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THE N2 between Mthatha and EastLondon has officially been namedthe twelfth most dangerous routeon earth and the most dangerousin South Africa.

This is according to www.drivingexperi-ences.com, who got its information from theWorld Health Organisation. The ranking isbased on annual road fatalities.According to Ncedo Kumbaca, head of com-

munication for the Eastern Cape Departmentof transport, they are not happy with theranking of this 180km stretch of road.“We are unhappy being ranked as such and

are doing everything possible to bring thisranking to an acceptable level.

“In 2012MEC forTransport, Roads andPub-lic works, Thandiswa Marawu, introducedand launched operation Kwanele, focusingmainly on the N2,” said Kumbaca.The aim with operation Kwanele is to re-

duce the number of crashes, injuries and fa-talities.According to him, the main contributing

factors include drunken driving, speeding,stray animals and pedestrians. “It has to betaken into consideration that the N2 roadjoins three provinces and some drivers fromother provinces are not used to driving onwinding roads,” said Kumbaca.UDM leader and East Cape native, Bantu

Holomisa, said he was not surprised at all tolearn about the ranking.“The poor condition of this Eastern Cape

high way, continually claiming lives, just

shows that this prov-ince still isn’t a pri-ority for PresidentJacob Zuma and hisgovernment.“It indeed is one of

the busiest and mostdangerous routes in the country, becausemany trucks use this road to transport goodsbetween the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Na-tal.”While he conceded that negligent driving

contributes to fatalities, Holomisa said apartfrom this, the road is far too narrow to accom-modate the heavy traffic.Holomisa said he had asked President Zu-

ma to consider the construction of a rail roadline between Mthatha and Durban.“He (Zuma) promised to have it done, but

nothing has happened since.”Tshepo Machaea, spokesperson for Arrive

Alive, said poor infrastructure is one of themain contributing factors. “However, I don’tthink the road is dangerous enough to war-rant this ranking,” Machaea said.He said there had been fewer road fatalities

since the implementation of operationKwanele.TheNorth Yungas route in Bolivia in South

America is cited as the most dangerous routein the world with 1 294 annual road deaths.

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With its trucks, cattle, pedestri­ans, bikers, buses and poorinfrastructure, the N2 betweenMthatha and East London isnow ranked the twelfth mostdangerous route on earth.PHOTOS:MARISKA SPOORMAKER

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THE community of Buntingville in Ngqeleniis inmourning after the death last week Tues-day of Ndamase Senior Secondary School(SSS) deputy principal, Ntuse Mokhele.

Mokhele served the school for 23 years.He was laid to rest at his home in Pretoria

last Saturday, following a moving memorialservice held at the school two days before thefuneral.Mokhele’s death remains amystery.Hewas

staying alone in the school’s hostel and hisbody, with no injuries, was discovered in themorning.Principal, Mncedisi Qangule, said

Mokhele’s passing is a shock to students, fel-low staff members and the community.“Hewas the administrator of the school and

would resolve every problemwe encounteredwith the learners and also engaged with par-

ents,” said Qangule.He added that Mokhele was staying in the

hostel as the supervisor and he was responsi-ble for the well-being of the learners day andnight. “It will be very hard to get another

teacher of his caliber, but we put our hopesto the Department of Education to get us thebest replacement possible,” he said.Mokhele is survived by his wife and three

children.

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AYANDA MILISSA MADIKIZELA

A WAVE of protests has erupted in severalwards across the Nyandeni LocalMunicipali-ty over service delivery, putting this rural-based municipality under pressure.

Residents ofward 26blocked the access roadto Canzibe Hospital and to Mthatha Mouthwith stones and later they dug up the road,

making it hard for motorists to gain access.They demanded clarity on the implementa-

tion of electricity installation, improvementof bridges and proper water supply.Community leader, Mbuleleni Devett, said

mayorThokozile Sokanyile saw the conditionof the bridges when she visited the area andshe promised to do something about thebridge. But nothing has been done since.“She visited the area last year to attend a

funeral of a student that was shot and killedand she was devastated over the bad condi-tion thebridgeswere in. Shepromised tohaveit improved,” said Devett.Communications officer for themunicipali-

ty, Mvakaliseni Khencane, said the situationwasnowunder control and that the strike hadbeen suspended since the mayor’s visit dur-ing the week.“Community members have been attended

to by themayor andmembers of the executivecommittee. The infrastructural developmentfor electricity installation is underway inthose wards,” said Khencane.The community’s rage was mostly about

electricity, which had been installed in theupper areas, such as Mandleni location, notfar from Canzibe Hospital and Khencane.Residents said they hoped it would soon al-

so be installed in their areas.

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A MAN who was on his way to buy some-thing to eat at the Spar Supermarket in PortSt Johns on Wednesday morning last week,described thebotchedarmed robberyhewit-nessed there as a horrific experience.

Patrick Zulu of Chaguba Location said itwas like watching a movie on television butto his dismay it was live in his home town.Zulu was walking in Westgate Street in

Port St Johnswhenhe saw twomen runningtowards a car that was parked in the street.

Soon after that he saw a speeding FidelityGuards vehicle ramming the car which thetwo men had entered and they were unableto drive away.An exchange of gun shots ensued from

both sides. He said the gunshots were com-ing from all directions endangering themany people who were in the street at thetime.He said he ran to hide butwatched the dra-

ma unfold from his hiding place.According to the police report theFidelity

Guards personnel were attacked by un-known men who were using two vehicles.

The guards had just collected cash from theStandard Bank.The number of of the armed attackers was

unknown as it was alleged that others man-aged to escape from the scene with anothercar.Whilst the exchange of gunfire continued-

members of the South African National De-fence Force (SANDF) arrived and assisted.Two of the suspected robbers died on thescene. AFidelity guard and a passerbywerehit by stray bullets and taken to hospital.Police spokesperson, Captain Mduduzi

Godlwanaconfirmed thatnomoneywas tak-

en during the botched armed robbery andnoarrest was made but said police were work-ing tirelessly to find those who escaped.This was not the first armed robbery in

this town. The Department of Home Affairswas robbed and in the nearby town of Lusik-isiki a security guardwas gunned downdur-ing another alleged botched armed robbery.Communitymembers said they are taking

their hats off to the SANDF as, since theirarrival in town criminals had no place tomanoeuvre.

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THE South African Democratic Teachers’Union (SADTU) in the Eastern Region of theEastern Cape (EC) created a platform for thesuspended Congress of South African TradeUnion (Cosatu) General Secretary, Zwelinzi-ma Vavi and suspended Sadtu President,Thobile Ntola, to address Sadtu members inMthatha.

This is the second biggest region in theProvince, with amembership of about 10 000.According to Sadtu regional leaders, thiswas a demonstration of solidarity to the twoleaders in defiance of the national leader-ship.SadtuEasternCapeRegional Chairperson,

Bedeshayo Dwabayo, said as Sadtu theywould always defend the two suspended lead-ers.“We want Vavi and Ntola to be reinstated

with immediate effect and by inviting them

here today, we want to take what belongs tothe masses back to the masses,” said Dwa-bayo.He added that as Sadtu they refused to suc-

cumb to any political manipulation and thatthey had Vavi and Ntola’s interests at heart,no matter the circumstances.Ntola thanked Sadtumembers who packed

theAssemblies ofGodhall inMbuqe for theirsupport and belief in their leadership.“Suspended ornot, the revolution is on and

I will not resign like I’ve been asked to,” saidNtola.Ntola was suspended for giving the sus-

pended Vavi a platform to address Sadtumembers in the province last year and forcommenting in the media that Sadtu’s East-ernCape regionhad acceptedVavi’s apology.This followed Vavi’s suspension when he

admitted to having an affair with a junioremployee of Cosatu and for admitting that hehad had sexual intercourse inside the officesof the union with the said employee.

Ntola said he couldn’t judge Vavi on per-sonal issues, but only on his commitment toCosatu. “Most of the men have done what Idid and the fact is, I apologized to the leader-ship and to the members. I believe the condi-tions of my suspension are barbaric.“Not even a single investigator came tome.

It is only allegations against me and it hasbeen 7 months without a hearing,” he added.When he managed to make a speech, after

singing and ululation from Sadtu memberswhen he took the stand, Vavi said their sus-pension is a distraction of the only weaponthe working class have against daily exploi-tation by their employers.He highlighted some of the events that

showed that he was being framed, admittingthat he had given his enemies ammunitionwhen he “scored an own goal” referring tothe junior employee affair scandal that re-sulted in his suspension.“It was a mistake, wrong and immoral and

I take full responsibility for it; hence I apolo-

gized and was prepared to go to any discipli-nary hearing,” said Vavi.He said he was surprised that he was sub-

jected to investigations for something he ad-mitted and apologized for and that his sus-pension came as a shock to him, because hewas never given time to oppose it at the hear-ing.“They asked for my laptop, 6-months bank

statements and they also got my cellphonerecords frommymobile network. But, I havenever been called into a hearing and as longas I live, Iwill always stand for the truth evenif it means to be stripped of the General Sec-retary title,” he said.The National Spokesperson for Cosatu,

Patrick Craven, said there was nothingmuch they could say about the suspendedmembers. With regard to Vavi’s hearing hesaid it would be heard soon but was not sureabout the exact date.“I cannot confirm when it will be held but

it will be soon.”

SadtuECwantsVaviandNtola reinstated

Suspended Cosatu General Secretary addressing Sadtu members in Mthatha last Wednesday.PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Thobile Ntola, Sadtu President who was also suspended for showing support for Vavi.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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RESEARCH by Walter Sisulu Universitydoctoral student Newlin Marongwe revealsthat the challenges the children from Child-Headed Households (CHH) in the EasternCape face, could contribute to their poor aca-demic performance.

The case studywhich she is currently con-ductingonchild-headedhouseholds exploresthe challenges encountered by learners withadult responsibilities, childrenunder 18whowere forced to take responsibility for themand their siblings following thedeathof their

parents as a result of HIV/Aids.“HIV and Aids continue to cause havoc

all over the world, affecting all communi-ties. Because of this, adults die and leavetheir children to take responsibility fortheir families, taking on adult roles beforethey have matured,” said Marongwe.She highlighted the potential the study

had to play a catalytic role in improving theliving conditions and academic progress ofthese learners in the Eastern Cape.

“This study wanted to understand thechallenges, impediments and oppressiveforces facing CHHs, and to uncover factorswhich may hinder these children from pur-

suing education,” she added.The research also looked at other issues,

like over-populated orphanages, the increasein CHHs as noted by schools, frustration foreducators having to deal with absent learn-ers, and learners’ poor academic results.Morangwe said learners are being en-

slaved, and “can only be liberated by re-searchers and educators.” The lack of paren-tal love, lack of supervision, direction andguidance, role change responsibilities, teen-age pregnancy, substance abuse, self-esteem,rape, food insecurity and poverty are a fewof the challenges facing children in CHHs.“CHH learners face amyriad of challenges

at both school and at home. They shoulderheavy responsibilities while still young,which weakens their bodies and minds,leading to poor academic performance,”Marongwe added.She said the research also highlighted the

lack of training for teachers to be able to dealproperly with CHH learners, as well as thelack of attention paid to these learners atschool. Concluding, Marongwe said moreneeds to be done for learners from CHHs.“We shouldn’t make the same mistake as

in the case of the HIV/Aids pandemic andlet the situation further deteriorate, hopingit will just go away,” said Marongwe.

Poor academic performance due to challenges of child-headed homes

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THE King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Munici-pality, in partnershipwith the Provincial De-partment of Human Settlement, handed over28 temporary shelters to displaced familiesfrom Pola Park.

The Norwood Civic Centre became a newhome to 50 families left homeless after lastyear’s floods.The floodswreaked havoc in some of KSD’s

households at Pola Park during April 2013.Another 22 families from Pola Park had al-

ready been removed from Norwood CivicCentre to their temporary shelters inOctober2013.The jubilant beneficiaries had until

Wednesday,March 12, to vacate theNorwoodCivicCentre and theMunicipalitywas assist-ing them by ferrying them and their posses-sions to the shelters in Pola Park.The Provincial Department of Human Set-

tlement had spent more than R2 million toprovide these shelters to KSD residents.Chief Housing Officer of the KSD’s Human

Settlement department, Liziwe Mkwali, saidthe reason for the delay in providing shelterswas the volume of requests for assistance af-ter the floods.“Each shelter costs R45 000 and the benefi-

ciaries will each be built a house to the valueof R100 000 when all the necessary processeshave been followed.”One of the recipients, Kholiswa Dila, could

not hide her delight when she was handedthe keys to her temporary shelter. “I’m veryhappy to have this temporary shelter, be-cause itwasnot easy to live in a crampedhall.We couldn’t buy more furniture, because itgot damaged. Now things are changing forthe better,” Dila said.KSD’s mayor, Cllr Nonkoliso Ngqongwa,

said the municipality was pleased to have fi-nally helped all the registered victims whohad been staying in the Norwood Civic Cen-

tre.“Wealso thank thevictims for beingpatient

while awaiting their turn. The municipality

pledges to stretch a helping hand to its citi-zens who fall victim to disaster,” saidNgqongwa.

Displaced familiesget their ownshelters

Chief Housing Officer of the KSD Human Settlements Department, Liziwe Mkwali, hands over keys of the temporary shelter to Kholiswa Dila from PolaPark, one of the beneficiaries of the temporary shelters. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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National Water Week, 17 - 23 March 2014

THIS week (17-23 March) is National WaterWeek,with the theme“Water isLife – 20Yearsof Water Delivery for Social and EconomicDevelopment”.The theme coincides with South Africa’s

celebrations of 20 years of freedom and de-mocracy. This momentous occasion presentsan opportunity for South Africans to reflecton how freedom and democracy wasachieved; the progress made in the past 20years and how South Africans will work to-gether to implement Vision 2030.This year, the Department will celebrate

the success of Government’s water deliveryprogrammes and management during thetwo decades of democracy.This is an important achievement given

the backlog inherited in 1994. Two decadesago, around 14million people did not have ac-cess to safe drinking water and some 21 mil-lion people did not have access to a basic levelof sanitation. In the 20 years since democra-cy, the Department has provided water tomillions of South Africans with clean accessto water.In South Africa, March is also regarded as

Human Rights Month and as such, the 21stof March will see the country celebrating hu-man rights day and on 22 March 2014 WorldWater Day.The National Water Week is an awareness

week campaign by the Department of WaterAffairs which serves as a powerful campaignmechanism re-iterating the value of water,the need for sustainable management of thisscarce resource and the role water plays in

eradicating poverty and under-developmentin South Africa.The campaign seeks to continue building

on the ongoing awareness creationwithin thebroader South African community.This awareness creation is coupledwith the

responsibility that every citizen must take inensuring the integrity of our water resourcesand its efficient use. Particularly, the linkag-

es between water services, supply, resourcemanagement, poverty eradication, social andeconomic development are emphasised in anumber of innovative ways. The campaignhas been influenced by local needs and inter-national sectoral trends.As custodians of this awareness week, the

Department of Water Affairs is encouragingall South Africans to focus on the need to re-

store and preserve the integrity of this mostprecious resource, water. South Africansmust take responsibility to make sure thisscarce resource is managed in an effectiveand sustainablemanner. Remember to reportthe misuse of water and other faults to thenearest municipal offices or call the Depart-ment’s toll free number at 0800 200 200. –www.dwaf.gov.za

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This follows last year’s watershed mo-ment for this WSU’s Zoology Honours stu-dent Yolanda Qhaji (24) of benefiting fromthe partnership between the South AfricanInstitute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB).

Qhaji, Sonwabile Malongwe and LwaziNombembe, were the first cohort of gradu-ates to benefit from a university partner-ship with the SAIAB which resulted in eachstudent getting a R30 000 bursary. This op-portunity provided to the three disadvan-taged students has paved the way for this

trio’s dreams to one day become a reality.Qhaji is now doing her Masters in Science

at the University of Johannesburg. She saidthe initiative had played a tremendous rolein helping her to be closer to fulfilling herdreams of one day becoming a marine biolo-gist. “The initiative helped immensely bycovering payment for the bulk of my stud-ies. This allowed me to excel as a studentbecause I didn’t have to worry about mone-tary issues,” said Qhaji.

Through the on-going collaboration withthe SAIAB African Coelacanth EcosystemProgramme’s (ACEP) Phuhlisa pro-gramme, a further four Honours students,and one Masters student, could reap the re-

wards of this fruitful partnership after SAIABawarded a further five bursaries.

“The Phuhlisa Programme’s goal is to pro-duce a winning model for developing a pipelineof high quality human capital in marine sci-ence by utilising talent at our country’s Histor-ically Black Universities (HBUs).

“We do this through key partnerships withnational facilities and HBUs,” said SAIAB Re-search and Human Capital Development Coor-dinator Garth van Heerden.

“The Phuhlisa Programme has taught me toswim. This is the one of the most important les-sons in this field because without swimming,you can’t do much in the water,” saidNombembe. WSU’s Zoology senior lecturer DrVincent Nakin said it’s great to see the “oftenslow and frustrating, and at best of times stag-nant wheels of transformation moving in theright direction and turning the tide in favourof the students.

“Marine science is still predominantly a‘white’ industry and it will remain this way ifsuch interventions are not put in place to givethe black child a chance. It is incumbent uponorganisations such as SAIAB to take the neces-sary steps, as well as universities to foster theserelationships,” said Nakin.

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THE CD launch and birthday celebration forgospel artist Senyukele Zibobo is expected tobe graced by big guns in the gospel industry,mostly from theEastern Cape.The event will beheld this Fridayat Qumbu RUCCChristianChurch.

The musicianswho are featuredon the day in-clude the EasternCape songbirdLusanda Mcingaof Lusanda Spir-itual Group,ThembalethuMack, EBMQ,Ngceke, BuelelaM, Lundi Tyama-ra, Vovo andmany more.

Speaking tothe Express theSugar Bush-bornartist said byhosting such ahuge event hewanted to ex-press his grati-tude to his sup-porters and ensure that the local supportersappear on his DVD shoot since they were the

ones who put him where he is now.“I was born here in the Eastern Cape, so I

need to plough back at home where I grew upand I got motivated to become a gospel artisthere.”

He is now basedin Johannesburgwhere he has a re-cording companycalled SenyukeleMusic Production.“I did not want

to shoot my DVDinGautengorDur-ban but decided toshoot it where Igrew up and cele-brate my birthdaywith my localfans,” said Zibobo.

He is hostingthis event in con-junction with theMhlontlo munici-pality.“I want to ex-

press my appreci-ation to theMhlontlo munici-pality for support-ing me in thisevent becausewithout their sup-port prospectiveartists will neverdo anything. The

support I received from home gave me back-bone,” he said.

Bigguns forZibobobirthdaycelebration

Gospel singer Senyukele Zibobo will be celebratinghis birthday in style this coming Friday.

PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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LOCAL textile firm Da Gama Textiles hasexperienced a substantial growth in sales ofits main product, original shweshwe fabric,as people are increasingly realising the ben-efits of buying the original product as op-posed to the imitations imported from Chi-na.

Original shweshwe, also known as seshoe-shoe, isishweshwe, German print or ujama-ni, is the signature fabric of southern Africaand is historically and culturally importantto the region.

Da Gama home sewing division sales man-ager, Anwar Vahed, said the company,which is based in Zwelitsha, near King Wil-liam’s Town, was extremely proud of its re-sults. “Our increased sales show that con-

sumers prefer to choose quality and the genu-ine shweshwe, rather than the cheap‘lookalike’ imports.”

Da Gama’s shweshwe is 100 percent cotton.While the shweshwe lookalikes are cheaperthan original shweshwe, they are usuallypolycotton, they often fade and the coloursare flatter than those of original shweshwe.

Vahed said: “Original shweshwe is the tar-tan of southern Africa. Just as a Scotsmanwon’t settle for a polyester kilt, southern Afri-cans are refusing to wear imitation shwesh-we. They want the real thing. It’s about ob-serving tradition and preserving culture.

“In all our marketing communiqués, wehave emphasised the superior quality of orig-inal shweshwe. Fake shweshwe buyers aredisappointed when after a few washes theynotice the quality is inferior and the fabricfades,” Vahed said.

“Original shweshwe fabric is strong andcolourfast. The hues are radiant and jewel-like because of the unique dyeing method weuse. Shweshwe copiers are unable to replicateour manufacturing process.”

Besides the quality of the fabric, Vahed at-tributed Da Gama’s sales success to a numberof factors. “We innovate constantly. Every

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Vahed also noted that street trend spot-ters had noticed more people wearing thefabric over the past year.

He said Da Gama Textiles’ partneringwith fashion designers and the creation ofdesigner original shweshwe clothing con-tinued to boost the popularity of the fabric.

Vahed said that during 2013 the companylaid more emphasis on the Three Catsbrand. “Three Cats is the most well knownof our trademarks, so we decided tostrengthen this brand. In our marketingmessages, we alternated the words, ‘origi-nal shweshwe’ and ‘Three Cats’, so the twoterms became synonymous.”

A vigorous marketing campaign, whichspanned South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho,Swaziland and Namibia, had helped to keepthe original shweshwe fabric front of mindamong a growing client base.

“We use a multi-prong approach, target-ing the traditional customer who is lookingfor shweshwe for a dress for a wedding orspecial occasion; the young fashionista;quilters and patchworkers who enjoy thefirmness and aesthetics of original shwesh-we; the décor market where shweshwe isused for cushions and table cloths; and thecraft market in which shweshwe is used tomake hats, shoes, handbags, soft toys, teacosies - all manner of hand-made goods.”

Vahed said Da Gama’s original shwesh-we was becoming increasingly popular forchildren’s wear and the overseas marketfor the fabric was growing steadily.

Vahed said another reason for the in-creased interest in South African manufac-tured, original shweshwe fabric was thatconsumers were suffering from “bad quali-ty fatigue”.

“People are so tired of purchasing im-ported fabric or apparel that turns out tobe inferior. Inferior goods waste our time,energy and money. Shoppers are sufferingfrom ‘bad quality fatigue’.

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Mr H.T. Hlazo the Municipal Manager as duly instructed by the ExecutiveMayor of O.R. Tambo District Municipality (Cllr. N. Meth) hereby givesnotice, in terms of Section 16 (1) (a) (i) of the Municipal Systems Act 32of 2000, that the IDP representative forum meeting will be held onThursday the 20 of March 2014 at 09:00am at the Dan's Country Lodge.

UMnu. H.T. Hlazo – uMphathi ka Masipala, njengoko eyalelwe nguSodolophu ka Masipala weNgingqi iO.R. Tambo (Cllr. N. Meth) uyazisangokwecandelo 16 (1) (a) (i) loMthetho wohlobo lokusebenzakooMasipala, Act 32 of 2000, ukuba intlanganiso yesigqeba iyakubanjwango Lwesine umhla we 20 March 2014 ngentsimbi yethoba kusasaeDan's Country Lodge.

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men in those places. Recently we visited oneof these places never mind where. Hayikukhona umntwana ebekubonakala ukubaufuna indoda apho ingakhona enganxibangaenjalo.

Earlier on we met this woman in town shelooked like a decent woman but come Fridaynight ebesengomonye umntu ukuba uye woz-itshintsha nini izinto ebezinxibile emini ung-abuzi thina.

Where this thing of after tears comesfrom?

Dear readers, perhaps we are left behind byumlevo, but honestly we don’t understandwhere this practice of after tears comes fromin the black culture. You will find mournerstotally drunk after the funeral of that particu-lar person saying that it’s after tears. Don’tforget those who were drunk even during thefuneral.

In these days there is no difference betweenparty, if not get together and a funeral. Butaccording to our little knowledge we have, inthe past a funeral was something which wasmuch respected and it was given a necessaryhonour as relatives and friends were mourn-ing. Even the food that was served didn’t havesalt and it was also not that much because thatwas a sign of mourning. Umntu wayengakha-lazeli ukuba akatyanga. But now you will findpeople demanding that they never get food ifnot sweets or salads at the funeral. What kindof a generation are we? Ubuze thina ke ukubaisuka phi le yejiki emva komngcwabo ney-okukhalazela ukungatyi, nathi asazi. Into oseuyibone kwa aba bazilileyo ubabona bephu-phutheka butywala.

We needed a jungle to hide in at a funeralat Small Pot (Mbizana), last weekend whereguys and girls were drinking alcohol as if itwas not a funeral. Wena zi green, brown if notgold bottles of liquor were all over even at thegrave yard. UGesh asked one of the deceased’sfriend ukuthi what was happening. The girlresponded that they were doing this becausethe deceased was in their clop that was drink-ing together in Durbs in KZN, so she will behappy even in her coffin to see her buddiesin alcohol doing what they used to do whilstshe was still alive.

MAWWUU!!

kuyifihla phi yakufika kwi-stage sokuba nayoibangene, because the world has changed.Last weekend we decided to join the gangs inthese mnandi places after a long time. Wewere in the company of some buddies. Wewere really astonished to find very younggirls standing along the road drinking like noone’s business. Hey! hayi bezibushosholozaezantwazana but their ages were totallyagainst what they were doing. And zezi ageskusafuneka zijongiwe kuqinisekiswe ukubailanga alitshoni zingakabonakali phakathikwamasango ekhaya if bekuthiwa ilizwe liseright. Ok, ayinanto ke eyokusela kwabo pub-lic because it is their ‘human right’. We en-tered iBarumba just to check inside and to getsome few ziphuzoz. OW! Sithe siyeva one of

doda angomso asengxakini xa aba sisibenkawuza ngolu hlobo nokuba ba-pregnant.Kazi eli lizwe liyaphi. Ndise ndikhumbuleamazwi kabowomkhulu uMaphophozintabaxa waseyesithi ningabokuzenza izinto ezin-galunganga kumasiko enu kuba niyakupha-lala okwamanzi. Ingathi kunjalo ngoku, restin peace my grandpa lokho wakushoyokuyenzeka ngoku because kwakungentom-bazana yayitshaya umdiza kwisizwe sakuthi,lokho sasikubona kwiintombi zabelungu.Nqanda baba kuyonakala.

Kufanele ukuba wena ungathini bethu?Uyazi ndike ndithi xa ndihleli ndibona

itakalane yam uNuts idlala yonwabile ndizi-buze ukuba kweli lizwe lijike laba nje ndiya-

HEY, good people. Sometimes it is difficult tobelieve other practices as they are not ourroots.

The issue of a woman smoking in publicis not our thing. Kuyakwayintoni ngoku.Ahh, the woman we met in Plaza last weekreally astonished us the way she was smokingcigarettes in front of adults. Kucaca nje ukubauthi akazalwa babo makabaqhumisele ngog-wayi. We smelt the smoke of a cigarette sazi-buza ukuba ngubani ongavele atshayephakathi kwabantu.

When we looked around we saw a lady witha cigarette in her mouth minding no one’sbusiness. Yhu! hayi ulatshiya shame. It’sworse ke she was pregnant, satsho sathi ama-

Agirl smoking is strange inblack cultureUmgosi

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our buddy uyakhuza, nakhona ke bekukho-na ezinye iitakalane zihleli nabafanaabashaya ngama-shirts abapitsayo, itafula ligold zi-ciders. Imilomo le kosisana ibipey-intwe ibomvu krubhu eminye inyinyithekayinto esicingela ukuba ngamafutha omlomode ngathi zizinkcwe zomntwana omncinane.“Mfethu wababaza kwenze njani?” Kanti u-brothers ubone umntwana wakhe owamfu-mana ngaphandle emtshatweni ephakathikwabo bebebekelwe iinyambalala yama-ci-ders. Ungafane uthini ke wena xa udibananomntwana wakho etywaleni emncinanenokwenza? Ngenxa yoku uphele esicela uku-ba noko siyishiye le ndawo kuba akanakoukunyamezela umbono onjalo. Ucinge uku-ba usisakho wothukile yiyo yonke lo ntoyokubonwa nguyise kula ndawo becauseuyamazi. Use wangathi uzibonela nje bhutiuthile ongamhoyanga nokuba ngubani.Shame, kwaze kwanzima ezweni sokhilenqanda baba.

OH! This is a calamitySometimes we don’t like to visit these

mnandi places because of the bad behaviourusually shown by this generation but some-times we are compelled as we want to keepyou dear readers informed. You can meet avery attractive woman in town but whenthey are in these places they totally change.

They don’t like to dress well. You will findthem wearing mini skirt if not leggings.Once they are drunk they forget ukuthi theyare not dressed properly and that there are

12SportMarch 20, 2014Mthatha Express

GREG NOTA

TABLES have turned against the 2010 StormBreakerswhowere sittingon topof theSABRe-gional League Coastal Stream for a long time.

They are now in the second place with thesame number of points asAmaMpondo Unit-ed who are now on top, and separated by agoal difference.The AmaMpondo United strikers have

been doing their duty of scoring goals as inmost of the games they played they have beenscoring a lot of goals. So far they are leadingwith 27 goals whilst 2010 Storm Beakers FCare behind them with 20 goals.In the Mthatha Stream SAB League

Madikizela All Stars FC is on top with 29points after playing 12 games andhot on theirheels isMthatha City FCwith 28 points. If theAll Stars FC fail to maintain their momen-tum, City FC will have an advantage sincethey had scored 35 goals whilst All Stars hadonly scored 21 goals.In both the Mthatha and Coastal Streams

the two top teams are leading with a highmargin. Ocean FC is with 15 points in thethird position of the Mthatha Stream while

All Stars FC, who is at the top, has 29 points.In the Coastal Stream’s third position Inter-national FC has 14 points whilst the top twoteams has 28 points.Weekend SAB Regional League full results:

The tables turn in theCoastal Stream

AmaMpondo United FC which was in thesecond position of the Coastal Stream log arenow in position one with a goal difference.

PHOTO:GREG NOTA

Coastal Stream; Powerline FC 0 vs AmaM-pondo United 7, International 3 vs UmngaziSuper Sport FC 0, 2010 Storm Breakers FC 3vs Iqhayiya Stars FC 0, Red Lions FC 3 vsF.C.P.V.F.C 1.

Mthatha Stream; Madikizela All Stars FC0 vs Mthatha City FC 0; Bityi All Stars FC 1vs Capital Spurs 1; Amawisile FC 1 vs MasterKids FC 3 and Green Mamba FC 0 vs OceanFC 3.