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THE SA Police inMthatha is investigating alle-gations against a woman who allegedly madeempty promises of jobs for youth fromMthathaand surrounding areas to be cleaners in theBotha Sigcau Building

Some of the young people told Express thateven though the woman never asked them topaymoney for thepromised jobs theywerecon-cernedover the fact that theygaveher their per-sonal information and bank statementsShe cannot be named as she has not yet been

charged and has not yet appeared in courtAfter realising that her promises were lies

some of the victims went to the Madeira PoliceStation to ask for assistance Theywere advisedto open a case so thematter could be investigat-edAbout 70 people were allegedly promised em-

ployment as cleaners ndash promises which neverrealised Some of the victims were allegedlyeven advised to resign from their previous jobsas they were going to get better salaries withbenefits from the promised employmentSome of the people were allegedly told to sign

time sheets everyday despite not working One

of the victims Pretty Nobanda said they sub-mitted their particulars to this woman in No-vember last year They were always called tosign the time sheets even though theywere stillwaiting to start their dutiesldquoWhat we want to know is what is it that she

was doing with our particulars because we be-lieve that shewas notworking alone in thisWewant to know the motiverdquo said NobandaldquoWewere signing timesheets even thoughwe

didnothaveanoffice andwerenotworkingWeused to gather at one of the hotels in Mthathardquosaid another victimNobanda said they suspected foul play after

a group of victims followed the woman to theBotha Sigcau Building where she said she wasworking It is alleged that the group saw herthrowing documents with personal particularsinto the dustbin outside theBothaSigcauBuild-ingShe further said that theywerenowafraidbe-

cause they were receiving calls from unknownpeople asking them to confirm if they wereworking for the governmentPolice Spokesperson Mzukisi Fatyela con-

firmed that the suspect was arrested ldquoFor nowI am not sure when she will appear in courtsince police are still investigatingrdquo he said

Outcryoverempty jobpromisesThis distraught woman was among the people who were allegedly promised better jobs which never materialised PHOTO BABALWA NDLANYA

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THE Eastern Cape Provincial Police Com-missioner Lieutenant-General CeliweBinta visited and launched the NationalPolice Day 2015 Front line Service Delivery(FSD) programme at the Butterworth Po-lice Station recently

The intention of the visit was to empha-size the importance of front line service de-livery The event was also attended byKing Zwelonke Sigcau The ButterworthPolice Station had been selected as one ofnine police stations in the country where

front line service delivery improvementswould be piloted

ldquoWhether it is a statement that is to betaken or a crime prevention programme tobe launched it should be done thoroughlyOur success in this area is reliant on com-mand and controlrdquo said Binta

According to Binta this programme waslaunched nationally by the National Com-missioner General Riah Phiyega and wasrolled out in all nine provinces

Chairperson of the Community PolicingForum in the province Ray Maqhutyanacongratulated Butterworth SAPS for thesuccessful arrest and conviction of a serialkiller who terrorized women in the area be-tween 2008 and 2012

Bulelani Mabhayi was charged with 20counts of murder and 16 charges of rapeHe pleaded guilty on all counts andwas sen-tenced to life imprisonment

ldquoThe Community Policing Forum (CPF)is ready and willing to work with the policeto fight crime in our areas where we arestayingrdquo said Maqhutyana

Commissionervisits Butterworth

The Eastern Cape Provincial PoliceCommissioner Lieutenant-GeneralCeliwe Binta addressing the publicand police officials in ButterworthPHOTOSUPPLIED

In accordance with theeditorial policy of theExpress we invite readersto comment on mistakes inthe newspaper and shallcorrect significant errorsas soon as possible Sendinfo to the Ombudsman ofMedia24rsquos Local PressGeorge Claassen at ge-orgeclaassenme-dia24com or call him at0 021 851 3232 Readerscan also contact the SAPress Ombudsman at0 011 484 36128 ore-mail ombudsmanpress-councilorgza

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Copyright BABALWA NDLANYA

A CARETAKER (55) has been arrested fortheallegedrapeof an11-year-oldgirl atNca-phayiJuniorSecondarySchool inMsobom-vu Township Butterworth on February 3

It is alleged that the victim was with heryounger sister at school at about 4pm

Police Spokesperson Captain JacksonManatha said the suspect allegedly gave

the younger sister of the victim money togo and buy herself ice-cream

ldquoIt is alleged thatwhile theyounger sisterwas away the suspect allegedly raped thevictim in a classroom The suspect was ar-rested onFebruray 6 after the victimbrokeher silence to her teachers at the school onFebruary 4rdquo said Manatha

He confirmed that the school authoritiescontacted the mother of the child who re-ported the matter to the police

Caretaker arrested for alleged rape ofgirl in classroom

3NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

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Ukanti iza kuvela phambi kweNkundlayamatyala eGcuwa kunge kudala le ndedebangetyala lokuphanga

Nangona nje othethela amapolisa aseGcu-wa uCaptain Jackson Manatha ngelixa eliphephandaba liqhakamshelana naye utheakanazo ncam iinkcukacha kuba use ntlan-ganisweni kodwa wayiqinisekisa eyokubaumrhanelwa lo ubanjiwe

ldquoNdiyacinga akhona amatyala aza kuthioyanyaniswe nawo ngokuya siqhuba up-hando kodwa okwa ngoku ndise ntlanganis-wenirdquo kubeka yena ngamafutshane

UbanjiweorhanelekangokuphangauPepwaseGcuwa

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BABALWA NDLANYA

BATHI badikiwe kukwe hliswa besonyu-swa abahlali ebebefudula bengaphantsikuka ward 17 nabazibone sele befakwangaphantsi kuka ward 19 ngenxa yolwahlulo lweelali

Nangona nje bese ngaphantsi kuka Ma-sipala waseMbhashe kodwa kuthiwa ba-thi badikiwe ngoku ngulo mdlalo

Enye yezinto ekuthiwa zenza ingehli ka-mnandi ncam le nto yokususwa kwabo ku-le ward kuthiwa uloyiko lwabo kukuba iz-indlu ebebesele bezibhalisile ngelixa bek-wa ward 17 abazu kwazi ukuzifumanakuba be-kwenye iward ngoku

UCeba kaward 17 ungqinile ukubangokwenene aba bahlali abonwabangakwaye bathi sele kuko kwesine apho ku-

thi xa kuza kuba khona unyulo lorhulu-mente base makhaya bona batshintshel-we kwenye iwardi

ldquoSibe nentlanganiso kule veki igqithi-leyo nebhodi yoko hlulwa kweendawonalapho iye yacaciswa phandle into yok-okuba abahlali bathi bonele kukwehlabese nyuswardquo kubeka uTyhali

Lo ka Tyhali uthe enye into ekhalisa ababahlali kukuba lo gama bona bekhutshwakuward 17 kukhona abahlali abafakwayokwa kule ward inye umbuzo ke ngulowokuba bona benze ntoni kanti ngokubakhutshwayo kwaye aba bafakwayongaphantsi kwale ward kungoba betheni

Uthi balibeke kwacaca abahlali ilizwilokuba kwanele ngoku abafuni kuphindebakhutshwe basiwe kwelinye icala kwak-hona bafuna ukuhlala benga bakwa ward17

Bathi badikiwe abahlalikukusoloko befuduswa

REPORTER

THE Amathole District Municipality (ADM)will continue to make life-changing interven-tions in needy and destitute communities

ADM Speaker Councillor Samkelo Jandasaid the partnership that was deemed as a no-ble intervention made by the ADM and Sa-khululeka Isizwe Community Services head-ed by its President Chief Mandla PhathekileMakinana will bring about life-changing in-terventions

ldquoChief Makinana is also one of the Chap-lains in the Eastern Cape who is instrumen-tal in the implementation of the Moral Regen-eration Movement (MRM) across South Afri-cardquo said Janda

The partnership between these two stake-holders is slowly but surely yielding positiveresults Last year the partnership handedover a wheelchair to the 68-year-old PeterSnyers of Katanga location in Adelaide inthe Nxuba Local Municipality

Snyers suffered a stroke five years agowhich had left him paralysed and he was ex-posed to appalling living conditions Thestroke deteriorated his health and physicalstate and ultimately he became bedriddenwith no access to a number of things

