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arriving in on The Alan Paton Drive yesterday. PHOTO: NASH NARRANDES WitnessWitness Substantial losses to businesses paint a gloomy future ‘My father’s

CLIVE NDOU have been left devastated by the looting. We While the situation remained gloomy, Zika- would today finalise a plan on how the shorta- “The fact of the matter is that we don’t witnessed the massive damage to property. lala said the provincial government was en- ges could be mitigated. While those who have have any areas which are preserved for a par- people are The KwaZulu-Natal economy has suffered Some of the looting happened whilst we were couraged by the work being done by law en- been looting businesses and vandalising prop- ticular race group. What we have are areas for damage worth around R3 billion since the on- there,” he said. forcement agencies to stop the looting and erty have claimed that they were engaged in all South Africans,” he said. going riots started on Friday. In Cato Ridge Zikalala came face to face with vandalism. a protest against the imprisonment of former Zikalala’s update on the provincial govern- committing This is according to KZN Premier Sihle Zika- the looters while they were busy stealing from “The situation would have been much worse president Jacob Zuma, Zikalala labelled the ment’s response to the looting and vandalism lala, who revealed that Pietermaritzburg and the Value Logistics warehouse. had it not been for the law enforcement agen- looters as “criminals”. happened a few hours after the Defence and eThekwini were the worst hit areas in the prov- “Some were arrested while we were there. cies,” he said. “These criminal activities can’t be conduct- Military Veterans minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa- suicide,’ says ince. What took us aback was the fact that police Apart from preventing some of the looting ed in the name of our former president,” Zikala- Nqakula, announced that the number of South Speaking during a virtual media briefing, the and municipal workers were also involved in from happening, the premier said the law en- la said. African National Defence Force (SANDF) premier said the looting and vandalism contin- the looting,” he said. forcement agencies have been able to secure Also of major concern to the provincial gov- members deployed to deal with the looting Zulu King ued in parts of the province yesterday, putting On Tuesday, the number of people who died the national key points and prevent the de- ernment, the premier said, were attempts by in KwaZulu-Natal and had been in- thousands of jobs at risk. due to the stampedes caused by the looting struction to key infrastructure such as substa- certain communities in the province to use the creased from 2 500 to 25 000. Zikalala, who led a provincial government stood at 26. tions and water supply infrastructure. riots to harass black people in general. Maphisa-Nqakula, alongside Police Minister, CLIVE NDOU delegation on a tour of some of the affected However, Zikalala, who indicated that the The looting of businesses in KZN has now Some communities, he said, have been set- Bheki Cele, are scheduled to visit KZN today areas in the province, said the looting had latest statistics were being compiled, yester- created a shortage of food, medicines and fuel ting up roadblocks in an attempt to prevent to oversee the law enforcement plans to crack “My father’s people are committing suicide”. caused substantial losses to businesses. day said the number of fatalities has since in- in the province. black people from entering their neighbour- down on the unrest in the province. This is how the Zulu monarch, King Misuzulu kaZwe- “We visited a number of businesses that creased. The provincial government, Zikalala said, hoods. • [email protected] lithini, described the ongoing looting and vandalism by a section of the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal population claiming to be fighting for the release of former presi- dent Jacob Zuma. Addressing the Zulu nation yesterday, King Misuzulu Government said it was the poor who would suffer the most from the current destruction of the economy. “Those who will suffer the most from a weakened working on economy are the poor, the vulnerable and the strug- gling. When food cannot be delivered because trucks Ray of hope as and warehouses are burned, our people will go hungry,” he said. stabilising The looting, which has since spread to the Gauteng province, started in KZN on Friday. “What is currently happening paints a bad picture of economy the Zulu nation. I never imagined that my father’s peo- ple would be involved in the burning of their own coun- try,” King Misuzulu said. SIYAMTANDA CAPA The conduct of the looters, the Zulu King said, has tarnished the image of the entire Zulu nation. More than 1 000 people have been arrested for troops arrive “It creates a picture of people who have lost their crimes related to the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. dignity. Acting minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo “It has brought shame to all of us,” he said. Ntshavheni revealed the figure during a press The party is over for looters, the army is here, say residents King Misuzulu, who urged the looters to stop their briefing yesterday. Ntshaveni said there had been activities, also zoned in on the current tensions be- 156 incidents in KwaZulu-Natal and that 464 cas- tween some Zulu and Indian communities as a result of es had been opened. In Gauteng 686 people had CLIVE NDOU Nonhlanhla Buthelezi was of the view that to bring the situation under control. rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the the current unrest. been arrested. Ntshaveni said the government the army should have arrived much earlier. “Even though I don’t believe that the num- crowd. It’s different when it comes to the army The Indians and Zulu communities, he said, have was in talks with the business sector to stabilise After days of being gripped with despair, the “Too late, what were they waiting for?” she ber of the SA National Defence Force mem- because SANDF members only use live am- lived side by side peacefully for decades. “Let’s not do the situation and rebuild the economy. arrival of army has lifted the hopes of the Mid- said. However, Delise Rose, another local resi- bers who have been deployed is enough, the munition. That scares the looters,” he said. anything that will change that,” he said. “We have got confidence that the situation lands community residents. dent, said the arrival of the army would put situation would have been far worse had the Despite the presence of the army not yet King Misuzulu addressed the Zulu nation amid con- would be handled quickly and the threat on in- Members of the SA National Defence Force the looters plans in disarray. army not been brought in,” he said. being felt across the province, Burger said the cerns that the current violent protests would destroy vestment would be minimised,” said Ntshavheni. (SANDF), some of whom arrived by a military “We still need all the help we can get... this This as the police battle to contain the riots situation was likely to improve in the coming the economy and deepen poverty in the country. The minister also addressed threats to food se- aircraft which landed at the local Oribi Air- looting is never over yet, we still have shops due to a shortage of manpower. days. “Yes, the numbers currently on the “I fully understand the desperation born of poverty curity, medicine and fuel in KZN. She said the port yesterday, were patrolling the streets. they haven’t looted yet ... they (looters) are On Tuesday, the Minister of Defence and ground are not enough, but there are plans and unemployment which lures people, especially our government would not allow food and essential “The party is over for the looters, the army still enjoying their overnight riches, planning Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, in the pipelines to beef up the numbers. youth, to join this chaos. But I must appeal to all of us supplies to run out. is here,” local resident Mthokozisi Ntshan- the next move,” she said. announced that 2 500 SANDF members have “These are all encouraging signs,” he said. to take a step back and consider the damage being “I must indicate that energy minister (Gwede gase, wrote on his Facebook page. Despite criticisms that the government is been deployed to KZN and Gauteng as part Phoenix and Verulam are two areas where done through our own actions,” he said. Mantashe) has issued a ministerial directive to At the nearby Cato Ridge, where looters in- not doing enough to quell the current looting, of government’s efforts to quell the violence. residents have been begging for soldiers to According to the KZN business community, the cost stop the sale of fuel to people with portable con- vaded the Value Warehouse Logistics yester- a security expert is of the view that progress While the role of SANDF members was to back up the few police patrols in the area. of the looting and vandalism is hovering around R16 tainers to avoid the abuse of fuel. day, the largest warehouse in the province, the is being made in stopping the looters. provide police confronting the looters with Yesterday, social media showed several billion just in eThekwini. “We are working with the national consumer army arrested several of the rioters who had Johan Burger, a senior researcher at the In- cover, Burger said the army’s presence was of clips of militias taking the law into their own Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa having deployed group council to make sure that there is food se- removed goods from the facility. stitute of Security Studies (ISS) crime and significant importance. hands, with threats of a burgeoning race war the army as part of government’s efforts to contain curity, but currently there is no shortage of food, Pietermaritzburg was the first town which justice programme, cited the deployment of “If you look at what has been happening now emerging from these areas. the violence engulfing the province, the looting and the stores have been closed because of the looting the looters hit hard after they invaded the the army to hot spot areas of KZN and the in various areas where people have been loot- SANDF spokesperson, Siphiwe Dlamini, vandalism continued in several parts of KZN on but there is sufficient protection,” said Ntshaveni. Brookside Mall before setting it alight on cancelling of all police leave, as a sign that gov- ing and vandalising property, it’s clear that declined to divulge the number of SANDF Wednesday. She added that ministers in the economic clus- Sunday. Since then, several businesses around ernment was committed to putting a stop to they are not really scared of the police. members currently in KZN. “Knowing that all this is happening in a time of pan- ter are set to be deployed to KwaZulu-Natal to the city have been looted. the riots. “It looks like there are clear attempts “This is mainly because police have to use “We don’t give numbers,” he said. demic, and at the height of the most dangerous vari- deal with the unrest that has engulfed the prov- ant of the virus, leads to the only conclusion possible: ince. Government will also communicate an eco- my father’s people are committing suicide. One cannot nomic recovery plan for both KwaZulu-Natal and RESIDENTS IN NEED OF REASSURANCES FROM THE CITY MAYOR see it as anything else,” said King Misuzulu. Gauteng. The two provinces have seen unrest He appealed to the people of Zulus not to allow pol- with incidences of violence, looting and vandal- itics to taint the dignity of the Zulu nation and be lead ism. People have also died. She said the ministers SIYAMTANDA CAPA through without any inquiry. Adding to this had been the only saving grace for some confidence of residents with a mitigating to destruction. to be deployed to KZN would communicate their Thebolla said one of his aides had his fire- shops that remain untouched. plan. “We are better than diaries towards the end of the week. Pietermaritzburg residents and some ward arm confiscated when he attempted to en- “We need leadership in this dark time, “We know he cannot do this alone, but this. We are a people Ntshavheni was responding to questions councillors are furious over comments ter Mountain Rise to get to his home. we need to place our political differences the ANC leadership that deployed him must of dignity. Let us re- about why no ministers had been deployed to made by Msunduzi mayor Mzimkhulu The- Thebolla’s Tuesday comments have been aside and unite to restore law and order in have a grand plan to avert this looting by spect the rule of KwaZulu-Natal where the unrest had not subsid- bolla in yesterday. received with anger by his colleagues in the order to start rebuilding our city,” said Stra- now, and further instruct its deployees on law and ensure that ed. But Ntshavheni said Co-operative govern- Thebolla on Tuesday alleged that people City council. DA councillor, Ross Strachan, chan. the next course of action.” order returns to ance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister were being blocked from entering some ar- said Thebolla’s comments were absurd. ANC councillor, Mahmood Oumar, said Oumar said the provincial secretary of KwaZulu-Natal and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma had been deployed to eas based on their race. He said this “The comments by the mayor — that all Thebolla’s comments were of no help to the ANC in KZN, Mdumiseni Ntuli, did meet wherever we are as the province. “There are ministers who have been caused racial tensions and would not be civilian roadblocks to be disbanded — is ab- residents and the City. “The sporadic pro- with some branches where he to remind a people,” he said. deployed to KZN, they may not be visiting malls, tolerated. solutely absurd, delusional and quite frankly tests that are engulfing the City is a con- them of their leadership role in these trying but they are engaging with political parties there. Yesterday the mayor said he stood by his out of the question until authorities inter- cern to every moral individual. times. “We lack proper political counsel and “They are also engaging with community lead- comments and claimed he had also found vene accordingly to protect our only forms “We have a mayor that is said to be ac- as a result we live in a ghost city,” he said. King Misuzulu. ers there,” said Ntshaveni. She did not name the it difficult to enter a Pietermaritzburg sub- of security. In this time he should be on cessible but is equally of no help. Msunduzi He added that he would have liked to PHOTO: GETTY ministers. She said they were concerned commu- urb because he was black. the ground and with his community to give had begun to collapse long before the loot- see Thebolla “on the ground responding to IMAGES nity members had taken up arms. She said this Thebolla alleged a white man who was them reassurance,” said Strachan. ing of shops started taking place,” Oumar, the plight of the masses”. could easily be hijacked by criminals. driving in front of him was easily let He said that the community mobilisation He said Thebolla had failed to gain the • [email protected]

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LOOTERS HAVE Private BECOME SUPER hospitals SPREADERS Unrest affects Health monitoring ESTELLE SINKINS

The Democratic Nursing Organi- situation sation of (Denosa) Large numbers of healthcare staff unable to get to work due to the riots has accused the President and ESTELLE SINKINS law enforcement ministers of failing to support healthcare ESTELLE SINKINS our different facilities,” she added. rently 1 670 coronavirus patients in hos- er had rocks thrown at it in Mariannhill,” to nearby rioting. On Tuesday, a truck Contingency steps have been put workers in KwaZulu-Natal. The KZN DoH has appealed to na- pital, of which 723 are in public health Simelane said. delivering food supplies to health facili- in place at private hospitals to The union said the healthcare More lives will be lost if the ongoing civil tional government to help it protect its facilities, with 947 in the private health “Yesterday, an ambulance transport- ties in the Amajuba district was emptied ensure the safety of patients system in Johannesburg and Dur- unrest in KwaZulu-Natal is not brought vehicles, and those of Afrox, while they care sector. ing a maternity patient was stoned while of all its supplies. and staff impacted by the ongo- ban had taken great strain from to an end. are on the road, warning that if a truck There are currently 33 Covid-19 pa- passing through Nongoma town. It sus- The unrest has also made it difficult ing unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. the community unrest, which has That was the stark warning from KZN carrying oxygen is attacked and set tients in ICU in public hospitals, eight tained a broken window on its sliding for the KZN DoH to collect bodies from That was the response from halted the Covid-19 vaccination Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane alight it will result in mass casualties. of whom are on ventilators. In private door. Thankfully, the patient and our hot-spot areas and from clinics without both Mediclinic Southern Africa programme. It has also caused (pictured), who said: “Our province is Another concern is that large num- hospitals, 207 patients need intensive staff members were not injured.” mortuary facilities. and the Netcare Group in re- an influx of emergency cases in- bleeding ... The situation has been par- bers of nurses, doctors and support staff care. Of these, 73 are on ventilators. The MEC also reported that staff at Commenting on concerns raised sponse to questions from The to trauma units, with many of ticularly bad for us in the health sector, are unable to get to work and care for While dealing with the ongoing pan- hospitals and clinics in Edendale, Pieter- about food shortages, the MEC said Witness. the looters testing positive for where we simply cannot afford any dis- patients. In some cases only around five demic, hospitals are also seeing an in- maritzburg, Osindisweni in eThekwini, plans were in place to ensure that medi- “Mediclinic can confirm that Covid-19. Denosa said that, at ruption ... as we deal with matters of life percent of the nursing staff made it to crease in the number of trauma patients Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in cal facilities would get food for patients although some hospital opera- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academ- and death every single second and min- work in the past few days, Simelane said. needing treatment for stabbing and gun- Phoenix and at the KwaDabeka Com- and fuel to keep ambulances, forensic ve- tions have been affected due to ic Hospital in Johannesburg, the ute of the day.” “This has resulted in only skeletal staff shot wounds, burns and motor vehicles munity Health Centre on the North hicles and trucks carrying food on the civil unrest ... the ongoing, fluid trauma unit had 10 confirmed Oxygen supply is one of the big wor- being able to work at our health facili- accidents. Coast have been threatened by those in- road. “We simply cannot go on like we situation is closely monitored in cases of coronavirus, putting ries for the KZN Department of ties,” she added. “Many of those “We have been unable to refer pa- volved in the civil unrest. have over the past few days,” Simelane the interest of MCSA patients healthcare workers and other pa- Health (DoH). on night shift have had to find tients from clinics, community health On Monday, a group of people forced said, adding: “We are concerned that if and staff,” it said in a statement. tients at risk of getting the virus. Simelane said that for the next a way to sleep at our facilities, centres, and district hospitals to the next their way into Ekuhlengeni Psychiatric nothing changes, we may start losing “Access to some of the MCSA “What is becoming obvious few days they had enough oxygen and continue working when level of care due to the civil unrest, which Care Centre in Old South Coast Road, many lives unnecessarily. facilities is challenging, while de- from what healthcare workers for patients at public hospitals, their shift starts.” has resulted in some people losing their Umbogintwini. The looters took TV sets “There are scores of people in our hos- livery of some supplies as well are experiencing is that the un- but if the unrest continues In intensive care lives because we could not transfer and computers and demanded keys to pitals who are fighting for their lives, as movement of patients be- rest is contributing greatly to the unabated, supplies will wards, where Covid-19 them,” Simelane said. vehicles, but their attempts to steal them who need to be attended to by our doc- tween facilities have been im- spread of Covid-19 infection – drop significantly. patients need con- The situation was being aggravated, were unsuccessful. tors and nurses as a matter of urgency. pacted. the unrest has become a super “We are quite wor- stant monitoring, the she added, by attacks on paramedics In Inanda Newtown, a community “We really cannot afford a situation “The contingency measures spreader event,” the union said. ried because it means lack of nurses is po- from the emergency medical rescue ser- health centre was attacked and robbed where lives are lost just because our that are in place include contin- “There are nurses who have the Afrox trucks will tentially life-threat- vice (EMRS). “One of our ambulances of TVs and computer equipment; while healthcare workers cannot get to work.” gency staffing, the temporary been at work since Sunday be- not be able to get to ening. There are cur- was burnt on Sunday night, while anoth- Tongaat’s health centre was closed due • [email protected] closure of the vaccination cen- cause of the unrest, and those tres in areas at risk in line with who are at home cannot come the Department of Health’s di- to work. Yet the same nurses are rective in this regard and the being threatened by the employ- cancellation of elective surgeries er with ‘unpaid leave’...” Zuma’s lawyers apply to call witnesses in ‘spy tapes’ hearing in areas of unrest. “MCSA is also endeavouring to secure the delivery of critical KARYN MAUGHAN that, should the high court “not do the a permanent stay of prosecution in 2019. the court suspect.” interfered in the case against him. supplies like oxygen at this time HOSPITALS ASK right thing” in response to his claims of Despite not having successfully ap- They further maintain that, while the McCarthy and former NPA head, Bu- of the Covid-19 pandemic.” Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers fair trial abuses, he might not co-operate pealed that ruling, Zuma’s lawyers now “spy tapes” saga has already been the lelani Ngcuka, were recorded discussing Netcare, which runs St Anne’s FOR SOLDIERS’ want the KZN High Court in Pieterma- in his criminal trial. insist that it was “unconstitutional” for subject of multiple court rulings, Judge when the then-aspirant ANC president, Hospital in Pietermaritzburg and ritzburg to hold a “spy tapes” hearing Zuma’s lawyers were set to argue his it to have been decided by three judges, Piet Koen — who is presiding over the Zuma, should be charged in the run-up St Augustine’s Hospital in Dur- PROTECTION to determine if his rights to a fair trial “special plea” on Monday, but — given who they maintain had “no jurisdiction trial of Zuma and French arms company to the party’s 2007 elective conference ban, said the ongoing unrest was were violated by the National Prosecut- the tide of civil unrest in KZN and Gaut- to do so”. They state in heads of argu- Thales — must hear oral evidence from in what later became known as the “spy placing further pressure on an The National Hospital Network ing Authority (NPA) — and they have eng in the wake of his imprisonment for ment: “A permanent stay of prosecution all the roleplayers involved. It remains tapes” — the recordings that later per- already constrained healthcare (NHN) has appealed for help from applied for the right to call witnesses. contempt of court — it remains uncer- was brought under the criminal case unclear, at this point, which witnesses suaded then-acting NPA head Mokotedi service. the police and the SA National Zuma, who is currently incarcerated, tain whether it will go ahead. number and was supposed to have been they want to call and whether Zuma is Mpshe to unlawfully drop all charges Dr Richard Friedland, Netcare Defence Force (SANDF) in secur- insists that he should be acquitted on The NPA, meanwhile, maintains that dealt with as a criminal trial. among them. against Zuma. CEO, said: “Like many other busi- ing the safety of staff and the the basis of his so-called “special plea” Zuma’s complaints of abuse and politi- “Instead, the judge president imper- In his special plea application, Zuma The high courts in Pretoria and Piet- nesses, we have experienced protection of its food, oxygen that the entire NPA is unable to prose- cal conspiracy against the state have missibly allocated a criminal trial to a claims, among other things, that former ermaritzburg, as well as the Supreme some challenges, due to staff and communications networks. cute him for arms deal corruption be- largely been dealt with by the courts — full bench to be dealt with as such and Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy was Court of Appeal (SCA), found that shortages, as a result of staff The network, which represents cause of its alleged bias and lack of inde- most recently, when a full bench of the by a full bench. This was an irregularity an operative for the Central Intelligence Mpshe’s decision was irrational and not being able to reach their 241 hospitals, 74 of which pro- pendence. He previously threatened high court dismissed his application for that makes reliance on the judgment of Agency and that foreign spies may have should be set aside. — . place of work, however, Netcare’s vide acute services, is reeling in hospitals remain open through- the aftermath of the unrest and out the country. looting, in KwaZulu-Natal in par- “We have treated a number of ticular. Nair said some staff PLANS IN PLACE TO DELIVER OXYGEN people for protest-related inju- could not get to work, and those ActionSA plans class action against ANC ries, placing further pressure on who could not go home safely Industry gas supplier Afrox yesterday where and when our assets and em- an already constrained healthcare after their shifts had asked to said that emergency plans are in ployees are safe”. system, including emergency sleep at work. Some doctors had place to deliver critical oxygen to “Afrox welcomes the president’s ActionSA leader has medical services.” also battled to get to work. Vital hospitals around the country as wi- deployment of the SANDF in support condemned the looting and widespread He confirmed that Netcare oncology and dialysis services descale looting, blockades of major of police actions to stem looting riots currently gripping South Africa currently has sufficient oxygen, were also badly impacted. Food routes and attacks on emergency and arson attacks on road transport saying such acts “find their roots in the medicines, food and water and is was running out at some hospi- services are leading to shortages of vehicles which are carrying vital corruption-fuelled factional battles continuing to monitor supplies. tals, and pharmaceutical and ox- integral supplies. medical and food supplies across within the ANC”. “For now we have had to sus- ygen supplies were compromised. “Afrox is currently engaged in South Africa.” Through his party, ActionSA, Masha- pend vaccinations in KwaZulu- “The situation on the ground emergency planning to ensure deliv- Scenes of pandemonium contin- ba announced that they would pursue Natal [and] as a precautionary is simply untenable, the NHN eries can be safely undertaken and ued in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng a ground-breaking lawsuit against Presi- measure a few of our primary thus calls upon the government: to find alternate routes to custom- yesterday. dent Cyril Ramaphosa, Police Minister care facilities, Netcare Medicross • To provide on-site security to ers and hospitals as part of a flexi- The chaos has since let to general Bheki Cele, members of the security and Netcare Prime Cure have hospitals — public and private, ble response to spontaneous civil lawlessness and destruction of prop- cluster and the ANC, among others, fol- been temporarily closed,” Fried- • To provide transportation es- unrest breaking out,” the company erty. lowing the looting and lawlessness land said. corts by SAPS/SANDF for oxygen told Fin24. Rioting has since led to the tem- which “have terrorised residents and Netcare Medicross facilities and other medical supplies, in- It said that while deliveries were porary closure of the N3 — which businesses across the provinces of currently closed include: Medi- cluding food, clean linen and all affected in parts of Gauteng and connects Johannesburg to Durban — KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng”. cross Malvern, Medicross Bluff, other essential supplies; and KwaZulu-Natal, and police were es- owing to the torching of trucks by Mashaba said these office bearers had Medicross Hayfields, Medicross • To secure hospital communica- corting some of its delivery trucks, it looters, combined by attacks on failed in their constitutional duty to take uMhlanga, Medicross Richards tions and IT systems.” — News24. would “only operate and deliver warehouses. — Fin24. proactive and reasonable steps to pro- Bay and Medicross Meerensee. tect and preserve the rule of law. The Netcare Prime Cure facili- “In so doing, they failed to ensure the ties in Verulam, Prospecton, protection of our constitutional order ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has blamed ‘factional battles within the Smith Street, Bluff and Pinetown OFFICERS SENT NEW REGULATIONS ALLOW MEETINGS and the rights of every South African. ANC’ for the ongoing riots in the country. PHOTO: GALLO IMAGES have also be shut. A failure or omission to faithfully per- VirtualCare GP consultations TO PROTECT Changes have been made to South events, traditional council meetings, form this legal duty must carry conse- The party said it had been approached too late,” Mashaba said. will, however, be available with Africa’s Adjusted Alert Level 4 lock- and faith-based congregations. The quences as real as those experienced by by business owners who have lost their He lamented that despite “numerous GPs at Medicross. VACCINE SITES down regulations, allowing for com- laws also disallowed travel — other South Africans, who have lost their lives livelihoods and promised to litigate on opportunities, neither Ramaphosa nor • [email protected] munity gatherings hosted by politi- than for work purposes — to and and livelihoods because of the execu- their behalf. Cele have provided any real reason for Law enforcement officers have cians, councillors, religious and tradi- from Gauteng. The newly gazetted tive’s incompetence and wilful inaction,” “The legal action we are embarking their failure to take decisive and prevent- been sent to protect clinics that tional leaders “to deal with emergency regulations allow gatherings convened the former Johannesburg mayor said. on will be the first of its kind in demo- ative action against what is so plainly are rolling out Covid-19 vaccina- matters”. “to deal with emergency matters”. Mashaba called on all South Africans cratic South Africa and will seek to final- co-ordinated criminality”. tions, as well as vaccine storage This is in response to the civil un- “Gatherings at community engage- who have been negatively affected by the ly hold government to account for its “Equally, there are substantial allega- GLOBAL COUNT sites and schools amid unrest in rest, typified by widespread looting, in ments, hosted by members of parlia- recent violence and looting to join the poor governance,” said Mashaba. tions that the fires of mass looting and KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. ment, members of provincial legisla- lawsuit “against the ineffectual and in- “As South Africans, our pleas for as- criminality have been stocked by those 188 124 452 This follows reports that vac- Chaos in the two provinces and the tures, councillors, leaders of political competent Ramaphosa and his govern- sistance were met with silence until the within the ANC ranks. Total confirmed cases cines were allegedly stolen from need for urgent community engage- parties, religious leaders and tradition- ment”. situation was out of control. It was only “The ANC, a truly criminal organisa- a site in Durban and that phar- ment has led to changes in the regu- al leaders to deal with emergency Luyanda Mfeka, ActionSA’s director on Monday, following several days of tion masquerading as a , macies were looted in the prov- lations which were gazetted yesterday. matters are permitted,” reads the of communications, told City Press the looting, that the president finally autho- cannot be allowed to walk away scot-free inces. The looting continued into The original regulations prohibited so- amended regulations. party’s legal team “expects court papers rised the deployment of the SA National after endangering the people of South 4 053 386 Total deaths Tuesday night. cial gatherings, including political — Business Insider. to be filed relatively soon”. Defence Force, a move that was too little Africa,” said Mashaba. — City Press. In a statement, the Presidency said law enforcement and securi- 2 236 805 ty agencies were working togeth- CRITICS WEIGH IN ON THUSO MBEDU’S EMMY SNUB Total confirmed SA er to ensure public order and cases (July 14) were patrolling identified “hot- The nominees for the 73rd Primetime previously been nominated national series. that Thuso found herself in tight com- work by Thuso Mbedu, who holds the spot” areas, protecting key public Emmy Awards were announced on twice for an International Her performance has garnered petition in the Lead Actress in a Lim- entire piece together.” 17 489 and private infrastructure. Tuesday. Emmy for her role in praise from critics. While the se- ited Series or Movie category with About Thuso’s performance, Glenn Increase in 24 hours The Presidency said sites that One notable snub that has everyone Mzansi Magic’s Is’thunzi. ries got seven nominations, in- Michaela Cole, Cynthia Erivo, Elizabeth Whipp for the Los Angeles Time wrote: formed part of the country’s talking is Thuso Mbedu’s (pictured) Thuso made history cluding Limited Series, it was Olsen, Anya Taylor-Joy and Kate Wins- “She brought a fiery intensity to Cora, Covid-19 vaccination rollout breakout performance in Barry Jenkins’ as the first South Afri- completely shut out of the let getting the nods. Brian Tallerico for the enslaved young woman journeying 65 595 would be prioritised. — News24. limited Amazon series, The Under- can actor to be cast in acting categories. Rolling Stone, in turn, wrote: “That’s to freedom, transfixing viewers with Total SA deaths ground Railroad. The 30-year-old has the lead role of an inter- Ben Travis for Indiwire wrote no excuse to dismiss the breathtaking every gesture.” — Channel24. July 15, 2021 THE WITNESS | 3 www.witness.co.za NEWS

Clean-up Unrest costs begins in Big clean-up begins eThekwini at small towns least R16 bln Residents join City’s workers to clear the streets MSUNDUZI ASKS INGRID OELLERMANN BUSINESSES TO THABISO GOBA In some small towns, farmers, business SIYAMTANDA CAPA The damage caused by the looting and people and members of the community REPORT DAMAGE unrest in Durban is estimated at approxi- yesterday set to work to clean up and The clean-up of Pietermaritzburg mately R16 billion. start rebuilding. streets began yesterday, but the atmos- SIYAMTANDA CAPA This was revealed eThekwini’s Mayor But in others, like Richmond, the local phere in the CBD remains tense. Mxolisi Kaunda, when he briefed the residents are still counting the cost after Efforts to return normalcy to the city Msunduzi Municipality is on a mission media during his vist to Phoenix yester- widescale looting and burning took centre were underway as residents to determine the exact cost of the day. Kaunda said the City estimated place on Tuesday. joined the City’s waste department in damage and loss to businesses as a damages to property and equipment to Dave Jackson, chairperson of the cleaning up the streets. result of the unrest. be about R15 billion while there was also farmers association, told The Witness But the mood aRetief Street in The municipality has called on af- a R1 billion loss of stock. that the town appeared to have quiet- downtown Pie­termaritzburg remained fected businesses to come forward Kaunda said 40 000 formal business- ened down after being ransacked by loot- tense as business owners feel they could with the total cost of damage. Busi- es and 55 000 informal traders were af- ers the previous day. However, the situa- still be targeted by looters. nesses can fill out a form providing fected and that 129 000 jobs were at risk. tion remained tense. The business owners have hired a the address of the affected business. “Our teams are currently assessing “The town was totally gutted,” he said. local fencing company to block the cor- Msunduzi mayor Mzimkhulu The- the economic impact of the unrest as we He added there had been “sporadic ners of Church and Retief streets with bolla, said the recent looting and know a number of factories and shop- attacks” on farms in the area. pavement pillars. damage to property had left the city ping malls have been destroyed. We are “The community has blockaded Most streets in the CBD have simi- distressed. “We have decided to col- engaging with the sector through the roads here to put a stop to this but we larly been blocked, using pellets or large late information and compile a re- eThekwini economic council to estab- need assistance,” he said. rocks. Cars hoping to drive through, port relating to the costs of the lish how we can work together during Jackson said that one supermarket in were turned back. damages. the crisis and the aftermath,” he said. the town was still standing. The business owners say they have “We developed a form that will He was in Phoenix to call for calm in He said it is vital for the transporta- received threatening messages during enable us to understand the name the troubled area, which has seen a num- tion routes to reopen as soon as possible. the week. of and the business affected, exact ber of deaths and growing racial ten- Farming communities have been es- Super Save owner Deshuk Shahid location, address of the business, to- sions since the unrest began last Friday. pecially hard hit by the closure of the said the aim was to protect their busi- tal cost of damages. [Looted] prod- Kaunda held talks with community N3 and inability of trucks, due to the vio- nesses. “We have been told that the ucts or goods cost,” said Thebolla. leaders in Phoenix and the neighbouring lence, to fetch milk from dairy farms and CBD is the next target. There is a mes- He said the information would townships of Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMa- deliver feed for livestock including cows, sage, and it mentions our name, we are help the municipality and the sectors shu and surrounding areas. pigs, chickens and sheep. Tens of thou- a direct target now. in “planning for the economic recov- “We have identified hotspot areas sands of litres of milk, worth millions “We have to defend ourself, we are A Msunduzi Municipality waste truck in the Pietermaritzburg CBD yesterday as part of the clean-up efforts. ery interventions to support all the where there are brewing tensions. Our of rands, have been washed down the protecting this area 24/7, that is why PHOTO: NASH NARRANDES businesses that are affected”. aim is to engage each of these communi- drain daily since Monday. we are putting in more barricades, we Thebolla further called for calm, ties to urge them to protect their proper- A farmer near Pietermaritzburg said have to protect ourselves,” said Shahid. for more than 30 years and we have nev- broken me emotionally. Yesterday my- done,” said Mhlaba. peace and stability in the City. ty and families, but to do this within the he hoped that the trucks would start col- He said attempts had been made to er had something like this happen,” self and a group of guys that are in- Mhlaba, who was part of the group Thebolla said the municipality had confines of the law. lecting milk again from today. break into the remaining shops in the said Shahid. volved in e-hailing had a conversation cleaning around Game, said he hoped been adversely affected, adding that “We are talking in unison that this de- In the towns of Ixopo, Underberg, CBD on Monday morning. Meanwhile, residents yesterday and we all agreed that there isn’t much more people could join the clean up. municipal services such as waste col- monic pandemic of racism should be Wartburg and Mooi River, residents had “The shop was open on Sunday and joined the municipality in the first day that we could do, but cleaning up could “I understand that people may be lection, maintenance and repairs to rooted out of our community and people started the process of rebuilding their nothing happened, and then on Mon- of the mop-up operations. send a message,” said Mhlaba. feeling unsafe but I would like to appeal the infrastructure and delivery of wa- who are promoting this in our commu- communities and cleaning up the mess day there was a big crowd, that is why Thokozani Mhlaba appealed to oth- He said the aim was to send a mes- to people to assist in their areas,” said ter through water tankers, had been nity, should be rejected,” he said. yesterday. we have to safeguard ourselves. er residents to join the clean-up. sage to the business community and Mhlaba. put on hold. It’s unclear when the Jonathan Annipen, constituency lead- Angus Williamson, chairperson of the “I have been here running this shop “What happened in the province has apologise for what these people have • [email protected] services would resume. er for Inkatha Freedom Party in Phoenix, Mooi River farmers association, said the said Kaunda’s visit did little to quell the situation in the area was stabilising “due tensions in the area. to the efforts of the community at large”. Annipen, like most community lead- He said the fact that this was a com- ers in Phoenix, were disappointed that munity effort cannot be emphasised Residents across KwaZulu-Natal are coming to one another’s aid Kaunda did not commit to sending in enough. “We are taking hands and doing the South African National Defense things together. Together we will get Force (SANDF) to the area. back to normal and we want that to hap- JYOTHI LALDAS Those who own small farms within On the KZN north coast, a super- One Durban woman said she would Chat groups have also been formed “Kaunda is completely out of touch pen as soon as possible,” he said. the affect areas have opted to sell milk market owner has been giving out free empty out her grocery cupboard help- within communities to source nappies, with reality if he believes that the SAPS He also praised farmworkers who had In the midst of unrest and chaos, resi- and fresh produce directly to neigh- bread to those who are patrolling com- ing her neighbours before letting them infant formula and other basic necessi- will be able to handle the level of crimi- shown exceptional loyalty by finding dents across KwaZulu-Natal are com- bouring residents at reasonable prices. munities and keeping watch over night go hungry. ties. One of the organisers of a North nality which is prevalent in this town, ways in which to get to work daily despite ing to one another’s aid. One farmer in Pietermaritzburg said at entry and exit points. “It is fair to say I am much better Coast group said she has been inundat- perpetrated by looters who are purport- the dangers and challenges they faced. Residents and small businesses in she would rather sell the milk she pro- “We were able to source small off than most. I bulk buy groceries be- ed with requests. ed pro-Zuma supporters,” said Annipen. “It is highly appreciated,” he said. towns all over KZN have banded to- duced to residents than dump it. amounts of bread which we have decid- cause I don’t enjoy going to the shops “It is mostly nappies and formula Umesh Singh, chairperson of the In Wartburg, Ralph Eggers, chairper- gether to gather and share food prod- “We have seen farmers having to ed to give to volunteers first before sell- on a weekly basis. I have a good stock- that people want, they are even willing Phoenix Community Police Forum, said son of the farmers association, said there ucts and other essential items as most dump hundreds and thousands of litres ing to the public. I believe it is the least pile of non-perishable foods that I have to pay higher prices for the items be- everyone in the community was looking was still a lot of emotion but farmers stores either remain closed or have of milk already on Monday and Tues- we can do for what they are doing for shared with my neighbours and will cause they are so desperate. forward a return to normalcy. and the community had got together. been looted. Some of the most needed day. At least this way our milk does not us. Their lives are on the line and all continue to share. “It truly makes me sad but we won’t “It was a long overdue visit,” said “We did a massive clean up today. It and requested items include bread, go to waste and the people who are now we can offer is bread as thanks.” “We are nothing without those be charging people unless we absolute- Singh. “Some of our members did not was amazing to see how many guys there milk, nappies and baby formula, all of desperate for supplies have some hope. Residents have also been helping around us and I will help where I can. ly have no other choice and that money take kindly to the mayor asking for the were cleaning up the looting and devas- which appear to be nearly depleted in “We will keep supplying for as long each other, a cup of sugar here, a litre “Unfortunately, bread is the one would go towards sourcing more removal of road closures, because there’s tation.” most areas. as we can,” she said. of cooking oil there. thing I don’t stockpile,” she said items,” she said. no assurances there will be calm.” Wartburg supermarket was burnt down and the Spar looted along with the bottle store and Pep store and others, but fortunately the latter were not set SAPREF DECIDES alight. “Supplies are going to become a KZN old age homes running out of food problem without a doubt,” he said. TO SHUT DOWN He added farmers were in talks with the village and community to see how NOKULUNGA MAJOLA last until tomorrow. The home pro- many of their homes were in the vicini- TEMPORARILY they can collaborate to ensure access to vides 24-hour frail-care and nursing- ty of the unrest. food, medical supplies and water. “We Ongoing and widespread looting and care to 68 people who receive a state Tafta provides support services, THABISO GOBA are wanting to contact other community torching of shops in KwaZulu-Natal pension. “We were supposed to buy such as meals on wheels and home- leaders in our area.” has left whole areas without access to our groceries yesterday but we couldn’t based care to 1600 residents in their As fuel shortages hit KwaZulu-Natal, Eggers said fortunately the local farm- basic groceries such as bread and milk. because of the protests. Fortunately, we homes and are in need of bread and es- one of the country’s biggest oil refin- ers co-op, which supplies farmers, was Old age homes and other facilities had a food donation drive and that is sential groceries. ery, Shell and BP South African Petro- not looted, so farmers had enough sup- that provide services to the elderly in going to last us for a few days, if the “We are extremely concerned about leum Refineries (Sapref) have decided plies in the short term. Durban have been hard hit and staff situation is not resolved after that we coming days and hope that the situa- to temporarily shut down its opera- The area is a prime crop farming area have not been able to get to work. Their will be in trouble,” said Ngidi. tion is brought under control as soon tions due to the ongoing unrest. with mainly sugarcane and timber and food supplies are also running out. He said just 18 of their 39 staff were as possible,” said Shamam. Hlengiwe Hlela, Sapref spokesperson, farmers have been affected by the closure Sfiso Ngidi, administrator at The Is- able to work today across the day and Kasthurie Naicker of Mothwa Haven said the civil unrest in the country of the sugar mills as well as arson. “Its IT WILL TAKE MONTHS TO RECOVER sy Geshen Lamont Home for the Aged night shifts. Many could not find trans- Old Age Home in Glenwood said they had also affected the Durban-based been extremely damaging, especially in in Lamontville, Durban, said they are port to get to work. have also been affected by the protests company’s delivery and supply routes. terms of the sugarcane but I don’t have working with a skeleton staff. CEO of The Association for the and are taking one day at a time. The refinery makes 35% of South exact figures,” he added. A Bargain Books store in Watercrest Mall in Hillcrest was one of the He told said they only have food to Aged (Tafta) Femada Shamam said — GroundUp. Africa’s fuel. It is not clear when Sa- An Ixopo farmer Dave McNicol said few shops that survived the looting. PHOTO: SUPPLIED pref will begin operating again. the area, like many others, was devastat- “This shutdown was executed in a ed and faces the same issues as other THABISO GOBA “At the moment our immediate control procedure to ensure that prop- parts of KwaZulu-Natal. However, he concern is assessing the damage Taxis resume operations, help clean up er mitigation were done such that our said the farmers, business people and It is going to take months for the and establishing a perimeter to community and environment was not community members were all pulling to- Watercrest Mall to be back in op- secure the mall,” said Worst. affected. Plans to start-up the refinery gether to restore normality and had eration again after shops and in- Some members of the Hillcrest THABISO GOBA and owners started clearing debris we will protect their businesses. We will be communicated once the situa- started cleaning up yesterday. frastructure were damaged during community have taken it upon from the road and chasing looters also will be ensuring that our taxis tion allows us to,” said Hlela. overnight raids on Tuesday. themselves to establish barricades Taxi operators Durban are concerned away from the Durban city centre. are not used to transport looted Meanwhile, motorists wanting to Greg Worst, regional head of in the town’s entry points and that the ongoing looting and torch- “What we are doing is giving the stuff,” he said. buy fuel queued in long lines in Dur- KwaZulu-Natal Growthpoint, said protect the remaining businesses. ing of businesses will lead to less community hope to say there is life Shangase said taxi operators will ban and Pietermaritzburg. TONGAAT: LOCALS they are still surveying the extent One Hillcrest resident who was passengers using their service. after what happened. The taxi indus- be taking a stand to protect them- The few garages the were open, ra- of the damage at the mall. manning one of the barricades, Yusuf Khaliva, chairperson of the try is perceived to be violent, but we selves and the communities they op- tioned fuel to only 20 litres per car. RESPOND TO Growthpoint is the landlord for told The Witness that they no South African National Taxi Council’s are trying to show the community erate in. “We are also having meet- In Glenwood, one fuel station was Watercrest. “It appears from the longer rely on the police to pro- (Santaco) Durban Central branch, that we stand with them during this ings with community leaders to ask only selling fuel to essential workers CLEAN-UP CALL footage that we have most of the tect them. “Right now we are just yesterday said they were expecting a time,” said Khaliva. them to remove the barricades on only like police, healthcare workers and shops have been looted and de- protecting the remaining stores passenger shortage when they re- Sfiso Shangase, Santaco provincial the streets while also assuring them the media. PURNAL POONUSAMY stroyed,” said Worst. and making sure people can buy sume operations today. spokesperson, confirmed that taxis that we are not transporting looters Worst said it was impossible to their bread and food safely. There He said the taxi association was would be in operation across KwaZu- in our taxis,” he said. Following days of unrest, looting and make an estimate on how much is a lot of traffic because we need totally against the ongoing looting. lu-Natal today. He said he was in Theo Malele, National Taxi Alliance fires, residents of Tongaat banded to- the damage will be. to vet everyone coming in.” “It is also affecting our business Pie­termaritzburg to meet with the spokesperson, said in a statement PARTS OF N2 ON gether to clean up their streets yes- because we rely on shops, factories, business owners whose entities did yesterday that taxi drivers have terday morning. malls and other establishments for not get torched during the unrest. pledged to help the police and com- THE SOUTH COAST Speaking to The Witness, Thembeka our business.” “We will be meeting with business munity to protect businesses across Mancinza said they decided to tackle COURIERS STILL UNABLE TO DELIVER Yesterday afternoon, taxi drivers people to give them assurance that the country from looters. REMAIN CLOSED some of the main streets after receiv- ing a great response to the proposal PURNAL POONUSAMY Swanson-Pauw said Paxi cus- NTANDOYENKOSI DLAMINI of the clean-up initiative. tomers will be contacted directly DA PROBES RUMOURS OF LOOTERS’ RELEASE Member of the Tongaat community The ongoing unrest in the province regarding the status of their par- The N2 between Harding and Boboyi emergency response team Naazir Sad- has left delivery and courier com- cels as they receive the necessary CLIVE NDOU “While the DA is encouraged to town SAPS, then there is a very on the KZN South Coast remained ack said that clean-ups are taking off panies in a pinch, due to road clo- information. hear that a large number of suspect- strong probability that it will take closed yesterday due to the unrest. in the area and that things were sta- sures, ongoing violence and looting. Yesterday, Takealot sent e-mails Have looters been released? ed looters have been arrested in our place at other police stations too. Although purchasing food and sup- ble and quiet on the looting and pro- One of the courier companies to its customers saying it was still The DA has written to KwaZulu- province, we are extremely concerned “The scenes witnessed in our plies and filling up fuel remained a testing front. He said the CBD was that have suffered due to the unable to deliver their orders, due Natal police provincial commissioner, by this latest allegation which comes province during the past few days, challenge for most residents on the busy with people queuing to shop at looting is Paxi Points that are sit- to the ongoing unrest and pro- Lieutenant-General, Nhlanhla Mkhwa- from a very well-placed source. which saw businesses invaded by South Coast, there are a few petrol the few stores that were open, and uated at PEP stores. tests in KZN. nazi, requesting him to confirm ru- “If this is taking place at Pinetown thousands of criminals, have caused stations and supermarkets that were believes that things are slowly going Paxi is a counter-to-counter “The safety of our staff and mours that some of the people ar- SAPS, then there is a very strong massive anger among law-abiding opened yesterday morning. However, back to normal. He added that there parcel service that is available at customers is our top priority. rested in connection with the current probability that it will take place at citizens. there were long queues outside the was some gunfire yesterday morning, PEP, where people can send items “We will continue to monitor looting have been released. other police stations too,” she said. “The reasonable expectation is shops, suggesting that what little which police were attending to. from one store to be collected by the situation and will notify you DA provincial community safety Close to 600 people in KZN have that SAPS hold them accountable stock they had would not last long. On Tuesday night, he said that Fair- someone else at another store in via SMS of your new reschedule spokesperson, Sharon Hoosen, said been arrested since the outbreak of and take the necessary steps to en- The N2 between Shelly Beach and breeze was volatile with looting. There the country. Tara Swanson-Pauw date or will provide you with a the party resolved to confront the looting and vandalism on Friday. sure that they are punished for their Scottburgh was clear yesterday, how- were disruptions and stoning of cars from PEP confirmed that a num- further update,” read the e-mail. Mkhwananzi following rumours that Hoosen said the DA was con- actions,” she said. ever the Izotsha area remained closed on the M4 highway, but that was ber of PEP stores were directly af- The company also offered cus- Pinetown police have released the cerned that other police stations The provincial police and national off. Community watch groups in the brought under control with the assist- fected by the ongoing unrest. tomers a credit or refund. arrested people after the police sta- were also releasing the arrested peo- police ministry did not respond to the area are still calling on people to stay ance of police, he said. tion there had run out of food. ple. “If this is taking place at Pine- rumours by the time of publication. at home and remain on high alert. 4 | THE WITNESS JULY 15, 2021 NEWS www.witness.co.za

