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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE controversial king ofAbaThembu, King BuyelekhayaDalindyebo, has announced thathe didn’t need any support fromgovernment and that the govern-

ment could also take back the stipend he iscurrently receiving.

Buyelekhaya made this announcementduring a meeting of the AbaThembu whichwas held at Nkulelekweni in Mthatha lastSunday.

The meeting formed part of consultationswith the Thembus, following a letter writtenby the president, giving the king 30 days to ex-plain why he should be allowed to keep his po-sition as king. Thousands of Thembus comingfrom as far as KwaZulu-Natal and the North-west Province gathered at Nkulelekweni.

During the meeting, all the Thembus sup-ported the king and lashed out at President-Zuma for interfering with the matters of Dlo-mos.

Addressing the meeting, King Buyele-khaya stressed that he would no longer belooking for any support from the govern-ment. “I am not worried about their stipendand I will never accept any vehicle from thegovernment. They must take their moneyand their car; I don’t need it anymore. If thereis something they gave me which I had forgot-ten to mention, they should remind me andcome and take it back,” said Buyelekhaya.

He said the members of the ANC didn’thave a problem with him, but that the leader-ship of the ANC did. He called on people notto describe the matter of his removal as trib-alism, because the Zulus had nothing to dowith the whole matter and that it was onlyan individual, namely President Zuma, whowants him out.

“Those people who are fighting me are notreal members of the Royal family. There are

only two people who are real members of theroyal house, myself and my young brother,Mankunku Dalindyebo. About my convic-tions, which were part of the complaint fromthe people who want me out, I never killed an-ybody which is a reason why I want the caseto be reviewed,” he said.

Dali Mpofu, a member of the King’s legalteam, described the case as a “fire of papers”.

He said the issue was not for the AbaThem-bu nation only, but one for all black South Af-ricans. “Don’t panic. AbaThembu must cometogether and fight this corruption by govern-ment. We had already written a letter to thePresident and we are expecting a response onAugust 11. We want him to tell us which royalfamily met and discussed the dethronementof the king. We want the President to reverse

the letter and to apologise to the King and theThembu nation.”

He said the President should also make apublic statement; failing which, by 16h00 onAugust 11, they would take further steps. Atrust which will assist in the legal battle inthismatterwill be establishedandwill be leadby local Mthatha business people and the en-tire AbaThembu nation.

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King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, Nkosi Mfundo Mtirara and Advocate Dali Mpofu. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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KHAYA MAGENU

THE race for the African National CongressYouth League (ANCYL) presidency has offi-

cially began after the Alfred Nzo region nomi-nated their candidates to lead the region.

Thenominationswasdoneat the secondRe-

gional Congress held at the Kokstad Dioceseof Umzimvubu Glenthon recently.

The league’s current national co-ordinator,Magasela Mzobe had been endorsed by the re-

gional conference to take over the ANCYLPresidency position.

This followed more than a year after the ANChad dissolved the ANCYL’s structure afterformer ANCYL President, Julius Malema –now EFF leader – was fired from the organisa-tion forputting theorganisation intodisrepute.

The newly elected Regional Chairperson,Unathi Nqoko, said their conference was heldto prepare for the Eastern Cape provincialconference scheduled to be held at the end ofAugust and the national conference in Sep-tember this year. He confirmed that the re-gional conference had endorsed the name ofMzobe to be the president of the ANCYL.

The endorsement was also announced bythe Harry Gwala region when they convenedtheir regional conference early in January.

Harry Gwala’s regional ANCYL Spokes-person, Zwakele Mngonyama, confirmedthat in their conference resolutions they de-cided to nominate Mzobe to stand for the AN-CYL president position. He further statedthat they wanted Sipho Hlomuka to stand asprovincial chairperson in the KZN provin-cial conference which would be held soon.

Meanwhile, Nqoko mentioned that theyhad even endorsed Mawethu Rune to standas Secretary General and that his name wasendorsed to stand in theEasternCapeProvin-cial conference as provincial chairperson.

He said they would convince other regionsand provincial structures to support theiridea to nominate Mzobe to lead the youthleague structure.

He described the regional conference as avery succesful one compared to others theyhad had before, since all the branches in theAlfred Nzo region were represented.

Among the people nominated to lead the re-gion was Onke Diko as deputy regional chair-person, Phelokazi Qulu as treasury for thesecond term and Sibongile Nasiu as the depu-ty secretary.

Nqoko said at the conference they had in-dentified issues affecting the youth, includ-ing unemployment and poverty. He said theywanted to address these challenges duringtheir term of leading the region.

Battle forANCYLpresidency ison

Members of ANCYL in discussions at the regional conference held at the Diocese of Umzimvubu Glenthon. PHOTO: KHAYA MAGENU

PHINDILE GQELE

THE Ntabankulu Local Municipality(NLM) held a media briefing last week, todiscuss the status quo of the municipalityand to let the public know what was hap-pening inside the institution.

The briefing also focused on the way for-ward regarding service delivery.

During the session, Mayor Vusi Mgodu-ka highlighted that the municipalityrankednumberone in thepoorof thepoor-est municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

Their inability to generate sufficientincome and reliance on grant fundingcontinued to be a challenge for the munic-ipality as their own revenue was sittingat 3%.