The President of the Sakhululeka IsizweCommunity Services Chief Makinana saidthis partnership is a showcase of the ADMrsquosrecommitment to encourage citizens to takepart in changing the lives of the needy anddestitute

ADMpledges life-changing interventions

REPORTER

RED is not only the colour of love but alsothat of much needed blood which can save alife

With February being the month of love theSouth African National Blood Services(SANBS) want to encourage people to showlove to people they donrsquot even know by donat-ing blood

In January blood stock levels had droppedto less than enough stock for one day in someprovinces The national average was enoughstock for two days for most of the month

Vanessa Raju Communications Managerof SANBS said they want to encourage mem-bers of the public to join the blood donationcommunity and start donating a minimum offour times a year

February is also the month dedicated toHealthy Lifestyles Awareness and accord-ing to Raju SANBS supports Healthy Lifes-tyle Awareness Month and encourages SouthAfricans to start paying attention to problemareas in their health go for regular medicalcheck-ups and control their stress levels

Reports show that in the past five yearsthere has been a growing number of peoplediagnosed with lifestyle-related illnessessuch as heart disease and cancer

Lifestyle diseases are triggered by un-healthy lifestyle choices like smoking beingoverweight indulging in an unhealthy dietlimited physical activity and high stress lev-els

Raju said stress has a significant impact onlifestyle illnesses ldquoPeople need to make timefor regular exercise spend time doing thingsthey enjoy learn some relaxation techniquesand just take some time to relaxrdquo

Although the ldquosilent killersrdquo can be pre-vented for those that are already diagnosedsuccessful treatment of the majority of thesediseases requires blood transfusions The in-crease in affected patients means an in-creased demand for blood donations

A person may donate blood if theybullWeigh at least 50kg or morebullAre between the ages of 16 amp 65bullAre in good healthbullLead a sexually safe lifestylebullConsider their blood safe for transfusionbullCommit to donate blood regularly

Show love donate blood

4 NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

MnqumaGospelAwardsasuccess

Zoliswa Nongogo winner of the Song of the Year Award at the Mnquma Gospel AwardsPHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Mnquma gospel artists dancing during the gospel awards ceremony held at the Msobomvu Hall in Butterworth PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Winners DJ Sir Ntonj Snazo Hlanganyana Siyanda Dyonase and Kwanele Ntsica at the recentlyheld Mnquma Gospel Awards ceremony PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Malibongwe Gcwabe and Gospel Radio Dj Sir Ntonjana showing his award PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Siyanda Dyonase won the Best Worship Song Award PHOTOANELE RAZIYA

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WELL-KNOWN gospel singer Dr Malibong-we Gcwabe urged Mnquma gospel artists towork harder in order to be recognised on bothnational and international levels and to keeppraisingGodwhogave them the talent of sing-ing gospel music

This was done during the recently heldMnquma Gospel Awards at the MsombomvuCommunity hallHe said gospel singers will experience a lot

of challenges in their journey to success be-cause there are people who do not want to seethem being successful and who will try anddiscourage them ldquoI urge you guys to believe

in yourself and what you are doing becauseeverything is possible in life You start hereas a nominee at the Mnquma Gospel Awardsandmaybe tomorrowyouwill be at theCrownGospel Awards who knowsrdquoMnquma Gospel Awardsrsquo results Song of

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THE sounds of choral and opera music will fill theskies around Lwandlolubomvu Great Place at Mat-shona Village Ntabankulu when the Queen MamjoliSigcau Choral Orchestra and Opera Festival islaunched this Saturday (February 21)

This event seeks to contribute to the developmentof choral opera and orchestra music in the ruralcommunities of South Africa and also to promote uni-ty in a diversity of cultures through music A delega-tion of 34 people from Switzerland including the Gos-pelchor am Munster choir and its founder and con-ductor Oliver Rudin will also grace this occasionThe Swiss ambassador will also be in attendance andwill be one of the keynote speakers On the very sameday the amaMpondo will also be celebrating 11 yearsof partnership between Switzerland and Mpondo-land a partnership that was initiated by His Majestythe incumbent King Jongilanga Sigcau of amaMpon-do when he visited Switzerland 11 years ago and pro-posed a partnership with the Impulse NGO (Switzer-land) and Basseland Province of Switzerland

This partnership has grown from strength tostrength and has led to various projects These in-clude workshops on anti-child abuse cultural ex-change programmes renewable energy workshopsSwiss artists and cultural groups performing at theannual Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival and theDumezweni Senior Secondary School (SSS) choirtravelling to Switzerland in 2014 as part of a culturalexchange programme

During their visit the Swiss delegation will conferthe Verena Gauthier Award to Zwelakhe SSS for ob-taining the highest matric pass rate in the whole of

Ntabankulu and Alfred Nzo region and will also do-nate books to the school

The Swiss ambassador will confer jointly theaward to Zwelakhe SSS with CEO of Impulse Switzer-land Verena Gauthier

The school will also be awarded with the King Mar-helane Sigcau Memorial Award with the top malelearner (achiever) receiving the Prince ZwelamaM-pondo Sigcau Award and the top female learner re-ceiving the Princess Stella Sigcau Award

Bhonxa High School which won national honoursin the South African Schools Choral Festival will beawarded with the Queen Mamjoli Award and thechoir from Switzerland will be awarded with theKing Jongilanga Sigcau Award

According to the festivalrsquos programme facilitatorPrincess Stella Sigcau the Chief Executive Officerand founder of the Ramona Kasavan Foundation Ra-mona Kasavan will donate sanitary towels to localschools as part of an initiative to empower younggirls at schools

The Swiss choir will be in South Africa for 10 daysand they will embark on a programme that will ex-pose them to the cultural diversity of South Africa

ldquoThey will interact with schools in GautengMpumalanga Kwazulu Natal the Eastern Cape andWestern Cape From February 18 to 20 they were atKwaMhlanga Mpumalanga hosted by His MajestyKing Mabhena of AmaNdebele whom we have a part-nership with on cultural development ndash a partner-ship that started 10 years agordquo said Princess SigcauShe said on February 21 to 23 the choir will be at theMpondo Kingdom from February 23 to 25 they willbe at the Drakensberg Boys School on February 27they will interact with Schools in Knysna on Februa-ry 28 in Stellenbosch and on March 1 in Cape Town

Swissguestsat launchofGreatPlaceOperaFestival

Programme Facilitator Princess Stella Sigcau invites people to the launch of theOpera Festival this Saturday PHOTO GREG NOTA

REPORTER

OF the million-plus women who become preg-nant in South Africa each year those who re-ceive antenatal care and quality childbirtheducation are the most likely to experience ahealthy pregnancy and birth

Whilst the number of pregnant women ac-cessing medical care has risen dramaticallyin recent years less than half seek antenatalcare before 20 weeks of pregnancy and a largepercentage only first see a doctor or midwifewhen they go into labour An even smallernumber ndash about 5 - attend private antenatalclasses ldquoKnowledge is the key to a safe suc-cessful pregnancy birth and parenting expe-riencerdquo says Lynne Bluff national co-ordina-

choices on their journey to parenthood is avital source of knowledge in todayrsquos techno-logical worldrdquo says Zarah Riley spokesper-son for Bio-Oil

Bluff says ideally everyone should attendchildbirth education classes which cover allaspects of pregnancy and birth as well as howto care for the newborn baby ldquoAlthough thereare a couple of good online courses availableattending classes - which are usually held inthe evenings or over a weekend - is recom-mended the interaction with the childbirtheducator and other pregnant couples in theclass is invaluable Often lifelong friendshipsare formedrdquo

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EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

Sonwabiso Ngcowa PHOTOSUPPLIED Connie Manse Ngcaba PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

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THE Eastern Cape Provincial Police Com-missioner Lieutenant-General CeliweBinta visited and launched the NationalPolice Day 2015 Front line Service Delivery(FSD) programme at the Butterworth Po-lice Station recently

The intention of the visit was to empha-size the importance of front line service de-livery The event was also attended byKing Zwelonke Sigcau The ButterworthPolice Station had been selected as one ofnine police stations in the country where

front line service delivery improvementswould be piloted

ldquoWhether it is a statement that is to betaken or a crime prevention programme tobe launched it should be done thoroughlyOur success in this area is reliant on com-mand and controlrdquo said Binta

