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INGQUZA Hill Local Municipality did thesod-turning to mark the beginning of the con-struction of their new offices, with a budgetof more than R50m, at the Flagstaff old officeson Friday, September 26.

The construction site was handed over tothe construction team, Tourist Garden Trad-ing (TGT). Iqhayiya Design Workshop Archi-tects (IDWA) designed the new offices andwill also act as project managers.

Mayor Jongintaba Mdingi said when theycame to office in 2011, they resolved that thepast two terms concentrated more on the ru-ral development, rather than the two urbanunits comprising Lusikisiki and Flagstaff,which is why they have decided to improvethe face of these towns.

“Today we realise that objective of improv-ing the face of these towns, startingwithFlag-staff as it is our administration centre,” saidMayor Mdingi.

He also said that as the municipality theywere delighted to launch the project, pointingout that they have not abandoned service de-liver,y but that they were looking to createa motivating environment for employees, sothey may also bring out better results.

Mdingi called on the private sector to par-ticipate in changing Ingquza Hill, saying thatthey, as a municipality couldn’t achieve thisgoal by themselves.

“Our objective is deliberate, because weare of the view that economic developmentis driven through infrastructure develop-ment. It is through infrastructure that the

economy would grow,” added Mdingi.Mayor Mdingi said people who will be em-

ployed during the construction phase –skilled and unskilled – should come fromThembukazi, Xophozo, KTC and Didi villagessince the project carried a R50m price tag.

Lennox Dimingu of the TGT assured every-one that they would do an excellent job andthat theywouldworkcloselywith the commu-nity on this project and finish within twoyears as expected.

“This project will cost over R50m, we hope

to finish on time and I believe we will, for wedon’t talk much, but we act,” said IDWAProject Manager Khayalethu Qwalela. TheMunicipal manager Mluleki Fihlani empha-sized that people from Flagstaff would be em-ployed in this project.

MunicipalityallocatesR50mfornewoffices

The IngquzaHill LocalMunicipalitymanagerMluleki Fihlanilooking onwhilst theSpeaker of themunicipalityCouncillorDumisaniMjokovana andMayor Jongint­aba Mdingiturn the sod tomark the startof the construc­tion of the newoffices.PHOTO:PHINDILEGQELE

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

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

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

attack at this beach in the past five years,

which has in the past been described as the“deadliest beach in the world” by the Brit-ish Newspaper The Telegraph.Members of the Mthubane Community

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

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

haviour. Still we need to continue creatingawareness of the imminent danger,” saidMangqo.According to Mangqo, in March this year

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

is investigating several measures in a bidto protect bathers and surfers. Shark exclu-sion nets have had success; however, theirapplication is limited to less energetic coast-lines and sheltered bays, such as FishHoek,

in theWesternCape. Electrical repellents inthe form of the shark shield and now sharkpod have been developed, and other agen-cies are working on developing a shark re-pellent cable. The application involves thecreation of an electric field barrier aroundbathing areas. This technology is still in thetesting phase. In addition, several academicinstitutions are investigating the use ofelectro-magnetic and visual barriers.

. Affected and interested parties are in-vited to submit their comments or inputswithin 45 days from the date of publicationof Gazette no 37999.Comments can be sent by post to The Dep-

uty Director-General: Oceans and Coasts,Department of Environmental Affairs, forthe attention of Chumani Mangcu, PO Box52126, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002.

Minister invites public comments onmeasures for shark attacks in Port St Johns

In accordance with the editorial policy ofthe Express, we invite readers to commenton mistakes in the newspaper and shallcorrect significant errors as soon aspossible. Send info to the Ombudsman ofMedia24’s Local Press, George Claassen, atgeorge.claassen@media24.com or call himat 0 021 851 3232. Readers can alsocontact the SA Press Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 or e-mail ombuds-man@presscouncil.org.za.

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FOLLOWING alleged negligence by Isipetuhospital paramedics, the Mali family now de-mand answers from the Department ofHealth.

The Mali family from Nowalala village inNtabankulu blames paramedics for the deathof the unborn child after the mother fell froman ambulance en route to the hospital whilein labour, on September 15.The paramedics were blamed for not at-

tending to the pregnant patient whom theywere transporting to the hospital. It is allegedthat when the patientwas in the ambulance,instead of one para-medic looking after thepatient in the back ofthe ambulance, theyde-cided to both sit infront.According to Ethel

Mali, who is the aunt of the patient, her niecewas all alone in the back of the ambulance

Paramedics suspended fornegligencewith no paramedic tending to her. She saidon the way to the Isipetu hospital in Nta-

bankulu, thebackdoor ofthe ambulance openedand her niece fell ontothe road, unbeknownstto the paramedics.“The driver of another

vehicle which was driv-ing behind the ambu-lance, noticed her and

took her to the hospital where she gave birththe following day to a still born baby. As the

Mali familywe are deeply hurt, wewould likejustice to be done and they should pay forwhat has happened.”Mali also said that she would like those re-

sponsible for the death of her grandchild topay for every medical bill.Spokesperson for theDepartment ofHealth,

Sizwe Kupelo, said as the department theywould investigate the matter and take meas-urable action against those responsible forthis act. He said the two paramedics in ques-tion had been suspended pending the investi-gation and disciplinary actions.

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

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

During his speech he did not shy away from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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REPORTER

ALFRED Nzo District MunicipalityCouncil suspended the Municipal Manag-er, Mr Mzubanzi Silinga on Thursday,September 25 during a Special CouncilMeeting.

He is suspended for three (3) monthspending an internal investigation thatwill look at the allegations of non-imple-mentation of council resolutions, poorperformance of the municipality and fail-

ure to make representation on why heshould not be suspended as per the letterhe was served with on September 9.

The Council also resolved that an inde-pendent investigation be instituted toprobe the allegations and subsequent tothat the findings be tabled to the Councilwithin three months.

The Council has appointed Mr Mtheth-eleli Kraai, who is the Senior Manager forPlanning and Local Economic Develop-ment, as the acting Municipal Managerduring this period.

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PHINDILE GQELE

THEDepartment of Health continuedwith itsmission of visiting homes in Lusikisiki andFlagstaff where four children had been diag-nosed with diabetes.

The Department of Health, with the Meth-odist Church and Ingquza Hill Local Munici-pality, recently held another outreach pro-gramme together with other departments atone of the children’s homes.

One of the four children, Zanele Pama (21)from Xopozo Location under Ingquza Hill Lo-calMunicipality’s ward 31 in Flagstaff, is cur-rently in hospital receiving treatment for dia-betes.The department of health worked together

with theMethodist Church of South Africa aswell as other government departments to or-ganise an outreach campaign at Zanele’shome in Xopozo.The purpose of the outreach was to assist

the Pama family with food parcels and other

donations to make life easier for them.During the outreach, several government

departments such as Social Development,South African Social Security Agency, De-partment of Home Affairs, Department of Ed-ucation and the IngquzaHill LocalMunicipal-ity graced the day as they offered their depart-mental services. The department of Healthadvised people towalk to the clinicwhichwasnext to the tent where the outreach pro-grammewas held to do check-ups for HIV andAIDS, Tuberculosis and a dentist, while the

Department ofHomeAffairs gavepeople theirIdentityDocuments.QaukeniHealthSub-Dis-trict Non Communicable Diseases Manager,Lindile Ndayi, warned people about the dan-gers of not doing randomcheck-ups fordiseas-es likediabetes andhypertension, as these areknown as silent killers. “This is a wake-upcall. It’s time to speak out about the dangersof not treating chronic diseases like diabetes.People must know that diabetes and all otherdiseases are real and if not treated they sendyou to the grave,” said Ndayi.

DepartmentofHealth spreadshope

Non Communicable Diseases Manager Lindile Ndayi educating people ondangers of not doing random check­ups for disease like diabetes.PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

Relatives of Zanele,Nolindile Pama, andSibusiso Pamareceiving donationsfrom the MethodistChurch Secretary.PHOTO: PHINDILEGQELE

People who attended the outreach campaign listening to the speeches. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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gional newspaper that there was shootingnext to the house of the Alfred Nzo DistrictMunicipality’s Chief Finance Officer but thespokespersonsaid therewasnocrimereportedbut he was quoted in the regional newspaper.

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THE Lusikisiki-born song bird,ThandekaMphakoWettes, who hasbeen nominated in the South Afri-can TraditionalMusic Awards (Sat-ma) as best new comer in the tradi-tional music category, needs yourvote in order to win.

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Rustenburg she would never forgetwhere she comes from. “Childrenwho are growing up today shouldnot divert from their culture androots and they need to believe inthemselves and stop following oth-er people’s cultures and roots.”Thandeka released a 12-track al-

bum, ‘Ezam’ iingcambu’ and shewasnominated as the best newcom-er in the Satma awards. She is ap-pealing to people from the EasternCape, where she was born, to pleasevote for her by smsing: SatmaThandeka Wettes Best New Comeron 34066.The closing date for the votes is

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GREG NOTA

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

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

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

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

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

Portia Sanqushowed that thegolf course can bea woman’splayground too.PHOTO: GREGNOTA

Deon Steyn puts a the last hole. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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