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Breakthrough in fight against malaria The Southern African Development Community (SADC) aims to eliminate malaria in the region by 2030, but for this to happen medical interventions need to extend further than regular artemisinin treatments. Artemisinin, originally derived from the sweet wormwood herb, is used extensively in the treatment of malaria due to its ability to kill the parasite throughout all stages of its lifecycle.

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The World Health Organisation noted that overuse of artemisinin in chemical form leads to a rise in resistance in parasites; which makes the research, development, and distribution of new malaria treatments even more important.

Johannesburg - Researchers led by University of Pretoria Professor Lyn-Marie Birkholtz have discovered that two compounds found in TB and cancer treatments can eliminate malaria by halting the parasite’s life cycle. New malaria medications are vital in combatting drug resistant parasites which have become a growing concern in Africa. Chemical compounds, currently undergoing clinical trials in the treatment of TB and anti-cancer applications, have the potential to halt the cyclic transmission of malaria. This new discovery, which addresses the growing concern of antimalarial drug resistance, was led by the University of Pretoria (UP) in collaboration with international biochemists. It is estimated that 440 000 people die from malaria every year, with 90% occurring in Africa. While the fight against malaria

through preventative medications and education campaigns has dramatically driven down the death rate over the past two decades, the issue of drug resistant parasites threatens the continent’s termination plans. Birkholtz, a professor in Biochemistry at UP and South African Research Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control says the malariacausing parasite, which is transmitted between mosquitoes and humans, is considered a shape shifter. “It’s the parasite’s ability to adapt to various forms within its human host which makes breaking the transmission cycle, and solving the question of drug resistance, a difficult task. While the parasite causes disease in humans, it also uses the body as a transmission point for re-entering mosquitoes which draw blood from the human host. This human-tomosquito transmission continues

the parasite’s life cycle, and although protective drugs remain the most commonly used defence against malaria, medical trials are becoming more focused on shutting down the parasite’s ability to move between hosts. To eliminate malaria, it is essential to have the tools to kill all the different forms of the parasite. We can then cure patients of the disease, and also block the malaria transmission cycle. This is the only way to achieve malaria elimination,” Birkholtz says. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) aims to eliminate malaria in the region by 2030, but for this to happen medical interventions need to extend further than regular artemisinin treatments. Artemisinin, which was originally derived from the sweet wormwood herb, is used extensively in the treatment of malaria due to its ability to kill the parasite through-

out all the stages of its lifecycle. The World Health Organisation (WHO) however noted that overuse of artemisinin in chemical form leads to a rise in resistance in parasites. This makes the research, development, and distribution of new malaria treatments even more important. Using an open-source chemical compound set, called the Pandemic Response Box, Birkholtz and her team were able to isolate compounds from various drugs already in existence and study their effect on all stages of the parasite’s life cycle. Two compounds have shown promise in crippling the parasite’s life cycle. “This is the first time that these compounds were shown to have activity against malaria parasites and since they are not toxic to humans, they show the potential to be developed as antimalarials for both treatment and elimination of the disease,” says Birkholtz.

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Announcement of partnership between the Caster Semenya Foundation and Boston City Campus Being a Higher Education Institution, Boston City Campus has a vision that includes improving the working lives of both those that are employed or not employed through a Higher Education offering appropriate for the person, the skills level and the intended career path. We have found that it is very difficult to encourage successful sport people to further their education, as at the time of success life seems to come very easily, money flows in, and they enjoy the fruits of their physical efforts. However, life has some bumps, unplanned for events, family circumstances – there is a range we have all felt the chaos brought by unplanned events in 2020. It is for these reasons that Boston was thrilled to be approached by the Caster Semenya Foundation to be the education partner to the foundation. The Caster Semenya Foundation was established in 2016 with the aim of raising awareness, funds for selected campaigns, and making contributions to communities on a national level. Having attained higher education herself, Caster Semenya has used her foundation to reach out and aid more learners to achieve their academic goals. “Being a successful sportsperson, people may think that one wouldn’t need Higher Education, but I know how important it is to be involved in your own finances, be able to question, be able to plan for your future, and be able to create different futures should the need arise. 2020 has shown us how important it is to be able to take advantage of new job opportunities, to be able to contribute to your own business or a corporate where you are employed, and to gain new

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Online crooks ‘sell Covid-19 vaccines’ Grace Kay

skills in order to remain relevant. Our futures are uncertain, Higher Education gives us a step up the ladder for us to remain relevant in chaotic times,” she says. The foundation therefore set out to find an education partner, so that we could provide sponsorships in quality and accredited Higher Education to awardees that the Caster will select. Boston City Campus fit the criteria for this sponsorship for a number of reasons -they have a passion for education, they care about each individual student and the student’s success in a career and workplace, they have a national footprint that allows learners to remain home, save on residential costs, and continue to contribute to the home while studying. They moved seamlessly into a fully online institution when faced with a lockdown, and their learners continued the year with studies and assessments uninterrupted. Boston

is so committed to their graduates that they have established a programme that is unique in the higher education fields, called Graduate+. This programme hand holds students after graduation providing aspect of employment not usually provided to students. It includes…. They are both locally accredited and globally recognised, which has also become an important factor in gaining qualifications and being able to compete on a global playing field. The Caster Semenya Foundation is proud to announce an education partnership with Boston City campus. This will run over a multiyear period, with multiple bursaries awarded over this time, in the higher education arena. We will monitor and coach the awardees as they progress through their education journey, and look forward to seeing these students graduate and continue to succeed.

ince the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines were approved for use in the US there has been a growing number of ads on the dark web offering the inoculation for The crooks are playing on desperation to get the vaccine as much as $1 000 “We believe this is because of a spike worth of bitcoin. Scammers online are feeding off in demand from individuals who don’t people’s desperation for the vaccine wish to wait to receive their vaccinasince the roll out has been slower than tion from their countries’ governments,” the company said in a blog expected. Cybersecurity firm Check Point re- post. Scammers on the dark web also searchers were offered a dose of the vaccine for $750 in bitcoin. After the claimed to offer vaccine doses in bulk. bitcoin payment was made, the ven- One vendor advertised 10 000 vials dor’s account was deleted and the re- worth of the unspecified vaccine for $30 000. searchers did not receive the vaccine. With increased scamming drawing While vaccine scamming on the dark web has been prevalent since the first more attention to the dark web, auvaccine was authorized for emergency thorities are likely looking to disband use in December, the amount of ads more sites. On Tuesday, European authorities and price for the unspecified vaccine doses have continued to increase. announced they had seized one of the Check Point found over 340 ads in 34 internet’s largest forums for criminal pages, while there were only eight pag- activity, DarkMarket. The site had over es worth of advertisements last month. 500 000 users. “The scale of the operation at Europol The ads did not specify whether they were selling the Moderna or Pfizer demonstrates the global commitment vaccine. Several listings even offered to tackling the use of the dark web as a faulty information regarding the vac- means to commit crime,” Europol said cine doses, with one advertisement in a statement. The dark web scammers likely reclaiming the vaccine required 14 doses per person. Official medical protocol quired bitcoin payments because they are difficult to trace. In July, hackers calls for two doses. The increase in the vaccine ads is took over dozens of celebrity Twitter likely driven by growing impatience profiles and used them to call for bitcoin payments. and desperation to get the vaccine. Bitcoin has seen a massive increase in Check Point said they believed scammers were merely playing on people’s value since the pandemic began, as the desperation to get the vaccine, espe- commodity has been seen as a stable cially those who are not included in the stock, with some comparing the cryptocurrency to gold. Business Insider first tier of vaccine recipients.

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Tech Reporter elecommunications company MTN has announced that it is rewarding users who download the Covid-19 Alert South Africa app with 1GB of data, that is valid for MTN SA executive Jacqui O’Sullivan one hour. rus, so that we can all protect our famIn a statement the company said: “In an effort to rally South Africans to ilies and communities, and especially use the Covid-19 Alert South Africa those who are most at risk of severe app, MTN has not only zero-rated its disease. For Bluetooth contact tracing use but will reward customers with to be effective, at least 10-15% of the 1GB of free data for an hour after population must download and use download, as a reward for their ef- the app in a given area. At 60% uptake, suppression of the virus can be forts in fighting the pandemic.” The app, which was designed by achieved. This is why we have taken Discovery for the National Depart- the steps to zero rate and even reward ment of Health, uses Bluetooth con- our customers who have downloaded tact-tracing technology to let people the app,” O’Sullivan says. MTN’s support of this initiative know when they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive comes as the company continued to for Covid-19. It does this in a way drive the #WearItForMe campaign, that always preserves app user pri- a call-to-action for South Africans to wear their masks safely. vacy and anonymity. “These initiatives build on MTN’s MTN SA’s corporate affairs executive Jacqui O’Sullivan says one of work carried out under Y’ello Hope the critical aspects of combatting Co- to limit the impact of the pandemic, vid-19 is the ability to detect positive including through providing free data cases early and isolate as many con- lifelines and zero-rated access to educational sites,” adds O’Sullivan. tacts as possible. The Covid-19 Alert South Africa “The Covid-19 Alert app gives every smartphone user a chance to under- app can be downloaded from the stand their exposure to the corona vi- Playstore and Apple’s App Store.

“Once work is complete, the building, an interface between the public and the City’s directorates of Building Development Management, Land Use Development Management and Corporate GeoInformatics, will offer residents speedy and highquality services.” Johannesburg - City of Joburg’s Development Planning MMC Thapelo Amad has called for speedy completion of maintenance work scheduled for the Metro Link building at the municipal headquarters in Braamfontein. “An agreement between Development Planning and the Johannesburg Property Company has been finalised, and priority has been sought for maintenance work to start as soon as possible,” Amad said. The building was forced to temporarily shut its doors in November last year, following a sanction by the Department of Employment and Labour after the office block allegedly failed to comply with Covid-19 regulations for public buildings. Employees working there had also complained of lack of adequate

WhatsApp service controversy raises security concerns Kaylynn Palm

essaging service WhatsApp has been mired in controversy since it announced its new privacy policy; with users moving to other platforms like Telegram and Signal. On Saturday, WhatsApp announced that it is delaying implementation of its new policy and terms of service until 15 May. Right2Know Campaign manager Thami Nkosi said: “Every time you install the apps on phones there is the fine print that says we use cookies. Sometimes the apps don’t give you an option, so we need to educate ourselves on digital safety.” “It is important for people to educate themselves about digital health and safety. And if there are concerns, report it to the information regulator,” he said. A member of the SA Information Regulator, Sizwe Snail ka Mtuze said they have received many complaints about personal information being used without authorisation. “We get a lot of complaints referring to sharing of spam, where people have not given consent to either be receiving SMSs, in particular phone calls from marketers, complaints also against the telecoms and some against the banking industry,” he said. The information regulator said it is talking to Facebook SA about the changes to WhatsApp. Some alternatives to using WhatsApp are Signal, https://signal.org/; NordVPN (Paid VPN Service with app for Android and iOS phones) www.nordvpn.com; ExifEraser (removes data tracks from photos taken on your phone that can link back to your device) Search in Google Play store; ExifRemover (removes

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ventilation and frequent water leaks. Following a supervisory visit to the building Amad has ratified the decision by the Department of Employment and Labour for the building to have improvements made urgently. “A fully functional Metro Link is important for the City, in that it is the backbone of the construction industry in Johannesburg,” he says. In a statement the City said refurbishing the Metro Link is part of Development Planning’s raft of new measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. “Once work is complete, the building, an interface between the public and the City’s directorates of Building Development Management, Land Use Development Management and Corporate Geo-Informatics, will offer

MMC Thapelo Amad residents speedy and high-quality services.” Amad said until the necessary maintenance work is done, employees at the Metro Link will be offered alternative office space at Thuso House in Jorissen Street. “Professionals and residents are dependent on the Metro Link building and it would be in the City’s best interest for the building to be prioritised for repairs,” he said.

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Flower shortage amid surge in funerals Ntando Thukwana

lower growers are unable to meet soaring demand for funeral use. The gold standard for funerals, chrysanthemums, are getting pricey, if you can find them at all; roses, though, are available. National Funeral Directors’ Association of Southern Africa deputy president Lawrence Konyana said in December coffin manufacturers closed for the holidays just as demand soared owing to the second wave of Covid-19 deaths. “Some of the smaller parlours and even the bigger ones did not have enough stock, and the numbers went up, they found themselves without any stock. The stock that was with the warehouses and depots was taken up very quickly,” Konyana said. He added that as the numbers continued to rise, manufacturers cancelled their holidays. “They returned about a week earlier and started production immediately and most of them went on

Funeral Directors’s Lawrence Konyana

double shifts as well to produce enough units,” Konyana said. That and shifting stock from lessaffected areas to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, averted disaster. But the second wave of Covid-19, combined with earlier efforts

to halt the spread of the virus, has now given a new problem, a lack of flowers. Florist wholesaler and owner of Ansen Flowers, Ansen Lamprecht said during the first hard lockdown, millions of flowers went to waste, as demand and prices crashed; so cautious producers cut back on planting. “Now the demand is so high; there are too many funerals, everybody is looking for coffin sprays, but flower growers didn’t plant for that.” he said. Suppliers across the country have reported similar trouble. Lamprecht said the chrysanthemum is the problem flower. It is typically used for coffin sprays and is traditionally cheaper than alternatives. Now prices are high, if the flowers can be had at all. Ansen Flowers is changing its approach to funeral arrangements to include flowers such as roses, normally used at weddings and other events that have been cancelled or down-scaled. Business Insider SA

Part of the scene soon after the shooting in Faraday

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Toy gunman shot dead

Faraday - On Monday morning a suspect who was allegedly armed with a toy gun was shot and killed when he tried to rob a motorist near Faraday taxi rank in Joburg CBD. Johannesburg Metro Police De-

partment (JMPD) spokesperson Xolani Fihla said the alleged criminal was shot dead by the motorist in broad daylight over a cellphone at the scene. “Medics were called to the scene

and declared the suspect dead. At the moment it seemed that he wanted to smash and grab the cellphone,” Fihla said. Police investigations on the incident are on-going, Fihla added.

The vaccines, to be supplied by Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, will complement vaccines secured via Covax, the globallypooled vaccine procurement and distribution effort. WHO Africa director Dr Matshidiso Moeti

African health body urges fast Covid - 19 vaccine distribution Johannesburg - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged African governments to take urgent steps to prepare for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, after the African Union (AU) announced it had secured 270 million doses. Africa CDC director John Nkengasong said: “We cannot wait, this is not a polio or measles vaccination, we have to do it quick. Our economies are down, our people are dying. There’s absolutely no reason for accelerated preparations not to occur.” The African Union (AU) deal announced last Wednesday is intended to benefit countries unable to finance their own immunisation campaigns. Governments will be able to make financing arrangements through the African Export-Import Bank that could allow for instalment payments over a five-year period. The vaccines, to be supplied by Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, will complement vaccines secured via Covax, the globally-pooled vaccine procurement and distribution effort. At least 50 million doses secured under the AU deal are expected to be available from April through June. But Nkengasong said m e m b e r states need to act fast to organise storage sites in major cities, train health workers, secure supplies like needles and create effective sys-

tems to record who has received doses. He said governments would soon be able to order vaccines through an AU platform. Africa has recorded around 3.1 million Covid-19 cases, or 3.5 percent of the global total, and around 75 000 deaths, or 2.4 percent of the global total, according to Africa CDC data. But there has been an average weekly increase in cases of 18 percent, with significant rises in southern and western Africa. Roughly 30 000 new cases are recorded across Africa each day, compared to 18 000 during the continent’s first wave last year, Nkengasong said. Potentially fuelling the spread are new virus strains, including one dubbed 501Y.V2 which emerged in South Africa. The Africa director of the World Health Organization Dr Matshidiso Moeti said being confronted with new variants of the virus is not surprising, however some of these changes are concerning. The 501Y.V2 variant, which recent studies have indicated could be more transmissible, has also been detected in Botswana, The Gambia and Zambia. “It could be present in more countries than that,” Moeti said. Twelve laboratories collaborating across the continent have already sequenced 5 000 samples of the virus, an important undertaking to detect potential new strains, and how dangerous and quickly they spread. Another corona virus variant has been detected in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 200 million people. Head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu said: “More research is needed to identify if it is in association with any changes in circulation or mortality rate of the virus.” The Africa CDC has set a target of vaccinating 60 percent of Africans this year and next year.

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The Jua Kickstarter Fund will provide successful applicants with funds to launch or grow their businesses, as well as provide mentoring and guidance Dr Aquina Thulare

Troops to guard vaccine admin sites sure that we know where each and every vaccine will be used,” she said. Thulare said the department wants to build vaccine confidence in the country. “We hope to achieve this through transparent and effective safety surveillance mechanisms, including electronic reporting systems for adverse effects,” she said. Thulare said healthcare workers would also be at every site to assist should a need arise. “That will be to manage any adverse effects that may arise out of vaccination, including ensuring that there are resuscitation kits and appropriate skills to ensure that we do not subject the population to adverse effects,” she explained. Government wants to vaccinate over 40 million South Africans by the end of the year in a bid to achieve herd immunity against the virus. The first one million doses of the vaccines are expected to arrive before the end of the month.

Bid to stop home-made booze

Johannesburg - The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) has called on all traditional leaders to help stop the brewing and sale of homemade alcohol. Government recently extended the ban on the sale of alcohol to alleviate pressure on the health system, which is battling Covid-19 infections.

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Six considerations were made when picking the vaccines, which included efficacy, availability and ability to withstand storage and distribution processes

Johannesburg - On Tuesday the Health Department’s Covid-19 Partnership Task Team member Dr Aquina Thulare shared insights into preparations for the first Covid-19 vaccinations in the country, during an ANC progressive business forum engagement webinar. Among them was that the army and police would be deployed to sites where the Covid-19 vaccine is set to be administered across the country. She said there would be security watching over the vials at storage sites across the country, with police and the military tasked to look over them as they are administered. She said six considerations were made when picking the vaccines, which included efficacy, availability and ability to withstand storage and distribution processes. Thulare added that they would account for every dose of the vaccines. “We shall use a barcoding system to have the vaccines traceable, meaning that we will make

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Contralesa said it had learnt of at least four deaths linked to traditional beer. CONTRALESA president Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena said they recently leaned with shock about the death of four people after drinking homemade beer. “It was mixed with some foreign and poisonous substances,” he said.

Johannesburg - Entrepreneurs have been called to apply for funding from the Jua Kickstarter Fund for African entrepreneurs. The fund, which has doubled to US$2 million, about R30 million, was launched by African industrialist Adam Molai in November 2020 with $1 million available for African entrepreneurs. The increase in funding is from US-based angel investing and mentorship firm Simba Global Startups. Molai says the added capital will allow the fund to make bigger investments in enterprises and fund more businesses. “Simba Global Start-ups has pledged to match our contributions. This is an example of how Africans can work together to solve the challenges facing the continent. As an African entrepreneur who has experienced the gruelling journey of establishing businesses, I firmly believe that Africa’s destiny lies in the hands of Africans,” says Molai. The Jua Kickstarter Fund will provide successful applicants with funds to launch or grow their businesses, as well as provide mentoring and guidance. Entrepreneurs from across Africa or those who operate in Africa are eligible to apply. The application

process is electronic and funds are expected to be disbursed to successful applicants within 12 weeks of their shortlisting, in a first for Africa. Applications close on 31 January 2021. Simba Global Start-ups founder and CEO Dr Philippe Kisunzu says the company’s vision in investing in Africa’s future is not only to create jobs and strengthen African economies, but to also enable Africa to become the financial benchmark for the world in the 21st century. “As a result of our Jua-Simba partnership, we hope to expand our vision on behalf of Sub-Saharan African indigenous entrepreneurs, who will not only create jobs for the citizens in the region but also provide financial security for themselves and their families. We look to optimise our synergies to produce a combined societal impact greater than the sum of our individual societal impacts,” says Kisunzu. In the two months since its launch, the fund has received over 500 applicants from across Africa. Most of the applications have been from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya. Entrepreneurs from Ghana, Tanzania, Benin, Namibia and eSwatini have also applied. Entrepreneurs in need of capital for their ideas or those looking to

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creators for funding This follows the October 2020 call for African creators to apply for #YouTubeBlackVoices funding as part of a global commitment to nurture black creators and artists

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he Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) supporting grants programme is now open for applications. Since inception BASA has cemented partnerships between more than 1 600 business and arts partners to effect social change. BASA chairperson Charmaine Soobramoney says: “Over the years volatile economic conditions have increased pressure on business to justify the value of partnering with the creative sector, as arts-related benefits are often deemed intangible; difficult to quantify in terms of return on investment. The BASA model has continued to deliver value to stakeholders, partners and sponsors, with every R1 million of grant funding allocated to projects leveraging R10 million in support from the private sector during the last financial year.” BASA CEO Ashraf Johaardien says the programme helps in activating sponsorship for a crosssection of arts projects in different regions of the country by providing financial support to those in an existing business and art relationship.

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“To date BASA has disbursed over R40 million to more than 1 600 projects, which has leveraged in excess of R515 million in sponsorship from the business sector. The grants have a slightly different lens to conventional funding agencies, in that focus is on amplifying and extending existing partnerships between arts and businesses that aim to impact society through shared value and social cohesion. It is important for prospective applicants to note that the purpose of supporting grants has never been to fund projects per se, but to support partnerships between the business sector and the creative sector.” Johaardien says. Interested parties submit a formal letter of interest as a first step, and BASA invites eligible applicants to complete an online application. For more visit https://basa.co.za.

he inaugural class of African content creators set to receive a grant from the #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund for the development of their YouTube channels have been announced. In addition to the grant earmarked for content development, the YouTubers from South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria will also take part in an intensive three-week incubator programme, followed by bespoke training, workshops and networking programmes. These are part of 132 creators from across the world participating in the Class of 2021. More are from the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Australia. They include musicians, beauty entrepreneurs, comedians, activists, poets, personal trainers, teachers, parents, photographers and more. YouTube EMEA managing director of emerging markets Alex Okosi said: “We’re excited to spotlight black creatives from Africa and amplify their voices as they create original content on our platform.” He added that African content cre-

ators provide a unique perspective on all manner of topics from fashion, comedy, politics, learning and wellness. “Through their content they continue to raise the bar for how others engage with their audiences and build community on our platform,” Okosi said. This announcement comes after the October 2020 call for African creators to apply for #YouTubeBlackVoices funding as part of YouTube’s global commitment aimed at nurturing black creators Rapper Sho Madjozi is among the creators and artists on YouTube. From Nigeria they are Akah Bants Over the next few years, YouTube of Akah Bants channel; Mitchplans to invest in more than 500 elle Adagala of Mitchelle Agadala creators and artists from across the channel; Dimma Umeh of Dimma world to fulfil this commitment. Umeh; Eric Okafor of Eric Okafor; South Africans in the Creator Lade Owolabi of Lade Owolabi; Class of 2021 are Nicolette Mashile Dodos Uvieghara of Iamdodos90; of the Financial Bunny channel; Oscar Frank of Oscarmini; Winnie Kay Ngonyama of Kay Yarms; La- Emmanuel of Zeelicious Foods; sizwe Dambuza of Lasizwe Dam- Tomike Adeoye of Tomike Adeoye buza; MacG of MacG; Ofentse and channel and Fireboy DML of FireNelisiwe Mwase of Ofentse Mwase boy DML. Films; Owamie Hlongwane of OwaFrom Kenya they are Kaluhi Adamie Hlongwane; Thato Rampedi of gala of Kaluhi’s Kitchen channel; Thato Rampedi; Naledi Monamodi Mumo of Mumo channel; of Toast with Naledi, and Sho Mad- Patricia Kihoro of Patricia Kihoro jozi of the Sho Madjozi channel. and Sauti Sol of Sauti Sol channel.

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Motsepe in CAF presidential drive It is believed that his extensive business network could give African football a boost and lead the continent’s game to a more sustainable commercial future Sports Reporter

onfederation of African Football (CAF) presidential candidate Patrice Motsepe has emerged as among the frontrunners, and has taken his campaign to most parts of Africa. The billionaire businessman, who made his fortune in mining, recently engaged football association presidents in Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Benin among others, to build up support for the CAF presidential elections which have been set for 12 March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco. Nigerian Football Federation

president Amaju Pinnick described the tour as an all-inclusive campaign, in which the FA presidents joined the team to promote Motsepe as an ideal candidate to lead CAF. “Here is a businessman doing business in more than 41 African countries and employing the youth of Africa. His vision is to take African football to the next stage, he will make a huge difference and making him Africa’s preferred candidate for CAF president’s position is a no brainer,” Pinnick said. Pinnick and Safa president Danny Jordaan have been leading Motsepe’s campaign ever since he

launched his candidature last November. It is believed that his extensive business network could give African football a boost and lead the continent’s game to a more sustainable commercial future. CAF however still requires further eligibility checks for Motsepe and Mauritanian FA president Ahmed Yahya before they are cleared to run in the election. A hearing is set to take place on January 28. Motsepe has not offered a statement on CAF’s decision to extend his eligibility check. The CAF executive committee ratified the decision of the emergency committee.

“The governance committee of CAF shall submit to the FIFA Review Committee, which will perform the eligibility check of the candidatures received for the position of CAF president, considering that the CAF president is ex officio FIFA vice-president. The governance committee, together with the FIFA review committee must determine as soon as possible a date for formalizing the final list of all the candidates for all the elections,” CAF said. The CAF has already approved the candidacy of FSF president Augustin Senghor of Senegal and Ivory Coast’s Jacques Anouma for the CAF presidential elections.

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