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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE death of yet another young man hasplaced the spotlight on a grim winter initia-tion season in the Eastern Cape.

Simphiwe Feni (19) of Bhencuti locality inQumbu is one of at least 26 initiates who didmake it home alive.

He died while was attending an initiationschool in Bhencuti, but his body was foundin an unused house in the locality. Seated onan old couch and covered by blankets, Sim-phiwe had terrible burn wounds as well aswounds to his upper body and buttocks.

“His buttocks were injured in such a waythat it would have been difficult to relievehimself,” said Chief Mncedisi Veco of Bhen-cuti.

The traditional surgeon who circumcised

him was arrested after failing to explain whySimphiwe had been left in the unused house.His aunt, Maxaba Sitshongo (68), expressedher agony over losing the boy who had beenso helpful to her and her elderly husband.

“I don’t know how I am going to look atthese boys who killed my son. Simphiwe waswell known and respectful of the whole locali-ty and the community can bear witness tothat. I really don’t know why he was killedso mercilessly,” she said. Simphiwe is expect-ed to be buried on Saturday, August 18, in hishome village of Bhencuti.

Meanwhile the Mhlontlo Initiation Fo-rum’s Nkosi Luyanda Mditshwa said eventhough the season was about to come to anend, they were still working around the clocktrying to save initiates.

On Thursday July 16, they arrested threeamakhankatha (traditional nurses) and one

ingcibi (traditional surgeon) in Shawbury.Hesaid the initiation season had been due toclose onMondayJuly 20, but due to the escala-tion in injured boys it had been extended un-til July 30. The forum would work until Au-gust 6, Mditshwa said.

“This is the worst season ever in the regionof OR Tambo, Mhlontlo in particular com-pared with last season.

“There has been deep sadness and concernabout the five deaths in Mhlontlo, consider-ing that there were no deaths in the previousseason.”

He added that most of the deaths had beencaused by assault at the initiation schools.

According to the provincial health depart-ment, many initiates are being treated forbotched circumcisions in hospital and rescuecentres in the OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo re-gions.

Spotlightongrimwinter initiation seasonSIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

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A GAME of cat and mouse was played outin Mthatha’s central business district onMonday morning (July 20) when the policechased a suspect who abandoned his car

and ran away after seeing he was cornered.The incident took place in Madeira

Street.The police said the had seen a suspect car

and had followed it with the intention ofstopping and searching it. The driver real-ised there were police behind him and hepulled off , jumped out and vanished among

Drugs found in abandoned vehicle inMthathaCBD

Sergeant Sibongiseni Ngubentombi with thepolice dog that sniffed out drugs in anabandoned car in Mthatha. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

the buildings.The police gave chase but came back

empty-handed.When they came back the police dog

sniffed inside the car and found drugs ina door pocket on the driver’s side and inthe cubbyhole.

The drugs included crack cocaine andpure cocaine.

It weighed 8kg and were valued at aboutR5 000. It appeared that the abandoned carwas registered in the Congo.

Mthatha has recently become a haven fordrug lords, particularly at the taxi ranks,where some pose as fruit vendors whileconcealing drugs behind their stands.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

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WHILEthemurderersofNocingileMzukwanaremain at large, her family is grieving and thecommunity feels unsafe.

Mzukwana (55) from Gxulu in Libode waskilled on Wednesday July 8.

“Wedon’tknowwhathappened,butwhatwedoknow is that shewasbrutallymurderedandthe perpetrators used a bush knife to kill her,”her daugther, Fikiswa Mzukwana, told Ex-press.

Fikiswasaidshehadbeencalledon thenightof themurderand that shehad foundhermoth-er lying in a pool of blood on a gravel road inGxulu.

Her mother had been living with her fourgrandchildren, but had beenvisiting a relativeat the time.

“My heart is bleeding and what is worse itfeels as if police officers are dragging their feet

in arresting the suspects.“We are not safe and we don’t know what

will happen next as the perpetrators are stillroaming about as if nothing happened.”

A community member who wanted to re-main anonymous said the women were notsafe after the incident.

“We want them to be arrested and rot in jailbecause what they did shows that they aremerciless.”

Ward councillor Novusile Ntoza said theNyandeni Local Municipality was assistingthe Mzukwana’s family where it could.

“The municipality provided 10 blankets forthe family since I know their situation. Mzuk-wana was on the waiting list for a house from2008. Her family will still receive a house,”Ntoza said.

Police spokesperson Inspector Dineo Koenaconfirmed that nobody had been arrested yet.“The police are following all leads that couldlead to the arrest of the suspects,” Koena said.

