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BUNTU GOTYWA

COOPERATIVEGovernanceandTra-ditionalAffairs (Cogta)MinisterDesvanRooyenlaunchedacampaignforzero-deaths in initiation schools lastThursday,with thewinter initiation

season already under way.Thewinter seasonsignals thestart of the initi-

ation period. This traditional rite of passage issupposed to be celebratory moments for manyfamilies, but during this time many insteadmourn the loss of their children.According to Van Rooyen, communities and

thegovernmenthadcometogether to suggest in-terventions that would curb the high number ofinitiate deaths.“In2015,duringthewinterandsummerinitia-

tion seasons, some 101 initiates lost their lives,mostly in the Eastern Cape, and in the last 10years there have been an estimated 1 000 penileamputations,” he said.Last year, the Eastern Cape had the highest

number of initiate deaths – a total of 40 out ofthe 101 (Chris Hani 15, Joe Gqabi 8, Alfred Nzo6, OR Tambo 6, Amathole 4 and Buffalo City 1).TheCooperativeGovernance andTraditional

AffairsMinistry and the institution of tradition-al leadership, working with other stakeholders,will run with a message that will be consistentthroughout the initiation season and will havea clear objective – “We Love Our Tradition, WeValue the Life of Our Youth” in pursuit of thezero-deaths campaign.

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THE stalling case involving five pupils fromthe Efata School for the Blind and Deaf hasonce again been postponed – this time untilJuly 11.The latest postponement was to allow for

theDirector ofPublicProsecutions todecideon whether or not to prosecute.Thepupils are accusedofmurderingEfata

deputy principal Nodumo Mdlelenmi-Mzi-mane in July last year.The five appeared briefly in the Mthatha

Magistrate’s Court last week.Luthando Silwana, LungaKhimbili, Zuki-

le Danti, Siwaphiwe Maboleka and Phila-sande Kinase are out on bail of R1 000 each.The case has been postponed several

times because of difficulties in securing anacceptable sign language interpreter.

The accused spent more than threemonths in custody while their bail applica-tion continued,withonepostponement afteranother.Their bail application was finally able to

start when the state managed to provide athird sign language interpreter to work onthe case.The defence has on numerous occasions

accused the state of delaying the case, with

defence lawyer Buntu Qakumbana sayingthe delays were not in the interests of jus-tice.The five pupils all face murder charges

after the brutal killing of Mzimane.They were arrested soon after Mzimane

was found lying inapool of bloodwithmulti-ple stab wounds inside the school premises.The knife used to kill her was still lodged

in her back when she was found.

Case of Efata School for Blind andDeaf learners accused ofmurder postponed again

Continued from front page . . .

Corporative Government and TraditionalAffairs spokesperson, Mamkeli Ngam, saidthe department is ready for this year’s initia-tion season as they aim for zero deaths.Door to door campaigns and radio station

campaigns are some of the implementationscarried by the department this year.Ngam said initiation forumshave been set

all over the province.“As the department we are more than

ready, we have been campaigning all overthe province and meeting with all the stake-holders. You have to know that traditiondoes not kill, but there are reckless peoplewho perform this tradition.“This is why we have decided to strength-

enourpartnershipwithpolice to ensure thatall those responsible for the ill treatment ofinitiates are brought to justice.“Police have a monitoring plan which we

believe will help curb the deaths of initi-ates,” said Ngam.

He said the forums have been set up in alleight Eastern Cape municipalities, but willhave special focus on the hotspots, which in-clude, OR Tambo, Joe Gqabi and Chris HaniDistrict municipalities.The department and its stakeholders have

also created an initiation hotline where peo-ple whowitness wrongdoings in the name ofinitiation will be able to call and report theincidents – 0800 111 166.“Again, we have held several meetings

with the National Director of Public Prose-cution, theSAPS, thenational initiation taskteam and the Ingoma Forum, aiming at dis-cussing and reducing the high numbers offatalities and ensuring that perpetrators arebrought to bookwithout delay,” VanRooyensaid.“We will work with everyone in justice

and security, including the Hawks, to dealwith wrongdoings. We will continue to closeillegal schools like we did last year,” VanRooyen added.He also said the safety of initiates was not

only the responsibility of the government,but also that of society. “We call on everyparent to play a part in ensuring that theirloved ones return home safely by only usinglegal initiation schools. Responsible schoolswill not take any boy without the consent ofhis parents and they only operate withingovernment health guidelines.”Van Rooyen urged South Africans to re-

port illegal initiation schools to law enforce-ment agencies so that owners could be ar-rested and prosecuted.ObedBapela, DeputyMinister inThePesi-

dency, said they recently launched a hotlinein Mount Frere, a process that was led byNkosiMatanzimaandNkosiMahlangu fromthe National House of Traditional Leaders.“Traditional leaders in the Eastern Cape,

including Imbumba Yamakhosikazi Kom-khulu, continue with the successful out-reach programmes. One of them was in Bi-zana where various stakeholders have beenengaged, including the youth, parents andtraditional leaders. We are running a paral-

lel programmewhere therewasan initiationlaunch at Chris Hani by the Initiation Fo-rum,” Bapela said.On Tuesday an Initiation Imbizo Ngolwal-

uko, championed by the House of Tradition-al Leaders, was heldwhere vehicles formon-itoring initiation schools were presented.

