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Today  is another proud moment  in  the history of Media 24, with  the  first publication of  their brand-new free  local newspaper, the Queenstown Express which will be distributed  to 20 000 homes  in  the  town every Thursday.  The newspaper  is hyperlocal and will give  the people of the Queenstown community a voice and platform. Read more on page 2 about  the newspaper and  its staff which are, back  from  left, Sanele James and Onke Socikwa. Front  from  left are Tembile Sgqolana and Thabo Mothlabane.PHOTO: CLAYTON SMITH 

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TODAY is another proud moment in the his-tory of Media 24, with the first publicationof their brand-new free local newspaper, theQueenstown Express.

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“This is testimony to the popularity andsuccess of the Express brand of local newspa-pers, which have been a favourite read inpeople’s homes since the first edition of PortElizabeth Express was published in Novem-ber 1983 – more than 32 years ago,” said Bet-tie Giliomee, regional editor of EP Mediaand editor of Queenstown Express.

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“The content of the newspaper is hyperlo-cal and gives the people of the Queenstowncommunity a voice and platform. The focus

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NOMZAMO Neighbourhood Watch members handed over weapons they recovered during their patrols to the Mlungisi po-lice officers last week.

Neighbourhood Watch chair-man Mnqophiso Naye said at thehand over that the community ofNomzamo wanted to make Queenstown a crime-free zone.

“We have been engaging thecommunity on these issues and people are interested in joining the Neighbourhood Watch,” he

said. Naye said they were working

closely with the police to fight crime in the whole of Mlungisi.

Mlungisi community policingforum chairman Zimasa Williamthanked the community for forming the Neighbourhood Watch.

“Police cannot fight crimealone. We as the community needto stand up and help them fightcrime in our own areas,” she said. – TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

LUKHANJI municipality executivemayor Nozibele Makhanda has wel-comed the Queenstown Express toQueenstown and wished it well forthe future.

In a statement to Queenstown Ex-press on Monday, Makhanda said itgives her great pleasure and excite-ment to welcome into their space anadditional newspaper.

“We are looking forward to report-ing that is balanced and fair, that willtell the stories of our communitiesacross all sectors. I am not sure if youwill be in competition with the exist-ing local paper, but we are expectingthat you will not be its carbon copybut rather challenge our readerswith content that is informative, up-lifting and towards building socialcohesion and harmony,” she said.

Makhanda said they are living intimes of sensationalisation of facts inthe media space.

“We trust that your focus will bebased on facts and are looking for-ward to interacting with you,” saidMakhanda.

She said on behalf of the counciland the people of Lukhanji, theywish to welcome the Queenstown Ex-press newspaper in their local spaceto participate and contribute posi-tively in shaping development in thearea.

“We live during times wherein wemust engage in the battle of ideasthat seek to improve the well-beingand transformation of our society forthe better. Critically, we must allmove towards improving the capa-bilities, knowledge and freedom ofour people,” she said.

Makhanda said they hope thatQueenstown Express will enjoy itsstay in Queenstown and make a vitalcontribution for the better.

“We wish that we shall alwayshave open dialogues and engage-ments in this regard and work inpartnerships. Ours jointly is to em-

power citizens and ensure that theypartake positively in the decisionmaking processes that must shapetheir lives for the better. Congratula-tions and all the best for the future,”she said.

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Lukhanji municipality executive mayor Nozibele Makhanda. PHOTO:LANGOOTA PHOTOGRAPHY

Mzolisi Gwantshu, Lukhanji’s  former acting mayor and portfolio head of  the  technical services department welcomed EP Media GM Tasmia  Ismail  (left) and regional editor, Bettie Giliomee, at  the Queenstown Express’ offices  in Robinson Street. Queenstown Express  is an EP Media publication.                                                                                                                                                   PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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cited that a lot of progress hadbeen made in the AG report.

“We received a qualified auditopinion. We are coming from fiveyears of consecutive disclaimers.We need to continue making surethat the workforce is complyingwith the AG requirements,” shesaid.

Makhanda said they had a chieffinancial officer who had man-aged to help the municipality toobtain a qualified opinion.

“The basis of the opinion ac-cording to the AG was inability togain sufficient evidence on a num-ber of issues. The municipalitydid not account for its property,plant and equipment in accord-ance with GRAP 17,” she said.

She said the authority had notaccounted for its investment prop-erties in accordance with GRAP16.

“The AG said that the munici-pality’s processes and proceduresto record irregular expenditureare insufficient and the munici-pality did not account for revenuefrom exchange transactions in ac-cordance with GRAP 9,” Makhan-da said.

She said the municipality hadmanaged to produce informationthat could be audited by the AGand from that they had managedto obtain a qualified audit opin-ion.

Lukhanji receives qualified audit after five years of disclaimers

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE families of NogaqambuNyewe (75) and Zingisile Mqile(28), who were allegedly mur-dered by a McBride village man,Yolando Lurumo, on December27, are calling for the trial to be ex-pedited as they are living in fear.

Lurumo, who allegedly accusedNyewe of being a witch before themurder, made his first appear-ance in the Queenstown Magis-trate’s Court on January 12.

During his appearance mem-bers of the ANC Women’s League,ANC Youth League and the com-munity protested outside thecourt demanding that the accusednot be granted bail.

The case was postponed for aformal bail application.

Nyewe’s daughter, FunisaCawe, speaking outside thepacked court on Monday lastweek, said the family was sad

about the delays.“We want this case to be final-

ised quickly so that we can carryon with our lives. We want the ac-cused to face his trial and go tojail,” she said.

Cawe said it was painful for thefamily.

“Our mother was killed becauseshe was called a witch. We ask forthe law to take its course,” shesaid.

Sibongile Mqile thanked thecommunity for their supportwhen his brother was murdered.

“We hope the law will restorethe community’s trust by impos-ing harsher sentences againstmurderers,” he said.

Nomzamo NeighbourhoodWatch chairperson MnqophisoNaye said they were attending thecases to show support to the fami-lies of the victims and were call-ing on the court not to grant theaccused bail.

“We call on all the people to

come and show support for thesetwo families,” he said.

The Reverend Zodwa Kakazasaid they have had enough of mur-ders in their area.

“We are here to say enough isenough; the accused must not begranted bail. He must be sentstraight to jail. We seek justice,”she said.

The accused appeared briefly inthe packed Queenstown Magis-trate Court on Monday last weekfor a bail application.

His legal representative, Bis-marck Boqwana, asked the courtto postpone the application asthey are not ready for it.

“There are things that we needto look at,” he said.

The case was postponed to thisweek for a formal bail application.

At time of going to print, no fur-ther information was available onthe bail application. Read the Ex-press next week for the outcome ofthe bail application.

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE Chris Hani District Mu-nicipality (CHDM) movedfrom a disclaimer to a quali-fied audit opinion after it tookback the water services fromits local municipalities.

However, there is still roomfor improvement, SandileHlatshwayo from the office ofAuditor General (AG) Them-bekile Kimi Makwetu, saidduring a CHDM ordinarycouncil meeting recently.

The CHDM received a quali-fied audit opinion and its sub-sidiary the Chris Hani Devel-opment Agency received anunqualified audit opinionfrom the office of the AG forthe 2014/2015 financial year.

There has been no improve-ment from CHDM since its2013/2014 financial year auditopinion where it received aqualified audit, butHlatshwayo said it had dealtwith some of the issues raisedin the past.

Presenting the audit out-comes in council, Hlatshwayosaid on irregular expendi-ture, they showed they were astep in the right direction.

“Receivables revenue andrevenue from exchange trans-actions are some of the issuesthat we need to place a lot ofemphasis on. Some issues ofusefulness and reliabilityhave been partially ad-dressed,” he said.

Hlatshwayo said compli-ance was another area thatneeded a little work.

“I noticed non-compliancewith the law. There is a needto address some of the issues,especially data cleansing, inorder to have an adequate re-port on how customers arebilled, to give reliable infor-mation to customers,” hesaid.

He said the accounting offi-cer needed to make sure thatirregular and unauthorisedexpenditure was taken seri-ously and corrective meas-ures were taken.

“The management needs todeal with irregular and unau-thorised expenditure. It needsto be investigated and peoplemust be held accountable forthis. When this is noticed bythe people they will say it iscorruption, not understand-ing what unauthorised or ir-regular expenditure is,” hesaid.

Hlatshwayo said the CHDMneeded to improve its datacleansing and revenue collec-tion, as well as eliminate ir-regular and fruitless expendi-ture in order to achieve aclean audit.

CHDM executive mayorMxolisi Koyo presented theaudit action plan for the2015/2016 financial yearwhich was adopted by thecouncil.

“I am convinced that thereis nothing wrong from whatthe AG said. The AG gave usan interpretation of what ishappening in this municipali-ty. Receiving a qualified auditopinion means there is a lot to

be done,” he said.Koyo said they had taken

note of the things that hadbeen raised by the AG in theaudit action plan.

“We are already dealingwith the issues raised by theAG and we say come Marchwe will have addressed theseissues. We have identified is-sues of faulty metres, debtcontrol issues, consequencemanagement and non-compli-ance,” he said.

Councillor Nonzukiso Mati-wane said the improvementmade by the municipalityshowed that it could achievea clean audit.

“As much as we are in thesame place, we have improvedand some of the issues raisedhave already been dealt with.Come the 2015/2016 financialyear, we won’t be in this ar-ea,” she said.

Councillor Mzwandile Bulasaid since they stayed in thesame area, there was a systemproblem that needed to bedealt with.

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THE Lukhanji Municipality hasreceived a qualified audit opinionfrom Auditor General Thembeki-le Kimi Makwetu for the first timein five financial years and the lo-cal authority’s chief financial offi-cer Nomthandazo Ntshanga hasresolved that they will do better inthe 2015/2016 financial year.

Speaking during a special coun-cil meeting recently, Ntshangasaid they had noted the issuesraised by the AG and had startedworking on them.

“We will investigate the reportand find a solution. We need tofind corrective measures. Themonthly reviews are importantand we have checked some of thethings that were raised by the AGsince July and come 2015/2016 allthe issues that were raised willnot be there,” she said.

Municipal manager NolwandleGqiba added that a qualified auditwas a big deal when you had beenreceiving disclaimers for morethan five years.

“ We do not want to go back intoa disclaimer,” she said.

The municipality last receiveda clean audit in the 2008/2009 fi-nancial year.

Lukhanji executive mayor Nozi-bele Makhanda said they were ex-

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She said there were debts owed by gov-ernment departments, but they were de-creasing.

The report states that property rates in-come is 31% below budget for the midyear,amounting to R11.1-million.

The electricity tariffs revenue was abovethe Service Delivery and Budget Implemen-tation Plan (SDBIP) by R3.3-million.

Income from refuse collection showedunder-collection of R2.7-million, whilefines including traffic fines and loss of li-brary materials showed an under-collec-tion of 42%.

Licences and permits showed a 9% un-der-collection when compared to the ap-proved SDBIP.

Operating expenditure showed an underexpenditure of R19.4-million, while the op-eration budget showed that the municipali-ty has collected 3% less cash, amounting toR7.847-million, than what was planned forthe year and spent just what was plannedfor the second quarter.

Bulk purchases remain the most signifi-cant expenditure type for the municipalityas R13-million was spent in the secondquarter. There is, however, a reduction inbulk purchase compared with the firstquarter.

Only 17% of the capital budget was spent,while 46% of the operating budget wasspent and in terms of revenue collection,55% of the cash revenue was collected.

Grant spending on the Municipal Infra-structure Grant (MIG) projects showed anexpenditure amounting to R11-million,while spending on own-funded projectsshowed an expenditure of R5.6-million.

The MIG spending is at 30% of the budget-ed amount for the 2015/2016 financial yearand no expenditure was recorded on the In-tegrated National Electrification Pro-gramme after the municipality receivedR2-million last year - down from R3-millionin 2014/2015 financial year - due to underexpenditure.

The Financial Management Grantshowed underexpenditure because some ofthe activities submitted to the Departmentof Co-operative Governance and Tradition-al Affairs are only going to be done in thesecond half of the year. These relate to theStandard Chart of Accounts programmeand training.

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THE Lukhanji munici-pality’s midyear budget

assessment report showsthat the local authority hasunderspent during the first

six months of the 2015/2016 financial year.

Speaking during a special council meet-ing, DA councillor Chris de Wet said the un-der expenditure was shocking.

“We need to know when it was detectedand what the mayor and management havedone to address this,” he said.

Council chief whip Sinethemba Dyantyisaid the underexpenditure had been detect-ed earlier by the mayoral committee andmeetings were being held to find ways tosolve this.

“We have a clear plan to make IlingeTownship and Whittlesea pay for their ser-vices,” he said.

Lukhanji municipality executive mayorNozibele Makhanda said some of the issuesthat had led to underspending in the capitalprojects had been beyond their control.

“Some are contractors that are not per-forming and we had to re-advertise thetenders. We will be looking into that in de-tail,” she said.

Makhanda said they had two areas, Ilingeand Whittlesea, which were not paying fortheir services.

“Now they have to pay and the councilmust advise us about mechanisms on howto make them pay.

“We still have a challenge of service de-livery at Ilinge, like refuse collection, andwe also need to look into how many peoplewill be able to pay for their services,” shesaid.

She said the list of indigents in Lukhanjiwas growing and they needed to make surethat all indigents were registered.

“There is a challenge of refuse collection;huge accounts are owed by people and law-lessness has increased as fines are notpaid,” she said.

Makhanda said she was not happy withthe spending on capital projects and thecouncil must look into reasons for notspending, and find a strategy to fix that.

“The purpose of this is to make a plan onhow to spend and to make budget adjust-ments.

We have noted that we have started witha data cleansing exercise. We can identifyrevenue that we can spend. We have a chal-lenge of payments in our areas because ofaccounts that were not delivered by the

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

“ENOCH Mgijima is a na-tional icon who is

equivalent to Nelson Mandelaif not more.”

This was said by University of Fort Hare na-tional heritage and cultural studies centre sen-ior manager Vuyani Booi when he delivered thememoral lecture for the late prophet Mgijima, after whom the new municipality formed by themerging of the Tsolwana, Inkwanca and Lu-khanji municipalities will be named.

Mgijima was the leader of the Israelite churchwhich was involved in the Bullhoek massacrewhere 200 of its members were killed by the po-lice after they refused to move their settlementfrom the crown lands.

He was sentenced to six years in prison andserved two years.

Addressing a packed Thobi Kula Indoor SportCentre on Thursday last week, Booi said Mgiji-ma had been born 11 years after the disposses-sion of the AmaXhosa , the loss of their land andthe widespread political fragmentation as the re-sult of the land loss.

“The Halley’s Comet that the prophet encoun-tered was a symbol of representation of a divinemessage directed to him to unite African people

under an African spiritual banner that would al-so be a political home to local Africans,” Booi said.

He said Mgijima had argued that the Halley’sComet was a symbol that God was angry withhim for refusing to heed a call to serve him.

“It may remain true that the ancestors wereangry with him for failing to heed a divine callto lead, guide and unite African people who wereunder colonial bondage.

“In 1912 he broke away from the WesleyanMethodist Church because his African religiousconvictions and clear political consciousness did not mingle with western psychological ori-entations that define the Wesleyan Methodist Church,” he said.

Booi said to Mgijima the white-controlleddomination with Eurocentric values was coloni-al and imperial machinery that advanced coloni-al interest through the gospel was difficult for Africans to understand.

“For the prophet this Eurocentric religion, itsways of life and the gospel that it propagated wasan opium of the masses. He realised that the growth of African spirituality and political con-sciousness was deliberately delayed,” Booi said.

He said when Mgijima broke away from thechurch, it had been an act of disobeying colonialauthority and its system.

“It was a moment of awakening of his political

consciousness. This was an act to heed the ances-tral call to indigenise religion and make it rele-vant to the political, social and economic condi-tions of the time. He was very much preoccupiedwith the Africanisation of churches in South Af-rica,” he said.

Booi said Mgijima had been influenced by theANC question of African unity and decided tounite his own people under the spiritual home.

“The clash of the Israelites and the police wascaused by ingrained fear of the white minorityrule that African people would have a politicalhome disguised as a church. This killing of thepeople in Ntabelanga village was an act of des-peration to curb the national revolution and toinstill fear in the African people and the ANC,”he said.

Booi said it was time for pupils to study aboutMgijima.

“We have been reading about Jan Van Rie-beeck and now is the time to read about Mgiji-ma,” he said.

Lukhanji executive mayor Nozibele Makhan-da said they hoped to change the history of thearea with a positive mind.

“The three municipalities have a high poten-tial for development. We must open our heartsand minds to welcome development pro-grammes in this area. We must also attract in-ternational investors to come and invest in the

new municipality,” she said.Chris Hani District mayor Mxolisi Koyo said

after the three municipalities were merged, it was time to submit the names which the new municipality was going to be named after.

“There were other names submitted, but theANC came up with Mgijima and the oppositionparties and the community were vocal in sup-porting the name. His name united the peopleof Chris Hani across the political spectrum.”

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‘Mgijima an icon equivalent to Mandela’Members of  the  Israelite Church pray during  the Enoch Mgijima memorial  lecture at  the Thobi Kula  Indoor Sport Centre on Thursday  last week.                                                                                   PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Vuyani Booi during  the Enoch Mgijima memorial lecture on Thursday. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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) Yusuf Badat (32): “Having a new newspaper in town is a great initiative in the sense that it’s going to help in providing the commu-nity with a variety of news in different angles. It would be great if the new newspaper focused on local news, especially municipal news and crime in the Queens-town area.”

) Darryl Westran (42): Having a number of news providers means an avalanche of information which will be of benefit to the Queenstown community and it

would be great if the new publication filled the gap that is left by the so-called big publications. I would like to see absolute local content whether it’s politics, social, sport or business news.

) Lwando Silandela (26): Seeing more localnews being document-ed would be good. By local news I mean the news that matters most to the Queens-town community, especially the living conditions of our people on the out-skirts where there is no running water and no proper sanitation

facilities - so in a nutshell, service delivery by the local government whether it’s negative or positive news.

) Zenande Gcado (19): The publication should live up to its mandate as a commu-nity newspaper - play the watchdog to the local government and enhance transparency of the local municipal-ity to the people. There are actions by the municipality that the public is never updated on, such as the removal and installation of council-lors and the never-ending scandals of

money-laundering by officials.

) Ringo Klaas (49): All we need is exposure of local talent, especially of local football. There are a lot of sport activities happening around Queenstown, but they never get published, let alone being attended to by the provincial and national newspapers, so if the Queenstown Express can fill that gap we would be grateful.

) Brumilda Bruintjies (19): I personally cannot dictate the content of the publica-tion. However, as a

concerned Queenstown resident I think if the publication can be a voice of the people by voicing out their woes, that would be remarkable. And in these days what matters most to the people is the delivery of services by the government, so the Express should keep the local government on its toes and shy away from this trend of protecting or defending the govern-ment’s inefficacy hoping to get advertis-ing deals. ) Solulele Mjongile (19): I don’t know much about newspa-

pers and the process of content production, but I would like to call on the public to make use of the publication as their mouthpiece to address whatever issue they have, such as crime and poor service delivery by the local municipality. Also, the government and other potential employers should make use of the new publication to adver-tise vacancies, schol-arships and bursaries as our youth faces a national crisis of unemployment and shortage of funding by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.

) Tulisa Mketsu (28): Having another community publica-tion is really enchant-ing as it guarantees different approaches to news events and a total variety in content as a whole. I expect to see Queens-town content and that from surrounding areas such as Whittle-sea, Cofimvaba, and Lady Frere. But I would like to see more township school news, crime, entertainment and of course recipes. The focus should not only be on news events that only appeal to a certain race or group of people.

Queenstown Express readers have their say

Yusuf Badat 

Residents tell SANELE JAMES what they think their newest newspaper, the Queenstown Express, should be covering 

Darryl Westran Zanele GcadoLwando Silandela Ringo Klaas Brumilda Bruintjies  Solulele Mjongile Tulisa Mketsu

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The pen is mightier than the sword and staff of QUEENSTOWN EXPRESS recently visited  the Hangklip and Nonesi primary schools to ensure that their grade 1s were equipped with the right tools to start their journey towards a good education.

Newspaper gives tools for education

Joyful Grade 1 pupils of Nonesi Primary School show  their brand-new pencilbags and stationery. PHOTOS: 

MICHAEL HEALY

Nonesi Primary School  teachers and  their pupils  flanked by Queenstown Express staff Sanele James  (left) and Thabo Mothlabane.  In  front,  from  left, are pupils Asithandile Raba, Okuhle Gasela, Iminathi Ntambula, Ongeziwe Mtatsi, Sinomzi Mbekeni, Azakhanye Siko and Sakhiwo Njoli. The teachers, at  the back    from  left, are Sisiviwe Dyonase, Pinki Nkatu, Thami Sawu and Gloria Ngqasa. 

Nonesi Primary School Grade 1 pupils with Queenstown Express staff Onke Socikwa  (left) and Tembile Sgqolana.  In  front,  from  left, are pupils  Lilitha Sleyiti,  Lithalethu Sleyiti, Anele Blani, Sakhiwe Njoli and Mzoleli Tamba.

The Nonesi girls striking a pose with  their new stationery are, from  left, Mivuyo Hani, Asiphe Blani, Lithemba Ningiza, Zanele Blani and Lisakhanya Vamba. With them are  (back) Bettie Giliomee, regional editor: Queenstown Express, and Tasmia  Ismail, GM EP Media. 

Among  the Hangklip Primary School grade 1 pupils who were spoilt with back  to school stationery by EP Media are,  front  from  left, Megan Fourie, Francois Le Roux, Rico Kersop and Robiniho Prins. Back  from  left are Jason Els, Cole Augustus, Minke van Heerden, Danica Meredith, Sibulele Bonde and  Isenathi Ngculu.

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Colourful start for Hangklip athleticsHangklip Primary School recently kicked off the new year with their colour athletics. Cheerleaders of the different houses arrived in style in veteran 

vehicles which showed that even though they are old they definitely aren’t cold.  QUEENSTOWN EXPRESS was there to capture their colourful arrival.

The Nonesi Primary School team that  represented  the school at  the Queenstown district athletics competition at Hangklip Primary School on Saturday was, back  from left,  teachers Singathwa Mdingi, Maxhoba Kweleta, Khanyiso Rantsane, Ntomb-oxolo Qagana and Si-yabonga Makeleni, middle from  left, Ndinani Mfengu, Bridget Soyi, Mosi Mdise, Zimasa Skipa, Noluthando Tshatshweni, Halala Tshikala and Tsulufelo Mosi. Front from  left are, Esam Mari-man, Yibanathi Saleni, Lisakhanya Mdivasi, Mihlali Mgqamqo, Sibongile Dingiswayo and Onwaba Baba.    PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Nonesi athletes excelNonesi athletes excelBABALWA NDLANYA

THE Portfolio Committee onBasic Education (PCBE) hascommitted itself to supportingschools even more this year, es-pecially those in strugglingdistricts.

Committee chairpersonNomalungelo Gina urged allstakeholders to work hard inensuring that the year aheadwas a success.

“The committee pledges itssupport to all teachers, pupils,parents and civil society.

“We encourage those provin-ces that did not do well to putall their efforts into increasing

the pass rate.“The focus for the year

should not be just on Grade 12,but on an improvement of per-formance for the whole sys-tem,” Gina said.

The country achieved a70.7% matric pass mark in lastyear’s exams.

The Eastern Cape was thelowest-achieving province,with about 56% of matriculantspassing.

Gina wished teachers, pupilsand parents a great school yearahead.

“This administration is com-mitted to education, and forour children we will not com-promise,” she said.

Schools to be given more support

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

LUKHANJI municipality U13 soc-cer team suffered a 3-2 defeat on penalties at the hands of Engcobosoccer team during the semi-finalsof the Build it U13 provincial fi-nals at Dumpy Adams on Satur-day.

The results came after the twoteams failed to produce results during 90 minutes of playtime.

Both teams had their fair chan-ces of producing stunning goals but lack of finishing and selfish-ness from strikers resulted in thegame ending in a stalemate.

The road to the semi-finals forLukhanji was not easy; they drewtheir first game against Peddie 0-0.

Their second game, which wasagainst Cradock, boosted the teams hope of going through to thesemis. A goal from Sibabalwe Matyatya helped the team securetheir first win of the tourney.

Lukhanji played Xhorha in

their last game of the group and needed to win the game in orderfor them to go through to the semi-finals.

Xhorha on the other hand hadnothing to lose as they were al-ready out of the race to the semi-fi-nals. Both teams played good foot-ball throughout the game but a mistake by Xhorha’s defence costthem the game. With only two minutes of play time left, Siphoset-hu Siyo scored the winning goal for his team and helping his teamgo through to the semi- finals.

Seven players from the Lukhan-ji team were selected to representthe province at the national tour-nament later this year. Owam Siz-iba, who is one of the players se-lected for the provincial team, wasnamed the best player of the tour-nament with three other players.

The other players that were se-lected are Khanyisa Madolo, Athenkosi Mase, Othandwayo Bu-kani, Siphosethu Siyo, Sisa Marhwana and Liya Mathole.

Lukhanji defeated in semisMpendulo athletes to represent district

Nine pupils  from Mpendulo Public Primary School will be representing  the Queenstown district at  the Chris Hani regional athletics competition  in Cradock. They are, back  from  left, with  teacher Zanele Samson, Sinovuyo Simama, Sinako Nyamaka, Mihle Yekani, Ziphozihle Tshali and Brendon Mzamo. Front  from  left are Sinesipho Mntuyedwa, Ayabulela Diena, Cebisa Charlie and Anele Luwaca.                                                                                             PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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SANELE JAMES

THE least we cando as leaders is

to lead and investwhere necessary,but the drought

needs divine intervention. It is be-yond our capability as the govern-ment.

These were the words uttered byRural Development and AgrarianReform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyaneduring an interdenominationalprayer for rain in the drought-stricken Chris Hani District Mu-nicipality.

Qoboshiyane joined hands withscores of residents, farmers andmembers of various church organi-sations praying for relief from thedrought at the Apostolic Church inQueenstown.

The MEC’s visit to the regioncame after the Chris Hani DistrictMunicipality was declared a disas-ter area following a scorching anddry summer which saw tempera-tures reaching 40 degrees in the ar-ea.

The aftermath of the droughtcontinues to haunt the entire coun-try’s food production and securitysystem.

However, speaking for the East-ern Cape alone, Qoboshiyane re-vealed that local farmers had lost atleast 33 771 cattle, 5 500 sheep and3 036 goats so far.

Qoboshiyane further announcedan allocation of R33-million to as-sist the province’s farming indus-try.

The drought has not only affected

farmers in the Chris Hani Districtbut it has also affected every resi-dent in the area as it has resultedin water shortages, forcing the mu-nicipality to implement water con-servation measures, which in-cludes watershedding in some partsof the municipality.

Mayor Mxolisi Koyo also

weighed in on the water crisis, say-ing some residents were to blame.

“The municipality hasn’t doneanything wrong in this case. In-stead it’s the people who put astrain on the water supply systemby making illegal connections ofwater pipes to their homes.

“This makes it hard for us to regu-

late the water supply,” he said.Among the dignitaries who at-

tended the gathering in the jam-packed hall were Lukhanji mayorNozibele Makanda, MEC Fikile Xa-sa and leaders of various farmingorganisations in the province.

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‘Drought-ridden SA needs divine intervention’

MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane  informs residents about  the government's intervention on  the drought predica-ment.                          PHOTO:SANELE  JAMES

Residents pray  for  rain  to bring an end  to  the crippling drought.  PHOTO: SANELE  JAMES

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

NANCY Futshane (78) had to evacuate her home after water flooded it and sub-merged some of her furniture during theheavy rains in Queenstown on January22.

About six families in Nomzamo andfive in New Vale had to evacuate theirhomes as the rain flooded them and leftthem with no electricity that Friday.

Futshane was alone that night whenshe noticed water coming under the door.

“ I used a blanket to stop the water asI always do, but this time the water wastoo strong and within minutes my housewas filled with water,” she said.

She said she had tried to call neigh-bours, but the rain had been loud and noone could hear.

“I noticed that the water was about toreach my knees and I went outside to callfor help. My grandchild arrived and wemanaged to divert the water from the street,” she said.

Futshane said she now had no electric-ity and some of her electrical applianceswere not working.

Afrika Kula said he had been watch-ing TV with his family when he noticedthat water was coming inside the house.

“We used a blanket to stop the waterand ignored it. When we checked lateron, the house was filled with dirty wa-ter,” Kula said.

They opened a hole in the bathroomwall so that the water could escape.

“That helped, but we lost electricity,”he said.

Kula said he was not sure whether hiselectricity board had been damaged or the transformer had exploded.

Ward councillor Fundile Dayimaniconfirmed the flooding and promised that something would be done to im-prove the situation.

“This has been happening for a longtime. Every time it rains people living here have the same problem and the re-cent one was also reported to us.

“We are waiting for the contractor tofinish building the RDP houses in Nom-zamo so that it can start doing the storm-water drains to divert the water away from the houses,” he said.

Rain causes havoc in Mlungisi

One of  the houses  that were affected by  the rain  in Nomzamo.                                                                                                         PHOTOS: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Nancy Futshane cleans up  the water  in her home.

WATER scarcity across thecountry resulted in water re-strictions being imposed inQueenstown.

Here are tips that can helpsave water and survive thedrought.

. Take shorter showersand turn off the shower whilesoaping up; then turn it backon to rinse.

. Put a full load into yourwashing machine and dish-washer before starting a washcycle.

. Cut down the amount ofwater flushed down the toiletby placing a 2-litre plastic bot-tle full of water in the watertank (cistern) of your toilet.This could save you up to 7 300litres of water each year.

. When washing dishes byhand, do not leave the waterrunning to rinse dishes. Ifyou have a double basin, fillone with clean water torinse.

. Install a system to pumpgrey water (from the wash-ing machine, basins, showerand bath) to the garden.

In the garden:

. Plant indigenous plantsthat can tolerate extreme

heat and require little water-ing.

. Group plants with thesame water needs together.

. Put a covering layeraround trees and plants toslow down evaporation.

. The best times to wateryour garden are at sunriseand sunset. Watering between9am and 4pm is not allowed.

. Water your lawn longenough for the moisture tosoak down to the roots. A lightsprinkling can evaporatequickly.

. For winter rainfall areas,you will need to plant in au-tumn and early winter. Insummer rainfall areas, youcan plant in spring and earlysummer.

. A dripping tap (one dropper second) could waste up to30 litres of water an hour.

Tips to save water at home

REPORTER

THE high temperatures experi-enced at the beginning of theweek is set to continue this week-end with maximum tempera-tures for Queenstown forecast be-tween 30 and 33 degrees.

On Monday the SA WeatherServices issued a warning forheat wave conditions over mostof the Eastern Cape.

Many schools all over the prov-ince cancelled all outdoor sportand other activities on Monday.

In places the heat danger indexstood at 121. Any number above110 is regarded as extremely dan-gerous for people. On Monday themaximum temperature inQueenstown stood at 35 with theHeat Danger Index at 100.

And it is not only schools thathad to take heed. The weatherservice also warned that anyhard labour should be avoided ifthe index is above 110.

According to the SA WeatherServices, when temperature andhumidity are high at the same

time, humans’ ability to cooltheir bodies through sweating isreduced. This can be a real threat.

Precautions include staying in-doors in a cool room near a fanif possible, as well as ceasing anystrenuous outdoor activity andplaying sport

The very young, the elderlyand the seriously ill are thegroups who are particularly atrisk when the weather is veryhot. Very hot weather can causeoverheating, which can makesymptoms worse for people whoalready have problems with theirheart or breathing, heat exhaus-tion, heatstroke and dehydra-tion.

The temperature in a motor-car can rise to more than 10 de-grees higher than the outsidetemperature in just 10 minutesand 20 C in 30 minutes. Pets orchildren should therefore not beleft in motor-cars, especially inhot conditions.

Drinking plenty of fluids is alsoadvised in heat wave conditions.It is however recommended thatalcohol be avoided.

Prepare for more high temperatures 

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TO encourage gospel artists in Butter-worth and the surrounding areas, VisionHolders members Bulie Mketshane and her husband Sine will be hosting the Mnquma Gospel Awards at the Msobom-vu Sports Stadium this Saturday.

Bulie said they had decided to encour-age local gospel artists by giving them awards.

“We want them to know that we ac-knowledge their work and our main vi-sion is to encourage them to do more inthis industry,” she said.

She added that they had started to hostthis event last year and they wanted to doit every year.

They would also give awards to artistswho were legends in this industry, suchas Lusanda Mcinga, Veliswa Skeyi, Mali-bongwe Gcwabe and Khanyisa Nkantsu.

Bulie said those who were interested inattending the function could buy ticketsfrom Computicket. VIP tickets are R250 and others are R100. – BABALWA NDLANYA

Gospel Awards to be held again

BABALWA NDLANYA

GOSPEL presenter Patric Msengana of VukaniCommunity Radio in Cala has been nominatedas the Best Ezenkolo Presenter in the MnqumaGospel Music Awards at the Msobomvu SportsGround in Butterworth on Saturday.

Msengana said he was nominated with Asan-

da Detyana from Kanya Community Radio inthis category.

“I could not believe my ears when I re-ceived a call informing me about the nomi-nation. I know that I am always nominatedin different awards, but even if I don’t win,I don’t complain because I see that peoplerecognise and like my programme,” hesaid.

He said it was good to be nominated be-cause it showed that he was doing his bestto promote the gospel music of local artists.

“What I can say to other nominees is thatwe must not be disappointed when we donot win, but we must know that we are do-ing a good job. We must continue promot-ing the music of local artists because theyalso depend on us,” he said.

Vukani presenter nominated for gospel music awards

Gospel presenter Patric Msengana has been nominated  in  the Mnquma Gospel Awards.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

IT never rains but it pours for Mthatha’s UnitraCommunity Radio (UCR), which is faced with numerous problems, including a power strug-gle.

First of all it was announced that several of itsassets had been attached by the sheriff of the high court. The reason for this was that the radiostation owed money to the South African Reve-nue Service.

As a result the station could find itself off air.A few days after the announcement, station

manager Mnyamezeli Madolo was suspended and former UCR presenter Phumzile Gabada took over in an acting capacity.

Reliable sources have said the radio station isfaced with a power struggle among the presentleadership and board members.

In the previous leadership there were also bat-tles, some of which ended in court.

Meanwhile, some former employees havesued the radio station over money allegedly owed to them.

Madolo confirmed his suspension, but said itwas illegal because he had been suspended bya disbanded board of directors.

He said the board had been disbanded in ameeting on December 4 with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) because of a lack of compliance and poli-cies. “The resolution in that meeting was thatthe board and Community Forum Committee (CFC) be disbanded and a steering committee that would organise the next annual general meeting was elected.

“It was agreed that that committee wouldwork with the station manager, so I am sur-prised that they decided to suspend me, disobey-ing the agreement with Icasa.”

He said the disbanded board had gone to alawyer, allegedly using station funds.

Interim board chairperson Babalwa NopheloMbelesi confirmed the suspension of Madolo, saying they had given him a letter of suspensionon January 18.

She said they had charged him with gross in-subordination and dragging the name of the sta-tion into disrepute.

“Now we are facing the problems of SARS be-cause he was failing dismally to lead the radiostation,” Mbelesi said.

She denied that the board had been disbandedin December.

“You cannot disband a board in the board-

room with only one person giving instructionsfor that. You need to call an annual general meet-ing so that the community can take a decision.So the interim board is waiting for February 07to hand over officially to a new board elected bythe community,” she said. She denied they hadused the station’s funds to tackle the CommunityForum Committee.

Madolo out, Gabada in

Suspended UCR FM station manager Mnyameze-li Madolo.                                             PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

13NewsFebruary 4, 2016

Queenstown Express

THE four-star Heritage Bed and Breakfast,on the corner of Fletcher and Frost streetsin Queenstown, is run by a family with deeproots in the hotel industry across the East-ern Cape.

Ownership of this well-known Queens-town establishment passed to the Brown andShadiack families on June 18, 2014.

The Heritage Bed and Breakfast is person-ally managed by Roland and Nadia Brown(formerly Shadiack), and consists of 17 en-suite rooms which are situated within themost beautiful gardens.

It has always been a dream of Nadia to owna guest-house and this dream became possi-ble when the previous owners of the busi-ness decided to relocate from Queenstown.

The families have for many years been as-sociated with the hospitality business. Na-dia’s late father, Tony Shadiack, prior to relo-cating to Queenstown and marrying MarySahd, was the owner of the hotel in Indweand in Reddersburg. These towns were inthose times characterised by bustling com-munities. Tony and Mary served as thetown’s mayoral couple for a number of years.

Nadia’s father also owned the Queen’s Ho-tel in Queenstown, and she managed the ho-tel and ran the then well-known “Bulls InnRestaurant”.

Subsequent to Tony’s death, and upon theSahds having acquired ownership of theHexagon and Jeantel Hotels, Nadia assistedthe late Richard Sahd in running both estab-lishments and took charge of Guido’s Res-taurant which served as the restaurant forthe Jeantel Hotel.

The Heritage Bed and Breakfast enjoys analmost 100% occupancy all week round.

It was awarded its fourth star rating amonth ago.

In running the guesthouse, Roland andNadia are assisted by the very capable Tan-ya Hattingh who is Nadia’s assistant in re-ception and all other spheres of the busi-ness.

The Heritage has on-site parking faciliteswith security. Future plans include buildinga bigger conference hall and function roomwhich will replace the existing facilities.

Reservations may be made by telephoningTanya on 045 839 4927 or 083 276 4839 or bye-mail: bookings@heritageguesthouse.co.za.

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The Heritage Guest House staff who are always ready  to make  their guests  feel  right at home while away  from home are,  front  from  left, Roland, Nadia and Tanya, and back  from  left,  Jenna, Vuyiswa, Jane, Sisanda, Abby, Eunice and Cindy.                                                                            PHOTO: THEO  JEPTHA

The Heritage offers 17 en­suite  rooms which are situated within the most beautiful gardens.

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ALTHOUGH Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana has spent most of her life in South Africa, she hasnever forgotten her roots in Lesotho, her placeof birth.

The Nelson Mandela Bay clothing designercrafts contemporary fashion using traditionalBasotho blankets – and one of her designs, ti-tled “Starburst Coat”, is one of the 10 contend-ers in Design Indaba’s prestigious Most Beau-tiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) 2016 ex-hibition.

She and another MBOISA finalist – knit-wear designer Laduma Ngxokolo, whose works are inspired by traditional Xhosa cul-ture – are both alumni of Nelson Mandela Met-ropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Eliza-beth.

The travelling exhibition, which opened in

Johannesburg on January 11, moved to Dur-ban on January 26, and then Cape Town on February 8. The overall winner will be deter-mined by public vote and announced at the De-sign Indaba Festival in Cape Town on Februa-ry 19.

The 10 finalists were nominated by a selectpanel of influential commentators on South African culture, including museum curators,radio and TV commentators, designers and ed-itors.

Makhetha-Kwinana (28) said her use of Bas-otho blankets was a reminder of her heritage.

“It’s an interpretation of my culture in mod-ern days. These traditional blankets are dailyattire in Lesotho. When people move away tobig cities, they leave their traditional culturebehind. My work is a way of having the tradi-tional keep up with the times.”

Her “Starburst Coat” consists of panels thatcome together at the back, resulting in the per-

ceived “starburst”. It was one of several itemsshe sent to Elle Magazine last year for a fashionshoot – and it was Elle editor Emilie Gambadewho nominated the piece.

“It is uniquely African; combines heritage,craft and beautiful proportions; it is timeless,colourful and says a lot about who we are andwhere we are from but at the same time it isexceptionally modern and very contempo-rary,” said Gambade.

Makhetha-Kwinana, who graduated with anational diploma in fashion design from NMMU in 2008, is a living advertisement forher boutique store in Port Elizabeth, which houses her “Thabo Makhetha” range. “My shop is a giant wardrobe.”

Johannesburg-based Ngxokolo (29), a knit-wear designer who completed his BTech in tex-tile design in 2010, has won numerous awardshere and abroad for his Maxhosa by Ladumafashion label.

His shawl was nominated for MBOISA 2016by designer and curator Tracy Lee Lynch, whosaid: “When I started looking for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa … for a piecethat I found really spoke to me, I found this par-ticular piece – the shawl.”

“I always design with an intention to makemy products relative and relevant to the SouthAfrican market as much as possible,” said Ngxokolo, who is completing his masters in Material Futures at London’s Central Saint Martins.

The pattern in the middle section of the 3mby 1m shawl was inspired by the textures ofripe “umnqusho”, a traditional Xhosa dish. The end sections are inspired by traditional Xhosa decor embellishment styles and bead-work motifs.

) To vote for the 2016 Most Beautiful Objectin South Africa (MBOISA), go to: www.designinda-ba.com/events/mboisa-2016.

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Model Asanda Sizani wears  the shawl which won knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo a nomination  in Design  Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object  in South Africa  (MBOISA) for 2016. PHOTO: 

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; A model wears  the “Starburst Coat”, cut from a Basotho blanket and designed by Port Elizabeth  fashion designer Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana. The piece  is  in  the  running  for Design  Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object  in South Africa  (MBOISA)  for 2016. 

PHOTO: JUSTIN MCGEE

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FOR those wanting to celebrate Val-entine’s day in style, the Queen’sCasino is the place to be, offeringentertainment, accommodation,functions and food and beverage,all in one complex.

In celebration of this special dayfor romance, The Junction Restau-rant at the Casino will be offeringa special Sunday buffet lunch onFebruary 14.

And who knows – those who arelucky in love might just also belucky on one of the casino’s 180 slotmachines or their six tables, includ-ing roulette, black- jack and poker.

For those wanting to make aweekend of it, the hotel offers 32 ex-quisite rooms. Here guests can en-joy the perfect balance of escape,luxury and vitality.

Visitors can immerse themselvesin the blissful experience of the ho-tel’s Hadley’s Bar, where they canhang out with their friends. Or theycan watch sporting events in com-fort and style in the sports bar.

The Junction Restaurant has tan-talising menus, where diners can in-

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Treat your loved one to a Blueberry Mille-FeuilleVALENTINES can treat their lovedones this Valentine’s Day to a sweettreat that is sure to delight anyonewith or without a sweet tooth.

This week Chef Morne Edworthyof the Queen’s Hotel and Casinoshares his recipe for a blueberrymille-feuille with Express readers.

A mille-feuille (translation: thou-sand sheets) is made up of multiplelayers of puff pastry with a filling inbetween. The top layer is coatedwith garnish.

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INGREDIENTS:1 roll of puff pastry 100ml whipped cream 30ml readymade custard

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METHOD:1. Cut out 2 pieces of puff pastry

10cm x 5cm. 2. Put these in the oven and allow

to rise. Once golden brown, sepa-rate with a sharp knife and allow tocool.

3. Make a blueberry coulis by add-ing your blueberries, sugar and wa-ter. Heat this mixture and allow to

reduce by half. Once done, allow tocool.

4. Mix your whipped cream withyour custard and cooled coulis.

5. Starting with your puff pastry,layer the pastry with the blueberrycream mixture, ending with pastry.

Sprinkle your dessert with icingsugar. Pipe with caramel treat andplace your cherries, chocolate deco-ration and mint leaves.

CHOCOLATE DECORATIONS.To make chocolate decorations,

grate chocolate and melt it over a low heat. Once combined, lay what-ever design you require on wax pa-per. Once your design has cooleddown, peel it off gently and use asrequired.

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TATUM Cox (18) from Port Eliza-beth, received a Shoprite bursa-ry worth R60 000 when no otherbursar would consider an appli-cation to fund her first year ofstudy – this was a dream cometrue for her.

Tatum is enrolled for her firstyear of study towards a Bachelorof Pharmacy at the Nelson Man-dela Metropolitan University(NMMU).

Her mother found informationon Shoprite’s bursaries on the in-ternet and Tatum is extremelygrateful that Shoprite will notonly assist her financially, butalso provide her with valuablework experience on completionof her studies.

“I was so excited to find outthat Shoprite was willing to giveme an opportunity to study phar-macy. I am only enrolling for myfirst year now and no other bur-sar was willing to even considerme for a bursary. I had no ideathat Shoprite awarded bursariesfor pharmacy. I then found outthat they offer bursaries for somany other areas of study aswell.”

Thousands of the 455 753 mat-ric learners qualifying for ad-mission to tertiary institutionsthis year are in need of financialsupport in order to access one ofthe various post-school systemopportunities available to them.Prospective students can look tothe Shoprite Group, who still hasabout R8 million available for fi-nancial assistance from their ex-tensive bursary programme.

Bursaries are awarded forscarce skills programmes suchas pharmacy and chartered ac-counting, along with qualifica-tions such as logistics and supplychain management, informationtechnology, industrial engineer-ing, hospitality, retail businessmanagement and marketing.

With limited space available attertiary institutions, prospectivestudents who achieved an aver-age of more than 70% in matric,are urged to apply for one of theremaining bursaries by visitingshopritebemore.com or contact-ing their training institution’sbursary office for assistance.

Candidates may qualify for abursary of up to R70 000 per yearwhich allows for registration

fees, tuition, textbook and ac-commodation fees depending onthe course of study and institu-tion.

Each bursary granted is linkedto a work back agreement withShoprite and in this way a bursa-ry holder is assured of careerprospects with South Africa’slargest private sector employer.

On successful completion oftheir studies, pharmacy studentshave employment opportunitieswithin one of Shoprite’s 159 Me-diRite pharmacies throughoutSouth Africa and the Group’strainee management pro-gramme will aid retail businessand hospitality managementgraduates in preparing them tobecome store managers.

Chartered Accountant (CA)field candidates can be placedwithin Shoprite’s South AfricanInstitute of Chartered Account-ants (SAICA) approved CA train-ing programme to complete theirinternship as article clerks.

The Logistics and IndustrialEngineering graduates pro-gramme trains managers for po-sitions within one of the Group’s20 distribution centres, whilstthe IT and Marketing Traineeprogrammes assist graduates togain the necessary specialisedworkplace experience.

The Shoprite Group recognis-es the value of investing in op-portunities for young people toobtain a qualification and ac-quire the necessary skills forgainful employment.

A consistent employment gen-erator, the Shoprite Group cur-rently employs more than 136 000people with 3134 jobs createdduring the last six months alone.

By providing bursaries toqualifying students, as well aseducational loans and grants toits employees and their depend-ents, Shoprite aids and strength-ens economic security and socialwelfare in the communities with-in which it trades.

The Group has already award-ed 193 tertiary study bursaries todeserving candidates for the 2016academic year. The ShopriteGroup has also committed to fi-nancing more than 60 studentsfor the National Certificate (Vo-cational) Wholesale and Retailqualification studying at the Col-lege of Cape Town, who will be of-fering this programme for thefirst time this year.

Shoprite bursaries still available for students

Tatum Cox  (18) received a Shoprite bursary worth R60 000 when no other bursar would consider an application  to  fund her  first year of study –  this was a dream come  true  for her.  PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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FORD has launched its B-Maxcompact vehicle in South Africaand, with prices starting at justmore than R220 000, it is set to getthe attention of the many people inthe market for a car which is justa little bigger than a hatch andsmaller than an SUV.

The B-MAX represents Ford’s vi-sion for a compact multi-activityvehicle (MAV). It’s an urban run-ner taking one from A to B, C andD in a stylish, cost-effective way,but is also quite capable of takingto the open road with comfort andexcellent performance.

So what makes the B-Maxunique? Its name says it all – theabsence of B-pillars (the pillars be-tween the front doors and the backpassenger doors) ensures the max-imum unobstructed access whenthe front and back doors are simul-taneously open.

The back doors are sliding doorswhich open backwards like a van’sside door - perfect for those tightparking spaces on shopping andschool runs, especially in windyconditions.

In addition, the B-Max isequipped with Ford’s award-win-ning 1.0 litre Ford EcoBoost petrolengine – which was voted Interna-tional Engine of the Year for threeconsecutive years. All models havea 5-speed manual gearbox.

The B-Max is available in threetrim levels, with the test car beingthe highest spec Titanium model,featuring the Ford SYNC infotain-ment system, a rear-view camera,full-length panoramic roof, FordMyKey functionality, as well as au-tomatic headlights and wind-screen wipers.

All models are well-equipped andeven the basic Ambiente model

comes with air-conditioning, one-touch electric windows and a six-speaker sound system with Blue-tooth connection, voice control andsteering wheel-mounted controls.

Additional features in the Trendversion are cruise control, a tripcomputer, an eight-speaker soundsystem with a touchscreen colourdisplay, alloy wheels and front foglights.

Safety features in all the modelsinclude front, side, curtain anddriver knee airbags, ABS brakes,electronic stability programme

control and a tyre pressure moni-toring system.

Exterior

The B-max is based on the sameplatform as that of the new Fiesta– but is just a little longer, widerand taller than the Fiesta.

When both front and rear doorsare open, the access to the interioris 1.5 metres wide, making it easierto enter or exit the rear seats, at-tend to children in child seats, orload and unload shopping.

InteriorThe B-max features a spacious

interior, which is dominated by arather busy instrument panel. TheTitanium has a high class look,with a reverse camera in the in-strument panel and stitched leath-er seats and leather steeringwheel.

The flexible seating system fea-tures 60/40 split rear seats that canbe folded flat with a “one-hand,one-motion” mechanism. It alsoboasts seven different seat-foldingcombinations and an adjustableluggage compartment floor.

The front passenger seat can al-so be folded, creating an extensiveflat-load floor from front to rear.Here, you could load or unloadlong objects from the side of thecar as there is no B-pillar in theway.

Plenty of cup and bottleholdersin easy-to-reach positions add tothe practicality of this vehicle.

RideThe rear sliding doors are not as

heavy and difficult to operate as ex-pected and my 11-year-old foundthem easy enough to manage.

The only downside to the differ-ent B-pillar configuration is thatyou have to stretch your neck a bitto look out for oncoming trafficfrom the side as it creates a slightlywider blind spot.

The car offers outstanding agili-ty and manoeuvrability for citydriving. I found the movementfrom first to second gear a bitjerky, but after that it was smoothchanging all the way to fifth gear.

The roadnoise of the 1.0 litre en-gine is surprisingly low at speed

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The absence of B­pillars  (the pillars between  the  front doors and  the back passenger doors)  in  the Ford B­Max ensures  the maximum unobstructed access when the  front and back doors are simultaneously open. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

The B­max  features a spacious  interior, which  is dominated by a rather busy instrument panel.                                                                                                                   PHOTO: SUPPLIED

This column is written by EP Media regional editor and Queenstown Express editor Bettie Giliomee, a full member of the Guild of Motoring Journalists, who test drives vehicles looking at them from a mom’s taxi and non-motoring expert’s perspective.

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VOLKSWAGEN Commercial Vehicles is in-troducing a special edition Amarok Ulti-mate, which is the first bakkie in the localmarket with Bi-xenon headlights with LEDdaytime running lights as standard.

It is based on the top-of-the-range deriva-tive, 2.0 BiTDI 132kW 4Motion Highline with8-speed automatic transmission.

For exclusivity, the Amarok Ultimateboasts numerous features such as Bi-xenonheadlights with integrated LED lightingstrip. The Bi-xenon headlights give the Ama-rok not only improved lighting, but with thetwin chrome bars on the radiator grille theygive the Amarok Ultimate a greatly im-proved visual appearance as well.

Additional exterior standard features ofthe “ultimate” Amarok include silver wing

mirror covers, darkened rear lights withLED number plate illumination, polished 19-inch “Cantera” alloy wheels, special “Ulti-mate” lettering, a silver-coloured design un-derbody guard and a styling bar, as well assill sidebars in chrome.

The Amarok Ultimate also comes as stan-dard with park distance control with rear-as-sist reversing camera, electric folding andheated wing mirrors, heated front seats in ei-ther Vienna or Alcantara leather, RCD 510Radio/CD system with cellphone prepara-tion, rain sensor with intermittent wipers,auto dimming rear-view mirror and specialvelour floor mats.

The optional features offered with the Am-arok Ultimate are the RNS 510 radio/naviga-tion system with six speakers and electricalinterface for external use.

The Amarok Ultimate retails for R600 200(Vat included).

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and on the open road.To test the BMax to its full poten-

tial, it was taken out for a familyouting to Jeffreys Bay. The BMaxis very responsive and quick off themark when foot is put to the accel-erator, allowing for confident over-taking.

The steering is light and yet itdoesn’t have a floaty feel.

According to Ford, the averagefuel use from a combination ofstart-stop city driving and openroad cruising is 4,9 litres/100km.

PriceThe B-Max also comes standard

with four-year/60 000km serviceplan and four-year/120 000km war-ranty.

1,0 EcoBoost Ambiente – R221 9001,0 EcoBoost Trend – R246 9001,0 EcoBoost Titanium – R271 900

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FOR many South Africans, buy-ing a new car is a nerve-rackingexperience.

Queenstown Express talked tolocal dealers to get the best tipson buying a car, from the prover-bial horse’s mouth.

In this week’s edition, we getadvice from Anthony, aka Ant,Botha of Union Diesel Multi-franchise in Queenstown, whohas more than 15 years experi-ence in the motoring industry.

What should one consider when buying a car?

First decide what you will bedoing with the car, for examplework, family or leisure. It is im-portant to buy where you arecomfortable and feel as if you arebeing treated well as this is a vi-tal decision and one of the mostcostly things you will ever buy.Also try to support local dealers;besides investing money in thetown that you reside in, it alsomakes a lot of sense to buy localso that you have the supportwhen you need it.

What are the advantages and disadvantages when comparing

buying a vehicle new or pre-owned?

Buy what you can afford. Thatnew-car smell is something thateveryone wants, but it isn’t al-ways affordable. There are manyvery good options as far as pre-

owned cars are concerned in theQueenstown area. Warranty andservice plans are important andthese options are available onmost used cars as well. In view ofthis, should your financial situa-tion force you to go for a used ve-hicle, it is important to look fora car that has a service and war-ranty plan.

Tips on keeping one’s car in its best condition?

Service is everything! Makesure that you don’t miss your

next service appointment withyour dealership. The mainte-nance of your car will determineits reliability as well as its futurevalue.

A full service can be costly, butit is essential to routinely takeyour car for a thorough servicewhich encompasses car diagno-sis for visible and invisible mal-functioning parts.

Visible and hidden fraudulent activities by dealerships to lure

customers; what to look out for?Try to buy from a franchise

dealer whether new or used.The franchise dealers will be

established and will have beenapproved by the respective fran-chise that they represent.

We live in a digital age wherealmost everything is done on theinternet, such as online advertis-ing, banking and transacting andin spite of it being time-saving;the internet will always have itsrisks.

Although many legitimatedealers use the internet to adver-tise, there will always be fraud-sters waiting to take your moneyand give you nothing but head-aches in return.

Just remember that if the dealseems too good to be true, it prob-ably is.

Your favourite car?

The Mazda CX-5 Akera becauseof Mazda’s tough engines and thecar is very spacious.

QUEENSTOWN VEHICLE DEALERS GIVE ADVICE

The do’s and dont’s of buying a vehicle 

Anthony Botha of Union Diesel Multi­franchise  is  this week’s expert giving advice  to Queenstown Express  readers on  things  to consider when buying a vehicle.PHOTO: SANELE  JAMES

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TOYOTA has recently introduced its new-lookAvanza compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) sporting a refreshed exterior design.

The advancements continue under the skin,where the new model offers reduced NVH levels,improved ride quality and refinement.

New Exterior Identity

The exterior design of the new Avanza re-ceives a substantial make-over thanks to the adoption of the new Toyota “corporate face”. Atthe front, a large radiator grille forms the mainfocal point, framed by a bold colour-coded “brow”, which also plays host to the Toyota in-signia.

This “brow” extends outwards to the sides,meeting the new trapezoidal headlights, creat-ing a strong, unified appearance.

The lower grille follows the curved shape ofthe upper grille area, with upswept sides, whichterminate in the side air inlets.

On TX models, the air inlets also incorporatefog lamps to provide increased visibility.

Moving to the rear, revised rear tail-lights andan enlarged rear door garnish complement therefreshed image.

Revised InteriorOn the inside, new interior decor welcomes

passengers, exuding an elevated sense of quality.A classic mono tone black interior colour scheme forms the base of the new interior.

The driver is treated to a new instrument clus-ter, adopting striking amber-hued inserts, a sil-ver outer bezel and white night-time illumina-tion for greater visibility and user-friendliness.

All models receive a new Eco indicator, to pro-vide feedback to the driver on economical driv-ing - contributing to even better fuel economy.

Adding to the durability is a heel-pad built into

the driver’s foot area, helping to preserve the carpet from heavy usage.

Enhanced ConvenienceThe Avanza continues as a highly versatile

vehicle, and as such a strong focus has been placed on creating added convenience for all oc-cupants.

A new, split third-row seat allows passengersto independently adjust the back-row seating, af-fording the user the freedom of multiple configu-rations. In addition, the third-row seats featurea tumble function to conveniently increase car-go space when required.

The adjustable second- and third-row seatingof the Avanza make it possible for owners to con-figure the interior layout to suit their exact re-quirements, offering various combinations of passenger versus cargo space.

Auto Up/Down operation has been incorpo-rated into the driver’s power window for easieruse.

A new console tray positioned at the front inclose proximity to the 12-volt power outlet cre-ates a convenient storage space for loose items,within easy reach of driver and front passenger.

The rear window wiper now gets an intermit-tent function, with the interior room lamp re-ceiving auto-off functionality, preventing the risk of battery depletion.

New safety featuresContributing to an increased level of safety,

the second seating row has been fitted with a cen-tre headrest. It uses a smart split design, allow-ing the seats to fold down individually.

A three-point centre seatbelt is also on offer,providing greater occupant safety.

ISOFIX restraint points are featured, whichare further complemented by a seatbelt warningsystem for driver and front passenger, as well asdriver and passenger airbags - all standard across the range.

safety specification of the new Avanza which in-cludes ABS. An anti-theft system with alarm andimmobiliser completes the safety specification.

Under the SkinThe new Avanza’s suspension geometry and

design have been tweaked to provide improvedhandling and stability, steering feel and en-hanced ride comfort. These design changes alsodeliver a reduction in cabin noise, helping to lower NVH levels while travelling.

New enginesThe Avanza range also sports two new en-

gines, in 1.3 and 1.5 litre guise. This family of en-gines is shared with the Etios hatchback, withspecific tuning to optimise it for use in the Avan-za. The 1.3 litre engine delivers 70 kW with 121Nm of Torque, with the 1.5 litre delivering a perky 77 kW and 137 Nm.

Fuel economy is improved, with a frugal 6.1l/100 km figure being quoted for the 1.3 litre anda low 6.3 l/100 km for the 1.5 litre manual.

The automatic derivative weighs in onlyslightly higher at 6.7 l/100 km.

Buyers have the choice of a 5-speed manualtransmission or 4-speed automatic on the 1.5l model, which drive the rear wheels.

Model rangeThe Avanza range offers customers three

grades to choose from depending on their indi-

vidual needs.Forming the starting point of the line-up with

a strong value focus,is the S grade model, whichfeatures power windows, remote central lock-ing, power steering, a centrally mounted consolebox, intermittent windscreen wipers and an an-ti-theft system as standard.

The SX grade brings touches of added comfortand style with colour-coded exterior mirrors with power operation, a refreshing air-condi-tioning system and vanity mirror for the frontpassenger.

Forming the flagship of the Avanza range isthe TX grade, which is equipped with new sporty“switchblade” 15-inch alloy wheels and adornedwith chrome treatment on the front “brow”. Arear-mounted roof spoiler adds a stylish touchto the profile.

Providing the entertainment for family roadtrips is a four-speaker audio system with USBinput for added convenience. A multi-informa-tion display provides feedback on various ele-ments to the driver. A 1.3 litre panel van remainspart of the line-up.

Pricing and line-up1.3 S - R 193 4001.3 SX - R 208 5001.5 SX - R R214 9001.5 SX AT - R 231 6001.5 TX - R 245 6001.3 Panel Van - R 198 000

The exterior design of  the new Avanza received a substantial make-over.                         PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Toyota gives its Avanza a make-over

Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) has been add-ed to all models, bol-stering the active

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TOO many times new F1 circuits are talk-ed up and promised to be glorious show-pieces that will electrify the racing. Andthen you end up with Valencia, a dull F1street circuit somewhere in Spain thatevokes more winces than grins.

But the new hosts of the EuropeanGrand Prix may have hit on somethingspecial. As the most recent addition to theF1 calendar Azerbaijan’s Baku City cir-cuit promises much from the initialglimpses of its layout. At six kilometresit’s second in length only to Spa-Fran-corchamps and with twenty corners be-hind Abu Dhabi’s 21 and Singapore’s 23.

But the most arresting feature of the cir-cuit is slim width in certain areas of thetrack. It’s not pancake flat either; in factit has significant elevation changes and

even a cobbled section. Because it is a temporary circuit it isn’t

required to subscribe to the FIA sportingcode which stipulates a width of twelvemeters, with an additional three meterson the starting grid. While the circuit hassome areas which stretch to 13 metrewidth, its narrowest point, on Aziz AliyevStreet, is just 7.6 metres wide. The aver-age speed of lap is currently projected at210 kph and a top speed of 340 kph.

From an early perspective the BakuCity circuit has many positives going forit: high-speed, tight sections, fast cornersand for a street circuit, a longer than usu-al lap. Already it bears some similaritieswith China’s legendary Macau circuit.

While Baku is the ‘new’ that the title al-ludes to Pastor Maldonado is the one get-

ting the boot. The driver who signed upto race alongside Jolyon Palmer for the re-turning Renault team appears to be out ofa job. Instead, former McLaren driverKevin Magnussen has inked a deal andwill be announced as a Renault driverwithin the coming days.

It may look as if the rug has been pulledfrom underneath Maldonado’s feet butnot quite. The Venezuelan’s time in For-mula 1 has been littered with far too muchinconsistency and far too few performan-ces of real value and competence.

In his three seasons with Williams heregistered an impressive victory at Spainin 2012 but solid and consistent perform-ances were a rarity. The inconsistencyand throng of crashes, some inexplicable,continued throughout his two subsequent

seasons at Lotus and has marred the driv-er’s reputation.

Still he remained in F1 thanks to a lu-crative sponsorship from Venezuela’sstate-owned oil and gas company PDVSA.The sponsorship total, believed to be $46million, is now no longer guaranteed asplunging oil prices and a volatile politicallandscape in Venezuela will stymiePDVSA’s involvement in F1.

For now, it doesn’t look like Maldonadowill find a spot in F1 for 2016 but there arestill two seats available at Manor, shouldhe be interested in a seat at this team andshould he be able to bring along the bulg-ing sponsorship purse the team wouldlikely be interested. Chances are thoughthat Pastor Maldonado may have bid F1an abrupt farewell.

TALKING F1: NATALIE LE CLUE

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HYUNDAI Automotive South Africa hasagain set a benchmark in the local car indus-try with a manufacturer’s warranty that lastsfor 7 years or 200 000 km.

The new, extended warranty will cover awide array of engine and transmission com-ponents of any Hyundai passenger car andlight commercial vehicle sold by Hyundai Au-tomotive SA with entry from 1 February 2016.

“We are proud to be a leader once again in

the South Africa automotive industry with amanufacturer’s warranty that really bearstestimony of the trust that we place in ourproducts. Our cars’ quality and reliabilityhave established excellent resale values overthe years, and many thousands of Hyundaicustomers and drivers can vouch for thepeace of mind that our products bring to theconsumer,” says Stanley Anderson, market-ing director of Hyundai Automotive South Af-rica.

“Hyundai introduced the 5-year/150 000 kmmanufacturer’s warranty at the end of 2007,

and it caught our competitors by surprise. Itwas a feature of a Hyundai buyer’s packagethat quickly became a promise of our carsquality and reliability.

“The new, extended warranty fits in withHyundai’s mission, which is to become atrusted lifetime partner to our customers bybringing a new perspective to automobilesthrough innovation,” says Anderson.

In the engine, items such as the timingchain, cylinder block, head gasket, cylinderhead and crank case, to name a few, are cov-ered by the extended warranty. The turbo-

charger, water pump, flywheel and enginemountings also fall under the warranty,while the pressure plate and the torque con-verter are also covered in the manual and au-tomatic gearboxes.

Several other components in the transmis-sion – front wheel drive as well as all-wheeldrive – are also covered by the warranty, in-cluding the transfer case, universal joint,prop shaft, axle shafts, constant velocityjoints and front and rear differentials. Frontand rear hub bearings are also on the list ofparts that enjoy the warranty cover.

Hyundai sets benchmark with longer warranty

Formula 1 in 2016: It’s out with the old, in with the new

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THE latest Naamsa figures show that newvehicle sales in South Africa havedropped in January to its lowest in almost5 years.

The overall industry was down 6.9 per-cent versus the same period last year, de-spite high rental sales, which accountedfor one in four passenger vehicles sold.

In amplification of the new vehicle salesstatistics for the month of January, 2016– released on Monday for public consump-tion on the website of the Department ofTrade & Industry - the Association com-mented that in line with general industryexpectations, new vehicle sales had start-ed 2016 on a weak note. Export sales of newmotor vehicles had also registered a majoryear on year decline largely due to logis-tics and shipment issues.

In the event, January 2016 aggregate ofnew vehicle sales at 48 615 units had regis-tered a decline of 3 613 vehicles or a fallof 6.9% compared to the 52 228 vehiclessold in January last year.

The January 2016 export sales at 13 057units reflected an unexpectedly large de-cline of 3 652 vehicles or a fall of 21.9%compared to the 16 709 vehicles exportedin January last year.

Overall, out of the total reported Indus-try sales of 48 615 vehicles, an estimated36 456 units or 75.0% represented dealersales, 18.4% represented sales to the vehi-cle rental Industry, 4.4% to Industry cor-porate fleets and 2.2% to government.

The new car market continued to experi-ence pressure during January 2016 and at34 936 units reflected a decline of 2 272 carsor a fall of 6.1% compared to the 37 208 newcars sold in January last year. The carrental Industry again made a strong con-tribution and accounted for 24.6% of newcar sales in January, 2016.

New vehicle sales under pressure

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TEMBILE SGQOLANA

THE Queenstown Boys’ Boxing Club (QBBC) orthodox boxer Thimna Ntetha willbe among QBBC pugilists who will be partici-pating at the Chris Hani Amateur Boxing Or-ganisation (CHABO) Chris Hani district boxingtrials in Cala over the weekend.

Ntetha is a young and talented boxer who sur-prised his trainers when he won all his boutslast year. He closed the year with a silvermedal at the premier games where he lost by a small margin. That has moti-vated him to do more this year.

Speaking to the Express about hisachievement, Ntetha said he will doeverything in his power this year tobe one of the best amateur boxersin the country.

“Every time I step into the ring,I focus on the fight and all my op-ponents know that. I love box-ing and when I am at the ringI feel free,” he said.

Ntetha said he will be doinghis best at the trials and warns his opponents. “I am ready and Iwill fight with anyone who chal-lenges me,” he said.

QBBC coach and CHABO secretary Mabhu-ti Mapeyi said Ntetha will be fighting in thejunior division. “ He had a successful year last year when he was undefeated in 14 boutsuntil the premier games where he was beatenin a close bout. Now we are hoping that hewill win the premier games and representthe province at the national tournament later this year,” he said.

Mapeyi said Ntetha started boxing in2010 and has improved a lot since then. “Heis a disciplined boxer and will go a long way.If he aims for anything and tells himself that hewants it, he gets it, that is the type of boxer heis. Outside boxing he is also a very good personwho loves his family,” he said.

At the trials over the weekend they will be select-ing a Chris Hani regional team which will repre-sent the district in East London in March.

“ All boxing clubs in Chris Hani district munici-pality will be represented as pugilists between theages of 15 to 18 years will be fighting to be includedin the regional team,” Mapeyi said.

Ntetha to represent Queenstown Boys’ Boxing Club

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BUFFALO City U13 soccer team was crownedthis year’s Build It Eastern Cape U13 champi-ons after beating Engcobo 4-3 on penalties afterthe game ended in a stalemate on Saturday.

The team captain, who was also crowned theplayer of the tournament, Luxolo Nyala, said the tournament was not easy but his team worked hard to achieve the results.

“ I want to thank Build It for giving us thisopportunity and the South African Football As-sociation (Safa) for looking after the future offootball in the province,” he said.

Nyala thanked the supporters for cheeringthem and promised to defend the title next year.

Les Pillay from Build It head office said thetournament started in 2006 and it involved allthe Build It stores around the country.

“ All the stores had their own tournamentswhere best players are selected to represent the

store at the provincial event,” he said.Pillay said the tournament is the best place

to select the best players in the province.“Taking into consideration the quality of

football being played now in South Africa, thistournament will play a role in boosting the quality of football we have in the country,” hesaid.

Pillay said although football is quickly de-clining in South Africa, it is still a uniting factorof our society.

Daliwonga Tshandu from Build It said thetournament has produced a number of profes-sional players.

“We have a woman who is now playing forBanyana Banyana and another player who isin the development of Amazulu,” he said.

Brian Hayes from Build It head officethanked the people who attended the tourna-ment.

“This is the future of football and it needs allthe support it can get,” he said.

Buffalo City wins Build It U13 tournament

The Buffalo City U13  team was crowned  this year’s Build  It U13 Eastern Province winners.

Lukhanji  soccer  team players attacking Xhorha during  the Build It U13  tournament on Saturday.  PHOTOS: TEMBILE SGQOLANA