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THEDepartment of Social Develop-ment in the Eastern Cape has allo-cated R24-million for youth devel-opment across the province, So-cial Development MEC Nancy

Sihlwayi anncounced in Mthatha last week.

Sihlwayi’s announcement was part of theannual countrywide Youth Month celebra-tions. She also revealed that her departmenthad allocated about R325 000 for youth coop-eratives in the OR Tambo district for this fi-nancial year.Sihlwayi also visited two Mbuqe youth co-

operatives, where she motivated the youngpeople there to take those projects to anotherlevel.“This is a step forward andweare prepared

to provide help at all costs where it is neededbecause their idea is part of building the na-tion,” she said.“It is very nice to see young people come

up with new plans like this in the agricultur-al sector.“Their actionwill assist in (ensuring) food

security and in alleviating poverty and thehigh unemployment rate in this province.“By doing so, they open business ventures

on their own and open employment opportu-nities for those who are sitting at home.

“We will also ensure that we mobilise re-sources and that they benefit from our annu-al allocation to take this country forward.”Sihlwayi said the government provided

funds for businesses like internet cafes andcar washes.Vuyisa Ngcukana of Uphuhliso Lwethu

Farming in the OR Tambo region thankedthe provincial government for being willingto develop young people who wanted to be-come involved in agriculture.Uphihliso Lwethu produces spinach, cab-

bage and other vegetables and was startedin 2008 by young people.He said Uphuhliso Lwethu intended to get

a bigger farm to produce more.

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R24mforyouthdevelopmentMEC NancySihlwayiPHOTO:SIMMDLEDLE

An Imbizo between government officials and the community of Qumbu regarding safety and security issues was recently held in Qumbu. Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant GeneralCeliwe Binta, Hawks national head LieutenantGeneral Mthandazo Ntlemeza and Hawks provincial head MajorGeneral Nyameko Nogwanya attended the Imbizo. The Ngcobo traditional policegroup (photo) performed during the event.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

MUNICIPAL services have resumed in the Al-fred Nzo district municipality following theend of a two week strike by its workers dueto the termination of Extended Public WorksProgramme (EPWP) contracts.

The municipality terminated contracts ofmore than 300 EPWP workers, claiming thatthey followed the guidelines of this pro-gramme. This angered the workers which ledto the strike.Phambili Tentu, South African Municipal

Workers Union (SAMWU) chairperson in theAlfred Nzo district, said they have many grie-vances, but topping the list was that of the ter-mination of the contracts. They have sincereached an agreement with the municipalityand the provincial government and have sus-pended the strike.“Weagreed that the contractswill be extend-

ed for sixmonths while we are still discussinga way forward, because we cannot have this

many people left without jobs all of a sudden,”said Tentu.The municipality released a statement con-

firming the suspension of the strike whichcaused disruption to municipal services, in-cluding water and sanitation.

“ExtensiveengagementsbetweenAlfredNzoDistrict Municipality and South African Mu-nicipal Workers Union (SAMWU) membershave resulted in the end of the week long pro-test action that saw disruption of municipalservices,” saidNdabukoMasumpa,municipalspokesman.He said that last Thursday, their manage-

ment met with the union to further iron outdifferences and find amicable solutions to is-sues raised.“Among the issues thatwere raisedbySAM-

WU is the pending termination of some of themore than300 temporal beneficiaries’ contractof the Expanded Public Works Programme(EPWP). The contracts of EPWP beneficiariesare terminated due to conforming on ministe-rial determination guidelines on EPWP,” hesaid.Themunicipality further extendedanapolo-

gy to thepeople of thedistrict for the inconven-ience caused and assured them that they aredoing their best to bring the situation to nor-mality.

AlfredNzoMunicipal strike suspended

Alfred Nzo distict municipality workers protesting on the streets of Mt Ayliff last week before thestrike was suspended. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SOUTH African Police Services stronglycondemned the actions of the taxi owners/drivers who were protesting and closing offroads across the Eastern Cape Province lastFriday.“We want to reiterate the point that the

taxi owners/drivers have a Constitutionalrights to protest. However, those very rightsdo not imply that people must infringe onthe right of movement of other people, de-stroy property, attack police, be violent andintimidate others,” said acting EasternCape Provincial Commissioner, Major Gen-eral Zamuthango Mki.This follows after several roads across the

Province have been blockaded by taxis andburning tyres and rubble last week Friday.Nine suspects, aged between 30 and 45,

have been arrested in East London; threesuspects, aged between 31 and 56, have beenarrested in Zwelitsha; five suspects, agedbetween 25 and 30, have been arrested inBhisho and a 40-year-old suspect has been

arrested in King William’s Town.Four vehicles have been impounded in

East London.All the suspects will appear in various

courts soon on charges of arson, public vio-lence and malicious damage to property.A 45-year-old suspect has also beenarrest-

ed after he was positively identified by thevictim who was robbed of her handbag atthe bus next to Quzini Location, near KingWilliam’s Town. The suspect will appear incourt soon on a charge of robbery.Mki condemned the actions of the taxi

owners/drivers.“SAPSmembers will continue tomonitor

the situation at all the areaswhere there areprotests. In the same light we call on allstakeholders to abide by the law and use allthe relevant channels to have their grievan-ces addressed.”

Police condemnsmajor taxi protest

People had to walk to town as taxis wereblocking the roads in the province last Friday.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

BUNTU GOTYWA

Ufunemeumothuko omkhulu umfazi ngethuba ef-umana owakwakhe esisidumbu kwigumbi labolokulala.Inkosikazi ifumane lendoda egama linguMlam-

li Tetyana onama 57 eminyaka iwunabele uqaq-aqa emva kokubulawa ngethuba usapho lukwel-inye lamagumbi.Esisehlo senzeke kwingingqi yase Mabheleni

kwilali yaseCandu eDutywa.Ingxelo ephuma emapoliseni ithi inkosikazi ib-

ikwigumbi lokupheka kunye nesihlobo belungis-

elela isidlo sangokuhlwa.Isithethi samapolisa uCapatain Jackson Ma-

natha uthi unkosikazi kunye nesihlobo bashiyeindoda ihleli yodwa kwigumbi layo lokulala ngo-busuku bangolwesine kwiveki ephelileyo ngethu-ba belungisa isidlo.Bathe bakunqonqoza kwigumbi akwabikho

mpendulo waze unkosikazi watyhala umnyango.Esisibini sifumene umothuko omkhulu sakubo-

na lendoda inamanxeba okuhlatywa.Umfazi uye wasitsho esimantshontsho isikhalo

nekulapho abamelwane baye basebela kwesosi-khalo ukuqonda intsusa.

uManatha uthi lendoda ibulelwe ngamanxebaakumhlaba wangasentla.Amappolisa aseDutywa abambe abantu abat-

hathu ngokunxulumene nesisehlo.Unkosikazi walendoda uZimkhitha Tetyana ku-

nye nabanye abarhanelwa ababini, uYandisaTonci onama 22 eminyaka kunye no LwandoRam-ba onama 25 eminyaka bavele kancinci kwin-kundla kamantyi eDutywa kulevekei. Esisithat-hu sibanjwe kungexesha lingakanani emva kok-wenzeka kwesisehlo. Bazovela kwakhonaenkundleni ngomso, ulwesihlanu ukufaka isicelosebail.

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EASTERN Cape Premier, Phumulo Masualle,accompanied by his executive council, as wellas Alfred Nzo district and local mayors, havebeen in the Alfred Nzo district last week on aservice delivery outreach programme.

ThePremierkick-startedtheprogrammelastThursdaybyvisitinganelderlymaninNtaban-kulu’s Ward 10, who lives alone and has no onetaking care of him. He proceeded to Ward 14,where he handed over a new house to a child-headed household, before he launched yet an-other war room in the same ward.

Masualle also engaged with communities ofNtabankulu, during a community engagementsession, which concluded his visit to the AlfredNzo district.

The underlying theme of the outreach was topromote Operation Masiphathisane – whichseeks to intensify the relations between Gov-ernment and communities. Masiphathisaneensures that communities are part and parcelof development and changes in their areas, byinvolving them in decision-making, at wardlevel.

Other MECs were also deployed in variousareasof theAlfredNzodistrict, suchasMatatie-le and Cedarville.

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INGQUZA Hill local municipality has pur-chasedanewplant for themunicipality tohelpin their internal access roads construction.

The new plant arrived last Monday at themunicipality’s Flagstaff offices.

Project Unit manager in the municipality,Siseko Sako, said that the municipality lastpurchased a fleet in 2009 and that due to thenumber of construction projects underway,theydecided toaddmoreplants topreventhir-ing costs.

“We only had one set and it was not goingto work for all the new roads that had to beconstructed, including the one at France andMbungutye locations. And hiring has provento be more expensive, hence we have supple-mented our plant,” said Sako.

She added that they have operators for theplants but promised that they will advertisefor additional operators and to capacitate theexisting personnel because the new plant ismore advanced.

The new plant includes one excavator, agrader, Tractor Loader Backhoe (TLB), oneSmoothRollerwith pad foot shells, 16000LWa-ter Tank and a Lowbed.

IngquzaHill Municipality purchases newplant

Some of the newly purchased construction vehicles outside the municipal offices. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

PremiervisitsAlfredNzo forservicedeliveryoutreach

Premier Phumulo Masualle addressing community members inNtabankulu during his outreach drive. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

The Premier conducting a doortodoor campaign in Ntabankulu last Friday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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MEC’s from different depart-ments visited Mbizana local mu-nicipality last week to launch thewar rooms at the various wardsin this municipality, followingthe provincial launch of ‘Opera-tion Masiphathisane’ which wasalso held in Mbizana last month.

Mbizana Mayor, MakhayaTwabu, said that there is a per-ception that there is less develop-ment done on this side of theprovince and that the executivecommittee is trying to addressthat.

“It is a reality that OR Tamboand Alfred Nzo district munici-palities, due to their geographi-cal background, are faced withmany service delivery challen-ges and the government, led bythe Premier, is doing everythingin its power to prioritise these ar-eas,” said Twabu.

Sakhumzi Somyo, EconomicDevelopment and Environmen-tal Affairs MEC, was in Seaviewarea near the Casino in Ward 23where destitute families wereidentified and food parcels weredonated.

He also got a chance to listento the challenges faced by peoplein that ward, including electrifi-cation problems.

Meanwhile, HealthMEC, Pum-za Dantyi was in Mbongweni lo-cation, the birthplace of WinnieMadikizela Mandela, to launchthe ward’s war room that will bein charge of tabling all the ser-vice delivery challenges andchanneling them to relevant de-partments.

Also in the area was FikileXhasa, MEC for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Af-fairs, engaging with communitymembers from Ward 27 in Nkant-olo, thebirthplace of formerANCpresident, Oliver Tambo.

MEC’s launchwar rooms inMbizana

MEC Sakhumzi Somyo for Economic Development and EnvironmentAffairs engaging with destitute families from Seaview in Mbizana andalso giving out food parcels. PHOTO:SUPPLIED


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BUNTU GOTYWA

ANOTHER protest might be on the cards forWalter Sisulu University’s outsourced workers.

The “Outsourced Must Fall” movement metwith activist Vusi Mahlangu in Mthatha twoweeks ago.

A number of critical issues arose in the meet-ing, the main one being the 24 employees who

arestilloutofemploymentdespiteanagreementby all involved stakeholders that they should goback to work.

The affected workers are from Xhobani Secu-rity Services and Red Alert Cleaning.

Mahlangu said the meeting with outsourcedWSU workers had been extended to all WSUcampuses – Mthatha, Queenstown, Butterworthand East London.

He said there was dishonesty on the side of the

WSU management and the workers also felt be-trayed by Nehawu in the process that had led tothe temporary suspension of the strike on April30.

“It was agreed that no worker would be victi-mised for participation in the strike action,” hesaid.

“It has since been noted that 24 workers havenot been allowed to go back to work and this isstrange because they have not been served with

suspension or dismissal letters.“Workers resolved to petition for manage-

ment and service providers to reinstate workersor the protest will resume.”

Mahlangu promised that the protest wouldcontinue until victory was attained and outsour-cing ended.

He said workers at all university campuseshad reaffirmed their commitment to fight de-spite the many challenges they faced.

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A MULTIMILLION-RAND, state-of-the-artscience centre will be constructed in thelargely rural Chris Hani District Municipali-ty in the Eastern Cape.

Thecentre, tobebuilt inCofimvaba, ispartof the Department of Science and Technolo-gy’s drive to improve the teaching and learn-ing of mathematics and science in the area.

Science and Technology Minister NalediPandor and Deputy Education Minister En-ver Surty will mark the start of the construc-tion of the building with a sod-turning cere-mony this coming Saturday, June 18.

Theproject fallsunder theDST’sTechnolo-gy for Rural Education and Development ini-tiative, which is piloting the use of various

technologies to improve education in a ruralsetting.

Eastern Cape Education MEC Mandla Ma-kupula, and the mayor of the Intsika YethuLocal Municipality, Kholiswa Vimbayo, willalso attend the ceremony.

Construction of the building should becompleted in December.

Cofimvaba to receive R30m science centre

BUNTU GOTYWA

NOWETHU Gqwetha says there is no wayshe is moving out of her RDP house eventhough her life is being threatened by peo-ple wanting to take possession of her home.

Last week the house was broken into,doors were kicked and broken and her bedand her R2 000 grocery money were stolen.

The culprits are allegedly people whowant her out of the house, which had beenoccupied by a man who claimed to havebought it.

She said the man was known to her andowned a home in Msobomvu township.

He said he had bought the house for busi-ness purposes even though the houseswere built for the less fortunate.

Gqwetha fought for months for herhome. She had been sleeping outside whilethe man claimed ownership of the house,which is registered in her name.

When she did not give up her fight, com-munity members came to her aid andmoved her into her home by force.

She said the people who had sold thehouse were now threatening her life asmore people had come forward to demandtheir houses and she was said to have start-ed the whole thing.

“They say I started this whole thing ofpeople demanding to move into their hous-es and now they want to make my life hell,”she said.

“But this is my house and I am not goinganywhere even though I’m in danger.

“I’m depending on the assistance of theneighbours for my safety.”

Mnquma mayor Baba Ganjana said he

condemned the alleged illegal eviction oflawful beneficiaries and the alleged violentconduct between those involved. He urged

people to resolve issues amicably withoutendangering others.

) Express has enquired from the Depart-

ment of Human Settlements on who therightful owner of the house is. At time ofgoing to print no answer has been received.

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Nowethu Gqwetha outside her house, which was broken into by people demanding that she leaves. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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WELL-KNOWN priests and radio personali-ties in the Eastern Cape have joined hands ina bid to assist young women, especially in ru-ral schools, who are battling to buy sanitarytowels because of their poverty.

Tshepo Machaea of Ibandla Lase-Mthini andMhlobo Wenene presenter the ReverendMzukisi Faleni have decided to come togetherto promote this campaign.

Machaea said: “I have noted with deep con-cern that many young ladies, especially in therural schools of the Eastern Cape, are suffer-ing.

“On Thursday I met with one of the pupilsfrom Lusikisiki, brought to me by a femaleteacher.

“The pupil told her story, which was and isstill heartbreaking.

“Among other things that she mentionedwas that at times as a grade 12 pupil she cannotgo to school during her menstruation periodbecause she does not have any means to affordsanitary towels,” Machaea said.

He said it had touched him when the girlsaid: “I lose my confidence and dignity duringmy period because other pupils laugh at meas I am using pieces of cloth made from nap-kins as pads.”

Machaea called on everyone to contri-buteto the “One Month, One Million Sanitary Tow-els” campaign.

“We expect to collect at least a million sani-tary towels by the end of June and they willbe handed over to needy schools through theoffice of the OR Tambo mayor.

“We would love that people understand thatwe need to break the strings of culture and reli-gion, which compromise our responsibilities.If you are a woman, but you share the samefeeling, you can contribute, but we encouragethat you use a man to buy or deli-ver them.

“I am pleading to all men to share this asmuch as possible,” he said.

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SPORT, Recreation, Arts and Culture MECPemmy Majodina says she is satisfied withthe investment made to uplift Eastern Capecrafters.

She accompanied Deputy Arts and Cul-ture Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi to But-terworth on a visit to crafters who receivedfunding from the national Department ofArts and Culture.

In April last year R1-million was pledgedby the deputy minister to help alleviate thedifficulties Eastern Cape crafters face.

The amount was equally distributed in alleight district municipalities.

Majodina said crafters did not have aneasy time with competition from big busi-nesses and needed all the help they couldget.

“This is not just about the department,”she said.

“They need to have a place to work andmarket their products.

“They have the skills and they are advanc-ing our tradition.

“Crafters just need the support to displaytheir work.

“We have lots of shops that sell fake mer-chandise, which is a loss to our crafters.These are some of the challenges we wantto address and we want to give them supportto exploit the markets,” Majodina said.

Mabudafhasi said she was proud of thework and progress shown by crafters of Am-athole and asked the current beneficiaries

of government support to pass on their skillsto the youth of the district.

She said many people should take a lessonfrom the crafters and, instead of asking tobe fed by the government, take the initiativeto make something for themselves and gov-ernment funding would be there for support.

Crafters in the Amathole district munici-pality say that previously opportunitieswent only to those who were politically con-nected, but this is changing because of thefunds injected by the department.

Walking stick designer Bongani Kilanifrom Centane says even though he has not

yet directly benefited he can see the changebrought about by the department throughthe funding support.

He says he has been selling his productson the streets of Butterworth and Centaneand feels more opportunities now awaithim.

Amathole craftersmakeMEChappy

; Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture MECPemmy Majodina and Deputy Minister RejoiceMabudafhasi during their visit to crafters inButterworth. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

SASOL has allocated more thanR500 000 to the University of FortHare to help the institution toconduct basic research in select-ed thematic areas of strategic in-terest to Sasol.

This will not only benefit Sasol,but also contribute to strengthen-ing the university’s competen-cies in science and engineering.

Sasol has contributed morethan R200-million towards uni-versity research initiatives sincethe inception of its universitysupport programme in 2005.

In addition to procuring essen-tial equipment and facilitatingthe exchange of knowledge andexpertise between local and in-ternational experts, the fundinghas also served to support youngacademics to become establishedresearchers, filling the scarceskills gap identified by the Na-tional Research Foundation.

Last September, in a first forSouth African corporates, Sasolissued an open call for researchproposals to all South Africanuniversities and universities oftechnology. More than 200 sub-missions were received, and ofthese 39 have been selected,among them the University of

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Fort Hare.A striking feature of the suc-

cessful applicants was the diver-sity and quality of their propos-als, said Dr Thulani Dlamini,vice-president: strategic re-search and technology, at the cen-tre for innovation and businessimpact at Sasol.

“That the research grants wereawarded on a highly competitivebasis also shows that African re-searchers at historically blackuniversities can hold their ownagainst their other well-re-sourced counterparts,” he added.

Beneficiaries of the researchgrants include the Nelson Man-dela Metropolitan, KwaZulu-Na-tal, Western Cape, North West,Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Johan-nesburg, Free State and Pretoriauniversities, as well as the VaalUniversity of Technology.

The objective of Sasol’s univer-sity support programme is tohelp South Africa migrate to-wards becoming a high-end skillsand knowledge economy.

This is in line with Sasol’s com-mitment to the country, which itsays continues to be unwaveringeven in the current macro-eco-nomic climate.


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AFTER battling for many years tofind employment, Mila Panduva de-cided he must start something onhis own to make an income as thechances of getting a job looked veryslim.

He sat downwith four friends anddiscussed how they could make anincome.They cameupwith the idea to pro-

duce vegetables and sell them.The Ngqamakhwe-born Panduva

saidheandhis teamhadestablishedtheMlla FarmingPrimaryCoopera-tive Limited inMbuqe Extension inMthatha.“We did research to get informa-

tion about the vacant land inMbuqeand we heard that it belonged to theDepartment of Public Works,” hesaid.“We approached Public Works.

They instructed us to write a pro-posal and we managed to get onehectare of land.”He said they had started the busi-

ness with only R2 000 capital and ithad been challenging because withthat amount they had onlymanagedto buy fence poles.“I had R1 200 in my account and

one of my friends had R800, but wetold ourselves that what we wereplanning we were going to do, nomatter how.”Hesaid theyhadbeen forced tobeg

their parents for the additionalamount to complete the fencing.“We started with vegetables like

potatoesandpumpkinsbecause theydon’t need much water as we had no

money to buy a machine to supplywater for them.“With the money we got from sell-

ing the first harvest, we managed tobuy something to supply water andwe then started to plant all types ofvegetables which needed more wa-ter,” he said.Mlla Farming Primary Coopera-

tive Limited now plants about threehectares of land in Mbuqe Exten-sion. And the five executive mem-bers or founders can support them-selves. They are supported by localbusinesspeoplewho place big ordersand by caterers around Mthatha.The cooperative also now employs

10 people.

“Now we can afford to buy every-thing we need and pay rent withoutbegging from our parents as was thecase before,” Panduva said.“We are also in the process of get-

ting 40 hectares of land from theNkwa-Nonkobe community and inthat project we will hire the localyouth,” he said.

The Department of Social Devel-opment has also recently donatedR250 000 to this youth initiative.“We really appreciate the assist-

ance,” Panduva said.“It will definitely bring change

and we will improve a lot, as well asmanage to face some other challen-ges which still exist in the project.”Among the challenges were the

transportation of their products,which was very expensive as theydepend on hiring transport, andduring cultivation they had to hiretractors, which also cost them a lot.He also mentioned water charges

and the high rent they had to pay tothe municipality, with the resultthat they were in arrears.Social Development MEC Nancy

Sihlwayi promised to engage themunicipality, the department in-volved and officials to assist theproject overcome that challenge.Sihlwayi was impressed with

what she saw during her visit to theproject last Tuesday.“What impresses me a lot is the

participation of the youth in agri-culture, which proves that there islife even if you did not have the op-portunity to get a decent educationor even to go to school.“This is remarkable and a bright

future awaits the nation if there areyoung peoplewhoprefer to join agri-culture.”

She urged municipalities and lo-cal agricultural practitioners to sup-port such initiatives started byyoung people and said her depart-ment would monitor their progressto ensure that they became success-ful and sustainable.

Young farmersgrowhopewithvegetables

Mila Panduva at the project where he and his partners produce vegetables. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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ANElliotdale singer is tryingto tell black people about theimportance of going back totheir roots in order to restoreand maintain their dignity.

Sinovuyo Dimanda singsAfro Pop and in most of hersongs she uses her mothertongue, Xhosa. The messagein all her songs is clear andstraightforward – narratingthe importance of keepingone’s culture rather than pre-ferring Western civilization.The songs also elaborate on

the danger of discardingyourroots.The singer has been con-

veying these messagesthrough music since 2014.She said it was sad to see

people running away fromtheir customs.“We don’t understand our

customs and that is why ev-erything is falling apart. It islike we are not living in ourcountry of birth,” she said.Sinovuyo stressed that

there was no need for blackpeople to rush toWestern civi-lization and forget about theirculture and customs.“In mymusic I am trying to

bring past life back to thepresent life because thingshave changed and we haveforgotten about our roots.“That’s why in my songs I

always appeal to people toconsider the importance ofadhering to their culture, inparticular the young people.“If youdon’t knowyour cul-

ture, you don’t know whereare you coming from and

where you are going to.”Sinovuyo has already re-

leased songs like MotherlessChild, which she released on-line in 2014.Her most recent album,

which has 15 songs, was re-leased on May 28 this year.Sinovuyo has also released

online a red-hot song calledIgqumbo yakwaNtu.She has worked with pro-

ducers like Odwa Khalazana,Zolani Mazinyo, AvuyileTshangani, Andile Phuthu-ma, Onazo Luvela and PalesaNtsalo, all from the 21Recordsstudio in Mthatha.Her manager, Siyanda

“Sensitive” Xulaba said Sino-vuyo was their golden child,who needed to have an oppor-tunity or exposure to showher talent and become thegolden child of South Africa.“She has talent that will

make South Africa and theworld crazy about her.”

EC songbirdwants to restorelost culture throughmusic

Sinovuyo Dimanda.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

NANGONA kukho isimbonono soku-ba ukwenzelwa kwamasiko kulwan-dle iSecond Beach eSajonisi kukookuthi kutsalele ookrebe elunxwem-eni, kodwa amagqirha athi akukhonto ingawahlukanisa nolwandle ku-ba amathongo awo ngawo athi away-alele ukuba aye kwenza imicimbi ya-wo kolu lwandle.

Amagqirha la adize ukuba ulwan-dle yinxalenye yobomi bawo kwelicandelo lentwaso. Ngelixa i-Expressindwendwele kolu lwandle ifumeneiqela lamagqirha ebegqubanise iin-tloko kolu lwandle esenza umsebenziwawo. La magqirha adize ukuba asu-ka eQonce kwaye azakuthatha impel-a-veki yonke esenza lomsebenzi yayesele enenyamazana (ibhokhwe yok-wenza eli siko) nabazakuthi bayix-

hele baphinde bayityele kwalapho.Oku kwenzeka nangona kukho

isimbono sokuba mayipheliswe intoyokuba kuxhele-lwe elwandle kubaigazi elithi lichitheke apha litsalaookrebe ze bakungalifumani ba-tyeabantu abazidadelayo. Liqela elivis-ayo labantu esele liphulukene nobo-mi kolu lwandle lwase-Second Beachbetyiwa ngookrebe. Kutsha njengamalungu omkhosi weli loMzantsiAfrika amabini athe atshona kolulwandle nangakafumaneki de kubengoku.Igqirha uTikanaMjoli ebephakathi

kwelo-hlokondiba belisuka eQonce,uthe rhoqo ngonyaka ithongo liyaba-yalela ukuba mabeze eSajonisi kolulwandle ukuze baqhube umcimbi wa-bo wentwaso yaye ke abakwazi uku-phikisa ithongo. Uyiphikisile intoyokuba ukuchitha kwabo igazi kufut-shane nolu lwandle kuko okuthi kut-

watsho. Udize ukuba ukuza kwaboapho abadibani nomasipala basukabaziqondele nje elwandle bazokheleamabhoma abazakuthi bawasebenzi-se xa bexhela namaxa beqhuba isikolentwaso. Ukanti ngelixa sifika kulendawo kuqhutyelwa kuyo lo mcimbielinye ibhoma beliselungqamekwenilolwandle kukhona amaziko neku-bonakala ukuba bekubaswa kusosi-wa nenyama.Isithethi somasipala ase-Sajonisi

unkosikazi Phelokazi Phelem uthengo-July kuzakube kufakwa inkceceezikufakwa elwandle nezizakubaneempawu eziza kuphikisana nokuq-hutywa kwale micimbi phaya eSec-ond Beach. Öonogada bakamasipalabesebenzisana namapolisa bazaku-qinisekisa ukuba abantu aba-qhube-ka besenza la masiko kolu lwandlebayabanjwa yaye kuqiniswe imith-etho yayomasipala ukuba iyathotyel-wa. Siyayikhali-mela loonto yaye asi-funi ukuba iphinde yenzeke watshoebhenela kuluntu ukuba luzi-bike izi-ganeko ezikumila kunje xa ziqhube-ka elwandle. Ukwenza izinto zentwa-so nokuxhela kufutshane nolwandlekukwaphula umthetho. Kolu hlahlo-lwabiwo mali kuzakuqinisekiswangumasipala ukuba kuliwa nayoyonke into enokungathotyelwakwemithetho kamasipala ingakumbikulwandle lwase-Second Beach”, up-hethe ngelitshoyo.

Amagqirha athi akukho nto iyakuwahlula ne-Second Beach

sale ookrebe.Uthe abangasekhoyo nge-

ke babathumele kula ndawobaphinde bathumele ookre-be ukuba batye abantu.Uhambise wathi bona ngok-uxhela kolu lwandle kwenzakukhuseleke nabo bayoqub-ha. Ïnto engasube iyenzekakukuba imimoya emibi ithiingenelele emveni koko ku-be sekutyholwa amagqirhaangenzanga nto”, uthethe

Amagqirha eqhuba umsebenzi wawo kulwandle lwaseSecond BeacheSajonisi. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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Where are the enemies now?WE fail to understand the issue of these

guys who were previously governmentministers.You will find difficult to come close to

them during their tenure, but once they areno longer ministers orMECs we spend timetogether at parties and traditional ceremo-nies with no bodyguards.Then you ask yourself where the enemies

are now that they are no longer ministersor MECs.We were in KwaBhaca with a guy who

used to be an MEC in the province.Besisela naye umqombothi sisenza imid-

lalo yesiNtu mara simana ukuzibuza uku-ba lo mfo njengokuba wawubona ngeezith-uthi ezilayita luhlaza ukuba ukhona elaliniand ungafane umbone phakathi kwabantuxa ufuna ukuthetha naye ngamanye amaxe-sha ude uqale udibane nomntu ozokunikai-authority to talk to him. WOW!!Kuyadlalwa ngezimali zethu kuba kalo-

ku ela gquba lamajuda libagadayo liyam-kela mara kungekho kwamntu ozakubenzanto. Asazi kuba bathathwa zivoti zethu zib-abeke kwezikhundla bajike ngoku boyikekwathina, kufuneke xa besiza kuthi begad-iwe. Injani na kanti le nto?

I wonder what happened to the peoplewho are their same age?We really don’t understand what is hap-

pening to this beautiful lady South Africa.I wonder what these boys are going to

say? Ja, we don’t know where are we goingto hide our cute young boys who are alwayshunted down by these old ladies, whoseproblem we don’t know.We were in a queue at the Mthatha Town

hall when an old lady ebebelesele intwanaibiyokufuna incwadi kaceba ithunyelwasisikolo. Ibengathi intwana itshona ngaphawalapha lo mama efuna i-number yayo.Kuyatsho shame ukuba yintwana yasezi-

lalini ayikayazi le nto yala magriza kubaif bekungala seyazi le nto ebezakumnika lu-la.

Ithe naxa seyiphuma le ntwana seyigqib-ile le nto ibiyenza wayilandela lo mamaufuna le number. Kanti yi-number ibithenina le kulo sisi?Uncame washiya abantu kwi-queue ibisi-

za kuye waphuthuma le ntwana. De yasini-ka umdla ngoku le nto. Salandela le ntwanabakohlukana.Ntwana kanti lo sisi ufuna ntoni kuwe.

Iyaphendula intwana ithini le sistery ifunai-number yam and ufuna sithandane.Wow!! Kwanzima ezweni sokhile bayephikanti oontanga yakhe waleqana nabantwa-na. I wonder kwenzeka ntoni apha? Marakemasithule sijonge kuba iyasinceda thinale nto yezi nto zenzekayo sitsho sibe nezin-to zokubhalela abafundi bethu.Kodwa ndiyafunga mna Gesh lingayibe-

ka apha icholwe ziinkukhu endingalifuma-na ukuba likhukhuza uKamva wam, kwa-caca nje ukuba abantwana bethu bohlalakakubi ngala makhehlekazi. Akukho mntuwathi mabangazikhetheli ababo oondofaixesha li-savuma.

Iitakalane notywala not a good matchWOO!! Baze babancinane bo. We always

feel bad about a situation that we experi-ence on our daily basis.And sometimes you ask yourself where

this beautiful land is going to because ourgeneration, if not our children, adoptedwrong things and they swept into a deeppool of alcohol and other things whichchanged their minds.We were driving our Turu-turu to a braai

in chesa nyama when we saw very younggirls ebetha ngeengudu futhi ubona njeukuthi asela akabethelwa nangu 1. Oh!!!Abantrwabethu and ubuso bekusitsho njeukuba ubuthongo akwaziwa ku-groovekwade kwasa.I wonder siye sithi itakalane ezingaka xa

kutshona ilanga liphinde liphume sithi zi-phi. Kodwa ke kuthiwa ungabuzi kuba zid-la ubutsha bazo. Kwaze kwanzima ezwenisokhile. Masike sihambe uyafuneka omnyeumgosi kwiveki ezayo. Sharp!!!

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ABOVE: Nwabisa Gule, Ntyatyie Dulungana, Nasiphi James, Akhona Luwaca,Linda Nkasa and Mamela Madlebe were spotted in Ngqeleni last week at achurch service. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ABOVE: Maskandi singer,Nkunzemdaka entertaining peoplein Nkantolo during an event heldthere recently. PHOTO: AYANDAMILLISA MADIKIZELA

LEFT: Department of Roads andPublic Works MEC, ThandiswaMarawu, with AmaMpondo King,Zanozuko Sigcau, turning the sodat the newly constructed road inNkantolo, Bizana. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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BUNTU GOTYWA

THEKing Zwelonke tournament is getting big-ger and better every year.

Theannual tournamenthostedbyXhosaKingZwelonkeSigcawuwasoverflowingwithspecta-tors at the weekend.Although the annual event hosts only soccer

andnetball,residentsofNqaduandsurroundingvillages came out in numbers in support of atournament which also serves as a campaignagainst crime.Although there is no sponsorship for the tour-

nament it has attracted teams from all over theEastern Cape and even as far as Zim-babwe.

Organiser Prince Phathuxolo Thyali said thegrowth of the tournament had been massivesince its inception in 2010.“The tournament attracts a lot of people from

faraway places,” he said.“Theking’sname isZwelonkeand that iswhy

participants come from all over and even fromour neighbouring country Zimbabwe,” Thyalisaid.The tournament is organised in partnership

with the South African Police Service to makeuse of the opportunity to spread awarenessabout crime.The winning soccer team walks away with

R10 000, while the winning netball gets a prizeof R5 000.

“We also supply kits to the participating play-ers to use them in other sporting activities theytake part in,” Thyali said.“Many of the young guys do not have it easy

in theruralareasandwewant tooffer thempriz-es that also encourage them to take their sport-ing competence further.”Libode’s Green Mamba were crowned soccer

champions after defeating Nyandeni on penal-ties and their efforts were rewarded with theR10 000 and a trophy.Mbhashe were crowned netball champs after

beating Ocean South.

= Action on the soccer field as teams battle itout to be the champions.

A goal attempt with a R5 000 prize on the line. PHOTOS: BUNTU GOTYWA

ANELE RAZIYA

VETERAN striker Mosese Spandeel(36), who played in the Absa PremierSoccer League and National First Divi-sion League, decided last week to hangup his boots after playing a big role inMthatha Bucks’ escape from relegation.

Spandeel, who spent a decade atBloemfontein Celtic, made a significantcontribution to Amathol’amnyama lastseason in the NFD league in their cam-paign to escape relegation.He scored five crucial goals in 20 ap-

pearances to save Bucks from relega-tion.Unfortunately injuries preventedhim

from playing in other games.Bucks’ management thanked him for

his contribution to the team andwishedhim all the best for the future.Bucks also released former Kaizer

Chiefs player Davide Radebe, who wascontracted to the team until end of theseason.Amathola’mnyama will hold trials at

the Rotary Stadium on June 30.TeamCEOLunga “Doc”Tukuteurged

all youngsters to take advantage of thisopportunity.

Mthatha Bucksplayer hangsup his boots

Mthatha Bucks forward Moses Spandeel.PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

IBandla i-Army Church kulindeleke ukubalisindleke itumente yezemidlalo ngosukulolutsha (Juni 16) kwindawo yakuCentanekwilali yaseTeko Fihla.

Injongo zale midlalo kukuqokelela ulut-sha ukuze lubendawonye ngolu suku lu-nembali. Kuzanywa ukuba lukhutshwe

kwizenzo zolwaphulo- mthetho.UMfundisi weli banda, uNceba Mbunge,

uthi kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwindawo yak-uCentane bekusoloko kukho into yokulwakwamakhwenkwe ebulalana, nto leyo eban-gele basungule le midlalo.“Asifuni ukuphinda sibone amakhwenk-

weesilwaebulalanandaweniya-loonto sifu-na abuyelele emidlalweni,” utshilo uMfun-disi uMbunge

Ngolu sukuuthikuzakubekukho inkonzoyesipolisa, iSebe lozoPhuhliso lweNtlaloyoluntu kunye namanye amaSebe aseMn-quma.Apha kuzakulumkiswa ulutsha ngezinto

ezithi zibenobungozi kwikamva lalo. Imid-lalo izakuqala ngentsimbi yethoba ngolwe-sine, onke amaqela afuna ukuthatha inxax-heba kule tumente yebhola ekhatywayoavumelekile.

Ibandla i-Army lifak’ isandla

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