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THE skilling, mentoring and empowering ofsmall, medium and micro enterprises(SMMEs) tookcentre stage at aSouthAfricanNational Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)hosted breakfast roundtable with Mthatha-based emerging entrepreneurs in the East-ern Cape on Friday.

As part of its ongoing, nationwide effortsto inform and educate the South African citi-zenry about its developmental initiatives,SANRAL, an entity of the Department ofTransport, drove home the role it plays in im-proving theprovince’s socio-economic condi-tions.“In addition to our key mandate of financ-

ing, improvingandmaintainingournationalroad network, SANRAL also adds immensevalue to all development initiatives in thefields of transport, education and health andwe revel in our role as partners in the devel-opment of all South African communities,”said SANRAL Southern Region’s Communi-ty Development Specialist, Dr MongeziNoah.“Wemake every effort to promote transfor-

mation by ensuring that SMMEs are exposedto work experiences that would otherwisehave not been possible,” said Dr Noah.According toDrNoah, SANRAL is commit-

ted to promoting economic growth by train-

ing people to become economically active.SANRAL’s projects have created a total of

29 120 full time jobs and 61 000 job opportuni-ties. A total of R2.4-billion was spent on con-tracts with SMME’s, of which more thanR2 billion went to 1 137 black-owned compa-nies, and SANRAL’s skills development pro-grammes trained almost 26 000 people in roadbuilding projects at a cost of R30 million, ofwhich 11 370 were women.LindelwaMadyibi, the owner of Yavela Yo-

na Trading Enterprises, an Mthatha-basedcivil engineering firm involved in the con-struction of houses, schools and roads since2005, is just one ofmany SMMEs that benefit-ted through the mentorship and business op-portunities provided by SANRAL.Through the experience gained Madyibi

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tractors, owned byKumshile Kunu, a compa-ny that lay dormant until a golden opportuni-ty to work on a project SANRAL presenteditself in 2010. Kumshile employs 15 peopleand has expertise in road maintenance andconstruction of houses.Dr Noah added that SANRAL is at the cut-

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SMMEdevelopment takescentre stagewith SANRAL

SANRAL Southern Region’s Community Development Specialist, Dr Mongezi Noah.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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The new Vuyani substation in Mt-hatha, opened by Eskom on Mon-day “will strengthen the electrici-ty backbone in the Eastern Cape,”the power parastatal said in a

statement.

Eskom said the Eastern Cape networkstrengthening scheme consisted of a 356-kilo-metre 400kV high-voltage trans-mission linerunning from the southern region of KwaZu-

lu-Natal through the Lusikisiki and Mthathaareas up to East London.“This is the first 400kV infrastructure in the

area and will help to unlock opportunities forinvestment and growth through stabilisingthepower supplynetworkandcreating capac-ity”.Eskom said the construction of the Vuyani

substation “with initial and expandable ca-pacity of transforming 500 MVA” had startedin April 2012 and had been completed in Junethis year. Involving an investment ofR392 million, Eskom said the project consist-

ed on two transformers and six 132 kV feederbays that supplied power in the southern re-gion of the Eastern Cape.“The Vuyani substation is part of a larger

scheme involving a R2.6 billion capital injec-tion into the areas, which also includes two400 kV lines and six 132kV lines aswell as newsubstations and upgrades to existing down-stream substations.”Eskom said that some of the workers who

had been employed on the project had re-ceived training which had “equipped themwith the necessary skills that will enable

them to find employment in other sectors ofthe economy”.The training, it spelled out, involved brick-

layers, carpenters and electricians and was“part of Eskom’s commitment to skills devel-opment and localisation”.General Manager of Group Capital Power

Delivery Projects Naresh Hari says he was“very pleased with the implementation of theproject, which had been delivered withinbudget and had opened the doors for furtherinvestment and development in the EasternCape”. - Source: Metro Minutes

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AFTER a long battle between the EasternCape Government and traffic officials regard-ing overtime payment, the Department ofTransport, Safety and Liaison has announcedthat overtime would be paid for this FestiveSeason.

The MEC for the Department of Transport,Safety and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana, recentlymade this announcement during the launchof the department’s Festive Season plan at theRotary Stadium, Ngangelizwe township inMthatha.She assured traffic officers that they would

be paid overtime this Festive Season. The an-nouncement follows a long battle between theEC government and traffic officials over non-payment for overtime.As a result, traffic officers throughout the

province refused to work overtime.Tikana stressed that they needed traffic of-

ficers to work 16 hours a day during the Fes-tive Season in order to ensure their visibilityon the roads all the time.“We will have roadblocks throughout the

Province on major routes and within thetownships and cities in order to win back ourroads from those who continue to disregardroad traffic rules,” she said.She agreed that there were differences be-

tween them as government and traffic offic-ers over the payment of overtime.She said inMarch next year theywould ad-

dress the matter, but for the Festive Seasonher department would pay out overtime.Tikana said they were in the process of im-

plementing the Operation Masisebenzisane(“Let’sWork Together”) Traffic LawEnforce-ment Programme in order to restore law andorder on the roads.

MECpromisesovertime for traffic officials

MEC WeziweTikana during heraddress at theRotary Stadiumin Mthatharecently.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

KWADUKUZApolice are search-ing for the family of the lateThenjiwe Nkonyeni who wasabout 75 years old.

She died in a fire at her placeof residence at Chris Hani,KwaDukuza settlement on Sep-tember 5, 2014.She was staying alone and she

is believed to be originally from

Granny’s next of kin soughtLugwijini or KwaNyembezi ar-ea, Bizana in the Eastern Capeprovince.Her corpse has been at the

KwaDukuza mortuary sinceSeptember 2014 and no one hascome forward to claim it.Anyone with information om

her next of kin can contact War-rant Officer MJ Mabuza on082 527 0522 or 032 551 8203.

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THEMEC for Rural Development and Agrar-ian Reform (DRDAR) in the Eastern Cape,Mlibo Qoboshiyane, has released the resultsof the anti-poverty site programme at Man-dileniVillage,Ward 14 inMount Frere onNo-vember 11.

Qoboshiyane, Alfred Nzo District Munici-pality ExecutiveMayor Eunice Diko, DeputyExecutive Mayor Sixolile Mehlomakhuluand Umzimvubu Local Municipality MayorKhulukazi Phangwa spent a day in thisward.Poverty stricken areas in the Eastern Cape

inspired theDRDARto start anti-povertypro-grammes of this nature.The programmes comprise massive agri-

cultural activities that seek to eradicate pov-erty.Themain objective of this programme is to

encourage communities to go back to timeswhen subsistence production or farmingwasa means of bringing food to the table.“It is about timewe all behave like ants and

prepare ourselves for hard times and not letpoverty rule our lives. We need to stand uponunshaken feet andwith strong arms to feedour tummies,” said Qoboshiyane.Having been launched in 2009, the pro-

tering people’s lives through recognising ag-riculture as it used to be in the past. Arableland, gardens and vegetable gardens need tobe utilised.Emphasis was also placed by the MEC on

other forms of agricultural practices, such aspoultry, pig and cattle farming which havethe potential to boost the local economy.The IntegratedFoodSecurity andNutrition

Programme has been rolled out in a numberof districts in the Eastern Cape, including Al-fred Nzo and Umzimvubu. Vegetable produc-tion and animal farming have been estab-lished in Mandileni, benefiting 80 house-holds.Incorporated in the day’s programme was

the hand-over of 25 completed houses at Nqal-weniVillage. The houseswere constructed bythe Umzimvubu Local Municipality and theProvincial Department of Human Settle-

ment.Two of the beneficiaries were a husband

and wife, aged 104 and 102 respectively. Theyexpressed their sincere gratitude for thehouse and blessed the government of SouthAfrica, saying that even if they were to diesoon, they would have had peace and comfortduring their last days.Agricultural equipment was also handed

over by the MEC who encouraged the localsto start food gardens to aggressively fight pov-erty.

World FoodDay and Poverty Eradication Programme launched

MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyana (Centre), Deputy Executive Mayor Sixolile Mehlomakhulu (Second Left) andUmzimvubu Local Mayor Khulukazi Phangwa (Front). PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE King of the AbaThembu, BuyelekhayaDalindyebo, stressed that he would deal with the subheadmen who continued to claim land illegally inMthatha West.

He emphasised that everyone should do his or herown job and not interfere with others, and he de-scribed the headmen who were doing this as peoplewho were “sick with Ebola”.

“I will syringe them one by one and each skunkwill know its hole.” The King was addressing thecommunity at the Rotary Stadium in Ngangelizwetownship recently. Dalindyebo said as the king ofthe AbaThembu, he would use his own powers todeal with those sub headmen who disobeyed his au-thority.

Dalindyebo’s comments followed the eruption oftension between him and his former righthand-man

Jonas Jongisizwe (JJ) Ndzambule, who is a chiefheading Mthatha West.

The tension allegedly started after the King dele-gated a Non Government Organisation (NGO) todeal with matters relating to Mthatha West withoutconsulting JJ.

The NGO was allegedly responsible for collectingrent from the institutions that were renting land inthe area, from which some headmen were allegedlybenefitting.

There were also allegations that King Dalindyebowas planning to remove all present Iinkosi (Chief/Headman) in Mthatha West, including Ndzambule.

In his response, Ndzambule said if the King hada problem with his Iinkosi, he had to follow protocol.

“He must know that this is a democratic country,not an autocratic country whereby a leader coulddo as he likes,” said JJ.

He said he refused to be drawn into the issue ofthe removal of chiefs in the area.

Kingvows todealwith landgrabbers

King Buyele-khaya Dalindye-bo wants to dealwith landgrabbers inMthatha West.PHOTO:SIMMDLEDLE

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

ALL systems are in place for the start of theR5 billion Wild Coast Highway constructionproject.

This was revealed last Friday at a SouthAfrican National Roads Agency (SANRAL)community outreach held in Mthatha.

Mbulelo Peterson, SANRAL RegionalManager, said the conceptual designs forthe Mthentu and Msingaba bridges have al-ready been completed.

“We have opted to start with the bridgesfirst and then proceed with the road con-struction and as a strategic infrastructure

project, the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission (PICC) is coordinat-ing everything,” said Peterson.

He added that once the PICC decideswhether to fund the project from the fiscalor private budget, SANRAL would be readyto start with the operations within 9months. Following fears from the people ofthe Eastern Cape that the Wild Coast High-way would bring toll roads to the region,SANRAL said there were no plans for tollgates at this stage, but added that such a de-cision rested on the shoulders of the PICCand could be influenced by whether theyused fiscal or private funding.

Even though SANRAL’s main responsi-

bility is to build and maintain national andsecondary roads, they said that they wereprepared to assist municipalities and prov-inces with their other projects.

SANRAL is also offering learnerships toCivil Engineering graduates.

Fika Mthwezi (24), one of the beneficiar-ies, said, “As a Civil Engineering student,I got into this programme in 2012 for the NQ4level training for six months and anothersix months on site.”

He said the programme was very good andcreated jobs, since they were also given a sti-pend and were allowed a chance to employothers from within their communities towork on their own sites.

HeadwaymadewithWild Coast Highway In accordance with theeditorial policy of theExpress, we invite readers tocomment on mistakes in thenewspaper and shall correctsignificant errors as soon aspossible. Send info to theOmbudsman of Media24’sLocal Press, George Claas-sen, at [email protected] or callhim at 0 021 851 3232.Readers can also contactthe SA Press Ombudsman at0 011 484 3612/8 or [email protected].

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

A GOGO (64) from Ngqeleni said she nearlycollapsed and died after discovering that hergovernment grant notes were fake.

Mastedi Ngxongxo said she had receivedthe bank notes from the Cash Payment Mas-ter Services machine in Libode.

She said she had only paid one debt at thegrant payout station, because she wanted tocalculate the money that would go towardsher debt and to buy groceries, while the restwould have gone towards transport for hereight grandchildren.

“I nearly collapsed when my daughter toldme that all the money was fake. I asked my-self how it was possible, because I had re-ceived it from the official who was operatingthe machine to withdraw my money,” shesaid.

“First of all I thought about food, becauseI had no food left for my family and I was hop-ing to buy groceries with the money. Second-ly I thought about the cries of my hungrygrandchildren.

“I also thought about the owners of the ve-hicles that transported my grandchildren toand from school, because I had never default-ed on paying them. I was really hurt, becausethere were people already in the house to col-lect money that I owed them,” said the wom-

an.Allegedly, about ten grant beneficiaries

had fallen victim to receiving fake bank notesat Ngqeleni paypoint. The total amount of thefake notes, which was handed over to the po-lice in Ngqeleni, came to R9 400. A case hadbeen opened with the police.

A South African Social Services (SASSA)official had been arrested in connection withthe incident and is expected to appear inNgqeleni Magistrates’ Court soon.

The elderly were assisted by their Council-lor Monwabisi Nomandela to help solve theirproblem. Nonamdela said it was the first caseof its kind.

He said a problem known to them was thatof pension money being deducted for airtime.

One of the airtime deduction victims,Mlungwana Nomeyisi, said the deductionfrom her money started a year ago, eventhough she doesn’t own a cellphone.

“I went to Sassa several times to ask aboutthis deduction, but I didn’t get any help. Itstill continues and this is the second yearnow that I am paying R300 for airtime,” saidMlungwana.

Eastern Cape spokesperson for the Depart-ment of Social Development, Reverend Luzu-ko Qina, promised that the victims would berefunded and food parcels would be providedwhile they were in the process of refundingthe fake bank notes.

Fakenotes causepanic

Some of the victims of fake bank notes received from the Ngqeleni paypoint are MastediNgxongxo, Elina Thumbu and Mamlungwana Nomeyisi.

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INFORMAL workers demand equal rightsand basic services, which is why StreetNet (aworker organisation that represents informalworkers at an international level) visited itsaffiliate, The Eastern Cape Street Vendors’Alliance (ECSVA) recently.

They facilitatedworkshops inMthatha, Du-tywa and Port St John’s, where they had achance to meet ECSVA members and listento the challenges they were facing.They also shared important information

and offered support to the traders.In Mthatha, the Traders spoke about their

frustration with the King Sabata Dalindyebo(KSD) Municipality.According to them they were not given

a breakdown by the municipality of thebudget for the informal traders and howthey planned to use it to help them.The traders in Dutywa from the Dutywa

Workers’ Association had similar com-plaints.They said since 1994, there had been no

delivery and said theMbhashe municipali-ty never consulted with them.In 2011, they were invited to a meeting

where they were told there was a budget ofR2.4 million to help informal workers. Ac-cording to them the municipality refused to

give them a breakdown of the budget.In Port St John’s, traders are facing loom-

ing evictions. Lack of communication be-tween the Port St John’s Municipality andthe traders had resulted in them not beingaware that the Local Economic Develop-ment sector of the municipality shouldhave a budget set aside for them.The municipality provided land for them

to trade on, which is far away from the dai-ly commuters. This makes it difficult forthem to do their daily trade.“We were not invited and not told about

their plans.“The municipality had constructed some

shelters in selected areas, but they charged

the traders five times more than a tradercould afford to pay. It would be good if wecould reach an agreement of an acceptableamount,” Wiseman Magopeni, a trader,said.The unemployment rate in the Eastern

Cape region is very high. Informal tradershave to pay a trader’s licence and in mostcases, rent.At the end of the workshops, traders were

very thankful to StreetNet International.StreetNet also represents informal work-ers at an International Level such as theInternational Labour organisation.For more information on these organisa-

tions, call Fundile Jalile on 083 574 1129.

Workshopsheld for informalworkers

Traders and Members of the Executive Committee for the Dutywa Workers’ Association picturedwith Sharon Pillay, StreetNet representative, and Fundile Jalile(ECSVA) in the middle.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Some of the traders from Mthatha and EXCO of ECSVA attending the second session of trainingheld for those who could not make it on the first day. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

PHINDILE GQELE

TWO weeks ahead of the official openingof the initiation season, Eastern Cape po-lice on Sunday arrested a 28-year-old al-leged illegal traditional surgeon at Nom-valo village in Lusikisiki for allegedlyrunning an illegal initiation school.

The suspect appeared in the LusikisikiMagistrates’ Court onMonday, November10 and was granted bail. His case was re-manded to December 1.Police spokesman Mduduzi Godlwana

said twounder aged boyshave beenplaced

in the Palmerton Rescue Centre after theywere found by police in the forest near theschool.The suspect, SicelileNzama, said hewas

granted bail so that he could finish whathe had started and be a traditional nursealso known as (ikhankatha) under the su-pervision of medical doctors.“We urge parents to ensure that their

boys go to legally recognised initiationschools.“We also ask the traditional surgeons to

work closely with the department ofhealth and the house of traditional lead-ers,” said Godwana.

Illegal surgeon allegedlygranted bail to finish job

Some of the Traders and the EXCO of Port St John’s Hawkers’ Association with Sharon Pillay fromStreetNet and Fundile Jalile(ECSVA). PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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ANGRY residents of the Mgwengweni Admin-istrative Area returned from the Mount AyliffMagistrates’ Court last week Monday and setfire to the house of a murder suspect who hadappeared in court on the day.

The crowd outside the court had to be dis-persed with the use of rubber bullets. Hereaf-ter, they went to the suspect’s house and setit alight.

They had attended the first appearance ofWeston Phiri (28) originally from Malawi andNtombentsundu Sikhisi (41) from Mgweng-

weni Administrative Area at the Mount AyliffMagistrate’s Court who each face a charge ofmurder, relating to the death of Ntombent-sundu’s husband, Malungelo Sikhisi (41).They appeared briefly and the case was post-poned to Tuesday this week.

A third suspect in the murder case, alsofrom Malawi, Major Katsanga (27), appearedin court on Tuesday, November 11 and was re-manded in custody to appear again togetherwith the other two suspects on Tuesday

It is alleged that angry community memberswere demanding that the police release thewoman accused of murdering her husband, inorder for them to dish out mob justice.

“Members of the public were protesting out-side the courtroom, demanding the handingover of the suspects to them. Public Order Po-lice were called in to manage the situation andcontrol the crowd. Rubber bullets were usedto disperse the crowd,” said a Provincial SAPSspokesperson, Lieutenant Khaya Tonjeni.

He said on the same day the angry mob gath-ered again and torched the house of the sus-pect, Ntombentsundu Sikhisi. A rondavel,two other houses and a shack were scorchedto ashes.

A case of arson has been opened but no ar-rests have been made yet. The investigationcontinues and arrests are eminent.

Neighbours who wished to remain anony-mous said they saw no reason why the resi-dents had to burn down the houses.

Malungelo Sikhisi will be buried this Sun-day, November 23 at his home in the Mng-wengweni Administrative Area.

All three the accused appeared in court onTuesday and the case was postponed to No-vember 26, when an interpreter for accusednumber two and three will be available. Theyare remanded in custody.

On Tuesday, community members gath-ered outside the court again, waiting to be ad-dressed by the magistrate. The police were-monitoring the situation closely.

Angry residents torchmurder suspect’s house

The house before, during and after the fire. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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THEEasternCapeMECforSport,Recreation,Arts and Culture, Pemmy Majodina, said theIsingqi Sethu Wild Coast Cultural Festival’saim is to restore the culture of the differenttribes in the Eastern Cape and along theWildCoast line.

“We want to restore our culture and bringback humanity. This has to start from within

the family. We need to go back to our basicsto connect who we are and showcase who weare,” said Majodina.She said Isingqi Sethuwas aiming at expos-

ing the hidden talent and to unify differenttribes in the region. Majodina was speakingduring the Isingqi Sethu Wild Coast Culturalfestival, recently held in Port St John’s.She said it was a great honour to see so

many different cultures under one roof. Theevent was graced by people from all spheres

of the Eastern Cape, showcasing their culturethrough attire and dance. The Department ofSport, Recreation, Arts and Culture injectedR1,2 million into the progamme. Majodinasaid she wanted to make Isingqi Sethu an an-nual event and to ensure that the festivalplays a part in reducing poverty in the area.“I want to see more people participate in

this event. We need to institutionalise IsingqiSethu and connect it with the Buyelekhayamusic festival to attract more tourists to this

region. We also need to brand the EasternCape with Isingqi and embrace Ubuntubethu,” she said.This year’s festival showcased a concentra-

tion of local artists. The guest artist, ScanaMlaza, released his first album this yearthrough an initiative of the Department ofSport, Recreation Arts and Culture.Scana kept the audience on their toes, shar-

ing the stage with well-knownmaskanda mu-sician Sonaliti.

‘Festival to restore culture’ -Majodina

Women fromeBathenjiniperformingduring Isingqisethu festival inPort St John’s.

Members ofthe differentfaith organi-zations alsograced the

Isingqi SethuWild Coast

culturalfestival.

Masentle and Mpho Olifant from Sterkspruitcaptured by the Express crew at the festival inPort St John’s.

The beauty of the cultural style: here are Nontsebenzo Sbhakela, Nolubabalo Mabasawula andEsethu Tholelo PHOTOS: SIM MDLEDLE

Women from eBathenjini performing duringIsingqi sethu festival in Port St John’s.

7EntertainmentNovember 20, 2014Uvolwethu Express

SOMETIMESwe fail to understandwhyotherpeople don’t like to bath their bodies becausethe sooner you don’t bath you smell.

And that smell affects people around them.Water is not for sale and even those who arebuying bottled water they do it to quenchtheir thirst and not to bath with.Recently we were ashamed with our deci-

sion of offering a lift to a guy from MountFrere to UTA.The whole interior of our Turu-turu was

dominated by the smell of this guy.Heyi ebenuka la bhuti ehlula nokuba sowu-

vule i-window.Even the strong perfume on the dash board

and the one that we had sprayed in our bodywas unable to fight the smell of that guy.

Wewere still intending to give others a hiketo UTA trying to get imali for i-gas but we de-cided not to take anyone kuba uyakuthiniukungena emotweni enuka kangaka andsaqonda ukuba akazumazi oyena unukayo.Please bafethu you need to make good

friends with the water especially during thissummer season.Or else umntu ongahlambanga angahambi

ehike avele anukele imoto yakhe angahluphiabanye abantu ezimotweni zabo. Nivilemoss.

It’s not about becoming a slenderAs you know we hate abantu who are gos-

siping about others because on the Expressland we are the only people who have a rightto do so. Why boys?Kaloku we were listening to two stout ugly

ladies who were doing shopping in a certainclothing shop in Flag (Flagstaff).These ladies greeted a certain slender lady

whom they met inside the shop. And in theirconversation it seemed as if they knew eachother.After the lady gave them her backminding

her own business, the two started gossipingabout her. Bathini? Uthi omnye, “Hayi!!Utheni wabhitya kangaka uthi aka-phathwanga yileZ3?” Aphendule omnye “Ja,kungenzeka kaloku uhlala eThekwini.”Ningenaphi nina apho kuba kungenzeka

nani nizezo zidudla nizizo iniphethe le Z3 nih-leba ngayo as long ningeka testi.Phulaphulani apha, being diagnosed HIV

positive does not make you to be a slender.You can be a slender by nature but not thatyou are HIV positive.Sisters go and test, so that you will know

your status before gossiping about the healthof other people.Najonga ezabanye ezenu zijongweboobona-

ni. Tell them gossip them.

Izinto ezilugugu nezihlonitshwayoziphenduke indlalo

Uyazi sometimes ude uzibuze ukuba kanyekanye siyaphi kweli lizwe?Kuyakwayintoni ngoku makwedini? Hayi

kukubona izinto ezihlonitshwayo kuthi thinasizwe ngasimnyama, mara ngoku sezitshint-she zayinto yokudlala. Thethani mani!!

Besike saya emlindelweni phaya eTabs (Nt-abankulu) kwenye ioutie ibiswelekile nesasi-yazi.Hayi asiyithandanga la way yokuba kuthi

kuziliwe kodwa kuselwe ngathi kuse-party(in). Belungaphay kweqondo lona utshakaziolu. Kanti yayaphi intlonipho yokufa?Kwacaca nje ukuba yonke into siyenzela ety-waleni akukho nto sike siyinike isidimakungabikho tywala?Asazi ukubakusobhubha abantu badala ba-

sabambe isidima somntu omnyama ukubakuzakuba njani kwisizukulwana esilande-layo. Bekunqale kukhona indlu apho kusele-lwa khona abanye khange baye nakulo ndluyomlindelo basela batipha kulo ndlu yempu-zo.Ubayeke abamana kulahlek nabatshakazi

ebebekhona apho babuye xa kuzosa.Shame kunzima. Nokuba ebesela ke lowo

mntu ubhubileyo akuthethi ukuba makwen-ziwe eza zinto.Nani bafethu siyanilumkisa ngokuthumela

abafazi benu emilindelweni niphinde nishi-yeke ngasemva.Ngathi akulunganga phaya ise ngathi ufa-

na nokuba umthumela epotsoyini ngela xe-sha lethu.Nothi ke umgosi ushwaqa izinto zomqala-

khe mara nothuka sekophulwe.Masingathethi kakhulu abantu bazakude

badinwe, into esifaneleyo ngoku kukuba sith-athe iintsiba zethu siyakukhangela umgosiwopapasho olulandelayo.

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REPORTER

THE ever calm “Morning Move” breakfastshow presenter, Urban Nkosiyapha Dotye atUnitra Community Radio (UCR) has kept hisblistering morning radio slot when the newline-up was announced on November 1.

The 30-year-old from Mbizana, remains abeliever in the development of young peopleand has urged the youth to refrain from det-rimental life styles.Urban said a person can have much fun

without indulgence in drugs and alcohol,and should remainhumble and fight hard forbetter careers.Urban’s ever increasing followers have

not made him big-headed but rather givenhim a resounding support and constantpraise due to what he has been doing, play-listing a good variety ofmusic and providing

good advice. He is the most followed radiopresenter on Facebook in the OR Tambo dis-trict.“I have beenwith UCRFM from 2010. UCR

FM listeners and I have grown to understandeach other; we support each other; they real-ly love their community radio station. Ourlisteners are quite vocal and when they likeyou, they do,” Urban said.When not working behind the micro-

phone, Urban assists different organisa-tions as a Master of Ceremony (MCing) atdifferent events. His wishes include work-ing in the media sector performing taskssuch as television production and owning aradio station.Urban has been hosting the breakfast

show since February this year, taking overfrom the broadcasting stalwart, Mzwandile‘Innocent Child’ Tshandu, who is now thestation manager.

He confessed that he was under pressuredue to the popularity of his predecessor. Hesaid he was grateful for the support he re-ceives from Tshandu on a daily basis.As a graduate from the Vaal Technical In-

stitute in Braamfontein and former produc-er from Radio Today in Gauteng, Urban hasno regrets about moving to Mthatha.He is encouraging his listeners to utilize

the radio airwaves to mobilize support forrural areas, share good experiences and sup-port good causes.“Wearenot blessed like other areaswhere

they have different sources to access anddisseminate information; therefore, peoplewithmeansmust come forward and supportUCR FM so it can be able to stand firm, andcontinue to support deep rural areas,” Ur-ban added.Urban can be found on Facebook (urban

dotye) and on twitter #djurbanonline.

Meet theman behindUCR FM’s breakfast show

Urban Dotye is making waves on the airwaves.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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LOVED bymany yet seen by some asa sport for the illiterate and old fash-ioned, Traditional Horse Racing(THR) is gradually getting full recog-nition from the government and pri-vate sector in the Eastern Cape.

THR is a cultural and traditionalpractice with distinctive trainingand riding styles.It is said that the indigenous sport

of racing and riding methods havebeen going on for more than two dec-ades in the Eastern Cape withoutproper regulation, guidance andpoli-cies but that this is expected tochange soon.To improve THR in the province,

the Eastern Cape Gambling and Bet-ting Board (ECGBB) and the Depart-ment of Sports, Recreation, Arts andCulture (DSRAC), have joined forcesin a move to better THR in the prov-

ince. The ECGBB and DSRAC havebeen going around the Eastern Cape,holding meetings with stakeholdersinvolved in the sport.They met with the jockeys, horse

owners and the general public to un-derstand more about THR, includingits challenges and aspirations for thesport.At a recent meeting in the Tsolo

Community hall, horse owners fromthe OR Tambo District came out innumbers to give their views to theECGBB and DSRAC, thus makingsure that the policies to be drawn upfor the THR accommodate them.Zilimbola Malindela “Madiba”

Mpahlana who is the Chairperson ofthe Eastern Cape Traditional HorseRacing Association (ECTHRA),voiced a number of challenges, in-cluding improper infrastructure,transportation of horses, poor judge-ment of results on races and a lackof sponsorship.

Traditional Horse racing to getrecognition in region

Luvuyo Thsoko of ECGBB, Zilimbola ‘Madiba’ Mpahlana the chairperson of ECTHRA and Mbonisi Feju of DSRAC duringtheir meeting in Tsolo. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

ANELE RAZIYA

AFTER not having hosted a boxing tourna-ment since 2011 in the Mnquma area, IsizweBoxing Promotions in conjuction with theMnquma Local Municipality recently hostedan eight bout boxing tournament authorised

by Boxing South Africa in the Centane townhall.

The purpose of the tournament was to re-vive sport in the area. The boxers that werefighting came fromdifferent areas in theEast-ern Cape, with most coming from East Lon-

Mnqumahostsboxing tournament

VuyaniMasondo andLulamile Booiduring theirmatch in

Centane townhall.

PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

don.The first bout was between Sikhokele Yozi

from Butterworth and Zuko Dindo from Dun-can Village in the bantamweight division.They started their fight in front of just a fewsupporters. The rest of the spectators weremade up by officials and boxers awaitingtheir fights.These two boxers showcased their fighting

skills in boxing with impressive foot work,throwing good punches at each other and de-fending themselves very well.Spectators enjoyed the last round when Zu-

ko Dindo started throwing punches at Yozi,trying toknockhis opponentwithaTKO.Yozimanaged to stand his ground, but Dindo end-ed up winning with points.The second fight was between Vuyani Ma-

sondo from Mdantsane (known as “the homeof boxing” in the Eastern Cape) and LulamileBooi from Amalinda.The fight started after 5pm and the specta-

tors showed excitement from round one withboth boxers exchanging heavy blows.In the second round, Masondo was pun-

ishedwith punches to his upper body.Mason-do was caught with his hands down and Booipunched him to the ground. The referee didnot hesitate to stop the fight.

“I was prepared to fight ten rounds, but un-fortunately this guy was unable to withstandmy punches. It was a clear indication to meto finish the fight in the second round al-ready,” said Booi.Isizwe Boxing Promotions, under Mr Nt-

sikayesizwe Sigcawu, thanked all the boxerswho participated in the tournament

The results for the other fights are:. Jongikhaya Leve from Mdantsane and

Sobantu Dindo from Duncan Village in fourrounds welter weight ended in a draw;

. The four round flyweight match betweenNwabisile Cholani from Dimbaza and Thu-lani Nzwanana from Duncan Village went toDimbaza with points;

. In the lightweight category,ViweMdlety-eni from Mthatha defeated MandilakheSontlaba from Mdantsane with a technicalknockout in round one;

. Featherweight: Hlanga Kanzi from But-terworth drew with Bamanye Mejane fromDuncan Village; Unathi Mndwana from But-terworth lost against Loyiso Velleman fromMdantsane with points

. Mini-flyweight, Xolisani Magusha fromSadadefeatedLoyisoDayimane fromSceneryPark with points.

“We alsowant proper facilities likethe Durban July race course. Theyhave racing horses and we have rac-ing horses; what is the difference?The Durban July event and CapeTown’s J&B horse race attracts thou-sands of people in those provinceswhich tends to improve their econo-my. Why can’t we do it here in theEastern Cape?”As the THR is prevalent in the OR

Tambo region, Madiba added thattheywanted to see theTsolo JunctionRace Course transformed into a na-tional race course.Among the people who attended

the meeting were Luvuyo Tshoko,manager of ECGBB and Mbonisi Fe-ju, provincial assistant manager rec-reation from DSRAC, who promisedthe standardisation of the THR.The next THR event is set to take

place on November 29 at the BerlinRace Course in East London withstakes of R200 000.

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