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group of angry farm workers recently blockaded Izotsha Road demanding that their employer increase their wages.

The protest started earlier last week and is still ongoing.

The disgruntled workers rejected the minimum wage implemented by their employer and demanded that their employer gives them a 10% salary increase. The farm is located in Izotsha.

Speaking to Fever, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) South Coast branch organiser, Rose Mahaye said workers will not go back to work until they get what they are protesting for.

She said workers deserve the 10% wage increase because they work very hard.

She said these workers allegedly work from 7 am to 1 am the following day with no transport

to go home. She added that one of the workers was injured during a night shift and nothing was allegedly done about the employee’s injury.

“Last year, as the union we decided to put forward a few demands like the 10% salary increment and a thirteenth cheque but the employer said they are not going to do anything as they have implemented the minimum wage,” said Mahaye.

Due to them not reaching an understanding, she added, they declared a dispute with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

“But even then, no one wanted to give in so we got documents that allowed workers to embark on a protected strike so that no worker can be fired just because they were protesting,” she said.

She added that a minimum wage is not a living wage. Mahaye also called on labour minister Thulas Nxesi to fight for the rights of farm workers.

In a government gazette published on Monday, Nxesi said that the national minimum wage is now R23.19 for each ordinary hour worked, adding that the change will take effect from March 1.

Mahaye said the minimum wage undermines the rights of workers.

She added that should the employer further hesitate to agree to the workers’ demands, they will stage a big march where the union in the province will go to the South Coast. Comment from the farm owner had not been received at the time of going to press.Meanwhile,KZN police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said police were at the scene to monitor the situation.

“We can confirm that there is protest action outside a farm in Izotsha near Port Shepstone where 200 community members have gathered.

There are no injuries or damages reported,” said Mbele.

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Threat of South Coast serial rapist leaves women in fear NTANDOYENKOSI DLAMINI >>ntandoyenkosi.dlamini@media24.com

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omen on the South Coast are living in fear as they suspect there is a serial rapist in the

area.

Last month, Port Shepstone police released an identikit of a man linked to a rape and house robbery case in Sea Park.

On Sunday, a woman from Louisiana was allegedly dragged into a bush and almost rape.

The 30-year-old woman told the Fever that the man who attempted to rape her looked exactly like the identikit released by police.

However, Port Shepstone police spokesperson Captain Petros Mpinge said claims that the suspect is the same one in the identikit are yet to be investigated.

Mpinge said it is alleged that the 30-year-old woman was walking on the road in Louisiana at about

7.30 pm when an unknown man grabbed her into the bushes and tried to rape her.

“It is further alleged that he was armed with a knife.

“The woman managed to fight him off by kicking him and fled. Police are investigating a case of attempted rape,” said Mpinge.

The woman who survived the ordeal said she is now scared to even go to work because the man even tore the clothes she was wearing which made the experience even more traumatising.

Meanwhile, a R20 000 reward is also being offered by a Sea Park resident for any valuable information that may lead to the arrest or conviction of the man in the identikit.

This comes after the man allegedly raped a 45-year-old woman in Sea Park on Tuesday, last week.

The woman was allegedly tied up in her home before being allegedly raped.

Mpinge said the woman had just returned from work at 4.45 pm when she found an unknown man in her house.

On January 13, a man allegedly raped a 67-year-old woman in Sea Park during a house robbery.

Also, private investigator Brad Nathanson said after he interviewed the last two victims, he is certain that the suspect is indeed a serial rapist.

He said he is learning from his investigation that the suspect is not only responsible for the rape of the two women, but also others who are of his own race.

Meanwhile, Southport Friends of the Library said it would be issuing whistles to residents on Wednesday (yesterday) at the Southport Library from 1 pm.

The organisation said it will be giving the whistles for free due to the safety issue in the area with regards to the serial rapist.

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FEVER REPORTER Port Shepstone police are asking the public to help in finding these missing men.

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33-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed near the Margate taxi rank on Wednesday last week.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said reports indicated an unknown number of gunmen opened fire on a man and woman sitting in a car in the parking lot outside a hardware store off the R620 in Margate.

He added that when paramedics arrived they found that the man had sustained fatal injuries after being shot multiple times, and was declared dead.

The woman had sustained a minor graze to her left leg.

KZN police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, said a case of murder is being investigated by Margate SAPS. Meanwhile, sources on the scene told Fever that the shooting was allegedly related to taxi violence.

However, South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) provincial spokesperson Sfiso Shangase said the council was not aware of the shooting when contacted. He added that they will be following up with the council in the Ugu region to establish whether the shooting was indeed related to taxi violence.

Also, on Thursday last week, two men were found dead in their car on the N2 near Izingolweni and Wilson’s Cutting.

Chasin also known as Jason Pennington was reported missing at the Port Shepstone SAPS after he did not return to his Marburg Extension 14 home on January 28.

He was last seen leaving for work wearing blue overalls. Anyone with information can contact Emelda Niemack on 039 688 1192 or 073 355 3837.

Scene of the Izingolweni shooting.

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Scene of the Margate shooting.

According to Kwa-Zulu Private Ambulance Service spokesperson, Craig Botha, they responded to the scene following reports of a collision.

Botha added that when emergency services arrived, they found two men in a bakkie who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

“Paramedics quickly assessed the patients and found they had succumbed to their injuries before emer-

gency services arrived,” said Botha.

Mbele said Ezinqoleni SAPS are investigating a case of murder after two men were found dead in a vehicle at Mbeni area.

“Both victims believed to be in their late thirties had sustained several gunshot wounds to the body and were declared dead on the scene. The motive for the killing is still unknown. The victims are still unknown,” she said.

Zamokwakhe Hendrick Mqadi (50) was reported missing at the Port Shepstone police station after he left home on December 23, 2021 to do a job in Gamalakhe but did not return.

The investigating officer Sergeant Belinda Francis is requesting anyone who may have information to contact her on 072 373 9047.

Cebo Thobelani Hlongwa (23) left his home in Dumisa on December 7, 2021 and did not return. He was wearing black jeans, a hooded jacket with stripes and sandals. He is medium in height and has short hair. Anyone with information can contact Detective Constable Mfanelo Mchunu of Sawoti SAPS on 039 971 9000 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

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The Port Shepstone CBD.

Drivers warned to be extra cautious FEVER REPORTER Port Shepstone police are asking the public, especially motorists, to be extra vigilant when driving and stopping at intersections in the Port Shepstone CBD. Port Shepstone police spokesperson Captain Petros Mpinge said: “Please do not leave valuables on the back seat when your car is parked.