According to Binta this programme waslaunched nationally by the National Com-missioner General Riah Phiyega and wasrolled out in all nine provinces

Chairperson of the Community PolicingForum in the province Ray Maqhutyanacongratulated Butterworth SAPS for thesuccessful arrest and conviction of a serialkiller who terrorized women in the area be-tween 2008 and 2012

Bulelani Mabhayi was charged with 20counts of murder and 16 charges of rapeHe pleaded guilty on all counts andwas sen-tenced to life imprisonment

ldquoThe Community Policing Forum (CPF)is ready and willing to work with the policeto fight crime in our areas where we arestayingrdquo said Maqhutyana

Commissionervisits Butterworth

The Eastern Cape Provincial PoliceCommissioner Lieutenant-GeneralCeliwe Binta addressing the publicand police officials in ButterworthPHOTOSUPPLIED

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Copyright BABALWA NDLANYA

A CARETAKER (55) has been arrested fortheallegedrapeof an11-year-oldgirl atNca-phayiJuniorSecondarySchool inMsobom-vu Township Butterworth on February 3

It is alleged that the victim was with heryounger sister at school at about 4pm

Police Spokesperson Captain JacksonManatha said the suspect allegedly gave

the younger sister of the victim money togo and buy herself ice-cream

ldquoIt is alleged thatwhile theyounger sisterwas away the suspect allegedly raped thevictim in a classroom The suspect was ar-rested onFebruray 6 after the victimbrokeher silence to her teachers at the school onFebruary 4rdquo said Manatha

He confirmed that the school authoritiescontacted the mother of the child who re-ported the matter to the police

Caretaker arrested for alleged rape ofgirl in classroom

3NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

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Ukanti iza kuvela phambi kweNkundlayamatyala eGcuwa kunge kudala le ndedebangetyala lokuphanga

Nangona nje othethela amapolisa aseGcu-wa uCaptain Jackson Manatha ngelixa eliphephandaba liqhakamshelana naye utheakanazo ncam iinkcukacha kuba use ntlan-ganisweni kodwa wayiqinisekisa eyokubaumrhanelwa lo ubanjiwe

ldquoNdiyacinga akhona amatyala aza kuthioyanyaniswe nawo ngokuya siqhuba up-hando kodwa okwa ngoku ndise ntlanganis-wenirdquo kubeka yena ngamafutshane

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BABALWA NDLANYA

BATHI badikiwe kukwe hliswa besonyu-swa abahlali ebebefudula bengaphantsikuka ward 17 nabazibone sele befakwangaphantsi kuka ward 19 ngenxa yolwahlulo lweelali

Nangona nje bese ngaphantsi kuka Ma-sipala waseMbhashe kodwa kuthiwa ba-thi badikiwe ngoku ngulo mdlalo

Enye yezinto ekuthiwa zenza ingehli ka-mnandi ncam le nto yokususwa kwabo ku-le ward kuthiwa uloyiko lwabo kukuba iz-indlu ebebesele bezibhalisile ngelixa bek-wa ward 17 abazu kwazi ukuzifumanakuba be-kwenye iward ngoku

UCeba kaward 17 ungqinile ukubangokwenene aba bahlali abonwabangakwaye bathi sele kuko kwesine apho ku-

thi xa kuza kuba khona unyulo lorhulu-mente base makhaya bona batshintshel-we kwenye iwardi

ldquoSibe nentlanganiso kule veki igqithi-leyo nebhodi yoko hlulwa kweendawonalapho iye yacaciswa phandle into yok-okuba abahlali bathi bonele kukwehlabese nyuswardquo kubeka uTyhali

Lo ka Tyhali uthe enye into ekhalisa ababahlali kukuba lo gama bona bekhutshwakuward 17 kukhona abahlali abafakwayokwa kule ward inye umbuzo ke ngulowokuba bona benze ntoni kanti ngokubakhutshwayo kwaye aba bafakwayongaphantsi kwale ward kungoba betheni

Uthi balibeke kwacaca abahlali ilizwilokuba kwanele ngoku abafuni kuphindebakhutshwe basiwe kwelinye icala kwak-hona bafuna ukuhlala benga bakwa ward17

Bathi badikiwe abahlalikukusoloko befuduswa

REPORTER

THE Amathole District Municipality (ADM)will continue to make life-changing interven-tions in needy and destitute communities

ADM Speaker Councillor Samkelo Jandasaid the partnership that was deemed as a no-ble intervention made by the ADM and Sa-khululeka Isizwe Community Services head-ed by its President Chief Mandla PhathekileMakinana will bring about life-changing in-terventions

ldquoChief Makinana is also one of the Chap-lains in the Eastern Cape who is instrumen-tal in the implementation of the Moral Regen-eration Movement (MRM) across South Afri-cardquo said Janda

The partnership between these two stake-holders is slowly but surely yielding positiveresults Last year the partnership handedover a wheelchair to the 68-year-old PeterSnyers of Katanga location in Adelaide inthe Nxuba Local Municipality

Snyers suffered a stroke five years agowhich had left him paralysed and he was ex-posed to appalling living conditions Thestroke deteriorated his health and physicalstate and ultimately he became bedriddenwith no access to a number of things

The President of the Sakhululeka IsizweCommunity Services Chief Makinana saidthis partnership is a showcase of the ADMrsquosrecommitment to encourage citizens to takepart in changing the lives of the needy anddestitute

ADMpledges life-changing interventions

REPORTER

RED is not only the colour of love but alsothat of much needed blood which can save alife

With February being the month of love theSouth African National Blood Services(SANBS) want to encourage people to showlove to people they donrsquot even know by donat-ing blood

In January blood stock levels had droppedto less than enough stock for one day in someprovinces The national average was enoughstock for two days for most of the month

Vanessa Raju Communications Managerof SANBS said they want to encourage mem-bers of the public to join the blood donationcommunity and start donating a minimum offour times a year

February is also the month dedicated toHealthy Lifestyles Awareness and accord-ing to Raju SANBS supports Healthy Lifes-tyle Awareness Month and encourages SouthAfricans to start paying attention to problemareas in their health go for regular medicalcheck-ups and control their stress levels

Reports show that in the past five yearsthere has been a growing number of peoplediagnosed with lifestyle-related illnessessuch as heart disease and cancer

Lifestyle diseases are triggered by un-healthy lifestyle choices like smoking beingoverweight indulging in an unhealthy dietlimited physical activity and high stress lev-els

Raju said stress has a significant impact onlifestyle illnesses ldquoPeople need to make timefor regular exercise spend time doing thingsthey enjoy learn some relaxation techniquesand just take some time to relaxrdquo

Although the ldquosilent killersrdquo can be pre-vented for those that are already diagnosedsuccessful treatment of the majority of thesediseases requires blood transfusions The in-crease in affected patients means an in-creased demand for blood donations

A person may donate blood if theybullWeigh at least 50kg or morebullAre between the ages of 16 amp 65bullAre in good healthbullLead a sexually safe lifestylebullConsider their blood safe for transfusionbullCommit to donate blood regularly

Show love donate blood

4 NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

MnqumaGospelAwardsasuccess

Zoliswa Nongogo winner of the Song of the Year Award at the Mnquma Gospel AwardsPHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Mnquma gospel artists dancing during the gospel awards ceremony held at the Msobomvu Hall in Butterworth PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Winners DJ Sir Ntonj Snazo Hlanganyana Siyanda Dyonase and Kwanele Ntsica at the recentlyheld Mnquma Gospel Awards ceremony PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Malibongwe Gcwabe and Gospel Radio Dj Sir Ntonjana showing his award PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Siyanda Dyonase won the Best Worship Song Award PHOTOANELE RAZIYA

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WELL-KNOWN gospel singer Dr Malibong-we Gcwabe urged Mnquma gospel artists towork harder in order to be recognised on bothnational and international levels and to keeppraisingGodwhogave them the talent of sing-ing gospel music

