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ANC Treasury General Zweli Mkhize at the Alfred Nzo memorial lecture. PHOTO:KHAYA MAGENU

KHAYA MAGENU

ANCTreasuryGeneral, Zwe-li Mkhize, said the ANCshould be at the forefront ofspeaking out against cor-ruption and should be act-

ing as whistle blowers and support allinvestigations into irregularities.

Mkhize was speaking at the AlfredNzo memorial lecture in Mount AyliffHall last week. He also called for deci-

sive action to be taken to remove allthose involved in corruption. “TheANCmust set an example of revolutionarymorality and ethical leadership as amonument to our heroes, like AlfredNzo, Oliver Tambo, Moses Kotane, Mo-ses Mabhida, Walter Sisulu, AlbertinaSisulu and others.According to him, ANC leaders

should demonstrate to SouthAfrica thatNelson Mandela’s Legacy is safe withthe ANC as legitimate custodian of allthe values Madiba had represented,”said Mkhize.In awarning toANCmembers against

playing dirty political games, Mkhizesaid itwasnot in their culture and tradi-tion to air dirty laundry in public. Hesaid leaking records of confidential de-liberations – often distorted to favourpersonal points of view – brought theANC to public ridicule and scorn.“We must stamp out division. Many

instances where divisions appear arenot owing to differences of opinions onhow to implement theFreedomCharter,but on how to subvert governance by in-dividuals attempting toutilize their offi-

cial status for personal gain,” saidMkhize.He described Nzo as a good listener,

respecting the opinion of all people,even that of his opposition. Accordingto him Nzo was never intimidated andhad the intellectual depth to positivelyinfluence people.“TohonourAlfredNzo today,wemust

work hard to rebuild the founding val-ues of the African National Congress.We must double our efforts to forge uni-ty and to fight against racism, tribalismand sexism.Weneed to build a truly car-ing and compassionate society,” saidMkhize.The Alfred Nzo District Municipality

was named after Nzo who was born andbred in the Thabachicha village inMatatiele.Alfred Nzo was the longest serving

Secretary-General of the ANC. Duringhis tenure, he was sent to various coun-tries including Egypt, India, Zambia,Norway, Tanzania and he had also rep-resented the ANC in the United NationsAssembly.Together with Oliver Tambo and oth-

ers, Nzo formed part of the ANC’s back-bone, holding down the fort and propa-gating the party’s struggle while theircomrades were imprisoned on RobbenIsland and in other prisons. Once theban on the ANC had been lifted and Nel-son Mandela was released from prisonin 1990, Nzo returned to South Africa.Nzo has received the “Order of

Friendship Among People, Praesidiumof the Union of the Soviet Socialist Re-public’s Supreme Soviet” in 1985, andwas also bestowed in 2003 with the “TheOrder of Luthuli” by former PresidentThabo Mbeki.Alfred Nzo’s sister, Nomazotsho Nzo,

said she was very happy that her dis-trict municipality was still remember-ing him.AlfredNzo DistrictMunicipality Dep-

uty ExecutiveMayor SixolileMehloma-khulu said they have decided to putaside June as Alfred Nzo month. Theyhad also put aside some money to pro-duce a documentary on Nzo’s life inpartnership with the Ekurhuleni Mu-nicipality in Gauteng and Zambia.

In awarning to ANCmembers againstplaying dirty politicalgames, Mkhize said itwas not in theirculture and traditionto air dirty laundry inpublic.

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Butterworth

Fire nearly damages vehiclesA firenearlydamagedvehiclesparked ata panelbeatingshop in theZithuleleTownshipinButter-worth lastFriday. Thecause ofthe fire isunknown.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

BABALWA NDLANYA

RESIDENTS assisted with chasing and catch-ing a man who was suspected of robbing ashop in the Ngonyama location in Mputi Vil-lage, Dutywa on Saturday.

Police spokesperson, Captain Jackson

Manatha, said it was alleged that two suspectsentered a shop and that one of the suspectsfired a shot before robbing the owner of anundisclosed amount of money and some gro-ceries.

“After robbing the shop they ran away anda woman (26) who was robbed in the shopraised alarm and pleaded for help from the

community members. They responded to hercall and chased the suspects, they managed tocatch one suspect and found an undisclosedamount of money on him,” said Manatha.

According to Manatha the other suspectmanaged to run away. The arrested suspecthad been charged with business robbery andwill appear before the Dutywa Magistrate’s

Court soon.Nobody was injured in the shooting.Manatha confirmed that the suspect was

not assaulted by the community membersand was handed over to the Dutywa Police.“We thank the community for their effort inassisting the police to fight crime and for nottaking the law into their hands.”

