The most trending news now in South Africa is the part one of state capture report. Today morning South Africa received good news that the president of the republic of South Africa and African National Congress as the ruling party in SA had made the part one of state capture report available for public.
This is the longest awaited report, with so many people dying to know how did the state capture in the republic of South Africa happened and who should be blamed.
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector Organs of State, better known as the Zondo Commission or State Capture Commission, is a public inquiry established in January 2018 by former President Jacob Zuma whi was the president of that time to investigate allegations of state capture, corruption, and fraud in the public sector in South Africa.
This report received by President yesterday is already making headlines, with big politicians implicated on the report and National Prosecution Authority is argued to act upon that.
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Detectives Officers based in the Mlolongo area Machakos county are currently investigating the death of a man aged 26 years old after allegedly having a steamy night session with an unknown woman inside one of the lodgings in the county.
The lifeless body of Clinton Wanakacha was found on Tuesday morning (4th January 2021) lying helplessly in the longing’s bed inside room six of Miathatha Guest House. According to the police report, one of the employees inside the premises informed the officers that the deceased booked one of the rooms on Monday night at around 8:00 Pm only to be found dead the next day.
With him, the deceased was together with an unidentified woman who had planned to be with him through the night. While the officers were ransacking the room to find any available evidence, two CDs were discovered and suspected to have been used during the intercourse between the two. The detectives are currently investigating what transpired that to the man’s death, meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been moved to the city mortuary are investigations going on.
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Everyone has a kissing story. Most of us have an awkward story, or an embarrassing one, or one they would like to forget.
But one thing these stories all have in common is their indelible nature; for better or for worse, the experience is often very memorable.
Fabian Owenga remembers, for example, that he kept his eyes open throughout the experience.
“I had seen on soap operas people closing their eyes, but since I wasn’t sure at what point that was supposed to happen, I kept mine open. My girlfriend was a little more experienced than I was so she closed hers, but I wanted to see everything. I’ll never forget how funny she looked as she prepared for the kiss.”
Joshua Mutai recalls ending up with five litres of saliva in his mouth afterwards, and wondering whether it would be rude not to swallow.
“It was wet, that’s what I remember most clearly,” he says. “Tongues were involved for sure. I think both of us had done our research as well as two teenagers could with the resources at their disposal, and our takeaway was that lubrication was good. I don’t even remember what the actual kiss was like, just the feeling that my whole face was wet.”
Kissing, the ‘humid seal of soft affections’ as it was once described by Shakespeare, is a very recent entry into the African culture. Our parents barely held hands. Walking two steps behind her husband was the patented way of showing affection for a woman two generations ago.
Hugs were unthinkable. Not in public. In fact, for many African kids, the only real evidence that their parents even looked at each other was the family photo with four other children.
Some researchers have tied the origins of locking lips to mouth-to-mouth feeding, the technique through which animals and birds fed their young.
Others trace it back to Indian practices of pecking each other on the cheek as a way of greeting each other, practices which were naturally refined until they ended up in the Kama Sutra, the bestselling how-to guide.
It then hurtled through the Middle Ages, revolutionising love and intimacy, until it landed on-screen in 1986 in a silent film called ‘The Kiss’.
How though, did it land on African shores?
“We learned from soaps,” says Maggie Kirimi, referring to the show that birthed a thousand imitators, the eternal The Bold and the Beautiful. “We were curious, after seeing it so much on television, and most of my peers wanted to try it out.”
“People have argued for some time about whether kissing is universal,” muses Dr Chris Hart, a renowned psychologist specialising in relationships.
“Quite a lot of cultures give people a hard time with kissing. They are brought up thinking it’s bad. If you think about it, everything to do with sex is a bit like that as well. Every culture in the world has some approach towards sex. Some cultures are very open about it, while others are very repressed. It seems random, too, how cultures treat this kind of display of affection. Some African cultures are more accommodating than certain European ones, for instance. Some have linked it with religion but it’s not definitive.”
What seems factual, according to Dr Hart, is that people’s attitude towards kissing is changing generation to generation.
A kiss is important in any relationship as it marks the first step into intimacy (Photo: Courtesy)
“A lot of African nations are prudish, certainly, and this can be said to mean kissing is unafrican. I would say, however, that this represents a snapshot of our time now. A couple of generations ago, our parents and grandparents were old-fashioned and reserved. Younger people are more affectionate, and if you ask the same question 10 years in the future, you will probably get a different response.”
Speaking on the experience of a first kiss, Dr Hart calls it a formative experience, no matter how good or bad it is.
“The first kiss matters a lot. It marks an important first step in the relationship. We seem to learn a lot about each other from that first kiss.”
It is, when you boil it down to basics, an audition of sorts.
“When our bodies first come into contact with each other, they conduct this chemical analysis. They check out hormones, DNA, immune systems… they are trying to answer the question: Would we have good children with this person? And if the answer comes back negative then the kiss feels awful.”
Kissing is also a social skill, like dancing, or being tall. The better you are at it, the more likely you are to rope in a potential mate. Of course, this means there are people who are simply bad at it.
“Most young teenagers are terrible kissers, true. But they learn from it. By the time they’ve had two or three partners, they’re beginning to figure this thing out.
“It’s the case with couples as well. The first few kisses may be a bit clumsy but they soon get better at it as they learn about each other, what they need and how to respond to their partner.”
Indeed, almost everyone has a bad kissing experience. Like Joshua and his damp face. Or Fabian’s partner, who opened her eyes and found him staring at her, having never closed his. Or, as in Maggie’s case, the aggressive biting.
“He was such a biter!” she recalls. “He nibbled at my lips then suddenly he decided his teeth needed some action too. I left with swollen lips and small cuts which I was unable to explain to my mother. It wasn’t the best experience, and I never went back!”
It was reported earlier today that President Muhammadu Buhari shunned the former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the current Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and supported former president Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of 2023 presidential race.
This decision that was taken by President Muhammadu Buhari caused several people to react differently. Based on that note, a well known human rights activist, Adeyanju Deji decided to react.
While speaking, he stated it clearly that Goodluck Jonathan will be one of APC’s best candidates in 2023, making it know that they have other young candidates who are very competent and some serving Governors.
Adeyanju Deji ended his post by making it known that the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi is another major candidate the APC can use, because Buhari likes him so much.
That’s a great one from Adeyanju Deji. I really think that he made a valid point here. Goodluck Jonathan is going to be a very good candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress in the year 2023, if he decides to join the party. But nevertheless, we have to wait till 2023 so as to know what will eventually happen.
What is your take on what Adeyanju Deji just said here? You can drop your comments and opinions below.
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Pretoria – Although the courts are there to maintain law and order, their function is also to be fair, as a thief with a sweet tooth found out on Christmas Eve.
In July last year, Bhuti Majola was convicted of theft after he admitted to stealing six chocolates worth R72.45 from the Witbank Spar Supermarket. He admitted to stealing the sweet treats and an eMalahleni magistrate subsequently sent him to jail for two years.
The matter came to the attention of a high court judge sitting in the Middelburg division as a matter of routine, as the court reviewed judgments from the lower court.
Judge TV Ratshibvumo, in his subsequent judgment, said upon perusal of the trial record, it was conspicuously incomplete in that it was only the sentencing part without the plea and judgment. The judge immediately asked the magistrate for the complete record of the sentencing procedures.
Realising that the sentence might be too harsh, the judge asked the office of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) to comment within 24 hours on the sentence imposed.
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As the matter came before the judge last month, he wanted to urgently decide on the matter so that Majola could possibly spend Christmas with his family.
The judge said both he and the DPP agreed that any further delay in dealing with this matter would result in undue injustice, as the sentence imposed has to be set aside immediately.
Ratshibvumo remarked that the two-year jail sentence induced shock and was not in accordance with justice.
“The sentence is clearly disproportionate to the legitimate needs of the society, the offender and the crime committed,” he said.
It came to light that Majola had six previous convictions of theft, but some were committed more than 10 years ago. On those convictions, he received fines as punishment.
The magistrate, in sentencing Majola, at the time told him: “The punishment that the court is going to impose is the punishment that has not been used on your other punishments … It is a punishment that will rehabilitate you.”
But the judge said the magistrate could not now punish him for his previous convictions as he had already paid for his wrongs.
The judge concluded on Christmas Eve that a 12-month suspended prison sentence was fair.
Majola, who was at the time of the high court hearing unaware that his fate was going to change and that he would be home for Christmas, had already spent nearly six months of his sentence in jail.
English side Newcastle has been linked to several top players in the last few months. The likes of Dembele, Coutinho, Hazard have all been linked to the club. Newcastle has however completed the deal of Atletico Madrid Defender, Kevin Trippier. According to Fabrizio, He was signed for a fee of around €12m plus add ons. The deal has been agreed upon among all parties.
2) Lorenzo Insigne Agrees to join Toronto next summer.
Napoli Captain Lorenzo Insigne has officially agreed to join Toronto FC on a five years deal. Insigne who will become a free agent at the end of the season has decided to end his stay at Napoli
3) Everton makes their second January signing.
Few days after signing a new left-back, Everton has announced another signing. Nathan Patterson has officially joined Everton on a permanent deal from Rangers. He was unveiled today after signing a deal linking him to the club till 2027.
4) Andre Onana completes his Medicals with Inter Milan.
Ajax Goalkeeper Andre Onana has completed his move to join Serie A Giant Inter Milan on a two-year deal. Onana was pictured Early This Morning after finishing his Medical at the Club. Onana will join Inter in the summer of 2022.
5) Angel Correa extends his contract with Atletico
Atletico Madrid has officially announced the contract extension of one of their attackers. Angel Correa has now extended his contract till June 2026. Correa was linked with several English clubs before he signed his new deal. Correa can play as a winger and also a second striker.
6) Man United defender leaves on Loan
Man United Defender Teden Mengi has completed his move to Birmingham City. The Man United Academy graduate plays in the center back position. Mengi will now play for Birmingham till the end of the season.
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Lawrence Warunge the chief suspect in the murder of 4 family members in Kiambaa is led out of their family home by DCI homicide detectives after what is believed to be a visit to the home to reconstruct the murder scene. [George Njunge, Standard]
One of the things Kiambu residents will remember 2021 for is the gruesome murders that rocked the county.
The year started with the murder of US-based nurse Nicholas Njoroge Warunge, 55, and his wife Annie Wanjiku, a local nurse. They were killed in their home in Kagongo Karura village alongside their son Christian Njenga, 13, Njoroge’s nephew Maxwell Ngenge, 13, and a worker, 40-year-old James Kinyanjui.
Njoroge had arrived in Kenyan on December 4, 2020 to spend the Christmas holiday with his family. He was stabbed 34 times, and his throat slit, according to investigations.
On January 9, 2021 Lawrence Warunge, the slain couple’s first-born was arrested alongside his girlfriend over the killings. Warunge was later charged with the five murders. Detectives claimed Warunge had a clear motive to eliminate his parents as he was estranged from the family and had a history of drug abuse.
And on January 9, reports of the death of 23-year-old Velvine Nungari Kinyanjui started making rounds .
Nungari, was found in a room at Sinnot Hotel where she had been with Joseph Murimi, reportedly on a first date. She died while undergoing treatment.
An autopsy report revealed she suffered three fractures on the spinal cord with bruises and fluid deposits consistent with sexual assault.
The murder and rape cases against Murimi are still pending before the court. The suspect is out on a Sh200,000 bail.
In yet another bizarre incident, on April 16, Evans Karani was arrested after he was accused of killing a 25-year-old waitress, Catherine Nyokabi, in Witeithie, Juja.
DCI officers claimed Karani attempted to get rid of Nyokabi’s body, but his efforts were thwarted by mother nature. While transporting the body in his car, Karani’s vehicle got stuck in the soggy black cotton soil, forcing him to abandon the car with the body inside.
Karani claimed he had dated 24-year-old Nyokabi, a mother of one, for nearly four years but their relationship had been rocked with allegations of infidelity. He accused Nyokabi of having an affair with another man. He is still in custody pending the hearing of the murder case against him.
On April 18, residents of Tosha village in Gatuanyaga, Thika, were left in shock after a Grade Three boy who had gone missing a week earlier was found dead with body parts missing.
Paul Mwanzia’s body was found decomposing in a thicket inside a neighbour’s farm. His father told the police he had sent the boy to charge a cellphone at his grandfather’s house.
Then came the execution of Daniel Gucoma, a car dealer, on June 23. Gucoma died in a hail of bullets in broad daylight. The lone occupant of a Subaru Forester was driving on Kenyatta Road, off Thika Superhighway, when a gang opened fire on him.
The suspects had been stalking the motorist on a motorcycle.
And on August 4, Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga and his wife Philomena Njeri, were found dead in an apparent murder and suicide. Gachunga is said to have shot his wife three times before turning the gun on himself.
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Johannesburg – Part 1 of the 865-word state capture report released by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday night, has made adverse findings following corruption and maladministration that gripped various state-owned entities such as SAA.
Some of the findings include the fact that: “SAA declined during the tenure of (former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni) to an entity racked by corruption and fraud.”
Zondo said despite poor governance at the national carrier, Myeni was retained as its (SAA) Chairperson “well beyond the point at which she should have been removed”.
He said: “President Zuma fled the commission because he knew there were questions that would be put to him which he would not have been able to answer. He could not have justified his insistence that Ms Myeni is retained.”
Zondo also said: “Those responsible for governance at SAA, SAAT (South African Airways Technical) and SA Express displayed a wanton disregard for these standards. Rather than acting in the entities’ best interests, they were motivated by their own personal interest.”
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Read the full report: Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture Report: Part 1
On the Gupta-owned Newspaper, the New Age and its dealings with government entities, the report states that “the evidence before the commission paints a picture of a calculated strategy by the Guptas to appropriate public funds from state-owned enterprises.”
In the report, Zondo said it was one of the ways that the Guptas were able to infiltrate the system was to, among other things, “have facilitators within the SOEs and government departments, such as GCIS (Government Communication and Information System), who would ensure that the entities committed millions of rand to the TNA despite there being no discernible value for the entities or government departments.”
He said: “One of the earliest acts of state capture by the Guptas was to secure the removal of Mr Themba Maseko from GCIS. The influence they exerted over former President Zuma was considerable.”
Zondo said the Guptas and their associates “managed to ensure that a well-performing and principled public servant was removed at lightning speed when he refused to accede to their demands to divert millions of rand of public money to enrich their media business.”
Meanwhile, delving into the events that gripped Sars, Zondo said: “What occurred at SARS was inevitable the moment Mr Moyane (Former South African Revenue Service commissioner) set foot there. He dismantled the elements of governance one by one. This was more than mere mismanagement. It was seizing control of Sars as if it was his to have.”
He said: “The Sars evidence is a clear example of how the private sector colluded with the executive, including President Zuma, to capture an institution that was highly regarded internationally and render it ineffective.”
He said: “Sars was systemically and deliberately weakened, chiefly through the restructuring of its institutional capacity, strategic appointments and dismissals of key individuals, and a pervasive culture of fear and bullying. It is a clear example of state capture.”
He recommended that Moyane be charged with perjury in relation to his false evidence to Parliament.
Some of the 10 recommendations the commission made to Ramaphosa with respect to public procurement in SA include:
• The government, in consultation with the business sector prepare and publish a national charter against corruption in public procurement, such charter to include a code of conduct setting out the ethical standards which apply in the procurement of goods and services for the public.
• The establishment of an independent agency against corruption in public procurement. That the government introduced legislation for the establishment of an independent Public Procurement Anti-Corruption Agency.
• The commission recommends that set standards of transparency consistent with the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) principles for integrity in public procurement be formulated by the National Treasury for compulsory inclusion in every procurement system adopted by a public procurement entity.
• Suggested amendment of the Political Party Funding Act No 6. It is recommended that the act be amended to criminalise the making of donations to political parties in the expectation of or with a view to the grant of procurement tenders or contracts as a reward for or in the recognition of such grants having been made.
• In order to strengthen the duty of private sector entities to put in place measures against bribery it is recommended that PRECCA (Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities) be amended by the introduction.
• The commission recommends that set standards of transparency consistent with the OECD principles for integrity in public procurement be formulated by National Treasury for compulsory inclusion in every procurement system adopted by a public procurement entity.
• The creation of a procurement officer’s profession. It is recommended that consideration is given to enacting legislation that will establish a professional body to which all officials who work in the area of public procurement should belong.
Newcastle has however completed the deal of Atletico Madrid Defender, Kevin Trippier. According to Fabrizio, He was signed for a fee of around €12m plus add ons. The deal has been agreed upon among all parties.
Man United Defender Teden Mengi has completed his move to Birmingham City. The Man United Academy graduate plays in the center back position. Mengi will now play for Birmingham till the end of the season.
