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2 SATURDAY, JULY 11 2020 | PRETORIA NEWS MMETRO I went to the doctor recently and she actually prescribed that I go out for ten minutes a day, I’m so depleted on vitamin D JORMA TACCONE ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA HOW TO GET ENOUGH VITAMIN D MOST people can make enough vitamin D from sun exposure during the summer, but for many, it’s much harder in the winter because people bundle up indoors during the cold weather. Here’s how we can make sure we get enough of it. Go to: www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/health 6 WEATHER GAUTENG TODAY’S FORECAST Partly cloudy PRETORIA 2 | 13 • PROTEST Call to speed up child abuse probe #NotInMyName activists slam police for ‘dragging their feet’, hospital for poor security after attack on toddler POPULAR CITIES & TOWNS Min |Max Pretoria 2 | 13 Cape Town 8 | 15 Durban 18 |22 Pietermaritzburg 8 |20 Margate 16 | 21 Newcastle 8 | 16 Ladysmith 11 | 18 Upington 5 | 14 Port Elizabeth 7 | 17 East London 13 | 19 Kokstad 7 | 15 Bloemfontein 5 | 10 PRETORIA FIVE-DAY FORECAST Sunday Sunny 2 |18 Monday Sunny 2 |20 Tuesday Sunny 3 |20 Wednesday Partly cloudy 3 | 16 Thursday Sunny 1 |19 JAMES MAHLOKWANE james.mahlokwane@inl.co.za CASTRATION is the fitting punishment for the alleged rapist of a Ga-Rankuwa toddler, social activists say, as demands for urgent action by the hospital where she was in care and the police continue. The call was made by a group of young people who gathered outside the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital where the 2-year old had been admitted. She was admitted when she showed signs of respiratory distress and was apparently in isolation. Yesterday’s action was led by #NotInMyName who, together with others, descended on the hospital just a day after the EFF held a demonstration. #NotInMyName general secretary Themba Masango told the protesters it was heartbreaking that an innocent child was subjected to such disgusting behaviour at a time when South Africa was fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and rampant gender-based violence. Masango expressed outrage that it took the police more than a week to get a case number after the case had been reported on June 25. “It cannot be. We need to lift our levels of service. We need to lift our EYE IN THE SKY levels of care, especially when it comes to our children. “We cannot afford for children’s lives to be messed up just because we allow paedophiles to go in and out of our institutions.” He said there was only security at the hospital because of the protests. “This should be an everyday situation. People should be monitored… even the staff that work here should be vetted every single time,” Masango said. He and Siyabulela Jentile, the president of the movement, took a moment to thank staff members who risked their lives to help the country to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and who did not deserve such disturbing news. “Castration is what a person of this kind needs,” Masango said, adding that a prison sentence was not good enough for the perpetrator of such violence against a child. The hospital’s chief executive, Richard Lethebe, told the group that the matter was being investigated by the Department of Health and the SAPS. The Pretoria News reported on the incident on Monday. Lethebe said the 2-year-old girl’s aunt told him they were referred to the hospital on June 15. He said the mother was told to go home as the child needed to be placed in isolation. After the child returned home, signs of abuse emerged, and a case was opened with the police and reported to the hospital. Lethebe said the matter was being taken very seriously. The child and her family were receiving support from outside the hospital as the alleged perpetrator might still be inside the facility, he said. Malebo Nkese and Naledi Nkoana, who were among the protesters, said they were disappointed that such an incident could happen in their local hospital. They wanted justice to prevail to ensure it never happened again. • TOURISM Phases of the moon Last quarter Tomorrow New moon July 20 First quarter July 27 Full moon August 3 Moonrise 23:23 | Moonset 11:12 Kruger Station will open to diners after provincial borders reopen. GAUTENG TODAY Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:32 Humidity 35% Wind: Light – ENE INTERNATIONAL TEMPERATURES Harare 13 |27 Abuja 21 |25 Cairo 23 |40 Jerusalem 20 | 31 Rome 21 |32 Madrid 23 |38 Paris 14 |23 London 14 | 21 Berlin 12 |20 Moscow 17 |28 New Delhi 34 | 42 Beijing 22 | 31 Tokyo 25 |32 Canberra 5 | 12 Wellington 7 | 11 Ottawa 20 |27 Washington 24 | 35 Brasilia 16 |26 SA celebrity chef brings a world of flavour to Kruger A MOTORIST removes his belongings from a damaged car in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods in Sakamoto, Kyushu Island, Japan yesterday. | EPA-EFE More forecasts, weatherSA.co.za By the power of the sun... GARMIN International has launched a new collection of multisport smartwatches that use solar power. The solar charging technology