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THEEastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) is onamission to educate pupils about the dangersof under aged drinking. The ECLB hosted adebate called Join Drama and Debatingagainst Under Aged Drinking in the Ngcobotown hall, last week.

Anumber of Senior SecondarySchools par-ticipated in the drama and debating, includ-ing Mzikayise Dalasile, Nyanga, Clarkburry,Ngcobo Village, Phakamani and Ngubesizwe.All schools debated topics pertaining to al-

cohol and they also performed a dramawhichdepicted the problems caused by alcohol.One of the pupils from Ngubesizwe SSS,

Nontobeko Klawushe, said they were happyto see the ECLB being part of an initiativewhich was educating pupils about the dan-gers of using alcohol.“We are happy, because teenagers are

thinking that drinking alcohol and abusing itis a fashion. Sometimes we do things notknowing the consequences, but after theselessons we are sure that we will now take adecisive decision about our lives.”She said she hoped that there would be a

change in the attitudes of the youth before itwas too late. Reverend Nomthunzi Tom fromthe Council of Churches said as parents theywere happy to see that the ECLBwas not con-centrating only on peoplewhowere selling al-cohol, but also educated people about the con-

sequences of abusing alcohol.“Therewill be a great change after these de-

bates, because our children thought we werejoking when we were saying they must notuse alcohol. Instead theymustwait and be oldenough to make their own decisions,” shesaid.Tom said as Council of Churches they al-

ways appeal to parents tomake sure that theirchildren go to church. They also encouragechildren to participate in activities such assport, dramaandmusic, in order to keep themaway from drinking alcohol.Spokesperson for the ECLB,MgwebiMsiya

said they had realized that pupils who are un-der aged are abusing alcohol. This promptedthem to “adopt” 10 schools in theNgcobo area,

with the aim of working with them to fightthis behavior.“We want to ensure that this municipality

will be safe in the hands of these pupils whoare the future leaders. We want them to thinkbefore they do. The ‘adoption’ programme isplanned to last for a period of three years. Weare not only focusing on the Ngcobo Munici-pality. We will involve all municipalities,”said Msiya.According toMsiya the problems caused by

under aged drinking teenagers are drinkingincluded poor academic preformance, socialproblems, depression and suicidal thoughts.He said they would also be visiting Cacadu

Local Municipality, Alfred Nzo and OR Tam-bo District Municipalities to do the same.

PupilswarnedaboutalcoholPupils from various Senior Secondary Schools participated in drama with the aim of educating others about the dangers of abusing alcohol. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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THEMinister ofEnvironmentalAffairs, Ed-na Molewa, MP, has invited the public tocomment on mitigation measures to ad-dress the spate of shark attacks in Port StJohns, particularly at Second Beach.

In the latest incident in March this year,only the top half of a 72-year-old tourist’sbody remained after he was brutally at-tacked by a shark at Second Beach.The attack was described as one of the

most gruesome shark attacks ever. One ofthe eye witnesses on the beach said, “If youlook at the wounds, it was a very big sharkand the victim was undoubtedly almost in-stantly dead.”The attack inMarchwas the eighth shark

attack at this beach in the past five years,

which has in the past been described as the“deadliest beach in the world” by the Brit-ish Newspaper The Telegraph.Members of the Mthubane Community

who spoke to a reporter earlier this yearsaid that batherswere just recklessly break-ing the rules of the beach by ignoring thewarning signs. A local DJ JimmyNdamase,said everybody knows that there are sharksat Second Beach, but they continue swim-ming there thinking nothing will happen tothem.Port St Johns’ mayor, Mnyamezeli Man-

gqo, confirmed that after previous incidentsthe municipality took the initiative to putwarning signs up all over Second Beach tomake people aware of the danger. “Thesesigns explain how people should behave.The sharks are in their natural habitat andwe don’t know everything about their be-

haviour. Still we need to continue creatingawareness of the imminent danger,” saidMangqo.According to Mangqo, in March this year

