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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Joe Gqabi District Municipality hasdenied that the contamination of Ugie’swater was caused by the protests whichhave had the town under siege since lastmonth.

Ugie was rocked by the protests, whichsaw the R66 road entering Ugie beingblocked and pine forests set alight.Municipal spokesman Mandla Gceya

said: “It has nothing to do with the pro-

tests. We will deploy technicians fromGauteng at all filling stations in Ugie totrace the source of this spilling of oil anddiesel into the water.”Gceya’s response followed a number of

complaints by residents about a fuel odourcoming from the water.The water service provider, Joe Gqabi,

and the municipal health services sectionconducted an investigation and after sam-pling the water discovered a layer of an or-ganic substance floating on the water ofthe reservoirs and in theWildebeest River.

Gqabi said the investigations showedthat the water had probably been contami-nated by oil seeping through a stormwaterpipe near a petrol station.Used motor oil was usually stored in

plastic tanks, but investigations showedthat the tanks had probably overflowed in-to the stormwater system, and the riverhad then been contaminated.This water was abstracted and proc-

essed through the Ugie Blue Drop-accred-ited water treatment plant and distributedto the community.

Gceya said the municipality had dis-patched eight trucks to distribute cleanwater in the Ugie area.“We are still busy cleaning thewater and

we are appealing to community membersnot to drink the water, even if it is boiled,”said Gceya.“Residents can use the water for flush-

ing and doing washing, but should notdrink it. There are no reports of water-borne diseases.”He said it would probably take between

five and 10 days to clean the system.

Ugiewater contamination ‘not result ofprotest’

BABALWA NDLANYA

THE Road Accident Fund (RAF)and the Provincial Governmentin the Eastern Cape has prom-ised to assist in the funeral ar-rangements of 36 victims who

died in a bus accident which happened atNkelekethe location, in Willowvale overthe past weekend.

Road Accident Fund Chief Executive Of-ficer (CEO), Dr Eugene Watson expressedwords of condolences to the families of thevictims. “We are going to try our best toassist the families with the funeral ar-rangements,” he said.

Familymembers of the victims identifiedthe bodies in Butterworth Mortuary onMonday.There were also social workers on hand-

who assisted in counselling the familymembers.

The Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Ma-sualle also promised that Government willdo everything to ensure that they also as-sist these families in burying their lovedones.He led a group of dignitaries who visited

the scene of the bus crash.Accompanying Masualle were Depart-

ment of Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana,Department of Health MEC Pumza Dyan-tyi, Local Government and Traditional Af-

fairs MEC Fikile Xasa, provincial policecommissioner Celiwe Binta and AmaXhosaKing Zwelonke Sigcau.It is suspected that the bus went off a cliff

after its brakes failed.The bus is owned by AB350, which has

a contract with the provincial governmentto service rural routes.On the day of the accident it was taking

villagers to Willowvale.The villages included Ngwane, Nqabar-

ha, Mhlanga, kuBhadi, Nquma, Xonyeniand Nkelekethe.One of the passengers, Phumlani Mdiya,

said they had boarded the bus at KwaNong-wevu village and had also been going totown.

“The bus was approaching curves on theroad in Nkelekethe when it started to speedup.“People started to scream for help and

others were praying. After that I don’tknow what happened,” he said.The chief executive officer of AB350,

Wonga Thutha, expressed his condolencesto the families, saying it was the most trag-ic accident his company had experiencedsince it started to serve people.“We are still shocked about what hap-

pened. Our company had never lost evenone soul since we started this business. Wealso feel the pain of what happened and itis not easy for us to accept this situation,”Thutha said.

Help for familiesof fatal bus crash

The wreckage of the bus in which 36 passengers and the driverdied when it left the road near Willowvale. PHOTO: YANGA SOJI

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THE R30-million Makgatho Lewanika Man-dela Primary School in Mvezo was officiallyopened by President Jacob Zuma last week.

With him at the event were Basic EducationMinister Angie Mosekga, Eastern Cape Pre-mier Pumullo Masualle, Education MECMandla Makupula and former president Nel-son Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela.

Among the dignitaries at the official open-ing was Miss World Rolene Strauss.

Addressing a fully packed marquee at theschool, Zuma said: “The ground on which westand today was once walked on by a greatstatesman and stalwart, uTata President Nel-son Mandela.

“Today, we return to Mvezo to honour thisgiant whose umbilical cord is buried deep inthe bowels of this village. More than anything,Madiba loved children and valued education.”

He said the appropriately named school wasnow officially open to ensure that the childrenof Mvezo never again became hewers of woodand drawers of water.

He expressed his gratitude to the royal fami-ly of Mvezo Komkhulu for putting people firstand ensuring that the people of the area bene-fited from the freedom Mandela had foughtfor.

“We expect the next generation of Mvezo

children to take up their rightful places incommerce, academia, leadership and theadvancement of human rights and digni-ty,” he said.

Maqadi Mrhebelele, a longstanding resi-dent of Mvezo, said it was now up to thechildren of the area to grab this rare op-portunity with both hands.

“We have a state-of-the-art facility andnow it depends on our children to committhemselves to education as the govern-ment is trying to improve education evenin remote areas like Mvezo,” she said.

The school is named after Nelson Man-

ZumaopensR30mil. school inMvezo

From left, Chief Mandla Mandela, Premier Pumullo Masualle, President Jacob Zuma, Basic Education Minister Angie Mosekga, Mandla’s motherNolusapho Mandela and Dr Chung from China. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

UMONGAMELI weli loMzantsi Afrika,uMnu Jacob Zuma udize ukuba bengu-rhulumente bakwiphulo elinzulu loku-phucula imfundo yeli, yilonto betyalaimali eninzi kuqeqesho lweetitshala.

