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THE communities of Mbotyi, Goso,Skhukhuza and Mcobothi villages will-have electricity in their houses byMarch 2015.

This was the assurance given by Eskom duringa meeting held at the Gosocommunity hall on Monday.

The contractor would bein the area on October 27 tomeet with community lead-ers to confirm the site wherethey would be operatingfrom. A project managementcommittee would be formedto monitor the progress of-supplying houses in the areawith electricity.

Eskom’s Senior ManagerAsset Creation, ZizweManx-iwa, said Eskom was sorryabout the delayswith install-ing electricity in the area.Hesaid those delays were now athing of the past. He had con-firmed that the contractorwould be on site to proceedwith the project this comingMonday.

He said environmental is-sues had added to the delay.“There are waterfalls in theareas where lines were sup-posed to have gone over. Wehave now found alterna-tives. All these concerns hadbeen resolved.”

The meeting was a follow-up to the October 1meeting held between residents and the DeputyMinister of Energy, Thembisile Majola.

The completion of the Environmental Impact As-sessment report and Forest permits also contribut-ed to the delays.

Representing the deputy minister, was Memberof the OR Tambo Mayoral Committee Infrastruc-ture, Councillor Laurence Mambila, who said thepresent government had three spheres of govern-ment complementing, rather than competing with

one another.“Our government does not

stop people from contactingtheministers directly, so it isgood that the people of thisarea had invited the deputyminister here. It is not be-cause of the deputy minis-ter’s intervention that theproject is going to go ahead.She came to an area with aknown problem and she co-ordinated thedepartments tomake sure that there wasprogress,” said Mambila.

Mambila told residentsnot to applaud the an-nouncement that the projectwas going to go ahead. Hesaid residents should onlyapplaud once the electricityhas been switched on.

“You need to only applaudwhen you press the buttonand there is light.”

Boyce Plaatjies from theDepartment of Energy saidthe residents contacted theright department. “When itcomes to electrification, the

matter belongs to Eskom, not to the municipality.”He said Eskom is responsible to look after the areaand tomake sure that all households have electrici-ty by the end of March 2015.

Councillor Laurence Mambila, Member of theOR Tambo Mayoral Committee Infrastructure,told people to applaud only once the lightsare switched on. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

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THE sister of the late Yandisa Bila (30)who was shot dead during a failed es-cape attempt from court, was arrestedand has been remanded in custody fac-ing charges of murder and attemptedmurder.

Avela Bila (24) was arrested at herhome in Ngqeleni, Godini locality, andappeared in the Mthatha Magistrates’court recently on charges of murderand attempted murder.It is alleged that Avela had placed the

gun in the dustbin at the entrance of thecourt to assist her late brother and hisfriend Sakhumzi Mvoko (32) to escape.She was denied bail as the state ar-

gued that she would interfere with theinvestigations which included thesearch for a second person whom shehad worked with in order to plant thegun.Her lawyers argued that shewas asth-

matic and shouldn’t be exposed to theprisoncells.Due to her arrest, Bilamissed her late

brother’s funeral in Ngqeleni.

Bila’s sisterdeniedbail

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KEY stakeholders will attend a three-day summitnext week to address initiation deaths.

The MEC for the Department of Co-operative Gov-ernanceandTraditionalAffairs (CoGTA) in theEast-ern Cape Province, Fikile D Xasa, will convene thethree-day traditional initiation summit from Octo-ber 29 to 31 at Dan’s Lodge in the OR Tambo DistrictMunicipality.Key stakeholders will discuss practical and imple-

mentable action plans to deal with challenges con-fronting traditional initiation in the Eastern Cape.The summit as one of its objectives is to ensure thesafe passage of boys to manhood.“We are proud of our custom, hence we need to re-

store andpreserve its dignity for the benefit of gener-ations to come. The summit is a meeting of mindsto come up with implementable ideas to adapt andchange with the times when confronting the chal-lenges bedevilling traditional initiation in our Prov-ince,” said MEC Xasa.Some of the invited guests include national Minis-

ter ofCogtaPravinGordhan,DeputyMinister of Tra-ditional Affairs ObedBapela,Minister of Health, Eli-

as Motsoaledi, representatives from the ProvincialHouses of Traditional Leaders from Limpopo, Mpu-malanga, and Free State, National members of theHouse, national and provincial members of the Con-gress of Traditional Leaders, Mayors and ExecutiveMayors, Speakers from the host District and LocalMunicipalities and stakeholders, including theCouncil of Churches and Man’s Sector.During the past winter season, 36 initiates died.

A total of 12 people have been arrested and are cur-rently facing charges ranging from death, botchedcircumcision, unlawful circumcision and operatingillegal initiation schools.Commissions focussing on various topics will en-

sure that the summit adopts recommendations to beimplemented by all stakeholders. These will includeclarifying the role of municipalities in the provisionof resources to monitoring teams during the tradi-tional initiation seasons.“Cogta-EC has noted with concern the increase of

illegal initiation schools from 602 in December 2013to 1 342 in June 2014,” said MEC Xasa. If all initia-tives fail, government will be left with no option butto introduce compulsory Male Medical Circumci-sion (MMC) in all the affected areas medium to longterm.

MECXasa hosts Initiation Summit

PHINDILE GQELE

THENontongana family is in mourning aftertheir baby boy, Nangamso Nontongana (6months) and girl, Sesona Nontongana (19months) died in a fire in their homestead atAmadiba village, Mpisi Locality in Mbizanaon Wednesday morning, October 9.

Police Spokesperson, Captain MlungisiMathidane, reported that the parents of thechildren were in the garden while the chil-dren were playing inside.“It is assumed that the fire came fromunder

the bed and when the neighbours came to ex-tinguish it, the children were already deaddue to inhaling ahuge amount of smoke,” saidCaptain Mathidane.The General Manager of the Wild Coast

Mbizana Municipality Development Trust,

Lubabalo Bulala, said as a trust they wouldsupport the family with funeral arrange-ments.“We have given the family food parcels for

the week running up to the funeral. The trustwill thereafter decide on how it could help thefamily further,” said Bulala.According to Captain Mathidane an in-

quest docket had been opened and policewerestill investigating.

. In another incident, a woman (74) whowas living alone, died last week Tuesday, Oc-tober 14, after her house burnt down in Dolo-mana Village, Mpisi Locality.Mathidane reported that due to weather

changes, Dolomana Village was experienc-ing power failures and that the woman hadbeen using candles.He said she had probably fallen asleep

while the candles were still burning.

Fire claims infantsPHINDILE GQELE

THREEmen aged between 19 and 33 years,were arrested at Ngobozana Locality inLusikisiki last week Sunday, October 12for being in possession of illegal firearmsand ammunition.

Police Spokesman Captain MduduziGodlwana said the three men were travel-ling in a blue Toyota Corolla that was sus-pected not to be theirs. He said when thevehicle was searched, police found illegal

R5 rifles with 40 rounds and a revolver andsome other ammunition.They were arrested and charged with

possession of illegal firearms andammuni-tions and had appeared in Lusikisiki Mag-istrates’ court. They were remanded to ap-pear again for a formal bail application.“South African Police Services will

make sure to utilize all available resourcesto root out all crime elements in the PortSt Johns cluster,” said Cluster Command-er Brigadier Nompumelelo Virginia Ma-jikijela.

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BLIND residents recently marched fromOwen Street through Mthatha to gather atthe town hall where a blind awareness eventwas hosted.

With the march through the streets, theblind were appealing to road users – driversin particular – to recognise and respect themon the roads.

Blind residents were joined on the marchby people with other disabilities, includingthe deaf and paraplegics.

Nofika Mtolo from the South African Asso-ciation of Blind and Partially-sighted people(SANAB) said they were raising awarenessfor the recognition of the blind.

“Blind people use a white cane when wewalk and cross streets. The cane is a symbolto alert road users that the person is blindand may be in need of assistance,” said Mtolo.

She added that some people did not under-stand the significance of the white cane,

White canes to be respected

It was a touching sight when Mthatha’s blind marched through the streets recently, in order toraise awareness of their disability. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

hence they have decided to have a marchthrough town to raise awareness.

Albion Fumba from the Deaf Associationof South Africa said the fact that blind anddeaf people are disabled should not overshad-ow the reality that they were also human be-ings.

“Challenges the blind and disabled arefaced with, include labelling and name-call-ing,” said Fumba.

As former Principal of the Efata School forthe Deaf and Blind, Fumba added that disa-bled people were not begging for sympathy,but rather to be understood and assistedwhere possible.

“They have the potential to read, sing anddo almost everything non-disabled citizenscan do. The only difference is that they arenot seeing or hearing the same way as oth-ers,” he added.

Government departments, including theDepartments of Social Development, Healthand Roads and Transport, were representedat the event in support of the blind.

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WHILE the OR Tambo District, Alfred NzoDistrict Municipalities and the country iscelebrating OR Tambo month, vagrants havedecided to torch the OR Tambo Garden of Re-membrance.

According to the Mbizana Local Munici-pality, the OR Tambo Garden of Remem-brance has been burnt to ashes by unknownindividuals.

The cause of this action is still unknown,but the municipality promised to issue a for-mal statement once the police have providedfeedback on the case.

The Bizana Police are conducting an inves-tigation and they have assured the public

that they would try by all means to find thesuspect(s).

Two huts were burnt down along with astatue of the late former ANC President, Oliv-er R Tambo.

The African National Congress also issueda statement regarding the torching of the ORTambo Garden of Remembrance, expressingtheir sadness over the incident. They calledon the police to arrest those responsible forthis act of criminality.

“We call on community members to helpthe police to arrest these criminals, becausewhoever did this is known by local communi-ties.

“We are worried, since this is not the firstact of destruction to this garden of remem-brance. It is a concern to us that it is the peo-

ple of Tambo’s rural village who are destroy-ing a heritage monument aimed at celebrat-ing Tambo’s life.”

Destruction of such property calls for bet-ter security measures in order to protectthese heritage sites.

Responsible young people could be trainedto protect these heritage facilities and whenthis is done, it would also create jobs for theunemployed youth.

“We call on the people of this country torespect heritage sites, properties and fea-tures, which celebrate and narrate the storyof the liberation of this country. Most impor-tantly, all of us must respect public proper-ty.”

Last Tuesday, October 21, the ANC Provin-cial Executive Council Members and Rural

Development and Agrarian Reform MEC,Mlibo Qoboshiyane, delivered the annual Ol-iver Tambo lecture at the Mbizana YouthCentre.

During the lecture, Qoboshiyane detaileddevelopment programmes driven by the gov-ernment in the area, including a Rural Enter-prise Development (RED) Hub, multipurposefacility and human settlement project.

The announcement about the MbizanaRED hub revealled how government wouldinvest about R100 million to plant about 1000ha of land in Doborasi, Ilinge, Majazi, Mzam-ba, Nomlancu, Khaleni and in Zityaneni.

Immediately after the lecture, the MEC vis-ited the Oliver Reginald Tambo Garden of Re-membrance to assess the extent of the dam-age caused by the alleged act of criminality.

ORTambogarden reduced toashes

REPORTER

RWANTSANA Junior Secondary School inNtabankulu received an Econo Kitchen fromMasscash Weirs in Mount Frere.

This forms part of empowering the schoolto have immediate access to food by enablingthem to prepare meals in a hygienic space forthe more than 350 learners.

“Through this initiative, Masscash hopesto make a relevant and notable contributionto support the education of our children,” saidEngedzani Dzebu, Sustainability Field Work-er at Masscash.

Many learners have already benefited fromthese Econo kitchens. Masscash, a wholesaleFMCG business, recently committed to de-ploying 15 Econo Kitchens to schools in Lim-popo, KwaZulu Natal, Free State, Eastern andNorthern Cape.

These Econo Kitchens will enable Mass-cash in reassuring their communities of their

value statement, “We Partner with Retail-ers so that Communities Live Better.”

“Thank you for the kitchen. Not only willit make life easier for us, it has also im-proved our self-esteem and restored our dig-nity as a school community,” said PrincipalAE Masombuka of Khul’unolwazi PrimarySchool (one of the schools which benefitedfrom an Econo Kitchen donation).

The Econo Kitchen is a CSI initiative driv-en by Masscash and is part of Masscash’scommitment to support schools feedingprojects.

Econo also sponsors a lunch meal on theday of the handover. Econo Kitchens will behanded over to various deserving schoolsduring 2014. Started in 2008, Masscash hasdonated 79 Econo and Saverite Kitchensover the past 6 years.

They offer a wide range of products underthe Econo brand at Cash & Carry’s and hasSaverite Supermarket franchise storesacross the country.

Econo lends a hand to learners Standing outside thekitchen are VelileNonkonyanechaiman School’sGoverning Body,Inam Jowa alearner, NothembaBoyce actingprincipal of Rwant-swana JSS, Zon-gamele Sothenbranch ManagerWeirs Cash & CarryMt Frere, WarrenWilliams branchManager TG’s Cash& Carry Mt Frere.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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MTHATHA Magistrate, NoluthandoConjwa, has dismissed the submissionsfrom Mandla Mandela’s legal teamwhich appealed to the court to withdrawcharges of assault and the pointing of afirearm against Mandela.

Mandla is facing charges of assaultand the pointing of a firearm, relatingto an incident involving Mthatha teach-er, Mlamli Ngudle, on October 5 in Mt-hatha.

The court heard that the bickering be-tween the two started after Ngudle’s carallegedly bumped into Mandla’s car be-fore driving away.

Five witnesses were called and threeof them gave evidence that Mandla drewa firearm during the altercation. Mandladenied this, stressing that his firearmwas in its holster.

He allegedly hit Ngudle with an openhand, after Ngudle allegedly raised aclutched fist towards him.

Mandla’s legal team, Colin Garvey andBilly Gundelfinger, were arguing thatthe evidence of the witnesses was of poorquality and had a lot of contradictions.They then requested the court to with-draw the charges against Mandla.

In his evidence Mandla said he waswith bankers and investors at a restau-rant in Sprigg when they heard thatthere was an Isuzu bakkie that hadbumped into an investor’s BMW X5.

He said he went to Ngudle’s car in anattempt to talk to him and asked him tostep outside so that he could see the dam-age he had caused to the car. “InsteadNgudle arrogantly asked how much Iwanted.”

Ngudle allegedly refused to step out ofhis car and this was allegedly when Man-dla took the car keys out of the ignitionof Ngudle’s car.

Mandla said Ngudle called him a boy(kwedini) and insulted him with hismother’s private part.

He said he was embarrassed, becausethe whole scene took place in front of in-vestors and bankers who were scoutingfor premises for a new shopping centrein Mthatha.

He said he didn’t want to fight withNgudle. According to him he wanted toreason with Ngudle but he (Ngudle), al-legedly kept on shouting and insultinghim.

Mandla also said that Ngudle smelt ofalcohol. He said he had seen empty beerbottles in the back seat of Ngudle’s car.

The case continues.

Mandla inhotwateragain

Mandla Mandela in discussion with his legal team in the Mthatha Magistrates’ Court recently.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

REPORTER

ETHRIDGE Junior Primary, in Bizana Town,according to Anglo American Platinum, wasa prime example of a school in crisis.

Baninzi Mampofu, deputy principal andscience teacher at Ethridge Junior Primarysaid that the school was a simple buildingwhere teachers would have to instruct up to120 learners in a single class.

“Books were scarce and we had no learningequipment. There was no library, science labor computer facilities available for the chil-dren. Most disturbing was that we were closeto a main road which, over the years, saw anumber of fatalities among our students. Inthis particular situation it was impossible togive kids individual attention, get to under-stand their weaknesses, and strengths, andmake sure they all understood what was be-

ing taught. It fell to the teachers to improvisemethods to best cope with the difficult condi-tions and teach the kids.’’

The situation was untenable but AngloAmerican Platinum listened to the plight ofthe community and stepped in to build abrand-new primary school for the BizanaTown Community.

To address these, and other problems, An-glo American Platinum stepped in and builta new school.

Mpho Litha, head of community engage-ment and development at Anglo AmericanPlatinum, said that the primary goal was toensure that the new facility was modern andable to accommodate more learners from thearea. “We spent R 36 million on the school toensure that we provided everything of thebest. The result is that the school has becomea beacon in the area giving hope to peoplethat there is good education available in ru-

been nothing short of miraculous. With big-ger classrooms, and fewer students per teach-er, the students are now able to get more indi-vidual attention.

“We now have a library where students cando further research on topics covered in theclassroom, a fully equipped science labwhere, for the first time, students can use amicroscope, and even sports facilities,’’ saidMampofu. The result of all these improve-ments is a noticeable uptick in English andmaths results, and Mampofu says that theoverall goal is to improve results by 5% perannum going forward. Children in this par-ticular rural area now have the opportunityto work towards their dreams and choosewhat career path they want to pursue.

According to Anglo American Platinum,the situation is exacerbated by a lack of facili-ties in existing schools, classroom over-crowding, and teacher shortages. “The chal-lenges are most evident in rural areas wherethere is poor infrastructure and schools func-

tion in substandard buildings with poor facil-ities. In addition, South Africa has an in-creasing problem with providing educationand other services to the large numbers ofchildren of economic migrants from neigh-bouring countries.

“Change is coming, but the pace is slow de-spite the education budget being increasedeach year since 2008.

Former Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhanallocated R207 billion to the sector for 2012-2013, with projections that this may rise toup to R236 billion over the next three years.During his budget speech, Gordhan said pro-vincial education spending was expected togrow by 5% over the next three years, fromR169.9 billion this year to R183.8 billion in2015.

“The government will also spend over R18billion of the money towards boosting learn-er subsidies for no-fee schools and expandedaccess to Grade R,” said an Anglo AmericanPlatinum spokesperson.

AngloAmerican Platinum reaches out to rural school

Ethridge Junior School before changes were made to improve the standard of education.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

ral areas.’’The change has

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CHORAL music adjudicators are on amission to improve the standard of adju-dication of choral music throughout theprovince of the Eastern Cape.

Recently they held a workshop at Mt-hatha High School which was graced byadjudicators from the entire province.New plans that would improve choral

music adjudication in the Eastern Cape– rated as one of the best province in cho-

ral music – were at the top of the work-shop agenda.Public relations officer for the South

African Schools Choral Eisteddfod,Mboniseni Vellem, said the reason forthis endeavourwas to professionalise ad-judication in choral music and to equipadjudicators with more knowledge.“Our mission is also to bring confi-

dence to the adjudicators, and capacitatethem not to feel any inferiority whenthey are judging.” said Vellem.Regions represented at the workshop

included Mthatha, Idutywa, Lady Frere,Mt Fletcher,Mt Frere, Ngcobo, Cofimva-ba, Libode, Qumbu, Lusikisiki and Biza-na.Vellem said as the standard of the cho-

ral music was growing in the EasternCape, theywanted to keep the flag of thisprovince flying higher and higher.A delegation of adjudicators is expect-

ed to travel throughout the province,spreading the word about the impor-tance of improving the adjudication sys-tem.

Efforts to improve choralmusicadjudication

PRO ofchoral musicin ECMboniseniVellem.PHOTO: SIMMDLEDLE

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

INabid to address the poor results inMathe-matics and Science in the Eastern Cape, theUniversity of the Western Cape (UWC) con-ducted an Advanced Certificate in Educa-tion (ACE) in Further Education and Train-ing (FET) Science education for 50 scienceeducators from all over the province.

The session was held at Trinset whereteachers presented their projects as part ofthe university’s learnership programmethat the teachers had been part of since 2010.One of the teachers who managed to turn

things around at their school is Lizo Ntlan-ganiso, Science teacher at Zanabantu HighSchool in Cradock. He said the school got100% in 2011 and in 2012 after joining theUWC programmes.“Themethods given on delivering lessons

really helped us and teaching was revivedbecause some of the things covered at theUWC lessonswere thingswe last saw inhighschool, which was years ago,” said Ntlan-ganiso.He said hewants to be involved in anypro-

gramme that would help to improve the lifeof a rural child because he has been thereand knows how tough it is.“We learned to substitute resources be-

cause inmost cases we do not have laborato-ries or the necessary resources at ourschools,” he said.AsipheNombewu, UWCCommunications

Officer, said the university has long beenaware of these poor results. In an attemptto change things around the Science Learn-ing Centre for Africa (SLCA) at UWC withthe help of Garden City Archway Founda-tion, helped schools establish Science Clubsin theWestern Cape, which later resulted in23 Science Learning Centres to keep the cul-ture of science learning alive.“In 2012 a total of 42 science teachers re-

ceived ACE certificates at UWC’s gradua-tion ceremony. Continuing with their stud-ies a total of 30 of these science teachers reg-istered for BEd Hons in Science Educationat UWC. Approximately 20 of the teacherswill register to study Masters in Maths and

Science Education in 2015,” said Nombewu.Nombewu added that it is important for

the University to showcase its activities inthe Eastern Cape and how it is making a dif-ference in improving the teaching of science

UWC improves Science in the Eastern Cape

UWC students, together with teachers from the Eastern Cape, during the Science and Maths Learnership Programme at Trinset.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

through the training provided to science ed-ucators.The SLCAhas already established science

clubs at a number of schools across the East-ern Cape.

The SLCAalso plans to seek funding in or-der to build state-of-the-art science learningcentres at schools in the Eastern Cape tosupport the science clubs and build a mathsand science culture.

7EntertainmentOctober 23, 2014Uvolwethu Express

THE Department of Health need to educatepeople, especially in remote areas, about theEbola epidemic, because believe us, peopledon’t differentiate between Ebola and a play-ing ball of any kind.

It can be tennis ball, soccer ball or any play-ing ball. Take it from us, there is a wrong in-terpretation of Ebola by old ladies. Hee!

Uyazi, last weekend we were at Mbongwenilocation in Ntelly (Mt Ayliff), where we sawan old woman chasing away young boys whowere playing a football not far from thesewomen’s homesteads.

We stopped and asked why they were chas-ing the boys away.

“Yeyimabayidlalele kude le nemizi le bholayabo kuba kuthiwa sisifo esizakugqiba eli liz-we, ebefikile amanesi esixelela ngobungozibale bhola, ngoku abantwana basaqhubekanokudlala le bhola kufutshane nemizi.”

Heyi ububona nje with their facial expres-sion that they meant what they were sayingand they needed these boys to stop playingfootball because they would get infected.

They don’t know the difference betweenEb-ola as a disease and a ball, since in isiXhosaaball is called ‘ibhola,’ sameaspronunciationas Ebola.

So we tried to explain the difference be-

tween the play boy and Ebola but they didn’tconsider our explanation because they hadbeen told by the people from the departmentof health about Ebola and for that matter thi-na we are not nurses, so they cannot take ourview.

Niyabona ke ukuba abantwana bazakudla-la nzima ngapha emakhaya okanye banga-vunyelwa kwaba badlale lo bhola.

Hayi abantu baseLurhasini siyabahlo-nipha

Uyazi bafethu kuye kuthi xa kumoshaabantwana abantu abadala banqande eso si-phoso bangavele nabo bazeke mzekweni.

Kaloku we were driving our Turu-turuwhen we found ourselves stuck in a trafficjam in the N2 near Lurhasini location eLi-bode.

Bekwenzeke ntoni ngoku nahlala ni-stuck-er?

Bekuwe itruck ethwele iswekile. So, loo ntokhange ibe yingxaki because abantu bezilebethutha and bencedisa ke nokucoca indlelabethutha ezo12,5 kg zeswekile.

Asazi ukuba konakele phi siyabona kukho-na abafana abaphethe amabhozo amakhulunee-Okapi.

Heyi, satshintsha sabanda ngoku nathi ku-

ba asazi ukuba asiwaphi la mabhozo. OW-UU!!

Kwaqondwa kwenye itruck ibibambekekwi-traffic jam yaqhaqhwa ngalowo mab-hoso kukhutshwa kwanto ibingaphakathi.Instead ukuba abantu abadala bala ndawobanqande abantwana babo kuba bayabazi,nabo bayabajoyina kuthuthwa izinto zokuh-lamba ebezikule truck ingawanga.

Aphi amapolisa or amatraffic officers?Ungabuzi kuthi kuba khange sibone nelinye.Sibone nje sesiphuma kulo traffic imotoyamapolisa ibisuka ngaseUTA.

Ngokuqinisekileyo afike seyome nkooitruck.

Hayi shame, sinyanzeleke ukuba nathi si-bethe izishwapha zethu singene ezimotwenibazenzele ngqu nomqhubi we-truck ebezihla-lele ngaphakathi ngoku kuthuthwayo kubaebona ukuba ubomi bakhe bungasemnci-phekweni ukuba angaphuma.

Shame, kunzima ezweni sokhile xa kucacaukuba sincedisana nee-criminals ukubaziphathe lo mhlaba.

Thanks to the guys who drew out their per-sonal firearms and fired some shots to stopwhat they were doing even though it was toolate.

Kufanele ukubauyivangabani na bethuimicimbi?

Asazi nokuba uya-sniffer ukuba siyesoben-za phi kule weekend because wherever we gosihlala sifika ekhona.

Lo mjita ngowaseNorwood and thina sihla-la eKwezi mara apho siyosebenza khona njengokuba usazi ukuba sisebenza ngemicimbieqhubekayo ngee-weekends.

Kodwa okusingamazayo sihlala sifika eku-lo ndawo uyalithanda enjalo nje ijiki.Umzekelo omncinane nje kwenye iweekendsasikwaTshemese eUTA safika ekhona sas-emtshatwen eNcise ukhona saseMajola eSa-jonisi emcimbini wayekhona saseFlagstaffeHolly Cross ukhona.

Ngabe kwenzakalani na? Ingxaki asikwazinokumbuza ukuba why kusenzeka kanje ku-ba sivele sifike seshushu kakade kwayena se-

Shame, theyneedtoeducatepeople

‘ameet him when he is ctor’ ngathi ngumntuwalapho kulowo mzi.

Mara asicingi ukuba yonke le mizi uyazala-na nayo kuba neziduko zohlukene.

Perhaps one day we will meet him when heis in his sober senses and we will ask him.

What protects them from being raped?

Reports reveal that in South Africa eachand every hour there is a woman who israped.

As you know sleeping is not our friend be-cause we want to keep you dear reader in-formed about what is happening ezwenisokhile.

Even though there is such revelation thereare women still roaming the secluded darkstreets at night.

We were driving our turu-turu at the backstreet in Lusiki before dawn when we sawthree young women in a dark area walkingalone.

Hayi sagezeka ubebebe kuba nathi besiso-yika ukugqitha kula ndawo besidibana nabokuyo, sithandabuza kwabona sisithi bootsot-si kuba bathanda ukuncathama apha emako-neni.

OH!!Kunzima beside walking in dangerous area

they were heavily drunk. Kube shame izidl-wengu ezi ziwabona njani amaxhoba azo ku-ba zivele zikhethe aba bangeyiyo le-mi………….mmm ngathi liyathuka eli gamamasingalibizi.

Hayi kunzima, xa uvele ubone izinto obo-nayo ukuba bekufanele ukuba zisalala naba-zali kodwa zibuya ejikini ekuseni.

Baphi abafazi xa kunje? Asazi nathimasikesithathe iintsiba zethu neencwadi siyofunaomnye umgosi.

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8 SportOctober 23, 2014Uvolwethu Express

SANELE JAMES

IN an attempt to denounce crime and recon-nect offenders with the community, the De-partment of Correctional Services, and theMthatha Correctional Centre – in partner-ship with the Department of Sports, Recrea-tion, Arts and Culture (DSRAC) – hosted asport tournament at the Wellington prison inMthatha recently.

The inmates locked horns with the war-dens,Legends (elderly team)andUnitraCom-munity Radio’s team in a variety of sportcodes, including soccer, boxing, karate, net-ball and body building.

The initiative saw scores of residents aswell as friends and family of the inmates,from as far as Mount Frere and Port St Johnscoming to support them.

The discipline and professionalism dis-played by the inmates on the field, had thespectators cheering them on throughout theday. Dr Zukile Luyenge of the Legends andEastern Cape Provincial Chairperson of theSouth African National Civic Organisation(Sanco), whose directive it is to promote thewell-being of the communities, described theinitiative as rehabilitation for both the of-fenders and the community.

“It is obvious that once you are here as aninmate, you’ve broken the law or offendedsomeone and it is possible that that ‘someone’hasn’t forgiven you.

“Or they have forgiven you but you arescared of them and you end up alienatingyourself from the people.

“In this way we want to heal the minds ofboth the affected parties to create and mendthe bond between the offender and the com-munity,” said Luyenge, who also took part inan intense game against inmates.

Dr Luyenge pleaded with the communities

to welcome offenders back into their respec-tive communities.

“Let’s fight stigmatization of our fellowbrothers.”

Despite the hot weather on the day, all par-

Inmates reconnect through sport

Inmates watching a boxing match during a sport tournament held at Wellington Prison, Mthatha recently.PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

ties seemed to have enjoyed themselves. Theinmate’s soccer teammanaged to clinchvicto-ry on the soccer field, by punishing the UnitraCommunity Radio side on penalties.

Those who shone throughout the gameswere acknowledged and were awarded med-als and trophies.

After the games, the inmates also got timeto show remorse for their wrong doings by

apologising to members of the community.They also sent messages of warning to thosewho were continuing to break the law, to stopdoing so.

Moahi Makgaila of the Mthatha Manage-ment Area, Correctional Services, said theywere trying to shape the perceptions of the in-mates and turn them into ambassadors ofpeace within their communities.

BABALWA NDLANYA

The Ngumbela Prestige Tournament washosted successfully at the Ngumbela Stadiumin the Ngxakaxha location in Dutywa lastSunday.

This tournament was sponsored by Idu-tywa business owner, Mr Ngumbela and wascalled the Ngumbela Top 8 knockout.

According to competition coordinator forthe Mbhashe Local Football Association,Lungisa “Thole” Somdaka, there were 28teams in the Promotion League under SouthAfrican Football Association (Safa) andNgumbela sponsored a Top 8 knockout.

Supporters came out in numbers to supporttheir teams. The first game was betweenMhuku Stars FC and Black Tigers FC andMhuku won the loser’s final by 3-1 beating

Black Tigers. The final match was betweenAcademy FC and Excellence FC.

Academy won the game after they managedto capitalize on opportunities and convertedthem into goals to beat Excellence FC by 3-1.

All teams that played in the NT8 got prizes,depending onwhich stage theywere eliminat-ed in.

Talking to Express, Ngumbela said, whilehe was growing up he used to play soccer at

school, but he was shocked when he saw thatthere were places that didn’t even have soccergrounds. This iswhyhehas dedicatedhimselfto assist where he can.

“I started this tournament in 1994 and it ishosted annually. I also support other teamsin Butterworth and in Hilltown. It is nice tosee young people playing sport and I am al-ways willing to help them to become success-ful,” said Ngumbela.

AcademyFCwinsNgumbela Top8

Academy FC won by 3-1 beating Excellence FC at Ngumbela Stadium. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA Excellence FC that was beaten by Academy FC by 3-1. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA