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YANDISA POPPY DLEMBULA AND GREGNOTA

CHAOS reigned on the R61 road inBizanaonFridaywhenangry resi-dents fromward 26 barricaded theroadwith burning tyres and rocksand stoned slow moving vehicles.

Taxi drivers and other motorists who werewaiting on the side of the road thinking theroad would be cleared soon, had to run intotheir vehicles when angry protesters startedrunning in their direction with stones andsticks.Friday’s protest followed the protest action

that was on Wednesday by residents of Nom-lacu village, ward 26 inMbizana LocalMunic-ipality. Angry residents closed down the R61onWednesday and demanded that the Mbiza-na Municipal Mayor, Makhaya Twabu, re-turn with answers of their grievances on Fri-day.Residents want to force the municipality to

adhere to their demands for houses and betterroads, arguing that the roadwasn’tmerely anaccess road, but also an important link be-tween two provinces.Lwazi Gwiji who was speaking on behalf of

the community, on Wednesday said they de-mand everything, since they had no electrici-ty andnowater. “Most of all,wewant ourRDPhouses,” he said.He said certain people had access to these

things. “Why do some people have it and oth-ers not?”He said the community decided to protest

so that the mayor and the people involvedcould see that they were meaning business.“If we do not get what we want, we will pro-

test until we see change. We are not going tovote as it will only contribute tomaking otherpeople rich,” added Gwiji.Early on Friday morning the strikers

blocked the road again as they waited for themayor to come with their answers.On both days (Wednesday and Friday)

schools were closed, some passing vehicleswere vandalised and others delayed, as theroad was closed from 4am till 9.30am.And on Friday the road was only opened

to traffic at 2.30pm after police had to useforce to disperse the crowd which was notwilling to clear the road even though the themayor had addressed them as they were stillnot satisfied and threatened to continue withtheir actions.Reinforcements fromMount Ayliff and Nt-

abankulu police SAPS had to called to assistthe Bizana SAPS to control the crowd and thenumber of protesters was huge since ward 7residents had joined in to assist ward 26.Mayor Twabu said they went to the road-

block and listened to the community’s com-plaints.He found it disappointing that the commu-

nity decided to close down the road withoutnotifying the municipality about the intentof handing over a memorandum.“What we condemn during the Nomlacu

roadblockwas the damaging of people’s prop-erty, because that dilutes their image com-pletely, even though their intentions werevalid,” said Twabu.Twabu also said that this community’s de-

mands had nothing to do with the local mu-nicipality but promised that hewould try andcontact the relevant people for assistance.Until then, he urged people to wait patient-

ly, since the municipality couldn’t give eve-

ryone everything they demand at once.On Monday morning police averted what

could be another R61 road blockade at Lugi-jwini location outside Bizana, where people

were also complaining about service deliveryand they had started to block the road withburning tyres but police quickly intervenedand the road was cleared.

Nomlacu servicedeliveryprotest turnsviolent

Mbizana Local Municipal Mayor Makhaya Twabu responding to the community after the roadblockthat was held in Bizana. PHOTO: YANDISA DLEMBULA

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THE number of cases of missing persons thatare reported in the media daily is alarming.

Even more alarming is the fact that themissing person’s family and loved ones reportin the media that on approaching the policefor assistance, they are told to wait anythingfrom 24 hours to two weeks before the SAPSassist in the search for the missing person.

In most cases, children are the victims.It might be that the majority of them are

runaways, but that does not mean that mem-bers of the SAPS can sit back and relax hopingfor their voluntary return.

“We will only know if someone, who is re-ported as missing, was subjected to criminalactivity when that person or the forensicallyproven remains of that person are found.Therefore, immediate action by the SAPS isof the utmost importance in order to fulfil ourmandate, namely to protect and safeguard thecitizens of South Africa,” according to a state-

ment released by the SAPS headquarters inPretoria.

In most of these cases, the family and lovedones will probably be the first ones to realisethat the individual is missing.

Members of the SAPS,therefore, have no right to in-sinuate that they know themissing person and his/herbehavioural patterns betterthan the reporter by suggest-ing that they have merely ranaway or are maybe visitingfriends.

The fact of the matter isthat nobody will know whathappened to that person untilhe/she is found and even if achild has run away fromhome, it will also be the SAPS’s mandate toinvestigate why this child decided to leavetheir so-called “safe” environment and taketo the streets. Perhaps abuse or neglect wasinvolved, which will again constitute a crime

to be investigated by the SAPS.Police officials must encourage the public

to report all missing persons to the nearest po-lice station as soon as possible as the chancesof finding the missing person are then better.

All members of the SAPSshould note that THERE ISNO WAITING PERIOD TOREPORT ANY PERSON ASMISSING TO THE SAPS.

A reporter of such an inci-dent must be requested to:

) Produce a recent photo-graph of the missing person,if available, and basic infor-mation about the missingperson. The absence of a pho-tograph does not necessarily

mean that an investigation cannot be con-ducted. It only means that the help of the gen-eral public, by distributing flyers, etc., willhave to wait until a photograph is found oran ID kit is compiled.

) Complete and sign an SAPS 55(A) form,including the “Acceptance of Liability” part,which will help to safeguard the SAPS fromhoax reports and put the responsibility on thereporter to inform the SAPS should such amissing person return voluntarily. It also in-demnifies the SAPS to distribute the photo-graph and information of the missing person.

) Stay in contact with the investigating of-ficial of the missing person’s case and orwardany information that might become availableto him/her as soon as possible.

Members must take note that an SAPS 92form must be used when a missing person isfound. Once it has been sent to the ProvincialBureau for Missing Persons, it will affect thecancellation of the relevant circulation on thecirculation system.

Police stations and special units are encour-aged to engage in proactive programmes tocreate awareness in their communities re-garding important aspects, such as the where-abouts of their loved ones, especially childrenand the elderly.

Nowaitingperiod to reportamissingperson

INGRID OELLERMANN (THE WITNESS)

Just four-and-a-half years after winning a R10mLotto payout, a former police officer has landedin hot water for allegedly committing a houserobbery.

Dayalin Maslamoney, 39, who left the policeforce after his unexpected windfall in June2009, was arrested on Sunday along anotherman.

They are alleged to have posed as bogus po-licemen and robbed Yusuf Billy, 20, and twofriends of R250 at a house in Boom Street in Pie-termaritzburg.

‘Down and out’A former multi-millionaire, Maslamoney is

apparently “down and out on his luck” and un-employed, reportedly having spent his fortuneon cars, a house and living it up with hisfriends.

The Witness on Tuesday made contact withMaslamoney’s ex-wife, who was unaware of hisarrest.

“We have been divorced for three years nowand I have nothing to do with him. All this

caused me a lot of depression and I don’t wantto say anything at all about him,” she said.

She asked The Witness to respect her privacyand to refrain from using her name to avoid fur-ther trauma to her family, saying she had“moved on”.

ShortlyafterhewonR10498000onaR50“quickpick” Lotto ticket in June 2009, Maslamoney’swife instituted a high court action interdictinghim and Absa Bank from in any way touchinghis winnings pending the outcome of the divorceaction she intended to launch at that time.

The couple subsequently reconciled for a time,but this did not work out.

SquanderedIn her high court application in 2009, Maslam-

oney’s wife told the court her husband hadsquandered nearly R500 000 of his lotto winningsin just one month and she was afraid if the courtdidn’t intervene to stop him, he would carry onspending it.

Because they were married in community ofproperty, she was entitled to half the money ifthey did divorce.

According to her affidavit, Maslamoney paidR100 000 for a car, put down an R80 000 deposit

on a property and paid debts totalling aroundR36 000.

The rest of the R500 000 he spent on parties,liquor and drugs for his friends.

His wife said she bought the winning ticketfor him at a petrol station on 18 April 2009.

The next day her husband told her that hehad won but didn’t disclose how much.

She went with him to the Lotto offices inDurban on 20 April, where he was told he had“shared” the jackpot with another person.

OfficialshelpedMaslamoneytoopenabankaccount and deposit his R10 498 000 share intoit.

Court appearanceOn Tuesday, Maslamoney and his co-ac-

cused, Zaheer Khan, 32, made a fleeting ap-pearance before Pietermaritzburg magistrateCelumusa Zungu.

So far the charge sheet reflects only onechargeof“theftby falsepretences”against thetwo accused, but prosecutor Sharleen Hag-gard said the State intended to add a chargeof impersonating a police officer.

She also said police have information aboutthe possible involvement of the accused in

“other matters”.The case was postponed to 11 February for

further investigation, with both men remandedin custody.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson CaptainThulani Zwane said the two accused were ar-rested on Sunday night as they fled from thehouse where the robbery allegedly occurred.

According to Zwane, it is alleged that YusufBilly heard a knock at the door of his house atabout 19:40 and opened it.

Two men, in civilian clothes, allegedly forcedtheir way inside.

“Oneof themenproducedanamebadgebear-ing the police insignia and told the occupantsthey are policemen.

“The men then questioned Billy and hisfriends about a person, and when they told themen that they knew nothing, the alleged ‘police-men’ then demanded cash from the victims,”said Zwane.

He said police were tipped off about the rob-bery by one of the occupants of the house, andthe suspects were arrested as they were fleeingfrom the house.

Cash and the name badge were allegedlyfound in their possession.

R10m Lottowinner arrested for robbery

News fromfartherafield

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YANDISA POPPY DLEMBULA

LEADING up to last weekend’s voter regis-tration, the African National Congress(ANC) went around Bizana, encouragingpeople to register to vote on May 7.

The Mbizana Local Municipal Mayor,Makhaya Twabu, said that his team visitedWard 1, which is the town area and thatthese visits were not to make people votefor the ANC but were a way of helping thecommunity realise that registering to voteopens up a lot of opportunities.

“People often do not understand that themore people register, the more the munici-pality grows, since the number of Wardsand Ward Councillors also grow.”

The feedback about these visits was twosided.

Some people were ready to cast theirvote, while others didn’t register to vote,

since somedidn’t have identity documents.People outlined their challenges and

asked that the municipality assist themwith turning challenges into opportuni-ties.

Anga Msomi, a citizen, said the votingstations were too far for some to have madethe journey – especially those in wheel-chairs.

He said disabled and old people shouldnot be standing in queues for registrationand for voting.

In response to people’s concerns, Twabusaid the municipality was going to assistwherever they could.

People in Bizana encouraged to register and to vote

The Mbizana Local Municipal Mayor, MakhayaTwabu (right) and his team during door-to-door visits in Bizana.

PHOTO:YANDISA DLEMBULA


FOLLOWING a story about a decaying ac-cess road, published on the front page ofUvo Lwethu Express on January 23, theMayor called a meeting with communityrepresentatives last week Wednesday.

The people from the Madiba Administra-tive Area in Bizana were complainingabout their councillor who, according tothem, wasn’t doing anything to maintain ordevelop infrastructure in their area.

The community complained about their

access road and bridges that were not beingfixed, sometimes even making it impossi-ble for people to be transported between thetown and the village. Other complaintslodged, related to not having access to wa-ter, sanitation and electricity.

In the meeting that was held at the Mbiza-na Local Municipal mayor’s office, MayorMakhaya Twabu, Municipal Manager, Lu-vuyo Mahlaka, Ward 8 Councillor, Madayi-sa Dimane and community representativeswere present.

Sakhile Ngcobo from the Alfred Nzo Wa-ter, Sanitation and Infrastructure depart-

ment was invited to the meeting to clarifyproblems and give answers to communitymembers about the developments regard-ing water and sanitation. Eskom was alsoinvited but due to other commitments, arepresentative couldn’t attend the meeting.

Ngcobo said each community in Bizanawould have access to clean water once theLudeke Bulk Water System had been com-pleted. He said that in the meantime, toiletconstruction had started and rainwaterharvesting has been implemented and thattanks were going to be given to eachMadiba household for the timebeing.

Twabu clarified most questions and ex-plained that demarcation and budget con-straints often determined progress.

He said the fixing of the access road wasdelayed by the contractor, but he reassuredthe community that construction would be-gin as soon as matters were sorted out withthe contractor.

Community members were disappointedthat Eskom could not be there to give feed-back on electricity.

Sikhuthali Ncamani requested a reportfrom Eskom to be sent to them as soon aspossible.

Mayormeets concernedMadiba residents

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Lusikisiki Hawkers’ Association vowedthat they would embark on a protest, shouldthe Ingquza Local Municipality, which com-prises of Lusikisiki and Flagstaff, continue topractise what they (the hawkers), refer to as“abuse”.

The Hawkers’ Association refers to indi-cents which made news headlines last year,when hawkers here protested and broughtLusikisiki and Flagstaff to a standstill.

Owing to the protests, businesses had toclose and streets into and out of the two townswere blocked.

The hawkers were fuming over the munici-pality’s alleged removal of hawker-caravanswithout any consultation and also an allegedlack of cooperation from the municipality.

At the time, the hawkers were also demand-ing millions of rands from the municipality– money they claimed was donated by the Ital-ian Government to benefit hawkers throughthe building of stalls.

The ANC Provincial Executive Commit-tee (PEC) were forced to go to Ingquza to in-tervene.

As a result, mayor Pat Mdingi was advisedto take leave until the investigations werecompleted, but at a later stage, the mayor re-turned to his position.

Triggering more anger from the hawkersthis year, was Mdingi’s return to office. Add-ing fuel to the fire, some of the hawkers sawpeople disconnecting electricity cables fromtheir caravans in Lusikisiki on Wednesdaystating that they were instructed by the mu-nicipality to do so.

According to one of the hawkers, the peo-ple removing the cables said the municipali-ty wanted all hawker caravans removed.

Hawkers’ chairperson Nothobile Biatasaid, “We cannot tolerate this kind of abuseby the municipality and its arrogance to-wards us. We don’t want Mdingi in office, be-cause theprovince toldushewas suspended.It seems as if he’s got a problem with thehawkers of Lusikisiki.”

She said no leader or any official has ex-plained the reason for disconnecting thehawkers’ electricity.

Biata said that they had already been incontact with the province, because accord-ing to her, it was the province that informedthem that the mayor had been suspended.“We had no knowledge of him being onleave.”

She said if the province did not meet theirdemands, the community of Lusikisikimust expect a huge protest which may evenbe bigger than the previous one.

A meeting was expected to take place thisweek to get clarification on why the mayorof Ingquza was back in his position.

Attempts to get comment from the ANCPEC were fruitless, since Oscar Mabuyani,the provincial secretary, didn’t answer hiscell phone.

Ingquza Hill communication officer,Bongiwe Samka, confirmed that mayorMdingi had been on leave for a month andthat he had never been suspended.

Samka referred other Express equiries tomunicipal manager, Mluleki Fihlane, whopromised to get back to the Express, buthadn’t done so by the time of going to print.

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Protest looms in Lusikisiki

Ingquza Hill Municipal Manager MlulekiFihlane. PHOTO:SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE


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UMZIMVUBULocalMunicipality ActingMay-or, ZukiswaNdevu, and her team, handed overploughingequipmentandseedlings to theKam-velihle Cooperative at Sihlahleni Village in MtAyliff recently.

Ndevu gave encouraging words, motivatingCooperative members to continue ploughing.Shehighlighted issues of the recession ahead

and placed emphasis on the fact that peopleneeded to wake up and smell the coffee, sincegovernmentwaskeen toassistbyproviding im-plements.The beneficiaries were happy to receive the

equipmentandseedlings,whichincludedforks,spades, wheelbarrows, watering cans, spinachseedlings, carrot seedlings, green pepper seed-lings, cabbage seedlings, beetroot seedlings, po-tato seedlings, manure and cut worm bait.R30 000was spent by themunicipality to pur-

chase the implements and another R40 000 is tobe spent on another supply still to be handedover.MonitoringwillbedonebytheWardCouncil-

lor, Xoliswa Jona.The Cooperative’s chairperson, Noluvuyo

Madinga, expressedhersinceregratitude to theUmzimvubu Municipality.“Whenwestarted theproject,wehadnothing

and had little hope that the project would growto sustain itself.“With such donations and support from the

Municipality, we see a future for the project,”she said.Poverty is a key enemy to society and people

need to fight it throughsuchagriculturalactivi-ties.

KamvelihleCo receives farming implements

Kamvelihle Cooperative’s members withdonations from the Umzimvubu municipality inMount Ayliff. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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INGQUZA HILL LOCAL MUNICIPALITY


A STUDENT from Nonkqubela Junior Sec-ondary School (JSS) in Bizana won an essaycompetition that was held by Shoprite at theend of last year.

Learners from across the country were in-vited to dreambig and enter at their local Sho-prite store by writing a short essay or drawa picture about what they would like to be-come when they grow up.Representatives from Shoprite, together

with Mthembeni Jange, who is the branchmanager at Bizana, visited Nonkqubela JSSto hand over the prize to the winner and toalso encourage other young people to dreambig.Lona Rhubuluza won stationery to the val-

ue of R750 from Shoprite to start the newschool year.Rhubuluza said he was overjoyed, as he

Pupil dreamsbigandwinsShoprite stationery

The Nonkqubela Junior Secondary School pupils during the Shoprite presentation that was done attheir school. PHOTO: YANDISA DLEMBULA

Thabang Mabeche,Phelokazi Magoqo(Class teacher of

competition winner),Lona Rhubuluza

(Winner of the Classof 2014 Shoprite

competition), Mthem-beni Jange (BizanaBranch manager atShoprite) and MosesShonga (Principal ofNonkqubela J.S.S)

PHOTO:YANDISADLEMBULA

never thought he would win. He said he onlyentered because he loved writing essays.Jange said they believed young people

should be given opportunities in education,as these would unlock their inherent poten-tial and inspire them to reach greater heights.He added that they would like teachers to

identify children from poor households andencourage them to also enter competitionslike this.The school’s principal, Moses Shonga, said

they appreciated what Shoprite had done,since it encouraged pupils very much. “Wethank Shoprite for this initiative. You are notonly encouraging the pupils, but you are alsohelping with their situations at home.”He said more pupils were going to enter

these competitions. “It helps them realisethey could achieve their goals and be whatthey want to be.”The Shoprite essay competition is held an-

nually.


THE Brooksnek Circuit, under the Meth-odist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA)in Mount Ayliff, started off the year bytaking its Sunday school learners to seethe Crystal Springs dam in themountainsnear Kokstad.

“The purpose of this day was to showour childrenGod’s beautiful creation,mo-tivating them to take care of nature andalso to get them excited about the yearahead,” said Sunday school teacher,Nomaxesibe Ntsukela.Ntsukela said she was also preparing

the kids for Easter.“We are planning many activities

around Easter.”

April Maduna, a scholar, said they hadlearnt a lot about how God created theearth and most importantly, they had fundoing it.Mandla Ngcaweni from theMCSA team

said they appreciated so much what wasdone for theMountAyliff children. “Someof them had never been away, owing totheir conditions at home.”He encouraged Sunday school teachers

to always be motivated in teaching chil-dren about the Word of God, since chil-dren are the future leaders of the country.“This makes them very special.”WendyMwezula said she loved being in

the Sunday school group.“It gives me a chance to spend time and

play with other children, which is some-thing I never get to do at home.

Sunday school enjoys(re)creation at Crystal Springs

The BrooksnekSunday schoolboys duringtheir visit tothe CrystalSprings damin Kokstad.PHOTO:YANDISAPOPPYDLEMBULA

NomaxesibeNtsukela togetherwith her Sundayschool children attheir function in

Kokstad lastweekend.

PHOTO:YANDISAPOPPY DLEMBULA


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REPORTER

SOME matriculants are entering an anxiousperiod as they watch their friends head off touniversities and private higher education in-stitutions around the country, without themhaving committed to their own further studyplans for this year.

Although there are still some options avail-able to them, two education experts havewarned against panicking, as it may causehasty decisions that may later be regretted.“Unfortunately there are still many recent

school leavers who have not yet secured aplace for the 2014 academic year, orworse, arestill uncertain about what they want to do,”notedDrFelicityCoughlan,Director of the In-dependent Institute of Education (IIE), SouthAfrica’s largest private higher education pro-vider.

“Stress and pressure may be mounting,leading to a real risk of settling for the wrongcourse of action, because of the time pres-sure,” she said.Coughlan said students must now, even

though time is of the essence, be especiallycautious.“While there are in fact still several options

open – ranging from Higher Certificates inpreparation of degree studies next year, arange of vocational options in some designfields, to traditional degrees and diplomas –ensuring that you sign up for a respectedcourse remains crucial.”Coughlan said because students were feel-

ing the pressure, they may neglect to ask thequestions they should be asking. “However,any information they require should be evenmore readily available at this stage.“When investigating your options at pri-

vate institutions where the registration peri-

od may still be open for another week or two,ask to see the lecture rooms or prescribedtexts and tomeetwith lecturers,” she suggest-ed.Coughlan said although many institutions

would be of a high quality, others need to betreated with caution. When visiting a cam-pus, it would be reasonably easy to assess theinstitution’s reasons for acceptance of late ap-plications.“Sometimes, significant enrolment num-

bers mean that additional classes will havebeen provided for. In other instances, a classmay not yet be full, or a programme may benew. Any of these could be a good reason foraccepting late enrolments.“The key is to see for yourself whether the

reasons provided by the institution for ac-cepting late applications, are credible andmatch what you see when you visit the cam-pus.”

Erika Steinhobel, Assistant Head of Pro-gramme: Information Technology at the IIE,said an informal survey among Gautengschool leavers who had not yet secured aspace at a higher education institution, indi-cated that these prospective students experi-ence confusion and feel trapped by their lackof a plan of action for 2014.“While it is time to begin to turn our focus

to this year’s matriculants, there are still afew of last year’s school leavers who need oursupport,” she said.“Too many of our school children are una-

ware of the options available to them oncethey receive their matric results. And it isclear from our discussions, that most of thelearners were given very narrow, if any, in-formation and guidance.Steinhobel said that inadequate informa-

tion inevitably leads to uninformed decisionmaking.

Not too late to study further in2014

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

USAPHO lwemvumi yaseFlagstaff eyas-weleka ngomnyaka ka2010 lubaleka nama-sali ngoku emva kokumemezela ukubaivukile le mvumi ekufeni emva kweenyan-ga ezimbalwa ingcwatyiwe.

UMfaniseni Shezi nobesaziwa ngokubanguNjemboqo kwezomculo wathi waswele-ka emva kokugula. Amathemba abalandelibakhe abuya emva kokuvakala ukubauvukile. Nkqu nenkosikazi yakhe uNon-tombi no-kwayimvumi kamaskhandi yaku-qinisekisa ukuvuka ekufeni kukaNjemboqo

isitsho isithi, uMboqo usegqirhenikwiPhondo la-KwaZulu-Natal ekwaqinisek-isa ukuba ukhe wambona koko ebengekak-wazi kuthetha kakuhle ngexesha embona.Ziphelile iinya-nga silandela ukubuya ku-kaNjemboqo de waphela unyaka. Nangokuakukho nto ithi uyabuya kwelo laKwaZulu-Natal apho kwakusithiwa unyangwa kho-na. Into eyasuka yalandela kukuba inko-sikazi le ibithi uvukile ingasambambi uno-myayi wayo. “Ningangxami ninasizakunibiza bono-ndaba nizibonele xa seleebuya,” wathetha wenjenje kweli phep-handaba uNontombi ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe kunyaka ophelileyo emva kokudula

kwezi ndaba. Akuphelelanga apho, noma-ma wakhe u-Njemboqo waphinda wa-qinisekisa ubukho bakhe, esithi useza kuyakumbona kodwa uvile ukuba nene uvukileunyana wakhe ekufeni.Kule veki siyisingelayo siphinde sawenza

amatile-tile okuba sifumane usapho luka-Mboqo nanjengoko lo mculi ebebizwa njalo.Inombolo kanomyayi esithe sayifowunelayileyo yayisetyenziswa nguNjemboqo no-wathi wakusweleka yasetyenziswa yinko-sikazi yakhe nebesimana ukumfumanakuyo uNontombi.Ngenene ikhale yabanjwa ngosuku loku-

qala kuba nathi sesazitshintsha iinomboloesasimana ukubafowunela ngazo apha e-minyakeni. Ibanjwe ngumntu ongusisi e-sithe xa sicela uNontombi wathi yena aka-

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TOMORROW, February 14, is Valentine’sDay and it goes without saying that thetheme is all about love.

We caught up with Pamela Timakwe whois the editor of the Eastern Cape women’smagazine and she shared with us her opin-ions when it comes to women and love.

As a married woman with three childrenand also having a leading role in the successof her magazine, Timakwe said it is verywise for every woman to find time to be withher family and allow to be loved and loveback.

“I am saying this because I know it is noteasy, but it is something that we must try

Magazine editor talks of loveand relationships

Pamela Timakwe,EC Women’smagazine editorshares the role of awomAn in arelationship.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Pregnancy Education Week – 15 to 23 Febru-ary 2014

THERE are an estimated 100 million preg-nant women in the world at any given timeand a new study from the USA Yale Schoolof Medicine has found that many lack keyinformation regarding reproductive health.

For example, about half the women sur-veyed did not know that taking multivita-mins and folic acid could help prevent birthdefects. The Childbirth Educators Profes-sional Forum and Bio-Oil are joining handsthis February to empower women throughinformation and highlighting the value and

benefits of antenatal classes.According to Lynne Bluff, South Africa’s

leading childbirth educator, knowledge iskey to a happy, healthy pregnancy. “If youunderstand what is normal, you can be re-laxed and confident in what you are experi-encing, knowing it is simply part of beingpregnant.”

For example, it’s very common for preg-nant women to experience itchy skin.

“The skin is the largest organ in the bodyand any changes can have a huge impact onthe mother,” says Bluff. “Massaging oil ontothe breasts and tummy will moisturise theskin, soothe itchiness and help decrease thechance of stretch marks forming. It’s also agreat way to start bonding with the little per-

son inside.”Bluff said childbirth education should

cover all aspects of pregnancy and birth,as well as how to care for mom and hernewborn baby.

“Classes are usually six to eight weekslong and the interaction with the child-birth educator and other pregnant couplesin the class is invaluable. Many lifelongfriendships are formed.”

Hospitals and childbirth educatorsaround the country will be giving infor-mational talks during February.

Contact your local hospital or visitwww.expectantmothersguide.co.za for de-tails.

There will also be excellent pregnancy

Ewe kona, when we are out there siphila iim-pilo zethu ezingafani nempilo zalapho sizal-wa khona, so ubomi bakho bangaphandle in-gathi bungaphelela khona kungade kuyoku-fikelela ekhaya.

Especially on your last day in this world.Perhaps omnye umntu ukudideka ukubaeintlek iGossip team ifuna ukuthini. Ukubaubuyindla-manzi ingathi ingaphelela aphoesipotini if not night clubs ingade iyofikelelakubazali bakho, kuba bona bebengayazi lempilo.

Shame, bayaphoxeka ngomngcwabo wom-ntwana wabo xa bebona ii-friends zakhezonke zimnyama. Kuyakwayintoni nifunaukuthini? Alright, sondeza iindlebe zakhosikuxelele iindaba ezi ungazaziyo. Kalokubesiye komnye umngcwabo apho wonke um-ntu ebenxilile, besides abazali bekhaya naba-zalwana ebebeqhuba inkonzo.

Kuyatshiwo ke ukuba umfi lo ebesaziwakwezi ndawo zobumnandi. Mara ke ibinga-fanelekanga ukuba kube njalo kaloku ngokulixesha lokumnika imbeko azilelwe ukuzeanduluke kakuhle kuba nakuBawo wethu os-emaZulwini akazukufika ephethe i-cider ifnot i-‘shot’ iyakushiyeka yona apha emhla-beni. Shame, kude kwahlabeka omnye um-zalwane kucaca ukuba uyabona ukubangoku lo mngcwabo sowutshintshe wayi-tav-ern if not party. Masiyihlonipheni imi-ngcwabo nokuba umntu ebesela na, aphakum Gesh umntu angabugabha ahlazekeebantwini xa engasela kowam umngcwabo,kuba shame base bayimoshe le drink kantiakukho nto i-wrongo kuyo into ewrongokukunxila komntu.

Nivile moss nina magriza ebekulamngcwabo. Kona abazukulwana benu bay-akufunda ntoni? Shame, ukhona lo be-sekubonakala ukuba i-‘shot’ seyimoshe izi-dlele ezi, ngathi ngumntu owayethambisaummemezi waphinda wayeka. Xa ungawazike ummemezi ubuze kwezi ntombi zindala zi-zakuxelela.

What is a problem with ‘coconuts?’Dear readers if you like it or not there is

a problem with these young ones whom wecall ‘coconuts’. I-coconuts ke is this younggeneration whom we call model C who speakEnglish like English man. You know oncethey start doing wrong things they just swimdeep in it. If they use drugs they overdo it,if they start dating they will date more thanrequired girls if not boys.

Okay here is the story; there is this younglady who was well respected in our localitybecause she was the only person in the locali-ty who was speaking good English, becauseshe was schooling in the model C school.Even guys used to think twice before they ap-proached her to propose love because shewas speaking English like she is from Lon-don and we ended up singamva uba uthini.

So, she was a confined lady since her par-ents were also very strict, only visiting someof the soccer games. She would leave earlyand she had no friend because even our ruralgirls were scared of her good English. Watsi-ba moss la way yasezilalini.

She was not pompous shame besides uku-ba sasimoyika ngenxa yesilungu sakhe. Weseparated to different places because ofschool and work and then we stopped seeing

each other again even on Christmas days,since her parents had relocated to Margate,KZN. Hey! Recently we saw her in UTA. Ow!

Even our eyes were hard to believe whatthey were seeing. She was at Brickyardsmoking cigarette after cigarette. Hey! Is thisPretty lo who used to stay at her home theentire day if not month? Okay forget aboutcigarettes. We kept on watching from anoth-er corner. OW, in front of them since theywere two it was a cider and a beer. Whoa wecogitated that she was drinking a cider, kantisikhe phantsi isitya sizele she just lifted upa beer. Awu lo mntwana madoda. Okay, wejoined her because we need to know each oth-er and our places of stay. Ja, we stayed to-gether and sambonisa nezinye iingoji zalaeUta. Thina ke asisakuqhelanga ukuhlalakwezi ndawo kucace ukuba kosa emnyango.

Hayi shame uyasela usisi wakho usela udeumdabukele kuba ingathi akacingi kwantoengenye ngaphandle kotywala. Nasekuseniengakaxukuxi namazinyo sefuna ijoint aphoingakhona. Kwanto nje ayenzayo ngokuuyenza ngokungaphaya nezinye esin-genakuzithetha apha. Kunzima neh?

Kanti ithini na le nto yemingcwaboxaunatwo bafaz?

Dear readers as you know okusehlulayo si-ye sibuze, kukhona into eseyandile yoku-bangwa kwezidumbu umntu xa sele‘egqashukile’ (meaning that eswelekile)ufike abantu isidumbu ngathi bazakusitya.

Kanti ithini le nto? Uyazi recently we at-tended a funeral yomjita a well-known per-son in UTA community but khange siyiboneibhokisi yakhe kuba kuthiwa kubangwa isi-

UmgosiIse ingathi ingade ifikelelekubazali

dumbu sakhe ngabafazi.Ingathi umntu xa sele eswelekile ningamye-

ka aphumle ngoxolo kuba isidumbu soze sijikeamatye abe zizonka. Umntu bafazi xa ebhub-hile makakhululwe agoduke kulindelwe oza-yo. If uselungelweni lokufumana imali uza-kuyifumana nangaphandle kokuthatha isid-umbu sakhe. Isiphathe kakubi into yokubasithi besichithe ixesha lethu sisithi siyaemngcwabeni mara sixelelwe ukubaumngcwabo awusekho kanti bekunzima noku-fumana ezo visa zokuya kulo mngcwabo emise-benzini yethu nakumaqabane.

Nokuba ebekuzekile na then nohlukanaawungeni ndawo xa sele eswelekile makangc-watye ngulowo ebehlala naye. That is a solu-tion from a Gossip team niyawubamba umcim-bi neh?

AWUU! The same attire in 2014Guys, we need to change komnye unyaka.

Yintoni ngoku gossip team? Okay, kaloku sibo-na i-ouite ebesisoloko siyibona last year whowas always wearing a skinny shirt. It wasmatching him but the problem he was wearingit time and again in these mnandi places. Hey,we saw the same outie wearing that shirt of2013. Mfethu, kuyatshintshwa that is why peo-ple are having resolutions of the new year,even in attire is the same tune. Even if you likeit but you need to change it, ungayiphindi kubasesiyazi. Kodwa ke sesivile isimo sakhe ukubangala maGents alala apho ahlwele khona andu-busy nalama griza aseUTA who are so des-perate ungazi ukuba ayetheni aze angabi nazoii ‘straight’ zawo ngexesha lawo kuba mahle.Mkhaya kusho eGesh, ungadlali aba bantuuyasihlekisa ngabantu phandlapha.

to work on because all relationship or marri-tal success lies on the woman’s shoulders,”she said.

She added that women should not putthemselves under pressure for Valentine’sDay but rather show love to their partnersthroughout the year to keep the fires burn-ing.

Timakwe, who has been married for 5years and had spent most of her life in themedia industry, says she has to admit thatthere have been times that she has chosenher career over her love life due to her pas-sion for this industry.

“That does not mean I love my husbandor my kids less, but deadlines need to be metand as an editor, I need to make sure every-thing is spot-on,” she said.

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GREG NOTA

THE 2010 Storm Breakers FC and AmaMpondoUnitedFCare leadingtheraceintheSouthAfri-can Football Association (Safa) OR Tambo Re-gion Coastal Stream log.

Between these two teams it ismore than like-ly that with the current standing and lookingat the goals they have scored so far with thegamesinhandonewouldbecrownedtheCoast-alStreamchampalthough itwon’tbe that easy.

The 2010 Storm Breakers FC whoare leadingthe race with 22 points after playing 8 gameswill have to maintain the momentum becausea slight slip will give AmaMpondo who are sec-ond with 19 points and an advantage of a gamein hand-the chance of being on top with a goalaverage. AmaMpondo United FC have scored22 goals so far whilst the leaders have scored17.

The teams from third to eighth position willonly be contesting for position three since theyhad played nine games with the exception ofInternational FC in the third position whichhad played eight games, giving them elevenpoints and Iqhayiya Stars FC in the fourthplace with eleven points as well.

The F.C.P.V. FC is sitting in fifth position

with 10 points, Umngazi FC sixth with eightpoints, Red Lions FC seventh position withseven points and Powerline FC in the eighthposition with five points.

StormBreakersandAmaMpondoUtdleading the race

The AmaMpondo United FC who are leading the race with 2010 Storm Breakers FC. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

Last weekend results, Coastal Stream: RedLions 1 vs. Iqhayiya Stars 3, AmaMpondo United FC 4 vs.Umngazi Super Sport 0, F.C.P.V. FC 1 vs. International FC 0and Powerline FC 0 vs. 2010 Storm Breakers FC 2.

Mthatha Stream: GreenMambaFC1vs.Amawisile0, Madikizela All Stars FC 5 vs. Bityi All Stars FC 1, OceanFC2vs. Capital Spurs FC0andMthathaCity FC5vs.MasterKids FC 1.

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