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Selections for the Golden Games were held in Bizana last week, where a team was chosen to represent Bizana in East London. Read about Elsie Tobo’s (76) passion for running on Page 8. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

KHAYA MAGENU

EAST Griqualand land claims representa-tive, Cyril George Gangerdine,,is disputingthat the whole of KwaZulu Natal land belongsto King Goodwill Zwelithini but claims thatmost of the land belongs to the Khoisan peo-ple.

AmaMpondo King Zanozuko TyelovuyoSigcau, has, however, dismissed Ganger-dine’s claims and said he was distorting theinformation of land claims.This was after reports that the Zulu King

was about to launch South African’s biggestclaim for land that was under control of theZulus in 1838.Sigcau said they were set to lodge a claim

for the land starting from Port Shepstone,Harding, Kokstad, Swartberg, Matatiele,Mount Fletcher and Underberg.“We know that these areas belong to the

land of AmaMpondo and it is well-document-ed. The late King Faku’s grave is in Marburgoutside Port Shepstone and our intention isto claim back our land,” said King Sigcau.Gangardine said the Zulu King cannot

claim the Griqualand (Kokstad).He said they will deal with this matter even

in the Constitutional Court and the Khoisanwill stand for their rights.“Therewas a certain region called noman’s

land when Adam Kok came here in the EastGriqualand.“It was made up of three districts, Mount

Currie district (Kokstad), Matatiele, Umzim-khulu and part of Harding district.“When you talk about no man’s land, it

means that there was nobodywho lives there.It is also proven that throughoutKwaZuluNa-tal you will find Bushman drawings and thespecialists will tell you that how old are thosedrawings.“It shows that Zululand belongs to the

Khoisan,” said Gangerdine.But King Sigcau disputed Gangerdine’s

claims and said when Griquas arrived in theEastGriqualand theyasked for apiece of landfrom King Faku of amaMpondo.He also dismissed claims that King Good-

will Zwelithini and the Nhlangwini Royalhouse have land in that part of Eastern Capewhich they want to claim back.Gangerdine said the drawings which are

found all overKwaZuluNatalwere providingfurther evidence that the Khoisan were thefirst people in South Africa before Ngunitribes arrived from Northern African coun-tries.He advised all South Africans to sit around

the table or to call the second Convening ofthe Convention for Democratic South Africa(CODESA) to discuss the issue of land.

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Cyril George Gangerdine. PHOTO: KHAYAMAGENU

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How to enterGo to www.uvoexpress.co.za. The Youth Journo (or his/her parent) mustregister as a user on the website and then click on “Tell Your Story”.

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PHINDILE GQELE

ASpart of walking inNelsonMan-dela’s footsteps of goodwill, Ex-press publications decided to openits heart to help the NcedisizweOldAgeProject inLukholoLocali-ty, Mbizana, by filling cracks inthe walls and painting the centreon July 18.

This Old Age Project which has50 members was identified by Ex-press employees who saw the needfor assistance at the centre. Theelders were extremely pleasedthat their centre was now decent,beautiful and clean.

Members of the project whowere present while the Expressteam was at work, made sure thatall the things needed during thepainting were provided, like wa-ter and a ladder.

A local professional painter,Ndumiso Magidela, agreed tohelp, as did Nkosinathi Nyathi.

Mzize Noqhamza, a member ofthe centre, acknowledged the helpof the Express team on behalf ofNcedisizwe and said the effort inhelping them was highly appreci-ated. “What you did here today isnot for us, but for you. You willreap the fruits of this goodwill,”concluded Noqhamza.

Expresspitches inonMandelaDay

This is what the centre looked like before being painted. Filling the crackson the wall is Greg Nota of Express. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Greg Nota (right) with volunteers who were assisting him in painting the centre, Ndumiso Magidela, a painter by profes-sion, who agreed to give his assistance free of charge (left) and Nkosinathi Nyathi (middle). PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

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MBIZANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY BRIDGE STRUCTURESNOTICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS

BASIC ASSESSMENTNotification is hereby given in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998)Section 24 (5) as amended of the intention of to construct bridgestructures at Mthonjeni andThembalesizwe locations.

Mthonjeni is about 40km away from Mbizana and Thembalesizwe about 45km away fromMbizana.

has been appointed by asindependent environmental assessment practitioners (EAP) to undertake BasicAssessment Processesfor the proposed project.An application for Environmental Authorisation in terms of G.N.R 543-545 will be submitted to theDepartment of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) Maluti DistrictOffice.If you or your organisation requires further information, would like to participate in the Public Participa-tion Process and provide comment on the draft Basic Assessment Report, please ensure that youregister as an interested/affected party and/or submit comment, in writing, to

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KHAYA MAGENU

RAGING veld fires killed two people and leftfive villagers injured in Matatiele on Thurs-day last week.

The inferno reduced at least fifty houses inthe Thabachicha village to ashes.NaweMathato (67)was burnt beyond recog-

nition while trying to extinguish the fires inher twohouses. Bothhouseswere burnt downcompletely, leaving the family destitutewhilein the nearby village of Tuteng aman, BoomoLetele (61), died of smoke inhalation and burnwounds.

Veld fires claimmore lives inMatatiele

Veld fires reduced at least fifty houses in the Thabachicha village to ashes last week Thursday. Last month raging veld fires burned down 15 farms stretching over 15 000 hectares of land with morethan 1000 sheep and 200 cattle killed in Matatiele, Kokstad, Cedarville and Swartberg. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

EasternCapeMEC forCooperativeGovern-ance and Traditional Affairs, Fikile Xasa, ac-companied by theAlfredNzoDistrictMunici-pality Executive Mayor, Eunice Diko andMatatiele Local Municipality councillors,cancelled theirMandelaDayactivities to visitthe families of the deceased in the affected vil-lages on Friday and handed over relief mate-rial.Firefighters fought the raging veld fires

throughout the night on Thursday, but thefires spread uncontrollably through the vil-lages, fuelled by gale force winds. Dry grassas a result of no rain in the area during thepast five months aggravated the situation.

Among the injured were two firefightersfrom the Alfred Nzo District Municipality.They were critically injured when their re-sponse vehicle was involved in an accidentwhile responding to the fires. The injuredwere admitted to the Tayler Bequest hospitalinMatatiele and others have been transferredto the Mthatha Academic hospital.Speaking to the families of the deceased,

MEC Xasa said they needed to be strong dur-ing this trying time. “We are a governmentthat cares. We will be with you all the way.”The fires affected most of the small villagesat the foot of the Drakensberg mountainsaround the historic Mariazell mission, in-

cluding Moreneng, Tuteng and Lititjhereng.Retshidisiso Letele said she had lost her fa-ther, Boomo, in the fire and she didn’t knowhow she would manage to pay for his burial,since no-one in her family was working. “Thefire caughtmy father in the veld while he waslooking after animals.”Last month raging veld fires burned down

15 farms stretching over 15 000 hectares oflandwithmore than 1 000 sheep and 200 cattlekilled in Matatiele, Kokstad, Cedarville andSwartberg last month. The Farmers in EastGriqualand are also devastated after the blaz-ing fire that completely destroyed their farmsand some of their livestock.

PHINDILE GQELE

MBIZANA local stores have opened theirhearts in helping the needy by donating gro-ceries that were distributed to the needy onMandelaDay (July 18) by theANC’s Rhashwi-ni branch in Mbizana.

Bargain Wholesalers, Spar Superstores,Boxer Superstores, Checkout andAmos hard-ware donated groceries in reponse to a re-quest from the Rhashwini ANC branch.The chairperson for the branch, Thabisile

Mtshobo, said the groceries were given toneedy families identified by community lead-ers.“The lateTataMandelahas shownusagood

path and it’s time for us to follow in his foot-

steps.”She added that out of the eight villages

they had chosen, three families per villagereceived groceries at the Mtamvuna JuniorSecondary School where all the recepientsgathered.“The main purpose of these donations is

to give back to the community and honourthe legacy of Nelson Mandela by followingin his footsteps and to bring a bit of joy tothe lives of the needy,” said Manono Mb-hele, branch secretary.Mbhele promised that the branch would

continue with this practice.The villageswho benefited from this initi-

ative included Mbhobheni, Ndayingana,Dlungwana, Gwala, Mabheleni, Mtamvuna,and Mangweni.

Mbizana stores help theANC to celebrateMadiba’s lifeThe manag-er ofBargainWholesalers,Peter Bosch,with thechairpersonof theRhashwiniANC branch,ThabisileMatshoba.PHOTO:PHINDILEGQELE

Members of the ANC’s Rhashwini branch with groceries donated by Bargain Wholesalers.PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE


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ON Mandela Day (July 18), Samsung Elec-tronics South Africa, in partnership with Op-eration Read and Type (ORT), handed over aSamsung Solar Powered Internet School toHuku Senior Secondary, in Mandileni, MountFrere.

This solar powered school facility is fullyequippedand is the first of its kind in the area.

Since 2002, Samsung had built and de-ployed 15 mobile Solar Powered InternetSchools (SPIS), providing high quality educa-tion to more than 30 000 students in SA.

The school is a 12 metre long, repurposedshipping container that can house up to 21students.

Each school is equipped with a 50-inch elec-tronic board, Internet-enabled notebooks,Samsung Galaxy Tablets and Wi-Fi cameras,all powered by a solar panel.

The handover was attended by representa-tives from the Department of Education, thelocal municipalities, as well as communityleaders. ORT is a registered non-profit organi-sation, with a goal to bridge inequality issuesin education within South Africa, by provid-ing under-privileged schools, particularly ru-ral schools with basic, but essential resourc-es. These resources include, but are not limit-ed to fully functional libraries, computer andscience laboratories and sports equipment.

“Operation Read and Type in partnershipwith Samsung have proven that it takes a na-tion to educate a child. This partnership has

brought hope to the scholars of Huku SeniorSecondary school and the community of Man-dileni,” said Veliswa Mdzinwa of OperationRead and Type.

“We are inspired by the work done by ORTand believe that together we can make a sus-tainable difference in the lives of the HukuSenior Secondary learners and the surround-ing community,” said Michelle Potgieter, Di-rector of Corporate Marketing and Communi-cations at Samsung Electronics SA.

“Furthermore, we are privileged to beworking with traditional leaders in the East-ern Cape, as part of Samsung’s rural develop-ment programme and are incredibly gratefulthey have allowed us to be part of their com-munity.”

Technology does change the very nature of

how students learn; this SPIS classroompromises to blend the best of both worlds:technology will engage students more and al-low them to work collaboratively, whileteachers will be able to provide feedback insmarter and more interactive ways than everbefore.

“Student familiarity with electronic devic-es serves as the catalyst to explore and discov-er a creative, as well as interactive, learningenvironment.Mobile devices and the Internetopen up a whole new world of digital content,interaction, and individualised learning, toexpand student learning beyond the tradi-tional classroom. At Samsung we want to em-power societies in which we operate and lookforward to contribute towards positivechange in South Africa,” concluded Potgieter.

Hukureceives solarpower internet school

Pupils putting the new solar powered computers through its paces. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Notification is hereby given in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998)Section 24 (5) as amended of the intention of to construct accessroads and bridge structures at Sicwenza and Sphaqeni locations.

Sicwenza is about 25km away from Flagstaff and Sphaqeni is about 10 km away from Flag-staff.

has been appointed by asindependent environmental assessment practitioners (EAP) to undertake BasicAssessment Processesfor the proposed projects.An application for Environmental Authorisation in terms of G.N.R 543-545 will be submitted to the De-partment of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) Mthatha DistrictOffice.If you or your organisation requires further information, would like to participate in the Public Partici-pation Process and provide comment on the draft Basic Assessment Report, please ensure that youregister as an interested/affected party and/or submit comment, in writing, to

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PHINDILE GQELE

IN an operation to honour Tata Nelson Rho-lihlahla Mandela, the Local Municipality ofMbizana, the Alfred Nzo District Municipali-ty and Cokisa – a programme initiated by theDepartment of Environmental Affairs to re-cruit youngpeople to play a role in the cleanli-

ness of the environment – decided to spend67 minutes on a clean-up awareness cam-paign at the Mbizana Cultural Village.

The main objective was to honour TataNelson Mandela and be part of the MandelaDay celebrations.

According to Cokisa Intern, Wandile Mh-

lelembana, another objective of the day was topromote cleanliness in Bizana town by clean-ing up waste hot spots in areas like MatwebuStreet and various taxi ranks as well as to pro-mote recycling.

“We engaged in this to remember our father,Tata Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela, for the rolehe played in the struggle to make South Africa

a better place for all,” said Senior ManagerCommunity Services Department, Mpumele-lo Khuzwayo.

“This is not the end of the initiative. Weshall continuewith it andweurge the commu-nity of Mbizana to keep the environment sur-rounding us healthy and not harmful to usand the future generation.”

Municipality spends67minutes cleaningBizana

Andiswa Gila helping Mbizana Local Municipality Senior Manager CommunityServices Department, Mpumelelo Khuzwayo, to load rubbish into plastic bags.

PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Mbizana Local Municipality Chief Whip Ayanda Maquthu, cleaning waste withMpumelelo Mkhungu and Nobalindi Mahlungu.

PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Bhampas football players and municipal workers helping during the clean-up campaign.PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE


Staff members of Bizana Shoprite spent their 67 minutes on Mandela Day (July 18)by donating toys and cleaning up at St Patrick’s hospital in Bizana.

Shoprite spendstimeat St Patrick’s

The Shoprite Bizana team at St Patrick’s hospital. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Thabiso Qanga cleaning windows at the hospital.

Shoprite staff members handing out toys to children in the children’s ward.

Fundiswa Ngqinjana hard at work on Mandela Day.

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SURELY dear reader you know about the say-ing that says when days are dark friends arefew?

That’s what we noticed about a guy whomwe used to see driving with his friends allnight long when we we were still grooving.

They were going to almost all the nightclubs of UTA in one night.

Wawubona nje ukuba there was a good rela-tionship kula majita ehlala endawonye, maraamanye babengenazikari. Nina gossip teamnanibabona nisiyaphi? Kaloku as you knowwe are always on the street looking for gossipnews not booze or girls and we are gettingpaid for that. Aish, da man is suffering nowand we don’t know where his friends are now

when he is in that situation.Even though he has no car presently but he

still loves mnandi places even though hisfriends are nowhere to be found.

We met him in Chicago as he was trying togo back to his room.

He told us that he tried to phone the guywhom he used to ‘jujuma’ with, but he wasnot picking up his cell phone and he was men-tioning his name.

And we know the man he was alwaysputting pressure on the guy to move from oneplace to another with his car.

Shame we felt bad and helped by transport-ing him to his room in Norwood.

This is UTA ke ndoda during your affordingdays friends are all over you but when things

are bad they just vanish and not help evenwhen you need help. Ask uGesh esafika lawayene friends all over but once his vehiclewas involved in an accident in Tutor Nda-mase robots they were nowhere to be found.

Mara ke if uphinde wagrand ntwana baza-kuphinde bavele befuna ukusebenzisa kwa-khona. Pasop.

Watch out for these herbalists

We fail to understand why people don’twant to listen because we have been tellingthem about these brothers from our neigh-bouring countries but it seems as if abantubakuthi abafuni kumamela.

Recently we met a guy who was crying that

Wherearehis friendsnow?

ZIYANDA SIDUMO

SHOPRITE group held its 8th annual TOP-stars at Sun International-Hemingwaysrecently.

TOPstars is a singing competition forall Shoprite Group workers aimed at us-ing singing as a tool for ordinary works

Workers shine

his savings had been robbed by these guyswho promised him that he would become amillionaire. Kwathiwa makakhuphe yonkeimali ebank to add more fortunes to it.

Naso ke naso isiyatha esikhulu sesixelelwaukuba imali engaka masingayikhuphi marayena wafostela kuhle kukaMzeke Mzeke kubauboniswe imali ibigcwele ibagkwathiwauku-ba angakhupha le isebankini inganyeyakhele ebeyibona. Engaqale anikwe le seyikhonanje phambi kokuba aye kukhupha le yakhe.Shame, our people are….ai shame, bazakuthisiyabathuka.

Nditsho entsomini akukho mntu wakewathi elihlwempu wenza omnye isetyebi, sobantu bakuthi yekani obuyatha kuba ayikhole nto.

Xa umntu ezakunika iimpuku zemali usay-ifunelani imali ezakuwinisa iLotto ungabonikwalapha kuye ukuba lo mntu akakudingiukuwina iLotto kuba unezinto zakhe.

Ungavele uthi ubona ukhandlaza ehambangenyawo erenta iqokobhe le matshisi le ndluathi uzakukutyebisa nawe uvume lo ntokodwa uyazibonela nje nawe ukuba uyaze-dlulela kulo mntu nalapha asebenzela khonaakukho nto ithi angakunika izityhwentywezemali. Mfethu umphile lo R80 000 lo gqirhayincame. Iqale phantsi mara usebenzengengqondo yakho iyeke ukukuxelela izintoezingasoze zenzeke.

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to be exposed to goal setting and empower-ment and for workers to realize their tal-ent. Contestants came from as far as But-terworth to take part in the competition.They came from different Shoprite Groupchain stores including Hungry Lion, OKFurnitures, Usave, MediRite and ShopriteLiquorshop.

Masilakhe Konongo, who impressed thejudges with his opera music, walked awayas the 2014 Eastern Cape finalist who willcompete in the competition’s grand finalein Cape Town on October 18.

Konongo from Highway Mdantsane Sho-prite said it has always been his dream toexpose his talent. “I started singing operain 2005. When I’m not at work I make sureI am involved in opera singing, choralchoirs and arts and culture projects. It ismy passion. Shoprite has given me an op-portunity to showcase my talent in otherprovinces and that’s great exposure,” saidKonongo.

In its 8th annual TOPstars competition,a first ever TOPstars CD entitled Allstarshas been launched. TOPstar public rela-

tions officer, Robyn Oliver, said the art-ists were hand-picked from previous win-ners and other participants performing onthe collaborative album. “The first singlefrom the album is African Party and is asong accompanying the first TOPstarsmusic video,” said Oliver.

Renowned music and television person-ality, Meinie Grove and her AmaGrooveproduction team who produced the TOP-stars competition, said she was proud ofthe workers who took part in the competi-tion.

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IN an endeavour to promote and developboxing in the entire OR Tambo region,former boxing legend, Abraham S’khen-jane, has introduced his boxing promo-tions company, Punch for PunchProduc-tion Boxing Promotions, in Mthatha lastweek.

S’khenjana’s main aim is to developboxing talent in the OR Tambo regionand to expose young talent in boxing.

S’khenjane said there were many tal-ented youngsters in the OR Tambo re-gion, but that they lacked exposure,since there was no promotion companyin the area.

“We only get promoters fromEast Lon-

doncominghere and theyhave their ownagendas.My company’s targetwill be thedeep rural areaswhere Iwas born. Iwantto ensure that the boxers there get the op-portunity to display their talent. I estab-lished this company after seeing thatboxing here is not growing because noone is promoting it. I want to produce in-ternational champions from this regionand addmore Konco’s here,” said Skhen-jane.

He called on government to investmore inboxing and saidhewouldbe talk-ing to the municipalities in the OR Tam-bo District to introduce boxing tourna-ments in their wards as part of develop-ing boxing in rural areas.

This former Transkei champ is cur-rentlyworking alone, but he appealed to

Campaign topromote local boxing

Abraham Sikhenjana.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

government and theDepartment of Sportto take part in the development of boxingin this region. “This is for our region andfor our children, soweneed to join handsto put our talent in the limelight.”

He said he wished that governmentwould bring back boxing to schools. “Iflearners could participate in boxingtournaments at schools level, it would beeasier to get exposure and to climb theladder to professional boxing.”

He said his first step is to host boxingtournaments throughout the region inan attempt to recruit boxers.

PHINDILE GQELE

THROUGH her enthusiasm and love of run-ning, Elsie Tobo (76) of the Ncedisizwe OldAge Project in the Lukholo locality in Bizanastill rakes in the medals.

Tobo’s love for running started when shewas at primary school. Since 2009 she haswon no fewer than nine medals and a certifi-cate for her running in the Golden Games.

She said she first started by participatingin races for older people in 2009 in Bizanawhen shewon the 100m race. Shewas chosen

to represent Bizana in 2010 in East London,where she won the 400m event. Although shewas reluctant, she agreed to participate andcame first.

Hereafter she attended other races in PortElizabeth in 2011, Rustenburg in 2012 and Jo-hannesburg in 2013 where she participatedin 100, 200, 400 and 800m events and finishedfirst in every single race.

Tobo said she had enjoyed keeping fit all herlife. “Running keeps me youthful. Young peo-ple shouldexercisebecause ithelpsone tokeepfit and be healthy. They should also stop doingdrugs and drinking alcohol and rather involvethemselves in sport,” said Tobo.

On Friday, July 18, Golden games selec-tions were held in Bizana where a team thatwill represent Bizana in East London waschosen. Tobo was one of the athletes.

Runner (76) still rakes in goldmedals

Old people running for Goldengames selectionsPHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

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Uvo lwethu express 24 07 2014