has been brought to the Instinct, fenix 6 and 6S and tactix Delta devices and allows those with an active lifestyle to do what they love for longer without worrying about the battery going flat In certain modes the Instinct Solar can last more than 50 days with sufficient sun exposure and in battery saver mode, Garmin promises an unlimited battery life. The fenix 6S Pro Solar (pictured) can last 10.5 days with sufficient solar exposure, while battery performance in smartwatch mode is up to 14 days indoors and 16 days with sufficient solar exposure. These popular watches have modes for running, road cycling and swimming as well as mountain biking, surfing and indoor climbing; sleep monitoring, Garmin Pay, on-device music storage, and GPS functionality. The new watches will be available in SA soon. | Staff Reporter ASTRONAUT Colonel Douglas Hurley shared images of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria at night from the International Space Station (above is Pretoria). Hurley, along with Robert Behnken, who had been flying to the ISS on Soyuz rockets since the US ended its Shuttle programme in 2011, become the first two American citizens to return to Space from the US on the Dragon capsule which launched on May 27. The ISS orbits 400km above Earth, is the third-brightest object in the sky and completes multiple orbits every day. It can be seen from the ground using a new, interactive map called Spot the Station. According to this, it will be visible from Pretoria this weekend: today,7.14pm, 3 minutes, 19°,19° above WNW, 10° above N; tomorrow, 6.23pm, 6 minutes, 40°, 10° above WSW, 10° above NNE. • GET TESTED City drive to prevent spreading disease RAPULA MOATSHE rapula.moatshe@inl.co.za DON’T take your symptoms lightly because you may be a Covid-19 carrier and end up infecting other people unknowingly. This was the primary message conveyed to scores of people, who came through for Covid-19 screening and testing conducted by the City of Tshwane’s health services at Ga-Rankuwa shopping centre yesterday. Johan Human, municipal health services’ acting deputy director in Region 1, said the City targeted shopping malls because they had a bigger concentration of people. Ga-Rankuwa was part of region 1, which accounted for the third highest cases of coronavirus in Tshwane. The region with the highest number of cases was region 3, which included the CBD and parts of the Pretoria West. Human said that every Friday the City embarked on a screening and testing campaign in different regions and wards. “We usually screen about 300 to 350 people a day, and test between 50 and 100 a day.” CITY of Tshwane’s health services have embarked on a screening and testing campaign at Ga-Rankuwa Shopping Centre. | OUPA MOKOENA African News Agency (ANA) Human pleaded with people not to ignore the symptoms. “You might have flu as a symptom and you dismiss it as a minor problem or as just a sinus, while in the meantime you are positive and you are likely to infect your whole family.” He advised people to see a physician if they had symptoms like coughing, itching eyes, sore throats and flu. “Go to your pharmacy or go to your clinic. Let them assess you and if it is necessary get tested. Tests are free,” he said. He was particularly pleased with the response of the community to the blitz. “We haven’t heard any negative comments and people expressed appreciation because it was the first time seeing people working on the ground since Covid started.” Rachel Magano, 58, had symptoms of flu, coughing and a sore throat and was screened. “We appreciate the fact they are screening people en masse, but we would like them to test all of us irrespective of the fact that one displays the symptoms or not.” She said there were people who were asymptomatic who could potentially pose a danger to their families because they would be spreading the virus unknowingly. MOST READ IOL.CO.ZA ◆SA’s ◆ Covid-19 climb to 238 339 with more than 13 000 new cases in last 24 hours ◆Dololo ◆ social distancing or masks at Durban Gqom star’s funeral ◆LISTEN: ◆ SA needs to learn to live with coronavirus, says Prof Karim ◆R10m ◆ Eastern Cape medical scooter project is a ‘fail’, reveals health minister ◆Ethiopian ◆ Airlines to resume regular services as lockdown relaxed SANPARKS is waiting for provincial borders to reopen before it will open its accommodation in the Kruger National Park to visitors, but work continues on the latest addition to the park, the Kruger Shalati: Train on the Bridge hotel and Kruger Station. The boutique hotel, which will open post-lockdown, is built out of old train carriages and sits high on Selati Bridge, above the Sabie River in the Selati concession of Skukuza. It has 31 rooms; 24 in glass-walled carriages and seven “bridge house” rooms next to the tracks. Some may remember the Kruger Station, site of the old Selati Train Grill house which operated until 2014, and which is being transformed into a lifestyle space that will appeal to train fanatics, history buffs, families and foodies and visitors to the park. Just announced is the addition to the staff of Andrew Atkinson as group executive chef. He has headed many top operations at venues such as the Michelangelo, Hyatt Rosebank and Hilton Sandton. Atkinson has gained popular appeal through his involvement in the TV series MasterChef South Africa. He said the Kruger Station menu would incorporate the best dishes from across the world, with a distinct South African touch. Kruger Station will cater for overnight and day visitors to the park, offering everything from dining in 3638 Restaurant to deli grab-and-go. The station will have a stateof-the-art virtual reality venue which will run 15-minute movies depicting the history of the park, starting with the historic elements of the train line, further enhanced with virtual fireside talks with esteemed storytellers. In addition to job opportunities for communities, the concession has taken part in its first incubation project: a partnership with bakers, Sipho Mavundla and Believe Mavundhla who owned the Eagle Dough Buddies, a small bakery near Skukuza. The Kruger Station is set to open first, with an anticipated phased opening of the hotel in line with the post- Covid-19 lockdown period. ● The Kruger Shalati Concession, which manages the Kruger Station as well as the Kruger Shalati Train on a Bridge, forms part of the Thebe Tourism Group. | STAFF REPORTER
PRETORIA NEWS | Saturday, July 11 2020 3 It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance SIMONE WEIL ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA HUNGER LINKED TO COVID-19 COULD CAUSE 12 000 DEATHS A DAY As many as 12 000 people could die per day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to Covid-19. Potentially more than could die from the disease, warned Oxfam in a new briefing published. Go to: www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/health/diet MMETRO • LOCKDOWN DIARY GAUTENG OVERTAKES WESTERN CAPE LAID BACK FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Day 1 of national lockdown level 5. FRIDAY, MAY 1 Lockdown moves to level 4. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Lifting of restrictions on e-commerce. Sale of alcohol and tobacco banned. SUNDAY, MAY 24 President Cyril Ramaphosa announces further reopening of the economy. THURSDAY, MAY 28 Co-operative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announces changes for level 3 restrictions. Tobacco sales still banned. MONDAY, JUNE 1 Lockdown moves to level 3. Queues to buy alcohol. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga postpones reopening of schools as not all are ready. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Gauteng High Court rules in favour of Liberty Fighters Network’s challenge to lockdown regulations. THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Cabinet agrees to extend the State of Disaster to July 15. MONDAY, JUNE 8 Schools reopen for grades 7 and 12. Domestic flights between Joburg, Cape Town and Durban resume for business travel. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Case brought by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association against the ban on tobacco sales in court. A WORKER stands next to a freshly-dug grave at the Honingnestkrans Cemetery, north of Pretoria. The graves are being prepared in the event that many people may die over a short space of time because of the coronavirus. | SHIRAAZ MOHAMED AP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 Amendments to level 3 for personal care services, hotels and restaurants announced. President condemns rise of gender-based violence during lockdown. THURSDAY, JUNE 18 Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago warns of economic downturn. TUESDAY, JUNE 23 Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warns of the “storm” of rising cases. Directions for reopening of schools published. Wits screens participants for the South Africa / Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial which will be led locally by Professor Shabir Madhi. The Housing Company Tshwane (HCT) is an entity of and owned by the City of Tshwane (CoT) Metropolitan Municipality. Established in 2001 and registered as a housing institution, the HCT received its mandate from the CoT to implement the CoT’s institutional housing programme in general; and social housing in particular. The HCT’s mandate includes the development and management of affordable rental housing for the lower income market as an integral part of the CoT’s efforts to provide housing solutions to its communities. The HCT is accredited by the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA). The HCT is accountable through its Board to the CoT. The HCT seeks to fill the following vacancies on a five-year fixed-term contract. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ref: 001/07/2020 Remuneration: Negotiable MAIN PURPOSE: The Chief Executive Officer will establish the HCT as a credible implementation and delivery agency of affordable housing, provide strategic leadership, compliance, financial sustainability; and support to HCT’s Board, management team and staff. KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: • Develop, implement and monitor new strategies to create opportunities for long-term financial sustainability. • Lead the implementation of the HCT’s long-term sustainability business case/model. • Implement the business plan in line with the provisions articulated in the HCT’s strategic plan. • Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and codes (e.g. Municipal Systems Act, MFMA, Companies Act, and King IV etc.). • Ensure sound corporate governance within all facets of the HCT. • Foster a high performance culture across the operational areas within the HCT. • Implement the Board strategy and Board resolutions. • Account to the Board on key management and strategic priorities. • Develop and lead a diverse executive management team. • Develop and implement a stakeholder engagement and management strategy. REQUIREMENTS: • A highly accomplished individual is sought for this role and must have a bachelor’s degree and or an equivalent qualification in Engineering, Built Environment and or related fields. • A minimum of 6-10 years proven senior management experience and some executive management experience at local government level and in the infrastructure planning environment. • The role requires an individual with a deep understanding and experience of the social infrastructure needs of South Africa and in particular, Tshwane KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS: • Knowledge: Functioning of the public and local government sector, built environment/construction industry, performance monitoring and evaluation, applicable legislative prescripts and corporate governance codes, intergovernmental relations framework; and municipal land holding and management legislation and regulations. • Skills: Strategic capability and leadership, strategic planning, problem solving and analysis, managing conflict, service delivery innovation, programme and project management, financial management, performance management, contract management, change management, the ability to engage and manage diverse stakeholders, negotiation and communication (written and verbal); and computer literacy. • The role requires a flexible work schedule to meet the demands of executive management, and work hours may be long and irregular. This position is based at the HCT’s Head Office in Tshwane. The HCT offers competitive remuneration within the context of the local government sector, based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Ref: 002/07/2020 Remuneration: Negotiable Closing date for applications is 17 July 2020. It’s in the air that we breathe, scientists tell WHO MAIN PURPOSE: Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Operating Officer will provide strategic leadership, direction and support to the Housing Company Tshwane’s core operational units which include Property Development and Property Management in delivering its affordable rental housing mandate in the City of Tshwane. S/he shall provide the effective implementation of the entity’s annual business plan and achievement of annual service delivery targets. KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide leadership, direction, support and advice to the core operational units. Oversee and ensure the provision of strategic and effective operations to the entity. Oversee and facilitate effective social housing development and management. Provide leadership, guidance to the entity’s operational staff members. Manage and coordinate engagements with key stakeholders in relation to research. REQUIREMENTS: • Must have a bachelor’s degree and or an equivalent qualification in Engineering, Built Environment and or related fields. • A minimum of 5 years technical experience in a senior management in local government; • Experience in the preparation and management of strategic plans, operational plans, reporting and management of budgets as per the prescribed legislation; • Post Graduate Degree in Built Environment will be added advantage; • Knowledge and understanding of all relevant human settlements development policies; • Extensive knowledge of local management leadership and management at a metropolitan level; • Knowledge of the MFMA Treasury Regulations, SHRA, National Development Plan (NDP), KING IV and the Companies Act. Knowledge of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to local government, human settlements, affordable housing and social housing development; • Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles. Project and programme management and implementation processes and practices; • Knowledge and understanding of communications and stakeholder management requirements and processes; and • Must be able to: monitor & evaluate the organisational performance level, ensure compliance with all statutory & regulatory requirements, and use performance information to plan, and give effect to the organisation’s strategy. KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS: • Knowledge: Functioning of the public and local government sector, built environment/construction industry, performance monitoring and evaluation, applicable legislative prescripts and orporate governance codes, intergovernmental relations framework; and municipal land holding and management legislation and regulations. • Skills: Strategic capability and leadership, strategic planning, problem solving and analysis, managing conflict, service delivery innovation, programme and project management, financial management, performance management, contract management, change management, the ability to engage and manage diverse stakeholders, negotiation and communication (written and verbal); and computer literacy. • The role requires a flexible work schedule to meet the demands of executive management, and work hours may be long and irregular. This position is based at the HCT’s Head Office in Tshwane. The HCT offers competitive remuneration within the context of the local government sector, based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Interested applicants are invited to apply by submitting their CVs’ clearly marked with the reference number of the position in a Microsoft Word format to shatadimo@tshwane.gov.za. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: The HCT is an equal opportunity employer • Appointments will be made in accordance with the HCT Employment Equity policy • The HCT reserves the right not to make an appointment. Please do not send certificates, diplomas or testimonials. We thank all applicants for their interest. Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only. Should you not be contacted 4 weeks after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers extraordinary supplementary Budget to a joint sitting of Parliament to address the Covid-19 pandemic. THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Regulations for reopening of leisure activities including restaurants, coffee shops, casinos, and hotels published. Travel allowed but restricted to one’s home province. MONDAY, JUNE 29 Restaurants reopen with sit-in service allowed. TUESDAY, JUNE 30 World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Ghebreyesus warns the spread of Covid-19 is speeding up. An assessment of its handling of Covid-19 will be done. Dlamini Zuma is granted leave to appeal the high court judgment that set aside lockdown regulations. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Gauteng High Court turns down application by Mmusi Maimane and his One South Africa Movement for schools to remain closed. Ramaphosa, on a virtual imbizo, says schools need to reopen and the cigarette ban is not for ever. • CRIME THURSDAY, JULY 2 Gauteng Premier David Makhura warns that the Covid-19 storm has hit the province while Dr Mkhize is worried about the public letting down their guard. Motshekga announces only grades R, 6, and 11 will return to school to join grades 7 and 12, with other grades returning later. SATURDAY, JULY 4 Day 100 of lockdown. MONDAY, JULY 6 The High Court rules that early childhood development programmes may reopen. Grades R, 6 and 11 go back to school. Amendments published around sports and the opening of libraries, museums and theatres. Gauteng provincial spokesperson Thabo Masebe urges compliance with level 3 lockdown rules. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, onethird of patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 had at least one comorbidity. In a letter to the WHO, 239 scientists in 32 countries outline evidence that they say shows floating virus particles can infect people with Covid-19. TUESDAY, JULY 7 Amendments to the staggered return of other grades published. Grades 3 and 10 due back on July 20, grades 1 and 2 on July 27, grades 4 and 9 on August 17, and grades 5 and 8 on August 31. Media24 announces the closure of five magazines and two newspapers as a result of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy. The Western Cape and Gauteng now each have 33% of the cases. The death toll tops 3 000. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 Ramaphosa addresses the International Labour Organisation global summit on Covid-19 and the World of Work. Mkhize warns again that the Covid-19 storm has arrived, with Gauteng preparing mass graves at a site north of Pretoria. FRIDAY, JULY 10 Gauteng premier David Makhura becomes the third premier to test positive. South Africa is in 13th spot globally and Gauteng now has more infections than the Western Cape. Professor Salim Abdool Karim says the virus might be airborne, but there isn’t enough information yet. Residents urged to be vigilant SAKHILE NDLAZI sakhile.ndlazi@inl.co.za SINCE the national lockdown regulations were relaxed, Centurion residents have seen a spike in crime, especially vehicle-related. With the recent increase in crime, ranging from petty to more serious forms, Lyttelton police have urged the community to take precautions and actively join the fight against crime. Spokesperson Captain David Miller said that in the past two months a large number of vehicles had been stolen and broken into at various shopping centres. He said police had stepped up visible patrols across all areas. “Unfortunately, we cannot be everywhere all the time and as such, we are requesting the community to work together with us by not leaving valuables visible in vehicles,” said Miller. Lyttelton police issued safety tips regarding vehicle-related crimes, among them making sure that when drivers locked their vehicles, they physically tested the door handle to make sure it was locked. “We know that a great number of thefts out of motor vehicles occur by suspects using remote jamming devices.” Drivers should remain vigilant of their surroundings and of anyone loitering nearby or watching them. “Get into the habit of putting valuables in your boot at the beginning of your journey,” Miller added. Meanwhile, on a small holding in the north of the city, an elderly woman was shot and killed and her husband was assaulted, all for a cellphone. Alan and Martie Wolmarans became the latest victims of the shocking rise in farm attacks in the north of Pretoria. Maksimum Responders were called to the scene in Grootvlei Oos, a smallholding area, after a woman was shot and killed. “On Sunday evening, security responders reacted to a call out to a property where an elderly woman was pronounced dead, following an attack around 9.30pm,” emergency services said. Hillel Coetzer, AfriForum’s head of safety for the northern region, said the incident was alarming. “A senseless crime. Just a cellphone was taken and a woman had to pay for it with her life.” Coetzer said four suspects were allegedly involved in the attack. Juan du Plessis, the spokesperson for GAC Risk Solutions, said the group of suspects had gained entry to the property by jumping over a wall. He said it was not known what exactly happened. SCOUNDRELS DUCK AS ALARM BELLS RING FOR US ALL JOUBERT MALHERBE BEING naturally suspicious of authority, I didn’t ever think I’d say that I am sometimes glad that Big Brother is keeping an eye on me. But so it was that I returned from Brooklyn the other day to an empty house. My wife had gone out and she had set the alarm, as we have been doing for over the more than 20 years that we have been living in funky Doringkloof. I had gone to the CD shop to see if I could get hold of the new Bob Dylan CD, Rough and Rowdy Ways, some of which I’ve heard and which is superb. Rightly said to be his best work since 2001’s Love and Theft. Personally I’d go back even a little further, but Theft featured the ballad, Mississippi, which alone made ownership of the album obligatory. The new album, very bluesbased from the few songs I’ve heard, features some instant classics, like Crossing the Rubicon and Murder Most Foul, the latter which is about the assassination of JFK in 1963. Sadly, I was unable to get hold of the CD as it hadn’t been delivered – or even ordered – yet. I’ll try again later in the week, I said to myself, but decided to buy a “sale” CD by David Crosby for the princely sum of R20. I have had the vinyl edition of the album, If I Could Only Remember My Name, for many years. On the way back from Brooklyn, I played it on the car CD and it was great. It features a bit of a who’s who of the folk-hippie era, such as Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Jerry Garcia. Anyway, I digress, this where the Big Brother thing comes in. I got home and, of course, the alarm gave its 40-second warning bleep which is ample time in which to punch in the four-digit code to switch it off. This I did, numerous times, to no avail, and after the 40-second grace period, the alarm started sounding at the back of the house. I was mortified as I kept on punching in the code, thinking of how much I hate it when one of the nearby alarms in the suburb goes off and bleats for hours on end. Ten seconds after the alarm began, I got a call from the alarm company who wanted to know what the score was. Without them even asking, I gave them the rock musicbased (natch) password I had chosen. I called my wife and she quickly put me to rights. I punched in the right code (along with the hash key) and, mercifully, the alarm stopped. Was I relieved? You bet. I felt a right prat. I know I didn’t have to, but I called the alarm company and asked to speak to the geezer I had dealt with to explain to him that all was cool. He sounded baffled, but wished me well. Meanwhile, I had to laugh when I read this week when ANC honcho Ace Magashule said it was unfair to blame his guru JZ for the state capture and self-enrichment era that prevailed when he ran the country; it had to do with “collective responsibility”, he told a TV news channel. He had no compunction about throwing other ANC leaders under the bus when he said Zuma operated in the company of fellow ministers and the ruling party’s NEC when the coffers were looted. He even cited Animal Farm when he gave the wellworn ANC line about “not guilty unless proven otherwise”. Different context, I know, but I thought of a much earlier Dylan song on which he proclaims “patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings…” Maybe he can give “collective” instead of patriotism a go in future. Sigh.
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