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STAFF and visitors of the AmapondoBackpackers at Second Beach, Port StJohns,wererobbedatgunpointonSat-urday.

AmongthevictimswerefiveRhodesUniversi-ty women students. At time of going to print apolice task force, which was established to hunt

down the suspects, were still searching for someof the suspects. One of the suspects (28) were in-jured in crossfire with police who arrived at thescene after a panic button was activated.

According to Neil Clayton of Amapondo Back-packers, a number of the backpacker guests, to-gether with some local visitors, were occupyingthe bar and restaurant area. Some of the guestswere in their rooms. There were approximately60 people on site.

“At about 11pm, eight armed robbers enteredthe property on foot and quickly disbursedthroughout the property to gather all the guestsinto one central location at the bar. It was laterdiscovered that only one robber had a live fire-arm,whilst theresthadfakeguns,”saidClayton.

According to Clayton, the robbers demandedcash, car keys, phones, laptops, and wallets.They did manage to steal a number of phones aswell as cash from the guests and the Amapondo

staff. They also stole alcohol, cigarettes, cash,and laptops.

According to Police spokesman in the Port StJohns cluster, Captain Mduduzi Godlwana,someonemanagedtoactivateapanicbuttonandwhen the police arrived on the scene they foundthe suspects still on the premises.

Anexchangeofgunshotsbetweenthepoliceandthe suspects ensued. One of the suspectsbers wasinjured while the other managed to escape. Ac-cordingtoCapt.Godlwanatheinjuredsuspectwasarrested on the scene and was admitted to an un-disclosed hospital in Mthatha under police guard.One of the guests were wounded in the hand.

Capt. Godlwana said the police also discov-ered a 9 mm pistol on the scene.

“Thus far, the police have apprehended two ofthe robbers, located several phones, and are cur-rently following up on several important leads,”said Clayton.

Clayton said Amapondo has sought traumacounselling services for all the staff involved.

“All guests were helped to contact their fami-lies, friends, and in some cases their country’sembassies. Amapondo also offered money tosome guests for onward travel expenses, and ar-ranged free accommodation in a ‘safe house’ atthe owner’s parent’s home in East London.Manyguestshavetravelledtherewheretheyarestaying for a few days with peace and quiet andhome cooked meals, internet access, and lots ofsupport whilst they recover.”

Clayton said this incident was an isolatedevent, and is not something common to the area.“Port St Johns is a safe place, and in a recentonline newspaper publication, it was even de-scribed as SA’s third safest place to live,” saidClayton. He said the owners at Amapondo are“utterly shocked to have had this happen, andare saddened about how this could affect the rep-utation of their business and also Port St Johnsas a travel destination”.

Amapondo now plans to increase its securitylevels by employing additional security staff,putting up a large fence and gate, installingCCTV cameras, and installing an alarm systemwith panic buttons.

Robbers strikeatPortSt Johnsbackpackers

Maidensmarch formoral regeneration

Mbizana Inkciyo Moral Regeneration members held a march through the streets of Mbizana town in a quest to encourage abstinence amongyoung maidens to decrease the rate of HIV and Aids infection and high levels of teenage pregnancy. Read the full story on page 6.

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A man (22) was arrested for rape at MtPhakathi Coffee Bay near Mqanduli after heallegedly raped girl (19) in the area on Octo-ber 22.

It is alleged that the victimwas on her wayto her boyfriend when the suspect raped herat his home.The suspect was arrested and is expected to

appear before the Kwaaiman periodical courtsoon facing a rape charge.

. A woman (22) was arrested at Upper

Ngqwarha for dealing in dagga weighing1.176kg with a street value of R2 000.The suspect was arrested when the police

were doing their normal duties. She will ap-pear in theMqanduliMagistrates’ Court soon,charged with dealing in dagga.

. A man (27) was sentenced to 5 years and7 months in prison for house breaking andtheft.This follows a burglary at the FET College

in Coffee Bay on September 2. Clothes and gro-ceries were taken.He appeared before the Kwaaiman periodi-

cal court on October 21 and was found guiltyas charged.

Crime roundup

BABALWA NDLANYA

AMAN from Beaufort West, who is resid-ing in Cape Town, is blaming MthathaCentral Police Station Officers for failingto givehim information about hismissingfirearm.

Simphiwe Ntlabathi claims that hisfirearm has been kept by this Police Sta-tion since 2005. He said that the firearmhad belonged to his uncle (Velile Ngxawe-ni)whopassedaway.Ntlabathi thenalleg-edly asked Ngxaweni’s wife to give himthe firearm, since she said she did notwant it.“My aunt refused to give it to me, be-

cause I did not have a firearm licence atthe time. She then took it to Mthatha Cen-tral Police Station,” said Ntlabathi.He said he got his licence in 2011 after

his aunt had also passed away. When hewent to the police station to collect thefirearm, he was asked for a SAP 13 NU,which he brought to the police station.That was when he was told that his fire-arm had been taken by the National TaskForce to Pretoria.“But the problemwas that there was no

name, persal number and rank of the po-liceman or woman who took the firearmwhich was registered in the occurrencebook. That iswhy I amsaying this firearmis missing.”Ntlabathi said he had tried several

times to findhelp.Hehad evenphoned theprovincial office to ask for help. They toldhim that according to their records thefirearm was registered in his name.He was advised to open a case, but he

said the case was not being investigated.He said hewasworried about his firearm,because if something happened, he couldbe in trouble because it is registered inhisname.“I can end up in jail because of it. I am

appealing to anyone who can advise meon which steps to take now to please as-

sist. I had tried all the offices which Ithought would have been able to help.”Police Spokesperson for the Mthatha

Cluster, Warrant Officer Denoe Koena,saidNtlabathimust goand report themat-ter to the branch commander if he feelsthat his case is not being investigatedproperly.“He followed the right path by getting

a licence and that the gunwas taken to thepolice for safety. But if it is now missing,he must report it to the police,” said Koe-na.She said they appeal to the community

to hand guns in to the police if the ownerhas passed away.

Manworried abouthismissing gun

Simphiwe Ntlabathi is blaming the policefor failing to help him locate his firearm.

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE community of Ndayeni location in Tha-leni Administrative Area, Lusikisiki, are re-fusing that the corpse of ababywhowas foundwithout a head and an arm, be buried in theirarea without its missing limbs.

They demanded that the mother of the in-fant be released from prison so that she cango and fetch the missing limbs as they willnever allow the baby to be buried in their ar-

ea.The gruesome discovery of the corpse two

weeks ago, on October 7, caused angeramongst community members, particularlythe young people.They demanded that the family of the 18-

year-oldmother, accused of killing the infant,leave the area. The baby was believed to beone-day old when it was found in a secludedarea in the village.After the discovery, elderly women in the

locality commenced a massive hunt for the

mother of the baby. All the women in the lo-cality were called to ameeting and eachwom-an was milked and and their private parts in-spected.During that inspection an 18-year-old wom-

an was allegedly found to have recently givenbirth. When she was questioned about thewhereabouts of her child she was unable togive a proper explanation. Community mem-bershandedher over to the police and shewasarrested.Police spokesperson CaptainMduduzi God-

lwana confirmed that community membersrefused that the baby be buried in their area.He said the family was ordered to leave the

area but the chief of the area rescued themby keeping them at his place.He said the police tried several times to in-

tervene by holdingmeetingswith communitymembers from the area but their efforts werein vain. A meeting on Tuesday last week wasalso fruitless as members of the communitywere still saying they don’t want the baby toburied in their area.

Newtwist in sagaofheadlessbaby

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

A MAN who is herding Mandela’s cat-tle at Qunu farm near Mthatha deniedthat the cattle who died during recentmonths were neglected.

MgcineniWisemanQingana said thecattle were not neglected because heand fellow herdsmen were looking af-ter them and they also have a supervi-sor to oversee the whole process on thefarms in Qunu and Ncise. Both farmsbelong to the late statesman, NelsonMandela.The man, who has been working on

Mandela’s farmsince 2000, saidheusedto share jokes with Tata Mandela

whilst they were on the farm, inspect-ing his livestock with him.He described him as somebody who

loved livestockwholeheartedly.Qinga-na’s utterances follow reports that Nel-son Mandela’s cattle at Qunu farm aredying from neglect.He revealed that the only thing that

hampers them was the late delivery ofthe feed to the farm. Delivery some-times takesmonths. Due to grass beingdry in winter, they depended on lu-cerne for feed.He said the lucerne supply ran out

some months ago and was only deliv-ered on Tuesday, October 21. “About200 bales were delivered. If it was doneaccording tomywishes, lucernewould

always be available at the farm be-cause there is no grass and the size ofthe farm is not enough for somany cat-tle.”Qingana confirmed that 10 cattle

died this year and he believed that itwas because of hunger and draught. Hesaid he and the other herd boy reportedeverything to the supervisor who is al-ways at the farm.He said the supervisor reports to the

manager, namedMimi,who is based inGauteng and Mimi reports to Makazi-we the eldest daughter of Mandela.The Qunu farm now has 1 790 cattle

plus many calves. Attempts to get holdof the supervisor, called Siya, as wellas Makaziwe, were fruitless.

Mandela’s herdman says cattle are not neglected

Mkhulu Mgcineni Qingana during an interview with Express.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

GREG NOTA

NONHLANHLA Ndziba had a problem withheadaches and she decided to go to the Gate-way Clinic where she was attended to andgiven tablets to take at home.

She left satisfied with the service she hadreceived, but little did she know that she hadbeen given tablets that would make her sick.When she got home she drank the tablets,

as instructed, on September 9, 10 and 11. OnSeptember 11 she started bleeding throughher nose and the headache was not gettingbetter and she decided to call her husband toreturn since he was on leave and she wasalone with her child at home.“Every time I am sick I go to the clinic and

am given medication, which after using it Iget better. But this time instead of getting bet-

ter I became worse since my stomach waspaining.“When we checked the tablets that were

given to me at the clinic we discovered thatone batch had expired in June 2014. I wentback to the clinic to show them that they hadgiven me an expired batch.”She said the person who gave her the tab-

lets instead of apologizing took back the tab-lets and gave her the other batch and neverapologized - instead shouted at her.She decided to keep quiet and apologised

to her before she went to the police stationto lay a complaint but not to open a charge.The police advised her to go back to the

clinic and ask to see the manager and on thatday the manager was in a meeting.She went to the doctor since her stomach

pains were getting severe and the doctor ad-vised her to go and ask for the expired batch

of tablets from the clinic so that he could seewhat type and how he can treat her. The staffmember at the clinic told her to go and tellthe doctor to come to her.The management of the clinic told her that

if the tablets had expired they arenot danger-ous within the period of six months.“We would like you to give us a chance to

speak to her and ask her to apologise to you.If you lay a charge it would not affect her on-ly but the whole department will be affect-ed,” said one of the managers of the clinicin a recordedmessage. They also agreed thatthe staff member was at fault.The spokesperson for the Department of

Health, Sizwe Kupelo, said there is a toll freenumber which is 0800032364 that is availablefor 24 hours where people can lodge theircomplaints.Kupelo said the affected person needs to

phone this toll free number and complainabout the shouting and the alleged expiredmedication that was given to her so that thematter could be investigated to establish thefacts.

Concernafter clinic patient receivesexpired tablets

These are some of the tablets received fromGateway Clinic. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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GREG NOTA KUNYE NENTATHELI

INYANGA yeDwarha yaziwa njengenyangaka-OR Tambo apho kubhiyozwa kuphindekwenziwe nezikhumbuzo kummandla we-ORTambo kunye nomasipala olikomkhulu i-Ekurhuleni.

Ekubhiyozeleni ubomi beli gorha, amaphu-pha nolangazelelo, ukuzinikezela kwakheekuphuculeni impilo yabo bonke abemi bo-Mzantsi Afrika, ama-Afrika neHlabathingokubanzi kwakunyenokuswelekakwakhe.Ngokukhumbulaubomi beli gorhaumasipalawasekuhlaleni IngquzaHill uyewaqhubaum-sitho obuntsuku-ntathu nobuqwalasela ngqoumba wokuhanjiswa kweenkonzo.Ngomhla we–14 kweyeDwarha

kwaqhutywa inkqubo yokuhanjiswakweenkonzo zezempilo, uphuculo lwasekuhla-leni nokufundiswa ngezoshishino. AphoamaSebe kaRhulumente aya kwilali yase-Ntongwana kwakunye nakwiilali ezikufuphi.Kulapho kanye amaSebe afumana ixesha

lokuxelela abahlali ngeenkonzo ezifumanekakuwo. Unompilo wase OR Tambo District Mu-nicipality, uBonisile Cingowafundisa abahlalingendlela zokucoca amanzi ukukhusela izifoezifumaneka kuwo.Ukanti abasebenzi becandelo lezempilo ba-

vuna ngentetho eyenziwa nguSister Nombule-lo Dyasi. Abahlali baxelelwa ngokubalulekakokuhambela iziko lezeMpilo kwangoko xabekhulelwe, nase mva kwentsuku ezintan-dathu bakuba bebelekile.Wabaxelela nangokubaluleka kokuxi-

longelwa okanye futhi bavavanyelweintsholongwane kagawulayo. Kwakhona,nokuba baze bathembeke kumaqabane abo.Abahlali bakhunjuzwe nokuba balime imi-funo kwiigadi zabo ukuze bafumane ukutyaokunempilonokumele bakutyengamaxeshaonke.Abahlali babuye bafumana ithuba lokuxi-

longelwa izifo ezahlukeneyo nanjengokobekukho nabongikazi abebebaxilongelaiswekile, intsholongwane kagawulayo no-xinzelelo lwentliziyo.NabeSebe lezaseKhaya bafumana ixesha

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na umsebenzi nolugcinwa liSebe ukuze kuthixa iinkampani zifuna abasebenzi ziqhakam-shelane nabo babanike amagama abantuabane zakhono kwelocandelo lifunwayo.Ngomhla we – 15, abasebenzi boMasipala

wasekuhlaleni Ingquza Hill bacoca izitalatozedolophu yaseFlagstaff naseLusikisiki.Kwathi umsitho ongundoqo waqhutywa

ngemini elandelayo eLusikisikiCollege ofEd-ucation apho obekekileyo olilungu lePala-mente yeSebe, uPJ Mnguni wothula umyale-zo efundisa ngobomi kwakunye nanga maxe-sha ka-OR Tambo.Umyalelo ongundoqo weentsuku ezintathu

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Abasebenzi boMasipala wasekuhlaleni Ingquza Hill bacoca izitalato zedolophu. IIFOTO: ZITHUNYELWE

Abasebenzi boMasipala wasekuhlaleni Ingquza Hill bacoca izitalato zedolophu.

REPORTER

THREE men appeared before the MbizanaMagistrates Court on Monday, October 27facing charges of vandalizing the OR TamboGardenofRemembrance andwere remandedin custody until November 3 for bail applica-tion.

These men were arrested on Friday, Octo-ber 24 after they were suspected of vandaliz-ing the OR Tambo Garden of Remembrancelast week Monday.The suspects are a former ward committee

memberwith his two sons and they appearedat the Mbizana Magistrates Court where an-gry community members sang outside thecourt opposing bail for the suspects.Sandile Tshukwa, who is one of the ac-

cused fromward 27 (Nkantolo) was no longer

award committeemember as his communityrecalled him a week before the incident.The Municipality had to intervene as the

Nkantolo community were complainingabout the poor working relations betweenthem and the committee member and afterthe intervention by the Mbizana Local Mu-nicipality, Tshukwa was expected to hand inhis resignation letter but until the time of theincident he had not done so.The Mbizana Local Municipality Mayor

Makhaya Twabu said the municipality con-demns and discourages acts like these bycommunity members.He also said that they are waiting for the

law to play its part in punishing the suspectsif investigations and evidence finds themguilty.“We distance ourselves from acts of crime

as the municipality,” he said.

Suspects appear in court for vandalising theOR TamboGarden of Remembrance

People protesting outside the Mbizana Magistrates Court. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

UvoLwethu Express would like to apolo-gize to Eskom’s Senior Asset Manager Zi-zo Manxiwa for referring to her as a he in

a report published on October 23, 2014.Themistakewas a typing error.We apolo-gize for any inconvenience caused.

Weapologize formistake

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MBIZANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITYPhysical Address

51 Main Street

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Office of the Municipal ManagerTel: 039 251 0230Fax: 039 251 0667

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ISAZISO SOLUNTU SEE MBIZO ZIKA – SODOLOPHU ZOHLAZIYO LOMQULU WOPHUHLISO KA 2015 - 2016

HisWorship, the Mayor of Mbizana Local Municipality, Hon. Cllr M. M. Twabu cordially invites all community members, CDW's, Ward Committees, religiousgroups, Traditional leaders and all other interested stakeholders to participate in theMayoral Imbizo Outreach Program - which are scheduled to take placeas follows:-

Usodolophu wase Mbizana Ohlonophekileyo uCllr M.M. Twabu emema uluntu ngokubanzi, iiCDW's, iiWard Committees, abamahlelo enkonzoezahlukeneyo, iiNkokheli Zomthonyama kunye nabo banomdla ukuba negalelo kwezophuhliso loluntu ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwii – mbizozikaSodolophu ezicwangciswengoluhlobo lulandelayo:-

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PHINDILE GQELE

INGQUZA Hill Local Municipality held aTourism Day celebration which was aimed atreminding AmaMpondo tribe of their rootsand to teach the youth about the history andthe importance of the amaMpondo nation.

Ingquza Hill Local Municipality MayorJongintaba Mdingi urged the people of In-gquza Hill to remember where they had comefrom, and to keeptheir values and beliefs intact.Values and Policy analyst Thamsanqa Nx-

asana motivated the people to embrace who

they are as he stated that the tribe of amaM-pondo was one of the tribes that were neverdefeated by Colonial laws and was one tribethat produced leaders that fought againstapartheid such as Oliver Tambo.“AmaMpondo are filled with great minds

andwealth butwemakenouse of them; hencewe allow other nations to rule us and that issomething that King Faku of amaMpondofought through wisdom,” said Nxasana.He also asked the tribe of amaMpondo to

embrace the memory of King Faku by clean-ing his grave site as they are about to makeit a heritage site.Among thosewhoattendedwere represent-

atives from Umzimvubu Local Municipality,OR Tambo District Municipality, NyandeniLocal Municipality, and the Arts and CraftsCouncil, as well as the Eastern Cape Parksand Tourism Agency.Umzimvubu Local Municipality Mayor

Khulukazi Phangwa pleaded with the peopleto wear their traditional clothes with prideand not be too dependent to the western cul-ture. “By acknowledging who we are, wecould reduce the problems we are facing. Itis important that we teach our children andyouth about their background so they mayknow where they came from and where theyare heading,” said Mayor Phangwa.

AmaMpondo’sheritagenot embraced

Values and Policy analyst Thamsanqa Nxasana motivating people to embrace their history.PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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PHINDILE GQELE

IN a quest to decrease the rate of HIV andAids,MbizanaLocalMunicipalityandMbizanaLoveLifeheld InkciyoMoralRegeneration, aimedatmotivatingyoungmaidens tokeep their cultur-al values and decrease the levels of high teen-age pregnancy.

Zandile Somadlangathi Mbizana Love LifeManager reported that it was hard for them as

motivators of Inkciyo to do their work sincethey don’t get much financial support. Inkciyoiswhere youngmaidens are encouraged to testvirginity and abstain.“We need to keep these children busy so that

they may feel happy, but we are unable to doso becausewe have no financial support to buythings that may keep them busy. That makesthem become vulnerable to peer pressure andend up losing their virginity because they donot see it interesting,” said Somadlangathi.

She said they also encourage the youth to ab-stain and be disciplined, as well as know whatthey are aiming for in life. She said Inkciyo isalsoeducational,hence theyhaveacareerexhi-bition.“As Mbizana Local Municipality, we think

Inkciyo can help us to reduce theHIV andAidsrate and we are going to try to financially sup-port this initiativebecause ithelpsus torestoreour culture as amaMpondo. I encourage every-one to come to me without fear and also to

knock for help at the Mayoral office as well asthe office of the Chief Whip,” said Mbizana Lo-cal Municipality Speaker Councillor DaniswaMafumbatha.Inkciyo member Akhona Goniwe said she

feels happy that she is still pure and that Inkci-yo motivates her to keep her values and askedother youthnot to be confused by the peer pres-sure. “I encourage all the girls to abstain andnot to run around looking for trouble that maytake what is valuable to them.”

Mbizanayoungmaidens celebrateMoralRegeneration

Young maidens at the premises of the Mbizana Local Municipality. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

GREG NOTA

THE African National Congress(ANC) Provincial Executive Com-mittee (PEC) member and RuralDevelopment and Agrarian Re-form MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane,described the late ANC stalwart,Oliver Reginald Tambo, as a strat-egist and strong leader during theOR Tambo Memorial lecture inMbizana Youth Centre onOctober21.

He said OR Tambo emerged asa strong leader andabuilt a strongmovement despite a series of at-tacks onmembers of theANCdur-ing the apartheid era.He said it was not surprising

that personal attacks on PresidentJacobZumahadnotdampened thespirit of the movement as it re-mained strong andmade it the on-ly party that is trusted by the ma-jority.He praised the longest serving

leader of the ANC, OR Tambo forbeingadisciplined leaderwhowasprepared to mobilise the interna-tional community against theapartheid regime.Qhoboshiyane criticized the

torching of the OR Tambo Gardenof Remembrance at Nkantolo out-side Bizana, which destroyed ORTambo’s statue, pictures and his-toric files.He said the person who did that

doesn’t know what Tambo stoodfor. He called on the perpetrator toapologize and he will be forgivenas they did to the oppressors.“ I think it’s a soulless individu-

al who do not understand whoTambo was,” said Qhoboshiyane.Qoboshiyane called on the ANC

YouthLeague to protect the organ-isation and the areas of impor-tance in the current history.Mbizana Local municipality

Mayor, Makhaya Twabu saidthere were a number of pro-grammes that concentrated on theentireBizana topopulariseTamboduringORTambomonth and theywere happy that the Province wasalso involved.Mzukisi Tambo, OR Tambo’s

nephew, said the familywas grate-ful for what had been done in hon-our of his uncle.He urged South Africans to em-

brace foreign nationals and saidSouth Africans must refrain fromxenophobic behaviour.

‘ORTamboastrategist andstrong leader’ -Qhoboshiyane

ANC PEC member and Rural Development and AgrarianReform MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane delivering OR Tambomemorial lecture. PHOTOS:PHINDILE GQELE

Mzukisi Tambo a nephew of OR Tambo called on SouthAfricans to embrace foreign nationals.

REPORTER

TRAINING and Resources in Early Educa-tion (TREE) has partnered with The SolonFoundation to ensure children in the mar-ginalised and under-resourced communityof Flagstaff, will have increased access toeducational resources that promote earlylearning and development.

A TREE Toy Library was recently hand-ed over to the community in an event filledwith celebration and hope.A TREE Toy Library is a container that

is converted into a centre filled with educa-

tional toys and equipment. Three EarlyChildhood Development sites, a primaryschool and over 240 children in TREE’shome based programmes will benefit fromthe Toy Library.The pre school teachers and home based

structured playgroup facilitators will alsohave access to the wide range of equipmentwhich will increase stimulation and varie-ty of activities they can offer to the chil-dren.In addition to the benefits for the young

children, this vulnerable community willbe empowered with knowledge and skillsthat lead to an improved quality of life like

water harvesting techniques; a nutritionalfood garden and Water, Sanitation and Hy-giene practices.The celebration of the TREE Toy Library

handover was attended by members of thecommunity who were addressed by TREEDirector, Bertha Magoge, who sharedTREE’s great pride in being able to worktogether with the community to ensure abrighter future for young children.Cecily Salmon who is a member of the

Traditional Council cut the ribbon at theofficial handover to cheers and great happi-ness from all at the event. To end off a greatcelebration, 120 school uniforms, spon-

sored by Kinderfonds Mamas were handedout to primary school children.The partnership between TREE and The

Solon Foundation in providing the TREEToy Library helped the Flagstaff communi-ty to play a vital role in supporting youngchildren and their families, by providing asafe, caring and stimulating environmentfor the children.Not only does increased in-vestment in Early Childhood Developmentprogrammes ensure that a solid foundationis laid for future growth and for the devel-opment of children, but children are afford-ed the opportunity to develop to their fulleducational and personal potential, for life.

TREE partners with The Solon Foundation for a brighter future

7EntertainmentOctober 30, 2014Uvolwethu Express

Guys, take it from umgosi perhaps nakuniiyenzeka le daai ding.

Benisazi, dear readers ukuba there are peo-ple who are good to masquerade as if they areyour friends only to find they are after some-thing.

It can be money, booze, food, etc.Kuyakwayintoni ngoku bafana begossip?

Kaloku kukhona le outie yethu.Daar maan asazi nokuba akayiqonda na

ukuba sesiyayi krobela daai ding ayenzayo.Yenza ntoni le outie kanti?

Yamkela nge 15th day of the month and af-ter he got paid soze uphinde uyibone awuyifu-mani nditsho nakwi’ phone, mara xa kubethaezethu ii-dates zokwamkela enyangeniuyakuva ngaye ethumela isms or i phoneikhala ngokunqaba kwethu.

Sesimazi ke, into ezakulandela kukuba athiufuna ukusijoyina siphi.

Mara yena ebekade engabonakali ndawokusukela wamkela.

Niyayibonamoss le ntoukuba ihamba icalaelinye. Sidibane ke, wofika ekhala ngonxanonokungabi nagazolo abethe kusaboleka imalimara siyazi ukuba soze ayibuyise lo mali.Ukuba siyankala uncama ukulala out angayi

kumakoti kuba ufuna ukusishiya singenalonelimdaka.

Elakhe??Niyabazi maan abantu banjalo neh.Sijongene nalo way ke.

Kufanele benza njani bethu?

Bafundi abathandekayo sithi oku masikesikuhlomle apha kulo mhlathi we-gossip ku-ba akusiphathi kakuhle.

Uyazi siqaphele something ukuba eyonanto esixhaphakeleyo ngee-weekends yim-ingcwabo than iziyunguma apho kungakhal-wayo.

Even if siyile kweso siyunguma kodwa sibabesiqale emngcwabeni.

Get it from us, ayikho impela veki ekhe ig-qithe kungekho mngcwabo nawe ngoku kubaukhathele kukungcwaba uphela ukhetha isi-yunguma kunomngcwabo kuba ayipheli.

Usizi ke lukwezintsizwa ziphaya ezilalinizembayo kuba iveki neveki zimelwe kuk-wemba.

Esikubonileyo ke azondlekanga nakakuhlewethu kuba sezaphelelwa nayimisebenzi. Za-khotyozwa nazimachines zasemigodinikodwa ngoku zimelwe ngumsebenzi

woku-‘digger’ kwakhona umhlaba everyweekend.

Siyanicela nani nisuka ezidolophininisenemali xa nifika kwezi ndawo zenuumahlalela xa icela iR5 yeskali or iR2-50 ye-feg mnike kuba mninzi umsebenzi ommel-eyo apha emakhaya wena ulibele kukutyakamnandi ezidolophini nje.

Ngaphandle kokwemba abantu baboabacelwa ngabazali bethu if not abafazibethu esibashiye emakhaya ukuba ba-zokonyula xa kukhona into eyoyeleyo.

NakuweMsholozi (Jacob Zuma) siyakuce-la make a plan kweza ntsizwa kufane nalap-ha ezidolophini apho kwembiwa ngeema-chine bayabulaleka abafethu phaya ngathingoku baqeshiwe.

Usivile moss.

Mmm, what a pain

On thisExpress land sometimes things arenot fair, but what is needed is to endure nomatter how difficult the situation is.

We were listening to a chap who was sob-bing pointinghis finger to hiswife.What didthe wife do?

They had been married for ten years andblessedwith two children in theirmarriage.You know what, there are secretive peoplewhowill never reveal their disgrace butGodwho is above all will disclose it.

Because He hates to see his sheep suffer

on the ground.Go straight to the point majimbos najikeleza

ngathi yinkukhu izakubeka iqanda.This chap only find out ukuthi his first born

is not his last week when a boy got sick. Youknowmoss in the black culture, if a child needsa custom to be practised in his or her blood,no doctor can help.

Nomfethukehe spent thousandsof rands try-ing to heal ‘his’ first born son but in vain.

God whispered to the woman to tell the truthto his hubby rather than losing him.

But ke mfethu take it easy deal with the mat-ter. Don’t dismiss her because bonke banjenomnye oyakumfumana she may bring twowamaveza ndlebe or all of them.

Mind, ke the bond already established be-tween the father and son.

In a short space of time kuvela omnye u-Dad.Mara sisters niyazihlukumeza intliziyo za-

banye abantwana.“Yhoo, hayibo wathi siyahlukumeza bona?”

Nabo besitsho oosisters.Hayi sisters we are really apologising about

what we said masikhe siyibeke kanje, kuyahl-ukunyezwana kodwa kulo mhlaba.

Gesh take your pens and leave this space.Until next time with more gossip news from

our areas. Please don’t forget to invite Umgositeamwhenyouarehaving a party or get togeth-er-not a funeral. Kaloku we are allergic to fu-nerals we can only join you during after tearssi-check abalahlayo.

This is not fair

PHINDILE GQELE

WITH music as a tool Sbiza Lounge HouseKwaitomusic group is aiming at changingpeople’s lives and expressing theirthoughts through the very scarce musicgenre in Mbizana which is House Kwaito.

The groupof youngmenwas establishedin 2009 when they met in Mbizana SeniorSecondary School.

“We are from different places and be-lieve in different things, but through mu-sicwe came together and sang,” said Tape-lo Ntshothovu who is a group member.The group reported that their music is forall age groups as they believe in makingpeople happy, not with jokes but music.They confidently said that they were will-ing to go big and be seen by the wholeworld but it is hard for them to do so sincethey don’t have a sponsor and manager.

“We normally get people who say theywant tomanage our group but they end upusing us and leave us without anything,”Said Ntshothovu.

He said they heard their song playing onUkhozi FM Afternoon Drive show lastyear and they got a call asking them to goto the station but because of financialproblems they could not and they believethat if they could get a sponsor they couldmake Mbizana proud.

“We have passion and we are willing-ness tomotivate the youth throughmusic,make the world a better place and createa society that is free of substance abuseand drugs. But without support we won’tbe able to spread our wings,” said Ntshot-hovu.

The group members consist of TapeloNtshothovu (21), Pakamani Ntuli (18),Yandisa Momo (18), and Sphamandla No-vuka, (18). Anyone who is willing to assistthe group in fulfilling their dreamsofmak-ing Bizana proud can contact Express of-fices on 039 2510834.

Sbiza Lounge Kwaitomusic group aims high

Members of Sbiza Lounge House Kwaito music (from left) Tapelo Ntshothovu, Yandisa Momo and Pakamani Ntuli. Sphamandla Novuka was notpresent for the photo shoot. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

8 SportOctober 30, 2014Uvolwethu Express

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

A DAY of cricket fun with 48 boys and girlsfrom schools in the former Transkei regionwasheld at theKhayaMajolaOval inMthatharecently.

The KFC Mini Cricket festival saw youngcricket fanatics between the ages of ten andthirteen, actively showcasing their skills onthe field.Shaun Belluigi, KFC Mini Cricket festival

organiser, said 16 provincial festivals are

hosted annually where schools from vari-ous regions are invited to showcase theirskills.“These festivals are used as a platform to

get kids to live active lifestyles while ensur-ing opportunities for South Africa’s nextgeneration of Proteas,” said Belluigi.KFC Mini cricket has over 100 000 chil-

dren actively participating in the pro-gramme around the country, with dedicat-ed volunteer coaches sharing their passionfor cricket with youngsters.Belluigi added that there is an exciting

2014/2015 KFCMini Cricket season ahead withtheMini cricket kids vs theProteasTourwhere7 lucky competition winners will get to playagainst the Proteas.Besides getting acquainted with cricket ba-

sics such as batting, bowling and fielding, thekids also competed in several activities.A rebound net was used to train them in ball

catching, a bowling tunnel, as well as a dive in-flatable to test the youngsters’ skills on divingfor the ball.Chizela Junior Secondary School from Li-

bode beat all the schools in the activities and

won themselves a KFC Mini-cricket packwith cricket equipment.Siyabonga Ndamase, Chizela cricket coach

said the festivals have had a positive impact.“Our teams have developed a lot and due

to the utmost curiosity among the learnersabout the sport, we have also included thegirls.Wenowhave two clubs, one for boys andone for girls,” said Ndamase.He added that some of their learners have

also participated at the provincial Under 11gamesasa result of theKFCMini cricket festi-val.

Minigameskeepyoungstersactive

Learners from Chizela JSS in Libode won a KFC Mini Cricket pack at Khaya Majola Oval,Mthatha. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Learnerswere spoiltwith aKFC'skiddiesmeal afterthe games.PHOTO:AYANDAMILLISAMADIKIZELA

SANELE JAMES

PRESIDENT of the South African FootballAssociation (Safa) OR Tambo, Xolile Nkom-pela, has pleaded with the five local munici-palities under theORTamboDistrictMunic-ipality, to take sport seriously and to pro-mote professional sporting in theirrespective areas.

The OR Tambo District Municipality con-sists of five local municipalities, namely theMhlontlo, Port St Johns, Nyandeni, KingSabatha Dalindyebo and Ingquza Local Mu-nicipalities.In his recent media briefing, Nkompela

stressed that they wanted to create playerswho are hungry for success by being in-volved inMayoral tournaments in each localmunicipality and subsequently venture intodistrict leagues.“We now want to venture on bigger chal-

lenges in the district-mayoral tournaments.Teams will compete in their respective mu-nicipalities in a mayoral championship andsubsequently compete in the OT Tambo Dis-trict’s championship.

“We’ve had mayoral tournaments whichusually see a small number of teams partici-pating, but nowwewant themayoral tourna-ments to be part of a series andnot just a one-day event. The bigger the tournament, themore dedication will be shown by the play-ers and some may even have a chance of be-ing spotted by the PSL teams to play profes-sionally,” said Nkompela.He said after all the stadiums had been

built in each local municipality, they wereplanning on inviting PSL coaches to scoutfor newplayers through themayoral tourna-ments. Also the SouthAfrican national teamcoach, Ephraim ‘Shakes’Mashaba, is expect-ed to descend on the 2010 legacyMthatha sta-dium, soon.The President also announced the build-

ing of four stadiums in the Mhlontlo localmunicipalitywhich are currently in variousstages of construction. The stadiums are setto be of use to both local teams and schoolsin the promotion of professional football inthe region.In preparation for 2015, Minister of Sport,

FikileMbalulawill be handing over sportinggear at Tsolo sports ground soon.

SafaOR Tambo aims high

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