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Court on Tuesday.Acting Deputy Judge Zamani Ntlangulela

on Tuesday struck a court applicationbrought by Madikizela-Mandela againstMandla Mandela in the Mthatha High Court,from the roll. She wanted to prevent a familymeeting, planned for Friday at the Qunuhomestead of the late former president Nel-son Mandela, from taking place.

Judge Ntlangulela said the matter is pend-ing the outcome of Madikizela-Mandela’sclaim to the Qunu property. Madikizela-Man-dela is challenging Mandela’s will, which left

the property to his family trust.Madikizela-Mandela, was not present in

court and was represented by her lawyerMvuzo Notyesi.

Mandla, who was represented by BillyGundelfinger, was accompanied to court byhis wife Mbalentle Makathini and his motherNolusapho.

After the Judge’s decision Mandla ad-dressed the media and thanked his lawyersaying that justice was done. He also thankedGraca Machel and his sisters, Ndileka andNandi Mandela, for their guidance duringthis case.

He said the meeting is to continue on Fri-day and that everybody who claims to be afamily member is welcome to attend themeeting. “We are going to try to unify thefamily following in the footsteps of my grand-father who used to discuss differences within

the family and around the table with the fam-ily members”.

He stressed that the Mandela issues mustbe discussed by the Mandelas and not by out-siders.

According to media reports earlier thisweek Madikizela-Mandela has warned ofbloodshed at Qunu should a planned familymeeting organised by Mandla Mandela goahead.

According to the Sunday Times, Madikize-la-Mandela said that should the meeting beallowed to proceed, “violence is likely toerupt and thereby tarnish the good name ofboth myself and the late Mr Nelson Mande-la”.

She told the newspaper thousands of peoplehave been invited to attend the meeting – ameeting called to discuss Madikizela-Mande-la’s claim to the property and the issue of the

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Mandla Mandela (right) and his legal representative, Billy Gundelfinger, at the Mthatha High Court on Tuesday PHOTO:SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

rightful head of the Mandela family.News24 reported the meeting, which is set

to host all the royal families of the AbaThem-bu nation, the AmaDlomo, is designed to dis-cuss Madikizela-Mandela’s claim on theproperty and Mandla’s role as head of theMandelas.

Daludumo Mtirara, a close ally of Mand-la’s, said, “There is clearly a problem in theMandela household, we need time to sortthese things out. We got the court papers thatsay we are not allowed to have a meeting inthat Qunu property. We are not reallyshocked but we are still trying to find a solu-tion.”

AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindye-bo’s spokesperson, Mfundo Mtirara, said theking would support Madikizela-Mandela.– Simbongile Mdledle and Kathy Whitehead.Sources: News24 and City Press

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A WOMAN accused, together with two for-eign nationals, of murdering her husband,was denied bail after several postponementsof her bail application in the Mount AyliffMagistrate’s Court on Monday.

The trial is set to start on February 12 inthe Ntabankulu High Court.

Ntombentsundu Sikhisi (41), from Ngweg-weni Administrative Area, was denied bailafter several attempts for bail, which was op-posed by the investigating officer, SergeantLubabalo Wopula, due to the seriousness ofthe crime.

Sikhisi and two Malawians, Weston Phiri(28) and Major Katsanga (27), are facing acharge of murder relating to the death ofNtombentsundu’s husband, MalungeloSikhisi, on November 10, 2014.

Sikhisi’s death angered the community ofthe Ngwengweni Administrative Area. Com-munity members marched in front of theMagistrate’s Court during her first appear-ance and demanded that the police releaseher, in order for them to serve her communityjustice.

This had resulted in several police vehiclesbeing damaged and reinforcement was called.Rubber bullets were used to disperse thecrowd.

On the very same day, community mem-bers torched Ntombentsundu’s house. A ron-davel, two other houses and a shack werescorched to ashes.

The investigating officer was also opposingher bail, since he was worried about her safe-ty. Sergeant Wopula told the court during thebail application that community membershad told him that if the suspect was releasedon bail they would “deal with her”.

Bail denied forwomanaccusedofkillingherhusband

Ntombentsundu Sikhisi seen leaving the court after her first appearance. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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AN accident between a bakkie and a taxi whichoccurred last week between Flagstaff and HolyCross on the R323, left three passengers seriouslyinjured.

The injured were rushed to Holy Cross Hospitalin Flagstaff.

Spokesperson for the Department of Transport,Tshepo Machaea, confirmed the incident andsaid a taxi had collided with a vehicle.

“The driver of the vehicle was not injured andhe was travelling alone. There were nine pas-sangers in the taxi. Three passengers were in aserious condition and were taken to hospital. Theother six were slightly injured and were also

transported to the hospital for treatment,” saidMachaea.

He said the cause of the accident was notknown and a case of reckless driving will be in-vestigated against both drivers. “We always loseinnocent souls because of drivers who are selfishon the road and who don't want to obey the rules.This is why we always appeal to drivers to toler-ate each other on the road.”

He appealed to the owners of livestock to makesure that their animals are not on the roads, assome accidents are caused by stray animals.

. A fatal accident involving a truck and a Toyo-ta Tazz took place on the R61 at the exit of Bizanatown next to Highland township last Thursday.According to an unconfirmed report the de-ceased driver of the Tazz was a foreigner.

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One of the accidents that occurred on the R61 involving a taxi and a bakkie where peoplewere injured. PHOTO: NELLY NONJOVU

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THE number of deaths during initiation hasdecreased by 30 percent in the 2014 Decemberseason compared to the 2013 December cir-cumcision season.

This is reportedly due to awareness cam-paigns in the community and the involve-ment of the Department of Cooperative Gov-ernance and Traditional Affairs and the De-partment of Health.Nkululeko Nxesi, the Director of the Com-

munity Development Federation of South Af-rica (CODEFSA) which is responsible for cre-ating awareness about the safety of the initia-tion procedure and the importance of using

legal and recognized inititiation schools, saidthe drop in the number of deaths at initiationschools can be attributed to the introductionof rescue centres where boys from illegal ini-tiation schools were sent to be taken care of.He said there were about 500 boys that were

rescued and sent to the rescue centres aroundtheORTambo andAlfredNzoDistrictMunic-ipalities.He said so far 18 deaths had been reported

during the summer initiation season, com-pared to 46 deaths recorded during the winterseason in June last year.He also attributed the decline in the

number of deaths to the involvement of theDepartment of Cooperative Governance andTraditional Affairs, Department of Health

and Traditional Leaders.He said another contributing factor to the

success was the awareness campaigns held inschools and within the community.“There is a steep decline in the number of

deaths in the Pondoland area which used tohave a huge number of deaths and a lot of ille-gal initiation schools. One initiate died in Bi-zana and Lusikisiki respectively and three inMatatiele while the rest of the fatalities oc-curred in the King Sabatha Dalindyebo areawhere there are a lot of illegal schools,” saidNxesi.CODEFSA condemned the death of Lungile

Nqwaba at the hands of a mob of men at aninitiation school in Natala village in the Nt-sizwa administrative area, Mt Ayliff during

the 2014 summer traditional initiation sea-son.It is alleged that Nqwaba was brutally as-

saulted by amob of menwhile he was in initi-ate school. He died onhisway to hospital aftera concerned man secretly called for help.“The principal of the initiation school has

been arrested together with eight other malesuspects in connection with his death. Wecommend the Mount Ayliff SAPS for actingswiftly and arresting the alleged perpetra-tors.“Webelieve that their arrest and conviction

will send a strong message to those hooliganswho use traditional initiation to assault andkill innocent young men,” said Nxesi.

SUMMER INITIATIONSEASON: RESCUECENTRES SAVEYOUNGLIVES

Drop in initiationdeaths

GREG NOTA

THE community of Rode Administrative Ar-ea thanked the Eastern Cape Liquor Board(ECLB), the MEC for Economic Affairs andthe Mount Ayliff police for closing down theso called “Tavern of Death” in their areawhich resulted in them enjoying a peacefulFestive Season.

The closing down of the tavern came afterseveral attempts by the community to haveit closed down, since many fights had brokenout there. According to community membersthis resulted in at least 17 deaths outside thetavern.In an attempt to get the ECLB to close down

the tavern, communitymembers held severalmeetings with Chief Sikhokhele Nota of thearea and a representative from ECLB, Thu-lani Dlamini. They had agreed on calling an-other meeting with the board which was dueto take place in September last year, but thismeeting was postponed at the last minute.

Another meeting was also arranged butnever tookplace.Angry communitymemberstook the decision to go to East London wherethey met with the MEC for the Departmentof Economic Affairs, Mr Sakhumzi Somyo.According to a community member from

Rode who had been leading the campaign,Malusi Gqoli, the MEC welcomed them withopen arms and after this meeting, Somyometwith the chairman of the ECLB. After looking

He said the news was received with joy bythe community.“Since the tavern was closed during the

Festive Season, there were no deaths and wehave had a very peaceful time, with no crimein the area.“We would like to thank the ECLB, MEC

Somyo, theMount Ayliff Cluster CommanderBrigadier TM Ntsadu, Station CommanderColonel Ndabankulu, Chief Sikhokhele Nota,

principal of Rode Senior Secondary SchoolMzwandileMagaqa,ReverendNdlakuandSo-madoda Fikeni for their contribution inmak-ing sure that our concerns were actioned,”said Gqoli.He said since the tavern had been closed

down, school pupils would now be able to con-centrate on their school work when schoolsre-open. The tavern was situated next to aschool and church.

Peaceful Festive Season in Rode ‘after closing of Tavern of Death’

at the grievancesand seeing the evi-dence provided tothem a decisionwas taken to closedown the tavern.He said on De-

cember 13, theECLB and MountAyliff policeserved a letter onthe tavern ownerrequesting him tostop operating.

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AYOUNGmanwhowas employed twice bya community project to build a CommunityHall in Lusikisiki, is accusing a ward com-mittee member of corruption.

MazwiHasen fromLusikisiki said hewasphoned by the ward committee member onNovember 10 to work on the project. Thismeant he would be working for a secondtime on the project despite communitymembers being allowed to work only onceon the project.Hasen also claims that he hasn’t received

his wages as agreed upon.When he enquired about his wages he was

allegedly told by the contractor that the mon-ey had been given to the ward committeemember’s mother whom he was working for,since her name was registered and not his.Hasen said he was supposed to be paid R2 610by the contractor, but said the ward commit-

tee’s mother only paid him R1 000.“Iwasnot told that Iwasworking for theward

committee member’s mother. I was surprisedwhen the ward committee member phoned meto come and work on the project again, since Ihad worked on the project before. The ProjectSteeringCommitteemembers are rotatingus ascommunity members. We are only allowed towork on a project once and give others achance,” said Hasen.The project Community Liaison Officer,

Sandile Mnguni, confirmed that since this wasa community project, the Steering Committeehad agreed that they should give communitymembers an equal chance to work on theproject, which is why people were given onemonth to work.He said the Steering Committee’s members

called ameetingwith theward committeemem-ber when they sawHasen returning for the sec-ondtime.Accordingtohim, thewardcommitteemember said Hasen had asked her that sheshould consider him to work on behalf of her

Manaccuseswardmemberofcorruption

Mazwi Hasen who claims he was not informed that he was working for the ward committeemember’s mother. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

mother, since hewanted to get toknow the contrac-tor.Themotherof the

ward committeemember deniedHasen’s allegationsand said he came toask to work on herbehalf as hewantedto get to know thecontractor. He saidthey had agreedthat he would ac-cept any amountthat theywouldpayhim for his work.“It was my ID

copy that was sub-mitted and Hasensaid he would liketo work and wouldacceptwhateverweare paying him. Asperouragreement Ireceived the wagesand I gave himR1 000. When wewere called by theSteering Commit-tee to explain howhe got back, weasked him to stopworking and he re-fused,” she said.

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PEOPLE making use of the Alfred NzoEmergency Medical Services (EMS) areconcerned about their safety after a spateof accidents involving ambulances fromthe region.

In one of these accidents a medical prac-titioner who was working for EMS in Al-fred Nzo, Bathandwa Sifolo, lost his life

while three patients died in another acci-dent.The accident in which Sifolo died, oc-

curred on December 31 when the ambu-lance was on its way to attend to an acci-dent scene on the N2 near Mtsane locationbetween Mt Frere and Mt Ayliff.According to Arrive Alive spokesperson

in the Eastern Cape, Tsepo Machaea, itwas a head on collision between the ambu-lance and another vehicle.

In another accident involving an ambu-lance from Alfred Nzo at the beginning ofDecember near Tina River between Qum-bu and Mt Frere, three patients lost theirlives.According to Machaea the ambulance

was on its way from Mthatha to Bizanaand he confirmed that the ambulance be-longed to the Alfred Nzo EMS based in MtAyliff.Machaea believes that the causes of the

accidents were bad weather conditions.Earlier in December, two medical prac-

titioners from Alfred Nzo with patients onboard, narrowly escaped death nearKwaShinta junction in Mt Frere, whentheir ambulance collided head on with an-other car.The practitioners and patients were in-

jured and were admitted and treated fortheir injuries at Madzikane KaZulu Hospi-tal in Mt Frere.

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE patients of Holy Cross Hospital in Flag-staff are faced with a dilemma. It is allegedthat there is no X-ray facility in the hospitaland as a result patients who need X-rays tak-en, have to be transferred to St ElizabethHos-pital in Lusikisiki, which is 70km away.

Whatmakesmatters worse for the patients

Nopetrol for patient transportis that there are no ambulances to transportthem to St Elizabeth hospital, as reports statethat patients were allegedlytold that therewasnopetrol for the ambulances to transportthem to Lusikisiki.“Wewere told that the companywhichwas

supposed to put petrol in the ambulances didnot do it, so none of the ambulances have pet-rol. That’swhywe are unable to transport pa-tients to St Elizabeth hospital,” said a female

nurse who is not authourised to speak to themedia and wanted to remain anonymous.Many patients who should be transported

to Lusiskisiki, were onMonday at time of go-ing to print, still stranded at the hospitalsince they had nomoney to travel to St Eliza-beth on their own.Mzwandile Godlwana who was suffering

from chest pains was lucky, as he was ableto travel with his younger brother to St Eliza-beth. Godlwana, from Ndimakude location,said when he was admitted to the hospital hewas told that he needed to be X-rayed, butthat the X-ray machine was not working. He

was told he had to be transferred to Lusik-isiki. Eastern Cape Department of Healthspokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, denied allega-tions that patients were not transported be-cause of a lack of petrol.“We have enough ambulances in the OR

Tambo District, including a helicopter andwe have never experienced any shortage ofpetrol in our department.”“As I am speaking to you now we have got

98 ambulances in OR Tambo, so there is noway that number of ambulances can be with-out petrol and unable to transport patients,”said Kupelo.

RURAL Development Financier, the EasternCape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA),disclosed that it approved a total of R14,7mil-lion of rural development loans to 473 enter-prises in the 2013/14 financial year.

Announcing the rural development agen-cy’s 2013/14 performance results, ECRDAChief Executive Officer Thozamile Gwanyasaid the results, coupled with a second con-

Rayof light for rural businesssecutive unqualified audit opinion, are a re-sult of ECRDA’s determined resolve to prac-tise financial prudence and build a reputa-tion as a trusted steward of public funds.In its second year of operation, ECRDA re-

ceived a total funding allocation of R173 mil-lion. Government grants, excluding fundingfor the cropping project for the Departmentof Rural Development and Agrarian Reform,amounted to R138 million. ECRDA also pro-

vides grant funding from its own allocationto its subsidiaries which amounted to R12million.In 2013/14, the unplanned transfer of R12

million to Magwa Enterprise Tea resulted ina R1,1 million deficit. “Of the R14,7 millionapproved for disbursement, R2.6 millionwere Micro Agricultural Financial Institu-tions of South Africa (MAFISA) loans dis-bursed to 178 beneficiaries. These loansmainly catered for livestock farming in theChris Hani District Municipality (CHDM)and for crop farmers who were participating

in the cropping programme of the Depart-ment of RuralDevelopment andAgrarianRe-form,” he said.Gwanya also revealed that over R2.4 mil-

lion of agricultural loans were disbursed to34 beneficiaries while R818 000 of non-agri-cultural loans were disbursed to 19 benefici-aries.“The majority of the loans, 89%, went to

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ALL along we thought the only people whocan change their hair or dye it are the youngones, because it is new to the old people. Kantisikhe phantsi isitya sizele naku at EagleStreet in UTA we saw umadala with gingerhair ehamba nabazukulwana bakhe.

Get us right, it was not its natural colour,but was dyed esi nithi sisiXhosa, but purelytinted with these chemicals.We were astonished, dear reader, because

it is very seldom one sees an elderly personchanging the colour of the hair given to themby God at their age.Asazi ke umkhulu perhaps it was hard for

him to wait for his hair to change wabonaukuba makenze le ayibona kubazukulwana.

Phoyindabakabaniumadalaxa ezitintela iin-wele zakhe.Ayithi nale nto in democratic country eve-

rybody has a right to do whatever he or shewants?Mara, mna Gesh I won’t allow my papa u-

George to do that because even myself I can-not do it. Only ooKamvanooBongoMaffin cando that, because it is the style of their timeand it suits them, but not an old man like theone we saw in Eagle Street.PHOFU KE UKUTHANDA izinto akusoso-

no, nengoma itsho.

Ningakhombi indlela niphinde nijike

Siyazi ngoku kuqala unyaka abantu have

ii-resolutions zonyaka omtsha.And you can see ukuba umntu utshintshile

aphango-January.Aphumeemsebenzini andgo straight to his or her room. De alumkisenabanye ngokuba inga bangatshintsha njengaye. Kwale ke phaya ngo-March livukeikakade emntwini.Uthi uyambona uqale iindlela zakhe. Mu-

sani ke ukukhomba indlela niphinde nijike.Xa sele uthe kulo nyaka uphila enye impilohlala kuyo ke ungaphili iimpilo ezimbini um-nye.Abanye bade bazenzele emakoneni ezi ndle-

la zabo zindala kuba besoyika ukuba babethebaziyekile ekuqalenikonyaka. Ininzi ke lentokwaba basela utywala. Uthi xa esadinwe zizi-yolo nobumnandi be-big days, athi uyekileukusela kanti busagcwele umzimba bumenzewangasaburhalela.Kanti ukwacinga nemali le ayisebenzisi-

leyo eyisebenzisa ejikini de wangaboni nentoayenzileyo ngee-bonuses zakhe, so yamenzaloo nto wakhe walonqena.Ithi yakungena i-first salary ngo-January

anyamezele kuba imali ise nento ezininziekufanele izenze.Kwale ngo-February abuye ngathi kudala,

ulanda nezi ntsuku ebeke wathi uyekile.Masiyikhombe siqhubeke nayo indlela dearreaders.

Shame, life is tough

Bafowethu, this is our view so anyone hasa right to raise his or her own view in thismatter in Express land.Recentlywemet a ladywhowas in lovewith

a guy whom we knew. And their relationshipwas mncaa as they were a well known coupleif not lovers in the vicinity.Since we relocate from place to place time

and again we ended up losing each other.Ash!! During the Festive Season we met thelady and we were a bit perplexed with herstyle since we knew her as a decent lady wholiked to wear long dresses and a church goer.But now she was wearing trousers and

looked like a tom-boy. The one that surprizedus which was the last number – she had a ci-der in her hand. She confessed that she wasnow drinking a lot and her eyes were tellingit all. Sisters zisha phi ngawe where is yourboyfriend? Öw!!“Boetie life is tough. We parted ways and

I was disappointed because there was nomanlike him. Then? Ïn so much that I crossed thefloor and now I’m in love with other ladies.Mmm, Ï’m no longer involved with men be-cause they are disappointing.”Mara thina booGeshwe do not endorse that

because we believe ukuthi once a problemcomes your way you must face it direct notrun away and start other lifestyles whichmay disappoint you again. It is better tochoose that particular route without anyproblem forcing you to do so. Because nayeuyatshousisters ukubawayengayithandima-ra she tried it kwangavumi nokuba seqhube-kanayokodwawanyamezela. Phoninagossipteam nihlutshwa yintoni xa umntu ezikheth-ele impilo yakhe? Yhoo, masithule nabo besi-buza umbuzo onzima. Guys hoping that siza-kubambananakulounyakanje nganyakenye.Sharp, sharp.

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EVEN though they hail from the deep ruralNtibane location in Ngqeleni, they have no

fear to take on the big guns from big citieswith their kwaito music whenever they get achance to do so.

Bundu Boyswant to conquer themusic world

The trio SiphiwokuhleGwadiso (absent fromthe photo), LubabaloMgcinwa and ThulaniMzimba met at schooland found out they

love music.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

The kwaito-trio, Siphiwokuhle Gwadiso,Lubabalo Mgcinwa and Thulani Mzimba al-so believe that their environment and back-ground would never stop their dream to be-come dominant in the kwaito music scenein South Africa.The threemusiciansmet at school and dis-

covered they shared a love for music.In 2012 they established a group called Ex-

plosion.They started performing at school func-

tions and in the localities surrounding theirhome location (Ntibane).Theirmain focus in 2015 is to release their

first album and record a DVD.“We have nothing in our hands beside lov-

ing music and the skill to dance. We hopethat this talent will open the gates for us, sothat the recording companies can give us anopportunity to record our first album. Weknow our strength and talent. This is why

we believe one day we will dominate the mu-sicworld ifwe are given a chance,” said Siphi-wokuhle (grade 11).He said despite their difficult financial cir-

cumstances, having to depend on their par-ents for money, they have managed to com-pile three songs which leave kwaito fanaticsbegging for more.They don’tmindto perform at big events for

little money, because what they want is theexposure and to be recognized first in theirhome region of OR Tambo.“But in the near future we need to spread

our wings throughout South Africa and evenabroad if God opens that gate for us,” he said.They recorded their three songs through DJCreative recording company which is basedin Mthatha.“We need to add more songs this year, but

what may hinder that desire is the lack offunds. We are only dependent on our parents’money while we are still at school. We arelooking forward to recording our first album,because our supporters always ask for ourCDafter performances,” said Lubabalo.

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The MEC for the Department of Education in the Eastern Cape, MandlaMakupula, and the Premier of the Eastern Cape, Phumulo Masualle(left), hand over an award to Sibusiso Sibhidla from Nyanga SeniorSecondary School.

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Luvo Luzipho from St James High School inCofimvaba came second in Mathematics andPhysical Science in the Province of the EasternCape. He was awarded by the Eastern CapePremier Phumulo Masualle and MEC MandlaMakupula (right). PHOTO: LUTHANDO YASO

From left are Nonezile Mabulawa (mother), Wandile Mabulawa (pupilfrom Nomaka Mbeki High School), Yolanda Mbola (pupil from NomakaMbeki High School) and Thamie Zonke (Yolanda’s mother) outside theInternational Convention Centre in East London. PHOTO:LUTHANDO YASO

The top matric achievers inthe Eastern Cape attendedan awards ceremony inEast London recently asguests of Education MEC,Mandla Makupula.PHOTO: LUTHANDO YASO

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IN an attempt to improve the lives of impov-erished kids in the rural parts of the EasternCape, professionals – formerly fromMthathawho are now living in Johannesburg – cametogether and initiated a race calledAmaqhawe Cycle Challenge.

These professionals wanted to plough backby bettering the lives of children in rural are-as, who had no access to the internet.The cycle race started at the Myezo Engen

garage in Mthatha and finished in Port StJohns.Last year December saw the second race to

be hosted inMthatha, following the huge suc-cess of the race held here in March.The beneficiaries of the money raised by

the race,were the children residing along thecycle race route.According to the Public Relations Officer

(PRO) of Amaqhawe Cycle Challenge, ZintleQangule, the aim of the race was to raisefunds for the children, to create awareness,have people donate books and toys for under-privileged kids in the rural parts of the East-ern Cape – specifically for the villages thatare along the cycle route, from Mthatha toPort St Johns.“We decided to look at the rural kids be-

cause they don’t have such opportunities ofhaving toys or getting books to practise read-ing. We’ve certainly got the people of OR

Tambo’s attention. There’s a lot of interest inthe race. People have come forward seekinginformation on how they could get involved.We now have more cyclists and sponsors,which for us means more to donate to ourbeneficiaries,” said Zintle.“We are trying to get people more involved

in their communities. We are tired of com-plaining and expecting other people to dothings for our communities. We thought wecould start something ourselves and hopeful-ly get more people involved.“We also want to create awareness among

our people that cycling is not only a recrea-tional activity or white man’s sport, as mostof our people still believe. We’d like to raiseawareness that it is also ameans of transport,a cheaper alternative actually, andwe’re pro-moting it as a form of healthy living,” saidQangule.She urged the people of OR Tambo region

to support them by donating funds, books,toys andalso by entering thenextAmaqhawecycle challenge which will take place in De-cember 2015.In the last race the cyclists stopped at St

Barnabas hospital where they spent a fewhours and read books to the children at a pae-diatricward. They also helped out at aNtlazasoup kitchen and donated some items to thechildren.Qangule expressed her gratitude to all the

sponsors that contributed to the success ofthe race.

Raceaims tobetterlivesof theneedy

Cyclists at the starting point of the Amaqhawe Cycle Challenge at the Myezo Engengarage. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE