MULTINATIONAL ROUND 4 BLACK OLYMPICS INJECTS MILLIONS FOR JACOB SWIMMERS WANT FOR YOUTH ZUMA BLACK CAP page 7 page 3 page 14 Friday 09 July 2021 D E Q L www.weeklysamirror.news WEEKLY SA MI RORR Insight to connect the dots... W.H.O. RAISES ALARM... COVID IMPACTS ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTHPhoto: Boitumelo Tshehle 2 WEEKLY SA MIRROR NEWS Friday 09 July 2021 SAVE THE CHILDREN SAVE 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meeting where he will join Her shots in the coming months and are dropping public quences on teens who’re living with withdrawn or Covid times.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.