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COVID IMPACTS ON CHILDREN’S

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THREATENED: Children’s emotional status is in sync with that of the adults close to them. YOUNG ONES EXPOSED TO COVID LOCKDOWN STRESS - W.H.O.

By Ali Mphaki children across South Africa are being threatened DANGER: They are likely to commit suicide by the COVID-19 crisis,” said UNICEF South Af- Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic-stress, fear, rica Representative, Christine Muhigana. Research food insecurity and mental disorders are ravaging has also highlighted the long-term adverse conse- our children and youth during these unprecedented ing ahead of Friday meeting where he will join Her shots in the coming months and are dropping public quences on teens who’re living with withdrawn or Covid times. Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, along health social measures and relaxing as though the depressed parents. With 20 percent of deaths occurring amongst with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, pandemic is already over. This especially with a reported 2.2 million jobs people over 65 years of age, many children are Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore and other He said the situation was compounded by fast lost between April and June in South Africa this losing beloved grandparents and older relatives, leaders to discuss the impact of violence on the moving variants and shocking inequity in vaccina- year – lost livelihoods that have a direct impact on and many will lose their primary caregiver. Lock- mental health of children. tion, where far too many countries in every region children. downs, isolation, the closure of schools and sepa- Calling on the world to come together to tackle of the world are seeing sharp spikes in cases and No doubt this has disrupted their support sys- ration from friends’ interrupt “the usual balancing this pandemic collectively, Ghebreyesus said if 10 hospitalization. tem leaving them vulnerable to psychological and of adverse and protective experiences that enable percent of people in all countries were to be vacci- “It didn’t have to be this way and it doesn’t emotional ‘lows’ and making them less equipped children to cope”. nated by September it would position the world on have to be this way going forward,” he said. In to handle the distress of their teens. Studies further Children who are exposed to these traumas are the path to vaccinating 70 percent of the people in South Africa – a country already defined by the show that children’s emotional status is in sync significantly more likely to develop mental health all countries by the middle of 2022. triple challenge of inequality, poverty and unem- with that of the adults close to them. conditions, warns World Health Organization, With the world having passed the tragic mile- ployment and facing a crisis of gender-based vio- If parents/ caretakers behave unpredictably and WHO, director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe- stone of four million recorded COVID-19 deaths, lence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) unexpectedly, children see it as a threat and tend to breyesus this week. “They are also more likely to Ghebreyesus said some countries with high vacci- – COVID-19 and its fallout has only amplified the get anxious. This can also affect children as young die by suicide,” he adds. Ghebreyesus was speak- nation coverage are now planning to rollout booster severity of these issues. “The lives and futures of as 2 years old, who can sense changes around them. LOCKDOWN 4 EXTENSION LOOMS COVID COUNCIL MEETS SUNDAY: Death figures as well as new cases on the rise

By Ali Mphaki “As I address you this evening, the situation Free State, infections are rising rapidly in all other don’t want the jab. has gotten worse. provinces,” warned Ramaphosa on June 27. A number of Correctional Services warders Figures don’t lie. The death toll is staggering “Along with many other countries in Africa, Reeling from the latest lockdown is the hospi- have also adopted an anti-jab stance. and the economy is haemorraghing. South Africa is seeing a massive resurgence of in- tality industry, which continues to shed jobs as a With restaurants restricted from offering sit- By Wednesday the number of active cases fections,” president Cyril Ramaphosa said in his result of no business. down services - many have closed their doors for stood at 195 493, with the recovery rate at 87,8 last address to the nation on June 27, announcing Alcohol restrictions have not made things eas- the duration. percent. the adjusted lockdown level 4 regulations which ier, with taverns, shebeens and those who make As Diageo SA’s Marketing Director, Zizwe Sadly, the death rate stood at 411 lives daily. ends on Sunday. their money out of selling alcohol rendered impo- Vundla explains: “Covid-19 meant that “all our Fueling more fears are reports that the Lambda Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation tent. hard work has fallen by the wayside. In the restau- variant may rear its ugly head in the country, a var- any day soon. This after the Covid National Com- Opposition parties have quick to point out rant industry there are not many profits, so once iant said to carry mutations that could potentially mand Council had assessed the situation, Their that lockdowns are bringing a further harm to the you’ve been closed for a month, you’re back to make it more resistant to neutralising antibodies. meeting is scheduled for Sunday. economy, and blames government for its handling square one after paying rent and staff salaries. According to WHO, which have added the Judging from the stats, not much would have of the vaccine rollout and said the lockouts an “il- While landlords were generous at first, the variant in their list of interest, say they are watch- changed from their last assessment. lusion to action”. third ban on alcohol sales has pilled more debt ing the Lambda variant, which is said to account “As of today, the 7-day average of new daily “Lockdowns and restrictions did not contain atop outstanding debt from last year. “It is going for 81 percent of cases reported since April in cases nationally has overtaken the peak of the first the virus,” the EFF has said. to be a long road,” he said. Peru. wave in July last year, and will soon overtake the As of Wednesday, 3 819 730 vaccines admin- “We have been left with about 15 staff mem- “The average number of daily new infections peak of the second wave we experienced in Janu- istered and there were also 21 427 new cases re- bers out of 100,” he said, adding that their The was more than doubling, hospital admissions were ary this year. Gauteng now accounts for more than ported. Establishment branches in Alexandra, Spruitview rising, and deaths from COVID-19 were increas- 60 per cent of new cases in the country. And while the government totters on its vac- and Diepkloof have suffered major losses due to ing by nearly 50 per cent. With the exceptions of the Northern Cape and cine drive, reports suggest close to 10 000 teachers the lockdown and alcohol bans. Friday 09 July 2021 NEWS WEEKLY SA MIRROR 3 ZUMA AND MAGASHULE SUFFER HUGE BLOW FRANTIC: Zuma’s fate now rests on Concourt application for rescission of conviction and sentence

was dismissed with costs. In his judgment, Judge Mnguni said his court In a unanimous decision Judges Jody Kollapen, had no jurisdiction to change the decision of the Sharise Weiner and Edwin Molahleli said the ANC Constitutional Court. He added : ‘’ It is common acted within its constitutional rights to implement cause that in this country there is no higher court its step aside rule and suspended Magashule when than the Constitutional Court and that its decisions TROUBLED: ANC secretary-general Ace he refused to heed the order. Kollapen also ruled cannot be undermined by a lower court. Should this Magashule to appeal judgement that Magashule was given enough time to make court accede to the contentions advanced on behalf JAILED: Former president Jacob Zuma pins submissions on why he should be suspended. The of Mr. Zuma, then the hierarchy will be disturbed his hopes on the outcome of last-ditch move By Monk Nkomo ruling means that Magashule would remain sus- and there will be no finality to legal decisions’’. pended until the outcome of his fraud and corrup- Granting Zuma an interdict against the order of to present a strong case to convince the majority of THE application by embattled former Presi- tion trial scheduled to be heard in the Free State the Constitutional Court, the judge, said, would be the judges to reverse their decision. dent Jacob Zuma for an interdict to stop his in- High Court. He has since indicated that he would harmful to the rule of law and the Constitution ‘’ ‘’ The Constitutional Court can only reverse its carceration sought to entangle the court in judicial appeal the ruling. Almost an hour after this ruling, as this court will permit Mr. Zuma to disregard the decision if they establish that there was a patent er- adventurism which has been strongly deprecated in the Pietermaritzburg High Court also delivered a courts and their authority’’. Judge Mnguni added ror on their part’’, a lawyer who spoke on condition constitutional democracies and to make whimsical blow to Zuma’s attempts to stop serving his jail : ‘’ Unsurprisingly, faced with this seemingly in- of anonymity said. unlawful and unwarranted relief. term when his application was also dismissed by superable difficulty in relation to the invocation of Zuma’s lawyer, Dali Mpofu SC, has already This was said by Judge Bhekisisa Mnguni Judge Mnguni. the incorrect and unprecedented procedure, the rest indicated that Zuma did not stand trial on a charge when he dismissed Zuma’s application in the Piet- Zuma handed himself over to the authorities to of Mr. Zuma’s case then collapses like a deck of of contempt and that he was requested – and re- ermaritzburg High Court this morning. start his sentence before the Constitutional Court cards’’. fused - to submit evidence in mitigation before he The judgment was delivered shortly after an- deadline shortly before midnight on Wednesday af- The embattled 79 –year-old former Presi- was even found guilty and sentenced to 15 months other court, the South Gauteng High Court also ter his lawyers failed – in a last ditch attempt - to dent’s hope now rests with the Constitutional Court imprisonment. This , he said, was illegal. dealt a blow to Zuma’s ally, Ace Magashule when pursuade the Constitutional Court to stay his arrest which will hear his application for a rescission of Counsel for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, the full bench dismissed his application that chal- pending the outcome of the Pietermaritzburg High his conviction and sentence on Monday next week. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC however argued that lenged his suspension by the ANC. The application Court judgment. Lawyers interviewed said Zuma’s legal team need Zuma was ‘’ a repetitive, recalcitrant lawbreaker’’. TRAGEDY DISRUPTS STEVE KEKANA, JOE NINA COLLABORATION

during Kekana’s attendance of his Siyabakhum- INDEPENDENT: Blindness and fear never bula Awards. On the night, they were honouring the late blind singer Lazarus Kgagodi. existed in Kekana’s vocabulary “We thought it would be fun to have Steve, who was also MC, and (blind singer) Babsy Mlan- geni hand over the award. By Gugu Sibiya locked in my studio for a week, hard at work. I’m “A surprise element the audience had not hoping to share those beautiful moments with eve- expected was Steve and Babsy wearing boxing Departed blind singer Steve Kekana, who ryone through the release of this project at the end gloves to see who would take the championship. passed away from diabetic complications last of July. It will be the best possible tribute I can pay Koloi “Car” Lebona, also blind, was officiating. VISIONARY: Blind muso Steve Kekana could see ahead week, could be belting songs beyond the grave him,” Nina said. The audience relished the moment and appreci- in the near future – that is, as soon as musician “I will miss his amazing sense of humour, ated their great sense of humour,” Mbuli recalls Among all the interesting things that hap- Joe Nina finishes putting the final touches to the his laughter and so many other things and experi- with a chuckle. pened in his life, Steve’s recollection of a tragedy project both he and Steve were working on before ences,” he stated, sadly. Interestingly Kekana was Sello Chicco Twala once offered to take Steve that occurred at one of his shows in Lesotho, al- the tragedy. A close friend of Kekana’s. Nina said Nina’s father’s best friend and yet the friendship home. As they got off the freeway, the blind singer ways filled him with sadness. During a stampede he was distraught over his sudden death. More so, between musical duo took off like wildfire. When took over in directing Twala to his home. “Steve at a sold-out show, fans forced their way into an because they were recently inspired by some ideas Nina’s dad passed away, Kekana and Joe just con- kept on saying turn right, turn left and stopped me overflowing venue and, in the ensuing chaos, 20 and both decided to collaborate on an upcoming tinued on “a beautiful, enduring friendship”. in front of his house. his directions had been spot- people lost their lives – something that hurt him project. Mzwakhe Mbuli, the People’s Poet, remem- on. I was shocked and impressed with such inde- immensely. “A week before Steve passed away, we were bered a particularly funny moment that happened pendence,” Twala marvelled. He will be buried in Zebediela.

