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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THREE areas in Komani will behighly affected by the watercuts in the drought stricken ar-ea.

While the Chris Hani District Municipal-ity has appealed for patience and coopera-tion as the water crisis in the Komani area

worsens, emerging businesses are alreadyreporting losses due to the water restric-tions.Chris Hani District Municipality spokes-

person Lonwabo Kowa said over the pasttwo months CHDM had introduced waterrestrictions during the day for five hours.“Unfortunately this did not alleviate the

situation at all. The demand remainedhigh, keeping our reservoirs at an average

level of 3% and affecting high lying areassuch as Magxaki, Kwathemba and TopTown,” Kowa said.He said although the district authority

did not want to speculate on whether thiswas due to household leaks, an urgent ap-peal was beingmade to households, schoolsand businesses to identify and fix all leaksat their properties.According to Kowa, residents identify-

ing leaks elsewhere may report these to themunicipality’s customer call centre on0800 100 100.He said that they have also noted that wa-

ter was still being lost at an alarming rateeven at night while consumption is expect-ed to be low.

Continued on page 5

Water crisis deepens

Shaday Suss (left) and LeahSauls were among the childrenof Hope of Charon crèche in

New Rest in Mlungisi who weretreated to hot dogs, cooldrinkand story­reading by Queens­town Express in partnershipwith Twizza on Thursday. Thevisit to the crèche formed partof a tour to Queenstown hostedby Queenstown Express fornational advertising clients andagency representatives from allover the country to show themthe town and surrounds.Full story and more photos

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

CHRIS Hani District Municipalityshowcased a greening and rehabilita-tion project in Zingquthu Village inLukhanji municipality on Friday aspart of their Chris Hani month cele-brations.

Hundreds of Zingquthu residentsgathered at Zingquthu PrimarySchool towitness theofficial showcas-ing of oneof thebiggest projects in thedistrict which has employed 160 peo-ple from Zingquthu area.The village has been affected by

hugeerosionovertheyearswhichhasresulted in the threat of dongas closeto houses and damage to the grazingarea of the village.ZiziphoMatwa one of the beneficia-

ries of the project, thankedall the gov-ernment departments, Chris HaniDistrict and Lukhanji municipalitiesfor giving them the opportunity towork.“It’s the first time that 160 people

were employed in this village. Ourparents are now relieved because wearenolongerdependingonthem,”shesaid.Matwa said through the project

some of them have obtained driver’slicences and many destitute familiesnow have an income and are able toput food on the table.“We are now contributing to the

economy of our municipality and the

local businesses and taxi drivers aremaking money on month ends. Wehope this will last for many years be-cause it has changed the lives ofmanyZingquthu residents,” she said.Speaking at the event, Lukhanji

municipality executive mayor Nozi-bele Makanda said freedom does notmean people must live in rural areasand go to town for all their needs.“We must start planting and devel-

oping the area we live in. Today gov-ernment is here so that we can reha-bilitate thesoilweliveonsothat itcanbe worked. We have to stop the soilerosion and government will makesurethatthelandisworked,”shesaid.Makanda said the residents of Zing-

quthu are part of the rehabilitationprogramme and theymustmake surethat the area is not damaged again.“Wewill open routes to channel the

water awayandplant trees andplantsthat used to grow in this area,” Mak-anda said.Shesaid theZingquthuareahas fer-

tile landwhich needs to be taken careof.“If we can plant food here, we can

be able to feed our families and sellother products to those people wholive in town,” emphasized Makanda.Chris Hani District Municipality

executive mayor Mxolisi Koyo usedthe opportunity to encourage peopleto register to vote.He said theyhave spoken to the IEC

and have agreed to go to high schools

and register pupils in the few chosenschools.“We received a report that the

EnochMgjimaMunicipal area,whichcomprises Lukhanji, Tsolwana andInkwanca municipalities, had bad re-sults in the registering of voters forthe upcoming elections,” he said.Koyo said the process will be

openedupto the firstweekofMayandpeople must come in numbers whenthey see the IEC visiting their highschools.He also warned people of the dan-

gers of climate change.“The areas that are badly affected

by climate change are the ones thatare rich or the ones that are calledsweet felt areas or the Karoo areas.These areas are sensitive when theyget too much of everything,” he said.Koyo said when there is enough

rain, the area is rich and the land isworked.“Working with the office of the de-

partment of Economic Development,Environmental Affairs and TourismMEC, Sakhumzi Somyo, we made adecision tomake sure that people livein harmony with nature, so that ourgrandchildren do not suffer for oursins,” he said.He said working together with the

office of the Local Government andTraditionalAffairsMEC,MliboQobo-shiyane, theywill support Zingquthu.“We will bring Qoboshiyane at the

end of August to come and visit thisarea,” he said.Koyosaidtheymustmakesurethat

each household in Zingquthu has atree.“We want to show you the impor-

tance of taking care of nature to fightclimate change. People of Zingquthu,here is your project – take care of it,”he said.MzikabawoMbete fromtheDepart-

ment of Trade and Industry said thedepartment is thrilled tobepartof theinitiative.“The project is to help heal the soil

which has been ruined by how theresidents used it. We, as the depart-ment,arecontributing inanumberofprojects in this municipality. We arealsoputting inmoneytorevitalize theQueenstown Industrial Zone and arealso contributing in other projects inthe area,” he said.

Greeningproject createsjobs forZingquthu residents

An example of the erosion. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Beneficiaries of the Zingquthurehabilitation project singing duringthe showcasing event on Friday.PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

LESS than a year since the hand-ing over of houses to military vet-erans inKomani, recipientsarere-porting problems with the materi-alused tobuild thehousesand fearthat the houses can fall to pieces atany moment.

In September last year, HumanSettlements deputy minister ZoeKota-Fredericks handed over 10houses to military veterans in Ko-mani as part of a multimillionrand project aimed at addressingthehousingneedsofveteransfromvarious military organisations.The programme will build 5 000

houses for military veterans andin theEasternCape over 100 veter-ans will receive new homes.The department will spend over

R40million on the project.After receiving numerous com-

plaints from residents of the newarea, Expressvisited thehouses towitness what the military veter-ans are experiencing.On arrival Express found some

of the residents busy trying toclean their houses as water wascoming inside the houses from thefoundations.Express visited five houses and

all had the same problems. Han-dles were broken, bedroom doorswere broken and taps leaking.Resident Mantombi Ncetezo

said they have been reporting thematter to the contractor, SevenSirs, since last year but nothing isbeing done to fix the problem.“The material used to build the

houses is not up to standard andthey have cracks,” she said.Ncetezo said last night, when

shewas going to the bathroom shenoticed that there was water onthe floor and she started to cleanit up.“I looked everywhere but there

was no leak in the house. I noticedthat it came fromunder the tiles inthe toilet and kitchen,” she said.She said all her taps are leaking

and the doors to the bedrooms arebroken.“They used cheap material to

build these houses; that is whyweare having this problem.Whenwereport it to the contractor, they tellus stories and donothing to fix thehouses,” she said.The Seven Sirs group did not re-

spond to questions sent to thembyQueenstownExpress. After numer-ous emails and phone calls, one oftheir employees called and prom-ised to get back toExpress but nev-er did.On Tuesday, when Express

called them for comment, a wom-an who claimed to be working forSeven Sirs but who declined togive out her name, told Express towait as they will respond to theemail, but never did.

Veterans already haveproblemswith new houses

Mantombi Ncetezo cleaning the water that comes out from under thetiles of her toilet’s floor. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

The broken handle of one of theveteran’s houses in Komani.PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Leaking taps are another problemexperienced in the veterans’houses. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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CATHCART residents have given the EasternCape Premier, Phumulo Masualle, and his gov-ernmentanultimatumtoaddress theirgrievan-ces. Failing that, violent mass protests will con-tinue.

This follows violent protests in Cathcartwhich saw vehicles being vandalised and someset alight.

Last week residents took to the streets andbarricaded the N6 route with burning tyres, re-sulting in traffic delays.

ProtestsonApril 19,werereportedlyoverres-idents’ opposition of the possible downgradingofCathcartHospital toa communityhealthcen-tre.Thiswouldresult innodoctorsbeingavaila-ble at the health institution after 16:00 and onweekends.

TheMECforHealth,PumzaPatriciaDyantyi,refuted the claims of the downgrade when shecame to town to address the public.

Residents were, however, not convinced byDyantyi’s assurances that there were no suchplans by her department.

Residentssaidtheyfearedthatshouldthehos-pital be reduced to a health centre, they wouldhave to be admitted to hospitals in East Londonand Stutterheim.

According to the Chairperson of SANCO anda convener of the demonstration, Vakalisa Ces-hemba, the protest was sparked by a lack of ser-vice delivery, inadequate provision of basic ser-vices and a number of issues which continue toanger the community.

“We have engaged the district and local gov-ernment to no avail. Hence we want the provin-cial government to intervene and failure to doso will result in consequences,” said Ceshemba.

In a memorandum submitted by the commu-nity and signed by Dyantyi, the community de-mands full functioning health institutions with

all the necessary medicines and working equip-ment such as x-ray machines and diagnostictools.

Among other demands highlighted in the pa-per which was sent to Premier Masualle, aregovernment service providers’ offices such asDepartment of Home Affairs, SASSA, Depart-ment of Labour and Department of Social Devel-opment.

Fully fledgedHomeAffairs andSASSAofficeswerecloseddownin theareaandthewholecom-munitydependsonmobileofficeswhichtheresi-dentsclaimarenotequippedwithmodern facili-ties.

“You go there for a smart ID card, and theycan’t issue them. Methods of operation have

changed inalmost everydepartment sohowcanwe continue using the same old system in thisday and age?

“This means we are left behind and one onlyleaves behind the things that don’t matter. It’sclear that we don’t matter to our government,”said a disgruntled Khayalethu Maphisa, a resi-dent from the area.

Maphisa continued saying even the mobile of-fices don’t have a convenient time scheduled.“These people just rock up when it suits themandsomeofusalreadyhavemadecommitmentson those days and we are forced to cancel.”

In the meantime Cathcart depends on majoroffices of some of these departments which are51km away in Stutterheim. Both Stutterheim

and Cathcart fall under the Amathole DistrictMunicipalityandsomeresidentswant tobegov-erned by the Chris Hani District Municipalitywhich is at least 40km away from them.

“It was better when we were under the CDMand we’d appreciate it if the ANC-led govern-mentwouldreturnus to theCDMas it is closer,”said Prudence Mkhaliphi.

Local residents also complain about the dete-rioration of infrastructure in the area whichthey claim is the reason why services such asrunning water take time to reach the public.

The disgruntled residents submitted theirmemorandum on April 21, giving the provincialgovernment seven working days to respond totheir demands.

Cathcart residentswantaction, or else . . .

Wreckage of one of the trucks which were torched on the N6 road by disgruntled protesters. They have threatened that more violence will followshould the government turn a blind eye to their demands. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

SANELE JAMES

A LOCAL funeral parlour, Sinako FuneralServices, is inadisputewithoneof itsclientsafter the company refused to pay the clientmoney for a funeral.

Receipts seenby theExpress showthat theclient, Lady Queen Dlali (60), bought funeralcover of R10 000 from the company on June6, 2012. The cover was for five of her familymembers including her mother.

According to the contract, the two partiesagreed that should the client lose a familymember, Sinako Funeral Services wouldcarry the cost of the service of R10 000. How-ever should one of the members under thepolicydieandthe funeral service isprovidedby another parlour, a payout of R5 000wouldbe paid out to the client.

In addition, theparties agreed that shoulda client use another parlour to provide thefuneral service, 40% of the payout would besubtracted from the lump sum.

According to Dlali who earns a living outof selling goods in the streets, her problemswith Sinako Funeral Services started whenhermotherpassedawayonApril 5 thisyear.

Dlali saidhermother lived inEastLondonand was buried by her sister’s policy butwhen she came back to claim from SinakoFuneral Services, the owner of the companyBathini Ntabeni told her he was not going totransact any payout for her mother’s claim.

Dlali saidwhenshewent toSinakoFuner-al Services’ offices in thePillayBuilding, thecompany had left the place with all its equip-mentandtheofficewasadvertisedasvacant.

In reaction to Dlali’s complaint, BathiniNtabeni of the funeral parlour said theycouldn’t pay Dlali because her policy was inarrears. “Her policy had a lot of problems.Shehad fourunpaidmonthsandsheonly re-ported her mother’s passing on April 11 ofwhich the company’s constitution says onemustreportadeathwithina24-hourperiod,”said Ntabeni during her visit to the Expressoffices.

Ntabeni said because of Dlali’s inconsist-

ency in paying her monthly premiums, herpolicy once lapsed. “A client’s policy lapsesat Sinako Funeral Services immediately aft-er missing one payment which is on the 5thdayofeverymonth. Ifonewishestocontinuewith their policy, such people are put on awaitingperiodof twomonthswhere theyarenot expected to make any claim,” he said.

Dlali agreed that her record of paymentswas not smooth, something which was dueto the fact that she doesn’t have a job thatguarantees her a wage at a certain date. ShesaidshetoldNtabeniaboutherstrugglesandhe seemed to understand and accepted herpayments at anytime of the month.

Dlali’s receipts with Ntabeni’s signatureshow that she paid for every month eventhough she skipped some of the months anddoubled the payments on the followingmonth. Even though this was the case, Ntab-eni continued to record Dlali’s paymentswithout cancelling her policy or telling herit had lapsed.

The concerned parties say Dlali didn’t payher premium for March and doubled the fol-lowing month in April a few days before thedeath of Dlali’s mother. Dlali alleges that Si-nako Funeral Services’ boss recorded thefirst payment but refused to record the sec-ond one.

“Herefusedtoacceptmypaymentbecausehe had learnt that my mother was late andhehad topayme.Hewanted tomake the latepayment an excuse of not paying me butwhat frustrates me the most is he continuedaccepting my money for the past five yearswithout saying a thing after I told him Iwould no longer pay on the said date and heunderstood,” she said.

When pressed to comment on the allega-tion of evading his clients, Ntabeni said hehad left his Queenstown offices because hecouldnolongeraffordtherental.Healsosaidthathe told all of his clients thathewasmov-ing to his Whittlesea offices somethingwhich Dlala deemed a lie. “He never madeany attempts to tell us he was moving out,not even a notice on the door of his formeroffices,” said a discontented Dlali.

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OWING to poor infrastructure and lackof funds, Clare Moses (71) has beenstruggling to run the Hope of Charoncrèche where she cares for more than150 toddlers in a dilapidated churchbuilding in New Rest in Mlungisi.

Moses, a mother of five children whoare nowworking for themselves, is well-known in this community for the loveof young children.“The love for children is the only rea-

son I am still continuing with thecrèche. I’ve always loved children –since I was very young – and that is theonly thing that keeps me happy,” saidMoses.“We are volunteers here; no one is get-

ting paid,” said Moses.She said when they started the crèche

they were using her home. A local pas-tor later approached them and offeredthem the use of their church.Now the crèche uses half of the dilapi-

dated church and the other half is usedby the church.“When we started, the church was in

a bad state. We used our money to fixsome of the things that were not in agood state at the church,” she said.Moses said they have tried to get a

place of their own, but their numerousattempts to get a place from the munici-pality had all failed.“We will even appreciate just getting

a site. We will try and build a shack –just to have a place where we will beable to teach the pupils,” she said.Moses said since they started the

crèche in 1998, they have never receivedany support in renovating the placethey operate in.“I love what I am doing here; I love

children and I have loved them mywhole life,” she said.She said there are times when she

thinks of giving up on the crèche, butwhen she sees the pupils, they inspireher to go forward.

. Queenstown Express in partnershipwith Twizza treated pupils of Hope ofCharon crèche in New Rest in Mlungision Thursday to a meal and cool drinkand story-reading. Read the full storyon page 7.

Hope of CharonCrèche needs help

Clare Moses founder of theHope of Charon crèchePHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

) Ozana Ndenze: I really don’t knowwhat freedom the new generationhas. Why? I don’t understand why Ihave to study for 15 years and there-after I still have to struggle to get ajob and qualify for a loan in order tobuy a house. I don’t understand howeducation is our birth right but westill have to pay for it. Every year weare short ofmillions to fund studentsat universities. Yet we have R4 bil-lion to pay for a private jet to be usedbyoneman.What ismore important?I am really lost when it comes to free-dom. The government forcefully in-stalls e-tolls and when we don’t paythemwe receive threats. Tome those

are not signs of a free country wherecitizens have to succumb to the de-mands of the government. Those aresigns of an autocratic state, not a freestate.

) Siyanda Maphekula: To me free-dom means we are free from oppres-sion and have a right to influence theoperations of our government. Thisalso means we get to choose who iscapable enough to lead us – not somedynasty where leadership is passeddown from one generation to the oth-er. But as much as freedom guaran-teesus certain rights, the samerightshave come back to haunt us some-

how. The youth of today is abusingthe rights that were brought by thedemocracy or freedom.

) Siphosabo Dlelengana:Freedomtome as a young person means to beable to learn frommymistakes. Free-domalsomeanshaving the time todothings right across the intellectualbarriers, engage with different peo-ple of different cultures and racesfreely without prejudice.

) Asisipho Nqweniso: As a youngperson, tome freedommeans havingthe right to dowhat Iwant atmy con-veniencewithoutbeing told I can’t do

suchbecause ofmyrace or the colourof my skin. It also means being freeto move to wherever I want withinthe borders of my country and freelyexpressmy viewswithout infringingon others’ rights and have a say onour government through voting forthe government and leaders of mychoice.

) Zolisa Magini: Freedom to memeans being able to engage in anyconstructiveactivitieswithout limitsfromany individual, race or even thegovernment. For me I don’t see us asa free nation; we are still being dis-criminated against and treated un-

fairly because of the colour of ourskin. But even our government issomehow using tactics which aresaid to have been used by the apart-heid regime – so in that regard I can’tregard myself as a free person. Illtreatment of people has just been in-stitutionalised.

) Unathi Debese: Freedom to memeans engaging in beneficial youthdevelopment that will help not onlyme but the future generation. It ishaving the choice to live a life I wantwithout changing my identity andgetting an education which I mustuse to change my community.

QueenstownExpress readershave their sayYesterdaymarked22yearsofdemocracy inSAaftermanyyearsofracialsegregationandcolonialism.Manystruggleheroesandheroines lost their lives fightingfor freedominthecountry.TodaySouthAfrica is regardedasafreenation.Butwhatdopeopleregardasreal freedom?QueenstownExpress reporterSANELEJAMESaskedsomeofourreaderswhatdoesbeingfreemeantothem

Ozana Ndenze. Siyanda Maphekula. Siphosabo Dlelengana. Asisipho Nqweniso. Unathi Debese.

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REPRESENTATIVES of the Department ofHealth will be visiting the Ilinge Clinic to-day to talk to staff, after numerous com-plaints by patients over the state of affairsat the clinic.

Provincial Health Department Spokes-person Siyanda Manana, confirmed the vis-it by the officials to the clinic, as well asthe fact that the absenteeism of staff mem-bers is being investigated.

Patients of Linge Clinic say they havelost all faith in the facility as they claim itsservices continue to take a nosedive.

Many of the patients interviewed by theExpress complained about ill treatmentthey had received from nurses. Some sayat times they are sent home without beingattended to by the nurses while others al-leged that they were given the wrong medi-cation.

“I was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and Iam currently taking my treatment. Whathurts me the most is when I go to the LingeClinic and I am told that they don’t havemy treatment,” said one of the local pa-tients.

Another patient, Lutho Soboyisi, claimsthat sometimes the nurses at the hospitalcome in late for work and when the patientscomplain they are told that they will not be

attended to.“Nurses here report for work at any time

and if one questions them they are told theyhave an attitude and therefore won’t be as-sisted,” he said.

In the institution’s waiting room thereare notices which read, “We apologise forany delays in our delivery of services.”

Yanga Jaxa, said she took her child fora regular check up and a DTaP-IPV-Hib4vaccination, but when she got to the clinicshe was told there was no medication andwould have to come again after twomonths.

“You sometimes wonder if they reallydon’t have these drugs or whether they arejust lazy because the person doesn’t evenshow signs of looking for that particularmedication. They just say they don’t haveit,” she said.

Jaxa also revealed that one of the nursesat the clinic used a scale for adults to meas-ure her baby’s weight – giving incorrect re-sults. “When they used the scale for adultsto measure my baby’s weight, the scale re-ported that she weighed 7.2kg but when shewas taken to the baby’s scale she was9.9kg,” said the mother.

Another patient of the clinic said whenshe went for family planning services, thenurses never bothered to take samples ofher urine to detect whether she was preg-nant or not before injecting her with thebirth control injection.

The management of the clinic, includingthe District Director, refused to commenton the allegations and referred enquiries tothe provincial Health Department Spokes-person Siyanda Manana.

Manana said the responsibility of order-ing medicine rests with the clinic and saidthe issue of telling patients to go home wasunacceptable. “We have noted the high lev-el of absenteeism by the staff and we areinvestigating that. Once the investigationshave been completed, disciplinary actionsare going to be taken,” he said.

He also confirmed that delegates from theDepartment of Health’s Head Office wouldvisit the clinic today (Thursday) to meetwith the staff.

Zamile Stormberg, who is the Chairper-son of the Ilinge Clinic Committee, saidthey were aware of such complaints fromthe public. “We are aware of this and whenwe followed up with the nurses it surfacedthat there’s bad blood between the nursesand the management, something which ac-cording to the nurses delays the procure-ment of drugs,” he said.

Healthdepartmentinvestigates IlingeClinic

The Linge Clinic which will be visited byrepresentatives of the department of healthtoday after complaints about service deliveryat the centre. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

EZIBELENI Community Works pro-gramme (CWP) members took time outfrom their busy schedules and rolled uptheir sleeves to clean and paint a house thatwas gutted by fire two weeks ago.

The owner of the house was seriously in-jured during the fire.

CWP supervisor Bulelwa Mgijima saidwhen they heard about the situation theydecided to go there and clean the house forthe man.

“We want to show the people that our du-ty is to care for our communities and helpthe needy, regardless of their gender andrace,” she said.

We cleaned the whole house and paintedthe rooms so that he can go back to his

house.“We want to help more people like him

and other victims. Our focus is not only onrape victims. We focus on everything thataffects people in our community,” she said.

The home-owner. Joseph Gabaza, wasasleep when his house caught fire

“When I woke up, the fire was all over andI was saved by the neighbours who kickedthe front door open to get inside the house.If it weren’t for them I would be dead rightnow,” he said.

Gabaza said most of his appliances wereburnt in the fire and he is now left with halfburnt furniture and broken windows.

“I am left with only the clothes that I amwearing today; everything was burnt,” hesaid.

Gabaza said he does not know whatcaused the fire.

CWP staff roll up their sleevesto help house fire victim

Community Works Programme members cleaning the burnt house in Ezibeleni.PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Continued from page 1

Hesaidrestrictionshadalsobeenintroducedfrom 8pm to 4am with areas in Komani town,Ezibeleni and Mlungisi to be affected except forthe central business district and hospitals.

“It is our hope that while we pump water intoreservoirs overnight, customers will use theavailable water during the day sparingly.”

Kowa said the Bonkolo Dam remains closedwith water relayed from the Waterdown Damnot sufficient to serve the area.

Emerging businesses at Ezibeleni claim thatthey have lost a lot because of the water cuts.

Andile September who owns a car wash anda salon in his houses said the problem has beenhappening for quite a long time and his busi-ness has lost a lot since the start of the watercuts.

“We have been struggling with water in thepast months, but recently things have changedas water is switched off at night,” he said.

He said the municipality advertised a sched-ule but they were not sticking to that schedule.

“I am suffering a lot because both my busi-nesses use water in order to operate. Since thisstarted we have lost a lot of money and my cus-tomers are using car washes in town,” Septem-ber said.

He said this had resulted in challenges fortheir household as well, but the business is theworst affected.

Nozipho Zikithi who runs a car wash and a

fish and chips shop in Ezibeleni said both herbusinessesusewaterandshehas losta lotsincethe drought.

“At Ezibeleni we have been struggling withwater for months. When the district declaredthe area a disaster area things got worse for us.I used to make a lot of money in both my busi-nesses, but now I hardly make half of what Iused to make,” she said.

Zikithi said businesses in the location arenot taken seriously by the municipality as theyare not told when the water will be switchedoff.

“Our customers also use the toilet. Whenthere is no water we cannot use the toilet andeverything comes to a standstill,” she said.

Water crisis deepens

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Hangklip’s Sports Day was held on Saturday, April 16. A total of 14 schools visited with about1 300 learners participating in 38 rugby matches and 44 netball matches. The main sponsors ofthe day were Quintice and Lucille Fouché of Queen’s Fuel. Other sponsors who contributed to thesuccess of the day were Twizza and Living Ball. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

LearnersofHangklipPrimarySchoolhavetakentheschoolyearbythehornsonall fields– fromculture tosport.

Five debaters have made it to the semi­finals of the ATKV’sdebating competition which will be held on May 20 at Outeniq­ua High School in George. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

These pupils participated in the first round of the ATKV’sdebating competition in Port Elizabeth. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Hangklip Primary is proud of Tarien Wentzel (left) who has beenselected for the Border Hockey B­team and Jana Benecke whohas been selected as a reserve for the team. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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LOCAL school choirs in the Isibane cir-cuit competed in the South AfricanSchools Eisteddfod Choral Eliminationsrecently.

The harmonious competition held atthe Skweyiya hall in Queenstown washeld inpreparation for theChrisHaniDis-trict competition.The schools competed in pieces com-

posed by various composers in differentlanguages, namely Afrikaans, IsiXhosa,SeSotho and English.Lukhanji Primary School came first in

theAfrikaans section,with the song“KomNa My Toe” composed by Chris Lam-precht with a score of 70.67, followed byVan Coller Primary who obtained 69.67.Thembelihle occupyed the third spot with68.67 points.Van Coller, under the stewardship of

Silvia Nomkhonwana, triumphed in theSeSotho section with “Botle Ruri” with ascore of 71.33, followed by Thembelihleand Lukhanji.TheNonesi school also led in the operat-

ic English piece category with “ElijahRock” earning them 70 points and a spotin the district competition set to takeplace tomorrow.

School choirs battle it out

Van Coller Primary school choristers dazzling the audience withtheir harmonious voices. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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Queenstown Express staff, Twizza representatives as well as national advertising clients and agency representativespose for a group photo at the Hope of Charon crèche. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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THREE in every ten South Africanchildren do not receive all their vacci-nations, leaving them vulnerable todeadly diseases that could easily havebeen prevented.

“Immunisation is one of the mostsuccessful and cost-effective means tosave children’s lives and help themgrow into healthy adults,” said ProfCharles Wiysonge, deputy director ofthe Centre for Evidence-based HealthCareatStellenboschUniversity’sFac-ulty of Medicine and Health Sciences(FMHS).

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children and adolescents fight infec-tious diseases and restores waningimmunity in adults. In addition tobenefits to the individual who re-ceives the vaccine, immunisationhelps protect his or her family mem-bers, friends, and the community atlarge,” Wiysonge said.

Worldwide immunisation is esti-mated topreventmore than threemil-lion deaths each year that would havebeencausedbymeasles, pertussis, tet-anus, diphtheria, pneumonia and di-arrhoea.

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. 476 000 deaths from pneumococcal disease

. 453 000 deaths from rotavirus diarrhoea

. 199 000 deaths fromHaemophilus influenzaetype b. 195 000 deaths from pertussis

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. 59 000 deaths from neonatal tetanus

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THE new Tiguan, which will be launchedin South Africa towards the end of 2016,kicks off the comprehensive SUV offensiveby Volkswagen.

It is the first Volkswagen Sport UtilityVehicle to be based on the modular trans-verse matrix (MQB), and it sets new stan-dards in design, comfort and functionality.Its off-road capabilities have been en-

hanced with a rugged all-wheel drive sys-tem that includes premium class technolo-gy for use on and off the highway.The new Tiguan has been receiving posi-

tive reviews from the international media.In the latest comparative test conducted

by the largest motoring magazine in Ger-

many, Auto Motor und Sport, the new Ti-guan was chosen as the best SUV in its seg-ment against its direct competitors.Recently, Auto Bild Allrad, Europe’s

largest magazine for off-road vehicles, an-nounced the new Tiguan as the 2016 “All-wheel Car of the Year”.The new Tiguan also won the “2016 De-

sign Trophy” in the SUV category from Au-to Zeitung, German’s special interest mag-azine.The newTiguan engine line-up and retail

prices for the South African market will beannounced closer to the launch date.

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THE Chris Hani District Municipality helda Chris Hani Freedom Marathon sponsors’cocktail evening at the Queen’s Casino onFriday as part of the Chris Hani month cele-brations.Speaking during the event, Chris Hani

District Municipality executive mayorMxolisi Koyo said the focus of this year’smarathon is to develop young athletes in theChris Hani area.“We know that we can’t stop Africans

from running and we can’t tie their legs sothat they cannot run. We, however, need tobuild our ownathletes in this district so thatthey will perform at a higher level,” he said.Koyo said hewanted a report-back onwho

performed well and which athletes havebeen selected after the marathon.“At least five men and five women should

be selected for development. By the end ofthe marathon we need to know how many

people participated and how many havebeen selected for development,” he said.Athletics South Africa’s representative

Dora Mgwevu thanked the district authori-ty for giving them the opportunity to cometo the marathon.“We have been coming to the marathon

everyyear. It is events like these thathelpedus this year to have many athletes that willparticipate in the Olympic Games. We willdefinitely come home with lots of medals,”Mgwevu said.She thanked themunicipality for contrib-

uting to the development of athletics in theChris Hani area.President of Athletics Transkei, Lungis-

ileMolwana, said themarathon has attract-ed athletes from all over the country andother African countries.“Some of the athletes that are participat-

ing are legends, as well as Lungile Gongqa,who is from this area and has qualified fortheOlympicGames later this year,” he said.

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DISTRACTED driving remains a problem inSouth Africa, and will continue to remain sointo the future unless drastic action is taken.And, that action needs to come from officialsbutmore importantly, in the form of a changeof attitude among drivers.

This is according to theAutomobile Associ-ation (AA), which was commenting on dis-tracted driving following an event hosted inJohannesburg on Wednesday morning, April20.“We brought together a number of journal-

ists to drive in simulators. Once comfortablewith the simulators, we tested them withoutdistractions, and then again with distrac-tions. The results are alarming, and clearlyindicate that when distracted, drivers’ reac-tion times are slower, and they are muchmore prone to crash,” the AA said.At the event, journalistswere sent smsmes-

sages they needed to respond to, and wereasked to open and close a water bottle. Theywere also distracted by being engaged in sim-ple conversation.“We saw thatwithout distractions, the jour-

nalists were able to complete laps of a racingcircuit in fairly good times.“Times recorded for these laps averaged

around 1.41 minutes, with hardly any crash-es. However, with the distractions these laptimes increased to 2.20minutes,manyof themwith crashes or the cars spiralling out of con-trol. Although not entirely scientific, the re-sults point to the dangers of having your con-centration averted from the road, even for asecond,” the AA commented.Theproblem isnot purelywith the cracking

down on offenders who disobey regulations,specifically those who use electronic devices,or indeed other devices, when driving.According to the AA, motorists who use

these devices while behind the wheel need tochange their attitudes, and take responsibili-

ty for their actions.“A driver who is talking on a cellphone, or

textingwhile driving, needs to realise that hisor her actions are not only irresponsible butalso put the lives of other, law-abiding citi-zens in jeopardy.“They can cause a crash that injures, or

worse, kills, other people through their ownreckless behaviour. We also want to makethese drivers aware that it can happen tothem. No one is immune from the dangers ofbeing distracted,” said the AA.Although there are no current local statis-

tics onhowdistracted driving causes crashes,the AA believes there is sufficient anecdotalevidence to suggest this number is largeenough to warrant urgent attention.It said law enforcement against distracted

drivers should be high on the agenda of roadtraffic officials, beyond stopping motorists aton and off ramps who use electronic devices.While there aremany different distractions

that constitute distracted driving, the follow-

ing are among the most prevalent:. Talking on cellphones, or texting while

driving,. Eating while driving,. Putting on ties or other clothing while

driving, or changing clothes when driving,. Applying make-up while driving,.Looking to the backseat to engage passen-

gers, especially children,. Setting GPS devices while moving, and,. Searching for items in various areas of

the car while driving.“We urge all drivers to obey the laws, and

above all, to be sensible when driving. Putyour cellphone in the boot of your car beforedriving off, and put on your tie or make-upbefore you get going.“If you use aGPS device, set the destination

before embarking on your journey. Remem-ber that if you don’t focus on the road, thereis a 100% likelihood that you will not avoida crashwhile you are distracted,” theAA con-cluded.

AutomobileAssociation:drastic actionneededagainstdistracteddriving

Chris Hani FreedomMarathon boosts development of athletes

Former Oxford Striders athletic team members got a chance to catch up during the Chris HaniFreedom marathon cocktail evening. From left are Makhaya Masumpe, Fezile Qononda, SimonNgxeke, Siyabulela Dumezweni and Mzoli Mpalala. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Retired South African athlete Xolile Yawa and former team mate Fezile Qononda socialising atthe Chris Hani Freedom Marathon cocktail evening. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Enjoying the Chris Hani cocktail evening are from left, Ken Clark (CEO of Twizza and CrickleyDairy), Athletics Transkei president Lungisile Molwana, Chris Hani District Municipality executivemayor Mxolisi Koyo and Twizza's Craig Burton. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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And if the stats don’t tell you much, youjust have to go on any school run, rugby orfestival day and just see how many doublecabs are parked there in the middle of the con-crete jungle.

It’s used on the school run, office run, forholidays and has become the family car formany.

And to accommodate those who like todrive a bakkie, without feeling that they aredriving a bakkie, the new Ranger is ladenwith comfort and convenience features, notto mention the fact that the test model had anautomatic transmission – making up for whatI believe the worst thing about driving a bak-kie is – changing those gears.

And then there is the rear camera – which(in my opinion) should be compulsory for allbakkies used on the school run.

The refreshed line-up of Rangers, whichhave been available in SA since Novemberlast year, comprises 33 models including Sin-gle Cab, Super Cab, Double Cab and Wildtrak.

The new Ranger is produced at Ford’s Sil-verton Assembly Plant in Pretoria and ex-ported to 148 markets in Africa and Europe.The Duratorq TDCi engines are manufac-tured at the Struandale Engine Plant in PE.

ExteriorThe new design gives the Ranger a bolder,

more sophisticated appearance and the testmodel was the double cab variety.

I have never liked the look of a bakkie, anybakkie, so the less said about the exterior, byme, the better. Ford says, however, that the

new Ranger has a bold, more modern lookwhich gives it a powerful presence on theroad. To quote their marketing material, “Amore muscular hood flows into a strong newtrapezoidal grille, which connects seamlesslywith the chiselled projector headlamps, ac-centuating the new Ranger’s width andstrong stance.” I simply cannot wax as lyricalas that on the exterior of any bakkie - evenif it costs in the vicinity of half a million rand.

For those who like to drive on the wildsidethe Ranger has 800mm water wading depthand 230mm of ground clearance.

InteriorThe interior is a different matter altogether

because Ford has gone to a lot of trouble withhigh tech features, such as the Ford Sync 2infotainment system with an eight-inchtouchscreen (on the higher spec models) tocreate a car like interior and make you forgetyou are sitting inside a bakkie.

SYNC®2, the latest generation of Ford’s in-car connectivity system, is standard on thenew Ranger XLT and Wildtrak models. Usingnatural voice commands, the driver can con-trol the car’s climate controls, entertainmentsystem and phone functions.

The new Ranger also features a 240-voltpower socket that can be used to power yourlaptop or cellphone.

The Ranger line-up features Electronic Sta-bility Program (ESP) and ABS as standard

features on all but the Base model (whereABS is an option).

In addition, the top-specification new Ran-ger Wildtrak offers a wide range of first-in-class driver aids including Lane KeepingAlert and Lane Keeping Aid, Adaptive CruiseControl with Forward Alert, Tyre PressureMonitoring System, Driver Impairment Mon-itor, as well as Front and Rear Park Assist.

The Wildtrak can be specified in 3.2 TDCi4x2 manual or automatic, or the range-top-ping 4x4 Automatic.

EngineThe Ranger range is powered by the latest-

generation Duratorq TDCi engine and Durat-ec petrol engine.

Ford engineers fine-tuned the suspensionof the new version for additional comfort andbetter handling.

One of the other ways of taking the bakkieout of a bakkie for the way it is used thesedays, the Ranger has an electric power-assist-ed steering (EPAS) system. This allows forlight and manageable steering for low-speedmanoeuvring – very useful in shopping cen-tre parking lots and tight spaces on the schoolrun – while out on the open road and at higherspeed the EPAS ensures precise steering.

Ford’s 3.2-litre Duratorq TDCi five-cylinderdiesel engine tops the range. According toFord, the upgrades include a new exhaust gasrecirculation system that helps improve fuel

efficiency by up to 18 percent, while still pro-ducing 147kW of power and 470Nm of torque.

The 2.2-litre four-cylinder Duratorq TDCihas also been upgraded for better perform-ance and efficiency. The peak outputs of thehigh-power derivative climb from 110kW onthe previous model, to 118kW while torque isboosted by 10Nm to 385Nm.

An economical mid-power 2.2 DuratorqTDCi engine is also available in certain mod-els, producing 88kW and 285Nm.

The new Ranger is also available withFord’s 2.5-litre Duratec petrol engine, provid-ing 122kW of power and 226Nm of torque.

Depending on model derivative, the newRanger is equipped with a six-speed manualor automatic transmission, or a five-speedmanual on the mid-output diesel and petrolversions.

The prices for the New Ranger double cabs range fromR290 900 to R597 900. The vehicle test driven wasthe 3.2 TDCi XLT 4X4 Automatic which retails forR567 900.

Will I buy one if I could afford it?I still prefer SUV’s ­ so I would rather go for the 7­seat­er Ford Everest ­ which is the SUV version of the Ran­ger. But if it has to be a bakkie, then the Ranger isdefinitely loaded with high tech, comfort and conve­nience features which will make one soon forget thatit is a bakkie and that you will sometimes have tosacrifice tight parking spaces.

EXPRESSONWHEELS: BETTIEGILIOMEE

Ford’sRanger isbagging theawards

New Ranger Wildtrak. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

The higher spec models in the New Ranger range feature the Ford Sync 2 infotainment systemwith an eight­inch touchscreen. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THE race for local football teams to becrowned this year’s South African FootballAssociation (Safa) Stream C SAB league win-ners is on, as there are only four games leftto play.

The only teams that still have a chance ofwinning the league are Utando Holy Kingswho are occupying first position at the mo-ment with 23 points in 10 games.

Amathole also have a chance to cause thebiggest upset in the history of local footballif they snatch the league out of Kings’ way,

as they are in position two with 20 points in10 games.

Valgas also have 20 points in 10 games, butdiffer on goal difference with Amathole, andare therefore in third position.

Mk Academy is safe from relegation andsitting confortably in position four with 15points in nine games, while All Star XI stillhave a lot to do in order to avoid relegation.

All Star XI are in position five with 11points in 10 games and need to win a fewgames in order to be on the safe side.

The SAB rookies, Seven Stars, still have apoint to prove – the team is in position six

with 10 points in 11 games.Stars drew their games against Roman

Callies again this week. They really need tostart winning games in order for them to stayin the SAB league.

Roman Callies are occupying position sev-en, with nine points in nine games. The Ezi-beleni team is still struggling to regain theirmomentum after it had a successful first legbut things changed in the second leg of theseason.

Madrid are at the bottom of the log withonly two points in 10 games. This strugglingEzibeleni team is as good as gone as they are

left with only four games this season.The team needs to win all their remaining

league games and, in addition, hope that Sev-en Stars and Callies lose all their games.

The results of this week’s league games:Roman Callies drew 2-2 with Seven Stars athome on Saturday, while Valgas beat All StarXI 3-2.

Amathole played very well to stop the logleaders from claiming an early victory whenthey trashed Kings 1-0 in Whittlesea.

Mk Academy took all three points whenthey faced Madrid in Whittlesea on Sunday,beating the struggling team 1-0.

SAB league race still open for three local football teams

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SIYABONGA Nkonde and Ntombesintu Mfuzireceived R25 000 each after winning the men’sand women’s races in the 25 km marathon inthe Chris Hani Freedom Marathon held at Sab-alele Village on Saturday.

In the highly contested races, the two ath-letes proved to be far better than the other com-petitors when they ran the uphill at the end ofthe race with a smile on their faces.

In the 10km marathon Ayanda Mncube tookthe R10 000 in the men’s race, while Liziwe Ma-bona took the R10 000 in the women’s race.

Nkonde was followed by Moses Kurgat andMoeketsane Tseiso in position two and threerespectively, while Mfuzi was followed by Gen-et Dlamini and Fortunate Chidzivo in positionstwo and three.

In the 10km marathon, Lusanda Skosanatook position three while Lungile Gongqa whowill be representing South Africa in the Olym-pic Games later this year took the second posi-

tion in the men’s race.In the women’s category, Catherine Skosana

took second, while Lusando Bomvana tookthird.

Speaking during the handing over of the priz-es, Chris Hani District Municipality executivemayor Mxolisi Koyo thanked the sponsors andthe local media for their support of the event.

“The aim of this marathon is not running forthe sake of running, but to remind ourselvesabout the life of Chris Hani – the distance hewalked from home to school and back tochurch,” he said.

Koyo said they are also encouraging youngpeople to go to school.

“If Hani had to walk 25km to school but man-aged to go to school, there is nothing stoppingthe young of these days not to go to school whilethey have scholar transport,” he said.

He said this year the district municipalityhas joined forces with the athletics legends forthe development of young athletes in the ChrisHani area.

Safety and liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana em-

phasized the importance of discipline to theathletes so that they can encourage young peo-ple to stay away from drugs and alcohol.

“The people who are using drugs are theones that are involved in criminal activities,”Tikana said.

She appreciated the efforts by the districtmunicipality to select ten athletes and developthem.

“We support the efforts and I encouragethose selected to be focused because they willreach their goals if they are focused.

“Discipline is important, and if we link thisto Chris Hani, who was a disciplined com-mander of the ANC,” Tikana said.

She said they will partner with every munic-ipality that supports young people.

“The department is running the Sportagainst Crime campaign. The competitionstarts at a local level and continues up to thedistrict level, where we encourage people notto be involved in crime,” she said.

Tikana said it is important that people mustbe champions of the fight against crime.

Marathonwinnersbagbig prizes

Ntombesizwe Mfuzi (right) winner of thewomen’s 25km marathon celebrates as shefinishes the race as part of the Chris HaniFreedom Marathon on Saturday.

; Celebrating victory arefrom left, Lungisile Molwa­na (announcing) while ChrisHani District executivemayor Mxolisi Koyo (thirdfrom left) hands over thecheque to the men’s 25kmmarathon winner, Si­yabonga Nkonde, next tohim. Moses Kurgat (secondfrom left) took secondplace, while the third placewinner was MoeketsaneTseiso (second from right).On the far right is ChrisHani District Municipalitychief whip Lindiwe Gunuza.

Safety and Liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana (left) handing over the cheque to the women’s 25 kmmarathon winner Ntobesintu Mfuzi (middle). Next to Tikana is second placed Genet Dlamini, thirdplaced Fortunate Chidzivo and Chris Hani District chief wip Lindiwe Gunuza.

Chris Hani DistrictMunicipalityexecutive mayorMxolisi Koyoparticipating inthe 5km walk.

Mpendulo Public Primary School pupils partici­pated in the marathon. Back from left areThembi Philaphi, Amahle Nqwela, SinesiphoMntuyedwa, Ongezwa Mathiso, BongiweMapeyi, and, front form left, are AsengaMbingeleli, Sinako Nyamakazi and CebisaCharlie PHOTOS: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Athletes at the start of the 25km marathon at the Chris Hani Freedom Marathon on Saturday.