Índice para 2022-01-24 em Cape Times

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za IN SPITE of stronger-than-expected recovery, the global economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years has been significant, and further widened the gap between the rich and the poor. This was the view of many expert speakers at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda 2022 virtual meeting, that concluded on Friday. Speakers at the WEF virtual gathering last week highlighted that the pandemic had reversed gains in poverty reduction, hit incomes, and seen global economic slump. However, they remained bullish about the recovery largely due to rapid vaccine deployment in the developed countries, though concerns remained about poor countries still lagging behind. President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, said the global economy was experiencing a “super-strong recovery” that had outpaced…

Banele Ginindza banele.ginindza@inl.co.za LEMON producers in the country are on tenterhooks over an impeding decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on whether South Africa is dumping lemons in that country, which may effectively close off a viable market for the local industry. While there are various products including lemon juice concentrates, cosmetics, cleaning material and others that could be produced from local harvest, the fresh lemon market in the US is a mainstay for local producers and would lead to a glut, if South Africa is closed off. “We are in the phase of a preliminary determination stage … It is actually impossible to predict which way the decision will go, and we have put in a strong case at the oral hearing,” SA Juice Association general manager…

Lutho Pasiya lutho.pasiya@inl.co.za With so much nutrition information floating around, it can be tough to figure out the best way to make healthier choices in the new year. January is always a time of new year’s resolutions, which often include restrictive eating regimens after festive season indulgence. However, cookbook author Chantal Lascaris believes balance in food (and in life) has nothing to do with extreme dieting or adding kale to every meal you consume. Lascaris notes that instead of making big and impossible-to-stick-to changes (which feel overwhelming), starting with a few good intentions is more manageable and increases the chances of success when it comes to your balance and wellbeing. “One example is to simply make sure you drink enough water in a day. Not only can upping your water…

Zelda Venter zelda.venter@inl.co.za VICTIMS of Pretoria West serial rapist Takalani Mulaudzi, 30, are relieved that the man who made their lives a hell by repeatedly raping them, was handed seven life terms last week. While the victims are hoping that Mulaudzi remaining in jail for a very long time will help them to heal, they are still struggling to come to terms with what this man, described as evil by some, subjected them to. The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, sentenced Mulaudzi, from Tshafhasi in Nzhelele, Limpopo, to 173 years’ imprisonment for rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, kidnapping and grievous bodily harm. Mulaudzi was convicted on 15 counts of rape, five counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, three counts of kidnapping and one count of grievous body harm. The court…

Thabo Makwakwa thabo.makwakwa@inl.co.za ANC MP Mervyn Dirks, suspended for calling on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) to call President Cyril Ramaphosa to account, has given his party’s chief whip Pemmy Majodina until today to lift his suspension or face off in court. In a letter to Parliament, Dirks’ lawyer Godrich Gardee demanded the ANC restore his client’s responsibilities as the committee whip. Majodina had suspended him for refusing to withdraw a letter calling on Scopa to summon Ramaphosa to account for allegations of complicity in the misappropriation of public funds for political party campaigns. Ramaphosa was recorded during an ANC NEC meeting saying that he was “willing to fall on the sword” rather than reveal names of cadres of the ANC who used public funds and state resources…

Staff writer COMMUNITY Safety MEC Albert Fritz has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into what Premier Alan Winde described as serious allegations pertaining to his conduct. In a brief statement last night Winde said he suspended Fritz after the allegations were brought to his attention. Winde would not disclose what the allegations were, only saying: “I have summoned the Minister (MEC) and informed him of these allegations, as well as my decision to suspend him with immediate effect, which he has accepted. I have initiated a full investigation which must proceed on an unhindered basis. Minister (MEC) Fritz has offered his full cooperation.” Fritz could not be reached for comment last night. GOOD Party MPL and secretary general Brett Herron said: “The announcement is so cryptic…

