property Fund has received a mandatory R2.87 billion offer from Maitlantic 10 Proprietary (Maitlantic) and Clearance Cantara Master Fund (CC) after Maitlantic and its partners took control of 35.03 percent of Emira’s shares. Maitlantic and its partners have made a mandatory offer to acquire all of Emira’s shares for R9.15 a share, cash. Emira said on Friday that an independent board would review the offer. Emira’s JSE share price closed 2.35 percent higher at R9.57 on Friday. The price has drifted steadily upwards over a year from R7.60. The offer price was 2.6 percent lower than Friday’s price, and was much lower than Emira’s net asset value per share of R14.75 per share at December 31. Two of Emira’s existing shareholders, Luxanio Trading 157 and Tamela…

TREMATON Capital shares rose 4 percent on the JSE on Friday after the investment holding company said it expected its half-year earnings to show an improvement compared to last year. The group said its headline earnings per share for the six months to end February would now in- crease to 2.1 cents from 0.01c last year and earnings per share were now project- ed to hit 0.6c compared from 0.4c the prior year. Its intrinsic net asset value – which the board of directors of Trematon considers to be the most important measure of shareholder value – would increase to approximately 530c from 510c while its book net asset value is expected to remain flat at 411c. The share price rose to R2.60 a share, up from…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za A TWO-DAY celebration filled with laughter, prayer and reminiscing on fond memories was held for Shariefa Khan, District Six’s oldest living land claimant, who could not contain her emotions as she turned a century old yesterday. Khan was showered with love by her family and relatives with gifts, a photo shoot and dinner yesterday to celebrate her 100th birthday. At least 70 relatives attended the dinner held in Cravenby Estate on Saturday night. Seated in a wheelchair with purple and gold balloons behind her and flowers on her lap Khan, also fondly known as “Mama” was filled with joy as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren surrounded her. Khan lived with her husband, Dawood, and six children in the Bailey Flats in Hanover Street, close to the Avalon Bioscope…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za HOUSING lobby groups are calling for the SABC to consider its well-located Rocklands Villas residential property in Sea Point, which is up for public auction, for affordable housing. The public broadcaster issued notices of termination of lease agreements for its non-core properties in December, and that it would sell these at a public auction. However, a date was not given. This as the company battles to unlock new revenue streams to stay afloat. SABC acting spokesperson Mmoni Seapolelo said having followed the processes required in terms of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), the disposal of non-core assets in Cape Town was part of the organisation’s Turnaround Strategy and Target Operating Model. “To ensure that the business invests in relevant assets, which are in line with and…

Athandile Siyo athandile.siyo@inl.co.za A 30-YEAR-OLD suspect, believed to be linked to gangs, is expected in court after he was arrested with an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The suspect was taken in by Elsies River police early yesterday. The arrest was among a number of successes in weekend operations by police. The probe led to the confiscation of five unlicensed firearms and ammunition from communities in Steenberg, Parow, Samora Machel, Elsies River, and Kraaifontein. On Saturday, Steenberg Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) members conducted a search in St Agatha Street, St Montague Village, where they found an unlicensed firearm, ammunition, crystal meth and money, and arrested a 36-year-old man. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said: “The same unit members were patrolling in Lavender Hill when they heard gunshots. “They proceeded to investigate and…

Athandile Siyo athandile.siyo@inl.co.za KUILS River police have appealed for the public’s help in locating missing 19-year-old Astravon Jantjies and 49-year-old Alex McMillan. Jantjies was last seen by her brother on Wednesday at the canal behind the BP garage in Van Riebeeck Road, while McMillan was last seen a week ago at about 6.30pm by his sister when he went to a nearby spaza shop. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said: “At the time of Jantjies’ disappearance she was wearing a black and white long dress. She has a scar on the side of her left eye; she is slenderly built with brown eyes and black long hair.” McMillan was wearing a blue T-shirt, black tracksuit pants and black and cream takkies. At the weekend, police again issued alerts for three…

TERENCE GRANT | Cape Town I REFER to the looming public sector strikes. In 1962 blacks had overtaken whites as the wealthiest group thanks to Erehwon’s aggressive affirmative action policies. However, equality had been achieved by bringing whites down to the same level as blacks. In addition, most of the wealth taken from whites had disappeared into the pockets of the black elite. Consequently, most blacks were poorer than they had been during the colonial era (primarily due to inefficiency and a shrinking economy, etc). Unfortunately, getting rid of the government was far easier said than done. This was because of the government’s habit of doling out well-paid jobs to under-qualified, unneeded employees, who subsequently voted for it out of a fear of being retrenched by a new…

Two people were feared dead after a fuel tanker in which they were travelling lost control and plunged into the River Nile in the northern Ugandan district of Nwoya, a police spokesperson said yesterday. Patrick Okema, Aswa regional police spokesperson, said in a statement that Alex Ogwal, a 35-year-old driver, and Howard Obaro, a 21- year-old fuel attendant with Shine Energy Petrol Station, crashed into Karuma Bridge and plunged into the River Nile. He said the two were travelling from the northern district of Lira, taking fuel to Masindi Port in the midwestern district of Kiryandongo. “The vehicle entered into the water with two occupants who can’t be seen or traced. “We are waiting for experts to come and fully assess the situation,” said Okema. Uganda registers about 20…

Intense battles flared up yesterday near Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib amid intensified airstrikes launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, a military official told Xinhua. According to a local military official who asked to remain anonymous, the battles are still going on between the Houthi militia and Yemen’s government forces, leaving scores killed and injured during the past 24 hours. The source said that the Houthis gained military progress on-ground and largely advanced towards the oil-rich city of Marib that’s controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. “Key areas located in Marib’s western part were fully captured by the Houthi attackers who are still having the upper hand in the ongoing battles raging over the control of the strategic city,” the official said. He confirmed that Major Gen. Abdullah al-Hadhri, head…

Dakar: A fire in a neonatal ward in the northern Senegalese town of Linguere killed four babies at the weekend, according to local and government officials. The origins of the blaze remain unclear, although Linguere mayor Aly Ngouille Ndiaye said that it was likely sparked by an electrical fault in an air-conditioning unit inside the ward. Six newborns were in the neonatal ward of Magatte Lo hospital when the fire broke out on Saturday morning, according to Ndiaye. Four babies died in the blaze, Ndiaye said, and the two survivors were in intensive care. The Health Mnistry said the government had launched an investigation.…

geneva: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3 100 659 people since the outbreak was first reported in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official source. At least 146 337 640 cases of coronavirus have been registered; the vast majority have recovered. These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organisations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain. On Saturday, 13 540 new deaths and 823 179 new cases were recorded worldwide. The countries with the most new deaths were Brazil with 3 076, India with 2 767 and the US with 801 cases.…

Dineo Faku dineo.faku@inl.co.za MTN ZAKHELE Futhi, the mobile operator’s special purpose empowerment vehicle, has received a further R75 million to lessen the blow from MTN Group’s decision to withhold the final dividend for the year to the end of December 2020. The scheme’s chairperson, Belinda Mapongwana, said the money would enable MTN Zakhele Futhi to meet its cash requirements for the next 12 months. Last September, MTN Zakhele received a R15m injection to meet its financial commitments after MTN withheld its interim dividend in the six months to the end of June last year. “The 2020 financial year has been a challenging year for MTN Zakhele Futhi, and for the first time in recent history MTN Group announced that no interim dividend would be paid for the six-month period ended…

Viwe Ndongeni-Ntlebi viwe.ndongeni@inl.co.za AS CHILLY weather sets in, viruses and germs start operating in full swing and everybody around you seems to be catching the same flu or a cold. Our immune system is charged with disease-fighting antioxidants, white blood cells, and several antibodies. However, if you have a weak immune system, you are more susceptible to catching diseases or falling sick more often. Whether you’ve come down with a cold or the flu, want to boost your immune system, feeling fatigued or suffering from digestive problems, there’s help at hand. Imbooster juice Health-boosting shots have become all the rage at juice bars. They’re juices that include a variety of fruit, vegetables, spices and, occasionally, other ingredients that come together to create a nutrient-dense drink that offers health benefits. Healthline’s…

Gift Tlou gift.tlou@inl.co.za THE NATIONAL Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Investigating Directorate (ID) has confirmed the arrest of Michael Harry Lomas, a UK citizen and former Eskom contractor, who was detained in London on April 15 and appeared before the Westminster Magistrate’s Court last week. Lomas was granted bail of £100 000 (R1.9 million) and he further submit- ted additional surety in the sum of £250 000. The appearance means Lomas’s extradition to South Africa has begun in earnest in the UK. According to ID spokesperson Sindisiwe Seboka, the arrest and appearance follows months of talks with the UK authorities about the fraud and corruption case where Eskom paid R745m to Tubular Construction Projects. She said this exposed the state-owned entity to R1.4 billion as per the escalation of the contract.…

Staff writer Rhodes University will this week honour television educator William Smith at its virtual graduation. On Wednesday, Rhodes University will confer a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa) on its alumnus and notable educator Smith, who, over the years, has reached many young people in South Africa and beyond, with his televised lessons, for some the only quality instruction they received in mathematics and science. Vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela said: “Thanks to his exceptional teaching skills and compassion, for almost two decades, the Learning Channel became an indispensable platform for young people of our country to receive interactive TV education in mathematics and science. In this way, he became a teacher for the entire South African nation.” After matriculating, Smith completed his BSc and BSc (Hons) –…

Chevon Booysen chevon.booysen@inl.co.za THE memories and legacies of two Kuils River business owners are reflected in the recent addition to the community garden project which has finally taken shape on the fourth corner of an intersection At the weekend, volunteers of the project were able to start work on the corner, bringing the total number to seven gardens started since February. The recent addition was to honour the memories of the late real estate owner Jean Smith-Oosthuizen and butchery owner Terblanche Bosman. Smith-Oosthuizen died in February after contracting Covid-19 and Bosman, who prior to his death had donated aloes to the garden project to commemorate Smith-Oosthuizen, who died two weeks ago following a heart operation. Resident Wouter de Vos, who started the garden community project, said he was excited to…

OWN Correspondent ATTACKING the disease at its source by reducing the number of mosquitoes is the objective of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams who have carried out a number of large-scale malaria prevention campaigns in eastern Burundi in recent years, most recently in the hills of Kinyinya. “Come back and visit us!” Standing in the middle of a pile of his possessions, moved outside his house for safekeeping, Misago watches the departure of the team of sprayers after they spent 20 minutes treating the walls and ceilings of his house with a spray that kills mosquitoes. Bottles and pumps on their backs, they cycle on to the next house. Like the other inhabitants of Kumoso plain, this is the second time in two years that Benoit Misago has had his…

In South Africa it was used by the apartheid regime to terrorise our people. Therefore, the first judgment of our Constitutional Court declared capital punishment to be invalid; prohibited as cruel and unusual punishment which the government could not justify in the absence of proof that it was a materially more effective deterrent than life imprisonment. It violated everyone’s unqualified right to life, was irredeemable in effect, and arbitrary in enforcement - being dependent on race, poverty and ignorance. It annihilated human dignity, the other most important of all rights in our value system, and the source of all human rights. Nevertheless, several states – some of whom we entwine ourselves with politically, economically, and culturally – scorn our values. Amnesty International’s latest report estimates that China carried out thousands…

Tomorrow South Africa will commemorate 27 years of freedom, but the greatest concern of all is the fact that there is little to celebrate for many of our people. Most of the country’s citizens have not reaped the benefits of freedom, while a select few have accumulated so much wealth that they are richer than some poor African and Asian countries. However, that is not the point for today. Our point is that while we are commemorating 27 years of freedom, it is being slowly eroded by crime, corruption and failing public institutions. Our people’s freedom to move around freely and at any time has been taken away by crime and ruthless criminals. Our people have to confine themselves to their homes, which sadly offers a false sense of security…

A Moroccan man suspected of stabbing to death six family members, including two minors, while they slept has been arrested in Spain, police said yesterday. The unidentified man is wanted in Morocco over his alleged role in the murders in February of his brother and his sister-in-law, as well as their two adult children and their two grandchildren, in Sale in northwestern Morocco. He was arrested in Castellon in northeastern Spain where he has lived since 2002 with his wife and one of his sons, Spanish police said. The man had been involved in a dispute with members of his family over an inherited piece of land and had threatened over the phone to kill his brother and his family “in their home at night”. In February “while six members…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally covered the cost of refurbishing his Downing Street flat, a minister said, seeking to quash claims by Johnson’s former top adviser that the prime minister had planned to get donors to pay for it secretly. Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s key adviser on Brexit, said Johnson wanted donors to secretly pay for the renovation and he told the prime minister the plans were “unethical, foolish, possibly illegal” Johnson’s office has said the government followed all the rules over the refurbishment.…

PARIS: A fifth person has been taken into custody in connection with the murder of a female police worker in the French commune of Rambouillet, chief anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said yesterday. The 49-year-old administrative employee was stabbed to death on Friday at the Rambouillet police station. The attacker, a 36-year-old man of Tunisian origin, was detained by law enforcement officers, who opened fire at him on the spot. He later succumbed to his injuries. The attacker is said to have illegally arrived in the country in 2009. There have been reports about four people detained amid the investigation.…

BERLIN: Germany’s coronavirus infection rate rose at the weekend despite stricter restrictions and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he did not expect moves to ease curbs before the end of the next month. “We need a timetable how to get back to normal life, but it must be a plan that won’t have to be revoked after just a few days,” Scholz told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The federal government should be able to outline “clear and courageous opening steps” for the summer by the end of May, allowing restaurants to adjust reopening plans and citizens to plan holidays, Scholz said.…

Wynona Louw wynona.louw@inl.co.za WITH the Rainbow Cup South Africa set to kick off this weekend, it’s to be expected that SA players will want to go out there and make the most of their time on the pitch after a few tough weeks filled with all that uncertainty. The Preparation Series offered a good few moments, enough so to give us something to look forward to in the next competition. From a Stormers perspective, here are two factors, or players rather, to get excited about (for different reasons) ahead of their opener against the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday (2pm kickoff). Pieter-Steph du Toit: The Comeback Not much needs to be said here, really. The Springbok superstar is ready, and after missing out on seeing him in action…

Sandile Mchunu sandile.mchunu@inl.co.za Adapt IT has informed its shareholders that Blacksheep Master Fund, which holds a 44.4 percent stake in the company, had given Volaris its irrevocable undertaking to support its bid for the takeover of the South African software company. Volaris, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Constellation Software, tabled an offer to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital of Adapt IT on April 7 for 650 cents a share, which represented a premium of 56.9 percent to the 30-day volume-weighted average-traded price of Adapt IT shares on the JSE of 414c as at January 26, which was the last trading date before the date on which the general offer by Huge Group to Adapt IT shareholders was announced. Constellation Software has more than 125 000…

Lifestyle Reporter Miss Supranational South Africa 2020 and medical doctor Thato Mosehle launched her weekly #ChooseDay Talks with Dr Thato online show to share her medical knowledge. Mosehle – who last month completed her medical internship and has been a front line worker during the Covid-19 pandemic – will be taking part in the Miss Supranational pageant in Poland from August 20 to 22, the first person under the official Miss South Africa organisation banner to take part in the competition. With #ChooseDay Talks with Thato, Mosehle wants to help people understand the basics of how their bodies work and what they can do to help keep healthy. She will use these informal online chats to dispel medical myths while shining a light on diseases and how to avoid the…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za TOMORROW marks 27 years to the day that the country held its first free and fair elections. On this day in 1994, millions gathered, standing in long queues for hours, to vote for the first time. For the Denis Goldberg House of Hope, Freedom Day will see the start of its first three-day holiday programme since the hard lockdown. It will also be its first holiday programme to take place at the Hout Bay Museum, the site of the new Denis Goldberg House of Hope building. Rivonia triallist Goldberg died at the age of 87 last year, with a final wish for the realisation of the House of Hope, a project envisioned as a space to uplift the youth of the poor communities that border the affluent…

Francesca Villette francesca.villette@inl.co.za MEDICAL interns at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg have downed tools over a payment dispute, saying they have not received a cent for work done since January. The SA Medical Association (Sama) is expected to meet soon to try to provide support to the struggling doctors in training. Two first-year interns have spoken out about their struggles, saying they started working at the hospital in the first week of January, but have not been paid. As frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19, they said they risked their lives daily, and what they were experiencing was both legally and morally wrong. They downed tools last Thursday. One intern said: “Since arriving at the hospital four months ago, not one of the medical doctor interns have been paid…

Staff writer WHEN South Africans faced the first hard lockdown early last year, many conversations had to be moved online. A Facebook initiative, The Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Book, curated by Ingrid Jones, created an unexpected community. Initially a straightforward call for family recipes, the conversations that arose evolved into a celebration – not only of the food of preceding generations – but tales of a diverse heritage that reached and continues to reach far beyond the dishes that are served and enjoyed by many families today. Stories of pride, of memories from a long time ago; some filled with pain, others joy, but at its heart, stories that honour and salute the simple legacies that are carried. From cakes to koeksisters, bobotie to bredies and breyani, waterblommetjies to smoked-snoek smoortjie…

Francesca Villette francesca.villette@inl.co.za AN INVESTIGATION has begun to identify the person responsible for derogatory messages against pupils and teachers at Kraaifontein High School. A teacher last week spoke out against cyberbullying after two lists circulated at the school – one naming young girls alongside allegations of sexual encounters they’re claimed to have had; and another naming teachers and attaching degrading statements about their appearance. Education MEC Debbie Schäfer’s spokesperson, Kerry Mauchline, said disciplinary action will be taken against those responsible. “The principal initiated an investigation as soon as he became aware of these messages, which includes assistance from the SAPS and engagement with the SGB, staff and learners. The school is in the process of identifying the person responsible for the messages so that disciplinary procedures can be followed. “The…

Zintle Mahlati zintle.mahlati@inl.co.za AN analysis report conducted by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) shows the government did poorly in implementing an emergency response action plan (ERAP) meant to target gender-based violence (GBV). The commission undertook an assessment of the ERAP, first touted by President Cyril Ramaphosa in September 2019. The plan was supposed to see various government departments undertake to make improvements in addressing GBV. A six-month period was outlined for some of the key interventions, which included access to justice and interventions for women’s empowerment. The implementation period was set for October 2019 to April 2020. Some of the key departments that were mandated with implementation included the SAPS and social development. The commission’s report shows that out of 81 targets across five goals, only 17 targets (21.25%)…

IF ALGERIA, Cape Verde and China can report zero indigenous cases of human malaria at the end of 2020, why couldn’t South Africa? As the world marked World Malaria Day yesterday (April 25), the country continues to have the dubious distinction of featuring in yet another Global Health League Table of Shame. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, commending eight countries declared free from indigenous malaria, said: “Many of these countries at one time had a high burden of malaria. Their successes were hard-won and came only after decades of concerted action. “Together, they have shown that malaria elimination is a viable goal for all countries.” This was a remarkable achievement in view of the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic. South Africa’s reality, the stark health inequality especially in…

Gasant Abarder GROWING up, I used to fantasise about the order being reversed: a two-day work week and a five-day weekend. Why not? Why didn’t we have weather days here in South Africa when it snowed so hard that there was no school for the day and later you could ride a sledge down the hill with your friends like in those American TV shows? That fantasy, I must confess, carried on into adulthood. A low-key monsoon that didn’t really cause any damage or flooding but only cut off the routes to work sounded great.Hmmm… Netflix and an endless supply of pizza while locked up at home in your PJs. Surely that represented the ultimate freedom? Free of responsibility and the daily grind. But, as they always say, be careful…

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi suspended the health minister and referred him for investigation after a fire at a Baghdad hospital, a government statement said yesterday. A fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad at the weekend that had been equipped to house Covid-19 patients. The fire sparked angry calls for officials to be sacked in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure. Many of the victims were on respirators when the blaze at Baghdad’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital started with an explosion caused by “a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders”, medical sources told AFP. Flames spread quickly across multiple floors in the middle of the night, as dozens of relatives were at the bedsides of the…

Indonesia has found the wreckage of a navy submarine missing since Wednesday and declared all 53 of its crew members dead, the country’s military chief announced yesterday. Underwater images captured by a remotely operated vehicle showed the wreckage in the Bali Strait at a depth of 838m, officials said. A search and rescue team found debris including a vertical rudder, anchor and safety jackets. “Based on the authentic evidence, we confirm that the KRI Nanggala has sunk and all the crew members have fallen,” Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto told a news conference yesterday. The announcement came a day after Indonesia’s navy said the vessel had almost certainly sunk. Officials said on Saturday that rescuers had found debris floating in the Bali Strait near the Nanggala’s last known location. Navy…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday voiced his “sadness” and “shame” over the fate of 130 migrants who went missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean. European humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday that ten bodies were spotted near a capsized rubber boat off the coast of Libya, which had around 130 people aboard. “I confess to you that I am very saddened by the tragedy which once again occurred in recent days in the Mediterranean,” he told the faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square. “Brothers and sisters, let us all ask ourselves about this umpteenth tragedy. It is a moment of shame”. “One hundred and thirty migrants died at sea, these are people, these are human lives who for two whole days have implored in vain for help, aid…

N’DJAMENA: Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesperson said yesterday. The rebels, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), came over the northern border from Libya on April 11 calling for an end to Deby’s 30-year rule. They got as close as 200-300 km from the capital, N’Djamena, before the rebels were pushed back by the army. Deby was killed last Monday while visiting troops at the front, just after he won an election. His death shocked the Central African country.…

Herman Gibbs herman.gibbs@africannewsagency.com EMBATTLED Kaizer Chiefs overturned a first-half deficit to score an upset of humongous proportions when they defeated DStv Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria yesterday afternoon. The result marked Sundowns’ first Premiership defeat this season. This reverse will be welcomed by the chasing pack, which is led by AmaZulu, who are three points adrift after 24 matches. Sundowns, after 22 matches, are on 47 points. The outcome also spoilt the 50th birthday celebrations of Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi. Chiefs nevertheless moved into a top-eight slot for the first time in a while. Sundowns sounded an early warning of how they might hurt Chiefs when midfielder Gaston Sirino unleashed a low drive from outside the penalty area after good work by teammate Lyle Lakay.…

Mihlali Baleka ORLANDO Pirates commander-in-chief Josef Zinnbauer remains confident that they’ll be able to reach the quarter-finals of the Confederation Cup after their last group-stage match against Enyimba on Wednesday, despite their recent fortunes. The Buccaneers are unbeaten in continental football this season after eight matches. They won five, three in the preliminary qualifiers and two in the group stage, and have drawn two, both in the group stage against Ahli Benghazi and ES Setif. They lead Group A with nine points, a point ahead of Benghazi. Enyimba and Setif, who are third and fourth respectively, still have a shot at qualifying for the last eight, but they’ll need to win their remaining matches against the top two on the final match day. Pirates, though, would reach the quarter-finals for…