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REPRESENTATIONS have beenmade to Social SecurityAgency ofSouth Africa (SASSA) to alleviatethe congestion experienced atpay-out points of grants at retail-

ers after many elderly and disabled peoplehad to queue for hours outide these retailerssince Monday.

Some recipients of old-age pensions, disa-bility grants, child support, foster-care andprimary care grants are very angry with thenew system which forces them to queue atShoprite or Pick n Pay in order to get theirdues.PE Express Indaba visited one of these

branches, the Shoprite in KwaNobuhle, anddiscovered that they used only three tills forSASSA beneficiaries and that they took in 10people at a timewhich left hundreds of peoplewaiting outside until the shop closed.Speaking from Shoprite’s head office in

Cape Town, Sarita van Wyk said they maderepresentation to SASSA with the view to al-leviate the congestion experienced at pay-points at the beginning of each month.“Retailers do not have the capacity to deal

with thousands of recipients that flock totheir stores to withdraw their grants at thesame time on the first of the month.“This congestion is exacerbated if the first

of the month falls on public holidays andmonth-end weekends when retail stores arealready at their busiest serving existing cus-tomers,” said vanWyk, adding that they werestill waiting decisions with the hope that cur-rent problems experiencedwould be resolved.Someof the recipients thatPEExpress Inda-

ba spoke to said that they would prefer ratherto goback to thebank to get theirmoney.Theyclaimwhile queueswere also longat thebank,they were still manageable.“I have been standing here since 7 am, I

don’t know when I’ll be getting my money.This has been the case since yesterday (Mon-day),” said Thobile Nkamela (71) of

KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage.Aaron Gwiliza (73) who was also in the long

queue complained of chest pains because ofthe weather.“Thesepeoplemustdo something tohelpus,

weare elders,” saidRogerBevu (87)whileGla-dys Hempe (64) and her disabled husband Er-nest Zaba (70) waited in the car - the wholeday.“I have been watching this and said to my-

self, ‘no, this is wrong’. The elderly cannot bepunished like this.Why can’t SASSAandSho-pritemake a plan to ensure that these old peo-

ple get assistance sooner?” asked SandileKonono, a community leader.Mothers receivingchild caregrantswereal-

so complaining. “I have been standing in thisqueue since 7.30 am,” said Noluthando Vena(39) of KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage yesterday.Thiswasafter she couldnot get anyassistanceon Monday - because of the long queue.“I do not knowwhy SASSA does not use the

method they used for registration, to use thedays of our birthdays as with our IDs,” askedVuyokazi Maki (32) also of KwaNobuhle.In a statement SASSA issued to the media

with regard to the re-registration of benefici-aries, they stated it was done “with the aimof rooting out fraud and corruptionwithin thesystem.”For this reason, SASSA advised recipients

to re-register for the grants failingwhich, pay-ment would be forfeited. PE Express Indaba’sattempt to speak to SASSA’s head of Commu-nications Paseka Letsatsi proved futile as hewas drivingwhenPEExpress Indaba contact-ed him yesterday. Letsatsi referred us to ECSASSA spokesperson Luzuko Qina who wasunfortunately unavailable.

Some of the social grant recipients standing in long queues in KwaNobuhle yesterday. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

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2 NEWS INDABA | WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL 2013

OUR readers were very positive and had a lotto say about our front page story of Wednes-day, March 27, “Something Good for beach-front”.Here are some of the comments we re-

ceived:

SMS. New Something Good is a brilliant idea. PE needs

something new and some more things to do. I feel ourcity is dying and needs some resuscitation. I’m all forthis development.

. It looks wonderful, just what we need right on thebeach of our fantastic City, Port Elizabeth.

. The best news ever.

. Totally fantastic; it is going to be full all the time.Congrats to the designers – an asset to PE beachfront.Mrs Lavinia Human, Mount Pleasant

. Hooray, at last someone woke up! Whoever it is, Iam so glad there are still people around that have gotinsight and hope for the future! Looking forward to theopening day; don’t let this be another daydream!

. Think about being Halaal. Your renovations are abso-lutely stunning. I wish you all of the best. Nadia

. Something Good looks so nice, but are you goingto cater for us Muslims that eat halaal? Or are we notimportant? I mean the Muslim community is big and welike to eat.

. It is about time that you bring back the good oldRoad House days – don’t take too long on the project.

. Hopefully a family environment and NO liquor.

. I remember the big and lekker hamburgers we atethere. I am glad it’s going to reopen. Thank you – it bringsback good memories. E. Lochner

. Something Good, was in die verlede ’n heerlike plek.Al wat ek sal wil byvoeg is meer polisie patrollies. Dienuwe Something Good gaan mooi lyk. Danie

. Stunning! This would be lovely and visitors could gothere to relax.

FacebookChezanne Heymans – Long overdue . . .Peter Graham – Parking?Nadine Rall Pienaar – I cannot wait! You go PE.Hein Gerber – Nice, I like it!!!

Chante Reyes – I have such great memories as a kidgoing with my dad, sitting in the car while the waiterscame and took our order for slap chips, lol. Love, love,love Something Good.

JLo Roman – Why can’t it be a roadhouse again? Thatis what gave that place character!

Weymouth Esterhuizen – This is good, but they mustkeep the bad elements around the area away then. Itmust not be like in the past. If they open it, it is alsotheir duty to clean around their place and have enoughbins outside with their branding on. It must be kept cleanand bad elements outside be kept away. Otherwise it isgoing to end up just like the old one – no one supportingit, as they didn’t feel safe and it looked untidy and dirtyoutside.

Readwhatour readershave to sayabout SomethingGoodat thebeachfront

THE Coega Development Corporation(CDC) is making good on its promise toroll out driver training in the EasternCape through state-of-the-art simulatorswith two big handovers last week at PECollege and EC Midlands.The Eastcape Midlands and Port Eliza-

beth Further Education and Training(FET) Colleges are the first higher educa-tion institutions in the Nelson MandelaBay area to benefit from the programme.The latest move brings the total numberof participating institutions in the East-ern Cape to seven.To date the CDC has provided its driver

training programme at five institutionsaround the Eastern Cape: i.e. Walter Sisu-lu University, FET colleges Ikhala, Buffa-lo City and Ingwe, as well as the Universi-ty of Fort Hare.The driver simulator-based training is

the initial step of the programme and af-fords first-time drivers the opportunity tolearn in a safe environment before ventur-ing out on to the road.“Young people who have an education

often lack basic essential skills, like driv-ing, limiting their access to the job mar-ket. The CDC wants to ensure young peo-ple have access to this world-class drivertraining programme that both providescrucial skills and enables employability,”said Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC spokesperson.“The move to place driver simulators at

the Eastcape Midland and Port Elizabeth

Colleges is based on the fact that we wantto enhance the reach and impact of thedriver training in the city. We envisage

Nelson Mandela Bay boasting some of thebest drivers in the country as a result ofthis programme.”

According to Therina Pienaar, Regis-trar for Planning, Research and Partner-ships at the Port Elizabeth FET College,this training opportunity will open theemployment door to many of their stu-dents, as drivers licences are often a pre-requisite when applying for positions.“Most of our students come from disad-

vantaged backgrounds and cannot affordthe luxury of paying for drivers classes,so these mobile units are really going tobe of tremendous benefit – not only forour students but also to us as an institu-tion as we always strive to empower ourstudents and give them the best possiblestart into the world of work.”The driver simulators are compliant

with the K53 driving curriculum, andcover the modules of identification ofcomponents, pre-trip inspection, startingprocedures, moving-off and changinggears, handling of vehicle (hand-eye co-ordination exercises), parallel parking,alley docking, turn in the road, inclinestart, highway driving (with differentweather conditions), city driving in basicand advance mode and a yard summary.A progress report is also generated af-

ter the completion of each module for thebenefit of the user of the driver simula-tor. Drivers are trained for a Code 8 li-cence.Simulator training is followed by on-

road training under the guidance oftrained instructors.

Driver training in simulatorsat colleges

The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is looking to partner with institutions of higherlearning to sign up for its driver training programme. Here a group of students are shown howthe programme works in October 2012. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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NELSON Mandela Bay municipality is happywith the residents’ turnout during the firstroundof consultativemeetings on the Integrat-ed Development Plan (IDP) and Budget heldlast week.

The meetings were held at the Cecil KapiCommunityHall,WalmerTownhall, Port Eliz-abethCityhall,NewtonParkLibrary,Uitenha-ge Town hall, Jeff Masemola Community hall,Babs Madlakane Community and the Ray-mond Mhlaba Sports Centre.Leading these meetings were mayoral com-

mittee members including Deputy ExecutivemayorThandoChippaNgcolomba,ChiefWhipCllrJoySealeandPortfolioCllrAndileMfundaamong others.Municipal speaker Kupido Baron said resi-

dents responded well and the deliberationswere heated during the meetings.

According to Baron, themeeting at Cecil Ka-pi Community hallwas full withmore than 160people turning up for the meeting in WalmerTown hall. “Although lesser numbers were re-corded elsewhere the meeting were also inter-active and vibrant with residents taking up is-suesof importance in theirwards,” saidBaron.

NelsonMandelaBayMunicipality says IDP/Budget consultativemeetings are a success

NELSON Mandela Bay Municipality’s Ex-ecutive Mayor Benson Fihla announced anexperienced and dynamicMayoral Commit-tee during a full sitting of Council on Thurs-day.Eight out of the nine councillors who will

now take charge as political heads of the re-spective directorates served on this impor-tant body previously.Cllr Mbuyiseli Mkavo, who is considered

to be a strategic thinker and a hard worker,is the only newcomer.Before announcing the names, Executive

Mayor Fihla said that he started serious en-gagements with some of the relevant stake-holders who raised some serious issues thatthe municipality must deal with.We need to ensure that we develop the

necessary capacity to deal with the con-cerns raised.“Knowing very well that a lot more needs

to be done, I hereby present to you a team

that we will be working with and that willadvise and ensure together withme and theDeputy Executive Mayor business as usualis over,” Mayor Fihla said.

The Mayoral Committee members are:1. Economic Development – Cllr Babalwa

Lobishe2. Constituency Coordinator – Cllr Fikile

Desi3. Safety and Security – Cllr Thembinkosi

Mafana4. Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture –

Cllr Nomamerika Magopeni5. Corporate Services – Cllr Wandisile

Jikeka6. Human Settlements – Cllr Mbuyiseli

Mkavo7. Infrastructure and Engineering – Cllr

Andile Mfunda8. Public Health – Cllr Patricia Ndlovu9. Budget and Treasury – Cllr Balu Naran Babalwa Lobishe Fikile DesiThembinkosi Mafana

NomamerikaMagopeniWandisile Jikeka Andile Mfunda Patricia Ndlovu

Balu Naran

ExecutiveMayorannouncesnewMayoral Committee

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KWANOBUHLE Police Station, in Uitenhagehas a new Commander, Colonel Zolani Xawu-ka, who is the former station commander ofthe SAPS in Jeffreys Bay.

Col Xawuka, who was stationed in JeffreysBay as a Lieutenant Colonel, is an experi-enced member of the South African PoliceService (SAPS) who has held Station Com-mander positions at various stations in theEastern Cape before deciding to come toUitenhage.“This is a very challenging job but I amhap-

py I took it because I like challenges,” saidXawuka.Col Xawuka’s main priority is to assure

members of the KwaNobuhle community ofsafety and security.“I have a strong team andworking together

withmembers of the communitywewill over-come anything that stands in the way.”Xawuka appreciates the good working rela-

tionships his station enjoys with the Commu-nity Police Forum (CPF).He said he was welcomed last week by join-

ing the CPF/SAPS partnership Anti-RapeCampaign in KwaNobuhle.

Col Xawuka, amarried father of two, joinedthe police force as a student in 1988 and hasserved at numerous police stations in andaround South Africa.After completing his training at the South

African Police Training Facility in Hamman-skraal, he started his life-dedicating career asa constable at theNigel Police Station in 1989.From there on there was no stopping this

veteran policemember from serving and pro-tecting.On December 1, 1992 he was promoted to

Sergeant and threeyears laterhewaspromot-ed to Warrant Officer and transferred to Ma-clear Police Station where he served as Com-mander of Visible Policing, as well as StationCommander.Climbing up the corporate ladder he re-

ceivedhisNationalDiploma inPoliceAdmin-istration in December 1996, was promoted toCaptain and transferred to Aliwal North Po-lice Station in 2000, received his Baccalau-reus TechnologiaDegree in Policing fromUn-isa in March 2003, was promoted to Lieuten-antColonel and transferred toCradockPoliceStation in 2004, served as StationCommanderat Willowmore Police Station from 2009, andas Station Commander of Jeffreys Bay fromJuly 2012.

Newcommander forKwaNobuhlePolice

Col Zolani Xawuka (left), the new KwaNobuhle Police Station Commander shakes hands withprevious head General Rufus Pandela. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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PORT Elizabeth police in KwaZakhele arelooking for suspects who tried to gainforced entry into Price ’n Pride Furnitureshop at Daku Road, KwaZakhele on Thurs-day morning last week.

According to police spokesperson War-rant Officer Thembi Gwe, police were in-formed of five suspects who were trying toforce entry into the shop reversing their

Toyota Venture into the shop. This hap-pened around 5.30 am last Thursday.“We saw the video footage of the number

of suspects and the vehicle that they wereusing but could not see the registrationnumber,” said W/O Gwe.When police arrived at the scene the sus-

pects were already at large, according toGwe.Anyonewith information that can leadto the arrest of the suspects to contact Liet-enantColonolMbangi atKwaZakhele PoliceStation.

DesperateKwazakhele suspects sought

Police are assessing the damage to the shop. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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AMAPOLISA akwaNobuhle eTinarha acebi-sa abaqhubi beemoto zamhla mnene ukubabachule ukunyathela.

“Sicela abahlali abaneemoto ukuba balum-ke neemoto zabo,” kutsho isithethi samapoli-sa uWarrant Officer Gerda Swart, esangezangelithi, wonyukile umthamo wokubiwakweemoto ezindala kummandla woshishinongokufanayo nasekuhlaleni eTinarha.“Kucelwa abanini zimoto ukuba baluqinise

ukhuseleko ezithuthini zabo,” utshilo oka-

Swart. esangezangelithi, umbuthowamapoli-sa oMzantsi Afrika oko kukuthi, i-SAPS icelaukuba bancede bazipakishe kwiigaraji zabongaphakathi izithuthi endaweni yokuzishiyaenkangala.OkaSwart uthe bakuqaphela abantu

okanye nantonina engaqhelekangaezindaweni zabo abaqhubi, mabancedebazise izikhululo zamapolisa ezikufut-shane.Nazi iinombolo ezikunokutsalelwa:SAPS Uitenhage 0041 996 343810 111 Centre 0 041 996 3436or 010 111 owe- land-line kuphela.

Azibiwa izithuthi heha­a, lumkanibaqhubi

There will be suits, ties and bare feet inboard rooms across the Bay come April 16as the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Cham-ber and its Top 40 Under 40 young businessachievers lead the way on One DayWithoutShoes.International One Day Without Shoes is aninitiative of the TOMS shoe company. Thisglobal initiative is designed to highlight theplight of children that have no shoes andwho are exposed to daily dangers and healthrisks. There are children right here in Nel-son Mandela Bay who have no shoes, andyoung business is leading the charge andhelping to get kids the basics many take forgranted. Between now and April 16, theBusiness Chamber, its Top 40 achievers andother members, will be collecting new kids’school shoes and leisure shoes. These will

be donated to the Protea Place of Safety andto needy schools around the Bay via theCommunity Chest.So get your colleagues, employees, partnersand suppliers on board and collect as manynew kids’ shoes as you can, in all styles andin a variety of sizes.Deliver the shoes your company has collect-ed to one of the collection points aroundNel-son Mandela Bay.The collection points are: The Nelson Man-dela Bay Business Chamber, 200 NorvicDrive, Greenacres, and Kingfisher FM, TheMarket at King’s Court or the Barefoot Bri-gade will collect your shoes on One DayWithout Shoes! Formore info contact Top 40Under 40 convener Nicole Klokow on me-dia@nmbbusinesschamber.co.za or0 041 373 1122.

Business go barefoot for needy kids

Business Chamberstaff members will begoing barefoot towork on internationalOne Day WithoutShoes on April 16.Sakhiwo Madondile,Luvuyo Nomvete,Glenton de Kock andFlo Ben Mazwi willalso be collectingnew children’s shoesto distribute to needykids in NelsonMandela Bay.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

EVELYN’S FAMILYSOUGHT

Social workers are seeking assistance withtracing the relatives of Evelyn Manase. Shehas a brother named Fuzile Manase.Thefiled address in Veeplaas cannot beindentified. Anyone with information cancontact the social workers at Kirkwood CareCenter on 0 042 230 0333. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THE 31 information communication technol-ogy (ICT) small businesses being incubated atthe Seda Nelson Mandela Bay InformationCommunication Technology Incubator (SNII)are producing solid results.They have generated a R6 million in turno-

ver whilst creating a combined 95 direct andindirect jobs in the 2012/13 financial year.Funded by the SEDA Technology Pro-

grammeand theNelsonMandelaBayMunici-pality, SNII is a hub for emerging ICT entre-preneurs where they thrive and grow. It aimsto create successful small businesses in thesector which can create jobs.“Weare excitedwith the performance of the

SNII incubates which places us on a firm foot-ing for continued growth. In 2012/13 the busi-nesses have created 32 direct and 63 indirectjobs with a R6 million turnover. This is an in-dication that our business support is working

while allowing the entrepreneurs to focus ontheir core business. These results are solid ifyou consider that about 70%of the businessesare barely a year old while the remainderhave been in existence for under three years.“Between its establishment in 2008 and the

2011/12 financial year, SNII incubates havegenerated a total turnover of about R24,5 mil-lion while funding in the same periodamounted to some R12 million. A total of 117jobs have been created by the small business-es in this period,” says SNII head SipeloLupondwana.Lupondwana says SNII offers emerging ICT

entrepreneurs business, infrastructure andtechnology support such as connectivity, ITsupport, office space, access to funding, ac-cess to market and trade networks and quali-ty management systems among others. Men-toring and coaching are also offeredwhile the

SNII also helps commercialising their ideas.The support structures are intended to allowthe entrepreneurs to focus on the develop-ment of their products.“We are also pleased that this year three of

the businesses, BranSystems (software devel-opment), Shoot 97 (Film) and Rockstar Media(video production) will be graduating fromthe programme. The three businesses havebeen with SNII for about three years creatinga combined 18 jobs. Six have already graduat-ed since 2008.“Before they can graduate, businessesmust

demonstrate a solid understanding of thebusiness, a growth plan aswell as a good pipe-line of business. They must show a stableturnover and create jobs.The three graduating business will also go

through the six-month SNII post-incubationprogramme which focuses on strategy, quali-

ty and financial management,” Lupondwanaexplains.Started with eight incubates in 2008, SNII

incubates are drawn mainly from the NelsonMandela Bay area specialising in diverse are-as such as mechatronics, software develop-ment, hardware telecoms, graphic design,web development, business process outsourc-ing, videography and production.Lupondwana adds that SNII will continue

to vigorously pursue the growth of new ICTbusinesses as an enabler for other sectors ofthe economy.“ICT is a cross-cutting sector that is a

launchpad for other economic sectors to dowhat they do. For example, in agriculture,tracking systems for livestock alleviate stocktheft in areas such as the Karoo. This demon-strates the important role ICT plays in bringother sectors to life,” says Lupondwana.

ICT incubatordelivers solidperformanceandgrowth

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WHENyou talk township rugbydevelopmentin the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipalitythere is one name that comes to mind, thename of Wanki Dlula.

Everybody calls this grandfather of sports“Ezee” or “Ezee Fana” from his encouragingwords on the field of play; “Take it easy (Fa-na) young man!”This reporter foundEzee spending anafter-

noon at Ebongweni Primary School in Kwa-zakhele where athletics, rugby, cricket andnetball are thriving, thanks to the tireless ef-forts of this passionate gentleman.“He spends most afternoons at our school

training the children in these disciplineswhile teachers mostly concentrate on press-ing academic matters,” said Ebongweni Pri-mary School Deputy Principal NompumeleloYabo.According to Yabo, her school’s governing

body decided to pay Ezee an incentive for hisefforts “because he does everything withoutpay”.

Yabo added, “Thiswas of course an easy de-cision because since his involvement in theschool, we have not only attracted more pu-pils but have also seen an interest in educa-tion among our children. This proves the be-lief that a sound body houses a sound mind.”Teachers VuyaniNcanywa andNokulunga

Magopeni (rugby andnetball coaches) agreedthat Ezee makes their work a lot easier.“And the kids love him,” they said.Ezee also trains pupils of Seyisi Primary

School in KwaZakhele and his work contin-ues to Thamsanqa High School when prima-ry school pupils graduate, he said.Ezee has been recognised and rewarded for

his efforts.“In 2010 I receivedmy first recognition and

receivedThePremier’sAward forExcellence- In Sports Development,” said Ezee.This was followed by the awards he re-

ceived from Ebongweni and Seyisi PrimarySchools and Thamsanqa High School as wellas the Citizen’s Award in 2011.

Wanki “Ezee Fana”Dlula is passionate about township sports development

A passionate Wanki "Ezee Fana" Dlula showingsome of his awards. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

Thandokazi Matiso (27) of Central said: “Weare not free. We still struggle to get a lot ofthings like jobs. And crime in this country isvery high. Just look around here in Central,there are many street kids with so many peoplein need.” PHOTOS:NCEBA DLADLA

Weask residentsabout FreedomDaySouthAfrica iscelebrating19yearsofFreedomanddemoc­racyandAprilbeingFreedomMonth,PEExpress Indaba’sNCEBADLADLAwantedtoknowwhetherNelsonMandelaBayresidents thinkthat theyareenjoyingfreedom.

“19 years of freedom is definitely not what wewere promised and hoping for. The economyand power are still in the hands of the few.Only the elite enjoy the privileges and feel freein this country,” said Zukile Manyela (42) ofPerridgevale near Greenacres.

Zamxolo Mgudlandlu (44) of Rowallan Parksaid only members of the ANC experiencefreedom in this country. “Democracy is for thepeople but members of other political partiesdon’t get the same treatment as the ANC. Hereyou must be ANC or you’ll get nothing! This isunfair, we are still not free!”

Nondumiso Majola (21) of New Brighton, aBio-Chemistry and Micro Biology student atUnisa believes “We are free in the sense thatwe no longer live like during apartheid years.Black people were not allowed to study courseslike the one that I am doing now. Yet, we arenot getting enough support from our owngovernment. “Women are especially not safewhile the abusers get lighter sentences or goscot free,” said Majola, adding that she “hopededucation could liberate us, but it was unfortu-nately failing us as the nation.”

Noxolo Nzetha (25) also of New Brighton said:“We are free. We do everything that we want.We go to the same private schools as whites,live in the same suburbs and can take ourchildren to white schools.

“We are free,” said unemployed NokuthulaMangcotywa (left, 24) of KwaZakhele, addingthat black people can get an opportunity toattend better schools and do qualify for betterjobs. Her friend Akhona Sithole (23) also ofKwaZakhele agreed and also used her freedomnot to take a separate.

“Politically we are free but otherwise, we arenot. This freedom is definitely not what we werehoping for when we voted for the first time in1994,” said Lulama Twecu of Zwide.LulamaTwecu

We are free, although not all of us will behappy. Government is building houses for thepeople, especially here in Port Elizabeth. It’sunlike the days of apartheid,” said Mzolisi Leve(71) of Zwide.

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WESTERING High School will be hosting itsannual Voce Volante Choir Festival on Satur-day, May 11, at the Feather Market Centre.The Voce Volante Festival has become the

biggest event on the choral calendar of theNelson Mandela Bay Metropole. Since its in-ception six years ago, the event has becomeso popular, that organiser, AmandaEngelbre-cht, has had to move the Festival from theWestering High School Hall to the FeatherMarket Centre.The choir line-up for this year is one of the

most exciting yet. Top local and internationalchoirs that will be participating are The East-ern Cape Junior Children’s Choir, The East-ern Cape Children’s Choir, The Eastern CapeYouth Choir, the NMMUChoir, Despatch Pri-mary, Summerwood Primary’s combinedchoir, Cillié High, Westering High and inter-national touring choir Der Kinderchor DerStadt Halle.Each choir will present a short programme

of its own, with the evening culminating in amassed choir performance of approximately600 voices. The eveningwill start at 5pm.Tick-ets are R40 per adult and R20 per scholar/ stu-dent/ pensioner andwill be available from theschool office fromApril 16. Formore informa-tion contact Anita Style on 0 041 360 7805. Notickets will be sold at the door.

Yanelisa Mbane of the Westering High SchoolChoir takes the lead in one of the songs thechoir performed at last year’s Voce Volante’sChoir Festival. This year’s Festival promises tobe bigger and better than ever with the entriesso many that it has been moved to the FeatherMarket Hall. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

Big choir festival at FeatherMarketCentre

THE Hope Factory, an established En-terprise Development organisation, ishelping a community TV station identi-fy entrepreneurs in the fashion indus-try to design and produce outfits fortheir presenters.Community station Bay TV has em-

barked on this journey in an effort toboost local entrepreneurial businessesand create visibility for their designs.“We want to look at ways that we can

assist local businesses to be seen. Com-munity TV is for all and this opportuni-ty can bridge that gap,” said Bay TV’sLungile Nduvane, Deputy Station Man-ager.“This is also an opportunity to edu-

cate the designers on what works wellfor TV.”Four entrepreneurs (Sipho Ntlangu,

Siphiwo Sume, Nolizo Speelman andLuvuyoZinco), all part of TheHopeFac-tory’s Entrepreneur Support Pro-gramme in Port Elizabeth, were select-ed to design and produce outfits for pre-senters on four Bay TV shows.In return, Bay TV offers the entrepre-

neurs 16 minutes on air to promotetheir businesses. The station will alsorun banner advertisements at the be-ginning and end of each show to pro-mote the entrepreneurs.Says Jackie Gossman, Senior Execu-

tive for Mentoring and Training; “OurProgrammes are geared specifically to-ward developing both the individual, aswell as the business. Through on-goingone on one mentorship, training intechnical, life and business skills, aswell as the range of services offered toour entrepreneurs, their businesses aregeared for continued growth and sus-tainability.“Bay TV has a variety of productions

weekly, and when we search for a de-signer we look at matching the profileof the show to the style of the designer.For example Luvuyo Zinco of ZincoClothing – who specialises in versatileevening wear and contemporary Euro-African styled casual wear – will dresspresenters on the About the Bay show,which showcases young influential in-dividuals in theNelsonMandelaBayar-ea,” said Nduvane.Zinco believes that this exposure will

help boost sales. “It is a great opportuni-ty forme tomarketmy designs and pro-mote my business.”Designer and The Hope Factory en-

trepreneur Nolizo Speelman said: “Ithink this is great exposure, it will begood for my business as it will marketand promote it.”Her clothing ranges from formal tai-

lor made suits for men, individuallystyled formal clothing for ladies andeveryday casual wear.Bay TV is aired in Port Elizabeth,

Uitenhage and Despatch, and can alsobe seen on DSTV channel 260.

Bay TV promotesbudding fashionentrepreneurs

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NELSON Mandela Bay House Music loversdanced to the tunes of star Disc JockeysMbu-so and Claude during the All Star EasterThursday at Liquid Lounge, 52 ParliamentStreet, Port Elizabeth, last Thursday night.

The twomusic pioneers and soldiers of thisfast and thumping music genre are recog-nised as the forces behind Soul Candi Musicincluding Dj Mbuso’s own record label Phe-zulu Records.Music was from the Soul Candi session,

Stereo Candi, Muzikology Volumes 1 and 2which was mixed by DJ Claude, while DJMbuso mixed Phezeulu Selections and twocompilations.Our own DJs, otherwise known as the un-

touchables, Dj Mthi HD, Jigga, Tshepo DSGand Loop-Bar refused to be left out. They tooproved to be the stars of the show as they de-livered good music.

DJ Claude played thumping House Music during Easter last week. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

PE Idolshopefulsthrough to Top100

These four PE Idols contestants whopre­auditioned for the latest SA Idolsseason, all received golden ticketsand are through to the Top 100 ofthis competition. From the left areEdward Allen, Christina Williams,Amanda Antony and Thuba Myeki.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Deejays deliver All Star Thursday ThumpingHouseMusic

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SELBY MADIKANE

HUNDREDS of soccer fans braved the rainyweather conditions towatch the ZAFANjeyaInvestment Easter Tournament Finalswhich were played at Wolfson Stadium overthe Easter Weekend.

In the ZAFA First Division semi-finalsYoung Professional beat Dynamos 2-1 whileReal Strikers edged out YoungRomans 4-2 onpenalties after a 1-1 fulltime score.In the final Professional overcame Strik-

ers 2-1.In the ZAFA Premier League Dynamos

managed to beat XI Angels 5-4 on penaltiesfollowing a goalless fulltime draw. Zamaza-ma ousted YoungNeighbours 5-4 also on pen-alties after a full-time tie of 2-2.In the final Dynamos took the honours

with a 3-2 hard-fought victory over Zamaza-ma. The winning teams received a prize ofR5 000, gold medals and a floating trophy,while the runners-up received a prize ofR3 000, floating and silver medals.The losing semi-finalists were awarded

with R1 000 each. All the top four teams ineach stream got a full set of strip.In the individuals awards the prizes went

to:Premier League Top goal scorer: Sandiso

Ndobe (Zamazama)Goalkeeper: Vuyani Malayi (Dynamos)Best Player: Sandiso Ndobe (Zamazama)First DivisionTop goal scorer: Masixole Mpongo (Young

Romans)Goalkeeper:AlungileManxiwa (YoungPro-

fessional)Best Player: Zukile Mazula (Young Profess-

sional)

SELBY MADIKANE

BOYS were taught by men how to play foot-ball during the PEEFA league games playedat Veeplas Stadium recently. Young teenag-ers earned a narrow 3-2 victory over Real Ac-es while United Brothers thwarted Real Li-ons 4-1. BlackChiefs pippedHillside 2-0whileBlack Arrows devastated Young Idols 1-0.Peace Lovers beat Mighty Birds 3-1.

PEEFA Masters League Results:Solar Stars 0-5 Black ChiefsVeeplaas FC 1-2 Zwide FCPeace Lovers 1-0 HillsideYoung Idols 2-0 Millem FC.

PEEFALeague results

A Mighty Birds player is pressured by a YoungIdols player. PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

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NOBUHLE and Despatch Football Associa-tion (NODEFA) Premier League and FirstDivision League Fixtures will be played atJabavu Stadium, KwaNobuhle and Khay-amnandi Stadium in Despatch from Fridayto Sunday 5-7 April.

Starting with the Premier League Fixtures at Jaba-vu Stadium on Friday:* Khayelitsha Stars FC versus Black Aces

FC at 17:00* City Style FC vs Young Pirates FC at

18:45

Saturday* Cango Chiefs FC vs Lion City FC at 09:30* Golden Chiefs FC vs Jamaican Stars FC

at 11:15*DespatchPioneersFCvsShowvillage for

SAB league at 13:00* Young Callies FC vs City Friends FC

14:45* Kabah United Brothers FC vs Reservoir

Strikers FC (at Khayamnandi) at 14:45* New City Stars FC vs Really Rangers FC

at 16:45.

Sunday* Eleven Stars FC vs Flamingo FC at 09:30

*ChelseaFCvsHighlandSpursFCat 11:15* Young Culture FC vs Uitenhage Eagles

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* Black Vultures (ladies) FC vs AfricanChiefs FC at 13:00* Garden City FC vs Despatch Pioneers

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Nodefa Premier and First Division League teams ready for action this weekend

ZAFA President Sabelo Nkuhlu and SAFA NMB Vice-President Monde Mhletywa present a trophy toQalisile Pondo (Young Professional captain). PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

ZAFA President Sabelo Nkuhlu and SAFA NMBVice-President Monde Mhletywa present atrophy to Sivuyile Mbanjwa (Dynamos Captain).

FOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

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Oxford Striders athlete Lusapho April camehome first during the Umhlobo Wenene FM10 km classic road race which took place atKings beach recently.

April won the race in a time of 29:48 fol-lowed by Siyabulela Mtsha (Glen Gray AC)with a time of 30:36 in the second place whileMarianno Eeson (NMMU) took the thirdplace in a time of 31:02.

Other results are:

Senior LadiesNtombesintu Mfunzi (Bonita AC) 36:47Jene Banfield (RFLG) 42:16Margie Sannders (Nedbank RC) 43:09

Junior menMasibulele Heugh (Ikamva AC) 32:51Siyabulela Kahla (Youth for change) 43:13

Jonathan Matyana (Youth for Change) 34:19

Junior ladiesSiphokazi Majoko (SAPA DC) 45:43Magan Wilson (Charlo AC) 46:39Kimberly Wilson (Charlo) 50:23

SABC Radio sales manager supports the winnerNtombesintu Mfunzi (1st place) and standing onright is Phelisa Sileka. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

SABC Radio sales manager is with thewinner Lusapho April (centre) who isflanked by Mariano Easou and Siyab­ulela Mtsha.FOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

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Round three of the Super Series sees the En-gen Racing Team in action at Aldo ScribanteRaceway on Saturday, 6 April. The event putsthis Port Elizabeth-based team on home soil,ready to delivermaximumaction to local racefans.Local Engen Xtreme racers, Michael

Stephen (A1) and Tschops Sipuka (A2), willfire up their Audi S4 quattros for some highoctane action in the Bridgestone ProductionCar championship. Stephen, the defendingchampion in this series, is also the champion-ship leader after the first two rounds of theseason.Both drivers have put in strong perform-

ances this year - and both have alreadyclaimed their share of podium finishes. TheScribante circuit is the perfect opportunityfor the local drivers to use their home trackadvantage to take it to the competition and ex-tend their already outstanding performances.

A good performance for Sipuka could see himmove into second place behind teammateStephen and set up an exciting challenge, asthe teams move into the mid-season period.The Engen Volkswagen Cup champion-

ship, the display window for Volkswagen Po-lo Vivo race cars has delivered exciting rac-ing so far this seasonwith bumper to bumperaction in both first rounds thus far.Scribante offers a unique challenge as the

circuit is both relatively short and also quitenarrow, making overtaking very difficult.With a race field averaging some 25 cars,

getting to the front of a crowded grid is nearimpossible which makes good qualifying es-sential if one hopes for a podium finish on theday.When the Super Series arrives in Port Eliz-

abeth on Saturday, 6 April, the Engen RacingTeam will be right there giving it their all onthe day.

The Engen Racing Team will be in action at Aldo Scribante Raceway on Saturday, 6 April. PHO­TO:SUPPLIED

The 20th running of the SPAR Women’sChallenge in Port Elizabeth on May 4 fea-tures a new venue, Little Ladies’ race andbigger prizes, organisers announced at thelaunch.Although SPAR Eastern Cape marketing

manager Abri Swart remained tight-lippedabout some of the details, he said the 2013edition was shaping up to be the best yet.“Attracting runners from across the

province, it has grown exponentially overthe past two decades and we always put ina 110% effort to improve and innovate yearon year.“We are proud to be associated with a

sport that promotes healthy living, whichis the focus of our brand.”Thewomen-only event, whichwas held at

Kings Beach until last year, has been organ-ised by the Walmer Athletics Club since itsinception in 1993.It has grown from 287 inaugural partici-

pants to more than 12 000 last year, makingit the biggest road race in the Eastern Cape.“We’ve outgrown the existing venue and

will be moving to an area that is larger andmore accessible,” said Swart. He said fur-ther details on the new venue could be ex-pected shortly.Aside from the 5km and 10km distances,

he said this year’s eventwould see the intro-duction of the 2km Little Ladies’ Race.Aimed at girls under the age of nine, it takes

place on the first day of official registrationon May 1.Swart said the retailer’s recipe for success

was to provide a quality event for both ama-teur and professional athletes. “The first12 000 entrants will get t-shirts and goodiebags and all finishers receive commemora-tive medals.”He said live entertainment and lucky

draw prizes would again form an integralpart of the supermarket chain’s wholesomerace-day offering.Swart said the race would also benefit the

wider community as all proceeds would goto a reputable charity.“We also sponsor development teams’ par-

ticipation.”The PE event is part of a five-race national

GrandPrix series inwhich the country’s topfemale athletes compete for points, prizemoney and overall honours.Last year, Olympic marathon runner

René Kalmer won the local race en route toher third series title, which ultimately sawherdrive away in the grandprize of aNissanMicra.Broadcast partner Algoa FMwill keep lis-

teners up to date with the latest news. Alter-natively, go to SPAR EC in Action on Face-book.Enter at www.spar.co.za or collect a form

from any SUPERSPAR, SPAR or KWIK-SPAR.

SparWomen’s race celebrates 20-year run

The ladies of Port Elizabeth are gearing up for the 20th SPAR Women’s Challenge, which takesplace on Saturday, May 4. PHOTO: HUGO STUDIO

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HISTORY was made when Nelson MandelaMetropolitan University (NMMU) Soccer offi-cially adopted Zwide Township’s PhakamisaHigh School’s under 15 and under-17 soccerteams as part of its teams.

Speaking during the handover of the soccerkits to the elated principal, teachers and theteams, NMMU Soccer Manager Mark Tommysaid they had a long relationship with Phaka-misa High School and this outreach gesturewas part of the tertiary institution’s extensionof their strategic engagenment with theschool.“We have now officially adopted Phakamisa

High School’s U15 and U-17 teams as ourteams,” said Tommy, saying that these teamsnow were given the NMMU Madibaz strip asthey will be registered to perform in the PortElizabeth Football Association (PEFA) leaguetogetherwith theNMMUsenior teamsalreadyin the league.“Our mandate as an institution of higher

learning is education, obviously, but we do ca-ter for sports and as suchuse soccer as the con-duit to impact a positive change in society,”saidTommy, adding that thedeal also involveseducational opportunities for the soccer-madboys from this historically impoverishedschool.He said those who pass matric will get

busaries.The teachers and the coaches will monitor

the academic progress of the teams and any-one who left school was automatically out ofthe team, said Tommy.This is a holistic project aimed at instilling

discipline and the love for education in theminds of the children.“NMMU is putting its money where its

mouth is. We appreciate the gesture - whichis a shot in the arm as it is going to help ourschool with poor resources strive for excel-lence in academics aswell as in extra-curricu-lar activities as our motto demands,” saidschool principal Lungile Notshe.Notshe believes if the school did well in

NMMUadoptsZwide school’s soccer teams Standing at the backfrom right, arePhakamisa HighSchool teacherVuyani Heshu,principal LungileNotshe, NMMUSoccer managerMark Tommy,teacher Dumza Thysand NMMU studentKagiso Tsiane. Infront from left, areU-15 and U-17teams captainsPhumelele Mvuny-iswa and AsandileGomba. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

sport, it would alsodo well academical-ly. This deal also of-fers thepossibilityoftraining the school’ssoccer coacheswhich soccer teammanagers at schoolDumisa Thys, a SASchools Football As-sociation (SASFA)NelsonMandelaBaySecretary, and Vuy-ani Heshu believeshould suit formerstudents of theschool best.