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One of the councillors, who did not want to be named, confirmed that the council meet- ing did not take place and that the political leadership went to the police station for safe- ty. “We don’t know when the next council meeting will be held,” said the councillor. The employees embarked on a sit-in from Monday last week demanding a progress re- port about benchmarking from the acting municipal manager, Mvuyisi Nofemela. The Deputy Chairperson for the South Afri- can Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) said the problem started last year when they found that employees were not paid equal salaries even though they were doing the same job. “We saw that there is a gap in the salaries of employees. We then took the matter to the council and the council asked the matter to be taken to the administration for implemen- tation,” said Mlondleni. He said they hosted several meetings try- ing to follow-up on this, but it was in vain. “The main problem started when this new acting municipal manager started acting. He failed to give us a progress report.” According to Mlondleni, one of the reasons for the problems the Municipality is facing, is the fact that many of the positions are filled by acting officials and not permanently. “We waited several times for him to come and address this issue but he is not coming to us. We will sit here until he comes to us with better words.” Mlondleni confirmed that Dutywa town is very dirty because no one is removing rub- bish since all of the workers are on strike. Nofemela said before November 25, SAMWU had been demanding implementa- tion of an unlawful process of standardiza- tion which seeks to place posts in task grades that have not been evaluated, and graded based on the functions and duties that the in- cumbent performs. According to Nofemela, a similar internal arrangement was implemented in 2010 by the Municipality. Staff were placed in underserv- ing task grades resulting in an irregular in- creases in salaries. He said a commitment was made by the em- ployer’s component to undertake a bench- marking process with municipalities who are in the same category as Mbhashe. There was a follow-up and progress report meeting with SAMWU, the employee compo- nent, on December 5, where it was brought to their attention that an Outcome’s Report will be called, presented and discussed for consideration from municipalities that fall in the same category as Mbhashe. “A reminder was also sent to SAMWU’s Chairperson at 8.07 in the evening through an sms communication by the Acting MM (Nofemela) reminding him of the resched- uled session. Instead of waiting for the re- port, employees led by the Union Leadership decided to protest on Monday morning, and in the process threatening and forcefully evicting staff members who were working; burning papers inside municipal offices, throwing unknown forms of powders and spitting onto some of the working staff mem- bers.” According to Nofemela, the political lead- ership and management went to address the protesters accompanied by the police, but were refused entry into the municipal build- ing by the protestors who were swearing and not allowing Nofemela to address them. He said this unlawful practice left the man- agement with no choice but to ask for an ur- gent interdict. “As management of the institution we will continue with the process of approaching the union leadership to provide them with clear guidelines, procedures and report on the above matter,” said Nofemela. Sit-in disrupts council meeting Rubbish is strewn all over the streets of Dutywa due to the strike by Mbhashe Municipality workers. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA Mbhashe Municipality Workers toi toying and singing in the streets of Dutywa. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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BABALWA NDLANYA

ACOUNCIL meeting that was

scheduled to be held in the Coun-cil Chambers of Mbhashe LocalMunicipality in Dutywa had tobe postponed owing to a sit-in by

the municipal employees.

One of the councillors, who did not wantto be named, confirmed that the council meet-ing did not take place and that the politicalleadership went to the police station for safe-ty.

“We don’t know when the next councilmeeting will be held,” said the councillor.

The employees embarked on a sit-in fromMonday last week demanding a progress re-port about benchmarking from the actingmunicipal manager, Mvuyisi Nofemela.

The Deputy Chairperson for the South Afri-can Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) saidthe problem started last year when they foundthat employees were not paid equal salaries

even though they were doing the same job.“We saw that there is a gap in the salaries

of employees. We then took the matter to thecouncil and the council asked the matter tobe taken to the administration for implemen-tation,” said Mlondleni.

He said they hosted several meetings try-ing to follow-up on this, but it was in vain.“The main problem started when this newacting municipal manager started acting. Hefailed to give us a progress report.”

According to Mlondleni, one of the reasonsfor the problems the Municipality is facing,is the fact that many of the positions are filledby acting officials and not permanently.

