Inhoudsopgave van 2023-02-24 - Star

DELOITTE will pay Tongaat Hulett R261 million for its role in okaying the sugar and property group’s financial statements between 2012 and 2018, when in fact the figures were misrepresented by former management. Tongaat Hulett, which is now in business rescue after the fraud was uncovered, said yesterday in a JSE regulatory notice that it had reached an agreement for Deloitte to pay it the money in settlement of a claim for its role as auditor from 2012 to 2018. Some of Tongaat’s minority shareholders have long agitated that the group make a legal claim against Deloitte. Tongaat’s financial statements between those years were found to have been overstated by almost R12 billion over seven years. The shares were suspended in July last year. “Deloitte will pay ……

South Africans have gone to bed in darkness this week. I was one of them. Just before blowing my candle out, I received a message that the CEO of Eskom, Andre de Ruyter, had been effectively fired. Boom, employment terminated with immediate effect – a few hours after he had exposed the depth of corruption at Eskom and implicating the involvement of senior ministers or is it simply only one specific senior minister … one with many portfolios under their thumb and at their disposal? Not being a political appointment to Eskom – or as far as I am aware – De Ruyter is able to speak out about corruption at Eskom, and although he didn’t mention any names in his recent interview, surely, he would have informed his direct…

Musician Anatii has written a social media post to his late friend and collaborator rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes after his death earlier this month. “There will never be another Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes. Long live my brother Supa Mega. You were definitely a force to be reckoned with bro. We had many ups and downs and shared many beautiful moments together, some public and others very private,” he shared. When musician Anatii stepped out onto the stage at AKA’s memorial service and began performing Holy Mountain from their 2017 collaborative album, the crowd went crazy. The album Be Careful What You Wish For (BCWYWF), consists of fan favourites such as 10 Fingers, and as Anatii performed the songs, fans were visibly moved. Anatii told his followers: “When we worked on BCWYWF…

Ikapa Group Express Auctions and BidSA auctions are hosting an online auction of items from the Black Mountain Mine. The auction will take place on March 6 and 7 from 8am to 4pm. Lots for sale will include redundant assets and scrap metal from the mine in Aggeneys in the Northern Cape, and will include: Landcruiser bodies and parts Caterpillar scrap Poles and cable Landini tractor Transformers Electrical boxes Canopy railings Electrical motors Cement mixers Rubber and cement conveyor belts Bakkie rims E-waste Copper cables Steel drums For more information on these and the many other lots going under the hammer, contact the auctioneer Johan Kotze at 082 854 4685, email johan@ikapagroup.co.za, or visit ikapagroup.co.za or bidsa.co.za. Viewing is on March 1 and 2, as per arrangement with the auctioneer.…

Floyd Brink is set to come back as the new City of Joburg manager after an investigation cleared him of corrupt and rogue dealings concerning procurement processes. He was forced out of his position after a poor relationship with the DA-led administration and former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse. Before leaving the municipality, Brink was placed on special leave after allegations of misconduct and flouting of procurement processes in the acquisition of portable hand-held communication devices and CCTV equipment for the city’s Department of Public Safety. Those who were in support of Brink believed that he was being targeted for standing up against the unlawful activities of the Group Forensic Investigation Services (GFIS). Brink had raised issues with the legality of the employment of former GFIS head, Shadrack Sibiya, who was…

If we harness enough private sector investment into concentrated solar power (CSP) in the Northern Cape, we could end load shedding. CSP systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight on to a receiver. Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat (solar thermal energy), which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected to an electrical power generator. A remarkable fact that escapes most South Africans, is that the Northern Cape is the most sun-efficient location on Earth. Many metrics (capacity to generate solar power, number of hours of daylight, accessible land mass) all come together to make the province a proverbial, solar goldmine. Interesting fact: South Africa could easily fit enough solar panels on the open,…

Ingredients 1 slab (80g) Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, broken into blocks 6 large bananas, peeled and halved ½ tin condensed milk 3 rolled oats 1 tsp Royal Baking Powder Serving suggestion: Double cream plain yoghurt Fresh banana slices Ground cinnamon Method Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a 12-hole muffin tray with greased muffin liners. Add the Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate to a heatproof bowl and microwave for 60 seconds, stirring every 20 seconds. Allow to cool slightly. Add the bananas and condensed milk to a bowl. Mash together using a fork until the bananas are roughly puréed. Add in the rolled oats and Royal Baking Powder. Fold together to combine. Allow the mixture to rest for at least 15 minutes to allow the oats to slightly soften. Spoon…

An Empangeni sangoma, who raped a woman and then slit her throat, has been handed a double life term in prison. Pietermaritzburg High Court judge Judge Nompumelelo Radebe sentenced Lindokuhle Mzimela for the murder of Philile Nzuza. NzuzuNzuza, a 38-year-old mother of five, had been walking home when she was attacked by Mzimela and his friend, Khetha Prince Zulu, 19. Zulu was jailed for 25 years. He told the court he did not play a part in Nzuza’s murder; he had wanted only to rape her. On the day of the killing, they said they had been drinking at a tavern and, on their way to another tavern, saw Nzuza walking with a man. They said that at first, their intention was to rob her of her cellphone but she…

SPANIARD José Riveiro will not have a hands-on approach as Orlando Pirates set out to claim bragging rights in tomorrow’s Soweto derby at FNB Stadium. Pirates coach Riveiro is serving a two-match suspension after being red-carded in his side’s 2-0 win over All Stars in the Nedbank Cup two weeks ago. Instead of barking instructions from the touchline, Riveiro will be an onlooker in the stands. The suspension will end tomorrow. However, despite being banished to the stands, Riveiro feels the team will not be adversely affected because their supporting technical staff will share the burden in the dug-out on matchday. Assistant coaches Sergio Almenara and Mandla Ncikazi will be the ones calling the shots during the Soweto derby. “Unfortunately I’m not going to be there on the bench, where…

NEWLANDS may have been the playground of many men, but since its inception it has been associated with influential women. It was in 1845 that the title deed of where the famous ground is now situated was handed as a wedding present to a local brewer’s daughter, Lydia Corrina. There’s little doubt that Corrina will be looking down with great satisfaction this afternoon at 3pm when the Proteas take centre stage against England in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final. The significance of the occasion cannot be overstated. No South African team – male or female – had previously progressed to an ICC tournament semi-final on home soil. The fact that it took the women’s team to smash the glass ceiling makes it even more remarkable. But the challenge…

ANGLO American CEO Duncan Wanblad, speaking at the release of the mining firm’s annual results, which saw a decrease in annual profit, said the fundamental demand picture for future-enabling metals and minerals, particularly those that were responsibly sourced with traceable provenance, was ever more compelling. “Our new Quellaveco copper operation in Peru increases our global production base by 10% and is the cornerstone of our value-adding growth potential of 25% over the next decade, with further optionality beyond, from copper to crop nutrients. “As most of the world’s major economies accelerate their decarbonisation efforts and as the global population increases and continues to urbanise, we aim to keep growing the value of our business into that demand,” Wanblad said. The miner yesterday reported its preliminary financial results for the year…

It’s the final week of summer and events season is still in full bloom so why not take advantage of the flow and join Thandiswa Mazwai at the Artscape in Cape Town for A Letter to Azania. The music icon says her production will give fans a show like never before. Mazwai has long been one of the most influential musicians on the South African music scene since she started her career in 1995 with Bongo Maffin, one of the pioneering bands of the kwaito era. Six award-winning albums later with Bongo Maffin, she ventured into a solo career. A Letter to Azania tracks a letter the singer is writing to “Azania” as a place of freedom that she said takes the audience on a “sonic exploration of the utopian…

The recruitment of police trainees has received criticism on social media, with many South Africans sharing their stories of how they were cheated of their opportunities to become members of the force due to allegations of bribery and corruption by those responsible for the process. This comes after national police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed on Tuesday that three people were arrested following a preliminary report that indicated they were involved in collusion in the recruitment process. It was reported that more than 1 000 SAPS trainees, who passed their assessment criteria tests but were omitted from the final list of recruits selected, have claimed that their names were replaced with those who had allegedly paid bribes to recruitment officers. Action Society co-ordinator, Tshepi Mekwa, said the group had…

Residents of Pretoria and the rest of Gauteng, as well as most of the inland provinces, have nothing to worry about when tropical cyclone Freddy hits Mozambique today, the SA Weather Service has assured. However, emergency personnel in Limpopo and Mpumalanga are warned to be on alert. Senior manager for disaster risk reduction Tshepo Ngobeni said residents of Mopani and Vhembe districts of Limpopo and Ehlanzeni in Mpumalanga should expect a wet and windy weekend. Although these parts of South Africa will not be directly hit by the cyclone, their close proximity to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the path of the cyclone, means they will be affected by heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and overflow of infrastructure like bridges and collapse of trees. While not as much rain is expected elsewhere,…

The world of sex and graphic content is set to get a Netflix special, with news coming out of the company suggesting that the world’s biggest content streaming service provider is currently working on a 90-minute documentary on the scandals and successes of the Pornhub website. Last September, Instagram permanently disabled the account of Pornhub for repeatedly violating its policies. The news of the Netflix special comes just as reports indicate that Meta-owned Instagram reinstated the Pornhub account on its platform in “error” on Sunday for a few hours but then shut it down again. The company said Pornhub’s Instagram account came back online for a few hours on Sunday – but that was a mistake, Variety said. It is reported that Netflix will be taking a deep dive at…

THE luxury yacht, Blue Shadow, thought to belong to Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang which was seized in Cape Town following a Western Cape High Court order two weeks ago, has been released. The release came after a series of Tweets by Obiang in which he said the vessel was a military asset belonging to the Equatorial Guinea Defence Force and threatened diplomatic consequences against South Africa if the yacht was not released. The court ordered the seizure two weeks ago after Western Cape businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg won a lawsuit against Obiang for unlawful arrest and torture and imprisonment at Equatorial Guinea’s notorious Black Beach prison between 2013 and 2015, after a business deal went wrong. Van Rensberg said his lawyers told him that Obiang petitioned the…

The mother of a 5-year-old girl has been given the green light to relocate with the child to Ireland, despite the father vehemently opposing this. The parents, who were never married and broke off their relationship after their engagement, have been “at war” with each other over the child since they broke up. The child has been given two psychological assessments, and the father asked for yet another to determine what is in her best interest. The high court in Bloemfontein earlier gave the mom permission to take the child with her to Ireland, subject to the father still having contact with the child. Unhappy with this decision, the father appealed the decision. He claimed the child’s mother is trying to alienate him from the child and insisted on another…

MAMELODI Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango said that his club are focused on the “process” rather than on the standings as they prepare to face Egyptian giants Al Ahly in a Champions League group stage game at the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo tomorrow. “We don’t look at the log. We focus on the process which is to get to 10 or 11 points which will assure us of qualification to the quarter-finals. We want to win all of the group games to give us momentum heading into the quarter-finals. It is important for us to stay focused on the aim which is to qualify for the quarter-finals,” said Onyango. Despite being more decorated in continental competition, it is Al Ahly that will be under more pressure than Downs to win the…

ARTHUR Zwane is resolute that he’s not worried about his job heading into the biggest game in the local sporting calendar tomorrow. But such was the Kaizer Chiefs coach’s negative body language during the pre-match Soweto derby press conference yesterday afternoon, Zwane is seemingly feeling the pressure that comes with the most demanding job in local football. Zwane was appointed as Chiefs coach last year, tasked with rediscovering the club’s playing style and winning identity. His tenure hasn’t gone according to script despite the club breaking the bank to sign players that could help him in his pursuit, including Yusuf Maart, Edmilson Dove and recently Christian Saile Basomboli. Chiefs’ only hopes of ending their seven-year trophy drought this term lie in winning the Nedbank Cup after losing out on the…

Media personality Clint Brink surprised fans with a return to music this week. The soon-to-be dad is set to release a new R&B single on March 2, but shared a snippet of the song on his Instagram page just to give his fans a taste of what’s to come. The 42-year-old Binnelanders actor said he was amped to be back in the studio and returning to his passion aside from acting. Brink told IOL Entertainment: “I’m back after a musical hiatus and now I’m back with my first musical offering for 2023 and there are loads more to come. “I am super pumped to finally share some new music with you. “The process was organic and smooth, creating something fresh with super producer @king_dav_mut. “To everyone who has supported me…

Johannesburg City Power is on a mission to recoup about R9 billion from businesses, residents, and organisations that have been defaulting on their electricity payments. City Power has been ruthless in its pursuit of recouping what is owed to it, cutting off hotels, shopping centres, and, in some cases, international missions from the municipal grid. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the entity treated all customers in rich and poor areas in the same manner. There would be warnings before officials came to cut the power. A pre-termination notice is issued 14 days before the disconnection. On the day of disconnection, we also issue disconnection job cards, Mangena said. Customers are then advised to visit their area service delivery centre to make payments (including a reconnection fee). If they are…

The director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, says there is no medical definition for HIV cure. According to the SABC, this follows a report in the Journal Nature Medicine that revealed a 53-year-old man in Germany, often referred to as the “Berlin patient”, had become the third person to be cured of HIV after getting a stem cell transplant, and discussions have since erupted on the subject. Bone marrow transplants cured two patient previously and researchers used a cutting-edge stem cell transplant technique that they believe will increase the number of individuals who could benefit from a similar treatment. Karim said a more practical definition was used in the matter and the patient discontinued HIV antiretroviral treatment in 2018.…

The controversial Podcast and Chill with MacG has taken its content up a notch and caused a buzz after announcing that their exclusive interview with Grammy award-winning artist Black Coffee will premiere in movie theatres across the country. In a few hours, supporters will be making their way to movie theatres in anticipation of the exclusive interview. This podcast special sold tickets at full tilt, with some of the locations, such as Mall of Africa, being sold out immediately. Black Coffee commanded attention when he publicly expressed interest in being a guest on the podcast last year. The musician, who rarely shares details about his private business online, blurted out that he was not doing well after being accused of assault. Nkosinathi Maphumulo, aka Black Coffee, took to Twitter saying:…

Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has revealed that her ministry owes departmental medical suppliers more than R1.8 billion – some for more than a year. Nkomo-Ralehoko was replying to questions from DA spokesperson on health in Gauteng, Jack Bloom, in the provincial legislature. Bloom asked Nkomo-Ralehoko what percentage of companies dealing with the department had been paid within the 30-day period as at January 31 this year. He also wanted to know how many current invoices were paid within 30 days. Bloom further asked how many companies were owed more than the prescribed 30 days. In her reply, she wrote that only 40% of companies were paid within the 30-day period. In her written replies signed off last week, just a few days before Premier Panyaza…

Positive affirmations to attain career success are positive short quotes that should be executed as a day-to-day activity by students. They could include “I am enough”, “I am confident to achieve my career goals” and “I am motivated to attain career success”. They should be read out loud. Repetition is key. A students is more likely to believe the positive quotations if they are repeated frequently. The affirmations aim to direct the student’s career ambition that integrates desired career goals, dreams or experiences. They set the tone for the student’s daily life, helping the student to pursue a positive direction. Quotations aid to break negative thinking and, in turn, motivate a student’s self-confidence. Students navigate through potential learning strategies to identify an appropriate career path. This path is intended to…

TIME is running out for Chelsea to salvage something from their season as they prepare to visit Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, but the Blues’ record against their London rivals will give coach Graham Potter hope that a much-needed win is on the horizon. Despite their record January transfer window spending of around £300-million, Chelsea have won one of their last 10 matches in all competitions. They sit 10th in the Premier League standings, 11 points behind Spurs in fourth place, albeit with a game in hand. The major problem Potter is having to deal with is a lack of goals. While Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has scored 13 times in all competitions so far in the calendar year, Chelsea’s misfiring players have mustered just four between them. A visit to…

THE Springboks ended 2022 with two emphatic wins over Italy and England, but the base for their 2023 Rugby World Cup strategy was arguably established in the defeat to France. The defending champions – well, 14 players, along with management – have gathered in Cape Town for a three-week “physical and development camp” until March 10, and were hard at work during training at Rondebosch Boys’ High. Bok coach Jacques Nienaber said the main reason for bringing the group together was that many of these players hadn’t really had a break since the 2021 British and Irish Lions series. The likes of Eben Etzebeth and Frans Malherbe got married and had brief honeymoons recently, and others such as captain Siya Kolisi, Damian Willemse and Steven Kitshoff have also enjoyed some…

THERE was more drama in the embattled Lions camp yesterday after a scheduled team announcement and press conference were cancelled ahead of Saturday’s United Rugby Championship clash against the Glasgow Warriors. The Johannesburg side have been having a rough time of it on and off the field in recent months, with a chaotic trip to France highlighted by the players reportedly having to eat hotdogs in Paris and do their own laundry near their hotel before facing Stade Francais in the Challenge Cup. The Lions also had to play that match in their training jerseys – and had to ask Stade for assistance in having their numbers printed on the back – as their usual match jerseys were not available, and they subsequently lost 17-7. Head coach Ivan van Rooyen…