Sommaire pour 2024-03-13 de Cape Times

This cabbage salad is colourful and crunchy. It is perfect any time of year and complements just about any dinner. There is such a variety of vegetables that each brings its own distinct flavour. You only need to season it very simply and toss it with some olive oil and vinegar and it still tastes incredibly complex. While cabbage does not have the same vibrant colours as other nutrient-packed produce, do not let that trick you into thinking it is anything but healthy. A cruciferous vegetable, cabbage is in the same family as broccoli, kale, and cauliflower. And like other cruciferous veggies, it has a plethora of health benefits, including anti-inflammatory phytochemicals and compounds that may help lower your risk of certain cancers. Taken from the new digital cookbook Savouring…

Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and former minister of state security Bongani Bongo are two of the prominent figures in the ANC who do not feature on any of the election candidate lists submitted by the party. Gumede, who has pleaded not guilty, is on trial along with 17 others on over 2 000 charges, including conspiracy to commit corruption, corruption, fraud, money laundering, racketeering, contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and contravention of the Municipal Systems Act. The matter relates to a R320 million Durban Solid Waste contract. The ANC had asked her to step aside in light of the charges but she has been seen actively campaigning, most recently with secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and national chairperson Gwede Mantashe at ANC events. Bongo was charged in 2020 after…

Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel and Mandla Mandela are among the MPs who are not on the ANC candidate lists for the 2024 elections. The lists, released on Monday, show that former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool is set to make his way to the corridors of Parliament. Sibongiseni Dhlomo and Sidumo Dlamini and ANC Western Cape chairperson Vuyiso Tyhalisisu are also not on the lists. A cursory look at the three lists, which are still subject to objections, shows that almost 80 of the current ANC MPs will not be returning to the seventh Parliament after the May 29 elections. They include ministers, deputy ministers, parliamentary presiding officers, portfolio committee chairpersons, and backbenchers. The top presiding officers of Parliament – National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, her deputy Lechesa…

Inspiring others to see the value of women begins with us as women seeing the value within ourselves. It’s always somewhat amusing when reading about including women in spaces and places in society. It comes across as women not being part of the broader ecosystem, and perhaps being seen as somewhat interfering and invasive, and needing to be handled and slowly introduced into society. The time has come for society to look for a new approach and a new architecture that will ensure gender parity. “Allowing” for women to be included comes across as some sort of favour being bestowed upon women, giving us the “privilege” to participate in our own societies, as if that were not a right. We need to alter society’s DNA and architecture so that the…

A ship carrying 200 tons of aid for Gaza left Cyprus yesterday in a pilot project to open a sea route to deliver supplies to a population that aid agencies say is on the brink of famine. The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein. The mission was funded mostly by the UAE and organised by US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK). The journey to Gaza takes about 15 hours but a heavy tow barge could make the trip take considerably longer, possibly up to two days. Cyprus is just more than 320km north-west of Gaza. The US military said its vessel, the General Frank S Besson, was also en route to provide humanitarian relief to…

Pro-Ukrainian militias yesterday staged a brazen cross-border attack on Russia, hours after Kyiv launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war. Groups of pro-Kyiv volunteer fighters, made up of Russians who oppose the Kremlin, said that they had broken into the Kursk and Belgorod regions, while Moscow said it had foiled multiple Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate the border. “We crossed the border,” the Freedom of Russia Legion, a militia that claims to be made up of Russian citizens fighting on behalf of Ukraine, said in a post on Telegram. It published a video from a drone that claimed to show a vehicle being blown up and fighters on the streets of Tyotkino, on Russia-Ukraine border. Moscow said it had fought off multiple attacks. “All the…

SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission said yesterday that it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a Latam Airlines Boeing after an incident that left more than 50 people injured. The airline and passengers aboard the Sydney-Auckland flight this week said the plane with 263 passengers and nine crew members on board dropped abruptly mid-air. Photos taken by a passenger after the incident showed damage sustained to the ceiling of the airplane. The New Zealand accident investigator said Chilean authorities had confirmed they had opened a probe into the flight, and it was assisting with their enquiries. | Reuters…

Conakry: Guinea’s new Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah has suggested that the generals who seized power in a 2021 coup would delay a return to civilian rule until at least 2025. The economic crisis Conakry is battling first requires lowering political and social tensions in the West African capital paralysed by a general strike at the end of last month, the prime minister said. A referendum to change the constitution is expected to be held by the end of the year, said Oury Bah, appointed on February 27, the second day of the strike. The prime minister denied that the regime was seeking to hang on to power. | AFP…

Beuran Hendricks believes Western Province will still have enough firepower to overcome North West Dragons in their CSA T20 Challenge clash at Newlands today, despite the loss of star fast-bowler Nandre Burger. The Proteas southpaw has been sensational for WP in their first two matches, but will not be available for the rest of the CSA T20 Challenge after leaving to join the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL yesterday. Hendricks, in particular, will miss his new-ball partner with the duo having wreaked havoc all season. Province, however, are in a fortunate position in that they have T20 globetrotter Wayne Parnell back in their ranks, while all-rounder George Linde is also set to return to the squad after a stint in the Pakistan Super League. “Nandre is a massive loss. He…

Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic will know his job is on the line against PSV Eindhoven in today’s last-16 second leg at home. A 1-1 draw in The Netherlands makes the assignment simple: the winner in Dortmund will progress to the last eight. Born and raised on Dortmund’s outskirts, Terzic’s story of the childhood BVB fan whose first head coaching job was at his favourite club is the stuff of fairytales. Winning the German Cup as interim boss in 2021 before getting Dortmund closer to a league title last season than anyone since Jurgen Klopp, losing out on goal difference, had Terzic living an increasingly rare modern football story. But a poor domestic season which has Dortmund out of the German Cup and fighting for a spot in next year’s…

THE SOUTH African Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) holds the registration details of companies, co-operatives and intellectual property rights within a vast database that comprises ID numbers, addresses, contact information and more. It has also recently been compromised in a hack that has left millions of companies vulnerable. The CIPC has stated that it is “taking every reasonable step to ensure that all CIPC systems and platforms are safe and protected from unauthorised and unlawful access”. However, there is a lack of visi- bility on what type of information was stolen, which is a very real concern, as some of the data should not be in the public domain, much less in the hands of hackers. The CIPC site does allow for organisations and individuals to verify a company…

It’s such a shame that in 2024, there are still people who see the need to talk about people’s bodies and, even worse, their reproductive systems. Former Miss South Africa (2015) Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni came out guns blazing after some people on social media started insinuating that she was pregnant and it’s so sad that she had to record a video and call them out about speaking something so sensitive. “Leave my womb alone. Leave other women’s wombs alone. If you are a man and you don’t have your own womb, I don’t know find out from science or any research places if you are able to grow your own and then create your own baby and watch your own baby grow in your stomach and leave women’s wombs alone,” Laurie-Mthombeni…

DESPITE the current leader of the ANC caucus in the Western Cape legislature Cameron Dugmore being destined for Parliament, ANC chairperson Vuyiso Tyhalisisu is not on the candidates’ list for the 2024 elections. This happens as Dugmore appears on the party’s Western Cape province to the national list. He sits at number four just two spots after Noluthando Makasi, David Plaatjies and Sharon Davids, who are at the top. Dugmore’s likely departure from the legislature and Tyhalisisu’s non-appearance could pave the way for provincial executive member Ayanda Bans to lead the legislature caucus after the polls. Also on the list to Parliament are Scopa member and Sanco’s Bheki Hadebe as well as Pamela Harris, whose name is to be withdrawn from filling the post left vacant by the resignation of…

Opposition threaten to challenge the ‘unconstitutional move set to benefit ANC’ Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has dared opposition parties to legally challenge the disputed Electoral Matters Amendment Bill that the ANC and EFF ensured was passed in the National Assembly yesterday. When the bill was put to vote, the ANC and EFF secured 240 votes, while the opposition parties got 90 ballots. It will now be sent to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence. The bill is a sequel to the Electoral Amendment Act that was passed last year to provide for independent candidates to stand for election in Parliament and provincial legislatures. It provides for the regulation of the private and public funding of independent candidates and independent representatives, among others. In terms of the proposed funding…

AN alleged kidnapping mastermind and gangster will remain behind bars after his second attempt at being released on bail failed in the Western Cape High Court this week. In his judgment, Judge Daniel Thulare said the case against Lungisani Cezula, 38, was a matter of “slim vang sy baas (too clever for his own good)” as the accused faces a range of charges related to gang and kidnapping activities. Cizani, one of eight accused, faces 20 charges in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (Poca), kidnapping for ransom, assault, armed robbery and extortion. According to Cizani, a father of four and breadwinner who had worked as a general artisan, his wife was struggling to make ends meet as she works in casual jobs. In his bail bid he…

Coming election will be first in which the party will compete without Buthelezi At the launch of the party’s election manifesto in Durban last weekend, news headlines highlighted that the IFP “invokes the memory of Mangosuthu Buthelezi”. However, they mainly focused on T- shirts, berets, vehicle stickers, flags and banners displayed on the stadium tiers. Undoubtedly, the IFP appears to be a party associated with a dead man: it continues to grapple with overcoming the late Buthelezi's dominant genome ingrained in its DNA. The IFP’s message has been unambiguous. In its campaign manifesto, released before the May elections, it pledged to prioritise locals over foreigners as a strategy to tackle unemployment. The IFP only won 3% of the vote in the last national elections in 2019. While removing the ANC…

Haiti’s prime minister agreed to step aside this week as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention. Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry’s resignation at an emergency meeting in Jamaica where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered another $100 million (about R1.87bn) to pave the way for the security force, which will be led by Kenya. Gangs have taken over much of the Western hemisphere’s poorest country and in recent weeks the crisis has grown even more violent, with bodies strewn across the streets, armed bandits looting basic infrastructure and fears rising of a famine. “As I have always said, no sacrifice is too great for our homeland Haiti,” Henry said in a resignation…

A British monitoring agency and maritime security firm Ambrey said yesterday that they had received reports that a vessel had been boarded off Somalia by multiple unauthorised people who were now in control of it. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said the boarding incident happened 600 nautical miles east of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Ambrey said the incident off Somalia involved 20 armed people boarding a Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier. The carrier was sailing to Hamriya, United Arab Emirates, from Maputo, Mozambique, Ambrey said. Maritime security sources said in December that according to their assessment, an attack that month was the first hijacking of a merchant ship by Somali pirates since 2017. Pirates who caused chaos in key waterways from 2008 to 2018 may have returned, the sources said. |…

ARGUINEGUIN: Two people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on a boat with 40 migrants on board, while four others were evacuated by helicopter to hospital, the Spanish maritime rescue service said yesterday. The pirogue, a type of dugout canoe, was sighted on Monday by a merchant vessel which alerted authorities on Gran Canaria. The EU border agency Frontex says the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands is the busiest route for irregular migration from West Africa into the EU. The number of migrants attempting the crossing to the Canary Islands has risen more than six-fold compared with the same period in 2023. | Reuters…

NEW YORK: A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell was yesterday to ask a US appeals court to overturn the British socialite’s conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan was to hear oral arguments in Maxwell’s appeal. Maxwell, 62, the daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 on five charges for having recruited and groomed four underage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 in a Manhattan jail, after being arrested and also charged with sex trafficking. Maxwell’s lawyers said prosecutors had scapegoated her because Epstein was dead. | Reuters…

Novak Djokovic waited five years to return to Indian Wells but the Serb's campaign in the California desert came to a close much quicker than anyone expected, after 20-year-old Luca Nardi pulled off a stunning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset on Monday. The world No 1 had not competed in the tournament since 2019 due to US travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and saw his hopes of winning a record sixth title dashed by the 123rd ranked lucky loser. "He really didn't have anything to lose, so he played great. Deserved to win," Djokovic said. "I was more surprised with my level. My level was really, really bad. "These two things come together. He's having a great day, I'm having a really bad day." While Djokovic was uncharacteristically sloppy,…

Maritzburg United head coach Simo Dladla has expressed his feelings ahead of meeting Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup later this week, as being “terrible”. The Team of Choice were the unfortunate, lower-tier side drawn against the mighty Brazilians in the round of 16 of the competition and will travel to Tshwane. The two teams will battle at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Sunday in a 6pm kick-off. Maritzburg watched along with the entire country as Sundowns ran through Motsepe Foundation Championship side La Masia in the last round, smashing in an emphatic six goals on the night. Now plying their trade in the second tier of South African football, Maritzburg will line up against arguably the best team on the continent, with many expecting yet another rampant display by…

ACCESS Bank South Africa yesterday announced the appointment of Sandile Shabalala as its new CEO. Access Bank is a leading full-service commercial bank operating through a network of more than 600 branches and service outlets, spanning three continents, 20 markets, and 63 million customers. The bank employs 28 000 people in its operations in Nigeria and has subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK, with a branch in Dubai (UAE), as well as representative offices in China, Lebanon and India. “Shabalala brings more than three decades of extensive experience in the banking sector, and a proven track record of driving growth and managing risk,” the bank said in a statement. Shabalala joins the bank after serving as chief executive for Business and Commercial Banking at Sasfin Bank, where…

DEPUTY President Paul Mashatile said yesterday South Africa had not provided arms to Hamas and the people of Palestine in defence against Israel. “We have a way as a country in dealing with issues of arms and how we sell arms. No such a thing was done,” Mashatile said in the National Council of Provinces when asked if South Africa provided Hamas directly or indirectly with military equipment or financial aid. He said the country’s intervention in the Palestine-Israel conflict had been on a multilateral level. “Even with humanitarian aid, we work with the UN and other bodies. We don’t provide arms to anybody. “We work with others to supply humanitarian aid for the people who find themselves in that situation, particularly Gaza, where they desperately need food and water,…

THE second annual African Hospitality Confidence Index report has found that the majority of businesses, including restaurants, bars and hotels, have recovered from the pandemic within their expected timeframes and they are now entering a new phase of growth. The African Hospitality Confidence Index 2024 is a co-production between The Hotel and Hospitality Expo Africa and Moore Global which aims to provide comprehensive data and insight on trends shaping the hotel and hospitality sector across Africa. A total of 537 hotel and hospitality businesses from 30 African countries participated in the survey, including a small number of businesses operating in but not headquartered in Africa. Businesses in the three largest African economies – Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa – accounted for the majority of participants, with South Africa accounting for…

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is investigating a complaint relating to Knysna residents allegedly being subjected to drinking contaminated water after a corpse was found in the local reservoir. The corpse was found in the Khayalethu reservoir in November last year when municipal personnel noticed the body floating in the water and alerted authorities. SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen confirmed that a commissioner was deployed to the Knysna area two weeks ago and received the complaint among other issues related to the community. “We are investigating this matter as it is inhumane. We will be conducting a full investigation,” said Nissen. Knysna Municipality said they would respond to questions in due course. This comes after DA local government spokesperson Isaac Sileku said they had reported the matter to the…

THEY love meddling in affairs that have nothing to do with them in the DA, don’t they? You will remember in 2017 when the then party leader, Mmusi Maimane, was barred by Zambian officials from entering that country “as he tried to show support for an imprisoned opposition leader who is being held on treason charges”. Maimane had planned to attend the trial of Hakainde Hichilema, leader of Zambia’s United Party for National Development. But on arrival in the capital, Lusaka, Zambian officials prevented him from leaving the aircraft. When he returned home, he played the victim. It is public knowledge that the selfsame DA, whose chances of dethroning the ANC have dwindled with every election, wrote to the US calling for additional resources to assist South Africa in the…

Donald Trump could mathematically lock up the Republican nomination in primary voting yesterday, which included the key swing state of Georgia where he faces racketeering charges over an alleged conspiracy to steal the last election. Trump steamrolled his sole remaining rival, Nikki Haley, in last week’s 15-state “Super Tuesday” voting, moving to within 140 delegates of the total needed to win the nomination to face President Joe Biden in November’s election. Georgia – along with contests the same day in Hawaii, Washington and Mississippi – offer a combined 161 delegates. With Haley quitting the race on Super Tuesday, the former president is unopposed. Georgia was long reliably Republican but has become more competitive and is now seen as crucial to any candidate’s White House ambitions. The state has been roiled…

BUCHAREST: Internet personality Andrew Tate was arrested for 24 hours in Romania on a British warrant, his public relations team said yesterday, and the Bucharest Court of Appeals was set to decide on whether to extradite him. Tate and his brother, Tristan, were detained on allegations of sexual aggression dating back to 2012-15, which they “categorically” deny, his PR team said. The warrant was issued by Westminster Magistrate’s Court. Tate, who gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle, was indicted in June last year in Romania with his brother and two Romanian women for trafficking, rape and forming a gang to sexually exploit women. They have denied the charges. | Reuters…

Canberra: More Australians believe the nation should aim to become an independent middle power than primarily an ally of the US, a poll has found. Published by the online Australian edition of The Guardian yesterday, the poll found that 38% of Australians said the country’s role in global affairs should be as an independent middle power. The poll found that 63% of Australians described themselves as concerned about Israel’s military action in Gaza. Sixty-eight percent agreed that global instability made trade more expensive and 57% said it would undermine efforts to solve problems including climate change. | IANS…