Table of contents for SW-2021-03-25 in Star

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za THE COUNTRY’S inflation decelerated in February, confirming an all-but accepted consensus on the market that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will keep interest rates on hold for the foreseeable future as the print fell below bank’s mid-tier range of between 3 and 6 percent. Data from Statistics SA (StatsSA) yesterday showed that the annual headline inflation rate slowed to 2.9 percent in February from 3.2 percent in January – the lowest reading since June last year, when the rate was 2.2 percent amid a slowdown in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. StatsSA said that several medical insurance providers did not implement annual price increases this year as a significant change in health-care consumption patterns last year resulted in an increase in their cash reserves.…

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@in.co.za THE RAND firmed against the dollar yesterday, gaining 0.11 percent to R14.86 after latest data showed consumer inflation rate slowed to an eight-month low in February. Inflation fell to 2.9 percent from 3.2 percent in January, dipping below the central bank's target range of 3 to 6 percent just a day before the SA Reserve Bank’s monetary policy decision. The central bank’s monetary policy meeting is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.5 percent after cutting rates aggressively last year to shore up the economy. The prime lending rate has been at a level of 7 percent since July last year following a cumulative 300 basis points reduction in support of the pandemic-hit economy. Analysts last week indicated expectations…

VISUAL International Holdings yesterday warned its shareholders that it expects its losses to widen further in the year to end December 2020. The group has been suspended by the JSE pending the release of its 2020 financial results. And yesterday the group released a trading statement in regards to its 2020 results and said it expects its headline loss per share to reflect a loss of 11.53 cents a share, being a decline of 303 percent compared to the headline loss of 2.86c reported in 2019. Its basic loss per share is expected to decline by 236 percent to a loss of 9.74c compared to a loss of 2.90c reported in 2019. | Sandile Mchunu…

Liam Karabo Joyce liam.joyce@inl.co.za After making a name for herself as a celebrated singer, songwriter, actor and performer, Ramelo released her debut single, Heyi Wena. The 34-year-old musician, who hails from Durban but has lived in Joburg for the past 10 years, is no stranger to the music industry having worked under the previous stage name of Lelo Ramasimong. Despite having made a top name for herself as a talented singer and actor on the local theatre scene, Ramelo rose to notoriety when she appeared in the third season of the reality series The Voice South Africa in 2019 – as one of the Top 12 finalists. According to Ramelo, the main inspiration for her single was that 2020 was “a year of many harsh realisations”. “As an artist, I…

GIFT TLOU gift.tlou@inl.co.za ONGOING forensic investigations have hindered the distribution of dignity packs to underprivileged school learners in Gauteng. The dignity pack drive to school learners in the province is spearheaded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development. According to an insider at the department, one of the chosen suppliers had to be dropped at the 11th hour due to investigations. “Things are tight at the moment and the vetting process is intensive. One of the department's trusted suppliers on this project is being investigated and the department decided against working with him this time around.” The insider added that it was still not clear what the supplier was being investigated for, saying that it might be linked to personal protective equipment deals. In a statement, the department’s spokesperson, Feziwe…

Baldwin Ndaba baldwin.ndaba@inl.co.za ALMOST 37 000 public servants who applied for the R350 Special Relief of Distress (SRD) grants are likely to face the music for allegedly attempting to defraud the state. This comes as the public servants allegedly applied for the non-income grants despite being employed. These revelations were made by Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu in her written parliamentary reply to questions posed by DA deputy spokesperson on public service and administration Mimmy Gondwe. According to Zulu, up to 36 972 state employees had applied for the SRD grants last month alone which prompted Gondwe to ask her ministry to act swiftly. Gondwe called on the Social Security Agency of South Africa (Sassa) and the Department of Social Development (DSD) to urgently solicit the assistance of the Department…

THEMBA MZULA HLEKO | Pretoria IT IS heart-warming to see the government’s commitment in assisting emerging farmers in South Africa. Many farmers who acquire land through the government’s land reform programmes need post settlement support to become sustainable. I salute the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development for assisting the Omiezimile Poultry Project that is run under a leasehold basis at Portion 31, De Wagensdrift just outside Cullinan. After the farm was allocated to the lessee in 2007, tragedy struck; the house that was allocated to the lessee on the farm was gutted by fire leaving the family destitute. Soon after that, the lessee of the farm passed away. However, through the rural infrastructure development programme, the department built a new house for the family. The…

Siyabonga Mkhwanazi siyabonga.mkhwanazi@inl.co.za The Medical Research Council (MRC) has assured the country that more vaccines will start arriving in July after a shortage and increasing demand across the globe. MRC president Professor Glenda Gray told MPs there will be ramping up in the manufacturing of vaccines in the next few months. She said when the roll-out begins there will be more vaccines to be delivered. “As far as I understand and I am not talking on behalf of the department, this is their purview, but as far as I understand the Johnson & Johnson agreements have been signed. There is a schedule of vaccines that are available and I am sure we can ask the Department of Health to indicate when these vaccines will come. “As far as I know,…

ZELDA VENTER zelda.venter@inl.co.za THE TIME has come for the development of the country’s common law to accept the principle that, under certain circumstances, payment in kind and not cash can be made for damages. The matter has its roots in a botched operation on a nurse, who had received more than R2 million from the Gauteng health authorities. She appealed the fact that, instead of granting her about R800 000 for future medical procedures, the court, in a groundbreaking judgment, ordered that the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital provide her with the services needed. Judge LR Adams, sitting in the South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, reasoned that the hospital was as well geared as any private hospital to render the follow-up procedures. Nelly Mashinini, who instituted the damages claim, wants…

The years 2010 to 2020 marked the African Women’s Decade. As we take stock of the past 10 years, it is clear is that we have not kept the promises that were made to the women and girls of our continent. Yet, we cannot give up and we must recommit ourselves to making a real difference in the lives of the women of our continent. So where do we start? Any effort to improve the role of women and girls in society must be systemic, multisectoral and integrated. What we also know is that change will not happen overnight, it is a lifelong journey. For example, studies show that in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, maternal under-nutrition has a major impact on reproductive health, and plays an important role in…

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has not ruled out taking executive action to tackle gun violence, but Congress should pass gun control legislation for a more lasting impact, Vice-President Kamala Harris said yesterday. Harris said Biden was prepared to sign two recent gun-related bills passed by the Democratic-led US House of Representatives and urged the narrowly divided Senate to pass them as well. She also said the US needs universal background checks. This was after a gunman killed 10 people in a Colorado supermarket this week, days after eight people were shot and killed at Atlanta day spas. | Reuters…

NAIROBI: Three people died and ten were wounded yesterday after a bus they were in hit an explosive device in the road in Mandera county in Kenya’s north along its border with Somalia, a government official said. It was not clear who was responsible. The area has over several years been frequently hit with bomb and gun assaults by fighters from Somalia’s al-Shabaab Islamist group and hundreds of people have died. Kenyan forces are part of the AU-mandated peacekeeping force Amisom that is helping defend Somalia’s central government from al-Shabaab. The militant group has been fighting for more than a decade to topple Somalia’s central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic Shia law. | Reuters…

The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked yesterday as eight tug boats struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal. GAC, a Dubai-based marine services company, said authorities were still working to free the ship mid-afternoon, and that information it had received earlier claiming the vessel was partially refloated was inaccurate. The 400m, 224 000-ton Ever Given ran aground on Tuesday morning after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement. About 30% of global container ship traffic passes through the canal each day, carrying everything from fuel to consumer goods. The main alternative route for ships travelling between Asia and Europe, around the…

1 The immediate benefit of a victory over Ghana will be that South Africa will head off to Sunday's final Group C match against hosts Sudan needing just one point to secure one of two slots to qualify for a place in the 2021 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Cameroon next January. Herman Gibbs 2 South Africa, with a lone 1996 Afcon conquest, have a Fifa world ranking of 71, whereas four-time Afcon winners Ghana slot in at 52. A victory for South Africa will secure a bag full of ranking points, and South Africa will move into the 60s when the rankings are updated next month. 3 Four members of South Africa's ‘foreign legion’ – Bongani Zungu, Keagan Dolly, Dean Furman and Thulani Serero – have not…

