Sunday Sun 3/8/2020

• A SECOND case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in South Africa. A 39-year-old woman from Gauteng, who was part of the same travel group to Italy as the first case, has been diagnosed with the virus, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said yesterday. “The second patient, who has now tested positive for Covid-19, will now be immediately admitted to a public health facility in Gauteng that government has identified as one of the hospitals that are ready to receive Covid-19-positive patients,” Mkhize said. • FORMER City of Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba says he has “never been involved in any way relating to tender processes”. This following an amaBhungane report on a controversial tender issued to fleet management company Afrirent. The investigative centre is reporting that the re-examination…

DEPARTMENT of Public Works chief director Reginald Ngcobo has a bind on his hands. This as he’s caught up in a legal tussle to save his job. The senior executive approached the North Gauteng High Court last week. This in a bid set to aside findings by the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council and the Public Service Commission (PSC). The organisations found he was unlawfully appointed. This was subsequent to a complaint laid by a woman identified as Lindiwe Nemavhidi. She learned the chief director position had been given to Ngcobo, following the two being interviewed for the post. Read the court papers: “Lindiwe (Ms, Nemavhidi) and I applied for the position of chief director: communications and marketing at the Department of Public Works in or during 2017, and…

SHAMELESS thieves have ransacked the home of late top cop, Major-General Tirhani Maswanganyi. And in a no-holds-barred style of theft, the robbers not only broke in once, but twice last week. Furniture and other valuables were stolen at the late officer’s home in Hamm anskr aal, outside Tshwane. Maswanganyi’s daughter Didi said the break-in happened while her brother was away. This to take care of his sick grandmother. According to Didi, the robbery was discovered when her brother returned to check on the house. She said police were called in and her brother went back to be with their ill grandmother – to avoid tempering with the evidence. And while waiting for the police’s forensic unit to investigate the crime scene, the thugs returned a few days later. Again to…

TV and radio presenter Pabi Moloi has secured a big date. This with a magistrate in Midrand, Jozi. The host of SABC3 talk show, Trending SA, was arrested on Thursday evening for drunken driving in Midrand. Driving a Jaguar, Pabi was stopped by the JMPD. According to a police statement, the host of Power FM’s Power Weekend Breakfast show failed to stop at a red traffic light on New Road. Unaware there was a stationary JMPD vehicle on the other side, Pabi allegedly observed and drove off. The police followed her before stopping her. She allegedly told one of the officers she was on her way home and was scared to stop. This because of that area’s high crime rate. According to the information, the police realised she smelled like…

WHEN radio and TV personality Relebogile Mabotja announced last year that she had scored a major gig as deputy chairperson of the South African Music Rights Organisation (Samro), she was hailed as the youngest woman to ever clinch such a job. But the Metro FM presenter is no longer with Samro. Her name and profile has also been removed from Samro’s board of directors on the website. Insiders at the organisation claim her exit from the company was kept under wraps. Claimed an insider: “We started seeing her not coming to work, as it was usual for us to see her report for duty. “No one has said anything about her exit from the company,” claimed an insider. Another informant said it was strange that her departure wasn’t announced. Said…

IT seems hip hop sensation Shane Eagle is chasing internet shadows, instead of verses as he was swindled of R6 000 in a dubious cat sale deal. The 23-year-old Let it Flow hitmaker opened a case of fraud at the Honeydew Police Station in June last year. He told police he had deposited the moolah into an internet pet shop’s account to purchase a cat, but the shop allegedly never kept their end of the deal. Police spokesperson Balan Muthan said they were investigation a case of internet fraud and no arrests had been made. He said: “A case of fraud was opened by Mr SP Hughes. Police are still investigating the matter.” When called for comment, the rapper requested the SunTeam to relay all the questions and asked to…