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THEDepartment of Social Develop-ment in the Eastern Cape has allo-cated R24-million for youth devel-opment across the province, So-cial Development MEC Nancy

Sihlwayi anncounced in Mthatha last week.

Sihlwayi’s announcement was part of theannual countrywide Youth Month celebra-tions. She also revealed that her departmenthad allocated about R325 000 for youth coop-eratives in the OR Tambo district for this fi-nancial year.Sihlwayi also visited two Mbuqe youth co-

operatives, where she motivated the youngpeople there to take those projects to anotherlevel.“This is a step forward andweare prepared

to provide help at all costs where it is neededbecause their idea is part of building the na-tion,” she said.“It is very nice to see young people come

up with new plans like this in the agricultur-al sector.“Their actionwill assist in (ensuring) food

security and in alleviating poverty and thehigh unemployment rate in this province.“By doing so, they open business ventures

on their own and open employment opportu-nities for those who are sitting at home.

“We will also ensure that we mobilise re-sources and that they benefit from our annu-al allocation to take this country forward.”Sihlwayi said the government provided

funds for businesses like internet cafes andcar washes.Vuyisa Ngcukana of Uphuhliso Lwethu

Farming in the OR Tambo region thankedthe provincial government for being willingto develop young people who wanted to be-come involved in agriculture.Uphihliso Lwethu produces spinach, cab-

bage and other vegetables and was startedin 2008 by young people.He said Uphuhliso Lwethu intended to get

a bigger farm to produce more.

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An Imbizo between government officials and the community of Qumbu regarding safety and security issues was recently held in Qumbu. Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant­ GeneralCeliwe Binta, Hawks national head Lieutenant­General Mthandazo Ntlemeza and Hawks provincial head Major­General Nyameko Nogwanya attended the Imbizo. The Ngcobo traditional policegroup (photo) performed during the event.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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EASTERN Cape police commissionerLieutenant-General Celiwe Binta haspromised to review police personnel inMhlontlo municipality after communitiesraised concerns about growing stock theft.

Binta was responding to the concerns ofKroza residents in Qumbu during an imbi-zo held at Matiwane Great Place.

The area has a long history of stock theftbut Binta said the problem could be foughtwith the help of the communities.

“The issue of stock theft is huge in thisarea and we decided in 2011 to have twostock theft units here.

“We hear the cries of the people and wewill look at the number of police inMhlontlo and review our personnel andsee how we can tackle this issue,” Bintasaid.

Community members in Mhlontlo saidstock theft was the main crime affectingmany communities in the area.

They also claimed there was a lack ofpolice visibility to help combat thiscrime.

Cooperative Governance MEC FikileXasa, Hawks head Lieutenant-GeneralMthandazo Ntlemeza and provincial headMajor- General Nyameko Nogwanya weresome of the high-ranking officials who at-tended the police and community engage-ment on services.

“Police alone cannot look after each andevery homestead. What is important isthat people have to realise how we canwork with each other,” said Binta.

Xasa said the Eastern Cape had thehighest number of stock thefts in thecountry and special methods need to beapplied to fight this particular crime.

“As government we listened to everyconcern raised about stock theft and wepromise to act on the crime,” Xasa said.

He said that every stakeholder neededto sit down and engage with communitieson tackling stock theft in the Amampon-domise area.

Nocontrol over stock theft inMhlontlo

Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant­General Celiwe Binta addresses members of thecommunity in Qumbu about stock theft. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

AMANwill appear in court again thisweekfor allegedly raping his 17-year-old step-daughter.

The man, who cannot be named, to pro-tect the identity of his stepdaughter, ap-peared briefly in the Willowvale Magis-trate’s Court last Thursday and his case

was postponed for further investigation.The 33-year-old stepfather was arrested

by Butterworth Family Violence, ChildProtection and Sexual Offences Unit lastweek.

The police allege that the suspect gavethe victim money to buy some chips in Mce-wula locality, Mfula village, in Willowvale.

The suspect then called the victim to an-

other homestead in the same village.The police say that is where the suspect

locked his victim in a room, forced her toremove her clothes and raped her.

The suspect is said to have threatened tokill the victim should she report the rapeto anyone.

The man remains in custody until thenext hearing this week.

Stepfather arrested for rape of teenager

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A BUTTERWORTH man has been sentenced to27years in jail forarapehecommittedsixyearsago.

The 35-year-old Lubabalo Mbusi was sen-tenced by the Butterworth Regional Court lastweek. He and his co-accused pretended to be po-liceofficialsbeforerapingawomanonthenightof December 12, 2010.

Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Ma-natha said the men had knocked at the home-stead of the 33-year-old victim at Tyiweni, Man-qulo village, near Kei Bridge.

“The victim, who was with her husband,opened the door for them,” Manatha said.

“The suspects robbed the couple of an undis-closed amount of money.

“They then dragged the victim outside thehouse.Bothof themrapedthevictim.Theylater

ran away from the scene,” Manatha said.The victim was able to identify one of the sus-

pects the following year and informed KeiBridgePolicewho thenarrestedLubabaloMbu-si. The acting commander of the Butterworthpolice, Colonel Sipho Hokwana, congratulatedthe Kei Bridge police and welcomed the sen-tence, saying it would serve as a deterrence towould-be criminals.

The second suspect is still at large.

27-year jail sentence forButterworth rapist

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Ufuneme umothuko omkhulu umfazingethuba efumana owakwakhe esisidum-bu kwigumbi labo lokulala.

Inkosikazi ifumane lendoda egama linguMlamli Tetyana onama 57 eminyaka iwun-abele uqaqaqa emva kokubulawa ngethubausapho lukwelinye lamagumbi.

Esisehlo senzeke kwingingqi yase Ma-bheleni kwilali yaseCandu eDutywa.

Ingxelo ephuma emapoliseni ithi inko-sikazi ibikwigumbi lokupheka kunye nes-ihlobo belungiselela isidlo sangokuhlwa.

Isithethi samapolisa uCapatain JacksonManatha uthi unkosikazi kunye nesihlobobashiye indoda ihleli yodwakwigumbi layolokulala ngobusuku bangolwesine kwivekiephelileyo ngethuba belungisa isidlo.

Bathe bakunqonqoza kwigumbi akwa-bikho mpendulo waze unkosikazi watyhalaumnyango.

Esisibini sifumene umothuko omkhulusakubona lendoda inamanxeba okuhlaty-wa.

Umfazi uye wasitsho esimantshontshoisikhalo nekulapho abamelwane baye base-bela kwesosikhalo ukuqonda intsusa.

uManatha uthi lendoda ibulelwe ngam-anxeba akumhlaba wangasentla.

Amappolisa aseDutywa abambe abantuabathathu ngokunxulumene nesisehlo.

Unkosikazi walendoda uZimkhitha Tety-ana kunye nabanye abarhanelwa ababini,uYandisa Tonci onama 22 eminyaka kunyenoLwandoRambaonama25 eminyakabav-ele kancinci kwinkundla kamantyi eDuty-wa kulevekei. Esisithathu sibanjwe kung-exesha lingakanani emva kokwenzekakwesisehlo. Bazovela kwakhona enkundle-ni ngomso, ulwesihlanu ukufaka isicelo se-bail.

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ANOTHER protest might be on thecards for Walter Sisulu University’soutsourced workers.

The “Outsourced Must Fall” move-ment met with activist Vusi Mahlanguin Mthatha two weeks ago.

A number of critical issues arose inthe meeting, the main one being the 24employees who are still out of employ-ment despite an agreement by all in-volvedstakeholdersthattheyshouldgoback to work.

The affected workers are from Xho-

bani Security Services and Red AlertCleaning.

Mahlangu said the meeting with out-sourced WSU workers had been ex-tended to all WSU campuses – Mthatha,Queenstown, Butterworth and EastLondon.

He said there was dishonesty on theside of the WSU management and theworkers also felt betrayed by Nehawuin the process that had led to the tempo-rary suspension of the strike on April30.

“It was agreed that no worker wouldbe victimised for participation in thestrike action,” he said.

“It has since been noted that 24 work-ers have not been allowed to go back towork and this is strange because theyhave not been served with suspensionor dismissal letters.

“Workers resolved to petition formanagement and service providers toreinstate workers or the protest will re-sume.”

Mahlangu promised that the protestwould continue until victory was at-tained and outsourcing ended.

He said workers at all universitycampuses had reaffirmed their com-mitment to fight despite the many chal-lenges they faced.

Moreprotests expectedatWSU

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RDP houses meant for the poor can be boughtfor a sum of R10 000 in Butterworth while itseligible owners remain in mucky conditionsin shacks.

This according to community membersfrom Butterworth’s Msobomvu Townshipand Siyanda informal settlement who saythey have waited for years for their RDPhouses.

They claim that even though they success-fully applied for housing, when the timecame to move into their houses it were occu-pied by other people who claim to havebought the houses.

The new RDP houses in New Rest werehanded over in 2014 and many residents wereshocked to learn they couldn’t move intotheir houses after waiting for years.

Lindile Jiya says he gave up on ever get-ting a house when he learned his name wasnot on the list even though he registered forhousing twice.

Nowethu Gqwetha had to take her fight toas far as East London to the Department ofHuman Settlements to finally move into herhouse which was occupied by a man whoclaimed he bought it.

Vuyisani Mbangela, whose mother passedaway this year, says her mother is on the listof house owners, but the children she left be-hind are still not able to move into their newhome.

He says he has no idea why he cannot movein.

Mbangela says when he queried it with thecommunity liaison officer who deals withhanding over the keys, he was told his moth-er’s house is known and they were still “deal-ing with the investigation”.

Nomfazi Florence Mhambi still lives in ashack even though she was given a site num-ber and her house number.

She claims she was told by the Departmentof Human Settlements that her ID was invalidwhen it became time to move into her house.

But during a quick check at home affairs

she was told there was nothing wrong withher ID.

She says she was later told by the HumanSettlement department that someone elsewas occupying her house and gave no expla-nation as to how that happened when every-thing is in her name.

Mhambi is one of 68 people from Siyandainformal settlement who were waiting tomove into their new houses, but only 19 gottheir houses.

Department of Human Settlements spokes-person Lwandile Sicwetsha said the depart-ment is only responsible for the house up toits completion. Thereafter the municipalityis responsible for moving RDP beneficiariesto their houses.

He says it is the municipality’s role to en-sure that all the names forwarded to the Hu-man Settlements department are given theirhouses.

He said the department is planning on vis-

ing Siyanda sometime in August to open dia-logues regarding the housing allocation andcall for people to come forward with theirconcerns.

He further said people should produceproof of the sale of the house so those in-volved can be brought to face the law.

Mnquma municipality executive mayorBaba Ganjana said he is aware of the issuescausing problems in the area and planned tomeet with the affected parties soon.

RDPhouses for sale inButterworthNew Rest RDP houses which are said to be offered to people who don’t qualify for a minimumfee of R10 000. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

Temporary housingstructures which arestill occupied bypeople who weremoved to make wayfor the construction ofnew houses. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

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A MULTIMILLION-RAND, state-of-the-artscience centre will be constructed in thelargely ruralChrisHaniDistrictMunicipali-ty in the Eastern Cape.Thecentre, tobebuilt inCofimvaba, ispart

of the Department of Science and Technolo-gy’s drive to improve the teaching and learn-ing of mathematics and science in the area.

Science and Technology Minister NalediPandor and Deputy Education Minister En-ver Surtywillmark the start of the construc-tion of the building with a sod-turning cere-mony this coming Saturday, June 18.Theproject fallsundertheDST’sTechnolo-

gy forRuralEducationandDevelopment ini-tiative, which is piloting the use of various

technologies to improve education in a ruralsetting.EasternCapeEducationMECMandlaMa-

kupula, and the mayor of the Intsika YethuLocalMunicipality, KholiswaVimbayo, willalso attend the ceremony.

Construction of the building should becompleted in December.

Cofimvaba to receive R30m science centre

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NOWETHU Gqwetha says there is no wayshe is moving out of her RDP house eventhough her life is being threatened by peo-ple wanting to take possession of her home.

Last week the house was broken into,doors were kicked and broken and her bedand her R2 000 grocery money were stolen.The culprits are allegedly people who

want her out of the house, which had beenoccupied by a man who claimed to havebought it.She said the man was known to her and

owned a home in Msobomvu township.He said he had bought the house for busi-

ness purposes even though the houseswere built for the less fortunate.Gqwetha fought for months for her

home. She had been sleeping outside whilethe man claimed ownership of the house,which is registered in her name.When she did not give up her fight, com-

munity members came to her aid andmoved her into her home by force.She said the people who had sold the

house were now threatening her life asmore people had come forward to demandtheir houses and she was said to have start-ed the whole thing.“They say I started this whole thing of

people demanding to move into their hous-es and now they want to make my life hell,”she said.“But this is my house and I am not going

anywhere even though I’m in danger.“I’m depending on the assistance of the

neighbours for my safety.”Mnquma mayor Baba Ganjana said he

condemned the alleged illegal eviction oflawful beneficiaries and the alleged violentconduct between those involved. He urged

people to resolve issues amicably withoutendangering others.

) Express has enquired from the Depart-

ment of Human Settlements on who therightful owner of the house is. At time ofgoing to print no answer has been received.

Womanvows to stay inherRDPhomedespitebeing threatened

Nowethu Gqwetha outside her house, which was broken into by people demanding that she leaves. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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SPORT, Recreation, Arts and Culture MECPemmy Majodina says she is satisfied withthe investment made to uplift Eastern Capecrafters.

