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THE United Democratic Movementin the Chris Hani region, which isstill mourning the death of threeof their candidate councillors in acar accident early in May, has re-

ceived another blow to their campaign.

The Independent Electorate Commissionhas rejected the party’s request to replace theorganisation’s late councillor candidatesahead of the August 3, elections.

The UDM councillor candidates were ZolileWindvoël, who was driving the car, as well as

Monica Sidumo and Gladys Ntuze. They diedwhen the private car they were travelling inleft the road and rolled while they were ontheir way back to Queenstown from a door-to-door campaign in Vaal Bank, Lady Frere onWednesday, May 8.

Only one of the occupants in the car, LoyisoGwaza, survived the accident.

Windvoël was going to contest for the coun-cillor position at New Bright in Mlungisi,while Sidumo was earmarked for a ward in Ez-ibeleni with Ntuze eyeing a ward in Zola,Thornhill.

The party claims that a day after the tragiccar accident, they contacted the IEC national

office notifying them of the unplannedchanges. The IEC reportedly responded afterfive working days, last week Wednesday anddenied their request.

Sub-Regional Chairperson of the UDMChris Hani region, Mthuthuzeli Hokolo saidthey were disappointed about the way inwhich the matter was handled.

“We notified them of the deaths of our coun-cillor candidates in less than 24 hours timeand according to the IEC’s policy, parties areeligible to make changes in their candidatesbefore the printing of ballot papers which wason May 25. So we really don’t understand howthey came to such a decision,” said Hokolo.

He also extended words of thanks to mem-bers of the community and other political par-ties who supported them in their time ofmourning. “We are thankful to everybodywho came to support us, particularly mem-bers of the Economic Freedom Fighters, PanAfrican Congress, Congress of the People andthe matured members of the African NationalCongress who understood that death is not po-litical but natural,” he said.Express made calls and sent emails to the

national spokesperson of the IEC on Mondayseeking clarity on why the UDM’s request wasdenied, but no response was provided by thetime of print.

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The St Mathew’s AfricanCatholic Church in theEastern Cape Diocesehosted the eighthwomen’s conventionwhere five parishes fromacross the Eastern Capegathered for thethree­day event inEzibeleni over the pastweekend. Pictured hereare African CatholicChurch members whomade sure that attend­ees of the conventiondid not go hungry. Readthe full story on page 6.

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THE Independent Police Investiga-tive Directorate (IPID) is investigat-ing a claim by a 16-year-old Grade 10pupil andher family that shewas as-saulted by a Queenstown police offi-cer during a drug raid at her fami-ly’s home.

The girl missed her maths examsecond paper two weeks ago follow-ing the alleged assaultwhich left hertraumatised and with an injuredhand.According to her father (whose

name is withheld by Express to pro-tect the identity of the minor), agroup of police officers stormed intotheir home, saying they weresearching for drugs.The father said the armed officers

had taken him to their vehicle andhandcuffed him.“They rocked up at my house say-

ing they were searching for drugswithout even identifying them-selves or showing a search war-rant,” he claimed.“When I started questioning

them, they started threatening mewith pepper spray and took me totheir vehicle.While I was there theywent inside the house and I followedthem,” the father said.He further alleged that the police

had locked him inside the house andhadbegunassaultinghim, sayinghehad hidden the drugs.During the raid, the daughter was

outside the house and saw throughawindowwhatwas going on inside.She screamed for help from theneighbours.The girl said when the police fi-

nally opened the door she acciden-tally bumped into one of the officerswho then allegedly slapped her.“As I walked through the door I

bumped into one of the memberswho was standing by the door andshe hit me in the face. I lost my bal-anceandbumped into theglass doorthey had broken and that is whereI cut my hand,” the girl said.The incident happened a few

hours before her exam that wasscheduled for noon. She was takento hospital to be treated.“I was so traumatised. I thought

they were going to hurt my dad,”she said.The father was arrested on char-

ges of possession of drugs and re-leased on bail. The girl and her fa-ther claim he was framed.“While my father was hand-

cuffed, oneof theofficerswent to thebathroom for a few seconds andreached into his pocket and cameback shouting, ‘I have found it’,”said the girl.According to the father he was de-

nied access to his chronic medica-tion while in police custody.Neighbours deny knowledge of

any drug dealing at the house.“If these people were dealing with

drugs we would know,” one of theneighbours told Express.

“The SAPS just can’t accept thatthey are losing the battle againstdrugs and corruption in the area, sothey set up and arrest vulnerablepeople to seem effective.”Another neighbour said, “We

don’t say they must not do their job.We fully support them, but they

must not violate people’s rights. Theill treatment of community mem-bers by the SAPS is rife in Queens-town.”The girl has subsequently written

the exam she had missed.Queenstown SAPS spokeswoman

Namhla Mdleleni confirmed that a

case had been opened against theSAPS for investigation.“We are talking about a matter

that involvesSAPSmembers andwecan’t investigate ourselves so thecase has been passed on to the Inde-pendent Police Investigative Direct-orate (IPID),” Mdleleni said.

Pupil (16)missesexamafteralleged copassault

The injured hand of a Grade 10 pupil after she was allegedly assaulted by SAPS members hours before her exam.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE fifteen people who are fac-ing charges of attempt to defeator obstruct the course of justiceafter they were arrested duringthe violent taxi strike recentlywere granted R500 bail by theQueenstown Magistrate Court.

The fifteen men spent fourdays in custody at the police cellsand were finally released on bailon Wednesday last week.The defence advocate, André

Dorfling, submitted sworn affi-davits of all fifteen as part of thebail application and they weremarked as exhibits.

The state prosecutor, LewisSinclair, said the state did not op-posebail.“The state has received all the

proper bail information and thestate suggests that bail be anamount of R500 each,” he said.Dorfling said there is a mutual

agreement between the state and

the defence that bail be madeavailable to all accused.

. In another case the womanwho is accused of the murder ofher husband who was a police of-ficer was also granted bail by theQueenstown Magistrate Courton the same day as the taxi driv-ers.

Thembela Mtwa was grantedR600 bail recently and her casewas postponed to August 8 forfurther investigation.Speaking during the bail appli-

cation, her attorney, BizmarkBoqwana, said there is no directevidence that links Mtwa to thecommissioning of the crime.

Taxi strike protesters get bail after four days in custody

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THE Nomzamo NeighbourhoodWatch has called on the residentsof Mlungisi not to buy stolengoods as they are encouragingcriminals to rob their homes.

The crime fighting organisa-tion had recently recovered twoTVs and video recorders after aseries of house breakings in Nom-zamo location.Speaking about the achieve-

ment, Nomzamo NeighbourhoodWatch chairperson, MnqophisoNaye, urged the community towork with the police in their fightagainst crime.“We have our programmes that

we do on weekends and recentlywe received a complaint from oneof the residents that his house

had been broken into and a TVand his phone were stolen. Wemanaged to track down the crimi-nals and we recovered thoseitems,” he said.He said they had also recovered

a stolen video and DVD players.“We handed those to the police

for further investigation. Ourproblem in the area is that peoplelike to buy stolen things and thatis bad,” he said.Naye said by buying stolen

goods people are encouragingcriminals to break into people’shouses.“We encourage people to come

and join us in the fight againstcrime in our area as we are a non-political organisation. We wel-come people from any politicalparty as long as they are preparedto fight crime,” he said.

Crime fightingorganisation calls on communitynot tobuystolengoods

Nomzamo Neighbourhood Watch members with the stolen goods they recovered during their raids recently.

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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma will be officiallyopening the multimillion rand Ncorha wa-ter treatment works in Ncorha at IntsikaYethu Municipalty at 10am tomorrow.

The initiative has been funded by the De-partment of Water and Sanitation to thetune of R64 million and it will benefit 148villages from Sakhisizwe, Engcobo and Int-sika Yethu municipalities.The project has created 188 jobs predomi-

nantly benefitting local people and espe-

cially the youth and women.The Chris Hani District Municipality

has spent R264 million on the project withan additional R15 million being spent atBhanti and Fameni villages.The project is aimed at benefitting the

immediate communities surrounding thewater treatment works.Chris Hani District Municipality spokes-

person Thobeka Mqamelo said the projectis now 87% completed.

It was started in July 2012 and was dueto be completed in November 2013, but dueto the national strike and rain delays the

target date was not met.She said R76 million of the R264.4 million

was used in the water treatment works.A total of R142 million was spent on bulk

pumping and gravity pipelines; R14.2 mil-lion was spent on water reticulation inBhanti village and R5.2 million was spenton water reticulation in Fameni village.“This is one of the cluster projects under

the Chris Hani District Municipalityaimed at eradicating the water backlog inthe Ncorha area.“Currently the villages in this area are

serviced by surface water and bore-holes

which tend to be unreliable,” she said.She said due to the limited budget, the

project is being done in phases with theNcorha water treatment works being oneof the bulk supply projects.“It entails construction of the Ncorha

scheme providing 5 megalitres per day out-put water treatment works, 2 bulk pump-ing stations, 4 staff houses, 3 bulk reser-voirs, 111km of connector supply lines, 3service pumping stations, 15 service reser-voirs, 480 standpipes, 19 water metres and96km of reticulation mains,” Mqamelosaid.

President toopenwater treatmentworks tomorrow

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THE Eastern Cape Provincial Leg-islature (ECPL) in collaborationwith the Independent ElectoralCommission (IEC) is conducting avoter education campaign fromJune 20 to 25 July in a bid to per-suade citizens to use their right tomake democracy work.

The campaign is an instrumentto enhance public participation asthe cornerstone of constitutionaldemocracy.The campaign seeks to contrib-

ute towards an increase in voterturnout during this year’s localgovernment elections through a va-riety of awareness and mobilisa-tion initiatives. It is also aimed at

assisting the IEC in its task of deliv-ering a free, fair and efficient elec-tion.As responsible citizens, mem-

bers of the public eligible to voteare encouraged to participate inthe elections.Local community radio stations

will create awareness of the cam-paign.

EC Legislature conducts votereducation campaign

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE residents of Tolashe Street inMlungisihave thanked the people who have contrib-uted to the funeral of the three pupils whodied when the house they slept in burntdown recently.

Bulelani Qowa, speaking on behalf of theresidents, said they had received a warm

welcome from the local businesses whenthey asked for assistance for the funeral ofthe three pupils.“This showed us that people do care as we

managed to get groceries for the families sothat they can bury their loved oneswith dig-nity,” he said.He urged other businesses who can assist

the families to come forward and help asthey have suffered a lot.

“ The funeral was on Saturday in Dubenivillage in LadyFrere.Wewere graced by thepresence of Lukhanji municipality execu-tive mayor Nozibele Makanda and Emalah-leni municipality mayor Nomveliso Nyuk-wana at the funeral,” he said.Qowa thanked the local businesses and

asked them to do the same to other fami-lies.“The businesses that contributed – to

name a few – are Lukhanji Spar, MabhovulaButchery, Spargs Super Spar, Boxer Cashand Carry, Dr Kwaza, the Department of Ed-ucation, Lukhanji municipality executivemayorNozibeleMakanda and the local busi-nesses that are operating in the location,”he said.Qowa said there are other people that con-

tributed that he is not aware of andhewouldlike to thank them as well.

Mayor and businesses contribute to funeral of three pupils

Emalahleni municipality mayor Nomveliso Nyukwana (left) and Lukhanji municipality executivemayor Nozibele Makanda (speaking) attended the funeral. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Residents of Tolashe Street collecting food for the funeral from Lukhanji Spar. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SCHOOLS from Dongwe location in Whittle-sea and local political parties in the areapacked the Ekuphumleni community hall tocelebrate the 40 years since the Soweto upris-ing last Thursday.

The event was made possible by Queens-town’s Department of Education, Sikumthwacluster in Whittlesea.

The political parties that attended the eventwere Pan Africanist Movement (PAC), ANC,Congress of the People (COPE), EconomicFreedom Fighters (EFF) and the UnitedFront.

Speaking during the event Lukhanji Mu-nicipality executive mayor, Nozibele Makan-da, said the pupils of 1976marched against theuse of Afrikaans as the medium of instruc-tion.

“The answer they got was to be shot at bythe security police. Let me congratulate thesocial science committee of the Sikumthwacluster for the good work they have done to

organize this event. The speeches and thepoems done by the pupils here show that theyhave learnt and that there is a future for thiscountry,” she said.She said the children are the future of this

country.“The youth of 1976 played their role and

now it is theduty of theyouthof today tomaketheir mark,” Makanda said.She said in this time of democracy Komani

cannot have a hospital called Frontier hospi-tal after it was named after the frontier wars.She encouraged pupils to study agriculture

and teachers to be members of the communi-ties they work in.“We can’t blame the teachers now because

the society has changed; they have becomevictims of crime and targets to criminals,”she said.Makanda said the pupils are the future and

have the responsibility to restore the dignityof the communities.“Inequality, poverty and unemployment

are still the challenges that are faced by thisgovernment but government is still address-

ing that,” Makanda said.She said if the people are united they can

change the future of South Africa.“Young people need to avoid peer pressure

and parents need to be involved in the educa-tion of their children,” she said.

Makanda said the youth needs to read theirbooks.

“We have the degrees but we do not havethe skills to build the economyof this country.Our economy is filled with people who wantjobs. We want people who will create jobs andcontribute to the economy of this country,”she said.

Makanda said the mistake of young blackbusiness people is that they focus on tenders.

“Tendersdonot createbusinesspeople; peo-pleneed tohavebusinesses that donot dependon tenders. A business needs to start from thebottomandgrowupwithout concentrating ontenders; what ismore important here is skillsdevelopment,” she said.

Amember of the social sciences committee,Mfundo Siyo, said all political parties areunited in celebrating youth day.

“We are happy that Lukhanji municipalityexecutive mayor, Nozibele Makanda, is hereto celebrate youth day with us,” he said.

He said theyhope that themunicipalitywilladopt the programme and support it whenthey are in the new Enoch Mgijima munici-pality which is going to be formed after theelections.Zolani principal, Nyameko Ndamane, said

the 1976 students protested against the use ofAfrikaans as the medium of instruction. To-day’s youth, however, faces a different chal-lenge of drug and alcohol abuse.

“This monster is killing our young peopleand as the youth of this time we must fightit,” he said.

He said Satan is targeting young people andthey must not be lured by sugar daddies andblessers.During his welcoming address principal

Lizwe Ngalo said this is the most importantday in the history of the country.

“This is one of the corner stones of this de-mocracy and this daymust reflect in ourmat-ric pass rate,” he said

Department of Education holds youth day celebrations

Political parties, guest speakers and organisers of the youth day celebrations in Whittlesea. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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VARIOUS speakers at Queenstown’s commem-oration of the June 16 Soweto massacre tookturns on the podium tourge theChrisHaniDis-trict youth to participate in building the econo-my of the region.

Economic Development, Environmental Af-fairs and Tourism MEC Sakhumzi Somyo en-couraged theyouth in the region toventure intocareers that would develop the district, such asengineering and entrepreneurship. “Queens-town has the potential to grow into a city andcreate employment, but we have a shortage oflocalbusinesspeopleandmost-neededskills.Weneed to have local engineers whowill be part ofthe development of this area,” he said.

He also took some jabs at the country’s educa-tion curriculum.

“We can’t achieve the goals the youth of 1976had if we continue with such an education sys-tem. We can’t have engineers, businesspeople,doctors, scientists and accountants if you con-tinue studying maths literacy.Study subjects that will give you better chan-

ces of finding employment and possessing themost-needed skills in the country,” Somyo said.

He also stressed the importance of education.“The future of this country rests in your

handsas they sayyouare the future leaders, butwe won’t go anywhere with uneducated futureleaders.

“The youth of 1976 fought for you to have ac-cess to education and yours now is to seize thatopportunity. Stop digging for issues to fight forand just get educated or else you will continuepushingwheelbarrows forChinese in your landwhile they run the economy because there’s re-ally nothing to fight for.

“Also, I beg you to refrain from vandalising

property as a means of getting your voicesheard,” the MEC said.Although theMECsaid therewasnothing the

youth of today should be fighting for, someyoung people at the venue said he had no clueof the challenges faced by today’s youth.OndelaMtwazi, 25, saidhewasbeing ignorant

and delusional.“Seemingly the MEC has forgotten about the

# FeesMustFall campaign that brought thecountry to a standstill,” Mtwazi said.“Those are the issues we are faced with. Not

all of us have access to tertiary education. Wehave institutions in the Western Cape that stilluse Afrikaans as a medium of instruction andhe says we have nothing to fight for.

“What about nepotism that leaves graduatesunemployed?Whatabouttherife incidentsofra-cism and substance abuse at schools?”

Sihle Melamane, who is the spokesperson ofthe Chris Hani District South African YouthCouncil, urged her peers to consider farming asa career and away of contributing to the econo-my of the country.

“Left, right and centre we are told that thereare no jobs so it is timeweas the youth considerstarting our own businesses and create employ-ment.“For instance, here in Queenstown we have

hectares of unoccupied land which the youthcan use and start up their own farms and herein CDM land is our most precious resource,”said Melamane.

Shedid,however, acknowledge that itwasnoteasy for young black people to start up farmingas they did not own much land.

Youthencouraged toempower themselveswitheducation

Young people from all corners of the Chris Hani District and leaders of the Eastern Cape South African Youth Council peacefully marched in the streetsof Queenstown commemorating the march of June 16, 1976. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

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) Sihle Melamane: We celebratedour day in the Chris Hani District,and yes it is a commemoration butwe have to celebrate the achieve-ments of the then youth.We are living and benefiting from

their blood and sweat; hencewe cel-ebrated. We will also be celebratedby the coming youth, because thereis a lot that we have done, eventhough there’s still a lot ahead.If we continue to be realistic and

face the challenges we have as theyouth, we are going to achievemore and pave a better future forthose coming after us. To some wemight seem laid-back, but in realitywe are not.We are fighting different battles

from those of the apartheid youth.Specifically we are fighting for eco-nomic freedom and equality.

) Vuyiseka Bomela: South Africa’syouth has achieved a lot that isworth celebrating, such as access toeducation. Even the youth of todaywill be commemorated and cele-brated in its own way, because weare also fighting for the youth’srights, but we are using differentmethods of fighting.

Today’s youth is well informedand knows what channels to goabout in addressing issues or get-ting their voices heard. And fortu-nately today’s government is will-ing to listen and engage with the

youth; hencewe at times don’t seemradical as the youth of 1976.Otherwise we do have a bright fu-

ture in this country – talks of freetertiary education are underwayand it is something that we foughtfor as the youth of the democraticgovernment.

) Veli Mbele: I think our youth, es-pecially black youth, have abso-lutely no reason to celebrate. Infact, they must fear for their futureand this iswhy I am saying this: Ac-cording to the Labour Force Surveyfor the first quarter of 2016, thereare 7.5 million unskilled, unem-ployed and uneducated young peo-ple in South Africa.

This means there are 7.5 millionyoung people who wake up every-day with nothing to do.Also there are over 160 000 people

behind bars in this country, withabout 70% of them black youths.Consider the large numbers ofblack youth who can’t access terti-ary education and some drop outdue to financial constraints. Thispaints a vivid image of the futurewe are facing.

) Siyamthanda Ndlela: Yes, we havea bright future to celebrate. Thereis a lot that we have achieved eventhough we took over where theyouth of 1976 had left off.They were fighting for the abol-

ishment of Afrikaans as a mediumof instruction at schools and theywon that battle andwenow fight foraccess to tertiary education and theeconomy sphere.And today’s government is also

assisting us in many ways, alsowilling to listen, so I see a bright fu-ture ahead. But most importantlyeverything lies in our hands.

) Siseko Nkohla: The youth of thiscountry have a bright future. Theyare go-getters and now they possessthe power of education, rights andfreedom. So with such tools theyare going to unlock many doors forthemselves and the coming genera-tions. They are hands on.

‘QueenstownExpress’ readershave their sayIn thisweek’s issueQueenstownExpress reporter, SANELEJAMESaskedtheyouth if theycelebrated YouthDayandwhethertheyfeel theyhaveafuture tocelebrate.

Sihle Melamane. Vuyiseka Bomela. Veli Mbele. Siyamthanda Ndlela. Siseko Nkohla.

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

LUKHANJI municipality executive mayor No-zibeleMakanda officially launched theVusisiz-weBornFrees, anorganizationaimedat thede-velopment of young people inWhittlesea, at theSada community hall on Friday.

President of the Vusisizwe Born Frees, GlenNdubelele, said it is anhonour for them tohaveMayor Makanda attending the launch.“The aimof the organization is to createmul-

tidisciplinary entities that will empower theyouth of Whittlesea.“Duringaninvestigationdone in thearea,we

found that there are 37 villages in Whittleseawithapopulationofabout500000people.Atotalof 50%of thepopulation isyoungpeopleand theareahasahighrateofunemployment,drugandalcohol abuse,” he said.“This area used to be an industrial area

where people used to work in factories, butwhen they were closed that had an impact inthe employment of the area.“We are here to introduce a project that we

willbeembarkingonastheyouthofWhittlesea.Wewillbebuilding theWhittleseadevelopmentcentre that will assist in skills development,sport and job creation, as well as arts and cul-ture,” he said.Ndubelele said their aim is to create employ-

ment in Whittlesea.“The centrewill also helpwith local students

andpupils as therewill be a library to serve thetown. We will also have an entertainment cen-tre wherewewill assist local artists and peopleto create their businesses,” he said.Ndubelele said the sport development pro-

gramme will groom young stars.“Having this centre here will contribute to

the economy of the town and take South Africa

by storm. All the socio-economic challengesthatare facedby thepeopleof thisareawill end.Out of this centreWhittleseawill regain its dig-nity and be a home for many people who willcome here looking for jobs,” he said.Speakingduring the launchMayorMakanda

said the launch of Vusisizwe Born Frees inWhittleseawas planned to coincidewith YouthMonth.“If there is one thing that the youth needs to

know, it is that we are a democratic state andour democracy was won through the sheddingof the blood of many people. While we are free,we are not free economically,” she said.Makanda said having attained freedom in

1994 they need to understandwhat kind of free-dom they attained.“We gained political power which is highly

contested bymanypolitical parties in the coun-try.Wedon’thaveeconomicpowerandwithouteconomic power our political power is notstrong. The ANC does not enjoy the economicpowerbecause themeansofproductionare stillin the hands of the few,” Makanda said.“SouthAfricans are colonized in theirminds

and that will take this generation of young peo-ple to free this colonization,” she said.Makandasaidacolonizedminddoesnothave

confidence in itself and is a dead mind.She said there is infighting in each and every

organ of power they have in their communitiesand people are counteracting programmes thatare made to develop them.“Where there is infighting there is no

progress, that iswhat is happening inmostmu-nicipal councils. Born Frees have a challengeof seeing that their minds are not colonized,”Makanda said.“I hope the youth of this ward will be recep-

tive to this programme as it will organize themunder one umbrella,” she said.