Fikiswa Mzukwanasits with her

nephews, who keepasking for their

grandmother. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

ARRIVE Alive has called on the public tohelp identify thedriver of aVWGolf that col-lided with a Greyhound bus on Sunday.

The accident happened on the N2 in Lura-si locality near Mthatha early on Sunday.

Arrive Alive spokesperson Tshepo Ma-chaea said they were appealing to anyonewhose family member might be missing tohelp identify the body.

Machaea said two women had apparentlyalso been in the car, but had run away afterthe collision. “We don’t have informationabout this person. We heard he was travel-

ling with two women, but we don’t knowwhere they ran to after the accident. It is dif-ficult to locate the owner of the car becauseit burnt to ashes,” Machaea said.

The accident report says the car was over-taking other vehicles when it collided head-on with the bus.

It was dragged by the bus for some metresand both vehicles burst into flames.

“The driver of the Golf was burnt beyondrecognition. Two bus passengers wereslightly injured when they tried to escapethe flames,” Machaea said.

The bus was carrying 32 passengers andtravelling to Mthatha from Johannesburgvia Kokstad.

Lurasi crash, driver still not identified

The driver of this VW Golf was killed whenhe collided head­on with this bus on the N2between Tsolo and Mthatha on Sunday.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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THE National Prosecuting Authority has ex-pressed its frustration with the lack of suc-cessful prosecutions of illegal traditional heal-ers.While illegal surgeons were common in the

OR Tambo region and particularly in Ngqele-ni, Libode, Tsolo, Qumbu and Eastern Pondo-land in the former Transkei, prosecuting theoffenders was almost impossible, said LuxoloTyali, the regional spokesperson for the Na-tional Prosecuting Authority (NPA).He told Express that the biggest challenge

was the lack of witnesses willing to assist in

the prosecution of illegal surgeons, even afterthey had been arrested.“No witnesses come to court. Not even the

affected initiates cooperate after the season isover and we cannot proceed with the casewithout evidence before court.”He said if this trend continued, botched cir-

cumcision cases were going nowhere. “Eventhe parents don’t cooperate or open cases afteran incident of botched circumcision.”He said the police were experiencing the

same frustration over cases being struck offthe court roll.

“Last year we charged Samkelo Mvubu ofLibode with two counts of murder after twoinitiates died at his initiation school. But thecasewas struckoff the court roll onJune 8 thisyear because the police were unable to getstatements from the witnesses,” he said. “Itwas not only that case. There are somany cas-es. That is our frustration in the NPA.”Tyali was reacting to an appeal from the

ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the EasternCape for the swift arrest of those involved inillegal or botched circumcisions.At least 26 initiates have died in the Eastern

Cape this winter season - more than in therest of the country.In a statement, theANCYL called for the im-

mediate arrest of the perpetrators and de-manded that they not be granted bail.ANCYL provincial spokesperson Ayongez-

wa Lungisa said the ANCYL would lead a “nobail” campaign against all the perpetrators.Lungisa said that theyouth leaguewasplan-

ning to meet traditional leaders and the gov-ernment to discuss solutions to the initiatedeath toll in the Eastern Cape.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Witnessesneeded in initiatemurder cases

THEDAsays the governmentmust accountfor every initiate who has died during thiswinter’s initiation season.

DA MP Nqaba Bhanga, who is also theparty’s spokesman on cooperative govern-ance, said the government had failed toachieve its own goal of curbing initiationdeaths.“This time last year, Minister Pravin

Gordhan said his department would workwith various role players to reach the objec-tive of zero death in the next initiation peri-od, but the recent news suggests that theminister’s approach toachieving thisgoal isfailing,” Bhanga said.During a visit to the StBarnabasHospital

in Libode last Thursday Bhanga said heknew that at the community level tradition-al leaders were trying their best, but itseemed the government was dragging itsfeet.“Weknow this is part of a verywell devel-

opedconversation that ishappening incom-munities who hold this tradition dear. Butwhile our boys are dying, the government

is clearly not doing what it promised to en-sure zero deaths.”He said he had also gone through initia-

tion in Port Elizabeth and his experiencehad been one of delight as he went throughthe cultural rite to becoming a man.“We never experienced the fear of death

as our youngmen do today. Our leaders ledus by example and the many great life les-sons I learnt during the process I still cher-ish today.”TheDAcalled onGordhan to report to the

portfolio committee on cooperative govern-ance and traditional affairs on the circum-stances which had led to the death of eachinitiate, the shortcomings of the task teamand provincial monitoring teams and whataction he would take to address the issuesbefore the2015/16summerinitiationperiod.“We call for law enforcement agencies to

vigorously investigate and prosecute thoseresponsible for these unnecessary deaths,including officials of government whoshould have prevented the conditions thatcaused death,” Bhanga said.– AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

WHILE some have welcomed an an-nouncement that construction of theN2Wild Coast toll road will commencenext year, theAmadibaCrisisCommit-tee is dead set against it.

Rural Development and Land Re-form Minister Gugile Nkwinti an-nounced last week that construction ofthe road would begin in Septembernext year.“Working with the traditional lead-

ers in the affected areas, we will haveto identify sites where we will buildhomes for thosewhowill be relocated,”Nkwinti said at an event in Mbizanarecently.He added that the governmentwould

also relocate graves that were in theway of the road.King Zanozuko Sigcau said the Pon-

doland community was very excitedabout the developments.“Wehavebeenwaiting for so long for

this project and the entire communityis eager for it, with anticipation of jobcreation,” the king said.In its response to Nkwinti’s an-

nouncement, theAmadibaCrisis Com-mittee (ACC) accused the minister ofpurposely excluding the people of Um-gungundlovu - who are to be relocated- from the meeting in Mbizana.“It makes no sense to hold this meet-

ing inMbizana.There isnoN2 toll roadplanned there. The N2 is planned forthe Amadiba coast,”the ACC said in astatement.The ACC also rejected arguments

that the community was poor and indire need of infrastructure such as atoll road.“How can we be poor when we have

land? We grow maize, sweet potatoes,yams, potatoes, onions, spinach, car-rots, lemons and guavas and we sellsome of it to the market. We fish andwe eat eggs and chicken. This agricul-ture is what should be developedhere.”The ACC further accused the gov-

ernment of deliberately allowing ac-cess roads to be washed away and thatthe road was ultimately intended formaking mining accessible.“But you push the N2 for the BMWs

of the rich. The N2 toll road on our an-cestral land is not for us and of courseit is not for tourists. It makes it fasterto drive from Durban to East London.It will support the plans for theAustra-lian company MRC for open-cast min-ing along this coast.”

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BABALWA NDLANYA

PORT St Johns is set to become a player in thefishing industry if the government has its way.

Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi visitedthe town on the Wild Coast and spoke to resi-dents about the development of a fishing har-bour in the area.NxesisaidPortStJohns(PSJ) waswellplaced

tobenefit fromthedevelopmentofaharbourandtheDepartment of PublicWorkswas committedto working with the community.

“Our aim is to develop this town as a smallfishingharbourandasahubofrelatedeconomicactivity.“Wehave already sent a team tomeetwith the

chief executive officer of the PSJ DevelopmentAgency,Malizo Putu, as part of our commitmentto partnering in infrastructure development,”Nxesi said.Community members would also be taught

howtoprocess fishandthedepartmentwouldtryto organise a market where they could sell theirproducts.It would also try to develop better offices for

PSJ community members.The Port St John’s Development Agency lists

on its website a number of socio-economic prob-lems that the picturesque town faces:

.More than 80% of the local population is un-employed

.More than 50% of households earn less thanR18 000 a year

.Close to40%ofpeople livingintheruralnodecan neither read nor writePort St Johns mayor Phikolomzi Langa said

that despite its tourism potential the town, justas in the rest of the country, had yet to lift themajority of its residents out of poverty.

“Our place is known as the place of tourists,butweare still failing touplift standards,”Langasaid.Resident Luyanda Somdaka said after the

meetingwithNxesi theywere pleasedwithwhattheyhadheardandtheyhoped that theanticipat-ed development would change their lives for thebetter.“Even though we are not sure exactly when

this will happen, we are happy that they aredreaming of developing our area,” Somdakasaid.

Fishharbour tobedevelopedatPort St Johns

Port St Johns boasts natural beauty, but more economic activityis needed to benefit residents. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

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THE Eastern Cape Government and Boxer Su-perstores have agreed to work together to helplocal farmers to sell their fresh produce to all 37Boxer stores in the province.

Rural Development and Agrarian ReformMEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane met the Boxer Super-stores management in Durban to discuss thepartnership.

The meeting followed a call by a farmer fromMbizana for big retailers to buy produce fromlocal farmers.

QoboshiyaneandBoxerSuperstoresagreedtoprioritise helping farmers to sell their maize,cabbages, spinach, tomatoes, pineapples and cit-

rus fruit toallBoxer stores in the short termandconsider expanding to red meat, poultry, eggs,milk and other produce in the long term.

The current government infrastructure in-vestment and support to farmers will make iteasyforthefarmerstobedevelopedandsupport-ed to enable them to supply the Boxer Super-stores as a market.

The meeting agreed that the governmentwould also provide support to small farmerswhile Boxer would provide a distribution chan-nel where produce from local farmers would besold.

Farmers will be linked with all Boxer Super-

stores to supply fresh produce directly to eachstore.

Boxersuperstoreswill supplythegovernmentwith store requirements for each commodity aspart of planning for the implementation of theprogramme.

Both the government and Boxer will workwith the farmers to ensure that produce fromfarms is safe, using existing security checks andguarantees for all produce sold in the stores.

Training and methods to ensure food safetywill be part of the supplier development pro-gramme for all local farmers.

All participating cooperatives and farmers

will be certified as Black Economic Empower-ment (BEE) compliant enterprises, somethingwhich will give Boxer Superstores more BEEpoints.

The Eastern Cape government says it is in-vesting inpartnerships thatwill help create jobsandbusinessopportunities for theyouthandthepeople as part of the total development of theprovince.

“We will work with Boxer to help local farm-ers to grow and move forward because our aimis to ensurepolicy stability to create suchoppor-tunities forourpeople toprosper,”Qoboshiyanesaid. – GREG NOTA

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THE teachers of agirl (12) who was al-legedly rapedbya70-year-old man are an-gry at the decision ofthe Qumbu Magis-trate’s Court to lethim out on bail ofR1 000.

Theman,whocan-not be identified un-til he has pleaded tothe charges againsthim, was arrestedsix weeks after thefamily identifiedhim to the police asthe suspect.

“First it was thedelay of his arrestandnowhe isgettingbail of only R1 000,”said a teacher at thegirl’s school.“It seems as if the

suspect is gettingspecial treatment,”said the teacher,who cannot benamed, to protectthe identity of thegirl.“Even when he

first appeared beforecourt, he was full ofconfidence and hewas carrying a blackbag. How did he getthe bag while he wasin custody? Whatwas inside that bag?We believe he is get-ting special treat-ment from the jus-tice systemwhile thechild is sufferingtrauma. I don’t un-derstand why bailwas set at R1 000 in aserious case like therape of an under-aged girl,” shestressed.Express has learnt

that the victim re-cently underwent anoperation followingthe rape. Her fatheralso said her allegedrapist was gettingspecial treatment.

“Even if he is notpunished by thecourts of this land, Iwill pray to God thathe is punished in thehereafter,” the fa-ther said with tearsflowing down hischeeks.National Prose-

cuting Authority re-gional spokespersonLuxolo Tyali saidbail was not a ver-dict on a suspect’sguilt or innocence.“It is there to assurethat the accused per-son does not evadehis or her trial.”He said many fac-

torswere consideredbefore bail was set.“I don’t want to go

into details in thismatter, but when Ilook at the age of theman and if he is apensioner, R1 000 isa suitable amount orcan even be toomuch for him.”The case will con-

tinue in the QumbuMagistrate’s Courton September 04.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Angeroverbail for‘rapist’

MTHATHA EXPRESS | THURSDAY 23 JULY 2015 NEWS 9

REPORTER

THE chairperson ofparliament’s port-folio committee onsocial develop-ment, Zoleka Capa,has voiced con-cerns on officialswho require cashbefore they couldprocess grants.

Capa, who is alsoa former OR TamboDistrict executivemayor, said, “Thisis unacceptable andshould be stampedout of our system.Social assistance isnot for sale to offi-cials of the depart-ment. We have atask of ensuringthat the poorest ofthe poor get govern-ment assistance atno cost at all.“The ease of ac-

cess to funds fromthe SA Social Secu-rity Agency, partic-ularly by officialsof the department,is worrying anddrastic actionneeds to be under-taken,” she said.On Monday last

week (July 13), asenior official atthe Mitchell’s PlainSassa office in CapeTown was caughtred-handed accept-ing cash from proc-essing grants, aswell as fraudulent-ly processinggrants for familiesamounting to morethan R170 000.Sassa’s investiga-

tion revealed thatdoctors not regis-tered with theHealth ProfessionsCouncil of SA werealso involved in dis-ability grant fraud.“If doctors are al-

so so deeply in-volved in this graft,there is reason forthe committee to beworried. We cannotallow this sophisti-cated form of cor-ruption to be car-ried on at the ex-pense of poorpeople,” Capa said.

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HE has shared the stage with big namesin the music industry, co-hosts a week-end show and is a regular at variousnight spots. But as Mthatha’s Mthobeli“Deejay Mist-SA” Xabendlini will tellyou, success takes a lot of hard work.

The 19-year-old was born in Ngangeliz-we Township and like many a young “ka-si-boy”, he has seen the countless socialills associated with township life.“Obviously, I was exposed to various

unfavourable aspects of township living,but my inner man decided to explore adifferent approach to life.”He said his background had a positive

impact on his work ethic and the positiveenergy he brought to the task at hand.“There was a term that was frequently

used in eKasi. They used to say ixoxo nex-oxo liyaz’gxumela, which means everyman for himself. From it I learnt to beindependent.”Mthobeli started out very young and

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the industry’s most eminent and cele-brated DJs and artists like DJ Christos,Vini Da Vinci and DJ Sue.”As expected, it has not been all plain

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AFRO soul singer Malizole Fololo fromKhwezi Township in Mthatha was selectedby the Eastern Cape Development Corpora-tion to perform at a festival in The Nether-lands this past weekend to honour the lateNelson Mandela.“I was very happy to be chosen to perform

at this festival because that gaveme strengthto see that there is a lot I can do for the peopleof South Africa,” Fololo said.The singer with the beautiful voice

brought out a 14-track CD last year, titled Ip-hupha Lam (My Dream). He credits hisgrandparents for the courage to fulfil hisdreams. On his publisist’s website he is de-scribed as “a wonderful, humble young manwho loves hisMaker asmuch as he doesmak-ing Afro soul music”.His language and culture are equally im-

portant to him and Fololo said this wouldonce more be reflected in his upcoming CD.– BABALWA NDLANYA

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WILLIAM Mugeyi, a name synon-ymous with Eastern Cape soccer,has agreed to share his vast expe-rience with the WSU coachingstaff as technical adviser duringthis season’s Varsity Footballchallenge.

The former Zimbabwean inter-national and Bush Bucks leftback’s tactical and technical ex-pertise could prove significant asWSU aim to cause a few upsets ontheir way to a “fairy-tale” season– qualifying for the knockouts.

“I trust that I can contribute todeveloping and strengthening theteam in terms of the crucial as-

pects of the game that requirebrains rather than brawn. Mypart will be largely to impart thetactical and technical facets to theteam’s game,” Mugeyi said.

WSU head coach Alfred Kuchouwelcomed the news, saying Mug-eyi would help bolster the squadin terms of confidence and gameawareness.

He said the players would alsofeed off the professionalism andintensity he brought.

“William’s addition further sig-nifies for the players how seriousa task we have ahead of us, andhow important a tournament thisis. We won’t be there to make upnumbers – we will be competing,”Kuchou said.

WSU took on Mugeyi’s much-beloved Bush Bucks in twofriendly games on July 10 as partof the institution’s training camp.

This is where he started layingthe pieces of a foundation built ona footballing astuteness that willsee the team dismantle any oppo-sition.

“It was the perfect time for meto assess the team with just a fewdays to go before they take to thefield in their opener,” Mugeyisaid.

Mugeyi joinsuniversity coaching staff

William Mugeyi, former Umtata BushBucks player, joins the Walter SisuluUniversity soccer team as thetechnical adviser. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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WALTER Sisulu University areset to enjoy at least three tele-vised matches during their debutseason in the FNB Varsity Foot-ball challenge which kicked offthis Monday.

Official broadcasters Super-sport are set to televise one of theseason’s most anticipated der-bies as WSU and NMMU clash atthe Mthatha campus on Thurs-day August 27 in an all-EasternCape affair.

The duel is preceded by anoth-

er home tie against the Vaal Uni-versity of Technology to be airedon August 17.

A trek down the south coastwill see Supersport on hand totelevise WSU’s match against theUniversity of the Western Cape(UWC) at the UWC SportsGround on Thursday August 6.

“The excitement among theboys is palpable. The prospect ofexhibiting their talents on livetelevision is something quite ex-hilarating for the whole team,”head coach Alfred Kuchou said.

A lunchtime kick-off in Butter-worth on Friday July 10 against

Bush Bucks has proven criticalin the WSU technical team’s taskof “tying up loose ends” just daysahead of the opener.

“In terms of fitness and condi-tioning, the boys are in superbshape. Their recent participationin a regional competition has tes-tified to this,” Kuchou said.

Centre-back and team captainZwide Nxumalo (23), a final-yearbusiness management student,said the tournament could pro-vide a lot of opportunities for theplayers.

“The importance of this tour-nament is not lost on the boys. Its

potential to provide great expo-sure and an opportunity to catchthe eyes of professional clubs issomething we’re all cognisantof.”

He said the team’s experiencein playing in the SAB league,with a couple of players plyingtheir trade in the VodacomLeague, could prove their biggestsource of match temperament.

“We’ve played in importanttournaments before, and weknow what it takes to win. Makeno mistake, we’re not going thereto make up the numbers,” Nxum-alo said.

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