Weekend Argus Saturday Saturday, August 1, 2020

CRIME Cape Town family gunned down ‘They might have been ambushed upon arrival at home’ Potelwa said the motive behind the killings was being investigated and police were yet to make arrests. “Two unknown suspects shot the three victims in the family vehicle. “The vehicle was later found abandoned and burnt. The mother and daughter died on the scene and the son died later in hospital,” said Potelwa. A friend of the family, Veliso Bukwana described the family as close-knit. “They were all such loving and caring people, Nomaphelo especially, who was a dear friend of mine and always jumped to help people in need without expecting anything in return,” she said. “We are heartbroken by the brutal way in which they died; nobody deserves this. They will be missed…

FILM Queen Bey fans bow before ‘Black is King’ ASANDA SOKANYILE AMERICAN superstar Beyonce’s Black is King visual album has been released, streaming on DisneyPlus, with some local talent making a cameo in the feast of fashion and African traditions. Blue Ivy, 8, also makes an appearance in the beautifully choreographed movie. Her appearance threw social media into a frenzy. Local artists, including Lupita Nyong’o, Connie Chiume, Nandi Madida, Nyaniso Dzedze, Warren Masemola and Moonchild Sanelly also appear. Conceived as a celebration of “the breadth and beauty of black ancestry”, as Beyoncé wrote on Instagram announcing its release, Black Is King is a companion to 2019’s The Lion King: The Gift, the album she made to accompany Disney’s CGI remake of the 1994 animated movie. It follows a young man’s…

HOPPING ONLINE EDUCATION Intense row over ‘discrimination’ at Sacs CHELSEA GEACH AYANDA NDAMANE African News Agency ( ANA) A GROUP of former South African College High School (Sacs) pupils are calling for the school governing body (SGB) to be disbanded for allegedly failing to implement policies to deal with discrimination at the school. The group of past pupils, calling themselves the Anti-Discrimination Collective, have collected stories from pupils spanning decades, which detail claims of racism, homophobia and religious intolerance at the boys’ high school in Newlands. This comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, which inspired current and past pupils from schools around the Western Cape – and subsequently throughout the country – to accuse schools of allowing racism and discrimination to thrive unchecked. Spokesman for the collective,…

TRANSPORT Major train routes soon to open Metrorail says services will be reinstated on a gradual roll-out subject to lockdown regulations BULELWA PAYI bulelwa.payi@inl.co.za TRAIN services on some of the major lines are expected to be back in operation over the next two months, following the reintroduction of the Southern line. Metrorail Western Cape spokesperson Riana Scott said the services would be reinstated on an incremental basis followed by a gradual roll-out depending on the condition of the infrastructure operability of the fleet and relaxed public transport lockdown regulations. She said according to the readiness assessment, the next lines to be reinstated after the extension of the current Retreat to Fish Hoek and Simon’s Town would be the Cape Flats, Monte Vista and further routes. The passenger rail operator reinstated…

BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS Desperate plea from events industry CHELSEA GEACH chelsea.geach@inl.co.za BRENDAN MAGAAR African News Agency (ANA) THE ailing events industry is sending out a distress call to South Africa this week after five months of no work and no income – and no prospect of relief in sight. Work in the events and entertainment industry had already begun to dry up weeks before lockdown was implemented, as international travel shut down and conferences and festivals were cancelled or postponed. Now, five months later, many events-related businesses are desperate for assistance if they are to stay afloat long enough to reopen post-lockdown. On Wednesday, the lighting equipment that has been gathering dust since all events were banned in March will be used to light up public buildings and monuments in red as…

METRO Theft, vandalism cost Eskom R31.3m SHANICE NAIDOO shanice.naidoo@inl.co.za RECENT service delivery protests in the city have resulted in infrastructure damage to the tune of tens of millions of rand. Many were hurt and services were withdrawn from various areas due to the unrest. Theft and vandalism from January to June cost Eskom R31.3m. Ongoing attacks on staff could seriously impact on service deliveryJP Smith Mayco member for safety and security “Damages due to protest action since January is estimated at R5m, which includes damage to six vehicles, theft of tools, damage to a fence at Platinum Substation and the deployment of extra security to various sites since the beginning of the lockdown,” said spokesperson for Eskom in the Western Cape Trish da Silva. In the past three years, Eskom…