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Dunoon’s teen rapper takes to the air

Dunoon residents petition against new toilet contractor

All but three fugitives rounded up after daring jail break

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Two schools torched in protest for land

RESIDENTS SEEKING TO OCCUPY vacant land along Freedom Way in Joe Slovo, are accused of petrol bombing Sinenjongo High School. Photo: Peter Luhanga

SINENJONGO HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Khuselwa Nopote stands at the entrance marked by police tape after protesters petrol bombed the school hall. Nopote says the community has no respect for education. Photo: Peter Luhanga

“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student PETER LUHANGA

Two schools and a municipal refuse truck were set alight in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton, Cape Town, in protests believed to relate to land occupations, targeting vacant land along Freedom Way. On Wednesday, Sinenjongo High School hall was petrol bombed, destroying all the school

equipment and furniture stored in the hall as the school had sought to make space in classrooms to adhere to Covid-19 physical distancing rules.

On Tuesday, protesters torched a municipal refuse truck.

On Monday, protestors petrol bombed the library at Marconi Beam Primary School, also gutting a grade 5 classroom. The deputy principal, Lumka Boya, estimates books and

sports equipment worth R400,000 went up in the blaze.

On Wednesday, Sinenjongo High principal, Khuselwa Nopote, stopped learners from staging a protest, telling them that you can’t fight “wrong with wrong”.

Learners had placards which read: “The life of a black child matters”, “ No place for arsonists in Joe Slovo”, “Stop destroying our schools”, and “ Never

back down #Sizofunda sipase [We’ll learn and pass]”.

Matric student Cebo Pikini said: “The community is letting us down, instead of them supporting us. I see it as mediocrity and greed. They are threatening our future.

This year is already hard with Covid-19; now they are burning our school infrastructure. It’s inflicting pain.”

Sinenjongo High had

for years operated out of prefabricated, temporary structures. The Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) spent R47 million to build the new school with four science laboratory rooms, a media centre, and a computer laboratory. It was handed over to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on 28 October 2016.

The school accommodates 1,400 learners from

grade 8 to 12.

“I was called at about 1am by night shift security guards informing me that the school is burning,” said Nopote. “When I arrived at the school at 7:30am I was very hurt.

The teachers and learners were crying. We didn’t get this school easily.”

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Dunoon’s teen rapper Umculi wase Dunoon takes to the air uGqatsile.

LBK okwangoku yeyona mvumi mculo ishushu eKapa kwihip hop

LBK is currently the hottest rapper in Cape Town hip hop ANITA KHAILE

Teenage rapper Lunga Kato’s talent is beginning to be recognised in local circles, giving him hope he can turn his hobby into his dream of a music career.

Going by his rap moniker LBK, Kato was signed by the Ghost Town Entertainment recording label in 2017 when he was just 15-years-old and recorded his singles Gucci Belt and The Fate, after which he left the record label.

Then in 2018 LBK worked on an EP called Respect the Hustle, which he released as an independent artist, and continued to perform at live events such as the winners circle exclusive festival which featured one of Cape Town’s

popular hip-hop rapper Youngsta CPT. Kato’s work led to a call from Table View community radio station One FM (channel 94.0) and later that year he was interviewed live on Cape Town TV. Kato says his inspiration for his music and lyrics come from hip-hop stars such as J.Cole, Emtee - who he once shared a stage with, Youngsta, and Nasty C. Kato’s friend and fan Masixole Sigenu, who owns StarBoy021, says he started listening to LBK last year when he heard the track Gucci Belt.

“Earlier this year he released another EP called Broke Boy with Vision, with a hit song called Ekapa.” says Sigenu.

“Lunga recently lost his father and he’s work-

ing on a single dedicated to his late father which I cannot wait to download. I see LKB up above the stars because that is where he belongs,” he said.

Kato says sharing a stage with one of Mzansi’s most loved rappers, the multi-award winning Emtee laster year “a mind blowing experience”.

LKB was called in for another interview on Cape Town TV earlier this year, where he also performed for fans and viewers. This saw him being recognised by an artist signed under Emtee Recordings and with whom he releasee an EP on 31 May. The release of his dedication to his late father is to be his next release.

Italente yolutsha kaLunga Kato iqala ukuqatshelwa kwizangqa zalapha ekhaya, imnika ithemba lokuba angayijika into ayithandayo ibe liphupha lakhe lokuba ngumculo.

Ukuhamba kukaRob moniker wakhe, uKato watyikitywa ngumbhalo wokurekhoda wedolophu i-Ghost Town Entertainment xa wayeneminyaka eli-15 ubudala warekhoda iingoma zakhe uGucci Belt kunye ne-Fate, emva kokuba washiya iirekhodi.

Ke ngo-2018 i-LBK yasebenza kwi-EP ebizwa ngokuba yi-Honest the Hustle, yona ayikhuphayo njengegcisa elizimeleyo, kwaye yaqhubeka nokwenza kwimicimbi ephilayo enje ngomnyhadala wokuwina umnyhadala okhethekileyo obonisa enye ye-rapper

ye-hip-hop eyaziwayo eKapa kwi-Youngsta CPT. Umsebenzi kaKato ukhokelele umnxeba ovela kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo saseTable View enye Irediyo (isitishi se-94.0) kwaye kamva kuloo nyaka kwenziwa udliwanondlebe kwi-TV yaseKapa.

UKato uthi ukuphefumla kwakhe ngomculo kunye neengoma zivela kwiinkwenkwezi ze-hiphop ezinjengoJ .Cole, uEmtee - owayekhe wabelana nge-site, uYoungsta, kunye noNasty C. Umhlobo kaKato kunye nomza abalandeli bakaMasixole Sigenu, ongumnini weStarBoy021, uthi waqala ukumamela kwi-LBK kunyaka ophelileyo xa besiva umkhondo weGucci Belt.

“Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukhuphe enye i-EP ebizwa ngokuba yiBrooke Boy enombono, enengoma echukumisayo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Ekapa.” utsho uSigenu.

“U-Lunga usandula ukulahleka ngutata wakhe kwaye usebenza yedwa ozinikele kuyise ongafezekanga, andikwazi kulinda ukulanda. Ndibona i-LKB ingaphezulu kweenkwenkwezi kuba kulapho ikhoyo, utshilo.

U-Kato uthi ukwabelana ngeqonga yenye yeerandi ezithandwa kakhulu zaseMzansi, amabhaso aphumelele amabhaso amaninzi eEmtee kunyaka ophelileyo “ngamava ovuthuza ingqondo”.

I-LKB yabizwa kolunye udliwanondlebe kwi-Cape Town TV kwangoko kulo nyaka, nalapho yayenzela abalandeli nababukeli.

Oku kumbone ukuba wamkelwe ngumculi osayinwe phantsi kweEmtee Recordings kunye nalapho akhuphe khona i-EP nge-31 kaMeyi.

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Teachers and pupils in tears as land protesters gut their new school FROM PAGE 1

Nopote said the perpetrators were a group of people fighting to occupy vacant land. “Even if they burn this school they won’t get the piece of land,” she said. “In fact, these are thugs.” She said they had no respect for education.

Noxolo Mayeki, who has twins at the school in grade 12, said: “We want these people arrested and as parents we will go oppose their bail at court.

They are troublemakers and we want them evicted from our township. The government must find them land in the rural

Malmesbury. We don’t want them here.”

Community leader Mzi Sopeni said a meeting had been held on Tuesday at 4pm with councillors and the police. Sopeni said police were warned that the protestors planned to burn down the school and also three houses in the Phoenix area.

“The police ignored our intelligence. I feel like the police are part of the criminality. If they wanted they could have protected these areas,” said Sopeni.

(SAPS had not responded to our questions by time of publication.)

On Wednesday there were two police officers

guarding Marconi Beam Primary.

Boya said she was called at 10:22pm on Monday and told her school was burning.

“We are not involved in allocating land for housing. Their anger is directed to wrong places,” she said.

The school accommodates 1,756 pupils from grade R to 7.

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer condemned the attacks.

“These disgraceful acts of thuggery will do even more harm to our children’s education at a time when teaching and learning is already difficult,”

SOME LAND SEEKERS IN JOE SLOVO PARK, Milnerton petrol bombed the library at Marconi Beam primary school. The police have cordoned it off and are guarding the school. Photo: Peter Luhanga

she said.

“The Department’s budget has just been slashed again, and other schools and areas have been waiting patiently for a long time to receive schools and halls. We will not prioritise schools that are destroyed over others that have been patiently waiting for facilities. This destruction must stop.”

Mayco Member for

Water and Waste Xanthea Limberg confirmed that a City cleansing truck was petrol bombed in Joe Slovo Park on Tuesday evening. No staff were physically harmed.

Trauma counselling has been offered to them.

Mayco Member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi said the land targeted for occupation is partly owned by the

City and a road reserve for future expansion and mixed use development, including a housing development.

“So it is not to be illegally occupied. There are plans in place for parts of the land and if it is illegally occupied, it has a negative knock-on domino effect for future projects,” said Booi.

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Dunoon residents petition against new toilet contractor PETER LUHANGA

A petition garnering 5179 signatures from informal settlement residents in Dunoon was submitted to the City of Cape Town on Friday, expressing residents’ opposition to the appointment of a new contractor to install and clean communal chemical toilets in seven informal settlements in the township.

Mayco member for water and waste, Xanthea Limberg, confirmed receipt of the petition.

The residents oppose the appointment of SanitechToilet Hire, accusing the company of installing worn out chemical toilets.

Residents say some of the toilets are riddled with holes. One chemical toilet is to be shared by five families and are emptied and cleaned once a week, although sometimes the interval is longer than that, says Sinethemba Motomela, Dunoon community leaders chairperson and chairperson of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) Dunoon branch.

Matomela says according to the City contractual obligations, the toilets are supposed to be emptied cleaned and emptied three times a week.

He says the lack of hygiene in these toilet facilities poses a serious health risk to the residents, particularly given the coronavirus pandemic.

Dunoon is overcrowded and is currently one of the coronavirus hotspots in Cape Town.

Of concern also is that poor sanitation is also associated with

the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, amongst others.

Matomela says they have tried to engage the new contractor to improve their service delivery but matters had not improved, prompting the circulation of the petition seeking the City appoint a different contractor.

He says residents want the previous contractor, Mshengu Toilet Hire, to be reinstated as they ensured the toilets were well maintained.

They have since vowed to stop Mshengu Toilet Hire removing their toilets as is required at the expiry of their three-year contract, which ended on 30 June 2020.

“As the community we are blaming the City. They are not supervising the contractor. They just award the tender (and) after that they don’t do monitoring, overseeing whether the new contractor is adhering to contractual obligations. They government must stop deciding for the people. They must engage and hear the side of the community before awarding a tender. There must be a public participation,” says Matomela.

Meanwhile Limberg says the City has followed due procurement processes as stipulated by Supply Chain Management rules.

She said a competitive process was followed and the contract was awarded on 29 April to Sanitech in Region 1, and to Moreki Distributors in Region 2.

“The estimated

tender value for region 1 and 2 for the two service providers, is approximately R346 million for the three-year period.

The final value will be determined at the end of the contract period and will be dependent upon the final total services rendered by both service providers,” stated Limberg.

She says a petition was delivered to the City on Friday 24 July at approximately 11:00 and the contents will be considered and a written response provided in due course.

“The City is mandated by the constitution to provide access to basic services, of which sanitation is one. The City will continue to ensure it meets its mandate to provide basic services.

The new contractor’s performance will be closely monitored, and due process will be followed if they are found to not be providing services at the required standard.”

She said Sanitech has provided services at Dunoon TRA (Temporary Relocation Area), with 90 toilet units installed, and 140 units installed at another section in the township.

“The remainder of the units will be placed as work progresses in consultation with Dunoon leadership and residents.”

But Matomela said residents would not allow Sanitech to deliver toilets and would prevent Mshengu from removing those that belong to them. “if our toilets are not cleaned we will empty the faeces on the N7,” he said.

THESE CHEMICAL TOILETS OWNED BY MSHENGU TOILET HIRE are placed on the pavement in Thandabantu Road behind Inkwenkwezi Secondary School. The toilets are serviced by residents living in Ekuphumuleni informal settlement. Photo: Peter Luhanga

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• Ngabafaki-zicelo abaneefomu zezicelo nezicwangciso zoshishino ezihambelana nekhrayitheriya kuphela abaya kuthi bachongwe ze benziwe udliwano-ndlebe.

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Njengokuba imigaqo yesizwe engokuvaleleka ngendlu ethi ingakuvumeli ukufuduswa okanye ukugxothwa emhlabeni ohleliwe ngokungekho mthethweni, bonke oomasipala kuyimfuneko yokuba bakhusele uluntu lasekuhlaleni kwisehlo sokohluthwa komhlaba. NgoLwesibini 14 kweyeKhala (Julayi) umzekelo, kuye kwakho amalinge asibhozo awohlukeneyo angokohluthwa komhlaba ngosuku nje, kwiSixeko siphela.

ISixeko senza kangangoko ngokwamandla ethu ukujongana nenani elandayo lamalinge angekho-mthethweni okohluthwa komhlaba:

• Ngaphezulu kweehektare ezingama-357 zomhlaba wabucala nowoluntu uye wohluthwa eKapa ukususela ngowe-2018 [apho usondele ukulingana namabala ebhola ekhatywayo angama-200] • Kuye kwaqhutywa imisebenzi echasene nokohluthwa komhlaba engaphezulu kwe-1100 kwisithuba esiphakathi kweyoMqungu (Janyuwari) 2019 nasembindini kweyeSilimela (Juni) 2020.

• ISixeko siye sasusa izakheko ezimiselwe ngokungekho-mthethweni ezingama-25 697 apho bezikwinkqubo yokuba zakhiwe phakathi kweyoMqungu ukuya kuCanzibe (Meyi) 2020 • ISixeko kungokunje sijongene namanyathelo enkundla angama-230 apho aquka ukohluthwa komhlaba Indleko zokohluthwa kwemihlaba ziphezulu kakhulu.

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• Ukulahlekelwa ngumhlaba obulungiselelwe uphuhliso lwezindlu • • • • • •

ngexesha elizayo, iinkonzo ezingundoqo, izikolo nezakheko zoluntu Ukulibaziseka kweeprowujekthi eziphambili ezingezindlu nezakheko ezingundoqo ngenxa yokohluthwa komhlaba kwezi propati Amalinge okungenelela phambili kwityhu yoluhlu olungezindlu okanye ngokuhlala kwiiyunithi ezisandul’ukwakhiwa ngokungekho-mthethweni Ukungcoliseka kwezixhobo zamanzi ngenxa yokuhluma koluntu olungalawulekiyo Ukulahlekelwa ngamathuba otyalo-mali nawezoqoqosho ngenxa yeepropati zabucala ezithe zohluthwa Ukohluthwa komhlaba wabucala apho ubufanelwe ufakelelwe iinkonzo siSixeko Ukohluthwa komhlaba apho unobungozi ukuba uhlaliwe ngabantu ngenxa yokhukhuliseko, ukungangeneki nobunzima bokwakha

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.c www ISixeko senza kangangoko sinakho ukuthintela okohluthwa komhlaba ngokungekho-mthethweni, ngokungqalileyo kwindlela r. e th sijolise Toge yemibhobho yamanzi ezizigidi ezili- R162 ejoliswe eKhayelitsha.

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Amawaka abahlali abathobela umthetho kungokunje anyamezele umvambo wempembelelo yokohluthwa komhlaba ngenxa yezenzo ezingekho-mthethweni zogcuntswana leqela labantu oluhlala emhlabeni ngokungekho-mthethweni.

Siyakuqinisekisa ukuba iSixeko sakho siyakuhlala singakwicala lakho.

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Malunga ne Koeberg Public Safety Information Forum

Usektshini 26(4) womthetho NNR uthi “Ubani onesiqinisekiso sokufakela inyukliya umelwe kukuqulunqa iqonga elisekuhleni lokhuseleko ngokomyalelo ukuze akwazi ukuchazela abantu abahlala kumasipala lowo ngemiba nezicwangciso zokhuseleko ngexesha longxamiseko ngokumalunga nenyukliya nokunye okubanga umlilo nokutsha Yintoni iPublic Safety Information Forum (PSIF)?

IPSIF ngamafutshane yintlanganiso ehlala amatyeli amane ngonyaka.Isetyenziswa njengeqonga labahlali abawela kulawulo lomaspala okwingingqi ye Koeberg Nuclear Power Station lokuva bafumane nengcaciso malunga nemiba ephathelene ne nyukliya echaphazela isitishi eso.

Kuxoxwa imiba etheni?

Le forum ixoxa nayiphi na imicimbi nemiba abahlali abafuna ukuyithi thaca etafileni xa bekholelwa kwelokuba ichaphazela impilo yabo, intlalo nendalo nokhuseleko kwesisitishi senyukliya, ingakumbi ukulungela kwaso ukuqubisana nemeko yongxamiseko.

Ngubani omakeze entlanganisweni?

Wonke ubani ohlala kumaspala ongqonge iKoeberg, bonke abachaphazelekayo kwakunye nemibutho okanye iziqu ezinomdla kwimpilo nokhuseleko ngokubhekele kwisikhululo senyukliya bavumelekile kulentlanganiso.

Abo banqwenela ukuza kumele babhalise njengamalungu ePSIF. Kubhaliswa njani?

Nceda thumela igama nefani yakho, nelumbutho owumeleyo (ukuba kunjalo), okanye ungumhlali nge e-mail kwa : JosuhaD@eskom.co.za okanye uqhagamshelane ne ofisi ngokufonela apha: +27 21 550 4238 Zibanjelwa phi iintlanganiso ze PSIF ?

Imihla yentlanganiso iye ipapashwe kwikhalenda yonyaka ebizwa ngokuba yi Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar, eye yafumaneka esitishini ngo Januwari ka 2020. Iintlanganiso ze PSIF kulonyaka ziyakubanjwa ngoLwesine 17 Septemba 2020; NoLwesine umhla we 26 ku November 2020.

Ungathetha nabani?

Ukufumana iinkcukacha fowunela uLewis Phidza, oyi Koeberg Stakeholder Management Manager, kwinombolo engu. +27 21 550 5758 okanye uthumele umqhafazo kwa: PhidzaNL@eskom.co.za. Kungenjalo ufonele uDebbie Joshua kwa +27 21 550 4238 okanye umqhafazele kwa JoshuaD@eskom.co.za Ukuba awuyifumenanga ikopi ye Koeberg Emergency Calendar kwaye ungumhlalli walengingqi kwisazulu esikumyinge we 16 kiolmeters (eyindawo edinga ungxamiseko lodidi oluphezulu) nceda ufonele i Koeberg Stakeholder Management Department kwa +27 21 550 4238 ngokukhawuleza.

Eskom wenze isicelo kwiNational Nuclear Regulator (NNR) sokuba anikwe imvume yokufakela inyukliye (NIL), ze akwazi ukwakha, asebenzise aze achithachithe iTransient Interim Storage Facility eKoeberg Nuclear Power Station (KNPS).

Kukhunjuzwa uluntu ukuba maluphawule kwesisicelo seKoeberg NNR sokufakela, sakhe sichithachithe iTISF eKoeberg Nuclear Power Station ukuvala indawo Yee Original Steam Generators ezintandathu.

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luyacelwa ukuba luphefumle ngokuthumela zalo ezibhaliweyo kwi Manejala: Nuclear Plants Regulator kwaye zingeziswa ngesandla

Kwi ofisi ze National Nuclear Regulator,12 Raatz Drive, Delphi Arc Building, Table View 7741. Imfonomfono 021 553 9500 Okanye uthumele umqhafazo Ku Mr Peter Bester kwa pbester@nnr. co.za

Umhla wokugqibela: Zonke iimpendulo zithume phambi komhla we 11 ku Agasti 2020.

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All but three fugitives rounded up after daring jail break

ACCOMPANIED BY WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER DELEKILE KLAAS, Minister of Justice and Correctional Service Ronald Lamola visited the Malmesbury Remand Detention Facility on Friday 25 July, a day after the massive prison break. Photo: Supplied.

MISHECK MAKORA

The Swartland was the scene of a massive manhunt on the weekend of 25 July after a daring jail break by 69 prisoners from Malmesbury prison at midday on the Friday after guards were overpowered in locked in a cell.

Police were scrambled after the prisoners escaped, and by the Sunday, all but three of the outlaws had been mopped up.

Minister of Justice and Correctional Service Ronald Lamola visited the Malmesbury Remand Detention Facility the day after the massive prison break, accompanied by Western Cape regional commissioner Delekile Klaas. Lamola condemned the “reckless action” and said the runaways needed to be punished for their actions.

The breakout happened shortly after midday while officials were providing exercise to inmates. At the time the

prison had 451 offenders, with 20 officials on duty.

Lamola said his department’s Emergency Support Team and the South African Police Service were working around the clock to arrest the remaining three fugitives.

He said the jail break happened when the prisoners overpowered officials, took their keys and locked three of them in a cell. They then opened other cells before escaping through the main entrance and over the roof. Nine officials sustained minor injuries and bruises from the incident, he said.

The breakout was captured by a Twitter user who posted a video of a group of detainees running away.

Following the escape, Western Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa urged the public to be on the lookout of the escapees, but warned that people should not attempt to apprehend them.

“Police from Malmesbury and neighbouring

police stations on the West Coast, together with officials from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), have launched an extensive search for awaiting-trial prisoners who escaped from Malmesbury on Friday afternoon. The search party, including detectives, on foot and in vehicles, has already covered much ground with the re-arrest of several escapees,” said Potelwa.

Members of the public are advised to contact Lt Col Ntsethe of Malmesbury police on 082 469 0975 or Jonathan Bredenkamp on 072 878 2685.

Meanwhile, an investigation is underway to establish how the escape occurred.

The situation at the prison has been stabilized and the Emergency Support Team has been activated to monitor the situation. Furthermore some of the problematic inmates have been transferred out of the facility to the maximum facilities in the region.

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esiseleni.

Amapolisa akrokrelwa emva kokuba amabanjwa abalekile, kwaye ngeCawa, bonke bathathu ngaphandle kwemithetho.

UMphathiswa wezobuLungisa kunye neNkonzo yezoLuleko uRonald Lamola utyelele indawo yokugcinwa kwamatyala eMalmesbury kusuku olulandelayo emva kokuqhekeka okukhulu kwejele, ehamba nomkomishinala wengingqi yeNtshona Koloni uD Welcome Klaas. U-Lamola ukugxekile “isenzo sokungakhathali” kwaye wathi ixesha lokubaleka kufuneka bohlwaywe ngenxa yezenzo zabo.

Ukohlukana kwenzeke kanye emva kwemini ngelixa amagosa ayesenza imisebenzi yokuzilolonga kumabanjwa.

Ngeli xesha intolongo yayinabaphulimthetho abangama-451, namagosa angama-20 ayesebenza.

U-Lamola uthe iQela leNkxaso yeNgxamiseko yesebe lakhe kunye neNkonzo yamaPolisa oMzantsi Afrika base-

benza ubusuku nemini ukubamba ababaleki abathathu abaseleyo.

Uthe ukuqhekeza kwentolongo kwenzeka xa amabanjwa ahlasela amagosa, ethathe izitshixo zawo avalela abathathu esitokisini.

Baye bavula ezinye iiseli ngaphambi kokubalekela ekungeneni okungaphezulu nangaphezulu kophahla. Amagosa asithoba afumanise ukulimala okuncinci kunye nokulimala okuvela kwesi sigameko, utshilo.

Ukuqhekezwa kwabanjwa ngumsebenzisi we-Twitter wathumela ividiyo yeqela lababanjwa abaleka.

Emva kokusinda, isithethi samapolisa eNtshona Kapa uBrigadier Novela Potelwa ukhuthaze uluntu ukuba lujonge abantu abaleke, kodwa ke walumkisa ngelithi abantu mabangazami ukubabamba.

“Amapolisa asuka eMalmesbury nakwizikhululo zamapolisa ezingabamelwane kuNxweme oluseNtshona, kunye namagosa eS-

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ebe leenkonzo zoLuleko (DCS), baphumeze uphando olude lwamabanjwa alinde abaleke eMalmesbury ngolwesiHlanu. Iqela eliphandayo, kubandakanya nabacuphi, ngeenyawo nangezimoto, sele ligubungele umhlaba omkhulu ngokubanjwa kwabantu abaninzi ababalekayo, utshilo uPotelwa.

Amalungu oluntu acetyiswa ukuba aqhakamshelane namapolisa uLt Col Ntsethe wamapolisa aseMalmesbury kule nombolo 082 469 0975 okanye noJonathan Bredenkamp kule nombolo: 072 878 2685. Okwangoku, uphando luyaqhubeka ukubona ukuba ubaleke njani.

Imeko yentolongo isezandleni kunye neQela eliNgxamisekileyo leNkxaso-mali sele lenziwe ukuze lijonge imeko.

Ngapha koko, amanye amabanjwa anengxaki atshintshiwe afuduselwa ngaphandle kwesibonelelo aye kwezona zibonelelo zikhulu zengingqi.

BANGAPHEZULU KWAMA-400 000 ABANTU ABAVAVANYELWE ICOVID-19 ENTSHONA KOLONI. Uluntu luyakhunjuzwa ukuba phantsi kwenkqubo ehlaziyiweyo yovavanyo, ngabantu abasemngciphekweni ophezulu wokosuleleka kuphela abavavanywayo kumaziko karhulumente: • Bonke abantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-55 ubudala abaneempawu zentsholongwane yekhorona • Abantu bayo nayiphi na iminyaka abaneempawu zentsholongwane yekhorona kweye benazo nezinye izigulo ezifana: o neswekile, unxinzelelo lwegazi (ihypertension) okanye unyangelwa isifo sentliziyo o unyango lwesifo somhlaza o unyango lwesifo sephepha (TB) o Une-HIV kwaye awuzityi kakuhle ii-ARVs zakho o Unyango lwesifo semiphunga enganyangekiyo (umzekelo isifuba, ukuphefumla nzima, iphika) • Abasebenzi bezempilo ababonakalisa iimpawu zentsholongwane yekhorona • Abantu abahlala kwiziko lonakekelo okanye kwikhaya labantu abadala kwaye baneempawu zentsholongwane yekhorona Abantu abangekho semngciphekweni wokosuleleka abasayi kuvavanywa kodwa banakho ukosulela abanye abantu kwaye bayacelwa ukuba bazihlalele bodwa emakhaya, ukuze bafune unyango lwezempilo xa bebonakalisa iimpawu ezixhalabisayo ezifana nokuphefumla nzima.

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Hlamba izandla zakho.

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Nova National FC spreads their wings

DAVID ROSSOUW

After two years of playing their football in the Dunoon LFA, Nova Nacional FC have decided in spread their wings. For the 2020 season they’ll either join Rygate LFA, Cape District FA, or Cape Town Tygerberg FA, and are in talks with Ajax to join the High-Performance League in 2021, says Nova Nacional FC chairpersoin Ana Barrote-Rightford The reason for the

club’s decision is to provide stronger competition in order to improve the juniors, said BarroteRightford.

“Our u12, u14 and u16 players, who are all from Du Noon, as well as the senior 1st team and 2nd team develop very well. Our u18 development team perform well in the 2018/2019 Bayhill Premier Cup as well in the Engen challenge cup,” she said.

“We participated as a guest team in the Rygate LFA u18 division where

we got to the knock out final and we lost narrowly on penalties.”

She said Nova Nacional was “very grateful” to the Du Noon LFA for accepted the club in 2018, and a good relationship was built with the executive management team, the LFA president Amos Siwayi, and secretary Andere Layitile. But, she said, the Covid-19 pandemic meant Nova Nacional, and other clubs in the second and third division, faced the challenge of not being able to afford to send

players and technical management for testing, and Covid-19 equipment being too expensive for the clubs.

“We further believe that participation will decrease due to fear of catching the virus, traveling of players to the fields will be challenging as most players don’t work.”

Nova Nacional racked up quite a few accolades in the two years they were with Du Noon LFA. In the 2018/2019 season they qualified for the 2019 Bayhill Cup where

they lost in the plate finals on penalties. In the u21 Green Smile tournament, Nova walked away with the championship trophy.

In the u23 Kenpark tournament, Nova lost against Bayview FC, while in the regional SAB and Sasol promotional leagues, the men’s and women’s teams ended 9th and 10th on the log. Nova reached the Nedbank cup regional final but lost against Woodlands FC. “We believe that Nova Nacional FC will carry on in improving the develop-

ment of players, which has always been the club main objective as their motto is ‘quitting is not an option’.” Barrote-Rightford says she believes Nova has the capability of ending top of the 2019/20 SAB league to gain promotion to the ABC Motsepe League.

“Unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic halted our plans, but we keep our heads high and look forward to competing for promotion next season,” she said.

Checkered flag waved for motor sport to start under strict conditions STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU The reopening of motorsport venues in South Africa, albeit under strict health and sanitation rules and with a restriction on the number of spectators, has been welcomed by the Western Province Mother Club.

As announced by Motorsport South Africa, the conditions imposed by the Department of Sport,

Arts and Culture include the compulsory wearing of face masks at all times, strict cleaning protocols, temperature screening of all competitors and crew attending, and the presence of a Covid-19 compliance officer at events.

Killarney International Raceway spokesperson Dave Abrahams said bearing in mind the Covid-19 pandemic is by no means over and the risk of infection is still high, officials at Killarney

International Raceway will be working urgently in collaboration with Motorsport South Africa and the City of Cape Town to obtain further clarity on the necessary safety protocols, so as to re-open the facility to competitors as soon as is safely possible.

Abrahams said in the meantime they we will be working with Motorsport South Africa to draw up a revised calendar of events at Killarney for the remainder of the year,

which we will be published as soon as it has been ratified by the necessary authorities.

“On a less formal note, we are as excited as racing enthusiasts everywhere to welcome the return of motorsport in South Africa, and we look forward to welcoming competitors back to Killarney in the near future,” said Abrahams.

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