She accompanied Deputy Arts and Cul-ture Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi to But-terworth on a visit to crafters who receivedfunding from the national Department ofArts and Culture.

In April last year R1-million was pledgedby the deputy minister to help alleviate thedifficulties Eastern Cape crafters face.

The amount was equally distributed in alleight district municipalities.

Majodina said crafters did not have aneasy time with competition from big busi-nesses and needed all the help they couldget.

“This is not just about the department,”she said.

“They need to have a place to work andmarket their products.

“They have the skills and they are advanc-ing our tradition.

“Crafters just need the support to displaytheir work.

“We have lots of shops that sell fake mer-chandise, which is a loss to our crafters.These are some of the challenges we wantto address and we want to give them supportto exploit the markets,” Majodina said.

Mabudafhasi said she was proud of thework and progress shown by crafters of Am-athole and asked the current beneficiariesof government support to pass on their skillsto the youth of the district.

She said many people should take a lessonfrom the crafters and, instead of asking tobe fed by the government, take the initiativeto make something for themselves and gov-

ernment funding would be there for support.Crafters in the Amathole district munici-

pality say that previously opportunitieswent only to those who were politically con-nected, but this is changing because of the

funds injected by the department.Walking stick designer Bongani Kilani

from Centane says even though he has notyet directly benefited he can see the changebrought about by the department through

the funding support.He says he has been selling his products

on the streets of Butterworth and Centaneand feels more opportunities now awaithim.

Amathole craftersmakeMEChappy

; Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture MECPemmy Majodina and Deputy Minister RejoiceMabudafhasi during their visit to crafters inButterworth. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

SASOL has allocated more than R500 000 tothe University of Fort Hare to help the in-stitution to conduct basic research in se-lected thematic areas of strategic interestto Sasol.

This will not only benefit Sasol, but alsocontribute to strengthening the universi-ty’s competencies in science and engineer-ing.

Sasol has contributed more than R200-million towards university research initia-tives since the inception of its universitysupport programme in 2005.

In addition to procuring essential equip-ment and facilitating the exchange ofknowledge and expertise between local andinternational experts, the funding has alsoserved to support young academics to be-

come established researchers, filling thescarce skills gap identified by the NationalResearch Foundation.

Last September, in a first for South Afri-can corporates, Sasol issued an open callfor research proposals to all South Africanuniversities and universities of technolo-gy. More than 200 submissions were re-ceived, and of these 39 have been selected,among them the University of Fort Hare.

A striking feature of the successful appli-cants was the diversity and quality of theirproposals, said Dr Thulani Dlamini, vice-president: strategic research and technolo-gy, at the centre for innovation and busi-ness impact at Sasol.

“That the research grants were awardedon a highly competitive basis also shows

that African researchers at historicallyblack universities can hold their ownagainst their other well-resourced counter-parts,” he added.

Beneficiaries of the research grants in-clude the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan,KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, North West,Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Johannesburg,Free State and Pretoria universities, aswell as the Vaal University of Technology.

The objective of Sasol’s university sup-port programme is to help South Africa mi-grate towards becoming a high-end skillsand knowledge economy.

This is in line with Sasol’s commitmentto the country, which it says continues tobe unwavering even in the current macro-economic climate.

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WELL-KNOWN priests and radio personali-ties in the Eastern Cape have joined hands ina bid to assist young women, especially in ru-ral schools, who are battling to buy sanitarytowels because of their poverty.

Tshepo Machaea of Ibandla Lase-Mthini andMhlobo Wenene presenter the ReverendMzukisi Faleni have decided to come togetherto promote this campaign.

Machaea said: “I have noted with deep con-cern that many young ladies, especially in therural schools of the Eastern Cape, are suffer-ing.

“On Thursday I met with one of the pupilsfrom Lusikisiki, brought to me by a femaleteacher.

“The pupil told her story, which was and isstill heartbreaking.

“Among other things that she mentionedwas that at times as a grade 12 pupil she cannotgo to school during her menstruation periodbecause she does not have any means to affordsanitary towels,” Machaea said.

He said it had touched him when the girlsaid: “I lose my confidence and dignity duringmy period because other pupils laugh at meas I am using pieces of cloth made from nap-kins as pads.”

Machaea called on everyone to contri-buteto the “One Month, One Million Sanitary Tow-els” campaign.

“We expect to collect at least a million sani-tary towels by the end of June and they willbe handed over to needy schools through theoffice of the OR Tambo mayor.

“We would love that people understand thatwe need to break the strings of culture and reli-gion, which compromise our responsibilities.If you are a woman, but you share the samefeeling, you can contribute, but we encouragethat you use a man to buy or deli-ver them.

“I am pleading to all men to share this asmuch as possible,” he said.

Campaign to help girlswith sanitary towels

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AFTER battling for many years tofind employment, Mila Panduva de-cided he must start something onhis own to make an income as thechances of getting a job looked veryslim.

He sat downwith four friends anddiscussed how they could make anincome.They cameupwith the idea to pro-

duce vegetables and sell them.The Ngqamakhwe-born Panduva

saidheandhis teamhadestablishedtheMlla FarmingPrimaryCoopera-tive Limited inMbuqe Extension inMthatha.“We did research to get informa-

tion about the vacant land inMbuqeand we heard that it belonged to theDepartment of Public Works,” hesaid.“We approached Public Works.

They instructed us to write a pro-posal and we managed to get onehectare of land.”He said they had started the busi-

ness with only R2 000 capital and ithad been challenging because withthat amount they had onlymanagedto buy fence poles.“I had R1 200 in my account and

one of my friends had R800, but wetold ourselves that what we wereplanning we were going to do, nomatter how.”Hesaid theyhadbeen forced tobeg

their parents for the additionalamount to complete the fencing.“We started with vegetables like

potatoesandpumpkinsbecause theydon’t need much water as we had no

money to buy a machine to supplywater for them.“With the money we got from sell-

ing the first harvest, we managed tobuy something to supply water andwe then started to plant all types ofvegetables which needed more wa-ter,” he said.Mlla Farming Primary Coopera-

tive Limited now plants about threehectares of land in Mbuqe Exten-sion. And the five executive mem-bers or founders can support them-selves. They are supported by localbusinesspeoplewho place big ordersand by caterers around Mthatha.The cooperative also now employs

10 people.

“Now we can afford to buy every-thing we need and pay rent withoutbegging from our parents as was thecase before,” Panduva said.“We are also in the process of get-

ting 40 hectares of land from theNkwa-Nonkobe community and inthat project we will hire the localyouth,” he said.

The Department of Social Devel-opment has also recently donatedR250 000 to this youth initiative.“We really appreciate the assist-

ance,” Panduva said.“It will definitely bring change

and we will improve a lot, as well asmanage to face some other challen-ges which still exist in the project.”Among the challenges were the

transportation of their products,which was very expensive as theydepend on hiring transport, andduring cultivation they had to hiretractors, which also cost them a lot.He also mentioned water charges

and the high rent they had to pay tothe municipality, with the resultthat they were in arrears.Social Development MEC Nancy

Sihlwayi promised to engage themunicipality, the department in-volved and officials to assist theproject overcome that challenge.Sihlwayi was impressed with

what she saw during her visit to theproject last Tuesday.“What impresses me a lot is the

participation of the youth in agri-culture, which proves that there islife even if you did not have the op-portunity to get a decent educationor even to go to school.“This is remarkable and a bright

future awaits the nation if there areyoung peoplewhoprefer to join agri-culture.”

She urged municipalities and lo-cal agricultural practitioners to sup-port such initiatives started byyoung people and said her depart-ment would monitor their progressto ensure that they became success-ful and sustainable.

Young farmersgrowhopewithvegetables

Mila Panduva at the project where he and his partners produce vegetables. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

ANElliotdale singer is tryingto tell black people about theimportance of going back totheir roots in order to restoreand maintain their dignity.

Sinovuyo Dimanda singsAfro Pop and in most of hersongs she uses her mothertongue, Xhosa. The messagein all her songs is clear andstraightforward – narratingthe importance of keepingone’s culture rather than pre-ferring Western civilization.The songs also elaborate on

the danger of discardingyourroots.The singer has been con-

veying these messagesthrough music since 2014.She said it was sad to see

people running away fromtheir customs.“We don’t understand our

customs and that is why ev-erything is falling apart. It islike we are not living in ourcountry of birth,” she said.Sinovuyo stressed that

there was no need for blackpeople to rush toWestern civi-lization and forget about theirculture and customs.“In mymusic I am trying to

bring past life back to thepresent life because thingshave changed and we haveforgotten about our roots.“That’s why in my songs I

always appeal to people toconsider the importance ofadhering to their culture, inparticular the young people.“If youdon’t knowyour cul-

ture, you don’t know whereare you coming from and

where you are going to.”Sinovuyo has already re-

leased songs like MotherlessChild, which she released on-line in 2014.Her most recent album,

which has 15 songs, was re-leased on May 28 this year.Sinovuyo has also released

online a red-hot song calledIgqumbo yakwaNtu.She has worked with pro-

ducers like Odwa Khalazana,Zolani Mazinyo, AvuyileTshangani, Andile Phuthu-ma, Onazo Luvela and PalesaNtsalo, all from the 21Recordsstudio in Mthatha.Her manager, Siyanda

“Sensitive” Xulaba said Sino-vuyo was their golden child,who needed to have an oppor-tunity or exposure to showher talent and become thegolden child of South Africa.“She has talent that will

make South Africa and theworld crazy about her.”

