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WHAT was supposed to bea peaceful march aboutservice delivery, turnedviolent on Monday inMbizana when a crowd

of people destroyed shop windows anda municipal gate, threw stones at mu-nicipal offices beforeburninga rubbishbin.

The protest was organised by the Bi-zana Taxi OwnersAssociationwith thehope of handing over their petition tothe MEC for Public Worksm TandiswaMarawu, at Fonoza stop but unfortu-nately she she didn’t arrive onMonday.All roads leading to Mbizana town

were closed fromRedoubt, Fonoza stop,Nomlacu and at Matwebu turn offs and

no vehicles were allowed in and out ofthe town. Most shops were closed andthose who opened were forced to closeon Monday and on Tuesday. Schoolswere also affected as learners, whowalked to school, were told to go homeand return on Wednesday.According to police spokesperson

CaptainMlungisiMathidane, 24 peoplewere arrested for public violence anddamage to property. They appeared onTuesday in the Mbizana MagistratesCourt.Seven people were injured when po-

lice shot rubber bullets.He said two big shops and other small

outlets windowswere damaged, as wellas the municipal gate and buildingsthat were stoned.On Tuesday morning taxis had start-

ed blocking the roads again but the po-

lice managed to get them to removetheir vehicles. The situation remainedtense.It was alleged that amunicipal traffic

officer shot a taxi driver who was ad-mitted to St Patrick’s Hospital.Captain Mathidane was unable to

confirm the shooting but the chairper-son of the Bizana Taxi OwnersAssocia-tion, Jali Mdishwa, confirmed that adriver was shot by an officer.Mdishwa said they decided to block

the roads so that they could be listenedto. They were protesting over the stateof the badly damaged R61 road.“We were promised that the roads

from Redoubt to Greenville, Nomlacuto Harding and the road to Oliver Tam-bo homestead in Nkantolo will betarred. But up to now nothing has beendone and our vehicles are being dam-

aged by these roads,” said Mdishwa.He said they were promised that the

MEC for Public Works, Tandiswa Mar-awa,was going to come to themonMon-day at Fonoza stop. But it didn’t happenwhich is why they had to march to themunicipal offices tomeetwith themay-or.Attempts to get hold of the Mbizana

Mayor, Makhaya Twabu, before goingto print, were unsuccessful as he wasnot answering either of his two phones.An sms was also sent but no reply wasreceived. The Municipal managerVuyoMahlaka’s phone alsowent unan-swered and was later switched off.On Tuesday morning MEC Marawa

visited theMbizanaLocalMunicipalityoffices to accept the petition from theassociation. MEC Marawa promisedthat their grievances will be looked at.

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Taxiprotest turnsviolent

Taxis blocking the road at Fonoza stop which is the entrance and the exit of Mbizana town. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

School children were told to go home and return to school on Wednesday. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

Trucks were unable to exit the town of Mbizana on Monday as taxis were blocking theroad at Matwebu. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Mt Ayilff police are hunting down aman (21) who is believed to have connedabout 85 people in two villages by promisingthem jobs if they paid him R500 for medicaltests.

According to police spokesperson, Cap-tain Mlungisi Matidane, this man hadconned the people of Gillespy and Tella loca-tions in Mt Ayliff out of approximatelyR65 000.

Reports claim the man met with a localemerging businessman in Kokstad and

asked him to subcontract with him, becausehe had a company that was manufacturingbuilding material in Pretoria and wouldneed skilled people from the Transkei towork in his company.

Local businessman Mncedisi Jajukaagreed and he sent his documentation to theman.

This was followed by a phone call whichconfirmed their agreement of work.

It is alleged that the sameman fromPreto-ria told Jajuka to hire about 85 people whowould have been sent to Pretoria for train-ing. The man allegedly asked Jajuka tomake sure that each person recruited paid

R500 for medical tests when they got to Pre-toria.

People who were recruited paid the mon-ey as requested and the man from Pretoriacame down to collect the rest of the moneyfromthosewhohadnot paid.But before theycontinued with the collection of the out-standingmonies, Jakuja suggested that theygo to the police station to have an affidavittaken about their deal.

Following some questions concerning thecollection of the cash, the man was interro-gated by the police.

Captain Matidane said the man allegedlywent to fetch his identity document fromhiscar, but he never returned to the station.

“We have deployed police all over thecountry to look for this man. We are tryingto prevent more people falling victim to his

scam. We also discovered an ID in his bagwhich he left behind and an ID of a deceasedperson with a fraudulant picture.”

Healso confirmed that thepolice inMtAy-liff were investigating a case of fraud andtheft.

He said they were expecting more victimsof this scam to come forward. The man whohad established a relationship with the conartist, and who had recruited people, wentback to the communities to apologize in thecompany of the police.

He told residents that he was not awareof the man’s alleged fraudulent intent. Hethought the man was there to help the job-less people of the area.

Attempts to get hold of Mncedisi Jakujawere fruitless as his phone was on voice-mail.

Police on the hunt for con artist

GREG NOTA

YOUTH from the Alfred Nzo District had theopportunity to give their input at a panel dis-cussion on the draft National Youth Policy2015 – 2020 (NYP2020) ledby theDeputyMinis-ter in the Presidency, Buti Manamela, at theAlfred Nzo District Municipality (ANDM)conference centre.

The panel discussion was hosted by the Al-fredNzoDistrictMunicipalityDeputyMayor,SixolileMehlomakhulu, aswell as theDepart-ment of Communications. It was broadcastlive on Inkonjane andAlfredNzo CommunityRadio Stations, in order for listeners whowere not in attendance to also get a chanceto give their input through phoning into theradio stations.

The panel discussion created a platform fordialogue between government and young peo-ple on the draft National Youth Policy (NYP)2020 and allowed young people to take owner-ship of the content of the National Youth Poli-cy.

Mehlomakhulu highlighted the challengesfacing the youth of the Alfred Nzo District.He said 75% of the district’s youths were un-employed and that the municipality was try-ing everything they could to reduce theunem-ployment rate through training and skills de-velopment.

The objectives of the NYP 2020 were to inte-grate youth policies, programmes and the na-tional budget, as well as to strengthen theyouth to enable them to take charge of theirwell-being and development.

Manamela highlighted the main aspects ofthe National Youth Policy, namely: educa-tion, skills development, job creation, youthresponsibility, crime and substance abuse.

He also made a promise that all the inputmade by the youth would be included in thedraft youth policy for considerationwhen thefinal document was put together.

Giving his input Sabelo Dlamini said they(the youth) didn’t want to be a charity case,but that they wanted to be a special case in-stead.With regards to theNational YouthDe-velopment Agency (NYDA) he said they werewell informed about it, but that theywere notinvolved and that they would like to see theNYDA be decentralized to be available in alllocal municipalities.

“There must be bursaries for students whocome from the rural areas. We are trying tochange the idea that only people with deeppockets have access to information or educa-tion opportunities.”

Another young person, Vuyo Mrhatshu,raised his concern about older people work-ing on the issues affecting the youth. He saidyoung people should be responsible for youthissues. He also said that incentives needed to

be paid to people working in rural areas.With regard to matters affecting education,

young people were concerned about a schoolinMountAyliffwhichwasnotmakingmathe-matics and science compulsory subjects.

A student from Mount Ayliff High School,Kamva Ntshinga, said “our government is se-

rious about youth development. Things taketime.We shouldwork hard. NSFAS bursariestake forever as students register in Februaryand it’s only approved in April which is mak-ing things hard for the youth. As the youthwe need to grab the opportunities given to usby our government and utilize them.”

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THE woman (29) who has been charged withthree counts of murder and one of concealingbirth, has confessed that all the remainsfound in a freezer in her home had been thoseof her offspring.

This came to light during Malice Jacobs’sbail hearing in the Mthatha Magistrates’Court last Thursday.Jacobs,who is fromNewBrighton inMthat-

ha, was denied bail for her own safety, sinceresidents of the area were threatening to takejustice into their ownhands, should she be re-leased. Jacobs said she had given birth to allthe children found in the freezer and that she

had decided to keep them in there, becauseshe couldn’t let them go.“They are my flesh and blood. I needed my

babies to be close tome at all times,” she said.She asked the state to give back the remains

of her children so that she could have themcremated to enable her to keep their ashes inher house.She denied killing any of themand said that

they had all been miscarriages owing to theabuse shehad sufferedat thehandsof herboy-friend. According to her he was the father ofall four deceased children aswell as three oth-er siblings who are alive.Jacobs was attending the burial of the late

father of her seven children when the corpsesof the fourbabieswerediscovered in the freez-

er in her New Brighton home.According to the post-mortem reports, two

of the children had died of hypothermia andthe third of strangulation. According to thesereports, the fourth victim had died as the re-sult of an abortion.The court heard that she wanted to see her

children and would like to know where theywere being kept.Warrant officer Nkanyiso Ndamase, who is

investigating the case, confirmed that duringtheir first meeting (which took place beforeher arrest) Jacobs had asked where her chil-drenwere and had said that she wanted to seethem. Last Thursday she told the court thatshe is not a witch and that she didn’t believein witchcraft.

“I only want my children to be next to meat all times.”She had denied that there had been food in

the freezer where she kept her children’s re-mains. “I kept them in a separate refrigeratorwhich was not opened often.”She said she had been keeping them there

for four years.She said all four babies had been stillborn

between 2009 and 2012.At Thursday’s hearing, her lawyerMpume-

lelo Notununu, insisted that she be grantedbail, because her children needed her.One of her sons celebrated his birthday on

the day of the hearing.Magistrate Nompumelelo Bango will con-

tinue hearing the bail application today.

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Sheneededbabies ‘tobe close’

MaliceJacobs criedduring herbailapplicationproceed-ings.Shesaid she hadgiven birthto all thechildrenfound in thefreezer andthat she haddecided tokeep themin there,because shecouldn’t letthem go.PHOTO:SIMBONGILEMDLEDLE

Malice Jacobs(29) and her

lawyer, Mpume-lelo Notununu, in

the MthathaMagistrates’

Court during herbail applicationlast Thursday.

PHOTO: SIM-BONGILE MDLEDLE

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SOUTH Africa faces a massive shortage ofqualified Grade R teachers.

In order to remedy this, the Eastern Cape(EC) Department of Education (DoE) is di-rectly addressing this as a strategic priorityby funding a group of more than 1 000 stu-dent teachers studying towards a Diplomain Grade R Teaching at SANTS PrivateHigher Education Institution.This programme is presented at 20 Stu-

dent Support Centres in 22 districts of theEastern Cape. By doing so the EC DoE inpartnershipwithSANTS isdirectly address-ing the shortage of qualified Grade R teach-ers with a strong focus on rural communi-ties.In addition to the Eastern Cape group,

more than 1800 students from KwaZulu-Na-tal, Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State andNorthWest are enrolled in the Diploma inGrade-RTeaching programmewith SANTS since Ju-ly 2014.The unique approach followed in present-

ing this programme enables these Grade Rstudent teachers to achieve an average passrate well above the national average.According to the SouthAfrican Journal of

Childhood Education (2012) a total of 734 654learners were enrolled in Grade R in 2011.These learners are being taught mainly by

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THE Port St Johns municipality is mourn-ing the death of its mayor Danisile Mnya-mezeli Mangqo (40) who passed away onMarch 5 in a Durban hospital after a shortillness.

According to reports Mangqo showedsigns of illness and terrible coughing a fewweeks ago. As a result of these symptomshe visited the doctor who referred him tohospital.

Port St Johns speaker and close friend toMangqo, Thandisizwe Khukula, expressedhis sadness abut the sudden death ofMang-qo whom he regarded as his brother.

He said Mangqo was well-known for hisactions to unite people through culture, aswas evident in the recently held culturalfestival hosted by the municipality. Heplayed a leading role in making sure thatthe festival took place.

According to him Mangqo also played avital role in the Isingqi Sethu – an annualevent that is jointly hosted by the Port StJohns municipality and the Department ofSport, Recreation, Arts and Culture.

He described Mangqo as a man of peaceand unity, who loved to see Port St Johnswell developed.

“Hewas a very disciplined and respectedman,” said Khukula. Mangqo was also pop-ular in athletics circles.

PSJmourns the passing of itsmayorMangqo

His death follows that of former mayorof the municipality, WilliamMtakati, whoalso died recently.

The Executive Mayor of OR Tambo,Nomakhosazana Meth, has extended herheartfelt condolences to Mangqo’s family,loved ones, friends, and the people of PortSt Johns. “His untimely death has robbedthe Government of a passionate people’svolunteer and an advocate of people’s de-velopment.

“Mayor Mangqo was known for hisstrong views on youth development, edu-cation, skills development and the allevia-tion of the plight of the downtrodden mas-ses. While being mayor, he strived for therealization of a free and just society.

“We take this opportunity to thank hisfamily for allowing thepeople ofORTambodistrict to share his valuable life. Hismarkwill be a symbol of determination to be em-ulated by future generations, ” said Meth.

Mangqo will be buried on March 21, inhis home locality of Ntafufu.

GREG NOTA

RESIDENTS of the Gxwaleni location Ward18 of the Ntabankulu Local Municipalityblocked the main road and became violentduring a service deliveryprotest onThursdaywhen they demanded that the mayor shouldcome and listen to their grievances.

Nine people, including three children werearrested and appeared in the Mount AyliffMagistrates’ Court. Theywere released whileinvestigations continue.

Police spokespersonCaptainMlungisiMat-idane confirmed that people had been arrest-

ed for public violence, after they have failedto adhere to the police’s request to clear theroad.

A member of the Gxwaleni Tribal Authori-ty (consisting of four villages), VictorMambi,blamed the police for arresting the peoplewhom he said were protesting peacefully.

“These people didn’t destroy anything andwere protesting peacefully. I was also nearlyassaulted by a policeman, but I told him thatI was not part of the march and that I wentthere to calm the demonstrators down.”

“They need to bring Vusi (the mayor) hereto come and explain to us what is going on.During a meeting in April last year he prom-

isedus that by Julywewouldhave electricity.Instead we are seeing nearby villages receiv-ing electricity, but not our village,” saidMambi.

NtabankuluLocalMunicipalityMayor,Vu-siMgoduka, said hewas unable to address theprotesters on Thursday as he was in Mthathaattending the memorial service of the Umhlo-bo Wenene DJ, Saba Mbixane.

He denied making any promises that thevillagewouldhave electricity by July.He saidthis was part of a plan they had received fromEskom. According to Mgoduka the wardcouncillor had addressed the people with re-gards to the plan.

“They are confusing issues, since the areais divided into two sections. One section willbe electrified by the municipality and ward18 will be electrified by Eskom.

“The area that they seewith electricity fallsinto the portion of the municipality and Es-kom is going to provide themwith electricity.Residents need to persevere, since they (Es-kom) are also faced with challenges,” saidMgoduka.

The Mayor promised that he was preparedto address the people and explain to them thata plandoesn’tmean itwould be realised, sinceeverything depended on the availability of abudget.

Violenceerruptsover servicedelivery

Motorists were forced to drive over stones that were placed in someparts of the road. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Seen at the scene where the road was closed wereCaptain Mlungisi Mathidane and Victor Mambi from theGxwaleni Administrative Area. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

Burning wood logs were placed in the road to block traffic. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

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MOUNT Ayliff-born Lulama Makha isamongst the three winners of the inaugu-ral Lithuba Lakho Eastern Cape CraftCompetition who have been selected to at-tend Africa’s Premier Design Showcase –Design Indaba 2015 in Cape Town.

The annualDesign Indaba is SouthAfri-ca’s Premier Showcase of high-end Afri-can design, exhibiting the home-grownwares of all the creative sectors under oneroof. Over 200 international buyers annu-ally use the Indaba as their creative explo-ration ground. In 2014,more than 800 localand international buyers made Design In-daba a sourcing destination.Makha who owns his own label called

LM Junior and is based in his rural townof Mount Ayliff, was over the moon withthe announcement.He started his company in 2014 and

deals with producing clothes, bags, andaccessories.He had transferred his skills to others

as he had trained many people in design-ing and sewing.“I am over the moon and the announce-

ment gave me more creativity, becausenow I realise that there are peoplewho are

watchingmyworkandwhoalso recogniseits uniqueness,” said Makha whose moth-er also excels at needle work.“Besides needle work being my calling,

I also followed in my mum’s footsteps be-cause she was also good at needle work.My focus now is onmen’s clothing, as peo-ple who manufacture men’s clothing arescarce in South Africa,” he said.The crafters who won were East Lon-

don’s Ozzys EcoDécorwhowonBest East-ern Cape Crafter: Home Ware, Port Eliza-beth’s Annette Oelofse Mohair Productswho won Best Eastern Cape Crafter: Ac-cessories and LM Junior from Mount Ay-liff who won Best Eastern Cape Crafter:Apparel.The Lithuba Lakho (This is Your

Chance) Eastern Cape Craft Competitionwas the brainchild of theEasternCapeDe-velopment Corporation (ECDC) in con-junction with the Nelson Mandela Metro-politan Art Museum (NMMAM) andMan-dela Bay Development Agency (MBDA).The competition is set to become an an-

nual event, identifying game-changersand creative design that best representthe spirit of the Eastern Cape.The winners each received prize packa-

ges worth R20 000 for purchasing machin-ery and material.

MtAyliff lad shines at craft competition

Lithuba LakhoEastern Cape CraftCompetition winners,Annette Oelofse(Annette OelofseMohair Products -Port Elizabeth),Lulama Makha (LMJunior – MountAyliff) and YolandaMsutwana (OzzysEco Décor – EastLondon). PHOTO:DONNA VD WATTPHOTOGRAPHY

In accordance with the editorial policy of the Express, we invitereaders to comment on mistakes in the newspaper and shallcorrect significant errors as soon as possible. Send info to theOmbudsman of Media24’s Local Press, George Claassen, atgeorge.claassen@media24.com or call him at 0 021 851 3232.Readers can also contact the SA Press Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 or e-mail ombudsman@presscouncil.org.za.

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GREG NOTA AND CHWAYITA BANGANE

THEMpophoma family, friends, learners andresidents paid their last respects to AsandaMpophoma (19) on the weekend.

Asanda was raped and then stoned to deathwhile on her way to attend a church servicein Bhala village in Flagstaff in February.She was a grade 12 learner at Meyisi Senior

Secondary.Asanda was last seen on Friday, February

13 when her parents left home for church be-fore she did.Her body was later discovered near the

church in a pool of blood.According to the Port St Johns Cluster

Commander, Brigadier Nompumelelo Mjiki-jelwa, Asanda was going to attend the church

servicewith her parents who left her at homeand told her that they would meet her atchurch. Thiswas the last time they sawAsan-da alive.She said her body was found next to the

church building and that the victim had beenstoned to death.“On further investigation it was discov-

ered that she had been raped.”Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Khaya

Tonjeni, confirmed that a case of murder wasopened at the Flagstaff Police Station. No onehas yet been arrested in connection with theincident.

Flagstaff pays last respects toAsanda (19)

Asanda Mpophoma(19) waslaid to rest in Flagstaff on

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A 500-strong student body borne out of a de-sire to empower communities on legal andconstitutional matters could see parity re-stored in countless fights of people obsessedby ignorance on matters of the book.

Last year the Mthatha campus bore wit-ness to the launch of the Walter Sisulu Uni-versity (WSU) National Association forDemocratic Lawyers (NADEL) StudentChapter which consists of current andformer WSU students.“The establishment of this organisation

serves to aidNADEL in its constitutional de-velopment and transformation imperatives.We want to empower the masses by educat-

ing them about their rights as etched in theconstitution on various issues,” says Stu-dent Chapter Secretary Chuma Gqetywa, asecond-year law student.She said one of the most critical roles of

the chapter was to equip communities,through street law sessions and public dis-cussions, with the necessary legal knowl-edge so they could make the right choicesin life.The Student Chapter had been working

tirelessly since its establishment to buildand foster relations with strategicallyplaced organisations that would supple-ment its efforts to bring the law to thestreets.“We’re currently in talkswith a local com-

munity radio station to look into creating a

platform that will allow for such discourseto start taking shape,” said Gqetywa.She said a plethora of topics would be ta-

bled and interrogated during what’s set tobe a weekly show that offers the communityan opportunity to engage with different top-ics.“We’re looking at identifying reputable le-

gal experts to weigh in on the issues at handso we empower our people with soundknowledge. The community will also beheavily involved in these discussions be-cause these will be discussions about socie-tal issues,” said Gqetywa.Topics on hand will include, among oth-

ers, criminal law, civil law, consumer law,customary law, environmental law as wellas human rights.

Gqetywa said the chapter also advocatesfor constitutional development, judicialtransformation and community develop-ment. “We also assist students with practi-cal and theoretical legal support through fa-cilitating student workshops that are ad-dressed by practising attorneys andadvocates, as well as developing studentsthroughmoot court practical and communi-ty outreach programmes,” she concluded.NADEL boasts some famous and reputablenames within its ranks, including the lateChief Justice Pius Langa and former JusticeMinister Dullah Omar.WSU is also well represented in the NAD-

EL ranks with alumni Justice MbuyiseliMadlanga (judge in the ConstitutionalCourt of South Africa), Judge Mxolisi Petse(judge in the Supreme Court of Appeals), aswell as attorney Mvuzo Notyesi, who is thechairperson of the Cape Law Society ofSouth Africa.

WSU students take law to the streets

KHAYA MAGENU AND GREG NOTA

THE funeral service of the late traditionalmusic DJ Saba Mbixane at Mandileni ruralvillage outside Mount Frere town on Sundaywas attended by dignitaries from nationaland provincial parliaments who came to bidfarewell to the DJ, farmer and communitybuilder.

Among the thousands of mourners who at-

tended his funeral was the EC Premier Phu-mulo Masualle, Public Works Minister Thu-las Nxesi, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzi-ma Vavi, Deputy Communications MinisterStellaNdabeniAbrahams, traditional leadersincluding Nkosi Ngangumhlaba Matanzima,founder of the South African Traditional Mu-sic Awards Dr Dumusani Goba, MPs andMPLs. Although Mbixane was not awarded aprovincial state funeral by the office of theState President, as was requested by the East-

ernCape Province, the premier of theEasternCape made sure that Saba Mbixane receiveda dignified funeral. Eight memorial serviceswere held for him across the country.Mbixane died after a motorbike accident in

his home village last month. After the acci-dent hewas taken to the local hospital,Madzi-kane KaZulu, from where he was later airlift-ed to the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospitalin Mthatha. He died on February 26 after be-ing in a coma for several weeks.

Mbixane had been working for UmhloboWenene FM. He started his time at the stationby hosting a very popular breakfast show.Hewent on to host a traditionalmusic show

in 1997 and the number of listeners to thisshow increased tremendously.It was as ifMbixane knew that hewas going

to die anytime soon as in his last advert hewas asking people to close their eyes andthink about what would happen if they die.In his message in that advert, in Xhosa, was“whatever happens to me please take care ofmy children”.All the speakers at the funeral described

Mbixane as a people’s person who dislikedpeople who lie and gossip,

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Praise singers Sicedile Mngoma and Avela Luqhido alsoattended the funeral. PHOTO: GREG NOTA Thousands of mourners attended the funeral to pay their last respects. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

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ukuba noko welaphekile uyabuyela nasegaz-ini. Nanko amadoda semthe mba kwakhona,nala kanye ebehambela kude ngoku sefunakuyeesiqwini akazinokuba isigulobesiyinto-ni kuba naku utyebile kwakhona angenakuye.Nizofa nje ngokuba kucaca ukuba anizicin-

geli nakufumana eli jiki nje. Asithule sijongekodwa kungekudala uzakubona enye seyibo-qoke izidlele, imbrukhwe le seyingathi ixho-nyiwe.Baxelele gossip team abeva aba bakufuma-

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Sorry guys, this is life in EC

In order to experience life of that particularprovince sometimes you need to get hurt sothat you will be able to see a direction.Bafethu, asihlekisi ngani qha this is a fact.

Therewere guys fromGautengwhowere sob-bing of being ‘knocked’ by the girls duringtheir visit to the Eastern Cape.The guys told us that they invited the girls

whom they met in So What Lounge, UTA.

They organized everything for them frombuying alcohol on their first meeting going toa braai for themand buying airtime, let alonetransporting them from point A to point B theentire weekend.But the ladies still stole their two cell

phones and some cash. The guys realised thislater after they dropped them off in front ofa room in Fortdale where they claimed theywere staying. But when they went there tocheck, therewere no ladies and theywere justwelcomed by an old lady who said she knewnothing about the ladies and that it was justherself and her husband living in the room.Kuyabethwa eEC bafana bam akudlalwa

and oosisi bethu nabo bayaziphandela.

But it’s dangerous

We are used to seeing drivers driving whiletalking on a cell phone, but what we saw lastweek was a “masterpiece’’ but also too dan-gerous for words.There was a guy who was driving a grey

BMW in Sutherland Street.

While the guy was driving, he was alsoreading a newspaperwhich hewas put acrossthe steeringwheel. HOW!!madoda yimihlola.Sometimes we challenge the accident on ourown because you cannot read and drive.Lo nto nje ngamanzi namafutha.Ntante Machaea sinqandeleni baba kule

reckless driving yenzeka apha eUTA.

What happened shame?

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IT was a weekend filled with plenty of socceractionwhen SABRegional League clubs fromDutywa, FC Nantez and Candu FC lockedhorns in Gumbela Stadium, while ABC Mot-sepe League’s Mthatha Bucks played againstZimbane Killers FC at Mthatha Stadium lastSaturday.

Soccer fans from Dutywa were pleased tosee their clubs, FC Nantez and Candu FC, dis-playing football of a high standard with mag-nificent dribbling skills.

While FC Nantez was playing defensive

football and capitalizing on the advantage ofthe wind which gave them opportunities toplay counter attacks, Candu FC was equal tothe task and on the attack in the first half de-spite having to play against the wind.They wanted an early goal and during the

first ten minutes of the first half a Candu FCmidfielder came with a powerful long rangeshot which gave their team a goal.The first half ended with Candu FC leading

1-0. In the second half FC Nantez was all overthe Candu FC defenders as they were lookingfor an equalising goal but Candu FC’s goal-keepermade excellent saves denying FCNan-tez an equaliser.

The rain came down 25 minutes before theend of game and Candu FC decided to changetheir game plan with the hope of defendingtheir only goal of the game.Unfortunately for them FC Nantez also had

a change of plan andwasdetermined to eitherwin the game or share the point.FC Nantez’ strikers confused the Candu FC

defenders as they were attacking from all di-rections with their one two touches.In the last ten minutes of the game FC Nan-

tez created a clear chance when their strikerfound himself in a one-on-one with the goal-keeper.He beat the goalkeeper to end the gameinaone-all drawandthe teamssharingapoint.

In theABCMotsepe derby, ZimbaneKillersFC beat high-flying Mthatha Bucks FC witha score of 1-0.Mthatha Bucks FC is leading the ABCMot-

sepe log standing. Before losing against Zim-bane Killers, who are in the middle of the log,last Saturday. they had played 14 games, win-ning 10 and drawing 4.ABCMotsepe Results: FC Buffalo 0 vs High-

bury FC 1, Morning Stars 1 vs Tornado 2,SUBS 2 vs La liga 1, Zimbane Killers FC 1 vsMthatha Bucks FC 0, Mthatha City 1 vs Caca-du UTD 0, Angavu 3 vs Real City 0, JB Milan0 vs Matta Milan FC 0 and Kokstad Liverpool1 vs FC Elliot 1.

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FC Nantez (light blue kit) in action against Candu FC in a SAB Regional league match at GumbelaStadium over the weekend. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

Candu FC (green kit) attacking with FC Nantez defenders making things difficult for them.PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

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