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Pretoria News|2022-11-04Inospace has been experiencing strong demand for smaller-format logistics and industrial spacesTHE DEMAND for small-format logistics and industrial spaces continues unabated, with Inospace annual rental growth now in double digits and keeping ahead of inflation, according to Jacques Weber, chief operating officer of Inospace. He commented after Inospace, a leading owner and operator of serviced logistics parks, announced the acquisition of two last-mile logistics properties at Cape Town International Airport for a total cost of R35 million, from a private investment fund. Smaller industrial and last-mile logistics assets have been insulated from local and global economic shocks due to growing demand for smaller-format logistics warehouses and distribution centres. Coupled with e-commerce growth, the industrial property sector has outperformed other commercial property segments. Located in Airport Industria – across the road from the airport and less than 20km from the…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Gold Fields flags a slight drop in mining productionGOLD FIELDS has flagged a slight drop in production, despite its South Deep mine in Gauteng delivering a strong performance. In its operational update for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the group, which operates gold mines across three continents, said yesterday that gold production recoiled by 1.5% year-on-year in the reported period and 3.9% quarter on quarter to 597 000 ounces. However, the South Deep mine, near Johannesburg, delivered a strong quarter, with gold production up 2.32% to 87 900 ounces. Gold Fields chief executive Chris Griffith said: “South Deep has been tracking well against its production targets throughout the year. As a result, the team has revised gold production guidance to 321 500 ounces for the year ending December 2022.” The group’s overall guidance remains…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04According to your reviews, these are South Africa’s 100 best restaurantsAlways stressed about finding the best place to eat, scouring the internet and polling friends before you head out? Well, luckily for you, Dineplan has decided to take on that headache and compile a list of its top-rated restaurants throughout the country for its Reviewers’ Choice Awards for 2022. Between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022, the restaurant reservation platform had more than 200 000 diners reviewing over 1 000 local restaurants. During the 12 months, more than 3.6 million reservations were made using the platform, equating to 16 million guests seated at Dineplan venues around the country. According to a statement, these reviews are 100% diner-generated. The statement notes that following a reservation, diners are asked to provide a review based on their experience, rating the food, value,…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Technical glitch delays ANC hearing against NiehausTHE ANC’s disciplinary hearing against suspended Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association spokesperson Carl Niehaus had to be postponed yesterday following technical issues involving national executive committee (NEC) member Fikile Mbalula’s virtual platform. In what Niehaus termed a kangaroo court, the outspoken supporter of former president Jacob Zuma was not surprised that the national disciplinary committee hearing did not go ahead as planned. “The kangaroo disciplinary hearing was just now discontinued because of technical chaos on the Zoom platform. The presenter and the witness (Fikile Mbalula) could not hear each other. It was just an unmitigated mess. “However, despite this shambles of a persecution, and all the technical and managerial chaos, the committee insisted on continuing with the so-called disciplinary action against me,” Niehaus wrote, following the postponement of the…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Diverse sale with something for everyoneOld Johannesburg Warehouse Auctioneers' Pretoria branch will be hosting its last auction for the year, from November 11 to 13. The three-day auction is an online sale with more than 1 600 lots for sale over the three days. The auction starts on Friday, November 11, at 9am and comprises a huge selection of furniture, silver, ceramics and collectables, gold and ZAR coins, Persian carpets, law books and more. A collection of ornamental garden statues and statuettes including urns, dogs, gargoyles and lions are also on offer. For art collectors, a selection of 360 lots of South African traditional and contemporary art by the likes of Frans Claerhout, Gregoire Boonzaier, Norman Catherine, Diane Victor, Cecil Skotnes, Christiaan Nice, Erich Mayer, Danie de Jager, Neville Lewis and more will go under…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Departments must pay for prison fallTHE ministers of Justice and Correctional Services and of Public Works are responsible for the damages caused to a woman, who seriously injured her leg when she fell on the pathway leading to and from the Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town in 2017. Nazley Lakay was