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MEC for Human Settlements,Safety and Liaison HelenSauls-August, members of theSouth African Police Services(SAPS) and Nelson Mandela

Bay Municipality have condemned in thestrongest possible terms the attacks on Soma-li national shop-owners in Port Elizabeth

townships since Saturday.

Provincial police spokesperson BrigadierMarinda Mills described the situation insome of the townships yesterday (Tuesday) asstable but tense.

Over 70 people have been arrested in theseattackswhichweredescribedas criminal actsrather than xenophobia-related.

This violence follows the fatal shooting of

a 19-year old New Brighton township man,Lunje Ntongana, allegedly by a Somali na-tional spaza-shop owner in Yaya Street afteran argument about the airtime that the de-ceased bought.

Violence broke out as angry residents start-ed attacking the Somalis, looting and ran-sacking their shops. Some shops were petrol-bombed while owners were beaten withsticks, stones and pangas.

These attacks started in New Brighton andKwazakhele townships and by Monday hadspread to KwaDwesi, Joe Slovo, MissionvaleandMotherwell.Members of thePublicOrderPolicing Unit and Crime Prevention were de-ployed in these areas to patrol the streets.

Some Joe Slovo residents on Monday peltedstones and laughed off Somali nationals asthey were packing their merchandise in bak-kies to escape the residents’ attack and loot-ing.

Local leaderswere seena fewminutes laterurging locals with a loud hailer not to touchthe Somalis who had not done any wrong.

“People must allow police to do ther workand arrest those involved in any form of vio-lence. But no-one must break the law by at-tacking other people or destroying property,”warned MEC Sauls-August.

“Since Saturday, we arrested 70 people inseparate incidents relating to Public Vio-lence where we stated that we’ll not toleratewhat had clearly become acts of criminality,”said Brig. Mills adding that police were con-vinced that the attacks on foreign nationalswere not xenophobic.

SaidMills, “During our interactionwith af-fected communities it was clear that the mo-tive for the attacks on foreign owned spazashops was not xenophobic in nature, but acriminal element that has seized an opportu-nity.

According to Brig. Mills the police usedvideo footage to identify someof the perpetra-tors. She said some of the community mem-bers indicated that they did not have a prob-lem living with foreign nationals.

She added that the perpetrators would becharged according to Schedule 1 (One) of theCriminal Procedure Act.

“The metro municipality is disheartenedby these criminal acts by some elementswithin our communities who abused an un-fortunate incident for some opportunity totake advantage of the vulnerable members.We condemn it in strongest possible terms,”said Municipal spokesperson MthubanziMniki.

Attackson foreignnationals condemned

Port Elizabeth townships’ residents were seen by a Foto24 photographer, Theo Jeptha, ransacking and looting the foreign­national spaza­shops.PHOTO:THEO JEPTHA

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KWANOBUHLE members of the South Afri-can Police Service (SAPS) have vowed toclose down all illegal liquor outlets in the ar-ea.

According to KwaNobuhle SAPS Spokes-person Constable Majola Nkohli, in con-ducting Operation 31 recently, police closeddown at least eight illegal concoction outletsand destroyed 8 000 litres of the concoctions.

Silver Town in Khayelitsha and the Tali-ban Informal Settlementwere themajor are-aswhere this illegal concoctionknownas ib-heya was prevalent, said Nkohli.

He added that 45 blue drums were confis-cated from the outlets while fines to the val-ue of R4 800 were issued during the opera-tion.

Nkohli urged members of the KwaNobu-hle community to assist them in identifyingthese illegal outlets and also not to buy theseillegal concoctions.

“Some people who are drinking these con-coctions are sometimes found dead on thestreets,” said Nkohli, adding that it was notthe first nor the last time that police raidedand closed down these illegal outlets.

“We’ll continue the operation every weekas statistics reflect that abuse of liquor con-tributes to the increase in crime. Illegal she-beens are also going to be closed down aspart of this operation,” said Const. Nkohli.