“We waited several times for him to comeand address this issue but he is not comingto us. We will sit here until he comes to uswith better words.”

Mlondleni confirmed that Dutywa town isvery dirty because no one is removing rub-bish since all of the workers are on strike.

Nofemela said before November 25,SAMWU had been demanding implementa-

tion of an unlawful process of standardiza-tion which seeks to place posts in task gradesthat have not been evaluated, and gradedbased on the functions and duties that the in-cumbent performs.

According to Nofemela, a similar internalarrangement was implemented in 2010 by theMunicipality. Staff were placed in underserv-ing task grades resulting in an irregular in-creases in salaries.

He said a commitment was made by the em-ployer’s component to undertake a bench-marking process with municipalities whoare in the same category as Mbhashe.

There was a follow-up and progress reportmeeting with SAMWU, the employee compo-nent, on December 5, where it was broughtto their attention that an Outcome’s Reportwill be called, presented and discussed forconsideration from municipalities that fall inthe same category as Mbhashe.

“A reminder was also sent to SAMWU’sChairperson at 8.07 in the evening throughan sms communication by the Acting MM

(Nofemela) reminding him of the resched-uled session. Instead of waiting for the re-port, employees led by the Union Leadershipdecided to protest on Monday morning, andin the process threatening and forcefullyevicting staff members who were working;burning papers inside municipal offices,throwing unknown forms of powders andspitting onto some of the working staff mem-bers.”

According to Nofemela, the political lead-ership and management went to address theprotesters accompanied by the police, butwere refused entry into the municipal build-ing by the protestors who were swearing andnot allowing Nofemela to address them.

He said this unlawful practice left the man-agement with no choice but to ask for an ur-gent interdict.

“As management of the institution we willcontinue with the process of approaching theunion leadership to provide them with clearguidelines, procedures and report on theabove matter,” said Nofemela.

Sit­indisrupts councilmeeting

Rubbish is strewn all over the streets of Dutywa due to the strike by Mbhashe Municipalityworkers. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA Mbhashe Municipality Workers toi toying and singing in the streets of Dutywa. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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TO observe International Anti-CorruptionDay last Tuesday on December 9, PremierPhumuloMasualle, embarked on a roadshowaroundMthatha in theKingSabataDalindye-bo (KSD) Local Municipality to raise aware-ness about corruption and to promote anti-corruption activities.

Masualle, alongside KSDMayor NonkolisoNgqongwa and their entourages, stoppedfirst at Mthatha Plaza Mall and later went tothe Mamela taxi rank to educate the commu-

nity about this social ill.Masualle said Anti-Corruption Day is a

United Nations initiative and this year’stheme is “Break the Corruption Chain”.“In line with this theme, we have decided

to stand up and go out to educate the peopleand make them aware of the dangers of cor-ruption and also to let them know of the chal-lenges when reporting such misconducts,”said Masualle.KSD Mayor Ngqongwa said they were

pleased that KSD was chosen to launch thisday in the province.“We also have our own programme of mak-

ing sure that whenever there are corrupt ac-tivities, it must be reported regardless ofwhommaybe involved in suchmisconducts,”said Mayor.Members of the community were very ap-

preciative and found Masualle’s talk most in-formative.

Awarenessonanti­corruption raised

Eastern Cape Premier PhumuloMasualle, led the entourage during theAnti-corruption last week in Mthatha.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

TO address the drunk driving problemthis Festive Season, the Eastern Cape Liq-uor Board has embarked on awarenesscampaigns throughout the country re-minding road users about the dangers ofdriving orwalking in the roadwhile underthe influence of alcohol.

