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THE much awaited newmall in Mthatha, the BTNgebs City, opens today(June 25).

BT Ngebs City is the biggest mall inthe area and features over 150 tenants.

BT Ngebs City forms part of BillionGroup’s R16 billion investment ear-marked for the Eastern Cape regionover the next 10 years.

The Billion Group, which wasfounded by property entrepreneur Si-sa Ngebulana, is one of South Africa’slargest privately owned property de-

velopers.Successful developments previous-

ly undertaken by Billion Group in-clude regional malls, HemingwaysMall and Mdantsane City in East Lon-don, Forest Hill in Pretoria, and Bay-west in Port Elizabeth.

During its construction phase, theR1.4 billion BT Ngebs City develop-ment has created approximately 4 500jobs. An additional 2 500 permanentpositions will become available uponcompletion of the development.

The mall is Phase 1 of the develop-ment.

Phase 2 will include the develop-ment of a hotel and offices, which will

commence trading early 2016.The mall’s comprehensive mix of

tenants, including retail, fashion,banking, homeware, health, sportsand entertainment will ensure thatthis development caters for all 478 000households in the catchment area.

Anchor tenantswill include someofSouthAfrica’s largest retailers, name-ly Pick n Pay, Checkers, Food LoversMarket, Clicks, Woolworths, Tru-worths, Foschini, and Edgars,amongst others.

Over and above this, high-endbrands such ast Timberland, Fabiani,GSTAR, Spitz, Kurt Geiger, Soviet,Earth Child, Bogart and Keedo to

mentiona few,will alsonowbeavaila-ble at the new mall.

Named after the legendary rugbyplayer and local entrepreneur, TandiNgebulana, grandfather and mentorto Sisa Ngebulana, BT Ngebs City isBillion Group’s initial step towardsuplifting and developing the area ofMthatha.

Inspired by BT Ngebs’ investmentin the community, Billion Group isspending over R60 million on roads,bulk electricity, water, sewer, wet-land systemsandother infrastructurethat will benefit Mthatha overall andhas previously donated to schools andchurches locally.

BT Ngebs Mall opened in Mthatha PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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TODAY, June 25, isthe official opening ofthe biggest shoppingmall in Mthatha,which is named afterthe legendary rugbyplayer and local en-trepreneur BuchananTandabantu (BT) Nge-bulana, grandfatherand mentor to the Bil-lion Group founder,Sisa Ngebulana.

The Billion Groupis one of South Afri-ca’s largest privatelyowned property devel-opers.

BT Ngebulana set-tled in Corhana, just4km outside of Mthat-ha, in 1949, followingan illustrious sport-ing career in rugby ascaptain of the EastLondon-based BushBucks Rugby FootballClub.

Sisa himself grewup in the dusty area ofCorhana and he wentto St Patrick’s Second-ary School beforejoining St John’s Col-lege. He furthered hisstudies at the Univer-sity of Transkei.

His grandfatherTandabantu also rep-resented Border, aswell as the WesternProvince in rugby.His many successfulbusinesses in the areawere fundamental tothe ongoing develop-ment of the communi-ty. These included asoap factory, taxibusiness, generaldealership, and abrick-making yard.

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THE Department of Science and Technology(DST) in partnershipwithAngloAmericanPlat-inum and Air Products brought a smile to threerural schools of Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape,by launchinga first pilot project tousehydrogenfuel cell technology.

The pilot project was officially launched lastFriday by National Minister of the Departmentof Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, ac-companiedbyEasternCapeMEC forEducation,Mandla Makupula, and delegations from bothcompanies.The schools which benefited from this project

include ArthurMfebe Junior Secondary School(JSS), StMarks JSS andMvuzo JSS all inCofim-vaba. The schools also received tablets, WI-FIconnection, local content servers, secure roomswith charging facilities, Internet andWAN con-nectivity.This was part of the department’s mission to

see how technologies can beused to improve thequality of teaching and learning in rural areas.Speaking during the launch,Minister Pandor

said this energywas not only for the schools buteven the communities around the schools needto benefit.“Wewant to take this energy to the communi-

ties and even to the whole of the Eastern Cape.There is a need for our society to benefit in thenewly established innovation in the energy.Wewant to use technologies to benefit our commu-nities,” said Pandor.She expressed her gratitude to the partner-

ship that was established between the publicand private sector to improve the living condi-tions in society.Eastern Cape MEC for Education, Mandla

