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AFRICAN PeoplesConvention leader(APC) Themba Godidescribed the latePan Africanist leader

(PAC) Clarence Makwetu as agreat leader and a man of charac-ter.

Makwetu was laid to rest lastweek in his home village of Hoy-ita, Cofimvaba, after succumbingto a long illness at the beginningof this month.The liberation struggle iconwas

given a special provincial funeralby the presidency who said his

loss was a loss for the whole coun-try.“He led the PAC at a very diffi-

cult time. He had dignity which,subsequent to his departure, thePAC was robbed of,” said Godi.Makwetu died at the age of 87.

He had led the PAC through, whatGodi described as, the difficult pe-riod of the PAC between 1990 and1996.His funeral brought together

many officials including thosewho had splintered away from theparty.Together with Robert Sobukwe,

Makwetu was part of the breaka-way group from the ANC thatformed the PAC in the late 1950s

Makwetu served five years inRobben Island after being sen-tenced for furthering the aims ofa banned organization after thebanning of the PAC in the 1960s.With the unbanning of the PAC,

he was the leader to the first dem-ocratic elections in 1994.The South African Presidency

awarded him the Order of Luthulifor his contribution to the strug-gle for a non-racial‚ non-sexist‚just and democratic South Africa.After the news of his passing,

President Jacob Zuma conveyedcondolences to his family and hisorganization, the PAC.He characterized him as a true

stalwart and freedom fighter.

FormerPAC leaderMakwetu laid to rest

Members of the PAC paying their last respects to their late former leader,Clarence Makwetu. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

Members of the South African Police Service accompanied Makwetu’s coffin to the gravesite. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

THE case in which three men areaccused ofmurdering theWillow-vale Police station commanderhas been remanded until April 25.

It is expected that the three ac-cused will take the stand whenthe case resumes.The three men in the case are

accused of killing Willowvale sta-tion commander Nomalizo Da-kumbana, a senior officer with

more than 30 years of service, onDecember 13 outside her home inElliotdale.Siyamcela Ntshintshi, Phumzi-

le Ngqayimbana and MbuyiseliNgqayimbana are all facing mur-der and conspiracy to murdercharges but have denied their in-volvement in the case.Phumzile Ngqayimbana is a

former warrant officer who wasstationed at Willowvale.Ngqayimbana’s girlfriendNox-

olo Matya, a police constable, isalready serving life in jail for herpart in the murder.She admitted guilt to playing a

part in Dakumbana’s murder andwas given a further 18 years injail for conspiracy.

Phumzile Ngqayimbana and hisco­accused during their appearance inthe Mthatha High Court.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

Suspects inmurder of station commander back in court

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A MAN (35) was sentenced to 25 years’ impris-onment by the Mount Frere Regional Court onWednesday, April 13 after he was found guiltyof a murder that he had committed while stillbeing out on parole for another murder.

Lulamile Jarha was charged with the mur-der of a man, Luyanda Madolo, who was tryingto stop him from assaulting his girlfriend.

The incident occurred in the afternoon of De-cember 19, 2015 near the Mount Frere Police

Station.According to the police report the couple

started arguing and Jarha assaulted his girl-friend.Thegirlfriend tried toescape theassaultbyhidingbehindMadolo,whoalso tried to stopJarha.

Jarha turned on Madolo and stabbed himseveral times with a knife, killing him instant-ly.

Members of the public who witnessed thekillingalsoturnedonJarhaandstartedassault-ing him but he managed to escape and ran tothe police station, where he was immediately

arrested.Jarha, who had been out on parole after serv-

ingsixyearsofaten-yearprisontermforamur-der committed in 2006, pleaded not guilty, butthe evidence of eyewitnesses convinced thecourt that he was guilty.

The National Prosecuting Authority wel-comedthesentenceandDirectorofPublicPros-ecutions for the Eastern Cape Mthatha Divi-sion,BarryMadolo, commendedregional courtprosecutor Chumile Mkentane for the meticu-lous and speedy prosecution in ensuring thatjustice was done.

Parolee sentenced to25years formurder

REPORTER

SIX robbery suspects were killed and anothersix arrested following a robbery incidentwhich took place at Mbayi locality, Mfinizwe-ni Administrative Area in Lusikisiki last Fri-day.

Four firearms were recovered by the po-lice.

It is alleged about 12 suspects stormed a lo-

cal shop used as a pension paypoint androbbed the owner of an undisclosed amountof cash.

Police were alerted to the robbery and withthehelp of communitymembers the suspectswere located in a nearby village. When thesuspects saw the police, they started shootingat the police members and the police retaliat-ed.

Six suspects, aged between 23 and 35, werearrested and four 9mm pistols were recov-

ered. Six other suspects aged between 25 and45were fatallywounded.The IndependentPo-lice Investigative Directorate (IPID) has beeninformed. Police are still looking for more.The vehicle the suspects used was reportedlyhijacked in Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal.

The suspects will appear in the LusikisikiMagistrate’s Court soon on charges of rob-bery, possession of illegal firearms and am-munition and possession of a vehicle report-ed to be hijacked.

Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, LtGeneral Celiwe Binta, commended the com-munity members for their alertness. “The po-lice in the Province are committed to clamp-ing down on crime and criminal activities.These arrests must send a message that SAPSmembers in the rural areas shouldbevigilantand will continue to be visible and maintaina zero tolerance approach in preventingcrime in their policing areas,” said Lt Gener-al Binta.

Six suspects arrested in aMbayi robbery

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

THE aunt (86) of AmaBhala Chief MweloNonkonyana has been laid to rest at her homein KwaMathe location, Flagstaff after she wasattacked and killed.

Ntondini Songindaba Nonkonyane, wholived alone, was killed on the evening of April2 while she was at home. Her body was onlydiscovered the following day by her neigh-bours.

Community member, Lungile Dumzela,said that this has left the community veryshocked and sad that an elderly person wasslaughtered like an animal.

“On arrival, we found Gogo sleeping in bedwith the door locked from inside, meaningthat the culprit got in through the window,”said Dumzela. He added that according to thepolice, there were no signs that she was raped,but her neck was cut open. Nothing was takenfrom the house.

Dumzela said there were no known witch-

craft accusations against the woman, so it re-mains a mystery on what the motive for thebrutal murder could have been.

AmaBhala Chief, Mwelo Nonkonyana,nephew of the deceased, also paid his last re-spect to his aunt.

“This incident reminds us of other inci-dents of this nature within the family and wewish that no stone will be left unturned as wetry to find the culprit,” said Nonkonyana.

He said the Nonkonyana family has beenunder a dark cloud lately with lots of deaths

in the family in a short space of time.“MaBhala,” referring to his aunt, “was a

very humble and kind person who did not de-serve this kind of humiliation and pain. I alsowant to urge our community members to beon the lookout for those elderly people wholive alone and address such cases to preventfurther incidents of this nature,” said thechief.

Police spokesperson Mduduzi Godlwanasaid that no one has been arrested yet and thatthe investigation is till ongoing.

AuntofAmaBhalaChief laid to rest afterbrutal attack

AmaBhala Chief, Mwelo Nonkonyana (in the middle) talking athis aunt's funeral in KwaMathe location, Flagstaff last Saturday.

PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Gogo Ntondini Songindaba Nonkonyana was laid to rest at herhome in KwaMathe, Flagstaff last Saturday.

PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Community members came in numbers to pay their last respectsto this elder who was brutally attacked and killed at her home.

PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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THEDepartment of Water and Sanitation hasannounced that themultimillion randsMzim-vubu project is in progress and there has beena lot of work going on behind the scenes.

This was announced by the Department

spokesperson Sputnik Ratau in a statementrecently. The project was launched by Presi-dent Zuma at Tsolo in April 2014 and the gov-ernment had injected an estimated just overR12 billion in the project.Just recently, Minister NomvulaMokonya-

ne met with the political and traditional lead-ership of the Eastern Cape to discuss progress

on the work done on the Mzimvubu WaterProject.Ratau said much of the work has gone into

the environmental impact assessment andstakeholder engagement. The process of final-ising the designs for the construction of thedams is also well underway.The Mzimvubu Water Project comprises

the construction of 2 multi-purpose dams,namely Ntabelanga Dam, which will be usedfor domestic andagriculturalwater supply re-quirements, and Lalini Dam, which will beused for hydro-power generation. The projectwill benefit people in 3 districts which are Al-fred Nzo, Joe Gqabi and OR Tambo DistrictMunicipalities.

Mzimvubuwaterproject inprogress

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE King Sabatha Dalindyebo Municipali-ty in partnership with churches and thecommunity held a prayer session in an at-tempt to curb demonic practices in schools,as well as social problems facing the youthsuch as teenage pregnancy, drug abuse andlow matric pass rate in the Eastern Cape,particularly in the OR Tambo region.

The session was held by the municipalityin partnership with Ministers Fraternal of

the OR Tambo region, UCR FM andMthathaRhema Christian Centre to appeal to God torid schools of these evils.The prayer session was held at Mthatha

Stadium last week and attended by differentfaith organizations from throughout the ORTambo region and surrounds.Of particular concern were satanic prac-

tices by learners which were disturbingteaching and learning.Speaking to Express the Chairperson of

the Ministers Fraternal, ThembinkosiNtongana, said they are facing a huge chal-

lenge of disturbing behaviour by childrenin schools and decided to call upon God tointervene.“Our children have been attacked by de-

mons, like amakhubalo, by buying danger-ous medicine to protect them against bully-ing by others at schools.“This sometimes changed them to become

monsters or change like snakes and so forth.So we are here to call on God to chase awaysuch demons from the schools. This is athreat in our schools and to the communityat large,” he said.

Ntongana said as the Fraternal they areplanning quarterly meetings where theywould equip parents to give guidance andalso invite the young people to come andhear about satanic acting out and ministerthem.The eventwas attended by the heads of the

Rhema church, KSD Executive MayorNonkoliso Ngqonkwa, municipal officials,learners and the community at large.The KSD Mayor expressed her gratitude

to the people who came up with the initia-tive.

Communityandparentspray foryouth

< Some of the people who attended the prayersession in Mthatha stadium last week.

PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

BUNTU GOTYWA

UBonganiMoncoonama30eminyakaubudalauza kuchitha ubomi bakhe engaphaya kwezit-shixo emva kukofunyaniswa enetyala lok-udlwengula nelokuphanga kuxhotyiwe.

Esi sigwebo siwiswe yinkundla yesithili ku-Centane.Abezotshutshisokuzwelonke iNPA ithi yan-

elisekile sisigqibo senkundla kwaye oku kuza

kuthumela umyalezo kubenzi besehlo esiloluhlobo nabathe gqolo besenza abantu abadalaamaxhoba abo.Ingxelo ephuma kwabezotshutshiso ithi esi

sehlo senzeka kwilali yase Thuthurha kuCen-tane ngomhla wesi 7 kuMay 2014.UMoncowangenakumziwesibinieselesalu-

phelewaziphosakowasetyhinionama60emin-yaka, umyeni wakhe onama 96 elele kwelinyeicala.UMonco uye wagragramela lomakhulu en-

yanzelisa ukunikwa imali, icellphone kunyenesondo.Ithe indoda yakothuka ebuthongweni ya-

khwaza ibuza ukuba ngubani eligintsa nan-jengoko indlu yayimnyama.UMonco uye wajika wonda ngexhego elo

elihlaba amatyeli aliqela.Uye wabuyela kwixhegwazana elo lisang-

cangcazela luloyiko walidlwengula izihlandloeziphindeneyo de kwaziiyure zokusa.Ixhegwazana liye kucela unceda kwama-

khelwane sakumka isidlwengu.UMonco ubanjwe waze wagwetywa emva

kokuba iziphumo zeDNA zimthathe zambekangqo kwindawo yexhwayelo.Umtshutshisi wenkundla uNontle Sakwe

ukwazile ukunika inkundla izizathu eziva-ka-layo ukuba igwebe lo kaMonco ubomi ento-longweni ngenxa yokudlwengula ephindelelakwixhegwazana elingakwazi kuzilwela. In-kundla ikwaphinde yamnika iminyaka emi 5ngokuhlasela ngenjongo zokwenzakalisa.

Iza kuchitha ubomi entolongweni indoda enetyala lokudlwengula ixhegokazi

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THEKing Sabatha DalindyeboMunicipality inpartnership with churches and the communityheld a prayer session in an attempt to curb de-monicpracticesinschools,aswellassocialprob-lems facing the youth such as teenage pregnan-cy, drug abuse and low matric pass rate in theEastern Cape, particularly in the OR Tambo re-gion.

The session was held by the municipality inpartnership withMinisters Fraternal of the ORTambo region, UCR FM and Mthatha RhemaChristian Centre to appeal to God to rid schoolsof these evils.Theprayer sessionwasheldatMthathaStadi-

um last week and attended by different faith or-ganizations from throughout the OR Tambo re-gion and surrounds.Of particular concern were satanic practices

by learnerswhichweredisturbing teachingandlearning.Speaking to Express the Chairperson of the

Ministers Fraternal, Thembinkosi Ntongana,said they are facing a huge challenge of disturb-ing behaviour by children in schools and decid-ed to call upon God to intervene.“Ourchildrenhavebeenattackedbydemons,

like amakhubalo, by buying dangerous medi-cine to protect them against bullying by othersat schools.“This sometimes changed them to become

monsters or change like snakes and so forth. Sowe are here to call on God to chase away suchdemons from the schools. This is a threat in ourschools and to the community at large,”he said.Ntongana said as the Fraternal they are plan-

ning quarterly meetings where they wouldequip parents to give guidance and also invitetheyoungpeopletocomeandhearaboutsatanicacting out and minister them.The event was attended by the heads of the

Rhema church,KSDExecutiveMayorNonkoli-so Ngqonkwa,municipal officials, learners andthe community at large.The KSD Mayor expressed her gratitude to

the people who came up with the initiative.

‘Ridour schools fromevil’PRAYERSESSION INMTHATHA:COMMUNITYANDPARENTS PRAY FORYOUTH

DUMISANI Duba, the chairperson of the Af-rican National Congress (ANC) in the Nga-Khan Tiya branch and the deputy chairper-sonofSouthAfricanTeachers’Union (Sadtu)Ngqeleni branch, was buried last week at afuneral attended by members of the formerANCYouthLeague, Sadtu and community atlarge.The service took place at Upper Corana

Senior Secondary before he was laid to restnext to his forefathers at his home in MistyMount, Libode.Duba, who was a principal at Vinishi Jun-

iorSecondarySchool, iswellknownasan im-portant figure in the political scene in theformer Transkei. He is a product of the Lum-ko College of Education and was among theactivists of the South African Youth Con-

gress before the unbanning of the ANC in1990.He played a vital role in the ANC Youth

League in the OR Tambo region and as a re-sult of his good work he became a memberof the REC in the OR Tambo region.His friendThaboMdukiswadescribedhim

as a person who would not hesitate to argueand win the argument and as someone who

had dedicated his time to the politics of thiscountry in the fight for liberation.Sadtu deputy chairperson in the Eastern

region, Temba Mbuwako, described him asa comrade who had no fear about conveyinghis ideas no matter how tough the meetingwas.Dumisani leaves behind his wife, Nomaw-

ethu, and two children. – SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Dumisani Duba laid to rest

The coffin of the late ANC activist Dumisani Duba. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLEThe family of the late Dumisani Duba during his funeral service which was held at UpperCorana Senior Secondary School. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

The crowd at Mthatha stadium lifted their hands up appealing to God to intervenein the demons embed schools in the former Transkei. PHOTO SIM MDLEDLE

BUNTU GOTYWA

UmlawuliweNyhwarahome-based care and re-habilitation center uKhuselwa Mnyazi uthinangona bukhona ubunzima abajongana naboumvuzomkhulukumsebenziwokufundisaulu-ntu ngezihange ezilapha phandle.

Lomzi yiProject ejongenenokuxhobisaulun-tu, ingakumbi emaphandleni ngolwazi malun-ganesifo sikagawulayo, ukuncedisananaboba-chatshazelwasesisifokwanokuvusaamakhayaasele etshatyalaliswe ngulo mbulalazwe.Uthi iproject le ijongene nabantu basema-

phandlenikubakusekuninzi ekufanelwekwen-ziwe ukuxhasa abantu ukuze bazi ukuba esisifo asisengombulalazwe nto nje into ilaphaebantwini.Kwiveki ephelileyo uluntu lwakwilali ya-

seMjelo eDutywa beluhlangene eNyhwarhaluzekutyebisaulwazi lukwahambisanezikha-lazo olunazo.UKhuselwa uthe, “Ngokungenelela kwethu

aphasingatshosithizicuthekile iinkedamaez-ichaphazeleka sisifo sengculaza.“kungoku nje sineelali ezingama 36 esise-

benza nazo nalapho senza icommunity dia-logues ezincedisana noluntu ukuze lwandiseulwazi esele lunalo.“Akuphelalanga apho kodwa, sikwajon-

gene nabantu abangoomama kunye nabant-wana abathe bahlukunyezwa. Sibanika icou-cellingsibaboniseukubaikhoimpiloemvako-

lo hlukumezo”, utsho uMnyazi.Nangona uluntu lwemimandla abasebenzela

kuyo ithwaxwa yindlala, leproject ithathelekuyo uxanduva lokuncedisana nentsaaphoezingakwazi kuthengela abantwana bazo im-

pahla zesikolo.Kungokunjekulonyakabakwazileukuxhasa

abafundi abangama 38 belali yaseNyhwarhakuphela ngokubathengela impahla.Indibano yeveki ephelileyo ibizinyaswe nga-

bantu esele bebadala nabathembisa ngokutha-tha lonke ulwazi abalufumana kwezi ngxoxobaludlulisele kulutsha lwasekuhlaleni.Ilungu lekomiti elawula eNyhwarha

uMzwandile Koli uthi bengabantu abadala

basekuhlaleni bayaludingaulwazi ngesifo sika-gawulayo kunye neziyobisi.Uthi nangona kukhona abakwaziyo, badinga

ulwazi oluphangaleleyo ukwenza impilo yabongcolo.“Zininzi izinto esijoonngene nazo apha, siya-

bamkela onompilo abamane befika bethembisangokwenza impilo ibinetle ngakuthi.“Kodwa kusekuninzi ekufuneka kwenziwe

kuba asinayo nekliniki ekufuphi,” utshilo uKo-li.Uthi ukungabikho kolutsha kwiintlanganiso

zelali akuyonto intshakodwaokobakufundayobona njengabantu abadala bayakukudluliselakwiintsana zabo.

Ikhayaelizimiseleukuphuculauluntu lwasemaphandleni

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REPORTER

THE Minister of Basic Education, AngieMotshekga has highlighted the importanceof offering mathematics in all schools, how-ever, a shortage of qualified mathematicsteachers in the system has been a challenge.

In a bid to address this, the Department ofBasic Education (DBE) has signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) withTEACH South Africa to place “TEACH Am-bassadors” in schools that do not have quali-fied mathematics teachers. This forms partof the DBE’s national strategy to address theshortage of mathematics teachers, as well asensuring the promotion of mathematics as asubject necessary for the growth of the SouthAfrican economy.TEACH South Africa recruits and selects

top performing young graduates in the fieldof Mathematics, Science and English fromuniversities across the country and placesthem in disadvantaged and rural schools fora minimum period of two years. TEACHSouth Africa is committed to providing aplatform for young graduates, who have ex-celled academically, who have demonstratedleadership skills and are committed to giv-ing back to their communities through

teaching.Since its inception in 2009, TEACH South

Africa has placed 382 TEACH Ambassadorsin eight provinces and in 228 schools impact-ing about 25 000 learners. To date, 57% ofTEACH Ambassadors remain in the teach-ing profession, thereby increasing the poolof teachers in these scarce skills. In this part-nership the TEACH Ambassadors will beplaced in schools that are located mostly inrural areas where it is often difficult to at-tract qualified mathematics teachers.TEACH South Africa will provide on-goingsupport to the TEACH Ambassadorsthroughout the two years.“This large placement enables us to

achieve a greater impact across the country.Weare proud to partnerwith theDepartmentof Basic Education to improve the quality ofeducation for children irrespective of theireconomic background by increasing the poolof quality mathematics teachers in South Af-rica. School districts in the Eastern Cape,KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo had the lowestnumber of students who passed matric in2015, we applaud Minister Motshekga for ad-dressing this by ensuring quality mathemat-ics teachers are placed specifically in theseareas,” said TEACH South Africa ExecutiveDirector, Richard Masemola.

He said his organisation has recruited andselected graduates from the finest South Af-rican Universities who are not only topachievers, but who are committed to beingChange Agents in South Africa.“In order to build a prosperous, equitable

and competitive South Africa, we must in-vest in high quality education. This isaligned with the goals of the National Devel-opment Plan for Education, Training and In-novation,” said Dr Futhi Mtoba, TEACHSouth Africa President and Co-Founder.Motshekga has welcomed the implementa-

Motshekga.TEACH South Africa recruitment team is

currently visiting universities around thecountry and calls on all young graduate lead-ers who are passionate about developingSouth Africa to apply to become a TEACHAmbassador in 2017.

Department of Basic Education and TeachSA to deploymaths teachers nationwide

tion of this initiative as an important stepin the right direction. “We need to continueto work with our partners in civil societyto ensure that we begin to see improve-ments, not only the numbers of learnerswho take up mathematics as a subject, butwe also want learners to come back into thesystem as qualified mathematics teachersone day. We come from a past where not alllearners have had the opportunity to takemathematics as a subject in school, hencethe shortage of qualified mathematicsteachers today.We need to work hard to en-sure that all learners, no matter their so-cial-economic background, have every op-portunity available to take up careers oftheir choice without any limitations,” said

BUNTU GOTYWA

THE JS Skenjana Secondary School, a schoolwhich prides itself as a leader in academic ex-cellence in the region, had a full programmelast week to celebrate its 30th birthday.

Numerous sporting activities took placeduring the celebrations. A special ceremonywas also held with community members,former teachers and learners, MPs and busi-ness people in attendance.Although there is still much that needs at-

tention at the school, attendees were deter-mined to rather focus on celebrating the mile-stone.Principal Nomawabo Zangqu said the

school’s academics are outstanding and few inthe region are able to competewith their sport-ing and musical ability.“Wehavekidswhohave received provincial

awards and some of our former learners occu-py high positions all over the country withdoctors and chartered accountants amongthem,” she said.The school took bronze in music at the na-

tional championships in 2009, and a silver cupin 2012 with male voices.She says shewishes the school to be a cham-

pion of academic excellence.The school is situated in a formerhostel and

in need of a revamp which the department ofeducation says is about to take place withintwo years.Dutywa education district director Agrippa

Madoda Dwangu congratulated the school onits achievement and delivering on its educa-tion promise.“The school has been an oasis of excellence

in its 30 years and has produced young peoplewho have passed with flying colours.“This school is proof that school is not just

about having prettywalls. Butwe are not say-ing that this is okay, becausewemadeaprom-ise of revamping the school.He says a mining company, Sibanye Gold,

hasmade a promise to build 30 classrooms forthe school.The school was named after a prominent

businessman in the Dutywa area John Sho-base Skenjana. His son Xolile Skenjana saysthe family is honoured to have the schoolnamed after his father and that the familyname is still advocating education excellencein the area.Skenjana’s sons say their father started the

school because of his desire to see locals excel-ling in life, particularly in business.

JSSkenjanaSecondary celebrates30years

The music choir of JS Skenjana performed at the school’s 30th celebrations.

Also at the celebration of the school’s 30th birthday was (second from right) the Widow of John Skenjana,Nikiwe Skenjana. PHOTOS: BUNTU GOTYWA

School principal Nomawabo Zangqu addressesthe gathering. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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Bayacinga abantu apha phandleNgelixa omnye umntu edume ngokwenza

okuhle ebantwini but with that gift there arepeople abafuna ukuyisebenzisa wrong. Wewere surprized to hear that there was a guywho impersonated ntate Tshepo Machaeawith the intention to score iimali zomgun-yathi ngegama lakhe.

Everybody knows Machaea as a Good Sa-maritan who rescue hundreds of destitutefamilies throughout the region. Phela damarn yena ebehamba eqokelela iimali eban-twini esithi uzakubaqeshela kwizikhundlazokuba ngoo-traffic officers, yaye kulo mse-benzi uncedisana noMEC uMlibo Qhoboshi-yane.Mara le outie akukho nento encinane em-

fanisa no-pastor Machaea on his facial ex-pression. What a silly act engcolisa amaga-maabantu abenza izinto ezintle eluntwini. In-

ga ebenganikwa i-gossip team imtshutshiseebezawukhomba umzi onotywala. Ubanjiwe

ke urheme lo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ave-le kwiinkundla zamatyala kungentsuku za-tywala.

I wonder what happened to the guyIt was very early in the morning driving

our Turu-turu rushing to our projects in Tso-lo when we saw a man wearing only under-wear. Ebebaleka eshiya isithunzi ndiyakux-elela emana ukujonga ngasemva. I wonderbekwenzeke ntoni kule outie. Kuyo yonke lonto akwaba ebengaveli kunyolela amanyeamadoda ebafazini bawo.Kuba sithe nokuba sesizama ukumbiza si-

funa nokwazi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni kwaca-ca ukuba akasathembi kwamntu umbizayo.Mara asikhange side sibabone aba kucacaukuba ebebabaleka. Nizoyeka ukuba hambanilala ngathi aninazindlu zenu.

Umthathi uyawuzala umlothaWena ke mntu ungasaziyo isiXhosa soza-

ma ukukutolikela ukuba le ntetha ithetha

ntoni na. Ngamanye amazwi ithi umntu ol-ungileyo uyamzala umntu ongento. I wonderwhat these boys are going to say?

Sondeza amehlo akho ufunde apha uzaku-va ukuba sithetha ngantoni. Ewe!! Ithi ke lento aphe-weekend (in) besizihlalele phantsikomthunzi welanga nabangani bethu sisi-dlela amanzi ka gas kuba akukho nto isin-qandayo apho, vele senzelwa imbeleko ekho-na la manzi, so we need to keep on enjoyingthem as they are the part of our lives.Hahaha, naze nawathethelela bo. Sihleli

siyancokola kwegqi qhaphu unyana kaMrevowayekhokhela ibandla ngasekhaya. OW!!Sothuka because da marn it was very rareukuba umbone kuba wayehleli evalelwee-mission nje ngomntwana kamfundisi.We saluted and hugged each other but kub-

khona ivunjana esingaliqhelanga kubant-wana bakaRev. Mara sathi mhlawumbisince ebelawula umthendeleko ecaweni uthewatheleka kwi-shirt yakhe so kwashiyekaelo vumba. Sancokol naye uthethela phezulu

umfo mkhulu.Mara bekungekho nto ke kuba asizange

sake sahlala sathetha naye ngaphambili.Saqhubeka sincokola kodwa ukuqhaqha okukwakhe kuye kwasikrokrisa de waya kwi-moto ebehamba ngayo wabuya nomdludlawebhotile ye-whiskey wathi masikhe.Wawu umntwana kamfundisi sowabhen-

ela etywaleni na? Futhi kucaca nje ukubaakumtshanga apha kubo kudala eqhuba. Si-bethe zophuka de wabuya nasekuseni kwa-phinde kwayiloo nto. Soyike nokubuza uku-ba waphelela phi necawa ngenxa yosisi ebe-batshintshanisa ngala weekend beselaingathi de is no tomorrow.OW!! Kunzima shame, and iyabetha la nto

yokuba sikwazi I background yakho then si-phinde sikubone unyathela kwindawo ebe-singakulindelanga. Pho, yindaba kabani ab-antwana babafundisi xa beszityela ubutshababo because asibazi nabo ootatumfundisiukuba baqala phi phambi kokuba ngabafun-disi.

PEOPLE LIKEUS

These guys were smartly dressed at the funeral of the late Dumisani Duba in Ngxulu locationnear Mthatha.

These women attended the Wesleyan Church Women’ Manyano from Border & Eastern CapeDistrict which was held at Engcobo recently. PHOTOS: SIM MDLEDLE

<Members of Sadtu,Zama Nothole, PiliswaMaqokolo, PumzaMadolo, VeliswaMadiza, Nomsa Gadlaand Lulama Sakwe werecaptured by the Expresscrew in Mthatha overthe weekend.

< From left areVovo Ntshanga,Tembi Tyali, MimiShezi, NtyatyiNdabankulu andBulie Skiti whoattended afuneral inCorhana lastweekend.

; Sive Sichungu,Snothando Maneng­ezela and LwandoMakhosonke on theirway to a traditionalceremony in Libode.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

FLAGSTAFF-BORN Afro-pop singer, Retabi-le ‘Rio’ Silindela will be releasing his firstsingle next month titled “Akhont’ iwrongo”and it promises to be a hit.

Rio, also known as ‘Nombotyi’ was born inMalungwaneni location in Flagstaff and hasalways known that music is his first love.“I knew very early in my life that I want

to sing and that I can make a career out ofit. Back at home, we used to have a familychoir where I launched my career, but I hadto shift away from Gospel music because Iwas not expressing myself fully,” said Rio.He added that the Afro-pop genre chose

him and not the other way around.“I love singing about love and I had a

chance of expressing this love through RnB,Hip-hop and other genres, but Afro-pop keptcoming out of my system,” he said.His latest release features ten tracks and

is titled Ixesha Lam and Nombotyi before

that, making this single his third release.“I also have a reggae song on my second

album due to the influence of my interna-tional rolemodel, PeterMorgan from Jamai-ca together with my local heroes RingoMad-lingozi and the late Brenda Fassie.”His first two albums were produced with

the help of Zamokwakhe ‘Bhaka’ Nzama, fa-mous Maskandi musician and producer.Rio has been performing locally and na-

tionally including the Durban beach party,Buyelekhaya festival and IFA’s nationalevents.He owns his own indoor recording studio

and he is on a mission to help other youngartists from Flagstaff to record their music.Healsourges the community to support localtalent.

New release for Afro-pop star

Retabile ‘Rio’ Silindela entertaining schoolchildren at an event in Flagstaff.

PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

7NewsApril 21, 2016Isolomzi Express

SUV’s and 4x4s conquering the concrete jungle,climbingtheoddpavementhereandtherewhenparking is at a premium, instead of kicking updust and climbing mountains, have become thenorm.

Ford has, however, recently launched its new-look Everest which has had a comprehensive re-vamp inside and out. And the Everest is a 4x4which you can really climb mountains with –should you wish to, in style.

It offers the practicality that one would getfrom its Ranger bakkie origins, enough seats forseven grown-ups – yes grown-ups - and the com-forts of Ford’s latest smart technology.

While being built on the platform of its bakkiebrother, the Everest has been adapted to suchan extent that one hardly notices its bakkie ori-gins – both in looks and drive.

To make you feel that you are not driving abakkie, the Everest has its own rear suspensionand off-road setup.

ThemodelrangeinSouthAfricaoffersoneen-gine and one gearbox (6-speed automatic) withtwo spec levels – the XLT and the top-spec Limit-ed. Both are 4x4’s.

The3.2-litre five-cylinderturbodiesel fromtheRanger is used, but it has received some efficien-cy upgrades.

Its price could however present a big moun-tain to climb. The Everest, whose main competi-tor is the newly upgraded Toyota Fortuner, ispriced at R593 900 for the XLT (the model testdriven) and R646 900 for the Limited.

The new Toyota Fortuner’s 4x4 models arepriced between R571 400 and R633 400.

ExteriorThe Everest is based on the chassis of the Ran-

ger bakkie. It is a big vehicle and high and if itweren’t for the running boards on the side, thewomen who so like the high seating position ofthese high riding vehicles would have had a dif-

ficult time of getting elegantly into and out ofthat seating position.

The new look is a total revamp and looksmuch better than its boxy, bulky predecessor.

InteriorThe Everest’s biggest selling point must be

the fact that it is a full seven-seater for adults.Two averaged sized adults will have enough legand headroom in the backrow.

Apart from the luxury of space, the Everestalso has leather seats and high comfort levelsin a stylish package.

It is one of the most technologically advancedSUVs on the market.

The dashboard is dominated by the modern-looking Ford Sync 2 infotainment system withtouchscreen. Comfort features include controlson the steering wheel for the audio/infotain-ment system.

Sync2 recognises voice commands to controlthe car’s entertainment system, climate controland connected mobile devices. It also boasts aneight-inch touchscreen which is quite easy tonavigate – even by those, such as me, who aretechnologically challenged and leave it up to ourchildren to connect the phones, etc.

The interior is cleverly designed for practical-ity (and keeping all 7 occupants happy) withmore than 30 stowage spaces, multiple poweroutlets.

It has standard folding second and third-rowseating which offers flexible seating and cargoarrangements to cater for both passenger de-mands and carrying cargo.

In the high-spec Everest Limited, the third-row seats feature a power-fold function, a pow-ered tailgate and an optional dual-panel moonroof.

FeaturesThe lower spec XLT-model is comprehensive-

ly packaged with impressive features, including

the innovative new Terrain Management Sys-tem.

Safety features include seven airbags, driverassist technologiessuchasanElectronicStabili-ty Program (ESP) with Roll Stability Control,cruise control, as well as rear park assist withrear view camera.

The XLT has 18-inch alloy wheels and run-ning boards as standard.

ThehigherspecLimitedmodelhasafewextrapremium features such as power-fold third rowseatsandpoweredtailgate,plusdriveraidssuchas Active Park Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control,Auto High Beam Control, Blind Spot Monitor-ingwithCrossTrafficAlert,TyrePressureMon-itoring, Lane Departure Warning and LaneKeep Assist.

Active Park Assist on the Everest Limited en-ables drivers to parallel park hands-free, requir-ing only accelerating, shifting and braking fromthe driver.

Also fitted are two USB ports, an SD card slotand Aux input plus a total of four 12V sockets.

Exterior enhancements on the Limited modelinclude 20-inch alloy wheels, high intensity dis-charge (HID) headlamps and LED daytime run-ning lights.

RideBoth models are powered by the latest-gener-

ation 3.2-litre five-cylinder Duratorq TDCi tur-bodiesel engine which produces 147kW of pow-er matched to 470Nm of torque.

Yes, it is big and bulky and it will never han-dle quite like a car, (as more compact SUV’s do)but Ford has done a lot to remove the bakkiefeel from the Everest.

Itssuspensionisoneexampleof this–andonecould feel that on the speed humps on my dailycommute. It definitely deals better with thosethan a bakkie does. On the open road is doesn’tfeel floaty or sluggish at all.

And once I got used to its big dimensions,parking it was actually not so bad.

Part of the bakkie feel being taken out of theequation is owing to the six-speed automatictransmission. It shifts smoothly and is actuallyquite responsive to some pressure on the pedal.If there is one thing I hate about driving a bak-kie, it is that manual shifting of the gears.

The transmission features the added benefitof a Sport mode, as well as a Manual mode forimproved control.

Road noise is also minimal thanks to Ford’sActive Noise Cancellation technology.

The 4x4 aspectThe Everest offers an intelligent four-wheel

drive and an advanced Terrain ManagementSystem to help navigate challenging terrain.

This system gives drivers four settings - Nor-mal, Snow/Gravel/Grass, Sand and Rock.

This alters the vehicle’s throttle response,transmission, intelligent four-wheel drive sys-tem and traction control as the circumstancesrequire.

For extreme off-road environments, driverscanmanually lockthetransfercaseinlow-rangefour-wheel drive mode for increased control.PRICE:

TheXLTisR593900andtheLimitedisR646900.

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The Ford Everest’s new look is a total revampand looks much better than its boxy and bulkypredecessor. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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AMAQELA amane aphume phambile kwi-Streamszawoze-SABRegionalLeaguephantsikoMasipala wesithili se-Amathole, kulindele-ke ukuba aqubisane kwimidlalo yokuzibekelaindawo kwinqanaba le-ABC Motsepe Leaguekwibala leYunivesithi iWalter Sisulu eBika

ngale mpela-veki.Phakathi kwalamqela , kukho iqela iWalter

Sisulu ephume phambile kustream D, iTryAgain ephumekustreamA, iFortHare eqhubekakuhle kustream B kunye neMbhashe enk-qenkqeze phambile kustream C.

Onke la maqela azintshatsheli kwiziS-treams zawo ze-SAB Regional League phantsikwe-Amathole eyenziwa ngoomasipala abas-ixhenxe.Le midlalo kulindeleke ukuba iqale kusasa

ngoMgqibelo, kwaye iqela elinye eliphumele-

leyo ngolu suku lizakudlulela kwisigaba esi-landelayo, apho lizakumela isithili se-Ama-thole xa kuthelikwa onke amaqela eli phondonalapho kuzakuphuma amabini azakunyusel-wa kwiMotsepe League kwisizini ezayo.– ANELE RAZIYA

AmeqelaeMotsepe LeagueeWSUeGcuwa

IWSU ikulungeleukudlala kwiPlay­Offsze­ABC Motsepeezizakubanjelwa eBikakwibala laleyunivesithingaloMgqibelo.PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

MTHATHABuckshave remained inposition14th at the bottom of the National First Divi-sion League table after they dropped threevaluable points against Black Leopards atThohoyandou Stadium over the weekend.

Bucks suffered a 1-0 defeat against the Lim-popo Province outfit, Black Leopards.Amothola’Mnyama(Bucks)wereaiming to

collect three points in order to continue intheir campaign of escapingNFDLeague rele-gation, but Leopards disrupted their plan.For now Bucks are still safe because two

sides that are fighting relegation, AfricanWarriors andMoroka Swallow, also failed tocollect maximum points over the weekendand couldn’t close a gap.Warriors still remain behind Bucks with

18 points after they lost 1-0 against CapeTownAll Stars. Swallows have 17 points aft-er theyplayed to a 1-1 drawwithHighlandersPark.All three bottom-of-the-log teams have

three games remaining before the end of theseason.This weekendMthatha Buckswill host FC

Cape Town atMthatha Stadium on Saturdayafternoon.

Bucks drop points in theircampaign to escape relegation

Mthatha Bucks will host FC Cape Town this weekend in Mthatha Stadium. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

THE four goals scored by ABC MotsepeLeague leaders, Lion City, against strug-gling Future Tigers were enough for thePort Elizabeth outfit to increase their chan-ces of playing in the National First DivisionPlay-Offs at the end of the season.City defeated Tigers 4-0 over theweekend,

and now is leading the table with 61 pointsafter 27 games played. Threematches are re-maining before the end of the season.Meanwhile League contenders, Tornado

FC, are still chasing the log leaders with 59points after they beat Mthatha City by 4-0at Rotary Stadium over the weekend.Third placed side, Zimbane Killers, de-

molished off form Matta Milan by 7-0 infront of their supporters at WSU Bika Cam-pus at Butterworth on Saturday andclimbed to 54 points All three top teamshave played 27 games and have three gamesremaining for this season.

Other ABC Motsepe League results:SUBS 0-0 HighburyYoung Ideas 1-1 FC Elliot

EC Bees 3-1 Kokstad LiverpoolFC Buffalo 7-2 Morning Stars.– ANELE RAZIYA

KillersandTornadoare still chasingMotsepe League leaders

Zimbane Killers (yellow kit) destroyed Matta Milan 7­0 in their ABC Motsepe League clash at theWSU Ground Bika Campus on Sartuday. PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA