Isolabantu news 2016

NOVEMBER 2016

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People queue overnight to register on the housing waiting list O

ver 1000 squatters and backyard dwellers eligible for a housing subsidy queued overnight on Wednesday, November 16, at the Dunoon community hall to register on the City of Cape Town’s waiting list for houses.

This was after it was announced that the City had identified vacant land to build 4500 low cost houses in Wolverivier, approximately 15 kilometres outside Dunoon, near Morning Star.

Last Thursday, over 1000 squatters and backyard dwellers desperate to become home owners, lined up in a queue which extended several kilometres out of the township, past Inkwenkwezi Secondary School, to Usasadza Street, across Potsdam Road and reaching to the MyCiti Stables Bus Depot, DuNoon.

Police and law enforcement agencies battled to maintain public order. They were seen pepper spraying people that wanted to force their way into the registration venue.

ANC ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni,

said the land was identified following the motion he submitted in the Blaauwberg Sub-council in October 2014, requesting for vacant land to be used for a housing project to accommodate residents living in squalor in ward 104.

According to the Daily Maverick, ward 104 – in which Dunoon is situated – has twothirds of about 14,400 households living in backyard shacks or squatter camps.

The majority of Dunoon residents are squatters and backyard dwellers who live in the yards of other peoples’ low cost

houses and pay rent for that space.

“We have seen the mushrooming of shacks and entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the accommodation shortage and are building double story shacks to rent out the rooms,” Makeleni told Isolabanatu News.

He said that last month, Mayco member for human settlements Benedicta van Minnen confirmed to him that the City will build 4500 houses in Wolverivier. ~continuied on page 3

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ANGONA eyimfama nje u-Edward Maile unombono ngobomi bakhe!

Edward wayeminyaka ingama 25 kuphela ngethuba izigwinta zambetha entloko ngentsimbi ebuthuntu zamshiya engxwelerhekile.

Iingcali zonyaka zenza uqhaqho emehlweni akhe ngowe 1999 nowama 2000 zawa phantsi azakwazi tu ukumenza abone ngenxa yomonzakalo entloko.

Sukela ngoko zange aphinde abone kodwa akazange azimisele kuxhomekeka emntwini xa esenza imisetyenzana ekhayeni lakhe.

“Ndiyaziphekela ngokwam. Ndiyihlamba ngokwam impahla yam njengaye wonke umntu obonayo,” utsho u-Edward ohlala eDunoon.

Nanjengoko ezalwe ebona, usenenkumbulo ecace gca ngeendawo nezinto awazibonayo ekukhuleni kwakhe.

Ukuxelela ncakasana xa iteksi ayikhweleyo ithe yafika esitishini sakhe neso sisedolophini eKapa.

“Xa ndikhwela iteksi ndivela ndiyive egaziniindawo endikuyo,” uMaile ophila ngenkam-nkam utsho.

Imali uyiva ngeentupha zeminwe yakhe yaye ukwazi ngqo ukuchaza iR10 kwi R100.

“Ndiyakazwi nokutsala imali kwi ATM

kodwa ndicela umntu andipheleke kuba ndonqena ukutsotwa,” utshilo.

Wafunda e- Athlone School For The Blind apho afunde khona ibraille kwaye unentaphane yezatifiketi zokwenza ingubo neminye imisebenzi yezandla.

Ebuzwa ukuba ukhumbula ntoni kakhulu ebomini bakhe, uthe unomnqweno wokubona unyana wakhe kuba uzelwe yena sele engaboni.

Isinqandamathe sakhe esingunina walenkwenkwana iminyaka mithandathu, saye samlahla kwesinomhlwa sinyamalala nonyana lowo.

“Ndigqibele ukuthetha nabo kunyaka ophelileyo. Undiblokile efowunini yakhe kuba andiphumeli ngoku.

Ndikhumbula unyana wam, zange ndambona kodwa intliziyo yam iyakhathazeka nguye.”

Kwizinto zakhe anazo kuye utsala umfanekiso wenkwenkwana yakhe , atsho ngoncumo lukaBlanketi, akhwaze athi ngunyana wam lo.

Uyayibambabamba lefoto ayisondeze entliziyweni esithi imenza azive ekufuphi naye.

“Andimazi necala ukuba uphi na kodwa ngenye imini uyakuze andibone,” utsho ngesikrakra isikhalo.

Imizamo ye Isolabantu News lokufowunela isithandwa sakhe iwe phantsi.

Indoda engaboniyo u-Edward Maile zange anikezele emva kokuphulukana nokubona. Photo: ISOLABANTU

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The Nthuse Foundation in partnership with Damelin College is looking for new students for 2017 for our certificate or diploma programmes.

If you are a student with a disability looking to study in 2017 and are younger than 30 with either a grade 11 or a matric, please send a copy of your CV and the reason Nthuse Foundation should fund you to Kim Krynauw on email: nthuse@compute.co.za We would like to invite eligible candidates to an interview. Please note that this is first come, first served and this is definitely an opportunity not to be missed!

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People queue overnight to register on the housing waiting list

places and his surrounding are still clear in his memory.

He is able to tell when a taxi has arrived in Cape Town CBD and when he returns home to Dunoon.

“When I am in taxi I can just feel which area we are at,” said Maile who survives on a disability grant.

He identifies banknotes simply by touch and can easily tell R10 from R100.

“I can draw money at the ATM but I always ask someone to accompany me because I fear someone will try to rob me.

“He went to Athlone School for the blind where he was taught the braille alphabet and holds certificate of completion of

HERO/43940/001/X

People queue overnight to register on the housing waiting list.

Photo: ISOLABANTU

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espite being blind Edward Maile has a clear vision for his life!

Edward was 25 years old in 1997 when thugs armed with blunt objects hit him hard on the head.

Medical specialists operated him on his eyes in 1999 and 2000 but failed to restore his eyesight due to the extent of his injuries.

Ever since he lost sight, he hasn’t depended on anyone to show him the way or aid him to do everyday house chores.

“I cook for myself. I also wash my dirty clothes just like people with sight,” said Edward who lives in Dunoon.

Because he was born with normal vision, it is advantageous to him because pictures of

training courses including basket and rug weaving.

Asked what he misses seeing the most, he said his son was born when he had already lost sight and that his never seen him.

His girlfriend, the mother of his six-year old son, dumped him and disappeared with his son. “The last time we spoke was last year.

My calls don’t go through. She blocked me.

I miss my son .I have never seen him but I miss him. That is what I miss the most.”

Among valuable documents neatly stack together, he pulls out a picture of his son, beaming. He touches the picture and says it makes him feel the presence of his son.

“I don’t even know where my son is,” he cried.

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he City is in the process of appointing contractors to design the houses, streets, and stormwater systems. The process will be concluded between February and March next year after which the City will appoint a contractor to build the houses,” he said.

He said since it was announced that a housing project is on the cards, a window to register on the City’s housing waiting list was opened on November 15 and 17.

The next window for registration will be opened next year in March, he said.

“The councillor is appealing to all residents not to call people from outside ward 104 to come register for a housing subsidy in our area for obvious reasons”.

When approached for confirmation of the housing project, Van Minnen said the future potential development of Wolwerivier is in the early stages of planning and the City is busy procuring consultants to do some pre-feasibility planning and design for a possible future project.

She said the possible implementation of the potential project would be subject to feasibility outcomes, budget and council approval, as well as the provision of bulk engineering services which will also be a key factor to consider, as in any potential development.

Asked about the timelines when the project will be completed, she said as a responsible government that must manage community expectations, the city is unable to give more specifics of the project at this early stage.

She said the more recent subsidised housing project the City undertook in the Dunoon area was in 2001.

“The housing need across the City is acute as a result of the high rate of urbanisation that has been experience over the last decade. The City, therefore must take a holistic view, and be cognisant of all of the needs, across the metro at all times”.

Regarding the housing database registration last week, she said it was the City’s normal procedure to ensure that qualifying beneficiaries are registered and that the details of existing beneficiaries are updated and correct.

“These registration drives have the purpose of ensuring that we have a fair way of delivering housing opportunities when they arise, to those who have been registered for the longest period of time. This is important considering the need across the metro. It was made very clear during the registration drive in Dunoon that the registration was not for a particular housing project. Due to the positive response from this community, another registration drive is planned for early 2017,” she said.

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Psychiatrists can help break walls of racism and discrimination

MUNYARADZI MAKONI

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s racism and discrimination grows, global society is “a few words before a world war,” but psychiatrists can help fight the problem, said an expert attending the World Psychiatric Association congress, this week in Cape Town.

“Racism and discrimination cause poor mental health,” Professor Levent Küey, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Bilgi University in Turkey told the congress.

In theory the practice highlights the obstruction of people’s capacity to perform, it speaks to power control, denial of educational opportunities, the limitation of social economic opportunities and condemns people into poverty he said.

Küey, the author of The Book of Peace 2015, says border walls perpetuate discrimination and racism across the world “What really has changed after the Berlin Wall came down?” he questioned.

Küey noted that research had revealed that by 1989, 16 countries had border walls and by 2015 the figure had risen to 67.

“A third of countries are building walls on their borders,” he said, adding that walls encourage fear or feed hate.

Küey said the ‘wall disease’ was growing, entrenching discrimination as walls simultaneously left people outside and would imprison those inside them.

“In the coming years, I’m afraid there will be more suffering as a result of these walls,” he said.

Küey said in the 19th century racism was ‘authenticated’ through scientific studies as ‘evidence’ was produced to show that one race was better than the other. Those attitudes persist. In 2014, for example, Nicholas Wade wrote a book which said some racial groups had genes that made them incapable of grasping certain mental skills.

Discriminatory behavior which has seen people split according to race, ethnicity, gender and religion has caused immense suffering to humanity.

Worse, he said, it complicates emotional response. For instance when selfdiscrimination is internalised it is the hardest thing to overcome.

Küey said psychiatrists had the expertise to deal with discrimination problems through stigma and anti-stigma studies.

Education alone may have some effect but it is limited. Using experience alone may have negative effects.

Experience combined with supervision could have the best effect, he suggested.

“Psychiatrists must start challenging racist attitudes in their daily practice,” Küey said, adding one way of doing that was to increase the competences of experts who understand cultural differences, class and gender.

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Balinde ubusuku bonke begaqele ubhaliselo zindlu

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gaphezu kwewaka loogobityholo namabhoda abanelungelo lokufuma izindlu baya bachitha ubuskuku bonke kwiholo yoluntu eDunoon ingulowo efuna ukubhaliswa kuluhlu.

Oko kulandela umpoposho owenziwe libhunga leSixeko saseKapa lisithi lizakwakha izindlu ezingama 4500 kumhlaba ose Wolverivier, malunga neshumi elinesihlanu lekilomitha ukusuka eDunoon, cebukuhle eMorning Star.

NgoLwesine esiphuma kuphantse kwakho umbhodamo negthuba iwaka labantu bengungelana kuleholo - ukrozo lwemigca belusuka ngase Inkwenkwezi Secondary School liyekudlula e-Usasazo Street, de luqabele e Potsdam Road luye kuma ngesitishi sika MyCiti eStables Bus Depot.

Amapolisa kunye namagosa obambo cwangco enze unako nako wokugcina uxolo ngelixesha.

Asebenzise izintywizisi befefeza abo bebefuna ukungena ngetshova oknaye batsibe umgca.

Uceba wakwa wadi 104 uMnu Lubabalo Makeleni, uthi lomhlaba uchongwe emva kokuba enze isiphakamiso sokubonelelwa kawabantu ngezindlu kwintlanganiso yebhunga eBlaauwberg yakutshanje.

Ngokwengxelo ezipapashwe yi Daily Maverick, uwadi 104 – iDunoon ephantsi kwakhe – intaphane yabantu

balapho kwimizi engama 14,400 bahlala njengabanxusi okanye amabhoda.

Inkoliso yabantu base Dunoon bangogobityholo okanye abanxusi abaqeshe kwizindlu zezibonelelo.

“Sibona ukukhula kwamatyotyombe ngeqondo eliphezulu kwaye abantu benza ushishino ngoku ubona besakha izindlu ezibheke phezulu kuba befuna ukuqeshisa,” uMakeleni uchazele iIsolabantu News.

Uhambisa athi kwinyanga ephelileyo , ilungu le Mayco kwicandelo lokuhlaliswa koluntu uBenedicta van Minnen uvumile kuye ukuba iSixeko sizakwakha izindlu ezingama 4500 eWolverivier.

“ISixeko senza amalungiselelo okutyumba abakhi abazakuthi benza izicwangciso zalendawo, bafake izitalato, imibhobho yogutyulo njalonjalo. Oku kuzakugqitywa ngoFebruwari nangoMatshi kunyaka ozayo ze emva koko kuqale ulwakhiwo” utshilo uMakeleni.

Uthi ubhaliso luvulwel ngomhla we 15 ku Novemba lwaze lwavalwa ngowe 17.

Uthi kuzakuvulwa enye inyoba yobhaliso kunyaka ozayo ngoMarch.

“Sicela abantu ukuba bangabizi izihlobo zabo ezingahlali eDunoon ukuze bazekubhalisa apha kuba lonto izakubangela ingxaki engumangaliso,” utshilo uMakeleni.

Xa sibuza uVan Minnen ngaleprojekthi,uthi kuse kutsha kwaye ngeliyinene iSixeko simaxhaphetshu ngezicwangciso

Uceba wakwa wadi 104 uMnu Lubabalo Makeleni.

ezifanelekileyo.

Uthe nemeko zolwabiwo mali nokuvotelwa libhunga ledolophu kuza kudlala indima enkulu ekuqaleni nasekuqosheliseni uphuculo nolwakhiwo.

“Indingeko yolwakhiwo zindlu kwiSixeko ngokubanzi inkulu ngenxa yokuba abantu abaninzi bashiye amakhaya beza edolophini ngelokufuna impilo engcono.

Ngoku kufuneka xa sisenza uphuhliso sijonge iinkalo ezininzi, sijonge indlela esizakujamelana ngayo nalengxaki,”

utshilo.

Malunga nobhaliso lweveki ephelileyo, uthi iSixeko yindlela elungileyo yokwenza izinto

ekumelwe

ilandelwe

ngumntu

wonke.

“Le

yinkqubo

esiqinisekisa

ngayo

ukuba unikezelo zindlu alunamkhethe namakhwiniba. Asifuni abantu ekukudala bebhalisiwe eluhlwini bazibone betsitywa ngomafikizolo,” utshilo.

Abafundi bacoca indawo yesikhumbuzo e Witsand ISOLABANTU REPORTER Abafundi base University of Cape Town (UCT) bediben nombutho ongengawangeniso iGreen Communities, baye bacoca isikhumbuzo sase Witsand ekungokunje esijikwe sayindawo yokutuwela ngabahlali balapho.

Besenza amalungiselelo okubhala isidanga sabo se BSc In Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, ababafundi baqala ngokwenza igadi yoluntu kulelokishi kunyaka wabo wokuqala.

Ngokommiselo wezifundo kufuneke bebuyele kuleprojekthi nalapho bafike bakhwanqisa yinto abayibonileyo.

“Kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo salima imithi nesitiya apha ngoku besize kuhlaziyo

konke eskawenzeyo kodwa sifike sabona umonakalo, imithi ifile, indawo igcwaliswe buthuvi obulahla ngabantu,” utshilo u Alain Alexander, ongusihlalo ophumayo we UCT Association of Built Environment Students (ABES).

Ongumhlohli ophezulu uKaren Le Jeune uthi amaqela amabini abafundi basebenza ekwakheni legadi nesitiya.

“Sikholelwa kwelokuba abafundi bethu kufuneka bajamelane nocelomngeni olunje ukuze bakwazi ukusebenza,”uLe Jeune utshilo.

Othethela iGreen Communities uLizette Swanevelder uthi umbutho wakhe ukhuthaza uluntu ukuba malutyale uhlaza ukuphucula iimeko zabo nezo zendalo.

USwanevelder uthi uluntu lwase Witsand lonwaba xa a iSixeko saseKapa sakhuthaza

Usihlalo ophumayo we UCT u- Alain Alexander ekunye nenkokheli yase Witsand u Thabo Masiteng becoca indawo abahlali abalahla ilindle kuyo. Photo: ISOLABANTU NEWS

inkqubo yolimo apho ngowe 1999 yaze iPEER Africa yatyikitya isivumelwano sentsebeziswano ne Witsand iEEECO Village Project ese Atlantis.

“Le yiyo kuphela indawo ingakhe ichatshazelwe lulwakhiwo lwamatyotyombe kwaye yiyo kuphela esababaza utyalo lohlaza.Sincoma uBeth ngegalelo lakhe, yiyo lonto siyibiza Beth Basset/Dorothy Lovelace Guy Park,” usthilo uSwanevelder.

Okhokela eWitsand uThabo Masiteng uthe ukudibana umzamo wabafundi ne Green Communities wokucoca indawo esisikhumbuzo kubahlazile abahlali balapho kuba ngabo abasingcolisayo.

“Lihlazo eli! Linyala! Ukuba unomzi wakho kumele uwucoce ngokwakho ungalindi abantu basemzini.Sizele sinabantwana abadlala kulepaki kodwa imdaka inje ngokwenziwa sithi.Abahlali basematyotyombeni ngabo abalahla ilindle apha,” utshilo.

Uncome abafundi ngegalelo labl lokucoca esithi ayiloxanduva likamaspala ukucoca lepaka.

Ubongoze ibhunga ledolophu ukuba lincede lilungise ibala lebhola yomnyazi elithe lonakaliswa nesele lisetyenziselwa ukapaka iimoto ngoku nje.

“Sifuna balibiyele ukuze abantwana badlale bekhuselekile,” utshilo.

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Ishishini elibaseleyo lokuhlamba iimoto laqalwa ngohleli esitulweni

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-Ayabonga Makalima no Mziyanda Mjayezi badibana ngowe 2011.

Yayilixesha elinzima ebomini babo. Bobabini babengasebenzi kwaye befuna into yokwenza ukuphucula ubomi babo. UMakalima uchithe ubomi bakhe ehleli kwisitulo sokuhamba emva klokuba wahlaselwa zizikoli zimosela ePhiliipi ngowe 2007. Ezizihlobo zavula ishishini lokuhlamba iinqwelo mafutha emva kwesakhiwo senkonzoekufuphi ne New Flast. Ngoku emva kweminyaka emihlanu ishishini labo lelona libalaseleyo kwaLanga.

Bezibiza ngegama elithi ‘Mzeewheller All Purpose Cleaner’, elingumdibaniso wegama lika Mjayezi nesiteketiso sika Makalima esingu Wheller ngenxa yokuba ehamba ngesitulo.

Phambi kwengozi yakhe uMakalima , wayesebenza njengomlungisi wentlanzi kumzi othengisa ukutya, emva ubephila ngemali yenkam-nkam.

“Ngokuqalisa elishishini ndifumene ukuzimela kwaye ndenza izinto ebendingacingi ukuba ndingakwazi ukuzenza,” utsho uMakalima.

UMjayezi yena ubesebenza kumzi obilisa iintsimbi waze waphelelwa ngumsebenzi.

“Yayindim kuphela osebenzayo ekhayeni lam kwaye khange ndibe nayo imali yokuqhuba izifundo zam kwi boilermaking,”” ” utshilo uMjayezi.

Ukuhlamba imoto kubiza iR50 kwaye ishiywa icocwe umphakathi nomphandle

. Abahlali base New Flats bamamkele uMakalima no Mjayezi ukuba basebenzi amanzi wabo nombane wabo ngexabiso eliphantsi.

Ngeempelaveki basebenza kude kube sebusuku ngenxa yokuba zininzi iimoto ezifuna ukucocwa. Bathi bafuna indawo ephangaleleyo ukuze bakwazi ukumelana nomkhamo weemoti ezithi zize apha kuba ngexesha lecawa akumele basebenze.

Yinkathazo enkulu le kubo ngexesha leholide zenkonzo ezigana ne Easter kuba abasebenzi iintsuku ezine.

Sele beqeshe abantu abasixhenxe kulomsebenzi kwaye bayawuthanda umsebenzi wabo.

“Ngeempelaveki nangeholide, siqesha nabantwana besikolo, ukuze bakwazi ukuba bafumane imali yesikolo, lento ibanceda ukuba bangangeni engxakini,” u Makalima utsho.

Ukwathi lento inceda ulutsha oluninzi ukuba luphume kwimilo yoontangandini ekhokelela ebugewini.

UMakalima uthi ishishini labo liyaqhwalela ebusika kuba abandawo igqumekileyo.

“Ebusika sihlamba iimoto ezine okanye ezintlanu kodwa ehlotyeni sibila ibunzi sihlamba inqwaba yazo,” uyacacisa ehambisa esithi ngemini exakekileyo bayakwazi ukuhlamba iimoto ezingaphaya kwamashumi amahlanu besenza malunga ne R2,500 ngosuku .—Thembela Ntongana, GroundUp

Thriving car wash started with one man in a wheelchair “I have gained my independence, doing things that I didn’t think I would be able to do,” says owner Ayabonga Makalima and Mziyanda Mjayezi met in 2011. It was a difficult time in their lives. They were both unemployed and needed to make a living. Makalima had spent years in a wheelchair after being stabbed by robbers on his way to work in Philippi in 2007.

The two friends opened a car wash in the parking lot of a church near where they lived in Langa in an area called New Flats. Five years later, they have one of the busiest car wash services in Langa and regular customers.

The business is named ‘Mzeewheller all purpose cleaner’, a combination of Mjayezi’s name and Makalima’s nickname – Wheller because of his wheelchair.

Before the stabbing, Makalima worked cleaning and cutting fish in a restaurant.

Afterwards, he survived on a social grant.

“With this car wash I have gained my independence, making my own living and doing things that I didn’t think I would be able to do,” says Makalima.

Mjayezi worked as a boiler-maker for an engineering company. When his contract ended, it was not renewed because he lacked the necessary qualification.

“I was the only one working at home. At that time, I didn’t have the money to pay for the [boiler-making] course,” says Mjayezi.

A car wash costs R50 and the car is cleaned inside as well. Residents in a block of flats nearby allow Makalima and Mjayezi to connect a vacuum cleaner and a hose for a monthly fee.

On weekends, they sometimes work until 8pm because of the number of cars to be cleaned. They say they need more space to grow the business. During church services the car wash has to close. This is a problem during religious holidays such as Easter, when there are church services for four or more days.

The friends began with five employees and now have seven.

“On weekends and holidays, we take school children, so they can have something to do and make money for themselves instead of getting into trouble,” says Makalima.

This started when they helped students involved in gangs at schools to escape taking part in gang activity.

Makalima says winter is their quiet season because they do not have shelter.

“In winter, we can do three to four cars a day, but in summer we are busy. During the week, we can have 15 to 20 cars a day and on weekends even more,” he says.

On the busiest days, they wash up to 50 cars and earn approximately R2,500 a day.—Thembela Ntongana, GroundUp

Ayabonga Makalima no Mziyanda Mjayezi baqalise ishishini lokuhlamba iimoto kwaLanga ngowe 2011 Photo: Thembela Ntongana

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NOVEMBER 2016

SPORT Disappointment over tournament cancellation

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eal Deal Promotions’ Vusi Ngwenya has backtracked from a bout that was scheduled for Saturday, November 26 evening at the OR Tambo Sports Complex in Khayelitsha.

He announced on Tuesday that the tournament has been cancelled due to “lack of support”.

He said: “It’s been very difficult to get support here and our plans were scattered when Mzonke Fana decided to pull out of the tournament, that, in turn, led to our main sponsor withdrawing from this event,”.

Fana was expected to defend his National Lightweight title against Sanele Msimang of Port Elizabeth.

Ngwenya said Fana pulled out for another fight in the North West Province.

However, Fana has shot back at the allegations that he pulled out.

He said sixth sense informed him that the fight would not materialise anyway.

“I could sense that the fight would not take place and I signed with another promoter...

Mr Ngwenya must find another excuse,” said Fana.

Meanwhile ringside observers have taken to social media to lambast Ngwenya.

Andile Ndevu, a member of the Western Cape Promoters Association task team questioned why promoters go to the media before signing contracts, knowing full well that they don’t have the financial muscle to put up a tournament.

Ndevu urged Boxing South Africa to take strong action against “bogus boxing promoters”.

Sinethemba Mde Mandyoli, a boxing writer and analyst, said most of the boxers mentioned in the promotional poster for the Fana bout, “never signed contracts for this bout in the first place” “That is the reason I am not surprised,” he said.

Veteran boxer Johannes Salie said this was a sign that boxing is not just in trouble, but that a deeper malaise existed in its circles.

“It’s deeper than that. It’s in a s**t hole.

BSA must suspend these wannabe promoters for a period of 5 to 10 years for playing with other peoples times and efforts,” he said.

Salie said BSA house must be put in order.

Promoter Charles Mjikelo also vented his spleen on the matter.

“How come you have boxing tournament but you don’t have the money to host that tournament,” he asked angrily.

Notable ringsider and sport supporter Paul Alexander was sarcastic: “Is it true this business will now be called “Not Real Deal Promotions,” he asked in jest.

Mickey Klaas BSA Western Cape Co-ordinator said the promoter had not complied with the requirements to stage a fight.

Mzonke Fana with his championship belts Photo: ISOLABANTU NEWS

ISOLABANTU NEWS

Search for Miss Mamelodi Sundowns 2016 T he nationwide search for Miss Mamelodi Sundowns 2016 has begun.

It boasts the biggest prize package in South Africa with over R2 million in prizes to be won.

Last Saturday , the Miss Mamelodi Sundowns team was in Cape Town, – the seventh stop on their nine province road trip.

In each province, the team will judge the

semi-finalists and select two contestants per province, who will each win R60 000 and go on to compete in the national final which takes place in December.

These 18 provincial semi-finalists will have an equal opportunity to win the coveted Miss Mamelodi Sundowns 2016 title, which also comes with prize money of R200 000 and a brand-new car.

Sikhonathi Tosini is 23 years old and is currently in her third year at CPUT, where she is studying Public Relations.

Tshidi Green, 21, is originally from Paarl but now lives in Somerset West.

She is studying a BA International Studies degree at the University of Stellenbosch.

“The Western Cape produced some very strong contestants, which made it even

harder to pick two semi-finalists.

But we are very excited about Sikhonathi and Tshidi, two determined and motivated young women who are both passionate about bringing change to their communities. This pageant gives them the opportunity to make a real difference, while at the same time helping them to achieve their own goals,” says Govender