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press ISOLOMZI 20 000 COPIES WEEKLY Cala | Dutywa | Butterworth | Centani | Elliotdale | Ngcobo | Tsomo Nqamakwe | Willowvale | Cofimvaba | Elliot THURSDAY June 23, 2016 |0 047 050 4430 | www.isoexpress.co.za | Facebook: Mthatha Express | Twitter: @MthathaExpress | [email protected] or [email protected] EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE DEBT PROBLEMS? Need more money on payday? Scared to answer your phone? No more sleepless nights Pay one monthly instalment on all your debt SMALLER City Centre, Mthatha, 1 Floor, Office 201A 047-531 0129 / 079 573 5495 / 076 371 6640 st X1RFWXAR-TE090616 BUNTU GOTYWA A LTHOUGH they feel their voices might not be enough, young An- glican Church members say they are determined to make known their displeasure about crimes against older citizens. They took to the streets last week to voice their concerns about what they called a flur- ry of crimes against old people, women and children in Dutywa. The Anglican Youth Fellowship Diocese of Mbhashe had planned to deliver a memoran- dum to the Dutywa police station. However they were told on the day of the march that due to the June 16 celebrations happening in all corners of the country, no one was available to accept the memoran- dum. That did little to dampen their spirits and they proceeded to their church to address the issues of crime in the Mbhashe municipality. The gender and health officer of the Angli- can Church in Mbhashe, Patrick Msengana, said they had chosen to focus on the challen- ges facing the community instead of the usu- al June 16 celebrations. He said the youth were responsible for the increase in crime in Dutywa and not shying away from addressing the issue might be the best option to come up with solutions. “There have long been June 16 celebra- tions so we decided to use our voices about the issues that affect our community. “It is the youth who are responsible for many of the crimes against old people and women. “We are just hoping that many young peo- ple of Dutywa take a stand in the fight against crime in their own towns and help. We are looking to see change,” said Msengana. Anglican Church youth chaplain Rever- end Luzuko Dote said they had a member who had been vocal about crime against women and children who herself had been a victim. Youth march against crime PHOTO ABOVE RIGHT: Anglican Church marching in the streets of Dutywa in Protest against crime in the town. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA BUNTU GOTYWA MORE than 20 schools in Cofimvaba will ben- efit from the new multimillion-rand science centre being built in Cofimvaba. Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor kicked off the first phase of the project at a sod- turning event in Cofimvaba. The centre is part of the Department of Sci- ence and Technology’s drive to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in Cofimvaba. The eco-friendly building is expected to be completed in December this year. The centre will be the first science centre in the country to be purpose-built with green science, technology and innovation used in the building. It will produce the energy it needs through solar panels on the rooftop and small-scale wind turbines. Pandor said her department’s role was to develop a society knowledgeable about sci- ence. “The centre will provide young people with information about science, engineering and technology and will also have science and technology career awareness as one of its pro- grammes,” she said. “Our young people should be given oppor- tunities to be innovative in the field of science and come up with life-changing novelties.” Pandor said she hoped this project would encourage young scholars to not only study science and technology in schools but to go further in the field by pursuing degrees in sci- ence and technology. Cofimvana senior secondary school princi- pal Noxolo Sabatha said the centre will help pupils on the practical side of science. “We believe we will have more scientists and doctors because this science which is said to be difficult will be easier because the centre will be well equipped with everything. “We will stop theorising about science and teach them about things they are able to see and touch,” said Sabatha. Pupils from the surroundingare welcomed the innovation and said the centre would be good for their careers. Sisanda Dlakiya said she was happy be- cause the centre would give them with knowledge and let them be creative in sci- ence. Azole Thule Mdula said rural chidlren would benefit the most from the centre and it would give them many career choices to pursue within the science field. Sinethemba Sijula said: “The centre will open our minds especially. “We will have many opportunities because many opportunities in the science field now go to people from other countries.” Minister launches science centre Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

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ALTHOUGH they feel their voicesmight not be enough, young An-glican Church members saythey are determined to makeknown their displeasure about

crimes against older citizens.

They took to the streets last week to voicetheir concerns about what they called a flur-ry of crimes against old people, women and

children in Dutywa.The Anglican Youth Fellowship Diocese of

Mbhashe had planned to deliver a memoran-dum to the Dutywa police station.However they were told on the day of the

march that due to the June 16 celebrationshappening in all corners of the country, noone was available to accept the memoran-dum.That did little to dampen their spirits and

they proceeded to their church to address theissues of crime in theMbhashemunicipality.

The gender and health officer of the Angli-can Church in Mbhashe, Patrick Msengana,said they had chosen to focus on the challen-ges facing the community instead of the usu-al June 16 celebrations.He said the youth were responsible for the

increase in crime in Dutywa and not shyingaway from addressing the issue might be thebest option to come up with solutions.“There have long been June 16 celebra-

tions so we decided to use our voices aboutthe issues that affect our community.

“It is the youth who are responsible formany of the crimes against old people andwomen.“We are just hoping that many young peo-

ple ofDutywa take a stand in the fight againstcrime in their own towns and help. We arelooking to see change,” said Msengana.Anglican Church youth chaplain Rever-

end Luzuko Dote said they had a memberwho had been vocal about crime againstwomen and children who herself had been avictim.

Youthmarchagainst crime

PHOTO ABOVE RIGHT: Anglican Church marching in the streets of Dutywa in Protest against crime in the town. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

MORE than 20 schools inCofimvabawill ben-efit from the new multimillion-rand sciencecentre being built in Cofimvaba.Science and Technology Minister Naledi

Pandor kicked off the first phase of theproject at a sod- turning event in Cofimvaba.The centre is part of the Department of Sci-

ence and Technology’s drive to improve theteaching and learning of mathematics andscience in Cofimvaba.The eco-friendly building is expected to be

completed in December this year.The centre will be the first science centre

in the country to be purpose-built with greenscience, technology and innovation used inthe building.It will produce the energy it needs through

solar panels on the rooftop and small-scalewind turbines.

Pandor said her department’s role was todevelop a society knowledgeable about sci-ence.“The centrewill provide young peoplewith

information about science, engineering andtechnology and will also have science andtechnology career awareness as oneof its pro-grammes,” she said.“Our young people should be given oppor-

tunities tobe innovative in the fieldof scienceand come up with life-changing novelties.”Pandor said she hoped this project would

encourage young scholars to not only studyscience and technology in schools but to gofurther in the fieldbypursuingdegrees in sci-ence and technology.Cofimvana senior secondary school princi-

pal Noxolo Sabatha said the centre will helppupils on the practical side of science.“We believe we will have more scientists

and doctors because this science which is

said to be difficult will be easier because thecentrewill bewell equippedwith everything.“Wewill stop theorising about science and

teach them about things they are able to seeand touch,” said Sabatha.Pupils from the surroundingare welcomed

the innovation and said the centre would begood for their careers.Sisanda Dlakiya said she was happy be-

cause the centre would give them withknowledge and let them be creative in sci-ence.Azole Thule Mdula said rural chidlren

would benefit the most from the centre andit would give them many career choices topursue within the science field.Sinethemba Sijula said: “The centre will

open our minds especially.“Wewill havemany opportunities because

many opportunities in the science field nowgo to people from other countries.”

Minister launches science centre

Minister of Science and Technology, NalediPandor. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

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umtyholwauthewadutyulwawonzakalazekwa-

fumaneka nommpu ongenamaphepha-mvume.Kuvakalaukuba lamadoda athe athatha isambasemali esingadizwanga nekungoku nje asagcwe-le amathafa.Iiziphatha-mandla zamapolisa kweli phondo

zivakalise ukukhathazeka ngesisiganeko zisit-sho zinqwelela ilungu lazo ukukhawuleza li-phile. Ïintliziyo zethu zigqithisa olukhulu uvel-wano olu kusapho lwakhe nakubahlobo. Icande-lo lesipolisa liyakuthi linikezele ngoncedo naphina apho ludingeka khona kusapho ngelixeshalobunzima”,ubekewatshouMajorGeneralZam-uthango Mki wamapolisa kulammandla.

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USUKU lwe June 16 lolunye lwentsukuezihlonishiweyo nezigcwele imibhiyozoeMzansi Afrika.

Kodwa iziganeko zolwaphulo mthethoazikhethi suku.Nanjengoko ilizwe belotyiswe yimi-

bhiyozo yolusuku, kwezinye imbambozeli intsapho eziliqela bezikhalelaukuphulukana komphefumlo womnyewezihlobo.Isikhwele sendoda siphele ngokusuba

umphefumlo wendoda enama 24 eminy-aka eNkelekethe kwilali yaseTeko ku-Centane.

Esisehlo senzeke emva kokuvuka ko-bukhwele kumadoda amabini arhanel-wa ngokwabelana ngentokazi nekula-pho ixhoba liye lahlatywa kumantla om-zimba laze lasweleka ngoko nagoko.Othethela ampolisa uCaptain Jackson

Manatha uthi esisehlo senzeke kumsem-benzi wesintu obuqhubeka kulengingqi.“amaoda ebekwintonjane, kwaye kur-

haneleka ukuba unobangela wesisehlosisikhwele nangona kukholeleka ukubaesisibini besisabelana ngentokazi en-ye,” utsho uManatha.Ukanti ukwathe amapolisa akuCen-

tane kulindeleke abambe isgilamkhubakungekudala nanjengoko ehlala kwaku-lelali yaye esaziwa ngamapolisa.

Isikhwele, unobangelawokufakwendoda yakuCentane

BUNTU GOTYWA

OMNYE umzekelo wokuba akukho baniunokubaleka ingalo yomthetho.Indoda enam 23 eminyaka izovela kwin-

kundla kamantyi kuCentane ngetyala lokub-ulala. Lendoda ibanjwe eKapa kwiveki ephe-lileyo ngetyala eyalenza kuCentane.Umrhanelwa ujongene netyala lokubulala

uHlebo Mchumane wakwaZidenge kwilali

yaseMnaymeningomnyakaka2012kwinyan-ga kaAugust. Ingxelo ithi umrhanelwa wafu-na icuba ngesinyanzeliso kwixhoba.Ixhoba ebelinama 34 eminyaka ngethuba

lesehloalizange livumengomdizawalo lisithialinakwabelana nomdiza nenkwenkwe.Kulapho umrhanelwa wakhupha khona

imela wonda ngexhoba de labe liyawunabelauqaqaqa.Amapolisa akuCentane avula ityala lokub-

ulala umarhanelwa akafunyanwa ndawongethuba ephandwa ngabakwantsasana.Akungafumaneki ityala liye lanikezelwa

kumapolisa aseGcuwa nathe akwazi ukufu-mana eyona ndayo umrhanelwa azimelekuyo, eKapa. Ukanti umphathi wamapolisaeGcuwa uBrigadier Stanley Sibhidla uwun-comile umsebenzi wamapolisa seGcuwa esi-thi oku kuzozisa ukukhululeka kusapholwexhoba.

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A 21-YEAR-OLD woman and a 25-year-oldman were shot dead in a hail of bullets inan attack at about 8pm on Sunday in Water-fall Park, Mthatha.According to police spokesperson, Colonel

Mzukisi Fatyela, three armed men with ri-fles entered a home in Magwa Street, Water-fall Park, while the family were preparingto eat supper.They stood at the door and opened fire on

the people inside the house, killing the wom-an instantly. A one-year-old baby was justshaved on the head by a bullet.Fatyela said thewomanhad bulletwounds

in her upper body and she had been alonewith the baby in the house.He said that after shooting the woman, the

culprits had continued shooting in the nextflats, where they killed the 25-year-old manand seriously wounded his mother, who hadbeen admitted to hospital.“Weneed the community to assist us in the

investigation by coming forwardwith infor-mation that can lead to quick arrests,” Faty-ela said.“These guns are in the wrong hands and

we need to apprehend these criminals beforethey cause huge damage in society withthem.”It seemed it had not been a robbery and

that the suspects had intended to kill.He suspected that the rifles that were used

in this incident might be ones that wererobbed from their owners in Khwezi town-ship. They were still investigating if theowner of the rifles had licences to own them.He said they had collected 17 cartridges atthe scene.

. In a separate incident a 41-year-oldwoman was raped and killed in Jece Admin-istrative Area in Ntywenka locality.She was staying with her two grandchil-

dren when the intruders entered the house,raped her and stabbed her to death.Fatyela said they were investigating the

case.

Two killed in hail of bullets inMthatha

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MEMBERS of the African Hawkers Associa-tion have threatened to cause havoc in thestreets of Mthatha if the King Sabatha Dal-indyebo (KSD) Municipality and Departmentof EconomicAffairs in theEasternCape donotrespond to their demands.

Hundreds of Mthatha hawkers, in alliancewith the Mthatha Crisis Committee and KingSabathaDalindyebo’s small,mediumandmac-ro enterprises (SMMEs), took part in an enor-mous march which brought Mthatha to astandstill on Tuesday last week.

They delivered a memorandum to the De-partment ofEconomicAffairs in theBothaSig-cau building, before moving to the municipali-ty’s office.

They said they would wait until July 12 fora response, but if it was not forthcoming, theywould on July 13 ensure that Mthatha becameungovernable as they were “sick and tired” ofbeing ill-treated by the municipality.

“Wewill paintMthatharedorblackbecausewe cannot tolerate being deprived of our rightsby the municipality,” Wellington Mbalo ofMthatha Manufacturers Association said.

The hawkers said they did not benefit fromthe department and had no shelters for theirrented stands.

The march was led by African Hawkers As-sociation president, Fundile Jalile, who saidthere was no way they would accept their landof birth being controlled by a municipalitywith apartheid laws. Jalilewarned themunici-pality to stop treating local hawkers “likeslaves” and to consider the foreign traders andwhites.

African Hawkers Association president,Fundile Jalile said they were sick and tired of

being chased away by municipal officers incertain streets like York and Madeira whiletheywere trading, forcing themto tradeon thebank of the Mthatha River.

“How can we trade in an area where therearenopeople?Wherewouldweget thecustom-ers?” asked Jalile.

He emphasised that they would trade inthese streetsuntil aHighCourt rulingwasgiv-en.

Hawkers took the matter of being chasedaway from the Mthatha CBD to court, disput-ing the municipality’s right to chase themaway.

“The only thing we need from the munici-pality is to create a market for us and provideus with tools and shelters at the places wherewe are trading,” Jalile said.

The hawkers’ demands include the reversalof sale of all properties allegedy sold in a cor-rupt and devious manner to capitalists, whichthey say has rendered long-time occupants ofthese properties homeless and destitute.

HawkerLindiweMlonzi said themunicipal-ity treated them in a disrespectful way.

“Municipal officers come to us as if they areattacking criminals who have no rights totrade in this town,” she said.

“Theirapproachisverybad.Peoplewhoseeus being chased away will think we are thugs.

But we are just trying to survive and ashawkers we also play a cardinal role in curb-ing crime because some of the criminal activi-tiesoccur in frontofusandwewillneverallowthat.”

She also said they did not have shelters, toi-lets or water at their places of trading.

Economic Affairs OR Tambo region admin-istrator, Sandile Gwayi, promised that hewould send the memorandum to the MEC andthey would respond soon.

Hawkers threaten to causehavoc

Hawkers in front of the Botha Sicgau building, where they delivered their memorundum.

DEPUTY Water and Sanitation Minister, Pam-ela Tshwete, accompanied by Emalahleni may-or Nomveliso Nyukwana, addressed the peopleof Lady Frere and surrounding villages on thewater and sanitation challenges at a meeting atthe Lady Frere Sports Stadium recently.

The deputy minister’s visit emanated fromconcerns raised by some of the people from thatpart of the province during a popular MhloboWenene FM talk show.

The callers appealed to her to provide moneyto theirmunicipalitysothat theycoulddrawwa-

ter fromnearbydams to supply the surroundingvillages.

In her address, Tshwete said it was the peo-ple’s right to raise their concerns so that thegov-ernment could respond.

She confirmed the water problem in the areaand said the department would deal with it,working with the municipality.

Tshweteexpressedhergratitude to thepeopleof the area for raising the issue so that the gov-ernmentcouldattendto it.Shepromisedtomon-itor the revamp of the water system in the area.

It was highlighted during the event that themainchallengeinLadyFrerewasoldinfrastruc-ture which negatively affected water pressure,thus affecting water supply.

Drought was also mentioned as a big problemwhichhadresulted in the implementationofwa-ter restrictions.

Meanwhile, 280 pupils from the Chris HaniDistrict Municipality are taking part in the Waron Leaks programme and are undergoing train-ing. After completing their training they will re-ceive accreditation and certificates.

Provincial department spokesperson, Than-dile Ngcume said that after the War on Leakstraining, thelearnerswouldbeplacedinmunici-palities and other government institutionswhere their skills were needed to address waterleaks.

He also disclosed that the department had is-sued bursaries to encourage learners to pursuecareers in water management in a bid to in-crease the pool of engineers and scientists as thecountry faced a shortage of them.- SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Lady Frerewater challenges addressed

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE regional African National CongressYouth League (ANCYL) has set the recordstraight, lambasting the ANC members whoare behind the establishment of Sabi-Mbilafriends.

Sabi-Mbila’s friends is a group that was es-tablished after the arrest of two top leadersof the ANC, former ANC regional chairper-son Thandekile Sabisa and former regionalsecretary, Lawrence Mambila in connectionwith the attempted murder of present ANCregional chairperson, Xolile Nkompela andthe murder of his bodyguard in Decemberlast year. The group is supporting these twoleaders during their several court appear-ances raising their discontent over their ar-rest. The two are again expected to appearin the Tsolo magistrate court on July 11.

ANCYL regional Chairperson, AyandaGantsho, stressed that they are totallyagainst the idea of the group, because it ismisleading, calling for the National Execu-tive Committee (NEC) to intervene. Gant-sho said the tendency of old leaders who re-sorted to use youth if they are dissatisfiedwith the processes of the organisation dur-ing the conferences, must come to an end.Gantsho said the national leadership mustdeal directly with the Sabi-Mbila group.

In his response, ANC regional chairper-son, Xolile Nkompela called for calmness inthis matter stating that they are committedto solve the matter and it needed the region-al leadership to sit down to discuss the mat-

ter.“Let us cool down and go to the drawing

board so thatwecancomeoutwitha concretesolution. What is important is to close thisgap here at home, but we will engage the na-tional leadership during the process,” saidNkompela.Express tried to find response from the co-

ordinator and spokesperson of Sabi-Mbilafriends, Baxolile Kulu. “I am still driving toQumbu then you can call me in the next 30minutes,” he said. When Express again triedto call him, his cell phone was off and he didnot respond to our messages.

ANCYL lashedoutonSabi-Mbila friends

Ayanda Gantsho Regional Chairperson of theANCYL. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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FOR the youth of Teko Fihla in Centane, thecelebration of Youth Day does not seem tohave any significant meaning and last week’snationwide celebrations were just anotherday to forget for them.

The area is reported to have high rates ofdrug use, crimes which include excessive useof dangerous weapons like machetes, androbbery.

Ntembeko Maphasa said there was nothingto keep the youth busy, hence the high rateof crime in the village.

He said that with the scarcity of jobs, activ-ities like sport would go a long way in un-shackling the minds of many.

However not a single activity was in place

to keep them busy.Attempts by Army of God church leader

Nceba Mbunge to get through to the youthfailed dismally after he called for them tospend the day on the village’s sports field.

He had planned a soccer match in an at-tempt to lure the youth and address them onthe many ills facing them.

However the huge number of villagers thathad answered the call were let down by thelate arrival of the officials invited to addressthem.

In turn most of them got back to their dailyroutine of sitting in their corners and watch-ing the sun set.

“Many of the guys here had filled the stadi-um after a promise they would be given soc-cer equipment.

“But then they were disappointed and de-

cided to give up on the wait and went backto their corners doing nothing,” saidMbunge.

He said social development officials fromMnquma had been supposed to provide soc-cer wear, but had not arrived and, being usedto disappointment, the young people had notbothered to wait for any explanations.

Teka Fihla headman Watchman Sontshe-be said crime was spiralling out of controlin the village and he blamed parents wholacked the ability to discipline their chil-dren.

He said the village had tried numeroustimes to come up with solutions regardingthe crime in the area.

He said he hoped for anything that wouldkeep the people of his village busy, and sportwas a necessity.

NoJune16celebrations forCentaneyouth

Pastor Nceba Mbunge (with red tie) wasdisappointed that very few answered his call tohold a day of celebrations for the youth.

PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

YOUNG people must ensure that they workon making South Africa a better countryand stop burning education facilities whenthey are dissatisfied, ANC treasurer-gener-al Zweli Mkhize says.

Mkhize was addressing young people atthe Walter Sisulu University (WSU) NelsonMandela Campus in Mthatha during theJune 16 celebrations.

“We must not undermine the things wehave already achieved,” he said.

The government was operating on limitedresources to rebuild a nation which hadbeen broken into pieces by the apartheid re-gime, so the resources that had been dam-aged created a huge obstacle to progress.

“Don’t be impatient with your democraticgovernment that was designed to deliverservices according to the Freedom Charter,”he said.

“This is your own government and dissat-isfaction must not turn into criminal activi-ties. We are a listening government, unlikethe previous government. This governmentis always prepared to solve problems in dis-cussions.”

He said there had been a lot of sacrifices,tragedies, painful scenes and loss of lives inorder to attain this freedom.

The harmless children of 1976 had facedthe full might of law and guns, wanting freeeducation, and at last it had been achieved.

He said the blood of the youth of 1976 hadbeen spilt because they had been trying to

create a space for today’s youth for betterlife, so the youth of today must also createa better life for the next generation.

“That is why it is important for them totake part in restructuring this country byfocusing on education so that they can boostthe economy and compete with the best inthe world.

“The youth must ensure that they takethis country to the world of growth whichhas strong leadership and is not associatedwith corruption.

“The leadership that will lift up those whostay in squatter camps.”

Mkhize said that the youth were a good in-vestment and a treasure so they must growthe country and maintain a non-racial socie-ty.

YouthmustmakeSouthAfricaabetter country, saysANC treasurer-general

THE runway lights at the Mthatha Air-port are expected to be ready in Decemberas the contractor is on site replacing theold cables with new ones.

This was revealed during a visit byTransport Minister Dipuo Peters and herprovincial counterpart Weziwe Tikanalast Friday.

Peters said the airport needed to complywith all standards of the South AfricanCivil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to at-tract more airlines to boost business inMthatha and tourism in the area.

Peters was visiting to check on progressmade with regard to the challenges thatwere brought forth by the SACAA duringthe minister’s visit in February last yearto check on the state of the airport.

The minister said there was a need forthe airport to allow planes to land even onrainy or misty days and at night.

She said she was happy with the emer-gency services and security issues at the

airport.“We have three fire engines on the site

to assist if there is an emergency and weare planning to procure additional en-gines.

“Perimeter fencing is completed, whichis a great achievement for the airport.”

She said there were many businesspeo-ple who wanted to live in other parts of thecountry like Port Elizabeth, East Londonand Johannesburg but also wanted to in-vest in Mthatha.

“By (refurbishing the airport) we aretrying to resuscitate the economy of the re-gion and attract more investors,” Peterssaid.

The Mthatha business community haswelcomed the revamp.

OR Tambo Chamber of Business chair-person Vuyisile Ntlabathi said this wouldopen the gates for Mthatha to attract moreinvestors to the region.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

MthathaAirport’s runway lights set to be ready in December

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and her provincial counterpart Weziwe Tikana.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

THE national Department of Public Works haswarned that pupils from grades 10 to 12 andgraduates, seeking employment, should beaware of a scam promising 700 learnerships atthe department.

The scam promises to place the learners in anumberof fieldssuchasbricklaying,plumbing,carpentry, boiler making, tiling.

While thedepartmenthadtrainedandcontin-ued to train hundreds of young people in thesefields through its Expanded Public Works Pro-gramme, the recruitment on the internetthrough social networks, SMS, and WhatsAppwas a scam, it said in a statement.

The fraudulent recruitment site has a linkthat takes the learnership programme seekersto a jobs department website. The big headlineon thesite readsPublicWorksLearnershipPro-grammes.

When you click on application for jobs, it fur-ther links you to a Facebook sign-up page, re-questing personal info like name and surname,date of birth and phone or email address.

Thecontactpeopleonthesite,EsterSehlapeloand Linda Kaseke, do not work for the nationalDepartment of Public Works and the phonenumbers listeddonotbelongto the department.

The department said in the statement that it

is an equal-opportunity employer and wouldnever exclusively advertise jobs and learner-ship programmes on the internet and social me-dia because that would exclude a large numberof South Africans not on social media.

It requests everyone interested in applyingfor learnerships at the department to verify thelegitimacy of the posts before divulging person-al informationthatmaybeusedtodefraudthemor compromise their security in the future.

If in doubt visit the official website onwww.publicworks.gov.za.

ThenationalDepartmentofPublicWorkshasa regional office in Mthatha. – REPORTER

Publicworkswarnsof learnershipprogrammescam

THE Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature(ECPL) in collaboration with the Independ-ent Electoral Commission (IEC) is conduct-ing a voter education campaign from June20 to 25 July in a bid to persuade citizens

to use their right to make democracy work.The campaign is an instrument to en-

hance public participation and seeks to con-tribute towards an increase in voter turn-out during this year’s local government

elections through a variety of awarenessand mobilisation initiatives. It is alsoaimed at assisting the IEC in its task of de-livering a free, fair and efficient election.– REPORTER

Eastern Cape Legislature conducts voter education campaign

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SIMPHIWE Mbunyuza said if he had tochoose another career outside art that wouldmean tearing his soul apart.

The talented artist from Emambendeni,Toleni location, said his life is centered onart and that is why his work stands out fromthe rest.

What started at the age of 13 as Pokémonand wrestling drawings will now see the 27-year-old showing his ceramic art interna-tionally.

His passion was originally for drawing,but he developed a love for clay as an art stu-dent at Walter Sisulu University after admis-sion in 2010.

“I was admitted for a diploma in fine artand a BTech at WSU, which is where I wasintroduced to pottery work and I fell in lovewith clay (ceramics).

“I graduated with a couple of awards aswell and I had intentions of going to CapeTown to establish myself as a full-time art-ist,” he said.

Cape Town is where the road was pavedeven further with him showcasing his workin various galleries.

It was also in the Mother City where hiswork captured Nomaza Nongqunga, whoruns an agency called Undiscovered Canvas.

She is the director of the agency in Franceand through social media saw Mbunyuza’swork and introduced it to a gallery called Ga-lerie Irene Hamilton in the city of Vallauris.

“They liked my work and proposed that Iexhibit there from August 4 until September30.”

He said he is told Vallauris is famous be-cause there is a Picasso museum where Nom-aza used to do ceramics.

Thousands of tourists from around theworld flock the city during summer inFrance.

Although the opportunity to operate inFrance is a big one, that is only part of hisbigger dreams as an artist.

“My intention is to operate a ceramics fac-tory that will help boost our economy andopen up job opportunities,” he said.

“My work is made of clay, built with handsand it comes out of passion.

“One piece is different from the other eventhough the shape might be the same and thatmakes it more difrent and valuable.

“It is something that you can consider asan investment,” saidthe soft-spoken Mbuny-uza.

Butterworthartistjettingoff to France

Simphiwe Mbunyuza’s artwork has given him anopportunity to show the world what he is madeof. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE head of the Mthumbane TraditionalAuthority, Chief Mbuyiselo BakhuseleMangala, has taken drastic steps to ensurethat children from his area no longer haveto travel long distances to find a library.

He came up with an initiative to establisha library in Mthumbane location, Port StJohns.

He said pupils from Mthumbane hadused to have to travel long distances to doschoolwork or research in town.

Sometimes they had to leave before fin-ishing their work in the library as it closedearly.

He said they needed a library close tothem so that whenever they needed to dotheir work they could just go without think-ing of travelling a long distance.

“I experienced this during my schoold-ays and I felt when I grew up I needed todo something for the sake of the childrenof Mthumbane because I did not want themto feel what I felt,” he said.

“It was worse during our time becausethe library in town was meant for whitesand black pupils battled to get in.

“So I need the children of Mthumbane tohave their own library in their own area.”

Mangala has already collected morethan 500 books in partnership with Mswak-azi’s Alice King, who is based in CapeTown.

“By doing so we don’t need to see our chil-dren playing TV games.

“They can get more involved in going tothe library to nourish their minds with rel-evant information.

“We are also trying to minimise drugabuse in the location as young people willsee the importance of spending time in thelibrary advancing their knowledge,” Man-gala said.

He has already approached local busi-ness- people to help make the initiative asuccess.

“This is for the future leaders from thisarea, so our local businessmen need to in-vest their money in such initiatives,” hesaid.

The site of the library has already beenallocated and levelled, and now the steeringcommittee that is championing the initia-tive under the watchful eye of the chief iswaiting for material to start the construc-tion.

Mangala said he had already been ap-proached by some local teachers who werewilling to assist children who had noknowledge about the operation of a library.

He appealed to anyone willing to donateany books to come forward because therewas still a need for books.

“We also want the library to have a com-puter lab, so anyone who can donate his orher old computer is welcome to do so be-cause we need to improve the educationand knowledge of the children of inis area.

“This is a mammoth achievement andbold step forward as it will assist us becausesometimes we end up not going to town todo our research because of financial diffi-culties,” said Port St Johns High Grade 11pupil Isithandile Gaqela.

“But now we will just go to the nearestlibrary in our locality without paying acent.”

BUNTU GOTYWA

HAIR stylists from the Amathole District mu-nicipality are determined to make their markinthebeautyindustryas longasthere’ssupportto nurture their businesses.

An industry that is not given much attentionand which many feel is not taken seriously asa business enterprise is making moves to con-tribute to the local economy.

An initiative by Toyota to give back to thecommunitycameupwiththeideaofsupportingthe hair and beauty industry.

Buffalo Toyota sales consultant Lwandi Nge-be decided to start the Studio Glam Companywith the aim of providing business assistanceto the industry.

The company, which was started in April, isresponsible for hosting seminars on businessgrowth where leaders of the beauty and hair in-dustry share ideas with up-and-coming salons.

“We offer our people an opportunity to inter-actwithpeoplewhowillassistwithinformationsuch as what makes a stylist and what is neededfor someone to be a qualified stylist,” Ngebe

said.The seminars will move around the Eastern

Cape and the latest stop was in Butterworthwhere all the Amathole District hair stylists as-sembled.

“We want to advise stylists on the industry’srules and regulations,” Ngebe said.

“They need to know how they employ and asemployers how they pay themselves in order tohave a proper functioning salon.

“We want them to be able to build the brandsof their salons.”

Afika Mbandazayo from Butterworth is ahair and beauty salon owner in East Londonand says she knew that the beauty and hair in-dustry was not taken seriously particularly inthe black community. She says it was fulfillingto have seminars focused on the industry andenabling stylists to have bigger dreams.

Dark n Lovely field and education managerHanson Ndabeni said educating and inspiringsalons was beneficial on both sides as withouthairdressers manufacturers could not surviveand if salons were developed Dark n Lovelywould have sustainable business.

Hair stylists look tobetter their industry

Chief on amission to establish library Chief BakhuseleMangala withsome of thebooks he hasalreadycollected.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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AS a company that trulycares about its local com-munity and wants to en-sure vulnerable chil-dren are kept warmthis winter, Sasol iscalling on members ofthe public to donateblankets to its nation-wide blanket drivewith a customer re-ward of free coffee.The blanket contribu-

tions will be distributed to chil-dren undergoing facial surger-ies as part of the Smile Founda-tion’s national surgicalprogramme.The Smile Foundation is a

NGO that holistically assistschildrenwith surgically treata-ble facial conditions. It not onlyhelps facilitate free correctivefacial reconstructive surger-ies, but also ensures theseyoung beneficiaries receive theright pre- and post-operativecare.“Corrective facial recon-

structive surgery offers newhope for these children andtheir families, but it’s impera-tive the children receive theright care before and after theiroperations,” explained HedleyLewis, executive director of theSmile Foundation.“In winter, that means stay-

ing warm while they make theoften very long and difficultjourney to the hospital, andkeeping opportunistic infec-tions at bay while they’re in re-covery and return home aftertheir surgeries. This blanketdrive helps us address boththose very important issues.”Lewis added that the Smile

Foundation would be gratefulfor any blankets the publiccould spare, including newblankets. “Due to ourmulti-dis-

ciplinary approach to these pae-diatric surgeries, we supportthe children right throughtheir recovery. As part of this,we take into consideration theopportunity for infections, andwill be supplying the Smile pa-tients with any new blanketsthat are donated,” he said.Older blankets that have

been so kindly donated will bedistributed by Sasol and theSmile Foundation to others inneed, like homeless and animalshelters.Making a difference“We are delighted to partner

with the Smile Foundation onsuch a worthy initiative andhighlight the magnificent im-pact they have in changingthese young lives,” explainedTilene Narainan, Sasol’s na-tional convenience manager.“As a brand rooted in South

Africa’s local communities, wecontinually strive to play a pos-itive role in making a differ-ence. Leveraging our retail net-work for the winter blanketdrive benefits these deservingyoung children and, beyondthat, other charities in need ofassistance.”

) Blankets can be droppedoff at Sasol Delight stores be-tween now and July 6.– REPORTER

Helpgive thegift ofa(warm) smile thiswinter

REPORTER

ISITHATHA Theatre is on atour of the Eastern Cape andTranskei.The tour has been funded by

the National Lottery.The company will perform

an original township play,Heugh Road Blues, which waswritten by the late Gift Buqa,Phambili Ngcayisa and othertownship actors during thelate 1990s.The play is written in

typical workshop style and isset on Heugh Road, whereworkers wait for work on a

The company will perform atvarious township venues,schools and communitycentres.The group will tour next

year with a different produc-tion, which has also receivedLotto funding.The Isithatha Theatre will

shortly be acquiring its ownsmall theatre venue in Walm-er, Port Elizabeth.Sharon Rother, one of the

founder members of Isithatha,will tour with the group,having directed them in theirfirst official touring produc-tion.

Original township play, ‘Heugh RoadBlues’, to be performed

daily basis.It is a “slice of

life” play thatdeals with thedaily struggles ofunemployment andpoverty that stillplague the commu-nity.It is laced with

song and humourand comicalanecdotes aboutthe stories theyshare whilewaiting for time topass.Ngcayisa, one of

the originalperformers, headsup a cast of youngtalent, namelyBantu Dama,Cigqibo Kutase andSiphosethu Puti.

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE OR Tambo region has come third, mov-ing from last year’s number one, in the Eliteboxing tournament this year which was heldin Komani (Queenstown) recently.

Reliable sources have said one of the res-ons OR Tambo dropped in this year’s tour-ney was that there was a lack of good prepa-rations.

Lack of match fitness was another reasonas the boys from OR Tambo only took partin the selection tournament at WaterfallPark Hall and then the selected team justwent straight to the tournament without anypreparatory tournament for the Elite cham-pionships.

Furthermore the boxers did not haveenough time to be together because of trans-port problems as some boxers were supposedto attend the team building and trainingfrom as far away as Port St Johns and otherparts of OR Tambo, but there was no trans-port to fetch them and as a result they onlycame when they were on their way to Ko-mani.

One boxer was left out because he was notfetched from the place where he was staying.

Despite that, from the OR Tambo team four4boys were selected to represent the prov-ince in the national championships that willbe held inDurban, KwaZulu-Natal from June28 to July 2.

They are Bongani Noncele, Odwa Nani, Si-phamandla Tshingilana and Siphelele Woph-

ela. The Eastern Cape secretary of AmateurBoxing, Liwa Mlokoti, said even though ORTambo had dropped from last year’s positionone they had not been disgraced.

He said the leadership needed to go backto the drawing board and rectify the mis-takes which had caused OR Tambo to drop,preparing for next year’s Elite champion-ships. “Match fitness is very important andit’s what caused the downfall in the boxersfrom OR Tambo during the tournament,” hesaid.

“They (the leadership) need to organisemore preparatory tournaments before theElite championships start and iron out theissue of transporting boxers from their are-as.”

He wished all the selected boxers from the

Eastern Cape success in keeping the flag ofthis province flying high.

Results in the Elite championships are asfollows: Buffalo City came first with fourgold medals, four silver and six bronze.

Sarah Bartman were second with four goldmedals, three silver and four bronze.

Number three were OR Tambo with threegold medals, no silver and seven bronze.

Amathole were fourth with one gold, sil-ver and four bronze.

Fifth werae Nelson Mandela Bay with onegold medal, one silver and three bronze.

The Chris Hani team won one gold medal,one silver and no bronze.

Joe Gqabi collected one gold medal.The Alfred Nzo District did not attend the

event.

WhyORTambodropped in Elite championships

ANELE RAZIYA

MNQUMA outfit Thunderbirds Ladies FCplayed to a three-all draw against PortElizabeth side,City Lads FC in a highly an-ticipated Sasol Coastal League game at theWalter Sisulu Sport Ground in Butter-worth at the weekend.

Both teams came to the game with unde-feated records after three matches win-ning.

However Thunderbirds Ladies camewith the slight advantage of having notconceded ing even a single goal, whiletheir opponents had conceded.

Log leaders Ladies FC controlled the

first half and created many chances, butthey only managed to score one goal, whilethe visitors got one opportunity and equal-ised.

In the first minute of the second half, thevisitors scored an early goal that changedthe whole complection of the game.

But after 10 minutes Ladies FC attacked

and, displaying good football, they brokethe deadlock and scored two quick goals.

Three minutes later, the visitors got an-other goal to level the score.

Ladies FC are still leading the log with10 points after four games, while City ladsare in second position with same points,the difference being a goal difference.

Thunderbirds Ladies vs City Lads Butterworth results

Mnquma sideThunderbirds Ladies lead the log in the Sasol Coastal Stream League. Port Elizabeth outfit City Lads FC. PHOTOS: ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

THEBaduleFootballAssociation inNqamakh-we is inviting all the soccer teams and netballteams in theMnqumaarea to comeandpartici-pate in theannualBaduleSportChampionshipthat will be held at the Maxalegwini groundthis weekend.

The tournament will take two days as usualand the matches are expected to kick off at 9amon Saturday.

Organiser Thembisile Magobiyane said the

aim of the tournament was to take the youthaway from drugs and also promote sport.

“Wewantouryouth tokeep themselvesbusywith sport rather than spending their time intaverns,” he said

Teamsthatareinterestedincompetinginthetournament should contact him on 073-847 0941.

Each team will register with a maximumamount of R350.

The first prize for the tournament is money,a floating trophyandgoldmedals. Secondprizewill be money and a silver medal.

Badule championship inNqamakhwe

ANELE RAZIYA

WITHIN the space of three weeks, EasternCape outfit Mthatha Bucks, who are plyingtheir trade in the National First Division,have released three players on their way torefine the team for 2016/17 season.

After Bucks did not renew the contract ofexperienced striker Davide Radebe recentlyandveteranstrikerMosesSpandeelhunguphis boots two weeks ago, the NFD Leaguerookies have now released 23-year- old de-

fender Brown Khumalo.Amathol’amnyama confirmed the news

via their twitter account and Facebook pagelast Friday.

Brown Khumalo played 22 matches intheircampaigntoescaperelegationfromtheNFD League last season.

The Mthatha Bucks management havethanked him for his contribution to theteam. However the way things are happen-ing in the Bucks camp, it looks like they areoffloading players whom the coach will notfind use for next season.

Mthatha Bucks release another player

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