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AYOUNG entrepreneur fromMotherwell’s motor fitment andtyre business has received ahuge kickstart after he was re-cently named a finalist in a na-

tional competition for young business menand women.

Bonisile Mjoli, the owner of Allsharp Mo-tor Fitment and Tyres in NU4B, Motherwell,has not only won R120 000 by being namedas a top 18 finalist in the 2015 SAB Kickstartprogramme, but is also receiving valuablementorship as part of the programme.

SAB Kickstart is a youth entrepreneur-ship programme run by South African Brew-eries - offering young business men andwomen a business development support pro-gram.

In 2014, the previous SAB KickStart final-ists created a total of 98 part- and full-timeemployment.

A business development strategy has beencrafted for each of the finalist businesses ac-cording to a needs-analysis undertaken atthe beginning of 2015.

This determines the grant funding re-ceived by each and the necessary businessdevelopment support, including individualmentoring over the coming months.

Each of the finalists has begun an inten-sive business development support pro-gramme, which will culminate in an awardceremony to celebrate the top 5 entrepre-neurs amongst them at the end of this yearduring Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015(GEW), where they stand to win additionalgrant funding of between R100 000 andR500 000.

Mjoli was chosen after presenting a busi-ness plan which he was able to compile afterreceiving intensive business training in theauto sector at GIBS University of BusinessTechnology in Johannesburg.

Continued on page 2

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Bonisile Mjoli in front of theshack where he started hisbusiness.PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

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THE Ubutyebi Trust, a Port Elizabeth-basedNon-Profitmaking-Organisation (NPO) hand-edoverarebuilthouse to thepoorandvulnera-ble Mafanya family at Sandla Street, NewBrighton on Thursday 1 April.

The family’s house was destroyed in a fireeight years ago. Since then the two unem-ployed brothers, Sakhile and Mawabo Mafan-ya,wereforcedtosquatwithneighbours.Someoftherelatives, includingasister,hadtogoandlive with other relatives in Cape Town.This state of affairsworriedWardCllr Khol-

ekileFranswhoaskedUbutyebiTrust to inter-vene. And the rest, as they say, is history.New Brighton-born Ubutyebi Trust Chair-

man Mthwabo Ndube said the Trust alsobought furniture for the rooms, kitchen anddining room including a fridge and television.A delighted Cllr Jimmy Tutu thanked the

Ubutyebi Trust on behalf of Nelson Mandela

Bay Municipality and promised that the mu-nicipality would take over and provide thefamily with water, sanitation and electricity.“This is no April’s fool joke, but rather ser-

vicedelivery inoperation,” saidNdube.Heex-plained that the trust received funding fromgovernmentandinternationaldonors todoex-actly that – toassist thepoorest of thepoorandmost vulnerable in the community.The renovated housing delivery was the

third in NewBrighton and the eighth in total,according to Ndube.There was one in Despatch and another in

the Northern Areas, and another in Uiten-hage.“Our goal is to assist government by being

there for those who need help. To make theirlives better,” said Ndube, adding that some-times the municipality would take longer todeal with such problems.The trustalsohelpspoor families instarting

food gardens by providing them with tools,said Ndube.

Mafanya family received renovated home fromUbutyebi Trust

Housing delivery to Mafanya family by Ubutyebi Trust and Bay cllrs. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

REPORTER

NelsonMandelaBayMunicipality is now im-plementing a 24-hour loadshedding period tocomply with what they said was a directiveby the national War Room.

NMBM Communications Director RolandWilliams said the NMB was the only Metrowhich did not implement a 24-hour Load-shedding schedule, despite Eskom’s re-

quired stipulation. “Ultimately, we havetried to make the reality of Loadsheddinghave as minimal an effect on the lives of ourresidents as possible. The 24 hour periodswill be implemented in the event of loadshed-ding.”Williams said groups will remain evenly,

equitably and fairly spread across the 24-hour period within a specific week. Stages1 and 2 will remain at 2-hour intervals andstages 3 and 4 at 4-hour intervals.

Changes will be in Despatch’s Khaya-mnandi area which will now be included inGroup 1 (Area 2) and the North End sectionwill be included in Group 7 (Area 19).“We sincerely apologise for any inconven-

ience caused, but we are forced to complywith the national loadshedding protocols,”he ended.The new 24-hour schedules are available

on theMunicipal website www.nelsonmandela-bay.gov.za. – REPORTER

Loadshedding to run for24hours in theMetro

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Mjoli started Allsharp Motor Fitmentsand Tyres in 2011. The business providesmotor suspension service including fit-ment of CV joints, bearings, ball joints andshocks.It also sells new and second hand tyres

and brake pads.Mjoli passed matric at Masiphathisane

High School before obtaining his N6 Quali-fication at PE College.He then studied for a Business Manage-

ment Diploma at NMMU.He has previous experience working in

the industry before making the decision toventure out on his own.In the Motherwell, Port Elizabeth area,

there is a lack of motor fitment serviceswhich Mjoli decided to fill with his busi-ness.He employs five people, three of which

work during weekends.He attributes his success to the sound

business advice he is receiving from thementor that the SAB Kickstart programmehas provided for him.“The Port Elizabeth-based mentor helps

me to grow the business and separate busi-ness and pleasure.“I now have a deal from Dunlop to do the

Dunlop Express.“This will mean incredible growth for my

business. There are very few people in thetownship that manage to get a deal of thisnature. In fact, it is still a new venture inthe townships,” said Mjoli.