Uveze ukuba amaziko oqeqesho zitit-shala athi avalwa azakuphinde avulekwakhona ukujongana ngqo nomngeniwokufumaneka kootitshala okuthandaukuba yingxaki kweli lizwe.

UZuma ukuthethe oku ngelixa ekuty-elelo kwilali uMvezo cebukuhle nedol-ophu yaseMthatha kutsha nje nekula-pho wazalelwa khona ongasekhoyoubawo Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela.

Lo kaZuma ebekutyelelo lwasebur-hulumenteni ngelixa kuvulwa isikolosezigidi zamarand ekuthiwa yi-Mak-gatho Lewanika Mandela PrimarySchool.

Uthe benguMzantsi Afrika imfundobayithatha nje ngento engundoqo yi-

lonto begqibe ekubeni aphinde avulwekwakhona la maziko.

Phantse onke amaziko oqeqesho zitit-shala athi avalwa ngelixa loMphathiswaongasekhoyo uGqirha Kadar Asmal nek-ungoku nje amanye athi ajikwa kwanga-maziko ophuhliso nekulapho ii-projectsezininzi ziqhuba khona.

UZuma uthi ikhona imfuneko yokubakubuyiswe la maziko ngelinge lokuphuh-lisa imfundo. Uthe ukuzama ukunwenwi-sa imfundo neyakuthi iquke wonke umntuiSouth African Sign Language Curricu-lum ngabula makhumsha kungoku njeiyenziwa kwezinye izikolo.

“Siphinde salenyusa kwakhona inanilabantu abadala abafundileyo ngokuthisivelise inkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yiKha RiGude ukusuka ku 2,2 wezigidi ngomnyakaka2008 ukuya kwizigidi ezithathu zaban-tu,” ugwagwise ngelitshoyo lo kaZuma.

Uhambise wathi bakwafuna ukuzipheli-sa izikolo zodaka kuMzantsi Afrika jikele-le. “Siyaqhuba! Siyasebenza!” ulebelengelitshoyo uMongameli.

Azakubuya amaziko oqeqesho zitshala

Umongameli Jacob Zuma ngelixa ethethakuMvezo ethembisa ngokobuya kwamazi-ko oqeqesho zititshala. PHOTO:SIMMDLEDLE

dela’s eldest son, Makgatho Lewanika Man-dela, the father of present Mvezo chief NkosiZwelivelile Mandla Mandela.

Speaking at the opening, Mandla Mandelasaid the Mandela family was thankful thathis late father was being honoured by havingthe school named after him.

The names of the school are an embodi-ment of three ANC leaders: Sefako Makgat-ho, the second ANC president, King LubosiLewanika of Barotseland in Zambia who wasin Mangaung in 1912 as one of the honorarypresidents of the ANC, and Nelson Mandela,the 10th president of the ANC and the first

president of the democratic South Africa.Mandela’s son was named after Sefako Mak-gatho.

The school is a merger of two primaryschools, Inkwenkwezi and Mvezo JuniorSecondary.

The merger was the result of the low num-bers of registered pupils, and was part of thegovernment’s rationalisation programme.

Since the merger, the school has enrolled403 pupils and has a new computer centre,library, science lab, new administrationblock and nutrition kitchen.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

TRIBUTE was paid to Lilitha Nursing Collegelecturer Nombuyekezo Ngcaba during herfarewell function at theMthathaGeneralHos-pital last week.

Her colleagues described her as an adviserand someone who was always willing to shareher knowledge with others.

Ngcaba was a lecturer in post basic ortho-paedic nursing science at the nursing col-lege’s Mthatha campus.

College principal Nombuyiselo Ngqele saidthe department had been lucky to have Ngca-ba as one of its officials.

“I am very proud of her and her personalitybecause she was a blessing to us. We learnta lot from her because she was a good person,”Ngqele said.

One of her family members, Noxolo Qan-gule from Khambi location, said the family

was happy that Ngcaba was retiring.“Now she is starting a new life, but even

at home there is a lot of work she will be do-ing.”

She said they felt sorry for her colleaguesand students, but on the other hand it wasa blessing for the family because they wouldbe able to spend more time with her.

Ngcaba said she had started in 1978 as anurse andhadbeena lecturer since 1990. Shesaid it had not been easy because she hadwanted her students to pass, so she had triedwith all her might to do her best.

“I don’t know yet what I will be doing athome, but I am sure I will try somethingnew.

“To the lecturers I want to say they mustcontinue with the job we were doing so thatthe student nurses can learn more fromthem,” she said.

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REPORTER

A MAN who raped his cousin was sentencedto 25 years’ imprisonment by the WillowvaleRegional Magistrate’s Court last week.

The man whose name cannot be revealed,to protect the identity of the victim, hadpushed her door open at about 2am on April28, police spokespersonCaptainJacksonMa-natha said.

He had then stabbed her and raped her un-til daylight.

“Police officers arrested him on the sameday of the incident,” Manatha said.Babalwa.Ndlanya@media24.com

BABALWA NDLANYA

A MAN accused of murdering a woman inThembeni location in Centane appearedbriefly in theCentaneMagistrate’sCourt lastweek.

Lihle Ncaphayi (19) was not asked to pleadand his case was postponed until September3 for further investigation.

He is charged with murder and attemptedmurder.

It is alleged that on the night of the inci-dent, the daughter (19) was sleeping in herroom and her mother, Vivian Madywathi, in

another room.Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Ma-

natha said the girl hadawokenwhen thedoorof her room was kicked open.

“She screamed and her mother came to herrescue. The mother was stabbed severaltimes and died on the spot.”

He said the daughter had also beenstabbed.

It is alleged that Ncaphayi then ran away.The daughter alerted neighbours and theyrushed her to hospital.

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Man in court after womanmurdered, daughterstabbed

Man gets 25 years forraping cousin

Farewell to retirednursing lecturer

Lecturer Nombuyekezo Ngcaba with family members after receiving presents from her formercolleagues and friends. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

The principal of Lilitha College, Nomboniselo Ngqele, described her former lecturer as a person whoalways wanted to share her knowledge. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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KHANYA FM in Butterworth has been nomi-natedasacontender in theECMAcompetition-for the title of Best Community Radio Stationin the Eastern Cape.

Programme manager of Khanya FM, Gide-on Zanazo, said they were happy to have beennominated because this showed theywere do-ing a good job.

“This nominationwill put us on themapbe-causewewere not just nominated. The peopledoing the nominations first looked at how weperformed,” he said.He said it was the first time they had been

nominated. The station hosted a gospel festi-val in February with the aim of interactingwith its listeners and gospel artists.Zanazo said supporters and listeners of

Khanya FM could SMS ECMAs Best Commu-nity Radio Khanya FM to 33459.

KhanyaFMnominatedforaward

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AMATHEMBA esizwe samaMpondo onkealele kuLusanda Baai intombi yaseMbizanakwilali yaseLudeke. Lentombi ithe yawong-wa njengenkosazana yamaMpondo kukhu-phiswano ebelubanjelwe kwelamaXhosa eG-cuwa kobubusika bomnyaka ka-2015, injongozokhuphiswano olo ikukukhetha lowo oya-kumela isizwe samaMpondokwi-IndoniMissCultural South Africa 2015.

ULusanda unebhongo neqhayiya ngobun-tu bakhe kwaye uyathembisa into yokokubanjengoko kwakhethwa yena njengomnye wa-balishumi elinambini kukhuphiswano e-ICCeThekwini ngomhlaweshumi (10) kuOctoberuzozisa lendebe kweli laseMpuma-Koloni.Kaloku INDONI ngumntu owathandayo

amasiko esizwe sakhe kwaye oyaziyo imvela-phi yakhe. Lentombi yamaMpondo inazozonke ke ezo mpawu, iyakwaz ukuzithuthaokanye ukuzibongela kwaye nokusina njeng-oko lisitsho isiko lakwantu.“Ndiyanicela bantu bakuthi ukuba nindi-

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EASTERN Cape musicians have beennominated in several categories to re-ceive awards at the ECMA which will beheld in East London on September 26.

The event is an initiative of gospelsinger Kholeka Dubula and artist devel-oper Koko Godlo to support andmotivateartists in the province.Fans can now vote for their favourite

artists.“The ECMA voting line has been

opened. To vote for your favourite artist,SMS ECMAS, the name of the categoryand the name of theartist to 33459 and youwill get an automaticreply,” Godlo said.He said that 4 300

people had alreadyvoted after only three-and-a-half days.The most contested

category was Best Art-ist of the Year, featur-ing powerful artistssuch as Berita, Zaha-ra, Bethusile Mcinga,Ntando, Siphokazi,Busiswa, Ifani, Lusan-da Mcinga, Butho Vu-thela, MalibongweGcwabe, Yves, DumiMkokstad, Mavie M,Ruth Mafu, LusizoKango, ThandiswaMzwai and Andile Ses-khona.Godlo said this cate-

gory was followed bythe Gospel Artist ofthe Year category, be-ing contested by ButhoVuthela, MalibongweGcwabe, Endumiswe-

ni Gospel Group, Yolanda Vuthela, Lusi-zo Kango, Pat Msengana, Ruth Mafu, An-diswa Mbantsa, Perfect Praise, MonicaGadudu, Mdantsane Gospel Choir, No-luntuGantana, BongaVakele, Sajini Lus-indiso, Amalinda Methodist Church ofSouthern Africa Choir and SimphiweMasayimani and at the present momentEndumisweni Gospel Group is leadingthe pack.One of those nominated for Best Artist

Of the Year, Malibongwe Gcwabe, saidthey were happy about what Godlo andhis teamwere doing for them and the factthat they did not forget about the peopleof the Eastern Cape.

ECMAs to be held in East London

Dr Malibongwe Gcwabe is one of the Gospel artist who werenominated as the Best Artist of the year.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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hol even if there is no liquor inside thecar, never mind about the smell of to-baccongathi kulele inkungukubalele.The tall white guy is always at thesteering wheel with the guys only infront and at the back.Pho yindaba kabani xa ndichitha

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wathiuzakuyaaphosiyakhona.Ngen-tlahla ke shame udibene ne-team ka-Gesh e-harmless. Qoqani izimile ni-zokwenzakala.

Kazi iphi i-wholesale yala man-tombazana akheBafethu besicingela ukuba kule

group yethu ye-gossip zikhona izibe-thi, Mara kuthe kanti sikhe phantsiisitya sizele kuba akho amajita ant-swempu apha phandle. I wonder ink-qubo yabo ithini kule monster ilaphaphandle inguHIV/AIDS? Kukho i-ou-tieehambangePoloebomvuphayaeU-TA. Hayi shame iyalenza ixesha aphakoosisi and each and every night clubefika kuyo ifika nomntu om-tsha andkuyacacaukubaisandlaesiayisi-bam-bi iyamnkalela lowoitheyanayengolosuku. Siyibukele Friday eSo WhatLoungeiphetheenyeintoneyinkalelekwaze

kwasa sancama nathi kwaphela iisen-ti s’olala. Sa-turday uphethe omnyei-pace yokunkala iseyi-one and Sun-

day it was a new girl with same paceof buyingbooze.Marakemfanaulum-keuBawouyakunika imalingelixaas-akunikileyo yisebenzise ngesizothelakubakuyakwixesha lokubaayithatheeyonika omnye oyifunayo nje ngoku-ba wena ulibele kukudlala nje. Ise isi-soliseukubakhazi ingcwelena lemaliisetyenziswa ngala ndlela. Kuba kobasathiwani amajimbos ayaphanta.

Beware of sugar daddies young ladiesWe know ukuthi most people think

that umgosi uyagrama whereas it istelling the truth as it is. Listen careful-ly.There is toomuchat stakewithHIV

in South Africa to ignore any part ofit. But as soon as we focus on one as-pect and try to improve it, it seems an-other part of the problem gets worse.At an international aids conference,

research showed that a large percent-ageofHIVinfectionamongyoungpeo-ple was caused by older partners – theinfamous “sugar daddy” problem.

This is valid research ke bantrwa-bam hlukanani nala makhehle kubanithi anemalimaraanishiyanento ey-akuningcungcuthekisa ubomi benubonke.Lingafane lisizondele nje ikhehle

thina asinandaba kuba asazi ukubabafunani ebantwanini oontanga yabobekhona nje.Nawe wena mkhulu onguMrev

omane undwendwela la sisi ucawanaye uthi uyofaka umthandazo siku-jongile.Ngumthandazo otheni lo wasoloko

wafakwa nge-late hours kuphinde fu-thi kungavakali kuthandazwa wa-kungena kuse kuthuleke cwaka. Ma-kube abaphimiseli bathandazela nga-phakathi.Hayi masihambe singade sijongwe

kakubi ngabantu. Mara ke warheid isawarheidthereisnowaysingaphumaecaleni.Okay let us take our bag and go to

dig out more gossip for our next edi-tion. Moja!!!

Emva kokuswelekelwa ngabazali bak-hengenxayentsholongowanekagawu-layo,uPhumlaGqojana (31)uyewathat-ha isigqibo sokuba azifundise ngeHIV.

Uthi wakhe weva ngale ntsholong-wane kodwa engazi ukuba ingaphaka-thi endlwini. “Bendisazi ukuba ikhoiHIV, kodwa ndingazi ukuba usapholwam losulelekile, zange lundazise” ut-shilo.

Uqhube wathi “emva kokuba utatawam eswelekile ngo 2008, umamawamwaye wagula kakhulu, waye wahlolaamatyeli amaninzi, azange andixeleleukuba ingxaki iphi, ndimleqisa kwizib-hedlela ngezibhedlela wade wadlulaemhlabenikwalaphosifumanisekakho-na ukuba ubephila ne HIV”

Emva koko uyewazama ngazo zonkeiindlela ukuzifundisa ngentsholong-wane kagawulayo, ukuze afundise usa-pholwakhekunyenabahlalikwilaliyak-he. Ngendlela awayefuna ukufundangayo,wayewayofunaulwazikwisibhe-dlele esikufuphi naye wenza izifundozethutyana khona.

Njengangoku uyahlola aphinde alu-leke abantungeHIV, ebanika neengcebi-so zokuba bangaphila njani ubomi obu-de bephila netsholongwane kagawu-

layo kunye nabangaphili nayo.“kungoku nje ndifundisa ndicebisa

abantu ukuba bangazikhusela njani.Ndafunda isifundo ngokulahlekelwangabazali bamngokuandifuni kubekhoumntu ongabakulento ndadlula kuyo”utshilo uGqojana

IHIV/AIDSsisifoesibulalayo, futhi es-inganyangekiyo. Iqumrhu elijongenenogawulokumazweamanyeneyoiUnit-edNationsAIDSAgency (UNIADS) lithiunobangelaweAIDS yi HIV engalawul-wayo.

I HIV ithi ubulale amajoni abizwangokuba zii CD4+T cells, ezibalulekekakhulu emzimbeni womntu. Izifundoziveze ukuba ngamawaka abantu abos-uleleke yi HIV, kodwa baphile ixeshaelide phambi kokuba ikhulele kwinqan-aba leAIDS, apho izobulalaamajoniom-zimbakudekufike ixesha lokuba ingala-wuleki.

Kwizifundo zakhe uPhumla uye wa-fumana ukwazi ukuba intsholongwaneleIHIVisulelakanjaniukusukakomnyeumntu ukuya komnye. Uthi wothukakakhula ukufumaniseka ukuba kululakanjani ukuba umntu osuleleke.

“Abantu abazikhathalelanga, abayise-benzisi ikhondom xabesabelana nges-ondo”. Utshilo Ugqojana

Uqhube wathi ubantu bayosulelekangokwabelana ngesondo xabengase-benzisanga sikhuseli beleli nomntu os-ulelekileyo; umama angamosulelaumntwanawakhengexesha ekhulelwexa ethe akamkhusela (PMTCT) kusen-gethuba, ngokutshintshelana ngenalitinomtu uphila ne HIV, kunye neengoziapho kubakhona utshintsha-tshintshwano ngegazi.

IHIVayisulelingokuxhawulaumntuophila nayo. Kwaye ngeke uyifumanengokutyelakwisityaesinyeokanyexan-isebenzisa isixhobo esinye. Ngeke uyi-fumane i HIV ngokwanga umntu ophi-laneHIV.Uyifumanaxakudibene igazi,kunye nencindi ephuma ngaphantsikumama okanye kutata.

Ungazikhusela kwi HIV ngokuba u:•Ungazibandakanyi kwezesondo•Ukwazi istatus sakho neseqabane

lakho•Ukusebenzisa iKhondom xa uzok-

wabelana ngesondo•Ukwehlisela inani labantu olala na-

bo•Ungalali nabantu ujonge inzuzo•Ungaseli ngokweqileyo futhi un-

gasebenzisi iziyobisi•Ukoluka ukukhuselekiyo uphinde

usebenzise iKhondom

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ITHI ayonwabanga inqununu yesikolo sa-se Xhora esibizwa ngokuba yiSirunu Jun-ior Secondary School, kulandela uku-phoxeka kwabantwana besi sikolo ebe be-zimisele ukuya kudlala ibhola yombhoxoeQonce ngomhla we-15 ku-Agasti.UMnu Oriet Genukile uthi abafundi be-

si sikolo bebedlala kukhuphiswano olu-bizwa ngokuba yi-School League nalaphobaye baphumelela. Abafundi bebeza kuyakudlala eQonce badlalela i-under 13 ku-nye ne-under 16 kubandakanya nabant-wana abangamantombazana abadlala ku-under 15 ebebephumelele beza kudlalakumdlalo wesithili eQonce.“Enziwe amalungiselelo okuba siyeeQonce de bayo kulala esikolweniabantwana kunye nabazali kuba kusi-

thiwa siza kuvuka sihambe ngentsimbiyesine ukuya eQonce. Kodwa ndithe xanditsala umnxeba ndifuna ukuva malu-nga nesithuthi ebesiza kuhamba ngasondaxelelwa ukuba akukho mali,” kubekauGenukile.Woleke ngelithi sele ingu nyaka wesi-

thathu lo bephoxeka sele belungiseleleukuhamba baye kudlala bavele baxelelwesisithili saseDutywa ukuba akukho mali.“Le nto indiphatha kakubi mna njenge

nqununu yesikolo kuba abazali baza ku-mosha ixesha labo apha esikolwenikwaye lo mkhwa wehlisa izinga leze mid-lalo kwesi sikolo sethu.”Uthe asibafundi base Sirunu kuphelaabehlelwa yile nto eXhora. Uthe nakwi-

sikolo sase Khasa kwenzeke into efanayokodwa owona mnqa ngowo kuba abafundibezikolo eziphantsi kweDutywa bona bay-

aya emidlalweni, kwaye ayenzeki lentokubo. Othethela iSebe lezeMfundo uMali-bongwe Mtima ucele ukuba athunyelelweimibuzo yi-Express kodwa kude kwafikaixesha lokushicilela engayi phendulanga.

THEWalterSisuluUniversity’sartsdepartmenthas started planting seeds to cultivate and growresearch within its walls with the aspiration ofone day seeing it blossom into more than just aculture - but the supreme ethos.The ongoing research paper “Swazi Oral Lit-

erature, Ecoculture and Environmental Apoca-lypse” delivered by the University of Swazi-land’s Dr Enongene Sone on August 4 served tolaunch the department’s Seminars Series at theMthatha Campus.The paper examines oral literature as the epi-

centre of Swazis’ indigenous conceptualisationof their social existence and focuses onhow thisoral literatureasa systemofknowledgeandcul-tural practice is engaged by Swazis with regardto environmental sustainability.Sone argues that the indigenous environmen-

tal expertise among the Swazi people, encapsu-

lated in their oral literature, can serve as a criti-cal resource base for the process of developinga healthy environment.Furthermore, the paper con-

tends that ecocriticism, which isessentiallyaWesternconcept,canbenefit by drawing inspirationfrom the indigenous knowledgecontainedinSwazicultureandex-pressed in their oral literature.Series coordinator and English

studies senior lecturerDrThabis-aniNdlovusaid:“Ouraimis tode-velop and encourage a true aca-demic spirit of engagingandshar-ing ideas. This should be thefunction of any vibrant arts de-partment - togeneratemeaningfuldebate on issues that affect society at large.”

It was through such engagement, he pointedout, that society could review, recommend and

implement strategies with thecommon purpose of contributingtowards creating a robust, all-in-clusive and humane society.Ndlovu said the seminars were

also geared towards creating anappropriate spaceandplatformtoencourage WSU staff and post-graduatestudents toshareandas-sist each other in collaborative ef-forts towriteandpublishmorere-search papers.The series is set to rununtilOc-

tober 13 andwill constitute sevenseminars with a plethora ofbroad-based themes looking at so-

cio-political subthemes.

LECTURERS from the various universitiesacross the country kicked off thought-provok-ing discussions about foundational provision-ing at a two-day colloquium hosted by theWal-terSisuluUniversity (WSU)and theUniversityofFortHare (UFH) inEastLon-don last week.Addressing the delegates,

Rhodes University dean ofteaching and learning Profes-sor Chrissie Boughey said so-cial awareness and accounta-bility must become the keyprinciple and approach inSouthAfrican universities’ ad-ministering of higher educa-tion to their students.Boughey said maintaining

the “decontextualized learner”approach to teaching in SouthAfrica only benefited the privilegedwhitemid-dle class, who continued to excel because oftheir advantaged backgrounds.“The decontextualized approach works with

that which we’re naturally born with – our in-herent abilities; natural smarts; innate or in-born confidence as human beings,” she said.

“Besides the natural distribution of thesetraits, the privileged few can enhance thesewithin their children through access.“It doesn’t recognise the poor socioeconomic

and historical context within which this coun-try operates and this wouldserve tokeeppoorpeople in theperiphery of academics.”Boughey said universities

needed to acknowledge andtreat students as “social be-ings” and introduce mecha-nisms to help them achievesome semblance of equalitythrough an evidence-basedlearning approach.UFH Teaching and Learning

Centre directorDrNoluthandoToni said the eventwas vital inproviding a platform for aca-

demics to pause and consciously reflect on bestpractices.“This colloquium is specifically intended to

providespacetoreflect,articulateandshareex-periencesof designingand facilitating learningin extended programmes.”WSU learning and teaching development in-

stitution director Velile Dwayi said academicdiscourses of such nature were critical in gen-erating new ways and approaches to teachingand learning.“Such spaces should constitute not only the

main feature of university practice where in-terlink between theory, practice, developmentand research might be promoted, monitoredand evaluated, but also the generation of newways of practices which continue to evolvethroughouracademicdiscourses,”Dwayi said.Newly appointed extended programmes in-

stitution coordinator Thabile Loqo said effortsto introduce a uniform approach in WSU’sscreening, admission and placement of stu-dents in extended programmes could help im-prove teaching and learning at the institution.She said the university must move away

from academic programmes setting their ownadmissions guidelines and start subscribing toan institutionally-set standard.“The current practice leaves us susceptible

andproneto inquiriesandquestions,andright-fully so, about how we determine students’needs for foundational provision from the onesthat don’t because there’s no uniformity in thesystem,” Loqo said.

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LINIKE inkxaso iSebe lezoPhuhliso loLuntukwibandla elizinikezele ekuncedeni abant-wana abahlala kwizitalato zaseMthatha,ngokuthi linikezele ngokutya kweli bandlaphantse yonke le veki igqithileyo.

IBandla laseMthini Evangelical Movementnelikhokhelwa ngumsunguli walo uBishopTshepo Machaea liphekela phantse abantuabangaphezulu kwama-200 kuquka abantwa-na abahlala ezitalatweni kunye nootata aba-dala abakhangela izingxungxo kwidolophuyaseMthatha.Echaza uBishop Machaea uthe bavuye ka-

khulu ngoncedo abathe balufumana kwiSebelezoPhuhliso loLuntu, watsho esithi bakhebema kancinane ukukhupha kwipokotho za-bo beli bandla.“Ndifuna icace into yokuba silibandla asi-

fumani nkxaso thina sikhupha kwipokothozethu ukuze sikwazi ukutyisa aba bantu bah-lala ezitalatweni nanjengoko siphethe ivange-li yokwenza. Ukuncedwa leli Sebe kwenzeukuba noko sikhe siphumle kancinane,” kub-eka uMachaea.Woleke ngelithi inkxaso abayifumeneyo

ibonisile ukuba ngokwenene bakhonaabantu abawubonayo umsebenzi owenziwa

leli Bandla laseMthini ngeliza uku-tshintshaubomi babantu.Ngaphandle koku ukwathe le nkxaso yenze

ukuba babe nobudlelwane ngakumbi neli Se-be kuba intsebenziswano yabo ikhulile.Kwelinye icalauvezeukuba imihla ethi leh-

le ngalo inani labantu abatya kweli bandlangumhlawe-15, 20, 25, 31 kunye neentsuku zo-kurhola imali yesibonelelo, kuba kaloku ab-antu abaninzi basuke bexakekile bephathisaabo bazo kuthenga ukutya kule dolophu ya-seMthatha.

Ikhathazekile inqununukukuphoxakalakwabafundibayo

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Seminars aim to cultivate research culture

Dr Thabisani Ndlovu.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Social awareness key in education redress

Dr Chrissie Boughey

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THE Department of Rural Development andAgrarianReforminNyandeniLocalMunicipal-ityhostedanagricultural show lastweek tomo-tivatefarmerstoproducehigh-qualityproducts.Farmers from all wards of the local munici-

palitywere invited to the event,whichwasheldat Nyandeni Great Place in Ngqeleni.They were given the opportunity to bring

theirproduce, suchas livestock, citrus fruit andnew commodities like seafood.Show organiser and agricultural develop-

ment technicianSabeloNgqeleni said therewasa need for people to go back to their roots in or-der to produce quality products.“And there is no other way to make them do

that thanbyhostingagriculturalshowslikethisone to make them aware that there is competi-tion out there and that they need to producequality products that will match the marketstandards in order to address food security andreduce unemployment.”He called on the young people of Nyandeni to

participate inagriculturebecause thesoil in thearea was very rich, and suitable especially for

citrus fruit and livestock and the area was alsoblessed as it bordered the sea.“That iswhywehave fish farming,whichwe

want to take to another level.”XolileSigaji fromMankosi locationinNgqele-

ni expressedhis gratitude to the department forhosting such shows because they motivatedthem as emerging farmers, particularly in theareas bordering the sea because the sea wasbread and butter for the people there.The best producers received awards for their

dedication and production of high quality prod-ucts.

Agricultural show highlights farmers’ produce

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Traditional dancers from Libode entertaincommunity members.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Nurses from Lilitha College show theirtalent at a farewell held for lecturerNombuyekezo Qangule-Ngcaba.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

These pupils showed off their traditionalXhosa attire. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Ushers Zimbini Madikiza, MandisaMadikiza, Kholiwe Nyakombi andCamagwini Hafi ensured that guests wereseen to their correct places at a farewellfunction for lecturer NombuyekezoQangule-Ngcaba.PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

REPORTER

TWO Eastern Cape women scooped top na-tional farming honours during the annualNational Female Entrepreneur of the Yearawards inDurban last Thursday (August 27).

The OR Tambo District’s NabelemntwiniSawmill Cooperative took home the Minis-ter’s Special Award for Female Entrepre-neur Living with Disabilities category,while the Sarah Baartman-based SundaysRiver Farming Trust won in the Top Entre-preneur Export Markets category.“To tell you the truth, I wasn’t expecting

this award,” saidElizabethCox,whowon theMinister’s Special Award.“I am very happy to have been given this

award by theminister. I will invest this prizemoney back into my business so that we cando more.”Cox urged other women in agriculture and

people with disabilities never to give up andto do their best in whatever they did.ShewonR100 000 in prizemoney and a tab-

let computer loaded with Agri suit onlinesoftware.“We are happy that we won in this catego-

ry and we attribute our success to the sup-port we continue to receive from the govern-ment and the team work of all members ofthe trust on the farm,” said Buyiswa Dyengaof Sundays River Farming Trust which wonthe Top Entrepreneur Export Markets cate-gory.She said women could succeed when they

made a commitment to their work.Ndyengwa will use the money to build a

creche for all the children of their workersso that they can be taken care of while theirparents are on duty.The cooperative,which employs 17 people,

three of whom are women, gets its timbersupply from various government-owned for-ests, such as the Saponampolo, Ncenganeand Etwa forests.The orange- and lemon-producing Sun-

days River Farming Trust, which won thetop provincial award, produces 2 052 tons oforanges and 1 032 tons of lemons a year forboth the export and local markets.The trustwas started in 2007 by 20 benefici-

aries (seven women, four men and nineyoung women).They started out as farmworkers but now

own the farm after the Rural DevelopmentandLandReformDepartment gave it to themfor citrus production.Rural Development and Agrarian Reform

MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane congratulated thewinners, saying they were the epitome of fe-male success in the male-dominated field ofagriculture.“On behalf of the provincial government,

I congratulate the twowomen and their busi-nesses for winning in the categories of thenational Female Entrepreneur of the Yearawards.”“They defeated serious challenges and

odds to be where they are with their busi-nesses. Their success shows that govern-ment support for previously disadvantagedindividuals within this sector is yieldingpositive results.”The national awards follow provincial

chapters held in each province where femalefarmers compete for provincial prizes, withthe winner being sent to the national contestto vie for the coveted female entrepreneur ofthe year silverware.

In the national awards, the Eastern Capewas represented by Xoliswa Binda in the Fe-male Farm Worker of the Year category, Si-yalakha Backyard Garden in the Subsist-ence Producer category, Laphum’ikhweziCooperative in the Entrepreneur SmallHolder category, Nozamo Cleaning Suppliesin the Entrepreneur Processing category,Nabelemntwini Sawmills in the Entrepre-neur Commercial category and the SundaysRiver Farming Trust contesting in the TopEntrepreneur Export Markets category.Qoboshiyane added that the success of the

pair in the national awards was a reward fortheir hard work in the previous season de-spite sectoral and climatic conditions.“Some of the challenges faced by these fe-

male farmers included a national industry-

wide black spot-induced citrus ban by theEuropean Union and challenges peculiar tothe forestry sector.“This success proves that our female farm-

ers have what it takes to succeed in the farm-ing business and theyproved to be among thebest farmers in the country, continent andthe globe,” Qoboshiyane said. The govern-ment would do everything possible to helpfemale farmers succeed in line with existingpolicies and development programmes, hesaid.The success of thesewomen and their busi-

nesses inspired the government to commer-cialise and professionalise agriculture, andsupport all those in the sector, and womeninparticular,with access to finance andmar-kets for their growth and success.

ECwomenscoop topnational farmingawards

From left are, Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Eastern Cape RuralDevelopment and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, Buyiswa Dyenga of the SundaysRiver Farming Trust who won in the Top Entrepreneur Export Market category, Minister SenzeniZokwaana, previous overall winner Nokwanele Mzamo of Luthando Farm and Total SA generalmanager Pansy Mekwa. PHOTOS: MBUYISELO SPECTACULAR NDLOVU

Old Mutual’s Simphiwe Somdyala, Minister Senzeni Zokwana congratulating Elizabeth Cox(winner of Minister’s Special Award) with Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian ReformMEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane and Deputy Minister General Bheki Cele.

First Lady Mrs Sizakele Zuma, Minister Senzeni Zokwana and Deputy Minister General Bheki Celeseen with all category winners and the overall winners.

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THE Councillor’s Cup, which was initiatedfour years ago to restore a sporting culturein Mthatha East, was held at the Rotary Stadi-um at the weekend.

The tournament was held for residents ofNgangelizwe, the oldest township in Mthatha,and some parts of Khwezi township (ward 02).

Ngangelize is well-known for being the

home of sport in Mthatha, but that culturedied off some years ago. The Councillor’s Cupis aimed at bringing back the love of sport tothe township.

This was revealed during the weekend tour-nament by the ward councillor, Nontyanty-ambo Gcingca, who is championing this sportspectacular.

Six schools from ward 02 participated in thetournament, during which soccer, netball,volleyball and rugby were played.

Ward 02 schools which participated in thetourney included Zimele High School, Mzim-vubu JSS, Nozuko SSS, Ngangelizwe SSS,Jonguhlanga SSS and Skill Centre.

Gcingca said that by hosting these gamesyearly they were trying to keep children awayfrom crime and drug abuse.

“Children growing up in the township areexposed to many things of township lifewhich could end up misleading them. Wewant them to get more involved in sport. This

would help them to stay away from drugabuse and crime in the township.”

She said the tournament was growing year-ly. The Department of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture and the private sector are in-volved in the initiative.

In the soccer matches, Skill Centre were thevictors, beating Nganglizwe SSS 1-0 in the fi-nals.

In rugby, Zumele High school became thisyear’s Councillor’s Cup champions.

Councillor’s Cup to restore sport inMthathaEast

Zimele High celebrate winning the rugby finals of the Councillor’s Cup in Mthatha at the weekend.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLEThe Skill Centre team were the winners of the soccer. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

ANELE RAZIYA

IQALILE kwimpela-veki esisuka kuyo itumen-te yebhola ekhatywayo eququzelelwa yiLu-thando Zibeko Foundation, nenjongo zayo iku-phuhlisa ezemidlalo emaphandleni ikwanikanethuba abadlali ukuba bachongwe ngamaqelaaziwayo kweli loMzantsi Afrika.

Le tumente isekelweukubaidlalwengabadla-li abaneminyaka engaphantsi kweshumi eline-sixhenxe kuphela ngenjongo zokuba kuvelisweochwephesha bebhola ekhatywayo bangomsokweli.

ICofimvaba, iTsomokwakunyeneNcora,zon-tathu ezondawo zisingathe lemidlalo yeLut-hando Zibeko Sports and Recreation Festival

nalaphondawonganyeisingathe imidlaloyayo.Usihlalo wale Foundation uLuthando Zibeko

uthe le midlalo yale tumente idlalwa kwezi nda-wo zintathu kuphela, kwaye amaqela aqhubekakuhle kwisigaba sokuqala azakudityaniswakwimidlalo eyandulela eyamanqam nezaku-banjelwa kwibala laseTsomo ngomhla we-shumi kwinyanga ka-October.

“Amaqela atshotshe entla kwezi ndawo si-zakuwathatha siye nawo eTsomo Stadium nala-pho sizakuwathelekisela khona ukuba ahluza-nekuphumelawoazakudlalakumdlalowaman-qam kolu khuphiswano luqala kulo nyaka,”utshilo uZibeko.

Kwakule tumente kuvakala ukuba kuza ku-chongwa iqela elomeleleyo nelizakuthi lidlaleneqela le-University Of Pretoria (AmaTuks) la-

baneminyaka engaphantsi kweshumi elinesi-xhenxe kunyaka ozayo.

“Ngokuya le midlalo iqhuba sizakuchongaabafana esizakubathatha siyokubadlalisa nen-tanga zabo kwi-Tuks kunyaka ozayo, ngokwen-za njalo sizama ukuphuhlisa abantwana kwib-hola ekhatywayo,” uqhube watsho uZibeko.

Ukwathe sele benayo intsebenziswano neli-qela lidlala kwi-ABSA Premier Soccer Leaguei-University Of Pretoria, kuba banomdlali wabowasetyhini obesuka kwi-Luthando ZibekoFoundation kodwa ngoku udlalela abasetyhinikweli qela.

Uzibeko uthi bameme nabachongi ukuba ba-zokukhangela abadlali kule tumente izakuqhu-ba kude ibengumhla weshumi kwinyanga ez-ayo.

Iqalise ngempumelelo itumente ephuhlisa ezemidlalo emaphandleni

Bucksmeanbusiness in theNational FirstDivision

The Bucks management team are, back from left, Doc Tukute, Simthembile Ntlantsana, coachLessly Notsi and Philiso Mnqandi. In front are the team’s new signings. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDELEDLE

MTHATHA Bucks showed they meant businesswhen they were promoted to the National FirstDivision and they are keen to be promoted toplay in the Premier Soccer League next season.

This follows big signings for the season. Bucksended their first game on a high note in a fullypacked Mthatha stadium when they held VascoDa Gama to a 0 - 0 draw last Sunday.

Some of their new signings started the match,while the experienced former BloemfonteinCeltic striker Mosses Spandeel started from thebench.

He came on in the second half and quicklymade an impact with a penalty that gave Bucksthe equaliser.

Bucks have managed to secure the services ofexperienced former Sundowns goalkeeper Post-net Omony, who was between the poles last Sun-day.

Newly elected coach Lesly Notsi said he want-ed to take the team to the play-offs despite thembeing the newcomers in the National First Divi-sion.

“The boys are in good shape. The first matchwas a confidence-booster and my boys showedhunger.

“They showed that we are here to compete notjust to add numbers. I’m sure the halfway mark ofthe league will be a very decent one and it will giveme a clue about where to go with my team,” theformer Lesotho national coach said.

The new signings for Bucks are Philiso Mngadi,Thabiso Mokoena, Moses Spandeel, Postnet Omo-ny, Phakathi Ndudinga, Sakhile Hlongwa, LuckyGoba, Mlungisi Mdwebu, Sihle Maso, Thomas Ny-athi, Phelelani Gcaba, Samkelo Ndletyana, TebohMakhunga, Tsiriso Kadimeg, Rantabale Mashaleand Lucky Mshumpela.

The players that were released by the Mthathaclub include Mnoneleli Zitho, Mlungisi Mazibuko,Siboniso Ngcobo and Avela Mxaba. Notsi said withthe players he had he could go a long way.

He expressed his gratitude to the Bucks manage-ment for their support and for buying quality play-ers.

In his technical team, Notsi has the likes of Buckslegend Mzunani Mara Mgwigwi and former Mor-oka Swallows midfielder Samuel Ngobeni.

“It is a great honour to work with these legends,particularly Mgwigwi, because he knows the cul-ture of the team since he was with it for a long timeas a player and as coach.”