Police closedown ibheyaoutlets

KwaNobuhle Police shown destroying illegalconcoction. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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AGELVANDALE family are looking for a fam-ily member who was reported missing almosttwo weeks ago. The family say they suspectthat the missing woman has been kidnapped.

Nadia Samuels, 30, a mother of two fromGelvandale,was reported missing by her fami-ly when she failed to show up to work on Mon-day, September 9. She was last seen on Satur-day the 7th when she left for work that morn-ing with intentions to meet friends later thatnight.

The family say they were told by Samuels’sfriends that they had last seen her boarding acab back home the same night.

Family spokesperson, Louise Ganchi,said,“We spoke with her friend (who was lastseen with her) on Sunday. She said she lastsaw Samuels in a cab going home. When wecontacted the cab driver, he claimed hedroppedherat a school inGelvandale and thenlater said he dropped her at Liebenberg Road.”

Ganchi, said,“ The story from the friendssounds fishy. They said in a statement to thepolice, she was dropped off Saturday night bya cab, but when we spoke to the friends theytold us they were with her on Monday atGreenacres. From there, they went to thebeach front.”

Ganchi said that since her disappearance,Samuels’s 9-year old daughter has not beenable to sleepandeat and the family is inapanic

waiting to hear any news about her where-abouts’.

“She has a 9-year old girl and a 6-months oldbaby. She would never leave her children. Allwe are asking is to know what is happening.We want to know what happened to her. Wewant answers,” said an emotional Ganchi.

The family say they suspect she had beenkidnapped after money had been withdrawnfrom her bank account on the Tuesday afterthe weekend.

“We are not sure what exactly happened,butwesuspect that shewaskidnapped.Thestoriesthat we get from the people who last saw herare contradictory and do not make any sense.At some stage we heard that she had bookedherself into a hotel in Korsten. We do not know

what to believe any more,” said Ganchi.Police Spokesperson, Captain Johan Rheed-

er, said they have no evidence to corroboratea link to kidnapping. “We are investigating amissing person; there is no evidence that leadsus to believe she has been kidnapped.

We are follow-ing up on leadsand have a strongreason to believethat she is aliveand might be in ei-ther theCentral orGelvandale area,”said Capt. Rheed-er.

Rheeder saidthey were askingthe public to con-tact the police ifthey see Samuels.

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CONCERNED parents and members of thecommunity have decided to take action afterteaching and learning did not take place atMollyBlackburnHighSchool inKwaNobuhlefor three weeks.

SANCO and the SACP have also expressedtheir concern about “the anarchy” at thisschool, which has a rich history of academicexcellence. They visited the school last weekand found it in chaos with the majority oflearners not inside classrooms and teachersnot teaching.“For the past twoweeks we saw learners on

the streets during school-hours and as con-cerned citizens and parents, we came andfound that there are enormous problems fac-ing the school,” said SANCO Branch Secre-tary Cyril Langbooi.SADTU Branch Secretary Ayanda Stuur-

man said problems were related to the ap-pointment of Heads of Department (HODs),teachers’ concern over alleged embezzlementof funds, the principal not holding meetings,and the School Governing Body not sittingfor meetings.Stuurman said SADTU members signed a

petition calling on the Department of Educa-tion in the district to intervene.He said meetings were held where a Task

Teamwas elected involving all the stakehold-ers including COSAS, but was disappointedthat nothing tangible was forhcoming.“The Department is failing us. There is no

leadership,” said Stuurman.Sicelo Vena of the SACP said, “I think ac-

countability on finance is the major issuehere. The other things are procurement proc-esses, nutrition (for feeding scheme) and theprincipal and some members of the SGB by-passing the teacher component in taking de-cisions that affect the school.”Matrics were writing Trial Examinations

while Grade 9 learners were involved withANA Tests the past two weeks. Members ofthe SGB were invigilating as teachers haddowned tools.“We are writing exams and this impasse is

adversely affecting us. We want order in theschool,” said Nomtha Tapi, COSAS RegionalTreasurer and Grade 12 learner at the school.“This is sad, we are the ones who are going

to suffer at the end of the day,” said ZiyandaMgibe in Grade 10.“Wewant to put it on record that we are not

on strike!Wewant immediate solutions to theproblems we are faced with currently - to en-sure there is stability and that teaching andlearning continues unabated at the school,”said James Yamile, a SADTU member.Provincial Department of Education

spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima said theDepartment was aware of and addressing theissues befalling Molly Blackburn HighSchool.“Wemet the stakeholders including the un-

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learners to learn at schoolwhile the principalis given his or her right to manage theschool,” he said.

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When PE Express Indaba visited Molly Black­burn High School last week learners were justsitting and standing around with no teachingtaking place.

PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

Local SACP leader Sicelo Vena addressed parents and learners at Molly Blackburn High School last week. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

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PE Express Indaba reported on 10 Febru-ary 2010 on Pamela Maxhanti of Soweto-on-Sea in Port Elizabeth who sufferedfrom elephantiasis.

Pamela, who was 36 years old last yearwas a patient at the Dora Nginza hospital

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NELSON Mandela Bay municipalitylast week officially opened a children’spark in Hlawula Street, New Brightonon a site that was not so long ago anunsightly illegal dumping ground.

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Ward 17 Cllr Ncediso Captain with children Lungisa Nontshinga (left) and Sinesipho Matinise planting a tree against illegaldumping during the official opening by the municipality of a children’s park in Hlawula Street, New Brighton on a site thatwas not so long ago an unsightly illegal dumping ground. PHOTO:THAMSANQA MBOVANE

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A JOINT operation between the Nelson Man-dela Bay Municipality, Eskom and Opera-tion Khanyisa to empower members of thecommunity with creating better and saferusage of electricity is bearing fruit.

Operation Khanyisa is a national partner-ship campaign aimed at fighting electricitytheft by mobilising residents to become legal,safe and efficient electricity users.

Aimed at assisting the indigent membersof the community, the operation started inearnest at New Brighton Shopping Mall inPort Elizabeth on Friday September 13 andwill continue until October 12.

“The event is part of a month-long cam-paign to empower communities by commu-nicating with them at taxi ranks and shop-ping malls about safety measures, renewableenergy options and municipality electricityservices meant for the indigent,” said munic-ipal spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki.

Members of the comunity are invited to at-tend these meetings scheduled to go on untilOctober 12.

“We are happy that the municipality hascreated a partnership like this, where peo-ple’s lives will be improved for the better. Aspolitical leadership elected by the people, weare calling upon them to adhere to safetymeasures when using electricity,” said Ward17 Cllr Ncediso Captain.

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DEPUTYMinister of Trade and Industry, Eliz-abeth Thabethe, says government alone can-notwin thewar against liquor and drug abuse.

Thabethe was speaking in Motherwell, PortElizabeth last week where she launched thethird annual Sobriety Week, a national cam-paign aimed at creating awareness about theadverse effects of liquor abuse.“Members of the community, as well as liq-

uor traders and distributors must join forceswith government in order to combat thescourge of alcohol and drug abuse that isplaguing the country.As government,weneedcommunities that will make it their businessthat their children are protected from expo-sure and access to liquor by other persons in-cluding ourselves. We need adults who willtake responsibility of parenting and setting agood example through responsible conduct

like not making liquor accessible to childrenduring festivities,” said Thabethe.She added that governmentwould like to see

the liquor industry coming on board to allevi-ate the negative socio-economic effects thatthe abuse of liquor has in the country.“We need liquor traders to comply with the

conditions of their licences. Liquor must notbe distributed to retailers that are not regis-tered and it must not be sold to children andpregnantwomen.Weneed business to take themoral stand not to make profit at the expenseof children because they are killing our fu-ture,” said Thabethe.Thabethe said government recognised chal-

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THEword “farewell” was dissected and its truemeaning revealed during a function at theDakuHall, Kwazakhele last Friday for three teacherswho retired fromAaron Gqadu Senior PrimarySchool