Too much time has been spent writing, listening, talking and even analysing Cricket South Africa’s Members’ Council. Sports administrators do not deserve that amount of airtime. That’s not to say the rest of the world doesn’t concern itself with what sports administrators are up to; Pakistan, India, West Indies are all countries where administrative politics is often in the news. In the West Indies it’s understandable – that’s a team comprising 15 different countries and territories. Pakistan is rife with regional politics, and so is India. But Cricket SA’s politics is different, mainly because it’s so rife with incompetence. I’ve had Members’ Council representatives tell me I’m harsh for making that kind of insult. But how else to explain it when an organisation makes the likes of Fikile Mbalula and…

Three of Africa’s top netball nations – South Africa, Uganda and Namibia – will be fighting it out for top honours in the SPAR Challenge International Tri-Nations series at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from today until Wednesday. The Proteas are ranked fifth in the world, the Uganda She-Cranes are seventh and the Namibian Debmarine Desert Jewels are 23rd. The tournament is very important for all three nations, who will all be seeking to boost their world ranking and gain vital international experience after a year in which the Covid-19 pandemic played havoc with preparations for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, and the Netball World Cup in Cape Town in 2023. The Baby Proteas and the President’s XII will also be taking the court during the tournament.…

THE FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index gained five points to register a level of 21 points in the first three months of this year, the third consecutive increase in the quarterly index. However, although better, the index level meant close to 80 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions, FNB senior economist Siphamandla Mkhwanazi said yesterday. Sentiment received a boost from higher activity. According to Statistics South Africa, the real value of construction works contracted by 17.6 percent year-on-year in the last three months of 2020, after declining by 22.1 percent in the third quarter of that year. Despite the uptick in activity, profitability deteriorated, and the pipeline for new work remains thin, Mkhwanazi said. “Despite some anecdotal evidence to the contrary, too many civil contractors are…

STANDARD Bank Group said yesterday that it had been named the Best Bank in Africa in Global Finance’s 28th annual awards for the World’s Best Banks. Also, Standard Bank South Africa and Stanbic Bank Uganda were named best banks in their respective markets. The awards come at a time when the banking industry has played a supportive role in assisting clients and societies through the Covid-19 crisis. The winners of this year’s awards were banks that attended carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplished strong results while laying the foundations for future success, according to Global Finance, which has a circulation of 50 000 and readers in 189 countries. “Banks are playing a key role in economic recovery around the world. Our Best Bank awards highlight…

Sandile Mchunu sandile.mchunu@inl.co.za HOMECHOICE International said yesterday that it had experienced a huge surge of its digital sales during the year to end December, despite the negative impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. The group said that the digital sales shot up by 69.7 percent during the period against an 8.1 percent fall in overall retail sales. The largest home-shopping retailer in southern Africa said the digital sales now accounted for 25 percent of its overall mechandise. But it said general retail sales declined 8.1 percent to R1.8 billion during the period as a result of Covid-19. Executive chairperson Shirley Maltz said the Covid-19 challenges were evident in the group performance. “I believe the decisive action taken in mid-March to cut loan disbursements by R700…

THE PROTRACTED impact of the Covid-19 pandemic could result in more businesses filing for liquidation and insolvency as activity flounders a year after the country went into lockdown. Data from Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) on Tuesday showed that the total number of liquidations increased by 8.5 percent in February compared with the same month a year ago. StatsSA said liquidations of companies increased by 10 cases and liquidations of close corporations increased by four cases. In the three months to the end of February, liquidations increased by 7.1 percent compared with the same period last year. The largest number of liquidations in the period from December 2020 to February 2021 occurred in the finance sector, with 146 cases, followed by the trade sector, with 86 cases. StatsSA said…

