London – It may be a “kind thing” to return honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani to South Africa sooner rather than later, a London court heard on Wednesday.

“It could be six months, then another six months, then on and on,” psychiatrist Dr Ian Cumming said, the British Press Association reported.

“It could make things worse and could be better to get on with it. Actually it may be a kind thing for him to actually get on.”

Cumming visited South Africa and had been reassured that Dewani would be admitted to a general ward at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town, rather than a unit where people were sent by the courts.

He was confident the standard of Dewani’s ongoing medical treatment would be “robust” and would not drop once he left Britain.

“The receiving hospital there will prepare themselves very well,” said Cumming.

“There will be exchange of information and reports and a handover. It is likely a nurse will accompany him from the UK to South Africa.

“I think they would make it as robust as possible. They would not stop whatever medication he is on. That would be bad practice and they would not do that.”

Dewani, 33, who has depression and post traumatic stress disorder, is accused of orchestrating the death of his 28-year-old wife Anni. She was shot as the newly-wed couple travelled in a minibus taxi on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010.

Dewani is facing extradition to South Africa for her murder, in which he denies any involvement.

The Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London heard that in 2011, Dewani tried to take an overdose, but since then had not spoken directly about self-harm or suicide.

Cumming said Dewani’s attitude towards suicide was that “he would not be bothered if he was dead” rather than saying he would kill himself.

He was “evasive” about these questions, but did not seem to have active plans on the matter.

Dewani’s post traumatic stress was severe, his depressive illness was moderate to severe, and his current risk of self harm was real and significant, but not immediate, said Cumming.

He had received treatment for his mental condition since his wife’s death, most recently at two units near Bristol. The place where he was currently being treated seemed to be a “protective mechanism for him”, Cumming said.

Previously, Dewani’s lawyers expressed concerns that he would be a high suicide risk if he returned to South Africa, and that his human rights could be breached because of the risk of violent and sexual assaults in jail, and of contracting HIV or Aids.

The South African authorities said if he was found not to be mentally ill, he would be given a single cell in prison to reduce the risk of attack.

Travel arrangements to get Dewani back to South Africa would involve “a lot of logistical and planning” and perhaps even sedation. This “would not be ideal” but, according to Cumming, such arrangements would be possible. – Sapa

Nyasha Mushekwi’s agent, Ralph Nkomo, has confirmed with Soccer-Laduma that the striker will be jetting out to Belgium tonight (Wednesday). The Mamelodi Sundowns player has been linked with a move to Belgium for some time.

The Brazilians were hoping to hold onto the Zimbabwean, after the club exercised the option on his contract earlier this year. However the player’s wish has always been to further his career abroad.
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Orlando Pirates Administrative Manager, Senzo Mazingiza, has confirmed to the Siya crew that he has left the Parktown-based club.



“Yes, it’s true that I have resigned from Pirates for personal reasons. I wasn’t pushed out of my job or anything like that, I just decided that it was time for me to leave,” Mazingiza told the crew.
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Kaizer Chiefs’ international players will return to training on Monday as they prepare to defend their league title.

It was reported last week when the Amakhosi began their preseason that their international stars had been given extra time off to recuperate from their exploits for club and country, and it has now been revealed that they will return on Monday.
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Former Ajax Cape Town defender Matthew Booth will be playing for Bidvest Wits this season after signing a one-year-deal.

Wits CEO Jose Ferreira confirms that the deal has happened.

The former Bafana Bafana defender joins Musa Bilankulu, who signed a two-year-deal yesterday.
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Free State Stars have signed former Kaizer Chiefs player Mthokozisi Yende.

Yende has penned a two-year deal with Mike Mokoena’s side.

The talented midfielder travelled with Ea Lla Koto to China recently, where they came third in the Shanghai International Football tournament in China.

“Yes, we have signed Yende on a two-year contract,” team manager Rantsi Mokoena tells KickOff.com.

Mokoena says the club has been following Yende’s career since he was with Pretoria University, but they could not snatch him up at that stage as he went to play for Chiefs.

Yende spent last season on loan at Maritzburg United, and his contract with Chiefs expired in June.

“He is a player of high intensity and we are of the hope that he will adapt quickly into the team. He played when we were in China and I was impressed with him,” Mokoena says.
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KICK OFF’s Zola Doda has jumped into the fray and penned a considered letter to new PSL CEO Brand de Villiers.

First and foremost, congratulations on your appointment as the new PSL CEO but please don’t expect a ticker-tape reception in the middle of Sandton City because our fans do not know you or what your job really entails.

I’ve been a die-hard football fan since my first ever match, which was the 1988 Bob Save Super Bowl Final between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, and I have been a journalist for more than 14 years – but up until today I still don’t really know the function of the PSL CEO.

Over the last decade I’ve seen PSL CEOs come and go and I can’t really tell if that has had a negative or positive impact on our football because, like I said, I don’t know what the PSL CEO really does. What I know for sure is that the League chairman, Dr Irvin Khoza, assisted by the board of governors are doing a relatively good job in running the League. And when there are sponsorship announcements, they are made by the chairman, not the CEO.

After reading your recent comments that crowd attendance is something that you want to focus on, at least that gave me a clue about where you want to start. But just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last 15 years, the crowd attendance problem doesn’t need research. It is mainly caused by the poor standard of our League. When the League top goalscorer finishes the season with 13 goals and the second top goalscorer finishes with 12 goals after scoring four goals in the first match that is certainly not going to help in attracting big crowds. Our fans are not dumb; they want to see quality football all the time.

Please remember that the reigning League champions, Kaizer Chiefs, only won 50 percent of their matches (15 wins out of 30), and still managed to take the League. The team that finished third, Orlando Pirates, won two out of their last 12 matches of the season but they were in contention to win the League until match day 28. Where else in the world does that happen?

Instead of wasting money on crowd attendance research, perhaps your first job should be to inform all the PSL clubs that, as from next season, they can only register 25 players (+5 youngsters) per window period. In this way, clubs like Mamelodi Sundowns will stop signing everything that walks and focus more on quality.

At the moment clubs can sign and register as many players they want, and that is a big problem which is killing the quality of our League. Mamelodi Sundowns have more than 50 quality players on their books; these are players who could easily be at other teams. And it’s not only Sundowns, other teams have bloated squads as well. By getting teams to register 25+5 players we will see more quality and the players themselves will have more of a chance of playing.

But this is just one of the ideas I have. If you want more I will gladly assist you. My office hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, and I do not attend Chippa United matches.
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Pretoria – Former president Nelson Mandela’s family must be given the privacy to resolve their internal differences, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Wednesday.

“I would rather not comment on the issue. The family must be given the space to resolve it,” she told reporters outside the Medi-Clinic Heart hospital in Pretoria.

Mandela was admitted to the hospital for a recurring lung infection on 8 June. He is in a critical but stable condition.

Zille said while she was in Pretoria she saw it fit to make a turn at the hospital where Mandela was being treated, to lay down flowers and wish him a speedy recovery.

“I could not drive past the hospital without doing anything. The DA supports the father of the nation, Nelson Mandela,” she said.

Zille said wanted to come to the hospital once his condition had improved. She said Mandela had created a great legacy for himself in South Africa and around the world. The Mandela family would decide on his final resting place.

“Wherever his final place will be I hope the whole nation will embrace it.”

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Mthatha – Members of the Mandela family were said to be “ecstatic” after a court ruled that the remains of three of Nelson Mandela’s children must be exhumed and reburied in Qunu.

The Eastern Cape High Court upheld last week’s court ruling in favour of Mandela’s eldest daughter Makaziwe Mandela and over a dozen other family members, who challenged Madiba’s eldest grandson Mandla Mandela.

They claimed he moved the graves from Qunu to Mvezo in 2011 without the knowledge or consent of his relatives. The remains must be exhumed at Mvezo at 15:00 on Wednesday.

‘Private matter’

Journalists mobbed Makaziwe Mandela, her niece Ndileka Mandela and nephew Ndaba Mandela after the ruling.

“It will remain a private matter,” Makaziwe Mandela said as she left the court.

Counsel for the applicants Wesley Hayes said they were ecstatic about the judgment.

“We are delighted with the outcome,” he said outside the courthouse.

Mandla Mandela, who was not present, was ordered to pay the costs of the case.

Dozens of journalists from news organisations around the world sped off soon after the ruling to photograph and film the exhumations at Mandla Mandela’s home in Mvezo.

The graves are that of Mandla’s father, Makgatho Mandela, who died in 2005; Mandela’s first daughter Makaziwe Mandela, who died as an infant in 1948; and Mandela’s second son Madiba Thembekile Mandela, who died in a car accident in 1969.

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By Obakeng Maje

Former Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle and his Mayoral Committee members are attempting to destabilise the Council by refusing to vacate their offices in the Tlokwe municipality Democratic Alliance said.

The DA is consulting its legal team on the possibility of an interdict to end the illegal occupation and bring immediate stability to the municipality.

“The ANC’s is refusing to accept the outcome of democratic processes that removed former Mayor Maphetle yesterday through a no confidence motion, despite unanimous support for it from all 29 councillors yesterday including the representatives of the ANC” DA Chris Hattingh said.

Hattingh said Parties formed a united front against corruption in the municipality due to Mayor Maphetle’s refusal to deal with forensic audit findings of corruption against him relating to the abuse of the municipality’s Disaster Management and Poverty Relief Funds.

Yesterday’s council meeting was legally constituted despite attempts by some within the ANC to postpone the meeting.

ANC councillors were summoned to a meeting in Mahikeng yesterday by ANC leaders,but chose to attend the Tlokwe council meeting where the no confidence motion was passed instead.

“An acting Speaker was duly elected in accordance with the council rules and the meeting was held on a 100% legal basis” he said.

ANC North West vows to fight to the bitter end. Kenny Morolong said the party will get to the bottom of this and see what prompted their members to voted against Maphetle told Sabc Radio.

“The DA is the only political party that can bring stability to the municipality given the deep and seemingly intractable divisions within the ANC caucus” Hattingh outlines.

Democratic Alliance said they intend to end the illegal occupation by the former Mayor without delay after which the DA will act immediately to deal with key delivery issues such as housing, safety and the filling of vacancies.

“The DA assures residents that we are doing everything possible to ensure stability in the municipality and delivery for all” said DA.

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