Challenges around initiationThe challenges around initiation schools

that lead to fatalities include initiationschools that do not adhere to stringent quali-ty health standards, unqualified traditionalsurgeons and schools oftennot having safetymeasures in place.Other causes of deaths during initiation

are pneumonia, dehydration due to notdrinking enough water and deprivation, as-sault, botched circumcisions and conditionsrelated to mental sicknesses.“It is in thismatter that initiates and care-

givers are advised to drink lots of water be-fore, during and after the initiation to pre-vent dehydration,” Van Rooyen said.

Campaign launched to curb initiatedeaths

THE body of Pamela Burns (68) of Port StJohns, who went missing on Friday, wasfound near Mthatha on Sunday.According to police spokesperson Captain

Mduduzi Godlwana, her body was found withbulletwounds in the upper body in bushes clo-

se towhere her carwas found earlier, near theMthatha Damnext to Rosedale village outsideMthatha.Burns livedalone inherhouse inSecondBe-

ach Road. Her son, Mike Grobbelaar, becameconcerned when he noticed that someone had

tried to withdraw money using his mother’sbank card in Libode about 2am on Saturdayand again about 11am the same day.Godlwana said aman (25) hadbeen arrested

in connection with the kidnapping and mur-der of Burns. – ALVENÉ APPOLLIS

MissingPort St Johnswoman’sbody foundnearMthatha

The body of Pamela Burns (68) of Port StJohns was found near Mthatha after she wentmissing on Friday in a suspected kidnapping.

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BUSINESSPEOPLE throughoutthe Eastern Cape are expected toflock in large numbers to Mthathafor the launch of the Eastern CapeChamber Of Business (ECCOB) atthe Savoy Conference Centre atnoon tomorrow.

ECCOB’s secretary and launchcoordinator, Mthatha business-man Andile Nontso, said ECCOBwas being formed to unite Eastern

Cape businesspeople to speak inone voice on issues that affectedthem all over the province.“We have the construction and

tourism sectors, retail and generalsupplies sector, agriculture andmining, the funeral sector, IT andmanufacturing sectors, hawkers,social facilitation and training sec-tors and the motor industry, fueland health sectors,” he said.“All these have their own lead-

ers who lobby for the needs of sec-tor members.

“To join, SMMEs pay only a R500membership fee from March 1 toFebruary 28 of each year and theyget membership cards.”He said they would always en-

sure that their members were thepart of the provincial data baseand participated in sector issues.The chamber includes men,

women and young people and aimsto ensure that SMMEs are devel-oped and given space to grow.“We negotiate with the govern-

ment, municipalities and the pri-

vate sector so that all SMMEs arepaid within 30 days,” Nontso said.“We also make sure that all gov-

ernment work is distributed fairlyto all SMMEs.“No one company gets a provin-

cial tender without the participa-tion of local SMMEs. All projectshave aminimumof 35% local bene-ficiation and we even want to in-terdict companies that do not ad-here to this.“Our mandate is also to negoti-

ate with the South African Reve-

nue Services (SARS) and Depart-ment of Labour to be flexible whendealing with SMMEs and to pro-mote them and not kill them,” hesaid.Reliable sources say the cham-

ber is negotiatingwithmunicipali-ties for them to treat businesses ac-cording to size when it comes towater, electricity and rates char-ges.The chamber is also champion-

ing a black bank that will assistSMMEs with access to finance.

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BUNTU GOTYWA

A POLAR Park informal settle-ment woman has accused herward councilor of dereliction ofduty by refusing to offer assist-ance in her struggle to get a newhome.

Nothemba Neti has been home-less since 2013, after heavy rainsand the overflowing MthathaDam swept away her three-roomhouse.The mother of two said she had

been in and out of the King Sabat-ha Dalindyebo (KSD) municipaloffices for the past three years,begging them to assist her in re-building her home.She said disaster management

had promised to offer assistance,but needed a letter from her wardcouncillor.

