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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

ANGLO Gold Ashanti held a com-munity briefing session lastThursday, outlining their socio-economic development projectswithin the OR Tambo district.

The session was held at the OR Tambo hall,attended by OR Tambo District MunicipalityMayor Nomakhosazana Meth, Anglo GoldAshanti staff members, local business people,beneficiaries of the funds and residents.Simeon Mighty Moloko, Senior Vice Presi-

dent Sustainability at Anglo Gold Ashanti,said they had realized that in order for themto have a measurable social impact, they hadto collaborate with key partners.

“We persist in strengthening our relationswith theMatlosana,Merafong andORTamboMunicipalities through structured imple-mentation and mandating committee meet-ings which track and monitor the progress ofour projects,” said Moloko.He said through the collaboration they

were already achieving good results wherehealth and education is concerned.Projects funded by Anglo Gold Ashanti in-

clude the building of Sonata Junior Second-ary School (JSS) in Libode which previouslywas a hazardous mud structure.Sonata Principal, Sibongile Potelwa, said

she was grateful to Anglo Gold Ashanti forturning her school into a top-of-the-range in-stitution.“Weare veryhappy. Thewhole community

takes pride in the school and parents havebrought back their children to Sonata,” saidPotelwa.Through theproject, twoblockswiththree classrooms each, a registration block(comprising the principal’s office, staffroom

and the administration office and a kitchen),sanitation facilities and a high fence had beenadded.MthathaChildAbuse Resource CentreandZamukulungisa Senior Secondary Schoolare also among the Ashanti beneficiaries.

Ashanti outlines socioeconomicplans

Sonata JSSwas built in2013 byAnglo GoldAshanti.PHOTO:SUPPLIED


SIPHELELE Tyopo (30) from Qokolweni in Mthathahas been making a living from farming and is now en-couraging others to make use of available land to im-prove their living standards.

Tyopo has a green gardenwith all kinds of vegetablesand he is also running a piggery at his parent’s home.“I passed Grade 12, but due to my poor results I was

unable to go to university. I didn’t want that to be theend of my life,” said Tyopo.He said hehad refused to fall victim to drugs or crimi-

nal activities, and that his farming had kept him awayfrom such influences.“I encourage the youth not to give up and to stop ex-

pecting to be spoonfed. They should wake up and dothings for themselves.”Tyopo is supplying local shops with his produce and

from the incomehe receives, he helps around the houseand assists his father with looking after his youngersiblings.“My mother passed away last year, so my father is

the only one with a stable income from his old-agegrant. The profit I make really makes a big difference,”he said.During pruning andharvest time, Tyopo hires unem-

ployed youth from his area to help him.

Successful farmersets shining example

Young farmer Siphelele Tyopo (30) from Qokolweni working in his vegetable garden. PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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FOLLOWING a request by a suspected “conartist” who was trying to place an advertise-ment in Express with suspicious looking joboffers and false street addresses, an investiga-tion was launched in order to protect Expressreaders from being conned.

The name and the address provided in theadvertising booking form by the person whowanted to place the advert in the classifiedssection were suspicious.Alarmwas also raised by the fact that in or-

der for people to respond to the employmentposts advertised, people had to send an sms toa number given for interviews at R10 per sms.The person’s name was given as Mrs Price.

Salaries were offered in line with remunera-tion for people with experience, but in the ad-vert clearly stated that no experience wasneeded. The information supplied for the ad-

vert was sent from a gmail account.The business’s name was supplied as

M.G.C Factory Department which was, ac-cording to the prospective sdvertiser, situat-ed at 8OwenStreet, cornerDykor andAgricu-ra Streets, Mthatha, 5100, South Africa.The Express team’s investigation revealed

that the business situated at the above men-tioned address is a plumbers and hardwarepremises, and that there was no businesscalledM.G.CFactory in the premises nor nextdoor. Nasiphe Ndindwa who has been work-ing next to the shop said there has never beensuch a business there. She said she startedworking there 3 years ago.Besides the business being ‘fake’ even the

street names given, namely Dykor and Agri-cura, don’t exist in Mthatha.The Express team tried contacting the two

cell numbers that were listed as contact num-bers in the advertisingbooking form, but bothwent straight to voice mail.

Beware of con artists’ adverts In accordance with theeditorial policy of theExpress, we invite readersto comment on mistakes inthe newspaper and shallcorrect significant errorsas soon as possible. Sendinfo to the Ombudsman ofMedia24’s Local Press,George Claassen, at [email protected] or call him at0 021 851 3232. Readerscan also contact the SAPress Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 ore-mail [email protected].

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THE lifeless body of an infant which wasfound without a head at Ndayini location inthe Thaleni Administrative Area, Lusikisikiis still being kept in the Lusikisiki mortuaryas Inkosi and community members were al-legedly refusing the family to bury it in thearea until the missing body part had been re-covered.

Community members and Inkosi allegedlybelieve that if the body is to be buried in thearea it would bringmisfortune to their locali-ty.The gruesome discovery of the headless

body of a baby girl was made on October 7,2014.According to reports, apart from the miss-

ing head, a part of the baby’s shoulder was al-so missing.This baby girl was believed to have been

one-day old andwas found in a secluded placein the locality.After an investigation by the elderly women

of the locality – who started milking each andevery woman in the area and inspected theirprivate parts – an 18-year-old woman believedto be the mother of the baby was arrested.This was after milk came from her breasts

and she failed to explain where the baby was.The report also stated that she was found

with the signs of a woman who had recentlygave birth. In an endeavour to get the babygirl buried, the Lusikisiki Community Polic-ing Forum (CPF) took a stand last week tomake sure that the baby gets buried.The chairperson of the CPF in Lusikisiki,

Alfred Vungaye confirmed their intervention

in the matter.“On Tuesday we held a meeting with the

family of thedeceasedand themother inamu-nicipal boardroomatLusikisiki andour focusafter this meeting was to call a mass meetingwith the community of Ndayini and their Ink-osi to make sure that the baby gets a decentfuneral in her locality of birth,” said Vun-gaye. Healso revealed that theywould engagepoliticians from the area, including theformer Ingquza Hill Municipality MayorWilliam Ngozi. He said they have not yet de-cided on a date for the mass meeting, as theywere still consulting with community mem-bers from the location. Attempts to get a holdof Mr Ngozi were fruitless as his phone wasringing unanswered.Police spokesperson Captain Mduduzi

Godlwana confirmed that the bodyhasnot yetbeen buried, since the community refused thefamily permission to do so in the locality.He said a woman was arrested and was fac-

ing a charge of concealment of birth and wasgranted bail when she appeared at the Lusik-isiki Magistrates’ Court.

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In an endeavour to getthe baby girl buried, theLusikisiki CommunityPolicing Forum (CPF) tooka stand last week . . .

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WHERE has all the millions gone that thegovernmenthaspumped into theMagwaandMajola Tea estates where no harvesting istaking place andworkers are not being paid?

This is what the Democratic Alliance inthe Eastern Cape is asking after its provin-cial leader Athol Trollip took the advice ofRural Development and Agrarian ReformMEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane and went in “pur-suit of a cup of tea” at theMagwa andMajolaTea estates last week, as part of a DA over-sight tour, visiting former parastatal pro-jects of the former Transkei and Ciskei thathave been and are being revitalized by theANC government.The plantations, which Trollip describes

as national assetswhich are strategically sit-uated to provide work to desperately poorand remote communities, have received inexcess of R200 million in bailouts from thestate to date, “yet the state of productivityand viability is worse than ever”.“An offer by Rural Development and

Agrarian Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyanethat I should ‘drink tea and relax’ is nothingmore than an empty cuppa,” said Trollip ina statement.Trollip said het tookQoboshiyane’s advice

and went in “pursuit of a cup of tea” at theMagwa and Majola Tea estates with a DA-team consisting of Annette Steyn MP (Shad-ow Minister for Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries), Ross Purdon MPL (ShadowMECfor Economic Development EnvironmentalAffairs and Tourism) and cllr Rory Gailey(fromSarahBaartmanDistrictMunicipalityand DA deputy provincial chairperson).“This turned out not only to be a futile ex-

ercise but also an emptyoffer byMECQoboshi-yane,” said Trollip.“What is also hardly believable is the fact

that the MEC who boastfully offered me a cupofMagwa tea has not even visited these planta-tions to see what’s actually going on there.There are none so blind as those who don’twant to see!” said Trollip.According to Trollip they found at “Majola

a very sad scene where the tea bushes, thoughsome having been pruned, were all over grownand unfertilized. There has been no pluckingof tea at all this season which should havestarted in September!“The plucking season ends in March and

there is absolutely no sign that any harvestingwill take place this season,” said Trollip.According to Trollip the same situation pre-

vailed at Magwa but on a much “grander”scale. The tea plantation here was in what canonly be described as a “parlous state”.On both the estates the workforce and man-

agementhaveallegedlynotbeenpaid formonths(Majola, 9months andMagwa up to 13 months).According to Trollip, this and the fact that thereis no money for electricity and coal to run the

antiquated factories is thereasonwhyabsolute-ly nothing is happeninghere andwhy the bene-ficiaries and workers are starving.“At Magwa we met and spoke to desperate

workers who had just been to the plantation tocollectmeagre food parcels donated to thembya local grocery chain store. These people saidthat despite being consumed by hunger theirstatus of no work no pay or more pertinentlyno pay/money no work they could not sendtheir children to school either,” said Trollip.“It seems that the last time they were paid

for actual work done was just before the elec-tions in May 2014, which seems like a wagesfor votes scam.They said that theywere givena months’ wages in December, which thoughmight sound generous, is in fact a slap in thefaces of peoplewhowant towork for a living.”“The question which kept cropping up, was

where has all the money gone? These planta-tions have received in excess of R200 millionin bailouts from the state to date, yet the stateof productivity and viability is worse than ev-er. “The currentmanagers are also constantlyunder pressure froma belligerent and desper-ate unionised workforce and they say that

their lives are sometimes threatened.“Itmust also be said however that their via-

bility is bedevilled by low workforce produc-tivity and high minimum wages that makethe plantations and their tea production un-competitive. These factors are however onlycompounded by very poor or non-existentmanagement andproper professional supportby the government.Trollip said the fact that they have been al-

lowed to deteriorate to the state that they arein is a “crying shame and the ANC govern-ment must bear the blame for this travesty”.“The DA team’s week long oversight tour

in the Eastern part of the province was to goand see for ourselves what is happening onthe ground, so to speak. These unannouncedoversight visits gaveusan important perspec-tive of how little is actually happening despitethe budget and transfers of millions and mil-lions of rands to these projects”.Attempts to get comment from the Depart-

ment of Rural Development and Agrarian Re-form were fruitless at time of going to print

. Visit www.mthathaexpress.co.za for vid-eo comment in isiXhosabya tea estateworker

No tea just starvingworkersat EasternCape teaestates saysDA

Workers at the Magwa Tea estates speaking to a DAdelegation. The headhigh tea bushes on the right should be pruned to be as high as a grown person’s waist.PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY THE DA


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THE Mthatha Central police station has hon-oured a hardworking, dedicated policeman

whohadmadebreakthroughs in several caseshe has handled.

The event was to honour Constable Chuma

Nonkelela for his dedication and hard workand he was given a certificate of appreciationin the presence of top officials in the SouthAfrican Police Services (SAPS) and his col-

leagues.He shone in his duties when he saved the

lives of three children and a mother in a do-mestic violence casewhich took place on Sun-day night, December 14, 2014.The report came to the Mthatha office that

there was a man who was in possession of afirearm and that was threatening to kill histhree children and his mother and that hehad then intended to commit suicide. Theman had already written a suicide note.Constable Nonkelela acted swiftly and

managed to save those lives and did every-thing while negotiating with the man overthe phone.As a result of his negotiation skills, the

man calmed down and was arrested. Hismother and children were rescued and put ina place of safety.Relief Commander for Nonkelela, Captain

Ndoyisile Mahamba, described Nonkelela asa very humble man, and passionate aboutsaving lives. He said he really deserved to behonoured.He said Chuma was a committed cop when

it comes to his work, had never put a footwrong when doing his work and was alwayswilling to be guided by his seniors. He saidin another prominent case, Nonkelela negoti-ated (again over the phone) with people fromQueenstown in an endeavour to save chil-drenwhowere later taken to a place of safety.In his reaction to being honoured, Nonke-

lela said he was now motivated to do evenmore. “I have to apply more dedication andI hope this will also motivate other memberswithin the South African Police Services togo the extra mile,” said Nonkelela.

Industriouspolicemanhonoured

Constable Chuma Nonkelela receiving acertificate of appreciation from his boss CaptainNdoyisile Mahamba. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

A LIBODE woman and mother of two vowedto fight to the end in order to get the moneyfor her ownmaintenance and that of her twochildren. “Thismoney belongs tome andmychildren and to no one else.”

BuyiswaMsithwa, who hails from Zanduk-

wana location, told Express that she had beentrying for four months to get her money formaintenance at the LibodeMagistrate’s courtoffices, but said she had been sent from pillarto post.She said she had paid several visits to these

offices, but was told that there was no money,even though she knew that the money hadbeen deducted from her former boyfriend andfather of her two children’s salary.“I even failed to buy clothes for December

for my children and when the schools openedtheiruncleshad todigdeep into theirpockets.“I know the money from their father is at

the magistrate’s offices. They are refusing torelease it. I do not know why they took mybank account details when it was going to bedifficult for them to deposit the money for mychildren,” said Msithwa fuming with anger.She said she was preparing to take further

action, because she was not getting any helpfrom these offices. Since last year Expressnewspapers has received several calls frompeople around Nyandeni area complainingabout not receiving theirmaintenancemoneyfrom the Libode offices.An official from Libode Magistrate’s Court

officeswho is not allowed to speak to the press

Woman up in arms overmaintenance

Buyiswa Msithwa claims she has not been paidmaintenance for the past four months.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

confirmed that theywere experiencingproblems with pay-ing people in No-vember and Decem-ber.“Nevertheless in

January we sortedout those problemsand I had not re-ceived any com-plaints of peoplewho had not yet re-ceived their mon-ey,” he said.He denied that

there were peoplewho had not beenpaid for fourmonths.“We only had a

problem in Novem-ber and December.According to myrecords I don’t haveany information of aperson who claimsthat shehasnot beenpaid for fourmonths.”Despite attempts

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MORE than 220 licensed tavern owners fromthe Eastern Cape, signed a pledge to abide bya Code of Practice drafted by the Industry As-sociation for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA)on Tuesday, January 27.

The Code aims to promote the responsiblesale of alcoholic beverages by encouragingtaverners to refuse the sale of alcohol to un-derage minors, pregnant women, and thosepatrons who are already visibly intoxicated.The pledges were signed at a Taverners’

Imbizo initiated and hosted by the ARA, inpartnership with the South African LeisureTourism and Hospitality Association (SAL-THA), at the Southern Sun Hemingways Ho-tel in East London. This was the fourth of aseries of nine nationwide Imbizos that willrun until April 2015 – one in every province.“Through these Imbizos we are tackling

the issue of alcohol abuse at a grassroots levelby challenging tavern owners to work along-side us in the fight against alcohol-relatedabuse,” said ARA CEO, Dr Osborn Mahan-jana. “As alcohol traders, they have the pow-er to choose who to serve – or not to serve.At the Eastern Cape Imbizo we encouragedthe tavern owners to take a pledge to refusethe sale of alcohol to pregnant woman, whichleads to Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS),those who are under 18, as well as to custom-ers who are already obviously too drunk andcould potentially cause harm to themselvesor others.”Monga Phaladi, SALTHASecretary Gener-

al, urged the tavern owners at the EasternCape Imbizo to “take ownership of your sell-ing of alcohol. The responsibility behind sell-

ing and consuming alcohol is so important tothis nation, and as such we request that youabide by the laws and look after your own cus-tomers.”TheEasternCape tavernownershad theop-

portunity to ask questions regarding liquorlaws and regulations and discuss issuesaround the prevention of alcohol abuse withthe panel of speakers, which included, amongothers,MgwebiMsiya,Manager ofMarketing

and Communications at the Eastern Cape Li-quor Board, Eastern Cape NAFCOC Chair-person, Phumzile Ndendela, the Foundationfor Alcohol Related Research (FARR) CEO,LeanaOlivier, aswell as representatives fromSARS and the SAPS.“The response by the taverners has been

positive,” says FARR CEO Leana Olivier.“These Imbizos are a significant platform thatbring together government, industry players,

Non-ProfitOrganisations and the tavernown-ers all under the same roof - it is only bywork-ing together and all of us taking responsibili-ty that we will be able to see a marked changein our communities regarding thenegative ef-fects of alcohol abuse.”In keeping with the message of co-regula-

tion, Dr. Mahanjana says that “apart from in-terventions such as the Imbizos, the ARA isdeveloping a strict marketing Code of Com-munication that will be released to the publicto inform themonwhat the alcoholmarketingregulations are, and accordingly we will givethe public a reporting platform so that theycan also play a part in co-regulating and giveactive feedback.”

EasternCape tavernerspledge to sellalcohol responsibly

Christopher Peter, a tavern owner from Sweetwater in King Williams Town, signed the pledge tosell alcohol responsibly at the Taverner’s Imbizo in East London on January 27. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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AYANDA MILLISAMADIKIZELA

KING Sabata Dal-indyebo localmunici-pality youth havebeen encouraged totake up career oppor-tunities available inthe different govern-ment departments.

Addressing theyouth and Grade 12learners at Vidgies-ville Multi-Purposecentre lastMonday atthe back-to-schoolcampaign by the Mu-nicipality, Cllr Fer-guson Mtwa saidtheir aim is to bringinformation closer tothose who need it themost.

“We noticed thatmost of our youth areunemployed, espe-cially those in ruralareas and they are al-so less exposed to theinformation that canhelp them improvetheir lives,” saidMtwa.

He said eventhough they visitedthem in January,they knew that it wasa bit late for thosewho are already outof school but thatthey hope they canstill pursue otherventures and get as-sistance.

KSD Communica-tions Manager Son-wabo Mampoza saidcampaigns of this na-ture would also berolled out inMqandu-li and in Mthatha.

“The purpose ofthis campaign is topopularize or dissem-inate information onavailable pro-grammes to assist theyouth in skills devel-opment and opportu-nities that are availa-ble within differentsocial sector servicesand motivate youngpeople in generalabout the importanceof education,” saidMampoza.

Representativesfrom National YouthDevelopment agency(NYDA), SAPS, De-partment of SocialDevelopment and Li-braries were amongthe speakers at thecampaign, showcas-ing learnership andbursary programmesavailable in their de-partments.

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WSU SRC and the In-stitutional Manage-ment Committeemetlast Tuesday to ad-dress and come upwith resolutions con-cerning 2015 studentregistration, and alluniversity campusesdealing with studentregistration are toapply and adhere tothese resolutions

Angela Church,WSU Spokespersonsaid students high-lighted their inabili-ty to pay their 2014debt as is requiredbythe University to en-able them to registerfor thenewacademicyear. The Manage-ment’s response wasto categorize thedebts and deal withthem according totheir categories.

“It was resolvedthat all bursary hold-ers whose debt hadnot been clearedshould present let-ters of commitmentsfor payment fromtheir sponsors.

Those who werefunded by NSFAS in2014 but not in 2015will be allowed toregister and with re-gard to students whowere not funded byNSFAS in 2014 butwere funded byNSFAS in 2015, itwas decided that thismatter will be inves-tigated further bythe Office of theChief Financial Offi-cer,” said Church.

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R4 001 – R7 000 =Pay 50% of the out-standing debt, Paythe MIP amount

R7 001 – R11 000 =Pay 30% of the out-standing debt; Paythe MIP amount.

R11 001 and above= Pay 20% of thedebt; Pay the MIPamount

“It must be notedthat all outstandingdebt must be paid bythe end of April 2015,in accordance withthe WSU rules forstudent debts andstudents will not beallowed to write se-mester and end-of-the-year examina-tions if their debtsare not paid up,warned Church.

She added that stu-dents will be re-quired to sign ac-knowledgement ofdebts.

Monitoring andfollow-ups will bedone by the Financedepartment to en-sure that debts aresettled and paid upand that special caseswill be consideredwhen theneedarises.

WSU’s2015 debtresolution


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GENERAL Motors South Africa (GMSA) hasappointed a new General Manager of Market-ing, effective 01February 2015. XoliswaNdun-gane, who brings with her a wealth of indus-try expertise to head up the department, joinsGMSA as part of a career which spans twentyyears.

Originally fromMthatha andhaving grownup in Port Elizabeth, Ndungane attendedWoodridge College in Port Elizabeth andholds a BCOM degree in Marketing and Busi-ness Administration from the University ofKwa-Zulu Natal, along with several supple-

mentary qualifications.Within her portfolio at GMSA Ndungane

will be ultimately responsible for the Chevro-let, Opel and Isuzu brands and will report tothe Vice President of Vehicle Sales, Serviceand Marketing at GMSA, Brian Olson.Ndungane, who describes herself as being

passionate about consumers, will be based atGMSA’s Sales, Service and Marketing officein Johannesburg.“Besides her automotive industry experi-

ence, Xoliswa brings with her a wealth ofknowledge in fast moving consumable goods(FMCG), banking, telecoms and advertising,and her focus on the customer will prove anabsolute asset to GMSA,” said Olson.

Before joining GMSA Ndungane was Gen-eral Manager, Marketing and GroupMarket-ing Services BMW South Africa.“Xoliswa’s arrival is particularly signifi-

cant, as GMSA is embarking on a big year in2015 with six new products to be launched,as well as the implementation of focusedstrategies to strengthen the Chevrolet, Opeland Isuzu brands in the hearts and minds ofconsumers in Southern Africa,” Olson said

Mthathabornbringswealthofindustryexpertise toGeneralMotors

Mthatha-born, Xoliswa Ndungane, brings awealth of industry expertise to General Motors

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TOaddress theunacceptablyhighmortalityrate of pregnant women, Pregnancy Weekis held annually in South Africa, to createawareness.

This year Preganancy Week will be fromFebruary 12 - 18.The Department of Health uses Pregnan-

cy Awareness Week to strengthen pregnan-cy education and stress important issuesthat promote healthy pregnancy and safemotherhood.Pregnant women should start attending

antenatal care as soon as they suspect thatthey are pregnant and certainly withintheir first trimester.

When is the right time to have a baby?

Having a baby is a wonderful yet life-changing event and it is important that youhave thought carefully about whether youare ready for it. You and your partnershould discuss this together and find out ifyou are both prepared for the changes thatpregnancy and your new baby will bring.

What should I do if I want to have a ba-by?

When planning your pregnancy youshould visit your gynaecologist with yourpartner at least two to three menstrual cy-cles in advance. In thisway youwill be ableto askall thequestions that youhavebeforetrying to conceive,which can set youon thepath to good planning right from the verybeginning.

Should I have an HIV test before be-coming pregnant?

It is vital that both you and your partnerundergoHIV tests before trying to conceiveyour baby. You should do this even if youhave been in a long-term relationship to-gether. This will help you to prevent thetransmissionofHIVbetween the twoof youand to the baby. Your doctor can do thesetests for you in the planning stages and talkyou through the various options availableto you.

Are thereanyother tests Ineedbeforeconceiving?

Yes, you need to be screened for rubella,or German measles. This is in order to en-sure that you do not contract the illnessduring pregnancy as it has a high risk ofcausing congenital abnormalities in thefoetus. If you have not had rubella beforethen youwill need to be vaccinated againstit. In this case you should not conceive inthe six months following the vaccination,as your immune system may not yet bestrong enough.You will also need to undergo a full gy-

naecological examination including a pap-smear in order to ensure that you will notrequire any cervical treatments duringpregnancy, as these may impact on the out-

come of the pregnancy. You and your part-ner must have prenatal blood group tests aswell.

In addition to this, the father-to-be willhave to undergo a thorough examination bya general practitioner in order to ascertainthat he is in good health and fit for havinga baby.

Do I need to take any nutritional sup-plements before pregnancy?

Folic acid is particularly important dur-ing the time leading up to pregnancy aswellas in the early stages of pregnancy itself asit helps the baby’s brain and spine to formproperly.Every woman trying to conceive needs at

least 5mg of folic acid every day. Other vita-mins andminerals are also important alongwith a balanced diet, as this will prepareyou in providing a healthy environment forthe foetus to grow in.You must consult with your doctor on

which nutritional supplements you shouldbe taking and how much.

DoIneed to signup forantenatal class-es once I am pregnant?

Antenatal classes are vital when it comestopreparing forbirth.These classesprovideyouwithpractical information that youwill

Best for you, best for your babyneed throughout your pregnancy and whenit comes to the birth of your baby.This is also an opportunity to ask the ex-

perts any questions that you may haveabout your pregnancy and the upcomingbirth.Furthermore, you will meet other par-

ents-to-be at these classes with whom youcan share your joys and concerns. Manypeople find this to be an important supportsystem during the learning process.

What should I eat during pregnancyand how much?

It is important to remember that everybody is different and needs different foods.However, the rule of thumb is to eat nutri-tious food such as fruit, vegetables, andgood quality protein and to take whateversupplements your doctor suggests.This will help to ensure that your baby is

healthy during the development process,which sets him or her on the path to goodhealth in the future. It is also important thatyou eat the right amount during pregnancy,depending on your weight prior to conceiv-ing.A woman of average weight can safely

gainbetween11kgand15kgduringherpreg-nancy.There are certain foods that must be

avoided during pregnancy including rawand smoked fish, rare and cured meat, softcheeses and raw or soft egg yolk. Thesefoods can contain dangerous bacteria andparasites that can be dangerous to your ba-by.Remember that you may suddenly dis-

like or crave certain foods during pregnan-cy. This is quite normal and your preferen-ceswillmost probably return to normal aft-er the birth of your child.

Can I smoke or drink during pregnan-cy?

It is strongly advised that you do notsmoke or drink alcohol when pregnant asthis can severely damage your baby’shealth and often results in underweightand learning disabilities. Certain drugsand painkillers can also affect the foetusand it therefore advisable to avoid the useof these unless absolutely necessary and inconsultation with your doctor.

How can I stay fit while I’m pregnant?

Unless you have a particular conditionpreventing you from exercising duringpregnancy there are may options availableto you. Mild exercise can be highly benefi-cial for you and your baby. Your doctormay recommend walking, swimming, gen-tle cycling or yoga and water aerobics.

Sources:www.gems.gov.za, www.webmd.com, www.mayo-clinic.com, www.marchofdimes.com

FOCUSON: PregnancyAwarenessWeek, 12 - 18 February

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THE Eastern Cape Legislature last week em-barked on a back-to-school campaign, visitingschools to ensure smooth operations and to al-so engage with those schools that did not dowell in last year’s exams.

Last Tuesday, the entourage visited Soma-gunya Senior Secondary School (SSS) in Tso-lo, the school with the worst matric pass rate

in the Tsolo district.Fundile Gade, Chairperson of the Portfolio

Committee for the Eastern Cape Departmentof Education, said their visit to Somagunyawas a follow-up visit since their last visit tothe school in 2013.

“We are here to check the school’s progressand because it is among the worst performingschools in the province. We wanted to engagewith the school and find out which problemsare leading to the disastrous performance,”

said Gade. He said since their last visit, therehad been complaints about teacher shortagesand poor infrastructure. He said all this hadbeen addressed by the department.

“Five permanent teachers were appointedlast year and four classrooms have been built.Sanitation has also been improved.”

School Governing Body (SGB) memberTandisile Mabala complained about the over-crowding in classrooms and the fact that theschool had no scholar transport which forces

learners to travel long distances to and fromthe school.

“Teachers and learners worked very hardto obtain better results, but some challengeswere too much to overcome,” said Mabala.The school has no library or laboratory. Par-ents cannot afford buying additional studymaterial.

The delegation promised to address all thematters that were raised by the SGB andteachers.

Legislaturedelegationvisits schools

Members of Provincial Legislature Nonceba Kontsiwe, Fundile Gade, Deborah Komose with Memberof Parliament Tabiso Wana during their visit at Somagunya SSS in Tsolo.

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WHEN Zamukulungisa Mazaleni was work-ing on a farm, enduring beatings fromhis pre-vious employer in Bethal, he never couldhave dreamt that one day he would be themanager of a radio station.

Mazaleni, the present station manager ofInkonjane FM, is a well experienced journal-istwhohasworked for someyears in the printmedia industry in Kokstad.Tshangisa, as he is affectionately known,

joined the Flagstaff-based radio station in2009, after he was called to revive the ailingnewsdepartment. “Iworkedhard to shape thenews department and people started to recog-nise our news depart-ment.”He was born on a farm

in KwaZulu Natal,where his parents wereworking.He grew up on the

farm and ended up as-sisting his parents withsomechores on the farm.After his father died in1970 they relocated withhis mum to her grand-mother’s place atMthambalala in Lusikisiki.“In 1974 I did not go to school because I was

herding goats and in 1975 my mother came tofetch me and we went to Ntabankulu whereI started sub A (Grade 1) at Dinwayo JuniorSecondary School,” he said.Because of some difficulties of going to

school he ended up leaving the school whenhewas doing Standard 8 (Grade 10) at Parlme-ton Senior Secondary School. He left schoolbecause there was no money to further hisstudies. He then decided to look for employ-ment.“I wanted to be able to support my mother,

because there was always bickering in thefamily. This haunted me and even disturbedme at school. Another thing that has hauntedme at school was that there was always thissnake in my trunk which was seen by me on-ly; even when I called my roommates theywere unable to see it,” he recalled.He decided to go to Johannesburg to find

employment. “To leave home and be out thereduring theApartheid era,mademerealise theworld out there could be very cruel. We wereeating with the dogs on the farm where I wasworking. The beatings and kicks were out ofthis world. We were sleeping with dirty blan-kets and it was hard to tolerate. As a result

I escaped with some friends,” said Mazaleni.He said when they escaped they walked

long distances barefoot and got hungry ontheir way. He said they were drinking waterto keep up their energy, since there was nofood and in those years black people were notallowed in white-only areas.“We were still at risk as we were travelling

through the farms to get to Rustenburg. Wetried our luck on the mines at Rustenburg,but lady luck was not on our side. I ended upreturning home,” he said.He trained as a security guard and was em-

ployed in a security company in Durban.That was when he completed his matric. Aft-er that he registered with Intec to study crea-tive writing.

After completinghis studies he lovedwriting and moved toKokstad where hejoined Ikhwezi newsas a journalist until hebecame a senior jour-nalist. At Ikhwezinews he worked withthe late Vincent JamJam who was headingIkhwezi News.Then Jam Jam de-

ployed Mazaleni toPort St Johns where he headed up a newspa-per calledVoice of theCoast as editor. He alsoworked for newspapers like Pondo News andEzakowethu as editor. He freelanced for theSowetan. After this he opened his own news-paper called Rainbow Advertiser and WaveNews. He also worked with well-known lay-out artist and journalist Lungile Lugongoloonapaper thatwas runbyMemberof thePro-vincial Legislature, PJ Mnguni.Mazaleni believes his industriousness and

fight to get what he wanted was what had puthim where he is today. Now he is full timestation manager of Inkonjane FM and he in-tends to take this Pondo language station toanother level.“Since I took over I have brought the com-

munity closer to the station and have builtgood relationshipswith stakeholders.”Maza-leni is dreamingof spreadinghiswings toanyregional radio station to show theworldwhathe is capable of in the media industry.Despite difficulties with not having a de-

cent education, he managed to get registeredwith Rhodes University, studying essentialson broadcast management. He said the youthshould focus and always work hard toachieve what they want, since nothing in lifewas impossible.

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11EntertainmentFebruary 5, 2015Mthatha Express

WE fail to understand why people are still vic-tims of these fake herbalists who alwaysclaimed that they are going to make them richwhereas they are poor even themselves.

We were reading a story about East Londonresident who lost R90 000 of his pension aftera fake herbalist claimed to multiply it if hetook it out from the bank.

Wawuke wayiva phi lo nto nje kwalapha ek-ukhuleni kwakho?

You know, now we fed up with these peoplebecause as a gossip team we have exhaustedall our energy trying to make them aware ofthe danger but it seems as if we convey a mes-sage to deaf ears because they keep on goingto these herbalists and being robbed.

Bafethu, why do you believe a person whodrives an old model Toyota Corolla that hecan make you a millionaire and ubona naweukuba soze abenayo himself?

Noko guys musani ukuzifaka emgibeni ni-wujongile, sinixelela nangawo. Wofika kesenigijima kuthi nifuna nincedwe kanti be-ningeva kunqandwa ngokuya benikhupha ezimali nizisa kwabantu.

Kona how do you investigate a case where-by someone withdrew his or her money andgives it to the robber?

No, kungadlalwa ngamapolisa in this case

because even nawo they usually held aware-ness campaigns trying to instill in people’sminds but our people are still the victims ofsuch scams.

Come on good people, nitheni kanti?

Bafethu luyabhidisa olu daka lufakwaebusweni boosisi

Hayi uyabona le nto ifakwa ngoosisi ebus-weni izakulinga amadoda amaninzi. Indodaicinge ukuba umntu mhle kanti usithwe luda-ka ingakumbi la ahamba encwasa ungaziukuba abantu bawo bayaphi.

Okay, here is a story.We attended a party in Qumbu and bekum-

nandi sihleli emzini wenkintsela sisidla ooninooni ekwakusisiphuzo singangolwandle.Ukhona wethu lo sisi ebenomtsalane ngenxayenkangeleko yakhe etsho ngobuso obu-fineand bu-brown strong.

Hayi ke kwaqhutywa kwahamba ubusukukwade kwasa ngoku wonke umntu kufaneleehlambile.

Kugqitywe ukuhlamba, nosisi lo wabuyaekuhlambeni and kucaca ukuba ebengakazi-faki izinto zakhe.

Besesimbona ngezinxibo mara ubuso bu-yamphikisa and kuvele kwayinkobongela njeyosisi eyoyikekayo.

Siyabuzana ingabe nguye uNose lo ube-thetha kakhulu ebonakala ukuba mhle futhi?Hayi wonke umntu avume ukuba nguye.Hayi, shame ziyabufihla ububi ezi nto zase-busweni.

Kaloku uvele elubala ukuba mbi usis’ wa-kho. I wonder ke kwezi bekucaca ukuba zi-dumbe iintloko ngoku ebesafake olu daka lo-buso kubenjani kuzo xa zimbona setsho ngo-buso ngathi bobukagogo.

Thumbs up Vovorence

After a long time not writing about a well-known socialite and the diva “herself” in thegay society uVovo phela,

we heard that during “her” birthday “she”recently hosted, “she” shared with the poordonating some clothing and ooncamncee kub-antwana base-Maiden Farm abazalwa nge-date azalwa ngayo.

That is wonderful Mavovo hoping that atthe next birthday you will invite Umgosi teamphela-the party without the Gossip team is nota party.

And remember we miss you in the mnandiplaces. Perhaps you are no longer visitingthem?

Hey, perhaps umntu washada who knows.Usixelele phela.

Select people whom you can drink with,once you buy an expensive whisky

Hey, guys last weekend we visited kwaMa-lume in Flag (Flagstaff) daai pleg is mnca andwe need to visit again.

It is very decent and it has decent patronsbeside the one who disappointed us.

I think that guy it was his first time to visitand ngaba bantu baphila ngokusarha.

Daai outie was asking for a stiff from theguy who was drinking expensive whiskyalone.

So the guy had no problem and handed overthe glass and the whisky.

Do you know daai term yasetywaleni ka5-finger.

Esi gxadu sive senza njalo sayishaya i-whis-ky yakhe yahlala kwi-half kwanentloni obe-bukele.

Uyabona ke ukubahamba uselisa zonke im-bakabha ezi.

Okay, masithule singena phi thina utywalabekungobobethu vele.

Watch this space next week we will tell youwhat we found during our visits in the tav-erns and shebeen if not ezimokolweni aroundthe Express land. We will tell you everything.Sharp until next time.

Whenareyougoing to stopbeingblindedby these fakeherbalists?

ONE of Sandi High School’s products, Siv-uyile Zolendlini (24) is currently doing histhird year in Medicine in Cuba as part of theDepartment of Health’s scholarship pro-gramme to assist learners from destitutebackgrounds to become doctors.

Express reporterAyandaMillisaMadik-izela chatted to him via Skype.

Who is Zolendlini?Well, Sivuyile Zolendlini is just a young

man from Ngqeleni in Notintsila location tobe specific. I was raised by my mom, Nozuki-le Zolendlini, because my father died whenI was still young.

We are six children and I am the fifthchild. I did my lower grades at NotintsilaJunior Secondary School; then in 2009, Iwent to Sandi High School.

I passed my grade 12 there in 2011 and inSeptember 2012, 1 came to Cuba, where I amstudying Medicine

How did you end up in Cuba?In one sentence, I would say Mr Lupond-

wana is the reason I am here today.This is what actually happened; I only ap-

plied for one thing in 2012 which was Electri-cal Engineering and I was also helped by myteachers with that application.

I was accepted by the Nelson MandelaMetropolitan University but could not regis-ter because I did not get a bursary.

I received a call while visiting my sisterin KZN and I was told that I got anotherscholarship and that Lupondwana had tak-en care of everything.

Whendid you start there andwhen areyou completing your studies?

I started here in 2012 and I am supposedto be back home in 2018 – if I pass of course.I will study for 6 years here and one moreyear in South Africa.

What kind of change are you promis-ing to your immediate family, Sandischool, Nyandeni community and to thecountry?

Well, I think it’s too early for me to makepromises, so I am not making any, but I amwilling to serve my community when I fin-ish and I believe they deserve more thanthat in return for the support they had givenme. To my family, I will never forget whereI come from and I am willing to give themwhat I could not get.

How were your days at Sandi? and doyou miss it?

It was nice studying there. Friends andteachers were all very caring. I enjoyed it– maybe it was because I was still young.

Would you recommend Sandi to any-one who needs a High school education?

Yes, I would highly recommend it. It is notonly because I am from there, but becausethey have good teachers and they get goodresults.

The records will tell you that Sandi is oneof the best schools; you can check the passrate for the last 2 years as an example.

Whowasyour favourite teacher there?When it comes to teachers, I do not have

favourites, but if you ask me to choose justone, I would choose Zamile Diko, because hewas not just a teacher to me, he was myfriend too, someone I could talk to.

How is Cuba treating you so far?So far it’s treating me well. I mean I have

not faced any problems that I could not han-dle and I am just focusing on my studies.

A word of advice to current Sandilearners who are not sure what their fu-ture holds.

One thing which every student shouldknow is that they need to focus on theirbooks.

This will not only determine their grade12 certificate or their career, but it would de-termine their future, their lives. So whycan’t they just sacrifice a few years for theirfuture?

And they should remember that whateveris worth having is also worth working for.

One-on-onewith local aspirant doctor studyingmedicine in Cuba

Sivuyile Zolendlini (24) studies medicine in Cuba. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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ANELE RAZIYA

BUTTERWORTH Cluster Visible policing Co-ordinatorCaptain Jongile Mrululu has urged the youth to stayaway from criminal activities and drugs that could leadthem to end up in jail.

He was speaking during a Sport Against Crime eventthat was held at the Walter Sisulu University Sportgrounds Bika Campus near Butterworth this past week-end.The event was organised by the Butterworth Police,

made-up ofMsobomvu location, Butterworth Town, Nqa-makhwe, Idutywa, Kei Bridge and Gatyane for the pur-pose of fighting crime and promoting sport.“We believe that sport is a great tool that we could use

to eliminate criminal activities in our areas. This is whywe have decided as the Butterworth Police cluster to holdthese games in different sport codes such as soccer, rugby

and netball,” said Captain Mrululu.He added that by means of the games they were imple-

menting the vision of the Amatole District Cluster. Allclusters held a meeting last year to find out what theycoulddo toprevent crime in their areas and tokeepyoungpeople away from drugs.“Sowearedoingwhatwehaveplanned, namely to fight

crime. The teams that will win their matches will havea chance of representing the Butterworth Police ClusteratAlice in the gameswhere all Clusters under theAmato-le District will compete,” he said.The team that won the final in soccer this weekendwas

Idutywa, beatingMsobomvu by four goals to zero. In net-ball Msobomvu defeated Butterworth by 41 to 5; while inRugby Msobomvu was given a walk over after Butter-worthwasunable toproduce identitydocuments for play-ers. The gameswere played by playerswhobrought theiridentity documents since the tournament was aimed forplayers between the ages of 15 and 25.

Police fight crimethroughsport

Dutywa Netball team went up against Msobomvu Netball team at WSU iBika Campus in Butterworth. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

A tough match was played between Dutywa and Butterworth Soccer teams at WSU in Butterworth. PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

NCEBA DLADLA

THE Eastern Cape Departmentof Sport and Recreation had avery successful conference atthe Boardwalk ICC fromWednesday 28 toFriday 30 Janu-ary.

According to the depart-ment’s provincial General Man-ager, Deidre Sedras, the confer-ence put sport and recreationstakeholders – including allsport federations, the EC SportsConfederation, the EC SportAcademy, school sport repre-sentatives, government depart-ments, public entities andNGOs – under one roof.The aim was to come up with

a blue print that would identifykey priorities and give a three-year strategy to sport and recre-ation in the province.“The conference was a re-

sounding success,” an upbeatSedras said, adding that therewas enough delegate represen-tation. They also concluded res-olutions in the eight key areas.The fact that all municipali-

ties were represented throughtheir municipal managers, aswell asSouthAfricanLocalGov-ernment Associations (SAL-GA), not only helped the confer-ence reach its main objectives,but also ensured that the prov-ince whichwas part of the inter-national community worked asa united entity, Sedras believed.MEC PemmyMajodina called

on the delegates to consolidatewhat is already there and to find

a critical pathway for the ath-letes to ensure that they suc-ceeded in competitions againstathletes from other cities of theworld.Deputy Minister Henrietta

Bogopane-Zulu advised the del-egates to always ensure thatpeople with disabilities were al-so included in their planning.A Memorandum of Under-

standing between the Depart-ment of Sport and Recreationand the Department of Educa-tion was thrashed out to the sat-isfaction of Khithika Lakhithi-ka, the OR Tambo District Mu-nicipality Sports andRecreation Officer.“We sometimes struggle to get

school children in sport, be-cause the schools don’t see theneed. We now hope with thispartnership, things will be dif-ferent in the rural and vast are-as of Mount Ayliff,” said Lakhi-thika, adding that she hopedparents would also be encour-aged to allow children to play.A Resolution Committee

chaired by Sedras was appoint-ed and given a task of complet-ing, validating and ensuring theimplementation of the resolu-tions on issues like school sport,community sport, academies ofsport, infrastructure and theeconomic value of sport.To ensure that these were im-

plemented, Sedras said Sub-committees would be taskedwith assessing the work inprogress on an annual basis,and to give a report at anotherconference in three years’ time.

Conference a huge success

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