This was done during the recently heldMnquma Gospel Awards at the MsombomvuCommunity hallHe said gospel singers will experience a lot

of challenges in their journey to success be-cause there are people who do not want to seethem being successful and who will try anddiscourage them ldquoI urge you guys to believe

in yourself and what you are doing becauseeverything is possible in life You start hereas a nominee at the Mnquma Gospel Awardsandmaybe tomorrowyouwill be at theCrownGospel Awards who knowsrdquoMnquma Gospel Awardsrsquo results Song of

the Year Award ndash Zoliswa Nongogo Artist ofthe Year ndash Yoland Titi Best Newcomer ndash Tiny

Zaza Best Producer ndash Bathabile Phikela BestFemaleArtist ndash SnazoHlanganyanaBestTra-ditional Gospel ndash Kwanele Ntsila Best Wor-ship Song ndash Siyanda Dyonase Best KhanyaFMGospelRadio ndashDjSirNtonjBestEzenkoloprogramme onKhanya FM ndashMacdonald Nko-siyane and Lifetime Achievement Award ndashPatrick Msengane

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THE sounds of choral and opera music will fill theskies around Lwandlolubomvu Great Place at Mat-shona Village Ntabankulu when the Queen MamjoliSigcau Choral Orchestra and Opera Festival islaunched this Saturday (February 21)

This event seeks to contribute to the developmentof choral opera and orchestra music in the ruralcommunities of South Africa and also to promote uni-ty in a diversity of cultures through music A delega-tion of 34 people from Switzerland including the Gos-pelchor am Munster choir and its founder and con-ductor Oliver Rudin will also grace this occasionThe Swiss ambassador will also be in attendance andwill be one of the keynote speakers On the very sameday the amaMpondo will also be celebrating 11 yearsof partnership between Switzerland and Mpondo-land a partnership that was initiated by His Majestythe incumbent King Jongilanga Sigcau of amaMpon-do when he visited Switzerland 11 years ago and pro-posed a partnership with the Impulse NGO (Switzer-land) and Basseland Province of Switzerland

This partnership has grown from strength tostrength and has led to various projects These in-clude workshops on anti-child abuse cultural ex-change programmes renewable energy workshopsSwiss artists and cultural groups performing at theannual Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival and theDumezweni Senior Secondary School (SSS) choirtravelling to Switzerland in 2014 as part of a culturalexchange programme

During their visit the Swiss delegation will conferthe Verena Gauthier Award to Zwelakhe SSS for ob-taining the highest matric pass rate in the whole of

Ntabankulu and Alfred Nzo region and will also do-nate books to the school

The Swiss ambassador will confer jointly theaward to Zwelakhe SSS with CEO of Impulse Switzer-land Verena Gauthier

The school will also be awarded with the King Mar-helane Sigcau Memorial Award with the top malelearner (achiever) receiving the Prince ZwelamaM-pondo Sigcau Award and the top female learner re-ceiving the Princess Stella Sigcau Award

Bhonxa High School which won national honoursin the South African Schools Choral Festival will beawarded with the Queen Mamjoli Award and thechoir from Switzerland will be awarded with theKing Jongilanga Sigcau Award

According to the festivalrsquos programme facilitatorPrincess Stella Sigcau the Chief Executive Officerand founder of the Ramona Kasavan Foundation Ra-mona Kasavan will donate sanitary towels to localschools as part of an initiative to empower younggirls at schools

The Swiss choir will be in South Africa for 10 daysand they will embark on a programme that will ex-pose them to the cultural diversity of South Africa

ldquoThey will interact with schools in GautengMpumalanga Kwazulu Natal the Eastern Cape andWestern Cape From February 18 to 20 they were atKwaMhlanga Mpumalanga hosted by His MajestyKing Mabhena of AmaNdebele whom we have a part-nership with on cultural development ndash a partner-ship that started 10 years agordquo said Princess SigcauShe said on February 21 to 23 the choir will be at theMpondo Kingdom from February 23 to 25 they willbe at the Drakensberg Boys School on February 27they will interact with Schools in Knysna on Februa-ry 28 in Stellenbosch and on March 1 in Cape Town

Swissguestsat launchofGreatPlaceOperaFestival

Programme Facilitator Princess Stella Sigcau invites people to the launch of theOpera Festival this Saturday PHOTO GREG NOTA

REPORTER

OF the million-plus women who become preg-nant in South Africa each year those who re-ceive antenatal care and quality childbirtheducation are the most likely to experience ahealthy pregnancy and birth

Whilst the number of pregnant women ac-cessing medical care has risen dramaticallyin recent years less than half seek antenatalcare before 20 weeks of pregnancy and a largepercentage only first see a doctor or midwifewhen they go into labour An even smallernumber ndash about 5 - attend private antenatalclasses ldquoKnowledge is the key to a safe suc-cessful pregnancy birth and parenting expe-riencerdquo says Lynne Bluff national co-ordina-

choices on their journey to parenthood is avital source of knowledge in todayrsquos techno-logical worldrdquo says Zarah Riley spokesper-son for Bio-Oil

Bluff says ideally everyone should attendchildbirth education classes which cover allaspects of pregnancy and birth as well as howto care for the newborn baby ldquoAlthough thereare a couple of good online courses availableattending classes - which are usually held inthe evenings or over a weekend - is recom-mended the interaction with the childbirtheducator and other pregnant couples in theclass is invaluable Often lifelong friendshipsare formedrdquo

To find a childbirth educator in your areaor for more details on childbirth educationand Pregnancy Education Week visitwwwexpectantmothersguidecoza

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EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

Sonwabiso Ngcowa PHOTOSUPPLIED Connie Manse Ngcaba PHOTO SUPPLIED

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7NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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ANELE RAZIYA

THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

3NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

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REPORTER

KUBANJWE indoda erhaneleka ngokuphan-ga ivenkile ethengisa impahla yakwa PepStores nezinze kwinxanxathela yeevenkileeFingoland Mall kwidolophu yase Gcuwa ku-le veki igqithileyo

Ukanti iza kuvela phambi kweNkundlayamatyala eGcuwa kunge kudala le ndedebangetyala lokuphanga

Nangona nje othethela amapolisa aseGcu-wa uCaptain Jackson Manatha ngelixa eliphephandaba liqhakamshelana naye utheakanazo ncam iinkcukacha kuba use ntlan-ganisweni kodwa wayiqinisekisa eyokubaumrhanelwa lo ubanjiwe

ldquoNdiyacinga akhona amatyala aza kuthioyanyaniswe nawo ngokuya siqhuba up-hando kodwa okwa ngoku ndise ntlanganis-wenirdquo kubeka yena ngamafutshane

UbanjiweorhanelekangokuphangauPepwaseGcuwa

UConstable Fezile Rhubushe ngelixa ebambe indoda ekuthiwa ibiphanga kwaPep eGcuwaIFOTOITHUNYELWE

BABALWA NDLANYA

BATHI badikiwe kukwe hliswa besonyu-swa abahlali ebebefudula bengaphantsikuka ward 17 nabazibone sele befakwangaphantsi kuka ward 19 ngenxa yolwahlulo lweelali

Nangona nje bese ngaphantsi kuka Ma-sipala waseMbhashe kodwa kuthiwa ba-thi badikiwe ngoku ngulo mdlalo

Enye yezinto ekuthiwa zenza ingehli ka-mnandi ncam le nto yokususwa kwabo ku-le ward kuthiwa uloyiko lwabo kukuba iz-indlu ebebesele bezibhalisile ngelixa bek-wa ward 17 abazu kwazi ukuzifumanakuba be-kwenye iward ngoku

UCeba kaward 17 ungqinile ukubangokwenene aba bahlali abonwabangakwaye bathi sele kuko kwesine apho ku-

thi xa kuza kuba khona unyulo lorhulu-mente base makhaya bona batshintshel-we kwenye iwardi

ldquoSibe nentlanganiso kule veki igqithi-leyo nebhodi yoko hlulwa kweendawonalapho iye yacaciswa phandle into yok-okuba abahlali bathi bonele kukwehlabese nyuswardquo kubeka uTyhali

Lo ka Tyhali uthe enye into ekhalisa ababahlali kukuba lo gama bona bekhutshwakuward 17 kukhona abahlali abafakwayokwa kule ward inye umbuzo ke ngulowokuba bona benze ntoni kanti ngokubakhutshwayo kwaye aba bafakwayongaphantsi kwale ward kungoba betheni

Uthi balibeke kwacaca abahlali ilizwilokuba kwanele ngoku abafuni kuphindebakhutshwe basiwe kwelinye icala kwak-hona bafuna ukuhlala benga bakwa ward17

Bathi badikiwe abahlalikukusoloko befuduswa

REPORTER

THE Amathole District Municipality (ADM)will continue to make life-changing interven-tions in needy and destitute communities

ADM Speaker Councillor Samkelo Jandasaid the partnership that was deemed as a no-ble intervention made by the ADM and Sa-khululeka Isizwe Community Services head-ed by its President Chief Mandla PhathekileMakinana will bring about life-changing in-terventions

ldquoChief Makinana is also one of the Chap-lains in the Eastern Cape who is instrumen-tal in the implementation of the Moral Regen-eration Movement (MRM) across South Afri-cardquo said Janda

The partnership between these two stake-holders is slowly but surely yielding positiveresults Last year the partnership handedover a wheelchair to the 68-year-old PeterSnyers of Katanga location in Adelaide inthe Nxuba Local Municipality

Snyers suffered a stroke five years agowhich had left him paralysed and he was ex-posed to appalling living conditions Thestroke deteriorated his health and physicalstate and ultimately he became bedriddenwith no access to a number of things

The President of the Sakhululeka IsizweCommunity Services Chief Makinana saidthis partnership is a showcase of the ADMrsquosrecommitment to encourage citizens to takepart in changing the lives of the needy anddestitute

ADMpledges life-changing interventions

REPORTER

RED is not only the colour of love but alsothat of much needed blood which can save alife

With February being the month of love theSouth African National Blood Services(SANBS) want to encourage people to showlove to people they donrsquot even know by donat-ing blood

In January blood stock levels had droppedto less than enough stock for one day in someprovinces The national average was enoughstock for two days for most of the month

Vanessa Raju Communications Managerof SANBS said they want to encourage mem-bers of the public to join the blood donationcommunity and start donating a minimum offour times a year

February is also the month dedicated toHealthy Lifestyles Awareness and accord-ing to Raju SANBS supports Healthy Lifes-tyle Awareness Month and encourages SouthAfricans to start paying attention to problemareas in their health go for regular medicalcheck-ups and control their stress levels

Reports show that in the past five yearsthere has been a growing number of peoplediagnosed with lifestyle-related illnessessuch as heart disease and cancer

Lifestyle diseases are triggered by un-healthy lifestyle choices like smoking beingoverweight indulging in an unhealthy dietlimited physical activity and high stress lev-els

Raju said stress has a significant impact onlifestyle illnesses ldquoPeople need to make timefor regular exercise spend time doing thingsthey enjoy learn some relaxation techniquesand just take some time to relaxrdquo

Although the ldquosilent killersrdquo can be pre-vented for those that are already diagnosedsuccessful treatment of the majority of thesediseases requires blood transfusions The in-crease in affected patients means an in-creased demand for blood donations

A person may donate blood if theybullWeigh at least 50kg or morebullAre between the ages of 16 amp 65bullAre in good healthbullLead a sexually safe lifestylebullConsider their blood safe for transfusionbullCommit to donate blood regularly

Show love donate blood

4 NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

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Zoliswa Nongogo winner of the Song of the Year Award at the Mnquma Gospel AwardsPHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Mnquma gospel artists dancing during the gospel awards ceremony held at the Msobomvu Hall in Butterworth PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Winners DJ Sir Ntonj Snazo Hlanganyana Siyanda Dyonase and Kwanele Ntsica at the recentlyheld Mnquma Gospel Awards ceremony PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Malibongwe Gcwabe and Gospel Radio Dj Sir Ntonjana showing his award PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Siyanda Dyonase won the Best Worship Song Award PHOTOANELE RAZIYA

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WELL-KNOWN gospel singer Dr Malibong-we Gcwabe urged Mnquma gospel artists towork harder in order to be recognised on bothnational and international levels and to keeppraisingGodwhogave them the talent of sing-ing gospel music

This was done during the recently heldMnquma Gospel Awards at the MsombomvuCommunity hallHe said gospel singers will experience a lot

of challenges in their journey to success be-cause there are people who do not want to seethem being successful and who will try anddiscourage them ldquoI urge you guys to believe

in yourself and what you are doing becauseeverything is possible in life You start hereas a nominee at the Mnquma Gospel Awardsandmaybe tomorrowyouwill be at theCrownGospel Awards who knowsrdquoMnquma Gospel Awardsrsquo results Song of

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THE sounds of choral and opera music will fill theskies around Lwandlolubomvu Great Place at Mat-shona Village Ntabankulu when the Queen MamjoliSigcau Choral Orchestra and Opera Festival islaunched this Saturday (February 21)

This event seeks to contribute to the developmentof choral opera and orchestra music in the ruralcommunities of South Africa and also to promote uni-ty in a diversity of cultures through music A delega-tion of 34 people from Switzerland including the Gos-pelchor am Munster choir and its founder and con-ductor Oliver Rudin will also grace this occasionThe Swiss ambassador will also be in attendance andwill be one of the keynote speakers On the very sameday the amaMpondo will also be celebrating 11 yearsof partnership between Switzerland and Mpondo-land a partnership that was initiated by His Majestythe incumbent King Jongilanga Sigcau of amaMpon-do when he visited Switzerland 11 years ago and pro-posed a partnership with the Impulse NGO (Switzer-land) and Basseland Province of Switzerland

This partnership has grown from strength tostrength and has led to various projects These in-clude workshops on anti-child abuse cultural ex-change programmes renewable energy workshopsSwiss artists and cultural groups performing at theannual Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival and theDumezweni Senior Secondary School (SSS) choirtravelling to Switzerland in 2014 as part of a culturalexchange programme

During their visit the Swiss delegation will conferthe Verena Gauthier Award to Zwelakhe SSS for ob-taining the highest matric pass rate in the whole of

Ntabankulu and Alfred Nzo region and will also do-nate books to the school

The Swiss ambassador will confer jointly theaward to Zwelakhe SSS with CEO of Impulse Switzer-land Verena Gauthier

The school will also be awarded with the King Mar-helane Sigcau Memorial Award with the top malelearner (achiever) receiving the Prince ZwelamaM-pondo Sigcau Award and the top female learner re-ceiving the Princess Stella Sigcau Award

Bhonxa High School which won national honoursin the South African Schools Choral Festival will beawarded with the Queen Mamjoli Award and thechoir from Switzerland will be awarded with theKing Jongilanga Sigcau Award

According to the festivalrsquos programme facilitatorPrincess Stella Sigcau the Chief Executive Officerand founder of the Ramona Kasavan Foundation Ra-mona Kasavan will donate sanitary towels to localschools as part of an initiative to empower younggirls at schools

The Swiss choir will be in South Africa for 10 daysand they will embark on a programme that will ex-pose them to the cultural diversity of South Africa

ldquoThey will interact with schools in GautengMpumalanga Kwazulu Natal the Eastern Cape andWestern Cape From February 18 to 20 they were atKwaMhlanga Mpumalanga hosted by His MajestyKing Mabhena of AmaNdebele whom we have a part-nership with on cultural development ndash a partner-ship that started 10 years agordquo said Princess SigcauShe said on February 21 to 23 the choir will be at theMpondo Kingdom from February 23 to 25 they willbe at the Drakensberg Boys School on February 27they will interact with Schools in Knysna on Februa-ry 28 in Stellenbosch and on March 1 in Cape Town

Swissguestsat launchofGreatPlaceOperaFestival

Programme Facilitator Princess Stella Sigcau invites people to the launch of theOpera Festival this Saturday PHOTO GREG NOTA

REPORTER

OF the million-plus women who become preg-nant in South Africa each year those who re-ceive antenatal care and quality childbirtheducation are the most likely to experience ahealthy pregnancy and birth

Whilst the number of pregnant women ac-cessing medical care has risen dramaticallyin recent years less than half seek antenatalcare before 20 weeks of pregnancy and a largepercentage only first see a doctor or midwifewhen they go into labour An even smallernumber ndash about 5 - attend private antenatalclasses ldquoKnowledge is the key to a safe suc-cessful pregnancy birth and parenting expe-riencerdquo says Lynne Bluff national co-ordina-

choices on their journey to parenthood is avital source of knowledge in todayrsquos techno-logical worldrdquo says Zarah Riley spokesper-son for Bio-Oil

Bluff says ideally everyone should attendchildbirth education classes which cover allaspects of pregnancy and birth as well as howto care for the newborn baby ldquoAlthough thereare a couple of good online courses availableattending classes - which are usually held inthe evenings or over a weekend - is recom-mended the interaction with the childbirtheducator and other pregnant couples in theclass is invaluable Often lifelong friendshipsare formedrdquo

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REPORTER

EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

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Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Zoliswa Nongogo winner of the Song of the Year Award at the Mnquma Gospel AwardsPHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Mnquma gospel artists dancing during the gospel awards ceremony held at the Msobomvu Hall in Butterworth PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Winners DJ Sir Ntonj Snazo Hlanganyana Siyanda Dyonase and Kwanele Ntsica at the recentlyheld Mnquma Gospel Awards ceremony PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Malibongwe Gcwabe and Gospel Radio Dj Sir Ntonjana showing his award PHOTO ANELE RAZIYA

Siyanda Dyonase won the Best Worship Song Award PHOTOANELE RAZIYA

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WELL-KNOWN gospel singer Dr Malibong-we Gcwabe urged Mnquma gospel artists towork harder in order to be recognised on bothnational and international levels and to keeppraisingGodwhogave them the talent of sing-ing gospel music

This was done during the recently heldMnquma Gospel Awards at the MsombomvuCommunity hallHe said gospel singers will experience a lot

of challenges in their journey to success be-cause there are people who do not want to seethem being successful and who will try anddiscourage them ldquoI urge you guys to believe

in yourself and what you are doing becauseeverything is possible in life You start hereas a nominee at the Mnquma Gospel Awardsandmaybe tomorrowyouwill be at theCrownGospel Awards who knowsrdquoMnquma Gospel Awardsrsquo results Song of

the Year Award ndash Zoliswa Nongogo Artist ofthe Year ndash Yoland Titi Best Newcomer ndash Tiny

Zaza Best Producer ndash Bathabile Phikela BestFemaleArtist ndash SnazoHlanganyanaBestTra-ditional Gospel ndash Kwanele Ntsila Best Wor-ship Song ndash Siyanda Dyonase Best KhanyaFMGospelRadio ndashDjSirNtonjBestEzenkoloprogramme onKhanya FM ndashMacdonald Nko-siyane and Lifetime Achievement Award ndashPatrick Msengane

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THE sounds of choral and opera music will fill theskies around Lwandlolubomvu Great Place at Mat-shona Village Ntabankulu when the Queen MamjoliSigcau Choral Orchestra and Opera Festival islaunched this Saturday (February 21)

This event seeks to contribute to the developmentof choral opera and orchestra music in the ruralcommunities of South Africa and also to promote uni-ty in a diversity of cultures through music A delega-tion of 34 people from Switzerland including the Gos-pelchor am Munster choir and its founder and con-ductor Oliver Rudin will also grace this occasionThe Swiss ambassador will also be in attendance andwill be one of the keynote speakers On the very sameday the amaMpondo will also be celebrating 11 yearsof partnership between Switzerland and Mpondo-land a partnership that was initiated by His Majestythe incumbent King Jongilanga Sigcau of amaMpon-do when he visited Switzerland 11 years ago and pro-posed a partnership with the Impulse NGO (Switzer-land) and Basseland Province of Switzerland

This partnership has grown from strength tostrength and has led to various projects These in-clude workshops on anti-child abuse cultural ex-change programmes renewable energy workshopsSwiss artists and cultural groups performing at theannual Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival and theDumezweni Senior Secondary School (SSS) choirtravelling to Switzerland in 2014 as part of a culturalexchange programme

During their visit the Swiss delegation will conferthe Verena Gauthier Award to Zwelakhe SSS for ob-taining the highest matric pass rate in the whole of

Ntabankulu and Alfred Nzo region and will also do-nate books to the school

The Swiss ambassador will confer jointly theaward to Zwelakhe SSS with CEO of Impulse Switzer-land Verena Gauthier

The school will also be awarded with the King Mar-helane Sigcau Memorial Award with the top malelearner (achiever) receiving the Prince ZwelamaM-pondo Sigcau Award and the top female learner re-ceiving the Princess Stella Sigcau Award

Bhonxa High School which won national honoursin the South African Schools Choral Festival will beawarded with the Queen Mamjoli Award and thechoir from Switzerland will be awarded with theKing Jongilanga Sigcau Award

According to the festivalrsquos programme facilitatorPrincess Stella Sigcau the Chief Executive Officerand founder of the Ramona Kasavan Foundation Ra-mona Kasavan will donate sanitary towels to localschools as part of an initiative to empower younggirls at schools

The Swiss choir will be in South Africa for 10 daysand they will embark on a programme that will ex-pose them to the cultural diversity of South Africa

ldquoThey will interact with schools in GautengMpumalanga Kwazulu Natal the Eastern Cape andWestern Cape From February 18 to 20 they were atKwaMhlanga Mpumalanga hosted by His MajestyKing Mabhena of AmaNdebele whom we have a part-nership with on cultural development ndash a partner-ship that started 10 years agordquo said Princess SigcauShe said on February 21 to 23 the choir will be at theMpondo Kingdom from February 23 to 25 they willbe at the Drakensberg Boys School on February 27they will interact with Schools in Knysna on Februa-ry 28 in Stellenbosch and on March 1 in Cape Town

Swissguestsat launchofGreatPlaceOperaFestival

Programme Facilitator Princess Stella Sigcau invites people to the launch of theOpera Festival this Saturday PHOTO GREG NOTA

REPORTER

OF the million-plus women who become preg-nant in South Africa each year those who re-ceive antenatal care and quality childbirtheducation are the most likely to experience ahealthy pregnancy and birth

Whilst the number of pregnant women ac-cessing medical care has risen dramaticallyin recent years less than half seek antenatalcare before 20 weeks of pregnancy and a largepercentage only first see a doctor or midwifewhen they go into labour An even smallernumber ndash about 5 - attend private antenatalclasses ldquoKnowledge is the key to a safe suc-cessful pregnancy birth and parenting expe-riencerdquo says Lynne Bluff national co-ordina-

choices on their journey to parenthood is avital source of knowledge in todayrsquos techno-logical worldrdquo says Zarah Riley spokesper-son for Bio-Oil

Bluff says ideally everyone should attendchildbirth education classes which cover allaspects of pregnancy and birth as well as howto care for the newborn baby ldquoAlthough thereare a couple of good online courses availableattending classes - which are usually held inthe evenings or over a weekend - is recom-mended the interaction with the childbirtheducator and other pregnant couples in theclass is invaluable Often lifelong friendshipsare formedrdquo

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REPORTER

EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

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Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

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THE sounds of choral and opera music will fill theskies around Lwandlolubomvu Great Place at Mat-shona Village Ntabankulu when the Queen MamjoliSigcau Choral Orchestra and Opera Festival islaunched this Saturday (February 21)

This event seeks to contribute to the developmentof choral opera and orchestra music in the ruralcommunities of South Africa and also to promote uni-ty in a diversity of cultures through music A delega-tion of 34 people from Switzerland including the Gos-pelchor am Munster choir and its founder and con-ductor Oliver Rudin will also grace this occasionThe Swiss ambassador will also be in attendance andwill be one of the keynote speakers On the very sameday the amaMpondo will also be celebrating 11 yearsof partnership between Switzerland and Mpondo-land a partnership that was initiated by His Majestythe incumbent King Jongilanga Sigcau of amaMpon-do when he visited Switzerland 11 years ago and pro-posed a partnership with the Impulse NGO (Switzer-land) and Basseland Province of Switzerland

This partnership has grown from strength tostrength and has led to various projects These in-clude workshops on anti-child abuse cultural ex-change programmes renewable energy workshopsSwiss artists and cultural groups performing at theannual Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival and theDumezweni Senior Secondary School (SSS) choirtravelling to Switzerland in 2014 as part of a culturalexchange programme

During their visit the Swiss delegation will conferthe Verena Gauthier Award to Zwelakhe SSS for ob-taining the highest matric pass rate in the whole of

Ntabankulu and Alfred Nzo region and will also do-nate books to the school

The Swiss ambassador will confer jointly theaward to Zwelakhe SSS with CEO of Impulse Switzer-land Verena Gauthier

The school will also be awarded with the King Mar-helane Sigcau Memorial Award with the top malelearner (achiever) receiving the Prince ZwelamaM-pondo Sigcau Award and the top female learner re-ceiving the Princess Stella Sigcau Award

Bhonxa High School which won national honoursin the South African Schools Choral Festival will beawarded with the Queen Mamjoli Award and thechoir from Switzerland will be awarded with theKing Jongilanga Sigcau Award

According to the festivalrsquos programme facilitatorPrincess Stella Sigcau the Chief Executive Officerand founder of the Ramona Kasavan Foundation Ra-mona Kasavan will donate sanitary towels to localschools as part of an initiative to empower younggirls at schools

The Swiss choir will be in South Africa for 10 daysand they will embark on a programme that will ex-pose them to the cultural diversity of South Africa

ldquoThey will interact with schools in GautengMpumalanga Kwazulu Natal the Eastern Cape andWestern Cape From February 18 to 20 they were atKwaMhlanga Mpumalanga hosted by His MajestyKing Mabhena of AmaNdebele whom we have a part-nership with on cultural development ndash a partner-ship that started 10 years agordquo said Princess SigcauShe said on February 21 to 23 the choir will be at theMpondo Kingdom from February 23 to 25 they willbe at the Drakensberg Boys School on February 27they will interact with Schools in Knysna on Februa-ry 28 in Stellenbosch and on March 1 in Cape Town

Swissguestsat launchofGreatPlaceOperaFestival

Programme Facilitator Princess Stella Sigcau invites people to the launch of theOpera Festival this Saturday PHOTO GREG NOTA

REPORTER

OF the million-plus women who become preg-nant in South Africa each year those who re-ceive antenatal care and quality childbirtheducation are the most likely to experience ahealthy pregnancy and birth

Whilst the number of pregnant women ac-cessing medical care has risen dramaticallyin recent years less than half seek antenatalcare before 20 weeks of pregnancy and a largepercentage only first see a doctor or midwifewhen they go into labour An even smallernumber ndash about 5 - attend private antenatalclasses ldquoKnowledge is the key to a safe suc-cessful pregnancy birth and parenting expe-riencerdquo says Lynne Bluff national co-ordina-

choices on their journey to parenthood is avital source of knowledge in todayrsquos techno-logical worldrdquo says Zarah Riley spokesper-son for Bio-Oil

Bluff says ideally everyone should attendchildbirth education classes which cover allaspects of pregnancy and birth as well as howto care for the newborn baby ldquoAlthough thereare a couple of good online courses availableattending classes - which are usually held inthe evenings or over a weekend - is recom-mended the interaction with the childbirtheducator and other pregnant couples in theclass is invaluable Often lifelong friendshipsare formedrdquo

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EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

Sonwabiso Ngcowa PHOTOSUPPLIED Connie Manse Ngcaba PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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ANELE RAZIYA

THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

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EASTERN Cape authors Sonwabiso Ngcowaand Connie Manse Ngcaba are among thoseto have been selected to feature at the PukuStory Festival in Grahamstown from Februa-ry 19 to 21

Ngcowarsquos ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is beinglaunched at the festival while Ngcabarsquos ldquoMayI have this dancerdquo was published in 2014 andhad been warmly receivedThe annual Puku Story Festival aims to fa-

cilitate access to and increase availability ofliterature and educational and recreationalmaterials in isiXhosaThe inaugural Puku Story Festival took

place in September 2013 followed by a festivalin February 2014 both in partnership withtheNationalArtsFestival RhodesUniversityand a host of literacy and education organisa-tionsThe festivals successfully created a plat-

form for parents teachers librarians andyoung people to network amongst themselvesand with writers storytellers and languageand literacy practitionersThe Puku Story Festival was also aimed at

stimulating increased investment in publish-

ing of isiXhosa childrenrsquos literature and in-creasing the availability of isiXhosa chil-drenrsquos books to materially deprived and mar-ginalised communities

Sonwabiso Ngcowa

ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an anthology ofshort storieswritten in isiXhosa by emergingauthor Sonwabiso Ngcowa Sonwabisorsquos firstnovel ldquoIn Search of Happinessrdquo was pub-lished in 2014 and a translation of the novelwas also published in GermanySonwabiso Ngcowa was born in Mpozisa

village in the Eastern Cape and grew up inMasiphumelele Cape Town In 2011 he de-cided to follow his passion for writing andstarted a BA at University of Cape Town(UCT) Sonwabiso had also had short storiespublished by the FunDza Literacy Trust Ox-ford University Press and Cover2CoverBooksHe is amotivational speaker andmentor for

youngpeople In 2015 hewill bedoinghishon-ours in Anthropology at the UCTThe stories in ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo are

written in language that comes straight fromthedaily lives of youngpeople fromurbanandrural communities all over South Africa The

characters respond to the kinds of challengesfaced bymany SouthAfrican youth These in-clude families where one of the parents hadtowork far fromhome poverty being a singleparent abuse of women and girls bullying inschools and loss of self-esteem arrangedmar-riages HIV and AIDS as well as same sex re-lationships and the way they are looked at inthe communitiesProfessor Russell H Kaschula Professor of

AfricanLanguageStudies andChairpersonofthe Rhodes University Language Committeesaid ldquoAkusayi Kuphindardquo is an importantpiece of writing in isiXhosa as it is the typeof book that is needed in isiXhosa to get peoplereading againldquoIt takes the tired old theme of traditional

versus modern values and revitalises it intothe 21st century What I really like about thisbook is that it brings isiXhosa into the 21stcentury The short stories are well writtenand would appeal to an audience who is con-nected to events in contemporary South Afri-cardquo said Prof KaschulaldquoWords such as Blackberry earphones and

so on proliferate in the text giving the booka contemporary feel It is not stuck in the idi-om of standard isiXhosa though it is wellwritten and the language is vibrant and re-

freshingrdquo

Connie Manse Ngcaba

ldquoMay I have this dancerdquo tells the courageousand moving story of Connie Manse Ngcabawho grew up in the Eastern Cape where shebecame a nurse community figurehead anda leading voice of dissent against the apart-heid regimeHer sense of justice and morality and her

compassion for those aroundher brought herinto frequent conflict with the governmentculminating in her being detained for a yearwithout trial at the age of 57It is also the story of the strength of family

ties and the triumph of Conniersquos love for herhusband and childrenSiki Mgabadeli radio and television jour-

nalist said ldquoThis book embodies courage andstrength but it is ultimately about love Loveof family love of community and love of coun-try MaNgcaba takes us on a journey span-ning eight decades of her life having to navi-gate through the difficulties of life in apart-heid South Africa She teaches us the spiritof giving selflessness and self-worth Writtenwith great warmth and humour ndash it is a heart-warming readrdquo

Authors chosen for isiXhosa literature fest

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7NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

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ANELE RAZIYA

THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

7NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

Guys this is our belief and no one can disputeit besides God

As you know kwi-Gossip team we call aspade a spadewithno fear and favour becausesiringa iwarheid

Ungasithanda or ungasithandi we donrsquotgive a damn

It is not on to see an old decent man smok-ing a long zol of dagga To our own knowledgedrug abuse or smoking dagga was commonamong young people but not an old man likethe one we saw eNgaru

It really hurts us ukuthi khazi abantwanabakhe bafunda ntoni kuye

Dear readers the guywaswearing a formalsuit and driving a very expensive BMW

It was very sad because parents are sup-posed to be fighting this battle of drug abusekubantwana babo but there are thosewho arestill championing to ruin young people

Boetie can you please stop that umdalakakhulu for ukube ufunxana nentsangu es-tratweni nabantwana

Thumbs up majimbos lapho ekasi

Hawwuu Bafethu ayaphuma amajita ekasixa kuhambe ioutie yawo jealous down

We experienced it during the funeral ofMa-biza a guywhowaswell known eNgaru ehlalaeStofile

Hayi amajita ebephumile sibone nesesica-

banga ukuthi abasekho in black suits OwAmapantsula nesuti ngamanzi neparafinKanti shame sikhe phantsi isitya sizele be-singazi ukuba namapantsula ayafanelwa yi-suti siqale ukubona kulo ka taBiza umngcwa-bo Jitas from Kwezi Ngaru and surround-ings thumbs up guys niyikhaphile i-outieyenu kuyasho ukuthi akulahlwana kula ma-chain asekasi

Even the ladies were alsomourning as theywore black attire never mind ke about theminiskirts Shame batyile nooRoadhouse ne-Kopano kuba amajita ebemana ukokwehlisailanga kuba beliphumile beside that they be-haved beside ukuringer itsotsi tal na-semngcwabeni

Was he forced to help you

We were really astonished last week whena certain guy attacked our buddy KenzoMak-enzo whilst he was leaving a fast food outletin Sutherland Street after he went to buysomething to eat

The guy stopped him and requested R20 butto his dismay Kenzo did not have any cashsince he was using a bank card

Nanko lo outie umtshela ukuthi uyabonaakamthandi andkudala ecela ukubaamncedengemali kodwa uvela etsho

Ebezede amthande nje uyiCherrie yakheHayibo madoda bekunyanzelekile na ukubaamncede

Ude athi idate yakho yokwamkela ibiyizo-lo

OW Shame babantu bahamba befuna uk-wazi iidates zabantu abamkela ngazo marabengazuzenza nto

Mfethu if ucela uncedo emntwini lindelaukuba angangakwazi ukukunceda so musaukumxelela into engavakaliyo

Donrsquot invite others if you are invited

Guys youmust learn that if anyone invitesyou you donrsquot invite others unless the hostor hostess told you to come with friends

It was a small birthday party for our kidso we decided to invite our friend to come andenjoy it with us

We had bought one bottle of whisky wineand ooncamnce babantwana

Then we started the party since the friendwas going to join us later

OW Xa ephuma uGesh to urinate gqi nge-Caracara (Microbus) eli-red and kwehla izix-hiliphothi zamadoda plus our friend

Hawu wothukela ngaphakathi but he didnot mind as he thought the guys were carry-ing their own things

Only to find that they came to that partywith nothing in their hands Hawu wazewasifaka engxakini umntu singa budgetan-ga Nalo bhotile ithathe nje hardly 5 minutesyabe seyiphelile

Musani ukumema nimenyiwe please

Please people let us respect the referees

We understand that if people are going towatch football at the grounds theywant to seefair play which the referees try by all meansto ensure

But what we heard when we were at NewRest Stadium last Sunday uttered by an oldman towards the referee who was officiatingthe game between AmaMpondo United and2010 Storm Breakers was unacceptable

The worst part was that it was an old manand at the grounds therewere also young chil-dren who had come to watch the game

Please people let us learn to respect thegame of football and the referees Gesh wasthere at Lusikisiki with our reporter and peo-ple didnrsquot see him Bazode bathi sithetha kak-hulu letrsquos take our pens and go to gathermoregossip for our next edition Mncwaaa dearreaders

AisaaWedonrsquot think it is on

MTHATHA-born Dj Stax released his latestalbum lsquoThe Beginningsrsquo in December lastyear This deep and soulful house music al-bum is the first ever house music album tobe released by a record label based in Mthat-ha The album features international and alsolocal artists Express reporter AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA met up with thisson of the soul who now has his own recordlabel based in Mthatha

You evolved frombeing just a clubber toDJ eventually becoming a producer anda mentor Tell me how all this happened

Irsquove been aDJ since 1998 and I became a pro-ducer in 2009 after Iwas pursued bymanyDJswho noticed that I had a good ear for musicI was introduced to music production around2006 and then started to take that side ofthings seriously

Is there a defining moment that trig-gered you to become a producer

When Culoe De Song released his debut al-bum in 2009 I got inspired and decided to takemy music production seriously havingknown Culoe De Song for quite a while

Where do you get your inspiration foryour arrangements

I drawmy inspiration from any goodmusiccomposition I listen to almost every genre ofmusic Deep house had always been the wayfor me and that is the sound that defines whoI am musically

Tell us about your music label and howyou are using it to promote local talent

My label is called iTouch Recordings andmy mission is to give our local artists a plat-form to be able to compete with the best inthe game I normally encourage them to keepworking smart in order for them to get the at-tention they deserve

Irsquomcurrentlyworkingwithanumberof art-ists locallywith the aim of releasing theirma-terial digitally

Irsquom always open to give advice and helpwith the recordings

Where do you rate EasternCape on a na-tional scale when it comes to clubbingDJs and producing dance music

The Eastern Cape is one of the rich provin-ces in terms of music but one of the challen-ges we are facing is artists leaving the prov-ince and going to Gauteng for better opportu-nities This is due to a lack of support - be itfrom municipalities or government depart-ments I havemade numerous attempts to in-volve the OR Tambo Municipality King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipality and the De-partment of Sport Recreation Arts andCulture (Mthatha) but they showed no inter-est in supporting initiatives that promote ourarts and culture They have their own peoplethat they prefer but those people donrsquot evencontribute to the love GDP boost These arethe kinds of challenges that I have experi-enced but thatwonrsquot stopme fromdoingwhatI love

Doyouhave any releases planned in thenear future Do you want to expand yourlabel

I have a lot of projects lined up for releasebut Irsquom not in a hurry because I believe inquality more than quantity The big projectthat Irsquom focusing on now is an album byMpeshnyk (Mpendulo Calaza) one the bestproducers in SA right now and it will be outin June Irsquom also looking at expanding the la-bel and venturing into the hip hop market aswell and signing more artists

Wherecanpeople findyour studio yourCDrsquos and your music online

My studio is located at Kwezi Townshipandpeople can call on 0739928095 for anybusi-ness related matters My album is availableat Musica countywide including BotswanaandNamibia People inMthatha can also callthe number provided if they want to buy thecd or they can get itMusica atMthatha PlazaThe title is DJ Stax - The New Beginnings

Any last words for our readersI would like to urge the readers to support

the local artists in whatever way they can Iwould like to also urge people to buy my al-

bumbecause it is not aboutme but representsMthatha and Eastern Cape as whole

I would also like to thank Media24 for theopportunity to communicatewith themasses

ldquoThebeginningsrdquo forDj Stax

Mthatha-born Dj Stax is becoming the household name in house music PHOTOSUPPLIED

8 NewsFebruary 19 2015Isolomzi Express

JUST ARRIVEDJUST ARRIVED

East London 043 704 4000 King Williams Town 043 643 3479

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THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED

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THE Amathole District South African PoliceServices Cluster in an effort to eliminatecrime through promoting sport hosted a soc-cer rugby and netball weekend

Each and every police cluster in the Ama-thole District area were represented by theirteams in soccer rugby and netball Thematches started on Saturday and finished onSundayThe SAPS believes that staging a tourna-

ment of this nature where the youth (between15 and 25) compete in various sporting codescould help change their minds to focus on do-ing positive things rather than being in-volved in criminal activities and drug abuseThe Butterworth Cluster was represented

by three teams but unfortunately their net-ball team and rugby teams did not proceed to

the final Their soccer team however man-aged to reach the final and won 4-3 on penal-ties beating the Alice cluster after a full timescore of one allIn thenetball finalsMdantsaneClusterbeat

East London Cluster 14-10 In rugby the EastLondon Cluster beat Mdantsane 29-0 All win-ners were awarded playing kit and trophiesThe Butterworth Cluster Visible policing

Co-ordinate Captain Jongile Mrululu saidthat the purpose of the games was to fightcrime and to promote sport in their clusterHe said he believed that sport could play amajor role in decreasing thenumber of crimi-nal activities within societyHe added that it was the plan of all clusters

in the Amatole District to use sport for theprevention of crime in their areas becausethe youth out there had nothing to do afterschool and they ended up doing wrong thingsif they are not kept busy

Youthkeptbusy throughsport

The East London rugby team showing its trophies after its victory PHOTO SUPPLIED

East London Netball Team PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Mdantsane Netball team beat East London Cluster by 14-10 PHOTO SUPPLIED

The Butterworth Cluster Soccer Team won 4-3 on penalties beating Alice Cluster PHOTO SUPPLIED