Makhuphula, said the initiative which intendsto change the lives of learners, would also bringimprovement in the year end results. “The timeof carrying loads of books is over now since ourlearners are using tablets which contain a lot ofinformation.”TheManagingDirector ofAir Products,Mike

Hellyar said, “We are very honoured to be partof thisground-breakingproject. It simplifiesourcapabilities inhydrogen-based technologiesandpoints to a more energy-efficient future that isin line with the global drive to reduce carbon

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Minister Naledi Pandor with Eastern Cape MEC for Education Mandla Makhuphula cutting theribbon during the launch of the pilot project in Cofimvaba.

Minister Pandor with Makhuphula and a delegation from Air Products South Africa and AngloAmerican Platinum in Cofimvaba last Friday. PHOTOS:SIM MDLEDLE

omissions. He said Air Products South Africais committed to work alongside other stake-holderstodevelopahydrogendistributionsolu-tion that isbothscalableandeconomical for theend-user.”Amahle Ndede a learner at Mvuzo JSS said

it was a great opportunity for them and eventhe parents because they are no longer spend-ing large sumsofmoney inbuyingbooksas tab-lets contain everything.“We have advanced nowbecausewe are also

doing research from these tablets and chargethem when the batteries are flat as the energyis provided in the school,” said Amahle.

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HE treated him like a brother. ButLungephi Ngeshweni paid this friend-ship back by raping and murderingThembekile Nqanqali’s teenagedaughter.

Last week the Willowvale RegionalCourt sentenced Ngeshweni (48) to lifeimprisonment for the rape and mur-der of Dorcas Nqanqali. He was alsosentenced to four years for kidnap-ping the 14-year-old girl.

“I am very happy with the sentencebecause that is what I was lookingfor,” Nqanqali said.

But it’s hard to find peace. “Myheart is still bleeding for what he did,”he added.

Ngeshweni was one of the Nqanqa-li’s neighbours.

“I met him last year. He told meabout his problems which led me totry my utmost to get him a job in But-terworth as a security guard.

“I was very shocked when I re-ceived a call from my wife saying that

he had kidnapped and murdered mydaughter,” Nqanqali said.

Dorcas and her younger brotherLudwe (9) were lured away by Ngesh-weni from their home on July 18 lastyear. He told them that he was on hisway to their mother and asked themto accompany him.

Unbeknownst to the two childrenthey were in the company of a paroledrapist. He had raped someone in 2003while he was on parole for anotherrape committed earlier.

On their way, supposedly to meetthe children’s mother, Ngeshwenichased Ludwe home. He then startedto assault Dorcas and dragged her toa nearby forest where he raped and

to find her. We went to Ngeshweni’shomestead and found his wife asleep.We asked her about his whereaboutsbut she also did not know where hewas.

“We informed the police about theincident. They came to look for mydaughter but we found nothing. Iwent back home thinking that mychild would come back. I had hopedthat I would see her again - but wefound her body the next day dumpedamong the rocks,” Nosapho recalled.

She also said that even thoughNgeshweni received a tough sentenceshe was afraid that he would try to es-cape and that she would be his nextvictim.

Family’s friendshipbetrayed

The Nqanqali family standing next to Dorcas Nqanqali’s grave. Her murdererhas been sentenced to life imprisonment. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

murdered her.When Nosapho Nqanqali (42)

got home that day she foundher son Ludwe crying and herdaughter missing. The boy toldhis mom what had happened.

“At first I did not think thatNgeshweni had killed mydaughter, but I informed myneighbour and we tried in vain

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Olugqogqo luthe lwenziwa emvakwesi mbonono esenziwe yiNkosiyendawo uNgwenyathi Dumalis-ile, nalapho ebe khalaza ngabanyeabantu abashishina ngotywalakodwa benge nazo incwadi zok-wenza oko.

UDumalisile udlale le ndima ku-landela ukunyuka kwezinga loku-vulwa kwendawo ezithengisa uty-wala nezi ngekho mthethweni ntoleyo eyenza konyuke izinga lolwaphulo mthetho kule ndawo.

“Ndivuye kakhulu ngale opera-

tion kwaye lo nto iya bonisa ukubaindawo yethu ayingeke iphindeibe nengxaki yoko nyuka kwez-inga lolwa phulo mthetho,” kube-ka uDumalisile.

Ukanti uMnu Mgwebi Siya uthibasaza kuqhubekaukungena nakwezinye iilali nalaphobafuna ukuqinise-kisa khona ukubaakukho mntuuthengisa utywalangoku ngekhomthethweni.

“Lento yokuthengiswa kotywa-la ngaphandlekwemvume yenzaukuba konyuke iz-inga lolwa phulomthetho kwaye ab-

antu abenza lo mkhwa baye ba-thengisele nabantwana abanci-nane nto leyo inxa mnye nom-thetho weBhodi ejongene nokuthengiswa kotywala,” kubeka uM-siya.

Uthe abafuni kutsho ukuba bazakuya kuziphi indawo kweli laseMpuma Koloni kuba hleze yemkis-ele intaka. Ulebele ngelithi bayababongoza abantu beyile bhodiukuba balandele imithetho eyiyoyoku thengiswa kotywala kuba ka-loku abathandi ukubona nabant-wanabengenakwintoyokuthengautywala kuba umnikazi walo nda-wo ithengisa intselo engazi mith-etho.

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ASAFIKA (Asa) Mzinjana (23) fromFort Gale in Mthatha has been se-lected as a finalist in the 2015 MissEarth SA competition.

She has a passion for conversa-tion and said although she wouldlove to win the title, her real reasonfor entering the competition was toget a platform to raise awarenessabout conservation and eco-living.

“I enteredMissEarthSAat thebe-ginning of year and was called fora Skype interview in May, whichwent very well,” said an excitedAsa.

According to her, the judges willbe looking at the finalists’ involve-ment in conservation projects to de-termine the winner.

“The judges are not looking forbeauty or a taller girl, but they willbe judging us on the community

projects that we will be doing be-tween now and Septemberwhen themain show will take place,” shesaid.

Asafika has been involved in anumber of environmental basedevents.

She said she has been visitingschools, including St Patrick’s Sen-ior Secondary School, to raiseawareness about environmental is-sueswith activities including clean-up campaigns, tree-planting and re-cycling activities.

Last week Saturday, Asafika paida visit to the Tsolo College of Agri-culture alongside the Minister ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisher-ies, Senzeni Zokwana.

The Miss Earth SA programme isaimedat empoweringyoungwomenbetween the ages of 18 and 28, instill-ing awareness of environmental is-sues, a passion for humanity and adedication to Mother Earth.

Asa is currently doing an intern-ship at the OR Tambo District Mu-nicipality’s Department of Environ-mental Resource management. Sheis studying Environmental Scienceand Business Management at theNelson Mandela Metro Universityin Port Elizabeth.

Mthatha’sMissEarthSA finalisthasapassionfor conservation

< Asafika Mzinjana (23) fromMthatha has been selected as aregional Miss Earth SA finalist.

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PROJECT Isizwe, in partnership withSES, a world-leading satellite operatorwith a fleet of over 50 geostationary satel-lites, launched a free WiFi project in Lus-ikisiki andMount Frere last week that willempower the youth in the area by givingthem free access to information and educa-tion.

The aim of Project Isizwe is to bring freeWiFi to public spaces in low-income com-munities in South Africa and connect peo-ple for education, economic developmentand social inclusion. The Eastern Capelaunch followed on the success of theTshwane network that was launched onNovember 2013 and had since grown toover 660 000 users at over 575 sites.“As we are celebrating Youth Month

during June, it is important to rememberhow important it is for the youth in SouthAfrica and especially those in rural areas,to connect with the world for training andlearning purposes. By opening the doorsto the world through giving them free ac-cess to the Internet, we are giving them op-portunities to become employable and con-tribute to the economic development of theprovince,” said Zahir Khan, Chief Opera-tions Officer of Project Isizwe.“Youth unemployment figures are very

high in SouthAfrica and specifically in therural areas, due to lack of education andtraining. The best and quickest way to findinformation about education and trainingis the Internet. We are excited to be in-volved in another free WiFi project thatwill enable rural communities to con-nect.”Project Isizwe partnered with SES to

bring free WiFi to the Eastern Cape.Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou, Senior Vice-

President, SES Commercial in Africa,said: “Satellite is the key element to ena-bling this service to the unconnected be-cause of its extensive coverage. Also,building fibre or wireless backhaul infra-structure to connect unserved areas likeLusikisiki is very capital intensive, whichis why the satellite link is so competitive.SES has the global infrastructure in placeto rapidly deploy these kinds of servicesand this is the reason SES could assistProject Isizwe so quickly to achieve theirgoals.”The free WiFi at the Ingwe TVET Col-

lege’sMount Frere and Lusikisiki campus-es makes it possible for the Department ofEducation to deliver internet access oncampus and surrounding areas. The ruralarea provided an ideal place to test the sys-tem. The Eastern Cape was also ideal be-cause it is as rural as you can get, but alsodensely populated.“We believe until we could solve the con-

nectivity problem there, connectivitywould always be a problem,” Khan said.

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TO give emotional support to theDepartment of Social Developmentand Special Programmes staff ofthe OR Tambo district, the depart-ment, together with the OR Tambocouncil of churches, held a prayersession last week in Mthatha.

The prayer session was held atUnity Hall last Wednesday withrepresentation from all Depart-mental offices of the local munici-palities within the OR Tambo re-gion.District Manager, Nomsa Titus,

said as the department that dealswith vulnerable people who facevery bad situations every day, theydecided to hold a prayer service tohelp heal the officials and to revivetheir minds emotionally.“We are always expected to offer

counselling to the affected familiesor individuals, but we have no oneto counsel us. The incidents wecome across every day have a wayof affecting us badly – hence thisprayer session,” said Titus.She added that for the officials to

produce positive outcomes, theyneeded to be in a better space as faras mind, body and soul are con-cerned.Titus made mention of some of

the incidents they deal with, whichinclude rape, child abuse, child ne-glect and killings of the elderly.Ntombizonke Mabhongo, Corpo-

rate Service Manager, said theprayer day will definitely yield apositive outcome.“We have not only focused on the

social workers, who are mainly the

field workers, but we are also pray-ing for the administration staffwho assist the field workers withresources to enable them to dotheir work,” said Mabhongo.The prayer list for the day includ-

ed the employees’ families, employ-ees against drug abuse and employ-ees in the workplace.OR Tambo Council of Churches

Chairperson, Rev. Vusumzi Mabo,delivered the sermon for the day.

Social development staff blessedwithprayer session

=Social Development staff attendinga prayer session last week at UnityHall.

;Ministers from the OR TamboCouncil of Churches who attended aprayer session for Social Developmentemployees, were the Chairperson Rev.Vusumzi Mabo, Chairperson Rev.Zandile Boyce, Rev. Nolulamo Majikiand Rev. Nelson Noqobo.PHOTOS: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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A St John’s College Grade 12learner is determined to contin-ue with his efforts to collectclothes for needy children.

Nguye Mahlangeni has estab-lished a campaign called Touch-A-Heart to spread theword to theMthatha community and sur-rounds to help collect clothes tobe donated to vulnerable chil-dren.“My vision came into exis-

tence when I won the iNkosi Al-bert Luthuli OralHistory compe-tition last year at a provinciallevel and made it to the top 8 attheNationals,” saidMahlangeni.He said he had a

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ple joining me inthis campaign sothat we can collecta lot of clothes toenrich the lives ofthe children whohave been unfortu-nate to lose boththeir parents,” hesaid.

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gether with his friends, they arealso aiming at spending a daywith these children, to let themknow that they care.“The mission is to bring hope,

comfort and love to the hearts ofthose individuals, so as to light-en their days for the better,” hesaid.To get hold of Mahlangeni,

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MLIBO Qoboshiyane, MEC for Ru-ral Development and Agrarian Re-form, promised to fast track accom-modation plans for Lilitha Collegeof Nursing’s Mthatha campus.

Qoboshiyane said this during theYouth Day celebrations held at thecollege last Monday, a day beforethe public holiday.“Our struggle these days should

be about improving working condi-tions including constructing an ac-

commodation building for this cam-pus,” said MEC.In2010, the collegemadeheadlines

after it was discovered that the stu-dents lived in appalling conditions.Sicelo Gqobana, who was then MECfor Health, closed down the hostelwith plans to have it improved.“We, as the government of the Af-

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Mjali said they started celebratingYouth Day at the campus last year.Among their aims was to identifycurrent struggles and educate eachother on better ways to addressthese.“The day was a great success this

year and we are very thankful to ev-eryone who took part in commemo-rating the day that was very tragicin the history of this country,” saidMjali.

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MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Mlibo Qoboshiyane (inWhite shirt), with King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality and Lilitha NursingCollege representative and the college's SRC behind during the June 16commemoration held at the college last week. PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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daleuMnuPhumzileKraziyauthebathabatheisigqibo sokuba le tumente bayi bambe rhoqoxa kuyi June 16. Ukanti ibi kokuqala besenzalo mdlalo. Lawo maqala athe thabatha inxax-heba awagodukanga nje esonge izandla kokoaye onwatyiswa ngezipho ebezi suka kwabanoTaxi.“Sizama uku ncedisana nabantwana bethu

ukuze baphume baphele etywaleni nase kuse-benziseni iziyobisi. Kwaye size misele nok-wenza abantu bali bone icandelo le Taxinjenge lisebenzisana nabantu, sikwa funakananjalo ukuba qinisekisa abantu ukubasayekaukubangabanini beTaxi abalwayoko-kosijongenenokusebenzisananoluntu,”kube-ka uKraziya.Woleke ngelithi ngenyanga ka April baye

bamba udlwabevu lo mthandazo nalapho be-bethandazela khona ingozi zemi gaqo kunyenezithathu zabo ukuze zinga bandakanyekikwiingozi futhi zinga tshayisi nabantu.Ukanti alishumi eline sine amaqela athe

athabatha inxaxheba kumdlalo webhola ye-nyawo. Amaqela amathathu ahambe encumi-le ngenxa yezipho azifumeneyo. Iqela i-Elliot-dale FC igoduke nomfaniswano webhola (soc-cer kit) nanjengoko iye yahlala kwindawoyokuqala. Iqela eliye laba kwindawo yesibiniyiXuba United FC yona igoduke ithwele ib-hola kunye nemedals ebezi khatshwa yi R500.Kwelinye icala ibhola yamantombazana iN-

etball kuthe kwaphumelela kwakhona iqelalase Elliotdale, lagoduka liphethe umfanis-wanowebhola (netballkit),Kubeselekulande-la iqela iCwebe nalo lagoduka liphethe iR300kunye nebhola. Ukanti amaqela ahlale kwin-dawo yesithathu neye sine wona agoduke na-wo ephethe ibhola. – REPORTER

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THE Department ofSocial Developmentin conjunction withthe Department ofSport, Recreation,Arts and Culture,hosted GoldenGames for OlderPersons last week-end at the NgqeleniSports Grounds,Nyandeni Local Mu-nicipality.

The GoldenGames are held an-nually and rotatefrom area to area.The participants, 60years and older, arefrom the five munic-ipalities of the ORTambo region.ORTambospokes-

person for Social De-velopment, Nomas-akhe Nonxuba, saidthe Department hasa section that is spe-cifically tasked withensuring that olderpersons live withintheir rights; are notviolated; have a safehome and have foodon the table.She said the Gold-

en Games Pro-gramme is to helpsenior citizens withhealth issues suchas high blood pres-sure and to encour-age exercise whichwould decrease thechances of gettingsick.Mr Mbiza, who is

the Older Person Fo-rum’s Chairpersonand a pensioner,said that thesegames make themforget about theproblems they wereexperiencing whilegrowing up.“We thank you,

Social Develop-ment, because nowwe are able to live ahealthier life, andwe will live longer,”he said.The games consist

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THE Provincial De-partment of Labourhosted a drive lastThursday in Mthathato provide an oppor-tunity for job seekersto register on its database.

The drive was heldat the Civic Centrehall in Norwoodwhere unemployedyouth came in num-bers to register on thedepartment’s database, toincreasetheirchances of gettingemployment.

Bheki Gama, ChiefDirector: ProvincialOperations, said intheirdailyoperationsthe Department has aresponsibility to con-tribute to employ-ment creation by en-suring that peoplewho register as workseekers are bestmatched with oppor-tunities available inthe labour market.

“Today we assistedjob seekers with em-ployment counsel-ling, life skills and jobhunting skills, in-cluding ways to drafta CV and preparingfor interviews,” saidGama.

Councillor SogaMlandu from KingSabata Dalindyebomunicipality saidthey welcomed theidea by the depart-ment to bring servi-ces closer to the peo-ple.

“King Sabata Dal-indyebo is a rural-based municipalitywhere such opportu-nities are scarce. Ouryouth have limitedknowledge and thisoutreach will shedsome light on the un-employed youth tochange their situa-tions for the better,”said Mlandu.

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There were also big crowds for the thirdWin-a-Merc draw at Cleary Park in Port Eliza-beth, with big cheers greeting the news thatJoy Petersen had won the glitzy car.

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IN fulfilling its legislative mandate of provid-ing care, support and protection to children,the Department of Social Development andother stakeholders, commemorated its annualChild Protection Week Campaign at Ngweka-zana location in Mount Frere.

The campaign focuses on raising awareness,as well as mobilization of all sectors and com-munities towards understanding the perspec-tive of holistic development of children regard-ing their care and protection.The theme for this year’s week was “Work-

ing Together to Protect Children.”“The Department believes that protecting

children and creating a safe and secure envi-ronment is everybody’s responsibility andchildrenbelong to familiesandshouldbecaredfor in their families,” said Goodness Miya, So-

cial Manager from the Department of SocialDevelopment.The commemoration took the form of a dia-

logue where five areas of discussion were es-tablished,namely, SexualAbuse (Men),Physi-cal Abuse (Women), Emotional Abuse (Olderperson), Child Neglect (Children), FinancialAbuse (Youth).There was commonality among outcomes

from different commissions such as that thecommunitymust be vocal in condemning sex-ual abuse. Parents were also warned to stopexcessive punishment or to use their chil-dren’s grant money for personal gain. Menshould abstain from bad behaviour of bribingyoung girls with the aim of sleeping withthem.“It must be emphasised that when a child is

raped, such a case must be reported to the au-thorities,” saidThabileMnjenje one of the res-idents.

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= School childrenalso attended thechild protectionweek sessionorganised by theDepartment ofSocial Develop-ment.

;Mr SiphesihleNgculu, facilitatoras well as SocialWorker from theService Office inMount Ayliff,during ChildProtection Weekwhich was held atNgwekazanaLocation.

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Hayi asiyazi ukubamakuthiweni xa kunjeUyazi sometimes siphela sidideka ukuba

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omgosi? Inene siyakhathazeka nyhani xa si-bona abantu abatsha besenza izinto ezitenxi-leyo kungakumbi ngosuku lwabo.Benze ntoni makwedini?Musani ukube nijikeleza ngathi yinkukhu

izakubeka iqanda apha.Andithi siya kwi-June 16 eFreya (Mt Frere),

mara ngoku sehla ngendlela sigqithe zipho-koka ii-taverns zakhona lulutsha sicinge uku-ba mhlawumbi basothatha isibindi sokujon-gana neenkokheli zabo kuba bakhona abantuabanjalo.Even though it is not on ukuba yonke into

ozakuyenza uqale ngejiki.Okay, siyofika phaya. Sifika abona bantu

baninzi bababadala, ikhona nje imbinana ek-ubonakala ukuba i-focus shame.Okay, iqhubeke inkqubo sothuswe ngaban-

ye kwalapha emcimbini bamana ukuzeba si-cinge ukuba bayochama nathi sithi masikesitshone ngapha kutshonwa khona kuba si-preswe nangumchamo.Hawwu!!Sazithela kwimidludla yeebhotile ezina-

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Aisha!!Kona, kona bekufanele ukuba ababuthinti

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ye phaya etownulutsha selumnyamakhuthsuseliqhawula nokuthetha oku.Sebejoyinwe ngabanye abafake izikipha

zombutho.Kuyacaca moss siyakuba neenkokheli ezi-

ziintseli-manzi.

I wonder ukuba likhona na ilizwe elikhoke-lwa zizidakwa. Mawwwuuu!!!

Ithini kanti le nto ithi exboyfriend?Sometimes we fail to understand ukuthi ab-

antu banjani or amagama how they interpretthem.Sibone amanye amagqiyazana enyathelana

strong apha eLibode.Kuthiwa ke they are former buddies but

now they are fighting for the ex-boyfriend ofthe other girl. Wenze ntoni ngoku u-boy-friend?Kaloku uvele wathandana nomnye kwezi-

friends ngoku wakwata omnye esithi ungath-andana kanjani nomntu endandithandananaye sakugqiba kuba zi-friends.Hawu!!!Andithi naye uthi wayethandana naye?

Ngoku ke yintoni engabangela ukuba esi sibi-ni singathandani kuba bohlukana nje.Or kufanele ahlale kude kube nini and in-

tombazana nayo ayivalelekanga ukuba in-gangathandani no-ex abahlobananga for thatmatter apho ngesisithi angathandana kanjino-ex kasisi wakhe.Perhaps if siyihlalutyawrong don’t hesitate

to respond by dropping an email kwi gossipteam, so that we can share your view.Hayi, shame babethene kwamdaka iisali

kungekho namntu ulamlayo and they arestrong both of them.I wonder ide yaphelela phi na, kuba sibethe

iTur-turu yethu yaqhwitha ngelixa beselebekrazuleleni iipmahla soyika ukuvezelwaiinyama ezikude nathi.Ingathi kungathiwa uyaxelelwa uBawowethu waseMazulwini

Uyazi bafethu no one wishes for anybody todie mara sometimes you ask yourself whyMrso and so dies instead of someone else who isrelated or brother to the deceased because heis useless.If we are hurting anyone in our utterance

please forgive us.Last week we attended a funeral of our

friend in Small Pot (Mbizana).The funeral was well attended by well-

known people include uGesh.

And you can see the deceased was trying toput his family on the map in his locality butunfortunately the monster which is deathseized him before he completed his mission ofchanging the face of his home.We heard that only his brother now has

been left behind to carry on with the baton.Shame, since the guy was so close to us we

asked the people to show us the guy.Then we called him so that we could intro-

duce eachother sincehis brotherwas ourbud-dy. Tjo!!Kuvele kweza into oyibonayo ukuba imny-

amamba itshongelibomvu iliso eli lokungala-li, xa ivula umlomo kuphuma inkephu-nke-phu yevumba lotywala.We introduced ourselves and we chatted.

Hey, uyabona nje ukuthi lo mntu ngeke aq-hubeke nale ibisenziwa ngulo mjita.Wasigqiba ngokuthi asibizele ecaleni si-

cinga kukhona into ebalulkileyo azoyithetha.Wase watsho ukufaka isandla kwipokothoyadyasiyangaphakathiwakhupha isimehlanisebrandy if not ugologo kwipokotho wafunasibethe nathi.Hayi bhuti asibethi emngcwabeni uxolo.

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lukumezekayo. Sharp, sinithanda nonke.

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THE management team of the 2010 StormBreakerswishtothanktheirmembersandfansfor their support throughout the 2014/2015 sea-son.

Speaking on behalf of the management team,Songezo Madyibhi said they would furtherwish to thank their players for their commit-ment shown and for giving their supporters lit-tle reason to be upset.

“Our players did well under the captaincy ofPiwe “Rocky” Mtyana and our Coach Mr Maz-wi “Mara” Hlazo, said Madyibhi.

He also said that they would like to thank the

entire management team which consists ofhimself, Nkululeko “Dolphin” Mtsotso, Bavuy-ise “Jola” Tshitshi, Thembela “thera” Madyib-hi, Mveliso “Computor” Mtsotso, Mxolisi“Mthiya” Vusani and organisor Lusanda May-eza.

“I would like to promise our supporters thatwe will come back with a bang again for2015/2016 season.

“I hope that this time around we will contin-ue to the next level.

“I would also like to encourage our support-ers to continue giving us their support,” saidMadyibhi.

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UMASIPALA wesithili seAmathole ubu-bambeimidlaloyendebekaSadolophu,nala-pho bekuqobisene amaqela ebhola ekhaty-wayo, awombhoxo, nabephuma phantsikoomasipala abasixhenxe abaphantsi kwal-ona weAmathole kwidolophu yaseDutywangempelaveki esiyisingelayo.

Iqela elibezintshatsheli kwibhola ekhaty-wayo ibenguMbhashe emva kokuba ubetheiNgqushwa ngamanqaku amane kwamabi-ni (4-2) xeshikweni kukhatywa ipelinati.Omabini lamaqela adlale ntanganye nge-qanda macala kwixesha ebelimiselwe lom-dlalo.

Kumdlalo uwonke avelise amathubaacacileyo lamaqela omabini kwisiqingathasokuqala nesesibini, kodwa iifolosi ebezi-botshiwe macala kuwo zibonakalise ubu-thuntu xeshikweni ziphosa inkitha yaman-qaku.

Nanjengoko ibengeyobhola ekhatywayoyodwa ibidlalwa kulendebe kaSodolophu,kwelinye icala iqela laseMnquma kumb-hoxo liwabethe omathandathu amanye am-aqela ebephuma koomasipala abohluken-eyo phantsi kwe- Amathole.

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GONE are the days when the rural youthhad to travel long distances by bus to cele-brate Youth Day in the urban areas.

The youth of Hlabatshane location inMthatha ended the belief that they had totravel to urban areas in order to commemo-rate June 16 and instead hosted celebrationsin their own backyard.Thousands of youths from around Hlabat-

shane gathered at the Hlabatshane SeniorSecondary School (SSS) grounds to cele-brate June 16 through sport. This was thebrainchild of the Hlabatshane Youth Devel-opment Structure.The chairperson of the structure, Sibonile

Matyeni, said they wanted to change the be-lief that this day is celebrated only in theurban areas.“Here in the localities our youth is faced

by challenges of drugs, unemployment,HIV/AIDS and a high rate of school drop-outs. So this is why we have decided to hostthis event close to them to share informa-tion so that they can be armed with knowl-edge to surmount such challenges,” saidMatyeni.Among the people whowere invited to the

event were National Youth Development

(NYD), Love Life and the main sponsor ofthe event, Mthatha Built It.As the day was celebrated through sport,

the codes that topped the agenda were soc-cer and netball. There were two soccerteams that participated in the tournament,while there were six teams participating inthe netball code.Prizes consisted of kit, prize money and

balls and there was also an award for thetop goal scorer of the tournament. The net-ball winner was Izinyoka and Fast Elevenwon the soccer.Matyeni said they are trying to keep the

youth busy and away from drugs, usingsport as something which could improvetheir lives and keep them fit.He said their wish was to host the tourna-

ment annually and to attract more youthfrom surrounding communities. Hethanked the sponsors of the event, high-lighting Vodacom and Build It.

Rural youths celebrateYouthDay in their backyard

;Fast Eleven (in red) in action against Hlabat-shane United during the June 16 celebrations atHlabatshane SSS. Fast Eleven won the match by1-0 and became the champions of the tourna-ment. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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