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KHAMA Billiat who played a starring role in Kaizer Chiefs’ 1-0 win against Primeiro de Agosto on Tuesday to put the Soweto club through to their first-ever Caf Champions League group stages‚ says Amakhosi need to test themselves against the competition's giants. Chiefs became the first South African club to beat Primeiro in Angola with their 1-0 first round‚ second-leg win at Estadio 11 de Novembro after a 0-0 draw at FNB Stadium on December 22. Billiat was on form on the afternoon and produced the excellent run out of defence down the left and cross to set up Leonardo Castro’s 41st-minute winner. The Zimbabwean‚ along with Castro, a Champions League winner at Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016‚ thanked Chiefs’ management for putting on the charter flight to Luanda. Angola has shut its borders to South Africans due to rising COVID-19 numbers in this country‚ but made special dispensation for Amakhosi. “It’s a great feeling. I think credit goes to the technical team‚ and the entire team for their preparation‚ and us coming here with the charter flight – we really appreciated it‚” Billiat said. “And the whole effort that the chairman [Kaizer Motaung] is putting into the guys‚ and everyone. “It’s really important for us as well to go and test ourselves with the rest of the Champions League giants. “It gives us confidence as well going back to our domestic competitions‚ and we really want to go all the way. 'We want to make a difference‚ and push ourselves to the limit and see how far we can progress in Africa. “It’s really important and we give credit to the guys. 'We worked so hard‚ we stuck to the plan‚ and it wasn’t easy. It’s going to be very tough but we can only learn and grow as a team‚ and make sure we gel together and fight for one another.” Chiefs and their new coach Gavin Hunt — plagued by a two-window Fifa transfer ban — have had a shocker of a start in the DStv Premiership‚ with one win in eight matches. A club with a reputation for not having taken continental football seriously‚ often balking at the cost‚ have shown intent to progress in the 2020-21 Champions League‚ beating Cameroon’s PWD Bamenda (also 1-0) in the preliminary round. As Hunt throws in youngsters to build for the future — Njabulo Blom and Darrel Matsheke played beyond their years in Chiefs’ central midfield in Luanda — the Champions League group phase may well provide the best possible finishing school for such prospects. Chiefs were missing influential Lebohang Manyama‚ Willard Katsande and Itumeleng Khune on Tuesday. “Ja‚ it shows the quality that we have. Everyone is important. We really need to step up when they’re [senior players] not around‚ we really need to do what they were going to do‚” Billiat said. “And we speak to them on the phone‚ they motivate us in the group‚ they’re part of the team and we are together. “It really means a lot. They give us confidence and calm us down just sending their motivational texts on the (WhatsApp) group. “And we really know we need to fight for them‚ because we know that if they had been here they would do
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Caterina Jarboro was born one of three children in Wilmington, North Carolina, to an American Indian mother and a black father who was a local barber. She was christened Katherine Lee Yarborough at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Wilmington. She received elementary school education at St. Thomas, and later attended Gregory Normal School. Her parents died when she was thirteen years old, and in 1916, she traveled to Brooklyn, New York, to live with an aunt.
Jarboro studied music in New York where her exceptional ability soon became apparent. By 1921 she appeared in popular theater musicals, such as Sissle and Blake’s “Shuffle Along,” and later in James P. Johnson’s, “Running Wild.” Like many black musicians and performers, she sought more opportunity for study and experience in Europe. Under contract to the San Carlo Opera Company, Jarboro debuted in Verdi’s Aida in 1930 at the Puccini Theater in Milan, Italy. She continued to study in France and to perform in small productions in Europe until 1932 when she returned to the United States.
In 1933 Alfredo Salmaggi, recruited her to perform Aida with the Chicago Civic Opera at the New York Hippodrome Theater. The music editor at the New York Times praised her vivid performance and her perfect Italian diction. This appearance made Jarboro the first black opera singer to perform with a major company in America. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt expressed gratitude to Salmaggi for introducing Jarboro and other black opera singers to the American stage in her column, “My Day,” in 1946.
Jarboro followed Aida with an outstanding performance of Seleka in Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine in New York. She also created and performed the lead role in Cameron White’s Ouanga at the Chicago Ravinia Festival. The New York Metropolitan Opera Association invited her to become a member, but when they realized she was not Italian, but Afro-Indian, they denied her membership. After a lengthy and successful career she declined membership when a second invitation was extended.
Jarboro returned
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. More than a quarter of a million people come to see Santa at Macy's in New York each year, the company said, making it hard to create a safe environment during a pandemic. Before taking a picture with the jolly old man, crowds walk in tight quarters through a maze-like Santaland that's filled with Christmas trees, running toy trains and elves […]
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Kaizer Chiefs look to take one step towards the PSL title as they visit Bloemfontein Celtic for a clash at Tuks Stadium on Wednesday.
Kaizer Chiefs legend Neil Tovey says current coach Gavin Hunt desperately needs two key players to regain full fitness.
Now Ross has a starring role in what should have been a theatrically released film.
Her boss Grace Davis (Ross) is a very demanding, self-centered, insecure superstar singer whose career stalls as she hits the tender age of 40.
Maggie’s destiny changes when she meets the young musician David Cliff (Kelvin Harrison Jr., Monsters and Men), who sings for tips at a chic LA market.
The romantic angles will keep viewers glued to their chairs even when the music career stuff gets a bit cliché.
Also, if your vision of Los Angeles is incessant sunshine, a beachy mellow vibe, artists searching for someone who can boost their careers and overindulgent rich people with New Age eccentricities—it’s all here on-screen: When Grace thinks she might have a booty call date, she, with no shame whatsoever, instructs Maggie: “Can you make sure the sexology oil is in my bathroom?”
Voters in Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days.
Saturday was the main and last day of voting. The exercise had opened on Thursday for voters on fringe islands and essential workers such as hospital staff in the Indian Ocean island country.
74,600 people are eligible to vote.
Most of the Indian Ocean islands making up the Seychelles, a prized honeymoon destination famed for white beaches and lush vegetation, are uninhabited and the archipelago's 98,000 residents mainly live on the islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
The opposition is hoping to unseat incumbent president Danny Faure, in power since 2016. Faure was not elected but took over after his boss, James Michel, resigned as president.
Faure is running under the United Seychelles party, which has been in power since 1977.
His main rival is the Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan, who is taking his sixth shot at the presidency and lost by only 193 votes to Michel in an unprecedented second round of voting in 2015.
Virus and economy
The main concern of voters is the economic situation in the country, which has suffered the loss of vital tourism -- its main earner -- because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seychelles has recorded only 149 mostly imported cases, but the virus has been a key campaign issue, with the health minister banning election rallies which would have been a barometer of support for various candidates in a country without a polling institute.
The campaign has mainly happened over social media, where the opposition and its supporters are the most active, and on television where the country held its first ever debates between the candidates, which proved extremely popular.
Since the start of the pandemic, the economy has slowed significantly, with some 700 Seychellois losing their jobs, according to government figures.
And while average income is among the highest in Africa, the national statistics agency says that about 40 percent of Seychellois live in poverty because of the high cost of living.
Another key theme of the campaign has been corruption, a largely taboo topic in the tiny country where business and politics are often intertwined.
Mamelodi Sundowns have won the 2019/20 PSL title, snatching the championship away from Kaizer Chiefs on a dramatic final day.
Kaizer Chiefs transfer activity rests on whether or not Fifa upholds the ban it has imposed on the club.
The fixtures have been released for the preliminary stage of this season's Nedbank Cup as Mamelodi Sundowns look to defend their title.
George Maluleka signed a pre-contract with the reigning league champions earlier in the year.
(Trinidad Guardian) “I didn’t eat myself to this. I am not a glutton.”
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Usually, SA giants Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns would meet annually in the Shell Helix Cup.
Mamelodi Sundowns today announced the appointment of Manqoba Mngqithi and Rhulani Mokwena as joint coaches with the opinion of the former prevailing when there isn’t consensus.
Gaston Sirino has reportedly agreed terms with Al Ahly however Mamelodi Sundowns are holding out for their R60 million asking price
BY FORTUNE MBELE HIGHLANDERS legend Zenzo Moyo has implored current Bosso striker Prince Dube to be resilient even if he fails in Europe, should a chance present itself. Moyo wants Dube (23) to emulate Warriors captain Knowledge Musona who remained in Belgium playing for KAS Eupen on a loan from Anderlecht at a time he looked set to go back to South Africa following interest from Mamelodi Sundowns. Dube's club Highlanders have agreed terms with Tanzania giants Azam with the striker said to have attracted interests from two clubs in France where he is reported to have been invited for trials. Moyo yesterday said Dube should not have left South Africa after a failed stint at SuperSport United, but should have looked for another team rather than returning home to Highlanders. The Warriors’ striker was released by SuperSport United in 2018 after a one-year stint. “If he gets there (Europe), he shouldn’t expect it to be a stroll in the park. It won’t be like at Highlanders. He must prove himself, not like what happened the last time (at SuperSport), where he would quickly think of coming back home to play for Highlanders every time he had a problem. He must look for another team, even in the lower leagues,” Moyo said. “It’s not the end of the world if he fails at one team. There are several teams out there. He must have a heart of a lion and must not be soft. Look at Knowledge Musona who was said to be coming down south to Mamelodi Sundowns, but he ended up finding another club in Belgium. Otherwise I wish him all the best.” However for Dube now it's only a prospect of trials in France with a deal in the process for him to move to Azam before going to Europe. Moyo is a former Warriors’ striker who left for Cyprus straight from Highlanders at the turn of the millennium and played for a couple of clubs before returning to play for the Bulawayo giants in 2006. He said Dube should be happy about the Azam deal and should go there to prove himself, saying the transfer was good for him and Highlanders. Dube has four months to his contract at Highlanders. “It's okay for him (Dube) and Highlanders. The club needs to strengthen those relationships with foreign clubs. But for Prince, this is not about money but for him to go and prove himself. He needs to appreciate whoever has given him this opportunity or platform. Money will come. He is still young. He must prove himself and if he plays well there, it might open floodgates for other players and the club (Azam) might want to deal with Highlanders in the future,” Moyo said.
Veteran goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune made a costly error, which allowed Peter Shalulile to get his first Mamelodi Sundowns goal in the match against Kaizer Chiefs.