Apart from the world of politics and busi- ness, Mthembu made numerous friends in the wine and brandy sector and spearheaded a few SA MOURNS MTHEMBU wine-related small ventures in the past. Sikhulekile Vundla, sommelier at Soweto’s 1947 on Vilakazi Street Restaurant, said every A SELFLESS LEADER time she drew a new wine list and it stocking up chardonnay she always thought of Mthembu, a great lover of the grape variety. “Each time l thought of Steenberg Sphynx WHO LOVED PEOPLE Chardonnay or DMZ Chardonnay, it was always him and his fellow golfers that came to my mind. In May 2021, we tasted a corked wine together. TRIBUTE: Foundation honours him an When everyone else at his table had said, wine is wine, let us just drink.... He called me and said l have so much faith in you, your honest opin- intellectual and influential figure ion. Please.... We were in Unison. Man! Ooooh! Man! We have lost a legend, a mentor, a father, a man who would criticize positively and guide you. Rest in Power Mr Mthembu until that Great By Staff Reporter nessman Khehla Mthembu as a selfless leader Resurrection Morning.1947onVilakazi Street who loved people. Staff will Surely Miss You. The South African Brandy Foundation has Mthembu, a former president of the Azanian May God give you strength and comfort to sent its deepest condolences to the family of busi- People’s Organisation (Azapo), died from Covid- his family and fellow South Africans and all in nessman and Brandy Foundation Guild member 19-related complications early on Wednesday. The hospitality industry who have known and Khehla Mthembu after he succumbed to Covid- He was 67. rubbed shoulders with him.” 19-related complications on Wednesday. “Mr Mthembu was a selfless leader and with Meanwhile the Mthembu has asked that, in Brandy Foundation executive director Chris- his sharp mind and ready wit, never failed to compliance with Covid-19 protocols, to send telle Reade-Jahn said Mthembu was honoured as support and uplift his fellow businessman. The condolences to the email address farewellmthem- an intellectual and selfless leader. Brandy Foundation is deeply saddened to have [email protected] or send any gifts and flowers to Friends, family and leaders in the political lost such an influential and special Guildmem- the Bethesda Methodist Mission, 42 St John VERSATILE: Khehla Mthembu, a gentleman and business communities have described busi- ber,” she said. Street, Houghton. See Page 9 4 WEEKLY SA MIRROR NEWS Friday 09 July 2021 POOR FINANCIAL CONTROLS MIRROR RESULT IN WASTED BILLIONS Briefs

IMPUNITY: No VBS SCANDAL: MAYOR FALLS ON HIS SWORD consequences as The ANC in Limpopo has recalled the mayor of the Thulamela local municipality, Mushoni Tshifhango, over his involvement that wasteful expenditure led to the unlawful investment of public funds into the now defunct Venda Burial Society (VBS), a bank that was not registered in terms remains common of the Banks Act no. 94 of 1990. The ruling party in the province said the decision to invest public funds into VBS occurrence at councils was in contrast with the municipality’s own investment policy which stated that the council had the responsibility to invest public funds By Thuli Zungu judiciously. It said these investments were carried out despite VBS’s failure to provide Local Government finances continued to dwin- council with its credit rating report. dle despite all the measures put in place by the “The mayor has failed to monitor and Auditor-General in terms of amendments to the oversee the exercise of responsibilities law pertaining to financial accountability. assigned to him in terms of the MFMA and This dire warning is sounded by Auditor General provide diligent leadership in the matter,” said Tsakani Maluleke in the Municipal Finance Manage- ANC Limpopo secretary Soviet Lekganyane in ment Act (MFMA) 2019–20 report released on June a statement. He said Patricia Mulovhedzi had 30, which red flags continuing lack of accountabil- been appointed as the new mayor with effect ity among South African municipalities. Her report from July 1 until “the remainder of the current reveals that their local municipalities have reached term of office in local government.” – Frank an alarming R26 billion in irregular expenditure in Maponya the 2019–20 financial year, that municipal managers of the 257 municipalities managed an estimated ex- CONCERN OVER RISING penditure budget of R719 billion in 2019-20. She said they performed an analysis of the finan- SALGA: President Phillip Rakgwale COVID CHILD INFECTIONS cial health of 199 municipalities based on their finan- The Limpopo department of social cial statements, which showed increasing indicators Rakgwale said the AG’s revelation of R26 billion in expenditure not dealt which stood at R79,22 billion development has expressed concern over the of a collapse in local government finances. irregular expenditure among municipalities “is unbe- at the year-end, it further read. The municipalities in number of Covid-19 cases involving children. At 18 (9%) of the municipalities where the au- lievable”. Irregular expenditure could be prevented North West, Free State and Limpopo submitted the The provincial department of health has dits had been completed by the cut-off date of her with proper financial systems and controls at SA mu- poorest quality financial statements, the report states. indicated that there has been an increase in report, the financial statements were not even- reli nicipalities, he said. SAIGA CEO Russel Morena said that there was a the number of low-age categories who tested able enough for analysis due to disclaimed (12 mu- He said public officials were entrusted with the growing need for ethical and accountable leaders, positive for the Delta Variant. It said 67 cases nicipalities) or adverse opinions (six municipalities), public resources to serve the citizens of this country not only within the local government but in other ar- of children younger than nine years had been while the financial statements of five were not sub- and municipalities are mandated to deliver quality eas of the state. “As the primary representatives of recorded while 638 cases of people aged mitted for auditing. service to the people. Rakgwale said the role of SAI- Registered Government Auditor (RGA) profession- between 15 and 34 were recorded in the past Maluleka said judging by the report, it was clear GA was to serve the public interest by strengthening als in the public sector, SAIGA develops and main- week. that irregular expenditure and a lack of financial con- capacity building in the public sector. “I believe that tains diligent and ethical public sector officials and The MEC for social development trols had become a common occurrence in munici- clean governance and quality service delivery leads thereby promoting clean governance,” Morena said. Nkakareng Rakgoale has urged early childhood palities. to a happy citizenry,” he said. He said SAIGA’s contribution to capacity build- practitioners and parents to always ensure According to the report out of the 257 munici- He said according to the recent AG’s media re- ing in the public sector, especially in the area of ac- compliance with all Covid-19 health protocols palities, only 27 received clean audits, a decrease lease, the municipalities’ performance reporting was countability, had never been more necessary than it and guidelines “as previously provided to the from the previous year. Less than a quarter of mu- even worse than their financial reporting. He said is in this current time. ECD sector to prevent the spread of the virus”’. nicipalities could provide her office with quality per- due to lack of required documentation from munici- He applauded municipalities that have main- “It is very important for the sector to always formance reports to audit. palities the AG was unable to audit contracts worth tained the clean audit status over the four-year period adhere to the standard operating procedures that “The unfortunate truth is that it is the citizens R1,43 billion. which are Senqu in the Eastern Cape, Midvaal in were developed in May last year,” Rakgoale who are at the receiving end of poor service deliv- In her report the AG also observed that munici- Gauteng, Okhahlamba in KwaZulu-Natal, and Wit- said. – Frank Maponya ery,” she said. The Southern African Institute of palities did not implement consequence manage- zenberg, Cape Agulhas, Cape Winelands District and Government Auditors (SAIGA) president, Philip ment, hence the cumulative amount of irregular Overstrand in the Western Cape. ILLEGAL MINING SUSPECTS ARRESTED Four people have been arrested as the police drive to clampdown on illegal mining WOMAN’S FRUSTRATING WAIT continues in Limpopo. The four were arrested by members of the Public Order Policing on Tuesday in the Apel FOR OPERATION TO REMOVE area, outside Burgersfort. The police allegedly spotted three trucks in the area and pulled them over and a search of the convoy yielded PAINFUL TUMOUR unprocessed chrome, which they confiscated, and arrested the four people suspects. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the suspects, three foreign INUNDATED: No help in sight as hospital nationals and a South African aged between 23 and 34, were arrested on charges related to illegal mining. He said the operations were theatres face high demand from specialists to continuing. – Frank Maponya

conduct critical surgeries DISFIGURED: A facially disfigured Maphoko Raseate pleads for her op to be prioritised

By Frank Maponya aggressive in terms of its growth, affecting the learners also allegedly told her that her mother was speech, vision and breathing. practising witchcraft. A Limpopo woman has – for the past four years But, because of the unavailability of theatres, “My daughter wanted to drop out of school be- – struggled with an obtrusive tumour on her face Raseate had been kept in suspense without know- cause of the treatment she has been enduring at the which could impair her sight, breathing and speech, ing how soon theatre facilities would be available hands of fellow learners. I want this to stop and the if left unoperated. for her operation. only time that can be done is when I get the assis- Maphoko Raseate, 47, has been on the waiting “I’ve been suffering with the condition on my tance,” she said. list to undergo an operation to remove the tumour face for the past four years and this is making things Limpopo health department spokesperson Neil since 2017 but, due to the unavailability of theatres difficult for me,” said Raseate who pleaded with Shikwambana promised to do everything in their at both the Pietersburg and Mankweng hospitals, authorities in the provincial department of health power to ensure the woman got help. she had had to live with the inconvenience of a to speed up the process of getting her assistance. “We are taking measures to assist the woman. debilitating condition. The two institutions are the “I want to heal and lead a normal life like other We hope to be able to change her life by recon- only ones that can conduct operations of such mag- people because the more time it takes for me to get structing her face,” Shikwambana said, adding nitude in the province. help the more severe the condition becomes,” she that they would also intervene in ensuring that the The two hospitals have been fielding numerous said, adding that her face was becoming painful on woman’s daughter did not drop out of school. requests from different specialists competing for a daily basis. The spokesperson further identified the medi- time to make use of their facilities for a variety of Of grave concern to her, is that her six-year-old cos who had offered to help Raseate as Maxillofa- critical procedures. According to doctors, Raseate daughter had been teased by fellow learners at her cial and Oral Surgeons Dr Itani Dikgale and a Dr ARMED: Ilegal miners sifting their stuff has developed what is termed Ossifying Fibroma school because of her mother’s condition. She said Masipa, who will work together with their team to under own guard of the Maxilla, which is a condition that becomes her daughter was even called names, where other ensure the woman got the necessary help. Friday 09 July 2021 CONSUMER & LEGAL MATTERS WEEKLY SA MIRROR 5

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SPACING: FRONT WHEEL COMPARED TO REAR ALARMING AFTER:MATH: THIS IS HOW THE REAR WHEELS LOOKED AFTER THE CAR WENT FOR SERVICE OLD TYRES IN - NEW TYRES OUT

all female car drivers are ignorant. SLOPPY SERVICE: Dealership brought to “ I know how my car looked like be- fore service. I’m just really frustrated by this whole thing. They told me they can’t screeching halt for swapping consumer tyres give me my three tyres back they’d rather wash them for me,” she said. By Thuli Zungu couldn’t be more wrong. Motlhabi said replacing the tyres and “When I arrived to pick up my car, I realised rims will set her back about R35 000. She Lorraine Motlhabi from Tlhabane in Rusten- that my tyres were not the original ones that I had has since supplied the dealership with the burg is hopping mad! left with the car. The spare wheel was replaced with pic of the car just before it went for service The 46-year-old mother of two is accusing the an old, muddy and torn one. The side mirror sen- and a photo taken after the service show- Supergroup dealership in Rustenburg of exchang- sors were no longer working,” she said. ing how the back tyres are smaller than the ing a pair of her new tyres, as well as her spare She said she was notified of the old tyres and a front ones. wheel, for old ones. According to Motlhabi, she faulty side mirror via WhatsApp message.. “Still they insist these are my tyres,” had taken her car – a Land Rover Discovery (3/4) “When I got there I pointed out to them that my said a frustrated Motlhabi. for a diagnostic two weeks ago. She said she was car was bought brand new and I had never used my Joe Senekal the Dealer Principal of Su- told the car had a suspension problem and was spare wheel and that car jack. I pointed out all the pergroup Dealership which services Jag- given a quote of R30 000 to have the car repaired. things that were wrong and decided to leave the car uar, Land Rover and Volvo in Rustenburg “I did not receive the best ‘quality service’ that with the hope that they would sort them out. said they are committed to resolving the the dealership brags about on their website,” said “Since the COVID-19 pandemic I haven’t had matter fairly and amicably. Motlhabi. a chance to use this particular car as we have other “We have forwarded Mrs Motlhabi a She told Weekly SA Mirror that said she had cars in the family. They are instead accusing my response and have suggested that she re- accepted the quote and before leaving her car had family of exchanging the tryers,” she said fer the matter to the Motor Industry Om- insisted that they do an inspection of the car to pick Motlhabi says to cover up their tracks, the deal- budsman who is the accredited dispute up any minor dents or scratches that the car might ership has allegedly replaced the two back tyres to resolution forum for The South African have as it is normally done when one leaves the car look the same as the spare wheel also with red mud. Automotive and related industries and for service. “They forgot that they don’t match the front their customers so as to ensure that all con- “I was told that was not necessary,” recalled clean ones,” she added. sumers are treated fairly and in accordance Motlhabi. “Instead I was advised to remove any She said the dealership had told her that they with the Consumer Protection Act 68 of valuables that might be in the car. TI remember, as have video footage of their checking in but the vid- 2008 and the Motor Industry Code of Con- I left, thinking that I had left my car in good hands.” eo does not show what was in the boot. duct,” said Senekal. However, said Motlhabi, that was not the case “Why did they check the video in my absence He told Consumer Eye that the dealer- as she realised when she came back for her car two as the aggrieved client if they profess to offer good ship agrees to abide by whatever outcome weeks later. service,” she questioned. or resolution the Motor Industry Ombuds- “I thought that since the dealership was such a She said as a good service provider the dealer- man deems to be fair, fit and appropriate in big brand then nothing would happen to my car. I ship should not assume that the circumstances.

By Thuli Zungu the three major national credit bureaus: Equifax, CREDIT BUREAUS GIVE Experian and TransUnion. You can do that for free Annelene Dippenaar, Chief Legal and Com- once a year through the official AnnualCreditRe- pliance Officer at Experian Africa say Credit bu- port.com website. Then review each report to see reaus develop their own scoring models based on DIFFERENT SCORES what’s helping or hurting your score. the type of risk factors their clients would typi- Factors that contribute to a higher credit score cally want to consider. Credit bureaus will often include a history of on-time payments, low bal- also have more than one credit scoring module, REPAYMENT HISTORY: Account ances on your credit cards, a mix of different cred- based on the different types of variables that dif- it card and loan accounts, older credit accounts ferent credit providers want to place a focus on. and minimal inquiries for new credit. conducted well a boon for consumers Late or missed payments, high credit card bal- SHE GAVE THE FOLLOWING TIPS: ances, collections and judgments are major credit • Paying an account in full automatically im- score detractors. proves the score. lows for a legal retention period of five years. low risk. Check your credit report for errors that could • One of the most important factors a lender If the account was not conducted well, it will drag down your score and dispute any you spot so will consider before lending money is how affect your score, and you will have to then HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CREDIT RAT- they can be corrected or removed from your file. well the consumer pays the account. In order prove your creditworthiness by building up ING: Make sure you pay at least the minimum bal- to provide the lender with the consumer’s re- good repayment history going forward. • To improve your credit, it helps to know what ance due on time. payment history the credit bureau will retain • Paying the account will not automatically can- might be working in your favour (or against Pay down your credit card balances to keep the account and its repayment history for two cel the effect of the negative payment history. you). That’s where checking your credit his- your overall credit use low. to three years from the date on which the ac- • Having no default information on your credit tory comes in. Don’t close old credit card accounts or apply count was closed. The National Credit Act al- report will automatically mean that you are a Pull a copy of your credit report from each of for too many new ones. 6 WEEKLY SA MIRROR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Friday 09 July 2021 IKUSASA CAREER GUIDE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIPS HELP GRADUATES GAIN VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE EMPOWERING: Bridgestone trains aspirant youths to be assertive

By Bongiwe Mkhwanazi gives unemployed youth a high-impact first chance at stone’s manufacturing facility is based, who joined work, equipping them with a toolkit to launch them the programme last June, said, “When I came into the MORE than hundred youths are gaining much- into the industry of their choice,” he said, adding that Bridgestone human resources office, I was struck by needed working experience through a year-long in- BSAF provided a stipend for each participant while the pace and intensity of the workers, there.” Thage ternship programme that is being provided by Bridge- they receive on-the-job training in meaningful and told Weekly SA Mirror that she had to work much stone South Africa (BSAF). relevant tasks. faster and assert herself, especially as a woman in a Known as the YES4Youth Graduate Training Pro- “We wanted to ensure that the programme would male-dominated environment. gramme, the initiative also helps to redirect and boost be even more impactful this year and placed an even “Now, I am a lot more comfortable with the work- KNOWLEDGEABLE: With great acquired the graduates’ career pathing, while also equipping the greater emphasis on workplace readiness, in-depth load and feel confident that I will be able to end up knowledge Nkateko Mabaso confidently youngsters with valuable experience for better work experience in functional areas and exposure across as a human relations business partner in the coming price products before they go to the market prospects, thus saving the interns from adding to the the entire organisation,” Hlalele said. He said that, years; as I am now in the process of completing my numbers of the unemployed. . last month BSAF had hosted a “Youth Knowledge law degree with the University of South Africa (Uni- working on marketing projects, helping to develop Through the programme, BSAF has given 108 Exchange” event during which the company’s execu- sa).” creative artwork, and assisting in various specialised graduates internship since last year, according to tives had interacted with the graduate interns, and had Mokgabudi, 25, a former engineering student marketing functions together with more experienced Botaki Hlalele, the company’s head of Talent Devel- also “listened to their challenges and offered relevant from Tlhabane, Rustenburg, also in North West, said team members,” She said. opment and BSAF’s Training Academy. Hlalele said guidance”. she was also charting a human resources career path An elated Motaung said she was recently given BSAF had increased its intake interns to just over 70 Weekly SA Mirror was able to chat with several based, adding that the experience she had gained since her own project, the School Bags Donation Drive, graduates in May, offering the interns a comprehen- participating interns about their experiences. Among joining the programme had been most valuable. which she did from start to finish. “This was very ex- sive, real-world experience and knowledge in func- these were Galaletsang Thage, Olebogeng Mokgabu- “I was exposed to engineering from my high citing for me, being someone just starting off in my tions including information technology, finance, pro- di, Mathapelo Motaung and Nkateko Mabaso. school days, and was committed to it even thereafter,” career.” She said the tyre industry is an amazing place curement, and engineering. Thage, 27, a human resources graduate from Mokgabudi said. “It was only when I was afforded an to learn, and women can definitely find it to be an -ex “The YES4Youth Graduate Training Programme Elandsrand in Brits, North West, where Bridge- opportunity to join the BSAF human relations team, citing space to grow and develop, professionally and that I was able to realise that my passion does not lie in personally.” engineering, but in human resources.” she said, add- Mabaso, 23, who is from Winchester hills in the ing that she now wants to pursue a career in industrial South of Johannesburg, and is an economics and relations to enhance her skills. “I am really inspired econometrics graduate from the University of Johan- by the team here; and have also received incredible nesburg, said he had learnt a lot while had been work- support from the management team, throughout,” she ing in the company’s pricing division. said. Interestingly, Mokgabudi’s tenure has been ex- “The work involves a highly-technical analysis of tended until December, after she had impressed im- costing and economic factors, which allow us to ap- mensely in the first year-long programme. propriately price products that go onto the market,” Motaung, 24, a BCom Marketing graduate from he said. Mabaso said the programme had given him Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, is being inducted in all the relevant skills, as well as a deep knowledge BSAF’s retail business section which mainly involves of the tyre industry, most of which he said he would the operations of the company’s Supa Quick brand. “I not have gained in the classroom. “I can now conduct appreciate that I have been allowed to be hands-on, presentations.” NURTURING FUTURE BUSNESS LEADERS The Bridgestone South Africa (BSAF) environment. Hlalele added that the interns are YES4Youth Graduate Training Programme is given smart phones that are linked to the pow- steadily helping to nurture graduate interns to erful “YES Youth Application (App), “which is a gain a comprehensive, real-world experience and platform that contains valuable communication knowledge in functions including sales, market- resources, including a newsletter and accredited ing information technology, finance, procure- course work.” ment, and engineering. Hlalele said the programme also provides When Weekly SA Mirror had enquired this the youths with surveys and detailed progress week as to how the programme works, Botaki reports, which allow the participants to gain “a Hlalele, the company’s head of Talent Develop- clear understanding of success areas”. ment and BSAF’s Training Academy, said each The graduates are also given access to the graduate is paired with a mentor, a business BSAF group employee assistance programme, leader who can guide them through the chal- which provides psychological support, education lenging learning curves of a fast-paced working support and legal advice. CONFIDENT: Mathapelo Motaung has found home in the tyre industry UNRAVELLING GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN TRAINING A SKILLED WORKFORCE

The scarcity of skilled personnel tends to affect SYNERGIES: which are expected to be supported by skills de- competitiveness in the workplace and the crite- Education authorities promote velopment grants; rion of recruiting new graduates with work ex- • Promote learnerships by identifying workplaces perience. To address this, the government has learnerships for improved competencies for practical work experiences; established the Skills Development to expand the • Monitor the quality of education and training in knowledge and competencies of the labour force, the various sectors by liaising with employment and to improve productivity and employment. a SETA where necessary. This had come into effect • And to improve the delivery of services services; To fund this initiative, the Ministry of Labour from 1 April 2000. Mainly, the Act seeks to: This is achieved by establishing an institutional • Report to the Director-General of the Depart- and the Department of Labour spearheaded the es- and financial framework, which includes the Nation- ment of Labour on the implementation of its sec- tablishment of the National Skills Fund to fund • Improve the quality of life of workers, their al Skills Authority (NSA), the National Skills Fund tor skills plans and its income and expenditure; projects that have been identified in the national work prospects and mobility; (NSF), the Sector Education and Training Authority • Establish learnerships that have structured learn- skills development strategy as being a priority in the • Improve the competitiveness of employers and entities (SETAs), and other related institutions in the ing programmes and provide practical work ex- achievement of the purposes of the Act. The Skills productivity in the workplace; Department of Labour. SETAs are expected to: perience of a specified nature and duration for Development Act also provides for the national and • Increase the levels of investment in education qualifying candidates, and which lead to qualifi- provincial public service employers to budget for and training in the labour market and to improve • Develop and implement national skills develop- cations that are recognised by the South African at least one percent of its payroll for education and the return on that investment; ment strategy-supporting sector skills plans by Qualifications Authority (SAQA). – Compiled training of its employees, and to contribute funds to • Promote self-employment; establishing sector workplace skills programmes by Weekly SA Mirror Staff Reporter Friday 09 July 2021 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WEEKLY SA MIRROR 7 MULTINATIONAL FORKS OUT MILLIONS TO PLOUGH BACK TO COMMUNITIES

INVESTMENT: Beverage company funds needy varsity students to pursue their dreams

ECSATIC: Melissa Moodley has been PATIENT: Luthando Ntantisi received his receiving financial help for five years. bursary four years after passing his matric in 2017 By Thuli Zungu INSTITUTIONS A direly-needed financial injection is on the cards for the South African youth who are unable to access BENEFIT education due to financial constraints through the Co- ca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) Bursary Programme. FROM HUGE Nozicelo Ngcobo, a Communications and Sus- tainability Director at CCBSA, told Weekly SA Mir- WINDFALL ror this week that the company had announced an R4.2 million investment in April, which is being spent on 50 students at tertiary institutions across the country. In all, five educational institutions have Ngcobo said while the Coca-Cola was not taking on benefited from the R4.2 million that has been individual applications, “except for those who are al- disbursed through the Coca-Cola Beverages ready part of the fund and require further assistance to South Africa (CCBSA) Bursary Programme. complete their qualification”, new students would be These are the University of the Free State supported with tuition fees, accommodation, books, (UFS), Nelson Mandela University (NMU), meals, laptops, “or transport, depending on the most Eldo Gold Rush College, Phakamani Young pressing individual needs”. Minds Academy, Bophelong-Empilweni New According to Ngcobo, qualifying student are Life Community Project. It is expected that the expected to maintain “a prescribed minimum level contribution will go a long way towards assist- of academic performance to continue in the pro- ing needy students requiring financial aid to gramme”. Ngcobo said the company was working complete their studies. closely with institutions of higher learning and civil Nozicelo Ngcobo, CCBSA Public Affairs, society organisations on this programme, because, Communications & Sustainability Director, “We are committed to ensuring that the youth receive CCBSA, has said that, of the total amount, R3 the financial backing they need to acquire education million has been allocated to UFS and R1 mil- and pursue their dreams; and to become productive lion to NMU, benefiting an estimated total of members of our society, and to receive access to com- 50 students, based on the cost of each respec- prehensive psycho-social support to succeed in their tive degree, while bursaries valued at R213 000 chosen careers”. were allocated to support 33 students who had Weekly SA Mirror was able to interview three of enrolled at Gauteng-based Eldo Gold Rush the several qualifying beneficiaries, this week, and the BUILDING BRIDGES: Lorenzo Hontense aspire ho build great buildings and skyscrapers College in Eldorado Park, Phakamani Young youngsters were able reflect on the powerful impact Minds Academy in Freedom Park, and the that investing in young people can make in securing tral Johannesburg TVET College, where he is a na- Moodley, 24, from Port Elizabeth, is a final-year Bophelong-Empilweni New Life Community their future. They are Lorenzo Hontense, Luthando tional diploma in human resources. He matriculated medical student at Stellenbosch University and has Project in Tembisa. Ntantisa and Melissa Claire Moodley. in 2017, and has spent the last five years volunteer- been a part of the Bursary Programme since 2016. According to Ngcobo, the bursaries pay for Hontense, 18, matriculant from Eldorado Park ing at Phakamani Young Minds Academy in Freedom Moodley said, as she is completing her Bachelor of needs including tuition fees, accommodation, said he is confident that the bursary will help him Park, as a tutor and an assistant administrator. Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees (MBChB) books, meals, laptops or transport, depending reach his dreams. Hontense is studying towards a “My goal is to work in one of the large South this year, she plans to move to KwaZulu-Natal, where on the most pressing needs. national diploma in civil engineering at Central Jo- African corporates in manufacturing or information she wants to work in the public health sector for her “As CCBSA, we remain committed to hannesburg Technical and Vocational Education and technology,” Ntantisa said. “Through my work, I two-year internship. working with universities and other institutions Training (TVET) College in Doornfontein, Johan- hope to make a difference in people’s lives, especially Her parents could only finance her studies for two of higher learning, to ensure indigent students nesburg. “My ultimate goal is to build bridges, huge young people in disadvantaged communities.” Re- years only, and her aunt helped her to be accepted into who would ordinarily not be able to attend buildings and skyscrapers,” Hontense said. “Initially, cently, Ntantisa joined a social awareness campaign the programme, so she could complete my studies. university, have access to higher education,” I want to work for one of the big South African con- known as the “Menstruation Is Not a Choice (Minac) “I would like to get an opportunity to work overseas Ngcobo said. “Above all, our wish is to see them struction companies, or the National Roads Agency, Campaign” on a volunteer basis, and is helping to to gain international experience, but I will definitely achieve their dreams and become productive but I eventually want to go abroad and acquire skills distribute sanitary towels and educate young girls in come back and make an impact back home, especially members of our society and they can have an in countries like Dubai, New Zealand or Australia.” the townships about good sanitary habits and general in the area of teenage pregnancy, which is a huge chal- enhanced quality of life.” – Compiled by Week- Ntantisa, from Freedom Park, is also at the Cen- healthcare. lenge in our country,” she said. ly SA Mirror Staff Reporter 8 WEEKLY SA MIRROR OPINION/ANALYSIS Friday 09 July 2021 Comment POLICE RESTRAINT AT NKANDLA MUST BE LAUDED

THE volatile situation that unfolded at Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal this week, leading to the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma, kept the country on tenterhooks amid fears of a bloody confrontation between the police and the large number of Zuma’s supporters. Despite the menacing posture from the large crowd that converged on the former President’s homestead, the men and women in blue exer- cised commendable restraint, especially when inflammatory speeches were made by speakers at the impromptu rally held at Zuma’s home- stead. Police should be commended again for their cool headedness at a time when some support- ers in the crowd brazenly brandished their guns and fired shots in the air – with impunity. This was obviously a provocative by those who ap- peared to have come to Nkandla ready for a vio- lent standoff with the police should Zuma be ar- rested. To aggravate the volatile situation, most of the supporters also flouted the Covid 19 rules by not wearing masks and adhering to social- distancing regulations. This was a shameful act by angry people who, instead of choosing legal and peaceful means to express their dissenting views regard- ing the decision by the Constitutional Court to jail Zuma, they resorted to insults to provoke the police into action.

A LESSON FOR ALL UNREPENTANT: FW de Klerk says warns NPA against prosecutions that will divide South Africa Now that the former president finally decid- ed to hand himself over to the police, we call on his supporters to stay calm and respect the rule of law. Thankfully, he took the decision to take “DON’T WASTE RESOURCES ON PROBE INTO it on the chin and to rather pursue legal means to challenge his conviction and jail term further. A lesson to be learned from the unexpected turn of events on Wednesday is that both the former president’s decision must be respected APARTHEID CRIMES” and hailed, and so the fact that the rule of law prevailed and no blood was shed. Indeed, the message reinforced to all and sundry is that we On 27 June the NPA welcomed the judge- before the law and has the right to equal protection all are equal before the law. ment of the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss DEAL: De Klerk and benefit of the law.” And, paramount is that Zuma had the free- the stay of prosecution application of 82-year-old It would accordingly be unacceptable to apply dom to pursue legal options available to him to Joao Rodrigues. Rodrigues had been charged with one standard to “apartheid era crimes’ and another test the validity of the legal predicaments loom- the murder of Ahmed Timol, an SACP activist, in says NPA’s decision to to crimes perpetrated by anti-government organisa- ing over his head, and that he has duly exercised October 1971. It added that the judgement aligned tions. And yet there is not the slightest indication in his rights without any encumbrances. This is with its commitment - and the commitment of the launch apartheid-era the NPA’s statement that it has any intention what- credit to our Constitution, which is an impor- Hawks - to prosecute perpetrators of apartheid era soever to prosecute the latter. This is despite the tant safeguard for the nation to ensure that those crimes - where there was sufficient evidence. fact is that the vast majority of the approximately who exercise power are held accountable to the The NPA announced that it was expanding its prosecutions ignores 22 000 people who were killed in political violence people they serve. capacity to deal with the 53 cases that it had al- between 1984 and 1994 died in the conflict between ready identified. It was setting up a specialist unit the ANC and the IFP or as a result of the actions of SPORTS MIRED IN DOGMA to deal exclusively with apartheid-era prosecutions that amnesty was other anti-government organisations. Weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, an un- and would be appointing former prosecutors and 34 The struggle has been meticulously document- likely storm has already erupted – over the mere detectives for this purpose. ed in Anthea Jeffery’s “People’s War” - in which shape of a swimming cap, especially designed All of this ignores entirely the fact that amnesty essential condition she exposes the ANC’s campaign to eliminate its to protect natural hair of black swimmers. was, from the outset, a sine qua non for the negotia- revolutionary competitors. Crimes committed by A black owned-brand, Soul Cap, recently tions between the ANC and the National Party gov- the ANC and other anti-government organisations launched caps designed to fit natural black hair ernment. The NP government originally proposed for talks between ANC included the assassinations of more than 400 IFP at swimming competitions. But the creative de- that the Norgaard principles should be used to de- leaders and the necklace killings of more than 560 sign – launched in time for the Olympics – has termine who should reasonably be granted indem- and National Party people. They also included the killing of 53 IFP impressed everyone except the International nity or amnesty. The principles had been success- protesters outside the ANC’s headquarters at Shell Swimming Federation (FNA), which will not fully applied in Namibia and allowed amnesty for House on 28 March 1994. Little or nothing has been hear anything about allowing black swimmers all those who had committed offences in the pursuit Government done to investigate these killings or to bring those to wear the cap in Tokyo. of political objectives - unless they had made use of responsible to account. Yet each of these deaths The organisation says the cap does not fit egregious or disproportionate violence. However, also left grieving families searching for closure. “the natural form of the head”. It adds that to its the NP government was forced to abandon the Nor- The NPA should also recall that amnesty was “best knowledge, the athletes competing at the gaard principles as the ANC’s price for returning Further Indemnity Act of 1992. The Act set a much not granted to 27 senior ANC leaders - many who international events never used, neither require to negotiations after 26 September 1992. The ANC higher standard for amnesty than political motive are still alive - who had applied unsuccessfully to to use caps of such size and configuration”. demanded the release of all its cadres who were still by requiring applicants to “make full disclosure of the TRC for collective amnesty and who were in Whatever they mean about the natural form of in prison and insisted that political motive should all the relevant facts relating to acts associated with overall command of the ANC’s revolutionary ac- the head! be the only requirement. a political objective” and to “comply with addition- tivities. Inevitably, the Black Swimming Associa- The NP government adopted the Further In- al requirements set out in the Act.” It was then up to If the NPA chooses to prosecute only those tion (BSA) has said it is “extremely disappoint- demnity Act in November 1992 in terms of which the TRC’s Amnesty Committee to decide whether from the anti-revolutionary side it will be in clear ed” by FINA’s decision. “We believe this state- the only substantive requirement for indemnity was or not the applicants had made a full disclosure. breach of its constitutional obligation to exercise its ment made by FINA confirms what we already political motive. 1 477 people were subsequently It was on this basis that the Committee refused functions ‘without fear, favour or prejudice.’ If it know: the lack of diversity in elite swimming released from prison - the vast majority of whom amnesty to Janus Walusz and Clive Derby-Lewis does not act in a scrupulously even-handed man- and in the higher positions in global aquatics were members of the ANC and allied organisations for the assassination of Chris Hani - which, al- ner, it will be difficult to avoid the perception that and the lack of urgency for change.” - and many of whom had been convicted for “neck- though reprehensible, had indisputably been a po- the trials that would ensue would be political trials. The whole dispute points to the need for a lace murders” and other egregious crimes. litical act. The question arises why the NPA is so intent on reset in thinking in all spheres of life, not least One of the greatest failures of the NP’s nego- Because of an informal agreement between pursuing a course of action that is likely to polarize in sport, when it comes to issues of diversity and tiators was their inability to conclude a comprehen- the ANC leadership and former operatives of the even further our deeply divide society? Why is it gender. Some of the rules in sport are obsolete sive amnesty agreement before the 1994 elections. pre-1994 government, the NPA suspended its pros- committing so many of its limited resources to rak- and inflexible. FINA’s position is dogma under However, the final paragraphs of the 1993 Consti- ecutions of apartheid-era crimes. However, in June ing over crimes that occurred more than 27 years the guise of the rules of sport. tution stated peremptorily that “amnesty shall be 2019, in another matter affecting Rodrigues, the ago - instead of the prosecuting the rampant cor- granted in respect of acts, omissions and offences Gauteng High Court instructed the National Direc- ruption that is tearing the country apart - or trying v 060 936 2673 associated with political objectives and committed tor of Public Prosecutions, Adv Shamila Batoyhi, to bring to justice the killers of the 21 325 people in the course of the conflicts of the past’ (emphasis to enquire whether improper influence had been who were murdered last year (i.e., almost the same [email protected] added). brought to bear on the NPA in suspending apartheid number as those who were killed in the political Nevertheless, the 1995 Promotion of National era-prosecutions. struggle between 1984 - 1994)? PEARL RANTSEKENG...... Editor Unity and Reconciliation Act circumvented the The result would appear to be the NPA’s recent- One-sided prosecutions would be irreconcil- MOLEFI MIKA ...... Deputy Editor clear intention of the interim Constitution and set ly announced decision to proceed with the prosecu- able with the 1993 Constitution’s call for ‘under- THULI ZUNGU ...... Associate Editor conditions for amnesty that were far more onerous tions. However, when it embarks on this course the standing but not for vengeance’; reparation but not than those that the ANC had insisted on with regard NPA should give very careful consideration to the for retaliation;’ and ‘ubuntu but not victimisation’. GUGU SIBIYA ...... Lifestyle Editor to the release of its own supporters in terms of the constitutional requirement that “everyone is equal – De Klerk Foundation Friday 09 July 2021 TRIBUTES/OBITUARIES WEEKLY SA MIRROR 9 K WAS A TRUE, LOYAL FRIEND AND GALLANT CADRE

CHARACTER: He was a man of immaculate class, a conscientious and gentle soul

chairman of Orlando Pirates. Of course, a few streets down were the homes of businessmen Richard Maponya, Dr Nthato Motlana, Reggie Hlongwane (may their souls rest in eternal peace). So, here is this po- lite man from Zola with a distinctively navy blue, close to black face, telling me he is from a notoriously feared Zola, I gasped for breath, nogal, he was in the same class as myself. But those apprehensive moments soon dis- sipated as I got to know the soft and gentle soul beyond the Zola stereotypes. K, as he was fondly called, was a man of im- By Xolani Qubeka maculate class with a conscience so big he set BC STALWART: Khehla Mthembu his ambitious zest towards the betterment and As we traverse lifetime journeys that be- welfare of others. He became the epitome of the then newly formed Black business federation. this week gave an impression of a cadre ready gins from kindergarten and meander through struggle for those that led the fight to liberate There was a stage where there was time to come home, If only we knew that home was high echelons of schooling, you come across the African people from the shackles of oppres- to pay lobola, and K was there as part of my the other side of life beyond the skies. hundreds of pupils and students, and, along sion and deprivation. He was part of the Black family delegate as he was a true brother. That’s The call from his younger brother, Pat, at the way, you pick up a few of what you may Consciousness vanguard and conscience of the what K was to many people. about 7am this morning was to send a shiver term friends. people. His ascendancy to the presidency of As sport has always been an integral part down my spine because it came just as I texted As you proceed some fall by the way side AZAPO was a natural consequence of destiny. of township life. K was sufficiently wise to be a him, ‘u Khehla aka sekho mfowetu XQ and as and become mere acquaintances that perhaps I have traversed the landscape of life inter- Buccaneer, and the FNB VIP Suites could tell your text is coming in, I just dropped the call you might recognize in the mall good enough to twined with politics, business and just mere en- many a story. now’. extend regards. joyment of life, and K was as always alongside uMvelase was a genuinely happy man. Death, you bloody coward have no man- However, meeting one Khehla Mthembu, albeit in parallel structures and lifestyles, but Khehla was a predictable version of him- ners nor shame. with a deceptive shy face at the beginning of always in touch. self as you could almost anticipate that smile as The heavens are pregnant with brain pow- acquaintance until you speak and engage the At the stanza of my life when I owned a he approached an audience or a person, for his er that this very moment of our history would man. number of hair salons in Johannesburg and warm and welcoming embrace. be better endowed with, as we deal with the During the days of our youth, born and Pretoria in the 80s, K would also be the first The difference between Khehla’s smile and diminished capacity of leadership that is rud- bred in Soweto, you got boxed according to to congratulate and to support. His Afro was laughter was only that his laughter was a loud derless and taking us astray. township characterisation. So, when I met a sacrosanct version of his smile. This country is crying for you Mvelase, for young Khehla Mthembu at Orlando West High At the occasion of the 1st anniversary of K was always present in my life as we were your ilk is a rare jewel we would die to pre- School in the early 70s, of course, eKasi lami, our salons in 1987, and when I established the members of not less than five Whatsapp groups serve. he looked such a nice sweet guy until he men- first black hairdressing publication under the until this morning. Otatomkhulu o Mvelase are so fortunate tioned his home township as being Zola, then banner of Hair Vision, K was the first to buy And I did not know that seeing him on the to gain such erudite ancestry in you Khehla one’s attitude begun to change somewhat. advertising space for his first insurance bro- June 17at the (Jabu) Mabuza home was a dis- Mthembu At the time, Dube and Orlando West epito- kerage company, African Insurance Brokers. guised farewell made possible by the shared mised class. These townships were considered Of course, he was also one of the speakers, moment of mourning for the late Jabu. It is in- Lala Ngoxolo M”Afrika Qhawe lama to be very progressive, enlightened and dis- alongside my mentor Gaby Magomola at the conceivable that this afternoon we can refer to Qhawe pensed erudite scholars such as Nelson Man- anniversary gala event. K in mortal past. • QUBEKA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF dela, Prof Khabi Mngoma, father to late Sibo- As our journeys were intertwined, we pro- Death creeps slowly in the dark, disguised SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES ngile Khumalo, Washington Mphosula, then ceeded to become members of FABCOS, the as hope, because the daily reports the whole of KGANARE: A LIFE TRULY DEDICATED TO POLITICAL AND TRADE UNION ACTIVISM

By Staff Reporter tein as a clerk. ACTIVE: he was on the Thereafter, he worked at CCAWUSA as an Veteran unionist and politician Papi Kganare, organiser, later regional secretary and general sec- who passed away this week, was of one of the retary of SACCAWU. He also became the vice- key leaders of the Congress of South African coalface of turbulent times president of the African Region of the International Trade Unions (Cosatu) who led the federation Federation of Commercial; Clerical; Professional through the turbulent times of apartheid South and Technical Employees (AFRO-FIET), to which Africa in the 1980s. during the apartheid era SACCAWU had affiliated. He was also a member During that period, he was the general secre- of the central committee of Cosatu. tary of the Cosatu-affiliated Commercial, Catering After 1994 elections, he became a member and Allied Workers’ Union, which later became the of the Free State legislature for 10 years, during SA Commercial Catering and Allied Workers’ Un- would later become the key figure in the formation which he became a Member of the Executive ion (SACCAWU). of a splinter group, the Clerical Commercial Ca- Council (MEC) for Police for three years and later Kganare passed away at Flora Clinic in Flor- tering and Allied Workers’ Union of South Africa. of Education for seven years. ida, Johannesburg from Covid-19 complications. Much later, in the post-apartheid South Af- He was the member of the Free State Provin- He had been fighting the effects of Covid-19 to- rica, Kganare would be caught up in another split cial Executive Committee (PEC) of the ANC. He gether with his wife, Bridgette, for a month until in the ANC led by his Cosatu comrade Mbhazima joined the Matlhale Educational Solutions as a he succumbed to the affliction this week, accord- Shilowa and Terror Lekota in 2008 to form Con- managing director and thereafter became a Mem- ing to his family. His wife, who was discharged a gress of the People, of which he later became gen- ber of Parliament on behalf of Cope. At the time of fortnight ago, is still in oxygen support. eral secretary. his death, he was the general Secretary of COPE He was a founder member of the United Dem- Kganare was born on October 10 1959. He and self-employed. ocratic Front and Cosatu. It was under his watch as was born in Thaba Nchu of parents Seitatole Sarah His family said his hobbies were reading, poli- general secretary and that of his fellow Saccawu Kganare and Mathowagosele Kganare, who had tics and soccer. “He was family man and enjoyed leaders, Mike Tsotetsi, Kaizer Thibedi, Jackie six children. spending time at home with family. He shall be Masuku, Makhulu Ledwaba when the union was He attended school in Bloemfontein where he dearly missed by his family and friends,” the fam- rocked by a rift which later split it into groupings passed matric from Sehunelo High School. There- ily said in statement. in the mid-1980s – namely the Kganare and Thi- after, worked at Garankuwa Hospital as a clerk, He survived by wife Bridget and three daugh- bedi groups. University of South Africa as an assistant librarian ters, Claudia, Boitumelo and Lerato and six grand- FAMILY MAN: Papi Kganare Tsotetsi, whose suspension triggered the split, and Pelonomi Hospital in Bochabelo, Bloemfon- children. 10 WEEKLY SA MIRROR FASHION & BEAUTY Friday 09 July 2021 HOMEMADE REMEDIES PROVE BEAUTY IS SKIN DEEP

TIME FACTOR: Your are what you eat - check your fridge before going to spar bar

By Amanda Ngudle exposure to the sun and pollution which can also but to handle it as a health condition. show on your skin.” lead to premature aging and wrinkles. “Of course I would recommend that people Some of the affordable recommendations by A radiant, pigmentation free and glowing skin As we age, collagen production decreases over stick to a healthy diet from childhood and teen years different health professionals: is every woman’s – both young and old – dream! time and your skin starts to lose elasticity becoming to avoid having to deal with most skin conditions. • Taking daily Vitamins A, C and E. However, not all women are that lucky. While thinner and drier, too. When your skin doesn’t have But other conditions are hereditary. • Making a honey paste and leaving it on for a some are born with that kind of skin, the majority as much moisture or volume as it used to, it can also “I still would recommend home products like few hours before washing it off. have to work hard at it forking out big bucks to have make it more prone to wrinkles. honey, avocados, nuts, shea butter and mustard oil. • Applying a banana mash paste used as a mask. a great skin. But sometimes these come at a hefty price,” she ex- • Applying a serum applied underneath a daily These days however, not many people have What can you do to prevent wrinkles? plains. Some of the natural solutions widely recom- moisturiser. those bucks to splash out what with the majority Genetics can play a role in how your skin ages mended include more sleep. • Lemon and Honey paste used as a mask. having lost their source of income due to the Cov- over time. This is known as intrinsic aging. “We should all be aiming for at least eight hours • Mustard Oil applied an hour before bedtime. id-19 pandemic. But even if your family has skin that tends to a night,” adds Mandisa. “Keeping active and exer- • Drinking eight glasses of water per day. However, that said, it still does not mean one wrinkle easily, you still have a good deal of control cising at least three times a week can also give you cannot still rock that glowing, wrinkle free skin. It over your own skin and how well it ages. Although dramatic skin changes.” She says things like fizzy The Routine to proper skincare just means instead of stepping out and heading for it’s inevitable that wrinkles will show up at some drinks, too much coffee, sugar, alcohol and ciga- Morning: your favourite beauty spa, you just might have to point, taking good care of your skin can go a long rettes are a big no according to health practitioners. • Cleanse reach for your kitchen cupboards and whip up some way in keeping it wrinkle-free for as long as pos- “That’s the reason why drug addicts’ skins are • Tone magic tricks with some of the homemade remedies. sible. the first thing that changes. Also spending too much • Treat (Serum) If you have honey, bananas, oatmeal, eggs, pa- According to Roberta Sedumedi a professional time in the sun is bad for your skin. It’s as bad as • Moisturise paya, avocadoes, coconut oil and baking soda you make-up artist, even though wrinkles are consid- not moisturising your skin just because it is oily,” • Apply eye cream just might be halfway there. ered part of life and an inevitable fate of aging, they she adds. • Apply sunscreen (SPF 50+) And, if wrinkles are your worst nightmare, do at times affect even the young. Dr Lebo Mankweng, a dermatologist, says Night: then you need to stay away from those sweets and “And they look like such an insult,” says Rob- skin is the biggest organ that carries all the stuff • Cleanse sodas and stick to lots of water and a healthy diet. erta. “Make-up can only do so much and sometimes we take in. She adds: “It therefore stands to reason • Tone And make sure that a morning and night skin care even that can aggravate the situation.” why some people say: ‘you are what you eat.’ That • Exfoliate routine forms part of your daily habits. One of the Mandisa Manqina-Malatji, a nutritionist, ad- should be extended to ‘as well as how you treat • Treat biggest known factors that lead to skin damage is vises against hiding any skin blemish with make-up yourself’ because toxins go first to your body then • Moisturise

By Mpumi Brown hind the guinea fowl garment. “Being a girl from Shembe inspired designer the rural areas it is part of our custom that as a mar- Lindeka Duma has scooped the 2021 Vodacom ried woman you must have your head covered,” she Durban July Young Designer Awards! The 31-year- explained. scoop top award old student from Pietermaritzburg School of Fash- She said winning the award came a surprise. “It ion Design hails from Bulwer, a small town in the was such an unbelievable feeling that I cried tears of KwaZulu-Natal’s Midlands region. joy,” she said. Lindeka created a handmade show- YOUNG TALENT: Competition more She beat her school mate Vincent Orishedere stopping hat made of platted rope. It had a match- who took the 1st runner up position as well as ing bodice, just as colourful, using the local Sesh- stringent than previous years Zandile Mahlasela, from the Lindiwe Kuzwayo weshwe fabric. She told WSAM that she has always Academy of Fashion, who came in as the 2nd run- loved fashion hence her decision to study it. ner up. In its seventh year running, the Durban “Since at a young age I’ve always loved dress- Fashion Fair is one of the leading fashion events ing differently and just looking unique. I even went in Africa. The four day event includes workshops, as far as buying myself a sewing machine without shows, a buyers lounge and also features emerging even knowing how to stitch,” she related. local and international designers. She said the journey to her win was fueled by This year’s theme was “Birds of a Feather”. The hard work and dedication what with the COVID-19 highlight of the event is undoubtedly the DFF Rec- pandemic wreaking havoc in everyone’s life. ognition Awards – with this year’s theme “Birds of “When the pandemic started, I was shattered as a Feather”. And, no one was more elated and sur- I thought we wouldn’t be able to study again. How- prised as Lindeka at scooping the award. ever, when schools were opened, we, driven by our Speaking to Weekly SA Mirror (WSAM), passion, worked twice as hard to make up for the Lindeka said her design was inspired by her Shem- lost time and made what seemed impossible, pos- be religion which represents the cultural story be- sible,” she said.

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INVENTIVE: Serial entrepreneur Larry Wine-ly Hodes bristles with new Yours hospitality ideas

By Len Maseko Calexico, an Americana-style restaurant and vinyl lounge, at 44 Stanley Ave, Milpark. Calexico be- It is only in our darkest hours that we may dis- came renowned for its tasty nachos, sticky ribs and cover the true strength of the brilliant light within double burgers, signature cocktails and craft beers ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed, says amid a quirky décor, vinyl music spun by some disc Happiness in Your Life author Doe Zantamata. jockeys of the rock n’ roll era. Perhaps, when Zantamata penned those words, Then came, the Covid-19 pandemic with the she might have had in mind the ilk of serial en- unexpected carnage and a raft of crippling lock- trepreneurs like Joburg restaurateur Larry Hodes downs, firing a hugely a fatalistic bullet towards – who truly exemplifies the indomitability of hu- the world’s economies, and forcing a shutdown of man spirit and from whom adversity doubtlessly hundreds of businesses across the world and ac- appears to elicit the best of his character. companying retrenchments. For his part, Hodes has shown an admirable Ever resourceful, Hodes took the debilitating Some of the Japanese dishes from the newly launched The Lucky Peach House of Ramen” , knack to roll with the punches rather than dwell and punch of lockdowns in stride as he witnessed the which are available on UberEATS and Mr Delivery whimper in the wake of a calamity. pandemic adversely impact on his successful estab- In recent years, he has proved to be as agile lishments – Calexico as well as Arbour Café and with social distancing protocols. the pandemic-driven economic reset. as a soccer wizard in dribbling challenges, only to Voodoo Lily in Birdhaven, which instantly turned Quickly moving inventive mode, Hodes Speaking of the success of the grocer shortly re-invent himself. Four years ago, Hodes opened into ghost places as customers kept indoors in line launched – at the height of the lockdown in March thereafter, Hodes said: “Setting up and getting the last year – The Dark Kitchen, a first in Johannes- Gourmet Grocer operating successfully has been burg then. The concept, also known as ‘ghost or the result of excellent collaborative effort with lo- cloud kitchens”, is a home delivery-only restau- cal small suppliers. Since the start, over 90% of the rants providing restaurant-quality food prepared Gourmet Grocer’s suppliers have been small busi- from an industrial kitchen. nesses, and supporting SMEs will continue to be Hodes still kept the spirits high, reflecting: key in our evolving business model.” “In times of crisis, the worst thing you can do is Weeks later, Hodes and Marco Da Silva would nothing. Even if you’re not sure what success you strike a partnership to create Coffefe Roastery, will have, it’s worth going for it – with a positive which is situated at the grocer, to give expression mindset – no matter how tough it is to keep go- to their combined love and appreciation for coffee ing. Things will get better. We were not sure about “without the usual side order of pretention”. joining the retailing sector, but we have done it and News hot off the press, Hodes has teamed up we’re overwhelmed at the success of it.” Three with Josh Simon of the Arbour Café fame to launch months later, in July, as the pandemic restrictions a new foodie fix for its long-spoilt customers – eased to lockdown level 4, Hodes was back at his the authentic Japanese cuisine, The Lucky Peach innovative self again - he revamped and relaunched House of Ramen, which comes out of The Dark Voodoo Lily in July last year into an artisanal gro- Kitchen. cer, recognising the need for a new sector of food “Ramen, a Japanese staple, is a delicious noo- business when certain lockdown restrictions were dle soup served in a meat or chicken-based broth lifted, moving into level 4. infused with soy sauce or miso for that real umami The Gourmet Grocer became the result of the kick. It’s light and warm but a very filling meal too transformation of Voodoo Lily restaurant, selling which is what people want after a long, cold day,” artisanal, locally produced grocery products. Need- says co-owner Simon. less to say, where lies passion, triumph nestles, and Finally, the question begs to be asked, what Busybee Larry Hodes keeps frothy flowing from one of his erstwhile 44 Stanley Beer Yard so The Gourmet Grocer became an instant success will Hodes be up to next, when normalcy finally in Milpark. Photo: Robert Magwaza as an example of a product born off the furnace of replaces adversity? CHEF TEBELLO KEEPS WINTER AT BAY WITH SEASONED, YUMMY DISHES JOYOUS: Ambience at seasoned supper club evenings cool and cozy

By Mpumi Brown fillet, parmesan and dill mash and sun-dried to- matoes with shiitake mushrooms in a red wine Food is seasonless, and this winter Seasoned and bone marrow jus. Supper Club, in collaboration with Creamy Cafe Speaking to Motsoane later, he explained dish up truly heart-warming flavoured food from that “the purpose of The Seasoned Supper Club the dexterous executive chief Tebello Motsoane is to firstly meet the demand from all the requests at Illovo Junction, Johannesburg every fortnight. that I receive to continuously host dinners.” We recently joined Seasoned Supper Club Not one to be stuck in a box or to rules, Mot- to tap into its creative energy, which centered on soane said he is sometimes is influenced by the the kitchen amid good music and the presence of wine and other times the food when creating his some of Joburg’s foodies, who were pampered dishes. with a two-course meal prepared by talented “I spend a lot of time cooking for myself, Motsoane. loved ones and private clients. Having been in The first meal was a delicious chicken chi- the wine industry for a few years, I spent a great potle thigh with saffron mussels cooked in Rhe- deal of time with winemakers and sommeliers. bokskloof 2019 Chardonnay, accompanied by Seasoned Supper Club gives me an opportunity roasted garlic leeks, caramelised shallots figs, to share my ideas and revelations” kumquat and chakalaka mayonnaise. Yummy! Season Supper Club’s evenings are cozy, No sooner had we been bedazzled by the hardly pretentious, and cater for only 40 people starter than the main course arrived, to tantalize to allow for intimate service. The cost is R350.00 our tastebuds yet again. The main came in the per person, booking on seasonedsupperclub@ Chef Tebello Motsoane puts finishing touches to his dish. form of joyful bundle a la rosemary basted beef yahoo.com 12 WEEKLY SA MIRROR MOTORING Friday 09 July 2021 MOTORING:Briefs

AFRICANS DON’T DRIVE There are currently 45 vehicles for every SUZUKI SWIFT thousand inhabitants in Africa against a global average of 203, with the continent’s more than a billion people, or 17% of the world’s popula- tion, accounting for just a little over 1% of cars sold worldwide. New car ownership remains rare across Af- EXACTLY THAT! rica, where in most countries 8 out of 10 vehi- cles are second-hand cars. And much of the 300 million-strong Afri- can middle class can be categorized as lower PUNCHY: A LIKEABLE SMALL AND AGILE PACKAGE middle class, which can’t afford new cars, espe- cially those produced by German carmakers, so says Robert Kappel, an Africa expert at the Uni- versity of Leipzig interviewed on DW Channel. The largest markets are Morocco, South Af- rica and Egypt.

NISSAN EX CHIEF STILL AT LARGE An American father and son pleaded guilty in Tokyo on Monday to charges that they ille- gally helped former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan hidden in a box aboard a pri- vate jet in December 2019. At the time of Ghosn’s escape, he was awaiting trial on charges that he understated his compensation in Nissan’s financial statements by 9.3 billion yen ($85 million) over a decade and enriched himself at his employer’s expense through payments to car dealerships. Ghosn, who denies any wrongdoing, re- mains a fugitive in his childhood home of Beirut, Lebanon, where he has lived since he jumped bail, a country which has no extradition treaty with Japan. A third man, US national George-Antoine Zayek, is said to have traveled to Japan later in 2019 to find a way through airport security, set- tling on the private jet terminal at Kansai air- port as the best route out, the prosecutors said. Zayek remains at large.

FERRARI HIGH REVS INTO FASHION? Ever wondered why people who don’t own a Ferrari would wear clothing apparel bearing DECENT: The Suzuki Swift wont have you break the bank the name of the brand? And why those who own such a vehicle would rarely be seen doing the same? By Ali Mphaki shrinking violet and would not do any damage to rear passengers. Large door bins for bottles and two Well, to answer the daunting question Fer- your street cred. The face is modernly pleasant and cupholders for front passengers and all the latest rari has launched its fashion collection by host- For a vehicle that promises loads of fun in an af- inviting, and in the orange hue of our test five-door electro gimmicks like Bluetooth connectivity, USB ing a catwalk event inside its factory in Ma- fordable package, the Suzuki Swift is guilty as Swift GL manual we were able to see and be seen. etc. adds to the pleasure of enjoying the Swift. Rear ranello, Italy, recently. charged. After weighing all circumstances (and The side profile of the vehicle could easily cause seats do a 60:40 split should you need extra space. The move may prove to be a shrewd one obviously being smitten by its good looks which one to mistaken it for a three-door vehicle, what Two airbags and electronic stability control when it comes to Ferrari’s bottom line. The conspire with its agility) there are simply no miti- with the floating roof and rear door handles almost comes standard. fashion brand will enable Ferrari to target fans gating factors barring one from sentencing the concealed to the eye. Faced with all this incriminating evidence it’s a that aren’t in a position to purchase one of its Swift to a life routine of being a daily enjoyable The rear is typical hatchback with LED lights daunting task to try and fault the Swift. What it lacks cars. It will also enable Ferrari to attract a new commute. adding some bling to the package. The plastic domi- proportionally it compensates for via its big heart – type of fan—one that isn’t interested in driving Yes, you may appeal the decision as harsh based nated cabin is something to be expected from ve- a classic example of punching above one’s weight. or racing. on the fact that the Swift is a small car that weighs hicles in the compact segment, but the three spoke The first collection includes over 50 items almost a ton and is propelled by a 1.2-litre engine. steering and the clever interior design make for a Let the games begin! and around 80% is described as unisex. Ferrari That is neither here or there or it is circumstan- relaxed and purposeful ambience. The new Suzuki Swift is available in six colours also plans to add accessories in the near future. tial, as legal minds are wont to say. Fact is there’s The dash has hints of the pre-Bangle era of and is sold with a 5-year / 200 000 km mechanical been reels and reels of evidence about what consti- some marque, with the stereo slanting towards and warranty and a 2-year / 30 000 km service plan. OPEN THOSE WINDOWS tutes an ideal body/heart ratio for a vehicle to go facing the driver. When the windows are closed, SARS- about its paces effortlessly and at great speed. Driver and front passenger have reasonably It is priced from R180 900 with top of the range CoV-2 (in fine aerosol particles) accumulates in What we found is that what the Swift lacks pro- enough room, though the same cannot be said for Swift 1.2 GLX AMTR priced at R234 900. the car cabin. With each new cough, the con- portionally it compensates for via its big heart – es- centration builds up with no significant dilu- pecially since it does not carry unnecessary “fat on tion happening. But even cracking one window the belly”. What was also apparent is that with the open just 3 inches can keep this at bay. Swift parking nightmares have become a thing of So the next time you’re in the car — be it the past. your own vehicle with others or in a taxi, Uber The Swift squeezes through small openings or Lyft — it’s all the same advice: Open up the and its hatchback design. shape through the high- windows just a bit, even if everyone is feeling ways traffic gridlocks with alacrity, propelled by the fine. perky 66kW and 120Nm on offer. You’re using your air conditioning or heat Gone are parking nightmares, and in comes and want to keep the windows closed, make huge savings with the Swift capable of returning sure the car is not in recirculating air mode — sub-5.0L/100km fuel consumption if driven “sen- select the mode that brings in fresh outdoor air. sibly”. Having everyone in the car wear a mask can There may be other “worthy’ contenders out also help and is a must in a taxi or ride-share there like the VW Polo etc, but the Swift is no LADY IN RED: Swift in another colour PRACTICAL: Modern interior vehicle - Harvard School of Public Health Friday 09 July 2021 ENTERTAINMENT/BUSINESS WEEKLY SA MIRROR 13 PETER MOKOENA ROYALTY WITH A MIDAS TOUCH SORELY MISSED: Last encore for crooner

By Gugu Sibiya

Peter Mokoena (68) one of the country’s fin- est voices, is no more. He passed away on Sunday morning, at the Yusuf Dadoo hospital in Krugers- dorp. The husky-voiced singer was rushed to the health facility on Saturday while he was struggling to breathe. Generous with his gift, Mokoena played a pivotal role in the success of most prominent gos- pel artists’ careers. It was always about sharing his LEAD ACTORS: Michelle Douglas & talent first and making good music to uplift people’s Loyiso MacDonald. in Dusk. spirits. Money wasn’t always the deciding factor. When I first met Kweiks, it was after he’d dropped the Pure Magic Umuzi wam album. Stand- ing out was how he’d woven his magic around the DUSK LOOKS AT HOW TRAGEDY folk song Bhay’ lam. It’s no surprise that it became a monster sing-along that engulfed the country like a raging inferno. CAN BRING SUFFERERS TO THE Rebecca Malope and Princess Mthembu came out smoking on their classic Stay with Me duet on the same offering. The album had unleashed a BRINK OF MENTAL BREAKDOWN phenomenal career for Kweiks who kept on soar- ing higher and higher until last Sunday. Deborah SILENCED: Peter Kweks Mokoena no more Fraser the Empress of Gospel music, couldn’t stop SET IN LIMPOPO: A catharsis of love and raving about Kweiks’ genius in the studio, now lost The Queen of Gospel Music Rebecca Malope forever. says she’s never seen a happy soul like Kweiks. “Our musical journey started when we worked “He always had a smile and was refreshingly polite. forgiveness against countryside backdrop on the Maria le Maria project. After that it became I had yet to see him angry. When I brought that up, a norm for us to work with Sello Chicco Twala, his he smiled and threw it back at me. Drama: Dusk. terms with the tragic happening a year ago, Tessa kids New Age and the late Brenda Fassie. “He was talented and gospel music is richer be- Writer: Mark Scheepers. gets a call from KG (Loyiso MacDonald). “I’ll never forget just how much Kweiks’ in- cause of his immense contribution. I only worked Director: Palesa Mazamisa. A product of the farm and Chris’ lover, KG valuable input contributed towards my debut with him on the Pure Magic projects. It’s sad that Actors: Michelle Douglas & drops a bombshell to Tessa. He’s on his way to the album, Abanyebayombona. It became one of the because of covid we can’t even say a proper good- Loyiso MacDonald. farm and on arrival demands to know what exactly country’s biggest gospel offerings” she says tears bye to the people we love like Kweiks” she says Reviewer: Gugu Sibiya happened to his man on that fateful day. streaming down her face. sadly. The word “farm” conjures up images of pov- Battling grief and mental turmoil, Tessa is star- The Empress recalled how Kweiks loved help- Steven Tsie says Kweiks was an amazing erty and racism, dished out by an arrogant farmer. ing mental break dow and descending into a dark ing artists even unknown ones to bring their albums friend, great neighbour who brought him up like his His long suffering workers at his beck and call. hole of paranoia and psychosis. She’s really strug- to life. Even churches that needed his expertise, own son. Unlike most artists, he was an insightful Alcohol providing a welcome respite from sorrow gling to keep it together and does not need KG benefitted. “When it came to gospel music, he was and talented creative and businessman. and boredom. snooping around and ripping the plaster off. royalty with the Midas touch. “I will miss his sweet ‘’I can’t believe he’s gone. This is a man who However Dusk the drama that has made its The murder drama mystery set in the scenic and kind personality, something he had in common loved his family more than anything. Whenever he home at the Market theatre since July 2 - August province of Limpopo, is sad yet intriguing. While with his lovely wife.’’ was not busy, he would cook for them. 1, depicts farm life as far from boring but rather murder disintegrates life on the farm as the family Producer par excellence Sello Chicco Twala ‘’We were business partners, belonged to the eventful. Events unfold when Tessa (Michelle know it, they appreciate that things will never be says his heart’s broken. “In the 35 years I’ve know same music organisation he led. He was passion- Douglas) chooses her family over a career. An ac- the same. It’s also a story about love and keeping Kweiks, he’s never changed. He was an unbeliev- ate about fighting gender-based violence and drug tress who turns her back on acting, with all its glitz the flames of memory alive for them, forever. ably nice person who never entertained gossip. I’ve abuse. I was there with him, watching, learning and and glam to devote herself to family and farming. It’s very important to note that at this point never seen him angry and whenever there was con- inspired’’ says a distraught Tsie. All hell breaks loose when her eldest son Chris where the country is reeling from the onslaught of flict, he would resolve it calmly and maturely. If it It’s clear that with countless offerings and col- a varsity student, comes home for the holidays. covid, there are a lot of other opportunistic issues got out of hand, he was not shy to humble himself.” laborations to his credit, gospel music lovers will Tessa’s carefully laid plans for memorable holi- that have subsequently surfaced. These include Together they worked on eight albums, as well still find solace in Kweiks’ voice. days explode into disarray when tragedy strikes. mental health, abuse, land and violence.Dusk tack- as on the ZCC ones. “His voice really had an im- Mokoena is survived by wife and eight chil- Suddenly there’s murder on the farm! les them with sensitivity. In the end it emphasizes pact in the gospel arena. He was one of a kind and dren. Deeply immersed in grief and still coming to the powerful beauty of love and forgiveness. I’m going to miss him” Chicco states. May his soul rest in eternal peace. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES

Tough economic climate and the ongoing threat that the Covid-19 pandemic pose on local INNOVATIVE: Access to finance businesses are helping small and medium enter- MONEY prises to find alternative financing solutions to survive. traditionally a challenge “Alternative, technology-driven financing solutions,” says Steven Heilbron of the Con- nect Group,” are disrupting the country’s tradi- enables these lenders to assess finance whether mize their business potential without our hassle- tional commercial lending market, especially in a borrower is a credit risk without the usual re- free solution,” he said. the retail space and in the process this is helping quirement for audited financial statements and He believes that this level of access to financ- thousands of small and medium enterprises to prolonged processing. ing is helping to transform the retail market by navigate the threats and opportunities of a volatile “From the retailer’s perspective, applying enabling retailers of all sizes to come to market economic landscape of the Covid -19 pandemic.” for a loan has become as easy as downloading with innovative propositions. “Many of our cus- Heilbron says while the cost of capital and an app, registering and completing an applica- tomers have faced complex challenges during the having access to business finance has traditionally tion form. Once this is done, the borrower can tap lockdown and have needed to be nimble to adjust been a challenge for local retailers, from the fam- between tens of thousands and millions of rand to a new trading reality.” market ily-owned franchise of a major supermarket chain in borrowed funds, to be repaid on flexible terms He said with quick access to capital from to the independently owned butcher, wholesaler and in small daily instalments which are deducted Capital Connect, merchants are able to jump on Isaac Moledi or fast-food outlet, access to data and algorithms straight from a cash vault. emerging opportunities while they’re relevant and have changed the game. Should the retailer not make use of a cash grow their businesses. grow turnover by 12% or more after refurbishing This is despite the high financing costs, vault, the borrowed funds can easily be deducted “One example is bulk purchases of stock, and modernising their stores. For others, easy ac- lengthy approval processes and paperwork that from a bank account. “The good news for retail- where we see retailers make smart purchases at cess to working capital has simply enabled them have posed significant obstacles to financing for ers is that funds can be deposited within hours of the right price to benefit from bulk buy discounts. to survive the worst of the lockdown.” these businesses. loan approval, allowing a merchant to capitalize Some mid-sized liquor traders, for instance, are Heilbron says to grow South Africa’s econo- He believes that technology is changing this on the opportunity at hand,” said Heilbron. now buying product at wholesale prices to resell my and spark job creation; the country needs to landscape by enabling innovative lenders to ap- He said his group of companies provides mer- to smaller bottle stores at a profit.” support the small and medium business sector. prove up to R 2,5 million in funding for a retail chants with financial technology solutions that He said many are investing in expanding into Providing businesses with capital is one of the business owner in less than 24 hours. “What’s connect them to cash, capital, card and virtual new territories, moving into e-commerce for the best ways to help them unlock their full potential. more, rather than charging interest rates, they pro- value-added products and services. “While our first time and improve their in-store experience In doing so, we can help drive choice and compe- vide finance for a small administration fee.” passion is to enable SMEs to grow, our purpose is via coffee shops, hot food counters, bakeries and tition to the benefit of every South African con- He said access to rich, online data sources to connect our clients with opportunities to maxi- more. “In fact, it’s not unusual to see a retailer sumer,” concludes Heilbron. 14 WEEKLY SA MIRROR SPORT Friday 09 July 2021 TRANSFORMATION IN CRICKET SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO A NUMBERS’ GAME

I thought it should be prudent that I give this historical background. Cricket in the Eastern seaboard of South Africa was brought by the ‘AMACAL’EGUSHA: Opportunity missed by British Settlers who came in 1820, 201 years ago to make South Africa their home. Cricket as a sport was seen as pure because Cricket SA in transforming the sport of the white uniform. Even the missionaries who came to South Africa after the formation of the London Missionary Society preferred that the con- weeks, was the John Passmore Week, and was lit- nament, without complaining. verts among the isiXhosa speaking people should tle known in this country, and probably not even I mentioned this tournament, because in my rather play cricket than any other sport. known about at all abroad. view ignoring the importance of this tournament by They would organise cricket matches on Sat- It was named by the Africans after one of the Cricket South Africa was an opportunity missed. urdays, so that many of the converts do not revert South African Cricket Association Fund Trustees, The other establishment that should shoulder back to the drunkenness that had befallen the Xho- John Passmore, a former chairman of the Western the blame for lack of development and transforma- Dumile Mateza sa. Province Cricket Club, as he had taken a keen in- tion are the Departments of Sport and that of Edu- It was therefore only natural that it started at terest in the establishment and subsequent develop- cation. For years these two departments have been Missionary Schools like Lovedale, Healdtown and ment of cricket in Langa township of Cape Town. sitting on a Memorandum of Understanding and St Matthews that the cricket culture among the even after the signing of this document, nothing has TOUCHLINE Xhosa developed. Amacal’egusha happened at our township public schools. It spread to the villages of the Eastern Cape, es- The ‘Amacal’egusha’ (meaning ‘Half a sheep’) It is an established fact that a person’s sporting pecially in the Fort Beaufort, King Williamstown, cricket tournament. While the game has often been prowess is largely developed at school level. MUSINGS Peddie, Alice and East London areas. In his book seen as a traditionally white dominated sport in There are some exceptions, but the rule is that Cricket in Isolation Professor Andre Odendaal South Africa, there was ‘Amacal’egusha’ (meaning sport stars hail from elite sporting schools where – is now more obsolete than ever. And with good who is no stranger to cricket transformation refers ‘Half a sheep’) cricket tournament played since the they receive the best possible training, equipment reason – change is first set in motion from within: to these school as the cradle of African cricket in 1920’s between villages in the country’s rural East- and facilities. The list of superior rugby schools fundamentally, change comes from each one of us South Africa. ern Cape province. in South Africa also roughly mirrors the best of and not from the system. It was strange to consider that in most cricket- A lack of facilities has not dampened enthusi- cricket schools. It is also important to ask: what is the role of ing countries, there was no such thing as a national asm for the sport amongst whole communities in Being elite schools that provide the best sports sponsors in this whole project. We should make use schoolboys’ week, and yet here in South Africa, in the region, which was the home of national squad training and academic instruction in the country, it of sponsors and ambassadors to mobilize others in the 1970s and 80s we had three. players Makhaya Ntini and Monde Zondeki, both follows that they mirror the socio-economic make- the same way Standard Bank, SAB, The South Af- The first, the famous Nufffield week, is well played for South Africa. up of the country to a large extent as well. So the rican Milling Company and CocaCola did during known. Now known as the Khaya Majola Cricket Even teams from as far afield as Soweto used department of sport and that of education should apartheid. I thank you. Week. to grace this tournament, the Soweto Cricket Club shoulder the blame and play their part. The second, was known as the Perm Primary was a regular participant in this tournament. Bats- We have to give meaning to transformation # This is an edited version of Dumile Mateza’s Schools Week, and was established for several man would play on an overgrown hilltop pitch in the “new normal”. The traditional approach to submission to the Ntsebeza Commission looking years. The third of the national schoolboy cricket awaiting a delivery from a bowler during the tour- change management – pushing players to engage into challenges within the Cricker fraternity. BLACK PROTEAS’ BATTERIES SWIMMERS CRY FOUL RECHARGED BY OVER CAP BAN VICTORIES OVER DIVERSITY: WEST INDIES Headware ignites huge unwelcomed tension Swimming caps created by a black-owned brand, which are designed to protect natural black hair, will not be permitted at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The headwear, made by Soul Cap, has been rejected by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) because the caps do not fit “the natural form of the head”. The body said that to its “best knowledge, the athletes competing at the international events never used, neither require to use, caps of such size and configuration”. Soul Cap had previously partnered with CONFIDENCE: Captain chalks Alice Dearing, who qualified for this coming Olympics last week to become the first-ever up his maiden T20 series win First Black SA Cricket black female swimmer to represent Team GB. Captain Themba Bavuma Dearing is also co-founder of the Black Swimming Association (BSA), which said it is “extremely disappointed” by FINA’s decision. It said: “Just over a week after we cele- South Africa’s 3-2 win in the five-match T20 as South Africa reached 168-4 after winning the “Firstly, we’re going to take confidence from brated the success of Alice Dearing, becoming cricket series against world champions West In- toss. winning both series,” said senior fast bowler the first black woman to represent Team GB dies last week has hugely lifted the confidence Wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took 1-11 from Kagiso Rabada who took 2-24 on Saturday. “It in swimming at the Olympic Games, we are of players for the coming ICC 2021 World Cup. his four overs and Kagiso Rabada dismissed was amazing winning the test series, our first test extremely disappointed to learn about FINA’s This emerged during interviews with some Dwayne Bravo and Nicholas Pooran with con- series win outside of home for about four years. decision. of the top Proteas players as they are about to secutive balls in the 19th over as the Proteas re- “And then coming in against the defending “It’s one we believe will no doubt discour- start preparing the Oman and United Arab Emir- stricted the West Indies to 143-9 to claim their world champions — this West Indies team is an age many younger athletes from ethnic minor- ates billed world tournament on October 17 to first T20 series win in two years. It was also the extremely talented and extremely strong T20 ity backgrounds from pursuing competitive November 14. first T20 series win for captain Temba Bavuma side and experienced as well. We’ve learned a swimming. Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock shared and coach Mark Boucher. lot, especially in this format. We’ve learned a lot “We believe this statement made by FINA a 127-run second-wicket partnership which set Shamsi showed why he is the world’s top- playing against them.” confirms what we already know: the lack of up South Africa for a 25-run win over the West ranked Twenty20 bowler, taking seven wickets The match followed the pattern of others in diversity in elite swimming and in the higher Indies in the fifth Twenty20 in St George’s, a in the series at an average of 11.4. the series when the team batting first set a total positions in global aquatics and the lack of ur- series victory that was preceded by a 2-0 win South Africa came into the series ranked just short of 170. In the first match, South Af- gency for change. against the same islanders in two-match test se- sixth in the world in T20s, taking on the defend- rica made 160-6, in the second 166-7, in the third “We stand with Soul Cap and the other ries a week earlier. ing world champion at home. The series win 167-8 and in the fourth the West Indies made businesses, charities, organisations and indi- Markram made a career-best 70, beating gives them confidence for the T20 World Cup 167-6. The total proved defensible in all but the viduals who are putting in the work to diver- his previous best of 63, and de Kock kept up an this year. The Proteas previously swept the two- first match which the West Indies won by eight sify aquatics. FINA and the global aquatics outstanding run of form with 60 from 42 balls test series between the teams. wickets. - uk.news.yahoo.com/wsam sector must do better.” – sky.com Friday 09 July 2021 SPORT WEEKLY SA MIRROR 15

SPORTS: Briefs FROM CAIRO TO TOP CONGOLESE COACH JOINS MOROC- CAN SIDE Moroccan Botola Pro league side, RS CAPE Berkane, have appointed former DR Congo manager Florent Ibenge to take charge of their first team. After an impressive 2019-2020 sea- son, which saw them finish third in the Moroc- can league and win the CAF Confederation UPSET: Zimbabwe Cup, RS Berkane have been struggling this season. The Oranges were unable to qualify for the juggernaut ready to stop knockout stages of the Confederation Cup after finish third in their group and are currently on track to missing out on continental football next Pitso’s Red Devils dead season. The 59-year-old started off his manage- rial career in France in 2008 with ES Washque- hal and then SC Douai. Then, in 2012 he had on tracks come final a brief spell in China with Shanghai Shenhua. TOWER OF STRENGTH: Willard Katsande But after only five games in charge, he returned to his home country where he had the strenuous task of simultaneously coaching AS Vita Club and DR Congo. – kingfut.com By Ali Mphaki third place in the Club World Cup had dalliances with the South African club. And just as Rhodes, Mosimane faces a Rho- He is the oldest member of this history-mak- PIRATES BEEF-UP SQUAD WITH SUR- The catchphrase “Cape to Cairo” readily desian/Zimbabwean juggernaut. ing Kaizer Chiefs squad and yet he is still central PRISE SINGNIGS comes to mind ahead of the Al Ahly versus Kai- Chiefs have always had a Zimbabwean player to their CAF Champions League campaign, forc- Orlando Pirates have bolstered their squad ser Chiefs CAF Champions final next weekend. in their team almost every season “and I think ing himself into the starting eleven. with the signing of Goodman Mosele, Mon- Though erroneously attributed to imperialist it’s a recipe that works for them”, says midfielder Willard Katsande was relegated to the bench napule Saleng, Bandile Shandu and Kwanda Cecil John Rhodes, history will record it was Wilson Katsande,35, one of the oldest Zim play- for much of Kaizer Chiefs DStv Premiership sea- Mngonyama. first coined in 1874 by Edwin Arnold,​editor of ers in the current Chiefs squad as quoted in the son in which they staggered to an eighth-place Mosele joins the Club from Baroka FC on the London Daily Telegraph. Zim Herald. finish in the 2021/2022 season. a four-year deal. The former PSL Young Player Pursued vigorously by Rhodes, the unfinished The Chiefs romance with Zim could be traced However, the gritty midfielder has been put- of the Season will join the Club upon his re- project was, according to Wikipedia, an attempt from Ebson “Sugar” Muguyo, who was the first ting some commanding shows in the Champions turn from national duty at the Tokyo Olympics. to connect adjacent African possessions of the Zimbabwean to play for Chiefs in the 1970s. League for Amakhosi, who are now on the cusp Attacking midfielder Saleng, who finished the British Empire via a railway line crossing Africa There was Hussein Amidu, Claudius Zviri- of breaking a 51-year-old jinx. season as Top Goal Scorer in the GladAfrica from south to north. payi, Rabson Mchichwa, Tinashe Nengoma- Katsande turned 35 in January and is the Championship, has signed an initial three-year “Painting the map red”, is how the contro- sha, Thomas Sweswe to the latest generation of oldest player that Kaizer Chiefs have used on deal. Meanwhile, Mngonyama and Shandu join versial Rhodes described the doomed “Cape to Knowledge Musona, Khama Billiat and Kat- their way to the Champions League. The veteran as free agents on initial two-and three-year Cairo” project. sande, Chiefs have always had a sweet romance midfielder is almost assured of starting the final terms, respectively. Both players join having Rhodes, it is edifying, met his Waterloo in the with Zimbabweans. Kelvin Mushangazhike, against Egyptian giants Al Ahly on July 17. spent the 2020/21 season at Maritzburg United. land of the Monomotapa, where he lies buried in Teenage Hadebe, Onismor Bhasera, Matthew Kaizer Chiefs have never featured in the fi- – orlandopiratesfc.com the exquisite Matopos Hills (now Matobo Hills) Rusike, Lincoln Zvasiya, Michelle Katsvairo, nal of the CAF Champions League in their 51- in Zimbabwe. Edmore Chirambadare, Kingstone Nkatha, Ovidy year history, and this feat has come in a season STAR HURDLER CAN’T BELIEVE SHE “No man could ask for a more dramatic burial Karuru, Luke Petros Jukulile and Zhaimu Jambo when they made it into the group stages for the MADE THE TEAM site than the imperialist”, observes Andrew Camp- are also some of the Zimbabwean players who first time. Britany Anderson has established herself bell in his article in awe of the Matopo Hills, “The as one of the de factor leaders of the Jamaican Spirit of Matobo”, where Rhodes rests in eternity, women’s 100m hurdles crew, one of the deep- His body, having died in 1902, transported est and best in the world, but came close to not by train to Bulawayo from Cape Town, as per his making it to the Tokyo Olympics. This was the will. Fast forward to 2021, South African born case at last weekend’s Jamaica Athletics Ad- coach Pitso Mosimane, unlike Rhodes, is but one ministrative Association Ministry of Sports/Su- step towards the end of his treacherous from Cape preme Ventures National Championships at the to Cairo expedition. National Stadium. Mosimane had won the CAF Cup in Cape Anderson, who holds the Junior World Town (for South Africa at Mamelodi Sundows Record at 12.71 seconds and is the third-best in…) now he must do it in Cairo, Egypt, as coach Jamaican-ever at the Under-18 age group be- of local giants Al Ahly. hind Ackera Nugent and Yanique Thompson, Al Ahly, an Arabic word for “national”, are was third in the final on Sunday’s last day of the also known as the Red Devils for their red jerseys. championships and was still stunned 15 minutes The also imagine themselves as “The Club of the later that she had made her first Olympic team. Century’, their major motivation to win the Club “This is my first Olympics, my first Olym- World Cup - painting the map red, so to speak. pic Trials,” the 21-year-old Florida-based ath- Notwithstanding that they are the most sup- lete told the Jamaica Observer. “I am feeling ported team on the continent. over excited, I really still can’t believe that I Thing is this would be Mosimane’s second made the team, I just want to thank God because African final in the span of few months after if it wasn’t for Him I wouldn’t be here now.” - clinching the Champions League title in Novem- jamaicaobserver.com ber. Additionally, he also triumphed the Egypt AMATEUR FOOTBALL TO BENEFIT FROM Cup, the African Super Cup and achieved the PEDIGREE: Al Ahly players doing what they used to ABC MOTSEPE LEAGUE Hungry Lions FC were crowned champions of the 2020/21 ABC Motsepe National play- the men’s 400m hurdles bronze medallist at Rio offs last Saturday after beating Platinum City Simbine sets new morale boosting 2016, was more than seven-tenths clear of the Rovers 5-4 on penalties in the final of the tour- rest of the field to win that event in 48.35, while nament at Mbombela Stadium. The match had Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won women’s 200m ended in a stalemate but Northern Cape’s Lions African 100m record in Hungary (21.96), shortly after her counterpart Elaine edged Rovers (North West) on penalties to walk Thompson-Herah had taken the women’s 100m away overall winners and pocket a whopping BREEZE: in 10.71 fromShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.82). R1 million for their efforts. The duo went into Van Niekerk was there but not there World leaders Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Saturday’s final having already gained promo- Puerto Rico (12.34) and USA’s Grant Holloway tion into the National First Division and the fi- Akani Simbine’s shattering of Africa’s 100m re- sible preview of the Tokyo 2020 final, but de- (13.08) won the women’s and men’s 100m/110m nal was a tonic of what to expect in the coming cord in Hungary on Tuesday where he clocked fending Olympic champion and world record hurdles respectively; Daniel Stahl of Sweden season. 9.84sec must have also come as an inspiration holder Wayde van Niekerk did not take to the also won the men’s discus without threatening Rovers received R500 000 for being run- for his quest for a Tokyo Olympics 2020 medal. start line. his world-leading mark. ners-up. Of these amounts, Lions and Rovers Simbine comfortably breezed home with World champion Steven Gardiner of the Meanwhile, new world leads were set in the will back R200 000 and R100 000, respectively, the aid of a decent tailwind (+1.2 m/s), finish- Bahamas won the race in 44.47 seconds, with men’s high jump by Maksim Nedasekau of Be- into the development of youth football projects ing well ahead of second-placed Michael Rodg- the United States’ Bryce Deadmon and Michael larus at 2.37m and in the men’s triple jump by chosen by the respective clubs in consultation ers of the United States (10.00). The 27-year-old Norman second and third. Earlier, Canada’s Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo (17.92m). The wom- with SAFA and the Motsepe Foundation. Other took five hundredths off his previous personal Andre de Grasse pipped American Kenneth en’s 400m hurdles was narrowly won by Femke awards: Top goalscorer of the tournament is best on the same track from 2016, and broke Bednarek at the line in the men’s 200m A-race, Bol (52.81) ahead of Shamier Little. Vuyisile Wana - Mangaung Unite; Player of the Olusoji Fasuba’s previous continental mark of with de Grasse clocking 19.97, two-hundredths Previously on Monday, Anita Wlodarczyk tournament is Bongi Mkhwanazi of Hungry Li- 9.85 set in Qatar in 2006. ahead of Bednarek. took the women’s hammer competition with a ons. – safa.net The men’s 400m final was set to be a pos- Turkey’s Cuban-born Yasmani Coppello, best of 74.76m. – Olympics.com WEEKLY SA

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THREE LIONS SAKA PUNCH: England’s Buyako Saka.

By Ali Mphaki Azzurri’s “knavish tricks”. (Watching the EUFA Euro ’20 finals) Italy are currently on a 32-match unbeaten run and look like hot favourites to win the Euro. Their last defeat came on September At the end, one team on the field will be enveloped by a cloud 10, 2018, in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League in 2018 of depression. The other, wrapped in blissfully unbridled joy. With against Portugal. this inevitable reality drawing ever closer, the question is whether Italy won all 10 of their Euro 2020 qualifiers – the first time indeed God would “save our gracious Queen”, or send the “Boys they had posted a perfect record in qualifying for any major com- of Italy”, to a delirium that will reverberate from the Alps to Sicily. petition – scoring 37 goals and conceding four. They finished top The stage is set. Wembley stadium, London, the imposing 60 of their 2020-21 Nations League group, ahead of the Netherlands. 000 (allowed) seater venue for a 9pm encounter Sunday. Treacher- Mancini, though, has only one target in mind. “The objective ous has been the passage for both England and Italy to reach the now is to spend the summer in my Portonovo [a seaside town close EUFA Euro 20 final. If Europe is first world, why did they have to to where he grew up],” he told the Italian edition of GQ recently, slay “dragons” and “monsters” along the way? “signing autographs as a champion manager.” Both teams will take the knee. On the other hand, Gareth Southgate’s England team will at- Black lives once more will matter. tempt to make history on Sunday in a tournament that has been a If in the beginning “there was a word”. story of redemption for the Three Lions’ boss. Finals are won long before the start of the game. The Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley will see the na- tional team try to reach their first major trophy since the famous Marvelous is the gusto and passion of the Azzurri stars as they 1966 World Cup win. belt out their national anthem… The match comes just over 25 years since the nation was “We are ready to die. plunged into despair when England lost on penalties to Germany in We are ready to die, the semi-finals of Euro 96. Italy has called, yes. And in a turn of events that Hollywood writers could script, it ..is their war cry. is Southgate - the player who missed the crucial spot kick a quarter of a century ago - who is in charge of England’s bid to end 55 years The Three Lions sing only one verse of God Save the Queen, of hurt for their long-suffering fans. in line with FIFA’s regulations regarding national anthems not to History aside, it is the warriors on the field of play that have to exceed 90 seconds in length. do the job. Andrea Belotti, Matteo Pessina, Emerson Palmieri, Rafael To- But it is in the seldom sung second verse of their national an- loi and Federico Bernardeschi, on the Italian side should rise to the them that they should draw more inspiration: occasion for the pizza loving Italians. God save the Queen! Raheem Sterling, of Nigerian parents Bukayo Saka, Harry Scatter her enemies, Kane, have to turn on their magic to “bring it home”, as their hordes And make them fall: of fans implore. Confound their politics, But will England cry for Southgate on Sunday as they wept Frustrate their knavish tricks, when he missed that crucial penalty those many years ago? On Thee our hopes we fix: Or will the Italians, as one writer observed, feel like they had been feed with overcooked pasta or pizza with pineapple? Indeed, Gareth Southgate’s boys would want to frustrate the IMPRESSIVE: Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini We will see.