Table of contents for 2021-10-15 in Cape Times

Chevon Booysen Chevon.booysen@inl.co.za A SECTION of Radie Kotze Hospital in Piketberg has been closed indefinitely and its emergency centre moved, after a precautionary evacuation due to roof structural concerns this week. This after a routine inspection found that a section of the roof at the main facility was not structurally sound. Five patients had to be transferred to neighbouring facilities, including Lapa Munnik Hospital in Porterville, Vredenburg Hospital, Citrusdal Hospital and Swartland Hospital in Malmesbury. Two patients were discharged and the remaining patients moved to a different ward at the Radie Kotze Hospital. Provincial health spokesperson for the West Coast District and Paarl Hospital, Leensie Lötter, confirmed the evacuation on Tuesday. “The evacuation took place as a precautionary measure and no incidents or injuries were reported before, during or after…

Nicola Daniels and Siphokazi Vuso MORE than 8 000 health-care workers in the province remain unvaccinated against Covid-19. Provincial health department spokesperson Mark van der Heever said there were 34 407 health workers in the province, including both clinical and administrative staff and, as of October 14, 26 278 staff had been vaccinated. Van der Heever said the balance of the staff “have not yet taken up vaccination”. “There does not seem to be one specific cause for not being vaccinated, but through various research the public has identified misinformation about the vaccine as influencing their decision to be vaccinated. This applies to health staff as well. “We have vaccinated more than 70% of all staff in all categories, except in the admin staff category (64.1%),” Van der Heever said.…

| Orielle Berry Veggielicious Mokgadi Itsweng Loot.co.za (R275) Human and Rousseau FOR anyone who still thinks a plate of food is not complete without the addition of meat, chicken or fish, think again. Mokgadi Itsweng’s visually appealing book proves that one can not only have all the colours of a rainbow on a dish, but that it can be delicious and good for you. Just flipping through the book makes you want to eat right off the pages. Subtitled, Plant-forward recipes from the garden of my dreams, like most cookbooks there is a back story and, as Itsweng says, in the introduction, her love affair with food began when she was born. True story – she was born premature and overfed in her fledgling years. Then as a teen…

| OWN Correspondent FOOD THAT LOVES YOU BACK Amerae Vercueil Loot.co.za (R295) Penguin Random House PLANT-based eating is more than just putting vegetables on your plate. It offers the opportunity to experiment with different flavours and textures, and discover how a single vegetable can be transformed into a multitude of nourishing and tasty meals. Amerae Vercueil has used her many talents to produce a book that will appeal to vegans and vegetarians looking for something different, as well as anyone who simply wants to add more veggies to their diet. Based on recipes that she enjoys cooking and eating, Food That Loves You Back presents popular veggies in a way that will inspire you to go beyond “meat-free Mondays”. If you’ve ever wondered what to do with Brussels sprouts,…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za A TALENTED soccer player from Manenberg has been selected for trials in Slovenia and is raising funds to make the life-changing opportunity a reality. Raven Adams was selected to join a squad of 18 from the Belmont Spurs Football Club on a ten-day trial camp in Slovenia that will see the group show off their skills with several scouts and coaches watching. For the 21-year-old whose dream is to make soccer his professional career, this could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Adams has been playing street soccer since the age of six, his mother Helena Adams, 51, said. “There is constant gang violence in this area. They are always at war. My child is either busy with the soccer clubs or he sits in the house,…

Odwa Mkentane odwa.mkentane@inl.co.za TWO newborn babies have been found dead within two days, with the latest body discovered in a field in Browns Farm, Philippi, on Wednesday. The day before, a baby was found at a Langa dumping site. Police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk said no arrests have been made in the latest incident. “An inquest case was opened at Nyanga SAPS after a foetus was discovered (Wednesday) morning by a passer-by, who immediately informed the police in Nkelekethe Road in Browns Farm,” said Van Wyk. Police are also investigating a case of concealment of birth in the Langa case. “Police responded to a complaint on Tuesday, at about 11.20am in Moffati Street. Upon arrival at the scene they found the body of a newborn baby girl on a dumping…

Dan Plato | Executive Mayor of Cape Town MR VAN Wyk’s letter regarding this past weekend’s anti-vaccination protest in Sea Point refers. It must be clarified that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is a national government competency, and as such neither the City of Cape Town, nor Western Cape Government has any operational control over them. The Western Cape government does however have an oversight role over policing, and should Mr Van Wyk wish to make a complaint about their conduct, I would advise that he contacts the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, who are mandated to investigate complaints against the SAPS. Complaints can be sent to ombudsman@wcpo.gov.za The City of Cape Town has joined calls made by Western Cape government to end the national lockdown and ongoing…

Jemima Botand | Heathfield High School pupil REMOVING our principal Mr Neumann is punishing us students of Heathfield High. What is our school without Mr Neumann as our principal? It’s a school without a fence, windows, textbooks, clean toilets and an unsafe environment to learn. Apart from equipment, it’s a school without love and peace. Why are his great deeds forgotten and covered with hatred? I know our principal is suitable for our school, for there is no one who could have brought changes in our school like our principal did. Is it wrong to care for students by keeping them safe? If we were not safe and got sick or affected it would have been another case but because he loves us and cares, he ensured that…

Michael Beaumont I CANNOT say that I was shocked when I learnt of the DA pumping millions of rands into radio adverts attacking ActionSA, and it’s leader, Herman Mashaba. It was probably the exact moment, in a long series of moments, that demonstrated how the DA has completed its complete regression back to being the Democratic Party (DP). The DA of 2016 saw its purpose as uniting South Africans behind the vision of being an alternative to the ANC. It caused the ANC sleepless nights as its efforts to diversify its leadership saw it making real gains in ANC strongholds. The DP saw its purpose to consolidate the opposition vote to become a stronger opposition party itself. Its primary electoral target was not the ANC, it was the National…

President’s supposed commitment to improving relations with Algeria seems a ruse MOST colonial occupiers shared the common racist and superior notion that before their arrival, their colonial subjects lacked a sense of nationhood or civility. It is the most despicable form of colonial hubris which should have been relegated to the dustbin of history when the colonial curtain lifted from Africa. With the passage of time, one would have thought such notions were no longer acceptable and would be treated with the contempt they deserve. Which is what makes the remarks of French President Emmanuel Macron last weekend all the more baffling. This is a president who entered office calling colonialism a crime against humanity, and admitted to the use of torture by the French colonial state in Algeria. But…

LOS ANGELES: Nicki Minaj “went for the jugular” during her interview with the cast of The Real Housewives of Potomac. The 38-year-old rap star has interviewed the show’s cast – which included Karen Huger, Gizelle Bryant, Robyn Dixon, Wendy Osefo, Ashley Darby, Mia Thornton and Candiace Dillard – for a reunion special, and Nicki has revealed she held nothing back during their chat. The Anaconda hitmaker said on Instagram: “I saw something that said I went hard on Candiace. I think I went hard on everybody equally. They’re tough girls on that show. I normally know who I can be like that with, and I could tell that they were tough enough to allow me to be tough with them. I think I kind of went for the jugular with…

Marseille: French authorities have found the decapitated body of a woman aged 77 at her home in a southern resort, police said yesterday. A police source said the authorities were not looking at terrorism as an explanation. The body of the woman was found in the Mediterranean resort of Agde in the Herault region, the source said. Police had visited the woman’s home after her son raised concerns that he had not heard from her. According to another source, the victim’s head was on a table next to the body. There was no sign of a break-in. The outside gate was closed and the front door was unlocked.…

LA PALMA: More people were forced to leave their homes on Wednesday evening as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma threatened to engulf another neighbourhood. With no end in sight to the eruption, which is in its fourth week, authorities expected the lava flow to advance to the northwest, beyond the boundary of the evacuated area. Lava from the eruption has laid waste to nearly 600 hectares in total, destroying about 1 500 houses and other buildings, including a cement plant that gave off toxic fumes earlier in the week, as well as devouring banana and avocado plantations, authorities said.…

Zaahier Adams zaahier.adams@inl.co.za STELLENBOSCH FC coach Steve Barker expects to face a resurgent Swallows FC team at Dobsonville this weekend. Swallows have endured a miserable start to the season, both on and off the field, with the Dube Birds winning just one league match thus far as they languish in 14th place on the log. Furthermore, they have conceded seven goals in their last two games under the mentorship of caretaker coach Simo Dladla, while head coach Brandon Truter was placed on leave for a fortnight. In contrast, Stellies are riding a wave of success, and are currently joint-second on the log and benefiting from the stability of having Barker as the longest-serving coach of the same team in the league. Truter has, however, returned to the helm of the…

IS anyone else getting Ernst Blofeld-vibes from Gianni Infantino, more so recently than normally? The head of Fifa has a new-but-old idea stuck in his head and has been talking it up in a massive PR push to win over the organisation’s members, various continental powerblocks, clubs and fans. Infantino is insisting on a biennial World Cup, saying this week that: “The prestige of an event depends on its quality, not it’s frequency. You have the Super Bowl every year, Wimbledon or the Champions League every year, and everyone is excited and waiting for it.” Eww… One could counter-argue easily with “too much of a good thing can be bad,” and when it comes to the World Cup – any World Cup – less is certainly more. Admittedly, it might…

Sihle Mavuso sihle.mavuso@inl.co.za FORMER president Jacob Zuma has continued to criticise former public protector Thuli Madonsela and Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, placing the blame for his arrest in early July, squarely on their shoulders. An unrepentant Zuma yesterday addressed his supporters via a Facebook feed from Nkandla after failing to show up at his welcome home rally and prayer staged at the People’s Park in Durban. He insisted that the Constitutional Court “majority judgment is bad in law” and he was “unconstitutionally” jailed. For his non-appearance in person at the well-attended rally, Zuma cited “known reasons” – his ill-health, which saw him released on medical parole on September 5, two months into a 15-month contempt of the Concourt sentence. Kicking off his speech, Zuma insisted that he was a…

Sithandiwe Velaphi and Tarryn-Leigh Solomons UNDER-FIRE Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane fears he may be expected to step aside as the premier and chairperson of the ANC in the province should he be charged. That’s one of the grounds he cited in his application to the Bhisho High Court to halt the Hawks’ probe into him. His application comes as pressure is mounting for him to step aside after Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released a scathing report on him. She found that Mabuyane had “improperly” benefited from R450 000 of a R1.1 million fund from the Winnie Madikizela Mandela Local Municipality. The money was meant to ferry mourners to a memorial service for Madikizela-Mandela. Mabuyane has indicated he will take the findings to a judicial review.He brought an…

Reviewer: Jennifer Crocker Wayfarers’ Hymns Zakes Mda Loot.co.za (R215) UMUZI ZAKES Mda is one of the most brilliant writers, but he is more than that, he also writes plays, is a poet and an artist. In Wayfarers’ Hymns he takes us on a journey from a village in Lesotho to Johannesburg, the City of Gold, with a stopover in the Free State. Boy-child, the main protagonist, is a wandering singer of hymns, hymns in this case not to be confused with church music, but rather the stuff of Famo music, a genre that communicates the very stuff of life. Boy-child has a concertina and aims to become a kheleke, a master of the genre, a revered one. His hymns are dedicated to his sister “Moliehi, child of my mother”, a…

| OWN Correspondent A SLIMMER YOU COOKBOOK Regine Du Plessis Loot.co.za (R 272) PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE MANY people want to lose weight and are looking for the easiest way to do so. When it comes to weight-loss programmes, one of the excuses most frequently heard by dieticians is “I don’t know how to prepare the right meals”. In A Slimmer You Cookbook, the author presents recipes for 1 000-kilojoule meals to suit individual preferences, family circumstances and budgets. It demonstrates that by monitoring your portions you can achieve your goal of losing weight. But eating correctly is not just about following a recipe or meal plan; we need to understand how to balance daily food intake with physical activity levels and the role of carbs, among others.…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za AT LEAST 187 teachers in the Western Cape have been attacked inside the school premises over the last three years. A total of 94 incidents were reported in 2018, 73 in 2019 and 20 last year. The attacks, which varied from serious to minor, were perpetrated by other staff members, learners, and the general public. Since the start of this academic year, to date, nine incidents with one death of a teacher were reported. Thulani Manqoyi, a Grade 6 Heinz Park Primary School teacher in Philippi, was shot dead last month while sitting inside his car in the school parking lot. Spokesperson for Education MEC Debbie Schäfer, Kerry Mauchline, said of the nine cases reported this year, six were perpetrated by learners. “Three serious incidents in 2020…

Staff writer IN ONE day, 1 500 dead cormorants were collected in the Bergrivier Municipality region as authorities yesterday said they were on high alert over a suspected outbreak of avian influenza. Western Cape officials said the suspected outbreak of avian flu was among wild sea birds in the Bergrivier Municipality on the West Coast, as well as the Walker Bay area in the Overberg. All disaster nodes have been alerted and Bergrivier Municipality, both the Overberg and West Coast District municipalities and CapeNature have already deployed teams of officials to collect the dead and sick birds. Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell said: “This is a serious situation. We note that the deaths are occurring among endangered wild birds, including cormorants. Yesterday alone an estimated…

DARE we dream that Bafana Bafana can qualify for the 2022 Fifa World Cup? Yes, we can! The courageous performances from the South African national football team in beating Ethiopia twice in the World Cup qualifiers this past week has given fans renewed hope that Bafana will be on a plane to Doha next year. Talking about planes, memes going around on social media this week saw supporters looking for cheap flights from South Africa to Qatar next year. Such was the joy that emanated from the victories. Bafana are at the top of Group G, with 10 points, one ahead of Ghana, with two more matches to go – against Zimbabwe on November 11 in South Africa, and away to Ghana on November 14. Effectively, their fate is…

Decorated runner Agnes Jebet Tirop was found stabbed to death at her home in Kenya, according to police in that country’s Elgeyo Marakwet County. Police chief Tom Makori said a search was on for Tirop’s husband, who is considered a suspect in the case and was at large, according to the Associated Press. Makori said family members of Tirop’s husband told police he called them in a state of extreme agitation and asked for forgiveness related to an unspecified act. According to Reuters, Makori added that it appeared to police officers who arrived at the scene after Tirop’s father had reported her missing that Tirop had been stabbed in the neck with a knife. Tirop, 25, was a two-time World Championships bronze medalist in the 10 000 metres. She finished…

Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo has created haunting sculptures of slaves in a lake in memory of African ancestors who drowned as they were being transported across the Atlantic Ocean as slaves. His Ancestor Project portrays Africans who were imprisoned, kidnapped or coerced into slavery. According to BBC News Africa, using the ancient Akan tradition of creating portraits of the dead, Akoto-Bamfo wants to show people how great their community was before slavery. The Ancestor Project seeks to use art and performance to empower, educate and promote an interest in African heritage among the youth. Akoto-Bamfo created the pseudo-art movement. His outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in…

TEHRAN: Iran-backed forces in Syria said yesterday they would respond forcefully to an Israeli strike over Syria’s Palmyra area in the province of Homs on Wednesday evening, the second such strike within a week. Syria’s defence ministry said one soldier was killed in the attack that targeted a communications tower. Israel has kept silent about the strikes that came days after Damascus reported its air defences intercepted an Israeli missile attack above the Homs countryside, that wounded six Syrian soldiers. A statement by the so-called operations room of Syria’s Iran-backed allies said “we have taken a decision to respond to this attack … and the response will be very cruel”.…

TOKYO: Japan’s powerful lower house of parliament was dissolved yesterday in a formal step for an October 31 general election that could determine how long Prime Minister Fumio Kishida remains in office. The election comes a little more than three weeks after Kishida took office as prime minister. Any major loss of seats could undermine the premier’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s faith in his leadership, increasing the chances he’ll be dispatched through the “revolving door” that claimed six Japanese premiers between 2007-2012. He wants to maintain his ruling coalitions.…

Edward West edward.west@inl.co.za PSG GROUP’S investee companies put in a resilient performance in the six months to August with a 17 percent increase in the sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) value per share, and they were well positioned for another good second half performance, chief executive Piet Mouton said yesterday. The figure rose from R94.24 per share as at February 28, 2021, to R110.50 as at August 31. On October 8, the SOTP value per PSG Group share was R112.13. No interim dividend was declared compared with 164 cents declared at the interim stage last year. The underlying investments operate across a range of industries including financial services, education and food, and early-stage investments in select growth sectors. Some 80 percent of the SOTP is calculated using exchange-listed share prices,…

Sithandiwe Velaphi sithandiwe.velaphi@inl.co.za EASTERN Cape Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth has called on residents in Makana Local Municipality between the ages of 18 and 49 to be vaccinated, and emulate those aged 50 and older who are now fully vaccinated. This week, Meth announced “all residents” in the municipality aged 50 years and older were fully vaccinated, making the municipality the first in the province to achieve this milestone. Makana, one of the Eastern Cape’s tourist attractions known for hosting the annual National Arts Festival since 1974, is made up of Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), Alicedale and Riebeek East. Meth praised Makana’s older residents, who came in their thousands to get the “life-saving” jab. “Having the 50 years and older age group fully vaccinated means Makana, a popular tourism destination, bodes well…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za WITZENBERG resident Alida Pfeiffer was pregnant with her daughter, who is now 18 years old, when she applied for housing in the municipality. She and her family share a two-room shack with her two children. Now 38, Pfeiffer, is among scores of people, mostly farm workers, in the Prins Alfred Hamlet who have lost hope that their living conditions will change. It may still take years for her to get a house, after a recent project was illegally occupied. Witzenberg is about an hour and a half outside of Cape Town. Pfeiffer has never voted in her life and the upcoming local government elections on November 1 will not be any different for her. The Cape Times visited the community this week to hear about some of…

Mindful Eating Izelle Hoffman Loot.co.za (R256) Struik IZELLE Hoffman is on a mission to change perceptions about food and to increase awareness of the benefits of eating the right foods and choosing a life of health and wellness. Did you know, for instance, that the humble sweet potato contains anti-inflammatory properties and regulates blood sugar levels? And that raw honey isn’t simply a sweetener – it has antifungal and antiviral properties as well? In Mindful Eating, Izelle encourages you to rethink what you put in your body in a fun, healthy way, and demonstrates that living a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean that your diet needs to be boring. Packed with delicious, nutritious and deceptively simple recipes, Mindful Eating is more than just a cookbook. | OWN Correspondent…

Francesca Villette francesca.villette@inl.co.za THE Western Cape High Court hearing into the rights of landowners to remove invaders without a court order has been postponed to next month. After four days of hearings – one in which a recusal application was brought against Judge Hayley Slingers – the case was adjourned yesterday after argument was heard from the SAPS and the province. The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), EFF and the Housing Assembly want the court to extend a previous ruling which ordered that the demolition of homes cannot be carried out during the national lockdown. The case stems from the City’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit’s forceful removal of Bulelani Qolani from his shack while he was naked, last year. Qolani, like thousands of others, became newly homeless due to the…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za THE City has launched a probe into an alleged food poisoning incident after residents and children at Overcome Heights Informal settlement near Capricorn were rushed to hospital on Wednesday. This after residents were allegedly offered samp brought by an organisation offering humanitarian relief. Residents began experiencing stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting a few hours after eating the food. Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) spokesperson Deanna February said the incident involved 30 adults and 20 children. “A call for assistance came through to the Emergency Communications Centre at 8.28pm and EMS officials were dispatched to Overcome Heights informal settlement. Paramedics arrived at the scene and assisted patients who complained about severe abdominal cramps after they had ingested food that was handed out to them,” she said. She…

Nyaniso Qwesha | Wynberg WILL the ANC rise once more? That is a question that has been lingering in my mind recently. The question is rhetorical, but we can be thinking about it as we are approaching the upcoming local government elections. What has happened that made me think about this now? If we can turn back the clock and remind ourselves about the enthusiasm that we saw in 1994 about elections, in general, it is no longer in people. The lack of interest manifested in dwindling numbers of eligible voters declined for several reasons. In addition, this decline impacted the governing party failing to take control of major municipalities, especially in Gauteng and Eastern Cape. As I am writing now, I wonder if the loss in those municipalities resulted…

Themba Khoza | Department of Water and Sanitation ON OCTOBER 15 annually, the world comes together to highlight and remind people of the importance of proper handwashing through the Global Handwashing Day. Global Handwashing Day is a reminder for all citizens to regularly wash hands with soap and running water at critical times, especially after using the toilet, changing nappies, touching waste, before and after preparing food, and after touching any surfaces. Clean hands save lives. Handwashing with soap and water is an easy, effective and affordable way to prevent diseases. Handwashing with soap greatly reduces the transmission of a range of diseases. Handwashing with soap and water is a first-line of defence in preventing outbreaks and reducing the toll of both current and future pandemics. In our…

THE Chinese government released a white paper last month, ahead of the 72nd founding of the People’s Republic that documents China’s journey to moderate prosperity. It hopes that by sharing its modernisation experience with the rest of the world, it can promote a “common moderate prosperity” for all humanity. The term “xiaokang”, meaning moderate prosperity, has been a consistent aspiration of the Chinese nation since ancient times. The first recorded mention of the term was more than two millennia ago in the Book of Songs. More recently, the Chinese government has, via its national congresses and Five-Year Plans, set out a phased approach of achieving modernisation and common moderate prosperity. The first target was to double the size of the economy in 1980 by the end of the 1980s and…

THE EU will not accept London’s demands for an alternative arbitrator to settle post-Brexit disputes involving Northern Ireland, Dublin said yesterday after the EU offered other concessions. The EU proposed a host of proposals on Wednesday, including reduced customs checks and paperwork on British products intended for Northern Ireland, in a bid to solve problems caused by the Brexit deal last year. But there was no movement on what Britain says is one of its red lines: the role of the EU’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) as arbiter in any post-Brexit disputes involving the province. “There should not be a role for the ECJ in any part of the UK, including Northern Ireland,” British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said yesterday. But when asked by Britain’s Times Radio if the…

A group of anti-Trump Republicans yesterday endorsed a slate of Democratic lawmakers facing tough races in next year’s midterm elections, in a bid to stop the Republican Party from retaking control of Congress. The officials, dismayed that most elected Republicans now embrace former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, told Reuters they are also backing vulnerable Republicans, including Representative Liz Cheney, who have rejected Trump’s voter fraud allegations. The Renew America Movement (RAM), formed by centrist Republicans after a mob of Trump supporters stormed Congress on January 6 to try to stop lawmakers from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory, concedes that Trump and his conspiracy theories now have an iron grip on the party. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll from August, 30%…

Brussels: Five biracial women taken from their mothers in Congo 70 years ago demanded reparations from the Belgian state yesterday, which is accused of “crimes against humanity” for acts committed during the colonial era. Léa, Monique, Simone, Noëlle and Marie-Josée, who are now more than 70 years old, sued Belgium demanding reparations from central Africa’s former colonial power. The trial is the first in Belgium to shed light on the fate of biracial children born in the former Belgian colonies (DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), whose number is generally estimated at around 15 000, though there has never been an official count..…

Beirut: Tank deployments and deadly exchanges of fire turned Beirut into a war zone yesterday after a demonstration organised by Shia parties against the lead investigator into last year’s devastating port blast turned violent. Heavy fire rang out as ambulances rushed the wounded through the deserted streets, a few blocks from the Palace of Justice, where black-clad protesters had gathered moments earlier to demand Tarek Bitar’s removal. The judge has in recent days been in the sights of the Hezbollah and Amal parties in particular for insisting on subpoenaing top officials in his probe into the port blast. According to medics, at least six people were killed and 20 wounded by gunfire. Residents cowered in corridors away from windows, as some were shattered by the gunfire. Pictures circulating on…

Eshlin Vedan eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za BENNI McCarthy and AmaZulu face one of their biggest tests yet when they square off against Congolese giants TP Mazembe in a Caf Champions League second preliminary round first leg clash at Moses Mabhida Stadium today. Along with Pitso Mosimane’s Al Ahly, TP Mazembe are one of the most decorated teams in Africa, having won the Champions League five times, with their most recent success being in 2015. Usuthu’s ambitious coach McCarthy is aware that his side will have to make the most of their home advantage ahead of the second leg, which will be played in challenging conditions at TP Mazembe’s home ground in Lubumbashi on Tuesday. “We have to ensure that the home game is a positive one, as it will give us something to…