FRESH PRODUCE MARKETS REMAIN Desperate ON HIGH ALERT situation for Some of South Africa’s largest fresh ‘The prime suspect’ produce markets — the Johannesburg Market and Tshwane Market — are on KZN farmers high alert following looting that is rap- idly spreading across KZN and Gaut- Thulani Dlomo said to be at the centre of fomenting violence in KZN eng. JYOTHI LALDAS Hope Mabaso, the senior marketing manager of the Jobannesburg Market, The controversial former head of the quiry heard that Dlomo’s unit effective- the hallmark of being orchestrated was orchestrated and well-planned. since his sacking. Milk producers are dumping their milk said the market is on high alert to State Security Agency’s (SSA) rogue ly operated as Zuma’s private militia, with a distinct modus operandi. Anecdotes of rioters being dropped In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa while egg and vegetable producers are guard against any potential looting special operations unit, Thulani Dlo- “was a law unto itself and directly “Dlomo has his fingers all over it. off in 4X4 bakkies filled with tyres recalled him as ambassador to Japan — unable to get their produce to the end that may create destruction. mo (pictured), has been identified as served the political interests of the ex- The farm [headquarters of the SSA] across KwaZulu-Natal, and the target- a position to which he was appointed users due to the unrest consuming “We put our security on high alert, a prime suspect being investigated for ecutive”. has processed information that points ed burning of some industries, were cit- by Zuma in 2017. KwaZulu-Natal. and we are in a constant information fomenting violent unrest in KwaZulu- State Security Minister Ayanda to him being at the centre of all of this ed as examples of the well-orchestrated But well-placed sources said he still This is according to Kwanalu, the exchange with the Metro Police and Natal following the arrest of former Dlodlo told a media briefing on Tues- unrest,” an impeccable source told unrest. maintained a parallel intelligence struc- KZN Agricultural Union, which repre- SAPS,” Mabaso said on Tuesday. president Jacob Zuma. day they were investigating the involve- News24. “We have to get the agitators. This ture loyal to Zuma. sents rural members, commodity Unrest in the country initially began News24 can reveal from information ment of former senior SSA agents, On Tuesday, Cele said it was time is what law enforcement is Hundreds of millions of rands from groups and agri-businesses in KwaZulu- as pro-Jacob Zuma campaigns, with confirmed by three independent and without naming Dlomo. for the police to pursue the 12 people doing … sifting those who had been SSA’s budget was spent on funding his Natal. supporters of the former president highly placed sources, that intelligence “We did receive such information, identified to be at the centre of the or- taken by the mob spirit to go there [to rogue unit, buying vehicles and paying Kwanalu CEO, Sandy La Marque, esti- calling for his release following his ar- officials told the police that Dlomo is and we are investigating it. chestrated unrest. loot] and those who are planners and operators who were not officially on mates the losses for the KZN agricultural rest last week. They later morphed in- a key person of interest in instigating “Any information that comes to us He added the police should not only agitators on these matters,” Cele said. the SSA’s books. community to be in the hundreds of mil- to the widespread looting of malls, the unrest that has rocked South Africa, we investigate. We do an analysis and be held up arresting looters. Dlomo was fired from the SSA in According to intelligence insiders, it lions of rands. mostly in KZN and Gauteng. led to the death of at least 45 citizens we shift fact from fiction. That infor- “One [Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla] 2019 amid a litany of corruption allega- was possible that many of these assets Feed for animals is not being delivered Scores of businesses have been af- and destroyed businesses and jobs mation we are working on. or two names have been mentioned tions against him. are still working under Dlomo. and many sugarcane, grazing and timber fected with infrastructure damaged worth hundreds of millions of “Our responsibility is to gather here. There are 12 names that the secu- The special operations unit he led A second source noted: “I am not farmers have been fighting arson attacks and goods looted. rands. and collate information and pack- rity cluster is looking at. They are being was labelled by a high-panel review led sure if they will arrest him just yet. They since Monday. While the Johannesburg Market re- The former spook age it properly for a client which pursued. They are not spared when by former minister Sydney Mufumadi may first talk to him to talk to his net- Kwanalu has strongly condemned the mains open and fully operational, and ambassador to Ja- is law enforcement or a client they break the law, it doesn’t matter as illegal. work [of those on the ground] to stop lawlessness and violence that is current- some customers have decided to stay pan is known to be that so needs it,” she added. who you are,” Cele said. “… SO [special operations] had the targeted attacks. It has to happen.” ly sweeping through the province, saying home due to the riots, Mabaso said. fiercely loyal to Zuma Independent sources said Zuma-Sambudla, Zuma’s daughter, largely become a parallel intelligence Dlomo could not be reached for that the massive social and political un- “The numbers [of customers] are and is said to be at the Dlodlo and Police Minis- has been posting inflammatory messa- structure serving a faction of the ruling comment as he has changed his num- rest which has spread to all communities lower because a lot of people were centre of orchestrating ter Bheki Cele were given ges on Twitter since the Constitutional party and, in particular, the personal ber and his former lawyer said he has in KZN is threatening to derail the criti- not able to come through.” pro-Zuma unrest that has lists of people sus- Court ruled her father must be incar- political interests of the sitting presi- no working contact for him. cal, essential and highly sensitive agri- Shelboy Sedutla, Tshwane Market’s descended into violent pected to be cerated. dent of the party and country. This is DA leader mean- cultural value chain, and those liveli- director for market development, said looting across at the Cele also pointed to an unnamed in direct breach of the Constitution, while said the party will be laying char- hoods who depend on it. while there has not been any destruc- KwaZulu-Natal centre of councillor from KwaDukuza, pictured the White Paper, the relevant legisla- ges against EFF leader Julius Malema “The impact on our farming commu- tion at the market, they have been li- and Gauteng. orches- with a rifle, as one of the instigators. tion and plain good government intelli- and Zuma’s children Duduzile Zuma- nities, and the local towns in these areas, aising with the Metro Police to assist In January, trating Security officials said there is evi- gence functioning,” the report read. Sambudla and Duduzane Zuma, for in- is severe. should any threats emerge. the Zondo Com- the unrest, dence that some of the initial unrest, Dlomo has eluded intelligence offi- citing violence on social media. “Not only have entire towns and busi- “We are in touch with the Metro mission of In- which has before widespread looting occurred, cials, who have tried to track him down — News24. nesses been destroyed, with implica- Police just to assist with our current tions for future food security and job situation. We are using private security losses imminent, but so has the entire together with the city security; that is agricultural value chain,” said La the combination,” Sedutla told Busi- Marque. ness Insider. — Business Insider. Security She said sugarcane producers have al- so not been able to deliver to mills which have now closed. firms also “The transportation of all produce BREAD SHORTAGE has been brought to a standstill; it is a desperate situation,” she said. LOOMING IF N3 “We are not yet able to assess the true stretched cost of the implications of the unrest as REMAINS UNSAFE farmers are currently assisting with their local communities in various efforts. A nationwide bread shortage looms as While government’s own Justice, “Once the unrest dies down, we will bakeries face a double whammy of Crime Prevention and Security Cluster be able to ascertain the losses sustained.” critical wheat and yeast supply prob- has scrambled to get to grips with Kwanalu is communicating and co- lems due to rioting and looting in waves of violence throughout the operating with government at national parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. country, private security companies and provincial levels trying to bring sta- Anchor Yeast’s main yeast factory is tasked with protecting commercial and bility to rural areas, essential services located in Durban, which supplies residential properties say they are also and producer logistics, and is calling on bread bakeries across the country. under extreme pressure. government to deploy SANDF troops Because of closures on the N3, Acts of violence including the de- and allocate these, together with more there are problems with getting yeast struction of property and the looting SAPS to outlying rural areas. delivered from Durban to major baker- of stores have been gaining momentum “We call on President Cyril Ramapho- ies in Gauteng, and due to the impact over the weekend after former presi- sa to heed the desperate call from the of the riots on operations at Durban dent Jacob Zuma was placed under ar- entire KZN community; we need order harbour, there is difficulty getting im- rest and incarcerated in Estcourt. to be restored so that our farmers can ported wheat to millers in KwaZulu- SA Police Service (SAPS) personnel get their produce to those who are des- Natal to produce flour. on the ground have been overwhelmed perately going to need it,” said La Anchor responded on Wednesday in responding to the unrest, to the Marque. that, “as with other manufacturers, point that President Cyril Ramaphosa we are dealing with an unpredictable announced the deployment of the situation at present and are not able South African National Defence Force to provide immediate information. As (SANDF) on Tuesday to restore order. soon as we are [able to], we will But the story of this latest wave of Canegrowers [provide an] update”. unrest goes deeper than government, According to a reliable source in the as private security companies around PHOTO: TWITTER (@NEWS24) bread baking industry, if the N3 re- the country have been pushed to their call for state mains unsafe, the supply of raw ma- limits to keep stores, warehouses and terials like yeast from suppliers in communities safe from attacks. KwaZulu-Natal in to major bakeries in Private Security Industry Regulatory Unrest to cost road logistics supply chain billions Gauteng could lead to bread shorta- Authority (PSIRA) spokesperson Bon- of emergency ges as early as next week. ang Kleinbooi said private security He added that bread baking in companies have been active on the SHARIKA REGCHAND “With the total supply chain now through businesses closing is far African ports (especially the Port of KwaZulu-Natal has already come to a ground, particularly in affected shop- being impacted, the economic ef- greater. There are instances where Natal and along the corridors that PURNAL POONUSAMY halt and there are reports of shops in ping centres. The Road Freight Association esti- fects are far reaching, but the col- small businesses have lost their on- have been targeted): cargo owners that province as well as Gauteng al- mates that the unrest will cost the lapse of the supply of all goods will ly truck or trucks. This means loss or customers will choose to move Due to the current state of unrest in the ready running out of bread due to dis- Powers limited logistics supply chain billions of be the immediate result.” of earnings or revenue for the busi- cargo through neighbouring coun- country, the SA Canegrowers Associa- ruptions in the supply chain or the “These companies work based on the rands. Short-term losses already run in- ness, loss of salaries paid to staff tries. This has already been hap- tion is calling on government to declare destruction of shops. numbers that have been allocated as Gavin Kelly, chief executive officer to billions of rands while the long- who would no longer have jobs pening as South African ports be- a state of emergency. Tiger Brands, said it is currently not per their [service level agreements] of the association, said in a state- term impact is yet to be fully real- (due to business shutdown). come more inefficient and the sur- Chairperson of the association, An- producing bread in KwaZulu-Natal and with clients. Those with adequate re- ment that the looting occurring in ised, he said. • Inability of employees who lose rounding ports develop, improve drew Russell, said that the association that it is experiencing delivery prob- sources have been using their helicop- KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng and • Depending on the category of ve- their jobs to support their families and drive efficiencies up. strongly condemns the criminality in lems in Gauteng. ters to survey the respective areas. the destruction of trucks and hicle, the type and value of cargo, and the retail businesses they fre- • Costs relating to insurance will in- KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Compounding these problems is the “Of importance is that private secu- goods, has spread to the wholesale and the specialised equipment re- quent in supporting their families’ crease as the risk to insurers has KwaZulu-Natal is not only ground ze- fact that over 600 stores have been rity providers complement the work of and retail sectors and distribution quired for the cargo, this can be needs. increased over the past three years, ro for the unrest, but also at the heart looted or burnt down in these two the police. Their powers are limited and centres in these two provinces. anywhere between R3 million to • Potential closure of businesses partly as a result of the constant of South Africa’s sugar industry. provinces, according to Dr John Pur- are not equipped or trained in crowd “What started out as sporadic R10 million per vehicle. A simple cal- means less transporters available to attacks on freight. Gauteng has also been hit hard, with chase, CEO of Agbiz. — Fin24. control,” said Kleinbooi. incidents on one or two routes, has culation of capital losses (assets perform work. Some companies • Security costs will increase as lo- the destruction now extending to Keinbooi said PSIRA would engage now spread to the total supply and cargoes at an average of might feel the industry is not a gistics companies are forced to em- Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape. with the SAPS should the need arise. chain, affecting the transport legs R5 million per vehicle) of the 40 safe or secure environment and so ploy guarding services. He said the lawlessness evident As far as the regulation of private secu- [all forms, whether local or long- trucks destroyed to date, is around their owners could decide to simply Kelly said a state of emergency throughout the country has caused KZN PORTS rity companies is concerned, the regu- haul], as well as destinations and R250 million to R300 million. close their businesses. needs to be declared immediately. enormous harm to the national econo- lator will not favour nor promote one originations. • The cost of loss of income • Freight travelling through South • [email protected] my. “That this is taking place in the mid- SUFFER MAJOR company over another, as all security dle of the harvesting season has caused companies are working effortlessly to irrecoverable losses to cane growers, DISRUPTIONS ease the current tension, he added. Gauteng “for the moment” until the Staff fear for their lives not deployed to deal with a large-scale could only be deployed — or increase workers, and the one million livelihoods Fidelity ADT CEO Wahl Bartmann situation stabilises. NSA Global founder and director Rory onslaught on the malls that they are their complement — on instruction that depend on the sugar industry.” The Durban port has suffered major said in a statement that the situation He said specialised teams were de- Steyn said the impact of the unrest has posted to; their role is more access con- from the clients who contract their ser- He said the running total of the dam- disruption after days of unrest, and in KZN had become “dangerous” and ployed in the East Rand and Johannes- been significant as staff fear for their trol and a general security presence. vices and that this is what NSA Global age to South African cane growers to operations have also been badly af- that riots in the province have resulted burg South on Monday evening to safe- lives and are not all necessarily trained They would be severely outnumbered had been busy with as clients have re- date stands at 353 000 tons of sugarcane fected at the Richards Bay port and in “extensive property damage”. guard premises as well as assist with in how to respond to looting and crimi- and can offer little resistance to a crimi- quested additional resources from the that have been lost to arson. At R600 on a national freight rail line, logistics Bartmann said Fidelity has recalled air support and specialised ground nality at their workplaces. nally-minded mob,” said Steyn. company. per ton, this represents a revenue loss and freight companies said yesterday. its cash-in-transit vans in KZN and teams to help disperse looters. “Security personnel ... are typically Steyn said private security forces — Fin24. of more than R211 million. State logistics group Transnet said Russell added that millers have been in a statement that service levels at equally devastated, which has had a Durban and Richards Bay were im- knock-on impact on the entire industry. pacted “as the entire supply chain is BEER ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR ‘DRASTIC’ INCREASE IN SOLDIERS AT WAREHOUSES, STORES All sugar mills in KZN have been closed”, including roads into and out forced to cease operations as they can- of the ports. The South African Asso- A large number of liquor stores have were also looted and set on fire. the number of looters and have re- Nqakula has argued that a state of ruption of both retail and supply-side not receive cane or distribute sugar and ciation of Freight Forwarders said port been looted, the Beer Association “There is a fear that the other ceived very little support” from police emergency is not required to quell infrastructure — such as specialised molasses owing to disruptions to trans- health services at Durban had been said on Tuesday, and so have facili- three remaining SAB facilities in the and soldiers, “due to their own lack looting, but others, including former manufacturing facilities it believes port routes and blockades at these mills. closed, effectively preventing vessels ties of both SAB and Heinken. province will also be targeted. Courier of capacity on the ground”. It called national director of public prosecu- are being targeted — “is threatening Workers have also been threatened, from berthing because Covid-19 test- A Heineken warehouse in KZN was companies carrying alcohol and raw for the urgent declaration of a State tions Vusi Pikoli and former Truth the total collapse of the alcohol in- further prompting mills to shut down. ing could not be carried out. “This sit- looted on Sunday, then “cleaned out” material such as malt for export of Emergency, with a “drastic” in- and Reconciliation Commissioner Du- dustry that is already on its knees The damage already sustained will uation is exacerbated by launch crews on Tuesday, said the group in a have also been attacked.” crease in the number of soldiers de- misa Ntsebeza, have argued it is due to the four alcohol bans that cripple the industry long after the unrest also not being available,” it said. statement, down to crates and emp- The association said security at ployed in Gauteng and KZN. necessary to restore the rule of law. have been enforced over the past 16 has been quelled, resulting in job losses On the impact on freight rail, Trans- ty bottles. Two SAB depots in KZN the sites had been “overwhelmed by Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa- The Beer Association said the dis- months”. — Business Insider. in rural areas where unemployment is net said force majeure had been de- rife, added Russell. clared on the Natal Corridor (Natcor) “Without immediate and drastic rail line that connects Durban to UNILEVER PULLS ALL ADVERTISING IN SOUTH AFRICA measures to restore the rule of law, the Gauteng. Force majeure allows certain ongoing damage to critical infrastruc- terms of an otherwise legally binding British giant Unilever, one of the lever spokesperson told Fin24 on production facilities in Durban and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal after website that promoted racist stereo- ture may soon become irreparable.” agreement to be waived owing to un- world’s biggest consumer companies, Tuesday evening. Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, as riots erupted at the weekend. It’s types about hair. He said the association is communi- avoidable circumstances. has suspended its advertising cam- Unilever owns brands like Surf, Jo- well as Boksburg and Midrand in not clear whether its own factories Clicks stores were forced to close cating and co-operating with govern- Transnet said it was deploying re- paigns in South Africa amid wide- ko, Lipton, Vaseline, Omo, Handy An- Gauteng. have also been targeted. in the wake of the furore. ment as well as community and industry sources to avert commercial fuel oper- spread looting and unrest. dy, Knorr, Robertson’s Spices and Ola While Unilever did not confirm the In September last year, Unilever This week, Clicks closed all its organisations to prevent and mitigate as ations being affected, after being “We can confirm that we have ice cream. reason for the suspension of its ad- was forced to issue an apology after stores in KwaZulu-Natal after shops much of the damage as possible. served with a force majeure notice by paused all traditional and digital ad- It opened its first South African vertising, hundreds of stores that sell its TRESemmé brand was involved in were looted. “Our priority at this time remains the the Sapref oil refinery. — Reuters. vertising until further notice,” a Uni- factory in 1911, and now operates six Unilever products have been looted a marketing campaign on the Clicks — Fin24. protection of lives.” July 15, 2021 THE WITNESS | 5 www.witness.co.za NEWS

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ow that looters have three television sets There will be a price for these crimes and we province to and the shock waves it sent through- One of the favourite sayings of former KZN pre- ture, they’ll just shift the blame to the govern- and new sofas, none of which they paid for, will all have to pay it. out the country, and as international TV stations mier Willies Mchunu is that one should always ment. They’ll also blame the government when Nwho will pay the price for this, the real cost Chances are that future generations will also beamed out images of what our people have done, do the right thing even when no one is watching. the unemployment rate spikes in the next few of everything? feel the ripple effects of the economic crisis that were they happy? Did the looters feel like they had done the right months, even though it was they who deliberately How about the fresh produce they stole from they have plunged us into. Their actions will lead to massive hikes in food thing? crippled companies that were employing thou- a supermarket that sells to local street vendors? When the buildings went up in flames after they prices that will exacerbate the hunger problem They must have been so proud of their children sands of people. While their fridges may be full of fruit and vegeta- torched them, did they high-five each other for that this country was already battling before the they dragged with them when they went to steal. They may be jumping for joy right now, think- bles, the vendors won’t even have an apple to sell a job well done? looting started. People will starve because of the What an example to set. ing they’ve won a victory of sorts. to support their families. Did they feel proud of what they’ve reduced this looting. When their children become criminals in fu- But dear looter, be warned, it will end in tears. Couldn’t organise a tea party

The miscommunication from Cele And now, five days after the unrest be- and his colleagues in the security cluster gan, police are yet to act against the pur- OPINION proved that the government is not co-or- ported agitators and instigators of the dinating information, let alone keeping violence. a firm grip on the violent unrest. Locking up hundreds of people for Qaanitah Hunter Those ministers and top securocrats looting will be inconsequential because could not give the nation any tangible our criminal justice system is unlikely to e very afraid. The security cluster update on the unrest, or specific infor- cope with close to a 1 000 people arrest- couldn’t organise a tea party. mation on what is being done to quell ed. B I watched in shock on Tuesday it. Those in charge of the country’s safety Cele only repeated the obvious: police morning when Police Minister Bheki were shockingly self-congratulatory, de- would have to act against the instigators. Cele announced the death toll of the un- spite the devastation in both Gauteng rest at 10 people, despite all indications and KwaZulu-Natal. In their dystopian ‘NOT A THUMBSUCK’ that the figure was much higher. world, intelligence officials gave timely The fact that, given the extent of vio- His briefing came after KwaZulu-Na- information, police officers acted, and lence and destruction, those who are tal Premier Sihle Zikalala confirmed that people will be prosecuted. What then do said to be instigating the chaos are not 26 people had already died in the vio- they say to thousands of business own- picked up by the police, is quite telling. lence plaguing his province. Moments ers whose livelihoods were destroyed The fact that there has not been action later, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and industries decimated? Is 45 people on the information that former intelli- said 19 people had died in his province, dying in avoidable unrest an example of gence officers loyal to former president including 10 people who died in a stam- law enforcement doing a good job? Jacob Zuma have been instigating the vi- pede in Meadowlands, Soweto. olence, is very worrying. This means that, as of midday on DOING THEIR BEST? It was also quite startling that Defence Tuesday, 45 people died in the unrest in Cele and company want the nation to Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula just two provinces. Those are warlike fig- believe that law enforcement is doing its could not explain why only 2 500 sol- ures, and all indications point to the best, but did not even know the accurate diers were deployed, except to say the number being much higher. In areas like number of people dead. figure was not a “thumbsuck”. Phoenix, bodies were seen lying in State Security Minister Ayanda Dlod- If the briefing by the security cluster streets covered in thin foil. lo was the only minister who took the on Tuesday was aimed at sending a loud nation into her confidence, giving exam- message to looters and rioters that the MISCOMMUNICATION ples of intelligence information that government will do everything in its As I write this, I have not found the helped avert incidents. Attacks in Sand- power to quell the unrest, it did the exact words to express to a friend, whose 22- ton, an attack on a substation in Pieter- opposite. year-old brother was shot dead in a maritzburg, and an attack on the ANC It has exposed the weakness of law- drive-by shooting in Chatsworth. offices in KwaZulu-Natal, are examples enforcement agencies and the failure of In Durban, the Somali community de- of intelligence information that pre- the government to have a coherent plan. scribed how two men in Hammarsdale empted attacks. If what we have seen over the past few were shot and bled to death as there were For Dlodlo, authorities averted a lot days is the best the security cluster could no ambulances or any petrol to drive more unrest than what was seen on tele- have done, then I am very, very afraid. them to hospitals. My colleagues report- vision. If that is true, it means that the A person walks past graffitti depicting a health-care worker embracing a man, during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cordoba, Argentina. The country is ed how police found dead bodies in malls unrest is far, far more severe than they • Qaanitah Hunter is the political editor recording just over 15 000 daily cases of Covid-19 this week. Over 99 600 people have died of the virus in Argentina so far. across Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. are making it out to be. of News24. PHOTO: REUTERS Don’t blame the poor The instigators of the looting have effectively got away with it because we are quick to blame the poor for anything that goes wrong

