THE CAPRACIOUSNESS OF THE DAILY DISPATCH

BY: ANASTACIA MASHABA

The publication of the photograph on the Daily Dispatch was wrong. To make matters even worse was publishing the story on front page, it is wrong to publish this gruesome material for the public as there many sensitive viewers. As a publication, Daily Dispatch was suppose to seek views on this subject in advance of this publication because it is a critical reportage and affects many sensetive viewers.

This picture is misleading the public and according to our South African Press Code pictures and posters must be published in such a way that they do not mislead the public and shall reflect reasonable contents of the report. This was a wrong thing to do nevermind the fact that the story is of importance to some people in many different soceities. This kind of exposition shows the brutality of some fellow South Africans and it ruins our rainbow colour, there have been many publications of this nature by other newspapers but not necessarily putting the story on front page.

If they published the story wanting to inform the nation, they could have done it without putting it on the front page, This was just to sell the paper. If publications continue to publish this kind of material then our rainbow nation will suffer the consequences.

INTERNET 1 ASSIGNMENT 2THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF THE DAILY DISPATCH

BY: ANASTACIA MASAHABA

The publication of the photograph on the Daily Dispatch was wrong. To make matters even worse was publishing the story on front page, it is wrong to publish this gruesome material for the public as there many sensitive viewers. As a publication, Daily Dispatch was suppose to seek views on this subject in advance of this publication because it is a critical reportage and affects many sensetive viewers.

This picture is misleading the public and according to our South African Press Code pictures and posters must be published in such a way that they do not mislead the public and shall reflect reasonable contents of the report. This was a wrong thing to do nevermind the fact that the story is of importance to some people in many different soceities. This kind of exposition shows the brutality of some fellow South Africans and it ruins our rainbow colour, there have been many publications of this nature by other newspapers but not necessarily putting the story on front page.

If they published the story wanting to inform the nation, they could have done it without putting it on the front page, This was just to sell the paper. If publications continue to publish this kind of material then our rainbow nation will suffer the consequences.          

ENTERTAINMENT(your top five celeb's picked by me)

THEO KGOSINKWE

LULO CAFE

LTIDO

ZAKES BANTWINI

KO

It's your time to voice it up and tell us what you think of each celebrity and hey don't be afraid speak ur heart, this is where your voice is heard.

COLD WEATHER TO CONTINUE

Cold weather to stay until weekend

August 16 2011 at 03:24pm

Posted by: Anastacia Mashaba

News From: Daily News Newspaper

The weather in the province was expected to clear up today with only cloudy to partly cloudy conditions.

Durban weather forecaster, Stacy Colborne, said rain was expected along the north coast. She said no more snow was expected. However SA Weather Services forecaster, Jan Vermeulen, said that KZN should brace itself for a few more chilly days, with the cold weather only lifting at the weekend.

Yesterday morning, hundreds of motorists travelling between Durban and Gauteng were affected by road closures at Van Reenen’s Pass, caused by heavy rains and snowfall. Graders were used to clear the roads between the Tugela Plaza and Van Reenen. Spokeswoman for the Road Traffic Inspectorate, Zinhle Mngomezulu, said clearing the road had taken most of the morning, but that by 1pm yesterday, the roads were open. “Traffic is moving,” she said.

The expected maximum temperatures today were 20ºC and 15ºC in Durban and other parts of the province, but western areas at higher altitudes like Newcastle, Van Reenen’s Pass and Ladysmith were expected to be 10ºC by this afternoon. Mngomezulu said emergency workers freed 10 trucks, and 15 cars that were stuck in the snow at Van Reenen’s Pass early yesterday morning.

Emergency services, police, military and car towing services helped to move all light motor vehicles.

N3 Toll Concession’s spokeswoman, Andy Visser, said more than 50 trucks headed towards Durban were stuck at the top of the pass and had to be escorted down.

Netcare911 paramedic spokes-man, Chris Botha, said that they had been inundated with calls to attend to accidents that had been caused by the poor weather.

“Drivers lost control of their vehicles on the slippery roads,” he said. In one such accident, 46 farm workers were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Kambridge Road just outside Rosetta in the morning. “Paramedics assessed the workers and found that they had all suffered minor injuries and were treated for minor cuts and bruises. Local farmers started helping by bringing blankets to help keep them warm,” Banks said. All the workers were taken to a hospital in Pietermaritzburg.

KAIZER CHIEFS' DEAL SEALED

Chiefs sign Zimbabwean duo

2011-08-16 15:41

Posted By: Anastacia Mashaba

News From: News24

Willard Katsande (Backpage)

 

 With two weeks to go before the transfer window closes, Kaizer Chiefs have continued to beef up their squad, in a bid to build a stronger team to win trophies and also compete in the league, by signing two Zimbabwean internationals. The Naturena-based outfit today confirmed on their website that they have bagged defender Lincoln Zvasiya and midfielder Willard Katsande, both on three-year deals. The two players are already full internationals and Zvasiya comes from the Aces Academy that produced Knowledge Musona while Katsande was in the book of Ajax Cape Town where he had minimal game time .

 

Football Manager Bobby Motaung, who was quoted by the club, expressed his happiness with the signings and added that these were long term signings for the club. “We signed the two players with the future in mind. We have good relations with Aces and when we were looking for a centre-back they recommended Lincolin. He came through for a trial and we were happy with what we saw. He is a future prospect for the Club,” Motaung said.

Katsande, a central midfielder in the mould of Tinashe Nengomasha, recently scored for his country in a friendly international against Zambia and Motaung describes him as a gem, who impressed them on a visit to Zimbabwe. “I was with Ace Khuse in Zimbabwe and that is where we spotted Willard. He is a special player and we believe that he is going to bring something special to the team,” said Motaung.
Zvasiya has been training with team for the past two weeks, while Willard Katsande joined his new team-mates for the first time on Monday.

SABC MEMBERS MAY SOON GO ON STRIKE

SABC aims to retrench staff  

Posted by: Anastacia Mashaba

News from: News24

 The SABC board might need government assistance to deal with retrenchment at the public broadcaster, SABCnews reported on Tuesday. Board chairperson Ben Ngubane told parliament's portfolio committee on communication that head counts were high at the SABC. "We need support, we will need to reduce the number of people... we appeal to political parties not to make this a political football, this is serious," he said.

He said the SABC would offer packages to promote early and voluntary retirement. "We are on a positive roll, we need the continuing support of the committee," he said. SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the public broadcaster reported to the committee that it had made significant progress in terms of turning the SABC around. "We reported how far we have gone to meeting the conditions imposed by the government guarantee, including that we have performed better financially than targets set in the guarantee."

He said the SABC presented its plans for its continued recovery and stabilisation. These included requests for further funding from the government for its digital terrestrial television rollout, delivering on the sports broadcasting mandate and establishing a 24-hour news channel. "We believe we are on a path towards establishing a public broadcaster that is vibrant, that serves the public interest and that invests in quality content," said Kganyago.

The SABC has applied for R6.9bn in government funding over the next three years, according to the National Treasury. Presenting before Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications, National Treasury Official Avril Halstead broke the application down into R384.33m in the 2011/12 financial year, R2.026bn in the 2012/13 year, and R4.52bn in the 2013/14 financial year. "If the SABC does not get this funding, there is a projected shortfall of R3.7bn in three years time," Halstead said. 

VIOLENCE STRUCK THE MOTHER CITY

Strikers run amok in Cape Town

2011-08-16 13:03

Posted By: Anastacia Mashaba

News From: News24

Video - Municipal strike violence

Striking workers marched violently through Cape Town's CBD burning bins and knocking down street-side vendor's stalls. WATCH

 

 Striking municipal workers have protested in central Cape Town, knocking over bins, setting fires, and looting street vendors' stalls. About 2 000 striking Samwu members marched from the City Hall along Darling and then Adderley streets, where some of them knocked over refuse bins and set fire to their contents. Some vehicle windows were smashed, and stores on Adderley Street closed their doors. Street vendors were also attacked, and some of their merchandise, including suitcases, caps, watches, cigarettes, sweets, cosmetics and milk powder, were stolen. Stall holder Nohuzuko Mpande of Goodwood estimated she had R1 000 or more of suitcases stolen by demonstrating municipal workers in red T-shirts, Olivia Rose-Innes reported. Mpande said she saw one of the demonstrators hit the female stall holder next to her before also stealing some of her merchandise. "They can strike, but they can’t hurt the people like this. And why weren’t the police here earlier to stop this?"The strikers then moved towards the Civic Centre, where they handed a list of grievances and wage demands to Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Nielsen on Monday. Samwu is demanding an 18% wage increase, while employers are offering 6.08%.

UPDATE ON SHERYL CWELE'LS SENTENCING

Drug dealer Sheryl Cwele fired

2011-08-16 14:39

Posted by: Anastacia Mashaba

News from: News24

 

 Convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, has been fired by the Hibiscus Coast Municipality, the SABC reported  today. A disciplinary hearing found her guilty on all charges. She has ten days to appeal, the broadcaster reported. Cwele was the head of health services in the municipality.The disciplinary hearing against her began in June this year and the committee ruled against her last month.

It was convened to determine if she should keep her post after she was convicted of drug dealing by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on May 06. Cwele was sentenced to 12 years in jail. She is appealing her drug dealing conviction and is out on R100 000 bail.

PSL NEWS

Sono: Inexperience cost us

2011-08-15 10:33

BY: ANASTACIA MASHABA
NEWS FROM: NEWS24

 

Johannesburg - Bamuza Sono admits a lack of experience cost Jomo Cosmos a point following their 2-1 loss to Kaizer Chiefs in their PSL opener.

The newly promoted Absa Premiership outfit looked to be heading towards an invaluable point on Saturday, but Jomo Sono's men were undone by a 89th minute goal from Amakhosi substitute Josta Dladla. Cosmos midfielder Sono has now cited inexperience as the reason behind the team's lapse in concentration.

"We have a very young squad and for many of them it's their first time playing in the Premiership. I don't think they were nervous or anything like that, but just their lack of experience showed early on and very late in the game," Sono told the PSL's official website.

"We have to learn that we cannot allow players like that space, whether it's in the first minute or last minute. The difference in the Premiership and the NFD (National First Division) is that mistakes are punished.

"We also have to know that point is good enough when playing away and especially against a team like Chiefs. But we did not close up shop and lacked some focus late on."

UPDATE ON MISSING PLANES

Search for missing planes on hold

2011-08-15 18:05
POSTED BY ANASTACIA MASHABA
NEWS FROM :NEWS24

 

 The search for two light aircraft that went missing in George's Valley near Tzaneen were put on hold as night began to fall on Monday, Limpopo police said.

"It's becoming dark, so search teams are returning and we will resume tomorrow," Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. A search and rescue team was hiking to an area where a Maake community leader said he saw two light aircraft go down. "As soon as we got the information from the man we asked the defence force to use their helicopter to go to the village," he said. "The helicopter couldn't get through because of the weather and so we dispatched a team of rescue personnel and police who are on the ground now." The route was about two hours long and was not accessible by air. Mulaudzi said the team would set up a base camp where they were and would continue hiking on Tuesday morning. The Albatross planes, carrying six people each, were presumed to have crashed in the George's Valley area, between Polokwane and Tzaneen. They took off from a landing strip in Tarentaal, a small farming community in Tzaneen, on Sunday and were headed to Rand Airport in Germiston. The planes were returning to Gauteng after an air show in Tzaneen.

 

FOOTBALL NEWS

BENNY ON THE BALL

by Anastacia Mashaba

 

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) kicked off this weekend with a total of 20 goals scored in eight matches.
Defending champions Orlando Pirates opened the season with a trip to Limpopo to face the newly promoted Black Leopards and the Buccaneers proved their championship mettle with a splendid display at the Peter Mokaba Stadium. Benny proved to the country that he is still the best at what he does, which is being a good striker and score goals.

BREAKING NEWS

 National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele was admitted to a Pretoria hospital at the weekend with chest pains.

Cele's wife, Thembeka Ngcobo, was at the Zuid-Afrikaanse Hospital in Muckleneuk when the Afrikaans daily contacted her for comment, but she declined to give any details on his condition.
 Cele first went to the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Groenkloof with chest pains on Sunday afternoon, but he was later transferred via ambulance to the Zuid-Afrikaanse Hospital.

Cele has been in the news in recent months after two reports by the public protector accused him of acting unlawfully when signing lease agreements in Pretoria and Durban for police offices.

Police spokespeople were not immediately available for comment.

Somaliland: still no recognition
Published by Voice of the Cape on 15 August 2011

The lack of international recognition for Somaliland which this year celebrated 20 years since its split for Somalia is making it increasingly difficult for aid to come into that country where more than half the population are in need of humanitarian assistance. According to Omer Jama Farah, chairperson of the NGO, Taakulo Somaliland Community (TASCO), more than 1.85 million Somalilanders are in need of help in the mounting Horn of Africa famine.

The comment comes as South Africa and Tanzania on Saturday announced that they were not ready yet to recognise Somaliland, saying that they believe it should not be split off from Somalia. This emerged following bilateral talks between Tanzanian foreign affairs minister Bernard Membe and South Africa's international relations and co-operation minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Pretoria on Saturday. Membe said that he would be meeting a delegation from Somaliland within the next two weeks, but would not comment on the details of the talks until they had happened.

Both Membe and Nkoana-Mashabane said they would prefer to see Somalia remain as a single country. Nkoana-Mashabane said: "Somaliland at the moment in our memory is part of Somalia. We do not want to encourage the disintegration of countries. For now in line with the AU we are not in the business of not disbanding, dismantling and dismembering countries."

In May Somalia's breakaway Somaliland state celebrated 20 years since it split from the rest of Somalia. To date no country has officially recognised the former British protectorate in the north of Somalia despite the fact that it has enjoyed relative stability unlike the rest of Somalia which has been plagued by famine and war. But while this situation persists, Somaliland runs the risk of becoming another famine region is international action is not taken quickly, activists warned.