Cape Argus 2021-12-20

Kedibone Modise kedibone.modise@inl.co.za The holiday season is finally upon us and we’ve compiled a list of top South African movies to binge on while you unwind at home with family and friends or on vacation. I Am All Girls Written by Wayne Fitzjohn and Marcell Greef, this garnered heaps of praise for its captivating storyline. It features the crème de la crème of the South African television and film industry, the likes of Deon Lotz, Hlubi Mboya, Erica Wessels, Masasa Mbangeni, Israel Matseke Zulu, Mothusi Magano and Mampho Brescia. Directed by Donovan Marsh, this thriller centres a relentless detective who discovers she has more in common with a killer than she first thought, after discovering their target is the perpetrators running a powerful child-trafficking ring. Currently streaming on Netflix. Toorbos…

The Washington Post Spider-Man: No Way Home, for fanatic followers of the webslinger, is a big, fat Christmas present, covered in shiny, blue-and-red wrapping paper and all tied up with a pretty web bow. For more casual consumers of the costumed comic-book superhero’s exploits, mileage may vary. But there's a whole lot to like here. No spoilers, but trailers for the new film make it clear that Spider-Man’s effort to use the magic of his crime-fighting colleague Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to undo the repercussions of the last film’s climax – in which Spidey’s secret identity as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) was revealed – have, to put it euphemistically, made things worse. Not only did the doctor’s spell not take, and not only has Peter been publicly accused of…

Bang Showbiz NICK CANNON decided against putting his son through chemotherapy because of his own experience with the treatment. The 41-year-old comedian – whose son Zen died early this month from a rare brain tumour at five months – had been through the treatment himself for the autoimmune disease lupus and “didn’t want to see him suffer”. He said: “Alyssa [Scott, Zen’s mother] and I started asking, ‘Is there a way to prevent this? If not, how long do we have?’ The conversations quickly turned to, ‘How can we give him the best life for the time that he does have?’ It could be weeks, it could be months, it could be years. We were having quality-of-life conversations. “We could have had that existence where he would’ve…

Gontse Riet Gontse.Riet@inl.co.za FOUR suspects are expected to appear in Strand Magistrate’s Court today after they were arrested for house robbery. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut said “partnership policing” and the vigilance of a private security officer led to the arrest of the suspects yesterday in Gordon’s Bay. “The SAPS was notified by a security company that a vehicle, a white Hyundai, was flagged by Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras as having been used in a house robbery earlier this month in Durbanville,” said Traut. “Police officers at the Gordons Bay police station were quick to react and started their search for the suspicious vehicle. The vehicle was spotted and stopped in York Street. The occupants, four males – aged 24, 27, 30 and 32 – made a brief attempt to…

Shakirah Thebus shakirah.thebus@inl.co.za A 21-YEAR-OLD Mthatha woman drowned in the Clanwilliam Dam on Saturday, according to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). Shortly after 4pm, the NSRI’s Clanwilliam Dam lifeguards, who were on patrol, were alerted by the public to a drowning in progress, lifeguard operations manager Stewart Seini said in a statement. “Lifeguards immediately initiated a free dive search for a 21-year-old female from Mthatha, who was reported to have disappeared under the water while swimming with family members, shortly prior to the NSRI lifeguards’ arrival at the scene,” Seini said. The woman’s body was speedily located and recovered, with CPR efforts taking place on the shore. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors and nurses continued CPR, but were unable to resuscitate her. She was…

Mwangi Githahu mwangi.githahu@inl.co.za COVID-19 has changed the way people in the Western Cape mark the festive season. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the only social navigation most people had to do was to decide which parties and gatherings to attend or how many people to invite for the festivities. As Covid-29 cases increase for the second festive season in a row, the public are being forced to scale down their festivities as a wave of Omicron infections casts a shadow over this December holiday season. Some Western Cape opinion shapers shared how they would be navigating the festivities and leading by example. Provincial health chief operating officer Dr Saadiq Kariem said that while people must be encouraged to take some down time, they must do so safely. “Before the pandemic,…