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Wednesday 28 April
                                              2021, 0426

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Guptas to pay for their crimes - just not
in South Africa
Zukile Majova

As former president Jacob Zuma runs out of rich friends to
finance his lavish lifestyle or pay top lawyers to represent him
in court, the Guptas have been slapped with sanctions in the
United Kingdom.

The British government has frozen the assets and issued travel
bans on the Gupta brothers – Atul, Ajay and Rajesh – and their
associate Salim Essa.

Andrew Feinstein, the former ANC politician turned author and
anti-corruption campaigner, said: "The news that the UK has
sanctioned the Gupta brothers and Salim Essa, one of their key
state capture lieutenants, is very welcome".

Feinstein, executive director of Shadow World Investigations,
said "this sends a clear message that looting of the money of
the people of South Africa has real consequences. Hopefully
this important step will be followed by action against the banks,
law firms, consultancies and auditors around the world who
facilitated state capture. And may they, and Jacob Zuma, all
soon find themselves in orange overalls.”

The UK's move follows sanctions by the United States against
the Guptas too.

Feinstein says this means any UK assets they have will have to
be impounded, that they cannot travel into the UK or US
jurisdictions and they could be arrested by Interpol if travelling
elsewhere.

Back in South Africa, evidence is piling up at the Zondo
Commission about how the Guptas interfered in the running of
state companies to enrich themselves.

They have starred in many of the hearings at the State Capture
commission which has investigated how over R1 trillion of
taxpayers monies were used irregularly, looted or siphoned out
of the country over a period of nine years of Zuma’s reign.

Since arriving in South Africa to establish Sahara Computers,
the Guptas employed Zuma’s children at their company and
later became business partners of the family’s blue-eyed boy,
Duduzane Zuma.

Announcing the sanctions, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
said: “Corruption has an immensely corrosive effect on the rule
of law, on trust in institutions, it slows development, it drains
the wealth of poorer nations, it keeps their people trapped in
poverty. It poisons the well of democracy around the world.”

Picture source: @AtulNaai

DJ Khaled squares up with the two
Justins to make Khaled Khaled
Sizwe Sibiya

             When talking about production in the United
             States, many music lovers will tell you that in the
             last few years no one beats New Orleans-born
singer and producer, DJ Khaled.

He stands virtually peerless as a music producer who releases
entire albums which are hits - and they feature mostly top
range artists.

If you thought his most loved album, the 2017 project Grateful,
was lit with number one charting anthems like “Wild Thoughts”
and “I’m the One,” then the upcoming record sounds worth the
wait.

It’s DJ Khaled squared: Khaled Khaled is the name of the much
anticipated upcoming album from the 45 year old.

DJ Khaled himself took his excitement to Instagram on Friday,
posting a video which shows the unmistakable frame of the DJ
running with his phone held to his head, before jumping into a
swimming pool with it, then shouting with excitement: “THE
VOCALS ARE IN!”

He then dives under water while still shouting - before
resurfacing and finishing the sentence “The Justin Timberlake
vocals are in!”

This means that the Khaled Khaled album not only has his name
spelled out twice, but it will also feature the two best singing
Justins in the US: Justin Timberlake and Bieber.

Timberlake, after hearing the unfinished song, said it can be
compared to Jay-Z’s hit songs “Song Cry” and “Holy Grail.”

Bieber also featured on his previous albums Grateful and the
Father of Asahd, which was released in 2019.

The album, which is “100% done and it’s amazing” according to
DJ Khaled, Mohamed Khaled, it's expected to be released this
coming Friday, on 30 April 2021 and will be his 12th studio
album since 2006.

Picture source: @DJKhaled

WORLD'S OLDEST HOME FOUND IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Arthur Greene

The world's oldest home was built in South
Africa, according to archeologists who have
made the discovery in the Kalahari Desert.

An international team of scientists has discovered evidence
dating as far back as 1.8 million years of activity in Wonderwerk
Cave by early ancestors of humans.

The 140 metre-deep cave is in the Kuruman Hills in the
Northern Cape.

The cave is also home to the earliest known use of fire - about a
million years ago.

Publishing their findings in Quarternary Science Reviews, the
team found that one of mankind’s early ancestors both
sheltered in the cave and left their tools in them.

"We can now say with confidence that our human ancestors
were making simple Oldowan stone tools inside the

Wonderwerk Cave 1.8 million years ago," said Professor Ron
Shaar, one of the researchers.

The team analysed a 2.5-m thick sedimentary layer in the cave,
and found that it contained stone tools, animal remains and fire
remnants.

“We carefully removed hundreds of tiny sediment samples
from the cave walls and measured their magnetic signal,”
Professor Shaar said.

Shaar says that this magnetic signal first happened when clay
particles settled on the prehistoric cave floor, allowing the
researchers to pinpoint the time in history when these tools
were used.

Picture Source: @HumanOrigins

Down to the wire for Buccaneers in CAF
tournament
Menzi Magubane

It's going down to the wire as all four teams in Group A still
have a chance to go through to the quarter-finals of the CAF
Confederation Cup.

Orlando Pirates are on top of the group with nine points, while
Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya are in second place with seven.

Nigerian outfit Enyimba are in third with six points and Algerian
team ES Setif in fourth with five points.

On Wednesday, all four are in action in the last matches of
Group A.

The Buccaneers only need a single point to progress against
Enyimba at Enyimba International Stadium in Nigeria at 11pm.

Bucs can't afford to lose and, if they do by either 1-0 or 2-0,
Enyimba will progress with an away goal rule.

Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer said, however, that he is
confident that his lads will finish the job and go through to the
last eight.

"In our last match against Swallows, yes, I'm not happy with the
results but I'm impressed by our performance. If we take the
very same performance with us to Enyimba there would be
nothing to worry about," said Zinnbauer after their weekend
draw at Swallows.

Pirates are going to this match with only one senior goalkeeper,
Wayne Sandilands, while Richard Ofori and Siyabonga
Mpontshane are out nursing injuries.

The Nigerians also have their issues to worry about ahead of
this must-win encounter. They will be without suspended
captain and leading scorer Augustine Oladapo.

Oladapo was the one who gave Enyimba that consolation goal
in their 2-1 defeat in the first group match at Orlando Stadium.

His coach, Fatai Osho, spoke to Goal.com: "I knew this group
would go down to the wire. We must collect maximum points

against Pirates to keep alive our hopes of becoming the first
winners from Nigeria."

Meanwhile, Setif will play host to Benghazi in the other Group
A fixture at the Stade 8 Mai 1945 in Algeria at 11pm.

Picture source: @mamelodi_1937

Kaizer Chiefs vulnerable to dropping the
ball after a big victory
Menzi Magubane

             Many have already predicted that Kaizer Chiefs
             will not beat relegation-threatened Chippa United
             on Wednesday at FNB Stadium in Soweto.

Amakhosi have struggled in the past to keep up the momentum
after beating a big team like Sundowns.

They tend to become complacent.

Their follow-up matches against smaller teams often end with a
draw, and they have also been known to lose.

On 21 March, Chiefs beat Orlando Pirates by 1-0 but
immediately played out draws in the next two games and lost
the following one.

They were held 2-2 at home by Stellenbosch and 1-1 away at
Baroka. Last Wednesday they lost 2-1 at home against Cape
Town City.

Last Sunday, they were a changed team playing with purpose in
their 2-1 win against log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.

Now, the big question is whether they repeat that good display
when they face Chippa?

Coach Gavin Hunt has work to do in ensuring that his players
remain focused and aren't complacent against the Gqeberha
side.

The rest of the work will be left to the players themselves to
bring their A-game just as they did against Downs.

Even though Chiefs have beaten Chippa in the first round this
season, things are a bit complicated for the Chilli Boys.

They are a team fighting relegation and they will stop at
nothing to avoid the drop - so Amakhosi will need to tread
carefully.

Hunt said: "We've got to be better, we will be better.”

“On Wednesday we have another tough opposition and we will
need to be on our toes. Matches are coming thick and fast. We
play Sunday, Wednesday or Saturday. So, it's madness."

Maximum points will come in handy for these two. Chiefs are
looking to secure the top eight spot and Chippa, second from
bottom, need points to avoid the axe.

Other Premiership matches on Wednesday:
Tshakhuma vs Celtic (Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, 3pm), Baroka
vs TS Galaxy (Peter Mokaba Stadium, 5pm), Sundowns vs
Arrows (Loftus Stadium, 5pm), Cape Town City vs AmaZulu
(Cape Town Stadium, 5pm).

Picture source:@kaizerchiefs