She claimed the councillor,Thula Mapekula, could only tellher he could not provide anyform of assistance to her, al-though other disaster victimshad been helped.“I was in Libode before I came

back and found my house gone,”she said.“I then went to a municipal

building where other victimswere housed, but I was told I waslying when I said my house hadalso been washed away.“I was not there when they

called for people to vacate the ar-ea, so my name was not regis-tered and they refused to registerit after I came back.“Mapekula tells me he won’t

help, without offering me anyreason, and now I have lost ev-erything.“I was self-employed, doing

wedding and funeral videos, butI lost all that and am now strug-gling to support my kids,” shesaid.Mapekula said Neti’s case was

not a special one as many peoplehad not been helped after the dis-aster.He said it was not true that he

was refusing to help her as themunicipality was still lookingfor land to move all the residentsof Polar Park who had built hous-es in the disaster- prone area.Mapekula agreed that some af-

fected by the disaster had beengiven temporary structures andothers not.He said disaster management

was responsible for offering as-sistance after a disaster such asthe one that had hit her.It was not about him writing

a letter for her assistance.

Nohope of new home for disaster-hit woman

Nothemba Neti next to what used to be her home. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA


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EIGHT historically disadvantagedMthathalegal professionals have been recognisedand rewarded with tools to grow their prac-tices, while at the same time advancingtransformation of the legal sector.

Representing two spheres of the legal in-dustry that are heavily reliant on one an-other, the four Mthatha advocates and fourattorneys were honoured at a consultativeworkshop in Mthatha recently.The event was hosted by the Attorney De-

velopment Fund in partnership with Lexis-Nexis South Africa – a leading provider ofcontent and technology solutions for the le-gal, professional and academic sectors –and Korbitec – developers of market-lead-ing desktop software, online products anddata solutions for all spheres of the SouthAfrican property industry.The eight candidates are the latest benefi-

ciaries of LexisNexis South Africa’s Advo-

cate Advancement Programme and its newAttorney Advancement Programme, bothof which aim to foster and promote entre-preneurship among previously disadvan-taged, newly qualified legal professionalsby reducing the financial burden on themas they establish new practices.LexisNexis South Africa’s commercial di-

rector, ThaboMolefe, said: “This is the startof great things to come and our way of en-suring that independent, black legal profes-sionals are able to level the playing field.“Starting a legal practice requires a big

investment in technology and superior le-gal research tools.“Through these programmes we are hop-

ing to lighten the load for PDI legal profes-sionals to advance the rule of law, in linewith our company’s underlying global pur-pose,” he said.At the workshop, LexisNexis honoured

advocates Mzamo Swana, Zuko Badli, Zan-dile Ndesi and LungelwaMncotsho-Boya asthe 2016 LexisNexis Advocate Advance-

torney Advancement Programme, a newpartnership launched at the consultativeworkshop by LexisNexis, its division Kor-bitec and the Attorney Development Fund.Three attorney firms – Lesley-ann Raunel

Brauns of Lesley-Ann Brauns & AssociatesInc, Zuko Tshutshane of Z Tshutshune At-torneys and Zincedile Monde Tiya and Sim-phiwe Patric Pata of Tiya Pata Attorneys –received the same package.A fourth attorney – Mr Ganga of QT Gcan-

ga and Associates – received a packagesponsored by Korbitec which includes 12months of free platinum access to the My-LexisNexis online research tool, and a 12-month 3G data contract, including sim cardand modem.The Mthatha legal team expressed its

gratitude for the initiative.

Hugeboost forMthatha ‘legal eagles’

From left areSimphiwe PatricPata of Tiya PataAttorneys, Macken-zie Mukanzi of theAttorneys Develop-ment Fund, MrGanga of QTGcanga andAssociates, OdwaNyembezi and ZukoTshutshane of ZTshutshune Attor-neys. Pata, Gangaand Tshutshune areamong four Mthathaattorney firms toreceive sponsoredtechnology and legalresearch tools fromLexisNexis and itssubsidiary, Korbitec.

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Advocates MzamoSwana, LungelwaMncotsho-Boya andZuko Badi are threeof the four 2016LexisNexis AdvocateAdvancementbeneficiaries fromthe Mthatha branchof the Eastern CapeSociety of Advocates.

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ment beneficiaries from the Mthathabranch of the Eastern Cape Society of Advo-cates.They each received sponsorships valued

at more than R56 000, which include 12months of free platinum access to the My-LexisNexis online legal research tool, a lap-top and a 12- month 3G data contract, in-cluding sim card and modem.Through a programme endorsed by the

General Council of the Bar of South Africa,the four advocates are among 52 nationallythis year – and more than 174 nationallysince the programme was started in 2012 –who have received such sponsorships at acombined value of more than R9 million inthe past four years.As of this year PDI attorneys are being

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A DONATION made last Friday bythe Mthatha police’s Women’s Net-work and Men for Change broughtback memories of the generosity ofSister Mary Paule Tacke, who washijacked and killed in June 2014while she was on her way from oneof the orphanages she worked at inNorwood.

Members of the Women’s Net-work and Men for Change donatedgroceries, toiletries, cleaning mate-rials, bedding and clothes totallingR15 000 from their own pockets tothe BethanyHome of Safety and theThembelihle Home.All these institutions are under

the umbrella of Ikhwezi Lokusa.The twohomeswere ledbyTacke,

who organised everything for thehomes to survive and ensured thatthe children who stayed there hadsomething to eat and to wear.After her death the homes’ hopes

of survival were shattered, but theWomen’s Network and Men forChange revived those hopes.This initiative was led by Mthat-

ha cluster commander Major-Gen-eral Sizakhele Dyantyi.He said the initiative was part of

ChildProtectionWeekandaimedatensuring that the police also tookpart in changing the lives of thepoor and were part of society bycontributing something.He said they also wanted to show

that the police were not only fight-ing crime, but also taking part inchanging lives.Colonel Bongiwe Fikela, a cham-

pion of the Women’s Network, saidthey were doing this in the name ofTacke, who had been one of the es-tablishers of thesehomes as far backas 1998.“We decided to support the chil-

dren of both homes during the clos-ing of Child Protection Week in the

name of Sister Tacke, who was tak-ing care of both homes before shewas killed,” she said.“We are trying to close the gap left

by the death of sister Tacke as wellas identify challenges in the homesand assist where we can.”She said they were also engaging

with the government to providemore support to the homes.

Rose Kagumbi, the director of Be-thany, expressed her gratitude forwhat the SAPS had done for bothhomes.“We are humble, happy and smil-

ing about this generous support. Wereally appreciate it,” she said.“The donationwill play a cardinal

role in the lives of the 74 childrenwho are staying in Bethany Home.”

PumezaMqhayi, who is a directorof Thembelihle Home, said the soulof Tacke was happy to see that therewere people who were following inher footsteps because she had beencommitted to helping abandonedand hopeless children.“After her death it was painful be-

cause she was the pillar of bothhomes in getting something to feed

the children.“But it seems as if God has also

come with another provision tohavepeople like theSAPS to supportthe poor children of these homes,”she said.After handing over the donation,

the delegation, led by Dyanti, laidwreaths on Tacke’s grave in the Ikh-wezi Lokusa graveyard.

Donationbringsbackmemoriesof slainnun

Laying wreaths on Sister Mary Tacke’s grave at Ikhweze Lokusa are, from left, Men for Change Mthatha cluster champion Major Zangathini Runeyi, Mthathacluster commander Major-General Sizakhele Dyantyi and Women’s Network champion Colonel Bongiwe Fikela. PHOTOS: SIM MDLEDLE

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A FUND-RAISING tournament forMthatha boxing sensation SikhoNqotholewas a success,with thepub-lic and theORTamboDistrictMunic-ipality and the Department of SportRecreation, Arts and Culture pledg-ing support to the pride of the region.

Nqothole is expected to fight in theboxing world championships in Ba-ku,Azerbaijan, fromJune 14 to 25.Hewill fight for a spot in the South Afri-can boxing team that goes to the RioOlympic Games.At the fund-raising tourney, the de-

partment pledged R800 and equip-

ment for him totalling R400.The municipality pledged to buy

him sporting gear.District director Mike Sodo said:

“As we speak now, that money is inhis bank account.“Bydoing sowe support the boy be-

cause he is doing big things for thisregion as well as this province andSouth Africa at large.“Thiswas not an easy achievement

to participate in theworld champion-ships, so by supporting him we needthe other young people to follow inhis footsteps.“There is no doubt that he is going

to make us proud as he usually does.This boy is not a fluke,” Sodo said.

Sikho’s family thanked allwhohadsupported the fund-raising tourna-ment.His mother, Joyce, said they were

humble about the success of theirson, and she wished him a successfultrip as they hoped to see him compet-ing in the Olympic Games as hedreamed of.On behalf of the municipality, Si-

yakholwa Mlamli said they were ful-ly behind Sikho, stating that he wasthe pride of the OR Tambo region.“This youngboyhasmadeORTamboproud of himandwith the supportweare giving him he will conquer theworld,” Mlamli said.) See another boxing story on page 15.

Boxing fund-raiser a success

Sikho Nqothole, in front wearing a white vest and a cap, with his family during his fund-raising boxing tournament inMthatha last weekend. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

MTHATHA EXPRESS | THURSDAY 9 JUNE 2016 NEWS 7

THE link betweenanimal and humanhealth, combinedwith the need for ru-ral communities tobe capacitated in im-proved animalhealth has seen theHealth and WelfareSector Educationand Training Au-thority (HWSETA)commit funding to avariety of animalhealth projects andprogrammes overthe last 18 months.

Communitiesfrom the Alfred NzoDistrict are the latestbeneficiaries ofHWSETA fundingand 400 individuals,cooperatives andsmall businesseswillreceive training invarious animalhealth skills pro-grammes. Of thisnumber, 200 will befunded for entrepre-neurial skills work-shops.

While the fundingwill benefit 400 peo-ple directly, it will befar-reaching as theskills and knowledgegained will benefitthe community atlarge through im-proved animalhealth-care in the ar-ea.

The programme isthe result of a part-nership between theHWSETA and AlfredNzo DevelopmentAgency (ANDA) inMount Ayliff.

The partnershipwas celebrated at afunction at the royalresidence of ChiefSigcau in Ntabanku-lu on May 26.

Honourable Mad-zikane II, CEOofAN-DA said the partner-ship would help im-prove the area’seconomy and createjobs.

“With 18% of thepopulation of AlfredNzo being function-ally illiterate, thuscompounding thechallenge to createmuch-needed jobsfor the more than290 000 unemployedpeople, the pro-gramme by ANDAand HWSETA is thecontinuation of theirefforts tobuildcapac-ity and skills thatwill stimulate the re-gional economy,which will not onlybringhopebutcreatejob opportunitieswithin our local con-text,” said Madzika-ne II.

HWSETA CEO,Yvonne Mbane, saidthat tomeet thecoun-try’s need for animalhealth, to facilitatetransformation anddrive skills develop-ment within the vet-erinary sector and tocapacitate rural com-munities in terms ofanimal health werekey deliverables forthe HWSETA.

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There is a need for strong prayersDear readers, we don’t know what is hap-

pening to this beautiful lady South Africaand hope that God will save us from thismonster we are faced with.Every day we hear terrible stories and

sometimes you ask yourself if these are re-al people who commit such actions or arethey just devils sent by Satan to ruin theworld?A terrible incident that took place in

Limpompo left us with a big questionmark.Where did we lose our human decency?Is our Heavenly Father punishing us be-

cause of our sins?Mmm, we don’t know sifuna nje isitya

emnyameni ngale mibuzo engaphenduleki-yo.Was the strange act that occurred in Lim-

popo really committed by normal people?We heard that two five-year-old girls

were kidnapped while they were playingnear their home and their lifeless bodieswere later found hanged in trees.And it was reported that they had also

been raped and two men had been arrestedin connection with this incident.It was not enough for these criminals to

cause the pain of raping and stranglingthem, but they also decided to hang theirbodies.You cannot say that a person was in his

normal senses while he was committingsuch senseless crimes.

I think the government needs to look atother ways of punishing these criminals,so that they get scared of committing suchdisgusting crimes, because it seems thatkeeping them in jail eating the taxpayers’money is not enough.

Asikuko nokuba uphakamile xa un-gammiseli umntu owayesisityebiPeople in Express land have a belief that

xa ngeeTuru-turu zethu singazimiseli ezi-former ‘big shots’ siziphakamele. Kanti itis not like that.Uyazi xa umntu wayemkhulu ehlon-

itshwa ehambela phezulu wena wawupha-ya ezinyaweni zakhe uhlala umoyika noku-ba se-down and out. Ude sometimes woyikenokumkhwelisa oku kwembala kwisithu-thi sakho kuba kaloku ucinga ukuba waye-hamba ne-class ethile, so ngeke akwaziukukhwela kule yakho imoto.Uyazi mfethu there was a guy phaya eU-

TA who used to be a big shot. Sasikude lekune class yakhe. Ngoku sebetha ngezika-Faku utamkhulu kaGesh. So, le outie siyi-bona yehla ngeenyawo ngo-Wesley Street.Wow!Siyibethe inciphe iTuru-turu singajongi

nakwi-mirrors ukuba usibonile na ukubasingoobani. Kukhalaza iloja likaGesh ebe-nalo apha emotweni ukuba kutheni emshi-ya omnye umntwana kanti uyamazi. Loqueen kaGesh naye uva kuba ebaliselwanguGesh ukuba da man used to be a big guy

in UTA driving fancy cars. Sisi, asikuba be-simxhomela qha ise ingathi iTuru-turu istoo down ukuba ingakhwelisa yena and wewere not trying to class him even thoughhe is down and out. Lady, to be honest besi-soyika ukumkhwelisa, hayi ukuba sinenxanaye, as you know that we respect humans.

If you are chosen by God, respect thatIf you were lucky enough to be chosen by

God to be a better dignified, respected per-son, so nawe you must respect that and al-ways be humble to the people who see youas their role model.Wow! Strong words makwedini, I wonder

what are you going to say? Okay come clos-er sikuxelele iindaba ezi ungazaziyo.Mmm. When I grew up in a poor family

in rural town of Maxesibeni, there was arich family that was respected all over thelocality.We even respected the children from that

family who went to school in town becausesome of them were humble. But there wasa grootman who always treated others likeslaves.After departure of their parents on earth,

he became the head of the family.Even the gogos who used to get help from

his late father were treated like dogs andubhuti wayeshayela top. He had a decentjob because he had a decent education.The people in the area ended up calling

him ubhulu because wayefaka emseben-

zini and ekhaba if you are not performingyour duties.Nam Gesh I became a victim one day as

wasiqesha ukuba sithuthe izitena iminiyonke emveni koko wasifokofisa esithi asi-zukufumana mali. Umenzi uyakhohlwakodwa umenziwa akakhohlwa.Nam Gesh sendikhulile ngoku ndinezin-

to zam le outie kwathi kwakuphela ubutye-bi yanyamalala phaya elalini.Ngoku sendilapha kwi-gossip team ndizi-

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ime nengudu never mind ukuthi ngeyanto-ni. Indijonge ithi awungonyana ka-George?Yes, Grootman ndinguye. Andikhum-

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THE governing body chairperson at Phangin-dlela Junior Secondary School, Mandisa Gcolo-thela, says the children can go ahead and writetheirmid-yearexams,butthestrikeattheschoolwill continue.

The school in Maqomeni location, Mqanduli,called off classes at the start of the examinationslast week.The demand is that the school be rebuilt and

the protest is aimed at getting the attention ofthe Department of Education.Gcolothela said they had been struggling for

a week to meet with education district directorTemba Dyasi and they would take thematter tothe provincial department should they notmeetwith him this week.The governing body said earlier the children

would not write their mid-year exams until thedirector providedadate for the rebuilding of theschool.Pupils andparents are complainingof conges-

tioninclassroomsandsayschoolsthathavefew-er learnersintheareahavebeenbuiltwhiletheyare below them on the list.

“For the sake of the childrenwedecided to letthemwrite the examsand call off the protest fornow.“Butwhile they are busy in the classroomwe

will continue with the fight.“The director has been promising a meeting

with us every day for the past week and keepson cancelling at the last minute.“Nowwewill also take thismatter to the pro-

vincial education department because we willnot stop with the protest. We need the school tobe built,” Gcolothela said.Some classrooms at Phangindlela accommo-

date more than 90 pupils in a single classroomand children say it makes it difficult to concen-trate in class.AmaHegebe clan leader Chief Phathekile Dil-

izintaba Holomisa visited the school last week.He said the disruption was not good for the

education progress of the pupils.He said government officials were responsi-

ble for the chaos at schools by not providingenough information about government pro-grammes.“They are the reasons that people burn

schools in someareas because they are frustrat-ed,” he said.

Protest set to continueatMqanduli school

Pupils outside the school gates during lastweek’s protest. PHOTOS: BUNTU GOTYWA

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A STOKVEL team from Mthatha ended inthird place in the much-anticipated 2016 Stok-vel Cooking Challenge finals that were heldover thepastweekendat theFoodTownHyperin Rustenburg, North West Province.

The S’nako Stokvel from Khwezi township,Mthatha, surprised many during the toughprovincial finals in East London recentlywhen they became winners and paved theirway to representing the province in the na-tional finals.The country has seen the best stokvels

across South Africa cook their way to the lastround of this exciting competition.The teams against which they battled it out

in the final included the Love Thy NeighbourWomen’s Club from Soweto in Gauteng, theMasisizane Club fromUmlazi in KwaZulu-Na-tal, and the Reiteretse Stokvel fromCenturionin Pretoria.These teams won the semifinals in their re-

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prize, provided byWhite Star Maize Meal andRoyco.S’nakowas established in 2014 byninemem-

bers, all married women, and they supporteach other during parties, bereavements,wed-dings and so forth.“It has been awonderful journey andwe are

so proud of the finalists who participated inthis ultimate challenge,” White Star market-ing manager Mokhele Makhothi said.“All the competing stokvels make a differ-

ence in their communities, proving that bycoming together and working as one, they canachieve a great deal.”The stokvel teams’ stories began when they

submitted a recipe of their choice, photo-graphs of their stokvels and a motivation let-ter sayingwhy they should take part in thechallenge.From more than 600 entries, 12 teams were

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Mthathastokvel club comes third innational finals

Lucia Mthiyane, left, with S’nako Stokvelmembers Vathiswa Gcikiza-Ntabeni, NnehelengMajiza, Akhona Magwentshu and, right,Siphokazi Mdlankomo. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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WHEN it comes to senior citizens, their livesshould not only be celebrated on selected holi-days.This is the view of a church organisation

known as Ibandla lasemthini.The church went out of its way to celebrate

Mother’sDay,withaspecial focusongrannies.Members of the church brought the elderly

women ofQweqweandZimbaneMbana speial

clothingandentertained themwith traditionaldances and music.Church chairperson Nontembiso Nongqika

said this was a way of uniting the communityby showing the importance of caring for oldercitizens.She said they were trying to bring back the

spirit of Ubuntu and unity while making suregrannies did not feel neglected.“Ourmothers and grandparentswe are cele-

brating with today are people aged between 70

and 91,” Nongqika said.“In most cases they are forgotten during

these celebrations of women and mothers, sowe wanted to make this day special for them.“We knowMother’s Day has long passed but

that iswhatmakes this one special becausewewant to show they are always appreciated fortheir roles in our lives.”PaulinaNtombendalaMaqungo, 97, spoke of

how thankful shewas for the good effortmadeby the church to show they still had a purpose

in life.“I am the only one left inmy family, but now

I feel there is a reason I am still here at thisage.“Iamvery thankful to Ibandla lasemthini for

their effort in taking care of us old people,”Maqungo said.The church says it believes gestures like this

will go a long way in strengthening relation-ships between neighbours, especially in ruralareas.

Church focuses on elderly women by spoiling them forMother’s Day

Ibandla lasemthini celebrate grandparents day with elderly ladies from Qweqwe village.PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

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LOURENS SCHOEMAN

A YOUNG man from Elliot recently partici-pated in the 2016 World Classic Bench PressChampionships and the 2016 Arnold ClassicPowerlifting Championships, placing se-cond in both competitions.

Edgar Katushabe (23) is a BA Honours hu-man movement science: biokinetics studentat the NelsonMandelaMetropolitan Univer-sity (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth.Katushabe injured a muscle in his upper

arm and tore a cartilage in his knee duringrugby matches and then decided to give up

rugby and move on to weightlifting.The reason for this?“Rugby is much more dangerous than

playing around with heavy weights,” Katus-habe said.Weightlifting was actually the type of ex-

cercise he did to be fit for rugby.“I didmiss rugby at first, but not for long,”

he said.“I suddenly realised that I liked this a lot

more than rugby.My goal is now to take partin the World Weightlifting Championshipsnext year, after having achieved these twosecond places.”He has done professional bench pressing

for only two years now.“You practise in such a way that youmore

or less get an idea of what you can possiblyachieve. But Iwas still very surprised, proudand happy when I came second in both com-petitions.“I didn’t place anywhere when I took part

inmy first international championship – theWeightlifting Championships in Vancouver– so I am very happy that I managed to placesecond at two events.“It is proof that hard work pays off. The

competition was tough, but now I know thatif I workharder, I can do even better,”Katus-habe said.

Localmanworld’s second-bestweightlifter

Edgar Katushabe fromElliot recently participa-ted in the 2016 WorldClassic Bench PressChampionships and the2016 Arnold ClassicPowerlifting Cham-pionships, where heplaced second in bothcompetitions.

PHOTO: WERNER HILLS

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IN an attempt to develop boxing andmakeORTambo the home of the sport,the Department of Sport Recreation,Arts and Culture in conjunction withthe OR Tambo District Municipalityhave donated boxing equipment to theOR Tambo Boxing Federation.

Thedepartmenthas committed itselfto buying a boxing ring for the Water-fall Boxing Federation and OR Tambosupplied boxing equipment worthR90 000 to the OR Tambo federation.ORTambobought tracksuits, gloves,

headgear, vests, shorts, mouth guardsand takkies.The manager in the Department of

Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture inthe OR Tambo region, Mike Sodo, saidtheirmainmissionwas to develop box-ing in the OR Tambo region becausethe talent was there and just neededsupport from the government.He said it had touchedhim to see the

dilapidated boxing ring, so he had tak-en the initiative to donate one.Speaking on behalf of OR Tambo, Si-

yakholwa Mlamli said they wanted toprove wrong the belief that the onlyhomeofboxingintheEasternCapewasMdantsane.“I want to ensure that boxing is get-

ting more support from us as the localgovernment because there is an abun-dance of talent here,” he said.He said it was not the first time they

haddonated equipment as theywantedto promote boxing in this region.“We need to expose the talent at

grassroots level and produce morechampslikeSimphiweKonco,”hesaid.Tenty-one boxers will represent the

region in the Elite tournament takingplace from tomorrow until Sunday inKomani (Queenstown).LiwaMlokoti, who leads the Eastern

Cape Amateur Boxing Organisation,said his boys were ready and theywould dominate the tournament.“Weareexpectingtobecomenumber

one aswehavenormally done in previ-ous tournaments.”He said that they had selected the

strongest team and it would fly the ORTambo flag high.

Huge boost for boxing federation

In red short Siyasanga Rhubela from Ntlaza in tussle with ApheleleNyembezi during the boxing tourny to select a team to represent ORTambo region in the Elite championships in Komani. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

NCEBA DLADLA

SEVENSouthAfrican boxers are go-ing to Azerbaijan capital Baku forthe Rio Olympic Games 2016 qualifi-ers.