EC songbirdwants to restorelost culture throughmusic

Sinovuyo Dimanda.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

NANGONA kukho isimbonono sokubaukwenzelwa kwamasiko kulwandleiSecond Beach eSajonisi kuko okuthikutsalele ookrebe elunxwemeni, kodwaamagqirha athi akukho nto ingawahlu-kanisa nolwandle kuba amathongo awongawo athi awayalele ukuba aye kwen-za imicimbi yawo kolu lwandle.Amagqirha la adize ukuba ulwandle

yinxalenye yobomi bawo kweli candelolentwaso. Ngelixa i-Express indwen-dwele kolu lwandle ifumene iqela lam-agqirha ebegqubanise iintloko kolu

lwandle esenza umsebenzi wawo. Lamagqirha adize ukuba asuka eQoncekwaye azakuthatha impela-veki yonkeesenza lomsebenzi yaye sele enenyama-zana (ibhokhwe yokwenza eli siko) nab-azakuthi bayixhele baphinde bayityelekwalapho.Oku kwenzeka nangona kukho isim-

bono sokubamayipheliswe into yokubakuxhele-lwe elwandle kuba igazi elithilichitheke apha litsala ookrebe ze ba-kungalifumani ba-tye abantu abazidad-elayo. Liqela elivisayo labantu eseleliphulukene nobomi kolu lwandle lwa-se-Second Beach betyiwa ngookrebe.

lwandle kwenza kukhuseleke nabo bay-oqubha. Ïntoengasubeiyenzekakukubaimimoya emibi ithi ingenelele emvenikoko kube sekutyholwa amagqirha an-genzanga nto”, uthethe watsho. Udizeukubaukuza kwabo apho abadibani no-masipalabasukabaziqondelenje elwan-dle bazokhele amabhoma abazakuthibawasebenzise xa bexhela namaxa beq-huba isiko lentwaso.Ukantingelixa sifi-ka kule ndawo kuqhutyelwa kuyo lomcimbi elinye ibhoma beliselungqam-ekweni lolwandle kukhona amazikonekubonakalaukubabekubaswakusos-iwa nenyama.Isithethi somasipala ase-Sajonisi un-

kosikazi Phelokazi Phelemuthe ngo-Ju-ly kuzakube kufakwa inkcece ezikufak-wa elwandle nezizakuba neempawu ezi-za kuphikisana nokuqhutywa kwalemicimbiphayaeSecondBeach.Öonoga-dabakamasipalabesebenzisananamap-olisa bazakuqinisekisa ukuba abantuaba-qhubeka besenza la masiko kolulwandle bayabanjwa yaye kuqinisweimithethoyayomasipalaukuba iyathot-yelwa. Siyayikhali-mela loo nto yayeasifuni ukuba iphinde yenzeke watshoebhenela kuluntu ukuba luzi-bike izi-ganeko ezikumila kunje xa ziqhubekaelwandle.Ukwenzaizintozentwasonok-uxhela kufutshane nolwandle kuk-waphula umthetho. Kolu hlahlo-lwabi-wo mali kuzakuqinisekiswa ngumasi-pala ukuba kuliwa nayo yonke intoenokungathotyelwa kwemithetho ka-masipala ingakumbi kulwandle lwase-Second Beach”, uphethe ngelitshoyo.

Amagqirha athi akukho nto iyakuwahlula ne-Second Beach

Kutsha nje ngamalungu om-khosi weli loMzantsi Afrikaamabini athe atshona kolulwandle nangakafumaneki dekube ngoku.Igqirha uTikana Mjoli ebe-

phakathi kwelo-hlokondibabelisuka eQonce, uthe rhoqongonyaka ithongo liyaba-yalela ukuba mabeze eSajoni-si kolu lwandle ukuze baq-hube umcimbi wabo wentwa-so yaye ke abakwaziukuphikisa ithongo. Uyiphik-isile into yokuba ukuchithakwabo igazi kufutshane nolulwandle kuko okuthi kutsaleookrebe.Uthe abangasekhoyo ngeke

babathumele kula ndawo bap-hindebathumeleookrebeuku-ba batye abantu. Uhambisewathi bona ngokuxhela kolu

Amagqirha eqhuba umsebenzi wawo kulwandle lwase­Second BeacheSajonisi. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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ABOVE: Nwabisa Gule, Ntyatyie Dulungana, Nasiphi James, Akhona Luwaca,Linda Nkasa and Mamela Madlebe were spotted in Ngqeleni last week at achurch service. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ABOVE: Maskandi singer,Nkunzemdaka entertaining peoplein Nkantolo during an event heldthere recently. PHOTO: AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA

LEFT: Department of Roads andPublic Works MEC ThandiswaMarawu with AmaMpondo KingZanozuko Sigcau turning the sodat the newly constructed road inNkantolo, Bizana. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Spotted in Flagstaff last week at the Ingquza Hill Masssacre was Sports,Recreation, Arts and Culture, MEC Pemmy Majodina (in the middle) andbusiness partners, Gogo Manqoyi and Nonceba Mona. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Where are the enemies now?WE fail to understand the issue of these

guys who were previously governmentministers.You will find difficult to come close to

them during their tenure, but once they areno longerministers orMECs we spend timetogether at parties and traditional ceremo-nies with no bodyguards.Then you ask yourself where the enemies

are now that they are no longer ministersor MECs.We were in KwaBhaca with a guy who

used to be an MEC in the province.Besisela naye umqombothi sisenza imid-

lalo yesiNtu mara simana ukuzibuza uku-ba lo mfo njengokuba wawubona ngeezith-uthi ezilayita luhlaza ukuba ukhona elaliniand ungafane umbone phakathi kwabantuxa ufuna ukuthetha naye ngamanye amaxe-sha ude uqale udibane nomntu ozokunikai-authority to talk to him. WOW!!Kuyadlalwa ngezimali zethu kuba kalo-

ku ela gquba lamajuda libagadayo liyam-kela mara kungekho kwamntu ozakubenzanto. Asazi kuba bathathwa zivoti zethu zib-abeke kwezikhundla bajike ngoku boyikekwathina, kufuneke xa besiza kuthi begad-iwe. Injani na kanti le nto?

I wonder what happened to the peoplewho are their same age?

We really don’t understand what is hap-pening to this beautiful lady South Africa.I wonder what these boys are going to

say? Ja, we don’t know where are we goingto hide our cute young boys who are alwayshunted down by these old ladies, whoseproblem we don’t know.We were in a queue at the Mthatha Town

hall when an old lady ebebelesele intwanaibiyokufuna incwadi kaceba ithunyelwasisikolo. Ibengathi intwana itshona ngaphawalapha lo mama efuna i-number yayo.Kuyatsho shame ukuba yintwana yasezi-

lalini ayikayazi le nto yala magriza kubaif bekungala seyazi le nto ebezakumnika lu-la.Ithe naxa seyiphuma le ntwana seyigqib-

ile le nto ibiyenza wayilandela lo mamaufuna le number. Kanti yi-number ibithenina le kulo sisi?Uncame washiya abantu kwi-queue ibisi-

za kuye waphuthuma le ntwana. De yasini-ka umdla ngoku le nto. Salandela le ntwanabakohlukana.Ntwana kanti lo sisi ufuna ntoni kuwe.

Iyaphendula intwana ithini le sistery ifunai-number yam and ufuna sithandane.Wow!! Kwanzima ezweni sokhile bayephikanti oontanga yakhe waleqana nabantwa-na. I wonder kwenzeka ntoni apha? Marakemasithule sijonge kuba iyasinceda thinale nto yezi nto zenzekayo sitsho sibe nezin-

to zokubhalela abafundi bethu.Kodwa ndiyafunga mna Gesh lingayibe-

ka apha icholwe ziinkukhu endingalifuma-na ukuba likhukhuza uKamva wam, kwa-caca nje ukuba abantwana bethu bohlalakakubi ngala makhehlekazi. Akukho mntuwathi mabangazikhetheli ababo oondofaixesha li-savuma.

Iitakalane notywala not a good matchWOO!! Baze babancinane bo. We always

feel bad about a situation that we experi-ence on our daily basis.And sometimes you ask yourself where

this beautiful land is going to because ourgeneration, if not our children, adoptedwrong things and they swept into a deeppool of alcohol and other things whichchanged their minds.We were driving our Turu-turu to a braai

in chesa nyama when we saw very younggirls ebetha ngeengudu futhi ubona njeukuthi asela akabethelwa nangu 1. Oh!!!Abantrwabethu and ubuso bekusitsho njeukuba ubuthongo akwaziwa ku-groovekwade kwasa.I wonder siye sithi itakalane ezingaka xa

kutshona ilanga liphinde liphume sithi zi-phi. Kodwa ke kuthiwa ungabuzi kuba zid-la ubutsha bazo. Kwaze kwanzima ezwenisokhile. Masike sihambe uyafuneka omnyeumgosi kwiveki ezayo. Sharp!!!

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BUNTU GOTYWA

THEKing Zwelonke tournament is getting big-ger and better every year.

The annual tournament hosted by XhosaKing Zwelonke Sigcawu was overflowing withspectators at the weekend.Although the annual event hosts only soccer

and netball, residents of Nqadu and surround-ing villages came out in numbers in support ofa tournament which also serves as a campaignagainst crime.Althoughthere isnosponsorship for thetour-

nament it has attracted teams from all over theEastern Cape and even as far as Zim-babwe.Organiser Prince PhathuxoloThyali said the

growth of the tournament had been massivesince its inception in 2010.“The tournament attracts a lot of people from

faraway places,” he said.“Theking’snameisZwelonkeandthatiswhy

participants come from all over and even fromour neighbouring country Zimbabwe,” Thyalisaid.The tournament is organised in partnership

with the South African Police Service to makeuse of the opportunity to spread awarenessabout crime.The winning soccer team walks away with

R10 000, while the winning netball gets a prizeof R5 000.

“Wealso supplykits to theparticipatingplay-ers to use them in other sporting activities theytake part in,” Thyali said.“Many of the young guys do not have it easy

in the rural areas and we want to offer themprizes that also encourage them to take theirsporting competence further.”Libode’s GreenMambawere crowned soccer

champions after defeating Nyandeni on penal-ties and their efforts were rewarded with theR10 000 and a trophy.Mbhashewere crowned netball champs after

beating Ocean South.

= Action on the soccer field as teams battle itout to be the champions.

A goal attempt with a R5 000 prize onthe line. PHOTOS: BUNTU GOTYWA

ANELE RAZIYA

VETERAN striker Mosese Spandeel (36),who played in the Absa Premier SoccerLeague and National First DivisionLeague, decided last week to hang up hisboots after playing a big role in MthathaBucks’ escape from relegation.

Spandeel, who spent a decade at Bloem-fontein Celtic, made a significant contri-bution to Amathol’amnyama last seasonin the NFD league in their campaign toescape relegation.He scored five crucial goals in 20 ap-

pearances to save Bucks from relegation.Unfortunately injuries prevented him

from playing in other games.Bucks’ management thanked him for

his contribution to the team and wishedhim all the best for the future.Bucks also released former Kaizer

Chiefs player Davide Radebe, who wascontracted to the team until end of theseason.Amathola’mnyama will hold trials at

the Rotary Stadium on June 30.Team CEO Lunga “Doc” Tukute urged

all youngsters to take advantage of thisopportunity.

Mthatha Bucksplayer hangsup his boots

Mthatha Bucks forward Moses Spandeel.PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

IBandla i-Army Churchkulindeleke ukuba lisin-dleke itumente yezemidla-lo ngosuku lolutsha (Juni16) kwindawo yakuCen-tane kwilali yaseTeko Fih-la.Injongo zale midlalo ku-

kuqokelela ulutsha ukuzelubendawonye ngolu sukulunembali. Kuzanywaukuba lukhutshwe kwiz-enzo zolwaphulo-

mthetho.UMfundisi weli banda,

uNceba Mbunge, uthikwiminyaka edlulileyokwindawo yakuCentanebekusoloko kukho into yo-kulwa kwamakhwenkweebulalana, nto leyo eban-gele basungule le midlalo.“Asifuni ukuphinda si-

bone amakhwenkwe esil-wa ebulalana ndaweni ya-loo nto sifuna abuyeleleemidlalweni,” utshilo uM-fundisi uMbunge

Ngolu suku uthi kuzak-ube kukho inkonzo yesi-polisa, iSebe lozoPhuhlisolweNtlalo yoluntu kunyenamanye amaSebe aseMn-quma.Apha kuzakulumkiswa

ulutsha ngezinto ezithizibenobungozi kwikamvalalo. Imidlalo izakuqalangentsimbi yethoba ngol-wesine, onke amaqela afu-na ukuthatha inxaxhebakule tumente yebholaekhatywayo avumelekile.

Ibandla i-Army lifak’ isandla

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