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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Department of Ed-ucation in the Mthat-ha district has con-demned the mercilesskilling of the deputy

principal of the Efata School forthe Deaf and Blind in the town.

Nondumo Mdleleni-Mzimane(50) was found dead inside herroom on Tuesday (July 28) witha knife still in her back. It is sus-pected that the criminal used theroof to gain access to Mdleleni-Mzimane’s room.

Despite Police working aroundthe clock, no suspect had yet beenarrested at time of Express goingto print on Monday.

District director Themba Dyasiexpressed his sadness about thesudden death of the teacher, say-ing it would be difficult to replaceher.

He called on teachers, parents

and pupils to come forward withany information they had aboutthe matter.

“They must work with the po-lice to ensure the criminal is ap-prehended.”

Dyasi described Mdleleni-Mzi-mane as a hardworking leader inthe school, who played a vital rolein changing the curriculum andimplementing it.

“We lost a quality teacher, ahumble and dedicated person,”he said.

He sent words of condolences toher husband and her children.

The provincial spokespersonfor the Department of Education,Malibongwe Mtima, said it wasworking with the police and hadasked the school community towork with the police and remaincalm.

Mtima said the department hadalso provided the school withcounselling to ensure that learn-ing resumed in earnest.

The police confirmed they wereinvestigating the murder, but de-clined to give details, saying theinvestigationwas still very sensi-tive.

The married mother taughteconomic management and sci-ence and had been with theschool for some years.

She is expected to be buried atthe family home in Ncise inMthatha on Saturday.

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< The director of the Department ofEducation in the Mthatha district,Themba Dyasi, tells of his agonyover the merciless killing of thedeputy principal of the Efata Schoolfor the Deaf and Blind in Mthatha.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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REPORTER

THE Eastern Cape police have condemnedthe shooting and robbery of an Mqanduliofficer in the town’s main street at 5.25pmon Wednesday (July 29).

Warrant Officer Monwabisi Ndibongo(54) was on foot patrol when a grey Isuzubakkie without a licence plate stoppednext to him. The driver, who was the onlyoccupant of the vehicle, got out and grab-bed Ndibongo’s 9mm service pistol frombehind.

“A brief scuffle ensued, during whichthe suspect got the upper hand over themember and shot him with his own fire-arm in the upper back,” police spokesper-

son Lieutanant Khaya Tonjeni said.“The suspect got away in the bakkie with

the state firearm.“The police member was wearing his

bulletproof vest, which aided greatly inminimising his injuries. He was admittedto the Mthatha Hospital and is reported tobe in a stable condition.”

He said a case of attempted murder androbbery had been opened. Officers werefollowing all possible leads and an arrestwas imminent.

Provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Celiwe Binta condemned the at-tack and asked for any person who couldassist with the investigation to pleasecome forward. She also urged police offi-cers to be vigilant at all times.

Shooting, robberyof cop condemned

REPORTER

AMAN (30) from Cofimvaba has been ar-rested on a charge of being in possessionof a suspected stolen motor vehicle.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant KhayaTonjeni said Warrant Officer ThembileNgcingwana and Sergeant SiphiweMpupha had been on stop-and-search du-ty near Sugar Bush on the N2 road in theMount Ayliff area last Monday (July 27)when they came across a white ToyotaQuantum, with the registration numberND 614695, at about 6pm.

“The vehicle was carrying three peo-ple, including the driver, and when the

police searched it, two suspects managedto escape and one was arrested,” Tonjenisaid.

Investigation had revealed that the ve-hicle had been stolen in Umbilo in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, he said.

“The suspect appeared before theMount Ayliff Magistrate’s Court on July29. The police are tracking down thosewho managed to escape,” he said.

The police have appealed to anyonewith knowledge about the vehicle to con-tact Detective SergeantMahlubezile Gqo-li at 076 244 6501 or 039 254 0311.

The registration number on the vehicleis a false number plate according torecords, the correct one being ND 614695

Stolenminibus found, driver escapes

This ToyotaQuantum,believed to havebeen stolen inKwaZulu-Natal,was found nearMt Ayliff lastweek.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

BABALWA NDLANYA

AKUKHO ziganeko zihlasimlisa mzimba zi-xeliweyo liSebe leZendlela noThutho eMpu-ma Koloni ngexa yemvula ebisoloko igalele-kile kweli phondo.

Othethela iSebe lezoThutho eMpumaKolo-ni phantsi kwephulo lika ‘FikauPhila’ uMnuTshepo Machaea uthe abaqhubi baya lum-

kiswa ngendlela ephakathi kweDutywa ku-nye noMthatha, ndawo leyo ibizwa ngokubakuse Mthentu ngelithi maba qhube ngen-kathalo kuba xa kunetha izithuthi ziya tyib-ilika iphinde ke ibe ngama jiko-jiko nto leyoebeka ubomi babaqhubi emngciphekweni.

“Kwezinye indawo ke kuwa amatye lo ntoke ifuna ukuba abaqhubi bavule amehlo xabeqhuba.Ukuzakuthi gangokunekhephu is-asi xolele,” kubeka uMachaea.

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AN ex convict has told learners at Butter-worth High School to stay away from drugsand alcohol.

“To be an ex convict is not nice becausepeople always label you by what you havedone, before even thinking that you mayhave changed your bad behaviour, saysLoyiso Madolo a former prisoner who isnow trying to prevent young people frommaking the same mistakes he has made.

“Learners must stay away from drugsand alcohol because they are the main rea-sons that lead to crime.”

Madolo (42) was one of the speakers at adrug awareness campaign held at the highschool. Butterworth Police, the MnqumaLocal Municipality, Correctional Services,Social Development, Thuthuzela Care Cen-

tre, Men for Change, Butterworth Taxi As-sociation andProvincial TrafficOfficers allparticipated in the campaign.

Police Spokesperson Captain JacksonManatha said involving ex prisoners in thecampaign had high impact.

“We think that by involving people whoare coming from jail it will make a change,because they tell the learners exactly whatthe disadvantages of using drugs are,” hesaid.

Learners who have stopped taking drugsalso had advice for their fellow students.

“We visited this school because we real-ised that learners are roaming aroundabusing alcohol and drugs.

“We are intending to visit other schoolsin this area because we want to ensure thatour children are staying away from de-stroying their future,” said Manatha.

He said theywant to ensure that they vis-it all schools before the exams.

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Sergeant Sazi Fubesi addressespupils about the dangers of drugabuse. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Police attend a drug awarenesscampaign at Butterworth SeniorSecondary School. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THEMthatha Ratepayers and Res-idents Association are unhappyabout the implementation of the2014 valuation roll by the King Sa-batha Dalindyebo Municipalitydespite a previous resolution thatthe roll must be put on hold untilcontentious points in it be re-solved.

They have also raised concernsover the state of Mthatha in termsof service delivery and lack ofcommunity consultation by boththe KSD municipality and ORTambo District Municipalitywhen there is a service deliveryproject planned for the town.Association chairperson

Mzwandile Majova said the imple-mented valuation roll contained alot of irregularities and the mu-nicipality had inflatedmarket val-ue of the homes.“They used a high taxation or

rate, which can result in ownersgaining nothing on selling theirhouses. Even the banks are far be-hind the rate that is used by themunicipality.”He said the association had com-

plained about this and the councilhad resolved to keep it on hold, butthey were surprised that the mu-

nicipality had continued to imple-ment it without consultation.Reliable sources said that the

roll started being operational onJuly 1.Majova said the association had

written several letters to the mu-nicipality trying to find out the lat-est developments in the rectifica-tion of the valuation roll, but invain.“Wewrote to the KSDmunicipal-

ity and the chairperson of thecouncil and we copied the MEC forLocal Government, Fikile Xasa,and the OR Tambo District Munic-ipality.“In both municipalities, no one

responded. TheMEC gave us a dateto meet and consolidate our griev-ances, but the meeting was can-celled because therewere no stake-holders (from KSD and OR Tambo)in attendance.“Now we are waiting for the

MEC to give us a proper date fornext month.”Majova said that in the meeting

with the MEC and both municipal-ities they needed to express theirconcern again over the state ofMthatha.Among the issues they needed to

put on the table would be the issueof potholes, water cuts, vacantplots which harboured thugs, lack

of consultation and service deliv-ery issue in Mthatha.KSD spokesperson Sonwabo

Mampoza said the council had re-solved on November 28 last year touse the old valuation until end ofJune while considering factors ofthe matter.“We have received a communi-

cation towards the end of March.We made a submission of the re-port to the council with regard tothe latest communique we re-ceived from Xasa reminding usthere was a need to adhere to thelaw. The leadership of the ratepay-ers association were presentedwith the new decision taken in thecouncil.He said it was important to note

that there was a concern on the im-plementation of the valuation rollfrom the side of the ratepayers as-sociation.“The point the municipality is

trying tomake is that it has openedthe doors of communication all thetime in this matter. However,there comes a stage where thecouncil as government has to takea decision and implement that de-cision,” he stressed.Mampoza said the municipality

had put aside R12-million to ad-dress potholes in theMthatha CBDand suburbs.

Ratepayersup inarmsovernewvaluation roll

Potholes in Mthatha are a source of concern for ratepayers. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

BABALWA NDLANYA

THE Department of Education inthe Eastern Cape has promised tointervene in the situation facingSikhobeni Senior Primary Schoolin Qumbu, where teachers and pu-pils are forced to relieve them-selves in the bush as the school hasno toilets.

Department spokesperson Mali-bongweMtima said the district of-fice hadmet principal NtomboxoloNondaka to establish a plan to pro-vide the school with temporary in-tervention in the form of eitherhired toilets or temporary struc-tures.Expresspublished a report about

Sikhobeni’s situation recently.Nondaka said then that, accordingto information she had, the schoolhad been built by parents in 1983.Nondaka said that so far noth-

ing had been done by the depart-ment to improve the situation at

the school.“Our school is a mud structure,

it has only four classrooms andweare forced to combine classes be-cause we don’t have an alterna-tive.”She said what made matters

worse was that some childrenwere forced to go to other nearbyschools andhad to cross tworiversto get there.This was putting their lives at

risk because they were ending upas victims of rapists.She said they had asked to be

helped with temporary struc-tures, but had been ignored. Theywere losing a number of childrenbecause parents were taking themto other schools because of the sit-uation.

Plan to solve school’s toilet problem

Pupils from Sikhobeni have to sharea classroom with Grade R pupilsbecause there are not enoughclassrooms.PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

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BUTTERWORTH police station com-munity policing youth forum and po-lice social crime prevention unit mem-bers donated fruit, packs ofmilk, sugarand tea to theCingelaOldAgeHome in

the town last Thursday.The donation was part of the Man-

dela 67 minutes campaign. The old agehome was founded in 2004 and hasabout 20 residents. Some have been ill-

treatedbytheirchildrenandgrandchil-dren.The home is visited daily by the sec-

tor crime commander tomake sure theelders are safe.

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< Butterworth police station community policing youth forum membersdisplay some of the fruit and food donated to the elderly.

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REPORTER

TWO Eastern Cape pupils from previous-ly disadvantaged areas have been em-ployed by Air Traffic and Navigation Ser-vices (ATNS) in Johannesburg as airportmanagement centre air traffic liaison of-ficers.

Yanga Rodolo (25) from Gqaga villagein Ngcobo and Phelokazi Rorwana (24)from Rode village in Mount Ayliff beganon-the-job training in March after com-pleting a four-month course in February.

The two were part of a group of eightpupils who were awarded bursaries byATNS after applying through the Depart-ment of Transport in November last yearto be trained in aeronautical informationmanagement and air traffic control.

The initiative is part of the EasternCape Transport Department’s efforts tobeef up its aviation operations and to ad-dress unemployment and a skills short-age in aviation.

“I became interested in aviation backin 2008 when my sister took me to see theOR Tambo international airport for thefirst time and I was amazed at what I saw- and today I work in that very same air-port for one of the biggest companies inaviation,” Rorwana said.

“I have learnt a lot and the experiencehas been overwhelming as before now Ihad never seen the inside of a plane. NowI know aircraft types, how to read avia-tion weather and that there are routes inthe sky where aircraft fly like cars ride

on our roads and highways here on theground,” she said.

Rodolo said one mistake could result inmany lives being lost.

“Knowing that I help keep those who flysafe by making sure that I file flying planscorrectly keeps me alert every time I amat my post. It requires me to concentrateas one mistake can be disastrous,” shesaid.

She also had words of encouragementfor people from a similar background tothem.

“To everyone out there, it is not overuntil God says it is. Keep pushing andpraying until something happens andnever give up. Always remember that ifyou want something, go and get it,” shesaid.

The department’s human resources de-velopment director, Linda Bovana, saidthe brilliance and commitment of thesecandidates showed the talent available inthe rural communities of our province.This exemplified that people’s circum-stances must not determine their destiny.

Bovana said the young women in thisprovince were dedicated visionaries whowould stop at nothing to achieve more forthemselves and that they were humblepupils who knew how to deal effectivelywith a once-off opportunity.

MEC Weziwe Tikana said, “Theachievements of Rodolo and Rorwanahave justified the efforts made by the de-partment to transform this industry bybringing in more women, particularlythose from marginalised communities.”

Bursary chance gives Eastern Cape pupils wings

Phelokazi Rorwana from Mt Ayliff is flyingthe Eastern Cape flag high at Air Traffic andNavigation Services in Gauteng.

Yanga Rodolo from Ngcobo manages flyingplans in Johannesburg. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Eastern Cape Department of Educationofficially handed over a fully fledged R27-mil-lion school to the community of Slovo Parkin Mthatha West last week.

The construction of Bambanani PrimarySchool was started in 2013 by the EasternCape government in a bid to address an infra-structure backlog in the province.The pupils used to be taught in dilapidatedprefabricated structures which were inade-quate to accommodate them. There was notenough school furniture, and the departmentdonated some.

Department spokesperson MalibongweMtima said this was part of the government’sprogramme to deal with facilities which werenot conducive to education in the schools ofthe Eastern Cape.

He said it would not happen overnight, butthe department wanted to improve the prov-ince’s schools so that pupils would get a de-cent education in proper structures.

The school has an administration blockand combined media and library block.

“We want to uplift the standard of educa-tion in this province,” Mtima said, revealing

that 20 schools were expected to be built inthe province.

Addressing the community after the hand-ing over of the school, the department’s dis-trict director, Themba Dyasi, called on themto take care of this important asset whichwould mould the future of their children inMthatha West.

He said they had already built some schoolsacross the Mthatha district and were lookingto build more schools, particularly in the re-mote areas.

He urged the community to work with thepolice in safeguarding the school and makingsure there would be no criminals to disruptthe progress of teaching and learning in theschool.

Principal Lubabalo Bango expressed hisgratitude to the government for changing thesituation at the school.

He said they had used to teach in structuresbuilt by the community, but that was now his-tory and the new structures would motivateteachers and pupils. They would now beproud to attend classes.

Ten classrooms were built for the school,which is expected to accommodate 1 242 pu-pils and solve the problem of overcrowding inclassrooms.An old structure at Bambanani Primary School. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

The newly built Bambanani Primary School inSlovo Park. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE high circumcision death tollin the Eastern Cape in the winterseason, particularly in the formerTranskei, has prompted traditionalleaders in the OR Tambo region,Imbumba Yamakhosikazi Akom-khulu, all government depart-ments, forums, and other stake-holders involved in circumcisionsto act swiftly to avoidmore tragedybefore the next season.

They converged in theORTamboHall in Mthatha for a two-day sum-mit onways to end the deaths of ini-tiates.

The winter season was closed onJuly 20 and the Eastern Cape regis-tered 28 deaths. Twenty deaths oc-curred in the ORTambo region andeight initiates had to undergo am-putations. The local municipalitiesin the OR Tambo region which re-corded deaths were King SabathaDalindyebo with two deaths, Nyan-

deni local municipality eight,Mhlontlo seven and Qaukenithree.

OR Tambo health departmentmanager Silulami Mlenzana saidof those 20, eight had been in legalschools and 12 in illegal schools. Atotal of 189 initiates were admittedto hospitals across the OR Tamboregion and 1 590 were rescued.

A report Mlenzana tabled beforethe summit revealed that there hadbeen 643 legal schools in thewinterseason and they had later discov-ered 219 illegal schools, whichwere closed down.

He also divulged that 7 397 initi-ates had gone to various legal ini-tiation schools and 1 437 had at-tended illegal ones.

He said 5 178 boys had beenscreened before going to initiationschools.

A report by the police revealedthat 37 cases related to circumci-sion had been opened in the East-ern Cape and 22 arrests had beenmade.

The regional spokesperson forthe National Prosecuting Authori-ty, Luxolo Tyali, there were fourcases before court in connectionwith the recent winter season.

The summit coordinator andchairperson of the ORTambo Initi-ation Forum,Nkosi Gcobani Tyali,said the main objective of the sum-mit had been to engineer the col-laboration of all government de-partments and NGOs to strive forsafety circumcision.

He said they also intended to re-store African values and ethics,closing identified gaps within the

programme of initiation.“We alsowant to strengthen com-

munity participation and the ac-countability of community leadersand prevent deaths and amputa-tions.”

Speaking on behalf of ImbumbaYamakhosikazi Akomkhulu andMulti Party Women’s Caucus,Chief Nokhakha Jumba said death-free initiation schoolswere non-ne-

gotiable.“We want to emerge from our

meetings with a systematic death-free plan because we don’t want toreduce, but to bring to an end, thedeath of our initiates. There is alsoa need to establish a council of ini-tiation schools, which will com-prise graduate initiates, tradition-al leaders and other relevant stake-holders, such as the government.”

Chief Nokhaka Jumba addresses the circumcision summit in Mthatha.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

Traditional leaders from all parts of the OR Tambo region attended the summit.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

Plan toendcircumcisiondeaths

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

BONWABILE abahlali belali yaseSigidinieMt Ayliff emva kokuba umbane ebebewu-khalazela ukuba awude ulayite ude walay-ita.

Oku kulandela ukuqhankqalaza kwabah-lali bale lali kwiinyanga ezintathu ezidluli-leyo benyanzelisa ukuba umbane ekudalabawufakelwa usebenze.

Abahlali bathi bavala umgaqo ongenakule lali ngamatayari avuthayo kunyenamatye baze bagrumba nendlela nto leyoeyathi yenza kwanzima ukungena kule laliinto engange-nyanga.

Kwathi kwatshiswa nesakhiwo sendawoapho kuqokelelwa khona izinto ezindala ez-izakuphinda zisetyenziswe (recycling).

Omnye wabahlali abachulumancileyokukusebenza kombane kule lali nguNkosk.Mampinga Dumisa (70) nothi ubomi bubhe-tele kakhulu.

“Ndonwabe kakhulu ngoba ngokukumhlophe kwaye asisaxhomekekangaemakhandleleni abeka ubomi bethu noba-bantwana emngciphekweni,” kutsho uDu-misa.

Nangona abantu abadala bona bengeka-wuqheli kakhulu umbane, kodwa bayawu-vuyela nabo.

UGogo uNtombizodwa Dumisa (87) uthenangona yena engapheki ngawo umbanekoko elayita kuphela, uvuyela ukukhanya.

“Bekubanzima nokuhamba xa uhlwelwe

kude nekhaya ngoba bekumnyama kakhu-lu kwaye ke thina sigugileyo asiboni kantingoku sigcwele uvuyo nemibulelo kurhu-lumente ngokusiphucula,” uhambise wat-sho uGogo.

Wongeze ngelithi bekungekhomnandibebukele kwiilali ezikufutshane nabo zi-layitile babe bona belayite amakhandlelangokungathi bona banorhulumente on-gomnye.

Kungokunje isakhiwo esiya sathi satshi-swa ngabahlali ababeqhankqalaza siyal-ungiswa ngokutsha kwaye nendlela eyayi-grunjiwe yathi yalungiswa.

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REPORTER

STUDENTS from the Durban University ofTechnology held a career exhibition at theMnqwane Tourism Centre in Mount Ayliffrecently.

Schools which benefited from the exhibi-tion were Jojo Senior Secondary, andBetshwana, Mnqwane, Gillespie, Mbizwe-ni, Ndzongiseni and Mombeni primaryschools.

The leaders of the students, NonkululekoSokhanyile andMbulelo Ngonini, said theywanted to make sure that primary schoolpupils were able to choose the correct ca-reer path once they got to high school.

Circuit manager Mankai applauded whatwas done by the students as the departmentmainly concentrated on Grade 12 pupils.Various government departments were pre-sented, including emergency medical servi-ces, the departments of agriculture, socialdevelopment and health, and they outlinedcareers such as radiography, dentistry, andthe work of extension officers.

The students thanked businesses for pro-viding tents. They were the Giwu, Magaqa,Qantama and Umanyano funeral parlours.

The studentswho organised the career ex-hibition were Ngonini, Nombeko Reid,Ntseiseng Msentu, Sokhanyile, NonkolisoShange, Nokuthula Magadla and YondelaNgejane.

Durban university holds careerexhibition inMount Ayliff

Students from the Durban University of Technology with some of the teachers from schools thatattended the career exhibition. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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BUTTERWORTHPo-lice are looking forthe relatives of amanwho was stabbed todeath on Saturday,August 1 at about11.25pm between twotaverns at ZithuleleTownship in Butter-worth.

The deceased waswearing a grey tracksuit top, blue jeanstrousers and navysandals. He is dark incomplexion.

Anyone whose rel-ative has not comehome and who waswearing the attirementioned above areasked to visit Butter-worth Police Stationto identify the de-ceased. Contact thestationat047 401 1100.A murder case is be-ing investigated.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

FORMER pupils of Nozuko Sen-ior Secondary School in Mthat-ha have hosted a formal prize-giving for pupils who excelledduring the June exams.

The aim was to assist in en-suring that the school’s passrate is improved and main-tained.One of the organisers of the

event, Anathi Lwabi, said theywere planning to get great priz-es for the Grade 12 pupils so thatGrade 10s and 11s were motivat-ed to work hard to get to themost important class, Grade 12.“Our objectives were to en-

courage excellent performanceand to help pupils to make goodchoices for their future.

“We also wanted to encouragethe spirit of giving back to thecommunity among otherformer matric students,” Lwabisaid.Deputy chief education spe-

cialist Nomalady Mbambisacongratulated the former stu-dents on the event. She said shewas honoured to be at Nozukoand be part of the ceremony.“I want to congratulate all the

prize winners for doing greatjobs. Those who did not receiveprizes must know that they cando better and lift up their stan-dard.“I think all of you have tried

to do your best in order to bepart of the ceremony, that iswhy I am saying there is stillroom for improvement,” saidMbambisa.

Ex-pupilsrewardNozuko’s topachievers

Former pupils at Nozuko, Anathi Lwabi and Sisanda Majokweni, wereamong the organisers of the prize-giving. PHOTOS: BABALWA NDLANYA

Anathi Lwabi gives a prize to Grade 12 pupil Sibusiso Genukile, whodid well in business studies in the June exams.

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NCANGOMNTU hit-maker Poppy Mfenguzahas joined Soulfire Entertainment underwell-known DJ, Zwelinzima Dweba, aka DJPK.

In an interview with Express, Poppy con-firmed that from now on he would be workinghand-in-glove with DJ PK in promoting hisepic two singles, produced by DJ PK himself.

The singles feature hot song Uzungalahli,which is hitting airwaves nationally and inthe night clubs.

He said he is expecting to launch his full al-bum towards the end of September.

“I am expecting big things from this albumbecause it is an album to dance to for this com-ing summer,” Poppy said.

He said Uzungalahli would be available onall download sites, including iTunes.

“We are pushing this project with SoulfireEntertainment, but I am in negotiations withKalawa about distributing the album after thelaunch in September. There is nothing con-crete as yet as we are still in negotiations. Itis our intention to establish a joint venturewith Kawala to market my album nationally,but I will do it in conjunction with Soulfire,”he said.

Soulfire boss DJ PK confirmed that theywere in the process of getting Poppy into Soul-fire. “But that will be concluded after theevent of Black Coffee called Spring Affairwhich will take place in September. Now weare busy sorting out the paperwork and theproject of Poppy’s single. I’m trying to get thebest company to master the single so that wedo not do things like amateurs,” PK said.

A number of Mthatha DJs are already in theSoulfire stable, including the likes of DJ Myl-oe, DJ Zolah and DJ Tonic.

Poppy joinsnewstableMthatha’s Gail Ceza has released a new sin-gle called “Heita Daar” which is now avail-able on YOUTUBE and on her Facebookpage called GAIL.

She released this single under BrownStone Productions Record Label.

It is available on ITUNES for downloadin the beginning of August and was filmedin Mthatha.

“Heita Daar” was inspired by the latenews anchor great Vuyo Mbuli who, with-out fail, would end his show saying “HeitaDaar, sharp sharp”. The “Heita Daar” songis a reggae song with a positive message,which salutes people in different langua-ges.

Gail felt very strong about her first videobeing filmed in her home town. “Mthathais such a beautiful place and I am very

proud tobepart of this community.My firstvideo had to represent what I love most andhold dear to my heart and Mthatha is thatfor me,” she said.

Gail had always a great love of musicwhile she was growing up in Selhurst Highschool in England. She met up with DavidLynden Hall who produced her first singlecalled “Promises”, which did well in under-ground music circles in London.

In 1996 she left London to finish her stud-ies at the University of California, Los An-geles, towards a B-Tech diploma in health.

While studying in Los Angeles she metup with a legendary rapper Tupac Shakur,who taught her rapping skills. Gail has alsoreceived voice coaching from Roger Burne-ly who has coached artists such as Brandyand Macy Gray. – SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

New single forMthatha star

Don’t risk your lives dear young peopleBafethu sibhekise kuni zi-taxi owners be-

cause your bread depends on the passen-gers, so it would be wise to keep them safeat all times when riding your taxis.

But it makes us shiver to see the recklessdriving shown by your drivers on the roadsof Mzansi as if they are carrying bags ofmaize.

From now on notice what we are saying.No week passes without an accident whichinvolves a minibus. Side sanomnqa recentlywhen we saw three accidents in TutorNdamase Avenue, UTA, all involved kom-bis.

Then we drove to the side of Northcrestand there was another accident at the robotsnext to Norwood Sasol also involving a kom-bi. As we were driving to Tsolo there wasanother one in Emakhaphetshwini on theN2 and a minibus was involved again.

What kind of drivers you are makwedini?But ke I think all depends on the ownersscreening their drivers and making surethey are good drivers and well experiencednot le bayenzayo bathathe intwana ibifuma-

na i-driver’s licence three months ago andmade him deliver precious souls on thisland.

Siyacela nani ma-traffic officers khaniyi-jonge le ndlela iqhutywa zezi ntwana aphaendleleni. It is not ayoba at all. Ayonqeniukukugqitha, soon igqibo kukuqgitha oncekwaqhamka umntu ofuna ukukhwela with-out any indication iyasuka iyema ayinanda-ba nokuba le moto ibiyigqitha imeko yayoithini.

Masivakale ke nkosiyam xa sithethakungenjalo abantwana babantu bazakuphe-la kokuqhuba kakubi kwala makhwenkwe.

Perhaps it is their breakfastThere are so many menus for the people

in Express land, so it’s wise to shut yourmouth uyeke abafana bomgosi bathandaiindaba zabantu.

I wonder what is the matter now? Ja, Asyou know ukuthi others when they servebreakfast they serve it with porridge, or tea,coffee if not cornflakes and so forth.

Nevertheless the ladies who run a standnext to the second robot after the taxi rank

when you enter UTA serve beer as break-fast. As we normally passed that area everymorning going to work we would will seebottles of beer under the table or stand whilethe glasses were filled and on top of the tablenext to the cigarettes she was selling.

Usisters uyakumana ukuthi kraqa intoyakhe engayekanga ukubiza ii-customerszakhe and namehlo la wakhe akatsho ukubauke wakubona ubuthongo.

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Uyabona ke i-breakfast yakhe la sis yilabeer because every morning i-beer yakhe se-yiphantsi kwe-stand. I wonder kwangenantoni apha koosisi bethu nejiki. Nqanda ba-ba asizuba nabo oomolokazi yile nto yasem-lungwini.

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ze kwafikelela esiphelwe there must be nobad blood and bad mouthing each other.

We were listening to the lady who was tell-ing the former boyfriend about all badthings in this world. Why ke xa sele kwen-zekile ungavele umkhulule nawe uqhubekenobakho ubomi le nto kucaca ukuba uzaku-be uqhubeka nokumjonga ukuba unyathelakanjani phi?

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IN an endeavour to show support for thenewly promoted Mthatha Bucks, the ORTambo District Municipality and King Sa-batha Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipalityhave committed themselves to organisinga fund-raising gala dinner for the team be-fore it plays the opening match of the newseason.

This was revealed by OR Tambo’s port-folio head of community services, Siya-kholwa Mlamli, during a moving welcom-ing ceremony for the Mthatha Bucks foot-ball club at the Mthatha City Hall.Mlamli said this event was aimed at

showing that both municipalities werefully behind the club and needed it to growin this region to benefit upcoming footballstars.Mthatha Bucks were the only team from

the Eastern Cape that played in the eliteleague before they died after they wereforced to relocate to East London from

Mthatha because their home ground, theIndependent Stadium, was allocated forthe building of the Mthatha Plaza shop-ping complex.Mthatha Bucks was recently promoted

to the national first division after per-forming well during the national play-offsheld in Kimberley from July 20 to 26.Bucks collected six points in this tour-

nament to reach the final, where they lost2-1 to Mbombela United from Mpumalan-ga.Despite that loss, Bucks were promoted

as they were number two. They pocketedR500 000.KSD executive mayor Nonkoliso

Ngqongwa said, “We are going to supportyou until you reach the highest mountainand as from now you will use the MthathaStadium for practice at no charge. If thereis any problem you face regarding the useof the stadium, you must not hesitate toconsult the KSD or OR Tambomunicipali-ties.”A member of the Mthatha Bucks man-

agement team, Philile Mnqandi, said theywere happy about the performance of theteam and were really proud of them.“I also plead with the municipality to

give enough support to the team as this isan opportunity for many talented youngboys from the KSD region,”Mnqandi said.The welcoming ceremony was attended

by the supporters ofAmatholamnyama, asBucks are affectionately known. Theycalled on the Eastern Cape governmentnot to repeat the previous blunder of mov-ing the team from Mthatha.The relocation of a team from Transkei

to other cities in the Eastern Cape andthen its demise is not unusual, as Expressestablished. The reason for this was a lackof support and sponsors. It started withBucks and then it was OR Tambo Cosmos,also fromMthatha, which died after its re-location to East London.Blackburn Rovers from Butterworth,

Shining Stars from Ngqeleni, and TheGuys from Lusikisiki all died off aftertheir relocation.

Fund­raising dinner to support Bucks

Government officials, Mthatha Bucks management and players with the cheque theywon at the national play-offs in Kimberley. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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FORD has announced that its Kuga rangehas been expanded with the addition of anall-new 1.5 EcoBoost Ambiente Automaticderivative for the first time, increasing therange to a total of eight models.

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THE boys from the Khulani BoxingClub in Mthatha received a heroes’welcome after their fantastic per-formance during the nationalchampionships in Grahamstownrecently.

Nozuko Senior Secondary SchoolGrade 12 pupils Sikho Nqotholeand Bangile Nyangani dominatedin the championships held from Ju-ly 8 to 11.

Nyangani won all four of hisfights with technical knockouts. Hewas awarded a gold medal.

The young Nqothole also re-ceived gold.

Their coach and the founder ofthe Khulani Boxing Club, MthethoDumezweni, said the two were un-matched in the country.

“They can become internationalchampions. If they stay dedicated,boxing can become their profes-sion,” he told Express.

Dumezweni, who is also a former

Eastern Cape team coach, said theboxers had trained hard before thechampionships, focusing on skilland timing.

Nyangani described the champi-onships as an easy battle. “I experi-enced victory in my first fightagainst a boxer from North Westprovince and in the final againstPhilani Qwabe from KwaZulu-Na-tal, I was on top of my game.”

Nyangani beat Qwabe with atechnical knock out in the firstround.

Nqothole beat his opponent, PDamesi, in the finals with a techni-cal knockout in round two.

The two champs are now headingto Casablanca, Morocco where theywilll compete in the 2015 AfricanConfederation Boxing Champion-ships. Dumezweni is confident theywill return victorious.

“These boys are out of this world.At the Africa Cup they will showthat they are champions eventhough they are from a rural townlike Mthatha,” he said.

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Khulani Boxing club owner Mthetho Dumezweni flanked by his heroes, Sikho Nqothole and Bangile Nyangani. PHO­TO:SIM MDLEDLE

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Ethetha emva kwalomdlalo kwi-holo yesikolo uMnu Siyogwana,uthe; “Siyabulela ngomdlalo mhlewokuziqeqesha kwaye sinethembalokuba nathi sifumene amava esi-zakuthi siwasebenzise xa siqubi-sana nogxa bethu kwi-FNB VarsityCup.”

Oku kwenzeke okokuqala ezim-balini ukuba eliqela lidlala kwin-qanaba leABSA Premier Soccerleague lidlale neWSU umdlalowokuziqeqesha lilungiselela um-dlalo walo wokuvula isizini ka2015/2016 kwakunye nentshantsheliezikhuselayo iKaizer Chiefs kwi-bala iNelson Mandela bay eBhayangeCawe yomhla August 9 emvakwemini.

IChippa United ezinze kwisi-xeko saseBhayi kweli phondo le-Mpuma Kapa, ibiqoshelisa ama-lungiselelo ayo ngalomdlalo wayokwakunye neWSU ngoku ibuyeleeNelson Mandela Bay eBhayi aphoidlalela khona imidlalo yayo.

UMnu uSiyogwana uthi ibey-inyhweba kwalena yokuba iChilliBoys ithi xa zisonga inkampu yayoyaseNtshona Koloni kwakunye

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