Staff writer THROUGH a necessity to revive, recover and rebuild, wine businesses are undergoing a mind shift in the way they function and the industry has fast-tracked tools to become more adaptable, competitive and sustainable. This was the message at the 16th annual Nedbank Vinpro Information Day attended by around 450 virtual and in-person delegates at Allée Bleue Wine Estate in Franschhoek last week. “The wine industry still faces harsh realities while recovering from the after-effects of Covid-19,” Vinpro managing director Rico Basson said. Glass shortages, export and import challenges at Cape Town harbour, the contrast between a 15% spike in farm-cost inflation and a 3 to 5% wine price increase, as well as a growing illicit market are some of the issues that have a significant effect on the…

Chevon Booysen chevon.booysen@inl.co.za THE Cape of Good Hope (CoGH) SPCA has appealed to the public to donate toward vet bills for fire victim baboons who suffered during the devastating blaze that raged for nearly a week in Kleinmond. The fire in the Overstrand ravaged 5 417 hectares of vegetation earlier this month. CoGH SPCA has now called on the public to assist with veterinary bills which have already exceeded R20 000. “This bill will be increasing daily with having the vets in the field to assist us with the darting. Then there will also be treatment of the injured baboons to rehabilitate them back to good health before being released back with their troop,” the organisation said. A juvenile baboon named Kelly is among the primates being nursed back to…

Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za THE billboard saga concerning advertising signs on the façades of the Overbeek Building at the intersection of Long and Kloof Streets has finally come to a head, with the Western Cape High Court declaring them unlawful. The two different façades of the building have been covered with controversial, attention-grabbing banners in the past, including Zuma Must Fall posters. Independent Outdoor Media (IOM), who had leased the space for advertising from the Overbeek Building’s body corporate, was ordered by the court on Friday to remove the signs at its own costs. “In the event that any of the offending ‘Overbeek Signs’ and the remaining parts thereof, are not removed in terms of this order, then in that event, the Sheriff of the High Court is authorised and directed…

THERE are some words that are so offensive and unacceptable that they should never be part of our vocabulary. They should never continue to appear, or so we fervently hope, in our conversation in both the mainstream and social media. But that’s not about to change as rapidly as most people would wish. The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) conference held recently in Mthatha on public attitudes to offensive words, gestures, and hate speech in our society reopened this ageless and evolving issue. It brought together national isi- Xhosa language practitioners, educators, policymakers, and journalists. The conference deliberations listed more than 50 isiXhosa words and terms whose acceptability as part of our voca- bulary is sometimes open to question – and in most cases more than that. The most…

The EU is working on a new extensive package of economic and financial sanctions against Russia in case the situation around Ukraine escalates, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said. “At the moment, the work is under way behind the scenes to develop an extensive package of economic and financial sanctions. In the event of an escalation, a very clear, unequivocal and quick response will follow,” Schallenberg said. The foreign minister also did not exclude the possibility of Russia’s removal from the Swift interbank payment system. At the same time, Schallenberg again opposed sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. In the past few months, the West and Ukraine have accused Russia of amassing troops near the Ukrainian border in alleged preparation for invasion. Russia said that it had…

AUCKLAND: Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her wedding as the country is about to move to the red Covid-19 alert level. “When it comes to events, whether it’s a birthday or a wedding or any kind of event of that nature, gathering limits of 100 do come in with the red light setting as at 11.59pm (1:59 SA time last night) tonight,” Ardern said at a press conference yesterday, as quoted by The New Zealand Herald, adding that if people are not using vaccine passes the limit will be 25 people. Speaking of her own wedding, the prime minister said she is no different to the rest of New Zealanders. “…my wedding won’t be going ahead but I just join many other New Zealanders who have…

DAMASCUS: Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops aided by US troops tightened their siege of a prison housing Islamic State suspects after inmates took over the facility, officials said yesterday. At least 70 inmates were killed in the attack on the prison in northeastern Syria, which began on Thursday. Militants detonated a car bomb near the prison gates, helping inmates to flee to the neighbouring Ghweiran district of al-Hasaka. The SDF said it had arrested 89 militants sheltering nearby; 17 of its forces were killed in the riot. US-based Human Rights Watch says the SDF holds about 12 000 men and boys suspected of Islamic State affiliation.…

Beirut: Kuwait’s foreign minister said yesterday that he has given Lebanese authorities a list of suggested measures to be taken to ease a diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries. The proposals were delivered to Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun during a visit by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, the first to Lebanon by a senior Gulf official since a spat erupted last year. The visit, co-ordinated with Gulf Arab states, is part of wider efforts to restore trust between Lebanon and its Gulf Arab neighbours as the country grapples with an unprecedented financial crisis.…

Siphelele Dludla siphelele.dludla@inl.co.za FEARS of a debt trap loomed large last week as it became apparent the government was set to extend the R350 a month Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant for another year. The World Bank on Friday approved R11.4 billion low-interest development policy loan to South Africa to help the government widen its social protection net. National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said the loan would contribute towards addressing the financing gap stemming from additional spending. “It will assist in addressing the immediate challenge of financing critical health and social safety-net programmes, while also continuing to develop our economic reform agenda to build back better,” Mogajane said. President Cyril Ramaphosa last week led a government delegation in a meeting with a civil society organisation to discuss…

Gerry Cupido geraldine.cupido@inl.co.za Going on a date should be fun. Whether it’s the first date and trying to impress the other person or the 50th date and keeping the fires burning, it should be something to look forward to and look back on as a memorable occasion. This couple went to great lengths and heights to make their date a truly memorable one. A video of a couple enjoying what appears to be a romantic date while suspended rather high over a waterfall recently popped up on Twitter, leaving folks shocked and confused as to why anyone would do something so daring. The couple seem to be overjoyed as they even enjoy a glass of wine and their surroundings. Yes, they are strapped in with harnesses attached to the overhead…

Staff writer Accused Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe’s bail application is set to go ahead this week after the matter had to be postponed due to an isolation period after he contracted Covid-19. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) also advised that the charges against him had been reformulated after senior State prosecutor Mervyn Menigo consulted with the investigating officer. NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the bail application matter was postponed to Saturday. “The planned bail application of Mafe that was scheduled for January 22, has been moved to January 29. On Tuesday (last week) the court was advised that Mafe had contracted Covid-19 and was in isolation. (On Friday), the State, defence and the acting president of the Regional Court met virtually to discuss the logistics of the bail application and…

Sihle Mavuso sihle.mavuso@inl.co.za ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa used yesterday’s closing remarks at his party’s lekgotla to assert his authority, saying attacks on the Constitution and the judiciary were unwarranted. Without naming senior NEC member and Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, Ramaphosa opened his veiled swipe by saying the ANC was undergoing a period of worrying “decay” and as a result, it was harbouring counter-revolutionaries. This was an apparent reference to Sisulu and other senior ANC members who in the past two weeks have been steadfast in defending an article in which she fiercely questioned the judiciary and the role of some black judges. The spat over the opinion piece deepened on Thursday when Ramaphosa’s office issued a public statement claiming that Sisulu has retracted her statement and apologised. A few minutes later,…

Okuhle Hlati okhule.hlati@inl.co.za FIREFIGHTERS had to battle several flare-ups around the province in scorching hot temperatures that reached 40 degrees at the weekend. The heatwave conditions forced Cape Nature to close the Kogelberg Nature Reserve’s hiking trails for safety and health reasons while Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) responded to four reports of patients suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration on Platteklip trail, Lion’s Head yesterday. With people flocking to beaches to cool off, SANParks closed a section of the Boulders Penguin Colony Beach in Simon’s Town yesterday as it quickly reached capacity. The Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) meanwhile offered a R10 000 reward for information that will lead to a successful arrest in connection with a vegetation fire on Ou Kaapse Weg. The VWS, Working on Fire, Table Mountain…

Odwa Mkentane odwa.mkentane@inl.co.za WANTED man Lwazi Sibindana, who allegedly murdered provincial Department of Community Safety worker Jacqueline Mpontsana by setting her alight during a domestic dispute, is expected to make his first court appearance today. Mpontsana, from Gugulethu, worked for the department and inspected police stations for compliance in assisting victims of domestic and gender-based violence. She was murdered in September last year. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the 39-year-old suspect was arrested in Khayelitsha on Friday. “On September 20, 2021, (Mpontsana) was burnt to death and a murder case was opened for investigation at Gugulethu SAPS. On (Friday) in the early hours the suspect was arrested and detained in Gugulethu cells. He will appear in court on Monday,” said Van Wyk. Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz has welcomed…

