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IN an attempt to providequality health care, par-ticularly in the formerTranskei, the EasternCape Health Departmenthas spent more than R14-

million in upgrading the oldMthatha Regional Hospital (for-merly known as Mthatha GeneralHospital), with the aim of improv-ing service delivery at the facilityand reducing mortality.

Other hospitals that will followsoon in this initiative include StElizabeth Hospital in Lusikisiki,Butterworth Hospital, MthathaRegional and Dora Nginza Hospi-tal in Port Elizabeth.The upgrading includes a 23-bed

neonatal unit, which was namedafter the late Professor ZandisileNazo, who played a cardinal rolein establishing the unit at theMthatha Regional Hospital.

Other renovated units includethe gyneacology ward, the oncolo-gy clinic and a fully-fledged inter-nal medical services unit, whichwill address challenges regardingcommunicable and non-communi-cable diseases.The opening of the neonatal unit

will address neonatal mortality,as well as overcrowding.Speaking during the official

opening and handing over of thenewly renovated wards, HealthMEC Dr Pumza Dyantyi said theevent honoured the needs of peo-

ple and fulfilled the promise ofquality health care.

“It shows that this is a caringgovernment which at all timesmaintains the bettering of healthservices to restore the dignity ofthe people,” she said.With the renovations they

wanted to focus more on the hos-pitals that gave them “sleeplessnights”, such as Mthatha Region-al, St Elizabeth, Butterworth andDora Nginza.“We need to bring down the

mortality rates in the hospitals ofthe Eastern Cape,” Dyantyi said.She also gave the assurance

that she would deliver on her

promise to open a neonatal unitat the Madwaleni Hospital inMqanduli.Dyantyi lambasted the people

who continued to destroy existingresources if they were dissatis-fied with the government.She appealed to the community

of OR Tambo to protect the re-sources.

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Millions spent to curbmortality inhospitals

MEC Pumza Dyantyi (at the back, left) in a newly­renovated neonatal unit with mothers who came to give birth in therenovated ward. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

“We need to bringdown themortalityrates in thehospitals of theEastern Cape.”­ DR PUMZA DYANTYI,

HEALTH MEC

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SELE kusweleke amakhwenkwe amabini em-va kokuqala kolwaluko lwasebusika ePhon-dweni.

UMphathiswa weSebe loBurhulumentebaseMakhaya kunye nemiCimbi yeeNkosi

u Fikile Xasa uthewavakalisa amazwi entu-thuzelo kumakhaya alamakhwenkwe nase-Nyandeni eBuntingville kunye naseKSD

eMthatha.“:Siyacela kubazali kunye nabahlali ngoku-

ba-nzi ukuba basoloko beqhubeka bewaham-bela amabhoma ngeli xesha kwaye basebenzi-se inkqubo yokujonga iingcibi kunye nama-khankatha asemthethweni khon’ukuze silwenobundlobongela obubangelwa ngamabhomaangekho mthethweni,” utshilo uXasa.

Kusenjalo, amagosa karhulumente eseben-zisananabakwantsasanaathebhazalalaeham-ba ejonga amabhoma ukuthintela ukunyukakwamanani okusweleka kwabakhwetha.

OthethelaeliSebe,uMamkeliNgamutheku-the kwabanjwa umrhanelwa eBisho kwaye

ulindelekeukubaavelekwiinkundlazamatya-lakungekudalangezityholozokwalusaindodaeneminyaka engama-28 ngokungekhomthethweni.

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Uhambise wathi, kubanjwe iingcibi ezinta-thu nezijongene nezityholo zokwalusa ngo-kungekhomthethweni. “Amagosawethuatheahlangula abakhwetha abafikileyo ekhulwinikwindawo yaseNyandeni, eMhlontlo kunyenaseBuffalo City, kwavalwa amabhomaamahlanu kwaze kwangeniswa abakhwethaabalishumi elinesihlanu kwisibhedlela sas-eNtlaza,” uhambise watsho uNgam.

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IZAKUVELA kwiinkundla zamatyala kwa-khona indoda yakuCentane ejongene nezit-yholo zokweba imfuyo.

Le ndoda enama 42 eminyaka ubudalaivele nje kancinci kwinkundla kamantyikuCentane kwiveki ephelileyo laze ityalalayo lamiswa ingakhange ibuzwe ukuba

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SONKE Gender Justice said it is disap-pointed and disgusted by constant reportsof rapes in communities.It said evenmore disturbing is the rape

of and violence against children and theelderly.Thiscomesafteryetanotherelderlyciti-

zen was raped in her home, this time inMsendo village in Centane.

A 48-year-old man was arrested by But-terworth police for the alleged rape of the76-year-old woman.The woman had been sleeping alone

when the suspect sneaked into her house,police spokesperson Captain JacksonMa-natha said. The victim felt someone throt-tlingherandtriedtocryout forassistance.

“The suspect kept on throttling her andthen raped her,” he said.After he had raped her, the suspect had

sat next to the victim and switched on thelights, he said.

It was then that she had been able toidentify the suspect as a neighbour.

Sonke Gender Justice spokesperson,Patrick Godana, said it was unfortunatethat after all the efforts made to fight gen-der-based violence, old people were stillnot safe in their own communities.“We will continue fighting for the pro-

tection of the dignity of women becausethemenwhokeepdoing this arenot doingit in the name of all men,” he said.“We can only take solace from the fact

that people are able to come forward andreport these incidents. We will make surethat people like this face the full force ofjustice.”

He said that in the comingweeks Sonkeplanned toworkcloselywithotherorgani-sations that had the samemission of fight-ing gender-based violence, to strengthenawareness.

He also said many rapists were abe towalk freebecauseof the lenienceof the lawtowards them.

Victims also gave up hope because oflong court processes.

The suspect is expected to appear incourt this week. – BUNTU GOTYWA

SonkeGenderJusticewants law tobe strict on rapists

BUNTU GOTYWA

KUSEKHO umothuko kubahlali baseM-sobomvu eGcuwa emva kwesehlo so-kudlwengulwa kwentombazana ene 12leminyaka yindoda enama 31 eminyakaubudala.

Ingxelo ephuma emapoliseni ithi, esisehlo senzeke kwindawo yaseMsobomvukwiicawa

ezimbini ezidlulileyo.Intombazana le ibikunye nodade wayo

omncinci ngethuba umrhanelwa engenakwikhaya layo malunga nesiqingatha em-va kwentsimbi yeshumi ngentseni.

Umrhanelwa uthumele usisi wexhobaomncinci kwivenkile yasekuhlaleningethuba elungiselela ukuzithathelangenkani isondo kule ntombazanyana.

Umrhanelwa uye wagrogrisa ixhoba eliwandula ngokulidlwengula.

Intombazana iye yabikela unina ngesisehlo nowenze njalo ukuwusa lo mba ku-mapolisa aseGcuwa.

Le ndoda ibanjwe ngamapolisa ecandeloeli-jongene nobuNdlobongela kusapho,uKhuseleko lwabantwana kunye nokuH-lukunyezwa ngesondo. Kulindeleke ukubaivele kwakhona kwinkundla kamantyi eG-cuwa emva kokuvela kancinci ngolwesit-hathu weveki ephelileyo.Iqumrhu elijongene nokulwa ukuhluku-

nyezwa ngokwesini, iSonke Gender Jus-tice ithiiphoxekile ukuba kusekho izehlo ezilolu

hlobo ekuhlaleni.Isithethi seli qumrhu uPatrick Godana

uthi nangona ezi ngxelo zibuhlungu ulun-tu kufuneka lubenaso isibindi sokuya nga-phambili kwizehlo ezilolu hlobo. Uthiamasiko nezithethe zakwaNtu awaham-bisani nokuhlukunyezwa kwabantwanangesondo.

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REPORTER

A HAWKS sting operation has landed aRoad Accident Fund (RAF) syndicate be-hind bars.

Since February 2016, at least 32 suspectswere pounced on by members of the Hawks’commercial crime unit in the Eastern Cape,after they allegedly submitted a combinedvalue of fraudulent claims worth more thanR7 million.

Last week Thursday, four members of thesame syndicate were arrested in Flagstaffafter they tried their luck to swindle theRAF out of about R2 million for a false acci-

dent which allegedly happened in June2007.The RAF was about to pay out the claims

when investigations revealed that the fourwere not even involved in the accident.Three other suspects who were supposed tobe arrested with these four are now de-ceased.The four whose ages ranges between 35

and 60 years old respectively, were arrestedand released on warning the same day.They will appear again before the FlagstaffMagistrate court on 4 July 2016.The cases against the other 28 suspects

are currently ongoing before the Mthatha,Port St Johns andBizanaMagistrate courts.

The possibility of further arrests cannotbe ruled out.

Hawks National Head Lieutenant Gener-al Mthandazo Ntlemeza has hailed the oper-ation and warned that the Hawks are on theheels of similar syndicates nationwide.

“We are continuing to make a huge differ-ence in this country and our efforts are pay-ing dividends.

“We have broken the back of a major syn-dicate and we have our sights on other simi-lar syndicates countrywide.“Fraudsters and corruption remain our

main targets, and it’s only a matter of timebefore we come knocking on more doors,”said Lieutenant General Ntlemeza.

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THE Department of Health has set aside R94-million for the construction of accommoda-tion for health profressionals throughout theprovince, Health MEC, Pumza Dyantyi saidduring a visit to the Mthatha Regional Hospi-tal last Tuesday.

TheEasternCape has faced a problemof un-derstaffing in health centres, particularly inthe rural areas, because the doctors and nurs-eswho shouldwork there, did not have a placeto stay and as a result refused to be allocatedto remote areas.

It was also a problem in the urban areas,with nurses or trainee nurses forced to rentprivate accommodation.

However, Dyantyi vowed that this wouldcome to an end and no health professionalwould not have accommodation near theplace where they worked.

“We have already started building accom-modation for health professionals (a nurses’home) at a new clinic in Mbhongweni loca-tion, Mbizana,” she said.

“The clinicwas officiallyhandedover to thecommunity and the nurses who stay there.

“In this financial year we need to focus onensuring that when we build a clinic our firstphase will be accommodation.

“We are planning on building more accom-modation in the other health centres.

“Everywhere we go in this province we aregoing to build accommodation facilities forhealth professionals,” Dyantyi said.

Millions forhealthprofessionals’ accommodation

MEC Pumza Dyantyi. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE industrious work shown by the inves-tigating teamwhichmade arrests less thana week after the kidnapping, rape andmur-der of Port St Johns resident, Pam Burns,has come with rewards.

Brigadier Nompumelelo Majikijela ofthe Port St Johns cluster has issued certifi-cates of appreciation for the hard workdone by the members of the organisedcrime unit and a private investigation com-pany that helped tracked downBurns’s car.

All three suspects are behind bars.Burns was kidnapped from her home in

Second Beach, Port St Johns, and her bodywas discovered at the Rosedale location inMthatha.

Her car was found in another part of

Mthatha. It has also come to light thatmon-ey was withdrawn from her account.

One transaction was done at an ATM inLibode and another transaction took placein East London.

One suspect was arrested when he wasfound driving Burns’s car and two days lat-er other accused were arrested.

Majikijela said that besides this case thetask teamhad also been investigating otherserious cases and had managed to crackthem.

“They deserve a token of appreciationfromourmanagement as theyhad sleeplessnights ensuring that the alleged perpetra-tors of the crime were arrested.”

She said the teamhad also played a cardi-nal role in the arrest of the mastermindswho were behind the loss of R2.3 millionfrom the Port St Johns municipality.

“Wemanaged to arrest two people in thiscase and recovered the rest of the money,”she said. “The perpetrators had alreadyused R90 000.

“Nowweare still working tirelessly look-ing for another suspect who is still atlarge.”

Majikijela expressed her gratitude tomembers of the community who had coop-erated with the police during the investiga-tion of Burns’s case.

Meanwhile the case against the threemen was postponed to July 7 by the Port StJohns Magistrate’s Court last week in or-der for the residential addresses of all theaccused to be verified.

Siyabulela Mposwa, 20, Maphelo Bholo,21, andSiveMphetho, 24, are facing chargesof house robbery, kidnapping, rape andmurder.

Port St Johnsmurder case investigating team rewarded

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KING Sabata Dalindyebo mayor, NonkolisoNgqongwa, called for peace and revival of thespirit of Ubuntu in communities.

She was speaking at Water Park nearNgangelizwe Township at the funeral ofthree family members who were gunneddown at their home recently.Themurders of mother Lindiwe Arosi, her

25-year-old son Buntu Arosi and 20-year-olddaughter, Thandokazi Arosi are believed tobe out of revenge.The three family members were gunned

down by four gunmen in their home threeweeks ago.The assailants allegedly opened fire at the

door of the house where the family was pre-paring to eat supper.The son and daughter were killed instant-

ly, while the mother had to be rushed to hos-pital where she later died.

The incident happened as the family waspreparing for the funeral of Lindiwe’s hus-band, who had died weeks earlier.Four familymemberswere buried, includ-

ing the father.Ngqongwa said what happened to the Aro-

si family was a massive tragedy.She said the government was doing all

that is possible to ensure proper governanceand stability in communities.“The law should take its course, this is a

challenge to see people cry, because of livingin fear in their communities.“We are calling for peace among people

and to stop taking the law into their ownhands,” she said.Ngangelizwe Community Police Forum

chairperson, Siyazi Msila, said such an inci-dent had never happened in their area be-fore and said they have reinforced the secu-rity.He said people are still shaken and still

live in fear in the area after the incident.

Arosi familymembers laid to rest

Four caskets carrying a father, mother, son and a daughter all laid to rest on the same day.PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

LEADING Eastern Cape tertiary institu-tions have joined hands with the MnqumaLocal Municipality in an effort to bringabout the municipality’s economic reviv-al.

Walter Sisulu University, Fort Hare,Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,King Hintsa TVET and Fort Cox College ofAgriculture launched a partnership agree-ment with the municipality last week.The partnership is expected to benefit

residents of the municipality throughskills development and fighting youth un-employment and poverty.Mnquma mayor, Baba Ganjana, said the

need to identify critical skills that must betransferred to the people had broughtabout the idea of working with the institu-tions.“The aim is to grow the economy of the

municipality and without skills that is notpossible and we do not want to go outsidethe pro-vince when we have institutionsright here,” he said.“Our economic effortswill receivemajor

skills improvements through the partner-ship with our institutions.“The most important thing is to equip

our people from the ground up in order forus to move forward.“We have agriculture that needs to be de-

veloped and we have tourism and heritageassets which need to be advanced by peoplewith skills that could be accessible throughthese institutions.”Themunicipality is also on a drive to revi-

talise factories that once boosted the econo-my of the municipality.It said it does not want to depend on out-

siders for the economic development of thearea and wants to encourage the youth in

particular to use the opportunities.Fort Hare Management and Commerce

Dean, Ntombovuyo Wayi, said for them thiswas part of community engagement wherethe institution moved away from teachingand engaged in socio-economic develop-ment.“Training and capacity development are

important because skills have been amongthe things identified by the municipality as

shortages in the area,” Wayi said.“As we celebrate 100 years, wewill use the

experience gained over the years to makesure there is service delivery through train-ing.“We will also do research to determine

municipal priorities and hope in future wewill also be able to offer bursaries and certif-icate courses to municipal people and coun-cillors,” Wayi said.

VarsitiesandMqumaMunicipalitypartner for economicgrowth

NMMU’s Professor Johnny de Lange gives a presentation at the launch of the partnership agree­ment between tertiary institutions and the Mnquma Municipality. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

REPORTER

JUST as one would step in and openly offerhelp to friends if they were sick or needed afavour, communities need to intervene andhelp friends and family who are addicted todrugs – you could just be saving that person’slife, the Clinix Health Group says.

Looking ahead to the SA National CouncilonAlcoholismandDrugDependence (Sanca)Drug Awareness Week this week, groupnursing service manager Bernadette Camp-bell highlighted the fact that addiction is notjust a “problem” but a medically proven dis-ease which is life-threatening if left untreat-ed.“It’s easy enough to recognise the symp-

toms and behaviours associated with drug

addiction,but it’snot easy to talkabout some-thing as sensitive as drug use,” she said.“While it’s hard to be a friend to someone

abusing drugs, we need to realise that it’s thetime when they need us most.”Campbell confirmed that the drug most

commonly used in the communities the Clin-ix Health Group served was nyaope, alsocommonly known aswhoonga. It is a concoc-tion of lethal substances that is usually com-bined with dagga and smoked.The ingredients of nyaope vary from place

to place and it is never really clear what isin it.

The ingredients have been known to in-clude anything from heroin and detergentpowder to rat poison and crushed anti-retro-virals.“Relatively cheap on the street and highly

addictive, it’s become the drug of choice ininformal settlements across South Africaand is wreaking havoc among our youth,”she said.So what is the best way to approach a

friend you know is addicted?Campbell suggests the best time is when

the person is clear-headed and it would be agood idea to have someone with you who un-derstands your concerns or has previous ex-perience in helping someone with addiction.Importantly, don’t think that you will be

ruining the friendship if you bring the sub-ject up.“Many people feel this way, but are sur-

prised to find quite the opposite reaction.“Drug addicts are often secretly hoping for

help by talking honestly to someone abouttheir problem.”

Tips to keep in mind when trying to help:. Don’t criticise or judge. You’re talking because you

care about the person’s life and health, not becausethey’re a bad person.

. Be specific. Talk about instances when the friendmay have cancelled plans or broken their word, usingphrases like “I’m concerned” or “I’ve noticed”, to makeit clear that these are your feelings of concern.

. Talk about the bigger problem. Tell them how con-cerned you are about the effect their drug use is havingon their family and friends.

. Don’t despair. Many addicts will deny they have aproblem. The main thing is that you’ve planted a seed ofrecovery by talking to them. Always stick to the facts,listen, show a caring attitude and offer to help.

“You shouldn’t turn a blind eye to drug abuse. Manypeople end up in hospital and lose their lives due to drugsand it is a leading cause of death all over the world,”Campbell said.“By talking to a friend or family member about their

addiction, you may literally be saving their life, as wellas helping them to get their life back on track.”

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CHRIS Hani District Municipal-ity communities will finally getrunning water through the Nco-ra bulk water project, which willserve 29 villages.

President Jacob Zuma official-ly launched the Ncora watertreatment works in Ncora at theIntsika Yethu Municipality onFriday last week.

To date, more than R220-mil-lion has been spent on theproject, which is expected to de-liver water to more than 13 000households and more than75 000 people.

Zuma mentioned the droughtthat had plagued the country,and particularly the EasternCape, and urged the people of theChris Hani district to save waterand protect this kind of infra-structure during protest ac-tions.

“Water is life. The completionof the Ncora bulk water projectis an important milestone forthe people of this area,” he said.

“Our people need access to wa-ter in every corner of the coun-try. We take this seriously as thegovernment.

“We have been opening waterinfrastructure projects all overthe country on a continuous ba-sis as we improve access to thisbasic necessity.”

Zuma said the completion ofthe project was an assurance bythe government that it was mov-ing ahead with the improvementof residents’ quality of life.

Water and Sanitation Minis-

ter, Nomvula Mokonyane saidthe development of such a waterscheme was not just about creat-ing jobs, but about water securi-ty and enabling communities tohave access to clean water.

“We are elated it has been nowbeen handed over to the presi-dent for the official handover tothe communities through thedistrict municipality and neigh-bouring municipalities,” Moko-nyane said.

“The good thing is that it willprovide water to not fewer than100 villages that never had ac-cess.

“But also important is that thegovernment has found it properto put in resources to the tune ofabout R600-million, with the mu-nicipal infrastructure grant tothe tune of R300 million, precise-ly because water is life.

“We are moving South Africaforward in increasing the quali-ty of water but also increasingthe quality of water to those whouse to drink water with ani-mals,” Monkonyane said.

Chris Hani district mayor,Mxolisi Koyo said the districtwas facing a backlog in water in-frastructure.

He said the project was alsoimproving the investment of in-frastructure in rural areas.

“These backlogs are going tobe reduced tremendously withthe availability of a reliablesource of this magnitude be-cause most of our villages getwater from underground andfrom springs, which are not reli-able when there is drought,”Koyo said.

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President Jacob Zumaofficially launches thewater treatmentworks in Ncora withWater and SanitationMinister NomvulaMonkonyane.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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THE introduction of small busi-ness enterprise in the country hasawaken many young entrepre-neurs who are ready to make theirmark.

Two youngsters from Mthathaalso have their sights on playingtheir role in the economic growthof the country.The pupils’ passion for business

has birthed Aqua TK bottled wa-ter.The St John’s College Grade 11

pupils said they entered the fast-growingwater supplymarket, hav-ing witnessed the health lifestyleand economic imbalance in thecountry.Kanya Mngqibisa (16) and

Thando Phantsi (17) said they kepttheir area small to ensure they re-alised their business idea.But not settling for just that,

these two business-minded young-sters already said they have theirsights on the internationalmarket.“The idea came for us after

checking the balance betweenhealth and economic growth of thecountry,” Phantsi said.“We saw that one of the critical

things at the moment is the lifes-tyle people choose to live and thepoverty which is caused by eco-nomic imbalance and that’s wherethe idea of supplying bottled waterwas born.“It’s a very fast-growing busi-

ness and we saw the need to bringin mineral water so that it will

boost healthy living and the econo-my as well,” he said.Mngqibisa said so far they are

supplying some businessesaround Mthatha, including StJohn’s College, but are still busywith certification in order to ex-pand their business to big super-markets.“As soon as we are done with all

the relevant certification we willbe able to penetrate the marketdeeper,” he said.The economic imbalance in the

country needs entrepreneurs whoare motivated to take their busi-ness thinking further, he added.The two said that after studying

the markets they realised the lackof black people in the field of bev-erages and jumped at the opportu-nity to venture into something notmany youths would commonly seeas economically worthwhile.Although school takes much of

their time, they are not complain-ing about the progress the busi-ness has made so far, having beenestablished only four months ago.

Youngentrepreneursmaking theirmove

Business partners Kanya Mngqibisa and Thando Phantsi show their product, Aqua TK, which they plan on expandinginternationally within 10 years. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

“The idea came forus after checkingthe balancebetween healthand the economicgrowth of thecountry”­ THANDO PHANTSI

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THE recently crowned IBO world champi-on, Ngangelizwe-born Simphiwe “Larha-still” Khonco sat down with the Express toshare the story of his bumpy road fromKwaNomagazi eBack in Ngangelizwe,Mthatha, to where he became a successfuland respected boxer worldwide, despitegrowing up in a dangerous part of ekasi.

He said the road to success had not beeneasy and there had been many challenges.He grew up in an area which was well-

known for its high crime rate, but Sim-phiwe managed to pave his way to successand avoid being involved in crime and alco-hol abuse.He took a decision to rather focus on

sport, which made him what he is today.He tookup soccer andboxing atMkhathi-

ni Primary School.“We played soccer in the dusty streets of

KwaNomagazi and I played for two footballteams, Ghetto andNaughty Boys,” he said.“I played for the U-12 teams, but as the

time went by, the interest in boxing devel-oped and dominated my heart.“The reason for this was that I liked to

travel a lot and boxing was the only sportthat kept its players travelling around.“In 1999 I fully committed to boxing and

was coached byMthetho ‘Pressure Cooker’

Dumezweni.“I was very young then, but I grew up un-

der his hands until I turned professional.“I saw things coming slowly in the stable,

like not getting enough fights, and then Idecided to join Madoda ‘One more Time’Dyonase’s stable,” he said.Konco got his first South African title

belt underDyonaseand thenwenton towinthe WBO Pan Africa and IBO Interconti-nental titles.From the stable of Dyonase, Konco re-

centlymoved to Gauteng to join Collin Nat-han’s stable, called Hotbox Boxing Club,and in the space of threemonths he secureda world title.He knocked out his homeboy from the

Eastern Cape, Siyabonga Siyo, and becamethe IBO world champion.“If youare a boxer, your goal is to become

aworld champion andGod blessedmewiththat talent,” he said.“I really appreciate that – without the

support frommyHeavenly Father, the peo-ple of ORTambo and the provincial Depart-ment of Sport, I would never have becomethe world champion,” Khonco said.He urged the youth to avoid finding

themselves in jail because of wrongdoingsor challenges in life.“You must choose what you want in life

so that you can attain happiness at the end.“Young people must also put education

first,” he said.He still wants to go back to school to fin-

ish his matric after his boxing career isover and take care of his two children,Njongo and Libhongo.

Mthatha’s golden boy crowned IBOworld champ

Simphiwe Khonco.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE project manager of the South AfricanInstitute of Chartered Accounts (Saica), Ka-rin Iten, has confirmed that they are expect-ing about 800 of the Eastern Cape’s top-per-forming matriculants to spend time at Thu-thuka Development Camps.Themain objective of these camps is to im-

prove poor high school pass rates in theprovince.According to Karin, this year’s camps will

focus on improvingmathemathics, financialliteracy accounting, English and Science.“With proficiencies in subjects likemathe-

matics and science far below internationalstandards, it is essential that parents, teach-ers, school governing bodies, governmentand the private sector do everything in theirpower to address the quality of passes thathigh school learners achieve in these sub-jects,” she said.The initiative of camps during school holi-

days is the brainchild of the Department of

Basic Education in partnership with the an-nual Thuthuka Development Camps.Established in 2005, the Thuthuka Devel-

opment Camps were created to help over-come barriers of transformation within theaccountancy profession.“The success of these camps has enabled

us to highlight our role in assisting and im-proving the educational standards of disad-vantaged learners in South Africa,” said Gu-gu Makhanya, Saica’s senior executive fortransformation and growth.

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AS it is impossible to envisage just howmuchtheworldwill change in thenext 10 to20years,andashistoryconsistentlyportrays tous, par-ents need to be cautious of making well-inten-tionedmistakes thatwill bringaboutnegativeconsequences for children.Responsible parents, for instance, raised

their children in the era of self-esteem cam-paigns and child-centered parenting. Wordslike happy and confident should be blanketgoals for the entire generation of kids. Butthanks to this age of information, some par-ents, though thereare still challenges, areableto deepen the discussion about what exactlyparents should be teaching modern-day kidsin order for them to become well-adjustedadults.Beyond the concepts of self-esteem and aca-

demic success, there are certain skills thatmighthelpchildren leadhealthier,moresatis-fying lives.For example, Angela Lee Duckworth, a re-

nowned psychologist from the University ofPennsylvania, said the concept of “grit” hasbecome a major buzzword for educating andraisingkids,whichcanbesummedupas“pas-sion and persistence for very long-termgoals.”She also elucidates that after years of study-

ing people in all forms of settings, at all ages,grit emerged as the one clear characteristicfor success.More than IQ, social intelligence, attractive-

ness, physical health, or even talent, this con-

UMTATACHILDABUSERESOURCECENTRE: SIKHANYISO TONISEANDSIXOLILE SITHELO

Significanceof capacitating childrenonbasic skillscept supersedes all. Parents need to build astrong work ethic, or instil non-cognitive,character-based skills like perseverance, te-nacity, and self-discipline.Children should be taught how their brains

respond to challenges, and that their abilityto learn or be good at something is not prede-termined.Parents should praise them with great en-

thusiasm for their effort, not their natural in-telligence or anything out of their control.More than anything, if parents want their

kids to be grittier, they have to lead, for in-stance embracing failure with a positive atti-tude, modelling resilience, and sharing howthey’ve failed and overcome those failures.Meanwhile, at infancy stage, if a child has

adecent grasp of the basic skills, he or shewillhave an easier transition when entering kin-dergarten.Childrenat thisstagedonotneed tobearith-

metic geniuses, but it is helpful if they cancountnumbers from1 to 10. Some children en-tering the kindergarten stage are able to rec-ognise shapes like circles, squares, trianglesandrectangles.Andsomekidscansortobjectslike buttons by size, shape and colour.It is therefore important for parents to keep

a close eye on their children when reachingdifferent stages of their lifetime. They shouldprovide proper guidance so that children arenot led astray.It should be borne in mind that when chil-

dren are brought into this world by parents

they are tabula rasa. Therefore, the environ-ment in which they are natured or reared de-termines what they opt to do in future. Thatis why it is imperative that parents create en-vironments conducive for children to learn.Parents themselves should remain aloof

frombehaviours thatmayhave anegative im-pact on the lives of children as they grow up.Children at early age learnmost of the time

by observing within the family structure. Forthe learning process to be effective within thefamily, parents should ensure that they doaway with gender discrimination when allo-cating tasks for their children.Of course traditionally, passing one genera-

tion to another, it was known that boys andgirls were not co-terminus, therefore theycould not be treated the same. The manner inwhich they are reared is extremely different.In traditional rural settings, girls’ chores areclosely linked with the kitchen, whereas boychoresareassociatedwith thekraal.Thishap-pens often when children are coming of age.Inasmuchas childrenneed tobeorientedon

the basic skills, the issue of gender disparityshould also be taken into account.Children need to be taught how to dress,

feed and wash themselves at a very early age.If such skills are embedded in them they areable to get a sense of self-reliance in the ab-sence of their parents. For more information,contact the Umtata Child Abuse ResourceCentre on 047 531 1103 or email ucarc@intek-om.co.za.

PEOPLE LIKEUS

Senior manager: OR Tambo Social Development, Nomsa Titus with Social Development MECNancy Sihlwayi having a chat last week in Port St Johns during a drug awareness campaign.

King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality employees dressed up in school uniform in commem­oration of the Youth month, June, last week. PHOTOS: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Learners from Bolana JSS in Port St Johns attending the prayer session last Thursday.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

From the Eastern Cape Council of Churches, Rev Bongani Skiet leading the prayer session inPort St Johns last Thursday. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE National Lottery has donated R300 000to the rural Guqaza Junior Secondary Schoolin the Buthongweni administrative area,Ngqeleni, for sport development at the schooland in the area at large.

The donation followed an application forsports equipment made by the school lastyear.Of the R300 000, R50 000 was allocated to

buy sports equipment for all codes that existat the school, while R250 000 was allocated tolevel the sport grounds which are not farfrom the school.Principal Ndumiso Nqiwa expressed his

gratitude for what Lotto had done for theschool.He said the initiative would benefit not on-

ly thepupils, but also the community at large,as the grounds would also be used by localpeople and those from surrounding areas.School governing body chairperson, Nolin-

gene Sogoni said Lotto’s donation wouldbring a huge change to the area as it wouldopen up job opportunities, because localswould have a chance to sell their productsduring sports games.“It will also ease the abuse of alcohol and

drugs because young people will have some-thing to keep them busy,” Sogoni said.

Guqaza is well known in the sporting fra-ternity in the province because it was theschool that represented OR Tambo duringthe McDonald’s U-14 tournament and camesecond.Recently the school also participated in the

Danone tournament and was knocked out bypresent champions, Barkerville School, from

Alfred Nzo.The Eastern Cape manager of the National

Lotteries Commission, Sarah Hugow, saidthe grantswereaimedat improving the situa-tion in the most impoverished areas.“In the 2015 financial year theNationalLot-

tery issued grants totalling R231-million inthe Eastern Cape only,” she said.

Rural school receives sports equipment

Guqaza Junior Secondary School pupils with their teachers after receiving sports equipment fromthe National Lottery. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

ANELE RAZIYA

USIBUSISO Mapompoobedlalela iqela loMthathaBucks ubeke phantsi int-ambo kwibhola ekhaty-wayo kwiveki ephelileyo.UMapompo udlalele eliq-

ela usukela kwinqanaba le-SAB League kunye ne ABCMotsepe League uzokumakwiNational First DivisionLeague.Ukhewancedisa njengosekelamqeqeshi

ka-Julius Dube xeshikweni bedlala kulamanqanaba.UMthatha Bucks ubulele igalelo lalom-

dlali odlalele eliqela ixesha elide.Amathol’amnyama kulindeleke ukuba

akhangele abadlali abatsha usukelanamhlanje uyokuma ngomhla wesithat-hu. Kwibala iRotary Stadium iBucks izak-usindleka (iTrails)uqala ngentsimbi ye-sibhozo namhlanje.Ingqonyela yeBucks, uLunga Tukute

uthi ngabadlali abazalwe phakathi kony-aka 1994/95/96 abavumelekileyo ukubabathathe inxaxheba.“Singavuya kakhulu ukuba abadlali

abasakhulayo bangeza ngobuninzi eRota-ry Stadium, kuba sizakube sikhangelaabanesakhono kwibhola ekhatywayo” ut-shilo.

IBucks ikhangelaabadlali abatsha

USibusisoMapompo.PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

NCEBA DLADLA

THEEastern CapeBoxing PromotersAssoci-ation took a decision during an annual gener-al meeting held at the Chintsa Hotel on theWild-Coast of the province last week to worktogether with other stakeholders for the re-surgence of boxing.

DeputySecretaryof thestructureThembal-ethu Ntuthu said the Eastern Cape – as theMecca of boxing – needed boxing promotersto work together as a unit; and with otherstakeholders to take boxing to where it be-longs.He agreed that there were fewer world

champs in the provinceunlike the oldendayswhen the likes ofWelcome“TheHawk”Ncitaand Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu andMbulelo“Silent Slayer” Botile were at the helm.“Welcome Ncita, Vuyani Bungu and Mbu-

lelo Botile lifted the flag of the province highand we are concerned that there was a lull,”Ntuthu said.He said, “Wehave,however, seena little bit

of improvement with the likes of Simphiwe‘Chain Reaction’ Khonco (IBO Mini-fly-weight), Xolisani ‘Nomeva’ Ndongeni (IBOLightweight) winning world titles and thelikes of Simphiwe ‘V12’ Vetyeka, Zolani ‘LastBorn’Tete andMacbuteSinyabiwhowere in-ternational or interim title holders on theverge of fighting for real world titles”.According to Ntuthu, in the AGMat Chint-

sa, they resolved to unite boxing promotersand to seek sponsorship to promote boxing.“We’ll engage the private sector to sponsor

boxing and government to increase fundingfor the sport to take its rightful place as thenumber one sport in the province,” Ntuthusaid.He added that they would also engage the

SABC to look into the broadcasting rights offights tobenefitpromoterswhowereinvolvedin promoting boxing.Their other concern, Ntuthu said, was the

problem of drugs and alcohol abuse amongboxers. “This is a huge problem which wewant to address. It concerns us that our greatboxers lose focus because they fall into thetrapof drugabuse.Wewant to engage the ser-vices of anti-doping structures to curb allkinds of alcohol and drug abuse.

The EC Boxing Promoters Association structure is:Ayanda Matiti - ChairpersonAndile Bakubaku - Deputy ChairpersonMax Mabuti - SecretaryThembalethu Ntuthu - Vice SecretaryThando Zonke - TreasurerAdditional members were-Phindile MbeleNtsikayesizwe SigcawuXolani JamaniMbulelo Mfama and Sibongile Matiti.

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