Table of contents for 2022-03-24 in Star

Edward West edward.west@inl.co.za THE MAJOR banks have ticked some of the boxes on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures’ (TCFD) detailed guidance but have ignored many of the recommended elements of reporting. This was according to the latest investor briefing by non-profit shareholder activism organisation Just Share, on an analysis by them of the most recent climate risk-related disclosures of Investec, FirstRand, Standard Bank Group, Nedbank Group and Absa Group, and assessing them against the recommendations of the TCFD. The TCFD, created in 2015, is a consistent climate-related financial risk disclosure standard for use by companies, banks and investors in providing information to stakeholders. “Recognising that all five banks are still in the early stages of TCFD reporting, we have highlighted what we believe to be the most important…

GIVEN MAJOLA given.majola@inl.co.za FINANCIAL organisations needed to work with vendors and partners committed to cross-vendor openness and integration to bolster their efforts to thwart cybercrimes, according to cybersecurity company Fortinet. Fortinet Field CISO - EMEA Ricardo Ferreira said that when vendors worked together across the threat landscape, the sum of their products was greater than the individual parts, thereby deepening their level of cyberprotection. “Digital acceleration is essential for competing in today’s financial marketplace. However, it doesn’t come without risk. First, ensure employees are trained and reskilled in the organisation's technologies. “Second, share data with industry peers to learn best practices and identify potential issues. Transaction Monitoring Netherlands (TMNL) is an excellent example of transaction data sharing to mitigate Anti-Money Laundering (AML),” Ferreira said. The firm said that the top three…

Oluthando Keteyi oluthando.keteyi@inl.co.za Local media personality Dineo Ranaka is celebrating being a divorced woman. Taking to her Instagram account, the Metro FM presenter shared a post that had several memes joking about divorce. In her caption, it was a full on celebration, as she wrote her thoughts on the process of divorce. “DIVORCE: Was it worth it? F**K YEAH!!!!!!” she wrote. Amapiano vocalist Lady Du suggested that they throw a party and the Dineo’s Diary star was in full agreement. In January last year, Dineo surprised fans when she announced she had married with her new surname, Ranaka-Pesha, appearing on the end credit of the TV show Mzali Wam. However, just months into their marriage, Dineo revealed that her marriage had ended. On her IG stories she shared a quote…

Victim started dating the fictitious man who went by the name of Allen Grey Jonisayi Maromo jonisayi.maromo@inl.co.za Two women, Omotese Ebor, 40, and Fortune Nomfusi, 31, have been arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in a major breakthrough following a “romance scam” in which a woman was swindled out of almost R2 million. “The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in Gauteng is pleased with the breakthrough regarding the online dating scam in the country which resulted in an additional arrest on Sunday, March 20, in Sandton,” said Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu. It is alleged that between December 2016 and January 2018, the unsuspecting woman met a “potential partner” on social media who introduced himself as “Mr Allen Grey”, who claimed to be a prominent businessman…

JUST over two years ago, on March 15, 2020, the country declared a national state of disaster to try to handle and ameliorate the severity of the Covid-19 outbreak. On April 29 that year, the minister of employment and labour published a direction on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in the workplace. The measures were put in place to try to stem the tide of the pandemic. Covid-19 affected the world and every country tried its utmost to protect their citizens. The regulations, as outlined by the Labour Ministry, were made compulsory for businesses. The regulations outlined the reasonable and practical steps that management had to take in the working environment. They entailed mask wearing, physical distancing, sanitising and isolating those who displayed symptoms or who were Covid-19 positive. Some…

Zelda Venter zelda.venter@inl.co.za AN INMATE at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria, who alleged that he was kicked and punched during an early-hours raid on his cell, has lost his claim for damages against the Department of Correctional Services. Jerry Mathibela said Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola should be held vicariously liable for the damage he suffered. Mathibela, in turning to the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, testified that he was assaulted and tortured by masked prison wardens. According to him, he was kicked with booted feet and hit with open hands. On January 12, 2019, several members of the department’s task force team conducted a surprise search. Mathibela was found in possession of a cellphone, which was confiscated. According to him, he was woken…

On eNCA News (March 21, Human Rights Day) there was a report from Dikidikini, a rural village in the Eastern Cape, where people needing to cross a fast-flowing river for daily shopping have to get into a sealed barrel. Reports by eNCA on the same day, as well as radio talk shows, highlighted the appalling state of pit latrines in more than 1 600 rural schools that have seen children falling and drowning in these cesspools which are holes in the ground filled with faeces, no lighting or water, and permeated with a disgusting stench! Does the ANC have no shame? Is this the “Better Life for All” as promised by the ANC? Rather than be concerned with the plight of the poor having to use pit latrines and sealed…

MOHAMED SAEED | Pietermaritzburg THE harmful effects and risks of nicotine and dangers of addiction and second-hand smoke are well known. According to Johns Hopkins researchers “Vaping could lead to diabetes”. Similarly, the Canadian Paediatric Society believes vaping is not harmless as there is still a risk of being exposed to other harmful chemicals, including nicotine. The increased use of e-cigarettes, vape pens and tobacco products by teenagers and young adults is also a matter of great concern to all schools and learning institutions. Schools and parents/guardians need to engage with the youth about the dangerous impact of using tobacco products including e-cigarettes. As a community, we need to work towards changing the mindsets about e-cigarettes and not live with the mistaken belief that it is not truly smoking. Children…

Sifisio Ndaba The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is seen by many as a panacea for boosting intra-continental trade. However, others have raised reservations about the purported benefits of AfCFTA owing to the high levels of inequality that exist between the member states. According to the International Trade Centre, AfCFTA is the largest free trade area by membership. It will connect 1.3 billion people across the 55 African countries. AfCFTA will provide businesses operating in the member states with new markets for their products and services. The main tenet of the free trade agreement is that goods can be moved without imposing tariffs, to introduce competition, increase efficiency in the production of goods, and lower the price of goods and services for consumers in these countries. The African economy…

PEOPLE gathered this week in Kingston, Jamaica, to protest against the visit of Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, to the former British colony and demanded that the monarchy apologise for its role in the slave trade. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in the capital as part of a trip to the Caribbean in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The visit comes amid calls for Jamaica to follow Barbados and become a republic by ditching the queen as head of state. | AFP…

MIHLALI BALEKA mihlali.baleka@inl.co.za WHILE other sports have welcomed the decision to allow 50% attendance at matches, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) appears to be in no rush to let the fans know when will they once again enjoy “the beautiful game”. South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan told the federation’s media department yesterday that “we are very happy” and “welcome the decision” to reopen the stadiums. On the other hand, the PSL was non-commital. In a press release, seen by Independent Media, from acting chief executive Mato Madlala to their members, she said: “The existing protocols will remain in place until varied (sic) by the executive committee.” A meeting is set for Monday when they will “consider the extent to which the league Covid-19 Regulations can or should…

Stuart Hess stuart.hess@inl.co.za ZUBAYR Hamza has agreed to a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a prohibited substance. The 26-year-old Hamza returned the positive test in January for the banned diuretic Furosemide. While the drug is described as not being a performance enhancer, it is prohibited according to the World Anti-Doping Association. Furosemide is used to treat edema (the build-up of fluid) and hypertension. According to a statement by Cricket South Africa yesterday, Hamza is not disputing the positive test and is co-operating fully with the ICC, with part of that agreement that he agree to a voluntary suspension commencing immediately while written submissions are presented to the ICC. Hamza has played six Test matches and one one-day international for the Proteas. He made his Test debut in India in…

A trust is a useful tool to utilise in a divorce settlement, whereby a divorce settlement can be transferred into a trust and be applied for the benefit of typically minor children and a spouse. Similarly, one can ring-fence a maintenance obligation post-death in a trust. When you are divorced, the Divorce Act – and not the Maintenance of the Surviving Spouses Act – applies, whereby maintenance does not extend beyond the death of the maintenance payer unless the divorce order states that it applies. Assets put in trust in settlement of an obligation A trust is a useful tool to utilise in a divorce settlement, whereby a divorce settlement can be transferred into a trust and be applied for the benefit of typically minor children and a spouse. If…