THE performance of poor pupils in last year’s matric exams is highly commendable. The 2021 matric results show that the Bachelor passes obtained by pupils from quintiles one to three schools stood at 149 648 – a 29.5% increase from last year. They are also known as no-fee schools because they are fully subsidised by taxpayers as they are in poor areas. Most importantly, these no-fee schools produced 62% of the Bachelor passes, an increase from 58% last year. This is in stark contrast to the situation more than 15 years ago, in 2005, when 60% of the Bachelors passes were produced by well-off schools, mainly in affluent areas. Releasing the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results last week, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga highlighted this impressive feat. “The…

THE Peruvian government has declared a 90-day environmental emergency in the coastal area of Lima which has been affected by a recent oil spill, the Ministry of the Environment said. The government has called it one of the “most important ecological disasters” on the coast in recent years, reports Xinhua news agency. The resolution was approved by Minister of the Environment Ruben Ramirez, who heads the Environmental Crisis Committee that is trying to mitigate the effects of the oil spill. The oil spill occurred on January 15 when an oil tanker was unloading at one of the terminals of La Pampilla Refinery, in the province of Callao, neighbouring Lima. Operator Repsol reported on January 21 that the clean-up of the areas affected by the oil spill should be completed by…

Nancy Nyarko was preparing porridge at her roadside stall near the edge of the village of Apiate in Ghana’s western mining region when she heard a loud noise close by. Looking up, she saw a motorbike had collided with a large truck and caught fire, Nyarko said, her right hand and left leg wrapped in bandages. The crash happened on January 20. In less than an hour Apiate was reduced to a wasteland of rubble, timber and twisted metal, a 20m crater yawning at its core from an explosion. At least 13 people were dead and nearly 200 injured. What residents didn’t know was that the truck, owned by the Spanish company, Maxam, contained 10 tons of explosives meant to blast rock in the Chirano gold mine, run by Toronto-based…

Manama: The US navy said yesterday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertiliser, that can be used to make explosives, as it travelled from Iran along a route previously used to smuggle weapons to Yemen’s Huthi rebels. The navy said it boarded and searched the ship, which was caught last year carrying thousands of weapons, after intercepting it in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday. “US forces discovered 40 tons (36 300 kilos) of urea fertiliser, a chemical compound with agricultural applications that is also known to be used as an explosive precursor,” it said.…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday for the first time conferred the lay Roman Catholic ministries of lector and catechist on women, roles that previously many had carried out without institutional recognition. He conferred the ministries at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, where, in an apparent reference to resistance to change by some conservatives, he criticised those who need to have rigid regulations and “more rules” in order to find God. Last year, Francis changed Church law on the ministries of lector and acolyte, which mainly had been reserved to seminarians preparing for priesthood, saying he wanted to bring stability.…

Herman Gibbs herman.gibbs@africannewsagency.com Khalilah Camacho Ali, the widow of Muhammad Ali, arguably one of the greatest boxers ever and one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, is in South Africa to promote the Gerrie Coetzee movie Against All Odds. Ali will meet the Cape Town media at a press conference on Wednesday. She is part of a touring American contingent, headed by executive producer Kenddrie Utuk of Hartquist Productions, whose primary mission is to finalise logistics and secure venues for the production. While in Cape Town, the American contingent will stay at a hotel that is close to Bo-Kaap, which was formerly known as the Malay Quarter. This area will be of great interest to the Americans, since it was a favourite area of the great Muhammad…

Banele Ginindza banele.ginindza@inl.co.za ESKOM’S chief financial officer, Calib Cassim, on Friday made an impassioned plea to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to objectively consider the utility’s application for a 20.5 percent tariff increase because any shortfalls in revenue generation still have to be covered by the government as a major shareholder and ultimately, consumers. On the last day of the public hearings, Cassim said previous Nersa decisions had been fraught with mistakes which were repeated in subsequent times, for example, in 2019 when the regulator corrected the employee bene-fit determination after the high court found that the approach used had been based on incorrect criteria. “If we cannot. as Eskom, recover the money through the tariff that is an electricity consumer base which is far…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za THE Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF) has hailed the agreement between the N2 Company signed last week to pave the way for the return of the stalled MyCiti N2 Express in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain. Chairperson Ndithini Tyhido said the development will provide struggling commuters with safe, reliable and affordable transportation. “We are hoping that the reintroduction of the service will benefit our local permit holders in terms of the agreement,” he said. The City signed a new operating contract with the N2 Company, equally owned by Lisekhonikamva (Codeta) from Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain Rapid Transit (Route Six from Mitchells Plain) and Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs). The contract will see more than 6 000 commuters from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha benefit from the N2 Express service once the…

Siphokazi Vuso siphokazi.vuso@inl.co.za BEAUFORT West municipal manager Jackson Penxa has been placed on special leave for seven days effective today, for allegedly disobeying a direct order from Mayor Gideon Pietersen to sign the contract for an acting director for community services. This after Local Government MEC Anton Bredell expressed concern over the appointment of senior managers in the embattled municipality in the Central Karoo, saying they had “severe financial challenges” to deal with. Council had earlier this month resolved to appoint acting director of Community Services, Zwelithini Nyathi, for a period of three months. In response to the appointment, Bredell voiced his concerns to Pietersen. “The Beaufort West Municipal Council has resolved to appoint an acting director: Community Services who is not in the employ of the municipality, in circumstances…

Staff writer WORLD-RENOWNED South African scientists and infectious disease epidemiologists Professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim have been honoured in Vietnam as one of the inaugural recipients of a VinFuture special prize for their ground-breaking research on HIV prevention. The Abdool Karims’ were awarded the VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators from Developing Countries at a special ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam last week. The ceremony honoured the winners of the inaugural VinFuture Prizes, including the $3 million (R45 million) VinFuture Grand Prize and three $500 000 (R7.5 million) Special Prizes for female innovators, innovators from developing countries, and innovators in emerging fields. The VinFuture Grand Prize was awarded to Dr Katalin Kariko; Professor Drew Weissmen and Professor Pieter R Cullis – the scientists behind mRNA technology for…

Marsha Dean Marsha.Dean@inl.co.za APEX High School in Eerste River is celebrating its first cohort of matriculants who achieved an 84.5% pass rate in the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. Situated in the heart of Eerste River in Electric City, the no-fee school was opened in 2018 in partnership with Acorn Education, a non-profit school operating partner. During the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers and learners were able to access and attend lessons regularly via an online platform, with minimal data charges, funded and developed by Acorn Education. Principal Renate van der Westhuizen said the reason behind establishing the school was to show that all children deserved a quality education no matter where they came from. Out of the 155 matric pupils, 62.5% of the class achieved bachelors passes. “For us as…

Chevon Booysen chevon.booysen@inl.co.za THE EVICTION of a woman from the Ruyterwacht’s Sakabula Communicare residence has been slammed by activists as “unlawful and irregular”. Moerida Morat, 53, was evicted from Sakabula after she had allegedly been squatting in the complex for more than three years. Communicare spokesperson, Balisa Mancayi, confirmed Morat had been evicted from the complex by the Sheriff of the court on Friday. Mancayi said after the Sheriff and police left the premises, a fence was cut and Morat allegedly illegally occupied the unit again, and was arrested and charged for trespassing and violating a court order. Activist, Colin Arendse, said the charges laid against Morat, which resulted in her arrest on Friday following the eviction, was struck off the roll. “The single and only charge of trespassing that…

ARE the days of vaccine nationalism and inequality numbered? Is Africa finally getting its act together with two “milestone” initiatives aimed at vaccine production self-sufficiency led by South Africa through continental co-operation, albeit with vital input from major international partners? Judging by the euphoria of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the Nant-SA Vaccine Manufacturing Campus last Wednesday, we are firmly on that Road to Damascus starting in Brackenfell. “It is within the walls of this facility,” declared the president, “through the networks that are being built, through the advanced skills that are being developed, and through the other initiatives across our continent, that our vision for vaccine, diagnostics and drug manufacturing in Africa will steadily take form.” The funding comes from the usual donor suspects including the Rockefeller…

Ouagadougou: Gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso yesterday and internet connections were disrupted, prompting fears of a coup in the notoriously volatile west African state which the government quickly denied. The unrest comes a little over week after 12 people, including a senior army officer, were arrested on suspicion of planning to “destabilise institutions” in the country, which has been rocked by a seven-year jihadist insurgency. Residents in the Gounghin district in the west of the capital Ouagadougou reported heavy gunfire at the Sangoule Lamizana camp and military prison where an ousted army general is being held. ‘Gunfire has been heard here in Gounghin coming from the Sangoule Lamizana camp,” a soldier in the area confirmed. Local inhabitants said soldiers had come out of the barracks…

LOS ANGELES: Snoop Dogg plans to DJ at Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding. The Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker has been friends with the 22-year-old photographer’s dad, David Beckham, for years and not only is he on the guest list for Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz’s big day, his “gift” to them will be to provide the entertainment. He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “David has been my boy for over 10 years now and I am tight with his family. Brooklyn’s wedding is going to be a big affair and my gift to him and his wife-to-be is I will come down and do a set for them on their big day.”…

Is your head in the clouds? That could be an advantage if you participate in a new Nasa challenge. The agency is recruiting citizen scientists to keep an eye on the clouds – and help document a changing climate. This year’s Nasa GLOBE Cloud Challenge lasts through February 15. Anyone can participate – all it takes is a smartphone or computer and an eye toward the sky. If you look up, you’re more likely than not to see some kind of cloud cover. Up to 70% of Earth’s land mass is covered with clouds at any given time, according to Nasa’s Earth Observatory. Participants can use the GLOBE Observer app to identify and report on those clouds and atmospheric visibility in their backyards. They are asked to time their…

VIENNA: The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank’s father has criticised an investigation into her betrayal to the Nazis that named a Jewish notary as a leading suspect, saying it was “full of errors”, a Swiss newspaper reported. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the Nazis on August 4, 1944, after hiding for nearly two years in a secret annex above a canal-side warehouse in Amsterdam. Anne died in the Bergen Belsen camp at the age of 15. FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and around 20 historians and criminologists last week identified a relatively unknown figure, Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh, as a leading suspect in revealing the hideout.…

Wynona Louw wynona.louw@inl.co.za THE Springbok Sevens side won their fifth straight World Sevens Series tournament in dramatic fashion after defeating Argentina 24-17 in the Cup final of the Malaga Sevens on Sunday. Argentina threw absolutely everything at the Sevens giants and started strongly by opening the scoring after some evasive brilliance by Rodrigo Isgro. The Blitzboks got on the scoreboard moments later, however, when Selvyn Davids dotted down to take the score to 7-5 at the break. A turnover by Zain Davids set JC Pretorius up for their second try after the break, but Argentina scored two tries within one minute to go ahead 17-12. Justin Geduld got the equaliser, and after a thrilling last few minutes, Davids scored the winning try after the final whistle to complete one of…

Mihlali Baleka mihlali.baleka@inl.co.za Warriors coach Dylan Kerr lauded the impressive outing of experienced goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune during their 2-1 win over Amabutho in the semi-finals of the DStv Compact Cup at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Before starting between the sticks for Warriors, Khune had played one game for his club, Kaizer Chiefs, this season – where they lost to Mamelodi Sundowns in the quarter-finals of the MTN8. Since then, though, Khune has been kicking his heels in the stands in the league, with Daniel Akpeyi the preferred No 1 for coach Stuart Baxter. But this competition, mostly influenced by the supporters, offered Khune some redemption. Khune was voted to start for the Warriors – a side that consists of players from Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Swallows and TS…