“This is an amazing experience. I amvery thankful to SAB, he said. He alsothanked the Motherwell community fortheir support.He is however, realistic enough, to real-

ise that with success comes a certainamount of challenges too.“I need space. I must get enough space for

a wheel alignment machine as well as officespace and a container to keep my new andremoulded tyres,” said Mjoli.

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Bonisile Mjoli with employees Fundile Sidomela and Mzwakhe Peter. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

Joe Slovo homes flooded after heavy rains

At least 65 residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement had to be sheltered at a primary schoolthis weekend after heavy rains flooded their homes on Saturday night. A river of water sweptthrough Nancy Ndikinda’s house and almost everything she owns was wet and damaged.

Among the residents who had to be sheltered at the primary school were, from left, LindiswaGebe, Buseka Ntshangase with little Jangasi, and Lauria Konza. PHOTOS: WERNER HILLS

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THEmunicipality’s decision to review the fire-works by-law and appointment of a task team toinvestigate thematterhas beenwelcomedby so-cieties campaigning for the rights of animals.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’sCouncil approved the review of its FireworksBy-law on March 31.Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayoral

Spokesperson, Kupido Baron, said during a for-mal sitting of the local legislature itwas decidedthat a task team comprising members of theSafety and Security Committee, relevant offi-cials from Legal Services and the Safety and Se-curity Directorate, be established.“The first duty of the newly established team

will be to spearhead the implementation of apublic participation process – to consult all rele-vant role-players – in respect of a possible banof fireworks inresidential areasandpublicopenspacesaswell as the reviewof theFireworksBy-law,” said Baron.DA Spokesperson for Safety and Security,

Gustav Rautenbach, said he started campaign-ing for this in August 2013 after residents andorganisations suchas theAnimalWelfareSocie-ty raised concerns regarding fireworks withinresidential suburbs and public spaces.Rautenbach, however, warned that there was

still much that needed to be done. “This reviewisvery importantandcangoa longway towardsensuring the safety of animals and also limitnoise pollution. There is, however, still a longway to go. It took 2 years for the municipalityactually to put this review on the table.We needthe public to participate when it is their turn todo so,” said Rautenbach.Rautenbach said the third phase of the review

would be a public participation meeting. “Con-cerned residentsmust come to thismeeting andvoice their concerns so action can be taken. Aft-er that thereviewedby-lawwill go toCouncil forapproval,” he added.Animal Anti-Cruelty League’s, Linda-Louise

Swain said the review was vital to them as fire-works and tyre burning inmost suburbs acrossthe Bay was of great concern.“The problems caused by fireworks displays

duringpublicholidayshavemeant thatwehavehad to double our volunteers’ fieldwork as theyarealwayson full standby.Wehaveextravolun-teers for those particular days – about an extra4 in addition to our 6 volunteers. The Fire De-partment also helps us with calls on these occa-sions. This can be avoided through these kindsof laws,” said Swain.Animal Welfare Society Honorary Secretary,

Jean Munro, said during these times their in-spectorswereonduty24/7tofetchlostorinjuredanimals and bring them to their shelter.Munro said during the “celebrations” the

numberof strays and injuredanimals increasedat least threetimes.Dogscanjumpthroughglasswindows or get horribly injured on fencing intheir state of terror.“There are owners who enclose their dogs or

cats safely, or so they think – only to comehomeand find the animals missing and/or havingharmedthemselvesbadlyinaneffort togetawayfrom the noise.“Townshipanimalscanbe impactedverybad-

ly, as horrible injuries occur when crackers areused incorrectly. Cats are just as seriouslyharmed as dogs, but are noticed less becausethey hide,” said Munro.Munro said theywere in favour of a complete

ban, and to have adequate policing against of-fenders.“Animals have extremely acute hearing so

even if they are a few suburbs away from thenoise, it still impacts them severely.“Anotherpoint thatshouldbemadeis thathu-

mansmayenjoyafireworksdisplayforalimitedtime;but thefireworksshowthat lastsonlyafewminutes can affect an animal for much longer– some pets disappear and are never found.“Somewhere theyaredyingof fearandstarva-

tion while suffering the stress of being lost. Theluckyfewgetpickedupandbroughttous,”Mun-ro added.

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ANNA PAUW

THEpolice are asking the public to be on thelookout for rare collectables following twobreak-ins in oneweekendat the air forcemu-seum in Forest Hill.

Considerable damage had been done asglass display cases were broken in order tosteal medals.The medals with which Lt Leendert Ryn-

eke was decorated during the 1940s, wereamong the irreplaceable items stolen duringbreak-ins on Friday, March 27 and Sunday,March 29.Ryneke,whoretired inPEafterhaving left

the air force, was foundmurdered in his flatin Kabega Park on June 21, 1997.Back then it was reported that he was a

jewellery dealer at the time of his death andthat robbery had been the probable motivefor his murder.ArewardofR20 000wasofferedat the time

for anyone with information which couldhave led to the arrest of the murderer.Accordingtoanarticle inDieBurger,Ryn-

eke had bought jewellery to the value ofR14 000 just days before his death. The jewel-lery was not found in the flat where he hadbeen stabbed to death.Police spokesperson, Capt. Sandra Janse

van Rensburg, said it would take a bit of re-search to establishwhether anyonehadeverbeen arrested in connection with Ryneke’smurder.AccordingtoCapt.MarkKelbrick,curator

of the air force museum and spokespersonfor the air force in the Eastern Cape, Ryn-eke’smedals, anothermedal, a clockmadeofa wooden aircraft propeller and some cashhad been stolen.Kelbricksaidthepolicewereinvestigating

the case and there were a number of leads.“A clear fingerprint was found on the

scene and the police are also in possessionof the names and contact details of two sus-pects.”Kelbrick said the burglaries were a big

blow to the museum.According to him the thieves either knew

exactly what they were taking or they had

no clue at all.“The things thatwere takenwould be diffi-

cult to sell without raising suspicion. Thereare many things here they could have takeninsteadwhichwouldhave been easier to sell.The stolen goodswould definitely be of valueto collectors.Themuseumwillnowhavetorelyondona-

tions to repair the damage. Additional safetymeasures have been put in place.Anyone with information about the bur-

glaries or who would like to offer assistanceto the museum can call Kelbrick on 082 4137577.

