Índice para 2021-08-24 em Cape Times

DINEO FAKU dineo.faku@inl.co.za SHOPRITE is planning to withdraw from the Uganda and Madagascar markets, it said yesterday after announcing an 8.1 percent increase in total merchandise sales from continuing operations to R168 billion for the 53 weeks ended July 2021. Shoprite, Africa’s retail giant, is adding to its list of exits after selling its Nigerian business of 15 years and closing Kenyan stores in March. “In line with the group’s non-RSA review process, our operations in Madagascar and Uganda have been classified as discontinued,” said Shoprite. The group operates 10 stores in Madagascar and has five branches in Uganda, employing 300 Ugandans. Commenting on the exit, Peter Hirst, senior analyst at Euromonitor International, said Shoprite was leaving Uganda in line with the company’s review of its long-term ventures…

GIVEN MAJOLA given.majola@inl.co.za A WHOPPING 81.5 percent of professionals in the accounting, data analysis, human resources and IT fields are considering resigning from their jobs to go freelance, according to a survey by the online talent platform Outsized. The survey, conducted by the provider of on-demand freelancers and independent consultants to the financial services and management consulting industries in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, found that a quarter of its 200 respondents said that they were already in the process of taking that leap. Of these, 37 percent saw it happening in the next few weeks or months, and only 10 percent admitted it was more of a long-term fantasy. The survey respondents were well-qualified to succeed independently, with every respondent holding a university degree and 64 percent having…

Lutho Pasiya lutho.pasiya@inl.co.za Have you purchased farm-fresh eggs and need to know how fresh they are? Or do you have grocery store eggs that are near the expiration date, and need to double-check that they are still safe to use in your cake or cookies? We are here to show you a few tricks that will tell you if your eggs are still fresh enough to eat. We went to find the answers and got them from wikiHow, which says that before you cook eggs, it's important to know whether they are fresh or not as rotten eggs can lead to food poisoning; and to test your eggs for freshness, you can use the float test or smell and examine a cracked egg. Using the float test Fill a large…

From page 1 Dressed in black and calling for justice for the Matatiele-born Mtebeni, Fort Hare’s students, joined by women’s rights activists, marched ahead of Pasile’s court appearance. Yanga Mnikina, the treasurer general of the University of Fort Hare’s Institutional Student Representative Council said the murder had left them fearing for their lives. “It’s saddening to see a young female being killed in such a manner. She had a bright future ahead of her. We now feel like our lives do not matter. Our rights do not matter anymore. Every now and then, there is a woman killed and this is because men do not fear the justice system,” said Mnikina. Dr Lesley Ann Foster, an executive director at Masimanyane Women’s Rights International, said institutions and systems have failed women.…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za ACDP Mossel Bay councillor Jeanette Gouws, has been accused of intolerance after she left a virtual gender mainstreaming workshop, saying she “did not agree” with what was being talked about. According to Gouws, the workshop that was presented to councillors by the Western Cape government recently was a “waste of taxpayers’ money”. “Naming a workshop as Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality is not only disingenuous but also an oxymoron. “How are you promoting equality for women in the workplace when any biological male can ‘identify’ as female and usurp the role of biological women? “What then is the purpose of setting gender equity targets if this can be circumvented by the use of delusional gender ideology?” Gouws said. “According to the presenter, gender is a choice that…

Ashfak Mohamed ashfak.mohamed@inl.co.za “UNFAIR, cynical and untoward”. That is how Caster Semenya’s lawyer, Greg Nott, described the change in the British Journal of Sport Medicine’s (BJSM) wording in a study about female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD). They are considering filing for damages from World Athletics following the amendment made to the study that was influential in stopping her from ultimately defending her Olympic title. The timing of it just after the Tokyo Olympics was “shocking and reprehensible”, he said. The New York Times reported recently that the scientists behind the 2017 study had now issued a correction about the impact that high levels of naturally occurring testosterone in female athletes had on performance, stating that these outcomes were “exploratory”, and that it “could have been misleading by…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za JOSHUA van Staden of Athlone is closing in on his 2024 Paralympic dream after being selected to parti- cipate in the qualifying International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation Games in Portugal next month. In a race against time, he is now trying to raise R77 000 for the trip, as due to short notice and financial constraints, his mother is not in a position to afford it. The second-year Stellenbosch University theology student holds the South African record in javelin and shot-put in the F41 category for athletes of short stature. “Costs have increased and it’s a challenge for me as a single parent and front-line worker to make this trip happen for Joshua,” his mother, Rachelle Petersen, said. “But this opportunity is what he needs to…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za THE Strandfontein Ratepayers’ and Residents Association is fuming over a proposed sand mining application brought by Maccsand, saying it will have a negative impact on the community. But they may not have to worry as the City says the application is not aligned with the Cape Town Bioregional Plan, adding that it is inconsistent with Spatial Planning Policy and does not comply with the draft Cape Flats District Spatial Plan and Environmental Management Framework either. A petition has been launched calling for the application to be withdrawn, citing that residents were tired of “greedy” developers who “come to their community to destroy their environment and their livelihoods” for their benefit. “Invariably, it may lead to a disastrous impact on the quality of life for all concerned. “We…

Ilse Haas | Bothasig SHOCKING revelation on the front page of August 18 – 23 000 girls between 10 and 20 years of age fell pregnant in 12 months. Well it seems, sex is the most important activity for those learners. Don’t get me wrong, sex is important, but not between children. There is an important part missing in that report. It takes two to “tango”, so who and where are the males who are a very important part of that activity? Why is it always the female having to carry the consequences, nine months of pregnancy, the birth itself, caring for a newborn, the financial responsibility, (the taxpayer, who is asked to finance the grants again). Not to forget the medical bills. It’s sad enough, all those…

THE debate whether the Basic Income Grant (BIG) is necessary in a country such as ours has gained considerable momentum in recent times. Since our own Elon Musk has thrown his weight behind a universal BIG, there can be no doubt that the clamour for such a drastic intervention is now unstoppable. South Africa became the most unequal country in the world in the last few decades with its history of mass exploitation of the poor and underprivileged in the form of cheap labour. This in itself is a ticking time bomb. Since most of our major mining houses reported record interim results which swelled the fiscus remarkably with higher iron-ore and coal prices, this could be the stimulus for the government to rethink the introduction of BIG. To…

NEW YORK: Henri soaked the US northeast with rain and disrupted transport after being downgraded to a tropical depression. The former hurricane would produce additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches (1.25-381mm), with locally higher amounts possible, over portions of Long Island, New England, southeast New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania through yesterday, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. It caused a trail of power outages and flooded roads along the coast. Dominion Energy was forced to reduce output at the Millstone Power Station. “Slow-moving Henri is expected to continue to produce heavy rainfall and flooding across portions of southern New England and the Northern Mid-Atlantic states through today,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Heavy rainfall from Henri will continue to result in limited to considerable…

La Paz: Jailed Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez was in “stable” condition on Sunday after she tried to kill herself when prosecutors charged her with “genocide” over 2019 protesters’ deaths, an official said. Anez, 54, made an attempt on her life due to “severe depression” because of her prolonged imprisonment, said her daughter, Carolina Ribera. Bolivian officials announced that Anez tried to harm herself, with Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo saying she had suffered only “scratches” on her arm and was in a stable condition.…

Many survivors of the earthquake that killed more than 2 200 people in southern Haiti are growing worried about how they will provide for their children, with more than half a million minors feared to be at risk from the fallout. The August 14 quake hammered infrastructure, destroying or damaging some 130 000 homes, cutting off roads and pitching thousands of families in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country into an uncertain future. When the magnitude 7.2 quake struck, Lovely Jean was resting inside the general hospital of the southern city of Les Cayes, while her 3-day-old baby Love Shaiska was in the neonatal ward being treated for an infection. Les Cayes was one of the areas worst hit by the quake, and as the hospital walls trembled, Jean sent her…

KIGALI: A Belgian lawyer acting for the man whose story inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, now tried on terrorism charges, has been deported for working without a permit, the head of Rwanda’s immigration service said yesterday. Paul Rusesabagina, the ex-hotelier portrayed as a hero in the 2004 film about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, is accused of nine terrorism-related charges, including forming and funding an armed rebel group. Vincent Lurquin was deported on Saturday after appearing in court as Rusesabagina’s lawyer the previous day despite lacking legal permission to do so, officials said. “He was not authorised to work,; he was in the country on a visitor’s visa.”…

Herman Gibbs herman.gibbs@africannewsagency.com KAIZER Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has highlighted technical deficiencies that contributed to the early-season wobble in Mbombela on Sunday when the team had to share the spoils despite dominating possession. After running Mamelodi Sundowns close a week before in the MTN8 quarter-final, which Chiefs lost in a penalty shoot-out, much more was expected from them. They started the season on a high by winning the Carling Black Label Cup. As it turned out, Chiefs did little to excite their fans in their Premiership opener, which was pretty much a non-event. Amakhosi rarely looked like picking up a positive result as they failed to set up attacks that generated scoring opportunities, and Baxter put it down to “technical errors” in the team’s approach. “The lack of quality was…

EDWARD WEST edward.west@inl.co.za THE FINANCIAL Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) yesterday suspended the exchange licence of ZAR X, effective from late Friday afternoon, due to the exchange not meeting liquidity and capital adequacy requirements. ZAR X trades the listed stocks of Agribel group, Dale Capital Group, Orion Real Estate, Runway Property Group, Senwes, Transformational Investment Portfolio One, and TWK Investments, its website showed. Etienne Nel, co-founder and chief executive of the exchange said that the timing of the suspension was unfortunate. However, the exchange considered the suspension to be temporary and it posed no risk to issuers or investors who held their assets in their own name directly at Strate. He said ZAR X had lodged an appeal against the FSCA decision. FSCA commissioner Unathi Kamlana said in a…

Dineo Faku dineo.faku@inl.co.za WORKFORCE Holdings, a provider of employment, training and wellness services, said yesterday that it expects a pick up in the demand for labour contracting as it swung back to profitability during the six months ended June 2021 in line with the rebounding economy. Chief executive Ronny Katz said the level 4 lockdown and the current level 3 of the Covid-19 pandemic had affected the economy and the business, and had created a stop-start situation, which inevitably would affect the results of their investments. “Workforce believes that the third wave is being contained and as a result business activity will reach levels higher than the 2020 financial year. “We foresee a reinvigoration of the permanent placement industry, coupled with a change in emphasis in the areas in which…

Marchelle Abrahams marchelle.abrahams@inl.co.za It’s been quite a journey for Thato Mosehle who jetted off to Poland last week to participate in the Miss Supranational beauty pageant. The North West beauty, who had the rest of South Africa behind her, competed with women across the globe on Saturday night. During the final rounds, Mosehle made it into the top 24 and then the top 12. When the final five finalists were announced, the medical doctor’s dream of bring crowned were finally within arm’s reach. The televised event ran over three hours, with many social media users comparing it to a talk show which dragged on for reasons unknown. When it was time for the final announcement, Mosehle lost out to Namibia taking the top spot, while she was crowned second runner-up…

From page 1 But Nott is not giving up the cause. “Imagine me as a lawyer saying to you, I misled you. I would be stripped of my professional ranking,” he said. “We are before the European Court for Human Rights. We are going to obviously look at what the consequences of this (correction) means for the ECHR. We have lodged our papers. “We are going into the next phase of waiting for answers from various parties. “We anticipate hopefully … we have been given a priority date, which we’ve been surprised by – we thought it would take longer. But it’s obviously a case of importance, so it’s been given a priority date.”…

ITUMELENG MAFISA THE National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) says its members at Implats mine in Rustenburg are under threat following the assassination of a union recruiter, Malibongwe Mdazo, last week. Mdazo was shot dead outside the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) offices while verification of Numsa membership of workers at Newrak, a mining services company, was under way. Implats is one the world’s biggest producers of platinum and associated platinum group metals. Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said Mdazo was killed while taking a break from the CCMA proceedings. The union suspects the recruiter was shot because he was a mass mobiliser. His death has shaken workers at Implats. “Tensions have been caused by contract companies at Implats. There are five contract companies which provide…

Odwa Mkentane and Sithandiwe Velaphi “I DON’T know what you are talking about, please don't kill me, forgive me, please.” These were the last words people heard 32-year-old mom of five Pheliswa “Dolly” Sawutana crying out before she was strangled to death with shoelaces, in Cossovo informal settlement, in Samora Machel. Her murder comes as South Africans are still reeling from the killing of University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni, 23, in East London, last Thursday. Mtebeni’s body was found by a passer-by, in a suitcase, at the corner of Fleet and Fitzpatrick streets, in Quigney. Her body was also chopped into pieces at a nearby house, and her other body parts were found in the house where her boyfriend Alutha Pasile, 25, was immediately arrested, following the…

Chevon Booysen chevon.booysen@inl.co.za THE George communities of Thembalethu and Conville have been left reeling in shock following two child murders at the weekend. The two murders were on the roll at the George Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where Zipho Nqoko, 23, appeared for the murder of his girlfriend’s child – an 8-year-old boy, while a 14-year-old boy appeared in connection with the stabbing of a 12-year-old boy. Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie said the14-year-old murder accused was released into his parents care following his court appearance yesterday. He faces a charge of murder after stabbing another boy in the chest. The matter has been postponed to September 28. Pojie said the accused was arrested after his parents handed him over to police. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased, Austin Kiewiets, from…

Ingredients: Method 2 cups long grain rice; 3 potatoes; 1 cup vegetable oil 2 large onions, sliced thinly; 1 tomato, chopped; ¼ cup buttermilk; 1-2 green chillies, chopped; 1½ tsp jeera/cumin; 3 cloves; 3 allspice; 3 cardamoms; 2 stick cinnamons; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbs butter; 2 tsp fish masala; 2 tsp garlic, minced; 1 tsp salt; ½-1 tsp chilli powder; Juice of 2 lemons; ½ tsp turmeric/borrie; 2-3 tins of tuna; 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables Boil the rice in water until half done. Drain, rinse and set aside. Peel the potatoes and cut them into slices. Heat the oil in saucepan, and fry the potatoes until lightly browned and semi soft, set aside. Drain the excess oil from the saucepan, add the chopped onions, fry until golden brown. Add…

Boniswa Hene | Department of Water and Sanitation Acting Head in the Western Cape ON AUGUST 17, I led a media tour to the Theewaterskloof Dam. This formed part of broader monitoring of water supply systems in our province. The Theewaterskloof Dam is an earth-fill dam located on the Sonderend River near Villiersdorp. It is the biggest dam in the Western Cape and is part of the Western Cape Water Supply System. The latest hydrological report showed the Theewaterskloof Dam is over the 100% level, a remarkable improvement over previous years. The report indicated that most parts of the Western Cape experienced good winter rainfall. But we would like to implore all water users not to be complacent, but to continue with water savings initiatives. Though the DWS…

SA needs active citizens – even in media – to hold politicians to account THE action taken by media practitioners last week to demand accountability from Parliament, and to what extent ordinary citizens in the media space can take action to hold politicians to account, has raised a debate. I would have thought that in the new dispensation this debate, while more than welcome, is a bit stale. Citizens of whatever influence must use their voice to rebuild a country ravaged both by apartheid with its oppressive laws and dispensation, and the current regime with its tainted reputation drowning in corruption and disrespect for the Constitution that they have brought into existence. But I was wrong if media personalities Stephen Grootes and Redi Tlhabi are to be believed. On his…

The Taliban warned yesterday there would be “consequences” if the US and its allies extended their presence in Afghanistan beyond next week, as chaos continued to overwhelm Kabul airport. The hardline Islamists’ takeover of the country last weekend shocked Western nations. To manage the chaotic airlifting of foreigners and Afghans thousands of soldiers have poured back into Afghanistan, with pressure growing on Washington to extend the deadline. But the Taliban showed no willingness to compromise on the US pull-out. “If the US or UK were to seek additional time to continue evacuations, the answer is no. Or there would be consequences,” Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said. Meanwhile, the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority announced yesterday a suspension of all flights in the Kabul airport until further notice. “All the flights…

LOS ANGELES: Paris Hilton has vowed to record more new music “soon”. To mark the 15th anniversary of her debut album, Paris, the heiress has promised her fans she will be heading back into the studio to record more songs in the near future, while she admitted her first LP was “so life-changing”. Alongside the album cover, she wrote on Instagram: “Happy 15th Anniversary to my debut studio album #Paris. Thank you to everyone who has supported these songs, and continue to listen to them today! Making this album was so life-changing and I’m so proud of how these songs have transcended the years. Can’t wait to continue to make more music for all of you soon! #Iconic #PopStarParis.” The 40-year-old socialite released her debut single Stars Are Blind, which…

LONDON: Want a Brazil jersey owned by Pele? David Beckham’s AC Milan shirt? Those items, plus others from Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe, are among 229 that will be up for sale next month at an auction organised by Pele for the foundation he created in 2018 to help underprivileged children. The Brazilian, often called the greatest footballer of all time, said all monies raised would help Brazil’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. So far, 575 000 people have died in Brazil from Covid-19, the second highest death toll after the US. The latest auction will take place at the Mall Galleries in London and is also open to online bidders.…

TEHRAN: Iran says it is ready to ship more fuel to Lebanon if needed, after the leader of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah group said more vessels with Iranian fuel would sail soon to help ease the country’s fuel shortage. “We sell our oil and its products based on our own decisions and the needs of our friend,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry. On Sunday Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah said the first vessel shipping Iranian fuel to Lebanonhad already sailed. The fuel shipments to Lebanon were all purchased by Lebanese Shia businessmen. Hezbollah’s foes in Lebanon warned of dire consequences from the purchase, saying it risked sanctions being imposed on Lebanon.…

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za THE TOURISM industry in June continued making gains from last year’s Covid-19-induced lockdown effects, but the momentum of the recovery slightly slowed due to restrictions. Data from Statistics SA (StatsSA) yesterday showed that income for tourist accommodation increased by 1 012.4 percent in June. This was a significant rise compared with the same month a year ago when the country was on a complete lockdown level 5, enabling low statistical base effects to boost the June reading. In June, all accommodation types recorded large positive year-on-year growth in income from accommodation. The largest increases were reported by caravan parks and camping sites and guest houses and guest farms. Hotel occupancy rates, which make up the largest portion of the tourist accommodation sector, fell to 21.7…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za MAYOR Dan Plato will not continue his run in office after he failed to make the cut as the DA’s mayoral candidate for the City. His party did not reelect him, with the DA instead putting forward Geordon Hill-Lewis as its man to contest the upcoming local government elections. The announcement was made by DA leader John Steenhuisen. Lewis was seen as a party front-runner after former DA provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela resigned following allegations that he lied in his CV about having a university degree. “Should the DA succeed at the upcoming local government elections, I have no doubt that our residents will continue to place their trust in us. “Mr Hill-Lewis will be taking over the best run City in South Africa and be in…

Lisa Isaacs lisa.isaacs@inl.co.za MORE than 19 million KOO and Hugo canned products have been returned by consumers to Tiger Brands as of yesterday. The company in July announced it would recall certain canned vegetable products including baked beans, produced from May 1, 2019 to May 5, 2021 due to a number of defective cans by a packaging supplier. The cans may have a defective side seam weld that could cause them to leak. The financial impact of the recall was estimated at between R500 million and R650 million. “As at 23 August 2021, more than 19 million cans have been returned by consumers and customers. “When the company announced the recall on July 26 2021, Tiger Brands estimated the number of cans forming part of the operation to be approximately…

Rianna Wentzel | Grassy Park IT HAS been said countless times, but I’ll say it again – never cease to stand up against violence inflicted on our most vulnerable citizens – more so, against our women, mothers, sisters and daughters. Women’s Day has come and gone with crimes against our most vulnerable still continuing at an alarming rate. Who are we honouring? And what does this day, Women’s Day, mean to people all over the world? Because it is happening all over the world. Violent acts against our most vulnerable are yet to dissipate as we are faced with these crimes on a daily basis.Without fail, the newspaper tabloids and social media greet us with horror and sadness whenever we open those pages. I am challenging you,…

RECENTLY, US politicians have been racking their brains to politicise the issue of Covid-19’s origins tracing, making up and spreading malicious rumours to stigmatise China and shift the blame for America’s failed Covid-19 response. In collusion with intelligence agencies, it concocted the “lab-leak theory” and made a “presumption of guilt” against China. The US has been suppressing, coercing and threatening international organisations and global scientists, attempting to silence the voices that advocate a science-based approach of origins tracing and uphold justice. At the onset of the pandemic outbreak, American politicians and the media turned a blind eye to the raging domestic epidemic and became obsessed with weaving and circulating disinformation, such as “China virus” and “Wuhan virus”, to discredit China. While the domestic epidemic has been increasingly deteriorating and becoming…

THE uncertainty around the election date due to the Covid-19 lockdown is putting municipalities around the country in a difficult position, as the move is likely to have a negative impact on service delivery. The Constitutional Court is expected to make a pronouncement following the application by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to have the local government polls postponed to early next year. If the application is granted, many municipalities could be faced with a leadership vacuum, as the majority of ANC councillors would have been voted out in the party’s nomination process. This situation would have the unintended consequence of crippling service delivery in a number of municipalities. In eThekwini Municipality, for instance, ruling party councillors who have not been nominated by their communities to stand as…

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga looks increasingly vulnerable to a challenge from within his party for the nation’s top job after an ally’s defeat in a local election on Sunday which was seen as a referendum on Suga’s Covid-19 response. If Suga loses, he would join a long list of short-term premiers. He took over in September after Shinzo Abe quit, citing ill health and ending a rare lengthy term of nearly eight years. Suga, whose term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader ends next month, has seen his support slide from highs of about 70% to below 30%, with a weekend poll by ANN News putting support at 25.8% as Japan battles an explosive surge of infections. Yesterday, domestic media reported that former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is…

Five barefoot young boys were walking to town to look for work when they were apprehended by the police, in a cat-and-mouse battle to stamp out child labour among traditional weavers who produce Ethiopia’s famous white “shamma” shawls. The Gamo and Dorze people of southern Ethiopia have woven the soft, cotton cloth with its delicately embroidered edges for decades, proud of their heritage and of a valuable source of income in the impoverished nation. “My family will not be hurt (that I left),” said one of the rescued boys, sitting in a government-run children’s shelter in Chencha, some 450km south-west of the capital, Addis Ababa. “They will only regret that I will no longer be working for them as a shepherd,” he said, as officials tried to trace the parents…

GAZA: Attacks by Israel that destroyed four high-rise buildings in Gaza city during the May conflict may have amounted to war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. Israel claimed the high-rise structures held offices of armed Palestinian groups, including unit headquarters, military intelligence, and offices for “the most valuable Hamas technological equipment” for use against Israel. However, HRW said there was no proof that members of Palestinian militant groups were in any of the towers. “The strikes… caused serious, lasting harm for countless Palestinians who lived, worked, shopped, or benefited from businesses there,” HRW’s Richard Weir said.…

BALI: An American woman convicted with her boyfriend of killing her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel is to be freed from prison early, her lawyer said yesterday. In 2015, teenager Heather Mack was handed a 10-year jail term while her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer got 18 years for the murder of Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese Mack on the Indonesian holiday island. Schaefer beat the 62-year-old victim to death with a fruit bowl during a heated argument at the St Regis resort, before the couple abandoned the suitcase containing the battered body in a taxi, and fled.…

Ashfak Mohamed ashfak.mohamed@inl.co.za KGOTHATSO Montjane and Charl du Toit “embody the Paralympic values of excellence, friendship and respect, and are fully deserving of the honour”, says Sascoc president Barry Hendricks about the duo being named as flag-bearers for Team South Africa at the Tokyo Paralympics. Team SA announced yesterday that wheelchair tennis star Montjane and athletics ace Du Toit will hold Mzansi’s flag aloft at the opening ceremony today. The duo are both taking part in their third Paralympics, following on from London 2012 and Rio 2016. Montjane made it all the way to the Wimbledon final this year, and athletics sprinter Du Toit clinched two gold medals in Rio in the T37 category in the 100m and 400m events. “I am really honoured to be a South African flag-bearer.…