a meeting was set up with the Departmentof Economic and Environmental Affairsand the OR Tambo District Municipality inthe hope of coming up with solutions to pre-vent sharkattack fatalities. “Wewant provi-sions for a permanent rescue team with aboat and we appealed to the Department ofHealth to provide a permanent ambulancefor Second Beach. We want to have a quickresponse rescue service,” said Mangqo.South Africa, like many other countries,

is investigating several measures in a bidto protect bathers and surfers. Shark exclu-sion nets have had success; however, theirapplication is limited to less energetic coast-lines and sheltered bays, such as FishHoek,

in theWesternCape. Electrical repellents inthe form of the shark shield and now sharkpod have been developed, and other agen-cies are working on developing a shark re-pellent cable. The application involves thecreation of an electric field barrier aroundbathing areas. This technology is still in thetesting phase. In addition, several academicinstitutions are investigating the use ofelectro-magnetic and visual barriers.

. Affected and interested parties are in-vited to submit their comments or inputswithin 45 days from the date of publicationof Gazette no 37999.Comments can be sent by post to The Dep-

uty Director-General: Oceans and Coasts,Department of Environmental Affairs, forthe attention of Chumani Mangcu, PO Box52126, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002.

Minister invites public comments onmeasures for shark attacks in Port St Johns

In accordance with the editorial policy of the Express,we invite readers to comment on mistakes in the news-paper and shall correct significant errors as soon aspossible. Send info to the Ombudsman of Media24’sLocal Press, George Claassen, at george.claas-sen@media24.com or call him at 0 021 851 3232.Readers can also contact the SA Press Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 or e-mail ombudsman@presscoun-cil.org.za.

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BINGORoyale East London started investingin the community long before the doorsopened to the public for the first time.

When the Bingo licence was granted, a do-nation of R30 000 was made to Eastern Capenon-profit organisation Ruliv. The fundshave been used to support home care givers,according to Prof Mkhalelwa Mazibuko, thefounder and head of Ruliv.There will be ongoing support for charity,

as Bingo Royale East London has committedto donate one per cent of its gross gamingrevenue to socio-economic development,which is also known as corporate social in-vestment.Bingo Royale East London also has plans to

sponsor a local adult football league team, andwill consider applicants from other sportingcodes for sponsorship, mentoring and otherassistance, according to Yolande Manuel, di-rector of BOSS Gaming Eastern Cape.It is estimated that the new Bingo Royale

East Londonwill support over 100 jobs during

BingoRoyaleploughsback into communitypeak periods.These include people working in the Bingo

hall andVinny’s restaurant, aswell as suppli-ers of goods and services to the business.“We are committed to ensuring that as

many as possible of the people who benefitfrom these job opportunities come from thelocal community,” says Manuel.Born and raised in Port Elizabeth, Yolande

has managed Bingo operations in Kenya, aswell as BOSS Gaming Bingo and slots opera-tions in Mthatha and Matatiele.BOSS Gaming has a number of Bingo and

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PORT St Johns local municipality held a me-dia tour for local media houses last Wednes-day to showcase what the municipality hasplanned as part of their Heritage Month cele-brations.

Mayor Mnyamezeli Mangqo said the mu-nicipality wants to partner with the mediaand relevant stakeholders to make Port StJohns a national and international tourist at-traction of choice.

During his speech he did not shy away from

the challenges that could be resulting in thedecrease in the numbers of tourists visitingthe area.

“Our infrastructure is decayed and has col-lapsed. The municipality is, however, com-mitted to address this by working closely withrelevant stakeholders including the districtmunicipality,” said Mangqo.

He said work had started on revamping theentrance to the town, but due to budget chal-lenges with the Department of Public Works,the construction had to stop.

“The matter is being resolved and we prom-ise to restart the construction before the end

of the year because accessibility into PSJ iskey in our mission to promote it as a tourismdestination,” he said.

The beaches in Port St Johns have also hada lot of negative publicity due to the numberof shark attacks occurring and the fact thatthey have been named among the most dan-gerous beaches in the world.

Mangqo said that they are addressing thisby working with the Department of EconomicDevelopment and Environment Affairs,training more life savers for all PSJ beachesand erecting more signs to educate visitors onwhat to and what not do during their visits.

During the media tour, various tourist at-tractions were visited such as The Gap andBlowhole, which is a popular site for visitorsand tourists as it offers a beautiful sea lifeviewing spot.

It also has something to offer for those wholike adrenalin-filled adventure as one canclimb down a narrow ladder through the gap.

On top of Mount Ethesinger is an old air-craft landing strip that was featured in thepopular movie “Blood Diamond”.

From the landing strip, one also has a viewof Mount Sullivan that forms the dramaticgateway of Port St Johns.

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UBANK, in partnership with the Teba FundTrust, hosted an inaugurational soccer tour-nament at the Dalasile Sports ground in Ng-cobo last week.

Teba Fund Trust and Ubank in associationwith the US Africa Children Fellowship (US-ACF) and South Africa Israel Chamber of

Commerce donated soccer balls and spon-sored the tournament providing the schoolswith medals, trophies and ensuring the eventwas a success. Customer Solution ExecutiveJohn Bellis from Ubank, said this was theirway of contributing to the development ofsport in the province.

“This is when talent is identified and nur-tured, at this early stage and this is when fu-ture stars are made. We are proud to be part

of this initiative,” said Bellis.Preliminary rounds were held in Elliotdale

and Ngcobo, with the final matches takingplace at the Dalasile Sports Ground, lastweek.

The first final was between Mbutye SeniorPrimary School (SPS) and Lower SitholeniSPS. Lower Sitholeni won by 3-0 beating Mbu-tye. Mzikayise Dalasile Senior SecondarySchool (SSS) played with Nobangile SSS.

Nobangile won by 3-1 beating Dalasile on pen-alties. The match between Tshapile SPS andMpame SPS, was won by Mpame, beatingTshapile 3-0 .

The last match was between MzikayiseDalasile SSS and Gwebityala SSS and Gwebit-yala won by 3-0. All participants went homewith medals. The winning teams in the firstcategory went home with trophies and goldmedals.

Ubankhosts schools tournament

Nobangile Ladies Soccer with their principal Khulukazi Makaula at Dalasile.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

The Director from the Department of Education in Ngcobo Circuit Miss Khunjuzwa Mngambi (secondfrom right) with Asthandile Sambatho, Avuyile Dyantyi and Thenjiswa Dangazele.

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MANDLENKOSI MXENGI

AS Matric pupils in the Eastern Cape preparefor their final year examinations the provin-cial Department of Education remained confi-dent that it would achieve its targeted 70%matric pass rate.

The 2014 national senior certificate (NSC)final year examinations are scheduled to starton Monday, October 27, and the Grade 12 pu-pils are expected to write their final paper onFriday, November 28.

Following a recent visit by Basic EducationDeputy Minister Enver Surty to the province,provincial Education MEC Mandla Makupu-la said the department has set a 70% matricpass rate for 2014, adding that he remainedconfident that they would be able to reach thetarget.

However, in the build up to last year’s finalexams, the suspended head of department Mt-hunywa Ngonzo also told a gathering of prin-

cipals in East London that the province wasconfident that it was going to achieve its tar-geted 70% pass rate.

The 2013 matric class recorded an improved64.9% pass rate, which represented an in-crease of 3.3% from the 61.6% achieved in2012.

Surty’s three-day visit to the province wasaimed at reviewing the state of quality learn-ing and teaching in schools across the prov-ince.

Makupula said he was delighted that thingswere getting back to normal in the provinceand hoped that the province would achieve a70% pass rate.

“Now that the province has managed to ad-dress some challenges experienced inschools, a high pass rate for the national cer-tificate results for 2014 will be achieved,” saidMakupula.

The department said it has made some sig-nificant improvements in six priority areas,including the national school nutrition pro-

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The provincial education progress reportindicated that the province had made someprogress in terms of teacher recruitment.

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There is a stage in front of the bar for liveentertainment.

The music is piped through the speaker sys-tem into the smoking area.

“With electronic-based play patrons can en-joy Bingo whenever the Bingo hall is open –rather than being restricted to specific timeslots as they are in a more traditional Bingooperation.

“It is the popular way Bingo is being playedall around the world,” she says.

Patrons can also dine like royalty at neigh-

bouring Vinny’s Joint restaurant, another firstfor the East London CBD.

“The cosy restaurant is the place to meetfriends or to have informal business meetings,”says Manuel.

Bingo Royale East London CBD and Vinny’sare open from nine in the morning till late atnight.

Entry is free.There is plenty of parking in neighbouring

Caxton House for the bingo and restaurant pa-trons, in addition to on-street.

New lighting has been installed, and the areais patrolled by Bingo Royale’s own securityguards.

Live entertainmentSome of East London’s favourite musicians

can be seen live on stage in Bingo Royale EastLondon on Wednesday evenings and overweekends.

“We see ourselves as a showcase for both es-tablished and up-and-coming musicians fromEast London,” says general manager GregCrawford.

A stage has been built in front of the iconicbar for the musicians, who can be seen frommost parts of the venue.

Music is piped through the speaker systeminto the smoking area to ensure that everyonehas the opportunity to enjoy the free show.

Responsible GamblingBingo Royale East London CBD fully sup-

ports South Africa’s pioneering and interna-tionally acknowledged National ResponsibleGambling Programme (NRGP).

In keeping with the aims of this programme,the following measures are in place:

•There is clear signage stating that no under18’s are allowed into the premises, and BingoRoyale has a zero tolerance policy towards un-der-age gambling

•Security guards at the entrances are trainedto identify potential under-age gamblers andto ask for proof of age

•NRGP signage featuring “winners knowwhen to stop” and the NRGP toll-free helplinenumber are prominently displayed

•There is clear signage at the entrance of thesite warning the public that licensed gamblingactivities are taking place within the venue

•All staff performing gambling-related func-tions undergo formal training on all aspects ofthe promotion of responsible gambling.– REPORTER

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Omnyewabancedisi bomqhubi apha e-UTAngemini yeHeritage uzibone sele esenzaipush-ups ngenxa nje yokutsotsa unondabaetaxini ngokuthi angambuyiseli ichange ya-khe ngabom - not knowing ukuba udlalangomlilo.Unondaba khange alibazise uvele waya

kuxela eMadeira Police Station emva kokut-hatha inumber-plate yetaxi leyo.Manditsho ndithi amapolisa asebenzisene

kakhulu naloo ntatheli ngokuthi bamkhange-le naphantsi kwezicithi umfana lo ubebalekenechange.Lathethwa ityala eGolden Egg taxi rank,

kodwakuyekwanyanzelekaukubaunondabaaphumesele ephethe i-R357yentlawulo…uqu-ka imali aye ngayo eMadeira kunye naleyoalahlekelwe lixesha lakhe lokuba abe semse-benzini elungisa lo mcimbi woku rojwa kwa-khe.Kunyanisiwe xa kusithiwa “don’t judge a

book by its cover” because umntu udela njeisiqu kanti akazi ukuba lowo mntu wazi

umthetho ngaphezu kwakhe.Siyabulela koonotaxi abathe bathatha inx-

axheba ekusombululeni le nyewe, kuqukanamapolisa lawo aseMadeira.

Kazi babebhatele bonke na?Normally the VIP area in any event used

not to be full but we were surprised to see thefully packed VIP area during the MthathaCultural Heritage Festival recently and weasked ourselves if all those people who werethere had paid the R50.Xa bonke babebhatele siyaxolisa kepha xa

sijonga engathi ilabantu abamukela amath-ikithi felefele.The organisors need to look into the issue

of issuing courtesy tickets to thedifferent gov-ernment departments and also to the peoplewho are sponsors of the event.Instead of giving away those tickets free

they should at least make them available ata discounted rate to the sponsors.The way some of the people behaved at the

VIP stand showed thatwrongpeoplewere giv-en theVIP tickets and thatmadeus again ask,who qualifies to be a VIP?Can anyone be a VIP andwhat does it mean

to be a VIP?Why did they have to keep him with

them?What we saw in Flagstaff was not on. We

saw a traffic officer driving a Toyota Hiluxbakkie. At first we thought he had gone towork with his vehicle and later we realizedthat the bakkie belonged to an old man whowas a passenger when his vehicle was beingdriven by the traffic cop.The old man was stopped by the traffic cop

and they found some faults in his vehicle. In-stead of giving him a fine the traffic officerdecided to park the vehicle on the side of theroad alongside their vehicle and continuewith his work whilst the old man was stand-ing in the sun waiting for the traffic officersto finish their work as they manned the roadblock.Itwas onThursday and theway the oldman

was dressed showed that he was going tochurch since it was Thursday and his appear-ance was like that of the Pastor.Ohbawoasazi sekwathiningentloniphoku-

bantwana bakho kuba lowatata xa umjongilewayengalingana notate wetraffic cop le yay-imbambile.

Iyaxaka eyabathethela isipolisa hlelibesithi akukho tyala lenzekileIyaxaka eyabathethela isipolisa ikakhulu

kwezi ndawo zihleli zinamaqondo aphezuluobundlobongela.Bahleli besithi akukho nto yenzekileyo.Kodwa esuke ixake kakhulu awazi nokuba

bajongela phantsi amaphe-phandaba amanc-inci kuba qho xa ufunda lamakhulu ufumani-sa ukuba bawanikezile iziganeko ezithe zen-zeka. Akumelanga ukuba bayawakhethaamaphepha abawanika iin-kcukacha ngol-waphulo mthetho ekuhlaleni.Abakulibalayo ukba amaphephandaba

asekuhlaleni iwo abalulekile kubantu futhibawafumana ngaphandle kokukhupha imali.What we would ask now as the gossip teamis for people to join the newspaper’s facebookpage and always let us know what is happen-ing in their areas especially things like crime.We were surprised last week when our col-league from the Flagstaff area told us thattherewasa lot of crimehappening in that areaespecially rape but every timewhenwe askedthe police spokesperson about the crimes inhis area he always said nothing had happen.We were also surprised to read in the re-

gional newspaper that there was shootingnext to the house of the Alfred Nzo DistrictMunicipality’s Chief Finance Officer but thespokespersonsaid therewasnocrimereportedbut he was quoted in the regional newspaper.

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A young man from Bolotwa location inDutywa is appealing to Dutywa Com-munitymembers and SouthAfricans togive him support by voting for him inthe South African Traditional MusicAwards (SATMA).

Sibongile-Sijadu Potelwa, who issinging an Afro Fusion will be repre-senting the Mbhashe Local Municipali-ty in the 9th Annual SATMA Awardswhichwill be held at Fort Hare onOcto-ber 17 and 18.He is a Praise Poet, a recording artist,

an author and aspiring actor. Sijadu re-citedhis renditions in Isixhosa, isiZulu,English and a bit of Sotho. He startedpraising while he was still young.“I am nominated for the 2014 Satma

Awards in the category of Best PraiseSinger. For me to be able to win in this

category I will need the support of thecommunity ofMbashe and surroundingareas.”In 2013, Potelwaperformedduring the

‘Nathi Ngowethu’ event in celebrationof Saba Mbixane’s accolades hosted byAlfred Nzo District Municipality atMandileni Administrative Area inMount Frere.He also took to the stage during the

farewell event of Auditor General, Ter-enceNombembe,whichwasheld inBlo-emfontein last year.“When you are nominated it means

there are peoplewho are learning some-thing from what you are doing which iswhat happened to me and I am proud ofthat.”Patelwa is currently employed at the

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GREG NOTA

THE Mthatha Cultural Heritage Festival golfday was well supported as golfers from allwalks of life came in numbers to take part inthe event at Mthatha Country Club.

Thegolf daywaspart of theMthathaCultur-al Heritage Festival which sported a full pro-

gramme of both cultural and sporting events.During a gala dinner peoplewhoare involvedin promoting culture in Mthatha were hon-oured with certificates of recognition.Various sporting events were held on the

Saturday, such as a 12 km marathon and funwalk, aerobics competition and the golf day.Express’s Greg Nota was there to capture

all the golfing action.

Golfers showmettleat festival golf day

Willie Shawe took part in the golf day. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Portia Sanqushowed that thegolf course can bea woman’splayground too.PHOTO: GREGNOTA

Deon Steyn puts a the last hole. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Become anMthatha Express Youth Journo todayFROM the people who brought you CitizenJournalist, nowcomes thenewandexciting in-itiative for our young writers – Youth Journo.

Youth Journo is a programme presented byMedia24’s Local Newspapers, of whichOP Ko-erante forms part of, that gives high school stu-dents the opportunity to share their schools’news with the rest of the community online.But it is not only restricted to school news

– anything that is of importance to teenagerscouldbesubmittedunderYouthJournoonourwebsite, whether it be dating tips, book or CDreviews or more serious matters like drugabuse among teenagers. To launch this excit-ing project, OP Koerante will be giving awayalaptoptoaschoolthatsubmitsthemostYouthJourno entries online.Toenter for this competition, learnerswould

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THROUGH its developments, the South AfricanFootball Association (Safa) of the OR Tambo re-gion aspires to produce players of high quality,competent enough to play for the national squad,Bafana Bafana, by 2019.

Briefing the media in Mthatha, Safa OR TamboPresident, Xolile Nkompela, said they were work-ing very hard and looking for every possible wayto develop high quality players in the area. “TheOR Tambo region is capable, and will produce bestplayers. We want to produce players ofMzwawuthethi Nogwaza’s calibre who will playfor the national team in the next world cup,” hesaid.

Mzawuthethi Nogwaza, known as ‘Zyre’, wasone of the best players the OR Tambo region everhad. Playing under Coach Professor Ngubane forBush Bucks, now known as Mthatha Bucks, Zyrewas one of the most offensive right-wingers in theteam. The retired star was also born, bred and but-tered in the OR region.

He, Xolile, stressed that in order to develop play-ers of Nogwaza’s ilk they need to pay special atten-tion to the young stars Under 13, 15 and 17. TheSafa OR currently boasts with 55 Local Football As-sociations (LFA) in Mhlonto Municipality,Nyandeni Municipality, Port St Johns Municipali-ty, King Sabatha Dalindyebo Municipality and In-

gquza Municipality; each LFA with more than 2000players and at least 99 teams each. The Safa ORTambo President is expected to hand over 100 ballsto each LFA on October 28.

As infrastructure has always been the mainchallenge in the region, especially in the ruralparts; Nkompela said they were attending to thepredicament including the unfinished Mthathastadium. “We are working on creating a friendlysporting environment as we have constructed andintroduced artificial pitches in some of the areasin the region. And I can confirm that other stadi-ums are being constructed in Mhlontlo on Nyande-ni.”

He continued and said: “Nelson Mandela lovedsport; he was one of the people who made a bid forthe world cup to be hosted in South Africa. TheMthatha stadium is his legacy so hosting biggames and tournaments at the stadium would bea great way to honour him.” According to Nkompe-la, they are expecting some funds from the SafaNEC to speed up the construction and the Safa na-tional President Danny Jordaan and the newly ap-pointed Bafana Bafana coach, Ephraim ‘Shakes’Mashaba, are set to visit the stadium soon.

Also at the press conference the president an-nounced the suspension of its members, honorarypresident Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana, Mr Pikolom-zi Ngceza, Mr Daniel Tonga, Mr Sipho Cingo, MrSimbongile Mpolase, Mr Khaya Madikizela andMs Rose Tshingana.

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Safa OR Tambo President, Xolile Nkompela. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

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