Help sought to locate stolen airforcemuseum collectables

Capt. Mark Kelbrick at the display casein the air force museum which used tohouse the medals of the murdered LtLeendert Ryneke. PHOTO:DEON FERREIRA

Pawn shop owners, antique jewellery dealersand the general public are asked to be onthe lookout for these medals (as depicted ina painting of the late decorated Lt LeendertRyneke) that were stolen from the air forcemuseum two weekends ago.

This clock made from a wooden veteranaircraft propeller were among the itemsstolen from the air force museum in PE.

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REPORTER

POLICE are investigating the murderofanADTArmedResponseOfficerwhowas killed on Saturday, April 4, whileon duty in Booysens’ Park.

Police spokesperson, Warrant Offi-cer Alwin Labans, said ADT officerChristopher Adams was shot twice inthe neck around 2am. He died on thescene.The suspect stole 15 rounds of ammu-

nition, the victim’s cellphone and ra-dio. At time of going to print no arrestshad yet been made.General Manager, ADT Security

CoastalRegion,AdrianGood, said, “Weare sad to lose a valued colleague andour thoughts and condolences are withhis family during this difficult time.”

ADT security officershot dead

INDABA REPORTER

THE SAPS efforts in fighting gang-relatedcrimes and gangsterism in the city’snorthern areas were once again rewardedwhen awell-known gangmemberwas sen-tenced to life imprisonment at thePEHighCourt on Tuesday, 31 March.

Franklin Louw (39) was found guiltyand sentenced to life imprisonment formurder, 15 years for illegal possession ofa firearm, seven years for attempted mur-der and four years for the illegal posses-sion of ammunition. All the sentenceswillrun concurrently.According to police spokesperson Cap-

tain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, Louwwas involved in a shooting incident on the24 June 2013 in Drew street, Schauder-ville, Gelvandale.The deceased, Wayne Leonard (20), was

working on a vehicle with his friendwhenthe suspect came walking towards themwith a fire arm and started to fire shotsat the deceased and his friend. The friendmanaged to escape, but the deceased col-lapsed in the street.

The suspect walked up to him and shothim. The suspect then went after thefriend and fired at him, injuring him inthe leg.Thorough investigation by the Gang

Task Team, led to the identification of thesuspect and in November 2014 Louw wasarrested. He was denied bail and was re-manded in custody for the duration of thetrial.Eastern Cape Provincial Commission-

er, Lt General Celiwe Binta commendedthe Gang Task Team for the convictionand sentence of the well-known suspect.“This is the outcome of the commitmentand hard work of dedicated investigationofficers and other specialized disciplinesof the SAPS. I welcome the sentences be-cause combating of gang-related crimesand criminal activities is a priority of theSouth African Police Service and such asentence will certainly help deter peoplefrom committing such crimes.”She further implored communities to

work together with the police. “Be theeyes and ears of the police and reportcrime and criminal activities at alltimes,” she said.

Well-known gangmember sentenced to life

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MEMBERS of the SAPS in New Brightonclosed Human Rights Month on a high notewith visible policing high on the agenda, saidpolice spokesperson Constable MncediMbombo.

“We had a very successful Human RightsAwareness Day at Nangoza Jebe CommunityHall in New Brighton on March 19. About 600community members, most of which werewomen, attended the event,” said Mbombo.He added that the police were engaged in

Operation Lockdown as part of a crime pre-vention strategy in which they visit shopping

malls and do roadblocks as well as stop andsearches.The Dog Unit and Flying Squad also made

unannounced visits to two shopping complex-es in New Brighton.The SAPS helicopter was also used as part

of the campaign.“Wemanaged to arrest 16 peoplemainly for

traffic fines, ranging from driving without li-cence, drunk driving and driving cars not fitfor the road,” said Constable Mbombo.From 1 March to 30 April, members of the

SAPS are involved in Operation Paseka.The operation was intensified during the

Easter Weekend with more traffic officers de-ployed as part of the Arrive Alive campaign.

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WITH over 70 blankets already in the bag acommunity of women from across the NelsonMandela Bay are taking their love for crochet-ing furtheras theypledge tohaveover100blan-kets for the 67 blankets initiative.

Ambassador Carol Watson said over 70 peo-ple have come on board taking part in the nowinternational initiative, to donate blankets tothe needy across the Bay as part of the 67 blan-kets project for Nelson Mandela Day.

Watson said while they were closer to theirtarget of a 100 blankets, they were still in needof donations. “We need donations of blanketsand wool to help the ladies reach the target wehave set for ourselves.”

According to Watson, an average ball of woolcosts between R16 and R18 and crocheting onesquare can take over 12 hours when fully dedi-cated.