Shingai Darangwa Focalistic, Major League and Makhadzi have been nominated in the Favourite African Star category at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The trio are joined by Nigerian superstar singer Tems and South African coach Pitso Mosimane, who coaches Egyptian giants Al Ahly. “The slimiest, surprisiest award show is back! Here to present your #KCA nominees for Fave African Star is @LeraiRakoditsoe. Your nominees for Favourite African Star: @FOCALISTIC, @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ, @MakhadziSA, @TheRealPitso, and @temsbaby,” the channel tweeted. Focalistic has been having a great year as he continues to ride the momentum of his global hit with Davido, Champion Sound. Pitori Maradona, as he’s known to his fans, has been touring the world and spreading the amapiano movement as much as anyone else in the genre this year. “Nominated as @Nickelodeon…

Shingai Darangwa This weekend, we were treated to a new chapter in the long-running feud between rapper Cassper Nyovest and AKA. The latest twar between the two was sparked on Friday evening when Cassper responded to a fan probing when he’d be fighting AKA. “He doesn’t have the balls to come see me in the ring,” Cassper responded. “Plain and simple. I would love to give him a hiding!” AKA took exception to this and responded: “Your dad had a ‘dream’ remember,” referencing a tweet from last year in which Cassper had said his dad had asked him to let it go. “When I really wanted to fight AKA he kept running and making excuses. Then the unfortunate happened and its just not a good look to fight him now.…

Bongani Nkosi bongani.nkosi@inl.co.za A JOHANNESBURG man has lost his court bid to maintain contact with, and care for, a 4-year-old child of an ex-girlfriend. The 55-year-old chartered accountant, who has no biological children, ultimately sought joint guardianship with the mother to the child he did not biologically father. He brought an application at the South Gauteng High Court. A judge dismissed his application as “misguided”. The man’s grounds were that he had grown too close to the boy, identified as B for legal reasons, and had thus far been involved in his upbringing. “As B grew older we became inseparable. A close and loving bond had formed between us,” he stated in court papers. “When B started talking one of his first words were ‘dada’. He wanted to shadow me…

CHULUMANCO MAHAMBA chulumanco.mahamba@inl.co.za THE Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and Wits University have launched a youth democracy education and registration campaign. The IEC and the university have embarked on a partnership with the youth at tertiary institutions to grow youth participation in electoral democracy and encourage them to register to vote. The voter education campaign was launched on the steps of the Wits Great Hall and attended by students, the IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo, the Wits University Dean of Students, Jerome September, and the leadership of the Students Representative Council (SRC). “The campaign is designed to encourage students to be active, engaged and responsible citizens of South Africa’s democracy, as well as make it easier for university students to go online and register to vote,” said the…

Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH 66 million lives have been saved since 2000, the Covid-19 pandemic has reversed those gains and, for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased. Ongoing conflicts across Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East have exacerbated the situation for vulnerable populations. On World TB Day yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Global spending on TB diagnostics, treatments and prevention in 2020 were less than half of the global target of $13 billion (R191bn) annually by 2022. For research and development, an extra $1.1bn (R16bn) per year is needed. “Urgent investments are needed to develop and expand access to the most innovative services and tools to prevent,…

Tapiwa Muskwe | London It’s disgraceful that Zimbabwe is not going to celebrate World Water Day. Water in Zimbabwe is unsafe to drink because there are no chemicals for treatment and it is causing an outbreak of water borne diseases like cholera, typhoid and bilharzia. People are releasing their waste near and inside the rivers and others are accidentally drinking contaminated water. Hospitals in Rusape, about 170km from Harare, are washing hospital blankets and sick people’s clothes which is not even safe because there is water shortage in the country. Pipelines in urban areas need to be renewed since there are now vintage pipes and many of the them are full of rust. This shows that the corrupt Zanu-PF government is reckless when it comes to protecting and…

JOHN Whitlock | Germiston War crimes are listed as wilful killing, torture, rape, hostage-taking, unlawful deportation, using starvation as a weapon, chemical and biological warfare, attacking non-military and civilian targets, hospitals, schools and places where the sick and wounded are gathered. Putin’s invasion ticks most, if not all, of the above atrocities. Putin can also be accused of a crime of aggression. The International Criminal Court has already begun its investigation of war crimes against Putin. Karim Khan, a top international prosecutor, has already met with Ukraine’s foreign minister and has had virtual talks with President Zelenskyy. CNN is compiling a dossier of evidence to be used against Putin. The Syrian Civil War was instigated by pro-democracy protesters against President Bashar al-Assad, a repressive ruler who used deadly…

A Dutch court yesterday rejected a case brought by four Nigerian widows against oil giant Shell over their husbands’ execution by the military regime that ruled their country in the 1990s. They accused Shell of involvement in the arrest, detention, prosecution and execution of their husbands, who opposed its exploitation of oil resources in Ogoni. The widows alleged Shell had corrupted witnesses in the trial of the Ogoni 9, who were convicted by a military tribunal over the murder of four Ogoni leaders. | AFP…

Almost 100 000 people are trapped by Russian bombardment and facing starvation in the ruins of Mariupol, Ukraine’s leader said, as Moscow accused Washington of undermining peace talks. Tens of thousands of residents have already fled the besieged southern port city, bringing harrowing testimony of a “freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings”, according to Human Rights Watch. As the UN demanded Russia end its “absurd” and “unwinnable” war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was yesterday delivering a message of defiance to the Japanese and French parliaments. Nearly a month on since Russia invaded Ukraine, stop-start peace talks have agreed on daily humanitarian corridors for refugees, and Ukraine says it is willing to countenance some Russian demands subject to a national referendum. But it has refused to bow to…

STUART HESS stuart.hess@inl.co.za BANGLADESH claimed a major slice of history yesterday when they won a series in South Africa for the first time. The Tigers, roared on by a large group of enthusiastic expats at SuperSport Park, delivered an inspired one-day international performance, led by the magnificent Taskin Ahmed, to crush the home team and claim a thoroughly deserved victory and 2-1 series success. For the Proteas, there will be plenty of soul-searching. They were inconsistent with bat and ball, and generally poor in the field, continuing a trend in South African cricket that has become glaringly apparent this summer and needs to be urgently addressed. The bowlers, after failing to make an early breakthrough in the first ODI, lacked the necessary strategies and execution to lock down the Bangladesh…

MATSHELANE MAMABOLO QUEEN Mofokeng strikes you as being somewhat combative, frustrated and even angry. It is because of this first impression that many feel she is not suitable for the presidential position of Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) that she is running for. But beneath the seeming anger and frustration of the Khomanani AC chairperson, lies a steely desire to see athletics in the region being transformed and athletes being made a priority. Mofokeng is contesting the lead position of Athletics South Africa's biggest region against four other candidates in the rescheduled elections in Germiston on Saturday. And while her call for transformation has not been well received, she is not going to be swayed. At the failed elections a fortnight ago, Mofokeng was vocal in questioning outgoing president James Moloi…

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will host the fourth South Africa Investment Conference today, as the government places more emphasis on public-private partnerships to generate economic growth post Covid-19. Naspers chief executive Phuthi Maha- nyele-Dabengwa yesterday welcomed the business-friendly tone of the investment conference. “In order to fully drive confidence, it is critical that business leaders and policymakers work together to create a consistent policy environment that encourages investment and supports local innovation, where South African tech companies and talent can thrive,” she said. The conference is in line with South Africa’s commitment to raise R1.2 trillion in five years in a bid to boost eco- nomic growth and stimulate employment. Since the first investment conference in 2018, South Africa has attracted R770 billion in commitments across…

GIVEN MAJOLA given.majola@inl.co.za GLOBAL smart-device manufacturer Oppo is partnering with South Africa 5G and data-only network operator rain to offer customers its new 5G CPE routers. Oppo said yesterday it had ex- panded its product range in South Africa with the Oppo 5G CPE T1a router, as it continues to grow its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio. Oppo South Africa’s Head of Operations & Go-to Markets, Liam Faurie, said that at Oppo they continued to build their IoT product range as well as their ecosystem. “We will continue to combine cutting-edge technologies with aesthetically appealing designs. 5G is a foundational component of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Oppo will continue to bring in 5G products to ensure smoother and faster connections,” Faurie said. Oppo said this would be available exclusively…

Bang Showbiz Angela Bassett says the sequel to Black Panther will be better than the first movie but teases fans that she can’t say anything else about it. The 63-year-old actress stars as Ramonda, the Queen Mother of Wakanda in upcoming superhero film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – which follows on from the multi-Oscar winning 2018 movie – and promised fans that while she cannot reveal specific details, that the flick will “top” its predecessor. She said: “It will be amazing. Our writer and director Ryan Coogler is the perfect leader. It’s gonna be amazing. It’s gonna top (the first) one. Can I say that?!” However, the 9-1-1 actress – who stars alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Martin Freeman in what has become the 30th film in the Marvel…

CHULUMANCO MAHAMBA chulumanco.mahamba@inl.co.za NON-PROFIT organisation Section27 is taking education authorities to court for failing two North West learners who survived sexual assault. Section27 is representing the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and the parents of two learners, who were sexually assaulted while at school. One learner was allegedly raped by a school caretaker in 2015 and two years later, the same caretaker allegedly sexually assaulted that learner’s younger sibling. According to Section27, for years no action was taken against the alleged perpetrator, who continued to be employed by the School Governing Body (SGB) at the school and therefore continued to pose a risk to other learners at the school. “The parents of the learner reported the rape of their child to the school principal, but the alleged perpetrator was…

BONGANI NKOSI bongani.nkosi@inl.co.za THE teachers brutally killed in their rented room in Ga-Rankuwa have been described as the best of friends whose personalities touched everyone at Lekgalong Primary School. Brenda Kgatitsoe and Vuyile Mkhize became close friends soon after their employment in February last year. They were shot dead, allegedly by a boyfriend of one of them. He also shot himself dead in the room located in Ga-Rankuwa zone 1. Kgatitsoe and Mkhize were appointed permanent teachers last June after impressing management and the school governing body at Lekgalong. Kgatitsoe, from Winterveld, taught subjects including Setswana. Mkhize, originally from KwaZulu-Natal, taught mathematics and technology. “They were the best of friends and inseparable. At times they would wear matching clothes,” an insider at Lekgalong said yesterday. Their fellow young teachers and…

Mashudu Sadike mashudu.sadike@inl.co.za DISTRIBUTION contractors hired by South African Breweries (SAB) have accused the company of racially profiling them when renewing contracts. The company recently shed six black contractors doing inter-depot movement logistics around the country. A source, who is one of the transporters whose contract was terminated, said all six distributors who were fired were replaced by “white companies”. He was speaking on condition of anonymity “in case of reprisals”. He said: “The issue here is that SAB has decided to stop all black transporters and replace them with white transporters only. No reason for the action was provided to black transporters. “Some of the black transporters have been doing this work for about five years with SAB without long-term contracts, meaning working on a month-to-month contract basis for…

MWANGI GITHAHU mwangi.githahu@inl.co.za A DIGITAL version of the original 1961 warrant of arrest for Nelson Mandela will be going on auction on Saturday, 61 years after it was first issued. The precious document has been tokenized into a non-fungible token (NFT) by Momint – an African-based company that provides a social marketplace for NFTs – and is being auctioned off as part of fund-raising efforts in aid of the Liliesleaf Farm Museum. NFTs are built using the same kind of programming as cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, however NFTs each have a digital signature that makes it impossible for them to be exchanged for another, making them non-fungible. The museum, which recently received a R7 million bailout from the National Treasury after reports that the institution was cash-strapped, served as…

Staff Reporter CHILDREN who struggle to read by the age of 13 are highly likely to drop out of school, which has catastrophic implications for their prospects and South Africa’s future. Cape Town-based NGO Hands of Love have stepped in to improve literacy among the youth through a book donation drive called #Read2Succeed. The drive will target parents, good Samaritans, local businesses and bookstores to join the effort to collect and distribute as many books as possible for the underprivileged children, and to work towards developing reading corners and libraries in local schools. This will hopefully make a dent in figures which shows 29% of South Africa’s children are illiterate. A recent survey conducted by Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) shows 8 out of 10 Grade 4 learners…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za AMAZINGLY, a Burmese cat named Kooks, who ended up travelling about 700km in a car from Cape Town to St Francis Bay, was reunited with her owner through the tracking of a Samsung bluetooth device and a community effort. Kooks’ owner Celeste Perry from Rondebosh said she noticed her five-year-old cat went missing last Saturday while she and her husband had been at work. “We had been working quite late and only realised on the Sunday that she had not been around for awhile. Her tag kept showing different locations around Rondebosch near to where we live and everywhere we checked we couldn’t trace her. “I was starting to get worried that she had tried to cross that road and she’s not used to wandering, she’s a…

THYAGARAJ MARKANDAN | Kloof Russian President Vladimir Putin staged a massive rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium to mark the 8th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. Thousands of state employees and students were bussed in to attend the celebrations. In his address, Putin said the Russian army had gone into Ukraine on a humanitarian mission to save the Russian people from genocide. What a consummate liar he is. He believes he has a religious obligation to the Ukrainian people. Ukraine had become a morally decadent society breeding Neo-Nazis and drug addicts and, like the angry God in the Old Testament who rained down fire and brimstone on the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, he must do the same – reduce Kyiv and Mariupol to ashes. What a…

Dr Thabisi Hoeane | Pretoria NOW and then, the PAC raises complaints that it has cadres of its former military wing, Apla, in prison for having fought apartheid. Its call is increasingly being taken up by the EFF. The EFF recently raised it again, at the commemoration of Human Rights Day. It would be disturbing, downright scandalous and a serious travesty of justice if, in this democratic dispensation, close to 30 years after liberation, there are political prisoners in jail for having opposed apartheid. But there is a disturbing subtext to this issue which raises serious questions. Who, when, for what and where are these political prisoners the PAC and EFF are referring to? There is no tangible information being offered to substantiate the accusation. Far more seriously, has the…

AMID the confusion and war-torn chaos, the Ukraine crisis exposes uncomfortable truths, and among others, what I call a “hierarchy of selective racial compassion syndrome”. In plain English, it means that some suffering, especially of the white race, deserves more appreciation and attention than others and must be ranked higher. In other words, it is a form of preferential treatment for white pains elevated above other races. Agonising Ukrainian whites must be worthy of higher pity. So says the media. Astonishingly, much of the shocking expressions of public displays of hierarchical selective racial compassion syndromes are clumsily and shamelessly expressed by a long list of mainstream Western media journalists covering the crisis. Lucy Watson, an ITV News correspondent, in an emotional outburst said: “The unthinkable has happened… this is not…

A large tornado has destroyed multiple homes and claimed at least one life as it ripped through the US city of New Orleans and its suburbs, local authorities said. At least one person was killed in Arabi, a New Orleans suburb, police said. Search and rescue efforts were under way, and officials said there was “heavy damage to multiple structures”. The tornado also knocked out power for thousands in southern Louisiana. The tornado was produced by a line of storms working its way across the southern US. | AFP…

ESHLIN VEDAN eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za BAFANA Bafana coach Hugo Broos is choosing to view the learning process that will occur in the friendly internationals against Guinea and France as being more important than the results of the games. Bafana first take on Guinea in Belgium tomorrow before coming up against world champions France on Tuesday. “The players will be motivated against France. We don’t have the chance everyday to play against the world champions. I’ve heard that it will be a full stadium. There will be a lot of interest and the players from South Africa can aim to show something,” said Broos. Since taking charge of Bafana, the one big change made by Broos to the fabric of the national team has been his decision to not select more senior players.…

BRITTNEY Griner’s arrest and imprisonment in Russia provides a salient example of the challenges Cricket South Africa face in trying to make the women’s game an entity from which the organisation can profit. How? Leaving aside the wider geopolitical elements involved in Griner’s recent arrest in Russia for alleged possession of vape cartridges containing oil derived from marijuana, there is the question of why she was playing in Russia in the first place. Griner is one of the world’s best women’s basketball players. A national collegiate champion in 2012, WNBA champion in 2014, four-time EuroLeague champion, two-time Olympic gold medallist, and twice a world champion with the USA national team are just a few of her highlights. But Griner can’t live on the salary she makes in the US, where…