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A FRESH APPROACH TO LOCAL NEWS 28 September 2021

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FlySafair Flight Carrying 164 People ‘Came Very Close’ To Mid-Air Collision

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SACAA REVEAL ’30-METRE CLOSE SHAVE’ BETWEEN TWO JETS A student pilot operating a small aircraft learnt a lesson he’d never forgot last month, after he came within just over 30 metres of making contact with a Boeing 737 during a mix-up at an Eastern Cape airport. The FlySafair flight had 164 people on board, and only just managed to avoid disaster. The student pilot behind the controls of the microlight apparently had ‘an excellent grasp of the English language’, so air traffic control officials were baffled when he failed to understand the most basic of commands – after he was told to make a right turn to avoid the oncoming FlySafair jet, the 33-year-old learner went left instead. This appeared to put both planes on a collision course with each other, as the commercial airliner continued its descent. For one terrifying moment, ATC saw a ‘loss of separation’ between the aircraft. This means that there was no telling them apart on the radar, given their extremely close proximity to each other. Thankfully, the worst-case scenario was avoided – by the barest of margins. There were no injuries to report, and both flights made safe landings. The SA Civil Aviation Authority has not

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attributed any blame to either pilot, and their investigation is still ongoing. The student pilot, meanwhile, still has his license to fly as a learner. “On wednesday morning, 25 august 2021 at 7:21, a piper pa-28r-200 (prima 285) aircraft with registration zs-ptv and a boeing 737400 (flysafair 142) aircraft with registration zs-jre were both approaching east london aerodrome (fael) at about the same time.” “The aerodrome instructed prima 285 (zsptv) to make a right turn to allow flysafair 142 (zs-jre) to land after air traffic control

(atc) cleared it for landing on runway 11 at fael – however, the pilot of prima 285 (zsptv) deviated from atc’s instruction and turned left instead. The deviation from instructions led to a loss of separation between the aircraft.” “Flysafair 142 (zs-jre) landed safely and, thereafter, vacated the runway. Prima 285 (zs-ptv) conducted one touch-and-go landing, reported safely airborne and, thereafter, routed outbound via keyser’s beach. No injuries resulted from this serious incident and neither aircraft sustained damage.”

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Rand Water’s Zuikerbosch pump station and water treatment works have been impacted by a power supply interruption from Eskom’s Snowden high voltage sub-station. It’s understood that the substation’s transmission lines were affected by a veld fire on Sunday (26 September 2021) afternoon. Eskom has managed to restore power to its substation in the early hours of Monday morning. Rand Water however warned that it could take up to two days for it to pump adequate water to supply Gauteng. As a result of this power outage, Rand Water’s chief operator Mahlomola Mehlo said it lost 60% of its production capacity. “There is a huge likelihood that there will be little to no water at all until we get this problem out of the way,” he said. Even before this outage, Rand Water was already battling to meet demand and it was once again urging residents to use water sparingly as reservoir levels decline.


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Jacob Zuma Spends First Night At Nkandla After Being Discharged From Hospital Former president Jacob Zuma has spent his first night in the comfort of his Nkandla home after being discharged from a Gauteng hospital on Wednesday, three independent sources have confirmed this.

“He is in his Nkandla home but he will be returning to spend the whole of next week in Johannesburg. We are just happy that he is fine and things are somewhat back to normal, though not 100% yet,” said one of the sources with intimate details, who asked not to be named. The source said Zuma’s return was being kept low-key as it was believed that they did not want people to flock to the compound or any fanfare around his return. The 79-year-old former head of state started serving his sentence in July after he was found guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honour a summons to appear before the state capture inquiry. He was sentenced to 15 months behind bars and spent several weeks of his incarceration in the medical wing of the Estcourt Correctional Centre before being moved to an external hospital for further treatment. The family said previously that Zuma had been unwell since he was “poisoned” in 2014. The Sunday Times reported that he travelled to Russia to confirm the diagnosis and undergo treatment. He was granted medical parole by head of correctional services Arthur Fraser and is set to spend the remainder of his sentence at his Nkandla home. The Jacob Zuma Foundation’s Mzwanele Manyi previously said details of Zuma’s discharge would not be made public due to security reasons. “Due to a frenzy of media

enquiries, the foundation wishes to advise that due to security reasons, the discharge of [former] President Zuma from the hospital will not be announced. At the right time, subject to correctional services conditions, further announcements will be made,” said Manyi. Zuma’s family, friends and relatives in kwaDakwadunuse who were eagerly awaiting his return had planned to give him a hero’s welcome. Celebrations that were planned had included a prayer and the slaughtering of bulls to give thanks to the ancestors for Zuma’s safe return. At the time, Zuma’s other brother Khanya said, “Usually when something good happens we slaughter cows to say thank you, but we have not met to discuss how we are going to celebrate.” On Thursday Khanya said, “I just got a call from my brother Joseph now asking me whether I had gone to see him because he arrived home last night. I told him that I had not heard that he was home already.” He said he was waiting for his elder brother Joseph to return from Durban. On his return, they will both go to Zuma’s compound to see him. Joseph also confirmed the news. “I am rushing there now to see him. I am very happy he is back safely,” he said.

Earlier this week, it was reported that at the Pietermaritzburg high court a legal team appointed by the state, which has been given access to Zuma’s medical records, deemed that he is fit to stand trial. This is according to the latest affidavit filed by advocate Billy Downer, who is leading the prosecution team in the arms deal trial in which Zuma and French arms company Thales are facing a myriad of charges. It was disclosed in court that Zuma was recently being treated at a hospital in Pretoria. Zuma wants Downer – and in fact all National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutors – off the case, claiming they are biased. On Monday Zuma reportedly penned an open letter saying that SA was becoming a “constitutional dictatorship”. Zuma said the public have been “hypnotised” by an anti-Zuma narrative, and accused the judiciary of bending and manipulating the laws on several occasions to target him. The former president detailed three instances which he said proved his claims, including the establishment of the state capture inquiry and the refusal by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself as the chair of the inquiry.

Franz Marx Dies Of Covid The prolific South African writer and creator Franz Marx, the man who brought us Egoli amongst others, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, after contracting the COVID-19 virus.

Messages of condolences from friends and colleagues have been sent to his relatives. Film critic Leon Van Nierop confirmed Franz’s death on Sunday, saying he died of COVID-19 complications at 09:45. Marx began his career in TV as a full-time actor in 1968 and later, as director, Franz went on to write numerous TV series and mini-series between 1980 and 2000. Franz adapted the soap opera format for the South African audience with the record-breaking Agter Elke Man (Behind Each Man), which dominated local television for four years, between 1985 and 1988. He is most well-known for creating M-Net’s Egoli – Plek van Goud (Egoli – Place of Gold), which ran for 19 seasons from 1992 to 2010. In a tribute to franz, leon wrote on facebook: “he taught all of us who tried to write soap operas (with an emphasis on trying) how to construct soap operas and write summaries of each episode. Also

what to do and what not to do.” He went on to say: “i still remember working with him on christmas day on some of the first episodes of egoli. He was a workaholic (‘i always work in the mornings, do not bother me in the mornings leon,’) who gave his life for the soap opera, especially at the beginning.” “What a loss. One could have written books about him. But first, this tribute to franz as the undisputed and highly-respected king of soap operas. Many people who still write soap operas today have learned from him. A big one is gone,” said Leon.

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Therefore, a Basic Assessment process must be conducted prior to the commencement of the proposed activities. GN.R 982 provides for the notification and participation of any Interested and Affected Parties. To obtain further information, raise any issues or concerns, or submit any comments please contact Zantow Environmental Consulting Services at the contact details below within 30 days of this notice.. Contact person: Karien Zantow Fax: 086 465 3219 Cell: 083 393 3897 Email: info@zantow.co.za; PO Box: 3858, Vanderbijlpark, 1900 Please note that the draft Basic Assessment Report will be available for review from the 28th September 2021 up to the 28th October 2021 at the following locations: Website: www.zantow.co.za E-mail: info@zantow.co.za (on request) Hard copy at the Silverton Public Library (505 Pretoria St)


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Things to consider after the Springboks heart-breaking loss to the All Blacks Now that the dust has settled on the Springboks’ heart-breaking 19-17 defeat to the All Blacks, Mike Greenaway looks at five talking points from the Centenary match between the old rivals.

The Bok forwards did their job Apart from solidity in the set pieces, Siya Kolisi’s pack manufactured an incredible 13 turnovers at the breakdowns and rucks and mauls. That is a fine effort and it is such a pity that this invaluable source of possession was inevitably kicked away. Any coach will tell you that is the best ball to attack with because the opposition defence usually hasn’t settled yet... Okay, it was only a semblance of the six-strong Bomb Squad of the World Cup but the three front-rankers from that squad were playing off the bench together for the first time since Japan and boy did Vincent Koch, Steven Kitshoff and Malcolm Marx come to the party! Their scrumming was superb — they forced two scrum penalties — and these guys also made an impressive impact in general play. The Bok loosies were on fire Siya Kolisi went into this match under pressure after having played below par in the two defeats to the Wallabies. By his own admission, he was a shadow of the player that was so good against the Lions. His response was to be the best South African on the park and had his team won, he would have been the Man of the Match. Backing up Kolisi was much-improved Duane Vermeulen while Kwagga Smith — who was a controversial selection — made a nuisance of himself al over the park. He was exceptional, and then Marco van Staden came on and was even better!

So if the forwards were so good, why did the Boks lose? The Boks lost because their game plan was too rigid. They made no secret of the fact that they were going to go back to basics and revert solely to the kicking game that served them so well in the World Cup and against the British and Irish Lions. This was good and well but the problem is that having kicked and chased so well, they then failed to capitalise on the momentum and space they created. Instead of then moving the ball, they carried on kicking.

Australia beat Argentina for third straight win

Australia rode an early two-try burst to a comfortable 27-8 victory over Argentina in the Rugby Championship in Townsville on Saturday, winning three successive tests for the first time in four years. If the match lacked the quality of the New Zealand-South Africa clash which preceded it at North Queensland Stadium, the Wallabies will be satisfied with a win to back up two victories over the world champion Springboks.

Fullback Reece Hodge and centre Samu Kerevi crossed in a bright first 20 minutes and winger Andrew Kellaway added a third try for the home side 10 minutes from time after the bench had brought new impetus to the attack. The Pumas scored a single try through skipper Julian Montoya off a rolling maul to draw within nine points of the Australians just after halftime but remain winless after five rounds of the championship.

They squandered so many clear opportunities to attack it is scandalous. Where to now for the Boks? There is a worry now for the Boks that having emptied the tank against the All Blacks and all but won the game, they are not going to be able to play with the same intensity this week in the return match against the same side, and that there is a potential blow-out on the cards. This second match is indeed going to be a major test of Springbok resolve. Will they be able to shake off the disappointment and “get up” once again and set the record straight?

We can only hope so because the reality s that they only need to tweak their game plan a little to get far better results. And that tweak is to allow themselves to use their backline when the forwards and the kickers have got them momentum ... And not kick the game to death.

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