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Sport24.co.za | Markram ready to bat at No 4, but not to replace AB
Cape Town – Aiden Markram’s Test statistics are almost too perfect to believe.
After 10 matches in his debut season, the 23-year-old has scored exactly 1 000 runs at an average of 55.55.
“I couldn’t have asked for it to go much better,” he said at Saturday night’s Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards ceremony at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
While the night belonged to Kagiso Rabada, Markram was named Newcomer of the Year.
READ: Rabada emerges as new face of SA cricket
There was no other choice.
Already, Markram has risen to No 9 in the Test batting rankings and he is showing no signs of slowing down. His partnership with Dean Elgar at the top of the Proteas order has quickly developed into one of the most natural, well-balanced opening pairings in world cricket.
Markram’s two big hundreds in South Africa’s 3-1 victory over Australia earlier this year left him as the top run scorer in the series, and along the way he made it abundantly clear that he will be and intregral part of any success the Proteas have in the format in the years to come.
It was a different story on the ODI stage, though, where Markram struggled to get going.
The decision to toss him the captaincy for the last five ODIs against India was a contentious one, and while Markram says he learnt a lot from that experience, his batting seemed to suffer as a result.
He averages just 27.57 from his 7 ODIs to date, but that will not even be of remote concern for anyone who has ever seen this man bat.
He has power, timing and an expansive arsenal of shots that seem to have been copied and pasted directly from the coaching manual.
Markram is as classy as they make them.
With less than a year to go until the World Cup in England and Wales, South Africa’s brains trust have limited time to get Markram into shape on the ODI stage.
And with the recent bombshell announcement of AB de Villiers’ retirement from international cricket, the Proteas need a No 4 at that tournament.
With the explosive Quinton de Kock and the seasoned Hashim Amla South Africa’s settled openers, Markram looks good for a No 4 berth at this stage.
Speaking to Sport24 after the CSA awards, Markram said that he would be happy to fill the role if asked.
“It’s a little bit foreign to me, having opened for most of my life, but there have been a few white ball games with the Titans and in the Indian series where I have batted at No 4,” he said.
“It’s a little bit different, but at the end of the day it’s the ball and the situation you’ve got to play. If I ever got given that opportunity I would take it with open arms.”
It was not wise, Markram emphasised, to look for a like-for-like De Villiers option.
“I don’t think it’s a case of trying to find the next AB de Villiers because we will never manage to find another player like that,” he said.
“It’s still quite important that whoever does fill that role makes it their own and plays their own game in that role.
“Whether you get the job done like AB does or whoever … as long as the job gets done.
“It’s going to be an interesting selection headache, because there are a lot of good players coming through. You’ve got a guy like Heinrich Klaasen and a guy like Temba (Bavuma) who might come into the mix now. It’s going to be interesting.”
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Health24.com | When to see your doctor about diabetes
During the early stages of diabetes and prediabetes, symptoms are often subtle and can be missed.
Understanding the early and sometimes unusual signs, and knowing your family history can help you know when it’s time to see the doctor about diabetes.
The difference between diabetes and prediabetes
Prediabetes indicates that your glucose levels are higher than normal, but not to the degree that you can be diagnosed with diabetes. While prediabetes can result in nerve damage, high cholesterol and blood pressure levels, it is not a permanent condition. However, if drastic lifestyle changes are not made, it can develop into type 2 diabetes.
A normal blood sugar level is 5.6mmol/L. Anything between 5.7mmol/L and 7.0mmol/L can be considered prediabetic.
If your glucose levels are higher than they should be, the likelihood of not showing any symptoms is high. However, there are symptoms that could appear in the case of prediabetes:
- Thirst
- Fatigue
- An increase in appetite
- Frequent urination
While diabetes has most of these symptoms, there are a few added indicators:
- Blurred vision
- Frequent and recurring infections
- Cuts and bruises that are slow to heal
- Boils
- Itching skin
- Tingling and numbness in the hands or feet
Why is it important to know your family history?
Your family has an impact on your risk for diabetes. This happens in two different ways – through genetics and through your upbringing. Your parents, siblings and family members influence the way you live, what you eat, how you take care of yourself and your health in general. Your genetics can influence type 1 and type 2 diabetes, while lifestyle influences are largely related to your risk for type 2 diabetes.
While there are many changes taking place internally during this period with regards to tissues, organs and blood cells, there are not always visible signs and symptoms accompanying them. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms mentioned above, you should visit your doctor as soon as possible.
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News24.com | More important than ever to keep dreaming of a better South Africa
2018-06-04 08:55
Sello Hatang
Visiting the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (aka the Lynching Memorial) in Montgomery, Alabama last week left me emotionally numb.
I was made numb not only because of past injustices and imagining the terror felt by the many victims of lynching and their families who knew that once accused, they faced an almost certain death. My numbness came from knowing that the past continues to haunt us in new forms of terror:
Targeted police killings of black people;
slavery in Libya and other places;
women dying at the hands of their partners;
rape;
human trafficking;
violent crime; etc.
The visit left me devastated, raw and feeling discouraged knowing all the woundedness we are suffering from as a people. Woundedness that’s hardly acknowledged by the perpetrators! Maybe it’s not for them to acknowledge that pain but for the victims to keep fighting for a more equal and just world, and the rule of law.
Speaking to American social justice activist Bryan Stevenson reminded me that we cannot afford to stay numb forever. He reminded me that we must all play our part to help society reckon with this difficult past. We must turn into partners who want to see justice realised for old and new victims of all forms of terror.
You can choose to look the other way, to hope that victims will come right without lending a helping hand, without sacrifice. You can choose to be an armchair critic who sees everything wrong with all the efforts of others. A critic who finds others falling short yet doesn’t get involved to help them fulfil their mission in life.
I choose to get my hands dirty. To help in any way possible to lift the heavy burden of poverty and inequality from the shoulders of the poor and vulnerable. I choose to keep dreaming.
Dreaming of a country free of the pit latrines that can kill another Michael Komape and Lumka Mketwa.
Dreaming of a country in which Palesa Madiba could have completed her degree at the University of Johannesburg.
Dreaming of a country in which Karabo Mokoena is still alive and free of punches from her partner.
Dreaming of a country in which Andries Tatane is receiving the basic services he needed in his community.
I am a dreamer! I dream of a country that fully supports the rights of the LGBTI community without fear of death and mockery.
I dream of health workers fighting for their right to fair wages whilst respecting the rights of patients to receive care.
I dream of the disabled being fully supported and accommodated in their daily lives.
These names and stories remind me that hope is not enough without hard work.
Courage and bravery are not enough without thoughtfulness and help from others. Solidarity remains key to changing our society.
We all have a role to play. Victims of injustice do not have the time to wait.
#GetYourHandsDirty
#PlayYourPart
#BuildACountryOfYourDreams
– Hatang is Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Disclaimer: News24 encourages freedom of speech and the expression of diverse views. The views of columnists published on News24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent the views of News24.
eNCA | Sanco welcomes transfer of probes to state capture commission
CAPE TOWN – The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) on Sunday welcomed the transfer of certain priority investigations from the Office of the Public Protector (OPP) to the Judicial Commission on State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the public sector.
In a statement, Sanco said it agreed with the OPP that the transfer of the investigations will expedite the work of the commission, curb duplication and reduce costs.
“All investigations that are covered by the terms of reference that established the commission must be centralised so that the high-level expertise, as well as, depth of legal, investigative and forensic auditing assigned the responsibility is optimally used to serve the course of justice,” said Sanco spokesperson Jabu Mahlangu.
WATCH: Public will be allowed to give evidence in state capture inquiry anonymously
According to the notice of intent that Sanco received from the OPP on May 25, the transfer follows engagements between Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the chairperson of the commission, Deputy Chief Justice Zondo.
Mahlangu said that South Africans are eagerly awaiting the conclusion of the state capture probe in the hopes that it will restore confidence in public institutions and contribute towards the country’s economic recovery.
“We owe it to future generations to reclaim good governance, reposition state-owned enterprises for the developmental role outlined in the National Development Plan while ensuring that every cent that was looted through state capture is recouped and those responsible held accountable,” he said.
READ: Sanco calls for independent probe of multimillion-rand North West fraud claims
Sanco had complained to the OPP and requested a probe into the awarding of R1.8-billion tenders to Impulse International (Pty) Limited (Impulse), an entity in which Koketso Choma, stepdaughter of former Eskom acting group CEO Matshela Koko held financial business interests.
It was alleged that Impulse, a multi-national engineering and project management consultancy and technical service provider was irregularly awarded eight lucrative contracts by Eskom while Koko was group executive of the generation, which had a direct influence over Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes.
Other investigations referred to the commission include complaints lodged by other parties that alleged among others that the Gupta family benefited substantially from state contracts because of close relationships that they had with former President Jacob Zuma, certain cabinet ministers, chairpersons of state-owned enterprises, CEOs as well as members of their families and business associates.
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eNCA | IN PICTURES: The aftermath of Guatemala’s Fuego volcanic tragedy
GUATEMALA CITY – Videos and pictures have shown the devastation caused by the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades.
An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday, officials said.
READ: Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, several killed, hundreds injured
Volcan de Fuego, whose name means “Volcano of Fire”, spewed an eigth-kilometre stream of red-hot lava and belched a thick plume of black smoke and ash that rained onto the capital and other regions.
The charred bodies of victims laid on the steaming, ashen remnants of a pyroclastic flow as rescuers attended to badly injured victims in the aftermath of the eruption.
It was the 3,763-metre volcano’s second eruption this year.
“It’s a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the El Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people,” Sergio Cabanas, the general secretary of Guatemala’s CONRED national disaster management agency, said on the radio.
FILE: A soldier carries a child covered with ash after Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted violently in El Rodeo, Guatemala 3 June 2018. Credit: REUTERS/ Fabricio Alonzo
CONRED said the number of dead had risen to 25, from an earlier estimate of seven, including a CONRED employee. Some 3,100 people have been evacuated from the area.
Officials said the dead were so far all concentrated in three towns: El Rodeo, Alotenango and San Miguel los Lotes.
Rescue operations were suspended until 5:00 A.M. (1100 GMT) due to dangerous conditions and inclement weather, said Cecilio Chacaj, a spokesman for the municipal firefighters’ department.
FILE: A soldier takes a rescued child covered with ash to a hospital after Fuego volcano erupted violently in El Rodeo, Guatemala June 3, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo
Dozens of videos appeared on social media and Guatemalan TV showing the extent of the devastation.
One video published by news outlet Telediario, purportedly taken in the El Rodeo village, showed three bodies strewn atop the remnants of the flow as rescuers arrived to attend to an elderly man caked from head to toe in ash and mud.
“Unfortunately El Rodeo was buried and we haven’t been able to reach the La Libertad village because of the lava and maybe there are people that died there too,” said CONRED’s Cabanas.
‘I think they were buried’
In another video, a visibly exhausted woman, her face blackened from ash, said she had narrowly escaped as lava poured through corn fields.
“Not everyone escaped, I think they were buried,” Consuelo Hernandez told news outlet Diario de Centroamerica.
FILE: A woman covered with ash and burn wounds on her legs is taken to hospital after Fuego volcano erupted violently, in El Rodeo, Guatemala 3 June 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo
Steaming lava flowed down the streets of a village as emergency crews entered homes in search of trapped residents, another video on a different media outlet showed.
President Jimmy Morales said he had convened his ministers and was considering declaring a state of emergency in the departments of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepequez.
The eruption forced Guatemala City’s La Aurora international airport to shut down its only runway due to the presence of volcanic ash and to guarantee passenger and aircraft safety, Guatemala’s civil aviation authority said on Twitter.
FILE: Soldiers sweep the ash covered tarmac at La Aurora International Airport after Fuego volcano erupted violently, in Guatemala City, Guatemala 3 June 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Luis Vargas
The volcano is some 40 km southwest of the capital, Guatemala City, and is close to the colonial city of Antigua, which is popular with tourists and is known for its coffee plantations.
Workers and guests were evacuated from La Reunion golf club near Antigua as a black cloud of ash rose from just beyond the club’s limits. The lava river was running on the other side of the volcano.
Officials said the volcanic eruption still presented a danger and could cause more mud and pyroclastic flows.
FILE: Police officers wearing face masks guard the area after Fuego volcano erupted violently in El Rodeo, Guatemala, 3 June 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo
“Temperatures in the pyroclastic flow can exceed 700 degrees (Celsius) and volcanic ash can rain down on a 15-km radius. That could cause more mudflows and nearby rivers to burst their banks,” said Eddy Sanchez, director of Guatemala’s seismological, volcanic and meteorological institute.
The huge plumes of smoke that could be seen from various parts of the country and the ash that fell in four of Guatemala’s departments caused alarm among residents.
David de Leon, a CONRED spokesman, said a change in wind was to blame for the volcanic ash falling on parts of the capital.
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