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RESIDENTS of Komani will have to limittheirwateruse, as theChrisHaniDistrictMunicipality is turning off thewater sup-

ply during the night and morning every day.

The continuing water cuts are a result of theseverewater shortages inKomani, under theLu-khanji municipality in the Chris Hani DistrictMunicipality.TheChrisHanidistrictwasdeclaredadisaster

area last year after therewas not enough rain insummer.The district municipality came up with reme-

dial processes to help the residents of the districtsurvivethedrought,but thingshavetakenaturnfor the worse for Komani.As thewaterserviceauthority, thedistrictmu-

nicipality isrequiredto implementwaterrestric-tions in order to ensure an equal water supplyto its residents.In a statement issued by the district authority

recently, Chris Hani District Municipality

spokespersonThobekaMqamelo saidKomani isstill facing a severe drought.“The situation has reached a stage where wa-

termustbecutoff, occasionally inall theresiden-tial areas,” she said.Mqamelosaid theprimarysourceofwater, the

Bonkolo Dam, has since dried up. The Water-downDam,which is the secondary source, is un-able to provide sufficient water per demand.“In these circumstances, there ought to bewa-

ter cuts in the evening on a daily basis between8pm and 4am, except for certain establishments

suchashospitals,until furthernotice,”Mqamelosaid. These cuts would take effect from April 14.Mqamelo said this is necessary to increase ca-

pacity in the reservoirs which are currently atextremely low levels.“Weurgeallwateruserstobecautiousandpre-

serve water so that we can effectively managethis difficult phase,” she said.

Due to the low levels of the Bonkolo dam,water cuts have been implemented in theevenings. PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Komani runningdryKomani runningdry

P.4P.4Queen’s College celebrated its 158th reunion with an array of activities this past weekend. See page 4 for more photos of the Reunion weekend.

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THE five men who stand accused of robbingDaks International of close to R1 million in2012 appeared in the Queenstown RegionalCourt on Friday.

Musa Munake, Luyanda Myalwa, OupaMaphosa, Ayanda Mafenuka and Mkhutha-zi Gxaleka appeared in court to testify re-garding the events of 11 February 2012,when Daks was robbed.Munake, who was the first to take the wit-

ness stand, denied any involvement in therobbery, claiming he was in Lusikisiki withhis wife on that day.“I was never in Queenstown and I was

shocked to be arrested that Monday,” hesaid.Munake said he was transferred to

Queenstown after his arrest, where he wastaken to the army base, assaulted and toldto sign a statement.“I never read the statement and I don’t

know what was written in it. Nothing in itwas from me,” he said.He denied that he owned the number that

received calls from the co-accused’s cell-phone numbers.“I don’t know that number and I only saw

these people on my first day in court,” hesaid.State prosecutor Nceba Ntelwa askedMu-

nake if he did not know Myalwa and Mafen-uka, even though they are from Lusikisiki.“I see you have made up your mind, that

you will deny everything,” Ntelwa said.“If I don’t know anything, I don’t know

it,” retaliated Munake.Magistrate Mputumi Mpofu said the mat-

ter of the accused denyingmaking the state-ment was dealt with before, in a trial withina trial.“The state-led evidence and the court

made a ruling that the so-called statementis admissible before court,” he said.

Mpofu said the court did not give reasonsfor that, but that the reasons would be pro-vided at the end of the trial.Ntelwa said Munake’s cellphone records

prove him to be the writer of the statement,as it details the writer receiving a call fromMyalwa.When Myalwa took the witness stand, he

also denied being in Queenstown and tak-ing part in the robbery.“I first met Munake at the police station

in Lusikisiki, then in Queenstown when wewere taken to the army base. I was forcedto sign a statement but I do not know whatit said,” he said.Myalwa said he is a taxi driver who owns

a small car.“I saved my money to buy a bigger car.

When the police arrestedme, they found themoney I was keeping in a bag. They askedme about the gun and the money and I toldthem that I didn’t know about it.”He said the police took R144 000 from his

bag.Ntelwa argued that Myalwa was ap-

proached by Mafenuka, who knew Mapho-sa, a salesperson who had been employedby Daks for over seven years.“On that day I arrived at work and no-

ticed that the clothing stands were scat-tered all over the shop,” Maphosa said dur-ing his testimony. “The manager called usand informed us that there had been a rob-bery.“The police took our phones, and I was ar-

rested at the end of July, after months ofworking for Daks. There was no proper in-vestigation done,” he said.He said he still does not know what con-

nects himwith the case or the stolenmoney,as he only worked with clothes in the shop.“What shocked me is that the manager

vanished after the robbery, and I didn’t seehim again until he came to court.”The case was postponed to June 3 for the

defence to continue with its case.

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RESIDENTS of Ezibeleni marched to themagistrate’s court in a bid to keep a sus-pected child rapist behind bars.

Community members, local council-lors and members of the ANC women’sleague protested outside the court duringthe alleged rapist’s court appearance, fol-lowing his arrest earlier this month.Speaking during the march, Bulelwa

Mgijima, ANCWL coordinator for genderbased violence in the new Enoch Mgiji-mamunicipality, said themagistrate hasthe right to keep the alleged rapist in jail.“We are here to say enough is enough.

We do not need rapists in our communi-ty,” Mgijima said. “We call on the magis-trate to give lengthy sentences to sex of-fenders, so that those who are planningto commit the same crime can learn fromthem,” she said.

She said the victim is the third disa-bled person to be raped at Ezibeleni.“We encourage parents to take care of

their children and check on them regu-larly.”Ward councillor Zamuxolo Dywili said

they hoped that themarch would have animpact.“There are cases where we march to

the courts opposing bail, and the nextday we see the accused is free and threat-ening the family. We ask the court not toallow that in this instance, or the com-munity will take the law into its ownhands.”He said due to the anger of the commu-

nity, they could be capable of anythingif they encountered the accused.“We don’t know how the law operates

but we don’t want him in our ward,” hesaid.The case was postponed to April 26 for

a formal bail application.

Residents call on court to denybail for alleged rapist

Residents of Ezibeleni march to oppose the bail application of an alleged rapist who wasarrested earlier this month. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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LETSEGO Mgemane a provincial inspectorunder thedepartment of transportwill appearin the witness stand on Wednesday to testifyinthetrialof thethreemenwhowereinvolvedin a horror crash which claimed the lives offive people on May 24, 2014.

Xolani Mfeketho (33), Lazola Voyi (34) andThembisile Madolo (31) appeared in theQueenstownRegionalCourt onWednesday oncharges ofmurder, after the driver of a ToyotaAvanza and four passengers died, followinganalleged chase by a Quantum, after the driverhadpickeduppassengersneara fishandchipsshop in Cathcart Road in Komani.Jomo Ntsendwana, who was driving the

Avanza allegedly refused to offload passengerswhen he was ordered by the taxi drivers.After a chase by the Quantum,the Avanza

collided with a Toyota Verso which was on-coming,killingall fourpassengersintheAvan-za and one passenger in the Verso.In giving her testimony,Mgemane, who has

nineyearsofexperienceasatrafficofficer,saidshe was told by her colleague to stop the greyAvanza which was moving towards them.

“I stoppedtheAvanza,while Iwasapproach-ingitandthepassengerstoldmethattheywerebeing chased. Therewas a ladywhowanted toget out but could not as the doors were locked.I told the driver to open the doors and she gotout,” she said.Mgemane said a few minutes later, a Quan-

tum stopped in front of the Avanza.“Four males approached us; I asked them

what theywantedandI told themtogobecauseIhadnot stopped them.Theyclaimed that theywanted thedriverof theAvanza.They then leftand stopped on the other side of the circle onthe way to Ezibeleni,” she said.She said she told the two old women who

were in theAvanza that the driverwould dropthem after the circle and she did not see themafter they had dropped the two women.Plus minus five minutes later, the same

Quantumthathadstoppedinfrontof theAvan-za stopped and the driver shouted that theAvanza that we stopped had had an accidenton the other side.“We then packed our things and ran to the

scene,wherewefoundthreepeopledeadonthescene and the other seriously injured,” Mge-mane said.Siyabonga Sokombela, the driver of the To-

yotaVerso, told thecourt thathesawtheQuan-tumdrivinginhis lanewhile theAvanzadrovein the middle of the road.“I tried to run to their lane in order to avoid

a head on collusion. The passengers say I wasflickeringmy lights for the oncoming vehiclesbut I don’t remember,” he said.Defence attorney, advocate Andre Dorfling

said the driver of the Quantum was trying toovertake the Avanza after observing and find-

ing its right to do so.“What prevented him from overtaking is

that the driver of the Avanza tried to pushthem away from the road. Mfeketho who wasdriving, flicked his lights trying to get the at-tention of Verso,” he said.Sokombela claimed thathedidnot recall the

Quantum flickering at him.Dorfling said while the Quantum was driv-

ing on the right lane, with the Avanza in themiddle of the road, the Avanza moved to theleft lane at the same time as the Verso movedto that lane.“This happened on the left lane; there was

nothing Mfeketho could do as he was in theright lane,” he said. After the accident Mfe-ketho stopped to check,” he said.Dorflingsaidthepersonwhocausedtheacci-

dent was the driver of the Avanza.Magistrate Mphutumi Mpofu informed the

court of what happened during the site inspec-tion in July last year.Both state prosecutor Nceba Ntelwa and

Dorfling confirmed the visit and the remarksmadeby the court.Ntelwaclosed the state caseafter calling four state witnesses.The case was postponed to June 24 for the

defence case.

Taxidriversappear in court formurder chargesThree accusedappeared in courtrecently, hiding fromcameras, from left,Thembisile Madolo,Lazola Voyi andXolani Mfeketho.

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THE road to Sabalele village, birthplaceof Chris Hani, between Queenstown andCofimvaba, is expected to be completed byOctober 4 this year.

MEC for roads and public works Than-diswa Marawu made this announcementduring her policy speech in the EasternCape legislature recently.The road will cost R170 million and in-

cludes the upgrade of an 18km stretch ofthe R61 near St Marks to the village thatis Hani’s birthplace.Marawu said the department will also

complete nine early childhood develop-ment centres for the department of socialdevelopment in various local municipali-ties including Lukhanji, Senqu, Malet-swai and Malahleni.Marawu also said that the department

would construct offices in Queenstown forthe department of education and the de-

partment of sport, recreation, arts and cul-ture estimated at over R50 million.

“We will also be doing the extension forthe department of transport in Queens-town,” she said.

Provincial spokesperson for the depart-ment of roads and public works MphumziZuzile said the construction of the Sabale-le road, which started on March 13, 2015made use of so called SMMEs.

“We used 11 small, medium and microenterprises (SMMEs). The expenditure to

date on SMME’s is R1 565 490 23; the SMMEcontract value is R8 301 262 10 on comple-tion,” he said.Zuzile said 129 people were employed in

the project.“Out of the 129 jobs created, 45 people

employed are women, 60 are young peopleand 19 are men. The total money spent onlabour to date is R7 678 534 08; R5 621 26053 of that money was spent on the youthwith R1 642 010 62 spent on women,” hesaid.

Chris Hani’s home village Sabalele gets tarred road

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The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania(PAC) and the Pan Africanist Movement(PAM) called for unity between the two or-ganizations, during thememorial service offormer PAC president and founder of PAM,Clarence Mlamli Makwetu.

Thememorial service of the lateMakwetuwas held at the St James High School in Co-fimvaba last Thursday, where local politi-cal parties united to give their farewell tothe former PAC stalwart. Makwetu passedaway earlier this month at the age of 88years.

In his message of support to the family,PAC deputy president Mzwanele Nyontsosaid African unity is power.

“We are here to say let’s unite the PACin Makwetu’s name,” Nyontso said. “Everytime a veteran dieswe call for unity, but thatdoes not help us. We need time frames andwe need to unite.”

Vuyile Yeye, provincial chairperson ofPAM, thanked the Makwetu family for rais-ing Clarence. “He did not spend much timewith his family and his children saw him go-ing in and out of jails. Since he is no more,we must look at what we can learn fromhim,” Yeye said.

He said Makwetu was a giant, a patriot,a lion and a visionary.“He used to say there is only one thing that

unites us, and that is the land issue. He en-couraged us to respect our chiefs, becausethey took up arms and protected our land.Makwetu always said where there is land,there is a traditional leader.”Mxolisi Koyo from the Chris Hani district

municipality, whowas representing the pro-

vincial government, paid respect to Mak-wetu’s contribution to the ANC-led govern-ment. “There are things that made him hap-py in this government and there are thingsthat made us happy as a government abouthim,” Koyo said.

“Government has elevated his funeral,not to be a family funeral but a provincialgovernment funeral. We are talking aboutMakwetu, who articulated the idea of pan-

Africanism. He would go down to our leveland tell us about the revolution,” he said.Pan Africanist Movement (PAM) deputy

president Babini Tame said Makwetu waselected president of the PAC in 1990 after thedeath of Zephania Mathopeng.He is a book that can be read by everyone.“Makwetu was not a coward; he went to

prison 16 times and the last time was whenhe was sentenced to two years for defama-tion of character in Wellington prison inMthatha,” he said.Babini Tame, deputy president of PAM,

urged Makwetu’s family to respect what hestood and died for. “He fought against whiteoppressors and was the last pillar amongthe Pan-Africanists. He has made historyand taught us everything. If we make mis-takes it is because of our own doing, not be-cause he did not teach us.”Family member Mabandla Makwetu said

if they could influence God, they would askto keep Makwetu from dying.“That is how we valued and loved him. We

could ask God to stop the process of aging.We enjoyed the smallest time we spent withhim, and he united the family,” said Mak-wetu.“We have learned a lot from him; we are

what we are today because of him. Our tasknow is not to disappoint him.”

PAC leaders call forunitybetweenorganisations

Leaders of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the Pan Africanist Movement (PAM)were among the attendees at the memorial service for PAC stalwart Clarence Makwetu, whopassed away earlier this month. From left is PAM deputy president Babini Tame, PAC deputypresident Mzwanele Nyontso, and Mxolisi Koyo, executive mayor of the Chris Hani districtmunicipality, at the service. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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THE mother of an 11-year-old boy is fumingafter her sonwas allegedly stabbed by a fellowpupil inside the premises of a local primaryschool. However, the school denies the stab-bing, saying it was an accident.

The boy, who is in Grade 4 at Louis Rex Pri-mary school, said he was standing next to acouple of pupils who were playing on theschool grounds when all of a sudden he feltsomething hitting him in his back. The nextmomenthe feltwarmliquid runningdownhisback.Tohis surprise itwasblood.He said thathis alleged attacker, who is also in Grade 4,

used a broken alcohol bottle to stab him. Theperpetrator then ran away and dumped thebottle in a burning rubbish pit. The injuredboy was rushed to hospital by the school’sprincipal Bevan Christoffels, where he re-ceived stitches for the gashed wound.Themother of the victim,RevonaBezuiden-

hout, questioned the school’s safety. “Whenwe take our kids to school we are supposedto have peace of mind knowing that they areunder good care and proper supervision.What was an (empty) alcohol bottle doing in-side the school premises in the first place? Ar-en’t there people who collect garbage, espe-cially harmful items like cans and bottles atthe school?”

Christoffels said that therewasan informaldumping site at the school and that peoplesometimes dumped their garbage inside theschool premises. He denied that Bezuiden-hout’s son was stabbed on purpose. “Accord-ing to our internal investigation the otherboy wanted to throw the bottle over the fencebut unfortunately it ricocheted andhit the in-jured boy.”

Bezuidenhout said her boy barely sleeps atnight because of the trauma and pain he suf-fered.

District Director of the Chris Hani Depart-ment of Education, Nkosinathi Godlo wasn’timmediately available to clarify what stepsneeded to be followed in such cases.

Boy (11) injuredonschoolgrounds

According to a local primary school this 8cmwound to an 11-year old pupil was the resultof an accident. The boy’s mother alleges he wasstabbed on purpose. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

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QUEEN’S College celebrated its 158th reun-ion with an array of activities this past week-end. The annual, much-anticipated event fea-tured cycling, cadet detachment trooping,skydiving, all-day sport and much more.

The reunion saw the college’s old studentsfrom the early years coming together to shareold memories.

One of the highlights was the cycling eventwith the class of 1965, called the “1965 Ride”.The Queen’s College 1965 Ride was initiatedbyTonyFrost, oldboyofQueen’sCollege,whois also an ex-Springbok athlete, and profes-sional businessman from Gauteng.The original idea of the 1965 Ride was that

a group of cycling Queen’s College matricclass of 1965, would cycle from Johannesburgto Queenstown to raise money for deservingcandidates from disadvantaged backgrounds

who were unable to afford school fees atschools in Queenstown.Frost said all the volunteers who took part

in the tour believe in South Africa as a coun-try and that education is the root of a bettercountry.“Each one of us can make a difference,” he

said.The cycle first took place in 2010 with a

small group of five cyclists cycling from Jo-hannesburg, with a total of 17 cyclists taking

part in 2015.The cyclists ride over nine days and 850km

from Johannesburg to Queenstown betweenApril 5 and April 14. Every cyclist is expectedto raise R30 000. So far 12 children have bene-fited from the project.Queen’s College deputy headmaster, Mike

Boy, led the East London to Queenstown legfor the third consecutive year in 2016, wherea total of 17 cyclists undertook the uphill jour-ney to Queenstown on April 13 and 14.

Queen’sCollegehosts its 158thReunion

Queens class of 1965 cyclists grace the event fromJohannesburg to Queenstown. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

The class of 1965 toasting to their timely finish of the 850km ride. From left are Setu Skepe,Hester Lemmer, Tony Frost, Gavin Whindus, Rodger Webb, Desmond O’Connor, Ian Dorrington andMike Warren. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

Queens’ troops fly the country's flag high together withtheir own ahead of other activities.PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

The band also had the audience marching on the grand stand. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

Steve Woodford,who matriculatedfrom Queens’College in 1966, isskydiving towardsthe Queen VictoriaRecreationGrounds. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

Wannabe skydivers surround Woodford after he perfectly landed on the rugby pitch. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

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THE Minister of Basic Education, AngieMotshekga, has highlighted the importanceof offering mathematics in all schools; how-ever, a shortage of qualified mathematicsteachers in the system has been a challenge.

In a bid to address this, the Department ofBasic Education (DBE) has signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) withTEACH South Africa to place “TEACH Am-bassadors” in schools that do not have quali-fied mathematics teachers. This forms partof the DBE’s national strategy to address theshortage of mathematics teachers, as well asensuring the promotion of mathematics as asubject necessary for the growth of the SouthAfrican economy.TEACH South Africa recruits and selects

top performing young graduates in the fieldof Mathematics, Science and English fromuniversities across the country and placesthem in disadvantaged and rural schools for

a minimum period of two years. TEACHSouth Africa is committed to providing aplatform for young graduates, who have ex-celled academically, who have demonstratedleadership skills and are committed to giv-ing back to their communities throughteaching.Since its inception in 2009, TEACH South

Africa has placed 382 TEACH Ambassadorsin eight provinces and in 228 schools impact-ing on about 25 000 learners. To date, 57% ofTEACH Ambassadors remain in the teach-ing profession, thereby increasing the poolof teachers in these scarce skills. In this part-nership the TEACH Ambassadors will beplaced in schools that are located mostly inrural areas where it is often difficult to at-tract qualified mathematics teachers.TEACH South Africa will provide ongoingsupport to the TEACH Ambassadorsthroughout the two years.“This large placement enables us to

achieve a greater impact across the country.Weare proud to partnerwith theDepartment

of Basic Education to improve the quality ofeducation for children irrespective of theireconomic background by increasing the poolof quality mathematics teachers in South Af-rica. School districts in the Eastern Cape,KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo had the lowestnumber of students who passed matric in2015. We applaudMinister Motshekga for ad-dressing this by ensuring quality mathemat-ics teachers are placed specifically in theseareas,” said TEACH South Africa ExecutiveDirector, Richard Masemola.He said his organisation has recruited and

selected graduates from the finest South Af-rican Universities who are not only topachievers, but who are committed to beingChange Agents in South Africa.“In order to build a prosperous, equitable

and competitive South Africa, we must in-vest in high quality education. This isaligned with the goals of the National Devel-opment Plan for Education, Training and In-novation,” said Dr Futhi Mtoba, TEACHSouth Africa President and Co-Founder.

Motshekga has welcomed the implementa-tion of this initiative as an important step inthe right direction. “We need to continue towork with our partners in civil society to en-sure that we begin to see improvements, notonly with the numbers of learners who takeup mathematics as a subject, but we alsowant learners to come back into the systemas qualified mathematics teachers one day.We come from a past where not all learnershave had the opportunity to take mathemat-ics as a subject in school, hence the shortageof qualified mathematics teachers today. Weneed towork hard to ensure that all learners,no matter their social-economic back-ground, have every opportunity available totake up careers of their choice without anylimitations,” said Motshekga.TEACH South Africa recruitment team is

currently visiting universities around thecountry and calls on all young graduate lead-ers who are passionate about developingSouth Africa to apply to become a TEACHAmbassador in 2017.

DBE, TeachSA todeployMaths teachersnationwide

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EDLELWENI Public Primaryschool received a moral boosterfrom Mzwabantu Hospice, twodays before their district choralmusic competition.

Principal of the school, ZukisaniSondlo, expressed his gratitude onbehalf of the recipients. Sondlosaid the uniforms would assist thepupils, especially the choristers, tobring out their best performance.The Director of Mziwabantu Hos-

pice, Lulama Ndubela, said theychose the school because of its richhistory in music.Edlelweni were once crowned as

the provincial champions of schools’choralmusic and announced the sec-ond best in South Africa.

Schoolgetsnewuniformaheadof choir competition

The beneficiaries of the brand new uniforms flanked by Edlelweni Public Primary School teachers and the staff of Mzwa-bantu Hospice during the handover. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

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THE Co-operative Resource International(CRI) and the United State Agency for Inter-national Development (USAID) held a busi-ness opportunity summit at the Queen’s Ca-sino on Tuesday.

The summit was not only to showcase op-portunities, but also to provide focused gui-dance forblack commercial farmers tomain-stream their competitive advantage as effec-tively as possible.The summit was aimed at giving farmers

an advantage in the value chain of their en-terprises.The farmers had the opportunity to net-

work with key industry players in the agri-cultural sector that could assist them in get-ting access to economic opportunities thatwill enable themtoestablish sustainable andprofitable farming businesses.Speaking during the event, Chris Hani

District Municipality executive mayor,Mxolisi Koyo, welcomed the summit to theChris Hani district and asked for it to bemade an annual event.“We as the Chris Hani district are now

part of the global countries because of thissummit. I would like to tell the donors andinvestors that they are putting money in theright place. When you are taking people outof poverty and inequality, co-operatives arethe right way to do so,” he said.Koyo said in the district they do have co-

operative structures in place, even thoughthey are not operational.“All co-operatives here now have a good

foundation. This co-operative will assist usto have a good understanding of our people,”he said.Koyo said the country cannot be trans-

formedwithout transforming theagricultur-

al sector.“Co-opsneed toworkhard to avoid putting

politics into co-operatives; they need to putall their efforts and energy in understandingwhat is happening on their farms,” Koyosaid.He said a lot of emphasis needs to be put

on primary production and the role they

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Chris Hani mayor Mxolisi Koyo speaking during the summit. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

play in the agricultural value chain.ProfessorAndreLouw from theUniversi-

ty of Pretoria said farmers need to be con-sumer driven, not product driven.“They must operate in a conducive way

and be aware of the consumer behaviour.They need to have proactive plans for themarket,” he said.Louw said the agribusiness is the area

where more employment is created.“For every R1 million invested in the ag-

ricultural sector more jobs are created inthat business,” he said.Louw said farming can alleviate poverty

in rural areas.“Youmust see yourself as a businessman

and businesses must have a bankable busi-ness plan. To enable commercialisation ofa co-operative depends on a stable politicaland economic environment, infrastruc-ture, safety and security,” he said.Louw added commercial farming creates

new opportunities.“Commercial farming requires enabling

the environment; it also requires differentways of thinking. You need to be a leaderin your own right,” he said.CRI’s Matt Rhody said the summit had

not ended on Tuesday.“This is the beginning of an important

road. There aremodels that were presentedhere and areworking; we need to use those.We need to check other co-operatives if weare going to build a successful story,” hesaid.

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) Lulamela Gangathele: I can’t deny,I am feeling the pinch now. Imag-ine I used to spend around R600 ongroceries because I stay alone, butnow I spend close to R1 000 andsometimes the food doesn’t last.But to circumvent the situation Ihave learnt to buy items in bulk –in that way I pay less. Also, I hadto cut the spending on unneces-sary food items, such as snacks. Ionly buy basic items now.

) Yonela James: Honestly I amnot coping at all. It is extremely

difficult to survive in such times.But to stay alive I have cut myspending onwants. Now I only buybasic food items, just staple andrelish, no fancy stuff.

) Ronelda Joseph: What I thinkwith the prices of food going up, itmakes more sense to buy in bulk,so that it saves you through themonth, rather than buying foodweekly, as you will spend more onitems where prices have increasedthan buying themonce off. For peo-ple who can’t afford to buy in bulk,

it will leave them with a great lossas they buy every week, spendingmore than they can afford.

) Thandile Nomlala: I don’t buygroceries myself, but at home wehave resorted to buying only thebasic items such as rice and flour,to name a few.And when we buy we get to pre-

pare food at home for ourselves,rather than having to buy smallitems for that particular moment.Otherwise I can see that it is hardto cope with the situation; we just

do what we can to survive.

) Amanda Nano: I am a personthat normally buys already cutvegetables if the price is right tocut down on preparation time.Now I have had to buy fresh vege-tables regardless. But to cope withthe situation I have opted for theno-name brands, as long they arefresh, because they are alsohealthy just like any others. It isjust the packaging that differs. Ihave also cut drastically on eatingout. Even though I don’t have time

to do the labour, but soon I willhave to start growing my own veg-etables.

) Nobesuthu Beya: I just go forspecials and buy groceries in bulkso that by the time they go up againI am already on the safe side. Butfor other people, I would advisethem to buy their groceries in themiddle of the month, rather thanwaiting for month end, because ifone takes a closer look at things,prices go up a little in some shopswhen approaching month end.

QueenstownExpress readershave their sayEffectsof thenationaldrought that threatenthecountry’s foodsecuritycontinuetohaunt thecitizensof thecountry.Theeffectsarevisibleontheskyrocketingfoodprices.ThisweekQueenstownExpress reporter,SANELEJAMESaskedreaderswhattheyaredoingtocircumvent thesituation.This iswhat theyhadtosay:

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Depending on the type of organisation, de-velopers can become either systems or appli-cations specialists. Said Cohen: “You knowthose ‘apps’ you are always downloading?Wouldn’t it be great to make your own?There is no challenge that my team can’tface. Almost any problem or need can besolved by creating an app.”Systems develop-ers’ jobs are generally of a highly complexand technical nature, and it requires talentfor computer science and mathematics.

Cohen continued, warning that IT is nota study-once career: “All IT positions areconstantly evolving, due to technological ad-vances. If you select IT as your career youmust be prepared for lifelong learning.”

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The Astra, which arrived at dealers onApril 15, represents a quantum leap for Opelin this segment and will take the brand’sC-segment contender well into the next de-cade.

The five-door hatchback has been designedand engineered to meet fast-changing con-sumer needs and demands that are shapingpersonal mobility against the backdrop of adensely-populated planet with finite resour-ces.

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Les McMaster, Chairman of the Motor In-dustry Workshop Association (MIWA), saidin hard times consumers think twice abouttheir expenditure and many are left scram-bling to meet the running costs of their vehi-cles.

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. Fact: Avoid rush hour. It’s near impos-sible for thousands of motorists to avoid it,but stay out of rush hour if you can – theconstant starting, stopping and idling is afuel economy killer!

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IN a fierce and much anticipated match be-tween the first rugby teams of Queen’s Collegeand Selborne at this year’s Queen’s Reunion,thehomesideoutmuscled theircounterpartsby33-29at theQueenVictoriaRecreationGrounds.

Selbornedominatedmuchof the firsthalfandfrequently visited the hosts’ goal area.

The visitors took an early lead when JamesBruce dived over the goal line and David Coet-zer converted the try for two more points mak-ing the score 7-0.

Queen’shad theadvantageofnumbers on thegrandstand with the college’s old boys roaringin support of their team.

The chanting seemed to have helped as thehome teambeganpushing forward innumbers.But Selborne’s rock-solid defence took no pris-oners in their territory forcing the game to beplayed in the centre of the field.The visitors’ ferocious tactics backfired re-

sulting in them being penalised by the matchofficials.Queen’s soon learnt that they couldn’t pene-

trate Selborne’s watertight defence with theirforwards sprinting towards themwith the ball.The Queenstown side then resorted to rucks

and mauls - a tactic which seemed to have con-fused the East London side. Queen’s continuedto apply pressure with this tactic and it finallypaid off with a try.After breaking thedeadlockand reducing the

deficit, the tables turnedas thepressuremount-ed on the visitors, resulting into the visitors’blindside flankers finding it hard to contain theQueen’s at scrums and breakdowns.Selborne caught the Queenstown side nap-

ping and recorded two more tries, extendingtheir lead to 20-10.In amatter of minutes the home team landed

two beautiful tries in the dying minutes of thefirst half, surpassing the visitors’ early lead.The visitors retaliatedwith good defence pre-

venting their opponents from gaining ground

with good tackling, forcing interceptions andcharging down kicks.The blitz was accompanied with plenty box-

kickswhich left Queen’s vulnerable at the backas they were focused on attacking as a group.The hosts held to their 25-23 lead until the endof the first half.

In the secondhalf both sides seemedmore de-termined and clinical. Selborne were the firstteam to record points in the second half. Highspirited Selborne took the game to the homeside not allowing them time to breathe and re-group.

In the midst of hasty group attacking, sillymistakes started showing as the East Londonside knocked the ball time and again, losing theclinical approach they had returning from thebreak.

When attacked, they quickly returned theball toQueen’s territory by drop-kicks. Anxietywas visible on both sides with each hoping tocapitalise on the other’s mistakes.

Selborne handed Queens the much needed

scoring opportunity on a silver platter throughacharge-down - anopportunitywhich thehometeam gratefully converted.

By this time all Queen’s old and current stu-dents rallied behind their boys, motivatingthem to score another try and lead the secondhalf.Their kicker delayed converting the opportu-

nity for two further points while aiming for theblack dot between the posts and the match offi-cial gave the ball to the defending side.As Queen’s attacked with shorter forwards

than Selborne’s defence, their late substituteyieldedpositive results ashe complemented theforwards’ agility - somethingwhich the tall Sel-borne side couldn’t match.

A 40mpenalty byChristopherHollis gave thehome side a 33-29 lead which sealed a win forQueen’s College.In other rugby matches, Selborne’s Third

Team beat Queen’s side 25-18, and Selborne’sSecond Team gave in to the home team with a17-38 loss.

Closebutno cigar for feistySelborneCollege

SANELE JAMES

EAST London schools’ hockey team came, sawand conquered at the Queen’s hockey pitchwhen they vanquished the domestic team attheir backyard.In a game defined by a clanking of sticks, the

EastLondonsidemade it clear in theearlymin-utesof the first stanza that theymeantbusinessas they forced the home side to defend time andagain.Seeing that the guests had no respect for

them, Queen’s parked the bus and barelycrossed over Clarendon’s 25 yard line for morethan five minutes of the first half.

As they sat at the back protecting their goal

andhopingClarendonwould cease their viciousattacks, the visitors kept probing until theQueenstown side was fouled of third party ob-struction.The temporary suspension of play gave

Queen’s defence a breather; however, as the ref-eree signalled for the game to continue, the visi-torswastedno timeandswiftly continuedwheretheyhad leftoff. Inablinkofaneye thehostesses’goalie was lying on her side with the ball at theback of the net.After their first goal Clarendon withdrew to

their shells luring Queen’s to come at them andleave their goal vulnerable.Thehome teamtook thebait and started firing

fromall cylinders, not knowing that thevisitors’

withdrawal was a trap. Clarendon reactedwith a counter attack which the Queen’s sideclumsily defended resulting into the attack-ing side being awarded a penalty corner. Thevisitors converted the opportunity into a goaland extended their lead until the end of thefirst stanza.

In the opening of the second half the EastLondon side showed that they didn’t travel alltheway for a two tonilwin.Clarendon slottedtwo more goals and it was game-over for thehostesses.

In a wake of the Queen’s side giving in toEast London-based Clarendon, the Queen’sCollege senior male team was hoping toavenge their sisters when they took on anoth-er East London team –Selborne College.In their quest for revenge they came in the

game in high spirits. Their dribbling wizard,Masindi Mashau, who also captained thehomeside, stampedhis footandreminded thevisitors of who was who.

The captain oozed his way through Sel-borne’s defence but all his endeavours werein vain as he wasn’t clinical in front of goal.

While enchanting the spectators, Selborne,who suddenly became underdogs, retaliatedandmade their efforts count with a nice goaland took an early lead.

While the home side was regrouping, thevisitors took advantage of the moment pick-pocketing Queen’s and scored their secondgoal. During the 30th minute which markedtheendof the firsthalf, Selbornewere leadingby 2-0.

In the second stanza of the encounterQueen’s kings had made changes in theirteam. The impact of their substitutes showedas they managed to penetrate Selborne’s de-fence.

In a matter of minutes from the break,Queen’s College slotted a beautiful goalwhich came in the formof cross butmanagedto find itswaybehind thevisitors’ goalie. Thegoal boosted the hosts’ confidence as theirtails were wagging high. The confidence

made the visitors feel inferior and completelyoff the game, something which worked for thehosts.The domestic team hit the back of the net

from a set and leveled matters. SeeminglyQueens started playing for a draw as they pa-tiently knocked the ball around showing no in-tentions of scoring. In the midst of their pa-tience, Selborne hit them with a sucker punchand doused their blaze with a third goal. Whiletheywere still suffering fromtheshock, thevis-itors hit the last nail of the coffin with a lategoal and sealed the match with 4-2.Queen’s male junior team also suffered the

same fate as theywere drubbed by Selborne by3-0.

Queen’s hockey succumbs to vicious visitors

Queens’ defence kept on their toes by Claren-don's forward. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

Bulela Sotyelelwa (Queen’s College) dives over the tryline during their encounter with Selborne.PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

The Queen’s College’s victorious first team. At the back, from left, are Siyamthanda Jwacu, TristanWaller, Dale Vanske, Luyolo Dapula, Aaron Brody, Sitsaba Moyake, Cameron Cato, Bryan Bless andGareth Heidtmann. In front are Gareth Greyvenstein, Ilano Smith, Aviwe Mancotywa, BulelaSotyelelwa, Mihlali Peter (Captain), Asithandile Mrubata, Edumisa Njumba and Christopher Hollis.

PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

11MotoringApril 21, 2016

Queenstown Express

SANELE JAMES

ATHLETES of an emerging club, under thestewardship of Simon Jongile were thecream of the crop at Madeira Run that tookplace in Toptown on Saturday.

The annual run consists of two races,namely 16km and 24km race. Athletes ofPhakama athletic Club showed that whereone comes from means nothing as they fin-ished both races in precious positions.The club doesn’t have a field of its own

and currently trains on a township footballpitch, a place which the co-founder of theclub described as unconducive.“We use some uneven surfaces for train-

ing but the place is uneven and at times canlead to ankle injuries,” said Jongile. He

said they have appealed to the local mu-nicipality several times to intervene intheir predicament to no vail.In the Madeira Run, 11 of the Phakama

Club athletes participated and four ofthem came one after another. In the 16kmrace, Olwethu Paula came first, followedby Asithandile Siqwayi. In the thirdplace was Bathandwa Mqhele who wastailed by Mziwethu Stuurman.Bulelani Maphetshana came second on

the 24km race while Nelisa Mtandeka ledthe females followed by Nhlanhla Mza-mo.According to Jongile, the club’s prima-

ry goal is to encourage a healthy lifestyleand keep the youth away from engagingin illicit activities such as crime and sub-stance abuse.

PhakamaAthletic ClubdominatesMadeira run

Members of the Phakama Athletic Club celebrate their hard-earned victories. At the back, fromleft are Nzululwazi Dinga, Msimelelo Mandongana, Mziwethu Stuurman, Babalwa Besi, Thembak-azi Mankune, Simon Viwe Jongile (the steward of the club). In the middle are Bulelani Maphet-shana, Asithandile Siqwayi, Nhlanhla Mzamo, Bathandwa Mqhele and Nelisa Mtandeki. In frontis Lukhanyo Billie. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES

FOR years we’ve been frustratingly call-ing for Nico Rosberg to up his game. Witha third win out of three in 2016 he’s doneit.

The German driver effortlessly convert-ed pole position into victory as the chaosunfolded behind his Mercedes. However,it was second-placed starter Daniel Ric-ciardo who snatched the lead of the raceoff the line in his Red Bull.Behind this pair the two Ferraris of Ki-

mi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, start-ing third and fourth, looked set to chal-lenge for the race win until Vettel bargedinto the side of Raikkonen to avoid the sis-ter Red Bull of Dannil Kvyat on his inside.Although Vettel recovered to second

place in the end it was a sloppy race forthe four-time champion. The clash withteammate Raikkonen caused damage tohis front-wing which required replacing.But it would be damaged again as he triedto find his way past the Williams of Valt-teri Bottas.Visibility in F1 car is limited but into

such a tight corner Vettel should’ve beenaware of Raikkonen on his outside giventhat he started close to him on the grid.Though the German did his best to shiftblame to Dannil Kvyat the Russian driverwas well within his rights to place his caralongside Vettel’s Ferrari into turn one.Kvyat eventually finished third and de-

spite a confrontation with Vettel after therace wasn’t unhappy at all to secure onlythe second podium of his career.Raikkonen’s front-wing damage and

punctured tyremeant into turn onehehadto crawl around the entire lap to make itback to the pitlane. It dropped him rightto the back of the field and onto an alterna-tive strategy which had him running onthe white-walled medium tyre in the mid-dle stint of the race.The Finn who had shown great pace

throughout the weekendwas able to resistan attack fromHamilton on quicker tyres.

It left the soft, yellow-walled, tyre for thefinal stint of the race and with it Raikkon-en was able to make up enough positionsto ultimately finish fifth.Even Lewis Hamilton was involved in

the mess of the opening lap. After startinglast following an overnight power unitchange theBrit also losthis front-wingandsustained damage to his barge board intoturn one.In the lead of the raceDaniel Ricciardo’s

hopes evaporated as he picked up a left-rear puncture on lap three. Ricciardo wasable to recover to fourth.If it wasn’t clear before why both Mer-

cedes and Ferrari refused to provide theRed Bull team with an engine from theirshed it is surely clear now. The 2016 RedBull car is a great chassis, with two greatdrivers and all they’re missing is a greatengine.Debris from Ricciardo’s blown tyre

prompted the deployment of the safety carand drivers took the opportunity to fit themore durable soft and medium tyres. Be-hind Raikkonen in fifth Williams’ FelipeMassa was able to hold onto sixth whileHamilton had to settle for seventh.Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen finished

eighth ahead of teammate Carlos Sainz inninth and the second Williams of ValtteriBottas rounded out the top ten. Despite nu-merous incidents throughout the race alltwenty-two cars saw the chequered flag atthe end of the race.Since the start of the 2016 season things

haven’t been going Lewis Hamilton’s way.Less than ideal starts off the line, unrelia-bility, and damage early in the last two ra-ces have severely tested the champion.Hisresponse has been to remain remarkablycool about it all.However, three victories and a thirty-

six- point lead in the driver’s champion-ship for a perfect Nico Rosberg is gettingto be a bit tight. It’s a good thing Lewis Ha-milton likes a fight because he has a bigone on his hands now.

TALKINGF1:NATALIE LE CLUE

Rosbergmakeshay inChina

Sixishe PrimarySchool holds fun runto celebrate 40 years

Sixishe Primary School celebrates 40 yearsby organising a fun run for parents, pupilsand former pupils of the school on Saturday.

PHOTO: TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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SEVEN Stars Football Club played brilliantfootball to come back from a 2-1 lead byMadridto draw the game 2-2 in the South African Foot-ball Association (Safa) Stream C SAB league atthe Dumpy Adams Sport Grounds on Sunday.

In a packed DumpyAdams, Stars had a pointto prove as they were playing against Madridwho have not yet registered a win this season.Starswere in position six in the SAB logwith

only eight points, while Madrid had a singlepoint and occupied the last position on the log.The game between the two teams was tense;

as a result both teams made two substitutionsin the first 30 minutes of the game.The first substitutions were made ten min-

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ondhalf. Stars on the otherhandmissedanum-ber of chances to level the score.Theywere later rewardedwhen their striker

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point each after their 2-2 draw.

AdrawforSevenStars

Seven Stars’ captain being tackled by Madrid defender during the Safa Stream C SAB leaguegame on Sunday. PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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VALGAS Football Club played a two-all drawagainst Mk Academy in their home game ofthe South African Football Association (Safa)StreamC leagueat theDumpyAdamsonSun-day.The local team played a brilliant game, but

missed a number of chances which wouldhave secured thema good position in the SABleague.The first half of the game was in favour of

the home team, as they createdmore chancesthan the Whittlesea team.However, Academy were the first to score

a goal within just fifteen minutes in the firsthalf. The visitors used themistakes by Valgasdefence to createmore chances but they failedto convert them into goals.The home team regrouped itself and domi-

nated thewhole of the first half. Theywere lat-errewardedwhenSiyabulelaNtoniscoredtheequalizer for the home team.By the time the teamswent to half time, the

scorewasoneall.Thingsdidnot change in thesecond stanza, as Valgas kept on applying thepressure to the visitors.MkAcademyhardly crossed the centre line

in the first tenminutes of the game, as Valgas

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tional time, Landelo scored the second goal forhis team,helpingValgas securea two-all draw.OnSaturday,Valgaswill be playingAll Star

XI who are licking their wounds after a 4-1 de-feat at the hands of Utando Holy Kings at Ezi-beleni on Saturday, in the Mlungisi derby atthe Dumpy Adams.

Valgas drew2all withMkAcademy

Valgas player and Mk Academy defender jump for the ball during their clash on Sunday.PHOTO:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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