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THURSDAY March 6, 2014 |0 047 050 4430 | www.mthathaexpress.co.za | mthathaexpress.mobi | [email protected] or [email protected] | Previously known as the Mthatha Fever EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
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MAJOR mine companies in thecountry, including Lonmin,Amplats and Implats, havebeen hit by yet another strike.In an effort to resolve issues,
Lonmin have now turned to the traditionalleaders in the areas where the mine workersare from.
Last week Tuesday they met with kings,chiefs and traditional council representa-tives in Mthatha, where they explained theconditions back at the mines and also pre-sented the rejected offer they hadmade to themine workers.Members of the Association of Minework-
ers and Construction Union (AMCU) downedtools at Amplats, Implats and Lonmin morethan four weeks ago, demanding that month-ly entry-levelwages should bemore thandou-bled to R12 500.The employers say they couldn’t meet this
demand, owing to the current depression andrising operational cost.Although government mediators are ena-
bling talks between the employers and theunion, the two sides remain poles apart onthe wage issue.Happy Nkhoma, Head of Public affairs and
Stakeholder at Lonmin, said themeeting wasthe continuation of consultations they hadhad with the traditional leaders, since theMarikana massacre in August 2012.“We have been keeping the traditional
leaders on the loop since the sad event. Weare currently in a dispute with our workersand felt it right to come and talk to their lead-ers to make them see our point and explainthe challenges brought about by the strike,”said Nkhoma.Nkhoma added that despite the huge
amounts lost by themines everyday since thestrike began, families will suffer immensely.Even though the strike is legal, it is a no-
work, no-pay strike.Xhosa King, Zwelonke Sigcau, said they ap-
preciated the fact that the company had cometo engage with them. “We didn’t know whatwas going on. We were surprised to see ourpeople coming back from the cities, whilethey were supposed to be at work. People are
still reeling from the Marikana incident andwe were scared that history might repeat it-self,” said King Sigcau. He said they could on-ly act as mediators once they had heard fromboth sides. To this end, they are nowworkingon ways to meet with AMCU members.Sonwabile Sihlobo from Qaukeni Great
Place also said they couldn’t allow anotherMarikana incident and that they too werewilling to act as mediators.“We plead that the issues must be resolved
amicably, with both parties reaching a fairagreement. We also don’t want the families ofmine workers to suffer,” he said.
LONMIN: STRIKERS PERSIST
Mines turn to traditional leaders
King Zanozuko Sigcau of the Amampondo aseQaukeni kingdom and AmaXhosa King Zwelonke Sigcau attending the meeting hosted by Lonmin inMthatha last week. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
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REPORTER
WITH just over twomonths since theEasternCape (EC) was introduced to its first everBingo Hall, Ritz Bingo Mthatha Plaza hasseen a steady rise inwalk-ins to their illustri-ous multi-million-rand venue.
Currently, as the only operational BingoHall of the six that were awarded by the ECandGamblingBoard last year, RitzBingoMt-hatha Plaza has contributed significantly tothe provincial fiscus. With tax in Januarystanding on R41 112,whichwas a 39% in-crease from the De-cember contribu-tion which was R24969, growth of Bingoin the province hasbeen shown .Chairman of Ritz
Bingo, Prof Mazibu-ko’s recollections ofthe first month Bin-go was introducedto province werelevelheaded. “Takeup of play on thebingo machines is in the anticipated intro-ductory phase. We have analysed the situa-tion and spoken to guests, and have deter-mined that bingo is anewconcept inMthathaand the generally reported pressure on retailsales impacts on gaming as well,” he said.Whilemost people visitingMthathaduring
the December season were there to mournthe passing of former South African Presi-dent, NelsonMandela, some took an opportu-nity to explore Ritz Bingo Mthatha Plaza.Prof Mazibuko didn’t see their opening pe-
riod as ‘strategic’; instead he shared a viewof empathy. “People came to mourn the pass-ing of former president Nelson Mandela andto attend the funeral. Their attention did notparticularly turn to spendingmoney on gam-ing and other retail activities,” he said.Mazibuko does however see a long-term
tourist attraction opportunity in the ORTambo District.“In the future, however, we expect that the
presence of the final resting place of NelsonMandela, the Mandela Museum and other at-tractions at Qunu will draw tourists to the
area. They may have more leisure time tospend in the bingo hall.”The Ritz Bingo Mthatha Plaza boasts 80
electronic bingo seats with “well advancedplans to expand the operation into a largerfacility within the Mthatha Plaza.” Theseplans depend mainly on the landlord’s devel-opment plan time frames and customer de-mands. The key selling point of the Ritz Bin-go Mthatha Plaza is “great product and highlevels of customer service.”Ritz Bingo is the first Bingo hall to be regu-
lated by the ECGBB. Mazibuko said not onlydo they understandtheir involvementbut they also supporttheir regulation ofthe gaming industry.“The regulations bythe ECGBB providethe right businessenvironment forplanning and invest-ment. The ECGBBhas also respondedtimeously to queries,and there were alsono delays in the li-censing of the
premises or machines” he said.Mr Mabutho Zwane, CEO of the ECGBB,
has been impressed with the contributionsfromRitz BingoMthatha Plaza to the provin-cial fiscus. “The contributions from the gam-bling industry to the province is substantialand ECGBB has a keen interest in its impacton both economic and socio-economic oppor-tunities within our jurisdiction.”“Currently, 48 staff are employed at Ritz
Mthatha Plaza and there is an intention toadd 12 staff when the new premises areready,” said Mazibuko.It is generally statutory that 1% of the Bin-
go halls Gross Gaming Revenue is directedtowards socio-economic development initia-tives. When asked what initiatives the Mt-hatha public can expect in the socio-econom-ic investments, Mazibuko said, “Ritz makesa quarterly cash donation equivalent to 1%of gross gaming revenue to deserving CSIprojects,” said Mazibuko. Currently the Fi-nal Request for Proposal for Bingo Develop-ment in the EC is available and the closingdate is May 14, 2014.
Bingosplurges towardprovincial fiscus
SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE
THE OR Tambo District Municipality hasrescued two businesses that were swim-ming in a pool of filth owing to a drainblockage.
Dirty, stinky water were running pastof these businesses, while people were en-joying braai meat from Oxland Meats andquenching their thirst at Ben’s Pub.The municipality’s assistance followed
the story in last week’s Express , when-these businesses, operating in EagleStreet, shared their complaints about“drowning in filth”.
According to them, the conditions hada direct influence on the drop in businessthe have been experiencing.When the municipal manager of OR
TamboDistrictMunicipality, TshakaHla-zo was phoned by Express, he promisedthat the problem would be attended to im-mediately. The problem had been persist-ing for almost a year.“It took two days after I spoke to you for
the municipality to come and fix the prob-lem. I thank youMthatha Express for sav-ing our business. I’m so glad, really,” saidMitchel Landsberg of Oxland Meats.
ORTambo fulfilled its promise
Currently, 48 staff areemployed at Ritz MthathaPlaza and there is anintention to add 12 staffwhen the newpremisesare ready.- PROF MAZIBUKO: CHAIRMANOF RITZ
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IT was a day filled with joy and possibilitiesfor learners, educators and principals at theSt John’s College when the Deputy Ministerof Public Enterprises, Bulelani Magwanishe,launched a telematics system and handedover mobile science lab kits sponsored by Es-kom.
In his address, Deputy Minister Magwan-ishe urged learners to honour the late strug-gle stalwart, OR Tambo, and to maintain theschool’s high pass rate while also choosingscarce technical careers to break out of thecircle of poverty.“I am confident that our contribution here
today will also add to St John’s goal of beinga centre of excellence in maths and science,”said Deputy Minister Magwanishe.Zolisa Magaqa, the principal of St John’s
College, expressed his delighted appreciationfor the donation.“I must say that Public Enterprises and Es-
kom have done a splendid job. They have con-tributed to the development of Eastern Cape,because if you invest in education, it is an in-vestment for development of the learners, thecommunity, the province and the nation,”said Mr Magaqa.The telematics system is an Information
Communication Technologies (ICT) based in-teractive classroom where learners will re-ceive extra lessons from top teachers and aca-
demics in critical subjects such as maths andscience, from the University of Stellenbosch.“I am excited about what government has
done at our school. The Telematics systemand mobile science lab will help our pupils toexcel in these two challenging subjects,” saida grade 12 learner.The mobile science lab kits will enable
learners to conduct their science experimentsto better understand the field of science andachieve superior quality results.Maths dictionaries are pivotal to providing
learners with formulas and how maths prob-lems could be resolved in a more practicalway.The event formed part of the Department of
Public Enterprises’ Corporate Social Invest-
ment (CSI), that continues to impact positive-ly on the intended beneficiaries and contrib-ute towards the country’s socio-economic de-velopment.Principals, educators and learners from 21
schools in theORTambo district attended thelaunch and career expo from State-OwnedCompanies such as Eskom, Transnet, SAAandDenel for career opportunities, bursaries,scholarships and apprenticeships.This year St John’s College will celebrate
its 105th anniversary and preparations are inprogress to commemorate this great achieve-ment.The school, which has 1700 leaners, is a
maths and science school. Last year itachieved a 96 percent pass rate in matric.
Mthathaschoolgetsaid formathsandscience
Public Enterprise deputyminister Bulelani Magwan-ishe officially opened theSt John’s College Telemat-ics centre last Saturday atthe school. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
= St John’s Collegeprincipal, ZolisaMagaqa, and DeputyMinister for PublicEnterprise, BulelaniMagwanishe, withstudents during thehanding over of lab kitsand telematics system.PHOTO:SUPPLIEDSIMBONGILE MDLEDLE
MEMBERS of the Methodist Church ofSouthern Africa’s Ngqeleni Circuit havebrought happiness to the pupils of Si-nethemba Skill Centre, a centre for disa-bled pupils in Ngqeleni.
Sinethembahasno sponsors anddependssolely on tourists who used to visit andmake donations, but without the tourists,the centrewas battling to cover even the ba-sics, like food and nappies.The Methodists paid a visit to the centre
last Sunday as a sign of showing love to thechildren and they brought some gifts. Thevisit was championed by the Young Men’sGuild, together with Young Women Man-yano.Superintendent Thembeka Mkabeni said
as a church they had decided not to end onlywith prayers for the children, but to also pay
a visit to the centre. As a result, 102 disabledpupils had benefited from the initiative.Churchmembersbrought items likenappies,soap, towels, tooth paste and much more.“We were very touched by the visit and itmade us realize once again, how blessed weare. We are now planning to go back againtoshowloveto thesechildrenandtoshowoursupport as a church,” said Mkabeni.“We heard about their (pupils) dire situa-
tion. Over and above their difficult livingconditions, these pupils still face the chal-lenges of their disabilities and someof themdon’t even have parents. This is why wecame up with an initiative to give themwarmth, make them feel special and to letthem feel part of society,” said Bulela Md-lungu, one of the coordinators of this initia-tive.After handing out gifts, a prayer session
was held to pray for strength for everybodyat the centre.
Methodists bring smiles tovulnerable children
Members of Young Women Manyanoduring their visit to the Sinethemba SkillCentre in Ngqeleni with some of the giftsthey brought. PHOTO:SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE
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THE triplets from Ntabankulu were recent-ly once again treated to a shopping spreeby their God-granny in Mthatha.
Akhanya (boy), Lisakhanya and Aman-dise (girls) Jisa, travelled from Sebeni loca-tion in Ntabankulu to meet with SibongileGwiji (65) who bought them school supplies,including uniforms and other garments.
They were accompanied by their unem-ployed mother, Celiwe Jisa (33) and weretransported by the Department of Social De-velopment’s Spethu Hospital Social worker,Nombeko Nodo.
This was not the first time Gwiji boughtclothes for the triplets.
“I met them at birth at the Nelson Mandelaacademic hospital where I used to work inthe maternity ward and I bought themclothes before they went home from hospi-tal,” said Gwiji.
She also bought them clothes when theyturned 3 years and she did it again this timeat their 6th birthday.
“I am not related to the children and I havenever been to their home, but ever since Isaw them at birth with their unemployedmother, I knew I had to do something,” shesaid.
Nodo said as the department, they assistedthem to get birth certificates to access child-support grants and they also made sure thatthey had transport whenever they were com-ing to Gwiji in Mthatha.
The girls are now in Grade 2 while the boyis in Grade 1.
GoodSamaritanbuysclothes fortriplets
Sibongile Gwiji helping the tripletschoose shoes when she treated them toa shopping spree.
PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
Seen with thechildren aftershopping were
(from left to right)Social workersNtombizonkeNdevu and
Nombeko Nodo,Sibongile Gwiji andthe triplets’ mother
Celiwe Jisa.PHOTO: AYANDA
MILLISA MADIKIZELA
Thiswas not the firsttimeGwiji boughtclothes for the triplets.
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THE Kwazulu-Natal-based concrete toiletmanufacturing company, Conrite WallsConloo, donated ten toilets to a school inNyandeni location, Libode.
The hand-over to Nyandeni Junior Sec-ondary School was last Friday at the schooland was attended by Department of Educa-tion officials, the school governing body,teachers and learners. The official handover was done by the Eastern Cape Opera-tions manager Conrite Walls, SimlindileMaketa.“We got a letter from the school, telling us
how bad the sanitation condition was at theschool and it was stated that even the teach-ers were relieving themselves in the bushes.On my arrival at the school the conditionwas indeed dehumanizing,” said Maketa.“I knew that I had to stretch our tight
budget and provide healthy toilets for thisschool. We thought from the ten that wererequested, we could only give them eight butseeing the number of learners, staff mem-bers and kitchen staff, we had to make surewe provide the requested ten,” he added.The school principal, Vuyisile Tupa, said
they were very happy that Conrite Walls re-sponded in such a positive manner.“When we applied for the toilets, the con-
ditionwas very bad.We could no longerwaitfor the department of education to come toour rescue. The condition was too much tobear,” said Tupa.He further made a call to other private
companies to invest in education by assist-ing struggling schools to develop and upliftthe standard of education in the province.
Schoolgetsassistancewith sanitation
Simlindile Maketa (far right) shaking hands with Nyandeni JSS school governing body members and the principal during the hand over of the toilets.PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
Premier’s speechwelcomed by readers inNyandeni
Tembela Makongwana: It was true what shesaid about the school bursaries. I agree withher. Learners from rural areas are benefitingfrom these bursaries as long as they study hard.
Sizwe Nqeketo: As Nyandeni we benefittedso much from the school building pro-gramme and for that we thank our govern-ment because education is the key.
PHOTOS: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
NontembekoSaba: Goodspeech but shedid not sayanything aboutthe communityforums. Crime isrife in ourlocations, weneed morevisible policeforums and astipend for themwill encouragethem to workharder.
Mthetho Phika: Premier was on point. Ihave no problem and I am satisfied.
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TheEasternCape’sPremierNoxoloKiviet lastweekdeliveredherend-of-termState-of-the-provinceaddress inBhisho.TheNyandenicommunityhadtheopportunity to hear it firsthandastheentireprogrammewaslive-streamedatLibodetownhall.After thespeech, this iswhat thepublichadtosaytoExpressreporterAYANDAMILLISAMADIKIZELA:
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What you should knowabout accessing your rights
FARMWORKERS
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The conditions of employment and minimum wages for farm workers in SouthAfrica are regulated by the Sectoral Determination No 13: FarmWorker Sector,SouthAfrica.
The Sectoral Determination stipulates that:• Farm workers should not work more than 45 hours per week and notmore than 15 hours overtime per week• Farm workers are entitled to have three weeks paid annual leave, 36 days ina three year cycle if the employee works for 6 days, three days familyresponsibility leave per annum and four months maternity leave• The minimum wages for farm workers which starts on 1 March 2014are as follows: R12.41 hourly; R111.72 daily; R558.60 weekly andR2 420.41 monthly•A farmer may deduct an amount not exceeding 10% of a farmworker’swage for a house supplied to the farm worker and may not deduct for thegrazing of a farm worker’s livestock• Farmers are required to give the farm workers pay slips and writtenparticulars of employment.
MINISTER OF LABOURMILDRED OLIPHANT
Umgosilu Xingwana sambona ePSJ ehamba nabant-wana bakhe ababini.We evenused to see the formerKSDMayor
Siyakholwa Mlami driving his Toyota For-tune with no bodyguard. Asiyazi, perhapssomeone will answer our concern regardingthe matter. Thula wena gossip team siza-kukhe siyijonge le nto kudlalwa ngezimalizethu kungekho mntu uzakubulala aba ban-tu.
They are not men but monstersA real man does not rape or hurt a woman
or a child. A wise man does not abuse or dis-respect any member of the community.Amanwhobelongs tomanhood is aprotec-
tor, a saviour of his family and the communi-ty. Even when we grew up, if there was anincident, people would ask aphi amadoda?meaning, where are the men?Because they knowukuthi themen are the
people who came first to a particular inci-dent. But now some men discredit the name‘man’ this should not give an impressionthough that all men are monsters. We canstill trust them, can’t we?We used to live men with children, know-
ing they can’t do to them anything wrong.Gossip team know a number of cases
where the converse is true. There are anumber of incidents that take place in oursociety. Like recently we were at Libodewhere a man appeared in the Libode magis-trate’s court, accused of raping his ownchild. Kazi ngumthambo otheni lo ukwaziukuba nenkanuko nakumntwana wakho?Guys, let us try to command our feelings be-cause these practices are lowering the digni-ty of being a man.Asazi ke ukuba yintoni le idida la madoda
ade akhalele ebantwaneni if not uku-forcerii-matters abantu bengafuni. These menshould stop disgracing our beautiful lady,South Africa.
Hlukanani nokutya kwabantwana ninazititshalaUyabona ke into xa ibonwe sithi ubokwazi
ukuba ingxaki ikhona, kuba soze sithule tusingabekwanga siziba emlonyeni nje. Sesi-bonile ukuba aba titshala abasaphathi zii-lunch boxes kuba bazitika ngoku kutya ku-nikelwa ngurhulumente ebantwaneni.And sibabonile aba banalo mkhuba ba-
batitshala babo mama. Uyazi ke bona bam-betha twice urhulumente kuba nge-20 of eve-ry month baphinde bamkele imali from thesame government ophinde ondle bona,ngoku acingela ukuba wondla iimpula zika-lujaca.Kaloku sithethakanjenje sibone iitit-shalakazi kwesinye isikolo sase-Flagstaffzizimisele ekutyeni kwabantwana emvenikokuba bephakelwe. It’s worse ke de zabeziphethe izikhaftin, ukutya okushiyekileyoebantwaneni zikufaka kuzo zigoduke nako.Uyayibona nje lo nto. Bra Makhuphs fake-
la ababantu ezinye izibuko zamehlokungen-jalo uyakushishiliza kube kuthiweulambisaabantwana kanti baba titshala abatshayelaukutyakwabantwana.Nathi sizakukuncedi-sa ngokuthi sintame ezikolo zenza le nto.Tyhini kwadlalwangabantwana bethu ku-
ba besaziwa ukuba basuka emakhayeni ahl-wempuzekileyo Uyazi ke abo bantu bap-hinde bathathe iintsapho zabo ngee20 bayo-kutya kwezi-restaurants singangenikwakuzo kuba asi-afford then isakuphelaimali batya ukutya kwabantwana.Nivile ke, watch out umgosi member
ukhona kwalapha ecaleni kwakho don’t dootherwise kungenjalo uyakubona uMakhu-phula sekubizela eBhisho esithi gabha uku-tya kwabantwana, uyaphela njalo nomse-benzi nge-nothing of which you are earninga full salary at the end of every month.
Nizakuphindenithianititshwakanti beni-libele lijikiNiyazi moss asiyithandi into enesiyobisi
phakathi ingakumbi xa ibulala ikamva lenkokheli yangomso.Asiyathandanga into esiyibone kwirenk
yaseNgaru eUta ukubona amakhwenkwanaamabini in full uniform enxile engakwazinokuthini in front of old people.Abo bantu ke kuzakuthi xa uphela unyaka
bengaveli kwiphepha lokudlulela kwelinyeibanga baveze into yokuba besingatitshwakakuhle, ungazi ke nokuba kufanele ootit-shala bobatitshela ema-tavern. Bambi bathiutitshala othile ebengabathandi yilonto eb-one ukuba makangabaphumelelisi. Ayikholo nto, qha you never mix business withpleasure ayipasi yombini. Mayithi xa ikhalaimpempe yokuqala konyaka omtsha esikol-weniusukekunyenayouyakuncumaekuph-eleni konyaka. Injalomoss. Ninamakwediniisikolo first, ijiki last.
Sithi thina gossip team ekufanele sigadwekuba abantu sometimes baye bangayi-under-stand indlela yokubhala kwethubathi sithethangabo, bafune ukusibetha kanti soze sabhalainto engenzekiyo nengekhoyo.Nokuba umntu sefuna ukukubetha kodwa
intliziyo ngaphakathi iyamxelela ukuba iyin-yani le nto ibibhalwa ngulo mntwana.Makuyekwe ke ukudlalwa ngezimali zethukube kuqeshwa oonogada abagada abafo nabamama if not sisiz.Begadelwa thina phofu kanti sithi futhi esi-
bathumekwezi ndawowithout us umntungen-genasikhundla. Niwubambile umcimbi mossneh? Recently we saw Nyandeni Mayor atNorthcrest shopping complex – she was walk-ing aloneanddoingher grocery shoppingwith-out a bodyguard. Khazi ithini na le nto?Do you still remember former Eastern Cape
MEC Denis Neer? We recently saw him walk-ing alone and therewere no bodyguards, noLu-
kusemcimbini igadwa kungafuneki kwa uku-ba nisondele ecaleni kwayo.Iphele i-term yayo uyibone seyihamba yo-
dwa kungekho nogada. Bayephi ngoku ababantu bebezakuyibulala igadelwa bona? In-ene iyaxaka nyhani le nto, de ufike oonogadabengaphezulu kwesinye kodwa emva kwethe-ko lo mntu sinaye kwindywala zasezilalininama-party akasagadwanga.
Uyazi dear readers, on this Express landkukhona okusidida ingqondo. Kuyakwayin-toni kwi-Gossip eyahlala yabona izinto ngen-dlela yayo? Thul’umamele wena sikuxeleleiindaba ezi ungazaziyo nanjengoko sihlalasiphakathi kwabo aba abantu.
Kukhona le nto isixakayo.Wofika inkokhe-li ngexesha isabambe isikhundla okanye
Ihamba iphelelephi?
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INDODA eneminyaka engamshumi amath-athu nesithandathu (36) yaseMisty Mountnekungoku nje seyihlala eMegacom eLibodeisankolonkoloza kwezimnyama izisele ijame-lene netyala lokudlwengula umntwana wayo
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PUPILS from the Bholani village in Port StJohns were recipients of Early Childhood
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signed to strengthen kiddies’muscles, im-prove their ability and balance, as well asto build confidence. Active bodies lead toactive minds,” said Dumisani Mzonke,Organisational Performance and Report-ing Specialist, ECGBB.
The ECGBB was joined at the officialhandoverof thewell-receivedequipment, bythe Department of Social Development andSpecial Programmes (DSDSP), representedbyReverendGVika,SeniorManager,Stake-holder Partnerships and Development.
“The emphasis on projects is more devel-opmental and the investment is primarilydriven by supporting and developing astrong social infrastructurewhere resourc-es are limited or not available at all,” saidReverendVika. Bholani village is one of thesixteen identified poverty stricken areas inthe ProvincialAnti-poverty Strategywhichis spearheaded by Department of Social De-velopment Special Programme (DSDSP).
Bholani EarlyChildhood Devel-opment and Sen-ior PrimarySchool were ec-static when theygot the chance tojump on theirnew jungle gymwhich stands afew meters fromtheirmud school.
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Who is Nompumelelo Valipathwa?I am the third born out of four children (two boys and two girls).
I am originally fromLurhasini location, studiedmy primary classesat Kwezi Community School and then proceeded to Zimele JuniorSecondary School to finish my junior classes. I obtained my Matricat Zingisa High School in Mthatha.
Where and what did you study?I amcurrentlypursuingaDegree inSocial Sciences atWalterSisu-
lu University.
Why did you choose Gospel music?Gospel develops my soul in many different and amazing ways. It
is my way of praying and communicating with the Almighty God.When I am in a bad space, I relieve my soul by singing.
What kind of a home were you raised at?I was raised by aGod-fearing single parent going to a RomanCath-
olic church at St Paul’s mission in Ngangelizwe. She is a very strictwoman together with my Aunt who raised me. That is where I start-ed with music at my church at the age of 14.
What is a difference between your latest project and the previ-ous one?Well, I have worked with a group of friends frommy church, Nce-
diswa Jim, Mzwanele Tseku, Vuyokazi Rhoshinamba, SiphiwoHemeni and Sibongiseni Matyumza. This one is different becausewe took songs from the Catholic hymn book.There are dance tracks and traditional gospel such as ‘Ntsikana’
and I have sort of introduced these up-coming artists on how to singmy kind of gospel music, which I must say is satisfactory.
When do you think it would be time to give up?I have been trying for more than 10 years and it was not easy,
I kept bouncing back but I kept trying. In this project, God madesure I get someone to assist me in reaching for my dream. So, givingup is not an option.
What message are you conveying with your album?The title is ‘Kepha ngale’ and the message goes to all those who
have lost hope in life. I want them to know that He is always there,all the time and that with God, everything is possible. It’s a 12-trackalbum including the instrumental version of Ingoma kaNtsikana.
Are you married? How many kids?Hahaha….none of the above.
Do you share your room with anyone?I stay at homewithmybig sister and her 13-year-old son at Ikhwezi
Township, Mthatha. Fortunately I have my own bedroom.
30minuteswithMpumieMpumie with fellow group members. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Nompumelelo 'Mpumie' Valiphathwa.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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THE problem of referees not pitching up to of-ficiate the games at the New Rest Stadium inLusikisiki was not because they had attendeda workshop, but because there is a seriousproblem which South African Football Asso-ciation (Safa) is trying to resolve.
Two weekends ago football lovers, who
came out in numbers to watch their teams,were told that the referees had to attend aworkshop.Last weekend there were again no referees
to officiate the games and they were post-poned again.According to a source, who opted not to be
named, the problem in the SAB CoastalStream league started when there were alle-gations that some referees were corrupt and
were involved in match fixing and refereesfrom Mthatha were used to officiate thegames.That problem was resolved but now it
seems the local referees are boycotting offici-ating at the games.Safa’s League co-ordinator, N Sibhekedu
confirmed that Coastal Streamwere not play-ing because of some problems.These games that were being delayed were
Refereeproblem isbeingaddressedmaking the leading teams uncertain aboutwhether they would claim the title and pro-ceed to the promotion league next season.The Mthatha Stream played their games as
fixtured last Sunday and all the winningteams scored three goals.Weekend results: Madikizela All Stars 3 vs
Amawisile 1, Capital Spurs 2 vs Mthatha City3, Master Kids FC 3 vs Green Mamba 1 andOcean FC 3 vs Bityi All Stars 0.