Do not drive with your handbag on the passenger seat. Place it on the floor and use a handsfree kit to answer urgent calls.

“Keep all doors locked at all times when driving. Avoid driving with the window open if you are forced to take a call.”

Your cellphone or neck chain can easily be snatched, added Mpinge.

He added beggars, criminals and unsolicited car-guards are looking for such opportunities when motorists are careless. Also, Mpinge said people need to ensure that their vehicle as well as the boot is locked as “so-called car-guards” have been seen checking vehicle doors.

“Try and avoid parking your car for long periods unattended. If possible check on it randomly. Be focused and avoid distractions such as loud music when driving and enticing shop fronts that draw your attention away. Be aware of persons loitering at intersections or walking between traffic,” he said.

Miraculous surge of service delivery in Umdoni Local Municipality NTANDOYENKOSI DLAMINI >>ntandoyenkosi.dlamini@media24.com Ward 13 in Umdoni Local Municipality will have by-elections on February 23, said Ugu Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) regional secretary, Bonnie Duma.

Duma said the by-elections follow the resignation of the ward’s councillor as a councillor belonging to the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Duma was speaking to Fever after the DA in Umdoni released a statement on the “miraculous surge of service delivery in Ward 13”.

The DA caucus in Umdoni said they witnessed Umdoni municipal staff doing pothole repairs, litter clearing and verge cutting, drain clearing and even working over the weekend, in the statement.

The caucus said all of this was done to convince

voters to vote for former DA councillor Ravi Maharaj in the upcoming by-elections.

According to Duma, Maharaj voted with the ANC during last year’s council inauguration and so he resigned from the DA. Meanwhile, the DA caucus said the message that this new-found desire to work in Ward 13 sends to residents is “if you want services then have a by-election”.

“It is wrong and it shows just how far the rot has gone. We will not survive another five years of this kind of abuse,” read the statement.

The caucus added that services must be delivered in an effective, consistent and fair manner to all communities, all the time and not just when it is time to vote.

Comment from the ANC had not been received at the time of going to press.

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he South Coast has been plagued with accidents since last week.

KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service spokesperson, Craig Botha, reported over four collisions in the area last week.

On Saturday, emergency services responded to R61 between South Broom and San Lameer for reports of a collision.

According to Botha, when emergency services arrived on the scene, they found that two vehicles had been involved in an accident.

“Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that five patients had sustained injuries ranging from minor to serious. The patients were treated on scene before being transported to hospital for further treatment,” he said.

On Monday KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to the N2 between Boboyi and Merlwood where they found that two vehicles had been involved in a rear end collision.

Botha said on the scene, they found that one child and two adults had sustained minor injuries.

They were all treated on the scene before being taken to hospital.

Also, on Monday Botha and his team responded to reports of a collision on the N2 at the Merlwood intersection.

He said they found that two vehicles had been involved in a crash and one person was injured.

On Monday again, KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to the N2 between Murchison and Paddock.

“When emergency services arrived they found that a truck had lost control and overturned down an embankment.

“Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that one patient sustained serious injuries. The patient was treated on scene before being transported to hospital for further treatment,” he said.

He added that there was also an accident in Boboyi on Monday.

Botha said when emergency services arrived on the scene, they found that a bakkie carrying 11 passengers overturned.

He added that paramedics found that three patients had sustained serious injuries and four patients had sustained minor injuries.

Meanwhile, Nunben Dixon, head of Gumtree Automotive said there are simple defensive driving tips can help keep people safe on the road.

Dixon said, “Maintain a vigilant focus and keep your cool.

“Slow down and keep a safe following distance. Know how to avoid and respond to hydroplaning. Know how to crash because some crashes are unavoidable.

“If you realise that you are going to be involved in a collision, keep calm and use your hooter or flash your lights to alert other drivers.

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Know about Census 2022 to keep safe JYOTHI LALDAS

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tats SA Census 2022 fieldworkers are out and about in communities helping South Africa’s population get counted until February 28.

Fieldworkers are collecting population and housing data for South Africa’s fourth population count post-democracy. Census 2022 is also the country’s first digital census where at least 165 000 fieldworkers have been deployed to count everyone within the South African borders. Despite the digital options, which included selfcounting online through registration and a questionnaire that closed on February 5 and telephonic counting, census can open up opportunities for criminals.

The Statistics Act imposes a R10 000 fine or a six-month prison sentence on anyone who refuses, so every person must be counted by law.

However, South Africa’s high crime rate may discourage people from let-

ting fieldworkers into their homes, on the chance that they are criminals posing as census enumerators in Stats SA uniforms.

Offering advice on how to avoid becoming a victim to an imposter posing as a census fieldworker, Fidelity ADT said residents must be vigilant regardless of how they plan to provide their information.

Charnel Hattingh, Fidelity ADT head of marketing and communications, said one of the most common ways criminals gain entry to properties is posing as municipal or other service provider workers.

“While Census 2022 is a digital population count giving respondents the option to complete the census questionnaire with or without the assistance of a fieldworker, many people will experience a fieldworker arriving at their gate.”

Hattingh said this year, the official website, statssa.gov.za, provides a list of fieldworkers by province, so homeowners can easily verify their identifi-

cation online before allowing them in.

“Should you not find the person on the website, there are further steps you can take to verify their identification,” she said.

It is important to know that Stats SA will not ask for information like your ID number, banking details, or PIN number.

Hattingh said everyone who lives on a property and staff who are there during the day need to be aware of the census and, more importantly, reminded of the household security protocols.

She said it is key to stick to a home’s established security protocols.

“If the rule is you don’t open the gate for strangers no matter what their story is, stick to this – at least until you are satisfied the person is a legitimate census fieldworker,” said Hattingh.

She also said if you have registered and completed the questionnaire online and someone wanting to redo the process comes to your gate, that should be an immediate red flag.

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All Stats SA fieldworkers have been issued with a Census 2022-branded bib, peak cap, mask and bag. Fieldworkers have a census-branded ID card printed with the Stats SA logo with their photo, name, unique number and the district they have been assigned to work in.

HOW TO IDENTIFY A STATS SA CENSUS 2022 FIELDWORKER: A number of verification systems have been put in place so that people can check that the person at their door is a legitimate fieldworker.

Face-to-face enumeration Clothing - All Stats SA fieldworkers have been issued with a Census 2022-branded bib, peak cap, mask and bag. Fieldworkers have a census-branded ID card printed with the Stats SA logo with their photo, name, unique number and the district they have been assigned to work in.

Online - Households can make use of the online Fieldworker Verification System, which can be accessed on: http://www.statssa.gov.za/Fieldworkerverification/home.php. Households can search by name, surname or verification number. The fieldworker’s photo, full name and surname and the district they have been assigned to work in are displayed.

Telephone - Households can contact the call centre on 0800 110 248, or the provincial census contact person listed on http://census.statssa.gov.za/#myContacts to verify the legitimacy of the person knocking at their door.

Telephonic enumeration Households registered to complete the census questionnaire telephonically with the assistance of a call centre agent can verify that the person calling them is legitimate using one of the following methods: Online - Households can make use of the online Fieldworker Verification System and search using the unique verification number that the Stats SA enumerator will give them.

Telephone - Households can contact the call centre on 0800 110 248 to verify the legitimacy of the person calling them.

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he Ivungu (Uvongo) Conservancy together with Douglas Mitchell Sports Bar are inviting the public to a foot tapping fund raising event to be held on March 4.

According to Sarah Unsworth of the conservancy, the fun and free entrance event is aimed at creating awareness about what the conservancy is about and how one can become involved.

Unsworth said the local contempo-

rary four-piece band, Four Beats in a Bar, will be providing the music for the night.

“The band plays a diverse selection of cover songs and will certainly get your foot tapping if not your whole body onto the dance floor,” said Unsworth.

She added that the conservancy will be offering wonderful raffles and spot prizes on the night, saying that they will include a beautiful piece of jewellery kindly donated by goldsmith and

Uvongo resident, Paul Nel. “The Ivungu (Uvongo) Conservancy is a non-profit organisation with an energetic team of nature loving volunteers who care about the natural environment in which we live.

“They help to protect, maintain and monitor all green areas, with particular focus on the Ivungu River, the forest walk along the river, the beaches and surrounds,” said Unsworth.

For more information of the event, contact 083 331 3866.

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HIV study to look into prevalence THABISO GOBA

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total of 93 000 people across the country will be participating in a study to better understand HIV prevalence and behaviours in South African households.

The study will also be asking participants to give samples of their blood for research into Covid-19.

Twenty thousand of the participants will be from KwaZulu-Natal, which is considered the country’s HIV/Aids epicentre with over two million people living with the virus.

On Tuesday, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and its partners officially launched the sixth instalment of the South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Be-

haviour and Communication Survey (SABSSM). The study was first commissioned by former president Nelson Mandela in 2001, to better understand the factors behind the HIV epidemic. The first study included only 9 000 participants.

Over the years, the study, which is done every five years, has been used to inform the country’s policies and strategies to fight HIV. Participants in the study are randomly selected in terms of age, race and other indicators from approximately 25 000 households.

The data gathered from the study is used to determine the HIV prevalence, incidence, antiretroviral treatment (ARV) exposure, viral load suppression, HIV drug resistance and risk behaviours in SA. For the first time

this year, the study will also be asking participants to give samples of their blood for research into Covid-19.

“A sub-sample of the households that have been selected will be asked to provide blood specimens to test for Covid-19, so we will be able to analyse data about possible co-infections between HIV and Covid-19,” said Professor Khangelani Zuma of the HSRC. Zuma said this will be the country’s first definitive study looking at the relationship between HIV and Covid-19.

Field workers have already started visiting households in KZN. The process involves participants answering a detailed questionnaire and giving two blood samples for HIV and Covid-19.

Grace Mafumadi, quality assurance officer from the eThekwini health unit, said the city accounts for a large majority of HIV infections in KZN. Mafumadi said there are 673 519 people in Durban who are living with HIV, 94% of them know their status and 81% are on ARV treatment.

“We can safely say that in eThekwini there are still people who are unsuppressed and are transmitting HIV within their communities,” she said.

Mafumadi said there is still a lot of work to do in the city in terms of bringing down the infection and transmissible rates.

She said the study would assist in understanding the sexual behaviours of people in eThekwini and what interventions should

be administered.

However, Mafumadi said a recent analysis of 65 clinics in eThekwini shows there is a decline in HIV mortality and incidents.

“These gains were found in the context of a delicate balance of the social determinants of health. Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns [proved] a tremendous disruptor to this balance,” she said.

“Antiretroviral therapy provisions were well maintained through this period of the pandemic but the HIV testing and initiation were significantly reduced in this period,” she said.

The fieldwork part of the study is set to take up to five months and preliminary results are expected to be published in two years.

Growing e-cigarette market may not be deterred by smoking taxes JYOTHI LALDAS Will taxing the sale of e-cigarettes and other vaping products deter people from using them? The short answer is probably not.

Government is treading hot on the heels of the vaping industry with the proposed Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (Ends) Bill in the works.

But, many users say the tax, if eventually implemented, will still not deter them from using vape products. The bill, introduced for public comment in 2018, is still in draft form and will need to undergo a full parliamentary process before being introduced.

With products lately becoming more affordable, the trend is fast-growing locally.

You can now pick up a reputed device and a two-pack of the liquid nicotine-containing

solution for around R200.

Several people who spoke to Fever claimed vaping or e-cigarettes helped them kick the tobacco smoking habit and said taxing these products would be no different to the tax applied to conventional tobacco products.

Nick Naidoo was a cigarette smoker for almost 20 years, until he bought a device on a whim in early January.

“I had always wanted to quit smoking, I started young and it was because at that time smoking was cool. Over the years I tried many times to stop but it never took.”

He said a few people he knew had started using the device so he thought he would give it a try.

“It cost me R200 for a device and two pods. The day I got it I smoked maybe three or four cigarettes, down from a pack a day.

Within two days, I was down to one in the mornings and a week in I just stopped smoking cigarettes. I actually still can’t believe it,” said Naidoo.

It has been more than a month and Naidoo said, he wouldn’t pick up a cigarette again.

“I know at least five people who have been long-time smokers who quit just like this. I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s the vape or maybe mind over matter, but it worked for me. We paid tax on cigarettes all along so this wouldn’t be any different,” he added.

Naidoo said while he only saves about R120 a week buying the device refills (R100 for two) instead of cigarettes, the changes to how he feels physically are worth it.

“I can smell better, I can taste better, I feel less weighed down and the smokers cough is gone. I don’t have to keep going out of pla-

ces to have a cigarette and I don’t crave them.

I don’t have bad breath and I don’t even use my device as often as I would smoke,” he said.

In December, the National Treasury published a discussion paper titled Taxation of Electronic Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems, detailing a proposal to apply an excise tax on these devices.

The tax is aimed to be a deterrent to people from buying products that may pose a risk to their health or the environment, similar to the current excise taxes on fuel, tobacco, alcohol, cooldrinks, electronics, cars and cosmetics.

National Treasury said in the paper that vapes and e-cigarettes are part of a new generation of products that have been introduced in the market either as harm reduction or reduced-risk products compared to traditional tobacco products.

“These products are battery-powered devices that vaporise liquid solutions that may contain nicotine, as well as varying compositions of flavourings, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and other ingredients, to create an aerosol which the user inhales,” said the paper.

According to the National Treasury, while the market for these products is still young in many developing countries like South Africa, it is expected to grow.

“In other markets, the growth in the consumption of these products has been observed among the youth and has raised concerns on its impact on youth initiation of smoking and tobacco use,” it said.

According to National Treasury there are concerns on their potential to undermine global tobacco control efforts, and public health.

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The non-existent President

MONDLI MAKHANYA One sunny day in 1996, a certain Cyril Ramaphosa stood next to Nelson Mandela and business icon Nthato Motlana as the three men made the dramatic announcement that the then chair of the Constitutional Assembly would be leaving politics once the final Constitution had been signed and sealed.

While the reality was that Ramaphosa had lost out to Thabo Mbeki in the manoeuvring to be the obvious successor to Mandela, the exit was packaged as a deployment to speed up the transformation of the whitedominated world of business.

The courageous and selfless Ramaphosa was sacrificing his political career for the furtherance of the struggle in terrain he understood, so they wanted us to believe.

The sacrifice paid off nicely and Ramaphosa ended up amassing a fortune by just lending his name and credibility to companies, concluding deals he didn’t really negotiate for and attend board meetings in which he did not speak much. What he did do very well, though, was invoice timeously and diligently for every little stitch of work he had supposedly done.

By 2012, he had so perfected this

art that he was called on to lend his name and credibility to the tainted Jacob Zuma slate at the ANC’s national conference in Mangaung. After winning the deputy presidency, he went on to lend Zuma his name and credibility by becoming his number two in government in 2014.

Just like during his years in business, he didn’t really do much in the deputy presidency.

He sat idly by as Zuma and his Saxonwold masters plundered the state and rendered the country ungovernable. As civil society and many of his own ANC comrades confronted the double-headed monster, Ramaphosa was content to giggle along to his boss’ silly jokes and collect his pay cheque.

According to him, he would have been fired by Zuma if he did the right thing, so he chose to do nothing. His calculation was that he would one day be in a position to fix what Zuma was breaking.

Figure that out! Come 2017, he again put his much-practised skill to use. He lent his name and credibility to the campaign to stop the anointment of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the double-headed one’s successor.

(For that, we are all eternally grateful.)

The campaign succeeded and Ramaphosa became ANC president in December of that year and head of state a little over a month later. The job he had long craved was now his.

The hopes of the nation were on him. Many bought into the myth that he would use the skills he had accumulated in business to fix the mess that he had allowed his predecessor to create. They overlooked the fact that his primary skill was lending his name and credibility to projects and entities.

South Africa has learnt the hard

way over the past four years that it is led by an impostor who gives an impression of someone in charge when in fact it is all an act.

All the country’s previous presidents led from the front. Mandela was decisive about nation-building and putting South Africa on the world map. Mbeki was decisive about building an economy and claiming Africa’s place at the globe’s top table.

Even though he was a place-holder, Kgalema Motlanthe was decisive about keeping the country on an even keel ahead of the inevitable disaster that was going to be Zuma. And Zuma was decisive about stealing and feasting on things of the flesh.

Anyone who watched Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address this week will have observed what South Africans have come to accept — that we have a non-existent president.

Leaving speeches aside, his presidency has been a false dawn. The man just does nothing.

He always dashes to the microwave to reheat ideas that he previously spoke about but failed to implement.

Consider this section of his speech last week about a national consensus to get South Africa on an inclusive growth trajectory: “We have given ourselves 100 days to finalise a comprehensive social compact to grow our economy, create jobs and combat hunger,” said Ramaphosa. In that inaugural speech in 2018, he had this to say: “This year, we will be initiating measures to set the country on a new path of growth, employment and transformation.

We will do this by getting social partners in our country to collaborate in building a social compact on which we will create drivers of economic recovery.”

In 2018, he said he would be set-

ting up a process to speed up infrastructure investment to create an optimal environment for small and large businesses to operate and foster economic growth.

On Thursday, he told the nation that the “key task of government is to create the conditions that will enable the private sector — both big and small — to emerge, to grow, to access new markets, to create new products and to hire more employees... When electricity supply cannot be guaranteed, when railways and ports are inefficient, when innovation is held back by a scarcity of broadband spectrum, when water quality deteriorates, companies are reluctant to invest and the economy cannot function properly. With a view to addressing these challenges, we are accelerating the implementation of far-reaching structural reforms to modernise and transform these industries, unlock investment, reduce costs and increase competitiveness and growth.”

In 2018, he told us that “this is the year in which we will turn the tide of corruption in our public institutions”.

Noting that the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture was due to begin that year, he emphasised that “the criminal justice institutions have been taking initiatives that will enable us to deal effectively with corruption”, and that the commission “should not displace the regular work of the country’s law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting any and all acts of corruption”.

Now that the commission is done with its work — with very little having been done by the law enforcement agencies over the past four years — all he could tell us was that “we are standing together against corruption and to ensure that those

who are responsible for state capture are punished for their crimes”.

In 2018, he boldly stated that “we should put behind us the era of diminishing trust in public institutions and weakened confidence in our country’s leaders”; and this week, he edited himself to say: “We are rebuilding the state and restoring trust and pride in public institutions.”

On the issue of connectivity, he said in his inaugural speech, “We will finalise our engagements with the telecommunications industry and other stakeholders to ensure that the allocation of spectrum reduces barriers to entry, promotes competition and reduces the cost to consumers.”

Four years later, he told the citizens that communications regulator, Icasa, will start auctioning of the high frequency communications spectrum “in about three weeks from now” to “unlock new spectrum for mobile telecommunications for the first time in over a decade”.

There are many more examples of this recycling to make as if he is doing something while sections of society are either at a standstill or going backwards.

Clever actor that he is, Ramaphosa has found a creative way of making it look like he is working.

He merely creates committees headed by respected heavyweights and task teams that give him reports about which he does nothing.

Luckily for him, the prospect of having anyone else from his party sitting at the Union Buildings is too terrifying to contemplate.

And so we continue to tolerate him. But it is really unfair on the citizens of a distressed nation to have a president who is so uninterested in his job.

• Mondli Makhanya is the editor-in-chief of City Press

Unpacking Cricket South Africa’s truth commission report Two former South African cricket captains obstructed the careers of promising black Test players, Khayelihle Zondo and Thami Tsolekile.

Another senior player indulged in racist language, which now forms part of a charge of gross misconduct.

These were findings of Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-building (CSA SJN) commission chaired by Dumisa Ntsebeza; sparked by the mid-2020 revival of the Black Lives Matter movement, Lungi Ngidi’s positive support, a reactionary retort from white cricketers, and the counter response from 36 black cricketers.

The SJN commission, which reported in December 2021, started with a process of scene setting. One view was that the unification of cricket had happened too fast. This is mistaken: unification should never have happened at all. An entirely new body founded on strict non-racialism should have been established that excluded everyone not prepared to abide by the principles articulated by the anti-apartheid sports movement.

That would have put paid to the

toxic attitudes. If cricket had been governed correctly from 1991 onwards, Mark Boucher would have been suspended for calling Paul Adams “a brown shit”, and kicked out of the sport for a repeat offence.

Many complaints about racism in sport show up the puerile attitudes of the perpetrators, a reminder of the fact that many professional sportspeople are immature and barely versed in adulthood, yet represent their nations and are venerated by thousands.

Casual racism is excused as joking, part of team culture. But in the case of South Africa, it is clear that such culture has been determined by the same white mindset that in a previous generation gave us apartheid in sport.

Traditional group think and conformity were preserved. Much is made of the importance of teamwork in cricket. It clearly escaped the notice of many self-identifying leading players that inclusivity, which means respect for everyone, is required off the field as well as on it.

Themba Bavuma has pointed out

that black cricketers are still seen by some as eternally young and developing. The SJN report writes about a “toxic patriarchy” and there have clearly been problems about language and travel (one team seems to have had a “darkie bus”) and away accommodation. Boucher’s indiscretions aside, the k-word, “monkey”, “black c***” and “tokoloshe” were used.

The Ntsebeza commission wisely left some issues unproven, but its report notes with a rare burst of eloquence an “exclusionary culture which persists within the cricket ecosystem”. This may be seen to include the irregularities around the appointments of the current CEO and coach.

Some black players found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute tried to use claims of racism to have findings against them reversed. Ntsebeza’s commission listened and predictably found the disciplinary processes devoid of any bias. But has anyone considered the question whether those who betrayed the game by acting corruptly did so in reaction to the discrimination they ex-

perienced?

The SJN commission was tasked to answer one basic question: why has there been so little transformation in South African cricket over 30 years?

Embedded racism and discrimination apart there is another factor: failure of government at all levels to take the provision of recreational facilities seriously. The ANC in 1994 was thoroughly unprepared to lead a government and was weighed down by a political culture of so-called democratic centralisation and collectivism, echoes of eastern Europe in the 1960s that haunt its ongoing failures to the present day.

Elite international sport brings prestige and can be used for political leverage. But there has never been any real commitment to the development of facilities for communities or schools, especially in rural areas.

The collapse of municipal government has seen catastrophic deterioration in the number and condition of recreation grounds in urban areas.

Just one leading cricketer, Mfuneko Ngam, is thought to have

emerged from a pure township background without passing through one of the traditional cricketing schools.

In Mpumalanga only one township, Embalenhle, has a cricket ground; and a second at Malekutu is unfinished because of a lack of water.

Elsewhere in the country facilities such as Dan Qeqe in Motherwell have been vandalised and looted. Gauteng’s Lenz ground had eight pitches and was used for Sacos inter-provincial matches in the 1980s. Now it is degraded. Most township schools have no more than a dusty football field on which cricket equipment deteriorates quickly. Where there is mini-cricket, progression to hardball cricket is thwarted by a lack of nets.

This may be over-optimistic, but the culture of racial discrimination can be overcome given time and determination.

On the other hand, a lack of new infrastructure and respect for and maintenance of the old is the longterm transformational problem. Unless it is resolved cricket will fail as a national game.

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is moontlik heeltemal te vroeg om daaroor te bespiegel, maar daar is oral tekens dat die Covid 19-pandemie stadig maar seker onder beheer gebring word. Hoewel sekere lande nog swaar gebuk gaan onder die pandemie, is daar vele ander wat hulle stadig maar seker uit sy greep loswikkel. Uiteraard is daar nog groot meningsverskile oor hoe om die pandemie te benader, soos bv. tussen die pro-intenters en die anti’s, maar die harde werklikheid dat die mensdom die oorhand oor Covid begin kry weens die groot aantal mense ter wêreld wat ingeënt is. Dis ‘n bewysbare feit.

In talle gemeenskappe word die leuse ‘leef saam met Covid’ aanvaar, omdat ten spyte daarvan dat hul mense nog siek word, is die sterftesyfer laag en word hospitaaldienste nie oorlaai met Covid-gevalle nie.

Waarskynlik weens die minder enstige Omicron-variasie wat nou dominant is. In sekere lande waar die maatreëls nog streng is, redeneer die voorstanders van ‘n verslapping van die maatreëls dat die sterftesyfer so gedaal het dat minder streng opgetree moet word.

Medici oral in die wêreld wys daarop die groot probleem is nie noodwendig ‘n hoë sterftesyfer nie, maar die totale lamlê van mediese dienste en oorvol hospitale, wat die behandeling van pasiënte met ander lewensbedreigende siektes bemoeilik of feitlik onmoontlik maak.

Hoewel alles daarop dui dat die pandemie bewig is om sy greep te verloor, het ‘n stad soos Hongkong oor die naweek bekend gemaak hy is in die greep van ‘n vyfde vlaag Covid-gevalle wat sy hospitale lamlê. In ander wêrelddele is daar ander ernstige ramifikasies van die pandemie, soos bv. in Kanada waar vragmotorbestuurders padblokkades ingestel het om beswaar te maak teen inentings en kwarantynmaatreëls op die grens met Amerika. Elders is daar gewelddadige proteste teen die dra van maskers. Die pandemie en sy gevolge is nog stewig met ons, maar daar is hoop op die horison.

Die Direkteur-generaal van die WêreldGesondheidsorganisasie, dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, het verlede week verklaar die ‘akute fase’ van die pandemie kan in 2022 eindig, mits 70% van die wêreldbevolking teen Julie ingeënt is. Hy het gepraat op ‘n media-inligtingsessie op Stellenbosch by die universiteit se Tygerberg-kampus. ‘’Ons verwag dat die akute fase van die pandemie vanjaar sal eindig, met een voorwaarde: 70% van die aarde se bevollking moet teen Junie-Julie ingeënt wees. As dit gedoen kan word, en ons dink dit kan, sal die akute stadium van die pandemie eindig”. Wêreldwyd is meer as 10.3-biljoen dosisse Covid-entstof reeds toegedien, en hoewel amper 62% van die aarde se bevolking minstens een dosis ontvang het, het

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Die Direkteur-generaal van die Wêreld-Gesondheidsorganisasie, dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wat meen die akute stadium van die Covid-pandemie kan teen die middel van vanjaar verby wees, mits genoeg mense ingeëënt word. slegs 10.6% van die mense in lae inkomstelande minstens een dosis ontvang. Ghebreyesus het verklaar: ‘Dis is in ons hande.

Dit sal nie toevallig wees nie. Dis ‘n keuse.

As die wêreld wil hê dit moet eindig, is die middele daar tot sy beskikking.’ Indien daar vertragings is, sal die virus die kans kry om meer variante te produseer, wat weer nuwe ernstige probleme sal meebring.

Vir Suid-Afrika se deursigtigheid gedurende die pandemie, het hy net lof gehad.

Toe die land die ontdekking van die Omicron-variant aan die einde van verlede jaar bekend gemaak het, het lande reisbeperkings op hom geplaas. Hierdie deursigtigheid moes eerder aangeprys gewees het pleks daarvan om Suid-Afrika te straf. Hy het daarop gewys die WGO het Suid-Afrika geloof vir sy optrede, en beklemtoon dit moet lof kry pleks van strafmaatreëls. ‘’Die identifisering en onmiddellike bekendmaking van variante moet aangemoedig word. Suid-Afrika het die regte ding gedoen en ons moedig ander lande aan om julle voorvbeeld te volg.’

Dr. Ghebreyesus het daarop gewys wetenskaplikes oral ter wêreld het reeds herhaaldelik verklaar dat toekomstige pandemies onvermydelik is. Die wêreld is egter nie in staat of gereed om hulle die hoof te bied

INDALI YESONTO LONKE

nie. ‘As ‘n internasionale gemeenskap is ons nie gereed vir nog ‘n pandemie nie. Ons het baie geleer, en is in ‘n baie beter posisie as voorheen, maar is nog steeds nie behoorlik voorberei nie’. Een van die hoofredes hiervoor is te min besteding om openbare gesondheid te verseker. Reuse bedrae geld word bestee aan hoë tegnologiemetodes in die gesondheidsveld, maar ter versekering van basiese openbare gesondheid word hopeloos te min aandag gegee. Die VNamptenaar meen meer aandag moet bestee word aan eenvoudige dinge, soos voorbereidheid, vroeë opsporing van siektes, en vinnige reaksie. ‘Dis wat saakmaak, en waarop ons moet konsentreer.’

Intussen het die Amerikaanse president se hoof-mediese adviseur, dr. Anthony Fauci, verklaar Amerika is besig om uit die ergste stadium van die Covid-pandemie te beweeg, en baie van die beperkings soos die dra van maskers behoort binnekort nie meer nodig te wees nie. Hy het egter ook gesê dit sal afhang van sekere voorwaardes, die belangrikste waarvan inenting. Die enigste manier om die pandemie te stuit is om genoeg mense ingeënt te kry. Dr. Fauci het dit ook beklemtoon die virus sal nog lank met ons wees, en opvolg-inentings sal nodig wees om dit onder beheer te hou.

Wouter se Watergat Die groot algemene besprekingspunt hier die afgelope paar dae was Donderdagaand se toespraak van President Ramaphosa. Dit is feitlik deur die bank deur ons besoekers hier afgeskryf as net nog ‘n klomp beloftes en dat daar, soos met vorige toesprake, dat daar niks van sy ondernemings kom nie. Met my eie teleurstelling hieroor in gedagte, het ek niks gesê om hierdie, waarskynlik korrekte, voorspellings te weerlê nie. Maar iewers was daar iets wat nie voorheen daar was nie.

Hy was baie meer beslis en vol selfvertroue. Hy het radikale veranderings aan ANC denke aangekondig, soos bv. dat die private sektor werk moet skep en die staat/regering moet hom in staat stel om dit te doen. Hy het verklaar ‘ons is in ‘n geveg om die siel van Suid-Afrika’.

Wie is die ons? Die staatskapers/Retgroep teen die res van Suid-Afrika, insluitend sy faksie van die ANC? Die staatskapers gaan vasgevat word ingevolge ‘n goed-beplande vervolgingstrategie. Die ondermyners van ons demokrasie ( Lindiwe Sisulu et al?) se dag van afrekening kom. Plus ‘n hele paar ander insiggewende stellings. Ek is bereid om hom nog ‘n kans te gee. Kom ons kyk wat gebeur.

Ons storie van die week is so twee jaar oud, maar Stienie vd Berg van Hibberdene het daarop aangedring dat dit herhaal word. Sy dink die vertelling van ‘n destydse besoeker is baie, baie snaaks:”Ek is besig in die tuin toe my sexy buurvrou my nader roep. Manne marak! Daardie lyf!

Ek kry ‘n ‘pose’ soos ‘n pou op soek na ‘n wyfie, kom soos ‘n skouperd met so ‘n

STILTETYD:

Daar kom tye in almal se lewens dat mens reg is om spreekwoordelik boedel oor te gee. Ons lees in die Bybel van iemand wat op die punt gestaan het om dit te doen.

Die rede vir sy pessimisme is dat hy gedink het dit is klaar met sy hoop op die Here.

Ons lees daarvan in die Bybelse boek van Klaagliedere 3. Die rede was dat die goeie lewe wat hy saam met sy mense beleef het eensklaps van hulle weggeneem is.

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Die ander lens krimp so en gaan plak sommer hier bo my oog vas. My tande klap opmekaar en ek lyk of ek koue koors het. Weg is my nuwe stopsel. My kleintongetjie slaan gat-oor-kop, duik in my keelgat af by my twee nuwe mangels verby, en my tong loop plak aan my verhemelte vas, want my speeksel het opgedroog. In my agterkop speel die liedjie ‘Brick in the Wall’.

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The Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) poses a legal duty that all municipalities must every five years prepare an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) Section 28 of the Systems Act states that, each municipality must adopt a process set out in writing to guide the planning, drafting, adoption and review of its IDP Municipalities are further required by the same section to give notice to local communities of particulars of the process it intends to follow The Draft 5th Generation 2022/2023 – 2026/2027 IDP is in a process of being compiled and will be adopted by Council in March 2022 in terms of the Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000)

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ccording to research from the University of Michigan, around 40% of Covid-19 survivors develop long Covid-19.

That’s over 100 million sufferers worldwide – based on the global number of infections from October last year.

Battling long Covid-19 can be a difficult experience and, when it comes to insurance, you should be upfront and open with your insurer.

Sanlam’s chief medical officer, Dr Marion Morkel, said long Covid-19, as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), presents as a post Covid-19 condition in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually within three months from the onset of Covid-19.

The symptoms tend to last for at least two months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.

“From an insurance perspective, we view long Covid as we do any other diseases. In certain instances, we may need more detailed information when a client applies for insurance cover; and then use that information to assess the risk based on the product applied for.

“In the event of a claim, we carefully consider the symptoms, clinical findings, and impairment as a result of a claimant’s experience with Covid-19 complications. We then measure and assess these as well as treatment response against our definitions.”

As has been the case throughout the pandemic, Morkel said long

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Covid-19 is a new phenomenon and that means that their understanding of it is still very much work in progress. She said that the lack of certainty has had a big impact on our lives, especially when it comes to insuring ourselves.

How to spot it: Typically, long Covid-19 is what happens when you still display Covid-19-like symptoms long after you have recovered from it.

Morkel said, “Common symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction but also others, which generally have an impact on everyday functioning.

Symptoms may be newly onset, following an initial recovery from an acute Covid-19 episode, or persist from the initial illness. They may al-

so fluctuate or relapse over time.”

She said according to doctors at the WHO, there have been more than 200 different long Covid symptoms reported in patients across the globe.

“Given that we’re going into the third year of pandemic conditions, this disease is still relatively new, and we are learning daily as we review the global experience.

“As an example, recent research has shown that cognitive dysfunction is a far more frequent symptom than previously documented. The most frequent cognitive symptom noted is short-memory challenges.”

As for how long these symptoms need to persist before they can be described as long Covid-19, Morkel said there is no hard and fast rule,

but four weeks after a Covid-19 infection is the general consensus.

She said as they also learn more about long Covid-19, their treatment plans have become far more targeted and unique for every individual diagnosed with this. This is encouraging for those who currently struggle with symptoms.

What this means for you: So, while long Covid-19 can be a tough experience and while you may not be able to specifically claim for it, you may still have recourse.

The important thing is to be upfront with your insurer.

Undoubtedly, Morkel said the best armour against this condition is to follow sound medical advice.

“Take care of yourself, follow best practice Covid-19 protocols, and be upfront with your employer, so they understand why you might not be able to bring your A game on difficult days,” she said.

– The Witness

Elephant DNA study links trafficking networks WASHINGTON — DNA testing on seized ivory shipments that reveals family ties among African elephants killed for their tusks is helping to identify poaching areas and trafficking networks at the centre of an illegal trade that continues to devastate the population of Earth’s largest land animal.

Researchers said on Monday that they conducted DNA tests on 4 320 elephant tusks from 49 ivory seizures totalling 111 tons in 12 African countries from 2002 to 2019. The results could help crack the transnational criminal organisations behind the trafficking and strengthen prosecutions.

“Combining these results with evidence collected from our law-enforcement collaborators enables us to collaboratively connect the dots across a massive criminal network,” said University of Washington biologist Samu-

el Wasser, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.

Most ivory is exported in large consignments of up to 10 tons each, shipped as marine cargo and concealed among legal exports crossing oceans on container ships. The DNA testing matched two tusks from the same elephant or, more often, tusks from close relatives found in separate containers for shipment in the same port.

Wasser, who is co-executive director of his university’s Centre for Environmental Forensic Science, said the largest amount of ivory is being smuggled out of Uganda through the Mombasa port, with ports in Kenya and Nigeria also often used. Wasser added that the ports used by smugglers have changed over time.

Previous research by Wasser and colleagues identified tusks from the

same elephant that had been separated and smuggled by traffickers in different shipments before being seized by law-enforcement officials at African and Asian ports. The new research expanded the testing’s scope to identify tusks of elephants that were closely related, including parents, offspring, full siblings and half siblings.

The researchers used DNA from elephant faeces collected across Africa to compile a genetic reference map of various populations. The new testing thus allowed them to identify the geographic location where the elephants were poached and also connect seized shipments to the same transnational criminal organisations (TCOs).

“We found that a small number of TCOs are responsible for exporting the majority of large ivory shipments,” Wasser said, with as few as three and probably less than six such organisa-

tions and with poachers returning repeatedly to the same elephant populations.

Trafficking continues despite a worldwide ivory trade ban approved in 1989, with demand strongest in Asia.

Up to 2016, tusks were coming from elephants primarily in northern Mozambique, north through Tanzania up to southern Kenya, Wasser said. In 2016, there was a significant increase in tusks poached from a region called the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area that includes northern Botswana, northeastern Namibia, southern Zambia and south-eastern Angola, Wasser said.

This area is home to 230 000 of the remaining 400 000 African elephants, a population that includes two species — savannah and forest elephants. The study did not involve the

world’s third elephant species, the Asian elephant.

“We are losing as many as 50 000 African elephants per year,” said Wasser.

Special Agent John Brown, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security criminal investigator and study coauthor, said DNA forensic analysis provides a road map for multinational collaborative investigations.

“It helps us engage with our international law-enforcement counterparts by alerting them to the connections between individual seizures,” Brown said.

Wasser said that efforts made by law enforcement to connect one ivory seizure to others are rare, leaving cartels able to continue operating and rendering individual prosecutions “highly vulnerable to sabotage by corrupt individuals in places of power”. — Reuters.

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part from an obvious facelift: sharper lines, more sculpted appearance, reworked grille and lower air intake, new bonnet, vertical tail lights and new roof spoiler, Kia’s latest Sorento is longer, wider and taller. The wheelbase is 35 mm longer for more people room and cargo space. The only drawback is that its turning circle is now 100 mm wider.

Built stronger, it’s also about 21 kg lighter, thanks in part to a re-imagined engine that weighs 38 kg less. Bore and stroke remain the same but the old iron block made way for one in aluminium, while the alloy cylinder head now uses a belt, rather than a chain, to drive its dual overhead camshafts. Performance remains much the same; twotenths of a second quicker to 100 km/h and two clicks faster at the max.

The gearbox is also new – eightspeed DCT instead of eight-speed conventional automatic. And it sports bigger brakes – 345- and 325 mm discs

vs 320 mm at both ends on the previous models. Suspension changes include some new components, revised geometry and structural improvements. Fuel tank size remains unaltered. But sadly, it lost 9 mm of ground clearance in the course of these changes.

The local range still consists of four models but they’re now spread over three trim levels, all of which offer awd.

That tech remains the same but users now get to enjoy a new terrain selector.

The only 4x2 version is an “entrypoint” EX+ although one can have that in AWD as well.

Basic kit for all grades includes dual-zone climate control, automatic lights and wipers, auto-folding outside mirrors with warming, electric tailgate, leather trim, LED headlamps, smart entry with push-button starter, PDC front and rear, reversing camera, six airbags, four sets of ISOFix with top tethers, ESC, hill start assist, downhill brake control and trailer stability assistance. As one progresses via SX level to SXL, the goodies just keep on com-

ing but we don’t have sufficient space to list them all here.

The conventional gear stick made way for a rotary motion selector that one twists to choose between R, N and D. Discretionary gear selection is done with paddles. Drive modes consist of Eco, Comfort, Sport and Auto while the terrain selector on awd models offers mud, snow and sand options.

On the road, one remains aware that this is a large car but performance is strong. Like other big diesels it turns over at a fairly lazy 1800 rpm for 120 km/h in eighth, leaving plenty of leeway for emergency acceleration if needed. Kick-downs are almost disappointing; simply undramatic transitions to a lower gear accompanied by rapid acceleration. Gravel road behaviour is workmanlike rather than a magic carpet ride. One can hear and feel what’s going on but the car always remains stable and sure-footed.

As for people-space and convenience, there’s tons of it with the exception of the two fold-away chairs right

in the back. Access to those is purely for the young, short and flexible while headroom is at a premium.

A plus is that each seat has an ISOFix mounting with top tether.

This report barely skims the surface of all the kit that’s fitted so you will have to visit your local dealer to see it all.

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Radio killed the driver Many have seen and laughed at quirky comments on social media poking fun at the need to turn down the music for a driver to see better.

In fact, many drivers do actually turn down their music when they need to think more carefully about their route, not because it helps them see better but because it helps them concentrate more.

While the social media remarks may seem funny, it is also a personal indictment on each driver that has done this, showing how music can affect your driving.

The CEO of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, explains further: “International studies found loud music can increase the chance of crashing and driving irresponsibly. It can cause distractions that negatively impact reaction times.

“Loud radios can result in not braking soon enough or not taking evasive action to obstacles quickly enough.

“In fact, listening to loud music while driving is outlawed in certain cities around the world. In particular, Nevada in the USA considers listening to loud music as distracted driving.

“A Canadian study says that people listening to loud music take 20% longer to complete mental and physical tasks.

Additionally, the tempo of the music can affect reckless driving according to a study conducted at Ben-Gurion University. Music with higher tempos cause heart rates to speed up which affects your speed and concentration levels without even realising it,” said Herbert.

Other potential effects on driving include: •Being twice as likely to skip a red light • Teenagers in particular are at higher risk and commit more driving errors when listening to loud music, including speeding and weaving.

•Loud music can also hinder your ability to hear and your reaction times to emergency sirens

Ultimately, loud music and driving creates a very dangerous situation.

“Distracted driving in a high-speed situation as a result of this, combined with a delay in reaction times creates a deadly situation. In South Africa there isn’t a specific law banning loud music while driving. Does that mean you can jump in your car tonight and turn the sound all the way up?

“The answer to that, for drivers committed to using the roads safely and to reducing road tragedy, is no. Safe driving behaviour is not solely dependent on what the law says.

“It depends on each driver identifying dangerous driving situations and changing their behaviour to reduce the risk as much as possible.

“The next time you reach over to crank up the sound keep these studies in mind and do not expose yourself or other road users to unnecessary risk,” said Herbert.

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Much-needed soccer tournament for local residents FEVER REPORTER

sets of soccer kit, a full training equipment kit, trophies and medals, balls, as well as field equipment.

“The teams could participate in the tournament and looked forward to the wonderful prizes on offer thanks to the generous sponsorship,” said Gusha.

Gusha added that the tournament was critical in keeping the youth active and engaged in positive and affirming activities during the festive season, and also provided the ideal showcase for local football talent to perform in front of scouting networks.

The tournament was won by Spears Football Club.

Meanwhile, Wild Coast Sun general manager Peter Tshidi said: “As a former footballer myself, this tournament is close to my heart as it assists in developing local football talent.

“We want to see these young footballers represent the Bizana region and hopefully grow in the professional football setup, having been identified in key development tournaments such as these.”

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ome of the best local football talent was on display recently at the annual Mbizana soccer tournament.

A total of 65 teams from around Bizana and neighbouring towns took part in the South African Football Association (SAFA) affiliated youth event for all ages over three days recently.

The event was scheduled to happen from December 26 to 28. However, the tournament almost didn’t happen due to lack of sponsorship.

George Gusha, the Mbizana Local Football Association (LFA) chairperson, said: “The sponsorship from Wild Coast Sun came at a time when we had lost all hope of continuing this event due to a shortage of sponsorships.

“Their contribution meant the tournament could take place and that the local talent of Bizana continues to be nurtured and displayed for the professional football scouters to see.”

The tournament was run in part-

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South African footballing legend Doctor Khumalo (seen above centre left) conducting a two-day soccer coaching clinic with the coaches of the teams participating in the tournament. nership with the Winnie Madikizela Mandela Municipality and the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation.

A week prior to the tournament, the coaches of the participating teams were given the opportunity to attend a two-day soccer coaching clinic con-

ducted by South African footballing legend Doctor Khumalo.

For the tournament, the Wild Coast Sun sponsored prizes including eight

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