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TWO prominent ANC lead-ers in the OR Tambo re-gion have been arrested,bringing to four the num-ber held in connection

with the murder of a bodyguard ofMhlontlo Municipality speaker andOR Tambo ANC chairperson XolileNkompela, and the attemptedmurderofNkompelaandhisotherbodyguard.

Thandekile Sabisa, a predecessor of

Nkompela in the chairmanship of theANC in the regionand thepresentORTambo deputy mayor, and formerANC secretary Lawrence MambilawerearrestedonMonday,April 18, onthepremisesof theORTamboDistrictMunicipality where they were work-

ing.Nkompelaandhisbodyguardswere

ambushednearTsoloat theendof lastyear. In this incident, Nkompela andone of his bodyguards narrowly es-caped death, but the other bodyguard,ZukileNyontso,whowasdriving,was

shot dead.Thearrestof thetwoprominentand

respected leaders in the region fol-lowed the arrest of two suspects whoincluded an Mhlontlo Municipalitycouncillor.

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A man survived an alleged petrolbomb attack on a bus in Mthombetsitsa location in Libode last week. Yolisa Nonzaki (INSERT) narrowly escaped death when the bus he and his colleagues wereguarding, was allegedly petrolbombed. His two colleagues could not get out of the burning bus in time and died in the fire. Here are the owner of the bus, Mncedisi Qaba and the driver of thebus, Mlande Mngcotyelwa. Read the full story on page 4. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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BUTTERWORTH police have arrested a 30-year-old man for the alleged rape of a three-year-old toddler.

The police say the incident happened atMaqwathini Location,Manqulo village, nearKei Bridge, Butterworth.It is alleged that the victim was raped by

the suspect on Wednesday night last week.The suspect was arrested the day after the

incident.The police say the child was found by her

55-year-old grandmother, shivering and cry-ing at another hut.The suspect was in the same hut as the tod-

dler when the grandmother found her.“The grandmother asked what the suspect

wasdoingatherhome,” police spokesperson,Captain Jackson Manatha said.“There was no response from the suspect

and he took to his heels.“The grandmother asked her granddaugh-

ter what had happened.“The victim said she had been raped in a

dark forest by the suspect.”The forest is not far from the homestead of

the victim.The man appeared in the Butterworth

Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a chargeof rape. At the time of going to print no fur-ther details on the court appearance weremade available.

Manheldafter toddler raped

BUNTU GOTYWA

THEmanwhowas accused of killing popu-lar Mthatha Catholic nun, Sister Mary JoTacke, has been sentenced to 25 years injail.

Asiphe Ndikinda was acquitted of mur-dering Tacke, as the state failed to provethe murder charge beyond reasonabledoubt.Ndikinda was, however, found guilty on

charges of kidnapping, possession of a fire-arm and ammunition and robbery with ag-gravating circumstances.He was sentenced to 18 years for robbery

with aggravating circumstances, a furtherfive years for kidnapping and two years forpossession of a firearm and ammunition.The sentences will run separately.Judge Lusindiso Pakade said he had tak-

en the community’s interest into consider-ation in handing down his sentence.Pakade said Ndikinda had also failed to

convince him why he should be given a

lesser sentence.Tacke’s close friend, Sister DionysNgco-

bo, said she was happy with the sentence,but could not say the same about the mur-der charge.Thembekile Kanise also said that al-

though they welcomed the sentencing,they felt hard done over the not-guilty ver-dict on the murder charge.Ndikinda had pleaded not guilty on all

charges.Tacke was hijacked on June 15, 2014, and

found dead a day later in the water neara bridge at the Tyara locality in Libode.Her body was found by a passerby in the

morning.According to a postmortem, head and ab-

dominal injuries and drowning wereamong the causes of the sister’s death.Ndikinda’s fingerprints and palm prints

were found in Tacke’s car, which the judgesaid proved the accused had at some pointdriven Tacke’s car.The state had earlier pushed for murder

and culpable homicide convictions andsubmitted that the accused had been care-less by abandoning Tacke along the road,knowing that she was injured.The judge said there was no evidence

that the accused had a hand in dumpingthe nun in the water.

Stiff sentence in nunmurder case

A relaxed Asiphe Ndikinda after he wassentenced to 25 years in jail.

