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BED and breakfast establishmentshave been urged to up securitymeasurements, following a spateof armed robberies.

B&Bs in the more secluded areas, on theoutskirts of Mthatha, have recently fallenprey towhat is believed to be a robbery syndi-cate.This after a number of robberies, in broad

daylight, at B&Bs in streets like Dellville andBlakeway, on the outskirts of Mthatha.According to reports, the syndicate make

use of hired cars and pose as people lookingfor accommodation. They then hold up staffat gunpoint and rob the B&B, transportingtheir loot in the hired car.Sometimes they even book in and stay until

it is quiet before they attack.It is believed that some of the members are

from Durban, East London and Port Eliza-beth, and that they areworking hand-in-glovewith a local gang.The Mthatha police had confirmed that

they are investigating the possibility that a asyndicate is responsible for the recent robber-ies.One of the victims, Noni Magadla, who is

the owner of Water Melon B&B and Restau-rant in Dellville, was robbed of a flat screenTV.She said a lady staff member was alone in

the B&Bwhen three armedmen entered, ask-ing for accommodation. While they were inthe reception area they drew out their gunsand pointed them at her.“They took a flat screen TV from the lounge

and fled. I reported the matter to the policeand Caculama, a security company which isbased in Mthatha. Caculama quickly actedand they managed to find the television inNgangelizwe,” she said.Aman from Port Elizabeth was arrested in

connection with this robbery and will appearin the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court soon.“I want to thank Caculama for their quick

response, because they only took an hour torecover the stolen television and arrest thesuspect who was handed over to the police,”said Noni.

Besides the flat screen, Caculama alsofound a remote control for the gate and anumber of cell phones at Hliso Street inNgan-gelizwe.Caculama’s owner, Ronnie Matshaya, con-

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Caculama owner Ronnine Matshaya and Jimmy Nxumalo with the flat screen TV they seized in Ngangelizwe with the remote control and cell phones.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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PORT St Johns local municipality held a me-dia tour for local media houses last Wednes-day to showcase what the municipality hasplanned as part of their Heritage Month cele-brations.

Mayor Mnyamezeli Mangqo said the mu-nicipality wants to partner with the mediaand relevant stakeholders to make Port StJohns a national and international tourist at-traction of choice.

During his speech he did not shy away from

the challenges that could be resulting in thedecrease in the numbers of tourists visitingthe area.

“Our infrastructure is decayed and has col-lapsed. The municipality is, however, com-mitted to address this by working closely withrelevant stakeholders including the districtmunicipality,” said Mangqo.

He said work had started on revamping theentrance to the town, but due to budget chal-lenges with the Department of Public Works,the construction had to stop.

“The matter is being resolved and we prom-ise to restart the construction before the end

of the year because accessibility into PSJ iskey in our mission to promote it as a tourismdestination,” he said.

The beaches in Port St Johns have also hada lot of negative publicity due to the numberof shark attacks occurring and the fact thatthey have been named among the most dan-gerous beaches in the world.

Mangqo said that they are addressing thisby working with the Department of EconomicDevelopment and Environment Affairs,training more life savers for all PSJ beachesand erecting more signs to educate visitors onwhat to and what not do during their visits.

During the media tour, various tourist at-tractions were visited such as The Gap andBlowhole, which is a popular site for visitorsand tourists as it offers a beautiful sea lifeviewing spot.

It also has something to offer for those wholike adrenalin-filled adventure as one canclimb down a narrow ladder through the gap.

On top of Mount Ethesinger is an old air-craft landing strip that was featured in thepopular movie “Blood Diamond”.

From the landing strip, one also has a viewof Mount Sullivan that forms the dramaticgateway of Port St Johns.

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The Gap and Blowhole in Port St Johns. PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

The view from the landing strip on top of Mount Ethesinger over the town of Port St Johns.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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WHILEmillions of SouthAfricans celebratedtheir Heritage Day by embracing their re-spective cultural beliefs, norms and origins,others seized the opportunity to stir up pas-sion for one of the oldest ways of fighting pov-erty, namely by farming.

Farmers of the Mhlanganisweni adminis-trative area in Libode dressed up in their tra-ditional attires and hosted an agriculturtalshow in collaboration with the Catholic De-velopment Centre and the Department of Ru-ral Development andAgrarianReform (DRD-AR).

Scores of farmers and representatives ofcommunity projects fromacross theORTam-bo District came to display their producewith one goal in mind, to revive the passionfor farming.

‘Fightingpoverty is ourheritage’ - farmers

Traditional farmers displaying their produceduring the “Celebrating our Heritage through

Traditional Farming” agricultural show inMhlanganisweni, Libode. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

Become anMthatha Express Youth Journo todayFROM the people who brought you CitizenJournalist, nowcomes thenewandexciting in-itiative for our young writers – Youth Journo.

Youth Journo is a programme presented byMedia24’s Local Newspapers, of whichOP Ko-erante forms part of, that gives high school stu-dents the opportunity to share their schools’news with the rest of the community online.

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– anything that is of importance to teenagerscouldbesubmittedunderYouthJournoonourwebsite, whether it be dating tips, book or CDreviews or more serious matters like drugabuse among teenagers. To launch this excit-ing project, OP Koerante will be giving awayalaptoptoaschoolthatsubmitsthemostYouthJourno entries online.

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REPORTER

THEMinister ofEnvironmentalAffairs, Ed-na Molewa, MP, has invited the public tocomment on mitigation measures to ad-dress the spate of shark attacks in Port StJohns, particularly at Second Beach.

In the latest incident in March this year,only the top half of a 72-year-old tourist’sbody remained after he was brutally at-tacked by a shark at Second Beach.

The attack was described as one of themost gruesome shark attacks ever. One ofthe eye witnesses on the beach said, “If youlook at the wounds, it was a very big sharkand the victim was undoubtedly almost in-stantly dead.”

The attack inMarchwas the eighth sharkattack at this beach in the past five years,which has in the past been described as the“deadliest beach in the world” by the Brit-ish Newspaper The Telegraph.

Members of the Mthubane Communitywho spoke to a reporter earlier this yearsaid that batherswere just recklessly break-ing the rules of the beach by ignoring thewarning signs. A local DJ JimmyNdamase,said everybody knows that there are sharksat Second Beach, but they continue swim-ming there thinking nothing will happen tothem.

Port St Johns’ mayor, Mnyamezeli Man-gqo, confirmed that after previous incidentsthe municipality took the initiative to putwarning signs up all over Second Beach tomake people aware of the danger. “Thesesigns explain how people should behave.The sharks are in their natural habitat andwe don’t know everything about their be-

haviour. Still we need to continue creatingawareness of the imminent danger,” saidMangqo.

According to Mangqo, in March this yeara meeting was set up with the Departmentof Economic and Environmental Affairsand the OR Tambo District Municipality inthe hope of coming up with solutions to pre-vent sharkattack fatalities. “Wewant provi-sions for a permanent rescue team with aboat and we appealed to the Department ofHealth to provide a permanent ambulancefor Second Beach. We want to have a quickresponse rescue service,” said Mangqo.

South Africa, like many other countries,is investigating several measures in a bidto protect bathers and surfers. Shark exclu-sion nets have had success; however, theirapplication is limited to less energetic coast-lines and sheltered bays, such as FishHoek,in theWesternCape. Electrical repellents inthe form of the shark shield and now sharkpod have been developed, and other agen-cies are working on developing a shark re-pellent cable. The application involves thecreation of an electric field barrier aroundbathing areas. This technology is still in thetesting phase. In addition, several academicinstitutions are investigating the use ofelectro-magnetic and visual barriers.

. Affected and interested parties are in-vited to submit their comments or inputswithin 45 days from the date of publicationof Gazette no 37999.

Comments can be sent by post to The Dep-uty Director-General: Oceans and Coasts,Department of Environmental Affairs, forthe attention of Chumani Mangcu, PO Box52126, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002.

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

NYANDENI local municipality, comprisingLibode and Ngqeleni, held an open councilmeeting at Zibungu locality in Libode lastThursday.

The open council formed part of the munici-

pality’s strategy of bringing its services andprogrammes to the people in rural areas.

Nyandeni Speaker Sabelo Qaqa said thiswas part of their programs to empower peoplefrom deep rural areas and to ensure that alltheir citizens feel part of the municipality.

“Last year, we held the open council in Can-zibe under Ngqeleni and this year, due to

many factors, we have identified Zibungu asthe deserving area to host this event,” saidQaqa.

He added that the area, in Ward 2, also pro-duced a high number of voters during thisyear’s elections which indicated that it is aprogressive area.

When asked whether the rate ofservice delivery in this areacould have contributed to thehigh number of people in the areaturning up at the voting stations,Qaqa said that although they aretrying their level best to bringservices to the people, they havenot yet realised all their plans forservices in the area.

“There are projects already inthe progress in this area. Theseinclude road projects and schoolsto be built,” he said.

Nyandeni Mayor ThokozileSokhanyile extended her grati-tude to the community memberswho came in numbers to the opencouncil meeting.

“The big numbers we see heretoday show the great interest Zi-bungu community members take in govern-ment matters; something that gives us thesatisfaction that we did indeed do a good jobin deciding on coming to this area,” saidSokhanyile.

Among the municipality’s achievementsthat the Mayor highlighted, were addressingissues of education, health and infrastruc-ture. “To address the challenges of unemploy-ment among our youth, we are, through ourskills development strategy, providing finan-

cial relief to Grade 12 learnerswho are struggling to proceed totertiary level,” she said.

She added that through theirintegral skills development pro-gramme, they create opportuni-ties to unemployed graduatesby empowering them with dif-ferent skills to enable them tomake a living.

In ward 30 they are also cur-rently training young womenand men in building skills toopen job opportunities for them.

Nyandeni has also estab-lished a fraud and corruptionplan with a helpline for the pub-lic to report any misconduct bymunicipal workers or privatecompanies outsourced by themunicipality.

“We believe that the hotlinewill prevent corruption and fraud by our em-ployees and ensure service delivery while al-so helping us to monitor the work done by pri-vate companies in our communities,” saidSokhanyile.

Nyandenibrings council to thepeople

Nyandeni LocalMunicipality MayorThokozile SokhanyilePHOTO:SUPPLIED

Community members from Zibungu in Libode came in numbers to the open council meeting inLibode last Thursday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

REPORTER

WALTER Sisulu University (WSU) studentswill start moving into the institution’s new resi-dences, that are currently being built in Mt-hatha, as early as January next year.

The R40 million project include the first resi-dences to be built at the university since themerger in 2005 and comes at a time when theolder Mthatha residences are set to undergomuch-needed renovations.

The funding for the new residences comesfrom the Infrastructure and Efficiency Fundingof the Department of Higher Education andTraining.

Students affected by the renovations are ex-pected tobehoused in thenewdecant residence,so that there is minimal displacement duringthe renovation process.

“Work is two months ahead of schedule andthis means we can start moving students in asearly as January. Thisnewresidencemeans theUniversity can carry out these renovations tothe existing residences efficiently, speedily andoptimally,” says Head in the InfrastructureProjects Management Office Siya Mnyaiza.

Work started in February this year. A roof-wetting ceremony was held recently by WSU to-gether with contracted leading developmentand construction company, Stag Africa, to un-veil the Nelson Mandela Drive Site’s first resi-

dence to be built since 1976.“Progress on this historical infrastructural

milestone has been rapid. Though not yet com-pleted, a ceremony of this nature signals thatthe building is habitable as is. This is a greatachievement for this university,” said Stag Af-rica’s Board Chairman, Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe.

Ncamashe said the residencewasa clear indi-cation of both the private and public sector’sprioritisation of the social conditions underwhich students, especially those fromprevious-ly disadvantaged institutions, carry out theirstudies.

WSU Interim Vice Chancellor and Principal(IVC) Prof Khaya Mfenyana said the milestonedisplayed tangible progress and transforma-tion taking place at the University in its en-deavours to fulfil the deliverables of the Turna-round Strategy.

“Student life is permanently on the agendaof WSU because it’s a vital part of any institu-tion’s teaching and learning aspirations. It’s nosecret that conducive learning conditions areimportant in improving the pass rate of any in-stitution. We trust this building will aid us inthis regard,” said Mfenyana.

With procurement processes already takingshape, plans for the building ofmore residencesto the tune of R90 million at the Buffalo CityCampus will soon become a reality. Work atthis campus is expected to begin next year.

Students tomove into newdigs as early as January

Prince Burns-Ncamashe performs the ceremonial wetting of the roof of the newresidences in Mthatha of WSU. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

MANDLENKOSI MXENGI

AS Matric pupils in the Eastern Cape pre-pare for their final year examinations theprovincial Department of Education re-mained confident that it would achieve itstargeted 70% matric pass rate.

The 2014 national senior certificate (NSC)final year examinations are scheduled tostart on Monday, October 27, and the Grade12 pupils are expected to write their finalpaper on Friday, November 28.

Following a recent visit by basic educa-tion deputy Minister Enver Surty to theprovince, provincial education MEC Mand-la Makupula said the department has set a70% matric pass rate for 2014, adding thathe remained confident that they would beable to reach the target.

However, in the build-up to last year’s fi-nal exams, the suspended head of depart-ment, Mthunywa Ngonzo, told a gatheringof principals in Eat London that the prov-ince was confident that it was going to

achieve its targeted 70% pass rate.The 2013 matric class recorded an im-

proved 64.9% pass rate, which representedan increase of 3.3% from the 61.6% achievedin 2012.

Surty’s three-day visit to the provincewas aimed at reviewing the state of qualitylearning and teaching in schools across theprovince.

Makupula said he was delighted thatthings were getting back to normal in theprovince and hoped that the province wouldachieve a 70% pass rate.

“Now that the province has managed toaddress some challenges experienced inschools, a high pass rate for the nationalcertificate results for 2014 will be achieved,”said Makupula.

The department said it has made somesignificant improvements in six priority ar-eas, including the national school nutritionprogramme, learner teacher support mate-rial, scholar transport, infrastructure,budget stabilization, and teacher recruit-ment.

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MZWANDILEHarmanswhogrewup inElliotand attended a poor school in the heart of therural Eastern Cape has overcome many hur-dles and is currently permanently employedas anEnvironmental Technician at theEngenRefinery, andworking on aBachelor’sDegreein Chemical Engineering.

In his matric year there were frequent stu-dent stay aways and meagre resources atMasikhuthale Public Secondary school; thepass rate was low and the learning environ-ment less than ideal for conscientious learn-ers. One day a teacher came round to talkabout Engen’s Maths and Science Schools(EMSS) programme, and everything changedfor this youngmanwhowas determined to re-alise his full potential.“We were given a chance to take a test to

qualify for the EMSS programme, which ranon Saturdays at a different school with betterresources, 25 kilometres away,” remembers

Mzwandile. “Fortunately, I took it seriouslyand I got in.” Making the long round trip eve-ry weekend to attend the programme saw asteady improvement in Mzwandile’s maths,chemistryandphysicsmarks, somuchso thathe was awarded a full Engen scholarship tostudy Chemical Engineering at the Cape Pe-ninsula University of Technology (CPUT).Mzwandile later impressed with his terti-

ary studies and after two years was offered aone-year internship at Engen’s oil refinery inDurban,whichhe passedwith distinction.Ongraduating from CPUT, he landed a two-yearemployment contract with Engen, as part ofthe company’s graduate development pro-gramme. “I am so grateful to Engen for all ofthis,” said Mzwandile. “I never thought itcould happen to me.”The EMSS programme has supported stu-

dents from under-resourced schools acrossSouth Africa for over 27 years. Engen saysmanyof itsEMSSgraduateshavebeenknownto achieve similar success. All it takes is tal-ent, lots of hard work, and faith in oneself.

Thandeka Cele, Engen Refinery Public Af-fairsManager, saysEngen is proud and excit-ed to be supporting students of Mzwandile’scalibre and dedication. “It does the EMSSprogrammeproud, andwe are pleased to playa part in helping develop South Africa’s tal-ent pool of scarce Science, Maths and Engi-neering skills.” Through the EMSS pro-gramme, Mzwandile has been made aware ofthe true nature of his circumstances and howwidespread the problem is – affecting stu-dents and families who cannot get ahead, to-gether with schools and towns in desperateneed of help, while many companies and thewider economy suffer because of a lack ofskills. “Having been exposed to environmen-tal management for more than two yearsnow, when I look back to where I grew up onthe farm, I realise so much about waste dis-posal. I would like to grow within environ-mentalmanagement so that otheryoung indi-viduals can see how important it is to look af-ter our precious earth by taking steps toreduce our carbon footprints,” said Hermans.

Engengraduate inspires

The Maths and Science Schools (EMSS) pro-gramme changed Mzwandile’s life for the betterand he is now a permanent employee at EngenRefinery, and working on a Bachelor’s Degreein Chemical Engineering.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

SANELE JAMES

THE lives of learners fromZimeleHighSchoolin Mthatha will never be the same again nowthat their school has a proper kitchen of itsown.

The school is one of those fortunate enoughto receive mobile kitchens from Weirs Cashand Carry in Mthatha.Zimele is located in Ikhwezi Township, an

impoverished township of Mthatha, and has1 264 pupils.More than 70 per cent of the learn-

staff members for the ribbon cutting to markthe opening.“We once visited the school to deliver some

goods which they purchased at the store andwhatwewitnessedwas really bad. Itwas rain-ing and theywere cooking in the half-finishedshack and they were struggling with the fire.That is whenwe realised that we had to inter-vene,” said Ndleleni.He further described the initiative as their

way of giving back to the community.The kitchen features gas stoves, pots,mugs,

spoons and dishes. In additionNdleleni prom-

Local store empowers school

At the handover of the new kitchen, were from left,Mxolisi Bhakeni, Vuyelwa Hardy (school principal),Siphamandla Yoko (a learners’ president), BonganiNdlelana (manager of of Weirs Cash & Carry inMthatha) and Nkululeko Mkhence. PHOTO:SANELEJAMES

ised that they would continue to support theschool monthly with groceries to feed thelearners. School principal VuyelwaHardy ex-pressed her gratitude and said their prayerswere answered.“As a parent and teacher, it is really painful

to know that someof the pupils come to schoolon empty stomachs because they don’t havefood in their homes.At least now, thiswill def-initely make a difference.”Among the other schools who have benefit-

ed from the initiative are St Joseph’s JuniorSecondary School (JSS) and Landsend JSS.

ers come from dis-advantaged fami-lies.Since theGovern-

ment feedingscheme started inhigh schools, Zime-le has never hadproper facilities toprepare food for thelearners. Theyhavehad tomake dowitha half-finishedshack made of ironsheets.The fully

equipped kitchenwas officially hand-ed over to theschool by the man-ager of Weirs Cashand Carry in Mt-hatha, BonganiNdlelani, who wasaccompanied by

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The Mthatha Heritage Festival is one of the highlights on Mthatha’s social calendar. Ex­press’s Greg Nota was there with his camera to capture all the excitement.

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This group of youngsters singing love songs acapella style, without being assisted byinstruments, kept the audience enthralled withtheir lovely voices during their performance atthe Mthatha Heritage Festival.

PHOTO: GREG NOTA

The Brandhouse team made sure that Jazz patrons at the VIP tent were not thirsty.PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Jazz musician, Bushy Dubazane, seen withKenny Mwange from Express at the MthathaCultural Heritage Festival’s gala dinner.

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People who attended the Mthatha CulturalHeritage festival gala dinner also showed theirmoves on the dance floor. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Yanga Soji was watching the MTN 8 final in theVIP tent at the Mthatha Cultural HeritageFestival and was overjoyed when Kaizer Chiefswon. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

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Normally the VIP area in any event usednot to be full but we were surprised to see thefully packed VIP area during the MthathaCultural Heritage Festival recently and weasked ourselves if all those people who werethere had paid the R50. Xa bonke babebhatelesiyaxolisa kepha xa sijonga engathi ilabantuabamukela amathikithi felefele. The or-ganisors need to look into the issue of issuingcourtesy tickets to the different governmentdepartments and also to the people who aresponsors of the event. Instead of giving away

those tickets free they should at least makethem available at a discounted rate to thesponsors. The way some of the people be-haved at the VIP stand showed that wrongpeople were given the VIP tickets and thatmade us again ask, who qualifies to be aVIP?Can anyone be a VIP and what does it meanto be a VIP?

Why did they have to keep him withthem?

What we saw in Flagstaff was not on. Wesaw a traffic officer driving a Toyota Hiluxbakkie. At first we thought he had gone towork with his vehicle and later we realizedthat the bakkie belonged to an old man whowas a passenger when his vehicle was beingdriven by the traffic cop.The old man was stopped by the traffic cop

and they found some faults in his vehicle. In-stead of giving him a fine the traffic officerdecided to park the vehicle on the side of theroad alongside their vehicle and continuewith his work whilst the old man was stand-ing in the sun waiting for the traffic officersto finish their work as they manned the roadblock.Itwas onThursday and theway the oldman

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THE Mthatha Cultural Heritage Festival golfday was well supported as golfers from allwalks of life came in numbers to take part inthe event at Mthatha Country Club.

Thegolf daywaspart of theMthathaCultur-al Heritage Festival which sported a full pro-

gramme of both cultural and sporting events.During a gala dinner peoplewhoare involvedin promoting culture in Mthatha were hon-oured with certificates of recognition.Various sporting events were held on the

Saturday, such as a 12 km marathon and funwalk, aerobics competition and the golf day.Express’s Greg Nota was there to capture

all the golfing action.

Golfers showmettleat festival golf day

Willie Shawe took part in the golf day.PHOTO: GREG NOTA

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golf course can bea woman’s

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DrivetrainAll threemodels in theSouthAfricanSuzu-

ki Splash range are powered by the same 1,2-litre four-cylinder engine. The 1 197 cc unithas a maximum output of63 kW at 6 000 r/min, combined with a

torque peak of 113 Nm at 4 500 r/min.The standard transmission is a five-speed

manualgearbox,drivingthefrontwheels,buta four-speed automatic transmission is alsooffered.The five-speed manual model accelerates

from 0 to 100 km/h in 12,3 seconds, while topspeed is 160 km/h.Fuel economy is given as a combined-cycle

consumption figure of 5,6 litres/100 km in thecase of manual models, and 6,4 litres/100 kmfor the automatic transmission variant. CO2emissions levels come to 133 and 150 g/km re-spectively.

Model rangeThe Suzuki Splash model range consists of

threemodels, all poweredby the same1,2-litrepetrol engine, but with a choice of two trans-

eddoorhandles, front fog lamps,andasportyrearspoiler.An extended standard features list includes a

rev counter in addition to the large speedometer,a four-speaker CD receiver audio system withauxiliary and USB inputs, and audio controls onthe tilt-adjustable three-spoke steering wheel.In addition,GLmodels gain keyless entry, elec-

trically operated windows, and a heated rearscreenwithwipe/wash system.The front passen-ger seat also gains an under-seat stowage tray.

Price(Vat Included)1.2i GA MT: R124 9001.2i GL MT: R134 9001.2i GL AT: R149 900TheSuzuki Splash is soldwith a three-year/100

000 kmwarranty, and a two-year/30 000 km serv-iceplan.Scheduledservicesareat15000kminter-vals.

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Suzuki’s new Splash model. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

missions and twospecification levels.The most afforda-

ble member of theline-up is the Splash1.2 GA, but it stillboasts an impres-sive list of standardfeatures. This modelis only availablewith the five-speedmanual transmis-sion.The GA’s list of

comfort and conven-ience features in-cludes a digitalclock, air-condition-ing, key-operatedcentral locking,cloth seats, and60/40splitrearseats.The Splash 1.2 GL

is offered with achoice of five-speedmanual or four-speed automatictransmissions. Ex-ternally, the key dis-tinguishing featuresinclude colour-cod-

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THROUGH its developments, the South AfricanFootball Association (Safa) of the OR Tambo re-gion aspires to produce players of high quality,competent enough to play for the national squad,Bafana Bafana, by 2019.

Briefing the media in Mthatha, Safa OR TamboPresident, Xolile Nkompela, said they were work-ing very hard and looking for every possible wayto develop high quality players in the area. “TheOR Tambo region is capable, and will produce bestplayers. We want to produce players ofMzwawuthethi Nogwaza’s calibre who will playfor the national team in the next world cup,” hesaid.

Mzawuthethi Nogwaza, known as ‘Zyre’, wasone of the best players the OR Tambo region everhad. Playing under Coach Professor Ngubane forBush Bucks, now known as Mthatha Bucks, Zyrewas one of the most offensive right-wingers in theteam. The retired star was also born, bred and but-tered in the OR region.

He, Xolile, stressed that in order to develop play-ers of Nogwaza’s ilk they need to pay special atten-tion to the young stars Under 13, 15 and 17. TheSafa OR currently boasts with 55 Local Football As-sociations (LFA) in Mhlonto Municipality,Nyandeni Municipality, Port St Johns Municipali-ty, King Sabatha Dalindyebo Municipality and In-

gquza Municipality; each LFA with more than 2000players and at least 99 teams each. The Safa ORTambo President is expected to hand over 100 ballsto each LFA on October 28.

As infrastructure has always been the mainchallenge in the region, especially in the ruralparts; Nkompela said they were attending to thepredicament including the unfinished Mthathastadium. “We are working on creating a friendlysporting environment as we have constructed andintroduced artificial pitches in some of the areasin the region. And I can confirm that other stadi-ums are being constructed in Mhlontlo on Nyande-ni.”

He continued and said: “Nelson Mandela lovedsport; he was one of the people who made a bid forthe world cup to be hosted in South Africa. TheMthatha stadium is his legacy so hosting biggames and tournaments at the stadium would bea great way to honour him.” According to Nkompe-la, they are expecting some funds from the SafaNEC to speed up the construction and the Safa na-tional President Danny Jordaan and the newly ap-pointed Bafana Bafana coach, Ephraim ‘Shakes’Mashaba, are set to visit the stadium soon.

Also at the press conference the president an-nounced the suspension of its members, honorarypresident Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana, Mr Pikolom-zi Ngceza, Mr Daniel Tonga, Mr Sipho Cingo, MrSimbongile Mpolase, Mr Khaya Madikizela andMs Rose Tshingana.

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Safa OR Tambo President, Xolile Nkompela. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES