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LEARNERS from various schoolsaround the Ngcobo district recent-ly received gifts from the Depart-ment of Education as part of cele-brating Christmas in October at

the Ngcobo Town Hall.

Through the programme of Care SupportforTeaching andLearning (CSTL) theDepart-ment had identified the 120 most vulnerablelearners including those with illnesses, or-

phans, those depending on a child supportgrant and those of 18 years and above withno access to a grant.The departments showing their support

during the event were the South African Po-lice Services (SAPS), the Department of Cor-rectional Services, the Department of SocialDevelopment, and the South African SocialServices Agency (SASSA).The CSTL ProgrammeManager, Zan Kape,

said the office had decided to give a glimpseof God’s love, care and support throughChristmas in October, since the learners

would be writing exams thereafter.“A number of organisations and business

people contributed to this activity which ismeant to leave our learners with good memo-ries, an improved pass rate and hope for thefuture,” said Kape.Provincial Officer, Lindelwa Mangcunga-

Nyakaza said the programme was started bythe Department of Education, after realizingthat a lot of children were dropping out ofschool for various reasons.“This is why we are engaging a number of

departments, including the South African So-

cial Services Agency (SASSA), to ensure thatwe are building a brighter future for thesevulnerable children,” said Mangcunga-Nyakaza.Shesaid thedepartment isalwaysmotivating

them to engage in programmes that would as-sist leaners with academics, sport and culturalactivities. Nyakaza said they were happy withthe event and that they wished these childrenabright future. “Iwant toappeal toyoumychil-dren, to stay away from things that could leadyoutoendupin jailor fallingpregnant,becausethese are the enemies of your future.”

Learners receivegifts fromDepartmentof Education

Learners with the gifts they received from the Department of Education in Ngcobo.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Leaners from various schools at Ngcobo attended the Christmas in October event.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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MOTHERS are encouraged to breastfeedtheir babies to help curb baby mortality,,since breast milk is said to contain the bestnutrients for the needs of a baby.

Speaking to hundreds of people at the DrMalizoMpehleMemorialHospital inTsolo aspart of a breastfeeding campaign, Area Man-ager forMaternity, PumlaNongwengwe, saidexclusive breastfeeding reduced the risk ofdeadlynutritional bugs, singlingout continu-ous diarrhea.

“If you are using a bottle to feed your baby,

stop today. Most infant deaths are as the re-sult of illnesses contracted through the bottleand others are the result of poisonous compo-nents in foods which are fed to the babythrough the bottle.

“A mother’s milk is never poisonous, evenif themotherhasbeendiagnosedwith theHIVvirus,” said Nongwengwe.

She vehemently criticised the idea of mix-feeding, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding atthe same time, saying it confused the systemof the baby, resulting in weight complica-tions.

Also a mother of a seven-month old babyfrom Ngqobosini around Tsolo, Nonkqubela

Yendu further recommended breastfeedingover bottle-feeding.

“The officials have touched on the nutri-tional advantages of breastfeeding. It is notonly health-guaranteed, but it also increasesthe bond between the mother and the babyand in thatway itmakes it easy for themotherto spot any emotional and physical changesin the baby,” said a breastfeeding Nonkqube-la.

Among the dignitaries who attended the in-formation session was the deputy director ofthe Department of Health Nutrition Pro-gramme in theEasternCape Province, Noma-wonga Kama.

Breastfeedinghelps to curbbabymortality

Intern reporter Sanele James interviewing PumlaNongwengwe and Nomonde Dilinga during thebreastfeeding day in Tsolo. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

BABALWA NDLANYA

IVEKI egqithileyo iqale kakubi kwindawoyaseMthatha neziphaluka nanjengokokuthe gqolo kusehla iingozi kwimigaqo ya-lo mmandla. Kutsha nje kuthe kwantlitha-na izithuthi kwimigaqo eyohlukeneyo oku-balwa u-R61 kunye nomgaqo ongu-N2.

Ngokwesithethi sephulo lika ‘Fika Uphi-la’ kwiSebe leZothutho, uTshepo Machaeaesinye isithuthi besisuka kwicala laku-Qumbu ukanti singqubane nebesisuka eM-thatha, ze kwasweleka abantu ababini kwe-si besivela kwicala lakuQumbu, kwazakusweleka wamnye kwisithuthi ebesivelakwicala laseMthatha.

“Ukanti kwingozi eyehle phakathi kwed-olophu yaseMthatha nase Ngcobo, zintathuizithuthi ezithe zabandakanyeka kule ngo-zi. Akukho mntu ulimeleyo kuleyo ingozi,yonayenzekengosuku lwangoMvulo ekuse-ni,” kubeka uMachaea.

Kwa khona enye ingozi yehle phakathikwedolophu yaseDutywa naseMthatha, na-

kuyo akukho mntu uswelekileyo.UMachaea uthe kuya baluleka ukuba

abaqhubi bayi thobele imigaqo yeze ndlelangalo lonke ixesha, ukuze kube lula uku-phepha ingozi. “Ngalo lonke ixesha ku-fanele sihlale siyithobela imithetho yezendlela kuba yenzelwe ukukhusela kwa thi-na baqhubi nabasebenzisi bezithuthi.”

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MISSING Children in South Africa is looking for Nkosi-nathi Michael Ntshinga (46) who was last seen on October6 at about 2pm in Butterworth, walking in the direction ofDutywa.

He has brown eyes, is bald headed, weighs 82kg and is1,75m tall. He cannot speak properly and his one hand isweak as the result of having had a stroke.

He has a scar on his scalp and has a catheter. He was lastseen wearing a blue jacket and khaki trousers.

Anyone with information should contact Missing Chil-dren SA or Tableview SAPS on 021 521 3300.

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THERE was nowhere to hide for thefour men who allegedly gang-raped a19-year-old Elliotdale woman, and wasarrested a day after the incident.

According to the police the rape inci-dent took place onNovember 2 and thesuspects were arrested the followingday in Cuba administrative area, Elli-otdale.

It is alleged that the suspects wereleaving a circumcision party in the

late hours with the victim when theygrabbed the victim and raped her re-peatedly. It is also said that alcoholabuse had played a part in this inci-dent. According to police spokesper-son, Major Zamukulungisa Jozana,the suspects ran away, leaving the vic-tim in an open field.Since they wereknown by the victim it was easy to ar-rest them.

“After the ordeal the victim man-aged to go home and report the matterto the elders A case of rapewas openedwith the Elliotdale police station,” he

said. Jozana said the four men are fac-ing charges of rape and they are ex-pected to appear in the ElliotdaleMag-istrates’ Court soon. Communitymembers raised their ire about this in-cident. They said the lawmust take itscourse and ensure that the perpetra-tors are kept behind bars for a longtime. Nwabisa Vinjwa said as womenthey were not safe because of the esca-lation in rape cases. She said the lawshould keep the perpetrators behindbars for a long time in order to protectwomen.

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lice arrived at his “home” in Elliotdale, his“mother” was not home and it was said thatshe worked in East London and hardly camehome.The “mother”, whose name is known toMt-

hatha Express, was called on her cellphoneand was told about the visit and she was veryarrogant at first, finding it very funny thather “son” is said not to be hers.“I gave birth to him at Mandela Academic

Hospital in Mthatha in 1998, so I do not knowwhat you are telling me,” she said on thephone. When told by the police that the Man-dela hospital was still under construction in1998, she insisted that it was already opera-tional.She was then asked to come to the Mthatha

police station forDNA tests to prove her state-ment and the boy was taken to a place

of safety by the police.According to Guza, the moth-er’s statement later changedand she confessed that shegot the child fromLindiwewho gave him to her at avery young age becauseLindiwe was strug-gling to look after theboy.No-one has yet been

charged. The police arestill searching forLindiwe whom themother said she got thechild from. When sheis located, tests will beconducted.

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

FOR thirteen years, Nontombi Guza lived amother’s worst nightmare.

In 2001, her three-week old son was alleged-ly kidnapped by a lady who posed as a respre-sentative fromtheNationalDepartment of So-cial Development who came to help the moth-er to register for a child grant.After 13 years, the boy, whose name was

changed by his newmother, last week sharedan emotional reunion with his mother. Ex-press is withholding his name until all thetests are completed to establish who his birthmother is.“As soon as I sawhimapproachingwith the

other boy who is the same age as him I knewhe was the one. He looks so much like his old-er brothers,” said Guza.The boy was allegedly kidnapped in 2001

when he was only three weeks old from Lan-geni Forest where his mother had worked.“A woman by the name of Lindiwe said she

was fromJohannesburg andwas sent to assistmothers to register for child grants. This wasstill a new thing to us back then,” said Guza.She said she was reluctant at first, but be-

cause shewasnot assistingher only, she final-ly gave in and with other mothers and kids,they went to Mthatha’s Home Affairs offices.“Because I was at work on that day, I sent

my two older children to go withthis Lindiwe person, but theyreturned home without mybaby,” she said.According to Guza, the

lady disappeared intothe offices with thechild, saying thatshe had to havephotos taken of thebaby as part of theprocedure. Thecase was report-ed to the policeand theysearched every-where for theinfant, butwithout anysuccess. “Ineverlosthopethat

my son was alive wherever he was and thatone day I would meet him,” said the happymother.Guza’s hope to be reunited with her long-

lost son was fulfilled last Tuesdaywhen she met her son after

a phone call fromsomeone who gaveher directions toher son in theNgezele loca-tion, Elliotdale.When the

Express crew,together withthe mother,family mem-bers and po-

Motherandson reunitedafter13years

Emotional reunion for NontombiGuza and a boy who shebelieves to be her long-lost sonlast week in Elliotdale.PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

BABALWA NDLANYA

AN awareness campaign for victims ofabuse, organised by the members of WhiteDoorCentre ofHope,will beheld for commu-nity members from Good Hope in Dutywaat the Drayini Hall on November 25.

Programme manager for the White DoorCentre, Ruth Nonje, said they had decided

tohost a campaignwith the aimof educatingpeople to come forward and disclose theirproblems in order to get help.“Our area is full of crime. Recently a

young girlwas raped and brutallymurderedin the Drayini area. We then decided tostand up and educate people.We know thereare many victims of rape who are afraid ofspeaking out,” said Nonje.She said they wanted to appeal to parents

to stop protecting their children if parentsknew that their children were tormentingsociety.“We will always point fingers to the cops,

blaming them for failing to do their job, yetwe are the ones protecting our children,even if they are doing crime.”This will not be the first time this Centre

is hosting such an event. They have hosteda similar event at Drayini Hall after the

murder of Lutho Qudalele on August 9.Nonje said she, as rape victim herself, has

decided to comeout about the challenges shewas facing.She was raped and fell pregnant at an age

of 14. She was again raped thereafter, in sev-eral incidents, and she said she is not afraidto tell the community about it. “I want allpeople to feel free to talk when they have aproblem.”

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AT this year’s Isingqi Sethu Wild CoastCultural Festival which is taking placefrom tomorrow till Saturday at Port StJohns Sports ground, there will, for thefirst time ever, be a fashion showof tradi-tional garments.

This was revealed by the OR TamboManager in the Department of Sports,Recreation Arts and Culture, Mike Sodo,during an interview with Express.In this initiative of Isingqi Sethu the

Department of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture worked hand-in-hand withthe house of Traditional Leaders, East-ern Cape Parks and TourismAgency andPort St Johns Local Municipality. Sodosaid for the first time theywouldopen thegates for the people who are making tra-

ditional garments to exhibit their workat the festival.He said this formed part of promoting

traditional attire in all the tribes alongtheWild Coast line. Sodo said the groupswould also showcase their cultural per-formances through dance and exhibi-tions.Four hundred artists are expected to

take part in this gigantic event in the his-tory of the Wild Coast line.The festival had already producedwell

known artists in South Africa likemaskanda musician Ntombethongo, gui-tarist Csana Mlaza and many more.Sodo said the festival is also open to

emerging local artists to come and show-case their talents. “Our main purpose isto capacitate and expose local artists andensure that we develop capacity for thelocal communities. The overall objective

of the project to claim Arts and Cultureas a serious contributor to poverty relief,wealth creation, job creation and socialcohesion,” said Sodo.Port St Johns Mayor, Mnyamezeli

Mangqo, called on the people of Port StJohns to behave and to treat visitorswell. He said it is important to come to-gether and develop culture to move for-ward. He also called on the OR TamboDistrict Municipality to come on boardwith this event.Mangqo said this initiativewouldmas-

sively improve the economy of Port StJohns as there will be about 314 home-steads expected to host visitors duringthe two-day festival.Sodo confirmed that all the home-

steads that would be hosting visitors hadbeen inspected tomake sure that they areup to standard to accommodate visitors.

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Mike Sodo. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

REPORTER

THE Department of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture jointly with the Ports St. JohnsLocal Municipality, the Provincial House ofTraditional Leaders (PHOTL) and the East-ern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency(ECPTA) are aiming to provide access toskills, cultural development and promotion,advance rural development and job creationthrough the project of Isingqi Sethu WildCoast Cultural Festival.

The festival will take place in Port St.

Johns ( Sport Field) on the 14 and 15 Novem-ber 2014.The overall objective of the project is to

stake the claim of Arts and Culture as a seri-ous contributor to poverty relief, wealth cre-ation, job creation and social cohesion.IsingqiSethuWildCoastCulturalFestival

seeks to encourage the people of the EasternCape to take pride in them and their identi-ty.The Eastern Cape has 10 regions with a

number of tribes and this diversity shouldbe conserved so that generations to comeshould know where they are coming from

whilst also striving to attract visitors to ex-perience the way of living in the province.

All this seeks to bring about economicbenefits for the Eastern Cape communities.The IsingqiSethuWildCoast Cultural Fes-

tival will be done in the form of a festivalwhere all groups and crafters will be dis-playing their culture and also participatingequally.Themain aim of the event will be to show-

case the different cultures of the EasternCape through craft, traditional dance, mu-sic, story telling, poetry and drama.All the districts of the provincewill partic-

ipate e.g. O.R.Tambo, Amathole, AlfredNzo,Cacadu, Joe Gqabi, Nelson Mandela Metroand Chris Hani.The festival will take place in Port St.

Johns where selected groups from the re-gions will showcase their skills.The festival theme for this year is “Tap 2

Eastern Cape Rhythms & Craft.”All the participating groups and exhibi-

torswill receive performance or exhibitionsfees.The MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and

Culture Dr Pemmy Majodina will be theguest speaker at the official opening.

Isingqi SethuWild Coast Cultural Festival kicks off tomorrow

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Provincial Commissioner of the East-ern Cape Lieutenant General Celiwe Bintahas vowed that there would be no space forcriminals in the Eastern Cape during thecoming Festive Season.

Binta was speaking during the provinciallaunchofDutyCalls SaferFestive SeasonOp-erations at the Rotary Stadium in Mthathalast Friday.Bintahad assured the people of theEastern

Cape and visitors that theywould be in a safeplace if they were in this province.“We are more than ready and we are pre-

pared to fight crime to the end. We will beout in full force to ensure that there is nocrime that will disturb the joy of the peopleof this province during the Festive Season.Our police will be in rural and in urban are-as, because we need to clamp down on crimi-nal activities. We are also going to beef upour equipment”, said Binta.At the launch it was announced that 13 ex-

tra vehicles would be in use over the FestiveSeason. “By doing so we want to ensure thesafety of the people and visitors. There willbe no shortage of police vehicles.”Binta called on alcohol sellers to obey the

liquor act and said those who didn’t wouldbe brought to book.The MEC for Transport, Safety and Liai-

son, Weziwe Tikana, said their focus wouldbe on the integration of all role-players suchas Traffic officials, Home Affairs, NPA,SANDF, local law enforcement and other sis-ter departments in the fight against crime.She said the plan will focus on high police

visibility at all hot spots, shopping malls,banks, ATMS and places where large crowdsgather, tourist destinations and specialevents.Tikana said they would be giving equal at-

tention to both rural and urban areas of theprovince, stakeholder coordination and com-munity mobilisation.The launch was graced by the presense of

traditional leadership and members of thecommunity.

No space for criminals during Festive Season

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THE DA in the Eastern Cape recently held a Congressgala dinner where Veliswa Mvenya from Mthatha wasannounced as thenewDAProvincial Chairperson in theEastern Cape.

“I am ecstatic and extremely proud of this result asit truly shows that the Democratic Alliance is a partyfor all.This result is a true demonstration of the diversity

of our party and it reiterates the DA’s equal opportunitysociety for all policy; it provides individuals fromdiffer-ent cultural backgrounds an equal opportunity to suc-ceed in our society and our party,” Mvenya said.“Three individuals were announced as the new Depu-

ty Chairpersons of the DA in the Eastern Cape. Theyare Retief Odendaal, Rory Gailey and Lodewyk Gallant.We are extremely proud of them and we know that theywill represent the party well. We wish them all the beston their journey of service and leadership.”The new Deputy Provincial Leaders are Bobby Ste-

venson and Terrence Fritz.

VeliswaMvenyaannouncedasnewDAprovincial chairperson

Veliswa Mvenya from Mthatha wasrecently announced as the new DAProvincial Chairperson in theEastern Cape. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SANELISIWE Buthelezi was crowned as thisyear’s Miss OR Tambo at a glittering eventheld at the Wild Coast Sun Casino on Fridayevening, November 7.

The Mbizana community and people fromtheORTambo andAlfredNzoDistrictMunic-

ipalities and Councillors came out in num-bers to witness the crowning.Local designers were given a platform to

showcase their garments which were wornby the contestants on the day.Sanelisiwe went home with prize money of

R15 000. The first princess Hombakazi Ngxo-la received R12 500 and second princess Si-phokazi Ramatha went home with R10 000.

SanelisiweButhelezi isMissORTambo2014

Winners seated infront of the officialsand councillors (fromleft to right) SecondPrincess SiphokaziRamatha from ward 1Highland township,Miss OR Tambo 2014Sanelisiwe Buthelezi-from ward 5 Mbobhe-ni location and FirstPrincess HombakaziNgxola from ward 8Ndakeni location.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Some of the contestants in their traditional attire. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Contestants in their swimwear during the Miss OR Tambo Pageant. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Municipal officials showcasing Ibhongo LeMbizana Fashion clothes during the fashion show at theMiss OR Tambo beauty pageant. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDEntrants for the Miss OR Tambo 2014 paraded in the streets of Mbizana town. They also visited

Bizana Square to meet with the people before the main event on Friday. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

BABALWA NDLANYA

ITHI kubuhlungu ukubona umnt-wana wesikolo ehlupheka in-qununu yesikolo sabanga aphantsiiMhlophekazi Senior PrimarySchool (SPS), esi zinze kwidolophuyaseNgcobo, uSisa Mpisane .

Oku ukutsho ngelixa ethethelaiCare Support for Teaching andLearning (CSTL) nokuyinkquboejongene nabafundi ezikolweni.ukutsho oku kumcimbi obu banjel-we kwidolophu yaseNgcobo kutshanje.Lo kaMpisane uthe nanje ngoko

bengabe fundisi ntsapho ezikolwenibathi badibane nabantwana abasu-ka kumakhaya ohlukeneyo, nabanengxaki ezo hlukeneyo, abanyebabo baye bafune ukuqwalaselwaukuze banikwe uncedo.Kodwa ke bona uthi baba nentlah-

la yokuba izikolo eziyi-40 zase Ng-cobo zibe nale nkqubo ebizwa nge-CSTL, nethi ibe negalelo eku phuh-liseni abantwana abanga thathintweni.

“Sizi zikolo masi phakameni si-yithathe le nkqubo ibe khona kwiz-ikolo zethu ukuze siyisebenziseekwakheni ikamva labantwana be-sizwe sethu,” kubeka yena.Woleke ngelithi abazali maba

qiniseke ukuba baya sebenzisananeetitshala ukuze kungabikhobantwana babonwa zizizwe ukubabahluphekile kodwa babe befuma-na imali yesibonelelo sika rhulu-mente. Ukanti le CSTL yenziwa ibeyimpumelelo ngenxa yabantu ababizwa ngokuba ziLearner SupportAgency (LSA), noku ngabo abathibandwendwele amakhaya aba bant-wana bajongene nengxaki ukuzebayo kujonga intlalo yabo ema-khaya, nokuba banga ncediswa nda-woni. Ngaphandle koku la malungueSTL athi akwazi wona ukudlalaeyona ndima lo gama ititshala zonazileqa izifundo emagumbini okufundela,xa mhlawumbi umntwanalowo engena mazisi ayakwazi wonaukumdibanisa nesebe elifaneleki-leyo ukuze umfundi lowo akwaziukuncedakala.

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REPORTER

THE Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on La-bour, Lumka Yengeni said the national minimumwage is a tool aimed at improving the lives of the poorand the vulnerable groups in the society.

“Parliament is seeking the input of all South Afri-cans as required by the Constitution. The Committeewill make this process as inclusive and thorough asit is possible,” said Yengeni.She described the debate on the nationalminimum

wage as sensitive and said it needed caution to lessenany negative foreseeable impact on economic growthand job creation.“This is not saying the national minimum wage

will eradicate poverty, rather it will definitely makea difference in the lives of those vulnerable workerswhoarenot able toput foodon the table for their fami-lies, and often could not afford such basic items asuniforms for kids.”She said the Committee was aware of the negative

propaganda of those opposed to the introduction ofthe national minimum wage.Parliament will be guided by what the majority

says, particularly those who are vulnerable and willbe rescued by the implementation of the nationalminimum wage.

Nationalminimumwagehearingsgetsunderway

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THE Ingwe TVET College has recently en-gaged in a partnership with ADA Holdings(Pty) Ltd and the Department of Higher Edu-cation and Training (DHET).

This partnership is aimed at assisting thecollege with improving and expanding its ed-ucational services to students with the aim ofproviding better skilled students, with betteremployment and entrepreneurial prospects,thereby contributing to the upliftment of thecommunity.

With this project a consortium of well-re-spected and highly skilled experts have beenengaged to completely turn around the Col-lege, with no job cutting, but with significantreskilling and improving and expanding theCollege in its entirety.

With this project the college will also be-come the first accredited trade test centre inthis Eastern area within the Eastern Cape,and South Western area of Kwazulu-Natal,filling an invaluable gap in skills educationin one of the poorest parts of South Africa.

Significant infrastructure, facilities andequipment upgrades and new constructionare underway at some of the campuses to fa-cilitate this Trade Test Centre.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING(RPL)

(Become a Certified Trade Tested Artisan)100% bursaries are available for the RPL

programme that cover the complete course,with no age restrictions for application.

RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) is aprogramme whereby people’s prior learning

and work experience can be formally recog-nised to enable people to advance their skillsandbecome recognised and certified artisans.

Potential candidates are evaluated to seewhere they need preparation or training topass the trade test.

Candidates are then given additional train-ing if necessary to be able to do the trade test.This additional training is also included inthe bursaries.

Once ready (about 3 months of preparationand skills development), candidates are for-mally Trade Tested at the Ingwe TVET Col-lege’s own Trade Test Centre. The Ingwe Col-lege is the only accredited Trade Test Centrein the area.

All individuals with work experience in thetrades listed below, should apply for this pro-gramme at the Ingwe TVET College.

This is the only suchprogramme in the areaand is specifically designed to offer the tradeswith the most employment opportunities tofill the gaps in the local economy.

The course consists of the following:

• Pre-evaluation,• Training preparation for the test,• Enrolling and completing the Trade Test.

BURSARIES AND FINANCIAL ASSIST-ANCE – RPL programme (Recognition of pri-or learning)

100% bursaries are available for the RPLprogramme that covers the complete course.

Each bursary is valued at over R80 000.

The bursaries cover all the tuition costs:

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IngweTVETCollege – redesignedandexpanded• Pre-evaluation,• Training preparation for the test,• Registration cost of the Trade Test.

Requirements for the bursary are the sameas the requirements to apply for the pro-gramme.

All applications must be handed in at theAdministration Centre in Mt Frere or any ofthe Main Campuses.

To start off the RPL programme, the collegehas taken in 10 candidates for the ElectricalArtisan Trade.

The 10RPLCandidates are currentlyunder-going their Brush-up Training.

Ingwe TVET college has been collating stu-dent applications for Recognition of PriorLearning (RPL) Bursaries. There are current-ly 258 candidates on the database; however,not all are qualified due to their not meetingthe criteria:

However, the good news is that there aremany that did successfully qualify.

Fromthequalified list, itwasdecided to runa pilot programme.

A batch of 5 females and 5 males were select-ed as follows:

• Abongile Ninise• Bathandwa Tuntulwana• Mnqumeni Bungiswa• Lerato Parkies• Mamoletsane Leroba• Nceba Dwenga• Nolubabalo Dolwana• Sandiswa Cetywayo• Wandisiwe Mkhwedini• Wanga Mbali

Should you or any of your family have sub-mitted an application for the RPL Training,please review the qualifying criteria athttp://ingwecollege.edu.za and ensure that youhave given the relevant Admissions Person-nel at the relevant Ingwe Campus the neces-sary documentation for you to qualify.

If youhaven’t been contactedyet, don’twor-ry, you might be in line for the next batch.Contact the college to check your applicationprogress.

The pilot programme is being conducted atthe Artisan Development Academy in, Dur-ban.

The reason for the pilot programme beinginDurban is due toupgrades to the infrastruc-ture currently underway at the college cam-pusses. What this means for the Ingwe stu-dents is that there will be some new and somerefurbished and upgraded workshops withnew equipment.

Their training of the above mentioned hascommenced as follows:

• Trade Test Training commenced 13th Oc-tober and will continue for the next 7 weeks

• Pre-Trade Test Assessment is scheduledfor the end of November 2014

• Feedback on the Assessment will be donewithin the first few days of December 2014

• Trade Tests are currently scheduled totake place between 8 and 10 December 2014.

For any queries regarding the bursaries orstatus of your applicationyoumaycontactMrMzi Mancotywa or Ms Siphokazi Tshutshaneon 039 255 0346.

E-mail: info@ingwecollege.org.zaWebsite: http://ingwecollege.edu.za

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Uyazi dear readers, xa umntu kudala wam-gqibela use woyike nokumbuzo dekubekho isigqibo ode ufike kuso.

Mhlawumbi uthi walandulela eli or wat-shintsha indawo.Into edala kubenzima ukubuza use uthi

ubuza kuthiwe watshaba kudala lowo.Ngoku ise ingathi uyahlekisa

ngokusweleka kwakhe kanti ubungazi.Zininzi ke izinto othi uzilindele kulowo

mntu ukuba akaland-ulelanga eli ezilut-shintsho kuye xa up-hinda umbona kwakho-na.Zingaba ntle or zibe

mbi.Uyazi kukho enye i-

outie esa-sidla ngokuy-ibona kwezi ndawozentselo phaya eNtellyand siyazi ngokuya ng-amandla kweziphuzo.So, yanqaba about twoyears singayiboni sat-sho sathi yashunca.OWW!!Kanti umfethu usad-

la amazimba, simbonelast week.Aisaa, ulimele lijiki

nkosi yam.Uyazi ubuso obu

ngathi yinyama ebom-vu evuthiweyo ku-yacaca ukuba ebecwilekulo yonke le minyakasingamboni.Izidlele ezi ngathi xa ungaziphatha zin-

gavele zithi tyham amanzi.Asitsho ukuba makungaselwa kuba

ngathi yinto eseyiphambili kwesi isizuku-lwana, kodwa xa ude ube nje noko ziintlo-ni.Uzakufa mfethu if awubambi santya

kule nto kuba indala and uyakuyishiya ib-hubhisa nabaza emveni kwakho.

Mmm, what kind of a woman is she?You know what when you see a woman

walking barefoot, you ask yourself if sheis normal in her mind since it is not a nor-mal sight for a woman to be in that situa-tion.We were parking our Turu-turu in front

of the VIP restaurant in the place of Cold(Ngqeleni), when we saw a barefoot youngwoman.At first we thought she was mentally dis-

turbed, only to find that she was normalbut was drunk.We discovered that with the smell that

was coming from her mouth.Uyamazi umntu oselileyo ngokuthanda

ukufuna ukuthethela kowakho umlomo,ngathi awuzumva xa engasondelanga.Kuba ke sise samncokolisa sifuna ukwa-

zi ukuphila ngokupheleleyo kwakhe emvakomkumbona ebetha ngezikaTshiwo.Her feet were like she was dancing on

the ashes; never mind about her vulgarlanguage and unbearable insults from hermouth.Honestly, we don’t want what we saw

and it tears our hearts apart when our sis-ter’s behaviour in a disrespectful mannerbecause women are important. Theybrought us on the Express land.You know what, uGesh when he saw a

woman doing strange things he thinks ofthe strong woman like his mum uMath-ombela who fears ihlazo (disgrace) espe-cially by a woman.Sisi ungaphinde ke mntanasekhaya un-

gazinxibi izihlangu uzakudidisa abantuuphinde uthuke ngala ndlela. Kungconounxile zikhona.

Kunzima ekufundeni isiNtu kulegenge

Asazi ukuba le imfundo iya ngaphi kubathina booGesh ngexesha lemfundo yethu,eyona nto yayiphambili kwakukukwaziukubhala nokufunda.And sasiyi-practiser time and again daai

ding yokubhala because sasibhala ileta si-cela uthando emacherin wethu or sincoko-la and we had that nice address.So it was not a problem kuthi to write

and read.Mara ngoku siyabhideka kuba kule im-

bewu yangoku ayik-wazi kufunda nakub-hala, yazi ukusoma(speak English) qhanokucofa abanoomyayi.Abakwazi ukubha-

la, yiva thina kubauthi ekubhalela akut-sho ngo-shot-handwriting ongasozewamva ukuba uthinikaloku seqhele ezi-so-cial networks.Sebhala incwadi e-

formal isandla ses-aqhela ubhala le ntosingayaziyo ukubakuthiwa yintoni xaibizwa.Besibukele omnye

umntwanakumngcwabo ebesiyekuwo efunda isiXhosangesilungu wade wag-qiba singavanga uku-ba i-obituary ibisithi-

ni. Kuba uphatha kuhahaza afunde amaga-ma esiXhosa afana no into ngesilungu.Emveni kwakhe kwangena ixhego elida-

la elingumvangeli lifunda iBhayibhile ne-livele layigijima kwangabikho kukhube-ka. Ube ke sowusixelela ukuba ngubaniofundileyo kunalo wazi isilungu kakhuluengakwazi kusibhala nakusifunda naloavele aqhabalake xa efunda nokuba lolu-phi ulwimi ekwazi nokulubhala kananja-lo. Kuba kaloku ungalibali ukuba bes-ithetha kangaka nje nesilungu sabo abak-wazi kusibhala. Kunzima neh?Hayi thina sipasisa kwayila mfundo

yakuqala nokuba ingayi Royal na kakade,kodwa abantu bakhona babekwazi uku-funda nokubhala.

Is it love or there is something be-hind?Perhaps someone will make us under-

stand in this practice of young girls whodate old men who are even close to theirgrandfather’s age. Because we see no rea-son why a young girl can date an old man,whilst there are some handsome guys whoare nearer their age. And take it from usthey don’t want to be spotted in the compa-ny of these sugar daddies in public besidemeeting in the private restaurant duringthe late hours if not in old men’s fancycars. You will see a young girl buying non-stop in a restaurant and rush to the Mer-cedes Benz. But last week we saw anotheryoung lady who was in a company of thisold man at Mike’s Kitchen, UTA.Shame, she was acting as if she was not

going with him but ungawuthini umgosibecause we came closer to them in orderto listen to their conversation and weheard the old man calling her “Sweety”.Something is chilly in these intimate re-

lationships with sugar daddies. Ungaziukuba ngamaxhego atheni la adlalangekamva laba zukulwana bawo.Lingayikhotha imbenge yomile elingake

lisondele kuSisipho kaGesh kwacaca njeukuba kuzakufuneka sokhe iihoko zoku-fihla abantwana bethu ngenxa yoomkhuluabanemikhuba.Shame, masibayeke sithathe ezethu izix-

hobo sisithele. Until next time in the gos-sip column.

Ukubakuthethwalentomakaliyeke

Becausewe see noreasonwhy a younggirl can date an oldman,whilst thereare some handsomeguyswho are attheir age. And take itfrom us they don’twant to be spotted inthe company ofthese sugar daddiesin public besidemeeting in theprivate restaurantduring the late hoursif not in oldmen’sfancy cars.

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The official opening willtake place on November 22

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and there will be opening spe-cials on the day. The reasonfor the shop moving into theCBD is to reach out to the Mt-hatha community and sur-rounding areas.

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

A MTHATHA-born young Gospel artist hasdropped another bomb for his fans.

Yongama Mrwetyana (18) will be launching hissecond album ‘Undithandile’ on November 22 andGospel lovers will be spoilt with melodious wor-shipful music.“This album has been produced by Asanda

Maqungwana and Mxolisi Mbethe. With both ofthem being very good at what they do, my fans willnot regret getting a copy of the newCD,” saidMrwe-tyana.This 10-trackedalbumalso features a sermonbyPastorMadikiza of Christ Body inUnityChurch.Yongama had mixed composed songs with the

Xhosa hymn songs to cater for all groups of Gospellovers.“This album consists of composed songs such as

‘Undithandile’ and ‘Halleluja Ndodemanxeba’ andalso those from the hymn books including ‘Thixoova izikhungo’ and ‘Ndiyakhala kuwe Nkosi’,” hesaid.To deliver his preaching on the day of the launch

is Peacemaker Dlomo of ‘Siyikhonzi Zevangeli’fame.Artists expected to entertain the crowds include

Sophie Ngcele, Apostle Hlangu, Bulie Mhatu, Nqo-bile Ngidi and Luleka Mhlanga.The launch is scheduled forNovember 22 atNgan-

gelizwe Terminus in Mthatha and the entrance isfree.

Gospel kid drops a hot album

Yongama Mrwetyana (18)dedicates his life to praising Godthrough music. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SANELE JAMES

THE grandstand finish of Mthatha City atthe Rotary Stadium on Saturday has placedthem a step closer to the Nedbank Cup pro-vincial finals by claiming a 2-1 victory.

After beating Mthatha’s team of choice,Mthatha Bucks, by 2-1 on their first matchof the day, Mthatha City never looked back.City’s win lifted the spirit of the players highas they knew they had to face onemore teamon the day.

They knew again that they had to gothrough Thembu Royals in order for them tobook a place in the Nedbank Cup provincialtournament.

Earlier on the day their rivals, ThembuRoyals, showedno compassion as they elimi-nated Zimbane Killers by 3-1.

The Mthatha knockout was a one-dayevent. After the first round of the elimina-tion, the two teamswhichwere going to com-pete for the number one spot in Mthatha,were given at least 90 minutes to rest.

The happy fans and supporters chantedaround the stadium while the grandstandwas roaring with vuvuzelas waiting for thefinal. Coaches of both teams took the resttime as their time to strategise.

The long awaited battle kicked off at4.30pm at a high pace with both teams hun-gry for goals. Coaches couldn’t stop shoutingout instructions to their players as the pres-sure kept building.

After 15 minutes of play in the first-half ofthe match, Thembu Royals showed domi-nance as they pushed forward forcing theCity boys to commit fouls on dangerous areaswhich the Royals failed to convert.

The game became tense as the referee keptdigging in his pockets time after time due toclumsy challenges from both teams.

During half-time the score was 1-0 withRoyals leading.

During the start of the second-half, Royalscame back from the dressing room relaxed,knocking the ball around while the underpressure Mthatha City was in high spiritslooking for an equaliser.

MthathaCitypaving itsway to theNedbank tournament final

Mthatha City midfielder attacking whilst Thembu Royals defenders were kept on their toes defending. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

Out of nowhere the City boys managed tosquare the match and again the tempo of thegame increased rapidly with both teams at-tacking, leaving their goalies exposed.

In no time the City boys, from one nil down,scored two goals to claim victory and the de-fenceworked over timemaking sure thatRoy-als didn’t get another chance to score till thefinal whistle.

With the 2-1 victory, Mthatha City have ad-vanced to the next stage of the tournament tocompete provincially, joining Laliga FC, RealCity and Tornado FC who have also tri-umphed in their respective zones over theweekend.