PHOTO: YANGA SOJI

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During their first court appearance in theTsolo Magistrate’s court on Wednesday lastweek, the security was tight inside and out-side of the court.Numbers of heavily armedmembers of the

National Intervention Unit (NIU) werepresent while ANC members toyi-toyed out-side the court calling for the suspects to bedenied bail.Even Nkompela’s bodyguards were

barred from entering the court with guns asit had been ruled that nobody would be al-lowed in with a gun – even police officers.

The bodyguards were instructed to waitfor their principals outside the court be-cause inside their principals would be un-der the watchful eye of the NIU.Sabisa and Mambila were not present in

court. Only the first two accused,MasibongeMnyande andXolisaMswelanto, were there.Senior prosecutor Betty Mashilo an-

nounced that the other two had sent lettersstating that they were in St Mary’s PrivateHospital in Mthatha after being tortured bythe police.Magistrate Jongikhaya Busakhwe post-

poned the case to this week, giving the statemore time to investigate, and if it was rele-

vant to give the statements of the accusedto their attorneys.Mashilo opposed the idea,stating that would jeopardise the state wit-nesses as some names were mentioned inthe statements.Meanwhile, National Prosecuting Au-

thority (NPA) spokesperson Luxolo Tyalihas confirmed that they have added to thecharges against the suspects who were notin court.Tyali said the charges included conspira-

cy to commit murder, attempted murderand murder.Speaking on behalf of the Hawks, who

made the arrests, LoyisoMdingi denied that

there had been any torture.However, he said anyone who alleged hav-

ing being tortured had the right to open acase or lay charges against the member whohad allegedly tortured him or her.Among the dignitaries who attended the

case was the gunned-down bodyguard’s old-er brother, Mziwanele Nyontso, deputypresident of the Pan Africanist of CongressAzania.

. The ANC in the OR Tambo region hasexpressed its shock and sadness followingthe arrest of two of its top leaders in the ORTambo region. Read the full story on page 6.

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KINGS in the Eastern Cape converged onNkululekweni, Mthatha, last week to discussthe issue of pardoning jailed Thembu King,BuyelekhayaDalindyeboand todecideon fur-ther steps they would take after getting no re-sponse to a plea for a presidential pardon.

Dalindyebo is serving a 12-year jail sen-tence for fraud, murder, attempted murder,

kidnapping and arson.The kings who attended the meeting were

from nations including AmaRharhabe, Am-aGcaleka, AmaMpondo aseQawukeni, Am-aMpondo aseNyandeni, AbaThembu base-Bumbane and AbaThembu baseRhoda.According to Chief Ntandoyesizwe Ndam-

ase of Nyandeni, they had decided to sit downto discuss the issue of Dalindyebo being re-leased from prison.“In this discussion we decided to take fur-

ther steps and engage our people from allthese monarchies if the government does notadhere to our demand to release the king,”Ndamase said.He said they had drafted another letter ask-

ing to meet with six of the ANC leaders.“We sent our letter to Gwede Mantatshe to

set up a meeting with them where we willraise a lot of dissatifaction at the way the gov-ernment treats traditional leaders,”Ndamasesaid.

KingsmeetoverDalindyebopardonKingsmeetoverDalindyebopardon

Chief Ntandoyesizwe Ndamase addresses themedia at Nkululekweni. PHOTO: YANGA SOJI

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Mthatha community in general andproperty owners have vowed to take ac-tion against the auction of residentialunits in Mthatha.The reaction of the Mthatha property

owners followed the announcement andadvertisement by the Eastern Cape Devel-opment Corporation (ECDC) to put 12stand-alone residential units on publicauction in Mthatha and Butterworth.The Mthatha community formed a cri-

sis committee to petition premier PumuloMasualle to put an end to the auction.According to Pasika Nontshiza of the

crisis committee, the premier was peti-tioned to address once and for all the own-ership of properties in custody of theECDCandPublicWorks, to transfer to ten-ants all properties occupied by Transidotenants and to address the issue of theflawed valuation roll in the King SabataDalindyebo Municipality.He said the people reserved the right to

protect the property formerly and cur-rently owned by the occupants.“We remain resolute and steadfast that

no properties will be auctioned,” he said.In 2010, the ECDC received cabinet ap-

proval to dispose of its non-core and non-performing assets, which include itsstand-alone residential property stock,

which has been a cash drag on the institu-tion.The ECDC is owed millions of rands in

rental arrears by tenants, despite its rent-als being some of the lowest in themarket.“Between 2010 and 2013, the ECDC en-

gaged the services of a transaction adviserto guide on the ease of effecting this com-plex transaction,” ECDC operations gen-eral manager, Luyanda Tsipa said.“The corporation was advised to follow

a batched approach in its property dispos-al strategy.“Subsequently, current tenants of

