Cape Town – Former South African fast bowler Allan Donald has named his best-ever cricketing XI with former Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis and former batsman AB de Villiers selected.
Donald revealed his all-time XI on the Lord’s CricketYouTube channel, with the criteria being that he had to have played with or against them, or have been strongly influenced by the players mentioned.
Donald, known as “White Lightning” during his career, named the usual suspects, which included Brian Lara, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, who regularly make such lists.
However, Donald received flak from some fans on YouTube, who noticed the omission of Indian and Pakistani players, which included icons Sachin Tendulkar and Wasim Akram.
Former Proteas legend Kallis slotted in at No 4 on the list and Donald stated that his former South African team-mate is “probably the greatest cricketer of all time”.
Kallis, who retired from international cricket in 2014, played 166 Tests for South Africa scoring 13 289 runs and taking 292 wickets in the process.
When referring to De Villiers, the former Proteas bowling coach said that he is “one of the all-time bests and is an explosive batsman.”
De Villiers, who announcedhis retirementfrom international cricket in May, played 114 Tests for the Proteas and scored8765runs with an average of50.66.
Donald retired from international cricket in 2003 and played 72 Tests for South Africa, taking 330 wickets at average of 22.25.
He is currently the assistant coach at English county club, Kent.
Allan Donald’s all-time XI:
Matthew Hayden (Australia), Justin Langer (Australia), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Brian Lara (West Indies), Sir Viv Richards (West Indies – captain), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Adam Gilchrist (Australia – wicketkeeper), Shane Warne (Australia), Malcolm Marshall (West Indies), Curtly Ambrose (West Indies), Glenn McGrath (Australia)
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For more than 20 years, Nico Samuels worked at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition Depot near Somerset West, walking to the facility early every morning from his home, less than 200 metres away.
He reported for duty for the last time on Monday.
Samuels, 41, was one of the casualties in an explosion which literally shook neighbouring Macassar and several surrounding neighbourhoods.
Among the people who felt the blast was Samuels’ wife Lawrencia, who went to her husband’s workplace to find out if everything was “alright”.
“I tried to find out what had happened, but nobody gave us any answers. A number of people were already there. Then they started calling names, asking relatives to go to the boardroom.
“That’s when I knew something was wrong.”
She left, not wanting to hear what she feared most.
A co-worker later told her that her husband had died.
On Monday night, dozens of relatives and sympathisers flocked to the Samuels home.
“I’m waiting for him to come home,” Lawrencia wailed while an uncle embraced her as she wept.
His mother, Angel, cried quietly. Nico had been her only child.
“He was a good man. At times, too good,” she said.
Lawrencia nodded in agreement, saying that he would give his last to anyone in need.
According to locals, loud bangs emanating from the facility was commonplace, but the “boom” which rocked Denel shortly before 16:00 was louder than normal.
“Things fell off tables and shelves in my house,” one resident said.
“I felt it into my feet. The ground shook. I thought it was an earthquake.”
On Monday night, tense family members and loved ones waited for confirmation of the casualties.
Eight people are confirmed to have died.
Nico’s half-brother, Elmonique Small, said his family was “broken” by Nico’s death.
“He was a hard worker. He never even took off sick,” Small said.
Another bystander shook from relief after she heard from her boyfriend, whom she had feared was among the dead.
“He messaged me and said he was okay. Luckily, he worked in a different building on the site,” she said.
Residents say most of the Denel employees were locals. The facility was one of the biggest job providers in the area.
Angel had also worked for Denel for 21 years until she was retrenched in 2009.
Disaster risk management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said Rheinmetall Denel Munition RF (Pty) Ltd would handle communication about the incident because it was a national key point.
“After an initial inspection, [the company] has assured the City of Cape Town that the plume that followed the explosion holds no threat to the general public. All necessary precautions are being taken and the investigation will carry on at first light tomorrow.”
In a short statement, the company said it was investigating the matter and would inform the public as more details became available.
“An explosion occurred and destroyed the entire building and the immediate surrounding blast walls,” the company said.
Further details on the incident are not available as affected areas remain cordoned off until it is safe to return, it said.
According to its statement, RDM is a high-technology company and an integrated manufacturer and supplier of selected munitions and explosive-related products for armed and police forces in South Africa and around the world.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo said details were “sketchy”.
An inquest docket into the explosion has been opened to determine the circumstances and cause, he confirmed.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said a further six workers were believed to be missing, and urged that “everything possible is done” to find them.
In a statement Saftu demanded that “an urgent and full investigation” be conducted to check whether all health and safety regulations were being observed in the factory.
“The safety inspectors must also look into what additional measures are required to tighten safety rules and ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated.”
Acting President David Mabuza sent his condolenes to the families of the eight fatalities.
He further urged authorities to “get to the bottom of the cause of the explosion so that necessary action can be taken”.
Denel is a state-owned aerospace and military technology enterprise.
DA shadow minister of public enterprises Natasha Mazzone said it was vital that the relevant authorities urgently conduct a full and thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
Sol Plaatjie Mayor Mangaliso Matika has resigned, the ANC in the Northern Cape confirmed on Monday.
This, after the community of Kimberly went berserk in July, looting shops and vandalising government infrastructure as they demanded Matika’s resignation.
That same month, the Northern Cape High Court ordered Matika to vacate his office with immediate effect after the DA in the province filed an urgent application for an interdict. The DA wanted the outcome of a special council meeting, in which a motion of no confidence in Matika had been passed, to be upheld.
The ANC in the region said it had been in “constant engagement” with Matika, the leadership of the regional executive committee and branches of the party following the judgment.
The party welcomed Matika’s resignation “in the interest of the community” and “in order to ensure that his name is not used in the looting, burning, [and] inconvenience caused to our community”.
“We respect him for taking the decision that he has taken and know that he will continue to lead the ANC in the region as the chairperson,” provincial secretary Deshi Ngxanga said in a statement, adding that they would initiate internal processes to get a “suitable” replacement for the mayor.
The party said its regional executive committee would provide its provincial executive committee (PEC) with three names, in order of priority, and the names would be processed, he said.
“Thereafter, we will announce the name of the ANC comrade who will be the mayor of the Sol Plaatje Municipality.
“We therefore, appeal to members of the community to allow the ANC space and time to deal with this process. We appeal to our communities to desist from any violent activities and to allow our children who are writing tests, and importantly matriculants, who are writing their preliminary examinations, [to continue uninterrupted].”
Matika said at a press conference that his resignation was in the best interests of the community, Netwerk24 reported.
The potential risks of lung cancer screening are often left out when doctors and patients discuss the issue, a new report suggests. In South Africa, lung cancer accounts for 17% of cancer-related deaths.
Early detection of lung cancer can save lives, and lung cancer screening is recommended for high-risk current and former smokers. But the US Preventive Services Task Force and other organisations say that doctors need to explain the risks as well as the benefits to patients.
Those risks include a high rate of false positives, which can lead to unnecessary follow-up procedures. And in some cases, screening can reveal lung cancer that, left untreated, would not have affected patients in their lifetime, the study authors said.
In this study, researchers analysed 14 recordings of doctors and patients discussing lung cancer screening. On average, the talks lasted less than a minute, the quality of the conversations was poor, and discussion about the potential harms of screening was “virtually non-existent”, the investigators found.
The findings were published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Complex screenings
“We’re not taking a side as to whether lung cancer screening is good or bad, but there seems to be a consensus that we should be sharing these complex decisions with patients,” said study senior author Dr Daniel Reuland.
“Our fly-on-the-wall sample from real-world practice shows us that’s not happening,” he added. Reuland is director of the Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill.
“A lot of people [with positive screening results] undergo surveillance, additional scanning, and some people undergo invasive procedures who don’t have lung cancer,” Reuland said in a University of North Carolina news release.
Potential harms and benefits
“The problem is weighing a small chance of benefit in the form of prolonged life versus a larger chance that a given patient will incur some kind of physical or psychological harm, plus out-of-pocket costs. It’s important to talk about those potential harms and benefits with patients when deciding about screening,” he suggested.
The US Preventative Services Task Force recommends annual lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (CT) for adults 55 to 80 years old who have been heavy smokers.
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