As part of this drive, Watson said they werealso selling raffle tickets for R10 with one of hermost luxuriously designed blankets as thegrand prize. Proceeds will go to their threeidentified charities, namely Thamsanqa Homewhich caters for abandoned kids, Cleary Park

clinic, and Siyathemba Home.“We have identified these three programmes

which will benefit greatly from these dona-tions. These blankets will go to kids as young

as a newborn to warm them up during the win-ter.

“One of the charities that I am passionateabout is theClearyParkclinicwherenewborns

don’t even have clothes or blankets. So this cango a long way in helping the little ones,” saidWatson.

Another ambassador, Jacquene Anderson,said they welcomed anyone who wished totake part in the initiative.

“This is to honour the late great presidentand we do this by respecting his love for hu-manity.

“We want everyone to join us; we havegroups reaching as far as Cradock who regu-larly call us about their progress.

“This is also fun for us as we meet once amonth in each other’s homes and discuss is-sues affecting us.”

Among the groups headed by both Andersonand Watson are the Knit-knitters, a group of15 ladies from Cheshire Homes in Summer-strand who regularly meet and knit togetheras part of the 67 blankets project.

Anderson said donations of wool or blanketscan be dropped off at Plant and Pool shop at6th Avenue Walmer.

Donors are urged to also leave their names,contact details and addresses.

For more information on the NMB 67 blan-kets project visit them on their Facebook pageGoodwoolblankets.

Baywomenunite tobeat67blankets target

Local ladies from Knit-Knitters gather once a month to crochet for 67 blankets for Mandela Day.

BETTIE GILIOMEE

A WOMEN’S Council has been established byGeneral Motors SA to ensure that their femalestaff members are living out their motto of“Doing it for ourselves”.

Since the Council’s launch in South Africain August last year, focus groups have beenconducted among male and female employeesto determine the issues affecting women work-ing at the motor manufacturer. These focusgroups included analyses of women employ-ees’ strengths, weaknesses, threats and oppor-tunities.

A total of 13.8% of employees at GMSA arewomen.

According to Luaneta Logie, GMSA HumanResources Manager, the focus of the Councilis empowering their female employeesthrough meaningful and impactful activities.Aspartofpromotingacultureof inclusivenesstheir activities are, however, open to bothmale and female employees.

According to Logie the council will be facili-tating different activities which will not onlybe aimed at empowering women in the work-place, but on a personal level too. These activi-ties include mentoring, training and work-shops.

Two workshops that have recently been

held were a “Driving for Divas” at Aldo Scrib-ante and a “Work Life Balance Lunch” byDeirdreElphick-MoorefromtheOfficeCoach.

At the Driving Divas workshop the partici-pants were reminded of safe driving habits.Presented by “Driving in Heels” columnist,Vuyi Mpofu, the workshop covered safety as-pects such as using car seats appropriately,not using one’s mobile phone whilst drivingand how to be vigilant and avoid becoming apotential hijack target.

The workshop ended with practical drivertraining on the track and on the open road, ledby advance driving expert, Tschops Sipuka.

Safe driving tips by Vuyi MpofuVuyi was especially critical about texting

and speaking on a cellular phone whilst driv-ing. She said that any distraction while driv-ing is an accident risk as there are so manythings on the road to be vigilant of.

“There are three types of distractions, visu-al,manualandmentaldistractionsandtextinginvolves all three.”

Sheaddedthatdriverswhoaredistractedbytheir phones are also hijack targets. “Hijack-ers often target women, especially those whodrive alone and who are not alert when stand-ing still at red lights. Women often check theirphones and touch up make-up when standingstill. Meanwhile hijackers check their moves

and strike at this time,” Mpofu.

Balancing work and home lifeDeirdre Elphick-Moore discussed the vari-

ous roles people fulfil and gave advice on find-ing a way of fulfilling these roles, which areall interconnected, in a meaningful way.

It included advice on dealing with guilt byrecognising the type of guilt and letting go ofguilt that doesn’t serve a purpose or makingchanges to address guilt which is rational.

She gave tips on how to start small habitstobringaboutchange, toacceptone’smistakes

and move on, and to learn from past behav-iour.

Action steps included identifying what isimportant and communicating one’s needs.

Shealsoadvisedwomentorespect theirownboundaries as they cannot expect others to re-spect them if they are not doing so themselves.

Another important bit of advice was to dif-ferentiate between urgent and important, assomething that is urgent is not necessarily im-portant. “Ask yourself when something ur-gent needs to be done: ‘If I do not do this now,will this matter 6 months from now?”.

GeneralMotors SA’s women are doing it for themselvesAt the “Work Life alanceLunch” organnised byGMSA’s Women’s Councilwere, from left, DeidreElphick-Moore, from theOffice Coach, withGMSA employees, NovaMopp (materialshandling clerk), MalaineHop Hing (Manager,Employee Benefits andServices) and LuanetaLogie (Human ResourcesManager.

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WITH business mentorship of The Hope Facto-ry, Nondumiso Kafile said she has learned busi-ness skills that have prepared her for life chang-ing success in a short time frame.

“If I left the Hope Factory programme tomor-row, I know I’ll still be successful because of allthat they’ve taught me,” said Kafile, owner ofNdumi’s House of Beauty salon.

Kafile’s entrepreneurial journey began as anail bar and is now a full-service beauty salon.She opened Ndumi’s House of Beauty in 2011 inher garage at home. A year later she moved tonew premises, renting a container on the sideof a busy main road in Motherwell.

Kafilerealisedin2013thatsheneededabiggerspace and in December 2014 she made the move.She said, “My clientele was growing quickerthan I had anticipated and I knew then that Ineeded a new and bigger space and at the sametime to expand the services I offered.”

She evaluated her market and opted to set upan additional branch at First Avenue, NewtonPark. The move to a suburban area was strate-gic – she chose a location close to a busy malland office blocks to attract new customers andfor the convenience of her regular clients.

“The new store caters for my customers whohad to travel long distances to Motherwell. Thenew shop is in a central location – convenientfor those travelling with a taxi or car,” she said.

The opening didn’t come without challenges

however. The new branch was supposed to openonthe1stofDecember2014;however,hersuppli-ers disappointed her. “They didn’t deliver mostof the equipment on time for the grand opening.After four days of waiting, I decided to open thestore and use the equipment I had on hand andbegan working,” she explains.

For Kafile customer service is a priority. Shephones every customer after an appointment –she values this feedback as it helps her to im-prove her service.

“If a customer is not happy with the results,we ask them to come back to fix the problem,”she says. This attitude has helped grow the busi-ness. Customer’s referrals and social media hascreated a buzz about the business and more peo-ple are walking in each week to be pampered.Her services include make-up, massages, wax-ing, nails, facials and more.

She’s so busy that she’s employed a younggraduate to work at the salon in Motherwellwhile she focuses on the new shop. “I’ll need tohire more people on a part time basis. We areentering a busy period with Matric Dances start-ing soon, so I’ll need more help,” she says.

Besides running a successful business, she’salso studying for a Diploma in Beauty Therapyat Total Concept Beauty Academy. Thereafter,she plans to continue with her studies with anAromatherapycourse.Thiswillhelpexpandherservices further. – REPORTER

Beauty isbigbusiness forNondumiso

The Hope Factory’s Nondumiso Kafile has turned beauty into a business. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SIVUYILE Tshaka (28) and Sivuyile Nyarashe(26), both of KwaNobuhle, do not only share thesamename.They haveturnedtheirsharedbusi-ness idea, energy and enthusiasm into a flour-ishing business.

They are the owners of iBhay’ alambathwa,selling mohair products made by the companyHinterveld.

These include traditional amabhayi, scarves,shawls, and imibhinqo which they market to avery specific African clientele – namely the Oo-makoti and oomama (newlyweds and mothers).

AccordingtoTshaka, thenameofthebusinessis derived from the adage, ibhay’alambathwa,lambathwa ngabalaziyo which literally means“only those who know it - should cover them-selves with ibhayi” - a small woollen blanket).

This also refers to iBhayibeingPortElizabeth– with them saying “don’t mess with it - ratherstay away”.

In a country that is becoming very Western-ised, the young duo is returning to their rootswith aplomb.

“Traditionally, oomama like to throw some-

thing warm on their shoulders when going toformal or even traditional gatherings. This ismore so koomakoti,” said Tshaka, the founderof the business.

According to them,mohair is the best qualityfibre and very popular among their clients.

They have started small, using a garage tostock the goods and selling from the boot of acar at shopping malls and supermarkets.

“People buy the products on the spot.We alsotake orders and make sure that we deliver. Themarket is growing. We’ve even received ordersfrom some of the churches,” said Nyarashe.

They use their clients for market research tofindoutwhicharethepopularcolours,productsand sizes at any given time. They communicatethis to Hinterveld who manufactures the prod-ucts for them.

Their future plans include getting biggerpremises from which to operate.

“Our plan is to move to a business area likea shopping complex where we’d expand ourbusiness and provide jobs to other young peo-ple,”said Tshaka.

Tshaka thankedHinterveld’s headofmarket-ingJackieGant forgiving themthebusinessop-portunity.

TraditionalMohairamabhayi sells likehot cakes

Sivuyile Tshaka (left) and Sivuyile Nyarashe display the mohair products they sell. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

IT isofficial - theBaywestMall on theWesternoutskirts of Port Elizabeth will be opening itsdoors on May 21.

The R1.7 billion mall is currently 96% ten-anted, of which at least 85% of outlets willcommence operations when the eagerlyawaited centre opens to the public.

Centre management announced last weekthat it had secured major fashion and enter-tainment firsts for the province.

Announcing the major coup for Eastern

Cape retail, Baywest Mall general manager,Sonja de Necker, said the new brands wouldbe accompanied by major national retailerswhose bigger stores would carry a greaterproduct catalogue for shoppers to choosefrom.

The major firsts include a Ster-KinekorIMAX cinema, a Ster-Kinekor luxury movieexperience, Cine Prestige, the British highstreet fashion brand River Island, ExclusiveLondon footwear and accessory brand Dune,

Canadian lingerie label La Senza, Iconic Brit-ish fashion brand Topshop, US baked goodssensation Cinnabon and popular global outletThe Bubble Tea Company.

According to her, the food court area witha seating capacity of approximately 400 willboast the largest big screen in the country(33m²).

Negotiations are still underway to securethe possibility of reinstating the Apple Ex-press to ferry shoppers to and from the mall.

DeNeckersaidthat theywereverysupportiveof the initiative and that they were havingmeetings with stakeholders for further dis-cussions.

“At this stage it looks like we may have toapproach a third party to assist with funding,since the current infrastructure needs up-grading.”

Retail outlets in the centre will trade till19:00 fromSundays toThursdays and till 21:00on Fridays and Saturdays. – ANNA PAUW

BaywestMall brings firsts to Port Elizabeth

6 NEWS INDABA | WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2015

TOP South African radio station, UmhloboWenene FM, is looking for presenters fortheir programmes, Zintle Zolishumi andthe Agriculture Show.

This follows after the recent tragic deathof well-loved presenter Saba Mbixane. Hewas the presenter of Lavuth’iBhayi, a tra-ditional music progamme.

UWFM is an isiXhosa Public Broadcast-er based in Port Elizabeth.

The station recently announced a newDJ line-up to keep their more than 5 mil-lion listeners educated, informed and en-tertained.

Nokubonga Maci, a popular presenterknown as Blaq, has replaced veteran pre-senter Ntsiki Maposa.

Maci will be presenting a gospel pro-gramme “Seza Umphefumlo” on Sundaysbetween 9am and 9.30 am.

Maposa will, however, not be lost to ra-dio as he will be producing UmxholokuMhlobo, the Monday to Friday 12 am to3am discussion programme.

UWFM Marketing Manager Faith Mtyi-da said Blaq is not a new face in the mediaworld. Her radio career dates back to 2005when she started as a presenter at theirsister radio station, Tru FM.

Mtyida added that the station would seethe inclusion of Lunga Kepe, a former ra-dio Transkei practitioner who would bepresenting the show “Sisemathandweni”alongside the evergreen Tsidi Monteirobetween 11am and 1pm weekdays.

The children’s education programme ev-ery Saturday morning between 9am and9.30 am will be beefed up with the inclu-sion of a new presenter, Lisakhanya Meha-na.

Mtyida said all the other programmes ofUmhlobo Wenene FM would remain un-changed. – NCEBA DLADLA

UmhloboWeneneFMannouncesnewDJ lineup

THE Greenacres Shopping Centre willhost its first ever community-buildingshowcase for local junior talent be-tween the ages of 5 and 13, from April13.

The Acres of Talent competition isopen to any child gifted in singing,dancing or any other performance-re-lated talent such as the playing of mu-sical instruments, reciting of poetryand acting.

The competition is for individual en-tries only, and no group entries will beaccepted.

Organisers said entry forms wouldbe made available at various selectedschools and their information kioskfor those who wished to enter.

Greenacres marketing manager,Andiswa Gumbi, said they would startcanvassing schools from April 13, inorder to give them more details aboutthe campaign, deliver entry forms andencourage entries.

Entry forms must then be deliveredto their information kiosk by May 4.

Auditions will take place on May 9in the Auditorium at Greenacres Shop-ping Centre, on the Mezzanine Level,next to Standard Bank.

Gumbi said 25 of the best performersfrom the auditions would be selectedto perform at the Acres of Talent liveevent in the new food court at Greena-cres Shopping Centre on Saturday,May 16 from 1pm to 2pm.

The three best performers on theAcres of Talent live event day will eachbe awarded Greenacres Shopping Cen-tre gift cards valued at R10 000 for thefirst prize, R5 000 for the second prizeand R3 000 for the third prize.

The school with the most entries inthe showcase will receive R5 000 incash. – REPORTER

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SELBY MADIKANE

CONTINENTAL Express’ executive com-mittee unanimously agreed to purchasetrack suits for their players and veteransrecently.

Express, which is one of the ZakheleFootball Association affiliates, have theirsights set on winning the ZAFA Njeya In-vestments Premier League trophy.

According to Continental Express Presi-dent, Xolile Jimmy Tinise, their seniorteam’s current form bodes well for themachieving their goal of winning this pres-tige trophy.

“We decided to motivate our players andaward the team and its head coach, ElbyMatiwane, for doing us very proud. Thecoach and the players fully understandthat their mandate is to take the honours.

We as the club’s executive decided to pur-chase 40 track suits from our coffers.

“Our 30 player squad received 30 track-suits and 10 track suits were given to sixexecutive committee members and fourcommitted loyal veterans. The track suitscost R18 000. We can see that the players’morale has been boosted.” said Tinise.

Toto Jafta who is one of Continental Ex-press executive members hailed theircoach and his players. Jafta said that theirsenior team were working hard to accom-plish their mission.

“Hard work and discipline is the recipefor succeeding. Our senior team is exem-plary and their conduct is very good.

“We do not charge our players joiningfees but any non-playing member is eligi-ble to pay a R50 joining fee. We appeal tothe parents to come in their droves whenour team plays.” said Jafta.

Executive committeemotivates their players

Continental Express head coach Elby Matiwane (far left) with his squad. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

ONE of Nelson Mandela Bay’s most lucra-tive soccer tournaments, the MOFA Build It/ Big Daddy’s / Heineken / Nelson MandelaBay Easter Tournament started in grandstyleonFriday, April2atNU2Stadiumwithlots of festivities to entertain the spectators.

The tournament started in a round robinwith the 32 teams divided into eight groups

and it ended in a knockout system with toptwoteamsineachgroupbooking themselvesa berth in the last 16 finals.

On Friday Young Romans drew 0-0 withReal Strikers while Real City beat Manches-ter FC 1-0. Valencia edged out MotherwellUnited1-0.YoungMadriddrew0-0withMan-chester United. Ikamva Movers also playedto a goalless draw with Real Aces.

Some results of the Easter Tournament:*Young Ideas 2-0 City Rangers*Shining Stars 1-0 Tottenham

Spurs*RealCity4-0MabayiboneStrik-

ers*Happy Stars 0-2 City Rangers*Milan Stars 1-1 Crystal Palace*FC Motherwell 1-2 Tottenham

Spurs*Wells United 3-1 Gwala Stars*Liverpool 3-0 Channel Porto*Real Strikers 0-2 Liverpool*City Shakers 1-4 Shining Stars*Milan Stars 1-0 SUBS*Motherwell Academy 1-0 To-

morrow Stars*FC Angels 0-2 Crystal Palace*Young Romans 5-0 Channel

Porto*Valencia 0-0 Gwala Stars*Movers 0-1Tomorrow Stars

Easter Tournament brings actionaplenty for players and spectators

A Gwala Stars defenderclears a ball with WellsUnited striker up in the air.PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

FOOTBALL stars of the future battled it outduring the MOFA Build It Junior AnnualEaster Tournament finals held at MotherwellNU 2 Stadium on Easter Monday.

The tournament kicked off in knockout for-mat on Good Friday.

During the finals, the excitingplaykept fanson their feet.

Young Madrid U/9 took the honours whenthey beat Real Strikers U/9 with a score of 2-1

on penalty shootout following a goalless regu-lation time score.

Showville United Brothers U/11 handed a3-1 defeat to Real Strikers U/11.

In the U/13 finals Ikamva Movers lifted thetrophy when they beat Liverpool 4-2 on penal-ties after the 1-1 fulltime draw.

Manchester FC U/15 were untouchablewhen they vanquished Young Ideas 4-0 intheir one-sided affair.

MOFA Build It Junior League ConvenorVuyo Spice Sabalele stated that he was de-lighted as the tournament was a great success.

Future football starsbattle it out inMOFABuild It Junior LeagueEaster Tournament

Young Madrid FC U/9 players show their medals and trophy. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

MECER Madibaz Cricket Club are proving tobe a force to be reckoned with as they have se-cured once again a place at the national clubchampionships in Pretoria later this month,hoping to extend their local success to the na-tional realm after being beaten in the final thelast two years.

“We have a wonderful structure in place,”said Madibaz head coach Baakier Abrahams.

The club’s performances of late, which in-cludea seventh straight premier league title forthe First Eleven this season, with the secondteamfinishingrunners-up in thesamecompeti-tion, bears testimony to this.

“We will be playing against all the localleague winners from across the country andthis creates an amazing strength-versus-strength tournament to round off our season,”said Abrahams.

With alumni such as Simon Harmer, WayneParnell, RobinPetersonandProteas coachRus-sell Domingo and assistant coach Adrian Bir-rell, the club is proving to be a platform fromwhich talented players are launching their pro-vincial and national careers.

Abrahams said that during the pre-seasonthe club had focused on their processes and thebrand of cricket they wanted to play.

“Itwas encouraging to see theplayers buy in-to those philosophies and in the process watchthem grow and achieve some amazing things.”

Abrahams said the club was fortunate tohave a crop of up-and-coming youngsters look-ing to make their mark, as well as experiencedplayers leading from the front.

The latter include Eddie Moore and BradDolley, who have established themselves aspart of the Eastern province Senior Provincialteam, and David White, who has representedthe SA A team and will be attending the CSANational Academy in June.

Abrahams said young players on the marchwere Matthew Christensen, Ngazibini Sigwiliand team captain Lloyd Brown.

“I think the biggest benefit for players andstaff is the professional manner in which theclub is run and this makes the step up to thenext level a lot easier.

“We hope to become the number one univer-sity team in the country, playing an excitingbrand of cricket that will ensure our playersbecome sought after by the various unions andfranchises.

“We also have amazing sponsors in Mecerwho have been with us every step of the way.”

NMMUcricketmanageranddeputydirectorof Madibaz Sport Riaan Osman echoed Abra-ham’s sentiments.

“We have several players on provincial dutyeach season and therefore it is imperative thatwe have depth in the club to ensure we remaincompetitive.” – REPORTER

Madibaz cricket structuresbreednational starsThe Mecer Madibaz cricket club’s first team claimed a seventh consecutivewin in the Nelson Mandela Bay Cricket premier league. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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FANS watched what was described as a realtough match when Seven United overcameYoung Professionals 3-2 on penalties after the2-2 fulltime score during the ZAFA Njeya In-vestments Premier League Annual EasterTournament finals at Wolfson Stadium onEaster Monday.

UnitedbroketheicewhenLindikhayaTuny-wapulled a goal fromapenalty spot in the firsthalf.Early in thesecondhalfProfessionals starZukile Bazooka Mazula delivered a low shotthat gave life to his side, thus beating United’sgoalkeeperLwandisoGubayo tomakemattersequal.Professionals took thegametoUnitedandas

a result they took the lead when NkosinathiMatsau Bastile scored a magnificent goal. Itseemed as if Professionals would take homethe honours but their defencewas caught nap-pingwithUnited’sTunywascoringanequalis-ing goal at the stroke of full time.In the ZAFA Njeya Investments First Divi-

sionAnnualEasterTournament finalsGoldenBrothers (GB) beat the gallant Major Stars

with a score of 3-1.GB’s goalswere scoredbyLuyandaMaram-

bana and a brace came courtesy of PhumelelePalozaManengele. Stars consolation goal wasscored by Thobela Mputuma.

ZAFA Njeya Investments Premier LeagueAnnual Easter Tournament semi-finals re-sults:*Seven United 2-0 Continental Express*NUBS 0-1 Young Professionals

ZAFA Njeya Investments First Division An-nual Easter Tournament semi-finals results:*Vutha Celtics 0-3 Golden Brothers*Major Stars 2-0 Santos

Individual awards presentations:Premier League:*Best player of the tournament: Nkosinathi Bastile

(Young Professionals)*Top-goal scorer of the tournament: Xolani Njongi

(Young Professionals)*Goalkeeperofthetournament:LwandisoGubayo(Sev-

en United)First Division:*Best player of the tournament: Thobela Mputuma

(Major Stars)*Top goal scorers of the tournament: Phasious Mleta

and Thobela Mputuma (Both from Major Stars)*Goalkeeper of the tournament: Lukhanyo Ntshokoma

(Golden Brothers).

SevenUnitedwins ZAFANjeya Investments Premier League Easter Tourney

Golden Brothers players are ecstatic following their victory. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

WITH some sides losing crucial points, othersidesmanaged to accumulate themuchneededpoints during ZAFA Njeya Investments Pre-mier League games at Dynamos during theEaster weekend.

Brazil Brothers shattered Ghetto XI’s hopesof campaigning in the topflight leaguenext sea-son as they demolished them 7-2.SevenUnited repeatedwhat they did to their

neighbours Continental Express during the

ZAFA Njeya Investments Premier LeagueEaster semi-finals when they defeated themwith a score of 2-0.NUBS went down 2-0 at the hands of Young

Professionals.DynamoswallopedBUBS8-2withYoungPro-

fessionals rubbing salt into thewoundsofGhet-to XI after defeating them 6-2. Real Stars, de-spite showing a brave effort, succumbed 3-1 tothe high riding Brazil Brothers.Continental Express produced a gutsy per-

formance in their5-2victoryoverLeedsUnited.XI Angels won soft points from Juventus whofailed to pitch up for the game. Fairway Starsstunned Seven United when they held them toa goalless draw.NUBSshared agoallessdrawwithYoungRo-

mans.

ZAFANjeya InvestmentsPremierLeagueupdate

Njoli United Brothers are ZAFA NjeyaInvestments Premier League champions.PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

NELSON Mandela Bay outfit Real Cityearned threevital pointswhen theydefeatedMattaMilan2-1intheirABCMotsepeSecondDivision League clash at Motherwell NU 2Stadium on Saturday.City took the game to the visitors from the

word go. Milan defenders worked overtimein the entire goalless first half.In the second half City were more up to a

good fight with their midfielder NkosiyethuNdzelani scoring the opening goal.City piled more pressure on Milan result-

ing in SandileMazizi pulling a brilliant goal.Milan’s goal came very late courtesy of Lu-yanda Mapasa.Highbury overcame Morning Stars 1-0 at

Coldstream Stadium in Tsitsikamma.Swartkopsvalley United Brothers (SUBS)

lost 1-0 toMthathaCity at Rotary Stadium inMthatha.

Other ABC Motsepe Second Division re-sults:*Cacadu United 1-3 Angavu Stars*Mthatha Bucks 4-0 JB Milan*La Liga 3-2 Kokstad Liverpool*TembuRoyals0-4ZimbaneKillers.–SELBYMADIKANE

Real City defeatsMattaMilan

Real City midfielder Mlungisi Hassler Zithojostles with Matta Milan player JohnShabba Tshabalala PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

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NELSON Mandela Bay will witness a majorboxing tournament for the first time in yearswhenMbulelo Mfama of KwaNobuhle presentstwointernationalandanequalnumberofSouthAfrican national championship bouts on thesame bill at theUitenhage Indoor Sports Centreon 26 April.

The event takes boxing back to the venuemade popular by the great Vuyani Nene andPhumzile Madikane among others, the IndoorSports Centre.Mfama’s Nyusa Boxing Promotions will be

upgraded from development boxing promotors.Mfama joins the big league of the calibre of

Ayanda Matiti’s Xaba Boxing Promotions, Si-phathoHandi’sMamaliBoxingPromotionsandevenMzimasiMnguni’s EyethuBoxing Promo-

tionswhen he takes local pugilists a step up theladder.Uitenhage’s Unathi Jacobs will challenge

Gauteng’s Deon Coetzee’s SA Cruiserweight ti-tle in a fight that will see the duo also battlingfor the ownership of the vacant WBF AfricaChampionship over 12 rounds in the main at-traction.In themain supporting bout, Grahamstown’s

Mziwoxolo Ndwayana, the Eastern Cape Wel-terweight titlistwho is ratedsixth inSouthAfri-ca,will exchange blowswith PE’s boxing sensa-tion and third ranked in SA, Anelisa Gungqisaover 12 rounds. Thiswill be for the vacantWBFAfrica Welterweight title.In a fight that will hopefully steal the lime-

light, femaleboxerNomampondomiseXotyeni,the only SA champion in themetro,will defendher title against Cape Town’s Bongiswa Silo inwhat is going to be their third meeting.

WhileXotyeniwon the twoprevious outfitsoutright, themuchimprovedSilobelievessheis going to be third-time-lucky.Their fight will be over 10 rounds.KwaNobuhle’s Makhosonke Zwengu will

square off with DRC-born South African Su-per-middleweight champion Balimo Weliyaof East London for the latter’s championshipbelt over 12 rounds.An upbeatMfama said there would be four

more exciting bouts to finish off his excitingbill.Admission will be R120.

NyusapresentsMajorboxingbill onApril 26

Heavyweight rated boxer Unathi Jacobs ofKwaNobuhle will go down to his comfortableCruiserweight to challenge SA Champion DeonCoetzee of Gauteng. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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