ECDC’s stand-alone residential propertieswere in December 2012 given until March31, 2013, a first right of refusal to buy thehouses they currently occupy. Tenantswere given a further 90 days to raise thefunding.“Some 32 houses have already been sold

with completed transfers, while another19 of the properties have been sold and arein a transfer process.“While some other tenants made offers

to the ECDC to buy the properties theycurrently occupy, these offers were nothonoured and have since lapsed.”She said the funds generated from the

sale of these properties would be reinvest-ed into ECDC to help fund businesses thatwanted to take advantage of opportunitiesin key growth sectors of the economy.

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MTHATHAHighCourtJudgeLusindisoPha-kade has sentenced aWalter Sisulu Universi-ty student to life imprisonment for the mur-der of a correctional services officer stationedin Ngqeleni.

Siphesihle Ngozi was sentenced to life im-prisonment for the murder, plus 18 years forrobbery.Officer Dumisa Tiya of Lurhasini location

in Libode was attacked and murdered whilehe was on his way home.His body was found in the Ginyabantwana

Dam near Dan’s Lodge after the location waspointed out by the accused.HisVWCiti Golfwas found inEast London

in possession of Ngozi and he was arrested.Ngoziadmitted incourt thathehadblocked

Tiya’swaywith rocks and thenattackedhim,hitting him on the head with a spanner.Ngozi told the court that he had tied him

up and put him on the passenger seat with arope around his neck.He drove to a nearby forest, planning to tie

Tiya to a tree, but realised that Tiya was al-ready dead, so he decided to throw his bodyinto the dam and drove to East London.Phakade said people like Ngozi needed to be

isolated fromthepublicbecause theyweredan-gerous,andthatwaswhyhedeserveda lengthyjail term.Tiya’s familywelcomed the sentence, saying

that it had been a traumatic time for them dur-ing the three years that the case kept on being

postponed.Tiya’s elder brother, Bonisile, said: “I am

happy that the case is over because the post-ponements of the case were haunting us as afamily.”However, he said he was still concerned,

claiming that there was another guilty person

whowas still at large, despite having confessedto the police that he had been involved in thismurder case.According to Tiya, this person handed him-

self over to the police, but was later released.“We are not safe as a family if this person

is still out there,” he said.

SiphesihleNgozi.PHOTO:YANGA SOJI

Prisonwardenkillergets life sentence

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A MAN who survived an alleged petrol-bomb attack on a bus in Mthombetsitsa lo-cation in Libode last week has vowed thatfrom now on he will come closer to God byattending church every Sunday.

Yolisa Nonzaki, 23, said by doing so hewould be thanking God for saving his lifein this incident in which two other mendied.He said the occurrence of the incident

had perhaps been a sign from God callinghim to be close.He added that if he had the means, he

could also slaughter a big ox to thank hisancestors for savinghis life in this dreadfulincident.Nonzaki narrowly escaped death when

the bus which he and his colleagues wereguarding, was allegedly petrol-bombed.Nonzaki said it had been about midnight

when they saw a car passing by.It had come back a short while later, but

they had not seen where it went after that,he said.A fewminutes later theyheard abig bang

from underneath the bus.“The blast was from in front, so we ran

to the back of the bus,” he said.“The flames were starting to engulf the

bus and Imanaged to break awindowwithmy head and I jumped out, rushing to thenearest homestead, where the driver wassleeping.“Whenwe cameback our colleagues had

already broken the backwindow, butwereunable to come out because the smokewasall over and the flames were already sur-rounding them,” he said.ZamvaZithithi andMlwandileMgweny-

eni died in the fire.The owner of Umanyano Transport Ser-

vices, Mncedisi Qaba, said he had no ideawhat the reason for the petrol-bombing ofhis bus had been.He said that earlier on there had been a

suggestion from the owners of the bakkieswhich transport people in the area that hestopworking duringweekends and on holi-days.“But I told them that they must inform

the communities because they were theones who had requested a bus in the area.“I even went to the communities myself

informing them about the suggestion fromthe owners.“By the time of this incident the bakkie

owners had not yet met the communities,”

he said.Police spokesperson, Colonel Mzukisi

Fatyela confirmed the incident, statingthat a case of malicious damage had beenopened.He further said the inquest might lead

to a murder investigation, depending onthe investigation.By the time of going to print there had

been no arrests.

Narrowly escaping death led him to church

Yolisa Nonzaki escaped death by inchesduring the bombing of a bus he wasguarding. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

Amapolisa ase Lusikisiki(SAPS) awazi-phathanga kakuhle izibotshwa eziseleniecharge office.Izibotshwa ziyalamba zit-ya ipapa ne khaphetshu eyomileyo.Nezi-vakashi ezizobona izibotshwa ziphathe-ka kakubi ngamapolisa ingakumbi ulut-sha lwamapolisa kude kubengconoabafana kunolutsha olungamantombaza-na ngokuphatha izivakashi rhabaxa,ba-thetha apho bathanda khona.

Izibotshwa zilamba imini nobusukueziseleni nezivakashi ezibaphathela uku-tya zijikiswa nako kuthiwa akuvumele-kanga ba kungene ukutya okusuka nga-phandle ekubeni bebahlalisa imini nobu-suku belambile.Into seyisenziwa ngamapolisa avumi-

sa isuspects icase ngenkani,bayabethwaabantwana babantu,bengqutywa nobusongamaplastic bebethwabevunyiswa intoabangayaziyo ngenkani echarge officeyase Lusikisiki.Sisafake isikhalazo kwi SAPS head of-

fice ngalomba kodwa sisalinde iimpend-ulo.onke lamapolisa ahlukumeza izi-botshwa siyawazi ngamagama futhiibangala eshift yasemini.nalamantomba-zana asiphatha ngadalala xasiyobona izi-botshwa ziwa reportile siyawazi nayongamagama awo ngoba akasiniki ntloni-pho xasiye echarge office.

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THE ANC in the ORTambo region hasexpressed its shockand sadness follow-ing the arrest of twoof its top leaders inthe OR Tambo re-gion.

Former ANC ORTambo regionalchairperson, Than-dekile Sabisa, whois alsodeputymayorin the OR TamboDistrict Municipali-ty, and former re-gional deputy secre-tary, LawrenceMambila were re-cently arrested bythe Hawks in con-nection with a plotto kill present re-gional chairperson,Xolile Nkompela.Nkompela was

ambushed near Tso-lo last Decemberwhile on his wayhome.His bodyguard

was killed andNkompela and an-other bodyguard es-caped death whentheir vehicle wasshot at.Regional secre-

tary Lulama Ngcu-kayitobi said: “Weare saddened be-cause they are com-rades who are high-ly regarded and oc-cupy seniorpositions of trustwithin the organisa-tion and our localgovernment.”He said even

though they wereshocked, they wel-comed the progressby the investigatorsand further ap-plauded them forsuch a break-through.“We hope the

breakthrough willbring closer (the res-olution of) the mat-ter the ANC hasbeen grappling withsince December2015,” Ngcukayitobisaid.He said they had

every trust that theinvestigators and ju-diciary would leaveno stone unturnedin revealing thetruth about themur-der and attemptedmurder case.Meanwhile, the

Independent PoliceInvestigative Di-rectorate is to inves-tigate allegationsthat Hawks mem-bers torturedandas-saulted the two lead-ers.It is alleged the

twoaccused failed toappear in court lastweek as they werein hospital due tothe injuries theysustained duringthe alleged assault.

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CORRUPTION intender processes,political infightingand failure to retaintalented young pro-fessionals in theprovince were stat-ed as some of themain causes of ser-vice delivery fail-ures in the OR Tam-bo region, in partic-ular in Mthatha.The issue topped

the agenda in a de-bate hosted by Wal-ter Sisulu studentsrecently.The debate was

held at Walter Sisu-lu Nelson Mandelacampus in Mthatha.The programme

was designed to gal-vanise young peopleto participate in the2016 local govern-ment elections.The event also

gave a platform tothe youth to engageon service deliveryissues.In attendance

were public policyand political ana-lyst, Dr SomadodaFikeni and youth ac-tivists Baxolise Dla-li and LumnyanyoManentsa.About 50 young

people from acrossthe university’s fac-ulties and formerWSU SRC president,ZincedileTiya facili-tated the discussion.The issues dis-

cussed included cor-ruption, political in-fighting and younggraduates who leftthe province, in-stead of working orcreating businessesin the Eastern Cape.Also on the agen-

da was the impor-tance of WSU spe-cialising and localis-ing its academic andtraining courses.Fikeni, WSU aca-

demic Professor,Peggy Luswazi andSRC membersagreed there was aneed to establish afaculty of agricul-ture and rural devel-opment at the uni-versity in order toproduce local ex-perts in farming andrural development.Fikeni andLuswa-

zi provided insight-ful contributions tothe conversation interms of encourag-ing students to studyagriculture and ru-ral development.“This is the criti-

cal tool to unlockingthe Eastern Cape,which is still mostlyrural and not as de-velopedas it canbe,”said Teboho Mak-hetha, VIP publicparticipation andengagement coordi-nator.

Studentsdebatepoorservicedelivery


BUNTU GOTYWA

SEWUSHE Senior Secondary School principal,Thobeka Ndamase Dokvelt, said the RestlessDevelopment campaign has come in the nick oftime, when the school needed it the most.

Restless Development is a youth-led develop-ment agency which puts the interests of youngpeople at the forefront.The agency visited Sewushe recently to ad-

dress and interactwithyoungpeople to provideadvice about their day-to-day challenges.It also offered life skills advice and presented

a career exhibition for the school andneighbor-ing schools.

Ndamasesaidchildrenat their school, inCor-hana, Mthatha, had been hit with heavy chal-lenges this year.“We do believe this programme has come

whenwe need it themost, especially after a pu-pil committed suicide after learning she waspregnant.“And this is because of not being aware of

howtoreact to these situations.Theydon’t real-ise that subjects like life orientation are thereto assist them.”Ndamase said itwasbetter for pupils to listen

to their peers for advice about young people’sproblems.“When they are told by the teachers, they

sometimes don’t realise what applications they

can make to substantiate whatever we tellthem,” she said.“When you have these organisations of

young people, these peer educators of the sameage, their advice makes lot of sense to them,rather than coming from us as mothers.”She added that taverns and nightlife had

been a huge challenge for the pupils at theschool.“Our kids engage in risky lifestyles, with

manygoing to taverns, andwewant to keep ad-dressing safety around school, since most ofour kids have to look out for themselves.“When we are faced by challenges it is good

to have these campaigns. Having these organi-sations gives us hope,” she said.

RestlessDevelopmentdealswith learnerdifficulties

Pupils from Sewushe Senior Secondary and surrounding schools attended the session with RestlessDevelopment. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

THE South African Youth Council (SAYC)said it is positive that a recent investmentsummit presented by the Mnquma Munici-palitywillbringmuch-needed jobcreationtothe youth of the region.

SAYCAmathole regional convener,AnelePotelwa, said Mnquma had been the indus-trial hub for youth employment and thiswould open opportunities to businesses, es-pecially in the manufacturing industry.“What we are mostly focusing on is agri-

culture, because we are rich in that area,”Potelwa said.“Wehavemanyyoungpeoplewhoarepart

of theagriculturesectorandmanygraduateswho we want to have a workplace for in thissector.“This summit will pave the way for us to

fight the challenges of unemployment. Theyouth will be able to put their skills to use incrafting their businesses and knock on doors

like the ECDC because these unused industriesshould be utilised.“The youth are standing up and ready. What

was stopping us was the challenge of fund-ing, so the summit is responding to that.”A young manufacturer from Ngqamakh-

we, Menduloyakhe Maduna, thanked themunicipality for presenting the opportunityto meet investors.He saidmany points that needed to be tak-

en into considerationhadbeen addressed bythesummitandagreatopportunityhadbeenpresented to young people.“We came here for investors who are will-

ing to grow our businesses and make usreach our potential, where we will also beable to hire more people.“When we come back next year we will

know where we are and where to use whatwe took from here to move forward.”He said special attention must be given to

the youth and “some of us have decided totake the initiative into our own hands be-cause schools can only take you so far”.

Youth confident of jobs afterMnqumaMunicipality investment summit

A VIP delegate addresses guests during the investment summit in Butterworth. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA


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STUDENT leaders need to take ownership oftheir future and therefore guide the policies onstudents’ needs, Deputy Communications Min-ister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said.

She was addressing a packed hall at the KingHintsa TEVT in Idutywa during a post-state ofthe nation address (Sona) seminar.

She was leading the post-Sona informationseminar at Mbhashe Local Municipality in linewith the 2016 Sona pronouncement.

The post-Sona seminar affords the govern-ment the opportunity to engage and reflect onplans, milestones and challenges to date as partof ongoing feedback to communities.

Ndabeni-Abrahams said student leadersshould not focus on fighting for T-shirts and thesmall resources they had, but rather focus onbuilding a proper constituency that would re-spond to what South Africa experienced.

“Since student leaders talk leadership, theyshould lead in the right direction. By doing soyou will have established a brigade that is able

to respond to the growth of the economy andtherefore we will defeat poverty and unemploy-ment in our country.”

She said the government could only hire somany people and it was up to students to empow-er themselves with the relevant skills that thenational development plan talked about.

“We can give you NSFAS (bursaries), but youwill not get employment, simply because theskills you produce do not meet the market re-quirements.”

She urged the students to use knowledgegained at higher institutions to be creative andinnovative and use it to play a role in advisingthe government.

“We do not want people who say they havequalifications, but don’t get employment. Thegovernment can only hire so many, not all ofyou.That’s the reality.You needto come upwithmeasurestohelpusrespondtothedigitalsocietywe are heading to,” she said.

Mbhashe mayor, Nonceba Mfecane, said stu-dents should avoid people who use them for ulte-rior motives as their agents in the quest to fulfiltheir selfish aims.

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STUDENTS at King Hintsa TVET Collegeused the post-state of the nation (Sona)seminar platform to request the mayor ofMbhashe Municipality to look into the ac-commodation of students at the college.

The Sasco leader at the college, Sphena-thi Sayisi, said the environment the stu-dents found themselves in was not condu-cive for studying.

He said lack of accommodation was af-fecting many students academically.

“The issue of accommodation is very badhere. We have situations where you get 10to 15 students cramped into a single roomand that is not a situation students shouldfind themselves in,” he said.

“This is an issue that has been raised fora very long time, but to date there is nochange and we can’t be expected to per-form well in such conditions.”

Sayisi appealed to the mayor to put herfocus on the accommodation issue as theycould not continue to suffer from the un-bearable conditions.

In response, Mbhashe mayor NoncebaMfecane said the municipality was readyto offer assistance with land for any devel-oper who sought to assist with student ac-commodation.

“The municipality realises the issue ofaccommodation is a problem for many stu-dents based in Mbhashe.

“We are unable to build for students, butwe can offer sites for developers to buildstudent digs,” she said.

Studentsplead forbetteraccommodation

Mbhashe mayorNonceba Mfecaneresponds tostudents’ cries foraccommodation.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

Ndabeni calls for stronger leadership

Deputy Minister Stella NdabeniAbrahams addresses King Hintsa TVET students.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA


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THE Mthatha branch of PremierBrands made 12 000 sandwichesfor charity in the town.

The challenge by the bakingcompany to benefit the less fortu-nate is now in its second year.Branches all over South Africa

are participating in the challenge,with the target being 200 000 sand-wiches for this year.Last year Premier made 132 742

sandwiches around the country.Event organiser, André de Beer

of Rac events, said the whole pointof the challenge was giving backto the community.He said volunteers were given

four hours to do as many sand-wiches as possible.“Today we are doing jam and

butter, chutney and polony and vi-enna and tomato sauce sandwich-es,” he said.Brand managers of each branch

identify charities that will benefitfrom the challenge.The beneficiaries start collect-

ing their sandwiches as soon asthe teams finish.Mthatha charities that benefit-

ed from this year’s challenge arethe Effata School for the Blind andDeaf, Ikhwezi lokusa, ThembisaSpecial School, Mpilweni HomeCare, Khanyisa Children’s Home,Zingisa Rehabilitation Centre,Msobomvu HIV and Aids Organi-

sation, Church in the Last Daysand the Catholic Association.Thembisa Special School ad-

ministrator Nondebe Bubu saidshe was very happy with the ef-forts made by Premier in support-ing charities.She said the pupils had to be fed

every two hours and the low bud-get they got from the governmentwas not enough to support theirdaily diet needs.

Premierbread internal challengebenefiting charities

Staff at Blue Ribbon play their part inthe sandwichmaking challenge.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

PEOPLE LIKEUSPEOPLE LIKEUS

Umhlobo Wenene maskandi DJGudlabatshakazi Mbangi withZameka Goli at an event held atMkhankatho location in Libode.

Mercy Zandi, Zam Gwayise, Mabuyie Mbangi, Unathi Mbelu and XolieNdakisa were captured by the Express crew at an event in Libode.

Members of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa were photographed at achurch service in Ngcobo over the weekend. PHOTOS: SIM MDLEDLEFundy Kokani, Patido Magadla, Nozizwe Sigenu and Nomfundo Madlelisa

at an event in Libode.


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A MASSIVE crowd from Mouth Pleasant, El-liotdale, were in a jovial mood at theweekend-as they were treated to spectacular horse rac-ing performances.

The annual horse racing organised by Gcal-eka Indigenous Race in Mbhashe Municipali-ty is a phenomenon many locals are fond of.The event hosted just outside Elliotdale was

the fifth instalment of the popular communityevent.Despite limited opportunities for riders, the

race is growing in support in the rural areas.A total of 12 races took place at theweekend,

with prizes on offer that included saddles, bri-dles and blankets.Gcaleka Indigenous Race chairperson

Gwempe Vanya said horse racing in the mu-

nicipality was more than just sport, but alsoa way of maintaining the dignity of the Xhosapeople, whose men held horses in high es-teem.He said in the five years of its existence, the

race had grownmassively andwas very popu-lar with the people of Mbhashe.“Horse racing is very popular in the rural

areas of Mbhashe municipality and a sportthat keeps locals occupiedmore than any oth-er,” Gwempe said.He also appealed to the government to help

by transporting the horses to the event.“We want the government to help us more

than they currently are.“There could bemore people attending here

but many are struggling to transport theirhorses to the event.“We would also love to have all the equip-

ment needed in horse racing; things such as

gates at the start line. That will also raise thestandard of racing for us,” he said.Mbhashe mayor Nonceba Mfecane said the

municipalitywas committed to supporting thehorse racing.

“We made a decision to rotate this racing toour three towns, and we also made plans tokeep assisting with prizes.“We always plan this event and have decid-

ed to include it in our budget aswell,” she said.

Elliotdale residents treated to spectacularhorse races

OW!! What a fight for fatty ladiesBafethuniyazi akubukeki ukubona oomama ifnot ladies fighting on the street, but it’s whatwe saw last Fridaywhenweweredrivingpass-ingngaseMthininearOldSavoy.Weweredriv-ingourTuru-turusilahlekelwengu-line sisafu-na iinyosi ukuva ukuba zingena phi xa sibonatwo stout women begxwithana okwezinja zil-wa ngethambo. Bebede bavusane e-dustin.Hayi zinyathelene iintombi ezinkulu hayikancinane and iyanceda nale nto xa beyoselabanxibe iibrukhwe kuba besobona okunye la-phaya if theywerewearingdresses.Ayibukekike la nto sisters beniyenza ama-lady a-descentthey don’t fight in the street in front of the peo-ple nehlisa isidima soosisi noomamabethu. Iz-into zithethwangomlomonokubaukuthathele

indoda na don’t fight you are discrediting thefazland.

Yemadoda kunzima kulo mhlaba siphilakuwoKubangcono xa izinto uzenza elubala ungabeuzimelengenkonzookanyengobufundisikantibehind the scenes you don’t practice what youpreach. I wonder what these boys are going tosay? Kaloku thina kwiindawo ekuthengiswakuyo utywala singena nje singabi naxhala ku-baakukhonto sizibizangayosiphinde futhi eb-umnyameni si-act ngenye indlela.By the timewe experiencedwhat we are goingto say dear reader, we were at New Savoywherewewere going to buy fewquarts ofwhatwe drink.Then it was already late and when we enteredthe Tops liquor store we saw a guy whom weused to attend church with together.The guy was a born again person whereas thi-na sasiziyela nje ecaweni siyokucela intethe-lelo kuba naxa kuthiwa makuphakanyiswe

izandla samkele inkosi asizange de siziphaka-mise sibalekela ukuzibophelela entweni esing-azukuyimela.Kucacukuba urheme usibone kuqala ngokuuzama ukufihla le nto ebezoyithenga singayi-boni mara thina besekudala siyibonile qha sa-betha ngathi asiyibonanga.Okay, sazithengela iziphuzo zethu saphumakuba asoyiki mntu ngazo ngaphandle kwa-mapolisa nakhona xa sizisela kwindawo enga-vumelekanga. Kuthe kanti simise ecalenikwakhe. Nanko umfo omkhulu ezithi ngesig-qamama se-whiskey. Kuyatsho indoda ibisey-inxanwe kakhulu. Mara ke akukho nto besi-zamenza yona, but uthe wakusibona kwakho-na nanko qu lo whiskey phantsi emotweninangona ebesele simbonile. I wonder izakubanjani ukunuka ijiki imoto ka son of the God.Shame, abanyeabantubaziphilisaubomibent-shontsho bafethu. Akukho mntu azakwenzanto nje nokuba ungangayifihli into yakho yok-usela utywala. Shame baziphilisa nzima aban-ye abantu.

Over theline hegoes andwins thesaddleprize forfinishingfirst.PHOTO:BUNTUGOTYWA

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WALTER Sisulu University FC are throughto the ABC Motsepe League promotion play-offs after they won Amathole SAB RegionalLeague Play-Offs games at the weekend intheir own back yard at Bika Campus in But-terworth.

WSU won two games and drew one in their

way to progress to the ABC Motsepe Leaguepromotion play-offs that will be played nextmonth atEast London’sBuffaloCity Stadium.The students defeated Executive Academy

FC 4-1, after they edged outUniversityOf FortHare FC by two goals to zero. In their lastgame they played to a one-all drawagainst thestrong side Try Again FC.The results took the head of sport at the uni-

versity, Banzi “Bra Ace” Siyongwana’s boysto the top of the group with seven points, fol-lowed by University of Fort Hare FC with sixpoints.Try Again FC took position three. The

whippingboysof the group,ExecutiveAcade-my FC, stay at the bottom.TwoWSUFCplayers received awards after

the tournament. Pikolomzi Noqaza wasnamed player of tournament, while AndileMatolengwe received the goalkeeper of thetournament award.Bathandwa Zondani from University of

FortHare,who scored six goals in the tourna-ment, was top goal scorer.

WSUwinAmatholeSABRegional Leagueplay-offs

Walter Sisulu University won the Amathole SAB regional playoffs at the Bika Campus, Butterworth,at the weekend. PHOTOS:ANELE RAZIYA

From left, are top goal scorer BathandwaZondani (Fort Hare), goalkeeper of the tournament Andile Matolongwe and player of thetournament Pikolomzi Noqaza, both from WSU.

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COACH Eddie Dyaloyi says his MthathaBucks charges need to learn how to kill agame, as they head to another crunchgame against Cape Town All Stars on Sat-urday.

Bucks salvaged a point at home to FCCape Town last week as their escape fromrelegation continues.However, the two dropped points at

home by Bucks allowed 15th placed Mor-oka Swallows to close the gap to threepoints.Continuing to drop points could prove

disastrous for Bucks who enjoy a massivefollowing from soccer lovers in andaround Mthatha.Losing the only club in the NFD would

bebitter pill to swallow formany would be starved oftop- flight football in theregion.Dyaloyi knows this

week’s game is anothertough task even thoughthey play in front of a

home crowd. “It’s a tough game, bearingin mind they (Cape Town All Stars) havea new coach and theywill want to impress.“All Stars is a team that plays football

and therefore we need to ensure they donot get the spaces.“Going to this gamewe just need toman-

age to kill the game in the first half. Weneed to go to this game with the power toscore the goals.Dyaloyi rues missed chances by his

team, especially in their last game.“We are trying our best. We just need to

take one step at a time, but its hard espe-cially as we concede early,” he said.Bucks are only three points from safety

with four games remaining in the leagueand Swallows’ new-found form could spelldisaster for the Mthatha side should theycontinue dropping on home turf.

Mthatha Bucks living dangerously

Mthatha Bucks doing theirpost match ritual.

PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

On the attack: Mthatha Bucks forward Sbongiseni Madikane in action during their onealldraw against FC Cape Town FOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

ANELE RAZIYA

ABC Motsepe League leaders Lion Cityneed only one win in their last two remain-ing games in order to progress to playingin the National First Division League pro-motion play-offs.

This comes after City punished MorningStars by 3-0. Meanwhile league contendersTornado FC dropped a valuable point whenthey played to a 3-3 draw against YoungIdeas at Sisa Dukashe Stadium over theweekend.Port Elizabeth outfit City have 64 points

now with two games remaining, whileMdantsane outfit Tornado FC have 60pointswith the samenumberofmatches re-

maining.The way things stand, Motsepe rookies,

City have a better opportunity to win theleague of 2015/16 in their first season.

Other results fromABCMotsepeLeague:Future Tigers 2 SUBS 0Kokstad Liverpool 0 Mthatha City 0Zimbane Killers 1 EC Bees 2Highbury 0 Matta Milan 1FC Elliot 1 Emperors 7

LionCity need onemorewin

;Matta Milan defeated Highbury 10 intheir ABC Motsepe League Clash over theweekend. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

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