Mayor launches Born Free organisation

Lukhanji municipalityexecutive mayor NozibeleMakanda (left) withVusisizwe Born Freepresident Glen Ndubeleleand ward councillor LulamaRasimosi during the launchof the Vusisizwe Born Freeorganisation for youthdevelopment.PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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THE St Mathew’s African CatholicChurch in the Eastern Cape Diocese host-ed the eighth women’s convention wherefive parishes gathered for the three-dayevent in Ezibeleni over the past weekend.

The convention was attended by theMotherwell parish in Port Elizabeth, aswell as parishes from Uitenhage, Middle-drift and Ezibeleni.

During Sunday’s sermon ReverendNceba Dladla called on the women to loveone another.

He told the congregation to use theirskills of evangelism to invitemore peopleinto the church.

In an interview with Express on Sun-day, Bishop TobekaHoyi said the conven-

tion was very powerful with its themecentred on John 4:29. “Come; see a manwho told me everything I ever did. Couldthis be the Messiah?”

“We also had an outreach programmewhere we went to the local prison andprayed for the prisoners,” he said.

Hoyi said they gave the prisoners hopeand made sure that they understood thatGod cares for them.

“We also visited an Old Age Home herewhere we prayed and had a very success-ful sermon. This convention was a suc-cess and not even the cold weather of Ko-mani could stop the church membersfrom coming,” she said.

Hoyi thanked the community of Ezibel-eni and the congregation for their sup-port throughout the convention.

Church holds convention at Ezibeleni

African Catholic Church leaders during the eighth women’s convention.

The Diocese committee of the African Catholic Church at Ezibeleni. PHOTOS: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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CHRIS Hani District Municipality’s budget hasgrown by a whopping 50% from R857.5millionto R1.8 billion over the last five years.

This isaccordingtothedistrictauthority’sex-ecutive mayor, Mxolisi Koyo, who revealedthese figures during the state of the district ad-dress in Ncorha village on Thursday.

Addressing hundreds of people who bravedthe cold weather to listen to the state of the dis-trict address, Koyo said at the beginning of thisterm their budgetwasR857 498millionand theywerenotgeneratinganyincomefromwaterandsanitation, as this function was managed by lo-cal municipalities on behalf of the district.

“Our revenue depended on interest from ex-ternal investments, grants from national andprovincial government, rental of its facilities,sale of tender documents to prospective suppli-ers and VAT refunds from SARS.

“InMarch 2014 our Council unanimously de-cided not to renew the contracts with local mu-nicipalities and since then our revenue hasgrown,” Koyo said.

He said this has resulted to an 88% (R623m)increase in capital expenditure.

“Ourbudgethas sincegrown fromR857.5mil-lion to R1.8 billion rand over the last five years.Our cash flow statements show that themunici-pality has a favourable cash position. The cashand cash equivalents to date showpositive cashoutlay of the municipality,” he said.

Koyosaid thatcash investmentsof themunic-ipality are reflecting R617.761million and themonthly projected operating expenditure isR71.066million.

“That means that the municipality will beable topay for theoperatingbudget expenditurein the next nine months without depending ongrants received,” he said.

He said their audit opinion has steadily im-proved since five years ago when the districtwas inadisclaimerandmoved toaqualifiedau-dit opinion.

“We welcome that slight improvement; how-ever, more work still needs to be done on reve-nue fromexchange transactions anddebtors re-lating to water and sanitations services.

“We maintain our database annually to en-sure that service providers doing businesswiththe municipality are meeting the municipal fi-nance management act (MFMA) directives,”Koyo said.

He said they have noticed a steady growth inpublic servantsdoingbusinesswith themunici-pality and they have taken themout of the data-baseandreported thecases to theoversightbod-ies.

“Wehave observed a slight improvement andcompliance to our own supply chain manage-ment policies resulting in reduced deviations,fruitless andwasteful expenditures.However, alot more needs to be done to stop irregular andunauthorized expenditures; consequence man-agement shall be administered,” Koyo said.

He said over 80% of the capital projects wereawardedtoserviceprovidersthatareat theBEEstatus level 3 that aremicro exempt enterprises.

“The district municipality established itsown indigent register during the 2015/2016 fi-nancial year. The verification of the applica-tionswas completed inMay this year and about6 060 applicants are expected to be approved bycouncil to receive subsidies for the currentyear,” he said.

Koyo further said the district has opened 18revenue customer service offices throughoutthe district.

“The district bills, prints and distributes wa-ter and sanitation accounts statements everymonth. From the start the project faced numer-ous challenges related to logistics, billing, debtcollection and date integrity,” he said.

Koyo said the process will be extended to thecollecting of property data to ensure all proper-ties are on the billing system.

“Fieldworkerswill be employed to collect thedata. The current average payment rate on out-standing debt by our customers is currentlyvery low at 12%,” he said.

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QUEENSTOWN:. Queenstown police recently busted an

alleged fraudster who is said to have beenclaiming to be an agent selling jobs at a rail-way company. The 35-year-old female sus-pect’s arrest came after three of her allegedvictims went to report the matter at theQueenstown SAPS. She was arrested onMonday evening and is set to appear beforetheQueenstownMagistrate’s Court soon oncharges of fraud under false pretences.

. Police are looking for suspects whorobbed a shop on Sunday 19 June in Cath-cart Road at about 13:30. It is reported thattwo armed men entered the shop and drewfire-arms to the employees demandingmon-ey and clothing at the shop. They managedto take an undisclosed amount of moneyfrom the till, cell phones and the clothing.Theythentieduptheworkersandranaway.A case of armed robberywas opened and noarrests have been made yet.

. The QueenstownVehicle IdentificationUnit are investigating a case of perjury inLadyFrere. It is alleged that the suspect soldhis vehicle to a Burindi national on May 5and later reported his vehicle as stolen in

Lady Frere. Police became suspicious anddid an investigation before opening a caseof robbery. On investigation it surfaced thatthe owner of the vehicle had sold it with theaim of claiming from insurance. He wasthenarrested forperjuryandwill appearbe-fore theLadyFrereMagistrate’sCourt soon.

MLUNGISI:A 40-year-old man handed himself to the

police after he allegedly killed his girlfriendon June 14 at Nkululekweni residence inMlungisi Township. It is alleged that thecouple were fighting in their shack and thesuspect assaulted thedeceasedwitha stronginstrument and killed her. A case ofmurderhas been opened and the suspectwas arrest-ed and appeared before the QueenstownMagistrate’s Court on charges of murder.

EZIBELENI:Police are investigating a case of murder

after an unknownmanwas found with stabwoundsneara tavernonJune15.Thevictimwas foundwith severalwounds to his upperbody and was taken to Frontier Hospitalwhere he died on arrival. A case of murderhas been opened and a suspect was swiftlyarrested. – SANELE JAMES

Crime round-up for the Chris Hani Region

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THE national Department of Public Workshas warned that pupils from grades 10 to 12and graduates, seeking employment, shouldbe aware of a scampromising 700 learnershipsat the department.

The scam promises to place the learners inanumberof fields suchasbrick laying, plumb-ing, carpentry, boiler making, tiling.

While the department had trained and hascontinued to train hundreds of young peoplein these fields through its Expanded Public

Works Programme, the recruitment on the in-ternet through social networks, SMS, andWhatsApp was a scam, it said in a statement.

The fraudulent recruitment site has a linkthat takes the learnership programmeseekersto a jobs departmentwebsite. The big headlineon the site reads Public Works LearnershipProgrammes.

When you click on application for jobs, itfurther links you to a Facebook sign-up page,requesting personal information like nameand surname, date of birth and phone or emailaddress.

The contact people on the site, Ester Sehla-

pelo andLindaKaseke, do notwork for the na-tional Department of Public Works and thephone numbers listed do not belong to the de-partment.

The department said in the statement thatit is anequal-opportunity employerandwouldnever exclusively advertise jobs and learner-ship programmes on the internet and socialmedia because that would exclude a largenumber of SouthAfricansnot on socialmedia.

It requests everyone interested in applyingfor learnerships at the department to verifythe legitimacy of the posts before divulgingpersonal information that may be used to de-

fraud them or compromise their security inthe future.

If in doubt, visit the nearest Public Worksoffice to verifywith theHRunit or theHumanCapital Investment unit. Alternatively, go tothe official website on www.public-works.gov.za.

The national Department of Public Workshas 11 regional offices in Pretoria, Johannes-burg, Cape Town, Kimberley, Durban, Mthat-ha, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Polokwane,Mahikeng andNelspruit. The head office is al-so situated in Pretoria, on the corner of Bos-man and Madiba Streets.

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7EntertainmentJune 23, 2016

Queenstown Express

Andriette RayBok

Friday: Dr Victor & the Rasta Rebels, ADAM, Broers,Snotkop, Andriette Norman

Saturday: EDEN, Desmond Wells, Karlien van Jaarsveld,Emo Adams, Arno Jordaan, Bok van Blerk,Juan Boucher and Brendan Peyper

Sunday: Keep it Country with the legends,Manie Jackson,Blackbyrd, Lianie May and Ray Dylan

All included in the daily entrance fee.

Live on the biggest stagein the Eastern Cape

Go to www.wildsfees.co.za for more info.Follow us on Facebook

SANELE JAMES

YOUTHFULHip Hop heads from all corners ofEzibeleni Township in Queenstown convergedto witness their local stars clash on stage in anarts festival on Saturday.

The showwas kick-startedwith a bang by lo-cal act Alwaba Tolashe, affectionately knownin the music industry as Oniel Allday who setthe bar very high for other rappers who werescheduled to perform after him. The Ezibeleni-born rapper performed two of his latest singles“Only you” and “02:00am” which sent thecrowd into raptures.

Oniel’s mesmeric delivery had the audiencesinging along and his hip hop regalia comple-mented everything. The day featured an arrayof entertainment items such as poetry and anopen mic session competition of 10 rappers.Among the contestantswasMasterLeo,Ndiva,Lunathi Pekeshe, Siphokazi Maqhina, NdivaQha Qwaba, and a duo ADC.After the battle of the MCs which was

marked by cadence and flow, it was time forwhat theorganiserof theevent,LandileMaciti,deemed the business of the day – a lecture inblack consciousness by a Johannesburg-basedessayist and black power activist, Veli Mbele.He lectured the attendees about various is-

sues surrounding the events of the June 16,1976, student uprising; how individuals andpo-litical parties have come to seek ownership ofthe day, and general challenges facing today’sblack youth.Inhis critical oration,Mbele earnestly urged

the youth of Ezibeleni Township to be realisticand spearhead the issues they are faced with.“The youth of 1976 fought against a systemwhichwasa result ofmany things suchas capi-talism, colonialism and racism and these is-sues are still alive but they have been given in-stitutionalised and nice terms.”Hewent on to say, “The fact that blackpeople

are living on the outskirts and in townships is

aresult of apartheid.Thisalonemeans the thensystemachieved its goal. The fact that the dem-ocratic system hasn’t eradicated the effects ofapartheid shows that the apartheid system’s ef-fects are still alive.”Mbele also vehemently criticised the vicious

acts of afrophobia saying the black nationshould address the predicaments that hauntthem as a group not as individuals.In conclusion of his monologue, Mbele com-

mended the strides of political parties in ad-dressing landexpropriationandownership. “Itis good to see that people have gained con-sciousnessof themost important struggles,”hesaid.

Ezibeleni Township comesalivewitharts festivalMaster Leo who was a dark horse in the competition also had the crowd nodding. Oniel Allday set the stage alight when he performed his single “02:00AM”. PHOTOS:SANELE JAMES

REPORTER

THE Master Builders Association(MBA)recentlyheldadinnerwith In-coming Queenstown Chairman, Timvan Oosten.

Van Oosten attended Queens Col-

lege andmatriculated in 2008. He fur-thered his studies at the Universityof Stellenbosch and graduatedwith aBachelor of Engineering (Civil). Hebegan working for Adrocon in 2013where he still works today.In his spare time, Van Oosten en-

joys mountain biking, photography

and the fruits of the vines in winetasting, a habit he picked up in Stel-lenbosch.

VanOostenwelcomed as newMBAchairman forQueenstown

Incoming Queenstown Chairman, Timvan Oosten (left) with MBA East CapeVice President Hilton Wait at therecent MBA dinner. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

AWEEKEND of sunny weather andclear Karoo skies is forecast for theannual SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees.“If the weather predictions are

right then we will enjoy the bestweather ever in the 15 year historyof the festival,” says director JenniHonsbein.According to various weather

sites on Friday, June 24 the maxi-mumwill be 27 degrees Celsius witha minimum of 16. Saturday, June 25the maximum will be 22 and theminimum only 13. And on Sunday,June 26 the temperature will rise to27.“It is the perfect weather for the

whole family to enjoy experiencessuch as the Zip Zap Circus, theWalkon the Wildside, the Frozen FaerieFable, a 14 metre bag jump, shop-ping at over 350 stalls, seeing the lat-est in new vehicles and farmingequipment and more.“With even the nights being

warmish we expect record crowdsfor the evening entertainment,whichwill seemany of the country’stop artists on the biggest stage in theEastern Cape,” says Honsbein.Headline acts include Snotkop

and Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebelson Friday, Bok van Blerk and Edenon Saturday, and Lianie May andRay Dylan on Sunday afternoon.They will follow a “Keep it Coun-

try” show with Lance James andother country stars celebrating 40years of Country Music in South Af-

rica.Cape Town’s legendary Zip Zap

Circus will be making its debut inthe Eastern Cape at the Wildsfees.Hosted in the Kirkwood High

School hall, the weekend shows areincluded in the cost of entry.Described as South Africa’s own

“Aussie Circus,” Zip Zap is made upof “ordinary kids doing extraordi-nary things,” according to BrentVan Rensburg, artistic director ofthe Zip Zap Circus.

“Working with a diverse commu-nity of children from all back-grounds, Zip Zap helps kids to ‘dareto dream’ and learn to make thosedreams a reality,” he says.Zip Zap shows will take place on

Friday at 11am, Saturday at 12pmand on Sunday at 11am.The gates open at nine in the

morning and the party continues tilllate in the night.Go to www.wildsfees.co.za for more

information. – REPORTER

Sunnyskies forWildsfeesweekend

Performers of the Zip Zap circus that ismaking its debut in the Eastern Cape at theWildsfees. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Monthly Unplugged sessions will see a va-riety of leading local artists performingwhile Mi Casa frontman and chef, J’Some-thing, cooks up dishes inspired by South Af-rica’s favourite stout.The first artist was Thembisile Ntaka,

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the Afternoon from 1pm to 2pm on the lastFriday of the month.On the menu in one of the latest episodes

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into strips. Leave the tomatoes as is.Thinly cover a thick-bottomed pot with 2

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ACCORDING to the household debt figuresfrom the National Credit Regulator, manyconsumers are living beyond their means.

This ranges from buying food and non-es-sential goods using credit facilities, to pur-chasing vehicles andhouses that stretch theirbudget.The result is that these consumers have

very little disposable income to absorb inter-est rate increases and other rising costs.Rudolf Mahoney, head of brand and com-

munications atWesBank, says it is importantthat people understand how their credit pro-files work – and to understand the impact ofover-indebtedness.Being financially fit has many benefits,

least of all making it easier for one to qualifyfor credit. However, many South Africansdon’t maintain healthy financial profiles,making it more difficult for them to qualifyfor credit when they really need it.A person’s financial wellness is measured

by a number of factors, so themore oneworksat being financially fit, the better the results.Financial fitness can be likened to being

physically fit – a process that involves severalthings like eating right, maintaining ahealthyweight andmeasuring yourwaistlineas you work to reach your ultimate fitnessgoal.From a financial fitness perspective, one

needs to work on lowering your credit-hun-gry tendencies in an effort to lower your cred-

it score and polish up your credit record.It takes a lot of discipline to say “No” to that

delicious doughnut or those designer jeans,because every once in a while you get a crav-ing.The temptation to binge-shop is like giving

of missing payments• He is considering debt review• The car he bought is becoming too expen-

sive to maintain as the interest rate goes up.Alarm bells are ringing, and the next time

he applies for credit he will probably be de-

clined.When you are financially fit and ready to

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in to junk food. Before you know it, you arefeeding your credit hunger and your finan-cial wellness goes off course.“With debt levels on the rise, consumers

need to know how their credit profile affectstheir present and future budgets. Theymustbe disciplined and train themselves to be-come financially fit instead of being credit-hungry,” says Mahoney.To illustrate the importance of a polished

credit profile and being financially fit, he il-lustrates some good- and bad-case scenariosthrough the lives of Thembi and John.Thembi has a healthy credit record and isthe perfect picture of financial fitness. Shehas a stable job and her scenario looks some-thing like this:• She has a good credit history• Her accounts are up to date• She can easily afford her car and repays

the loan• She is seen as a low risk by banks and

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ent. He doesn’t have a stable job and has be-come rather credit-hungry. John finds him-self in the worst case scenario:• John is a high-risk borrower as he

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10MotoringJune 23, 2016Queenstown Express

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PARENTS and pupils of Bozwana PrimarySchool in Bozwana village near Komani wereamong the 26 schools in Lady Frere who re-ceived food hampers for the school holidaysfromTigerBrandsFoundationduring their of-ficialhandingoverof thehampersonTuesday.

Tiger Brands Foundation will be handingover 5 500 food hampers to 26 schools aroundLady Frere as part of their nutrition pro-gramme.

Speaking during the event, Tiger BrandsFoundation’s executive director, Eugene Ab-solom, said they have extended their nutri-tion programme to cater for pupils duringschool breaks.

The foundation was established in 2010with amandate to invest its resources nation-ally in no-fee-paying schools, vulnerablegroups in society and projects that promotesustainable livelihoods.

“The foundation aims to impact communi-ties across as broad a base as possible,” saidAbsolom.He said oneof the foundation’s ongoingpro-

jects is the provision of meals to pupils in

schools across the country.“Since its establishment it has servedmore

than 30 million meals to no-fee-payingschools in all nine provinces. This amountsto roughly 60 000 meals to designated pupilseach day during the school term. Basic Edu-cation Minister Angie Motshekga said she ispleased with the progress of learners as a re-sult of the school nutrition programme,” hesaid.Absolom said nutrition has a major impact

on a pupil’s ability to concentrate and fullyparticipate in the learning process.“This year, for the first time, the nutrition

programmewill be extended into school holi-days,” he said.Absolom said they are in the process of pre-

paring 5 500 food hampers for distribution tolearners and their families.“We will be distributing these hampers to

26 schools in Lady Frere and one in East Lon-don during the upcoming July school holi-days,” said Absolom.“The food hamper programmewill provide

learners and their families with basic foodsupplies while schools are closed to guardagainst learners returning to school mal-nourished.”

He said while the desire is to offer theschool break food hampers to all pupils whocurrently benefit from the scheme, the re-sources available at present are limited andthe foundation has had to select areas wherethe need is most severe.

“In timewehope to be able to cover all bene-ficiaries because in some instances, theschool break does set us back in terms of thelong-term impact of the programme,” he said.Sheila Sisulu, recently appointed chairper-

son of the Tiger Brands Foundation, said thefoundation hopes to attract more long-termpartners to the programme in order to ampli-fy its impact in society.

“The Tiger Brands Foundation receivesfunding from five percent of dividends de-claredby theTigerBrandsGroup, SouthAfri-ca’s leading food producer,” she said.

Bozwana primary school principal, Wil-fred Mngxunyeni, thanked Tiger BrandFoundation for the initiative and said thehampers would play a huge role in the livesof the beneficiaries as the area has a high rateof poverty.

“This programme will change the lives ofmany people in the area,” he said.The Department of Education provincial

representatives, Ntsikelelo Vazi and Lwandi-le Mbanjwa, both thanked the role played byTiger Brands Foundation in fighting povertyin rural areas.They encouraged teachers to monitor the

breakfast that is given to children at schools,saying that it is the most important food ofthe day.

TheDepartment of Basic Education nation-al officemember in the nutrition department,Lydia Maotoe, said the partnership betweenTigerBrands and the department is one of thepartnerships that they will not lose as the de-partment.

She said as the national department theyare supporting schools that have gardeningprogrammes and with the assistance of spon-sors like Tiger Brands they have helped a lotof schools around the country.“Tiger Brands is funding the breakfast pro-

gramme which helps the pupils to concen-trate and achieve a lot in class. We supportthis partnership andwe are delighted to havethem as partners,” she said.She said they acknowledged the partner-

shipwith the foundationandwould likeTigerBrands Foundation to keep doing the goodwork,” she said.

BozwanaPrimary receives foodhampers

Parent Nosiseko Dinga and Liyema Dinga receive a hamper from Tiger Brands Foundation projectco­ordinator, Babalwa Gcali on Tuesday. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

The Department of Education and parents of Bozwana Primary School rejoicing with pupils as theyreceive food hampers from Tiger Brands Foundation on Tuesday. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

AS a company that truly cares about its lo-cal community and wants to ensure vulner-able children are kept warm this winter,Sasol is calling on members of the publicto donate blankets to its nationwide blan-ket drive with a customer reward of freecoffee.

The blanket contributions will be distrib-uted to children undergoing facial surger-ies as part of the Smile Foundation’s na-tional surgical programme.The Smile Foundation is an NGO that ho-

listically assists children with surgicallytreatable facial conditions. It not only helpsfacilitate free corrective facial reconstruct-ive surgeries, but also ensures these youngbeneficiaries receive the right pre- andpost-operative care.

“Corrective facial re-constructive surgeryoffers new hope forthese children andtheir families, butit’s imperative thechildren receive theright care beforeand after their oper-ations,” explainedHedley Lewis, execu-tive director of the Smile Foundation.“In winter, that means staying warm

while theymake the often very long and dif-ficult journey to the hospital, and keepingopportunistic infections at bay whilethey’re in recovery and return home aftertheir surgeries. This blanket drive helps us

address both those very important is-sues.”

Lewis added that the Smile Founda-ti on would be grateful for any

blankets the public couldspare, including new blan-kets. “Due to our multi-disci-plinary approach to thesepaediatric surgeries, we sup-port the children right

through their recovery. Aspart of this, we take into consideration theopportunity for infections, and will be sup-plying the Smile patients with any newblankets that are donated,” he said.Older blankets that have been so kindly

donated will be distributed by Sasol and theSmile Foundation to others in need, like

homeless and animal shelters.Making a difference

“We are delighted to partner with theSmile Foundation on such a worthy initia-tive and highlight the magnificent impactthey have in changing these young lives,”explained Tilene Narainan, Sasol’s nation-al convenience manager.

“As a brand rooted in South Africa’s localcommunities, we continually strive to playa positive role in making a difference. Lev-eraging our retail network for the winterblanket drive benefits these deservingyoung children and, beyond that, othercharities in need of assistance.”

) Blankets can be dropped off at Sasol De-light stores between now and July 6.– REPORTER

Helpgive thegift ofa (warm) smile thiswinter

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE project manager of the South AfricanInstitute of Chartered Accounts (SAICA),Karin Iten, confirmed that they are expect-ing approximately 800 of the EasternCape’s top performing matriculants tospend time at Thuthuka DevelopmentCamps.

The main objective of these camps is to

improve poor high school pass rates in theprovince.According to Karin, this year’s camps

would focus on improving mathemathics,financial literacy accounting, English andScience.“With proficiencies in subjects like

mathematics and science far below inter-national standards, it is essential that par-ents, teachers, school governing bodies,

government and the private sector do ev-erything in their power to address thequality of passes that high school learnersachieve in these subjects,” said Karin.

The initiative of camps during schoolholidays is the brainchild of the Depart-ment of Basic Education in partnershipwith the annual Thuthuka DevelopmentCamps.

Established in 2005, the Thuthuka Devel-

opment Camps were created to help over-come barriers of transformation withinthe accountancy profession.“The success of these camps has ena-

bled us to highlight our role in assistingand improving the educational standardsof disadvantaged learners in South Afri-ca,” said Gugu Makhanya, SAICA’s Sen-ior Executive for Transformation andGrowth.

EC learners to go to educational camps in school holidays

11MotoringJune 23, 2016

Queenstown Express

It’s okay to stare…so it says on Ford’s websiteunderneath a photo of the newMustang. And ifthere is anything that would always stay withme about test driving the Mustang for 3 days, itwas THE STARES.Stareswhichmuchmore expensive cars have

never elicited while I were test driving them.Until driving theMustang, or should I say rid-

ing, I did not realize how many car enthusiaststhere are – no matter what the demographic –theMustangwasstaredat.Frommomsatschoolgivingme the thumbsup, to paramedics drivingpast in an ambulance applauding, to hawkersstaring somuch that they forgot to try to sellmeanything.Then therewere the comments: “HeyLady, is

that car not too powerful for you?” Or “It isn’tthe V8?? – that’s a sacrilege!!”And there is sure to be plenty of stares going

around with a whopping 114 FordMustangs be-ing delivered to customers in South Africa inApril alone – and a long list waiting for their de-livery of this iconic car. The demand has beenso overwhelming that as of November last year

– a month before officially launching here – itwas sold out through 2017.And this with a price ranging from R699 900

to R899 900.In South Africa there is a six-model line-up

with 2.3 EcoBoost or 5.0 V8 engines, manual orautomatic transmissions, as well as Fastbackand Convertible body styles.Ford says that with the new Mustang, which

is for the first time ever available in right-handdrive, they did not reinvent the iconic car, justmade it better and – 50 years on – have breathednew life into a legend.

ExteriorIt’s a design unlike any other. It has a sleek

and low body and a rather bulky and long hood.At the rear the unique design is accentuated bythe signature tri-bar taillights. And the front isso bulky, and visibility so difficult, that I did notdaretakeitonthenarrowcourseofmyfavouritetake-away’s drive-thru.Wehad to park it and goand order inside – a small inconvenience for thefun that this car is to drive.Then there is the Mustang emblem on the

front that leaves you in no doubt as to what carthis is. Sometimes it is the little things that staywith you the longest when test driving a car.With the Mustang it was the shadow of a Mus-tang screened on the pavement when you openthedoorsatnight.ThatwasprobablythefeatureI showed most people. When you open the doorat night, a light from the sidemirrors create thefigure of the horse on the road or pavement un-derneath the open door – something that has tobe seen to be believed.

InteriorThedesignon the insidewas inspiredby clas-

sic airplane cockpits with a balance betweenanalog dials and digital feedback.There is plenty of space in the front, but in

the back one would only be able to fit in smallchildren or people eager enough to have a ridein this car no matter how uncomfortable andtight the seating in the back – such as manyof my colleagues at work – who were treatedto rides in the Mustang. I have never had somany requests from colleagues to experiencea test car.In contrast to the backseat, the boot space is

actually quite impressive.The front seatsareverycomfortableandcan

be moved forward and backward electrically.TheMustangalsoboasts thebest in infotain-

ment technologywith Ford’s Sync 2 with highresolution 8-inch touch screen, Bluetooth andvoicecontrol (withwhichyoucanevencontrolthe temperature).There are multiple connectivity options de-

livered via Bluetooth, USB and SD card ports.The touch-screen also shows what the Mus-

tang’s rearview camera sees – for up to 10 me-tres behind you.Other convenience features are keyless en-

try and push-button start. To start her up, justput your foot on the brake, press the START/STOP button and you’re away (as long as thekey is in close proximity.The Key has MyKey technology which

means that the key can be programmed to re-stricted drivingmodes that promote good hab-its, such as limiting vehicle top speed and de-creasing audio volume.

EngineIt is difficult to describe the thrill of starting

the engine and hearing that Mustang’s growl

–evenif it isn’t theV8versionthatwastestdriven.The test model was equipped with the all-newtwin-scroll turbocharged2.3LEcoBoost I-4engine.InSouthAfrica theMustang isalsoavailablewitha 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engine.According to Ford’s literature, the Mustang

GT’s 5.0L engine has been expertly engineered tomaximize power from every compression, whilethe turbocharged 2.3LEcoBoost engine, gives oneexhilarating performance with reduced fuel con-sumption.Electric PowerAssistedSteering adjusts to pro-

vide one with greater control in a range of roadandweather conditions, andevencrosswindsandpotholes.And it activateswhenneeded, saving fu-el. One can choose between three power-assistedsteering settings, namely comfort, sport and nor-mal.Mustang’s SelectShift gives one the choice of

driving it manually with Paddle Shifters on thesteering wheel to shift gears up or down withouthaving to use a clutch.Using the Selectable Drive Modes, drivers are

abletoadjusttheAdvanceTracelectronicstabilitycontrol, throttle response, automatic gear-shiftpatterns and steering to match Normal, Sport+,Track or Snow/Wet settings.While theMustangV8 is thirstyas faras its fuel

consumptionfiguresgoes, the2.3EcoBoostengineismuchmorefuelefficientwithconsumptionstat-ed at 8.0 l/100km in the combined cycle, linked to179 g/km CO2 emissions.Model range:2.3 EcoBoost Manual Fastback2.3 EcoBoost Automatic Convertible2.3 EcoBoost Automatic Fastback5.0 V8 GT Manual Fastback5.0 V8 GT Automatic Convertible5.0 V8 GT Automatic Fastback

EXPRESSONWHEELS: BETTIEGILIOMEE

It’s okay to stareat the FordMustangExpress editor and motoring columnist Bettie Giliomee with the Ford Mustang that she spent threethrilling days with. PHOTO: ZELDRÉ STRAUSS SWANEPOEL

A FRIGHTENING statistic of South Africa’sroads is that between 65 and 70% of the 11.4million registered cars in the country are notinsured.If you are driving one of these uninsured

cars, you are running a major risk that canhave serious consequences in your life. It’sa situation the majority of motorists need totake heed of, and address urgently, the Auto-mobile Association has warned.The Association said a surprising number

of motorists underestimate the negative con-sequences of being uninsured, assuming thatit will never happen to them.Consider that you are driving on a four-

lane highway with three cars ahead of you,four behind you, and one on either side ofyou. If you are uninsured, five or six of thesecars will also be uninsured. If you are in-volved in a crash with one of them, chances

are neither of you will be able to afford theresulting expenses.“Paying for repairs and recovering costs

after a crash can be a slow, painful, and ex-pensive process. This will potentially leaveyou without transport, or reliant on publictransportwhere it is available,meaningyourcrash, and the result of you being uninsured,will impact on your life in significant ways,”the AA said.A further problem, the AA said, was that

up to 800 000 vehicles in SA are either unreg-istered or classified as unroadworthy, mean-ing the possibility of being involved in acrash with an uninsured car is even higher.“It is unlikely that these 800 000 cars are

insured given that their owners are not evenregistering or looking after them. These carspotentially pose a bigger threat to you as theyare unsafe because they are unroadworthy.

What would happen if you are involved ina crash with one of these vehicles and yourcar suffers substantial damages? Who is go-ing to foot the bill if you aren’t covered? Thisis a double blowbecause youmay enduphav-ing to pay the instalments on a vehicle youno longer use, while at the same time findways to fund another mode of transport.In today’s tough economic climate, this

may be financially crippling,” said the Asso-ciation. “Some people may argue that thecosts of insurance are simply too high. Ourview is that the costs of non-insurance arehigher, and that failing to properly insureyour vehicle places you at a greater financialrisk.Weunderstand that times are tough, butwe also know that motorists need to coverthemselves adequately,” the AA concluded.Formore information on InsuranceDriven

by the AA visit www.aainsured.co.za.

Automobile Association: Insurance is a necessity, not a luxury

The design on the inside was inspired by classic airplane cockpits with a balance between analog dialsand digital feedback. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

At the rear the Mustang’s unique design isaccentuated by the signature tri­bar taillights.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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A HAT trick from Nomancothse Ndleloagainst struggling All Star XI women soccerteam helped Golden City Football Clubthrash the home team 6-2 and sit comforta-bly in second position of the Sasol Leagueinland Stream at the Dumpy Adams on Sat-urday.

Golden City came to the game with a highspirit after thrashing Mqanduli Ambassa-dors 3-0 recently to close the gap betweenthem and log leaders Red Roses.On the other hand, All Star XI is yet towin

their first game of the season, despite theirgreat performance in the first half of thegame. All Star lostmomentum in the secondhalf – amove that led to Golden City scoring

four quick goals to steal the game away fromAll Star.The first half of the game startedwithboth

teams playing brilliant attacking football inthe first ten minutes of the game.After numerous failed attempts by both

teams to register their name on the scoringboard, Sinayo Kupiso was the first personto score for Golden City after an All Star’sdefender held the ball in the boxwith the ref-eree giving Golden City a penalty, whichKupiso easily put past All Star’s keeper.All Star XI had their chances, but a lack

of finishing from their strikers cost them inthe first half.After 30minutes of play time, AnathiQon-

yiweyo dribbled past two players in themid-dle of the ground, passed the ball betweentwo All Star defenders and the ball then

landed right at Ndlelo’s feet. She only hadthe keeper to beat and shemanaged to score,registering her first goal of the hat trick.All Star came back with all they had and

finally were rewarded with only five min-utes remaining in the first half, when Emih-le Mchitheka shot the ball at the edge of thebox, which deflected on Kupiso sending thekeeper in the wrong direction and register-ing All Star’s first goal of the game.The score was 2-1 by the time the teams

went to the break.Something might have been said by All

Star’s coach Ringo Klaas in the dressingroom as his team started the second half ona high note.With just two minutes played in the sec-

ond half, Mchitheka levelled the scores andAll Star relaxed after that goal.

Five minutes later, Zintle Maneli scoredthe third goal for Golden City helping herteam regain the lead.As if that was not enough, Ndlelo scored

two quick goals in the space of ten minutesto ease the pressure for her team.With tenminutes remaining in the second

half, Kupiso fired a shot past All Star’s keep-er to make the final score 6-2.Golden City coach, Monde Mnyaka, said

his team played very well and he congratu-lated All Star for their great game.“The game could have been won by any

team as both teams played very well, but weused our chances and that is why we wonthe game,” he said.Klaas saidhis team is starting to play good

football and soon they will be able to startwinning games.

GoldenCity thrashAll Star 6-2 at DumpyAdams Stadium

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE muscle junkie Louis Bessinger killedit on Saturday at the Queens Casino whenhe took home the overall title of the QueensGrand Prix Body Building competition tak-ing home the R15 000 price money.

Bessinger was the International Federa-tion of Body Building and Fitness (IFBB)junior world champion in 2012 and in 2015,he was crowned the South African champi-on in the senior’s category.The East London born muscle junkie is a

statement to South Africa’s growing bodybuilding scene, the former rugby playerwas earlier crowned the winner of the over90kg category and went all the way to takethe overall winner title.Saturday’s event attracted lots of people

from different ages as the Queens Casinohall was packed with people wanting to seethe strength and muscle that was on dis-play.The organiser of the event, John Mout-

zouris, thanked the people who attended theevent and the sponsors who made the eventpossible.

“ This event was a success and I wouldlike to congratulate all the winners andthose who did not win but participated inthe competition,” he said.He said the sponsors of the event were

VW, Breednet, Mabobula, Queens Casino,Chris Hani Department of Sport, Recrea-tion, Arts and Culture, nutritech and Joh-ny’s Gym.Moutzouris encouraged more athletes to

come to the event next year and make it assuccessful as this year’s.The winners of the all categories are: in

the juniors U18 the winner was AnamMsindwana; Lusindiso Danster took thejuniors U23 in the under 75kg category.Joshua Botha won the U23’s over 75kg,

while Ricards Yieira took home the men’s

physique category.The competition was tight in the seniors,

with Chris Nguta taking the under70kg, Xa-biso Mgidlana took the men’s physique andLwazi Buso won the seniors under 80kg.StevenDomeris took home the seniors un-

der 90kg category, with Bessinger takingthe seniors over 90kg category.In the women’s category Zenande Rose

Ngcauzele won the beach bikini categorywith Komani’s Kholeka Xintolo taking thewomen’s fitness bikini category.All the winners of the categories compet-

ed for the grand price of R15 000 for the over-all winner, which was won by Bessinger.Another athlete from Komani, Sanga Gi-

jana, took position two in the seniors under70kg.

Bessingerwinsbodybuilding title

Overall winner celebration moment from left, Department of Sport assistant director Mxolisi Vanda,event organiser Johnny Moutzouris, body building champion Louis Bessinger, Lena Moutzouris andLandile Makubalo PHOTO: TEMBILE SQQOLANA

Guest poser Bulelani Jola dancing during thebody building competition. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA