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IF people could embark on ploughing and planting, surely theycould manage to fight food shortages and poverty. This was evi-dent by thehigh standardof vegetables at the recentAgriculturalshow held at Mqhele village in Elliotdale.

The aim of the event was to showcase various agriculturalproducts from three units, namelyWillowvale, Dutywa and Elli-otdale.On this occasion, a variety of products and produce were dis-

played, including vegetables, traditional mats, traditional attireand live stock like sheep, pigs and chickens.According to the Regional Director in theDepartment of Rural

Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) in the AmatholeDistrict, Mathemba Gcasamba, their intention was to motivatethe farmers by hosting a competition.“We are hosting this event annually. Our winner will be deter-

mined by the quality and quantity of what the Ward has pro-duced. Then we will support them in the challenges they are fac-ing. They will not get money, but we will make sure that theprize they won will be spent on helping them to solve the chal-lenges they are facing,” said Gcasamba.According to Gcasamba the judges were not from Mbhashe.

They had gone to other municipalities to source judges in orderto keep the judging process fair.He said the productivity had shown that people could manage

to fight poverty in the rural areas, since ploughing was one ofthe main “weapons” that could to be used to eradicate poverty.“This is our aim, to assist people to produce more.”One of the famers from Willowvale, Nowinathi Magiligwani,

said they were happy with the competition and that it had moti-vated them a lot. “Ploughing is helping us a lot because we usethemoney that we get from selling our vegetables to support ourfamilies,” she said.Magiligwani urged other peoplewho still hadnot started ploughing their fields to do so, since it was one ofthe “weapons” that needed to be used to fight poverty.

Ploughingusedas‘weapon’to fightpoverty

Matutu Songezo, Fundile Kawe, Siya Mphaliso and the Department of Agriculture official Kayalethu Noqha, showing somevegetables produced the farmers in the Mbhashe Municipal area. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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BABALWA NDLANYA

THE case of three men who are charged withthe murder of Station Commander, Lieuten-ant Nomalizo Dukumbana, was postponed toNovember 10 byMthathaHighCourt for trial.

Siyamcela Ntshitshi (33), Warrant OfficerPhumzile Ngqayimbana (41) and MbuyiseliNgqayimbana (37) all from Sangqu village in

Qumbu (Ngqayimbana’s are cousin brothers)are still behind bars after they were deniedbail by theElliotdaleMagistrate’sCourt earli-er.The accusedare facing six charges:murder,

conspiracy, attempted murder, possession offirearms with intent to commit offence, pos-sessions of firearms and ammunition.According to the court indictment, Phumz-

ile was a police officer stationed at Elliotdale

Police Station; the deceased was the StationCommander of of the same station. Phumzilewas not happy with the decease’s manage-ment style and he informed his girlfriend andit is alleged that Phumzile decided and agreedto conspire together with his girlfriend to killDukumbana.Allegedly since the accused realized that

theywould use force to achieve their purpose,they then arranged and armed themselves

with firearms.It is said that several attempts were made

on the deceased’s life and that she reportedsuch attempts to the authorities and to theSouth African Police Services.On the day of the incident Dukumbana was

on duty at the police station and she was shotwhilst she was on her way to her place of resi-dence.

StationCommander’s casepostponed

Community members and Police Women’s Network attending the case of Station Commander ofElliotdale who was murdered. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Pumzile Ngqayimbana and Siyamcela Ntshitshi sitting in the dock at Mthatha High Court. The thirdaccused Mbuyiseli Ngqayimbana managed to hide from the camera. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

BABALWA NDLANYA

BUTTERWORTH Police Station hosted afarewell party at the police station recentlyforMajorVuyisile Londawhohadbeen in thepolice service for 33 years.

Police Spokesperson Captain JacksonManatha said Londa was a hard worker forthe station; he was dedicated to his job and

was a disciplined member.“Before he came to Butterworth he was sta-

tioned inMthathawhereheworkedunder thevisible policing unit. He later became a detec-tive where he spent most of his career,” saidManatha.Londa Joined the Transkei Police in 1981 af-

ter he matriculated from Lamplough HighSchool in Butterworth. Londa retired on Au-gust 2014 as a Major.

Farewell party hosted inButterworth Police station

Major Vuyisile Londacongratulated by hisbranch CommanderLieutenant Colonel

Wilberforce Mzilikazi.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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REPORTER

THE chairperson of the Portfolio Committeeon Labour, Ms Lumka Yengeni, has pleadedwith people involved in the discussions to bepatient, and engage constructively on the is-sue of the national minimum wage as it wasstill too early to be fighting about the issue.

The discussionswere held in parliament re-cently, according to Parliamentary Commu-nication Services, Sibongile Maputi, and fornow the Portfolio Committee is still hosting

meetings, discussing this issue since thereare different sectors.“Listening to discussionswill help the com-

mittee arrive at an informed position, andwill put members in a better position whenmaking such an important decision that willaffect lives of the most vulnerable and theweakest in society,” said Yengeni.The Black Management Forum (BMF) and

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) briefedthe Committee on the national minimumwage. BMF supports the idea of a minimumwage as it said the national minimum wage

was not just a labour issue, but an economicinstrument to address SA’s historical injus-tices. Employers will be allowed to brief thecommittee; thereafter, labour will be invitedto follow suit.Yengeni pleaded with the members not to

use the meeting as a bashing platform. “Eve-rybody will be given space to make an inputon the matter, but everyone should be con-structive.”BUSA said it had not formulated a position

on the matter as the invitation was not clearenough on the kind of input required, and the

time frames.The Committee and labour representatives

that attended the briefing voiced dissatisfac-tion with the kind of preparedness, and saidthe debate on the national minimum wagehad been ongoing for a while.“BUSA’s position is disappointing and bor-

ders on disrespect for the Committee and Par-liament,” said Ms Yengeni.She called on BUSA to come back with a

well researched position that would ensurethat the poor would benefit and enjoy a betterlife.

Minimumwagediscussions continue

BABALWA NDLANYA

ANGRY community members from Drayinilocation inDutywaburneddowna two-roomflat at Luthando Qwele’s home on theevening of September 11.

Qwele is a suspect in the murder case ofLutho Qudalele (19).During the incident in which angry com-

munity members were burning the housedown a police van – which was in the areasince the police were trying to contain thefire – was also damaged by residents.Police Spokesperson Captain Jackson

Manatha confirmed that the police arrestedQwele at Mount Frere last Monday and hewill appear in the Dutywa Magistrates’Court today.Manatha said themother of Qwele and his

two siblings managed to escape unharmed

when their home was torched.“Anyone who has information about his

whereabouts must contact the nearest po-lice station, because we believe Qwele canassist the SAPS in solving the murder caseof Lutho,” said Manatha before the arrest.He said police had opened a case of arson

and malicious damage to property, but noone was arrested yet and the investigationcontinues.Manatha said they condemned the behav-

iour of members of the community for tak-ing the law into their own hands, as thiswould affect the investigation done by po-lice.

Angry residents torchsuspect’s house

Luthando Qwele was arrested at MountFrere by police after having been on

the run for a month.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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REPORTER

TWOhundred and eight Boxer customers acrossthe country have received their share of half amillion rand between June and Early September2014.

This was possible through Boxer’s fantasticBirthdayDeals competitionwhichwasbothunu-sual and rewarding.

Over their birthday promotion period, Boxerleaflets offered customers low prices and fantas-tic ‘Royal pairs’ and ‘diamond deals’ in keepingwith their theme. All customers had to do waspurchase any two ‘diamond deal’ products andfollow the easy USSD prompts to enter the com-petition.

Four customers were randomly drawnthroughout the promotional period daily. Eachwinning customer was personally contacted,congratulated and told to collect his/her shareof R500 000 from their closest Boxer store. Thecompetitionwas effortless for customers to enterwhich attractedmore repeat purchases and thusmore chances to win.

Boxer Birthday Deals raked in an outstandingnumber of entries. “Aswith all our competitions,we like setting a numeric target for the numberof valid entries we receive over the specified pe-riod. And with the Boxer Birthday Deals compe-tition, I can proudly boast that we surpassed ourtarget in leaps and bounds.We are ecstatic aboutthe results and evenmore pleasedwith thewarmreception they received amongst our shoppers,”said Prenella Ragavan, Boxer’s Public RelationsOfficer.

This maverick retailer continues to spark theinterest of competitors, media and most impor-tantly, customers. From the amazing birthdaypromotion to their newly announced ‘first of itskind’ campaign that has captured South Africa’sattention, Boxer is fast becoming the retailer towatch and a preferred brand inmany SouthAfri-can households.

Shopperswin their shareofR500000

One of the Boxer Birthday Deals Competition winners from Matatiele. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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BABALWA NDLANYA

HUNDREDS of foreigners gathered in theCentral Business District (CBD) of Mthathawhere they held a march last Thursday withthe intention of handing over a petition to thepolice, regarding the high rate of attacks onforeigners.

They demanded justice from the police asthey marched through the CBD carryingplacards with relevant messages.The President of the Pakistani Association

of South Africa, Fayyaz Ahmed Khan, said

they had decided to stand up against crime,after having realised that they were being at-tacked and murdered by criminals.“We are being attacked in our shops. Our

people are being murdered and hijacked. Wehave decided to stand up andmake an appealto the justice system and the police to protectus, because we are also contributing to theSouth African economy,” he said.He said that not only Pakistaniswere being

murdered, but that Zimbabweans and SouthAfricans were also being targeted by crimi-nals. Khan said the police should ensure thatthey arrest the perpetrators.

“We are proud of the Pakistanis who runbusinesses here. They are creating job oppor-tunities for South Africans and are also pay-ing tax.”Khan said they were not only concerned

about their people getting murdered, butwere concerned over all murders.Thememorandumwas accepted by the Sta-

tion Commander of the Madeira Police Sta-tion, Lieutenant Colonel Dial Ketledas, whopromised to follow-up on their grievances.Police Spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel

Mzukisi Fatyela, said they were aware of thecases the foreignerswere complaining about.

“The grievences is about the crimes inwhich they are attacked.“As police we are trying by all means to fol-

low leads which could lead to arrests. Wehave taken their petition and we will look in-to it,” said Fatyela.Fatyela said they heard at a meeting last

week that there were 12 more cases.“These cases are not only from theMthatha

region, but also in other areas like Mqanduliand other districts.”Recently a Pakistani was hijacked in Elli-

otdale and was later killed at Gengqe loca-tion.

Foreigners condemncrimeScores of foreigners marched through theMthatha CBD. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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REPORTER

LIEUTENANT Colonel Sipho Hok-wana has been appointed to take upthe position of being the StationCommander of Butterworth PoliceStation.

Hokwana said he is willing toworkhand inhandwith the commu-nity of Butterworth to reducecrime. “I want them to own me be-cause I will own them too. I am alsowilling to work with the traditionalleaders as they are the first peoplein the community to talk to whenthere is a crisis in the area,” saidHokwana.He said working with the com-

munity in fighting crime iswhat he

will be doing and he promised towork with all the structures of thepolice sectors such as CommunityPolicing Forums (CPF’s), JusticeForums and other structures.“Imust beused on good thingsnot

bad ones as I will be nothing with-out the community.”Previously heworked as a Station

Commander of Lungisi Police Sta-tion near Queenstown and recentlywas a Station Commander for Cook-house Police Station in the Karooregion.

NewStationCommander forButterworth

Lt Colonel Sipho Hokwana is now theStation Commander of Butterworth

Police Station. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

REPORTER

AS part of ensuring quality animal healthin the province, Eastern Cape Rural Devel-opment and Agrarian Reform MEC, MliboQoboshiyane, handed over a recently reno-vated dipping tank to the Skobeni Villageoutside Idutywa.

The Department’s extension Advisoryservices funded local farmers to renovatetheir own dipping tank. This was in line

with the programme to empower local farm-ers to carry out such infrastructure so thatthey transfer skills to them while they cutcosts associatedwith such investmentsmas-sisvely.Through this, the department spent about

R97 000 for renovationmaterial. Thedippingtankwill be used by 2 232 local cattle dippedregularly to fight off ticks to improve quali-ty of local beef and milk produced by localfarmers contributing to the total qualitymilk produced by the province.

About 6 219 local households will benefitfrom this renovated dipping tank as theywill have healthy cattle for consumptionand commercial markets dipped on a regu-lar basis in the newly renovated facility.Having such facilities helps livestock

owners and farmers tohave anaddedadvan-tage when selling their healthy livestock tothe markets.As part of promoting animal health in the

province, about 1,9 million livestock will bedipped and vaccinated this year while 6,7

million sheep will be taken through sheepscab control.“We have set aside about R30 million for

the development and maintenance of dip-ping tanks through the province. The East-ern Cape Province is a leader in the countryinmost categories of livestock.Out of thena-tional herd, the EC has 3,3 million cattle, 7million sheep and 2,3 million goats,” saidQhoboshiyane. He said to improve geneticmaterial, the Department supported thefarmerswith 1 400 superior genetic animals.

MEChanded over a dipping tank

AT a school kit handing over last week at AllSaints hall, sibone kakubi uMiss ebethaebuyelela eyophaka and she even went to anextent yoba ade atshove, using the plasticsfrom the cans.

Yhini Sisi you acted as if you have neverseen food before and as for a professionalteacher, what happened to yourmanners?Wewould expect that kind of a behaviour fromthe learners, very young learners but fromthe teacher; that was really embarrassing.Please teachers nibonqandana because you

will never know who is watching.Too much of everything is not right and

food can kill you Sisi!

Nabantwana abasayenzi eyokulwangumbono omubi ukubona abadala be-silwa

Njengamini zonke ndivuke ndabheka em-sebenzini. Xa kanye ndikufuphi ndabonauthuli nje oluninnzi ndagqiba kwelokubahayi inokuba zinkomo ziyalwa.Makhe ndisondelise amehlo, yehake nga-

mantombazana mabini, enye iphezu kwenyebayalwa. Ndisondele ngelithi hayi wethu

inoba babantwana nje, umhlola aba bantubadala omnye unxibe i-uniform yesinye sezi-tolo zalapha eBizana. Ndizamile ukufumani-sa abayilwelayo andayifumana. Eyona ndi-yivileyo ngamagama ebephuma kwimilomoyabo, omnye uthi, “nditheni?” aphendule loungaphezulu athi “undithukela ntoni?” eloxesha abantu babangqongile wena wakewabona inkunzi zenkukhu zisilwa.Eyonanto ibuhlungubaye emsebenzini om-

nye icarrot ayenze entloko sele iqhaqhekileomnye ibonding yakhe ihlehlile oku ngathiunonyaka eyenzile.

Highlights on Mvoko’s funeral

Last week we attended Sakhumzi ‘Nduna’Mvoko’s funeral eZimbane and it was every-thing andmore ongayilindela kwiFuneral yo-mntu ofana naye.Cars were spun, gun shots were fired and

bekukho nesithethi sasemsebenzini wakhe!We all knowmoss hiswork and his colleagueshad no problem sharing their work experi-ence with the late Mvoko.It looked as if even his family had no prob-

lem or masithi bebeyamkele indlela enzangayo imali unyana wabo judging from the

way they entertained his ‘colleagues’.As expected, the media was dismissed and

you would swear Mvoko was shot by the me-dia people.

Don’t judge people

People should stop to judge other people be-fore theyknowwho theyare.Kazi nifunauku-thini ngoku bafana bomgosi?You knowwhat on Friday we attended a ga-

la dinner at the town hall. To our disappoint-ment the people whom we were sitting withat our table were not friendly at all and theywere women.Unfortunately for us we went to the tables

before they could be marked and later welearned that it was supposed to be a table forORTambo people but it was too late to changeor to move to the other other tables as theywere already occupied.Yho the reception we received was not

friendly at all and the waitress was also notinterested to serve us as she said it herselfthat she was responsible for serving OR Tam-bo only and we were thirsty needing water todrink she said no but the ciders and whiskieswere only going to OR Tambo ladies to drink.

Bahlazekaootitshalabetshovwa

Become ourYouth JournoFROM the people who brought you Citi-zenJournalist,nowcomesthenewandex-citing initiative for our young writers –Youth Journo.

Youth Journo is a programme present-ed by Media24’s Local Newspapers, ofwhich OP Koerante forms part of, thatgives high school students the opportuni-ty to share their schools’ news with therest of the community online.But it is not only restricted to school

news – anything that is of importance toteenagers could be submitted underYouth Journo on our website, whether itbedatingtips,bookorCDreviewsormoreserious matters like drug abuse amongteenagers. To launch this exciting project,OP Koerantewill be giving away a laptopto a school that submits the most YouthJourno entries online.To enter for this competition, learners

would have to go to our website to tell uswhy their school is the best (only onlineentries will be accepted).

How to enterGo to www.mthathaexpress.co.za. The YouthJourno (or his/her parent) must register as auser on the website and then click on “Tell

Your Story”. The online form you need to fill inis as easy to use as Facebook. The Youth

Journo must remember to fill in his/her nameand surname, upload a photo of himself orherself and also mention the school’s namesomewhere in the story. Stories should be atleast 250 words. What the school does with

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MIKE Sodo who is the Senior Manager ofSport, Recreation, Arts and Culture in theOR Tambo District has vehemently urgedteachers across the region to create time forsport in their respective schools.

In an endeavour to encourage sport inschools, the Department of Sport, Recrea-tion, Arts and Culture handed over sportinggear to 38 schools which had participatedand won in the Top School Leagues Champi-onships held in Tsolo recently.The Leagues featured a variety of sport

codes: Rugby, Basketball, Chess, Cricket,Football, Netball, Gymnastics, Hockey, Ta-ble tennis, Softball, Volleyball and Indige-nous games.Some of the schools which triumphed at

the district’s leagues were expected to go onprovincial competitions in Port Elizabethsoon.With Mt Packard Junior Secondary

School being known as the sports’ school inthe region, they took home with them fourthree-piece kits, two for rugby and two forsoftball. The school principal, Mullet Mad-lalisa, who was overwhelmed with joy ac-cepted the kits and said there was no secretwhat is more than just creating a conduciveenvironment for learning, sport and findingthe balance between the two.The other schools which dominated the

event were Xhugwala Junior SecondarySchool (JSS) which excelled in basketballand Luthando JSS who excelled in the gameof chess.As someof the schools continue todenypu-

pils the right to participate in sport in the

EasternCape Province Sodo said; “We cannotall be academics; teachers need to accept that.Other students will excel in the classroomsand becomedoctorswhile otherswill excel onthe sports field and become professionalsportsmen, but only if they are given a chanceto showcase their talents.”He continued and said youth need to find

alternative ways of making a living like par-ticipating in sport as the number of unem-ployed graduates was rising.The co-ordinator of school sport in the OR

Tambo District, Michael Nyamende, alsolashed out at the schools that deny pupils thetime to play and said sport can’t be seen asa waste of time as it is also in the curriculum.He further said that sport enhances physicaland mental fitness.

Sport encouragedin schools

Mike Sodo, Senior Manager of Sport, Recrea-tion, Arts and Culture in the OR Tambo DistrictPHOTO:SANELE JAMES

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THERE was hardly space to move at the Mt-hatha Golf Course’s tennis court where aero-bics exercises were being done, last Saturdaymorning, as one of the highlights on the Her-itage Festival programme.

Aerobicsahit atHeritageFestival

Scores of festival goers participated in the aerobics programme.PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Aerobics instructor, Yolanda Sokhela of Durban,doing what she does best. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Mthatha Health Club instructor, Thembi Mbuqeseen in action. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Nolusindiso Heketshe taking part in the aerobicstraining. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Also enjoying taking part at the aerobics is Khwezi Soxa.PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Seen enjoying herself is Vidi Armstrong ofJames Weigh Gyms in Mthatha.

PHOTO: GREG NOTA