The Baku qualifiers will featureboxers from all over the world whoare hoping to represent their coun-tries in the Olympics in Brazil.The South African team of boxers

going to Baku are Akani Puzi (91kg)from Limpopo; Ayabonga Sonjica(56kg) from the EC; Luvuyo Sizani(81kg) from the EC; Sikho Nqothole(52kg) from the EC; Sibusiso Bandla(48kg) from the EC; Asanda Gingqi(60kg) from the EC and Sibusiso Ma-linga (64kg) from KZN. The coach isNkosinathi Hlwatshwayo of KZN.“This is a make-or-break for the

South African team, which we re-gard as the hidden treasure of open(amateur) boxing in this country,”South African National AmateurBoxing Organisation (Sanabo) presi-dent Andile Mofu said.“When we were planning in 2014,

we told these boxers that the targetwas to win the All-Africa Champion-ships, go to the CommonwealthGames inMoroccoand lastly toBakuin order to be considered for theOlympics, and so far they have doneeverything accordingly.”South Africa has never won any

Olympic boxing medal since its re-turn to international competitions.Mofu said he was certain, howev-

er, that Sanabo was not only takinga strong team to Baku, but the teamwas ready to compete against thebestin the world and continue to repre-sent South Africa in Rio.And, the boxers it seems, knew ex-

actly what the doctor required.“I held my studies in abeyance in

order to focus on boxing. The mainaim is to go to theOlympics andbring

back a gold medal,” said Mthatha’sSikho Nqothole, who is in Grade 12at Luzuko High School.He said he was looking forward to

the trip to Baku as it was the onlything standing in theway of his “ulti-mate dream” of bringing a gold med-al to South Africa.“The two things on my mind when

I started boxing in 2003 were to win

anOlympicmedal and to turn profes-sional. We have had good physicaland mental preparedness for thecompetitions that we participated insince 2014. All we can say now is, Ba-ku here we come.”An upbeat Mofu said: “This is the

team that is surely going to bringmore than one medal back to SouthAfrica.”

SAboxing teamoff toBakuforOlympicqualifiers

Back from left are, Sanabo President Andile Mofu, coach Nkosinathi Hlatshwayoand boxers Akani Puzi (91kg) from Limpopo and Ayabonga Sonjica (56kg) fromthe Eastern Cape. Middle: Eastern Cape boxers Luvuyo Sizani (81kg) and SikhoNqothole (52kg). In front are Sibusiso Bandla (48kg) from EC, Asanda Gingqi(60kg) from EC and Sibusiso Malinga (64kg) from KZN. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

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THE off-season period is when the profession-al football clubs and local teams have a look-out for players to strengthen their squads sothat they can compete with others when theseason resumes.

It seems the only Eastern Cape side compet-

ing in the National First Division League,Mthatha Bucks, have been following that cus-tom, trying to scout youngplayers so that theycan challenge for the NFD League title nextseason.Bucks posted on their Twitter account last

week that they would host trials for playersborn between 1994 and 1996.Trials will take place at the Rotary Stadium

from June 30 to July 3.Registration will be done at the stadium

from 8am and sessions will begin at 9am eachmorning.MthathaBucks finished their season in12th

position with 30 points, so it is certain themanagement are looking to strengthen thesquad of Eddie Dyaloyi, who guided his teamescaping relegation last season.

MthathaBuckson lookout for talent

The Mthatha Bucks team. The search is on for young players for next season. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

THEMnquma localmunicipality inButter-worth is to hand over two developed sportsgrounds to Cerhu and Nomaheya villagersbefore the end of the month.This was revealed by Mnquma mayor

Bhabha Ganjana while he was deliveringthe2016/17stateof themunicipalityaddressat the Msobomvu hall last month.Ganjana said they would hand over the

twograded sport fields to the twocommuni-ties with the aim of motivating youngstersto keep playing sport.“Assoonaspossiblewewanttohandover

our two new sport fields to our people. Bydoing that wewant to encourage theMnqu-ma youth to keep participating in differentsports codes and stay away from drugs,”Ganjana said.“Supportingallsportscodesisthekeypri-

ority for the municipality and we want ouryouth out there to know we are trying ourbest to develop local sport,” he said.Gradingworkonthetwoplayinggrounds

wasstarted lastyearandhasnowbeencom-pleted.ThemunicipalityhasupgradedtheMsob-

omvu ground by putting in lights so thatnight matches can be played sometimes.– ANELE RAZIYA

Sports fields boost

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Elliot, Errol and Madeira Pharmaciesare hosting a golf day and concert for charityat the Mthatha Country Club on Saturday.

The aim of the event is to raise funds fordisadvantaged children so that they can at-tend school.The owner of the pharmacies, Nontuthuz-

elo Sibango, is known for her soft spot when

it comes to the poor andalwayshelpingwhenneed be.Ntuthu,as she isaffectionatelyknown, said

with this initiative theywanted to help needychildren to buy school uniforms and exposethem to sport.She said it had really hurt her to find that

there were children who are unable to get adecent education because of financial con-straints. Sibagno said the money they raisedat the concert would accomplish themission

of helping children to go to school.“During thedaywewillhavegolf, car-wash

and family day and from 6pm the concert.“Wewill haveDJPastor of UmhloboWene-

ne as ourMC and entertaining us will be IM-IHLINZO. There will also be BethusileMcinga DJ PK and other local artists likeBushy Dubazana, Stimba Production andmany more,” Sibango said.Normal tickets are R30, and VIPs R100, ex-

cluding meals and drinks.

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