Last Thursday, the Liquor Board con-ducted an awareness campaign at Mt-hatha Plazawhere theymetwith taxi driv-ers, commuters and residents, encourag-ing everybody to be responsible drinkersthis Festive Season and beyond.Phumlani Fani, Communications Offic-

er at the Eastern Cape Liquor Board, saideven though they would also visit othermunicipalities within the province, theyhave decided to start in OR Tambo.“We have had several road accidents on

this side of the province, with manycaused by drunk driving or people walk-

ing into the busy roads while drunk,” saidFani.He said alcohol remained a significant

factor in the escalating cases of road acci-dents in the Eastern Cape.“Despite the drop in the national

number of road fatalities during the previ-ous Festive Season, the Eastern CapeProvince registered an increase in road fa-talities relative to other provinces,” saidFani.He added that theywereworking closely

with the police and traffic officerswith thesame vision of having a safer Festive Sea-son.OnWednesday, the boardalso did apres-

entation on road safety awareness, hostedby Nyandeni Local Municipality at Ngqe-leni junction, where the community mem-bers were alerted about the dangers ofabusing alcohol and its consequences.The Eastern Cape Liquor Board further

held roadshows in Engcobo, Butterworthand in King William’s Town.

Liquor board addresses drunk driving this festive season

Liqour Board officials held an awarenes campaign at Mthatha Plaza last Thursday for taxidrivers and commuters, warning them about the dangers of drinking and driving.

PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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THE King of AmaXhosa, his MajestyZwelonke Sigcau, expressed his pain andsorrow caused by seeing his nation losingit’s culture and heritage.

He said all these important, proud chat-tels of the nationwere going down the drainbecause western culture has taken centrestage.

Zwelonke said it seemed as if Blacks hadthrown away their roots and were now fol-lowing a Westernised way of living.

The King was speaking during the gradu-ation ceremony of eight graduates of iNkoloKaNtu (traditional religion) at Idutywa re-cently.

The iNkolo kaNtu graduants are expectedto lead and spread the importance of this re-ligion throughout South Africa.

They completed their iNkolo kaNtu reli-gious studies at the iCamagu institute, leadby Dr Nokuzola Mandende, a cultural ex-pert.

King Sigcau said, “We need to restore our

culture, especially among the youth, becausethey are the ones who will lead this country inthe near future. We are a lost nation and if weare like that we are like a lost sheep. So theyoung people need to consider their roots, sothat we can become a strong nation that is nev-er shaken at the roots.”

He called on woman to play their role inteaching children, as it was the case before,when fathers were not at home and had goneto look for jobs away from home. The King alsosuggested that virginity testing should comeback.

“Girls must get tested as well as boys to re-store our dignity, because this is not new in ourculture. Other nations are laughing at us be-cause we are a lost nation, a nation which isdominated by alcohol and disrespect by youngones. I agree that education is important, butwe need to include our culture,” said Sigcau.

He expressed his gratitude for the initiativethat was started by Dr Mndende, stating thatgovernment needed to support it. KingZwelonke agreed that black culture was op-pressed or never recognized by the colonialgovernment.

Kingagonisesover lackof culture

King Zwelonke Sigcau. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

In accordance with the editorial policy of the Express, we invitereaders to comment on mistakes in the newspaper and shallcorrect significant errors as soon as possible. Send info to theOmbudsman of Media24’s Local Press, George Claassen, [email protected] or call him at 0 021 851 3232.Readers can also contact the SA Press Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 or e-mail [email protected]

MBUDSMAN

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PHINDILE GQELE

AS part of poverty eradication in the rural ar-eas, the Eastern Cape Rural Development andAgrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane,in partnership with the Eastern Cape RuralDevelopment Agency (ECRDA), launched amulti-million randMbizanaRural EnterpriseDevelopment (RED) Hub in Siwisa Village,Mbizana, on Tuesday, December 9.

The RED Hub programme is government’skey rural development approach driven bytheEasternCapeRuralDevelopmentAgency,which supports local co-operatives with ac-cess to finance, mechanisation and selling ofproduce to retail markets for the benefit of all

members of co-operatives.MEC Qoboshiyane said high unemploy-

ment and poverty levels in theAlfredNzoDis-trict result in low affordability levels, whichmanifest in low levels of investment, develop-ment, service delivery and under utilizationof development opportunities.“There is an urgent need formajor new pri-

vate sector investments to create jobs and im-prove livelihoods in the area. The establish-ment of the RED Hub will help eradicate pov-erty and stimulate the local economicdevelopment, as well as the investmentdrive.”“With the rich soil like this and people who

love seedlings, I couldn’t resist introducingthe RED hub. Period for hunger and poverty

is now gone; a new era of better life has justbegan.Nowgo and cultivate your father’s gar-dens to generate income,” said Qoboshiyane.The RED hub will cover six wards which

constitute 11 villages, and over R53.5 millionhas been allocated for the Mbizana RED hub,which will be spent on primary production,equipment, establishment of grain silos andmilling, Trading store and other infrastruc-ture such as fencing, establishment of feedersatellite, training of beneficiaries, stakehold-er management and social facilitation.Amongst the things the Hub will focus on

is the value addition of grain which encom-passes primary grain production on 1000 hec-tares, developmechanization units andwork-shop with tractors, harvesters and imple-

ments, safe grain storage by establishing siloswith combine storage capacity of 2000 tons,processing of grain through the establish-ment ofmilling plantwith a three-hour capac-ity, branding and marketing of processedproducts to local and externalmarkets and es-tablishment of feedlot at a later stage.Qoboshiyane also donated eight tractors as

well as implements. He said the departmentwould support the RED Hub for five years.Ward 31 Councillor Thokozani Faku said

words alone could never explain how gratefulthe community is. “It is without doubt thatwe appreciate this initiative and promise thatthere will be no fights concerning these trac-tors and implements, as we are united now,we shall unite till the very end.”

Project launched toeradicatehungerandpoverty

The beneficiaries seen with their leaders during the function held at Siwisa to launch the RED Hub. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane delivering his speech. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

PHINDILE GQELE

URHULUMENTE weMpuma Kapa ushiyeabemi bedolophu yaseMbizana bengawuvaliumlomo luvuyo nanjengoko uMphathiswawesebe leZophuhliso lwamaPhahle nezoLimoeMpuma Kapa, uMlibo Qoboshiyane, ebathejize ngeetrektha zokulima.

Okukwenzekekwilali uSiwisa ephantsi ku-kaCebaThokozaniFakueMbizanangoLwesi-bini weveki esiyisingelayo, kweyoMnga ngo-mhla wethoba.Eli ibilinyathelo lokukhulisa uqoqosho

lwale ngingqi nanjengoko kukholelekaokokubaabemibalengingqi baphilangemise-benzi esisingxungxu kunye nemali yesi-bonelelo sikarhulumente.Abo bathe baxhamla kwezi trektha baquka

nowasetyhini ogama lingu, Nomalozo Made-la, othe wabulela kakhulu ekwabalula okoku-ba le imini uyibona njengemini yesiqalo esi-jolise kubomi obungcono.“Andinamazwiwambi ngaphandle kokuthi

enkosi kulo rhulumente usilondolezengoluhlobo. Nanjengoko urhulumente ethewasibonelela ngolu hlobo sikwathembisaokokuba izixhobo ezi athe wasipha zonasizokuzilondoloza njengosana,” utsho uMa-

dela.Kwintetho athewayiwisa okaQoboshiyane

uthe ucela ukuba bonke abathatha inxaxhe-ba kulo msebenzi babhinqe omfutshane,basebenze kuba amavila awafuneki kulomsebenzi. “Iyatsho ne ncwadi engcwele uku-ba, funda entuthwaneni, vilandini. Masi-wukhalimele lo mkhuba wobuvila kweli-phondo lethu nakwilizwe lethu lonke. Elilixesha lokusebenza kunjalo nje kuzovunalowo uthe watyala.”Abahlali bale ngingqi bavuye nangakumbi

emveni kokuba ethe umphathiswa wabalulaokokuba abo bangenako ukulima bazofuma-naumsebenziwokugada amasimi lawoukan-ti abanye bazawuthi babe ngabaqhubi bezitrektha.Ilali ezithe zaxhamla ziquka; Emazweni,

Ludeke, Majazi, Dudumeni, Zityaneni nez-inye.Uceba waku Ward 31, Thokozani Faku,

uthe bakuvuyela ngakumbi ukuba mdakakwamasimi asemampondweni nto leyoithetha okokuba ikati igxothiwe eziko.“Ndiyathembangokuokokubanokoubomi

buzoba ngcono ukanti nentlutha izawubayinto yethu, sibulela kakhulukumphathiswangokuthi asikhumbule ngokwenjenjaloukhumbule nobawo bethu,” utshilo uFaku.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

THE Me and My Family Ministries will thisweekend be hosting a campaign aimed at em-powering youth in the Qhora AdministrativeArea in Wakeni location, Dutywa.

The campaign will be held over three daysfrom December 19 to 21.

Me and My Family Ministries Pastor,Manelisi Msizana, said they wanted to em-power the youth. People from different pri-vate companies were invited to participate inthe campaign.

“We want to encourage the youth to stop us-ing drugs and rather start businesses. We un-derstand that there are no jobs these days,but we are willing to help them where wecan,” said Msizana.

Msizana said they are expecting peoplefrom East London and surrounds to also at-tend.

They also invited representatives from the

National Youth Development Agency (NY-DA) and the Women Support Center and Gen-der Based Violence.

Local Youth Co-ordinator in Mbhashe Lo-cal Municipality, Mzontsundu Ngceba saidhe is aware of the event but he was, however,still waiting for a formal invite.

“As the NYDA we know that there are chal-lenges facing the youth and that is why weare always happy to participate in campaignslike this one because it is where we get theopportunity to speak with the youth,” saidNgceba.

“They can get bursaries if they are interest-ed in furthering their studies. We also tellthem about the opportunities they have in theMbhashe Local Municipality,” said Ngceba.

Church toempower Dutywayouth

Pastor Manelisi Msizana from Me and MyFamily Ministries who is holding a campaign

aimed at empowering the youth.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

REPORTER

QUEENS College Boys High has come out tops in the 2014SAASTA National School Debates Competition wherethey competed against the other South African provin-cial finalists in the National Final at the 3M InnovationCentre in Woodmead, Johannesburg on Friday 5 Decem-ber.

The topic the students debated in the Final was particu-larly relevant, given the current outbreak of the Ebolavirus. They were asked to research and debate the follow-ing question: “In facing our current and future healthchallenges, do you think we should be investing in thediscovery of new drugs and medicines, supported byfields such as biotechnology and crystallography?”

Each team was assigned one of five different perspec-tives of science communication from which to argue itsstand on the topic.

The perspectives were: economic, socio-cultural, utili-tarian, democratisation of science and advancement ofscience. During the day-long Finals, judges evaluated de-baters for their participation, including responses to ar-guments and questions within discussions.

The SAASTA National School Debates Competitionaims to encourage young people to address key issuesaround science and technology that are faced by theircommunities, through the medium of debate.

Conceived and hosted by the South African Agency forScience and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), abusiness unit of the National Research Foundation, theprogramme seeks to foster the confidence to speak aboutscience in high school students from Grade 9 to 11.

It also gives participants the opportunity to developresearch, critical thinking and information literacyskills, as well as the ability to work as a team to presentlogical, clear arguments.

For the regional finals, students researched and debat-

and relevance to the experience of its teenage partici-pants.

“It is well known that the development of science, engi-neering, technology and innovation has a distinct bear-ing on overall economic development of any country,”said Dr. Jabu Nukeri, Managing Director of SAASTA.

“In order to solve our country’s deep and pressing so-cio-economic challenges, South Africa needs skills tohelp the country compete internationally, grow economi-cally and to generally improve the lives of its citizens.SAASTA’s goal is to steer young South African minds to-wards careers in science, engineering, technology and in-novation.”

“Using [debate] to engage scientific issues provides aplatform for learners to make scientific information rele-vant to them, through the understanding of social, cultur-al, economic and broader implications,” added Nukeri.