The teachers, Thembisa Marele, NcumisaWababa and Sikho Mkwelo, who togetherserved 100 years at the school, were describedas highly dedicated teachers whose retirementwill be a great loss to the teaching profession.The three were involved in class-teaching as

well as in extra-mural activities like music, de-bating and sports.“Wewant to wish youwell, though your leav-

ing theprofessioncouldbereferred toasabrain-drain,” said PE District’s Education Develop-ment Officer (EDO) Walter Ah Sheen.Ah Sheen urged the remaining educators to

stand up for education and that parents shouldget back to the basics.The school designated a teacher to speak

about eachretiree, and theprincipalNkululekoKlaas spoke passionately about Mkwelo whomhe regarded as a friend from their days atLovedale College in the early 1970s.MissMabitwe thankedMarele, a former pro-

fessional nurse, who “has a good sense for fash-ionand isa financial guruwhowantedaccount-ability for every cent used”.“Ma’mWababawill be remembered forbeing

humbleandrespectful,andwhoencouragedpu-pils to love education to better themselves andtheir communities,” said a teacherMiss Jonas.Guest-speaker and principal at Lonwabo for

the Physically Disabled, Charlie Klaasen, whois a former AaronGqadu PS teacher, describedthe word farewell as: F-faithfulness; A-assur-ance; R-respect; E-empathy; W-willingness; E-exemplary; L-leadership; L-loyalty.

AaronGqadubids farewell to teachersAaron Gqadu Principal Nkululeko Klaas (right) holds hands withretiring teachers from left, Sikho Mkwelo, Ncumisa Wababa andThembisa Marele. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

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FIVE Nelson Mandela Bay amateurs willrepresent the Eastern Cape in the SouthAfrican Amateur Boxing Organisation(SANABO) Youth Games in Bloemfon-tein from September 24 to 26.

Two males, Luzuko Dayimani (16) ofKwaNobuhle in Uitenhage and Simam-kele Jacobs (15) from Motherwell in PortElizabeth together with females,Nthabiseng Didi (16), Nomonde Genge(16) and Sandisiwe Gxogxo (17) won goldmedals in their respective divisions atthe EC Games in Grahamstown twoweeks ago and qualified to represent theprovince in Mangaung.But before they travelled to the SA

games, the five boxers who are all schoolpupils, will meet for a camp with othermembers of the EC team in Mdantsane,

East London this Friday.“We are hoping to bring back gold med-

als from the SA games. We have uppedour game in the NelsonMandela Bay Am-ateur Boxing Organisation (NMBABO)lately. Out of seven regionswe came thirdin Grahamstown,” saidMputhumiMake-leni, metro boxing head coach.“These young stars are dedicated to the

sport. They are highly talented,” he add-ed.“And, we are happy the games are tak-

ing place during the school vacation as allof them are still at school, which meansthat they have got a brighter future aheadof them,” said NMBABO Secretary Nt-sikelelo Ndimande.“We thankNelsonMandela BayMunic-

ipality for the support. This is a good in-vestment in the future of the youth,” saidMakeleni, who is also the EC AmateurBoxing Organisation coach.

YoungBayboxersoff toSAgames

Metro boxing coach Mphuthumi Makeleni (right) and NMBABO Secretary NtsikeleloNdimande (left) flank the young boxers from the Bay who will be participating in the SAGames at the end of September. They are, from left, Simamkele Jacobs, Nomonde Genge,Sandisiwe Gxogxo and Nthabiseng Didi. Not in the picture is Luzuko Dayimani. PHO­TO:NCEBA DLADLA

SobrietyWeek fights liquor abuse

Retired Aaron Gqadu PS teacher Sikho Mkwelo conducted the choir for the last time during thefarewell function at Daku Hall. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA Aaron Gqadu Drum Majorettes bade their teachers farewell. PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA

INDABA | WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2013 NEWS 7

NCEBA DLADLA

NELSONMandela Bay residents must know,honour and respect Heritage Sites in thetownships, as these are sacrosanct and carryundiluted South African history as it shouldbe known, said Ward 45 Councillor ZolaniNcwadi.

Ncwadi was speaking at the Langa Memo-rial Heritage Site atMaduna Street, KwaLan-ga in Uitenhage last Wednesday during acleaning campaign of the site which wasspearheaded by the ANC Branch and the vol-unteers in the ward.The Langa Memorial Heritage Site is

where 20 unarmed people were gunned downby the apartheid apparatus in 1985. This hap-pened while they were commemorating thedeath in 1961 in Sharpeville of 69 people. Hun-dreds more were maimed during this eventwhich was to become known as the Sharpe-ville Day Massacre. In this democratic dis-pensation, the day is now known as HumanRights Day.“This is actually an educational pro-

gramme to conscientise residents about theimportance of looking well after heritagesites and to protect them against vandalism,”

said Cllr Ncwadi, who together with formerCllr and struggle veteran Aubrey Mali an-swered questions by Nelson Mandela Metro-politan University (NMMU) Tourism and An-thropology studentswhowere doing researchon the site.“We’re here to support, but also to urge lo-

cal artists to utilise these sites for their bene-fit. This facility must be kept safe so that theycan use it to make television documentariesand films for instance, any time of the year,and not to only come here during HeritageDay,” saidUitenhageArts andCultureOrgan-isation Chairperson Martin Pram.One student wanted to know what the lead-

ership was doing about the vandalism thatwas destroying the site and Cllr Ncwadi re-torted, “We are busy creating an awarenesscampaign for now. But soon council will startwith renovations of the facility hence we areasking every caring individual to guard thesite.”“I always knew that Nelson Mandela Bay

and the EasternCape have a very rich historyof involvement in the struggle for liberation.This exercise was good so that we (the youth)should know that a heavy price was paid forthe freedomwe enjoy today,” said KwandiweMjana, an NMMU student.

Students learnabout rich strugglehistoryof LangaMemorial Site

Former Councillor Aubrey Mali (right) followed by Vuyo Madasi, Cllr Zolani Ncwadi and MartinPram talk to some of NMMU students about the history behind the Langa Memorial Heritage Site.PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

REPORTER

HEALTH services in Nelson Mandela Baygot amajor boost onFriday after a new “cen-tre of excellence” was opened to cope withthe difficult strain of extremely drug resist-ant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and its impact onpatients in the region.

A first of its kind, the 40-bed XDR-TBwardwas opened at Jose Pearson TB Hospital inPort Elizabeth by Eastern Cape Member ofthe Executive Council (MEC) for Health,Sicelo Gqobana, officials from the Depart-ment ofHealth and topmunicipal andhealthsector officials.Sod was also turned on the second – and

more complex – phase of the Jose PearsonTB Hospital upgrade to mark the onset ofconstruction of the new pharmacy and out-patient department (OPD) sections of thehospital.“Today we are delivering best practice,

the first of its kind XDR-TB ward in thecountry,” said Gqobana, adding that themodel would be replicated around the coun-try as it represented a centre of excellencein health.Gqobana also said the department did not

have “the luxury of time” when it came todelivering services to the people and that in-frastructure projects were an integral partof addressing the challenges in the healthsector, of which the new ward, pharmacyand OPD centre at Jose Pearson were lead-

ing examples.The second phase of the R19-million con-

struction project will see the establishmentof top-class facilities to serve the local com-munity. The project is being managed bythe CoegaDevelopment Corporation (CDC),the department’s implementing agent on arange of provincial projects.“This highly important project is geared

to meet the needs of people with TB in Nel-son Mandela Bay,” said Eastern CapeHealth MEC, Sicelo Gqobana.A mixed mode approach, focussing on so-

cial and infrastructural interventions fordealing with site-specific challenges at JosePearson, has resulted in improved TB curerates, Gqobana said.“Before we started here, there were no

recreational services or facilities and as aresult many of the patients absconded andstarted to default on their treatment, a trag-ic situation for managing TB. So we focusedon building sporting and recreational facili-ties and engaged with the patients and theirfamilies to understand and meet theirneeds,” he said.“We also embraced a communitymanage-

ment approach in termsofTB treatment andthosewhoarenothighly contagious arenowtreated in the community. All of these inter-ventions have resulted in an improved curerate for TB patients, something we are veryproud of,” said Gqobana.The first phase has focused on putting pri-

ority works, such as new fencing, security

and lighting, in place. The second phasestarted last week as ground was broken onthe site of the new pharmacy, led by Ma-sithembeke Construction.“This new construction phase will create

about 50 jobs,” said Gqobana. “The SMMEcomponent, which aims at 35% small busi-ness participation, will also see aboutR6.7 million of the project value earmarkedfor SMMEs. We are thinking about commu-nities from beginning to end. Even at theconstructionphaseweare focused onpartic-ipation and equitable distribution,” he add-ed.

The OPD construction will include a dis-pensary, two consultation rooms, two offic-es, staff ablution and facilities, a bulk storewith proper cold room storage and an outpa-tient collection from dispensary.José Pearson TB hospital is a 230 bed hos-

pital which also provides emergency servic-es, medical services, paediatrics, Anti-Ret-roviral Treatment (ART), occupational,pharmacy and TB services, as well as pre-vention ofmother to child transmission andvoluntary counselling and testing. The con-struction will run for 11 months and is ex-pected to be completed by August 2014.

First­of­its­kind XDR­TBwardopens in Port Elizabeth

At the opening of a first­of­its­kind XDR­TB ward in Port Elizabeth were, from left, Jose PearsonTB Hospital acting chief executive Liziwe Rwentela, Eastern Cape MEC for Health Sicelo Gqoba­na, Jose Pearson TB Hospital Board chairman Charles Anthony, and Coega DevelopmentCorporation Department of Health programme director, Babini Melitafa. They are showing theplans for the new pharmacy at Jose Pearson TB Hospital. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

NCEBA DLADLA

THE Eastern Cape African Catholic ChurchenthronedTheRightReverendSonwaboHoyiof Port Elizabeth as its Diocesan Bishop at StStephens Parish, Kwazakhele last weekend.

This means that Bishop Hoyi, who is alsoNelson Mandela Metropolitan University(NMMU) Missionvale Campus OperationsManager, will add under his cap the dauntingtaskofmanaging the growthand sustainabili-ty of the parishes belonging to the AfricanCatholic Church.PEExpress Indaba spoke to thismarried fa-

ther of three boys from KwaFord in NewBrighton about his new role and what hethinks is the relevance today of the church inthe world, and especially South Africa that isgrappling with understanding Human Rightsas they are enshrined in the country’s consti-

tution.“First, I want to acknowledge that the task

ahead is not going to be easy. I’ll have to de-pend on prayers to ask God for leadership,strength and guidance,” said Hoyi.“In saying the Bishop’s Charge during my

enthronment I mentioned that my role is toestablish parishes around the province. I’ll as-sist the present parishes to performbetter andmake sure that they understand exactly whatthe role of the church is in society.We’ll definethe model parish and avoid chaos.”Askedwhat the role of the church is he said,

“The church is the eyes and and ears of God.We are compelled to propagate the Gospel ofGod to all nations, to be good stewards, toteach our people to be hard working and ac-countable to God.”According toHoyi,many people confuse the

rights theyhave in ademocracy and the theoc-racy thatGoddemands fromHis people, hence

this infighting and lawlessness that is some-times seen in the church today.“The church is under strain because of ex-

ternal influences from outside world,” he saidThe challenges of early childhood pregnan-

cy, domestic violence, crime, rape, rampantdivorce and corruption were however, someof the ills that society faced which a praying,strong and effective churchneeded to address.Furthermore, Hoyi said he wished African

Bishops could formaForumwhere they couldtalk and find solutions to common problemsthat they faced.“That forum must help us find ways to en-

courage ourministers and grow our parishes.The workers who strike and people who pro-test for service delivery are our parishioners.We have to find better ways to help our peoplewith high stress levels,” said Bishop Hoyi,adding that the church cannot operate in iso-lation.

Hail to theeBishopSonwaboHoyiof theAfricanCatholic Church

Bishop Sonwabo Hoyi of African CatholicChurch. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

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HISTORY was made by the New Brightonbased side affectionately called City Ladswhen their name was engraved on Kia StreetSoccer U-13 National trophy following their2-0 over KwaZulu Natal at Dobsonville Stadi-um last Saturday (14 September 2013)

Gunners represented the Province of theEastern Cape against Gauteng(GP), KwaZuluNatal(KZN), Western Cape(WC) and Frees-tate(FS).Lads came up second in the round robin

after beating the following provinces KZN3-1,GP 1-0 and FS 2-0 and losing 2-1 to WC. Thelong awaiting moment finally when Ladsraised the flags of the province and theNelsonMandela Bay in their historic win of the 2-0over the gusty leading KZN.Andile Sibhozowho scored eight goals ( Sib-

hozo meaning eight) for Lads was awardedthe certificate for being the top goal scorerwhile Nolitha Msila was voted as the best fe-male player. Coach ZolanI Matiwane statedthat his players played their hearts out. Mati-wane said, “I toldmy players that they shouldenjoy the game and this win is just a bonus.They played like soldiers and I am happy

with theway that things have gone. It was not

easy there because teams were prepared fprthe showdown.NEBFA Junior League Coordinator Sibus-

iso Nqadini commended Matiwane for dem-onstrating parental guidance to the young-sters. Andile Sibhozo said that he was happythat hewas flyingwith an airplane andwouldbe playing in Brazil in 2014.NEBFA President Chippa Hina stated that

he was overwhelmed by Lads achievement.Hina said, “This is history in the making.Lads have put NEBFA, SAFANMB, SAFAECand the entire country on the map. Thisshows that we have talent in our region. Iwant toNEBFA, SAFANMB, players, parentsand the teachers of these six players for theirsupport.”SAFA NMB President Mzimkhulu Fina al-

so lauded City Lads, NEBFA and SAFA NMBfor the achievement. Fina said, “This teamhas made us very proud and they showedcharacter. I told them during their sendofffunction ‘go to win the trophy.’ I am happythat this team has carried out that mandate.Wewere not putting pressure on the team buttoday we have the national champions in ourown region.” Nelson Mandela Bay DeputyMayor Chippa Ngcolomba was among thepeople who welcomed the young heroes andheroines.

SELBY MADIKANE

NDZONDELELO High School werecrowned the Lucky Mange Girls’ RugbyLeague championsafter their 20-12 victoryover KwaMagxaki High School at ZwideStadium last Friday.

However, the sponsors Luxolo MpalalafromMpalala DairyDistributors, Founderand former coach-president of AfricanBombers RFC Solomon Mapela, FormerSAU/23 CoachAlfredMzizi, LuckyMangeFezi Majola, Nomatemba Gum and ZukiMafuyaaswell as other guestswatched thespectacular rugby games.In the Thamsanqa Majola Girls’ finals

Sivuyiseni Primary School thumped Gar-rett Primary School 35-5.In the Lucky Mange shield section Lwa-

zilwethuHigh secured a 14-10 victory fromKhwezi Lomso High. In the finals Ndzon-deleloHigh beat Khwezi LomsoHigh 20-12.

Ndzondi’s tries were scored by YolandaNtibane (two tries) and Makunga No-lusindiso while Nomvuyo Nombombo andSiphokazi Soxuza each came upwith a tryfor KwaMagxaki.Individual awards:Primary Schools section:Sibabalwe Klaas (Sivuyiseni): Golden

boot, top-try scorer, player of the seasonand best backlineNomazotsho Fanisi (Sivuyiseni): Most

improved playerSinovuyo Jikijela (Garrett): Best for-

wardHigh Schools section:Buhlebethu Sonanzi (Khwezi) : Most

tries in the league and player of the seasonSiphokazi Soxuzwa (KwaMagxaki); Best

forwardFanta Simnikiwe (Lwazilwethu): Gold-

en bootYolanda Ntibane (Ndzondi): Best back-

line.

SELBY MADIKANE

FOLLOWING a long season layoff, teams in theMOFA Build It Premier League looked rustyover the past weekend.

MOFA Build It Premier League reigningchampions Shining Stars salvaged a 1-1 draw intheir clash with Young Romans.Ikamva Movers snatched a 2-0 win from Tot-

tenham Spurs, Crystal Palacewhowere demot-ed fromSAFANMBSABleague last season, col-lectedmaximumpoints in their 3-0 victory overTomorrow Stars.In the battle of the rookiesMilan Stars pipped

Manchester United 2-0.Young Tigers caused a huge upset of 4-1 in

their win over Highland Spurs. Lion Stars ap-peared to be tame when they lost 3-1 to YoungIdeas. Valencia beat Real Strikers 2-1 while RealAces who were also relegated from SAFANMBSAB league lost 2-1 to Young Madrid.

SELBY MADIKANE

FANS in their droves watched Siya-khangela CarWash 2013 ZWIFA JuniorKnockout games at Sithembile JuniorSecondary School Grounds recently.The tournament was played by U/11,U/13, U/15 and U/17.

The full results:U/11:*Young Brothers 0-7 Zwide Celtics;*Everton 0-12 Real Dodgers*Camper United 1-4 Major Chiefs*Leeds United 4-0 Zwide PiratesU-13:*Real Dodgers 7-3 Gal City*Zwide Pirates 6-0 Shining Stars*Young Brothers 1-9 Zwide CelticsU/15*Everton 2 -5 Zwide PiratesU/17:*Zwide Pirates 6-0 Shining Stars*Major Chiefs 4-2 Real Dodgers*Camper United 4-3 Leeds United*Zwide Celtics 0-7 Real Crusaders

Hats off toGunners!

Welcoming City Lads Kia Street Soccer National Champs at PE International Airport are Chris Mini,Chippa Hina, Kaiser Mdoda, Chippa Ngcolomba, Mzimkhulu Fina and Andiswa Diniso. The teamofficials are Sibusiso Nqadini and Zolani Matiwane PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

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Siyakhangela CarWash 2013 results

SELBY MADIKANE

BOYS were separated from menduring the NAFA Mala Mooda-ley Cup quarterfinals recently.

Blackpool were eliminated byParkUnited in their 3-1 defeat. Inthe enterprising game BloomCallies booked themselves aplace in the semifinals following

their 5-4 win over Chatty Unitedon penalties after their goallessdraw in the regulations time.Stardrift were whipped 4-1 byWest Lake.Glenville Celtic defeated Rang-

ers 3-1. Glenville’s goals camecourtesy of Ricardo Holster, Ni-gel Jafta and Faheem Baartmanwhile Dwayne van Dyk scored aconsolation goal.

MalaMoodaley quarterfinals results

Ndzondi tookhonoursinGirls’ rugby finals

Giving the trophies to Sibabalwe Klaas are Nomatemba Gum, Alfred Mzizi, SolomonMapela and Luxolo Mpalala. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

HUNDREDS of pupils took part in thewell-or-ganised PE Comets Basketball Schools tour-nament at NMMUMis-sionvale Campus re-cently.

In the Boys U/ 16semifinals Grey HighSchool hammeredCoselelaniHigh School40-25 while BolandHigh School thumpedMorningside HighSchool 25-13. In theGirls U/13 finalsBoland High overcameMdengentonga Prima-ry School 20-2.In the U/13 Boys fi-

nals Grey emerged vic-

torious over Boland in their win of 16-5. Inthe U/16 Girls finals Boland earned a 22-18easy win fromMorningside. In the Boys U/16finals Grey drubbed Boland 25-6.

PEComets Basketball Schoolstourney a resounding success

Mdengentonga takes on GreyPHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

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