prits had most likely already sped off in the windows at stores. They loaded the Most of them will not even see this arti- we needed, but found ways to survive. looting we are seeing — it’s a societal their luxury cars to instigate more vio- loot into their Mercedes Benz and vans cle because they have little to no access problem. lence elsewhere. and then left, as has been seen in numer- “Once again, the to technology. What we have in our POOR, BUT NOT LOOTING What happened is that people who OPINION Poor people are being manipulated ous photos and videos over the past few poor majority are country now is not a problem of so- One of the things I hated doing at the live in gated estates used their power to and used because their poverty makes days. These instigators of the looting called “poor blacks looting” because of time as a six or seven-year-old was being instigate violence and then went to their Nthabi Nhlapo them vulnerable to persuasion. And only have effectively got away with it because, being manipulated, hunger. sent to sell an empty Coke bottle on the comfortable homes, leaving the poor to they will bear the brunt of the unemploy- as a society, we are quick to put the blame and their lives People did not become poor on Satur- street for R2 or R1 so we could buy a take the blame for their actions. ou can blame poverty for many ment and lack of facilities that will result for anything that goes wrong in this day morning when trucks were torched R2 packet of mince to feed a family of They knew full well that the poor things, but when criminals com- from all of this. The instigators will re- country at the door of the poor. compromised to — they have been that way (I might add eight people. would go out and take what they could. Ymit a crime, you can hardly attrib- turn to their cushy mansions, sipping A big-screen TV is loaded into a Mer- fight political unfairly so) for decades because of being After school and on weekends, I had Let’s place the blame squarely where ute it to hunger. Moët and nibbling on sushi after their cedes Benz, as trucks make off with gad- marginalised by apartheid, with little to go house to house selling lotions, steel it ought to be, and that’s not at the door This is not about the countless images successful campaign to divide and de- gets, and we want to call that poverty battles.” improvement under democracy to build wool, socks, whatever was in stock that of the poor people whose hunger and we see of police arresting women and stroy the country. and hunger? them up. But they did not loot or damage week. pain were used to fight political battles. children. The mama you see in those im- Isn’t this the story of poverty — al- There are people (many of whom are get to where they are. They chose hon- property to this extent. We don’t talk about those days now. Once again, the poor majority are being ages “stealing” clothes, groceries or ways being left to pick up the scraps and nowhere near poor) taking advantage of esty, integrity, ubuntu — always choos- I grew up in Sharpeville during apart- And it’s because we were not even con- manipulated, and their lives compro- even a TV, did not cast that first stone being blamed for the mayhem? a volatile situation to commit a crime. ing to do the right thing regardless of heid. Many of us are from families who sidered poor in our area. Some of my mised to fight political battles. that broke the glass. She is not the prob- Also, being poor does not equate to be- how tough things were. struggled. My grandmother worked as friends’ families had it worse — they For how long are we going to sit back lem. She and others like her, perhaps PERSPECTIVE NEEDED ing a criminal, it never has. If we are to address the real issues, we a cleaner for several companies, includ- went to bed without food and had no and pretend we cannot see what is hap- driven by hunger, arrived to pick up what We need to put things into perspective; Some of the most upstanding mem- need to do just that and not resort to ing Prestige, and had to feed a family of school clothes to wear. They did not loot. pening? was left after the initial looting. But by the instigators of violence and looting bers of our society come from low-in- making poor people the scapegoats be- eight on that salary for the first few years There is no reason to believe that poor the time she arrived there, the real cul- were the first to throw stones, breaking come families, and they never looted to cause they have no means of defence. of my life. We didn’t always have what people are solely responsible for the • Nthabi Nhlapo is the editor of W24. OUR READERS WRITE

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Arm the ea where there is an abundance utilise Jacob Zuma’s time behind bars to to “burn KZN”, it is clear that Zuma his appearance in court and before any ate, hungry people but by people using police properly. Anarchy and insurrec- of water, maybe in a fire pool get him to face all possible criminal char- is not going to be even remotely rehabili- inquiry as Zuma getting out of jail in un- The Witness subscribes to the Code of Ethics bakkies, motor cars, taxis and lorries. tion cannot be stopped by pleading for and where the owner is away ges as this is a golden opportunity. tated, even if he stays the full 15 months der 15 months could later be worse than and Conduct for South African Print and There was not a police officer or a soldier calm, begging for understanding and and probably dancing to the Also, Zuma was bad enough before he in jail. the damage of Covid-19 getting out of Online Media that prescribes news that is in sight. avoiding reality. song Jailhouse Rock? was sentenced to prison, just imagine Imagine how much harder it will be Wuhan. truthful, accurate, fair and balanced. If we I was filled with despair and disgust The looters know they can get away LOU CORBITT how much worse he will be when he gets to get Zuma back into any courtroom ROBERT NICOLAI don’t live up to the Code, please contact the listening to President Cyril Ramaphosa with murder; they know they can do it Hayfields out of prison. if he is released on parole. Howick Public Advocate at the other night. Earlier I had watched again and they will do it again. 011 484 3612, fax: 011 brave police officers armed with pop- Mr President, you, your party and 4843619. You can also guns being stoned and eventually chased your government have failed the nation. contact our Case away by a ransacking, rampaging mob. 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They didn’t have while law-abiding citizens, business and ping centres and trucks, who will vote less, responsible and community orient- cause they see holding a position of reserved. a hope in hell of controlling the mob. property owners can go and stew in their will not be published. to elect the councillors to run the affairs ed people in government, business and “power” as a freeway to serve primarily ADVERTISING: Queries about the standards and principles of advertising may be sent to the Advertising Mr President, you are the commander own juice. of Pietermaritzburg and local authori- social society. personal interests. Standards Authority of South Africa at in chief. You have failed us miserably. The PETER MILLER ties in KZN and Gauteng. But it would appear that we collective- VAL VOLKER [email protected] human rights which are enjoyed by the Pietermaritzburg It is unlikely that these people consid- ly lack the ability to ensure that good Pietermaritzburg July 15, 2021 SUZY KASSEM, AMERICAN WRITER, POET, PHILOSOPHER (1975-). THE WITNESS | 7 www.witness.co.za ‘The devil would be powerless if he couldn’t INSIGHT entice people to do his work.”

Eddies Clothing store ravaged in the Pietermaritzburg CBD. PHOTO: NASH NARRANDES

Report from the looting front line: I am A moment the closest I have ever been to losing hope

DES ERASMUS Same thing in Musgrave, except here there was hyper orgive me in advance if what organisation — of rupture I am writing might reflect expensive weapons and expensive Fthat I have lost property, a cars doing the blockading. One man business or any other asset in the was carrying what looked like a looting and violence that has newly polished and sharpened ma- There can be no return to business as usual after the rupture in recent days gripped my home province of chete. It glistened. “We’d prefer if KwaZulu-Natal. you don’t take photos. Some people ’bu Zikode, leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo, authoritarian and ethnically organised reaction identified as migrants, Indians and as Muslims, or- like every disaster, hit the most vulnerable first and I had lost none of these things are calling us vigilantes now,” he the largest movement of impoverished peo- against the democratic and progressive politics that ganising to protect their businesses, expressed hardest. Both points are simultaneously true. at the time of writing. My health shrugged. Sple to have emerged after apartheid, warned began to emerge in Durban in the late 1960s and equally serious concern about the possibility of es- and that of my family are intact. What would have appalled me a in 2008 that the “anger of the poor can go in many early 1970s, and mobilised millions across the coun- calating hostility and violence. All this was exacer- SO MANY TRAGEDIES I am an everyman in this tragedy, week ago, on Tuesday comforted directions”. He was right. try during the 1980s. bated by vigilantism, some of it deeply racialised. If there is a literary lens to make sense of what is one of millions of citizens trying to me. Not long after he first made this statement, mi- It is a predatory and violent politics, a reckless poli- happening, it is tragedy: that people were left to make it through the night without My immediate priorities today, grants and ethnic minorities were attacked, driven tics entirely willing to incite xenophobic and ethnic DEMOCRACY FOR ALL suffer for so long; that this suffering has been radi- being overwhelmed by emotion as now, are the same as those in from their homes and murdered in various parts hostilities. It pursues elite accumulation at the di- As events unfolded, mutating by the hour, acts of cally compounded by the Covid-19 crisis; that the an unprecedented number of gun- scores of areas across the province, of the country. rect expense of the majority, and cynically misrepre- violence and opportunism swiftly and understanda- politics that cohered around Zuma was given impu- shots puncture the dark, as looters but under different circumstances: Zikode has not been the only person to issue this sents this through the trickle-down fantasies culti- bly attained hypervisibility, with images of well-off nity for so long; that there were no forms of progres- carry their wares past my home, the safety and health of my family, kind of warning. Year after year, grass-roots activists vated by every prosperity cult as being in the inter- people helping themselves to luxury goods inspiring sive organisation with the reach and power to orga- screaming, shouting, laughing, drunk the safety of my friends and col- have warned that something will snap. The state ests of the people as a whole. widespread revulsion. nise for justice on a sufficient scale or to speak to and drinking. leagues, and the sanctity of my and middle-class society have been largely indiffer- After Zuma handed himself over to the prison The wider public has largely been shown a version the rebellion with sufficient standing and influence; Looters who, up to the time of neighbourhood. ent to these warnings and, indeed, to the suffering in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, trucks were attacked of the unfolding events through the eyes of the pro- and that when the long-expected moment of rup- publication, had chosen not to toss Do not presume to understand of millions of people who must survive without and burnt on the N3 in a manner that repeated key fessional and middle classes. The riots have seldom ture happened it morphed, as everyone feared, into a match the way of any of the the devastation and anxiety in work or a viable income, without decent homes, elements of previous forms of xenophobic violence. been shown through the eyes of people who may such destruction. homes in my working to lower mid- these suburbs, in these townships, and without being able to meet a need as urgent The escalation of the impunity long awarded the live in or near to a suburb but are not deemed “resi- That tragedy is continuing. As the riots continue, dle-class suburb. until you have stepped into them. and as basic as food. violent posture and thuggery of Zuma’s supporters dents”, people now reduced to an undifferentiated, they are becoming more ruinous. There is now a This benevolence, if you will, fills Do not assume you have a sense There is also a generalised indifference to the in- in the ANC tore enough of a hole in the social order threatening and criminal mob, many of whom are much harder edge and a growing nihilism is increas- me with a shameful sense of grati- of what is going on from video creasing violence with which impoverished people for huge numbers of people, operating without any deeply fearful and concerned about what is happen- ingly intersecting with local forms of criminality tude and the reddest of rage. I clips or media footage. You do not. are ruled. People have been killed regularly by the centralised organisation or expressed political pro- ing. and attempts at ethnic mobilisation. have zero desire to analyse it. I am the closest I have ever been police in street protests, during evictions and dis- gramme, to begin appropriating food on a massive The image of a man struggling to load a large Everyone is at some sort of risk. Everyday life is Within a 10 km radius of my to losing hope. I feel no shame in connections, and activists assassinated, without scale. Many people close to the riots have said that television into his car in Pietermaritzburg reflects now lived in a constant awareness of possible dan- home, malls, shops and businesses admitting it. My fear is also waning, any sense of there being a general social crisis. participants were clear that “this is not about Zuma, a part of the reality of what is happening. ger. An ubiquitous fear and anxiety exist. Food sup- are alight and looted. Factories and a dangerous thing, I have learned There has been a common tendency to under- it is about our stomachs”. But a full understanding requires that attention plies are running down. Social tensions are escalat- warehouses have been stripped and from past experience. stand the ways in which impoverished people make As the food riots, initially marked by a carnival is also given to people who must put their children ing at an alarming velocity. This is not over. are ablaze. Highways and arterial My hope ebbed to the lowest their lives and express their demands as consequent atmosphere in some places, turned into wider forms to bed without food, who cannot find work or a It will take months, perhaps even years, to start roads are blocked. levels yet early on Tuesday morning, to criminality rather than material and political con- of appropriation and destruction, and simple op- means to a viable life, and whose impoverishment to get an adequate understanding of what has hap- KwaZulu-Natal’s manufacturing but only after exhausted reflection. ditions. This lens always works to compound the portunism in which many well-off people partici- frequently renders them criminal in the eyes of the pened. Indeed, these days will still be discussed and sector has been obliterated. Its re- It was a beautiful morning, a social crisis. The oppressed are taken as a threat pated, things rapidly worsened. In some areas, state and middle-class society. We cannot build a debated 100 years from now. tail sector is dead. Hospitals are Durban morning, the skyline a mes- to be excluded, controlled and disciplined, rather known and feared criminals, often with connections viable society in which everyone has a stake and ev- The imperative to make sense of what has hap- under protection, medicine cannot merising blue — no gunshots for at than as fellow citizens — or even fellow human to local ANC politics and associated business inter- eryone is safe if we do not take everyone’s lives and pened is urgent. The question of what happens in be sourced, pharmacies have had least five hours. Birds were in my beings — who are suffering as a consequence of ests, entered the tumult. wellbeing seriously. Democracy has no future if it the days to come is also critical. But the question their shelves stripped, mothers are garden again. grievous injustice and with whom a viable and Terrible things have happened. Lives have been is not for everyone. of what comes next, in the months and years to searching for formula via WhatsApp I drove to my local shopping shared future must be constructed. lost, livelihoods destroyed, the long cycle of social In a situation like this it is often necessary to hold come, is also vital. groups. centre, my bread-and-milk place, to Just over a month ago, as new unemployment trauma escalated and all kinds of existing social frac- two or more thoughts simultaneously. People have There are all kinds of possibilities, many of them Thousands of jobs have been take in the scene. There I saw peo- statistics showed that just less than 75% of young tures rapidly widened as, with the police largely ab- been hungry for a long time, and when the opportu- grim. Our best chance of a way into a viable future lost. Scores of companies and busi- ple scratching around in bushes, ex- people were without work, New Frame warned: sent, people gathered to organise their own security. nity came they appropriated food. This act turned is the construction of a democratic popular politics nesses will not reopen. tracting small goods looted the “South Africa is not a viable society for a large pro- We have seen the rapid widening of all kinds of a private crisis, often endured in families or small at significant scale, a politics that speaks directly It would take the most blindly previous night. They casually loaded portion of the people who live here, and if history lines of rupture and antagonism in society. Grass- networks, into a general and public one. to people’s lived experiences and is owned and di- optimistic investor to return to a the items into vehicles, some am- is a reliable guide to the future, something will have roots activists expressed great concern that popular It is possible that this could prompt a wider rected by the oppressed — what Zikode first called province such as KwaZulu-Natal. bled across the road to their to give.” That moment has arrived. anger could turn against migrants or ethnic, racial awareness of the social crisis, including the question “a living politics”. Even before this insurrection, mis- homes. It numbed me. and even religious minorities. of hunger, and some pressure to address it. But at Now is the time, more than anything else, for management and plundering by of- I should have been comforted, CLEAR VISION A leading activist, himself umZulu, expressed the same time, as the riots took new forms, they a politics committed to equality, dignity and safety ficials and politicians could not be though. One man, in tatty but clean It is imperative to understand clearly the project alarm about what he termed a desire for “Zulu su- did massive damage to people and the material and for all. Our collective future depends on it. contained. clothing, was chastising the thieves. that has cohered around Jacob Zuma. It is the con- premacy”. social infrastructure of some of our towns and cities. Nothing is moving now besides “And tomorrow you come and cry temporary expression of a long-standing form of Another leading activist, seeing shopkeepers They will not easily recover and the damage will, • Republished joint editorial by New Frame. the media, the desperate, the crimi- because there’s no bread here, nals, the opportunistic and the ci- nothing to eat.” vilian patrols and vigilante groups I saw him later intently sweeping trying to keep them at bay. the pavement with a dry palm leaf. Police are exhausted. The SA De- Frazzled police were stopping #UnrestSA: The chaos is a little too organised fence Force is stalling. National au- anyone who wasn’t a business thorities are flaccid. Politicians are owner from getting into the gutted condemning things that they are centre. “What the f*** do you HOWARD FELDMAN design and dissemination of posters that called for could not be deployed to cause as much mayhem but surrounded by the minister of Police, “national too scared to walk through without want here? You going where? the country’s shutdown. And although I didn’t have and panic now when he has even less to lose. security”, and leadership from the party. state-sponsored security. Where? Which store? To pick up ould you help me out here? Let’s assume that to take the information seriously, our intelligence Anyone who paid attention to Twitter during The inclusion would have shown that he is not My neighbours from other African what? There is nothing in any of I was in the market for a new 53-inch televi- agencies should have. They needed to assess if the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the coun- a man alone; it would have illustrated that he has countries have not left their proper- the stores. Csion and that I had no intention of paying risk was accurate and credible. And if so, they had try on Monday evening would have seen a number the support of his party and that there is unity in ties. They know that in KZN it “Call your boss, get him on the for either the item or my TV licence. an obligation to deal with it. of bots employed to create the impression that sup- the desire to solve the current crises. takes little more than an accusa- phone so I can speak to him,” be- And let’s assume that I wanted to join the looters Which by all accounts, they did not. port for Zuma is significantly greater than it is. Add the fact that we have seen so little of the tion to focus violent attention on gan one exchange. one morning because I had some time on my hands. Meaning, a few sad old men wearing paisley. Minister of Police Bheki Cele through this crisis, them. On Monday, I watched as crimi- How would I find out where the group was meet- SOCIAL-MEDIA MISINFORMATION Even with all the information at hand, Ramapho- one must wonder if what we didn’t see during the A ragtag group armed with pan- nals in Mercedes-Benz and shiny ing? Besides the above is the knowledge that Zuma is sa’s address to the nation was underwhelming. speech is more significant than what we did. gas, sjamboks, cricket bats, gas double-cab bakkies filled their vehi- That the “spontaneous” gatherings of looters not uncomfortable with using social-media misin- Admittedly there was a calm and measured man- The president continues to ask South Africans guns and pool cues (you read that cles with loot at the small Wool- seem more organised than a church picnic has to formation to his advantage. ner in his presentation, but there was no steely and to be cautious about spreading misinformation on correctly) locked my neighbourhood worths a few kilometres away. be a sign that there is more to the communication The Bell Pottinger “White Monopoly Capital” determined resolve we wanted to hear. Or needed social media, whether it concerns the Covid-19 pan- down at 6 pm on Tuesday. No way There is nothing startling in what than we are being told. (WMC) campaign, although evil, was masterful in to. The president wasn’t even angry with the loot- demic, vaccines, or the looting. He is right. in, no way out. They have been I am writing. Such scenes are play- And whereas I don’t have to be aware of what its execution. ers. He was just disappointed. Because, as a country, But then he and his government have the respon- stopping every single car wanting ing out in the corners of many sub- that entails, I hope that our intelligence agencies Zuma deliberately divided South Africans at the it’s not “who we are”. sibility to provide the country with credible infor- to enter. Many have been found urbs and townships in eThekwini. are. time, pitting them against each other, with the I can only assume that he means state capture mation. Failure to do so will create a vacuum that crammed with looted goods. The It is 9 pm on Tuesday now. The It is not as if this wasn’t expected. The arrest WMC becoming the diversion and the catchphrase aside, it’s not who we are. Because if that is taken will be filled, either by the Zuma misinformation items are being confiscated. weather has turned. It is teeth- of former president Jacob Zuma could not have of a dangerous plan to rob the country of its assets into the equation, it’s pretty much exactly who we campaign or by concerned citizens who are simply I experienced the same on the chattering cold, a rarity for Durban. been slower if he walked from Nkandla to hand him- and wealth. are. trying their best to make sense of a senseless situa- Bluff earlier in the day, people man- Multiple gunshots have again just self in. So unhurried was the process that Carl Nie- Before we were awoken to the reality that there tion. ning the entrance to the town, ripped through the night and some- haus even had time for a costume change as he was little substance to this and little depth to which NO OPTIC OF UNITY many armed. Getting in is difficult. where in the distance explosions re- slipped from his camouflaged fatigues into some- Zuma would not be prepared to sink, it worked for There was also little in the way of optics or visual • Howard Feldman is a keynote speaker and analyst. You have to have a damned good verberate. thing more comfortable. a while. It is no stretch at all to imagine that the messaging. In other countries, we might have seen He is the author of three books and is the morning reason to be there. — Daily Maverick. And more paisley. There was also time for the “bots” used then and the misinformation tactics the president addressing the nation not on his own, talk-show host on ChaiFM. 8 | THE WITNESS JULY 15, 2021 BRAINSTORM www.witness.co.za

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Cryptic Crossword 16671 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10-Minute Crossword 16671 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Across Across 8 8 1 Inordinately cruel act that is free from obscurity (5-3) 1 Kind and courteous (8) 5 Key held by Uncle Frank (4) 9 10 5 Business transaction (4) 9 10 9 Cloth that’s soft being put on (5) 9 Greater (5) 10 The hand Mark won in style (7) 10 Hone (7) 11 The expenses of being an athlete? (7,5) 11 11 The practical details (4,3,5) 11 13 Place where children may go between two and five (6) 13 To tarry (6) 14 Band in the theatre (6) 12 14 Scene of uproar (6) 12

17 Loses one’s equilibrium, excited as lover can be (12) 13 14 15 17 Be entirely discarded (2,2,3,5) 13 14 15 20 Shuffling cards it is necessary to be vigorous (7) 20 South American country (7) 21 Will go (5) 16 21 Use up (5) 16

22 Piece of boarded adornment (4) 17 18 22 Level (4) 17 18 23 Small games enclosures (8) 23 Personal magnetic charm (8) 19 19 Down Down 20 21 20 21 1 Not the original journalist’s work (4) 1 Willing and ready (4) 2 An age certain to get wiped out (7) 2 Suspend to later date (7) 3 Customs that suit many a horseman (6,6) 3 Regardless (12) 22 23 22 23 4 Pay out and relax (6) 4 Lacking due recognition (6) 6 Fruit trees (5) 6 Drive out (5) 7 Is he going in to discover it’s all over? (8) Cryptic Solution 16670 7 Solitary (8) 10-Minute Solution 16670 8 Any call for it means changes in part (12) 8 Demagogue (6-6) 12 A hundred bound to be granted (8) Across: 1 Self-pride, 8 Noose, 9 Finnish, 10 Talent, 11 Ashlar, 12 Fit to be chosen (8) Across: 1 Baltimore, 8 Nylon, 9 Joinery, 10 Smirch, 11 Revolt, 12 Idolater, 12 After all, 15 Hacienda, 18 Nearly, 20 Narrow, 21 Cellist, 22 Minus, 15 Tenement, 18 League, 20 Retort, 21 Dignity, 22 Amass, 15 Box me up inside and dispose of the body (7) 23 Testators. 15 Generosity (7) 23 Singapore. 16 It’s used as anti-freeze in exceedingly cold weather (6) Down: 2 Exits, 3 Finals, 4 Restrain, 5 Engage, 6 Nosegay, 7 Gentility, 16 To separate (6) Down: 2 Atone, 3 Tinpot, 4 Maritime, 5 Enamel, 6 Clarity, 7 Anchorage, 18 Animal not usually laden (5) 11 Archenemy, 13 Transept, 14 Scoring, 16 Egoist, 17 Hamlet, 18 Misrepresent (5) 11 Rotterdam, 13 Outlying, 14 Instead, 16 Morass, 17 Catnap, 19 Leonard’s telescope will have one (4) 19 Laser. 19 Notion (4) 19 Utter. SUDOKU INTERMAZE CODE CRACKER Yesterday’s solution:

For online tips go to sudoku.com This is the world’s most addictive numbers game. The aim is to fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. You need to reason out where to place the missing numbers by using the numbers given in the grid and a process of elimination. This is a game of logic not mathematical ability. BRIDGE NOTES SOUTH DEALER. interests of defeating better than take the Both sides vulnerable. the contract. For a prime heart queen with the ace, ALPINE TREK NORTH example, take this case lead a club to his ace and Calculate, in sequence, the number of steps each path has to  10 8 where West had to play return a diamond. West reach the peak. Smallest total is the shortest to the top.  A 7 5 4 exceptionally well to followed low, of course, and  K Q J 10 5 SOLUTIONAlp TOi THEn ePREVIOUS Tr eALPINEk TREK  7 5 achieve the desired goal. dummy’s ten won the trick. Calculate, in sequence, the number of steps each path has to West made the normal reach the peak.Shortest Smallest path total is C is with the shortest 465 steps to the top. WEST EAST South’s only remaining  J 6 4  Q 9 7 3 2 lead of a heart against hope now was that the  Q 9 8 2  K 10 three notrump. Declarer opposing clubs were A 6 + 4 + 5 + 9 - 7 8 1 8 2 - 7 8 2 B  A 9 7 3  8 2 played low from dummy, divided 3-3, so he played  J 9  Q 10 4 3 and East won with the king. 8 8 7 2 7 5 2 8 + 5 7 6 + 3 x 3 + the king and another club. 5 - 7 x 7 + 3 x 6 8 3 3 1 3 9 3 2 SOUTH When East returned the ten But when the clubs proved + 3 6 4 3 8 3 7 7 3 7 4 x 3 + 3 +  A K 5 of hearts, South followed to be divided 4-2, he had to 3 + 2 - 3 + 4 3 2 - 2 7 8 3 6 7 2  J 6 3 low, whereupon West made 6 6 3 8 8 6 x 6 x 7 - 5 + 4 - 1 +  6 4 go down one. WORDS the extraordinary play of 5 8 7 7 5 - 2 7 2 9 7 - 7 1 1 6 4  A K 8 6 2 Now let’s go back to the queen of hearts! 1 6 4 2 + 6 6 6 4 6 4 + 1 - Using the letter U somewhere in every word, can you make at least 18 words of four letters The bidding: trick two and see what or more out of these letters? At least one word will have all the letters. West knew that he was 9 + 3 6 1 - 5 7 + 2 1 7 + 4 would have happened No proper names. South West North East handing South an extra x 2 - 2 2 6 1 7 3 - 9 9 4 5 if West didn’t overtake 1  Pass 1  Pass heart trick by overtaking 2 5 8 7 3 + 4 7 2 7 3 + 8 2 5 6 2 T A X C 1 NT Pass 3 NT his partner’s ten with the East’s ten of hearts with - 2 + 8 x 4 - 2 - 7 - 2 4 2 8 8 6 Opening lead – two of queen, since declarer was the queen. The ten wins, 3 4 3 7 7 7 3 + 2 5 3 x 9 + 1 - 2 U P E E L marked with the heart jack. and East probably shifts + 7 x 6 + 1 4 1 2 3 6 7 7 4 2 4 x Yesterday’s answer: acre, alee, alert, alter, artel, care, career, caret, carl, carrel, cart, cartel, hearts. carter, cate, cater, caterer, cattle, cereal, claret, clatter, CLATTERER, clear, cleat, crate, crater, But West realized that if he to a low spade at trick 5 2 5 3 8 3 5 6 9 + 2 - 6 - 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 - 4 3 6 - 8 3 7 8 3 8 5 1 create, earl, eater, eclat, elate, elater, lace, late, latter, leat, race, racer, rale, rare, rate, ratel, allowed East’s ten to hold three. Declarer wins, forces ratter, rattle, rattler, react, real, rear, relate, relater, retrace, retract, retral, retreat, tact, talc, There are times when a C 2 4 8 x 2 4 6 3 8 x 1 + 4 + 3 + 8 D tare, tart, teal, tear, teat, terra, terrace, tetra, trace, tracer, tract, treacle, treat, treater the trick, his partner would out the ace of diamonds defender must have the © Auspac Media - at1826 be unable to lead a third and winds up with nine courage of his convictions heart to force out dummy’s tricks consisting of four and make a play that ace. diamonds, two spades, sacrifices a trick in the Declarer could do no two clubs and a heart.

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IT’S IN YOUR STARS ARIES (March 21-April 19): The people TAURUS (April 20-May 20): GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Jot down CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may become VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Remain you meet under these stars might have Someone might reveal confidential any ideas that resonate with your secret need to call on all your diplomatic skills obsessed with completing a project or organized. There may be so much on the best intentions. However, if you are information. Business doesn’t mix well hopes and dreams. They may come in to deal with an overbearing opponent or attaining your ambitions. Much can be your plate that you can’t afford to fritter away your time. You might feel that you invited to join a group, you may suspect with social activities, so keep your love handy in the future when you have more a delicate issue. Put pending agreements accomplished if you let your creative are on the outside looking in, but any that someone is seeking your friendship life separate from your money-making time on your hands. Avoid making any on hold because you may be unclear mind take over. Your job may require vague sense of isolation will lift once the out of self-interest. activities. major financial decisions this week. about the details. some intense social interactions. workday is done.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Avoid giving SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s likely SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An those you love mixed signals. There can best to go with your instincts and take can put an acceptable spin on events and worry about things beyond your control. Issues from the past might reappear. intense need to express yourself can be be a tendency to be too serious when your chances. Don’t try to dominate ideas to turn them to your advantage. Remind yourself that you are only human Unexpected changes can cause friction channeled into a variety of activities. Use being playful and lighthearted makes conversations. Be realistic about your Your desire to display material success and can only do so much in the allotted with a family member. Your enthusiasm your imagination to make your job easier more sense. Romance may be on your late expectations since someone may may lead you to buy something on credit time. Respect other people’s opinions and energy levels may be low but will and more fulfilling. Make a romantic evening’s social calendar. promise more than they can deliver. to show off. even if they clash with yours. probably be restored in a day or so. partner happy by being attentive. July 15, 2021 The Witness Classifieds 9

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(12.55) - WELCOME TO THE VAAL MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE (Fillies) of (14.40) - PLAY SOCCER 6, 10 AND 13 JUVENILE PLATE of R70000 over (15.50) - BETTING WORLD - 087 741 2777 MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) of PREVIEW: SUPREME DANCE (3) has been knocking on the door over a shorter and on pedigree should enjoy the R70000 over 1450m 1st Leg Bipot 1000m R70000 over 1600m step up in trip and is drawn in pole. STOP FOR NOTHING (1) is capable of a strong finish and is ideally course and 1 4 6 distance suited so can be dropped out from a wide draw. BACK TO BLACK (2) is ultra consistent and can be involved 6V12-3.7 3t14-4.8 8D13-9.2 1 -8 COVERMEINSUNSHINE 2f (C Spies) ...... R Munger 0 60.0 8t14-9.0 8T14-16.6 5T14-7.2 1 -6 BOLD DECISION! 3f (J J van Vuuren) . . . . .R Danielson 60 60.0 1st Leg Jackpot 1 here over a suitable trip. (David Thiselton 3-1-2) 8V12-10.0 2 -4 GLOBAL LOUISE 2f (B D Botes) ...... S Khumalo 0 60.0 4V12-1.1 2V12-0.8 1V12-9.2 1 -1 DYCE 2c (M N Houdalakis) ...... C Zackey 0 60.0 8B20-13.2 2B16-1.4 9B18-8.2 2 -4 SUPER DUPER* 4f (B D Botes) ...... D Schwarz 57 60.0 4V12-4.2 2V12-0.1 3T11-4.0 3 -7 GOLDEN ASPEN 2f (C Spies) ...... J Sampson 0 60.0 2U10-3.2 5K12-6.8 1V10-7.5 2 -3 MASTER ARCHIE 2c (P A Peter) ...... G Lerena 0 60.0 0t20-30.7 5B16-2.9 5V16-9.5 3 -3 SHIKURU 3f (S G Tarry) ...... L Hewitson 56 60.0 9T11-10.8 5D13-7.2 4 -5 HIGH FLYBY 2f (C Spies) ...... L Hewitson 0 60.0 2V12-0.2 3T14-3.0 6T11-9.2 3 -4 FREED FROM DESIRE 2f (P A Peter) ...... N Klink 0 57.5 3B14-2.8 7T14-15.5 2V16-1.8 4 -9 WILLOW LANE* 3f (P A Peter) ...... N Klink 56 60.0 (17.00) - NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING TUESDAY 20 JULY NOVICE HAND- 3T11-4.8 4V12-2.9 5 -3 ICY NIGHT 2f (P A Peter) ...... G Lerena 0 60.0 2T10-2.2 1V10-5.5 2N12-3.1 4 -6 MISS MAGICIAN 2f (S G Tarry) ...... L Hewitson 0 57.5 3B16-6.8 6B16-3.8 4T14-6.8 5 -2 OCEANS PRIDE* 6m (B H Stidolph) . . . .Wes Marwing 54 60.0 8ICAP of R70000 over 1450m 5V12-9.0 2V14-5.2 6 -10 MABONENG 2f (A B Fortune) ...... 0 60.0 0V10-20.0 6T11-22.2 5 -5 FRENCH REBEL 2c (P A Peter) ...... P Mxoli* 0 57.0 2V16-2.5 3T16-4.2 4T14-7.2 6 -5 WONDERFUL ROCK* 4f (E Verdonese) ...... C Habib 54 60.0 6V14-6.4 0V14-6.2 7T11-5.8 1 -11 ELUSIVE WOMAN 3f (A B Fortune) ...... C Habib 80 60.0 7 -1 NICE MOVE 2f (S T Pettigrew) ...... P Mxoli* 0 60.0 0B10-18.0 8B16-23.0 7B10-21.5 6 -7 IRISH SEA* 2g (S Von Willingh Smit) . . . .Wes Marwing 0 57.0 9V12-5.3 7V12-9.0 7 -1 PRINCESS KESH 2f (A B Fortune) ...... R Munger 0 56.0 4T14-2.2 2B14-2.0 1t16-1.6 2 -6 FLYING BULL 3g (P A Peter) ...... G Lerena 77 58.5 4t12-3.5 2t16-1.9 8 -2 PRAIRIE FALCON 2f (S T Pettigrew) . . . .D De Gouveia 0 60.0 7 -2 WESTERN VIEW 2f (C Spies) ...... R Munger 0 54.5 0T11-11.0 3T14-5.5 8 -7 TIME REQUEST 2f (W H Marwing) ...... J R Syster* 0 56.0 2B14-2.0 2t16-1.6 1B14-1.4 3 -2 CASTLE CORNER* 3g (S T Pettigrew) . .D De Gouveia 76 58.0 6V10-9.2 6V10-9.8 9 -9 QUEEN OF THE NORTH 2f (A B Fortune) . . . .C Habib 0 60.0 C/D - Master Archie; Miss Magician 4t14-3.5 2T16-3.5 7T14-8.2 9 -8 TINDER DRY 2f (F Bronkhorst) ...... S Khumalo 0 56.0 6T14-3.8 5t16-2.3 4T14-1.5 4 -9 ESKIMO PIE* 3g (S G Tarry) ...... L Hewitson 74 57.0 0B12-13.0 6B10-7.2 10 -6 WALKININMEMPHIS 2f (D Sham) ...... R Danielson 0 60.0 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 12-10 Master Archie, 13-10 Dyce, 8-1 Miss Magician, 11-1 Freed From Desire, 20-1 and RESTED - Tinder Dry (54 days) 0V12-6.4 2V12-2.0 8B12-4.2 5 -4 BLUE EYES 3g (P A Peter) ...... N Klink 72 56.0 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 5-2 Prairie Falcon, 4-1 Golden Aspen, High Flyby, 9-2 Icy Night, 8-1 Covermeinsunshine, upwards others WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 7-2 Tinder Dry, 5-1 Time Request, 11-2 Super Duper, 6-1 Willow Lane, 7-1 Shikuru, 5B18-3.4 2t20-1.3 6B18-9.8 6 -7 HUMBLE TUNE* 3g (C Dawson) ...... S Khumalo 71 55.5 Maboneng, 20-1 and upwards others SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Master Archie 0.35; Dyce 0.24; Miss Magician -0.81; Freed From Desire -1.71 Wonderful Rock, 9-1 Oceans Pride, 11-1 Bold Decision, 11-2 Princess Kesh 8B12-5.2 6B14-5.9 5B16-3.2 7 -5 HARRYS SECRET 3g (D Sham) ...... C F Dicken* 64 52.0 SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Maboneng -0.86; High Flyby -1.08; Golden Aspen -1.27; Covermeinsunshine -1.42 BEST AVERAGE : Dyce -0.02; Freed From Desire -0.64 SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Wonderful Rock -1.92; Princess Kesh -2.36; Oceans Pride -2.68; Tinder Dry -2.72 0T14-7.8 5B14-3.0 7T16-4.5 8 -3 FLORIDA KEYS* 3f (S G Tarry) ...... R Munger 62 52.0 BEST AVERAGE : Golden Aspen -1.25; Maboneng -1.40 BEST TIME : Maboneng -0.86; Golden Aspen -1.08 BEST TIME : Master Archie 0.35; Dyce 0.24 BEST AVERAGE : Tinder Dry -1.44; Bold Decision -2.23 BEST TIME : Tinder Dry -0.45; Bold Decision -1.42 7B12-3.5 8B12-5.5 7B14-3.9 9 -8 MEET THE CAPTAIN 3f (S Moffatt) ...... J Penny 62 52.0 5V12-3.2 0V14-10.5 0V12-10.0 10 -10 SPEECHMAKER 4f (H E Adamson) ...... X Jacobs* 60 52.0 PREVIEW: PRAIRIE FALCON (8) improved second time out over 1600m and now has a plum draw. GOLDEN ASPEN PREVIEW: DYCE (1) looks to be a good horse in the making and should put this field away. WESTERN VIEW (7) is by PREVIEW: SUPER DUPER (2) disappointed last time over 1800m but on the form of his penultimate run over 1600m (3) has run some fair races over shorter and should enjoy the step up in trip. MABONENG (6) can improve and should she is the one to beat. OCEANS PRIDE (5) has a plum draw over an ideal trip and should make a bold bid. TINDER 0B10-11.8 0B14-9.0 7t12-5.0 11 -12 BROADWAY BABE* 3f (B Webber) ...... J R Syster* 56 52.0 Global View and is a half-sister to Grade 3-placed Star Profile. FREED FROM DESIRE (3) is capable of better than last 5T11-6.8 1B14-0.8 7t14-2.2 12 -1 SUDDEN BREAK 4f (P F Matchett) . . . .K Matsunyane 55 52.0 also be involved in the finish. (David Thiselton 8-3-6) time. (David Thiselton 1-7-3) DRY (9) disappointed last time but if reproducing her best form she can go close. TIME REQUEST (8) beat Ocean's Pride over 1400m last time but the latter was gaining late and has a better draw. WILLOW LANE (4) has got 1,65 4B16-4.5 7B14-6.9 0T11-12.8 13 -13 BANGOR NIGHT 4g (H van der Westhuizen)Wes Marwing 54 52.0 C/D - Castle Corner; Sudden Break B - Speechmaker; Bangor Night RESTED - Flying Bull (70 days); Castle Corner (13.30) - TABONLINE.CO.ZA MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE of R70000 over (15.15) - TELLYTRACK.COM MAIDEN PLATE of R70000 over 1600m lengths to make up on Ocean's Pride from a 1450m clash. (David Thiselton 2-5-9-8-4) 1450m 1st Leg PA (49 days); Eskimo Pie (54 days); Humble Tune (72 days) N/A - Bangor Night 2 51st Leg Jackpot 1 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 7-2 Flying Bull, Castle Corner, 4-1 Eskimo Pie, 9-1 Humble Tune, 10-1 Blue Eyes, Florida 9t12-10.8 2t14-3.0 1 -5 ADMIRAL DOOLEY 2g (S T Pettigrew) ...... C Zackey 0 60.0 (16.25) - RACING ASSOCIATION MR 80 HANDICAP of R70000 over 2B16-3.2 4V17-4.0 2V16-0.2 1 -7 BRENNER PASS 3g (S J Gray) ...... S Brown 70 60.0 Keys, 12-1 Meet The Captain, 13-1 Harrys Secret, 14-1 Sudden Break, 16-1 Elusive Woman, 20-1 and upwards 6T11-8.2 5T11-3.4 2 -9 BOLETO 2c (M/A Azzie) ...... G Lerena 0 60.0 2B16-0.2 4t14-2.2 8V16-4.3 2 -1 ENIGMA CODE* 3g (D Sham) ...... C Zackey 62 60.0 71500m SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Flying Bull 0.15; Eskimo Pie -0.82; Elusive Woman -0.97; Blue Eyes -1.00 6B10-8.0 9t12-15.0 3 -4 CONSTITUTIONAL 2c (J J van Vuuren) .D De Gouveia 0 60.0 3B16-0.3 2B18-4.2 4t16-5.0 3 -6 NUSSPLY! 4g (P A Peter) ...... N Klink 62 60.0 3B14-1.6 5t16-8.7 7D16-8.2 1 -9 STOP FOR NOTHING* 4g (S Moffatt) . . . . .S Khumalo 80 60.0 0V12-21.5 7V14-10.5 4 -6 CROSS EXAMINER 2g (D Sham) ...... R Danielson 0 60.0 BEST AVERAGE : Eskimo Pie -0.55; Blue Eyes -0.71 BEST TIME : Flying Bull 0.15; Eskimo Pie 0.06 6V14-4.8 2V17-2.0 9V16-7.2 4 -4 LIGHT WARRIOR 4g (C I Jonker) ...... S Khumalo 60 60.0 5t14-3.7 2t14-0.4 3B16-5.0 2 -8 BACK TO BLACK 3g (D Sham) ...... C Zackey 79 58.5 7V10-14.0 6V12-14.8 5 -10 IL PRADINO 2g (A B Fortune) ...... Wes Marwing 0 60.0 PREVIEW: ESKIMO PIE (4) is capable of running on well so can be dropped out from a wide draw and he can win if 6B20-7.5 0V16-8.5 7t16-10.2 5 -2 CURFEW* 3g (S J Gray) ...... 59 60.0 4T11-4.9 3T11-1.2 4V12-1.1 3 -1 SUPREME DANCE* 3c (B Warren) ...... G Lerena 77 57.5 5t16-4.4 5B16-5.0 2t16-0.9 6 -1 KING ARTHUR* 2c (R R Magner) ...... S Khumalo 0 60.0 reproducing the form of his last run. FLYING BULL (2) beat Castle Corner by 1,60 lengths over 1600m in his last start 9B12-7.4 9T11-7.2 0V14-17.1 6 -3 LEICESTER FOSSE 2g (C Spies) ...... R Munger 0 56.0 1B14-2.0 0V15-24.0 5T18-11.0 4 -6 BURNING ICE 3g (S G Tarry) ...... L Hewitson 75 56.5 5B10-5.8 5V14-2.0 5V12-3.5 7 -3 LETSDOIT* 2c (S Moffatt) ...... D Schwarz 0 60.0 and is now only 0.5kg worse off but does have a wider draw than the latter but he led from start to finish in that race 3t12-5.3 3B16-0.8 7 -5 LITIGATION 2c (S G Tarry) ...... L Hewitson 0 56.0 3V10-3.0 4T11-2.0 6V12-1.2 5 -10 MONEY FIGHTER 3g (M N Houdalakis) . . .R Danielson 74 56.0 7T14-12.1 8 -8 MASTER OF COIN 2c (R R Magner) ...... J R Syster* 0 60.0 so can make a bold bid over just 150m shorter. (David Thiselton 4-2) PREVIEWS BY DAVID THISELTON RESTED - Leicester Fosse (42 days); Litigation (44 days) 2V16-0.2 5t16-6.5 6t14-3.2 6 -11 WAQAAS (AUS)* 5g (F P Habib) ...... D Schwarz 72 56.0 0t14-6.2 6B16-10.0 9 -11 MONSOON KENNY 2c (A B Fortune) ...... R Munger 0 60.0 0T24-99.0 6t14-3.9 3T16-1.1 7 -3 MIDNIGHT CALLER 3g (W H Marwing) . . . . .R Munger 73 55.5 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 1-1 Litigation, 12-10 Brenner Pass, 6-1 Enigma Code, 7-1 Light Warrior,, 20-1 and 5V12-6.5 8t14-7.5 4t14-2.4 10 -7 SECRET LINK 2g (R R Sage) ...... 0 60.0 0T14-13.2 8B12-7.0 0V10-10.0 8 -4 CITY BY THE SEA 3g (P A Peter) ...... X Jacobs* 71 54.5 upwards others 5T10-15.0 8V12-19.5 11 -2 TIMBAVATI RIVER 2g (A B Fortune) ...... C Habib 0 60.0 0B14-18.0 6B10-4.0 8t12-5.8 9 -5 WUHAN 3g (H E Adamson) ...... N Klink 63 52.0 GREYVILLE ABANDONED RESTED - Monsoon Kenny (44 days); Secret Link (70 days); Timbavati River (166 days) SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Nussply -1.23; Litigation -1.57; Brenner Pass -1.77; Curfew -2.18 0B16-8.5 0B16-5.8 7t14-5.8 10 -7 OPENING GAMBIT* 4g (G J Maroun) . . . . .C F Dicken* 61 52.0 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 22-10 King Arthur, 5-2 Admiral Dooley, 7-2 Boleto, 11-2 Secret Link, 12-1 Letsdoit, BEST AVERAGE : Brenner Pass -1.10; Light Warrior -1.52 9B18-7.1 7t14-9.8 3V16-1.0 11 -2 WILLO’THEWISP* 4g (P F Matchett) . . .K Matsunyane 60 52.0 20-1 and upwards others BEST TIME : Brenner Pass -0.44; Light Warrior -0.74 C/D - Willo’Thewisp RESTED - Burning Ice (68 days); Willo’Thewisp (58 days) DUE TO THE ONGOING PROTEST ACTION AND THE VOLATIL- PREVIEW: LITIGATION (7) improved second time out when stepped up to this trip and is the one to beat despite a SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : King Arthur -0.02; Admiral Dooley -0.16; Boleto -0.74; Letsdoit -1.56 WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 5-2 Supreme Dance, 33-10 Back To Black, 9-2 Money Fighter, 8-1 Stop For Nothing, ITY OF THE SITUATION YESTERDAY’S HOLLYWOODBETS BEST AVERAGE : King Arthur -0.86; Letsdoit -1.38 BEST TIME : King Arthur -0.02; Admiral Dooley -0.16 tricky draw of five out of seven. LIGHT WARRIOR (4) is capable but needs things to pan out well and they should do 9-1 Waqaas, Midnight Caller, 12-1 Willo’Thewisp, 20-1 and upwards others PREVIEW: ADMIRAL DOOLEY (1) improved second time out over this trip to run second and has another fair draw. from a fair draw especially considering S'Manga Khumalo is back aboard. BRENNER PASS (1) is improving but does SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Midnight Caller 0.34; Supreme Dance 0.29; Money Fighter 0.19; Back To Black -0.56 GREYVILLE RACE MEETING WAS ABANDONED. KING ARTHUR (6) is drawn in pole and having shown improvement with second time blinkers over 1600m he should have the widest draw of all to overcome. (David Thiselton 7-4-1) BEST AVERAGE : Money Fighter -0.18; Back To Black -0.1 BEST TIME : Back To Black 0.38; Midnight Caller 0.34 go close here from pole position. SECRET LINK (10) ran a good race last time over this trip from a wide draw and is better drawn here. (David Thiselton 1-6-10) (14.05) - TAB TELEBET 0861 000 822 JUVENILE PLATE (Fillies) of 3R70000 over 1000m 1st Leg Pick 6 1B10-3.8 1T11-1.0 3S12-3.9 1 -4 SHEELA 2f (M/A Azzie) ...... L Hewitson 0 60.0 Venniker scores her first professional win 1B10-0.1 2 -6 AUNTY LIZZY 2f (A B Fortune) ...... C Habib 0 58.0 1B10-1.2 3 -2 AURORA LIGHT 2f (P A Peter) ...... S Khumalo 0 58.0 3T11-3.0 5V12-3.8 3V10-3.8 4 -3 ON CUE 2f (A B Fortune) ...... M H Zuma* 0 58.0 4B10-2.8 5 -1 STORMY LASS 2f (R R Magner) ...... G Lerena 0 55.0 ACHEL VENNIKER, South Africa’s some work. I took that advice and things for Rachel. “Lyle Hewitson is someone I par- But it was a wide-open event.” 6 -5 WHAT A HONEY 2f (M N Houdalakis) ...... C Zackey 0 55.0 C/D - Sheela; Aunty Lizzy; Aurora Light; On Cue RESTED - Aunty Lizzy (100 days); Aurora Light (49 days); On Cue (42 days) sole female apprentice jockey, scored were set into motion. ticularly admire. I love the way he handles And she expertly produced the daughter of WORLD SPORTS BETTING: 5-10 Sheela, 9-2 Aurora Light, 8-1 Aunty Lizzy, 11-1 What A Honey, 25-2 On Cue, 13-1 Stormy Lass her first ‘professional’ win last “I liked it from the start. And the more everything, and he’s a perfect role model. Toreador at just the right time to surge past SPEED RATINGS: LAST RUN : Sheela 0.47; On Cue -0.81; Aurora Light -0.83; Aunty Lizzy -1.14 Sunday at the tenth time of asking work I rode and the stronger I got, the more “Before I won the workriders race on far more fancied Soiree and win going away BEST AVERAGE : Sheela 0.05; Aurora Light -0.83 BEST TIME : Sheela 0.47; On Cue -0.81 R PREVIEW: SHEELA (1) is very well regarded and can score her third win having been beaten into third in the Grade 1 when Michael Roberts trained Calulo finished I realised I wanted to become a jockey, Enjoy The View he talked me through exact- by a length and three quarters. Allan Robertson Championship last time. AURORA LIGHT (3) won well on debut albeit in an uninspiring field and strongly to win the FM79 over 1000m at 25-1. though at the beginning the idea of going ly what I should do on the day and gave me “In the short term my goal is simply to receives 2kg from Sheela. ON CUE (4) has consistent form and could also contest second place. (David Thiselton 1- 3-4) The 20-year-old had however previously visited into training had also been an appealing so much confidence. He helped me a lot! ride as many winners as possible. But ulti- the winner’s enclosure following one of her idea.” “Stuart Randolph and Serino Moodley mately, I would love to ride overseas, like VAAL SELECTIONS seven rides while a work rider. Enjoy The View have both helped me plenty right from Hong Kong or England. Obviously at the DAVID THISELTON COMPUTAFORM PERMS That was Enjoy The View, also for leg- the start. I’ve always looked up to them as moment that is just a dream, but you have to BIPOT (R81) endary former jockey Roberts in August last And her win on Enjoy The View moved well.” start somewhere.” (8) Prairie Falcon (6) Maboneng Leg 1: 8 x 3 x 6 1 (3) Golden Aspen (3) Golden Aspen Leg 2: 1 x 6 x 10 year. things further along. The hugely experienced Randolph is fac- Outside of racing Rachel has a few other (6) Maboneng (5) Icy Night Leg 3: 1 Leg 4: 1 “I was born and bred at Summerveld, and “That was probably my most exciting day ing a long spell on the sidelines after suffer- interests: “I play as much sport as possible – (1) Admiral Dooley (1) Admiral Dooley Leg 5: 7 x 4 x 1 2 (6) King Arthur (6) King Arthur Leg 6: 2 x 5 x 9 lived my whole life in a house five minutes in racing so far. Especially as I was trying to ing a knee injury recently. I run and go to gym, and the apprentices (10) Secret Link (10) Secret Link PA (R243) from the training centre, before going into get into the academy at the time, and I knew play quite a lot of squash – we have a little (1) Sheela (1) Sheela Leg 1: 1 x 6 x 10 Roberts 3 (3) Aurora Light (4) On Cue Leg 2: 1 the academy. winning that race would strengthen my club going. Gabriel Pieterse plays a mean (3) Aurora Light Leg 3: 1 (4) On Cue Leg 4: 7 x 4 x 1 “My parents owned a couple of racehorses case.” “I ride a lot of work for Michael Roberts, game. (1) Dyce (4) Miss Magician Leg 5: 2 x 5 x 9 4 (7) Western View (2) Master Archie Leg 6: 3 x 1 x 2 over the years, but we are more of a show Rachel is in the academy as a ‘special and he looks after me. He’s been a mentor to “I’m quite an arty person – I paint (3) Freed From Desire (1) Dyce Leg 7: 4 x 2 x 3 jumping family. My grandparents and par- apprentice’, where the parameters are me right from the very start. Wendy portraits and surrealistic stuff – they’re (7) Litigation (3) Nussply PICK 6 (R225) ents both did jumping, as did I. amended somewhat for a student who is Whitehead, Garth Puller and Mike Miller quite dodgy! If I hadn’t come to the (4) Light Warrior (1) Brenner Pass Leg 1: 1 5 Leg 2: 1 (1) Brenner Pass (7) Litigation Leg 3: 7 x 4 x 1 “My parents are hugely supportive and older and has some race riding experience. are the other yards I mainly ride work for.” academy,I might well have been studying art (2) Super Duper (2) Super Duper Leg 4: 2 x 5 x 9 x 8 x 4 have been behind me the whole way. Hence while in her first year, she is Going into the final race on Sunday she now.” (5) Oceans Pride (5) Oceans Pride Leg 5: 3 x 1 x 2 x 7 x 4 6 Leg 6: 4 x 2 x 3 (9) Tinder Dry (9) Tinder Dry “I got involved in racing when I was four- already riding in races. was quietly confident about her chances on The confident but not brash young lady (3) Supreme Dance (6) Waqaas JACKPOT (R75) Leg 1: 1 teen, mainly because I was looking for a Both Lyle Hewitson and Diego de Gouveia Calulo. has a long road to travel, but can hopefully 7 (1) Stop For Nothing (2) Back To Black Leg 2: 7 x 4 x 1 (2) Back To Black (3) Supreme Dance Leg 3: 2 x 5 x 9 x 8 x 4 showjumper. I went to look at a horse in the have passed through under similar circum- “I knew she would run a good race, as she be a trailblazer for other female riders in (4) Eskimo Pie (3) Castle Corner Leg 4: 3 x 1 x 2 x 7 x 4 care of (then KZN trainer) Craig Eudey, and stances. was working very well. She’s a lovely ride as SA. (2) Flying Bull 8 (2) Flying Bull BEST BET - Race 4: 1 he suggested that I should try coming to ride And the former is a particular role model she travels well and gives you confidence. –tt (3) Castle Corner (1) Elusive Woman VALUE BET - Race 8: 4 TV highlights

SuperSport Golf 7.30 am: The Open Championship: D1 SuperSport Tennis 12.30 pm: Hamburg Open: D4 SuperSport Variety 1 Camille Herron worked out she has run over 154 000 km to date. 1.25 pm: Tour de France: S18 More below. Thursday, July 15, 2021 Conquering the long distances Ready is her love

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Former Comrades Marathon cham- pion Camille Herron (pictured above) is one of the world’s great- est endurance athletes and she for Caf has just worked out that she’s clocked a staggering 154 497 kilo- metres while running. At this rate, the 39-year-old American phenomenon may well become the youngest person to register 160 000 “lifetime kilome- tres” by May 2022. The tall and blonde “Queen of final Ultrarunning” won the Comrades in 2017 and has five world records to her name. She once ran 270 kilometres in a Chiefs aim to upset mighty Al Ahly single day and recently took on the gruelling Western States 100-miler Kaizer Chiefs left for Morocco yesterday in California again. with the belief that they have prepared She said in her latest Instagram well for their bid to upset the mighty Al post yesterday that her career dis- Ahly in the Caf Champions League final tance and projection were worked on Saturday. out with the help of running stat- Defender Ramahlwe Mphahlele said isticians. “It’s been fun to go that as much as they take pride in being through my training logs. My big- the group to have guided the club to their gest year was 2011 (9 412,2 km), first ever Champions League final, their month (906,3 km, October 2019), aim is also to win it. and week (373 km, December And midfielder Njabulo Blom said the 2018),” said Herron, who, like many preparations could not have been better individual sportspeople, tends to for the big challenge waiting for them use social media for career and in the form of the Egyptian giants. sponsorship purposes. “We feel very proud that we were able Pietermaritzburg-based Com- to get to the Caf Champions League final rades star Bongmusa Mthembu is as players. We are very proud of what one of her established Instagram we have achieved,” said Mphahlele. followers and regularly comments Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma during the second Dafanews Cup Series ODI match between Ireland and South Africa at The Village on Tuesday in “It is not many people playing foot- on her interesting posts. Dublin, Ireland. PHOTO: GALLO IMAGES ball who in the end manage to get to this Kaizer Chiefs defender Ramahlwe “I love to run, be outside, ex- level, so I am really happy. Mphahlele. PHOTO: GALLO plore the world, and find my hu- “I have realised that this is something man limits,” she said. very possible to be achieved by South this season, and he said it has been a A conquerer of distances and ‘We were totally outplayed and need to bounce back’ African clubs every year. hard road to get to where they are now. even male athletes, she has ex- “Each one of us will have a good story “I am so excited, it was not easy to plained in the past that her thirst to tell about their history in football.” get here,” he said. for running developed out of ad- The Proteas will look to quickly fix er- The Proteas’ bowling performance didn’t rock up. If you compare our field- points for every match victory, four for Mphahlele has yet to win any silver- “We did not start well in the group versity, because at the age of 17 in rors after skipper Temba Bavuma (pic- was average, but their fielding was hor- ing to theirs, it was chalk and cheese.” a draw and six in the event of a tie, with ware in the five years he has spent in Na- stages, we won some games and lost 1999, her family home in Oklahoma tured) admitted they were outplayed rific as the visitors dropped four vital He added: “With the bat, there was the percentage of points won used to turena, after joining from Mamelodi some games. was destroyed by a tornado and in the embarrassing 43-run loss against catches that could’ve shortened Ire- nothing meaningful that came about determine the standings. Sundowns, but now has the chance to “As a team we decided to keep going she and her family had 15 minutes Ireland in the second ODI on Tuesday. land’s onslaught. besides Janneman, but he never got sup- Previously, the same number of break his duck by winning the biggest and keep grinding, keep working hard to pack up their most prized pos- The South Africans risk a series de- “We were totally outplayed in all fa- port from the other guys. We were total- points were allocated to each series, di- club competition on the continent. and keep believing. sessions and escape to her grand- feat in tomorrow’s third and final en- cets of the game. With the decision to ly outplayed and need to bounce back vided across the number of matches “Kaizer Chiefs is one club that has “I feel like it’s our hard work that got parents’ house. counter, after the first ODI was aban- bowl first, you’re always looking to stronger,” said Bavuma. played. The change will apply for the never won the Champions League and us here. During the week we have pre- • [email protected] doned due to rain. strike up front and unfortunately we The third and final ODI is scheduled second edition of the WTC. as players we are very much aware that pared very well as a team and we will Bavuma elected to field first with the weren’t able to do that,” Bavuma told to start at 11.45 am (SA time) tomorrow. In November, the ICC said teams it is important to work hard to be includ- go there and give our very best. We will Proteas bowling attack struggling to reporters. Meanwhile, the International Crick- would be ranked based on the percent- ed in the list of the clubs that have won try to win the trophy.” break partnerships as Irish skipper An- “We didn’t create enough chances et Council said yesterday they have age of points earned from completed the Caf Champions League,” he added. SuperSport will have live coverage of Organisers dy Balbirnie scored his seventh ODI and throughout the innings we weren’t changed their points system ahead of matches to determine the finalists, after “It will benefit us, and our country the 9 pm kickoff in Casablanca, the capi- century. able to exploit conditions. the second edition of the World Test the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the shall be recognised by the teams in the tal of Morocco, on Saturday. Balbirnie led from the front, top- “We had the run-rate in check but Championship (WTC) after receiving schedule. north in such places such as Morocco, Meanwhile, Bafana Bafana will enter thrilled to scoring with 102 off 117 deliveries, while going through that last phase, I think feedback that it needed to be “simpli- The nine participating teams will Egypt and Algeria. the knockout stages of the Cosafa Cup Harry Tector also contributed 79 to they had about 100 in the last 10. It was fied”. play six series each, three home and “We are going to play Al Ahly, and this as the only unbeaten team left in the stage Open push Ireland to a demanding total of a criminal for us. The sport’s global governing body three away, with the cut-off date being is one of the biggest clubs in Africa. It tournament, following a 0-0 draw 290 for five. “From a fielding point of view, we (ICC) said teams will be awarded 12 March 31, 2023. — Reuters, Sport24. has won the Caf Champions League a against Zambia at Bay few more times than all other teams. Stadium in Gqeberha yesterday. SANDWICH (England) — Organisers “When coming to football it is not Zambia, who needed a win to keep are relieved and thrilled to be able about who has done what, it is all about alive their hopes of defending the title to stage the 149th British Open Jones to join Lions in SA after remarkable recovery how much effort you put in and the will- they won in 2019, were duly dumped out this week after the 2020 event ingness to win the game in those 90 min- of the tournament. was cancelled due to lockdown, utes. We are ready and well prepared.” Bafana Bafana ended top of Group A, R&A chief executive Martin Slum- British & Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn row was passed fit to return to the squad at the Vale since last week Midfielder Blom is the only member having yet to concede a goal in the re- bers said yesterday. Jones (pictured) is to join the tour tour in South Africa,” said a state- and yesterday he had a proper hit of the Chiefs’ squad to have featured in gional tournament after four matches. The world’s leading golfers are party after recovering from a shoul- ment ahead of the Lions’ fourth tour out. Following assessment from the all 14 of their games in the competition — KickOff, SuperSport. gathered at Royal St George’s for der injury suffered in their warm-up match against South Africa “A” at medical staff this morning we’re sat- the year’s fourth major starting to- game before departure for South Af- the Stadium last night. isfied he’s fit to return. day. “After such a difficult time in rica, the team said yesterday. His return puts him in contention “He’s obviously raring to go and the last year or so for the whole Jones (35) will arrive today after for a place in the first Test, also in from what I’ve seen on video and the MESSI SET TO SIGN NEW BARCA DEAL world, I have to admit we are re- what coach Warren Gatland described Cape Town on July 24. feedback we’ve received, he’s certain- lieved, thrilled and a little bit emo- as a “miraculous” recovery, having “It’ll come as no surprise to any- ly not been holding himself back in Lionel Messi is set to extend his stay week that Barcelona, which has a to- tional in being able to get to stage originally withdrawn after dislocating one who knows Alun Wyn that since training. He was really getting stuck at Barcelona by signing a new five- tal debt of more than €1 billion (over The Open once again,” Slumbers his shoulder early on in the Test injuring his shoulder against Japan, in yesterday. “It’s a massive boost for year deal, with the Argentine talisman R17,2 billion), would not be shown any told a news conference. against Japan in Edinburgh on he’s done everything he can to get the Lions to welcome back a player set to take a wage cut, La Vanguardia leniency. “It’s a great privilege to welcome June 26. “Following a training session himself back. of Alun Wyn’s stature.” newspaper and ESPN reported yester- Messi’s last contract, signed in 2017, the best men’s golfers around the with the Wales squad at the Vale of “It’s remarkable really when you Jones is competing in his fourth Li- day. was the most lucrative in world sport world and a large number of fans Glamorgan training headquarters on consider it’s just 18 days since he left ons tour, having first been picked to Messi, Barca’s all-time top scorer according to a January report in to the championship.” Tuesday, and subsequent medical as- us in Edinburgh,” Gatland said. tour South Africa 12 years ago. and appearance maker, technically newspaper El Mundo. Slumbers said the Covid-19 safe- sessment this morning, the second “He’s been training with the Wales — Reuters. ended his 21-year association with the The club have been trying to rebuild ty protocols had presented a huge club last month and is currently a free the squad with Junior Firpo, Jean-Clair logistical challenge. “We’re under agent after his previous contract ex- Todibo and Carles Alena being sold to no illusions of the complexity of pired. make way for free signings Sergio the problems that are caused by Sharks and Griquas matches cancelled due to unrest Since Joan Laporta took over as Aguero, Memphis Depay and Eric Gar- the pandemic, specifically when Barca president, the club has been cia. Messi (34) won his first major in- you’re trying to stage a global trying to reduce their wage bill in or- ternational title with Argentina over sporting event with players from 27 Due to extraordinary circumstances, indication yet that the Springboks, Tournament rules make provision Lions and Cheetahs in Johannesburg der to keep Messi and stay within La the weekend when they beat rivals different countries participating. SA Rugby yesterday announced that under guise of South Africa ‘A’, are for the cancellation of matches due will take place. Liga’s strict financial control rules. Brazil in the Copa America final. We have worked extensively with two Currie Cup matches this week- set to gain more match fitness ahead to extraordinary circumstances and Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, said: La Liga chief Javier Tebas said last — Reuters. golf and health authorities to be end will be cancelled. of the Test series against the British as a result, the scores in both these “We are living in unusual times and able to make that work,”he said. The clash between the Sharks and & Irish Lions by taking on Jake matches will be noted as 0-0, with while it’s never ideal to have to can- A number of players have with- the Pumas, scheduled for Durban to- White’s charges. all four teams awarded four log cel matches, we had very little other drawn from the tournament, in- morrow, has been called off due to Speculation has been rife this points. The same will apply to the options. We would like to thank the TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 17 RESULTS cluding Masters champion Hideki unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. week that the national squad could match that was cancelled last week- teams, sponsors, our broadcaster and Matsuyama of Japan and American Saturday’s match in Kimberley be- face the Rainbow Cup runners-up, end, between the Lions and the other stakeholders for working to- TDF Stage 17 from Muret to Col du 3. Richard Carapaz (ECU) Zach Johnson, the 2015 British tween Griquas and the Bulls is also though no formal confirmation has Sharks (0-0 and four log points gether to find solutions to our chal- Portet, 178,4 km, yesterday. INEOS Grenadiers +5:43 Open winner. off. That cancellation is the clearest been forthcoming. each). Saturday’s match between the lenges.” — Witness Reporter. Stage winners 4. Rigoberto Urán (COL) The tournament will welcome 1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) EF Education-Nippo +7:17 32 000 spectators each day as UAE Team Emirates 5:03:31 5. Ben O'Connor (AUS) part of a government test event. 2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) AG2R - Citroën Team +7:34 — Reuters. At last week’s Scottish Open a Maritzburg United hold off on training during unrest Jumbo-Visma +3 spectator got on to a tee and took 3. Richard Carapaz (ECU) a club out of former British Open CARL PETERS “It’s just not safe enough to train erable number of playing and coach- coach and goalkeeper coach. INEOS Grenadiers +4 champion Rory McIlroy’s bag. at the moment,” said Maritzburg ing personnel from last term are no “There are a few things on the go, 4. David Gaudu (FRA) Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa “We are deeply conscious all the Maritzburg United’s operations re- boss Farook Kadodia, who was trying longer in the picture for various rea- but give us a few days to start mak- Groupama-FDJ +1:19 transparency you can see time of the health and safety, par- mained on hold yesterday due to the to recover from the ransacking of his sons. ing announcements as we try to get 5. Ben O'Connor (AUS) Published by the proprietors, ticularly the safety of the players, ongoing civil unrest in the province. store in Hammarsdale on Monday. Kadodia said that after his team’s back to normal,” he said yesterday. AG2R-Citroën Team +1:26 The Natal Witness Printing no more so this year than in previ- Coach Ernst Middendorp and his “We did not want to endanger the deep troubles in the DStv Premier- The new season will likely start in Overall leaders and Publishing Company ous years,” Slumbers said. men did not train for the third day team. They will resume training as ship last season, his “cash-strapped” the third week of August, provided 1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) (Pty) Ltd, 45 Willowton Road, The crowds will be held further in a row as looting and arson contin- soon as it’s possible.” outfit would look to bring in about the well-reported promotion saga UAE Team Emirates 71:26:27 Pietermaritzburg. Members of away from the players than normal. ued in Pietermaritzburg and else- Middendorp started his pre-season 10 new players for the new cam- within the Premier Soccer League 2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) the Audit Bureau of Circulations — Reuters. where. preparations on July 1, but a consid- paign, as well as a new assistant does not force a major delay. Jumbo-Visma +5:39 of South Africa Limited.