BONGANI NKOSI bongani.nkosi@inl.co.za TWO businessmen who each raked in up to R1 million a year but still jammed cars to steal items have managed to convince the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) that their sentences were a gross injustice. Judge Thokozile Mbatha ruled yesterday that the Johannesburg High Court misdirected itself when it doubled the imprisonment sentences initially handed to Arthur Nhlanhla Kubheka and Armstrong Ngidi. Judge Bashier Vally, with Acting Judge PH Malungana concurring, increased Kubheka and Ngidi’s sentences to five years and eight years respectively in June 2019. The Randburg Regional Court initially sentenced Kubheka to an effective two-year term and Ngidi to four years, after it found them guilty of stealing a cellphone and an iPod out of a parked vehicle. Kubheka, 46, and Ngidi, 50, were…

The City of Ekurhuleni has set Saturday as a dedicated date for pensioners to renew their driving licences without booking at the Kempton Park, Boksburg and Springs Driver’s Licence Testing Centres from 8am to midday. Any person who is 60 years and older will be assisted to renew their driving licence on the day. Member of Mayoral Committee for Community Safety Councillor Pheladi Mmoko said: “With limited slots available on the eNatis online system, all motorists have been frustrated when they have to renew their driving licences. “We want to reduce the frustration experienced by our elderly by putting aside resources to make renewal of driving licences convenient for the pensioners.” On the day, pensioners from the city will be exempted from making online bookings, they can just walk into…

Morgan Bolton morgan.bolton@inl.co.za After months of speculation and concern that it wouldn’t happen or, if it did, it would not be held in the country, rugby fans the world over can breathe a sigh of relief – the British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa will go ahead. It was virtually confirmed on Tuesday, first by the UK-based The Telegraph, and then later in a statement from the Lions Board. A few concerns remain, however. First, what form will the end schedule take, or would it remain the same as the initial schedule that starts on July 7 against the Stormers in Cape Town? Second, will they tour the country, or play in a bio-bubble in one province, with Gauteng seemingly the preferred candidate? If they are played in…

FROM a young age, beauty queen Mpho Ramatsekisa has always known that she has what it takes to compete with the best in extra mural activities that include the business of modelling. Growing up at Mukondeni village, Ha-Mashamba in Limpopo, the 32-year-old was an active child, participating in netball and Venda traditional dancing. An occupational hygienist, she has thrown her hat in the ring for the Miss Bachelorette South Africa 2021 crown, to be awarded at a gala event in Polokwane next month. The pageant targets women between the ages of 25 and 50, who are unmarried with or without children. Ramatsekisa, who holds a BTech degree in environmental health from Tshwane University of Technology, and is completing a Master’s degree in public health at Wits University, has started a…

Politics has no place in traditional leadership matters but has been a problem for years Hudson Shiviti On March 10, the Limpopo provincial government took a decision to formally recognise the so-called “Khakhala Traditional Community” and issued it with a certificate as a “new” traditional council. This recognition of Khakhala emanates from the 2019 government gazette 3056, signed by Limpopo Premier Chupu Stanley Mathabatha, on November 29, 2019. The political implication of this decision at best, riddled with political interference by the provincial political authorities, strips the Shiviti Traditional Council of its status as the rightful traditional authority, which covers 14 villages with a population of approximately 30 000 under the Greater Giyani Municipality. Why they changed the tag to this remains a mystery to the people and has…

It is generally acceptable for ordinary people with no knowledge of certain issues to try to make sense of their surroundings by simply modifying their thoughts and creating narratives to suit their perceptions. But, it becomes a completely different story when a senior government official with high-level resources at his disposal resorts to lies, gossip and senseless explanations to make up non-existent “facts” aimed at isolating and dealing with those who are purported to be political opponents. The duck-and-dive tactics used by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, who was cross-examined by Advocate Dali Mpofu at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry Into Allegations of State Capture, were proof enough that Gordhan accounts to no one but himself. The greatest pity was that the chairperson of the commission was so fond of…

LOS ANGELES: Tesla Inc customers can now buy its electric vehicles with Bitcoin, its boss Elon Musk said yesterday, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency’s use in commerce. The electric carmaker said last month it bought $1.5 billion (about R22.3bn) worth of Bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment for cars, in a large stride towards mainstream acceptance that sent Bitcoin soaring to a record high of nearly $62 000. Bitcoin rose more than 4% after Musk’s tweet and was last trading at $56 429. Musk said Bitcoin paid to Tesla would not be converted into traditional currency. | Reuters…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities halted the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany’s BioNTech yesterday, citing defective packaging, in a move that triggered scenes of confusion in inoculation centres across the city. The suspension comes as the Asian financial hub has faced a sluggish take-up due to dwindling confidence in China’s Sinovac vaccine and fears of adverse reaction. Inoculation centre staff turned away people booked to take the BioNTech vaccine, with many Hong Kong-ers unsure of the reason and asking for explanations. Adding to the confusion, local media said a doctor was reprimanded for promoting BioNTech vaccine over Sinovac. Officials said Sinovac vaccinations would continue to take place as scheduled. | Reuters…

Kenya has ordered the closure of two sprawling camps that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Somalia and given the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) two weeks to present a plan to do so, the interior ministry said. The Dadaab and the Kakuma refugee camps in northern Kenya together host more than 410 000 people, a small proportion of whom are from South Sudan. Authorities in Nairobi first announced their intention to shut the Dadaab camp, which is closer to the border with Somalia than Kakuma, back in 2016, citing national security concerns. Fred Matiang’i, the interior minister, has given the UNHCR 14 days to draw up a plan for the closure of both Dadaab and Kakuma, his ministry said in a tweet, adding that there would be no…

The BRICS Manufacturing Conference, which kicks off in Sandton tomorrow, will give local manufacturers the opportunity to reflect on how they can grow using new technologies. Organised by the BRICS Manufacturing Working Group (MWG), the conference, which takes place at the IDC Conference Centre, aims to help local manufacturers to leverage off South Africa’s membership of BRICS by taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the grouping, a statement said yester- day. The MWG facilitates trade and invest- ment in manufacturing between South Africa and its fellow member countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – and encourages co-operation on projects where there is potential for collaboration or complementarity. BRICS MWG chair- person Kaizer Nyatsumba said while access to markets is critical for growth, the manufacturing industry needed to…

DANISH toymaker Lego yesterday won the backing of Europe's second-highest court in its fight to secure design rights for its colourful snap-together plastic building bricks familiar to millions of children worldwide. The Luxembourg-based General Court threw out a 2019 decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that sided with German toy and hardware maker Delta Sport Handelskontor which had sought to declare Lego's design invalid. Lego challenged that ruling at the court, which yesterday disagreed with the trademark agency's assessment. "EUIPO erroneously declared invalid a design of a brick of a Lego toy building set," judges said. "EUIPO failed to examine the relevance of the application of the exception relied on by Lego and failed to take into consideration all the features of appearance of the brick," they…

BOITUMELO METSING boitumelo.metsing@inl.co.za A LENASIA informal settlement mother was left at odds with a centre for the blind after her autistic son was allegedly kicked out by the school. Tiba Twinkle Stars School is a stimulation centre that assists people with disabilities by providing community-based preventative and rehabilitation services in order to empower them to achieve their maximum potential. Anun Adam, a domestic worker from Thembelihle, an informal settlement south of Joburg, received a WhatsApp message last weekend from her 6-year-old autistic son’s school that they no longer had space for him. This came after the boy went missing last week after being dropped off by the centre’s school bus. He was then apparently taken by a woman. Adam told The Star that because she had been at work that…

Kudzai Chikowore | Activist ZIMBABWEANS are never happy because of poverty and poor governance. It hurts that in Zimbabwe there is no justice, equality and freedom. Corruption in public institutions is too much and families are struggling to have basic commodities. Transport systems in Zimbabwe are poor. The healthcare system is dead. The government of Zimbabwe is clueless, careless and corrupt. The sewerage infrastructure is dysfunctional and there is an acute shortage of electricity. Hospitals are under-resourced. Public servants are paid peanuts. Most Zimbabweans have migrated because there is no happiness.…

THE word “gang” has not always been on the wrong side of the law. It originally meant simply “a band of persons” and an early use is, curiously, of the Knights of the Round Table. There are many instances, going back at least three centuries, of criminal gangs operating in British cities, especially London. One of the most notorious was the Mohawks or Hohocks who infested the streets of London, especially in the early 18th century. Usually they have not lasted very long, nor become institutionalised as did the Mafia in Sicily and subsequently in America from the 1920s. Hence the emergence of “gangster” in the US from the late 19th century, followed by “gangland” and “gangsterism”. The major social problem of gangs is that they become an alternative…

Masingita Masunga Human Rights Month is celebrated but no commentary focused on the rights of persons with disabilities, argues Masingita Masunga. Here I was on a date when my date looked me in the eye and said: “I have never been with a woman with a disability before, therefore, I don’t know how to treat you. Please teach me to treat you the way I should.” I bet you would like to know my response and what happened to us. Askies, I am not going to say because that is not the point of this article. I welcome and appreciate those honest questions, and generally, welcome the sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Especially when they are about how people should interact with me. Do I get upset, hurt, disappointed, offended and…

Myanmar’s junta yesterday freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its months-long crackdown on protests, while businesses in Yangon were shut and streets deserted in response to a call by anti-coup activists for a silent strike. Several buses full of prisoners drove out of Yangon’s Insein jail in the morning, said witnesses, who included lawyers for some inmates. There was no immediate word from authorities on how many prisoners were freed. A spokesperson for the military did not answer calls. “All the released are the ones arrested due to the protests, as well as night arrests or those who were out to buy something,” said a member of a legal advisory group who said he saw around 15 buses leaving. In the biggest city, Yangon, a call by pro-democracy activists for…

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may struggle to secure enough seats in Parliament to stay in power, incomplete results of Tuesday’s election suggested, even as he claimed victory in the country’s fourth elections in two years. His announcement came within two hours of exit polls on Israel’s main three TV channels which indicated no immediate winner in the unprecedented elections amid a prolonged political deadlock. His right-wing bloc is course to win 59 seats – two short of the threshold, the BBC reported. An Arab party which is projected to win five seats could hold the balance of power. The final outcome will among other things determine the course of Israel’s relations with the Palestinians. | IANS…

LONDON: Britain will introduce new rules for those seeking asylum, making it more difficult for refugees entering illegally to stay in the country, interior minister Priti Patel said yesterday, calling it a firm but fair system. Since Britain completed its exit from the EU at the end of last year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been keen to set out a new independent vision for the country, unveiling new policies on defence, foreign affairs to immigration. “Under our New Plan for Immigration, if people arrive illegally, they will no longer have the same entitlements as those who arrive legally,” Patel said. “Profiteering from illegal migration will no longer be worth the risk, with new maximum life sentences for smugglers.” | Reuters…

Wynona Louw wynona.louw@inl.co.za IF the discussions around the British & Irish Lions tour go to “Plan B”, the series could take place in Gauteng exclusively, with all games possibly played in empty stadiums. Reports from England have emerged stating that if spectators are not allowed, the tour may take place only in Johannesburg and Pretoria to ensure that teams maintain a safe bio-secure environment amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Until now, a number of avenues have been considered to ensure that the tour goes ahead this year. As part of a revised schedule, all eight matches – including the warm-up games and the three Tests against the Springboks – being played in Joburg and Pretoria is another option after an agreement was finally reached that the tour should proceed to South…

Lizelle Lee The Proteas women’s team created history on their tour in India over the past few weeks by winning both the ODI and T20 series. Zaahier Adams picks his five standout performers in what was a superb team effort. The powerhouse opener has always been integral to her side's success through the explosive starts she provides, but Lee took it to a different level in India. Her career-best 132 not out in the third ODI was arguably the best innings ever played by a Proteas women's cricketer. The fact that it spearheaded a successful run chase made it even more memorable. Her cumulative total of 288 runs at an average of 144 in the series was monumental, which propelled Lee to the world No 1 ranking on the…