He said that alone made it difficult forthe municipality to render much neededservices in all the wards.

As a result they had implemented plansto turn the situation around. Mgodukahighlighted that R30 million had been allo-cated to install electricity in 1200 house-

holds over the next two years.He said the municipality would train 40

security guards in the hope of saving mon-ey from outsourcing as currently theywere paying R1,2 million a year for securi-ty.

They were also hoping to create employ-ment for about 90 young people for townbeautification and solid waste manage-ment programmes as well as making in-frastructure improvements.

“We understand that the odds areagainst us in terms of financial capacityto make that change possible, but we areconfident that we will overcome the chal-lengeswith the interventionof theNation-al government,” concluded Mayor Mgodu-ka.

As part of ensuring the success of theseplans, the Municipal Manager, MondeSondaba, said they would prioritize trans-parency within the municipality.

“We need people who are willing towork and offer high quality performance.We will not tolerate any sort of mischiefin this municipality.”

Ntabankulu Local Municipality shares its plans

Mayor Vusi Mgoduka and Municipal Manager, Monde Sondaba, answering ques­tions during discussions. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

MEMBERS of the Dlomos who are champion-ing the dethronement of the controversialAbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo,had explained to the media why they felt theking needed to step down and hand back thespear.

This followed a letter from the Presidentthat was delivered to the king on Friday, July25, in which the President gave the king 30days to motivate why he should not be de-throned.

The letter was based on a clause of the Tra-ditional Leadership and Governance Frame-work Act, which states that a king or queen

could be removed from office if they faceda prison sentence of longer than a year.

The anti-Dalindyebo Dlomos emphasizedthat Dalindyebo needed to be dethroned, be-cause he has embarrassed the AbaThembunation several times with his “ill-informedsuggestions” and other utterances.

In his address, Nkosi Daludumo Mtirara,said thekingwas foundguilty and sentencedto 15 years in prison without the option ofa fine for various crimes including murder,arson, assault, kidnapping and defeating theends of justice.

They also labelled Dalindyebo as the onewho brutally assaulted father JonguhlangaSabatha Dalindyebo and his mum Nomos-cow. Mtirara also said Dalindyebo smoked

dagga publicly in the presence of the elders.“He fathered some of the late King Jonguh-

langa Sabatha Dalindyebo’s children andgrandchildren. He also ordered his wife to re-move a customary spear,” said Mtirara.

They also claimed that Dalindyebo had failedto attend the funeral of his mother Nomoscow,his wife, queen Nolwazi and his brother fromthe Right house of King Jonguhlanga, BandileDalindyebo.

“When we advised him to consider the wifeof the nation, he arrogantly told the royal fami-ly that “you picked her, you poke her”,” saidMtirara.

He, as a member of the royal family had beentrying to advise Dalindyebo, but that his effortswere in vain.

Dlomosgive reasons fordethronement call

Buyelekhaya’s young brother Jongisizwe Dalindyebo, Nkosi Daludumo and chief Thanduxolo Mtirara. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s younger brotherwho also wants his brother dethroned.

PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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BHISHO government will have to move swift-ly andprovide support to ailingprovincialmu-nicipalities after all 45 municipalities in theEastern Cape failed to receive a clean auditfrom the auditor-general.

Auditor-General (AG) Kimi Makwetu pre-sented his 2012-13 audit reports last weekwhich revealed that the majority of municipal-ities performed dismally, with at least sevenreceiving disclaimers.

OR Tambo, King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD),Alfred Nzo and Ngqushwa, again received dis-claimers. Ngqushwa Municipality has re-ceived a disclaimer for the past three consecu-tive financial audit years.

The province’s two metros , Buffalo City andNelson Mandela Bay, stagnated and receivedqualified audits (with findings) while Amath-ole District Municipality also stagnated andreceived an unqualified report (with findings).

Makwetu said Ngqushwa, Makana and Sun-days River failed to submit their financialstatements within the prescribed timelines forauditing adding that the financial statementssubmitted by most municipalities were againof poor quality, resulting in an unacceptablehigh level of material audit adjustments need-ed to produce credible financial statements.

Makwetu attributed the poor performanceto poor financial management, dysfunctional

supply chain management (SCM) and lack ofpolitical will.

The overall total expenditure of the provin-cial municipalities amounted to R37.4-billionfor the 2012-13 financial period.

This amount is made of R6.6-billion for pay-roll costs including councillors, R26.1-billionfor goods and services and R4.7-billion in capi-tal expenditure. The two metros accounted for42% of total expenditure.

Irregular expenditure increased significant-ly from R2.2-billion in the previous year toR3.3-billion during the year under review.

“The province reflects a concerning pictureon the drivers of the internal control environ-ment, which is underpinned by a lack of com-mitment by political and administrative lead-ership to respond swiftly to our messages, alack of policies, procedures and controls fordocument management, the absence of dailyand monthly financial controls and poor moni-toring of compliance with legislation,” saidMakwetu.About 84% of the provincial munici-palities had difficulty in recovering their out-standing debts which could lead to difficultyin rendering services.

DA MPL Bobby Stevenson said the heart ofthe problem with local government audit out-comes is that the province doesn’t have skilledpersonnel.

“About 20% of municipalities do not havechief financial officers (CFOs) and some fi-nance units are run by interns,” said Steven-

son.Premier Phumulo Masaulle said over the

next five years government would strength-

Poor audit outcomes for Eastern Cape municipalitiesen support tomunicipalities in anattempt to im-prove governance and accelerate service deliv-ery.

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE second wife of the late former presidentNelson Mandela, is seeking the rights to ownthe estate of her former husband in Qunu.

During his lifetime, Mandela had marriedthree times.

His first marriage was to Evelyn MaseMandela, his second to Nomzamo WinnieMadikizela Mandela and his third to GracaMachel Mandela, to he was married at thetime of his death on December 5, 2013.

Winnie and the late Nelson Mandela had

two children, Zinzi and Zenani.Winnie’s lawyer, Mvuso Notyesi of Mvuzo

Notyesi Incorporated, has confirmed that hewrote a letter to the appointed executor ofthe estate of the late Nelson Rolihlala Man-dela, acting on behalf of Mrs NomzamoMadikizela

Mandela, her children and grandchildren.Notyesi said the children born out of thesemarriages, are customarily entitled to thecommon homes to which each of the wivesis or was entitled to, according to the customand tradition.

He said this position is applicable irre-

spective of whether the wife was divorced ornot. It remains the same even in instanceswhere the children become married, be-cause they need their common home to per-form rituals and other traditions which ap-ply to them”, said Notyesi.

He stressed that this was by no means anattack on the will of the late Nelson Mandela.He confirmed that his clients were not con-testing the will and were merely assertingthe traditional and customary rights onwhat could become a contentious issue inthe future.

“We are avoiding contestations of what

need not be contested if the matter is amica-bly resolved. We are open on negotiations inthe matter, so as to find a solution that mustbe in the best interest of all the interestedparties”, said Mvuzo in a letter.

While Madiba was still alive, Mandla hadfull access to the Qunu property and residedthere at times.

It is alleged, that since Madiba’s funeral,Mandla had been refused entrance to theproperty.

At time of going to print attempts to getcomment from Mandla Mandela had beenfruitless.

Winnie challenges Madiba’s estate

He said as the Royal family they were keento begin the process of reviving and rebuild-ing the credibility of their monarchy, whichhe claimed had suffered much under the in-cumbent the King. They said that once thespear was removed, the Royal family wouldconsult with all other houses with an interestin this matter to plan the way forward. TheDlomos who led the process of removingDalindyebo, includes his younger brotherJongisizwe Dalindyebo. The chairperson ofthis group, Nkosi Thanduxolo Mtirara, uncleto King Buyelekhaya stressed that they want-ed to take the customary spear from Buyele-khaya, because he was being disrespectful.

The king’s spokespeople could not bereached for comment.

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REPORTER

EBOLA is currently ravaging western Africaand is reported to be spreading to other coun-tries. Why is the disease so contagious?

The current Ebola outbreak has killed near-ly 700 people, mostly in the west African na-tions of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.However, a recent traveller who died of thedisease in Lagos, Nigeria, has highlighted theease with which the disease could spread.

Lewis Brown, the information minister ofLiberia, was quoted as telling Reuters that“(the disease) is a major public health emer-gency.” He said that Ebola is fierce and deadlyand expressed fears that it may continuespreading.

Is South Africa at risk?Theoretically, an outbreak anywhere on

the globe, including South Africa, that re-ceives a regular visitor influx from west Afri-ca, is just a plane flight or boat or bus rideaway.

These include illegal immigrants, asylumseekers, business and leisure travellers andcontract workers.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has saidthat there is no need for South Africans topanic. He said that precautions were beingtaken to prevent the virus from entering the

country and assured South Africans that thesurveillance activities in place were extreme-ly effective.

TheHeadofMedicalVirologyat theUniver-sity of Stellenbosch, Professor Wolfgang Pre-iser, told The Daily Maverick that the mostlikely scenario is when better-off people in thearea come to South Africa for treatment - sim-ilar to the Gabon case in 1996.

Dr Mark Gendreau who specialises in avia-tionmedicine atLaheyMedicalCentre inPea-body, Massachusits, told NPR (National Pub-lic Radio in the US) that the virus is not thateasily transmitted.

He recalled the case of a Gabon man whohad clear symptoms of Ebola and who board-ed a plane to Johannesburg to seek medicaltreatment in 1996. He had a fever above 41 de-grees C and signs of internal bleeding.

The man reached the hospital where he wastreated and he didn’t infect anyone during hisflight or other travels, the European Centrefor Disease Prevention and Control reported,although other reports - that cannot yet beverified - state that he infected a nurse at thehospital and she died of the disease.

Whether the virus spreads rapidly dependson how many people are infected (1 201 casesreported during the current outbreak) andthe degree of travel from the outbreak area.

The current outbreak is the deadliest everon record, and is currently not under control.

One of the leading doctors battling the dis-ease in Liberia died on Sunday after contract-ing the disease earlier in the week.

Ebola kills up to 90% of those it infects; thisrate is especially high in countries with poorhealthcare and a populace unwilling to re-ceive treatment, as is the case in the afore-mentioned African nations.

Aside from its lethality, Ebola is also high-ly, highly contagious. The disease has an in-cubation period of up to 21 days and takes be-tween 1 and 2 weeks to kill sufferers oncesymptoms begin to manifest themselves.There is currently no cure for the illness.

How is Ebola transmitted?

Ebola is spread by coming into contact withthe bodily fluids of infected animals or indi-viduals, or people who died from the disease.This includes sweat, blood and saliva.

The infectiouspotential of thedisease is suchthat coming into contact with a single drop ofsweat or spit from an infected person - and thentransmitting the virus to your nose or mouthwhen you touch these organs - could cause acompletely healthy person to become infected.

It is also often transmitted to medical per-sonnel via hypodermic needles used in treat-ing patients with Ebola fever, and to lab per-sonnel who handle samples.

There are several strains of Ebola. Genome

sampling of infected patients has suggestedthat the current outbreak is due to the Zairestrain, which is the deadliest strain known toman.The disease can also be caught from in-fected animals.

According to the WHO, animals that maycarry the illness include Gorillas, monkeys,fruit bats and porcupines. Infected fruit batsin particular have been known to travel as faras New Zealand and do not show any symp-toms of the disease.

Compounding this problem is the fact thatEbola is a haemorrhagic virus, meaning thatit causes large amounts of bleeding in infectedindividuals. Combined with the fact that fe-ver causes sufferers to sweat profusely, onecan see how the transmission vector of the ill-ness is, in a sense, self-propagating.

The ease of transmission is the reason whyso many medical professionals succumb tothe illness when treating it. In addition to thedeath of Dr Samuel Brisbane in Liberia, theSierra Leone Ministry of Health also an-nounced that its leading physician, SheikhUmar Khan is also battling the disease.

Nurses have abandoned hospitals with con-firmed cases of the disease after several diedas a result of treating infected people.

Doctors treating the illnessesnowwearpos-itive-pressure suits similar to those worn bythose dealing with toxic chemicals. – Source:www.health24.com

Could Ebolahit SA?

REPORTER

STRINGENT measures have been put inplace at South African airports to identifypassengers displaying symptoms of thedeadly Ebola virus and help prevent itsspread, The National Department of Healthhas said.

This follows concerns that the deadly Ebo-la virus is spreading beyond West Africaand is at risk of becoming the latest diseaseto be spread by international air travel.

SAnews.gov.za reports that both OR Tam-bo International and Lanseria Airport havethermal scanners to detect travellers withraised temperatures.

Once identified, the travellers will be as-sessed by medical officials at the necessaryfacilities available, with special attentionbeing given to patients with a travel historyto West Africa.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), aswell as the health ministry, were alerted tothe outbreak of the disease in West Africaas early as April and started addressing thechallenges posed immediately.

An alert was circulated shortly after theoutbreak, prompting all Port Health offi-cials to be aware of the EVD outbreak andhave a high index of suspicion for travellersdisplaying symptoms.

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi hasconfirmed that necessary steps have beentaken to detect and treat the disease shouldit arrive in the country, and that South Afri-can citizens had no need to panic.

The deadliest outbreak of Ebola to datehas been exacerbated by the death of a 40-year-old Liberian Finance Ministry employ-ee Patrick Sawyer after he was able to boarda flight fromLiberia toNigeriawhile clearlydisplaying various viral haemorrhagic fe-ver symptoms.

Authorities say Sawyer, who boarded aflight in Liberia, had a stopover in Ghana,changed planes in Togo, and then arrived inNigeria - died a few days later from Ebola.

International Civil Aviation Organiza-tion Secretary General Raymond Benjaminsaid, “Until now (the virus) has not impact-ed on commercial aviation, but now we’re

affected.”Earlier this week, Airports Company

South Africa spokesperson, Unathi Bat-yashe-Fillis, confirmed that The NationalDepartment of Health is monitoring allports of entry into South Africa.

Here’s what travellers need to know aboutthe Ebola Virus as detailed by WHO

- Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerlyknown as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a se-vere, often fatal illness in humans.

- EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rateof up to 90%.

- EVD outbreaks occur primarily in re-mote villages in Central and West Africa,near tropical rainforests.

- The virus is transmitted to people fromwild animals and spreads in the human pop-ulation throughhuman-to-human transmis-sion. The disease is not spread through theair like the flu virus but through bodily flu-ids.

- Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family areconsidered to be the natural host of the Ebo-la virus.

- Severely ill patients require intensivesupportive care. No licensed specific treat-ment or vaccine is available for use in peo-ple or animals.

- Containing the virus is extremely impor-tant as a single case can quickly turn into

Measures in place at SA airportsan epidemic.

- Symptoms will develop about 21 days af-ter infection and include fever, headache,muscle pain and weakness.

- Other symptoms may involve a rash,nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain anddiarrhoea. Internal/external bleeding oc-curs in some cases, which can lead to shockand massive hemorrhage.

- Travellers heading to this area shouldkeep abreast of where the affected areas areand avoid direct contact with people whoare sick.

- Administer strict hygiene conditions byregularly washing hands and avoiding con-tact with infected humans, if necessarywere protective clothing and gloves. –Source: www.news24.com

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MATHS pupils from grade one to matric nowhave access to over 950 free maths lessons pre-sented in their mother tongue.

This is thanks to a group of 20 passionateyoung South African university students,who invested hundreds of hours of their timeto translate over 950 Khan Academy onlinevideo lessons from English into isiXhosa.

The entire school maths syllabus is nowavailable on the internet in isiXhosa.

Pupils can either do the lessons individual-ly, or they can be used in a classroom settingin which the teachers can monitor theprogress of each pupil.

All the lessons and teachers’ modules areavailable free.

They can be played on any device with aweb browser.

While the Khan courses are available inover 30 languages, it is the first time the les-sons have been translated into an indigenousSouth African language.

A Cape-based organisation, Numeric, hasmatched the South African school syllabuswith Khan Academy lessons.

This ground-breaking translation is thebrainchild of two graduates from the Univer-sity of Cape Town, Adrian Cox and PratikPokharel, who was raised in East London.

Adrian Cox is from Durban.The two formed a non-profit organisation

called ClickMaths in 2012 in their undergrad-uate year with the belief that the best way toimprove South Africa’s struggling mathemat-ics education system is through the use offreely-available, open-source technology.

The two successfully tested the concept andthen with the help of private backers took theproject a step further with the help of a groupof 20 isiXhosa-speaking students studyinghigh-level mathematics.

The students translated the online Khanvideo lessons from English so that primaryand secondary learners can learn mathemat-ics in their home language.

Cox and Pokharel believe that the future ofeducation involves a system where teachersspend less time on administrative tasks, suchas preparing lessons and marking, and moretime on the truly important aspects of learn-

ing. They also believe maths competency willimprove dramatically if learned in a mothertongue as well as English.

The translations are based on content fromKhan Academy, a world-class, free platformthat allows students to customise their ownlearning experience.

ClickMaths isiXhosa incorporates KhanAcademy video lessons, interactive assess-ments and advanced analytics. It is ideal forlearners in and outside of the classroom tostudy at their own pace, according to formerproject manager Monique Baars.

A teacher tool component allows teachersto monitor each student’s progress andadapts the learning experience to each indi-vidual.

In the classroom teachers can help learnersby monitoring their progress and goals, cre-ate personalised recommendations aboutwhat to learn next and motivate them to mas-ter the skills they seek.

Baars says the translations have changedthe lives of many of the students who workedon the project.

It took almost nine months to complete the950 videos.

The group initially started with threetranslators and then increased to 20.

“We were very specific about the kind oftranslator we needed. Someone who couldspeak isiXhosa; had a good understanding ofEnglish and was involved in University levelmaths.

We were also conscious of the fact that thiswould be a part time job, so we needed stu-dents who were driven, ambitious and pas-sionate about maths.

“Finding the candidates was the easy partas almost all Xhosa speaking students couldempathise with the language barrier issueand wanted to become involved to help theirown communities and families.

“Our interview and selection process wasvery stringent, but we found the desirednumber of translators easily,” she says.

Baars says the beauty of the project is thatthe translations can be done anywhere at anytime and many students actually worked atnight andduring theweekend to complete thework.

All translations were then checked and putthrough a quality control check point with an

experienced linguistic expert to check forpace, tone, language and accuracy.

According to Dave Marsh, a publisher whohas backed the project, the next challenge isovercoming shortages in the availability ofbandwidth for some schools in the more re-mote areas. He says with technology evolvingall the time, however, students can accessKhan Academy tutorials using inexpensivetechnology such as the Rasberry Pi, for exam-ple. This is a wallet-sized server designed inBritain for education and costs less than R800.It holds the entire Khan Academy maths syl-

labus in both English and isiXhosa and canlink to over 30 students in a class via Wi-Fi,without the need to be online.

Marsh confirmed that the long term visionof the project was to translate the syllabus in-to all the official languages. Clickmaths hasalready started on phase 2 of the project usingmathematics undergraduates at the Universi-ty of the Witwatersrand to translate the les-sons into isiZulu.

Teachers and pupils who want to take ad-vantage of this breakthrough can access it onwww.learnmathsinisixhosa.co.za

Technologyempowers isiXhosamathspupils

The entire school maths syllabus is now available on the internet in isiXhosa. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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YET again Grade 12 learners were advisedto choose Maths and Science during a careerexhibition that took place in Mthatha lastweek.

The career exhibition was hosted by theOR Tambo District Municipality in partner-ship with Anglo Gold Ashanti and the De-partment of Education at the Mthatha Air-

port.As the purpose of the exhibition was to

help matriculants in choosing the right ca-reer paths and understand available oppor-tunities in various institutions, every de-partment, Private and State Owned Enter-prises who exhibited stressed the vitality ofMathsandScience in themodernSouthAfri-ca. “Maths and Science will take you every-where. Our country’s economy is wavering,and it is mostly dependent on the mining sec-

tor. South Africa is in a great demand of en-gineers, and Maths and Science in Grade 12are a primary requirement if one aspires tobe an engineer regardless,” said Dr OupaNkagisang of the Anglo Gold Ashanti to thematriculants who attended the exhibition.

However, despite the emphasis on Mathsand Science, every subject and career waswell illustrated and presented to the learn-ers. In an endeavour to motivate schools todo better best performing schools in the re-

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gion were awarded with money.Anglo Gold Ashanti as the hosts of the ca-

reer exhibition, gave away R180 000 incheques to best performers with St John’sCollege taking R60 000, Toli SecondarySchool also taking R60 000 and a learner Yoli-sa Liwani from St John’s College taking R60000 for being the best performing matricu-lant in the region last year.

Liwani is doing his first year in Medicinestudies at the University of Cape Town.

6 NewsAugust 7, 2014Uvolwethu Express

TWO lucky customers won a car at the SPAR win a car competition. Buzz and excite­ment lit up the store as winners received their wonderful prize.

SPAR­win­a­car winners elated

Spargs Kei SUPERSPAR ­ A very happy Veronica Mvubu with her VW Polo that was won atSpargs Kei SUPERSPAR in Umtata in the SPAR Win a Car competition. A teacher for 14 years atSt Patrick’s Junior Secondary School who shops daily at the store, was encouraged to enter byher grandson Nkcubeko and the result was wonderful news for her. She says she loves SpargsKei SUPERSPAR as it is clean and inviting whilst the people who work there are welcoming andfriendly. From left are Fundile, Frank, Nkcubeko and Veronica.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Circle SUPERSPAR ­ Conwell Mzimba was the winner of a VW Polo in the SPAR Win a Carcompetition when he entered at Circle SUPERSPAR in Mthatha. Here he and Bongiwe receive thekeys from Dirk Van Der Bank, the store manager. He works as a teacher at Manyosene SeniorPrimary School and this was the first time he has entered a win a car competition. Saying ashe received the keys, he believes the service offered, convenience and excellent prices are thereason why he shops at the store daily. In addition the store also gave a voucher for fuel andvalet. From left are Conwell, Bongiwe and Dirk. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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ABOUT 108 of Nelson Mandela’s livestock re-ceived animal healthcare that included dip-ping, vaccination, and de-horning, while oth-ers were castrated as part of wrapping up Nel-son Mandela month activities.

Eastern Cape Rural Development andAgrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane,led a team of top class veterinary surgeons ona mission to treat Madiba’s livestock.

The visit started with a livestock “house

Health injection forMandela livestockcall” toMandela’s 96 cattle, 8 sheep, 3 pigs, and1 horse in his homestead.

Lucerne bales were delivered to the Mande-la homestead for livestock grazing.

From the Mandela homestead, the team to-gether with the MEC, spent the day treatinglocal village livestock, educating locals abouthow best to prevent diseases from harmingtheir livestock and interacting with localfarmers at the local Multipurpose centre.

The visit to the homestead was arrangedwith the Mandela family.

The department’s Veterinary services offi-

cials visited the homestead earlier this monthto asses the condition of the livestock at thehomestead and also recommended treatmentfor all the livestock from the department’smobile veterinary clinic.

On the day, MEC Qoboshiyane donated onenguni bull for communal use to the Qunucommunity and one to the Mandela family.Nguni bulls are used as part of the depart-ment’s livestock improvement programme.

The Department will continue to work withthe Mandela family to review the manage-ment of the farm, its grazing land, and treat-

ment of the livestock in future.MEC Qoboshiyane said rural communal

farming was key as it can unlock full potentialfor growth and development in the rural econ-omy of the province. “As the Department wefelt it was important to emulate his herdboydays example but this time looking after hisown livestock and caring for it.

“The work he did looking after his family’slivestock in the grazing land is what honedMadiba’s caring leadership values which en-deared him to the hearts of many,” said MECQoboshiyane.

VUSI MTHALANE

COCA–COLA held a Partnering for Profitdraw at Umtentweni’s Umthunzi BoutiqueHotel and Conference Centre on Tuesdaynight when a Marburg businesswoman droveaway in a new car.

The draw was the culmination of a three-month-long campaign that sought to rewardhonest store owners who sold a 1.25 litre Coca-Cola at R9. The winner of the Polo, Sohana

Moodley, of the Marburg Supermarket, wasone of 20 finalists from Kwazulu-Natal andthe Eastern Cape.

Other finalists also walked away with priz-es, courtesy of Coca-Cola. Speaking to theEx-press, Moodley said she had no words to de-scribe her feeling.

“I saw the car as I was walking in and I toldmy parents, who were with me, that it is mycar,” she said. She was one of the two finalistswho were each given a car key and the oneshe chose started the vehicle.

NightofbigCoca­Colawinners

The Coca­Cola polar bear mascot takes a closer look at the Polo. PHOTO: VUSI MTHALANE

The winner of the car, Sohana Moodley, with the competition mascot. PHOTO: VUSI MTHALANE Some of the finalists from the Eastern Cape and KZN. PHOTO:VUSI MTHALANE

7EntertainmentAugust 7, 2014

Uvolwethu Express

Mmm, it means the boy loves his sugar mamaand he is not shy even in public places.

Okay guys, here is a story. There is a guywhom we used to meet in the company of anold woman in UTA.

Initially we thought she was his mother butrecently we found out the truth.

The guy was in a shop which is situatednear the railway station in UTA.

Hey, they were holding hands touchingeach other everywhere and they didn’t mindpeople who were watching them in the super-market.

They were kissing each other in front of thetellers when they were paying for their itemsand bekubooncam ncee bodwa abathengi-weyo.

Bekwenzenjani bethuna?Uthimhlawumbebekungekho mali ibingenele umagriza lo? Ka-loku sibone that hype in love even the sugarmom ebengazibekanga phantsi enqabulanaye futhi ubona ukuba ufuna ukulihlaba lin-gene.

I wonder where are the men who are thesame age as hers e-abuser umntwana nje? Ma-ra sidlala ngogogo because ezi ntwana aresaying the girls who are at their age do notgratify them and they are out there whereassugar mums, they have that warmth and ten-der care yaye badinwa yile ndlela.

Shame, bangafane babe-warm, mara mnaGesh I will never allow my boys Fifaman ifnot Bongomafin being used by the old ladywho is older than me.

Hayi, shame that boy was not shy for hissugar mama siyancoma.

I wonder uyakutshintsha nini?

Uyazi sometimes uye uphatheke kabuhlu-ngu xa ubona umntu omdala onabantwanaacting irresponsible. Kanti ke ixesha lona li-yahamba alimanga nabantwana, bayakhulaand you are supposed to be their role model.

Kaloku bafethu zonke izinto zinexesha lazoapha ebomini and kufanele uzenze ugqitheudedele abezayo.

Injalo moss.Awuhlali kwezi zinto as usazi ukuba nakwi

adolescent stage wafika wagqitha. Njaningoku ukuba kube khona uhleli kuzo? Nathibantwabam sajujuma sagqitha sadedelaabanye.

Ayive isitsho njalo na nengoma kwezi nda-wo zobumnandi?

Kuyakwayintoni ngoku makwedini na-jikeleza okwenja ifuna ukulala? Asidibani no-sisi esasijujuma naye sisafika phaya eUTAngo1998.

Lo sisimdalakwayeunabantwana sidibananaye ngoo6 ekuseni siphuthuma empangel-weni, yena umanzi kukunxila and unuka um-phanda kuyabonakala ukuba akalalanga.“Uvelaphi Bongi? Kubuza uGesh.” “YHOO!Chomie ndivela kojujuma oko kwango-Lwesihlanu bhuti”, utsho and unamabhongongale nto yakhe.

Shame, kunzima. Kuyacaca ukuba nango-na emanzi kukunxila nje kona ikhona into

emxelelayo ukuba yi-Mondaykuyaphangelwa kuba naku esicela ukubasimkhaphe ayohlamba kwa-boyfriend e-Ngaru ufuna ukuya emsebenzini.

Njani enuka umphanda, hey sorry ligamalikatatomkhulu kaGesh elo and usemanzimanzi tici kukunxila?

Sisi kuyatshintshwa ebomini noBoy lo wa-kho ngoku uyafuna ukuba logger in phayaemjujumeni but uvalelwe nguwe kuba aka-zukwazi ukujujuma namacherrie akhekwakunye nonina and akuzukuba mnandi xaebona unina ewinwa phambu kwakhe phayakuba yiknqubo yakhona nawe uyayazi.

Uvile moss.

Perhaps he blew his money in booze

Have you ever met a person who used to bea big “shot” but later on saw him/her to bedown and out?

Kaloku there is this chap who used to spendtoo much money on booze – drinking expen-sive whiskies.

I remember one day in Mbuqe butchery wewere compelled to wait until they finished tobraai their meat because it occupied the en-tire braaing area and they were carrying,dumpies of beers, ciders and bottles of whis-kies.

Let alone being in the company of beautifulladies and pasop those ladies of the night canruin your wealth if ungaphika nabo. Since theguy had money he was drinking as if therewas no tomorrow and it may happen there

would be no money in that tomorrow.He forgot one thing – that in life there is

always a tomorrow, but the problem is no oneknows what it will be holding for him/her.Oh!! Shame kwathi kanti this big “shot” histomorrow will be penniless, poor and one ofpoverty. That is life.

Listen attentively, when God offers yousomething, safeguard it and use it wisely andensure it will sustain you in the near futurebecause you will never know what tomorrowentails for you.

Mfethu, that man now inxiba ophaqa ababatshiphu kuthiwa ngamabhamfoqo bazinxi-tyelwa ngala ma-timer asezilalini no moreomega sandals and other expensive shoes.

Where is the money? He spent it on boozeand girls.

He was even asking uGesh to offer him ajob of assisting in distributing the paper butnot here in UTA, because he fears that his oldfriends at ebumnandini will laugh at himwhen they see him in the streets of UTA sell-ing the papers if not distributing free. OW!Life.

Ndase ndakhumbula uGudl’abatshakaziabanemali, xa wayesithi yena ufuna aqale aziilizwe phambi kokuba limazi yena.

Try to find ukuba what was he trying to saymara ise ingathi uthi ungangaqali ngokudu-ma waziwe ezweni ugqibele ngokudla umhla-ba.

Okay let’s leave it like this iindaba azipheliutshaba si-space.

Chawwwuuu!

Outof thisworldwithhis sugarmama

REPORTER

Saturday the 26th of July turned out to be a“dream come true day” for Mrs Sefa, a Mt-hatha resident, who won the Win-a-Merccompetition at the Ritz Bingo and entertain-ment venue at the Mthatha Plaza.

The day started with a fun-filled selectionprocess that saw five lucky people each walkaway with a R500 cash prize and a furtherthree patrons each snap up a R350 cash giveaway prize during the build up to the RitzWin-a-Merc draw.

Erik Halgryn, the RITZ manager, togetherwith colleague, Yolande Manuel and team,declared the day an absolute success andcomplimented the festive manner in whichthe event was received.

“It was a party from beginning to end and

wow, do people down here in Mthatha knowhow to have a good time. It was brilliant!”said Erik, after the last of the party goers leftthe venue.

A comment further endorsed by the publicwho, as the evening progressed, were show-ered with exciting giveaways, live musicalentertainment and a chance to enter the nextWin-a-Merc competition that will see a fur-ther “lucky winner” take home anotherdream car in December this year.

On exiting the venue the public were fullof admiring comments when they appreciat-ed the Mercedes c320, standing proud in theRitz Win-a-Merc merchandising chamber atthe entrance to the Mthatha Plaza.

The big question is: Who is going to bethe next lucky winner come December 15,when Ritz Win-a-Merc fever comes to townagain?

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A stunned Mrs Sefa stands next to her dream car with key in hand while an admiring crowdgather to celebrate her success in the Ritz Win­a­Merc prize competition. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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EAST London’s Vusumzi “Boko Haram”Bokolo was the biggest winner at the Pre-mier Boxing League (PBL) Fight Night 5 atthe Boardwalk Casino International Con-vention Centre (ICC) in Port Elizabeth lastSaturday.

The EC lightweight champion Bokolostopped Johannesburg’s Grant “Fire Ball”Fourie in the 5th round ding-dong battle toscore high in the penultimate event of theinnovative boxing league.

Both boxers kissed the canvas twice in thefight, but it was the East London pugilistwho had the last laugh when Fourie’s cor-ner threw in a towel and referee Alan Ma-takane stopped the proceedings in 2 min 48seconds. Fourie had gone down after takinga vicious uppercut from the taller East Lon-doner.

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Vusumzi Bokolo wins in PE. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

This result, however, will not take Bokolowith 24 fights, 17 wins, six losses and a soli-tary draw anywhere closer to the people’sidol and favourite Xolisani “Nomeva” Ndon-geni who is standing tall on the score-board.

Fourie dropped to 23 fights, 16 wins, sixdefeats and a stalemate.

WBF Pan African bantamweight champi-on Thabo Sishwana of Duncan Village beatnational bantamweight champion TotoHelebe of Cape Town on points in a hard-fought battle. The duo will meet again in thenot-too-distant future as Sishwana is a man-datory challenger for Helebe’s national dia-dem. Ex-two time SA Junior-flyweightchampion Mfundo Gwayana (Mdantsane)beat the league’s first-timer Mzwabantu Da-baza of Uitenhage on points in the Flyweightdivision while a featherweight contest be-tween Aphiwe Mboyiya of East London andGauteng-based Limpopo pugilist OscarChauke was declared a draw.

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DA Gama Textiles has designed an origi-nal shweshwe colourway called Green andGold to honour South African sports he-roes.

The Green and Gold range is in the col-ours of national sports teams: the Spring-boks, Bafana and the Proteas.

Da Gama Textiles spokesperson Nombe-ko Lutya said, “Our national women’s rug-by team is taking part in the IRB Women’sRugby World Cup in France. The Women’sRWC started in the right month becauseAugust is women’s month,” said Lutya.

“We are proud that Border has contrib-uted more players to the national women’steam than any other province. We have 10players in the team and the captain, Man-disa Williams, is one of those from Bor-der.”

“Border is the home of original shwesh-we and it seems it is the home of women’srugby too!” saidLutya concludes.

The original shweshwe fabric is a quin-tessentially South African cloth. “It is partof our identity as women in South Africa.Let’s get behind the Springbok women’srugby team and support them by wearinggreen and gold original shweshwe,” sheadded.

“Ladies – get your hands on this specialfabric. Make yourself a flag, a scarf, ban-dana, a shoulder wrap and wave it or wearitwhileyousupportyour team.Get togeth-er with your women friends and celebrate.

“Don’t miss South Africa playing Waleson Saturday, August 9. This is nationalWomen’s Day and what a great way tospend the day: watching our girls.”

The green and gold range of originalshweshwecomes in 12different designsyoucan choose from.

Original shweshwe is 100 percent cotton,characterised by a starchy finish and mustbewashedprior tousebecauseof shrinkageof up to eight percent.

Original shweshwe retails for about R49per metre.

.To find your nearest original shweshwestockist, visit www.dagama.co.za and clickon “Find a store” or contact Noeksie Crad-dock on 043 760 1078 or at noeksie@cow-ie.co.za.

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Da Gama Textiles’ Nombeko Lutya wearingone of the Green and Gold originalshweshwe fabric designs with a yellowcollar. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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