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press ISOLOMZI 20 000 COPIES WEEKLY Cala | Dutywa | Butterworth | Centani | Elliotdale | Ngcobo | Tsomo Nqamakwe | Willowvale | Cofimvaba | Elliot THURSDAY January 15, 2015 |0 047 050 4430 | www.isoexpress.co.za | isoexpress.mobi | [email protected] or [email protected] | Previously known as the Isolomzi Fever EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE WHERE PEOPLE SHOP SMART * WE WILL MATCH ANY ADVERTISED PRICE, GUARANTEED! WE WILL BEAT ANY WRITTEN QUOTE TEL 047 532 4599 081 474 4406 7 SPRIGG STREET MTHATHA OFFER VALID while stocks last Terms & condition apply * * M6 BLOCKS R995 00* each SHOWER DOORS PVC BARGE BOARD 6m R325 00* R5 50 R74 00 NPC CEMENT BRICKS CARTHCART DARK TRAVENTINE BRICKS each R4 99 Starting from each R2 50 R599 99 EACH 8 PANEL DOOR R150 00 EACH MASONITE DOOR R299 00 EACH WHITE INTERIOR DOORS Crazy Deals MVFTUA-150115-TE-ebkmwa-hyper UKUBA UNENGXAKI ZAMATYALA SIYAFUMANEKA KULENOMBOLO or Send “ ” to Consolidate your into 1 payment e-mail – [email protected] “NCR”REGISTERED DEBT COUNSELLORS Please call me 082 378 3743 DEBT NO LOAN / NO STRESS MVGQ6F-150115-TE-ebmswa-debt Mandla Mandela (right) and his legal representative, Billy Gundelfinger, at the Mthatha High Court on Tuesday PHOTO:SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE REPORTING TEAM M ANDLA MANDELA has won his first round in court against Winnie Madikizela- Mandela in the Mthatha High Court on Tuesday. Acting Deputy Judge Zamani Ntlangulela on Tuesday struck a court application brought by Madikizela-Mandela against Mandla Mandela in the Mthatha High Court, from the roll. She wanted to prevent a family meeting, planned for Friday at the Qunu homestead of the late former president Nel- son Mandela, from taking place. Judge Ntlangulela said the matter is pend- ing the outcome of Madikizela-Mandela’s claim to the Qunu property. Madikizela-Man- dela is challenging Mandela’s will, which left the property to his family trust. Madikizela-Mandela, was not present in court and was represented by her lawyer Mvuzo Notyesi. Mandla, who was represented by Billy Gundelfinger, was accompanied to court by his wife Mbalentle Makathini and his mother Nolusapho. After the Judge’s decision Mandla ad- dressed the media and thanked his lawyer saying that justice was done. He also thanked Graca Machel and his sisters, Ndileka and Nandi Mandela, for their guidance during this case. He said the meeting is to continue on Fri- day and that everybody who claims to be a family member is welcome to attend the meeting. “We are going to try to unify the family following in the footsteps of my grand- father who used to discuss differences within the family and around the table with the fam- ily members”. He stressed that the Mandela issues must be discussed by the Mandelas and not by out- siders. According to media reports earlier this week Madikizela-Mandela has warned of bloodshed at Qunu should a planned family meeting organised by Mandla Mandela go ahead. According to the Sunday Times, Madikize- la-Mandela said that should the meeting be allowed to proceed, “violence is likely to erupt and thereby tarnish the good name of both myself and the late Mr Nelson Mande- la”. She told the newspaper thousands of people have been invited to attend the meeting – a meeting called to discuss Madikizela-Mande- la’s claim to the property and the issue of the Mandla wins first round in court against Winnie rightful head of the Mandela family. News24 reported the meeting, which is set to host all the royal families of the AbaThem- bu nation, the AmaDlomo, is designed to dis- cuss Madikizela-Mandela’s claim on the property and Mandla’s role as head of the Mandelas. Daludumo Mtirara, a close ally of Mand- la’s, said, “There is clearly a problem in the Mandela household, we need time to sort these things out. We got the court papers that say we are not allowed to have a meeting in that Qunu property. We are not really shocked but we are still trying to find a solu- tion.” AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindye- bo’s spokesperson, Mfundo Mtirara, said the king would support Madikizela-Mandela. Simbongile Mdledle and Kathy Whitehead. Sources: News24 and City Press

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

REPORTING TEAM

M ANDLA MANDELA haswon his first round in courtagainst Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in the Mthatha High

Court on Tuesday.Acting Deputy Judge Zamani Ntlangulela

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

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

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

court and was represented by her lawyerMvuzo Notyesi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mandlawins first roundin court againstWinnie

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

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

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

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

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Jackson Manatha, the bus was set alight at1amonDecember 30whilst parkedatMissionBus Rank on the outskirts of Butterworth.“It had three workers inside who were

sleeping when it was set alight. They got outof the bus and saw a car speeding off from thecrime scene,” said Manatha.He said one of theworkers found a five-litre

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The Ndondela Tours bus that was setalight while three workers were sleepingin it. The workers escaped unharmed.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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BUTTERWORTH Police are appealing to par-ents to report crimes immediately to the po-lice.

This follows two rape cases of minors thatoccurred on December 31, but were only re-ported to the police on January 3, 2015.Police SpokespersonCaptain JacksonMan-

atha said Butterworth Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect for the alleged rape of twomi-nor girls (aged nine and ten) at his home inEugene Informal Settlement, Butterworth.

“It is alleged that the minors were sent bytheir parents to fetch change from a Spazashop in this Informal Settlement when the in-cident occured. The allegation is that the sus-pect closed the door of the Spaza and rapedthem,” said Manatha.He said when the kids were released and

wenthome, they told their parents aboutwhathad happened to them, but the parents tooka long time to report the matter to the police.“We don’t know what caused the delay in

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A MAN (22) has been arrested for being inpossession of an unlicensed firearm byButterworth Police at Skiet Informal Set-tlement on Tuesday, January 6.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

A LEARNER fromNomakaMbeki Techni-cal Senior Secondary in Dutywa – whohad drawn attention with a movingspeech at the late Nomaka “Mambeki”Mbeki’s funeral – was one of the top mat-ric achievers in commercial subjects inthe Dutywa Circuit.

Yolanda Mbola (17) from Willowvale,obtained five distinctions. She said shewas not completely happy with her re-sults but that she wouldn’t complain.According to her she was getting posi-

tive reponses from various institutionswho wanted to offer her bursaries to fur-ther her studies.“I want to do B.Com. Accounting at the

University of Johannesburg (UJ), but Ihad not yet decided, since I am still look-ing for the best bursary that would suitmy needs,” said Mbola.Speaking to Express, Mbola said she

tried her level best to achieve top marks.“It was not easy, but I told myself that Iwanted to make it.”She encouraged other learners who had

failed Grade 12 to not give up. Instead, shesaid, they should pull up their socks.“I don’t believe anyone is a failure. Each

and every learner is supposed to knowwhat he or she wants and should focus onstudying. Learners must learn to workhard in order to be successful.”Her mother, Nomathamsanqa Zonke,

said even though she knew that her daugh-ter would pass with flying colours, shewasoverjoyed when she heard that Yolandawas one of the top achievers in Dutywa.“I was expecting this, because Yolanda

worked very hard to pass her exams. Sheshowed dedication in her school work insuch a way that she deserved to pass,” saidZonke.She said she thanked God, because what

had happened was because of His mercy.Zonke said Yolanda was not afraid to dodifficult things. During the June examina-tions Yolanda was also among the topachievers in the Dutywa area.

TopDutywamatricfacesbrightfuture

Yolanda Mbola from Nomaka Mbeki Technical High School in Dutywa sitting next to her mother, Nomathamsanqa Zonke after receiving her awards inEast London. PHOTO: LUTHANDO YASO

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WORKERS from the Mbhashe Municipalityhave postponed a strike with the aim of giv-ing a special Task Team a chance to investi-gate their queries.

TheChairperson for theSouthAfricanMu-nicipal Workers Union (SAMWU), XolisaniNgqongwa, confirmed the postponement andsaid they had held a meeting last week Mon-day,where theyhad takenadecision tonomi-

nate a task team to investigate their queries.“We are not saying the strike is off, but we

have decided to take a break. We will seewhat we will do after the task team gives usfeedback,” said Ngqongwa.The employees embarked on a sit-in as

from last month as they wanted to get aprogress report about the benchmarkingfrom Acting Municipal Manager, MvuyisiNofemele.Express heard that the problem started in

2013 when they found out that employees

Municipal employees postponestrike pending investigation

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

EXPRESS last week helped to reunite a wom-an with her family after the gogo arrived atthe newspaper’s offices last Tuesday in a diso-rientated state.

After her arrival, staff of the newspapercalled on the Department of Social Develop-

ment for assistance. The woman was lateridentified as Nomfixi Swelindawo (69) fromCofimvaba. She left with officials of the depart-ment.Express then used social networks to try and

locate her family and was contacted by familymembers who saw her picture.They were however, disappointed to find out

that the gogo had disappeared after being ex-

amined at the Mthatha General Hospital.She was spotted in the vicinity of the hos-

pital in the same condition that she was inwhen she came to the Express offices.With the help of communitymembers and

Facebook users, Swelindawo was laterfound at Corana, outside Mthatha and waskept there safely by a community memberuntil her family came to fetch her.Her son Lucas Swelindawo said he was

very happy that his mother had been foundalive and expressed his gratitude to Expressstaff, facebook users and the entire Coranacommunity. “If it was not for facebook

where some of our relatives saw her picturesposted as a missing person, we would havenever seen her,” he said. Lucas said hismoth-er had gone to Engcobo with her sister threemonths ago and then went missing.“We searched everywhere but we could not

find her and we were worried because she isnot mentally stable and for a woman of herage, she could easily have been wronglylinkedwithwitchcraft,” saidher relieved son.Department of Social Development spokes-

person Gcobani Maswana said the gogo andher family members would be assisted by so-cial workers in Cofimvaba..

Expresshelpsgogo re-unitewith family

Gogo Nomfixi Swelindawo enjoying a cup ofcoffee at the Mthatha Express offices lastTuesday before she was taken to hospital bySocial Development officials.

PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

When spotted in Corana last Friday morning,Gogo Swelindawo was still in the samecondition as she was when she left with theDepartment of Social Development officialsfrom the Mthatha Express offices.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

were not paid equalsalaries eventhough they weredoing the samejobs.“We saw that

there was a gap inthe salaries of em-ployees. We thentook the matter toCouncil whichasked that the mat-ter be taken to Ad-ministration forimplementation,”said Ngqongwa.He said they had

hosted severalmeetings trying tofollow up on theprogress, but with-out any success.Express contact-

ed Nofemele to findout how far theprocess of imple-menting the coun-cil's resolution was,but unfortunatelyhis phone was notanswered and hedidn’t respond tomessages that wereleft on his voice-mail.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

A COMMUNITY member from Nontshingalocation in Centane is worried about the out-come of a land claim case that was opened atthe Centane Police Station in 2002.

Mthetheli Koli (50) said in 2002 there hadbeen a misunderstanding with three commu-nity members about their fields that werechanged to building sites.“I opened a case in Centane, but the case

had been postponed in the Centane Magis-trates’ Court. We were told that the case wastransferred to the Mthatha High Court forproceedings. Since then we haven’t heard an-ything about it,” said Koli.He said he had tried several times to speak

with the Investigating Officer (IO) (who isknownbyExpress), but nothinghad beenhap-pening.

He said the IO gave him a number and thename of the Prosecutor who was dealing withthematter inHighCourt, but that hehad been

unable to get hold of him.During the time Koli’s mother and two oth-

er women were murdered mercilessly.“Even though the murder case had been fi-

nalized, I amnot happy about how thismatterhas been treated and I am looking forward toget a response.”Police Spokesperson, Captain Jackson

Manatha, said the case was transferred to theMthatha High Court by Centane Magistrates’Court and he (Koli) was given a number of theprosecutor who was dealing with this case in

theHighCourt but that he didnotwant to con-tact him.“He must contact the National Prosecuting

Authority (NPA) at the Mthatha High Courtto get the way forward about this matter,”said Manatha.Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting

Authority, Luxolo Tyhali, said complainantshave a right to go to the NPA offices with thedetails so that their matter could be tracked.“They must come to our offices so that they

can get help with their cases,” said Tyhali.

Residentworriedabout land claims case

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

ELDERLY Xhosa women are often seensmoking pipes called Uzalipholile, but thistradition and the reasons behind it are notknown to many young people.

Express spoke to one of these women tofind out why.No-Amen Baleni, from Qamata location

in Cofimvaba, said smoking plays a vitalrole in the lives of Xhosa women. She saidin the timeof their forefathers smokingwaspart of the culture but these days someXho-sa women are no longer smoking.No-Amen said they smoke during meet-

ings ofwomenor in traditional ceremonies.She said she started smokingwhile shewasstill a girl as she grewup in a smoking fami-ly where especially the women smoked.No-Amen started smoking a traditional

tobacco called uNgqatsi and graduated to amodern one called Boxer.“It is enjoyable and I cannot start any

workwithout smoking. If I am in the gardenI have to smoke so that I can work nicelywithout any stress. If I have a problem Ihave to smoke to relievemystress. I can justsay everything stops if there is no tobacco,”

she said.This mother of seven said smoking also

helped her cope with the death of her hus-band and she turned to smoking whenevershe thought about him.

. The views and opinions expressed inthis article do not necessarily reflect the of-ficial policy or position of theExpress or itsstaff. According to health organisationsworld-wide, smoking is harmful to one’shealth.Smoking is also harmful to unbornbabies. Scond-hand smoke poses a healthrisk for those around smokers.According to law, cigarettes and any oth-

er tobacco products may not be sold to per-sons under the age 18. It is also illegal tosmoke in public areas unless in a specificdemarcated smoking zone. It is also prohib-ited to smoke in private vehicles with mi-nors under the age of 12.

WhydoXhosawomen smoke pipe?

No-Amen Baleni enjoying her smoking pipecalled Uzalipholile PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

In accordance with theeditorial policy of theExpress, we invite readersto comment on mistakes inthe newspaper and shallcorrect significant errorsas soon as possible. Sendinfo to the Ombudsman ofMedia24’s Local Press,George Claassen, [email protected] or callhim at 0 021 851 3232.Readers can also contactthe SA Press Ombudsmanat 0 011 484 3612/8 ore-mail [email protected].

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

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

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

him to wait for his hair to change wabonaukuba makenze le ayibona kubazukulwana.Phoyindabakabaniumadalaxa ezitintela iin-wele zakhe.Ayithi nale nto in democratic country eve-

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

George to do that because even myself I can-not do it. Only ooKamvanooBongoMaffin cando that, because it is the style of their timeand it suits them, but not an old man like the

one we saw in Eagle Street.PHOFU KE UKUTHANDA izinto akusoso-

no, nengoma itsho.

Ningakhombi indlela niphinde nijike

Siyazi ngoku kuqala unyaka abantu haveii-resolutions zonyaka omtsha.And you can see ukuba umntu utshintshile

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

ni ke ukukhomba indlela niphinde nijike. Xasele uthe kulo nyaka uphila enye impilo hlalakuyo ke ungaphili iimpilo ezimbini umnye.Abanye bade bazenzele emakoneni ezi ndle-

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

leyo eyisebenzisa ejikini de wangaboni nento

ayenzileyo ngee-bonuses zakhe, so yamenzaloo nto wakhe walonqena.Ithi yakungena i-first salary ngo-January

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

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

Shame, life is tough

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

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

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

looked like a tom-boy. The one that surprized

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

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

because we believe ukuthi once a problemcomes your way you must face it direct notrun away and start other lifestyles whichmay disappoint you again. It is better tochoose that particular route without anyproblem forcing you to do so.Because naye uyatsho usisters ukuba way-

engayithandi mara she tried it kwangavuminokuba seqhubeka nayo kodwa wanyameze-la. Pho nina gossip team nihlutshwa yintonixa umntu ezikhethele impilo yakhe?Yhoo, masithule nabo besibuza umbuzo

onzima.Guys hoping that sizakubambanana-kulo unyaka nje nganyakenye.Sharp, sharp.

Oh!!Anoldmanwith tintedhair

BABALWA NDLANYA

TWOsiblings fromLowerGwadu inWil-lowvale intend to put their home townon the map with their latest gospel al-bum Hlala Kuye.

Bunono (27) and Anathi Mxokwana(22) have already released two albums.One of them, Masibambisaneni Ma-kholwa, was released in 2012 with 12songs.Anathi is currently studying towards

a BCom degree at Fort Hare Universitywhile older brother Bunono is workingfor the Department of Education as a

School Sport co-ordinator in the DutywaDistrict.According to Bunono they grew up

singing in the United National CongressChurch of Southern Africa. Bunono wasnot always into music because of hissport career. He played for Bush Bucksdevelopment in 2003.“Our album is available at Goodnews

Music Centre, Musica andMusic Mix. Itwas produced by Mlungisi Mgobeleworking with Shadrack Ndlovu andmanaged by Ntembeko Zifuku, VuyaniVido Macotha, and Madoda Cukula (DJMadie). It is aimed at giving hope,” saidBunono.

He said they regard their music as acalling as they do not sing for the sakeof singing but rather to do what Godtells them to do and work hard.Their songs are written in Xhosa, but

they both believe being multilingual isvery important as it attracts more fansand has the power to spread the goodnews.“It is important to have a vision and

to know that you are different as an art-ist. We expect to grow and join the bignames soon.”He said they are grateful to their par-

ents who played a huge role by support-ing them and funding the project.

Gospel singers want to put their home town on themap

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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