visiting her son in prison with her neighbour, who was there to see her husband, when the accident occurred. Lakay said the pathway was the only one leading to and from the prison and it was uneven and unkempt. She claimed damages against the two government departments in the Western Cape High Court, where she argued that the prison had a duty to ensure that those who visited their loved ones in jail were safe. She contended that the departments had failed to maintain…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Dlamini Zuma slams the neglect of war veterans as unacceptableCo-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma yesterday said it was a travesty that after 28 years of democracy, the plight of war veterans was not being addressed. Dlamini Zuma was speaking at a MK Liberation War Veterans empowerment summit at the Durban ICC. “I take this opportunity to salute the contributions of the hundreds of thousands of MK soldiers and the millions that sacrificed, so that we may enjoy the fruits of our democracy. “It is therefore a travesty that 28 years after the attainment of our democracy, that we should have to convene to ask the question ‘what about the welfare, economic participation and activism of our war veterans?’,” Dlamini Zuma said. She said practical and implementable solutions needed to be found to guarantee the…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Mashaba tells Phalatse to ‘face the inevitable’Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse seems to have lost the support of her own multi-party coalition members, with some feeling she is delaying the processes of her ousting. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has appealed to Phalatse to face the inevitable and to stop trying to retain power through the courts. Mashaba was responding to allegations that he was doing the DA’a dirty work in trying to ensure that the motion of no confidence against Phalatse does not go through. The motion had been premised on criminal charges Phalatse was facing concerning alleged corruption. The Star, sister publication to the Pretoria News, understands that Mashaba and Phalatse had been implicated in alleged corruption concerning the funding of the Field Band Foundation which received grants from the City of Johannesburg. The DA claimed…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Progressive winds of change blowing through SA“A wind has been blowing from the West; now it will begin to blow from the East.” While travelling in China, this quote by Chairperson Mao Zedong came to mind after hearing the election results from Brazil. The presidential triumph of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a victory for both Brazil and for BRICS. Coming hot on the heels of the re-election of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the Lula Moment 2.0 accelerates the evolution in the change of the domestic politics of the BRICS member countries back to the progressive politics of a decade ago when the group was formed. In his 2018 presidential election campaign, outgoing and right-wing Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, promised to “liberate Brazil from the ideology of its international relations that it subjected Brazil…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Fires ravage Mt KilimanjaroMultiple fires on Mount Kilimanjaro have ravaged vegetation and wildlife, Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said yesterday as hundreds of soldiers and volunteers try to defuse the blaze that broke out two weeks ago. The fire started on October 21 near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending Africa’s highest peak, at about 4 000 metres altitude on its south side. It has since lit up in other pockets, burning through some 33km² of the Kilimanjaro National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site which is home to many endangered species. “While efforts were focused on Karanga area, other fires emerged in the areas of Mandara in Marangu district and Ubetu Samanga on the side of Rombo district in the Kilimanjaro National Park, affecting natural vegetation and... wildlife,” Majaliwa told parliament.…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Beaten stadium massacre victims hoping for justiceSurvivors who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let the world know the pain they have been carrying as the trial of 11 suspects unfolds in the West African nation. More than 150 people were trampled, clubbed or shot dead on September 28, 2009, when a demonstration against Guinea’s then military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was brutally repressed. Hundreds survived with injuries and trauma. The long-awaited trial opened on the massacre’s 13th anniversary. Among the accused is Camara. He is yet to plead but had previously denied responsibility. The other accused have pleaded not guilty of charges including murder, attempted murder, rape, torture and theft. “What we have suffered, as victims of the 28th, I…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Ethiopia and Tigray rebels agree to truceADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed yesterday hailed the peace accord signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, describing it as “monumental”. “The agreement signed today in South Africa is monumental in moving Ethiopia forward on the path of the reforms,” Ahmed said in a statement. The two sides signed the peace accord in Pretoria – to end the two-year-long conflict – after days of negotiations led by the AU. The negotiations were facilitated by Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU high representative for the Horn of Africa and former president of Nigeria. | Xinhua…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04MTN8 final decisive duelsOne of the teams between Orlando Pirates and AmaZulu will soar to cloud nine after the MTN8 final at Moses Mabhida Stadium tomorrow. MIHLALI BALEKA looks at three match-ups that could be key in delivering the first silverware of the season to one of the sides before the festive break. Nkosinathi Sibisi v Gabadinho Mhango Sibisi has been in fine form for Pirates since his move to the club before the start of the season, such that he’s the only ever-present player at the back. He’ll have to be at his best in his first cup final, having come short with Golden Arrows before, especially with Mhango looking to haunt Pirates. Mhango was a Buccaneer last season, but his relationship with the coaches saw him being in and out…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04The Proteas’ silver lining in Pakistan ‘wake-up’ callNO team has ever won the T20 World Cup without losing a match. That and, of course, the welcome return to a semblance of form for captain Temba Bavuma, is the only good news South Africa can take from an error-strewn performance against Pakistan at the SCG yesterday. The aspirations of reaching the play-offs for just the third time – let alone winning the whole shebang – in eight attempts remain intact. But it is also the case that the trip to Adelaide to face the Netherlands on Sunday (2am SA time) is now of far greater importance. Any wriggle room that might have existed was vanquished by Shadab Khan’s brilliant all-round performance and the temperamental Australian weather that has persistently sullied this tournament. “I think as a team if…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Bangladesh not happy with KohliBANGLADESH have blamed “fake fielding” by India’s Virat Kohli for their nailbiting Twenty20 World Cup loss and will raise it with cricket’s governing body, an official told AFP yesterday. India won by five runs in the rain-hit Adelaide clash on Wednesday that went to the last ball, all but destroying Bangladesh’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals for the first time. Afterwards, vice-captain Nurul Hasan alleged that onfield umpires had missed a “fake throw” by Kohli that could have tied the match. “It could have been a five-run penalty,” he said. “That also could have gone our way, but unfortunately ... that didn’t materialise.” The incident took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh’s innings, moments before rain stopped play, when Liton Das played the ball towards the deep off-side field…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Sibanye’s shares take an 11% plunge after the firm posts lower production volumes in its third quarterSIBANYE-Stillwater’s shares plummeted by almost 11% after it posted an operating update for the quarter ended September 30, which showed production volumes were down in a challenging third quarter as it faced flooding, load shedding, a strike and higher input costs. Earlier this week Sibanye an- nounced that it planned to restructure about 2 000 jobs at its Beatrix mine in Welkom, Free State. “We are committed to minimising the impact of the proposed restructuring and will engage with all relevant stakeholders in an effort to avoid job losses, while attempting to limit the impact on the remainder of the operations and employees at the SA gold operations and the sustainability of the group,” Sibanye said. The shares closed at R39.21 on the JSE yesterday and have decreased…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Cash-rich AngloGold Ashanti is caught up in JSE rout despite stronger quarterHIGHER ore grade across AngloGold Ashanti’s gold mining operations helped lift bullion production for the quarter period to the end of September, the company reported yesterday, with cash flows and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) also spiking. AngloGold Ashanti has gold producing operations across Africa – in Ghana, Tanzania, Republic of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where its production jumped from 348 000 ounces in the same quarter in 2021 to 443 000 ounces for the quarter under review. In the Americas, production from Brazil and Argentina was higher at 152 000 ounces for the September quarter compared to 140 000 ounces in the same quarter last year. Output from Australia also firmed 125 000 ounces…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Truworths sales leap 16% despite load shedding and low economic growth in SASOUTH African fashion retailer Truworths International reported yesterday that retail sales for the first 17 weeks of the 2023 financial period rose by a robust 15.5% to R5.9 billion. But while Truworths said it was pleased with the positive performance achieved in the current period, the trading environment was expected to remain challenging in the year ahead. This was due to low economic growth and ongoing electricity load shedding expected in South Africa and as consumers contend with escalating fuel, electricity and food prices as well interest rates. Account sales comprised 52%, an increase from 49% from the prior comparable period of retail sales, with account and cash sales increasing by 21.5% and 9.7%, respectively, relative to the prior period. Retail sales for the Truworths Africa segment, which excludes…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Designer Mimangaliso Ashley Ndiko of Sixx6 is one to look out forDesigner Mimangaliso Ashley Ndiko of the brand Sixx6 continues to show that they are worth taking note of in the fashion industry. The young fashion designer recently added another item to their list of growing accolades after winning a fashion design competition to create an outfit for fashion influencer and Courvoisier ambassador of Joy, Melody Molale. Molale is known for hosting her annual Halloween Party #MelloweenJoy, and this year she held a competition for designers to dress her for her big night. The theme for this year’s Melloween Joy saw guests arrive as their favourite music icons. Molale chose Mimangaliso Ashley Ndiko (sixx6), Shaylene Morris (Bi Parel) and Boitumelo Masehla (MYROOTS) to design outfits for her. Each drew inspiration from music icons and their own aesthetic. “My followers voted and…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Minister orders analysis of R350 SRD grant paymentsSOCIAL Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has ordered Sassa to conduct an analysis of the payment of the current iteration of the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grants. “I am not really happy with the numbers that have been applied and approved. I am looking at the last iteration with the numbers that were right up to 11 million,” Zulu said. She made the statement when she was responding to oral questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday. GOOD Party MP Brett Herron said Zulu last month stated that changes envisaged to the regulations governing the payment of the grant would allow more people to qualify. He asked about the number of beneficiaries currently receiving the R350 grant under the new threshold, and the details of any changes in the…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Two more bodies found in Krugersdorp near shaft where 19 others were discoveredPOLICE in Gauteng have discovered two additional bodies, suspected to be illegal miners, near the scene where 19 bodies were discovered in Krugersdorp yesterday. Gauteng police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridili said that the two bodies were found yesterday morning as police continued to comb the scene where the 19 bodies were found. “Yes, we can confirm that this morning our search and rescue team went back, and as they were searching the scene, they discovered two more bodies which were retrieved from an open shaft,” she said. There is suspicion that, like the 19 bodies that were found on Wednesday, the two people died somewhere and were brought to the scene where they were found by police. The two bodies were found “not far” from the place where the 19…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Sinkhole forces City to close Valhalla RoadWITH the repairs of each sinkhole costing the City of Tshwane up to R30 million, the municipality can only afford to fix two in the current financial year. The City said it had been forced to close part of Snake Valley Road in Valhalla near Centurion due a sinkhole in the area. It advised motorists not to use Snake Valley Road (M24) between Old Johannesburg (R101) and Fjord Road after large cracks in the road started forming last week. Although initially only one lane of the road was affected, the City later extended the closure to all four lanes, according to Tshwane Metro Police Department spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba. “After picking the problem up October 27, 28 and 29 the affected area was observed to be increasing in size…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Ramaphosa urged to take leaf out of Mkhize’s book: step downThe voluntary resignation of Dr Zweli Mkhize as health minister has led to renewed calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to follow suit and step down pending the Phala Phala farm investigation. In an interview on SABC, Mkhize told the viewers that he felt he should resign from the portfolio to avoid a conflict of interest after he was implicated in the Special Investigating Unit’s report on the Digital Vibes tender, which was awarded fraudulently. The former ANC treasurer-general said he did not want to fight the report using state resources, and since he was going to cite the president in an application for a review, he felt it would not be prudent for him to fight his own battles while still serving in the Cabinet. After the interview, Twitter was…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Vaccine wake-up callTHERE is a need for Africa to produce its own vaccines to avoid the repeat of the Covid-19 situation, whereby its population was almost left in the lurch in terms of accessing inoculation. This was the sentiment expressed by some speakers at the two-day 8th biennial conference, which ended yesterday at the CSIR. Speakers said they believed that the vast inequality in production, distribution and administration of vaccines during the pandemic must be a wake-up call for Africa to build its capabilities in terms of producing vaccines and other biologic products. The conference was hosted under the theme, “Harnessing research, development and innovation for a robust South African economy”. At least 1 800 people, who included scientific experts, academia, industry leaders from across the world and members of the…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Journey to rejuvenation through a central taskThe Chinese path to modernisation puts people front and centre The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China successfully concluded not long ago. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his Report to the Congress that from this day forward, the central task of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realise the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernisation. The overall strategic arrangement is to take two steps: to basically realise socialist modernisation from 2020 through 2035 and to build China into a great modern socialist…6 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04‘Lift sanctions on Russia’ callLeaders of Austrian umbrella business platform Einheit.at, which unites over 8 800 firms, yesterday sent an open letter to the government demanding that it lift sanctions against Russia, accept its initiatives on peace talks with Ukraine and make efforts to let the Nord Stream gas pipelines start operating. The letter said that to prevent looming “destruction” of Austrian small and medium enterprises, the country’s government should take a number of measures in both domestic and foreign policy aiming at improving the economic situation in Austria. The platform demanded that the Austrian government suspend all sanctions against Russia to prevent “further damage” to Austria and do everything so that still functional Nord Stream pipelines could be put into operation. Austria should “immediately be governed as a neutral country” and present a…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-045 die in Kazakhstan coal mine explosionAlmaty: A methane explosion at a coal mine in central Kazakhstan killed at least five people and injured another four yesterday, officials said. “A sudden release of gas during the drilling of a drainage well led to the deaths of five workers” in the Lenin mine belonging to ArcelorMittal, Ruslan Imankulov, a spokesman for the country’s emergency ministry, told AFP. Imankulov added that “four people were hospitalised and 106 were evacuated”. Mine accidents are frequent in the countries of the former Soviet Union due to the dilapidation of facilities and a lax approach to safety | AFP…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Europe should act to prevent gas shortageParis: Europe must act immediately to prevent a shortage of natural gas next year as Russia slashes deliveries in the wake of the Ukraine war, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned yesterday. The region could lack 30 billion cubic metres that it needs “to fuel its economy and sufficiently refill storage sites during the summer of 2023, jeopardising its preparations for the winter of 2023-24,” the Paris-based agency said in a report. The IEA said that the shortfall would occur if Russia stops pipelines deliveries and China steps up its imports of liquefied natural gas, which Europe has relied upon to replace Russian supplies. | AFP…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Teen’s thunder sparks excitement for SA20 LeagueSOUTH Africa’s new batting superstar will be the headline act in the CSA T20 Challenge final in Potchefstroom tomorrow in which the Multiply Titans, from Tshwane, face the HollywoodBets Dolphins from Durban. A tournament that had largely played out anonymously in front of only a few hundred spectators at the JB Marks Oval over the last three weeks suddenly captured the country’s and the cricket world’s attention on Monday thanks to 19-year-old Dewald Brevis. His 162 off 57 balls had social media aflutter and drew attention away from the T20 World Cup taking place Down Under. That match between the Titans and the Knights saw a world record aggregate of runs, and certainly Viacom18, the new investors into the SA20 League, would have been delighted about the product they…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Yusuf Maart back in the Bafana foldBAFANA Bafana coach Hugo Broos has announced his provisional squad for their two friendlies this month, with Yusuf Maart a notable inclusion. Bafana recently beat Sierra Leone 4-0 and Botswana 1-0 in back-to-back friendlies to snap a four-game winless run. But in making sure they prepare well for their back-to-back crunch Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Liberia in March, Bafana needed more friendlies. And they have their next opponents. They’ll face Mozambique at Mbombela Stadium on November 17, before hosting Angola at the same venue on November 22 and yesterday Broos announced his 30-man provisional squad for the two clashes, retaining most of the players he recently called up. But it’s a notable return for Maart to the squad for the first time since he moved to Kaizer Chiefs…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Southgate feels the heat ahead of World CupGARETH Southgate could be entering the final weeks of his England reign unless the under-fire boss can arrest his spluttering team’s alarming decline in time for the World Cup. Southgate has two years remaining on his England contract, but there is a growing sense the World Cup could serve as his last hurrah with the Three Lions. There has been a noticeable change in national mood towards Southgate, with the 52-year-old subjected to jeers and abuse from the stands on several occasions during England’s damaging loss of form in recent months. Having failed to win any of their last six matches, Southgate’s side will fly to Qatar on their worst run of form since 1993. And if England fail to return home with their first major men’s international trophy since…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04The Glencore fine is ‘amounting to just a mere slap on the wrist’AEC calls for stronger action against company’s corrupt behaviour MINING and commodities conglomerate Glencore is unlikely to feel the pinch from the R5.7 billion (£276 million) fine imposed on its subsidiary, Glencore Energy UK, for bribery in African jurisdictions in cash-for-oil deals. Since the corruption was exposed the group has gone to the trouble of cleaning house and ousting former Chief excecutive Ivan Glasenberg, under whose watch the practice evolved. Glencore’s profits more than doubled to a record R342bn in the first half of the year, bolstered by a surge in coal prices and its commodity portfolio as Russia waged war on Ukraine, making the fine a mere drop in the ocean. “I thought the fine would be a lot higher. They are hardly likely to suffer reputational damage…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Sunrise Energy says competition authority decision may boost market demand for LPGSUNRISE Energy said the Competition Commission’s recommendation this week that Vita Gas be fined for market dominance abuse would give other importers in the Western Cape an opportunity to utilise its terminal to import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which might lead to better gas prices. Responding to further questions from Business Report following the commission’s referral of the matter to the Competition Tribunal, Sunrise chief executive Monde Tyusha said yesterday that the decision might not necessarily lead to increased throughput at Sunrise’s import terminal, but it would ensure competition within the market. “Better pricing might result in increased market demand,” he said. Sunrise owns and operates the terminal on an open access basis, meaning that capacity must be shared among all users and prospective users in proportion to their needs.…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Stroke strikes two South Africans every 10 minutesEvery 10 minutes, two South Africans have a stroke, and minutes can make all the difference in the world between a stroke victim’s quality of life and mortality. A stroke is manageable, provided symptoms are identified immediately and treatment is accessed in a timely manner. In South Africa, almost one-third of the 240 individuals who experience a stroke die each day, and a third of survivors live with a persistent disability. Strokes are the second leading cause of death worldwide, affecting one in every four people over the age of 25. On World Stroke Day, October 29, Neurological Society of South Africa (Nasa) resident Dr Patty Francis declared: “Every second counts when a stroke happens. The more time the brain spends without blood and oxygen, the more severe the damage…4 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04duch*ess of Sussex paints picture of her ‘crushing guilt’ of being a mother in the public eyeMEGHAN, duch*ess of Sussex, says being a mum in the public eye can come with “crushing guilt” due to high expectations. She shared this on the latest episode of her Archetypes podcast, titled “Good Wife/Bad Wife, Good Mom/Bad Mom”, which featured her talking to Canada’s first lady, Sophie Trudeau. The duch*ess, 41, describes Sophie, 47, as a “dear friend” whom she first met seven years ago during Toronto Fashion Week when she was acting in Suits. She said when introducing her guest: “She knows what it feels like to be a mum and a partner. And specifically a mum and a partner in the public eye, and also how crushing the guilt of expectations can become – the guilt that we feel as mothers or as women, in general, is…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Eskom chief’s future in the board’s handsRamaphosa tells Parliament that plans are in place to end load shedding as a matter of urgency THE Eskom board will soon assess the performances of the power utility’s executives, including chief executive André de Ruyter, who is facing mounting calls that he be sacked over the worst load shedding in the country’s history. Responding to oral questions in the National Assembly yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said De Ruyter was appointed on a five-year contract in January 2020 and reports to the newly- appointed board. He asked that the board be given space to assess what needs to be done to improve the efficiency of existing plants and the effectiveness of management and operators at all levels. “This is a process, I believe, they have started on or will be…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Man handed life sentence for stabbing mother of his child to death after argumentTHE High Court in Mpumalanga, sitting in Delmas, has convicted and sentenced Christopher “Stoffie” Graham Watson, 33, from Secunda, to life imprisonment and a further three years for the murder of his girlfriend Angelique Fourie, 27. Watson pleaded guilty to the crime. He was also handed three years imprisonment for assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Mpumalanga regional spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said: “Through his lawyer, Watson told the court that on the evening of November 7, 2021, he went to the deceased’s place in Cosmo Ridge, Trichardt, and found her with another person who is the complainant in the matter. A heated argument ensued between the complainant and the (accused) Watson, and the accused assaulted the complainant. “When the deceased (Angelique Fourie)…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Legal eagle ditches ANC for ActionSAACTIONSA’S drive to make significant inroads into ANC constituencies ahead of the possibly historic 2024 general elections has yielded a top intellectual in Mpumalanga. The party’s provincial chairperson, Thoko Mashiane, introduced former ANC activist and prominent lawyer Sinky Ngobe kaNkosi. Ngobe kaNkosi was one of the legal minds who were interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission for the vacancies in the Limpopo High Court. “Mpumalanga ActionSA welcomes Sinky Ngobe kaNkosi to the family of ‘actioners’ to its rank. Sinky Ngobe kaNkosi is a well-known lawyer in the law fraternity, with more than 25 years of experience,” said Mashiane. Mashiane mentioned Ngobe kaNkosi's impressive profile, which included stints as an acting high court judge, a senior commissioner at the CCMA and chairperson of the first consumer court in Mpumalanga. “Ngobe kaNkosi…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04ANC in Johannesburg calls for investigation into allegations of abuse of the mayor’s bodyguardsTHE ANC in Johannesburg has called for an investigation into allegations that the mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse, has abused the services of her bodyguards. This follows allegations that Phalatse had abused one of her woman minders by making her perform tasks outside of her employment contract. The bodyguard, whose identity is known to The Star, was allegedly forced to babysit and look after the mayor’s relatives. The Star understands that the mayor had trust issues with the minder and had removed her from her car and wanted nothing to do with her. The ANC chairperson in Johannesburg, Dada Morero, called for an investigation into these allegations. “Protectors are human beings, and they have particular duties that they are assigned to, and they should do what is prescribed by the…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Gauteng has shortage of ICU nurses, training since 2019CRITICAL units in Gauteng hospitals are experiencing a high shortage of nurses in its Intensive Care and High Care units across the province. These shocking details were revealed by Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in her written reply to questions by DA spokesperson for health, Jack Bloom, in the provincial legislature Gauteng hospitals should have 3 340 ICU nurses, but only 659 are working and no new nurses have been trained since 2019. Nkomo-Ralehoko said professional nurses were categorised as either general or speciality posts. ICU nurses posts fall under the category of speciality posts. “As of the August 31, 2022, there were 317 vacant professional nurse grade 1 speciality nursing posts.” She said these posts were utilised to appoint nurses of different specialisation, including ICU. Detailing the number of ICU…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Netanyahu set for comebackJERUSALEM: A near-final tally of votes yesterday showed former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on track to re-election with a clear parliamentary majority, boosted by ultranationalists who want tougher crackdowns on Palestinians. In the latest violence, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including an Islamic Jihad militant in the occupied West Bank and a Jerusalem man who police said had stabbed an officer. Tuesday’s ballot saw out the centrist incumbent, Yair Lapid, and his rare alliance of conservatives, liberals and Arab politicians which, over 18 months in power, had made diplomatic inroads with Turkey and Lebanon and kept the economy humming. But with the conflict with the Palestinians surging anew and touching off Jewish-Arab tensions within Israel, Netanyahu’s rightist Likud and kindred parties took 65 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, according…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Iranian lawyers condemn clerical leadersTEHRAN: Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have publicly criticised the country’s clerical rulers, saying their crackdowns which crushed dissent for decades will no longer work and protesters seeking a new political order will prevail. “The government is still drowning in illusions and believes it can repress, arrest and kill to silence,” the lawyers, some inside the country and some outside, said in a statement sent to Reuters. “But the flood of people will ultimately remove a government because the divine will side with the people. The voice of the people is the voice of God.” Those inside the country risk arrest with their comments. But their statement is the latest example of how an increasing number of Iranians are no longer paralysed by the fear of the state that…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04New Delhi air quality makes parents waryNew Delhi: Parents in the Indian capital have started worrying about their school-going children, as Delhi recorded the “severe” category in the Air Quality Index (AQI) meter yesterday. Delhiites woke up to a thick envelope of smog as air quality in the national capital and in adjoining regions, dipped into severe category again. The the dip in air quality was attributed to unfavourable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and a sudden spike in stubble-burning incidents. Several residents have reported breathing difficulties, with the elderly and schoolchildren being the worst hit. | ANI…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Zuckerberg punts WhatsApp video featureNew Delhi: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday announced the global roll-out of a 32-person video calling feature called Communities on WhatsApp. Zuckerberg posted a video on Facebook to announce the new feature, calling it a “major evolution for WhatsApp”. “We’re launching Communities on WhatsApp. “It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels, and more. All secured by end-to-end encryption so your messages stay private,” he said. The new feature will allow admins to better organise the conversations “under one umbrella”, Zuckerberg added. Besides Communities, WhatsApp also released more features to “improve the group chat experience”, including in-chat polls, larger file sharing, reactions, groups with up to 1 024 users and shareable call links. | IANS…1 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Springboks chasing consistencyTHE last time Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber were at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin they were paying “fans” in the stands and it was the unfolding horror of seeing the once-proud Springboks shuffling about cluelessly that panged their national conscience into doing something about it. That was 2017 and Erasmus and Nienaber had been coaching Munster not too far down the drag from Dublin. The scoreline was 38-3 that day and it was the death knell for Allister Coetzee. Three weeks later he was sacked and Erasmus answered the SOS from SA Rugby. Just this week, Erasmus said that while watching that horror show in 2017 he was convinced that South Africa had the players but obviously not the direction and it is fact that 18 months later the…3 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04Blitzboks to adapt and execute in Hong KongIT has been a difficult build-up to his first tournament in charge of the Blitzboks, but Sandile Ngcobo is confident they can “adapt and execute” in the Hong Kong Sevens which starts today. Ngcobo has had one challenge after another in getting the Blitzboks ready for their first tournament since the departure of Neil Powell. They have had training sessions suspended because of tropical storms; a strict tournament hotel bubble; and having to wait 24 hours before kick-off to know whether anyone in the squad delivered a positive Covid-19 test. And for good measure, they have a new qualifier of the World Sevens Series as their first opponent on the opening day (Uruguay), but Ncobo says they will embrace all of these challenges. “We have a slogan of adapt and…2 分
Pretoria News|2022-11-04France need best version of Mbappe as tough World Cup loomsKYLIAN Mbappe loves nothing more than carrying the weight of a team on his shoulders and there is evidence he will need to do just that when France start the defence of their World Cup title. The Paris Saint-Germain forward, who became the second youngest player after Pele to score twice in a World Cup final in France’s 4-2 win against Croatia, will have to deal with huge expectations. His self-proclaimed drive to become the greatest will be put to the test after an under-par European Championship campaign in 2021 and in a team that is not as strong as four years ago. With a defence that needs constant readjustments and has shown signs of nerves lately, and in the absence of pivotal midfielder N’Golo Kante, who is out injured,…2 分