Communitymembers catch suspect

BABALWA NDLANYA

POLICE officials of the ButterworthCluster are looking for three suspectswho allegedly hijacked a white ToyotaHi-Ace Taxi with registration CTB 748EC on July 4.

The report said the driver (20) of thekombi was locking the vehicle in NewLook Village outside Butterworth, whenthree men appeared. One of them alleg-edly pointed a firearm at the victim,while forcing him into the vehicle.

Police Spokesperson, Captain JacksonManatha, said the suspects drove thetaxi in the direction of Centane and theydumped the victim at 14 Junction, beforedriving off in the direction of the KingHintsa FET College in Centane.

Manatha said the vehicle had not yetbeen found and the suspects have notbeen arrested.

Anyone with information should con-tact the Butterworth Police on 0 047 4011100 or Crime Stop on 0 08600 10111.

Search is onfor taxihijackers BABALWA NDLANYA

A man (20) appeared briefly in the DutywaMagistrate’s Court on Monday, charged withthe rape of a woman (28).

Nkosikhona Khathani (20) was arrested af-ter he allegedly raped a woman in the Mdoko-sini location, Dutywa on June 27.

He was not asked to plead and was remand-ed in custody until July 9, for further investi-gation.

According to Police Spokesperson, CaptainJackson Manatha, on the night of the inci-dent, the victim was sleeping alone at herhome at about 11pm when the accused alleg-edly raped her.

After the alleged rape, the accused fellasleep next to the victim.

At about 7am the following morning, the ac-cused woke up and was recognised by the vic-tim.

Manatha said the victim then left thescene and alerted her relatives who accom-panied her to the Dutywa Police Station toreport the matter and a case of rape wasopened.

“The suspect was traced by the police andarrested. He was charged with rape.”

Rapeaccusedfalls asleepnext tovictim

BABALWA NDLANYA

DETECTIVES of the Centane Police Sta-tion arrested a man (31) for allegedly rap-ing his former girlfriend in the Mkhwane-ni location in Centane on Saturday June28. Police Spokesperson, Captain JacksonManatha, said the victim was at her new

Man chargedwith rape of former girlfriend

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WHILE other older women are enjoying theirpension grants, a woman (90) from the ChrisHani Township in Mthatha has to use hergrant money to provide for her nine grand-children.

Nogungqile Lolwana is struggling to makeends meet, taking care of her grandchildrenand her son.She is living in a cold, damp-smelling shack

with a wet floor. Inside and out, this shack of-fers nothing that resembles a home for its res-idents. When the Express visited the shack,it was discovered that Lolwana was sleepingon a traditional mat with no pillow or mat-tress. Instead of a pillow, she uses clothes toput her head up.She said she was sharing her shack with

her son and daughter-in-law, both of whomwere unemployed and were collecting card-boards to sell.“Life here is not good at all. I am living here

because of my children. I maintain themwithmy pension grant, because they are not work-ing and I love them very much,” said Lolwa-na.She said recently she was visited by Bish-

op Tshepo Machaea and members of theIbandla laseMthini Evangelical Movement,who assisted her with groceries.According to Machaea, they received a

phone call from one of the residents who toldthem Lolwana’s story. “Since one of our mis-sions in this congregation is to help peoplewho are less fortunate, we decided to visither.We did not believe our eyeswhenwe sawthis elderly lady living and sleeping is suchbad conditions. This tormented our hearts,because these people could end up gettingpneumonia from sleeping on a wet floor.”According to him, after seeing the situa-

tion, they bought groceries for the family andcontacted other congregations who donatedclothes. Machaea said they would love to seethiswoman living inabetter place, since theyhonoured the elderly.“It’s really touching to see a 90-year-old

woman sleeping in a place like this.Anythingcould happen to her. The door is not in goodcondition and there are holes in the wall.In response to an enquiry from Express,

communications officer for the King SabathaDalindyebo Municipality, Sonwabo Mampo-za, said it was the first time he had heard ofLolwana’s living conditions.

Woman (90)has to sleeponwet floor

Nogungqile Lolwana with some of her grandchilren. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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the shack they callhome. PHOTO:

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

SPOKESPERSON for the Eastern Cape de-partment ofLocalGovernment andTradition-al Affairs, Mamkeli Ngam, has vowed thatmore arrests of bogus traditional surgeons inthe Libode area would follow.

Ngam’s utterance follows the arrest of a tra-ditional surgeon, Samkelo Mvubu, who hasbeen chargedby theNational ProsecutingAu-thority (NPA) with two counts of murder.Ngam said he was collecting information

and was communicating with the Libode po-lice ahead of the expected arrests of at least

four more bogus surgeons in the region.Mvubuappeared in theLibodeMagistrate’s

Court last Wednesday.It is alleged that Mvubu circumcised two of

the initiates that have died this initiation sea-son. The murder cases emanate from the dis-covery of the two dead bodies by the policeat an illegal circumcision school.According to NPA regional spokesperson,

Luxolo Tyali, in addition to the two counts ofmurder, Mvubu is also facing two counts ofcontravening the Health Standards Tradi-tional Circumcision Act No 6 of 2001.Meanwhile, in the same court of the district

of Libode, on Thursday, July 03, three male

teenagers (16-17) appeared on charges of un-lawful circumcision for circumcisinganotherboy (16).The young initiate was rescued by the po-

lice and is currently in a serious condition intheNelsonMandelaAcademicHospital inMt-hatha.The three teenagers were not released into

the custody of their parents, but were insteadreferred to the Bosasa Place of Safety in Mt-hatha, until their next court appearance onJuly 10.Tyali said the NPA was taking these cir-

cumcision-related cases very seriously.“Wewill vigorously prosecute all circumci-

sion-related cases without fear, favour orprejudice.Andwhere convictions are securedwe shall argue for the harshest possible sen-tences. We appeal to members of the public,especially parents, to be vigilant and to ex-pose these bogus traditional surgeons andnurses,” he said.AT the time of going to print, 24 initiates

have died in the Eastern Cape with at least131 being hospitalised or kept at rescue cen-tres.The premier of the Eastern Cape and the

MEC for Local Government and TraditionalAffairs, Fikile Xasa, was expected to addressthe media yesterday.

Morebogus ‘surgeons’ tobearrested

YANDISA POPPY DLEMBULA

IN the hope of helping young boys recoverfrom illegal circumcision practices, theCommunity Development Foundation ofSouth Africa (Codefsa) is working hand inhand with the Department of Health (DoH)to place rescue and treatment centres inLusikisiki, Libode and Mhlontlo (Qumbuand Tsolo).

Codefsa chairperson, Nkululeko Nxesi,said that the rescue centre in Lusikisikiwas up and running and that about 80 boyshave been treated here, while the centre inMhlontlo was still under construction.“The rescue centre in Libode has been

running since last year, when it helpedabout 120 young boys to get treatment for il-legal circumcision practices,” added Nxesi.

He said the rescue centre that was underconstruction was their main focus, sincethey wanted to make sure that each andevery corner of the region gets the helpneeded in order to lower the death rateamong initiates.“We will fight the existence of illegal cir-

cumcision schools with all we’ve got be-cause they are undermining the impor-tance of the circumcision tradition,” saidNxesi.Circumcision school owner, Ayanda

Magini from Qumbu, said that they ap-plauded the work done by Codefsa, sinceit helped in fighting the negative percep-tion parents have towards this tradition.She said there was nothing negative

about the tradition itself, but that greedypeople with no knowledge of the traditionmade it look dangerous.

Circumcision rescue centresto assist initiates BABALWA NDLANYA

NANGONA amapolisa ezama ngandlelazonke ukuwusiphula nengcambu umkhubawokulwa kwamakhwenkwe kwindawo yaku-Centane, oku kusathe gqolo ukwenzekakwayekusuba imiphefumlo yamanye amakh-wenkwe.

Amapolisa athi akahambisani nomkhwawokuvalelana kwamakhwenkwe ukuba and-wendwele iilali afuna ukuya kuzo ngenxa yo-mkhwa wokuhlaselana kwawo.Oku kutshiwo sisithethi samapolisa eClus-

ter yaseGcuwa, uCaptain Jackson Manathanoveze ukuba kungoku nje amapolisa ezikolakuCentane aphanda ityala lokubulalakunye nokuzama ukubulala, nalapho kuh-laselwe ze kwabulawa inkwenkwe ebihambanamanye esuka kwilali yaseTeko Kona, ku-Centane endwendwele iVillage yaseTekoSpring ngaphantsi kwale dolophu.“La makhwenkwe ebeye kumcimbi wen-

tonjane nobubanjelwe komnye umzi kule

ndawo yaseTeko Springs. Endleleni eya kulomzi ubunomcimbi, kuvakala ukuba ayeadibana namakhwenkwe aseTeko Springs,”kutsho uManatha.Uthe kuvakale ukuba la makhwenkwe ahl-

aseleyo aye akhwaza esithi ‘Nanga ama-khenkwe aseTeko Kona.’Kuthiwaabe sele ewaleqa.Kulowombhoda-

mo kuye kwalimala amakhwenkwe ze enyeyagwazwa yasweleka.Lo kaManatha ulebele ngelithi, okwangoku

igama lika mfi belingekathiwa pahaha nan-jengoko bekusalindwe ukuba kwaziswe iziz-alwane zakhe.UManathawoleke ngelithi amapolisa akazi

kuwunyamezela umkhwa wokuvalelanakwamakhwenkwe, kuba wonke umntuuvumelekile ukuba aye apho athanda khona.“Akukho namnye umntu ovumelekileyo

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AN unemployed woman from Vonqo locationin Dutywa who won a Vivo Polo from IdutywaSpar could not believe her eyes when she re-ceived the keys to her new car last week.

Speaking to Express, Nontutuzelo Makele-ni (37) said she was still speechless about herprize. “When I entered Spar I saw posters ofthe competition ‘Win a Polo Vivo’”.

After buying my groceries, I tried my luckby following the instructions and entered thecompetition.” She said she had received a re-sponse within a month.

When she received a call from manage-ment, she thought someone was prankingher, since she couldn’t believe what she washearing.

She said even though she does not have adriver’s licence, the car would help her a lot.Makeleni encouraged people to enter compe-titions and said they shouldn’t hesitate to trytheir luck.

A family member, Willson Komanisi, whocame to support Makeleni, said she was thefirst person to win from their home.

“To the Spar management we want to saythank you for your competitions, as theydon’t come with empty promises. We arespeechless, really. We don’t know what to sayto this supermarket.”

The owner of Idutywa Spar, MthunziNgozwana, said the competition was run na-tionally every year.

“This competition started in May. Custom-ers had to buy certain items, including prod-ucts from our manufacturers, in order to en-

ter.”He said they were happy for Makeleni and

that this was one of the ways of ploughing

back into the communities who are support-ing their shops.

“We are doing many things as Spar with the

intention of supporting our customers. Weare very much involved in the communityand we sponsor various schools.”

Dutywawomanwinsnewcar

Nontutuzelo with her brand-new Polo Vivo. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Idutywa Spar Store Manager Joseph Veto (right) and the owner ofIdutywa Spar, Mthunzi Ngozwana (left), handing over the keys toNontutuzelo Makeleni. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

BABALWA NDLANYA

UNITRA Community Radio’s (UCR) Morn-ing Move breakfast show presenter, Nkosi-yapha “Urban” Dotye, knows exactly whathis listeners want.

Even though Dotye, who is from theGreenville location in Bizana, is stillyoung, his show motivates people of all ag-es in the OR Tambo and Mbhashe Munici-palities and he is seen as a role model bythe youth.

Talking to Express, Urban said his pas-sion for radio started at an early age.“When there were visitors at home, my sis-ter used to call me to come and entertainthem by ‘broadcasting’ or ‘reading news’.”

Urban likes his show – which hits the air-

UCRMorningMove breakfastshowpresenter rocks

Urban Dotye. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

waves from Monday to Friday between6am and 9am – and said he tried all thetime to accommodate all listeners, youngand old.

He said in life, education is importantand young people, who would like to bepresenters one day, should finish schoolfirst and then follow their dreams.

“To be in the entertainment industryyou must be somebody who is disciplined,because you are dealing with differentpeople.

“Also there are people who look up toyou as their role model.”

Dotye said he still had a long way to go,since he would love to be a presenter onone of the national radio stations one day.Shoud this dream become a reality, Dotyesaid his love for UCR would never die.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

THE MEC for Eastern Cape Rural DevelopmentandAgrarianReform (ECRDAR),MliboQoboshiy-ane, met with Ncora Farmers in Cofimvaba in abid to resolve the ongoing quarrel involving farm-ers in the government-funded Ncora IrrigationScheme.

OnSunday, June 29, hemetwith representativesfromboth sides of the conflict in aneffort to resolvematters, in order for local communities to contin-ue benefiting from the project aimed at develop-ment and transformation.Cooperative Governance and Traditional Af-

fairs MEC, Fikile Xasa, will assist by facilitatinga resolution of the conflict between the Producer’sAssembly, Municipalities and Traditional Lead-ers.Qoboshiyane said Xasa would facilitate a meet-

ingwith all traditional leaders involved in the irri-gation schemes and the government would im-prove its monitoring mechanisms to ensure fundsallocated for projects are spent effectively and ontime. “Traditional leaders have a duty to ensurestability, peace and order within their communi-ties. Xasa will engage traditional leaders aroundthe schemes on the reported issues and encouragethem to stop violence within their communities,”said Qoboshiyane.Qoboshiyane said his department would help to

empower Producers’ Assembly members to givethem operational management capacity. To thisend a meeting would be held with the Chris HaniDevelopment Agency, Qamata and Ncora Produc-ers’ Assemblies to discuss operational manage-ment of irrigation schemes.The MEC said the department would engage

communities to clarify issues and would respondto allegations against government officials.The conflict followed a dispute between the two

factions – Board 4 and Producers’ Assembly – whowere not seeing eye to eye with regard to develop-mental issues in the area.

Resolutions foundoverNcoraQuarrel

Mlibo Qoboshiyane. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

BABALWA NDLANYA

THE Department of Social DevelopmentandSpecialProgrammeshas set asideR1,9million towards community householdfoodgardeningprojects in aneffort to fightpoverty and building a caring society.

Social Development MEC, Nancy Sihl-wayi, has embarked on an outreach pro-gramme focusing on vulnerable groups inan effort to build a caring society by boost-ing the household food gardening projectsto address hunger and poverty.The announcement was made at the Ha-

la household food gardening project inHa-la village, Cofimvaba last week.The Hala household food gardening

project had received R455 000 from the de-partment’s 2013/14 budget. According tothe department’s communications officer,Nande Fayo, the main objective of theprojectwas to address hunger and povertyand to enable families to harvest fromtheir household food gardens daily.“So far, 52 households have benefitted.

A home garden is an asset under the con-

trol of household and is managed by thehousehold,” said Fayo.The MEC handed over four cheques to

households from two Municipalities.The Silindini food project in Ngcobo (40

households), the eMaqwathini food gar-dening project and the Lower Qebe foodgardening project (40 households) each re-ceived R500 000.The Masizakhe in Agriculture project

(with 9 beneficiaries) received a chequefor R400 000.The MEC said their intention was to

fight poverty. “We want to make sure thatwe support our community members asmuch as we can, because it is our missionto ensure that no one is suffering.”One of the beneficiaries of the Masiza-

khe in Agriculture project, Novumile Ka-pase, said they were happy with the sup-port from the department. “We will makesure that we use these funds to expand ourproject and to buy a container to be usedas an office,” said Kapase.Kapase encouraged women to stop fold-

ing their arms and to do something to fightpoverty.

R1,9mil to boost householdfood gardening projects

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7SportJuly 10, 2014Isolomzi Express

MONTY Whiteboy Jantjies, who participat-ed in athletics, rugby and boxing during hissporting career, spent some time with Ex-press reporter, Simbongile Mdledle, in theLegends’ Corner.

Out the three codes, Jantjies excelledmostin boxing, in which he became a Borderchampion, later reaching the South Africanchampionship in the amateur division.Jantjies was born in Mdantsane Town-

ship, which is regarded as “the home of box-ing in South Africa”.“I grew up in a place where one had to pro-

tect oneself with one’s fists. My involvementin sport started in grade 5. I never becamea professional, because I sustained a head in-jury, forcing me to quit boxing,” saidJantjies.Opponents who had given him sleepless

nights were Ayanda Barnabas andMthobeliMhlophe.After hanging up his boxing gloves,

Jantjies kept being involved with the devel-opment of the sport. He moved from EastLondon to Coffee Bay where he guided andtrained Goodman Dywili, who became Afri-can Baby Champion in the OR Tambo re-gion. “I amproudaboutwhat Ihaveachievedwith that boy.”Jantjies said things were not always easy

during the Apartheid years. “It was very dif-ficult during Apartheid, because there weretwo amateur bodies, one for blacks and onefor whites. One had to fight hundreds offights before becoming a professional andthere were challenges due to a lack of equip-

Legends’ corner

Monty Jantjies. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

REPORTER

BORDER’s u13 Coca-Cola CravenWeek teamhad the honour of playing in the main gameof the tournament at theKings Park Stadiumin Durban on Friday after three unbeatengames during the week.

Despite their backline being regarded asthe most exciting of the week and havingscored two tries, they lost 29-14 to WesternProvince in the game which is regarded asthe unofficial final.WP and Border were the most impressive

sides on the openingday of theweekand theycontinued to play the most attractive rugbythroughout.Border produced the turn-around game of

the tournament when they beat EasternProvince 24-13 on Day 3 of the week (Thurs-day). EP led 13-0 at the break and it stayedthatway for the first 10minutes of the secondhalf. It was all Border after that and they ranin four tries without reply to end EP’s un-beaten run and booked themselves a place inthe unofficial final.Border’s final against Western Province

featured a contrast of playing styles. Prov-ince had the stronger forwards and three oftheir five tries came from driving mauls,while Border had the most exciting backlineof the week.They managed to score two tries in the fi-

nal, but their speedsters never saw enoughof the ball and Western Province were goodvalue for their win in the end.Daniel Venter scored two of the pushover

tries for Province, with the others comingfrom Benjamin Van Schalkwyk andMeiringEbersohn (two). Fabrizio Linnert kicked twoconversions.The Border tries were by Austin Brandt,

Sibusiso Javu. Rayden Masters convertedboth tries.

. The U13 Coca-Cola CravenWeek is in its51st year of existence and isnamed inhonourof former SARugby president, Dr Danie Cra-ven, who opened the first U18 Coca-Cola Cra-ven Week in East London in 1964.At the first game Dr Craven said: “The

board wants the game to be played in theright spirit. This includes: attacking, adven-turous, open, constructive rugby, withoutthe interference of the result, and withoutdistracting from the game. If the schoolboyscan accept this spirit, it will extend to ournational approach, to the benefit of all.”The game has changed enormously since

then. The teams are far better prepared andthe entire approach to rugby is far more pro-

fessional but there’s no question than Cra-ven’s call for attacking, adventurous rugbywas answered in Durban last week.Craven was also at pains to stress that this

is a festival. There are no log points kept, andno overall winners or losers. What hasemerged is the phenomenon of the “main

BorderU.13’s excel at the2014Coca-ColaCravenWeek

Adrian Dirks of Border in the match between Eastern Province and Border. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

ment back then.”Jantjies said the youth should put their

minds and energy into sport and education.“If they do this, they will never regret it.”Jantjies is an educator at the Fairfield Jun-

ior Secondary School in Mthatha.

He is happily married and blessed with twoboys. Although he spends most of his time inMthatha, he still visits Mdantsane during theholidays.In his spare time he loves to read, run and

watch boxing.

game” – the week’s concluding fixture – withthe honour of playing in it reserved for thetwo teams that play themost attractive, effec-tive rugby during the week. It’s easier to de-cide on the main game at the U13 Coca-ColaCravenWeek than it is at the other Coca-ColaYouth Weeks because the primary schools

play four matches at the week, not three asthe older players do.That means that, by the end of the week,

it’s unlikely that too many teams will havewon all three prior encounters. So, the maingame will probably feature the two “A sec-tion” teams who are unbeaten at that stage.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

PLAYERS have shown much dedication in apre-season tournament for 12 teamsatMsobom-vu sports grounds in Butterworth recently.

Secretary of theButterworthFootball Asso-ciation, Mvulinile Tose, said they were host-ing a pre-season tournament ahead of the pro-

motion league games for the 2014/15 season.“The Promotion League will start on Au-

gust 1. All teams participating now, will alsotake part in this league.Wewant tomake sureabout the number of the teams that we havein this Association,” said Tose.He said thepromotion league ends inMarch

next year and the winning team will be pro-moted to the SAB Regional League.

He said although they had a wealth of tal-ented players, they were still facing challeng-es which had to be addressed by authorities– one such challenge being the fact thatMsobomvu has only one sports ground to ac-commodate all games. Teams who participat-ed in Stream A were Montego FC vs BurningBush FC. Montego won 3-1.Killers FC and Filler Angels failed to show

up for their matches.In Stream B, Green Lovers FC played

against TK Lions FC and drew 0-0. FC Rela-tives and Butterworth All Stars FC drew 2-2.

In Stream C, Golden Arrows FC playedwith Young Masters FC who also drew 2-2.The last game of the day was played be-

tweenMzantsi FC andMightyEagles FC, end-ing 1-0 in favour of Mighty Eagles.

Montego lead in threeStreams

Action during the tough match between Montego FC and TK Lion at Msobomvu Sports Ground.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Montego FC is one of the teams that participated in the pre-season tournament.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA