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THREE family members fromNkelekethe Village in Willow-vale who died in a murderousEaster rampage have been bur-ied with the assistance of the

Makinana Funeral Parlour and Depart-ment of Social Development.

Kholisile Sopela, 82, Nophumzile Mduny-wa, 58, and Nogcinile Cuthindawo, in herfifties, died when they were allegedly at-tacked by Nkosinathi Pepe, 33. He also al-legedly tried to kill four villagers on thesame day during Easter.The funeral was attended by Social De-

velopment Department MEC Nancy Sihl-wayi andMnqumamayor BhabhaGanjana.Makinana Funeral Parlour owner,Mand-

la Makinana, said he had decided to assistwith funeral arrangements since he felt thefamilies’ pain. He said he wanted to see thevictims laid to rest in a peaceful way.“I imagined what these families were go-

ing through and I grew up in a poor family,so I decided to share what I have with otherpeople,” said Makinana.Family member, Macebo Sophele, 39,

said they needed answers from Pepe. “Wewant to knowwhy our familywere attackedbecause he is also a member of our family.If he had a problem he should have dis-cussed it with them. He was like a brotherto me,” Sophele said.Pepe briefly appeared before the Centane

Magistrate’s Court in connection with themurders and four attempted murders. Heallegedly tried to kill four other villagerson the same day.He is also facing four charges of arson

and one for the illegal possession of fire-arm.His case was postponed until April 28 for

further investigation and he remains incustody.Police spokesman Captain Jackson Ma-

natha said Pepe, armed with a revolver anda knife, had allegedly first kicked down thedoor of Sopela’s homestead early in themorning of the incident.“He allegedly threatened the 82-year-old

man with the revolver and then stabbedhim to death. He allegedly then stabbed the

old man’s daughter-in-law and set theirhouse on fire,” Manatha said.Pepe had then gone to two other houses

and killed the two women in the same man-ner.“Three other women and a man were also

stabbed and were rushed to Butterworth

Hospital in a serious condition.”Manatha said an off-duty Butterworth po-

liceman who lived in Nkelekethe had beentold about the attacks.“He rushed to the scene and firedwarning

shots while Pepe was accosting other peo-ple. The police officer disarmed him and

found that the revolver was unloaded.”Manatha confirmed that the angry vil-

lagers had assaulted Pepe with sticks, butthe police officer had persuaded them tostop.“The motive for the murders and at-

tempted murders is still not clear.”

Nkelekethemurdervictims laid to rest

Church members from different congregations pay tribute to three family members who were murdered during Easter. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

BETTIE GILIOMEE

LOVER’S quarrels led to murder and ahut being burnt down in two incidents inWillowvale at the weekend.

At 5.25am on Sunday, a quarrel betweena man and his girlfriend, both 29, endedwith the woman being stabbed to death intheir shack at the Willowvale informalsettlement.Police spokesman, Captain JacksonMa-

natha, said the two had been in their

shack when the quarrel arose.The suspect stabbed the woman in the

upper body. She was rushed to theWillow-vale Health Centre but was declared deadon arrival.Manatha said the suspect had handed

himself over at the Willowvale police sta-tion and confessed that he had killed hisgirlfriend. He was charged with murder.The woman’s identity is being withheld

until her next of kin have informed of herdeath.In another incident, the rondavel of a

35-year-old man in which he, his wife andfamily were sleeping, was allegedly setalight by the man’s jilted girlfriend earlyon Saturday morning.The man noticed at about 4am that their

hut in Upper Ngxutyana Location, Ngxut-yana Village, Willowvale, was burning.He and his family escaped unhurt.Manatha said theman had found a small

blanket, an ixakatho, close to the hutwhich he recognised as belonging to hisformer girlfriend, 27, who lives in thesame village.

“It is alleged that the man had a misun-derstanding with his wife and they wereseparated.“During the process of separation, the

man fell in love with this woman. Howev-er, the man fixed his marital problemswith his wife and they are now staying to-gether.”Willowvale police arrested the woman

on Saturday evening. She has beencharged with arson. The estimated dam-age to the hut and clothes and other prop-erty inside is R15 000.

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SIX people died in two separate road acci-dents near Butterworth last week Mondayand Tuesday.

Three men died in an accident on the N2betweenBika Township and TangaVillage inButterworth on Monday.Police spokesman Captain Jackson Ma-

natha said the victims, two of them brothers,had been travelling in a car from Ibika Town-ship to their homes at Magalakangqa Village

in Butterworth.“Their car collidedwith a bakkie travelling

from Tanga Village to Butterworth,” Ma-natha said.He said four men and two women in the

bakkie had been rushed to Butterworth Hos-pital. The cause of the accident is being inves-tigated.In an accident on Tuesday last week, three

people died instantlywhen three vehicles col-lided near the Yako informal settlement.Manatha said the police were investigat-

ing.

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This accident claimed three lives on the N2 near the Yakoinformal settlement in Butterworth. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

IFUNE kuhlawulwe iinkomo ezintanda-thu indoda (40) yakwi lali yaseBanganikwidolophu yaseDutywa kulandela ukuzibambela ngokwayo ityendyana elinama-28 eminyaka ubudala ekurhaneleka uku-ba belincuma nenkosikazi yalo kwesikabhadakazi.

Esi siganeko senzeke kule veki igqithi-leyo, kungoku nje ulokoza kwezimnyamaizisele lomfoutyatyekwe izityholo zokube-tha abulale eli tyendayana. Ukanti igamalalo ali kathiwa pahahakubakusaziswa iz-ihlobo ngokusweleka kwalo.Kuvakala ukuba umrhanelwa lo ufume-

ne aba babini kubonakala ukuba bonwabi-le kufutshane netyotyombe elikwi laliyaseBangani ezi nzulwini zobusuku.Othethela amapolisa uCaptain Jackson

Manatha uthe kuvakala ukuba umrhanel-

wa akusi bamba esi sibini uye wavulelangentonga kweli tyendyana ze emva kokowali bopha ngentambo .“Uye waxelela izihlobo zalo ngale

nyewe, wabe sele enyanzelisa ukuba kuh-lawulwe inkomo ezintandathu ngala man-yala. Izihlobo zika mfi ziye zathembisaukukhupha inkomo ezintathu kodwa um-rhanelwa wanga funi kuza mkela kwayewala uku khulula umfi lowo,” kubekauManatha.Uthi izihlobo zikamfi ziye zaya kuxelela

amapolisa aseDutywangesi siganekonala-pho amapolisa athe xa eleqa kwindawoleyo yexhwayelo afika umfi sele esweleki-le.“Kungoku nje ujamelene nesityholo so-

ku bulala kwaye akwaziwa ukuba kwen-zeke ntoni kwinkosikazi yakhe okwa ngo-ku.” – BABALWA NDLANYA

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Kungoku nje uZukisa Ndwayiba (20)ujamelene nesityholo sokubetha abulaleuBonele Sidyono (18) ngelixa beqhuba lomdlalo. Ukanti uvele kafutshane phambikwenkundla yamatyala kuCentane, zeityala lakhe lamisiselwa umhla we-15

kule nyanga nalapho aza kuthi afake kho-na isicelo sebheyili. Akabuzwanga ukubauya liphika okanye uya livuma kusini naityala eli.Lo ngumdlalo othi udlalwe ngama

khwenkwe endawo enga jonganga kwen-

zakalisana.Osisithethi samapolisa uCaptain Jack-

son Manatha uthe kuvakala ukuba uNd-wayiba lo ubethe umfi kulo mzimba un-gase ntla ngentonga ngelixa bedlala lomdlalo.“Uku bethwa kweli tyendyana kukhole-

le ekubeni liwe phantsi, abantu abadalabaye babizwa ngenjongo zokuba bazameukusindisa umphefumlo kamfi kodwa na-bo baye bohluleka nanjengoko eyewaswelekela kwindawo leyo yexhwayelo,”kubeka uManatha.UManatha ukuqinisekisile ukuba amap-

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BABALWA NDLANYA

AN 18-year-old Butterworth man was ar-rested after he allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman in the Sontini area in the Ski-et informal settlement.

The woman was allegedly dragged toa bushy area near the informal settle-ment and raped on Sunday last week.

Patrolling police were alerted andrushed to the scene. Police spokesmanCaptain Jackson Manatha said the manhad run away and hidden in the informalsettlement.“He was found in one of the shacks and

arrested and charged with rape.”He said the suspect would appear in

the Butterworth Magistrate’s Courtsoon.

Butterworthman held after rape

BABALWA NDLANYA

POLICE are investigating people who boughtstolen goods from two men who were arrestednear Ndabakazi Village in Butterworth lastweek.

Police spokesman, Captain Jackson Ma-natha, said the police would make sure thatthose involved in buying the goods were alsoarrested.

He warned that people buying stolen goodswould also end up in jail.The two suspects, aged between 18 and 27,

were arrested after the burglary of a business.The owner had left his shop at Ndabakazi

locked on Saturday night, but when he openedup in themorning,hediscovered thatawindowhad been broken and items were missing, Ma-natha said.The police found the two suspects selling air-

time and tobacco at Ndabakazi.

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EASTERN Cape police have been put on highalert and are ready to deal swiftly and effective-ly with incidents of xenophobia, says deputyprovincial commissioner Major-General Zam-uthonga Mki.

This follows the first xenophobic attack in theEastern Cape last Friday, following a spate ofattacks in other areas of the country last week.In the first incident of this nature in the East-

ern Cape, four foreign-owned shops were van-dalised in Cala last Friday after it becameknown that a 28-year-old Zimbabwean had beenarrested in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old local woman, Zandile Dudumashe. Ac-cording tomedia reports, themanwas in a rela-tionship with her.In a joint statement with Transport, Safety

and Liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana called forcalmandappealed to the community ofCalanotto become criminals themselves by taking thelaw into their own hands. They should insteadtrust law enforcement officers to do their work.“The SAPS will do everything in its power to

ensure the safety of all citizens and foreign na-tionals. Lawlessness and criminalitywill not betolerated,” he said.Tikana said the Eastern Cape government

condemns in the strongest possible terms theprotests and actions that led to the loss of lives,the destruction of property and the intolerancethat these attacks represented.

She further requested communities not to al-low criminal elements to take advantage of theconcerns of ordinary citizens for their own self-ish motives.The police must be allowed to complete their

investigation and bring the suspect to court forhim to stand trial.“No one has the right to take the law into his/

her own hands nomatter how emotional we be-come and howmuch we seek retribution,” Tik-ana said.She expressed her condolences to the family

and friends of the murdered woman and askedthe community of Cala to rally aroundher fami-ly and support them during this time of mourn-ing.“Revenge and lawlessness will not honour

her memory or help her family to heal,” saidTikana.The MEC also requested the communities of

the Eastern Cape to condemn the spate of vio-lence taking place elsewhere in the country andfor the province to set an example of how every-one could work and live peacefully together inour country, when they respected each otherand obeyed the law.She also called on community, labour and

business leaders and civil society structures toencourage and educate people on the need forpeaceful co-existencewith all who lived in theircommunities.Mki said everyone working and living in the

Eastern Cape must be treated with the necessa-ry dignity and respect.

Police ready todealwithxenophobicattacks

REPORTER

MEMBERS of the Dutywa-based Bholo-thwa Farmers’ Project expect a better har-vest despite the drought earlier in theyear.

They are hoping for about 2.5 tons perhectare from their 120ha mealie fieldsploughedaspart of theEasternCapeRuralDevelopment and Agrarian Reform De-partment’s annual cropping programme.The yield from this year’s harvest is pre-

dicted to be 1.5 tons per hectare less thanthe estimatedyieldbecauseof thedrought.ThecobproducedbyBholothwa farmers

has about 18 rows with 40 kernels in eachrow, signalling an improved quality.Farmer Mlamli Ndlotyeni said he and

his colleagues excelled in the productionof maize, which they used to feed them-selves and their livestock and to sell therest to the local markets.“Since 2004 when massive food produc-

tion started, we have been one of the best-performing communities inmaize produc-tion. Livestock and crop production areimportant for food security and we thankvarious government institutions for thesupport given to us as rural communi-ties,” said Ndlotyeni. Bad weather wastheir main challenge in the area, he said.Another farmer, Vumendlini Ndongeni,

said they were committed to fighting pov-erty in their community.“Although we have this drought, we are

trying our best to produce more from ourland. We expect that, because of the

drought, we will get about four tons perhectare compared with the estimatedeight tons.“We are hit by poverty in this area.

Maize crop production is our effort to fightpoverty. All of us who are in this pro-gramme now benefit from this maize pro-duction because from it we get food andfeed for chickens and livestock.”Speaking at the Bholothwa farmers’

day, EasternCapeRuralDevelopment andAgrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiya-ne, said they were happy to see that localfarmerswere still committed to theirworkeven after the drought.“In the previous financial year, we in-

vested about R864 000 in Bholothwa aloneand in the current financial year we haveset aside about R640 000,” he said.“Thereduction isbecauseweare talking

to farmers about reducing our contribu-tion to the cropping programme in orderto expand our reach to other communi-ties.”“In total we have allocated more than

R13-million forMbhashe for the current fi-nancial year. In that amount, R350 000willbe for stock water dams, R350 000 for reno-vation of dipping tanks, R460 000 for land-care programmes and R500 000 for a com-prehensive agriculture infrastructureprogramme.”Qoboshiyane urged traditional leaders

to leadbyexampleandplough theirmealiefields to show communities the impor-tance of food production in rural commu-nities in fighting poverty, hunger and un-employment.

Dutywa farmers expect bettermealie harvest

Bholothwa farmers Jonginkosi Sokoyi, Vumendlini Ndongeni, Eastern Cape Rural Develop-ment and Agrarian Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane and Mbhashe mayor NoncebaMfecane assess Bholothwa mealie fields hit by drought outside Dutywa. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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IQELA elilwa nomlilo (Working On Fire) wa-madlelo kwindawo yase-Elliot lithabathe inx-axheba ekufundiseni abafundi baseNavarJunior Secondary School ngendlela yokuzikhusela ekusebenziseni umlilo ngendlela en-geyiyo.

Oku kubandakanya ukusebenzisa kwaboimetshisi kunye nezinye izinto ezingathi zib-eke impilo yabo emngciphekweni.

Ukuqinisekisa ukuba abahlali bonke bazigcina bekhuselekile eli qela lithe lazi banda-kanya ekubambeni inkonzo zoku fundisa ab-antu base kuhlaleni.

UKanti uMnu Wongama Copiso noyi Work-ing On Fire’s Provincial Community FireAwareness Training Officer uthi bajongekakhulu kwindawo ezithi zithwaxwe kakhu-

lu ngumlilo ngelixa lase busika.“Kunyakaogqithileyo iphondo laseMpuma

Koloni lithe lathwala nzima kakhulu ngenxayomlilo obusoloko uphethe kakubi abahlali.Kulo nyaka eli qela liza kusebenza nzima ekuqinisekiseni ukuba liya zinciphisa iziganekozemililo kweli phondo,” kubeka uCopiso.

Uvezeukubakulonyakaugqithileyoumliloubulele inqwaba yeemfuyo kunye nabantukwaye ibe buhlungu kakhulu lo nto.

Uthe ezona ndawo ezithanda ukuthwaxwakakhulu yimililo kubalwa idolophu yaseMa-tatiele, Ugie, Hogsback kunye neStutterheim.

LokaCopisouvezeukuba indawoezithandaukuba ngama xhoba omlilo sele bebambe ii-khampeyini zoku fundisa uluntu ngalengxaki.

“Siya themba ukuba kuza kuba khona ut-shintsho emva koku zibandakanya kwethueku fundiseni uluntu. Kwaye siza kuthi si-

phehlelele ngoku sesik-weni ixesha leze mililoekuqaleni kwale nyan-ga izayo. Umcimbi uzakubanjelwa kwidolo-phu yaseMatatiele.”

Ulebele ngelithi in-jongo yabo kukuba bad-ibane nabantu ukuzebakwazi ukuba fundisakwaye baba xhobisengezinto abangazenzaxa kukhona umlilo.

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REPORTER

THE Environmental Affairs Depart-ment’s Working On Fire programme ispreparing its firefighters for the winterfire season.

The programme recently conducted atraining assessment camp at Wiggles-wade Dam.

A total of 446 firefighters receivedtraining at the camp and were issued yel-low cards showing they were ready forthe 2015 fire season.

The major objective of this exercisewas to issue competency cards to allthose who had passed the required fit-ness test and examinations, Working On

Fire Eastern Cape ground operationsmanager, Mxoli Cabela, said.

“We assessed whether they were men-tally and physically fit to face fires dur-ing the fire season.”

He said all the firefighters had workedvery hard to obtain their yellow cards.

Philiswa Mbuku said she was veryhappy to have received the yellow card.

“The tests were very tough, butthrough hard work, passion and dedica-tion we have succeeded as teams,” saidMbuku.

Supporting each other and working asa team had paid off.

“As a crew leader I had to lead by ex-ample and motivate them to pass aswell.”

Firefighters ready for winter actionSome the crew who were trained by Working On Fire. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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REPORTER

A 47-YEAR-OLD Butterworth womanburnt to death after petrol she was mixingnext to a paraffin heater exploded and thehouse caught fire.

Police spokesman, Captain Jackson Ma-natha, said the incident had happened atMchubakazi Location, Zazulwana Village,about 7pm last Friday.Her children said she had been mixing

two-stroke petrol as she had planned to cutthe grass the next morning.The children escaped unhurt, but their

mother was trapped inside the burninghouse. The fire brigade extinguished thefire, but it was too late to save the woman.The Msobomvu police have opened an

inquest docket. The woman’s identity is

being withheld until the majority of hernext of kin have been informed of herdeath.

. In another incident, a man and a wom-an died in a shack fire at the Skiet informalsettlement in Butterworth about 7.30pmlast Thursday.Manatha said the fire might have been

started by a candle. Both victims, whoseages are not known, died at the scene.Their names are being withheld until

their next of kin have been informed oftheir deaths.“The Butterworth police are warning

those who stay in informal settlements tobe extra-careful, especially now that win-ter is near. They should always put out(cooking) fires and candles before they goto bed,” Manatha said.

Momdies inexplosionwhilemixingpetrolnext toheater

REPORTER

SOUTH Africa has an extremely high inci-dence of burn injuries, with an estimated3,2%of thepopulationsuffering froma ther-mal injury annually.

These accidentsmost commonly occur indensely populated, informal settlementswhereparaffin is themostused source of fu-el, andcookingoftentakesplaceonfiresandprimus stoves on the floor.These informal dwellings often consist of

just one room,making it incrediblydifficultto plan safe kitchen and sleeping areas.Children are particularly vulnerable to

burn accidents, and it is one of the leadingcausesofdeathandinjurytoyoungchildrenin South Africa.The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s

Hospital inCapeTownis theonlypaediatrichospital in Sub-Sahara Africa with a trau-ma unit and a burns unit dedicated exclu-sively to children under 12 years old. TheSpecialist C2 Burns Unit treats more than3 500 children with serious burns everyyear.Some 85% of the patients are younger

than six and 98% are from disadvantagedcommunities.The main causes of burn injuries seen at

the Red Cross Burns Unit are hot waterfrom tipping containers above the child’shead or at ground level, and fromunattend-ed fires.When the skin is exposed to excessive

heat, electricity or corrosive chemicals, theresulting tissuedamage is knownas aburn.Burns are usually categorised as follows,

according to the severity of the tissue dam-age:

) First-degree burns, which affect only

the top layer of skin (epidermis), causingmild pain and redness.

) Second-degree burns, which extend tothe layer below the epidermis, the dermis,and cause pain, redness, and blisters thatmay ooze.

) Third-degree burns, which involve alllayers of the skin and can also damage theunderlying bones, muscles and tendons.Theburnsiteappearspale, charredor leath-ery, andwhere nerve endings have been de-stroyed there is no sensation in the area.The appropriate treatment for burns de-

pendsontheextentof the tissuedamage, thecause of the burn, andwhether or not an in-fection is present. Infection is a primaryconcern, followed closely by dehydration.A burn injury leads to a loss of fluid

through the skin and potential symptomsinclude thirst, weakness, lightheadednessand dizziness.While the burn injuries themselves cause

tremendous pain, the healing process isequally traumatic. As the new skin beginsto form, intolerable pruritus (post-burnitch) develops. This condition, caused by se-vere dehydration, can be unbearable foranyone, but particularly young children.The itchiness causes them to scratch in-

cessantly, which, in addition to the obviousdiscomfort, has the detrimental effect ofdestroying the newly-formed skin. This

leads to additional skin grafts, sepsis andscarring, as well as longer hospitalisation.Psychological problems due to post-burn

itching are also common and can vary froman inability to sleep, fear, anxiety, depres-sion and anger.Thehealed burnwound is often accompa-

niedbyanxietyandemotionaldistress if theinjury has resulted in cosmetic damage oran altering of the person’s appearance.

Children at high risk of burn injuries

Readers have their say aboutattacks on foreigners

Luthando Mwezeni: I hope these attacks willcome to an end before our family membersand friends are affected.

YoungExpress readers inElliotdalehaveurgedthegovernment todosomethingaboutattacksonforeignersas theysaythe issuecanaffect their familymemberswhoareworking inotherprovinces.

Nwabisa Madala: God must have mercy andprevent more attacks.

Lisa Wopela: I am afraid because what ishappening in KwaZulu-Natal can also happenin our areas. The government must come upwith a plan. PHOTOS: BABALWA NDLANYA

Linda Ngcume: The government must try tosolve this immediately because we arebrothers and sisters. What is worse, ourrelatives are also working in Durban so thisis really affecting us.

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WEE!! Mr Nathi Ntleko, we would like tocall on you our dear brother to tell us thecriteria you use if not follow so that yourmember can be able to drive a state car. We-na ungazinto, uNathi Ntleko is a ministerof police. You know what; these guys (po-licemen) are our protectors and they are al-ways in a rush chasing the criminals. Thatalone needs a perfect driver, but your boys,Nathi, in terms of driving raise unan-swered questions. To drive fast also needsaccuracy and not hurt or disturb others onthe road, but bona they just drive tellingthemselves that they are policemen andthere must be no one on the road when theyare speeding. Just for the sake of conveyinginformation and knowledge for our lovelyreaders. We were passing a Police Camp inUTA. Wow!! A number of damaged vehiclesare more than the ones that are in use bythe police stations around UTA. Tell themgossip team. We stop and found that manyare involved in collision whilst othersseem as if they rolled. Asikho apho ke thinawe were just passing a message to our dearreaders who always complain about the po-lice stations which they don’t have vehiclesto respond to criminal calls. We were driv-

ing our Turu-turu following a marked po-lice vehicle. You know when you are driv-ing you are always observant using all themirrors to check other cars. Mara, the guywho was driving that vehicle astonished uswhen he suddenly made a u-turn. OW!! Weimmediately applied the brakes but the carthat was on the fast lane was not that luckyas it just went straight and crashed intothat van. Nanko mntu wakhona ephuma et-sho ngomkhulu ummpu esinqeni uqondakoo-‘my friend’. Ünditshayiselani”, Shamenabo babona ipolisa abasazi nokuba lilo eli-wrong. Hayi let us zip our mouths we werejust conveying what we saw ukuba kuphe-leli phi kuthiwa ngubani o-wrong we don’tknow.

Hayi yintlungu kumzali ke leYintoni ngoku boys? Asiboni enye i-ou-

tieesasiyazi isebenza ebank phaya eLusiki

seyi-yinto nje ebonakala ukuba ayina-di-rection in life. Uhakwana uqobo lwakhe. Lomfana wayemhle kungumafana nje ozib-hekileyo. In our visit in Lusikisiki recentlywe saw the guy sitting next to a certainmeat outlet in the Main Street of that town.

Simbone sisekude simfanisa, sizame ukus-ondela just ukuqinisekisa ukuba nguyemampela na? Hayi nyhani shame kuthekanti nguye and akasasazi unxile umdaka.Yinto ese-yithetha yodwa iyigqibe incokode ucinge ukuba ithetha nomntu kanti lut-ho. Kanti utywala obu bunjani? Mara he islucky enough because eya nto yokuhambaethetha yedwa ebusuku iyamsindisa kwiz-igebengu zala dolophu. I wonder umzaliwakhe uthini xa embona kuba akamazi en-jeya koko ijiki lamthatha lamenza umntuwalo de lamoxutha nengqondo. Shame, asa-zi nokuba abaliboni na ukuba linobungozieli jiki labo.

Siyaphi?As usazi ukuba singuwonke wonke sifu-

maneka kuyo yonke indawo kananjalo.Our whole last weekend we spent our timeeLusikisiki in an endeavour to gather newsfor you. Ja, besikade siphelela etown xa si-funa ezi nto sizakuzibhala, iindaba keukutsho oko. Mara last weekend we decid-ed to focus outside the town, de sayofikakwindawo ekuthiwa yi-Tshotsho bangenekwaphaya eLusiki. Hayi bafethu ziyadumaand imali yeqolo iphelela phaya kwaba

bamkelela abantwana babo. Kusela ndit-sho nobonayo ukuba ke lo bekufanele usah-leli nabazali ekhaya angabuyi ekuseni.Kanti madoda xa sizinikele ejiki ngolu hlo-bo siyaphi kanye-kanye? Hayi zikhona zo-na ezinye itakalana esifike zime nomdludlawebotile le brand ngoku ekuhambenikwexesha ibrand iyazixhuthela sekun-gathi ngamantshontsho la enethiwe. Ngekeingaqhumi i-rape kula nto siyibone phayaand umntu angazazi nokuba zazolukelephi.Kuyatsho ukuthi nabazali shame bohlu-lakele kuba aba bantu basafanele ukuthibagcinwe in doors in a watchful eye of par-ents to protect them from the monsterwhich is out there to devour the young peo-ple. Nevertheless now they are exposingthemselves to that monster as they are outof hand of their parents. Nqanda baba si-yatshabalala isizwe sakho. And ndiyaku-thandaza Bawo osemazulwini uze uke usig-cine de sibe ngamaxhego sikwazi ukubonaimpilo yesi sizwe sizayo ukuba bazakusi-phatha kanjani oojikini aba, kuba ngokuingathi ayikho into ecingwayo sesi isizu-kulwana ngaphandle kweenyembezi zom-lungu.Hayi masiyeke izinto zabantu nezet-hu zisasilindile. Until next time.

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From a busy 2014 Boxer entered the newyear by hitting the ground running with itsinfamous “Boxer Super Shopper Show”,whichbecame an annual theme due to public de-mand.

By this alone, it was evident that the Boxerbrand customised its offerings and listened toits shoppers’ wants and needs. Through therepeated success of the Boxer Super ShopperShow, Boxer received international recogni-tion.

Now the community hero is shouting fromthe rooftops, ormore like it, through radio sta-tions, about Boxer’s new campaign “We SpeakLow Prices”.

Thismonth sees the launch of another Box-er “first of its kind” campaignwithin the retailsector. “We Speak Low Prices” is innovative,exciting, and different. It is also somethingthat will be spoken about all over the countrybecause of its simplicity and because of theimpact it will definitely have on every com-munity Boxer trades in.

“WeSpeakLowPrices” is a unique campaignthat allows Boxer to connect with its shop-pers via the largest advertising medium inSouth Africa within its target market.

It is a fact that radio in South Africa hasthe power to expand over languages, cultures,income brackets and so much more. No mat-ter who you are or what you do, the chancesare, if you live in the same town, you will belistening to the same radio station. This formof communication/ advertising/ entertain-ment is still the preferredway to stay updatedand informed on a variety of topics.

Although the campaign is centred on radio,

Boxer has not held back when it comes togaining maximum campaign exposure viaprint, TV adverts and on leaflets. Boxer’s so-cial media platforms are also in full swingwhen it comes to promoting the “We SpeakLow Prices” campaign.

“We Speak Low Prices” introduces a uniquecompetition titled “What’s The Low Price?”which can be heard on nine SABC regional ra-dio stations.

Being able to run a competition via radiois a fantastic way to get more people to hearabout Boxer.With the “What’s the LowPrice?”competition taking place live on air duringweekdays over the campaign period, peopleacross South Africa will be listening to nineDJs speaking about Boxer at the same time.

The nine radio stations are Ukhozi FM, Ik-wekwezi FM, Lesedi FM, Motsweding FM,Munghana Lonene FM, Phala Phala FM,Thobela FM and Umhlobo Wenene FM.

Those who wish to play the game will first

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The on-air DJ will ask, “What’s The LowPrice?” of a specific product on leaflet. Thecustomer will need to call the radio stationand tell the DJ what the low price on the leaf-let is.

If correct, the DJ will then ask for the prod-uct’s pay-off line. If the customer gets bothquestions correct, he or shewill be thewinnerof a R1 500 Boxer gift card.

Boxer will give away one R1 500 Boxer giftcard per weekday, per radio station over thecampaign period. This means that Boxer willbe giving away half amillion rands to custom-ers who play “What’s The Low Price?”. Thecompetition mechanics are simple and offerall Boxer shoppers and potential shoppers achance to win big with Boxer.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

THE Elliotdale Spar is on a missionto uplift pupils from the rural areasof Elliotdale by hosting a sports tour-nament and debate at the ElliotdaleSports Ground today.

Store manager Sam Xulu said theywanted to host this event annuallywith the aim of motivating pupilswho liked sport.They had hosted the event last

year, but there had not been enoughtime to organise it properly.“Seven senior secondary schools

around Elliotdale will be participat-

ing,” he said.The schools taking partwill be

the Elliotdale Tech Senior Sec-ondary School, Jalamba SeniorSecondary School, GanizuluSenior Secondary School, No-bangile Senior SecondarySchool, Zwelenqaba Senior Sec-ondary School, Gwebityala Sen-ior Secondary School and Ngan-golwandle Senior SecondarySchool.Pupils will participate in vari-

ous sports, such as rugby, soc-cer, softball, volleyball, netball.

There will also be a debatecompetition.

Sports, debateday for Elliotdalepupils

Elliotdale Spar manager Sam Xulu.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

BABAKWA NDLANYA

AT the age of 88 Hlekani Qudaleleis no youngster, but he is still goingstrong and aiming to keep his topspot in the national Golden Ageathletics events for senior citizens.

Qudalele achieved first positionin the relay nationals in Mpuma-langa last year and last week theMbhashe municipality hosted acelebration forhim inCuntsulaLo-cation, Elliotdale.He won three awards in the na-

tional contest - Golden Age, Leg-endsAwards andSportsmanOf theYear.Ward 13 councillor XoliswaWill-

ie said they were proud to have achampion in their area.“He put ourward on themap and

the municipality is looking for-ward to supporting him. This is alesson to other elders that it is im-portant for them to stand up and dosomething.”She said the municipality had a

special programme to assist theelderly and disabled and she wassureQudalelewould be able to ben-efit from it.Qudalele said it had been a diffi-

cult decision for him to participateas he had been afraid of failure.“But I toldmyself that I would be

a failure if I did not give myself a

chance to participate, and then Istarted in the athletics held by themunicipality and won.”He won again in an event in East

London.Qudalele said he was very happy

because success had given him thestrength and confidence to partici-pate again.He said he had wonmoney, some

of which he had used to renovate

his home, and now had money inhis bank account.“I want to encourage people who

think they are old that they muststand up and do something. It isnever too late to start somethingnew in their lives,” he said.He also advised the youth to stay

away from crime and take up sportinstead of destroying their liveswith alcohol.

Hlekani still beating the competition at age of 88

Hlekani Qudalele is congatulated by Mbhashe municipality communitydevelopment worker Sdudla “Orbit” Nangu and councillor Xoliswa Willie.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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IMBUMBAyamakhosikazi kwiband-la i-Anglican Church (Amatshetshi)kwiKhalinyanga Archdeaconry kwi-Dioces yaseNgcobo kwiphondo le-Mpuma Koloni ithe yazisa imfudu-malo nanjengoko sijonge kwingqeleeqhaqhazelisa amazinyo yasebusika.

La manina athabathe isigqibo so-

kuba kungabikho namnye umntwa-na oyakuthi agodole xa esesibhedlelekobu busika. Le mbumba yamakhos-ikazi ithe yandwendwele abantwanakwisibhedlele i-All Saints eNgcobokwiveki esiyisingelayo nekulaphobebebaphathele izipho ezintlobo-ntlobo eziqukaneempahla ezishushuzasebusika.Ziikomiti zontlanu zamakhosikazi

eli bandla ezithe zandwendwele kwe-

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ikazi uNkosikazi Francis Ndyavut-wa uthe abazisanga nje iimpahlakuphela kwaba bantwana koko bap-hethe nomthandazo ozakuthi uban-ike ithemba babone ukuba abakhobodwa apho esibhedlele. “Nokubabaselunxunguphalweni esibhedlelekodwa mabazi ukuba bakhona aba-bajongileyo bevelana nabo kananja-lo. Nangona bekulendawo kufanalebayifumane imfudumalo eyakufananaleyo yasekhaya,” uthethe watsho.Ukwadize nokuba iiwadi zabant-

wana kwesa sibhedlele sele bezitha-thele kubo beyile mbumba ukuzerhoqo ngonyaka bamane ukuya ku-phosa ilitye esivivaneni kwezo mpu-la zikalujaca zilele ngandletyananyeesibhedle. Ukwathembi se ukuba eliphulo bazakuthi baliqhube nakwim-inyaka ezayo.Phakathi kwezinto ezithe zanikel-

wa ngala makhosikazi ziquka izintozokulala ezifudumeleyo, ukutya, iz-iqhamo kwakunye nezinye izinto ez-ithi zigcine abantwana benento yok-wenza nokuba balapho esibhedlele.

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THE Mnquma Mayor’s Cup comes to a cli-max at the Msobomvu Stadium in Butter-worth on Saturday.

Supporters are looking forward to excitingsemi-finals and finals in sports such as men’sand women’s soccer and rugby and four net-ball teams battling for great prizes in this an-nual event.

Mnquma mayor Bhabha Ganjana said itwould be a great weekend for sport fans.

“All these teams came from 31 wards in theMnquma area. The tournament started lastyear, with clubs playing in the elimination

stages to book their places in the semi-finalsand finals this weekend.”

He said he would love to see parents andeveryone around Mnquma coming out innumbers to watch the games and cheer on theplayers.

Mnquma Sport Confederation chairman,Simphiwe Tsipa, thanked the municipalityfor the initiative. He said they were happyto see Ganjana working with them to revivesport and improving it in the area.

“We are very happy about this even be-cause it has changed the lives of the youthin our area. We hope this will always takeplace because it helps the youth to stay awayfrom drugs and alcohol abuse,” he said.

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Mnquma mayor Bhabha Ganjanacuts the ribbon during theMayor’s Cup launch at Msobom-vu Hall. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

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ROYAL intervention could save the failingMthatha football club, Thembu Royals.

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s spokes-man in Bumbane Great Place, Chief Mfun-do Bovulengwe Mtirara, said in an exclu-sive interview that they had met ThembuRoyals and heard about their problem andthey took it very seriously.

The king’s father, the late King SabathaDalindyebo, and other AbaThembu royalfamilies were instrumental in the forma-tion of the club.

Even the late President Nelson Mandela,who was also a member of AbaThembu roy-al family, donated R100 000 and a minibusto the club in about 1996. Mvezo Develop-ment donated R50 000.

Mtirara’s revelations followed a reportin the Express which disclosed that Them-bu Royals FC was in a state of demise dueto a financial crisis after the death of its di-rector, DZ Dukada.

After three staunch fans noticed theproblem in the club they took a stand tosave it from being relegated from the ABCMotsepe league. Since they did not havemoney to run the team, they appealed toany businessman to take the club and runit.

Mtirara said that after their meetingthey had started a campaign to save theclub.

“We are in consultation with a numberof business people. As AbaThembu, this isour club and we cannot afford to lose it.”

The Greens, as the team is affectionatelyknown, was formed in 1955 and it was awell-known brand in football in the formerTranskei. In its cabinet, it has many cupswhich it won in the Transkei Football Asso-ciation and other leagues. Several soccerlegends in the Transkei were produced bythe club.

Royal house backs bid torescue Thembu Royals

Bumbane Great Place spokesman ChiefMfundo Mtirara. Photo: SIM MDLEDLE