Indholdsfortegnelse for 2022-09-30 i Mercury

Police are investigating inquest dockets after a Durban couple were found dead in their Currie Road, Musgrave, flat on Wednesday, after a neighbouring flat was fumigated. While it is suspected that the fumigation may have led to the couple’s death, the cause of death still has to be established. Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala said inquest dockets were opened at Berea SAPS. “A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.” It emerged yesterday that the chemical allegedly used to fumigate the flat was prohibited for residential use. This is according to information provided by the Pest Control Federation of South Africa (PCFSA). Netcare 911 said its paramedics responded to a suspected chemical exposure at a flat on…

I went to a Tom Jones Live concert this past Monday night. Yes, the 82-year entertainer is going strong. I made the hour-long journey, picked up my son, 24, and joined hundreds of middle and advanced aged fans waiting to enter the theatre. At 7.30pm, using a walking stick, Tom Jones entered the darkened stage, sat on a bar stool and, accompanied by a pianist, sang a moving rendition of I’m Growing Old. This done, four other musicians joined him, and, from his bar-stool, Tom Jones unleashed the energy of a man a quarter his age thrilling the crowd for two hours with many of his hits and other favourites. Tom Jones talked of his only wife whom he married at 16 and to whom he was married until her…

Until 2001, Eskom was one of the most efficient suppliers of electricity in the world. At the beginning of 2013, Telkom was the largest fixed-line operator in Africa. SAA was once regarded as one of the safest and most reliable airlines in the world. Denel was a leading arms manufacturer in Africa. Sars was the most efficient tax-collecting agency in the world. This was until the past 15 to 20 years. What went wrong? Mandela always said transfer of skills was paramount for our economy to succeed. Case in point is Eskom. The previously experienced staff and engineers were forced to retire early to make way for graduates who had no clue how to run a massive utility supplier. These graduates should have been trained over a period by these…

A 36-year-old woman has been apprehended by a prison warder in Mpumalanga for alleged drug possession after she attempted to enter the Bethal Correctional Centre. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the woman was reportedly caught before entering the premises to visit an inmate, on Tuesday. “The female visitor was reportedly searched, as per prisons standard procedures, whereby a black plastic bag concealed in her underwear was found. It was then discovered that the plastic bag was stuffed with about 59 different types of tablets, as well as 20 small plastic bags and other substances, including crushed leaves and a plastic bottle containing oil,” said Mohlala. “The investigation suggests that the alleged items were destined for an inmate… The matter is still under investigation,” said Mohlala. “Lorraine Nomsa Makhubele…

MPs have given a boost to the Land Claims Court, while giving the boot to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s plan to reduce alcohol allowed for motorists to zero. A National Assembly plenary passed the Land Court Bill, which seeks to establish a permanent and specialist land court and give it the same status as a high court. The bill is among four pieces of legislation passed by MPs this week. The plenary also passed the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill, the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill and the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill. MPs asked for the two transport bills to be passed with amendments. The National Road Traffic Amendment Bill proposed a further reduction of the limit on alcohol in blood specimens taken from motorists, but Mbalula’s totally…

Controversial former advocate Malesela Teffo’s days are filled with litigation. Not only did he appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of assault and trespassing, he is also fighting his disbarment. The Legal Practice Council, which succeeded in its bid to have Teffo struck from the roll of advocates earlier this month, confirmed that he had filed a notice to have the judgment by two judges of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, rescinded. Kabel Letebele, a spokesperson for the legal sector watchdog, could not provide more details on Teffo’s reasons for choosing this course of action. Legal expert and former chairperson of the Pretoria Society for Advocates, advocate Francois Botes, said that in his opinion, this was the wrong move. “He must appeal the judgment. He can…

Former mineral resources minister and ANC MP Mosebenzi Zwane maintains that he is innocent after he was granted R10 000 bail on Wednesday. Speaking to the media, Zwane said he would plead not guilty and had indicated this to the court during his first appearance. “I’m happy finally, this matter has seen its light of the day in court where I can be given a fair chance to say whatever I want to say. This matter has tainted my name for the past 10 years outside the court of laws, with anybody saying whatever they wish to say about this matter. I think this is the right platform for people to come to say whatever they want to say. I’m ready. I’m going to co-operate with the court,” Zwane said.…

Teacher unions and a school governing body association have made calls for better security at schools and for a thorough investigation to be conducted after the vicious attack at Alston Primary School in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Following the attack, the KZN Department of Education said preliminary reports revealed that the suspect gained entry into the school premises through the pedestrian gate and attacked the security guard and two other adults. Pupils screamed and ran for cover. Police arrested a 40-year-old man shortly after the incident. Childline KZN’s acting director Adeshini Naicker said pupils and teachers at the primary school were left traumatised by the incident. Naicker was speaking after social workers from the organisation had to do trauma debriefing at the school yesterday for both teachers and pupils. “This happened…

The 18-year-old relative accused of the murder of magistrate Romay van Rooyen has appeared in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court. Cassidy Hartzenberg, Van Rooyen’s nephew, who was a pall-bearer at her funeral, has been charged with two counts of robbery and murder. Speaking outside court, Police Minister Bheki Cele indicated that the magistrate had died of suffocation. At this stage, court documents indicate that the suspect allegedly killed her “by strangling her or (by) other means unknown to the State”. ​“While it’s good that somebody has been arrested, it’s a pity that it is a relative of the deceased. We believe that we have the right person and we will be able to prove that in court.” There were reportedly no signs of forced entry, and the 50-year-old had departed…

Rescue workers and residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast searched for missing people and picked up the pieces from wrecked homes yesterday after Hurricane Ian tore through the area with howling winds, torrential rains and raging surf and caused massive power outages. One of the mightiest storms to hit the US mainland in recent years, Ian flooded communities before plowing across the peninsula to the Atlantic seaboard. Local power companies said more than 2.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power. Governor Ron DeSantis said that Lee and Charlotte counties, home to more than 900 000 people, were “basically off the grid.” Ian blasted ashore at the barrier island of Cayo Costa on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 241km/h. It rapidly transformed…

Rwandan tycoon Felicien Kabuga played a crucial role in the 1994 genocide that shocked the world, prosecutors said as he boycotted the opening of his own trial in The Hague yesterday. The last major suspect from the slaughter, the now 87-year-old set up a hate broadcaster that urged ethnic Hutus to kill rival Tutsi “cockroaches” and armed the murderous Interahamwe militia with machetes, a UN tribunal heard. The wheelchair-bound Kabuga refused to appear in court and stayed in his jail cell as the trial got under way, more than a quarter of a century after the 100-day rampage that left more than 800 000 people dead. “Twenty-eight years after the events, this trial is about holding Felicien Kabuga to account for his substantial and intentional role in that genocide,” lead…

NEW DELHI: India’s top court yesterday upheld the right of a woman to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy regardless of marital status, a decision widely hailed by women’s rights activists. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 had limited the procedure to married women, divorcees, widows, minors, “disabled and mentally ill women” and survivors of sexual assault or rape. The court said every woman should have the “reproductive autonomy” to seek abortion, without consulting a third party. The decision came in response to a petition by a woman who sought an abortion when her relationship with her partner failed. | Reuters…

AMAZULU head coach Brandon Truter is putting together the final pieces of the puzzle as his side gear up for their MTN8 semi-final first leg battle with Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium on Sunday at 3pm. Amakhosi opted to ransack neighbours Swallows FC at the beginning of the 2022/2023 campaign as they sought to rebuild an ageing and toxic squad, affording new coach Arthur Zwane an opportunity to start on a clean slate. Truter, who engineered Dube Birds’ return to the top flight and then lost his job two seasons later, believes his affiliations with a huge chunk of Chiefs’ new starting men might provide him with an edge over his opponents. “With the quality I know they have right now, I know they are a very dangerous…

SAPPI, which has seen costs rise sharply at its operations in Europe with the energy crisis, is selling three European graphic paper mills for €272 million (R4.7 billion), 31% lower than the net asset value of the loss-making plants. Global demand for graphic papers has generally been in secular decline and Sappi’s strategy is to reduce exposure to graphic markets and align its business over time with falling market demand. Sappi’s share price spiked 2.33% yesterday on the JSE to close at R46.21. Yesterday, the group said it would sell its Maastricht Mill in the Netherlands, the Stockstadt Mill in Germany and its Kirkniemi Mill in Finland to Aurelius Investment Lux One. Aurelius is a pan-European multi- asset manager group, with investments in business operating in various segments…

ANC national executive committee member and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has not ruled herself out of the running for ANC president, saying that the party’s branches still have to make that decision. Dlamini Zuma was speaking yesterday at a renaming ceremony at Windy Heights Primary School in Isipingo, south of Durban. Her name was not included earlier this week when the KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) announced its list of top six candidates as nominated by the branches. This list has former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize nominated for president, Paul Mashatile as deputy, the national chairperson nomination is Stanley Mathabatha, Phumulo Masualle, the former Eastern Cape provincial chairperson, was nominated as secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane as deputy secretary-general, while the treasurer-general has yet to…

China’s coronavirus-driven economic slowdown is proving to be a boon for Zhu Tainiqi, the Shanghai-based founder of second-hand luxury goods marketplace ZZER, who is now scouting for shop space to expand the business. The former venture capitalist is seeing a surge in people looking to sell their Hermes Birkin bags or Rolex watches to raise cash, as well as a jump in interest from belt-tightening shoppers. “More and more people are now aware they can sell luxury goods for some money and the buyer side is noticing that they can get a great deal,” said Zhu, 33. “They think, ‘Why not give it a shot?’” He said the number of ZZER’s consigners, or people putting up their goods for sale, has soared 40% so far in 2022 compared to the…

Apart from the future challenges facing South Africa, the immediate challenges appear to be just as important. In analysing the present situation, we are faced with an unemployment rate of over 34% (official statistics), and about 45% if one includes those who have abandoned all hope of finding employment. The incidence of joblessness for those under 35 has been estimated at 60%. Considering that we also have a sophisticated industrialised economy, the obvious discrepancy felt by the unemployed, who have to exist on grants or even less, is obviously a serious cause for concern, and partially explains the lawlessness and tension in substantial sections of the population. That, coupled with the unsatisfactory level of education and poor service delivery in the country generally adds to the potentially explosive situation we…

The DA has accused the ANC and the GOOD party of protecting President Cyril Ramaphosa and his executive following its failed motion in which it had sought to have Parliament establish an ad hoc committee to hold Ramaphosa and his executive to account over the Phala Phala farm scandal. The establishment of the committee would have seen the president and other implicated state organs and members of the executive being investigated for their involvement in the alleged cover-up of the theft of dollars at Ramaphosa’s farm in 2020. The party said it would also have ensured some of the actions taken to ensure the theft was kept under wraps and the use of state resources to further the cover-up would be investigated properly. Opposition parties including the DA, EFF, Cope,…

The Health Department is trapped in contracts with vaccine companies, still has to pay for vaccines it ordered years back and will receive these despite having more than enough stock and extremely low public demand for vaccinations. The department currently has 8 641 170 Pfizer vaccines and only uses 30 420 doses a week on average. It has 10 119 000 J&J vaccines in stock, but only administers 2 400 doses a week. To date, no vaccines stored at central distributors have exceeded the manufacturers’ shelf life. The department received 1 392 300 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and is still waiting to receive 10 607 700 doses that were paid for at an estimated R1.39bn. This emerged this week as the department briefed the Portfolio Committee on Health. The…

About 5% of working South Africans claim they are ready to leave the country and have applied for residency in another country, according to a recent survey by infoQuest/TrendER, a South African online research company. Most of these workers also revealed that their residence applications had been accepted in other countries and they would be emigrating soon. The study interviewed 300 working respondents across the country. “If we extrapolate this to the actual numbers, 5% of approximately 15 million working South Africans indicates a staggering number of 750 000 South Africans getting ready to leave imminently,” said Claire Heckrath, managing director of infoQuest. The data revealed that another 14% are seriously thinking about emigrating and have made enquiries or submitted applications, while one in three working South Africans say they…

A 17-year-old girl was shot and robbed while she stood waiting for a taxi in Trenance Manor, Phoenix, this week. Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala said charges of attempted murder and robbery had been opened at Phoenix police station for investigation. Gwala said it was alleged that a 17-year-old victim was in Rose Manor Crescent in Trenance Manor on Wednesday when she was shot and robbed of her cellphone by an unknown suspect. Reaction Unit SA (Rusa) spokesperson Prem Balram said residents contacted the unit just after noon and requested medical assistance. Balram said when Rusa members arrived, they discovered the teenager lying in the road with a gunshot wound to her left thigh. “According to the victim, she was waiting for a taxi when an unknown individual approached…

EThekwini speaker Thabani Nyawose has ordered city manager Musa Mbhele to probe the figures presented for the expenditure on water tankers, this after questions were raised about their accuracy. A report presented during a full council meeting yesterday said the city was paying R6.2 million for 52 water tankers each month. However, the report further noted an overall figure of R28m as total expenditure on the item over a period of 10 years. It was this total amount that came under scrutiny from IFP councillor Mzwethu Gwala. He questioned how officials had arrived at the overall figure of R28m as a total expenditure on the item over a period of 10 years, suggesting that councillors were being hoodwinked into approving the item when the actual amount was likely to be…

THE Constitutional Court yesterday decriminalised the possession and use of dagga by children. In 2020, the South Gauteng High Court declared provisions of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act unconstitutional in so far as they criminalise the possession and use of cannabis by children. The Centre for Child Law asked the Concourt to confirm the high court order, which it has now done. In 2019, the Concourt decriminalised private use of cannabis by adults. However, in that case the Concourt did not address the criminalisation of its use by children. This resulted in children being treated as criminals for conduct which was no longer a crime for adults. Although the apex court confirmed that children using cannabis should not be dealt with under the criminal justice system, it made it…

Pakistan’s largest bank, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), faces secondary liabilities in a terror financing case in the US in which the plaintiffs had alleged that it aided and abetted al-Qaeda terrorism and joined a conspiracy to launch attacks that killed or injured 370 people, Bloomberg said yesterday Judge Lorna G Schofield observed the bank faces the liabilities under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act as a party that “aids and abets, by knowingly providing substantial assistance, or who conspires with the person who committed such an act of international terrorism”. The report quoted the judge as saying that the plaintiffs in three consolidated cases “sufficiently” alleged that the attacks were planned or authorised by a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organisation’ such as the al-Qaeda or syndicates Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Afghan Taliban,…

Russia will formally annex four regions of Ukraine its troops occupy at a grand ceremony in Moscow today, the Kremlin said, after it suggested using nuclear weapons to defend the territories. The threats from senior Russian officials have not deterred a sweeping counter-offensive from Kyiv, which has been pushing back Russian troops in the east and is edging nearer the Donetsk region city of Lyman that Moscow’s forces battered for weeks to fully capture. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the annexation would be formalised at a ceremony in the Kremlin. The Russian leader would make a “major” speech. “Tomorrow in Saint George’s Hall at the Grand Kremlin Palace, a signing ceremony will take place on the incorporation of the new territories into Russia,” Peskov said. The Kremlin-installed leaders…

Tehran: Iranian celebrities were warned yesterday against supporting protests that flared over the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. Unrest has rocked Iran since the 22-year-old died on September 16 after her arrest in Tehran for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. The street violence has led to the deaths of dozens of people and hundreds of arrests. Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said: “Those who became famous thanks to support from the system have joined the enemy when times were difficult, instead of being with the people.” | AFP…

THE Sharks will integrate their Springbok players back into the team for their home United Rugby Championship (URC) match against the Glasgow Warriors on October 15 so in the meantime, it is the squad that Sean Everitt has overseas that will be tasked with slaying the Dragons in Newport tomorrow night and then Leinster in Dublin next week. Everitt said from Newport after naming his team for the Dragons that his Boks will enjoy this week off after the end of the Rugby Championship and then next week will report for training at Hollywoodbets Kings Park under the coaches who stayed behind, Joey Mongalo and Etienne Fynn. The Sharks boast more Boks than most from the recently ended Championship — Siya Kolisi, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche, Eben Etzebeth, Lukhanyo Am,…

ALTX-LISTED Kibo Energy’s shares leapt 20% yesterday in intraday trade, but closed unchanged at 5 cents a share on the JSE, after it said it was planning to spin-off its renewable and clean energy generation projects into a new firm called, Ultimate Sustainable Energy (USE), in an initial public offering (IPO). This as the firm, with a market cap of R156 million, aims to advance its corporate strategy toward significant renewable, clean energy developer status. The company said yesterday it would seek admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange for the IPO. “The IPO will seek to raise sufficient funds to develop the company’s portfolio of renewable or clean energy generation projects, thereby supporting the company’s strategic intent to significantly advance and accelerate…

HAS anyone noticed the physical similarity between the two new woman prime ministers who are dominating the headlines? Giorgia Meloni (Brotherhood of Italy) is blonde. Liz Truss (Tory) is blonde. They have similar facial features. They could almost be sisters. And their political philosophies could make them almost twins. It could be confusing in settings such as the UN. The chairman wants to hear from Liz Truss the latest on the New Economics pioneered in her country – Borrow, borrow, borrow! Spend, spend spend! Pay it all back as the economy expands like a balloon, then BANG! A shower of million-dollar banknotes. It’s like winning the Lotto. This is the New World Order. Fascinating stuff. But the blonde who takes the floor kicks off with: “Italia irredenta! Dio, patria, familia!”…

President Cyril Ramaphosa, a shady and inept leader, and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, an aspirant future deputy president, please take necessary measures to attend to this heinous situation. The fact that more than 300 persons have been murdered and about 400 persons raped in the past two years, inter alia, solely by parolees is mind-boggling and totally unacceptable in a civilised society. Surely the parole boards are making ill-informed and incorrect decisions/recommendations and need to be fired or the majority replaced as their actions have contributed much to this grotesque situation prevailing. If not already in place, the overseas system where parolees are tagged or have a chip inserted in their bodies so that their whereabouts are monitored 24/7 will go a long way to alleviating this dire issue. Monitoring…

ENERGY Minister Gwede Mantashe seems to have had a heavy night, racking his brains over the Eskom crisis. What was he going to tell the media and the public? Then he hit upon this brilliant idea. South Africa is not an island, he said, but part of the greater global community. Whatever happens in the rest of the world also affects South Africa. We are not the only country facing an energy crisis. It is a global phenomenon. At first thought, he seems to have got away, silencing his critics and the media. But upon a little reflection we realised that the minister is talking rubbish. He is insulting our intelligence. How on earth is the global energy crisis linked to the rolling blackouts that left our country in darkness…

Fraud unravels everything – that is the law. These were the words of Judge Leicester Adams when a widow was caught out after she claimed she was the only surviving spouse of her deceased husband, although they had been divorced for decades. The executor of the estate of the late Jeremiah Radebe, who died almost two decades ago in April 2004, turned to the South Gauteng High Court in Joburg to have the transfer of a property into the name of his former wife overturned. Radebe was married to her until their divorce in 1997, and five years later he acquired a property. The wife, through what the court said were fraudulent means by misrepresenting to the Master of the High Court she was the only surviving spouse of the…

Gomphotheres, an extinct relative of the modern elephant, roamed southern Chile thousands of years ago and might have been the target of group hunts by inhabitants of the region, Chilean scientists have hypothesised after a recent discovery. Scientists recently uncovered several Gomphothere remains dating back 12 000 years near Lake Tagua Tagua, a glacial finger lake, in southern Chile. The large creatures weighed up to 4 tonnes and could reach 3m, leading scientists to believe that they were the target of group hunts from inhabitants in the region. “The hypothesis we’re working with is that it’s about hunting,” said Carlos Tornero, an archaeologist working on the site. “We think this because the Gomphothere is a very large animal and dangerous. “It probably required several people (to hunt).” Scientists say the…

The mother of a special needs child who was stabbed in the head by criminals when he was allowed to leave the school premises without any supervision may proceed with her claim for damages against the Gauteng Education Department. The department objected to the claim, saying the mother did not follow the law, after issuing her summons late. The mother, who cannot be named to protect her son (no age given), said as a lay-person she had no idea that she had to adhere to a time frame in issuing her summons. She instituted action in her personal and representative capacity as a mother and legal guardian of her child with special needs, who she said was born with cerebral palsy, a mental disorder and muteness. While no details of…

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Njabulo Nzuza has expressed concern over the standard of service delivery at their offices, following an undercover visit in East London this week. Members of the public have continuously made complaints about the quality of service, long queues and rude staff at the department’s offices across the country. Nzuza said the visit was to gain first-hand experience of the treatment clients received on a daily basis. He said he found clients’ queries were handled in a disrespectful manner. “There were mothers who came to register the birth of their children who were nearly turned back while births are registered in our offices, so long as all the documents are there. “We also noticed that some people were allowed to skip the lines which was unacceptable,”…

The Randburg Magistrate’s Court has ruled that EFF leader Julius Malema and EFF MP, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, are not guilty of assault in a case brought by a presidential police officer. “I find that the action of the accused, at first glance, appears to be unlawful, but after carefully assessing the evidence, the evidence in its totality also confirms the version of the accused before court,” the magistrate ruled. “The accused lack intent to commit the offence of assault in this regard. Even when the court assessed the version of the accused, the court finds that the accused’s version is reasonably, possibly true. Therefore, I accept that the defence of justification is to be applied and the accused had no intent to assault the complainant.” “Both accused are therefore found not…

THE National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) applauds the approval of the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill by the Cabinet, giving a green light for it to proceed to Parliament. The Tobacco Control Bill contains many vital public health provisions which will protect the rights and health of children, non-smokers, and smokers alike. It is also set to reduce the disease burden and lost productivity resulting from tobacco use and exposure to smoke, which costs South Africa R42 billion annually. “We want to see the Tobacco Control Bill in Parliament without further excessive delays,” said Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Director of NCAS and Head of the School of Health Systems. “The delays so far have been detrimental to the country; many lives have been lost to tobacco-related diseases, and more…

The US yesterday announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific Islands at a summit with President Joe Biden amid inroads by China in the strategic but sparsely populated region. The White House said $600m would be in the form of a 10-year package to clean up dirty waters to support the tuna industry, while the US would also expand climate assistance, development aid and its diplomatic presence. Biden addressed a first Washington summit of Pacific Island nations in hopes of reconnecting with a region that has been tied closely to the US since World War II. The US Agency for International Development will open a Pacific regional mission in Fiji by September 2023 and Peace Corps volunteers will return to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu and possibly the…

Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and visiting US Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday shared their concern about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes. Yoon and Harris met at the presidential office and discussed ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship, and key regional and international issues. Harris reaffirmed the ironclad US commitment to the defence of South Korea. The two sides also agreed to plan a visit by Yoon to the US next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance. On the controversy surrounding Yoon and US President Joe Biden’s meetings in New York last week, Harris said that Washington was not bothered by an uproar in South Korea over Yoon’s remarks caught on hot mic, which were initially reported as including vulgar language in reference to the…

NAYPYIDAW: A court in military-ruled Myanmar yesterday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law. Turnell was also found guilty of violating an immigration law, and was ordered to concurrently serve another three-year sentence. A former British envoy, an American journalist, and a Japanese film-maker have also faced charges under the same law. Suu Kyi and Turnell had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 14 years. Suu Kyi and Turnell are among thousands arrested since the military overthrew her elected government. | Reuters…

HAVE you heard it yet? The KZN Angler News audio fishing report is South Africa's first fishing podcast series that focuses on the latest fishing reports of the East Coast, whether they’re hot or not! It delivers true and accurate content from the provinces most prominent anglers on a weekly basis on various facets of angling. This report is free and available on all major Podcast platforms including Apple Pods, Google Pods, Spotify and Deezer as well as SA’s most popular Facebook Pages. The windy season is here! Rain and winds did not stop everyone from fishing though. Some good fish were landed this past week in all facets. Offshore, the sea has been both kind and wild this past week. The winds have made some days tricky to fish…