Table of contents for 2022-07-15 in DFA News

SOL PLAATJE Municipality officially handed over two new vehicles to the cleansing and sanitation department yesterday morning. The cleansing department now has one new refuse removal compactor and one extra bakkie. According to the director of community services, Khuza Bogacwi, service delivery is a challenge in the sanitation department, as they do not have enough compactors for refuse removal. “We have several refuse trucks in for repairs, and repairs can take some time. When refuse can not be collected on time, it leads to illegal dumping”. Bogacwi further added that the new compactor will assist greatly in service delivery. “This new compactor is going to Ritchie as soon as we are done here to assist them in service delivery there,” he said. The manager of the cleansing department, Dawid Leeuw,…

SELLING your car to someone with the plan of buying a new one is an exciting thought. The original plan is usually to use the money gained from the sale as a deposit on the new car you want to buy, making your monthly payment much less. Well, that was the plan for Bonke Mankwana, a health care technology manager at Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre in Kimberley. But, as Mankwana found out, what you plan and how your plans work out are two different things. Mankwana fell victim to a scam and lost his beloved Audi. He explained that he decided to sell his Audi because he wanted to buy himself a Mercedes, so he put out a Facebook post advertising his Audi for sale. “I received a…

THE SPRINGBOKS are desperate to win the Incoming Series tie-breaker in Cape Town tomorrow, but they need no reminding that Wales are too. The Boks and the Welsh Dragons are level after the hosts bagged the win in the opening Test in Pretoria, while the Welsh returned the favour in Bloemfontein last week as they went on to secure their first win in South Africa in 12 attempts. All eyes will be on Cape Town tomorrow as the two sides will battle it out to emerge victorious in what has been a tight series. Speaking during a media engagement this week, loosehead prop Steven Kitshoff said that the team members are clear on one thing – getting the win is non-negotiable. “It is about doing the same amount of work…

London’s Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation after British Olympic great Mo Farah made stunning revelations he was illegally trafficked into Britain as a child. The 39-year-old Somalia-born athlete – who won double Olympic gold (5,000m and 10,000m) for his adopted country at both the 2012 and 2016 Games – revealed in a BBC documentary this week his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. He said he was forced to work in domestic servitude after entering the country aged eight or nine. “We are aware of reports in the media concerning Sir Mo Farah,” said the Metropolitan Police in a statement yesterday. “No reports have been made to the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service) at this time. Specialist officers have opened an investigation and are currently assessing the available information." Farah…

TWO YEARS after President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in the living room of the Seekoei, Kok and Jacobs family to lament over their cramped living conditions - where over 40 family members shared a three-bedroom house in Colville - the family are still without the houses that they were promised. The extended family, which has since grown to around 100 family members following the birth of more children, feel that their plight was used as a publicity stunt. Following Ramaphosa’s visit to the family during the ANC’s 108th anniversary celebrations in Kimberley in 2020, the Collen Mashawana Foundation and AfriBiz Investments offered to alleviate the family's overcrowded living conditions by promising to build them six houses. AfriBiz Investments had indicated on January 27, 2020 that they were ready to begin construction…

THE SOUTH African Revenue Service (Sars) building that is situated on the corner of Bean and Villiers streets and the old Woolworths building in the CBD that is owned by the Delta Property Fund will go on auction on July 20. The doors to the Sars building were closed due to industrial action earlier this week, where National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and Public Servants Association (PSA) members downed tools due to a dispute over salary increases. The Sars building, which was formerly the property of Trifecta Holdings (Pty) Ltd directors, Christo Scholtz and the former ANC chairperson John Block, is believed to have a reserve price of R15 million. Block and Scholtz were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment after they were found guilty of corruption and…

Orion Minerals’s share price surged nearly five percent this week Monday, after it announced excellent results from the recently completed in-fill drilling at its Prieska copper-zinc project in the Northern Cape. The shares traded at 23 cents intra-day on the JSE after the group said it had received highly encouraging initial assay results from an in-fill drilling programme designed to upgrade the existing shallow inferred resource, in the +105-level crown pillar area at its project. According to the group, 14 in-fill holes were completed for 917.87 metres of drilling, designed to upgrade the existing inferred supergene resource of 630,000t at 2.2 percent copper and 1.8 percent zinc to the higher-confidence indicated category, as part of ongoing feasibility studies on the early production strategy. “Final assay results are awaited before a…

BAFANA Bafana’s youngest ever team, with an average age of just over 20, will take their Cosafa Cup quarter-final defeat on the chin and come back stronger. That’s the message from South Africa coach Helman Mkhalele and midfielder Selaelo Rasebotja ahead of today’s 12pm Plate semi-final showdown against Madagascar at Durban’s Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium. Mkhalele fielded many of SA’s Under-20 Amajimbos in Wednesday night’s 5-4 penalty-shootout defeat to Mozambique in Umlazi, but they still looked the side most likely to score as they played to a goalless draw against an experienced Mambas team. After a game of few high-quality chances, Mkhalele reckons his team will cope better with the nerves with the pressure off his youngsters, who were tasked with defending the title South Africa won last year. In…

JUST when you thought Cricket South Africa (CSA) were getting their act together, they go and wet the bed. What are they thinking putting the Proteas’ chances of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in jeopardy for a T20 competition? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, CSA have forfeited the Proteas’ tour to Australia in January 2023 because it clashes with the schedule of South Africa’s new international T20 league. At stake were 30 log points in the ICC World Cup Super League. And with the 11th-placed Proteas exactly 30 points outside of the top-eight sides who are guaranteed a place in the India showpiece, they have taken this decision with no window available to play the bilateral series against Oz before the automatic World Cup places are…

AN AUNT has revealed shocking details of how her six-year-old niece was allegedly raped by her 12-year-old sister’s boyfriend and yet found it “pleasurable”. The police are investigating the rape of a six-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl and no arrests have been made. The aunt indicated that the incident took place when the six-year-old girl, who is living with her in Johannesburg, went to visit her 12-year-old sister in Kimberley during the December school holidays last year. She indicated that the alleged incident took place at the home of her older niece’s boyfriend. “My six-year-old niece accompanied her sister to see her boyfriend on December 21, 2021, when the suspect allegedly slept with both of them. "He told them not to tell anyone about what had happened and gave…

THE DA said it was probing the dire state of the Homevale wastewater treatment plant, which has fallen into a “state of disrepair”, following concerns raised regarding an agreement between Sol Plaatje Municipality and a private company for the upkeep and maintenance of the plant. Sol Plaatje Municipality approved a resolution in 2021 to write off R6.5 million in debts owed by Beefmaster in exchange for its assistance in repairing the ailing Homevale wastewater treatment plant. Beefmaster committed to bring its own security to the site and to clean the area. DA councillor Chris Whittaker said they conducted an oversight inspection of the plant, where it was noted that one of the clarifiers was covered in reeds and sludge. “Cable theft on site is also preventing power from reaching the…

Wales coach Wayne Pivac has resisted the temptation to start with match-winning flyhalf Gareth Anscombe for tomorrow’s final Test against the Springboks at Cape Town Stadium (5.05pm kick-off). Anscombe made a significant difference to the Welsh effort in the second half of last week’s 13-12 victory in Bloemfontein, while he also landed the touchline conversion that clinched a dramatic late triumph. He had replaced captain Dan Biggar, who went off with a shoulder injury that had placed him in doubt for the third Test. Biggar had also missed a few crucial kicks in the two Tests, and it would have been a bold move by Pivac to leave out his captain for Anscombe this weekend. But was not to be, with Biggar named at No.10 yesterday when Pivac announced his…

EVERYBODY loves a good comeback story. You know, the kind of movie where the plot revolves around a character at his peak in his sport, pushing himself to his limits and achieving success. But then, after some heavy blows that life throws at him, he falls and stumbles to a point where giving up seems to be the only option. Then at some point after seemingly giving up, he lifts his head, stands up, and regains the confidence and motivation to start afresh with what he knows he’s good at, and – in his return journey – he becomes the man he knew he was, achieving even more incredible things than before. It’s the kind of movie that leaves even the audience motivated and inspired. Now Kimberley has one of…

I WONDER if Bafana Bafana would still be challenging for the Cosafa Cup had they turned to a couple of more PSL regulars. Today South Africa will take on Madagascar in the Plate semi-finals of the regional tournament having been dumped out of the quarter-finals on penalties. Their shootout defeat to Mozambique came after their attack struggled to truly test the Mambas on Wednesday night in the KZN-staged competition. While SA usually consider the tournament as a chance to see what their player stocks look like, the side Hugo Broos’s assistant coach Helman Mkhalele put out felt a little more experimental than expected. Only a handful of top-flight regulars started the game. And it showed. With mostly NFD and Diski Challenge players on the park, Bafana lacked the big-match temperament…

LIV Golf rebel Ian Poulter was booed on the first tee as the 150th Open Championship got under way on the Old Course at St Andrews yesterday, with Rory McIlroy the bookmakers’ favourite for the claret jug. Poulter, the 46-year-old Englishman who has had three top-10 finishes at the Open, is one of 24 players in this week’s line-up who agreed to join the breakaway Saudi-backed LIV series. Poulter later insisted he did not hear any jeers from the crowd. “I actually thought I had a great reception on the first tee, to be honest. All I heard was clapping,” said Poulter. “I shot three-under. I was quite happy. I was nice and relaxed.” Former Open champion Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia are also among the…