EC school wins SAASTA Finals

From left are Louise Featherstone (Queens Collegeteacher) with Queens College learners EmilioSmith, Ndayeni Manzi, Lawrence Lwanga, Dr.Jabu Nukeri (Managing Director of SAASTA) andQwawe Bula. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ed the question: “Doyou think invest-ment in nanotech-nology research willprovide a feasible so-lution to our waterchallenges?” Nan-otechnology, withsupport from thefield of crystallogra-phy in identifyingand characterisingmaterials, is one ofthe technologies be-ing explored to ad-dress the growingchallenge of provid-ing clean, safe drink-ing water to citizens,an issue that is top ofmind, particularlysince recent watershortages in Gau-teng.

The runningtheme for the topicsthis year has incor-porated the celebra-tion of the Interna-tional Year of Crys-tallography.

For the first time,social media was in-corporated into thecompetition, whichadded extra appeal

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TRUE to tradition, the Buyel’Ekhaya PanAfrican Music Festival has confirmed adazzling line-up of artists for the annualevent on the 21st of December, 2014, at theBuffalo Cricket Stadium in East London.

Firmly established as an Eastern Capefestive-season “must-do”, the festival lit-erally has something for everyone – fromveterans Stimela, Oliver Mtukudizi andkwaito sensations Trompies to dance-floor favourites Uhuru and Mafikizolo.Vocalists Zahara and Berita also formpart of the line up, as do The Soil, andDJ’sDJ Tira and DJ Ganyani . In what’s sureto be a popular move, the festival has alsoconfirmed the legendary Papa Wemba asone of the performing artists.In keeping with their commitment to

developing local talent, the festival has al-so confirmed a range of local emergingartists to perform – amongst them, CsanafromPort St Johns, afro soul and jazz sing-er Thandokazi from Mthatha, Simphiwe“PS” Peter from King William’s Town,afro soul artist Andile Seskhona fromMdantsane and kwaito star Super from

Duncan Village.The Buyel’Ekhaya Pan African Music

Festival, which began in 2009, has grownto become an established brand and cul-tural mecca in the Eastern Cape. In manyrespects, the festival has also evolved intoa massive reunion, gathering audiencesfrom various towns in the Eastern Cape,as well as homecoming Eastern Capersfrom across the country, who have madethe event a part of their festive-season tra-dition.A proudly South African event,

Buyel’Ekhaya is also celebrating 20 Yearsof Freedom – in a tribute to the ultimatein South African talent, the festival willfeature a tribute to superstar, BrendaFasssie, originally from the small EasternCape town of Indwe. The performance isalso a loving salute to women’s resiliencein the music industry in the 20 years aspersonified in the line-up led by SwaziDlamini, Zahara and Berita.Tickets are available at Computicket

and Shoprite Checkers at R180 per ticket.Cooler boxes and picnic baskets will becharged at R50 per person. No bottles,weapons and sharp objects will be al-lowed.

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Zahara forms part of the festival’s incredible line-up. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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LUCKY Mthatha resident Mkhuseli Xaba issmiling after being given a Mercedes-Benzcar for Christmas.

Hundreds of people joined in the excite-ment at BOSS Gaming Bingo outlets acrossthe province over the weekend as a total ofthree lucky winners celebrated Christmasearly by driving away in a Mercedes Benz.Eastern Cape empowerment company

BOSS Gaming operates Bingo Royale ClearyPark, Bingo Royale East London CBD andRitz Gaming and Entertainment in Mthatha.The crowds cheered when Sesuthu Mdudu-

ma drove away in a Merc from Bingo RoyaleEast London CBD, Mkhuseli Xaba from RitzGaming and Entertainment in Mthatha, andDonavan Hendriks fromBingo Royale ClearyPark.Itwas the first timeMercedes-Benz carshad

been given away at the East London and PortElizabeth Bingo Royale venues in the compa-ny’s “Win a Merc” competition.

There was great excitement whenever oneof the six lucky ticket holders for the finaldraw were identified and made their way tothe stage.As part of the fun thousands of rand were

also givenaway to luckymembersof theaudi-ence through Money Showers, which regu-larly forms part of the entertainment at thevenue.“Wewant all our guests to experience their

perfect moment,” says Bingo Royale directorYolande Manuel.“It’s our motto and one we as a group try

and achieve on a daily basis!”More excitement was added to the action

as the cars have already been replaced by an-other three Mercedes Benz cars ready for thenext draw.“With another Bingo Royale due to open in

Jeffreys Bay in the first quarter of the newyear, an additionalMercedeswill find itswayto yet another winner in March.“We have already selected the first Merc to

be given away at Bingo Royale Jeffreys Bay,”says Manuel.

The festivities, fuelled by the day’s eventsand a large share of Christmas cheer carriedthrough well into the night, “rounding off aspectacular first for the Boss Gaming and en-tertainment groups branches in the Eastern

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The East London “Win a Merc” winner Sesethu Mduduma and Lwethu Gcilitshana (Bingo RoyaleEast London Marketing Manager).

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MUIHZA-301014-TE-vbmswa-land

Dear readers, we understand ukuthi wishescan be ours but father God who takes deci-sions with our lives on the Express land.

But even if it is like that we need to takecare of ourselves this festive season. Andithikuthiwa unceda ozincedayo?And the lovers must be always together or

next to each other because there are vulturesout there who are looking for new love thisfestive season, so ungathathelwa ke.I wonder these vultures apha enyakeni bez-

iphila njani sezi-hunter abantu babantu nje?To those who drink alcohol like it is new tothem or like there is no tomorrow, they mustknow that abusing alcohol can kill them.Even nabo besibazi ukuba ‘ziindla-manzi’

zomhlaba apha enyakeni mara we still needthem because songabinanto yakubhala kun-yaka esikhangele kuwo.So by the way, play safe this festive season

and don’t overdo things because they wouldhit back. On top of it all, please save those bo-nuses of the year end as January is still goingto need more money.Asifuni ke kuthi kuqala unyaka umntu abe

etshone evele ngomqala komatshonisa.Nivile moss.

Kusekude engqinibeni ngomlomo

OW!! Madoda kusinda kusehlela kwatsho

amaZulu asekhaya.Iyawaintoni futhi kuni makwedini? Asizi-

hambeli ngeTuru-turu yethu na siyakwafunaezi ndaba kula dolophu yaseLusiki (Lusiki-siki), sivele sizithele kwamanye amantom-bazana ebehamba nge-Polo emhlophe. Ubuzeukuba bekungobani amaxesha.It was 12 midnight. And sibone ngokuvele

kudadazelwe kuchanywe nokuba kuza aban-tu ukuba lidliwe ijiki apha. Ingabi namseben-zi ke leyo. Uloyiko lwethu kule crime ingakaamantombazana ngemoto enxilile ebusukuaphinde ehle aye kwi ATM!Abe sesithi umntu ubanjwe inkunzi kanti

nguye ozise enkunzini izihlalele. Ma-lady si-ya-nithanda, xa nihamba ezi hambo zenu atnight at least makube khona abantu eniham-ba nabo abangakwazi ukunikhusela xa nih-laselwa.Into esiyaziyo ke thina nje ngabantu aba-

khe balisela ijiki, lithi kwakukuba kubilikushiye enyanyeni ngathi zange laba khonaengqondweni. And ladies of the soil musaniukuhamba niyi-éxposer’ le golide nayiphiwanguBawo wethu osemaZulwini kuba in-otshaba. You must always be under protec-tion ladies to save it.Hayi ukuba abakuvanga Gesh soze ba-

phinde.

I wonder wena ungenza njani?

Guys, things are happening on the Expressland. You knowwhat, there is a guy fromFlag(Flagstaff) who caught his wife red handedwith his young brother in his own bed.Heyi, izinto ziyenzeka. Ukuba le nto yay-

iqale njani ngubani oqale wacela uthandokomnye. Omnyewathi xa evuma, xa ingavelale nto kungenzeka ntoni?Uthi kaloku ubhuti, eintlek yena eben-

gakrobeli nto ukuba banento yokwenza. Qhauthe uzakukhe ahambe neechomie zakhebaya emcimbini eNtelly (Mt Ayliff), esitshokunkosikazi. Mara bathe sebephuma beham-ba kwangavumi kubo bonke baphindela ema-khaya yena uthe xa efike ngo11 ebusukuwazithela kwesi shiqi.Bafethukunzimaemhlabeni.Mara siyacela

ukuba umntu akhe asincede ukuba ngubanioqale yonke le nto.Kuba akukho lula ukuba ungavele uqwaba-

la umfazi kamkhuluwa wakho uthiuyamthanda and naye engenokwazi ukubaangavele athi bhuti ndicela sithandane en-gakwazi ukuba uzakuthini.Mhlawumbi nomakoti lo ukuba le gossip

ifikelele kuye aze ake asixelele ukuba kwen-zekantoni. Kungokunje umfethuugqibe uku-ba azihlalele yedwa agoduke lo kuba akakwa-zi ukujongana naye.Ukuba umfowabo lo uzakumthini asazi,

kodwa okuxakayo kukuba umninawa lowenze le nto segrand nje ebomini esebenza,

ebefundiswangulo ajikewambethela. Shame,life is merciless.

Oh!! It’s astonishing

In our tiny agewe used to hear about doomsday and I (Gesh) even asked God to give melife until I get older, so that I can taste the hon-ey of being old. Ja, I’m here now.But it seems as if the doom is happening

right now. We heard that in Rosedale in UTA(Mthatha), there is an old ladywhokidnappedand kept a disabledman in custody as her sexslave. The report revealed that the woman isa well-known woman in church and she ismarried.She kept the man for the whole weekend

locked inside the room.Who say those are notthe practices of doom?Khazi igossip team izit-hatha phi ezi ndaba. Ungasibuzi funda udabaolu. Fortunately, we had an opportunity tospeak to the guy, who said really he was therefor work.He said the oldmumusually left him for few

hours and returned demanding sex. “Aka-fresh umntaka bhuti.” My brother’s son is sofresh. Zintoni ezo? Asike siniyeke kuba inda-ba anizazi nibe nisithi xa sinixelela zonasithetha izinto zemiqala yethu.Ngoku we will meet you dear readers in

2015. Enjoy the rest of the Festive Feason;don’t overjoy uyakufa.

Westill needyou in2015

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ANELE RAZIYA

IT was a day of smiles and happiness for theButterworth All Stars players and theirChairperson Kwayiyo Xalisa when the teamreceived a full soccer kit sponsored by San-lam at the Mnquma Local Municipality’scouncil chambers in Butterworth last weekFriday.

Sanlam Financial Adviser in Port Eliza-beth, Xhanti Shai, said they had decided tosponsor Butterworth All Stars after Zanem-vula Ngovela asked them to sponsor sport inthe Mnquma area. In addition to the full soc-cer kit, balls were also handed over,“Mr Ngovela told me when wemet on busi-

ness that there was a soccer team in Butter-worth that is doing well and even played theNedbank eliminations games, but unfortu-nately they were knocked out at the regional

stage,” said Shai.He said the team is currently playing in

the Castle Regional league but that theywere struggling since they didn’t have asponsor.“After Mr Ngovela told me this, I realised

it was worth my while to try and be of assist-ance. I decided to go back to Port Elizabethand consulted my bosses regarding this re-quest and luckily itwas approved.Wedecidedto buy new soccer kit, soccer balls and shinguards for the players,” said Shai“AsSanlamwewant to create a partnership

with Butterworth All Stars and the MnqumaSportCouncil, in order to boost sport andhelpwhere there is a need to do so.We believe thatthe Butterworth area does not get enough ex-posure in sport,” concluded Shai.Chairperson Xalisa, urged his players to

keep on working harder and to stay humbleand disciplined all the time.“We really appreciate what you have done

for us as a team and Butterworth FootballAssociation, because we think this kit yougave us will boost the confidence of ourplayers.”The Mnquma Local Municipality Execu-

tive Moyar Bhabha Ganjana thanked Sanlamfor supporting the team.

ButterworthAll Stars receives soccerkit

Sanlam Financial Adviser in PortElizabeth, Xhanti Shai, handing overkit to Butterworth All Stars Chairper-son Kwayiyo Xalisa.PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA