Inhoudsopgave van 2022-08-08 - Star

LUXE Holdings was suspended on Friday because it had failed to report its financial results on time due to it uncovering a number of accounting errors in its previous years’ financial results, a statement said Friday. The JSE pointed out on July 1 that Luxe had failed to submit its annual report within the four-month period following its year-end, as stipulated in listing requirements, and it was under threat of suspension and possible removal of the listing. If Luxe failed to submit its results by July 31, 2022, then its listing might be suspended. The results were not received and the JSE suspended the share. Luxe said there were corrections from a number of transactions that were not accounted for in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in prior…

Kwaito legend and television host Bonginkosi Zola 7 Dlamini is in a much better place after a rough patch earlier this year. Taking to his social media platforms, the award-winning musician gave fans an update on how he is doing and it’s all positive vibes. The Ghetto Fabolous hitmaker shared that he is feeling “brand new” and he is even ready to get working. “He has risen! I feel brand new, now let’s work. #Namanje,” he wrote. His comment section was filled with fans who were pleased to hear that the musician was doing well after the public storm he faced. @KidiPotse said: “We thank God for your recovery and healing, you really scared the hell out of us Zola, don’t do that to us anymore. All the best ntanga,…

THE DA in Gauteng wants Premier David Makhura urgently out of office after saying he has “failed” as a leader. DA caucus leader Solly Msimanga and chief whip Fred Nel will brief the media today in Bruma, Joburg, on a no-confidence motion in Makhura that will be tabled in the legislature. Makhura’s spokesperson Vuyo Mhaga called the move by the DA as “politicking”. Nel said for more than five years Makhura has been making promises that still have not been fulfilled. “Under Makhura’s watch the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) reports into allegations of corruption have still not been made public. No steps have been taken to recover some of the money that was lost to the PPE (personal protective equipment) tender scandal which took place at the height of the…

DANCER Remoabetswe Senekal, 8, from Atteridgeville in Pretoria, has displayed the country’s immense potential by bringing home a gold medal from the World Lyrical Dance Championships. Despite it being her first time competing on the global stage, Remoabetswe came out tops in the solo dance. Her team finished second in the group competition. Her father, Thabang Senekal, said the journey started when his daughter asked if she could dance for him during the school holidays. Senekal said although surprised by this request, he sat down, thinking he would watch his daughter dancing the more popular moves. Instead, she showed him a ballet performance. “I was so surprised to see her at 6 moving furniture around to show me, and I was even more surprised that she chose to dance to…

ANC staff members say they are “disgusted” and “disappointed” at continuous promises from President Cyril Ramaphosa that he would come up with a solution for the party’s salary and provident fund woes that have rocked its headquarters, Luthuli House, for the past three years. The ANC has failed to pay staff salaries for July after promising last week that the party would pay all outstanding salaries. The staff also claim that for the past three years their provident fund contributions had not reached where they are supposed despite being deducted from their salaries. One staff member said at least 12 ANC staff members have died in the three years and their families still battle to access their provident funds. Last week angry party staff members picketed outside the ANC’s sixth…

Yet another important member of the ANC has warned of a possible Arab Spring. This time it was Hlengani Mathebula. These foreboding statements come from powerful people within the ANC top hierarchy. Former president Thabo Mbeki, the most polished intellectual in Africa, just issued a sombre warning that we could face our very own Arab Spring. A timely reminder was the insurrection in July last year. The cabal that ran this country for 27 years, of which the former president was a part, is directly responsible for the total collapse of the country. My fear is that we will probably face a Sri Lankan-type meltdown that could result in absolute anarchy. Abject poverty is the catalyst that could decimate South Africa into utter ruin. The powers that be are…

The continuing influx of illegal immigrants into South Africa, their dominance of the informal economy, rampaging criminality including hijacking of disused mines and buildings and aggravated rapes of South African women are clear signs of weaponised migration. Weaponised migration occurs when challenging states or non-state actors exploit human migration – voluntary or forced – to achieve political, military, and/or economic objectives. In all cases, the challenger weaponises migration by either strategically engineering the migration itself, or by ex- ploiting migratory events under way. Mapping the trends and identify underlying conditions that are precursors to weaponising migration against the South African state will enable military and other agencies to better develop strategies and mitigate vulnerabilities at strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Human migration is becoming a viable weapon of many state…

The FIRST Mexican air force aircraft with military and technical personnel arrived in Cuba to help extinguish the fire at an oil storage facility in the province of Matanzas, the Cubadebate news portal reported yesterday. A massive fire erupted at the oil storage facility in the Matanzas province on Friday evening after lightning struck the dome of a tank containing some 25 000 cubic metres of oil. Despite the non-stop work of fire brigades, the fire spread to a nearby tank, causing a series of explosions. Fire extinguishing has lasted more than 24 hours. On Saturday, Mexican media reported that a team of specialists from the Pemex oil and gas corporation would be sent to Cuba at the direction of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Sixty servicemen of the…

Tripoli: Clashes between armed groups erupted in Tripoli on Saturday, according to local media reports, the latest violence to hit the Libyan capital. The fighting, with light and heavy weapons, occurred in the El Jebs district in the city’s south. Tensions have been rising for months in Libya as two prime ministers, Abdulhamid Dbeibah and Fathi Bashagha, vie for power, raising fears of renewed conflict two years after a landmark truce ended a ruinous attempt by eastern military chief Khalifa Haftar to seize Tripoli by force. |…

ISTANBUL: A man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been freed from a Turkish repatriation centre and returned to the US, his lawyer said on Saturday. Moise, pictured, was shot dead in July last year at his residence. His wife was wounded in the attack. Samir Handal, a Miami-based Haitian and US real estate developer, was detained on an Interpol red notice as he transited through Turkey on his way to Jordan in November. Handal said he rented a house to Emmanuel Sanon, a suspect in the assassination, and did not know of any plans to kill Moise. |…

THE Spar National Netball Championships kick off today in Potchefstroom with the defending champions in both the senior and Under-21 sections intent on holding on to their titles. Hosts, and defending U21 champions, Dr Kenneth Kaunda might be a completely different outfit given that most of their players have graduated to the senior level but coach Lerine Joubert and captain Zante Farmer are unperturbed. “Though we are all new players in the team because most of the winners from the last tournament have graduated, we are definitely ready,” Farmer said at the pre-tournament media conference at the Pukke cricket club. “Our preparation camp was great and there is an amazing spirit among us. We are looking forward to defending the title.” Joubert is delighted that the event is taking place…

SuperSport fought back gallantly to force a 1-1 draw with Chippa United in their opening Premiership clash at Lucas Moripe Stadium last night. The clash was billed ‘Master versus Pupil’ as SuperSport coach Gavin Hunt was pitted against one of his former players Daine Klate, who made his debut as a Premiership coach with the Chilli Boys. Straight from the kick-off, referee Thokozani Mkhize was called into action frequently because of fouls. The early stop-start fare did little to settle the players down, and there were four free-kicks in the opening 15 minutes. The fourth one provided the visiting Chippa with the platform to open the scoring. SuperSport central defender Thatayaone Ditlhokwe was blown up for a foul, and Chippa striker Siphelele Luthuli floated in a free-kick from 35m out…

CIVIL society has continued to call for the South African government to impose severe sanctions on the disgraced global management consultancy Bain & Company. The British government last week blacklisted Bain & Company from doing business with the State for three years due to corrupt reports it produced for the South African Revenue Service (Sars) at the height of the State Capture years. This comes after the Zondo Commission into State Capture found that Bain was irregularly paid around R164 million as third-party consultants when Tom Moyane was appointed as Sars Commissioner. The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Friday called on South Africa’s government to follow in the footsteps of the UK government and ban Bain. HSF director Nicole Fritz said the UK government could only be applauded for…

POLICE Minister Bheki Cele said yesterday that the DNA tests of almost 100 illegal miners arrested for the rape of eight women a fortnight ago have been completed, and that they were now being compared with the suspects. “I can confirm here today that I have been informed that the DNA tests are now ready and they were now at a stage of being linked with the rapists,” he said. Addressing the residents of Kagiso and the adjacent Tshepisong in the West Rand, Cele declared war against illegal miners and urged police to use deadly force when confronted by armed illegal zama zamas. Cele said that following the gang rape in West Village, Krugersdorp, over a week ago by illegal miners, he would be deploying members of the Special Task…

LONG-distance coach company Intercape appeared before the Western Cape’s standing committee on transport and public works on Friday to plead for urgent intervention to stop the brazen attacks on its vehicles. Intercape chief executive Johann Ferreira pleaded with authorities to step in and protect the company and the long-distance coach industry from “blatant intimidation and violent attacks”. The majority of the attacks have taken place in Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng. “We are a private company operating legally with all the necessary permits, but we have been subjected to a concerted campaign of violence at the hands of rogue taxi associations who are intent on forcing coach operators out of certain regions and from key routes,” Ferreira said. According to Intercape, there have been more than 150 incidents of…

MUCH like the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change poses a significant threat to life and will expose the inefficiencies of the country’s systems if something is not done to ensure that women are not left behind in the decision-making processes. This was according to Thandile Chinyavanhu, an environmental and social justice activist for GreenPeace Africa, who said issues surrounding climate change were also threatening to amplify inequalities in society. She was speaking during a webinar on the impact of climate change on women hosted by the Government Communication and Information System. Chinyavanhu said a crucial element, which could not be ignored during discussions around climate change and solutions thereto was to ensure that women and other vulnerable groups were able to be resilient and able to adapt to the change required.…

I am not a close follower of horse racing. It was thus with interest that I watched the Gold Cup race last Saturday. What disturbed me, though, was that as the horses entered the final 200m, what caught my eye was them being beaten with a riding whip, euphemistically called a crop. How barbaric! In this enlightened age, surely it is not necessary to beat horses in this fashion. I am aware that in recent years a jockey is limited in arm movement, whips are made of a lighter material and there is a limit on the number of lashes that may be given per horse stride. I am also told that penalties may be dished out for excessive use of the whip, which is good news if such actually…

The perennial global debate over China’s claim over Taiwan is underlined by selfish Western geo-political interests which will likely plunge the world into another war just like the Russian/ Ukraine conflict. Historically, there has never been a country called Taiwan. That island is Formosa and during the Chinese revolution in the 1940s , the nationalists retreated there after being defeated by the Communists and established it as an “independent” country. Taiwan should be allowed back into the fold of China. What is so special about Taiwan that the West, led by America, is so adamant it will continue to follow this policy? President Nixon realised in the 1970s the foolishness of ignoring China at the expense of Taiwan. And Americans should know better. But why now then are they…

RAPE in South Africa is systemic and endemic. The country’s annual police crime statistics confirm this. There were 42 289 rapes reported in 2019/20, as well as 7 749 sexual assaults. This translates into about 115 rapes a day. South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war. The picture has been more or less the same every year since the early 2000s, with the numbers going slightly up or down. But policies to deal with the urgency of these very high levels of sexual violence tend to individualise rape in a way that creates the impression that only some men rape. And that they are the “rotten apples” or the “monsters”. The response from the police – as well…

Beijing has doubled down on its retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, announcing a suspension of co-operation with Washington on key issues as it was set to continue massive military exercises in the Strait. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army will conduct military exercises with live fire in the southern part of the Yellow Sea until August 15, Sputnik reported the China Maritime Safety Administration as saying on Saturday. Relations between the two superpowers have nosedived in the wake of Pelosi’s trip to China’s self-ruled neighbour – which it claims as its territory – prompting calls from the UN for an urgent de-escalation of tensions. In response, China decided to adopt sanctions on Pelosi and her immediate family members in accordance with relevant laws of the People’s…

Phnom Penh: A regional envoy tasked with brokering peace in Myanmar has admitted that “even Superman cannot solve” the crisis, capping a week of foreign ministerial meetings that yielded little progress. Myanmar has spiralled into civil war since a putsch in February last year, with the death toll from the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent passing 2 100, said a local monitoring group. The 10-country Association of South East Asian Nations has spearheaded efforts to resolve the turmoil, and acknowledged on Friday the lack of progress around a five-point crisis resolution plan. |…

WASHINGTON: A Texas jury ordered US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary shooting was a “hoax”. The verdict came a day after the same jury awarded a couple whose child died at Sandy Hook $4.1m in compensatory damages for the emotional stress caused by Jones broadcasting falsehoods for years on his InfoWars online and radio talk shows. The huge sum ordered from Jones, who for years gathered a sizable following for his outlandish conspiracy claims, vindicated the lawsuits against him by families of some of the 20 children and six adults killed by a 20-year-old man in one of the country’s deadliest school shootings. Jones, a vocal supporter of former president Donald Trump,…

Although his career as a football administrator is still in its infancy, Kaizer Chiefs sporting director Kaizer Motaung jr is showing great foresight. On the eve of Saturday night’s Chiefs versus Royal AM Premiership match at Chatsworth Stadium, Motaung appealed to Chiefs fans to be patient with new coach Arthur Zwane. As it turned it, Motaung’s appeal was most appropriate after Chiefs marked the start of Zwane’s tenure with a 1-0 defeat and an underwhelming performance. “We do ask the ‘Khosi Nation’ to have a tremendous amount of patience with this team and they need the tremendous amount of support,” said Motaung during a radio interview. “Mangethe (Zwane’s clan name) needs our support, our prayers and of course, our patience.” After Saturday’s game, fans vented their anger on social media…

NEW Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has advised that his calm approach to football comes naturally to him. Riveiro could be seen cutting a composed figure as his team opened their Premiership campaign with a 1-0 win over Soweto rivals Swallows FC at Orlando Stadium on Saturday. “It’s how I am as a person,” said Riveiro after the match. “I am not a different person when I am coaching or in my personal life. It can be difficult to communicate with players in an atmosphere such as this. “It won’t help the players to see a coach getting nervous during the game. The communication is fluid and we try to support the players, while also giving them solutions. “There is no point in shouting. I have my emotions and can…

Rapper Eminem has unveiled the tracklist for his upcoming Curtain Call 2 greatest hits album, which released on August 5 and highlights his hit singles from 2009 through to today. According to People.com, the new album is framed as a sequel to his 2005 greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits, which included songs from 1999’s The Slim Shady LP, 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP, 2002’s 8 Mile and The Eminem Show, as well as 2004’s Encore. The two disc, 34-track set features tracks from 2009’s Relapse, 2010's Recovery, 2011's Hell: The Sequel, 2011’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, 2017’s Revival, 2018’s Kamikaze and 2020’s Music to Get Murdered By, as well as soundtrack cuts from 2015’s Southpaw and this year’s Elvis. Alongside two new tracks, The…

South Africa is confronted by a challenge of legitimacy, which results in lawlessness and vigilantism. We are reaping the fruits of misrule. The media reports suggest that many illegal miners (immigrants) are not in possession of documentation to be inside the country. Why is this only established now, when residents of Kagiso in Krugersdorp have taken the law into their own hands to do policing themselves? The poor policing of the borders and inside the country have made it possible for residents to take over the duties of the law enforcement agencies because they have lost confidence in the police. We have so many people from so many countries who are believed to have entered the country illegally. This should not be happening in a normal country. The problem encountered…

THERE was every reason to be confident going into the opening round of the Rugby Championship, but most South Africans would not have expected such a dominant performance from the Springboks. Yes, the Boks crushed the All Blacks on Saturday, smashing them upfront, controlling them in the backline, overpowering them at set-piece and breakdown and rising above them in the air. It was a systematic dismantling, relentless in its application, brilliant in its outcome. The Boks were full value for their 26-10 victory over the Old Foe, and it could have been even more emphatic had they taken all of their chances. It was a total team performance, one that should please all and sundry, while the supporters at Mbombela Stadium must also get a special mention as they brought…

Nairobi: Flanked by cheering crowds and blaring vuvuzelas, the frontrunners in Kenya’s presidential election vowed to revive the troubled economy at the weekend as they made their final push for votes before the polls tomorrow. Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, are fighting for the chance to lead the East African powerhouse as it grapples with a cost-of-living crisis. Political violence continues to cast a shadow over the country, where 22.1 million voters will choose the next president, senators, governors, lawmakers, woman representatives and officials. |…

BEIRUT: More than 30 people fled a Lebanon detention centre at dawnyesterday, security forces said, after sawing their way through a window, a judicial official said. “At dawn, 31 detainees managed to escape” from a detention centre in the Adlieh district of Beirut, the Internal Security Forces said. “Immediate orders were given to arrest them and investigations are underway.” The detainees broke ou through a prison window using a saw smuggled into the facility, said a an official close to an investigation into the incident. “The escapees include Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians, among other foreigners,” he said on condition of anonymity.…

Argentina will add extra emphasis on their mauling in training this week and look to avoid the errors that cost them in Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash against Australia when they meet again at the weekend, coach Michael Cheika said. The Wallabies mauled over for two late tries to turn around a 26-17 deficit and win their opening match of the southern hemisphere competition 41-26. “I thought we did really well for the first 50 or 60 minutes and then Australia did really well to come back and attack and pressure us,” Cheika said after the loss against the team he used to coach.. “We went a bit individual at the time and were therefore caught out. “The biggest area was obviously three tries from the maul, so that’s something we…

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia picked up where he left off before MotoGP’s summer break by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday for his second victory in a row. Spaniard Maverick Vinales had to settle for second place for Aprilia, 0.426 seconds behind after a thrilling battle over the closing laps, while Australian Jack Miller was third on the other factory Ducati. “I think this is the best win I ever had,” said Bagnaia, who went into the break celebrating a win in the Dutch TT in Assen. He has now won four times this season, balancing four non-finishes. Bagnaia drove his car into a ditch in Ibiza after celebrating the previous win, the Italian subsequently found to be over the legal alcohol limit, and he will not be doing…