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PLANS to explore opportunities and revivethe economyofMnqumaLocalMunicipalityare underway.

The municipality recently hosted an in-vestment summitwhich seeks to refresh theonce-thriving businesses in the town of But-terworth.The Municipality is in the progress of the

development of current businesses, whileinviting investors to invest in the rich tour-ism and heritage of the area.Mnqumaexecutivemayor, BabaGanjana,

said the plans outlined at the summit willbenefit the population of themunicipality inthe long run.He said themunicipality needed to revisit

their agriculture andmining approaches forfixed growth of the economy in the area.

“We have a low economy in Mnquma, butwe realised all was not going according toplan. So we had to look at where it wentwrong and we realised part of the reason isthat we moved away from agriculture andmining, which are key economic features ofour economy.“Also retail, manufacturing and tourism

– this is where we are going to tap resourcesandourpeoplewill benefitwith jobs in thosespheres.”Ganjana added that the municipality

plans to retreat from hiring outsiders, butmake use of the local people in playing a rolein the revitalisation of the municipality’seconomy.“Studies show that we have granite in pla-

ces like Centane and that is why we lobbyfor investors to come and make sure thatthis granite is exposed to us and use it effec-tively and export it if we have to.

“We have places with potential to supportthis. We call people who know how to utilisethis land. We will have resolutions afterthese discussions and convert them to ac-tion plans, and those action plans will guideus towhatwe have achieved,” saidGanjana.Municipal manager, Sindile Tantsi,

echoed the executive mayor’s words sayingthere is a lot of potential in tourism in theregion.“This area is rich in mining and is only

until we tap in that opportunity, that thisplace will be a well-developed area economi-cally. In a space of 20 years there is hope,but there is a lot of hard work that must bedone,” he said.Agriculture was top of the agenda at the

summit with the executive mayor who saidthat the municipality currently producesmore maize than the Free State province.But they are forced to sell to places like

the Free State, instead of exporting theirown produce.Industries such as South African Brewer-

ies were part of the massive economy of themunicipality years ago with thousands ofjobs created.National Federation of Chamber Com-

merce and Industry (Nafcoc) chairperson inMnquma, Zukile Mbelangi, said having pro-spective investors is a good exercise to openup opportunities for business owners.“Revitalisation is something we have

been asking from government to revive fac-tories from the former homelands and thisis a good infrastructure that has been decay-ing for years.“We have been asking for assistance and

those policies will create employment andonce local people are employed, the econo-my will boom. Everyone will benefit,” saidMbelangi.

Mnqumamunicipality holds investment summit to boost economy

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

ALTHOUGH the top leaders of theANC in the ORTambo regionwhowere arrested on April 18, in con-nection with an alleged plot to killMhlontlo Municipality speaker

and OR Tambo ANC chairperson Xolile Nkom-pela, did not appear in their court case in theTsolomagistrates court, there were still a lot ofdramatic scenes outside the court on Tuesday.

Outside the court there were two groupschanting – one was supporting Nkompela,present ANC chairperson, while the othergroupwas supporting one of the accused Than-dekile Sabisa, who is the formerANC chairper-son.Sabisa, a predecessor of Nkompela in the

chairmanship of the ANC in the region and the

present OR Tambo deputy mayor, and formerANCsecretaryLawrenceMambilawere arrest-ed on Monday, April 18, on the premises of theOR Tambo District Municipality where theywere working.Their arrest brought to four the number held

in connection with the murder of a bodyguardof Nkompela, and the attempted murder ofNkompela and his other bodyguard.Nkompela and his bodyguards were am-

bushednearTsolo at the end of last year. In thisincident, Nkompela and one of his bodyguardsnarrowly escaped death, but the other body-guard, Zukile Nyontso, who was driving, wasshot dead.The other men arrested were Masibonge

Mnyaka and Xolisa Mswelanto. Only Masi-bonge Mnyaka appeared in the Tsolo Magis-trate court.Sabisa and Mambila were absent and the

court was told that they were still in hospitalafter they claimed that they were tortured andassaulted by the Hawks during their arrest.XolisaMswelanto has turned statewitness in

this case.Outside court, both groups were chanting

songs in support of their respective leaders. Sa-bisa’s groupdemandedhis releasewhileNkom-pela’s group demanded that the suspects not begranted bail.This case has divided the ANC and the com-

munity at large in theMhlontlo sub region andOR Tambo as a whole.Both Sabisa and Nkompela are from Tsolo

which falls under Mhlontlo. Nkompela is fromNtshiqo locality in Tsolo while Sabisa is fromKujengceAdministrativeareainthesametownas Nkompela.Nkompela was present in court under the

watchful eyes of his bodyguards.

At one stage the police were called to inter-vene when the two opposing groups were ston-ing each other outside the court. As a result oftheviolence themainstreet and the street at thecourt were closedwith heavily armed police of-ficers in attendance.The town came to a standstill as both groups

were showing anger and awillingness to strikefirst. Inside the fully packed court room the ar-gumentofreleasingtheaccusedonbailwasalsoheated.The defence team, led byAdvocate Philip Zil-

wa, won the first battle of getting access to thestatements of the accused. The state objected tothis, stating that if the statements are given tothe defence team it would jeopardise the livesof the witnesses who were mentioned in thestatements.

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Murder casedividesANCANC members who supported Thandekile Sabisa outside the court in Tsolo on Tuesday. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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A MASSIVE crowd from Mouth Pleasant, El-liotdale, were in a jovialmood at theweekend-as they were treated to spectacular horse rac-ing performances.

The annual horse racing organised by Gcal-eka Indigenous Race in Mbhashe Municipali-ty is a phenomenon many locals are fond of.The event hosted just outside Elliotdalewas

the fifth instalment of the popular communityevent.Despite limited opportunities for riders, the

race is growing in support in the rural areas.A total of 12 races took place at theweekend,

with prizes on offer that included saddles, bri-dles and blankets.Gcaleka Indigenous Race chairperson

Gwempe Vanya said horse racing in the mu-nicipality was more than just sport, but alsoa way of maintaining the dignity of the Xhosapeople,whosemenheldhorses inhighesteem.He said in the five years of its existence, the

race had grownmassively andwas very popu-

lar with the people of Mbhashe.“Horse racing is very popular in the rural

areas of Mbhashe municipality and a sportthat keeps locals occupiedmore than any oth-er,” Gwempe said.He also appealed to the government to help

by transporting the horses to the event.“We want the government to help us more

than they currently are.“There couldbemorepeople attendinghere

but many are struggling to transport theirhorses to the event.“We would also love to have all the equip-

ment needed in horse racing; things such asgates at the start line. That will also raise thestandard of racing for us,” he said.Mbhashe mayor Nonceba Mfecane said the

municipality was committed to supportingthe horse racing.“We made a decision to rotate this racing

to our three towns, and we also made plansto keep assisting with prizes.“We always plan this event and have decid-

ed to include it in our budget as well,” shesaid.

Elliotdale residents treated to spectacularhorse races

Over the line he goes and wins the saddle prize for finishing first. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

BUNTU GOTYWA

THE man who was accused of killing popu-lar Mthatha Catholic nun, Sister Mary JoTacke, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.

Asiphe Ndikinda was acquitted of mur-dering Tacke, as the state failed to prove themurder charge beyond reasonable doubt.Ndikinda was, however, found guilty on

charges of kidnapping, possession of a fire-arm and ammunition and robbery with ag-gravating circumstances.He was sentenced to 18 years for robbery

with aggravating circumstances, a furtherfive years for kidnapping and two years forpossession of a firearm and ammunition.The sentences will run separately.Judge Lusindiso Pakade said he had taken

the community’s interest into considera-tion in handing down his sentence.Pakade said Ndikinda had also failed to

convince himwhy he should be given a less-er sentence.

Tacke’s close friend, Sister Dionys Ngco-bo, said she was happy with the sentence,but could not say the same about the mur-der charge.Thembekile Kanise also said that al-

though they welcomed the sentencing, theyfelt hard done over the not-guilty verdict onthe murder charge.Ndikinda had pleaded not guilty on all

charges.Tacke was hijacked on June 15, 2014, and

found dead a day later in the water near abridge at the Tyara locality in Libode.Her body was found by a passerby in the

morning.According to a postmortem, head and ab-

dominal injuries and drowning wereamong the causes of the sister’s death.Ndikinda’s fingerprints and palm prints

were found in Tacke’s car, which the judgesaid proved the accused had at some pointdriven Tacke’s car.The state had earlier pushed for murder

and culpable homicide convictions and sub-

mitted that the accused had been carelessby abandoning Tacke along the road, know-ing that she was injured.The judge said there was no evidence that

the accused had a hand in dumping the nunin the water.

Stiff sentence innunmurder case

A relaxed Asiphe Ndikinda after he wassentenced to 25 years in jail.

PHOTO: YANGA SOJI

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But Advocate Zilwa disputed this andstated that the accused are entitled to ac-cess or be furnished with the statementsas obliged by the law and the court ruledon his side.Advocate Zilwa also submitted that the

accused were under unlawful detention sothey need to be set free.He said the accused could be detained

for 48 hours after their arrest and thecourt should be applied to for extension ofdetention on their first appearance, whichwas April 20, but the state failed to do so.He said their detention was therefore

unlawful.Senior Public Prosecutor BettyMashilo,

however, maintained that the accusedcaused the delays because they are not co-operating with the investigators and they

also refused to have their finger printstaken.MagistrateMnge ordered the accused to

be released but before they are releasedthey must have their finger prints taken.The case has been postponed to May 19

in the Tsolo magistrate court.After the postponement both groups of

supporters left.Nkompela, escorted by his bodyguards

and some leaders of the ANC, went to themunicipal hall where they were expectedto address their supporters about the out-come of the case.This was, however, disrupted when tear

gas was sprayed through a window. Peo-ple came out from the hall running andshouting, while inside the hall blows wereexchanged when some of the people in thehall were accused of being from the oppo-sition group.

Tsolomurder case divides ANC

Heavily armed police officers were present to control the situation during the court appearanceof the ANC leaders in Tsolo. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

KINGS in the Eastern Cape converged onNkululekweni, Mthatha, last week to discussthe issue of pardoning jailed Thembu King,BuyelekhayaDalindyeboand todecideon fur-ther steps they would take after getting no re-sponse to a plea for a presidential pardon.

Dalindyebo is serving a 12-year jail sen-tence for fraud, murder, attempted murder,

kidnapping and arson.The kings who attended the meeting were

from nations including AmaRharhabe, Am-aGcaleka, AmaMpondo aseQawukeni, Am-aMpondo aseNyandeni, AbaThembu base-Bumbane and AbaThembu baseRhoda.According to Chief Ntandoyesizwe Ndam-

ase of Nyandeni, they had decided to sit downto discuss the issue of Dalindyebo being re-leased from prison.“In this discussion we decided to take fur-

ther steps and engage our people from allthese monarchies if the government does notadhere to our demand to release the king,”Ndamase said.He said they had drafted another letter ask-

ing to meet with six of the ANC leaders.“We sent our letter to Gwede Mantatshe to

set up a meeting with them where we willraise a lot of dissatifaction at the way the gov-ernment treats traditional leaders,”Ndamasesaid.

KingsmeetoverDalindyebopardonKingsmeetoverDalindyebopardon

Chief Ntandoyesizwe Ndamase addresses themedia at Nkululekweni. PHOTO: YANGA SOJI

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Mthatha community in general andproperty owners have vowed to take ac-tion against the auction of residentialunits in Mthatha.The reaction of the Mthatha property

owners followed the announcement andadvertisement by the Eastern Cape Devel-opment Corporation (ECDC) to put 12stand-alone residential units on publicauction in Mthatha and Butterworth.The Mthatha community formed a cri-

sis committee to petition premier PumuloMasualle to put an end to the auction.According to Pasika Nontshiza of the

crisis committee, the premier was peti-tioned to address once and for all the own-ership of properties in custody of theECDCandPublicWorks, to transfer to ten-ants all properties occupied by Transidotenants and to address the issue of theflawed valuation roll in the King SabataDalindyebo Municipality.He said the people reserved the right to

protect the property formerly and cur-rently owned by the occupants.“We remain resolute and steadfast that

no properties will be auctioned,” he said.In 2010, the ECDC received cabinet ap-

proval to dispose of its non-core and non-performing assets, which include itsstand-alone residential property stock,

which has been a cash drag on the institu-tion.The ECDC is owed millions of rands in

rental arrears by tenants, despite its rent-als being some of the lowest in themarket.“Between 2010 and 2013, the ECDC en-

gaged the services of a transaction adviserto guide on the ease of effecting this com-plex transaction,” ECDC operations gen-eral manager, Luyanda Tsipa said.“The corporation was advised to follow

a batched approach in its property dispos-al strategy.“Subsequently, current tenants of

ECDC’s stand-alone residential propertieswere in December 2012 given until March31, 2013, a first right of refusal to buy thehouses they currently occupy. Tenantswere given a further 90 days to raise thefunding.“Some 32 houses have already been sold

with completed transfers, while another19 of the properties have been sold and arein a transfer process.“While some other tenants made offers

to the ECDC to buy the properties theycurrently occupy, these offers were nothonoured and have since lapsed.”She said the funds generated from the

sale of these properties would be reinvest-ed into ECDC to help fund businesses thatwanted to take advantage of opportunitiesin key growth sectors of the economy.

ECDCatwarwith propertyowners over auction of units

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MTHATHAHighCourtJudgeLusindisoPha-kade has sentenced aWalter Sisulu Universi-ty student to life imprisonment for the mur-der of a correctional services officer stationedin Ngqeleni.

Siphesihle Ngozi was sentenced to life im-prisonment for the murder, plus 18 years forrobbery.Officer Dumisa Tiya of Lurhasini location

in Libode was attacked and murdered whilehe was on his way home.His body was found in the Ginyabantwana

Dam near Dan’s Lodge after the location waspointed out by the accused.HisVWCiti Golfwas found inEast London

in possession of Ngozi and he was arrested.Ngoziadmitted incourt thathehadblocked

Tiya’swaywith rocks and thenattackedhim,hitting him on the head with a spanner.Ngozi told the court that he had tied him

up and put him on the passenger seat with arope around his neck.He drove to a nearby forest, planning to tie

Tiya to a tree, but realised that Tiya was al-ready dead, so he decided to throw his bodyinto the dam and drove to East London.Phakade said people like Ngozi needed to be

isolated fromthepublicbecause theyweredan-gerous,andthatwaswhyhedeserveda lengthyjail term.Tiya’s familywelcomed the sentence, saying

that it had been a traumatic time for them dur-ing the three years that the case kept on being

postponed.Tiya’s elder brother, Bonisile, said: “I am

happy that the case is over because the post-ponements of the case were haunting us as afamily.”However, he said he was still concerned,

claiming that there was another guilty person

whowas still at large, despite having confessedto the police that he had been involved in thismurder case.According to Tiya, this person handed him-

self over to the police, but was later released.“We are not safe as a family if this person

is still out there,” he said.

SiphesihleNgozi.PHOTO:YANGA SOJI

Prisonwardenkillergets life sentence

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

A MAN who survived an alleged petrol-bomb attack on a bus in Mthombetsitsa lo-cation in Libode last week has vowed thatfrom now on he will come closer to God byattending church every Sunday.

Yolisa Nonzaki, 23, said by doing so hewould be thanking God for saving his lifein this incident in which two other mendied.He said the occurrence of the incident

had perhaps been a sign from God callinghim to be close.He added that if he had the means, he

could also slaughter a big ox to thank hisancestors for savinghis life in this dreadfulincident.Nonzaki narrowly escaped death when

the bus which he and his colleagues wereguarding, was allegedly petrol-bombed.Nonzaki said it had been about midnight

when they saw a car passing by.It had come back a short while later, but

they had not seen where it went after that,he said.A fewminutes later theyheard abig bang

from underneath the bus.“The blast was from in front, so we ran

to the back of the bus,” he said.“The flames were starting to engulf the

bus and Imanaged to break awindowwithmy head and I jumped out, rushing to thenearest homestead, where the driver wassleeping.“Whenwe cameback our colleagues had

already broken the backwindow, butwereunable to come out because the smokewasall over and the flames were already sur-rounding them,” he said.ZamvaZithithi andMlwandileMgweny-

eni died in the fire.The owner of Umanyano Transport Ser-

vices, Mncedisi Qaba, said he had no ideawhat the reason for the petrol-bombing ofhis bus had been.He said that earlier on there had been a

suggestion from the owners of the bakkieswhich transport people in the area that hestopworking duringweekends and on holi-days.“But I told them that they must inform

the communities because they were theones who had requested a bus in the area.“I even went to the communities myself

informing them about the suggestion fromthe owners.“By the time of this incident the bakkie

owners had not yet met the communities,”

he said.Police spokesperson, Colonel Mzukisi

Fatyela confirmed the incident, statingthat a case of malicious damage had beenopened.He further said the inquest might lead

to a murder investigation, depending onthe investigation.By the time of going to print there had

been no arrests.

Narrowly escaping death led him to church

Yolisa Nonzaki escaped death by inchesduring the bombing of a bus he wasguarding. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

Amapolisa ase Lusikisiki(SAPS) awazi-phathanga kakuhle izibotshwa eziseleniecharge office.Izibotshwa ziyalamba zityaipapa ne khaphetshu eyomileyo.Neziva-kashi ezizobona izibotshwa ziphathekakakubi ngamapolisa ingakumbi ulutshalwamapolisa kude kubengcono abafana ku-nolutsha olungamantombazana ngokup-hatha izivakashi rhabaxa,bathetha aphobathanda khona.

Izibotshwa zilamba imini nobusuku ezis-eleni nezivakashi ezibaphathela ukutya zi-jikiswa nako kuthiwa akuvumelekanga bakungene ukutya okusuka ngaphandle ek-ubenibebahlalisaimininobusukubelambi-le.Into seyisenziwa ngamapolisa avumisa

isuspects icase ngenkani,bayabethwa ab-antwana babantu,bengqutywa nobuso nga-ma plastic bebethwa bevunyiswa intoabangayaziyo ngenkani echarge office yaseLusikisiki.Sisafake isikhalazo kwi SAPShead office

ngalomba kodwa sisalinde iimpendu-lo.onke lamapolisa ahlukumeza izibotshwasiyawazi ngamagama futhi ibangala eshiftyasemini.nalamantombazana asiphathangadalala xasiyobona izibotshwa ziwa re-portile siyawazinayongamagamaawongo-ba akasiniki ntlonipho xasiye echarge of-fice.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The owner of a petrol-bombed bus Mncedisi Qaba and the driver Mlande Mngcotyelwa. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

IGWETYWEiminyakaeli9emjivaindodaefunay-aniswe inetyala lokudlwengula isinqanda mathesayo.UMawande Ngubethole ufunyaniswe enetyalayonkundla kamantyi yaseWillowvale emva kok-udlwengula obencumisana naye one 19 leminy-aka.Ingxelo zithi ixhoba eli lahlangana nomrhanelwangenyanga kaJanuary ngorhatya lwangomhlawama 25 kwisithili saseLurhwayizo, kwilali yaseNtlangano. Umrhanelwa utyholwa ngokunyanze-lisa ixhobaukuba labelanenayengesondo, laze ix-homa alavuma kwesisinyanzeliso.Kulapho ke uNgubethole andlobongolise ixhobaelirhuqela kwityholo elikufuphi walidlwengula.Ixhoba liye labikela amapolisa aseWillowvalengesisehlo nekulapho kuthe kwavulwa khona it-yala lokudlwengula.Abezophando olunxulumene nokuhlukunyezwakwabantwana kunye nezehlo zokuhlukunyezwangesondo iButterworth Family Violence, ChildProtection and Sexual Offences baye basiphandaesisehlo baze bambama umrhanelwa.UMawande Ngubethole uye wavela phambi kwa-mantyi ngeityholo zokudlwengula yaze inkundlayamfumana enetyala. Kungoku nje sele eqalisileukutsala isigwebo asinikwe yinkundla.– BUNTU GOTYWA

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THEANCintheORTamboregionhasexpressedits shock and sadness following the arrest of twoof its top leaders in the OR Tambo region.

Former ANC OR Tambo regional chairper-son, Thandekile Sabisa, who is also deputy may-or in the OR Tambo District Municipality, andformer regional deputy secretary, LawrenceMambila were recently arrested by the Hawksin connection with a plot to kill present regionalchairperson, Xolile Nkompela.

Nkompela was ambushed near Tsolo last De-cember while on his way home.

His bodyguard was killed and Nkompela andanotherbodyguardescapeddeathwhentheirve-hicle was shot at.

Regional secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobisaid: “We are saddened because they are com-rades who are highly regarded and occupy sen-iorpositionsof trustwithintheorganisationandour local government.”

He said even though they were shocked, theywelcomed the progress by the investigators andfurther applauded them for such a break-through.

“We hope the breakthrough will bring closer(the resolution of) the matter the ANC has beengrappling with since December 2015,” Ngcukay-itobi said.

Hesaidtheyhadeverytrust that theinvestiga-tors and judiciary would leave no stone un-

turned in revealing the truth about the murderand attempted murder case.

Meanwhile, the Independent Police Investiga-tive Directorate is to investigate allegations thatHawks members tortured and assaulted the twoleaders.

It is alleged the two accused failed to appearin court last week as they were in hospital dueto the injuries they sustained during the allegedassault. – SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

ANCspeaksoutafterarrest of top leaders

CORRUPTION in tender processes, politicalinfighting and failure to retain talented youngprofessionals in the province were stated assome of the main causes of service deliveryfailures in the OR Tambo region, in particularin Mthatha.

The issue topped the agenda in a debate host-ed by Walter Sisulu students recently at theWalter Sisulu Nelson Mandela campus in

Mthatha.The programme was designed to galvanise

young people to participate in the 2016 localgovernment elections and to give the youth aplatform to engage on service delivery issues.

In attendance were public policy and politi-cal analyst, Dr Somadoda Fikeni and youth ac-tivists Baxolise Dlali and Lumnyanyo Ma-nentsa.

About 50 young people from across the uni-versity’s faculties and former WSU SRC presi-dent, Zincedile Tiya facilitated the discussion.

The issues discussed included corruption,

Students debate poor service delivery

SEWUSHE Senior Secondary School principal,Thobeka Ndamase Dokvelt, said the RestlessDevelopment campaign has come in the nick oftime, when the school needed it the most.

Restless Development is a youth-led develop-ment agency which puts the interests of youngpeople at the forefront.

The agency visited Sewushe recently to ad-dress and interact with young people to provideadvice about their day-to-day challenges.

It also offered life skills advice and presenteda career exhibition for the school and neighbor-ing schools.

Ndamase said children at their school, in Cor-

hana,Mthatha,hadbeenhitwithheavychallen-ges this year.

“We do believe this programme has comewhen we need it the most, especially after a pu-pil committed suicide after learning she waspregnant.Andthisisbecauseofnotbeingawareof how to react to these situations. They don’trealise that subjects like life orientation arethere to assist them.”

Ndamase said it was better for pupils to listento their peers for advice about young people’sproblems. “When they are told by the teachers,they sometimes don’t realise what applicationsthey can make to substantiate whatever we tell

them,” she said.“Whenyouhavetheseorganisationsofyoung

people, these peer educators of the same age,their advice makes lot of sense to them, ratherthan coming from us as mothers.”

She added that taverns and nightlife had beena huge challenge for the pupils at the school.

“Our kids engage in risky lifestyles, withmany going to taverns, and we want to keep ad-dressing safety around school, since most of ourkids have to look out for themselves.

“When we are faced by challenges it is goodto have these campaigns. Having these organi-sations gives us hope,” she said. – BUNTU GOTYWA

RestlessDevelopmentdealswith learnerdifficulties

and training courses. Fikeni, WSU academicProfessor, Peggy Luswazi and SRC membersagreed there was a need to establish a facultyof agriculture and rural development in orderto produce local experts. SIMBONGILE MDLEDLEpolitical infighting and young graduates

who left the province, instead of working orcreating businesses in the Eastern Cape.

Also on the agenda was the importance ofWSU specialising and localising its academic


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STUDENT leaders need to take ownership oftheir futureand therefore guide thepolicies onstudents’ needs, Deputy CommunicationsMinister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said.

Shewasaddressingapackedhall at theKingHintsa TEVT in Idutywa during a post-state ofthe nation address (Sona) seminar.She was leading the post-Sona information

seminaratMbhasheLocalMunicipalityinlinewith the 2016 Sona pronouncement.The post-Sona seminar affords the govern-

ment the opportunity to engage and reflect onplans,milestonesandchallengestodateaspartof ongoing feedback to communities.Ndabeni-Abrahams said student leaders

should not focus on fighting for T-shirts andthe small resources they had, but rather focuson building a proper constituency that wouldrespond to what South Africa experienced.“Since student leaders talk leadership, they

should lead in the right direction. By doing soyouwill have established a brigade that is able

to respond to the growth of the economy andtherefore we will defeat poverty and unem-ployment in our country.”She said the government could only hire so

many people and it was up to students to em-power themselveswith the relevant skills thatthe national development plan talked about.“We can give you NSFAS (bursaries), but

you will not get employment, simply becausethe skills you produce do notmeet themarketrequirements.”She urged the students to use knowledge

gainedathigherinstitutionstobecreativeandinnovative anduse it to play a role in advisingthe government.“We do not want people who say they have

qualifications, but don’t get employment. Thegovernment can only hire so many, not all ofyou. That’s the reality. You need to come upwithmeasures tohelpusrespondto thedigitalsociety we are heading to,” she said.Mbhashe mayor, Nonceba Mfecane, said

studentsshouldavoidpeoplewhousethemforulterior motives as their agents in the questto fulfil their selfish aims.

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STUDENTS at King Hintsa TVET Collegeused the post-state of the nation (Sona) semi-nar platform to request themayor ofMbhasheMunicipality to look into the accommodationof students at the college.

The Sasco leader at the college, SphenathiSayisi, said the environment the studentsfound themselves in was not conducive forstudying.He said lack of accommodation was affect-

ing many students academically.“The issue of accommodation is very bad

here. We have situations where you get 10 to15 students cramped into a single room andthat is not a situation students should findthemselves in,” he said.

“This is an issue that has been raised fora very long time, but to date there is nochange and we can’t be expected to performwell in such conditions.”Sayisi appealed to the mayor to put her fo-

cus on the accommodation issue as theycould not continue to suffer from the unbear-able conditions.In response,MbhashemayorNoncebaMfe-

cane said the municipality was ready to offerassistance with land for any developer whosought to assist with student accommoda-tion.“The municipality realises the issue of ac-

commodation is a problem formany studentsbased in Mbhashe.“We are unable to build for students, but

we can offer sites for developers to build stu-dent digs,” she said.

Mbhashe mayor NoncebaMfecane responds tostudents’ cries for accommo-dation. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

Ndabeni-Abrahams calls for stronger leadership among students

Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams addresses King Hintsa TVET students.PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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THE Mthatha branch of PremierBrands made 12 000 sandwiches forcharity in the town.

The challenge by the baking compa-ny to benefit the less fortunate is nowin its second year.Branches all over South Africa are

participating in the challenge,with thetarget being 200 000 sandwiches for thisyear.LastyearPremiermade132 742sand-

wiches around the country.Event organiser, André de Beer of

Rac events, said the whole point of thechallenge was giving back to the com-munity. He said volunteers were givenfour hours to do as many sandwichesas possible.“Todaywe are doing jam and butter,

chutney and polony and vienna and to-mato sauce sandwiches,” he said.Brand managers of each branch

identify charities thatwill benefit fromthe challenge.The beneficiaries start collecting

their sandwiches as soon as the teamsfinish.Mthatha charities that benefited

from this year’s challenge are the Effa-

taSchool for theBlindandDeaf, Ikhwe-zi lokusa, Thembisa Special School,Mpilweni Home Care, Khanyisa Chil-dren’s Home, Zingisa RehabilitationCentre,MsobomvuHIVandAidsOrga-nisation, Church in the Last Days andthe Catholic Association.Thembisa Special School adminis-

tratorNondebeBubusaidshewasveryhappywiththeeffortsmadebyPremierin supporting charities.She said the pupils had to be fed ev-

ery two hours and the low budget theygot from the government was notenough to support their daily dietneeds.

Premierbread internal challengebenefiting charities

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Umhlobo Wenenemaskandi DJGudlabatshakaziMbangi withZameka Goli at anevent held atMkhankatholocation in Libode.

Mercy Zandi, Zam Gwayise, Mabuyie Mbangi,Unathi Mbelu and Xolie Ndakisa were capturedby the Express crew at an event in Libode.

Members of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa werephotographed at a church service in Ngcobo over theweekend. PHOTOS: SIM MDLEDLE

Fundy Kokani, Patido Magadla, Nozizwe Sigenuand Nomfundo Madlelisa at an event in Libode.

OW!! What a fight for fatty la-diesBafethu niyazi akubukeki ukubo-na oomama if not ladies fightingon the street, but it’s what we sawlast Friday when we were drivingpassing ngaseMthini near Old Sa-voy. We were driving our Turu-tu-ru silahlekelwe ngu-line sisafunaiinyosi ukuva ukuba zingena phixa sibona two stout womenbegxwithana okwezinja zilwangethambo. Bebede bavusanee-dustin.Hayi zinyathelene iintombi ezin-kulu hayi kancinane and iyancedanale nto xa beyosela banxibe iib-rukhwe kuba besobona okunye la-phaya if they were wearing dress-es. Ayibukeki ke la nto sisters ben-iyenza ama-lady a-descent theydon’t fight in the street in front ofthe people nehlisa isidima soosisinoomama bethu. Izinto zithethwangomlomo nokuba ukuthathele in-doda na don’t fight you are dis-crediting the fazland.

Yemadoda kunzima kulo mhla-ba siphila kuwoKubangcono xa izinto uzenza elub-ala ungabe uzimele ngenkonzookanye ngobufundisi kanti behindthe scenes you don’t practice whatyou preach. I wonder what theseboys are going to say? Kaloku thi-na kwiindawo ekuthengiswa kuyoutywala singena nje singabi nax-hala kuba akukho nto sizibizangayo siphinde futhi ebumnyame-ni si-act ngenye indlela.By the time we experienced what

we are going to say dear reader, wewere at New Savoy where we weregoing to buy few quarts of what wedrink.Then it was already late and whenwe entered the Tops liquor storewe saw a guy whom we used to at-tend church with together.The guy was a born again personwhereas thina sasiziyela nje ecaw-eni siyokucela intethelelo kubanaxa kuthiwa makuphakanyisweizandla samkele inkosi asizangede siziphakamise sibalekela ukuz-ibophelela entweni esingazukuy-imela.Kucacukuba urheme usibone ku-qala ngoku uzama ukufihla le ntoebezoyithenga singayiboni marathina besekudala siyibonile qhasabetha ngathi asiyibonanga.Okay, sazithengela iziphuzo zethusaphuma kuba asoyiki mntu nga-zo ngaphandle kwamapolisa na-khona xa sizisela kwindawo enga-vumelekanga. Kuthe kanti simiseecaleni kwakhe. Nanko umfo om-khulu ezithi ngesigqamama se-whiskey. Kuyatsho indoda ibisey-inxanwe kakhulu. Mara ke akuk-ho nto besizamenza yona, but uthewakusibona kwakhona nanko qulo whiskey phantsi emotweni nan-gona ebesele simbonile. I wonderizakuba njani ukunuka ijiki imotoka son of the God. Shame, abanyeabantu baziphilisa ubomi bent-shontsho bafethu. Akukho mntuazakwenza nto nje nokuba un-gangayifihli into yakho yokuselautywala. Shame baziphilisa nzimaabanye abantu.

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WALTER Sisulu University FC are throughto the ABC Motsepe League promotion play-offs after they won Amathole SAB RegionalLeague Play-Offs games at the weekend intheir own back yard at Bika Campus in But-terworth.

WSU won two games and drew one in their

way to progress to the ABC Motsepe Leaguepromotion play-offs that will be played nextmonth atEast London’sBuffaloCity Stadium.The students defeated Executive Academy

FC 4-1, after they edged outUniversityOf FortHare FC by two goals to zero. In their lastgame they played to a one-all drawagainst thestrong side Try Again FC.The results took the head of sport at the uni-

versity, Banzi “Bra Ace” Siyongwana’s boysto the top of the group with seven points, fol-lowed by University of Fort Hare FC with sixpoints.Try Again FC took position three. The

whippingboysof the group,ExecutiveAcade-my FC, stay at the bottom.TwoWSUFCplayers received awards after

the tournament. Pikolomzi Noqaza wasnamed player of tournament, while AndileMatolengwe received the goalkeeper of thetournament award.Bathandwa Zondani from University of

FortHare,who scored six goals in the tourna-ment, was top goal scorer.

WSUwinAmatholeSABRegional Leagueplay-offs

Walter Sisulu University won the Amathole SAB regional play-offs at the Bika Campus, Butterworth,at the weekend. PHOTOS:ANELE RAZIYA

From left, are top goal scorer BathandwaZondani (Fort Hare), goalkeeper of the tourna-ment Andile Matolongwe and player of thetournament Pikolomzi Noqaza, both from WSU.

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COACH Eddie Dyaloyi says his MthathaBucks charges need to learn how to kill agame, as they head to another crunchgame against Cape Town All Stars on Sat-urday.

Bucks salvaged a point at home to FCCape Town last week as their escape fromrelegation continues.However, the two dropped points at

home by Bucks allowed 15th placed Mor-oka Swallows to close the gap to threepoints.Continuing to drop points could prove

disastrous for Bucks who enjoy a massivefollowing from soccer lovers in andaround Mthatha.Losing the only club in the NFD would

bebitter pill to swallow formany would be starved oftop- flight football in theregion.Dyaloyi knows this

week’s game is anothertough task even thoughthey play in front of a

home crowd. “It’s a tough game, bearingin mind they (Cape Town All Stars) havea new coach and theywill want to impress.“All Stars is a team that plays football

and therefore we need to ensure they donot get the spaces.“Going to this gamewe just need toman-

age to kill the game in the first half. Weneed to go to this game with the power toscore the goals.Dyaloyi rues missed chances by his

team, especially in their last game.“We are trying our best. We just need to

take one step at a time, but its hard espe-cially as we concede early,” he said.Bucks are only three points from safety

with four games remaining in the leagueand Swallows’ new-found form could spelldisaster for the Mthatha side should theycontinue dropping on home turf.

Mthatha Bucks living dangerously

Mthatha Bucks doing theirpost match ritual.

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On the attack: Mthatha Bucks forward Sbongiseni Madikane in action during their one-alldraw against FC Cape Town FOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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ABC Motsepe League leaders Lion Cityneed only one win in their last two remain-ing games in order to progress to playingin the National First Division League pro-motion play-offs.

This comes after City punished MorningStars by 3-0. Meanwhile league contendersTornado FC dropped a valuable point whenthey played to a 3-3 draw against YoungIdeas at Sisa Dukashe Stadium over theweekend.Port Elizabeth outfit City have 64 points

now with two games remaining, whileMdantsane outfit Tornado FC have 60pointswith the samenumberofmatches re-

maining.The way things stand, Motsepe rookies,

City have a better opportunity to win theleague of 2015/16 in their first season.

Other results fromABCMotsepeLeague:Future Tigers 2 SUBS 0Kokstad Liverpool 0 Mthatha City 0Zimbane Killers 1 EC Bees 2Highbury 0 Matta Milan 1FC Elliot 1 Emperors 7

LionCity need onemorewin

;Matta Milan defeated Highbury 1-0 intheir ABC Motsepe League Clash over theweekend. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

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