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She is disabled but independent

Nomandla aims to change lives! PETER LUHANGA

hen a thug sent Nomandla Mqamelo flying from the top of a pedestrian bridge, she didn’t realise she would be left paralysed and in a wheelchair for the rest of her life! Nomandla was 16-years-old at the time and in grade 11 at school. She sustained a compression fracture of her spinal cord and has been on a wheelchair ever since that ill-fated day! “They told me I’d never walk again. I cried the whole day. I was confused and young at the time. When I was discharged from the hospital I felt useless. To adapt from being an able bodied person to being disabled was very difficult. i could not even make my own bed,” she said. But she never gave up. “I told myself the first step was to get an education and enrolled in a special needs school in the Eastern Cape. After that I got a degree in IT from Walter Sisulu University,” said the 32-year-old Dunoon resident who is a programmer analyst at

Woolworths in Cape Town. The single mum wheels herself around to clean her two-bedroom house, cooks and bathes her child! She has taught herself how to do everything on her won—including driving! When she was looking for a driving school she struggled to find one and it prompted her to get an instructors drivers license. When she has time she teaches people with disabilities to drive, using her specially adapted car. “I want to teach people with disabilities to get from point A to B. In IT I do not make a difference in disabled people’s lives but I want to interact and help others,” she said. Her attacker was never caught and she said she does not harbour any anger towards him. “What keeps me going is that there a reason behind everything. I look at the positive side. Maybe If I wasn’t disabled, I wouldn’t have been as successful as I am now,” said Nomandla.

Nomandla Mqamelo enjoys the sun at Boluberg’s Big Bay beachfront.

Photo. Isolabantu news.

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UNomandla Mqamelo uzifundise ukuzenzela yonke into ukusuka ekuqhubeni imoto ukusa ekunakekeleni usana lwakhe oluminyaka mibini, uWandiyolisa. Photo. Isolabantu news.

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A isikoli sathi sahlasela uNomandla Mqamelo samshiya ethe natya phezu kwebhulorho yabahambi zange aqonde ukuba uza kugogeka ubomi bakhe bonke. Ngeloxesha uNomandla wayeneminyaka eli-16 esenza ibanga lesithoba. Wophuka ithambo lomqolo nto leyo eyamshiya ehamba ngesitulo. “Bandixelela ukuba andisokuze ndikwazi ukuhamba kwakhona. Ndalila imini yonke, ndandibhidekile ndibuhlungu. Xa ndaphumayo esibhedlele ndaziva ndiyinto engento, kwakunzima ukuqhelana nobomi bam obutsha. Ndandingakwazi nokuzenzela ibhedi,” uchazela Iso Labantu atsho. Kodwa zange anikezele tu kwaphela! “Ndazixelela ukuba mandifumane imfundo ndaze ndaya kwisikolo sabakhubazekileyo eMpuma Koloni ukuphuma kwam apho ndaya eWalter Sisulu University apho ndenze khona izifundo zenzululwazi kwiteknoloji,” itsho lentwazana iminyaka ingama 32 ubudala. Ngoku sele ingumhlali wase Dunoon kwaye isebenzela inkampani yakwa Woolworths njengomakhwekhwe-

tha we programmer. Lentwazana ikwangumama wosana oluthandekayo oluminyaka mibini kwaye sithetha nje , uye azondlulele ibhedi, aqukeze ezicocela ngokwakhe aze anakekele lomveku. Okunye okuvuyisayo kukuba uzifundise ngokwakhe nqu nokuqhuba inqwelo mafutha. Xa wayefuna ukufundiswa ukuqhuba wasokola kakhulu de wagqiba kwelokuba azifundise ngokwakhe. Xa enethuba uye ancede abanye abakhubazekileyo indlela zokuqhuba esebenzisa imoto yakhe elungiselelwa bona. “Ndifuna ukuba bafundisa ukuze bakwazi ukuzenzela izinto ngaphandle kokuxhomekeka. Ndifuna ukwenza utshintsho empilweni yabantu,” utshilo. Umntu owathi wamosela zange wabanjwa okanye afunyanwe kodwa lenzwakazi ithi ayinanqala ngokunxamnye naye. “Into endenza ndivuya kukwazi ukuba kukho isizathu sokuba kwenzeke okuthile ebomini. Ndiyijonga ngolunye uhlobo lemeko. Mhlawumbi ukuba ndandingazange ndonzakale ngendingekho apha ngoku,”utshilo.

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QONDO lemisindo beliphezulu ngethuba abahlali bezindlu ze RDP noogobityholo bebexambulisana ngokutswetywa kombane eWitsand cebekuhle ne Atlantis ekumantla wesixeko seKapa. Ngokonokrawuzana abazibonele ngawenkobe, kuye kwafuneka oonqawayiphuzwa basebenzise izintywizisi ukunqanda ihlokondiba labahlali ebebexhobe befe amacala zizinkempe, amagqudu kunye noocelemba befuna ukutya esiqwini omnye komnye. Lofuthu ubangelwe kukuba abo bahlala kwizindlu ze RDP baye batoncula iingcingo ebezifakwe zizinyoka-nyoka zisenzela abo

bahlala ematyotyombeni. Nangona uthuli ludambile nje abahlali bayapixa bebamba iintlanganiso ukuqinisekisa ukuba kukho imvano yokuba kutokolwe umbane kwakho. Umhlali wakwa Zone 8 uThembisa Nomdidi nongumama weentsana ezintathu ahlala nazo etyotyombeni eligumbi linye uthi inkathazo iqale emveni kokuba oonoRDP beqhawule iintambo zabo. Uthi esisisenzo sivuse umnyele sabangela oogobityholo baqubule izikrweqe kodwa bafika kumnyama entla oonoRDP bedibene nonoteksi kwaye bevathe iqaqa. “Oonoteksi baqale ngokusigibisela ngamatye saza saphindisa yaqala inkathazo,” utshilo.

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Abemi bezindlu ze RDP eWitsand batyholwa ngokuzenza bhetele kuba bengafuni oogobityholo batsale umbane kumakhaya abo.Bakhala ngelithi lomtokolo wonakalisa iibhokisi zabo zombane. Photo. Isolabantu news.

“Bekunzima kakhulu kwafuneka amapolisa asebenzise izintywizisi ukuchitha esosiqhu,” uNomdidi utshilo. Omnye umhlali uNolusindiso Phafu naye engumama wesithatha sabantwana uthe bafuna kubuyiselwe iintambo zabo zombane ngokukhawuleza. “Mna ndenze isigqibo nomntu enditsala kuye umbane andazi ukuba ungena phi uwonke wonke

kulento. Ohlala kwiRDP uEljean Williams uthe yena nangona evelana nabemi basematyotyombeni kodwa uthe akavumelanga nokutokolwa kombane. “Kungangcono ukuba umaspala no Eskom bangenza icebo lokusombulula lemeko kuba ziyonakala izinto zethu xa kutokolwa umbane,” utshilo uWilliams. Othethela uEskom uJolene Henn

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iingxoxo nabahlali baseWitsand. Uthi ingxaki yokufaka umbane yenziwa kukuba umhlaba abakhe kuye ifumile kwaye kumele ababantu bafuduke kuyo kuba asiyondawo yokuhlala kwabantu. Kodwa uthembisile ukuba indawo ezomileyo zizakufakelwa umbane kungekudala.

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Life on the street Skylar Sunders sleeps outside a children playing park behind the fence of Parklands Lifestyle Centre. It has been her home for the past four years. Photo. Isolabantu news.

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angsterism and lack of job opportunities forced Skylar Sunders to leave her home seven years ago. The 33-year-old, originally from Atlantis, told Isolabantu: “If you don’t have a job you end up committing crime or becoming a gang member to survive. This is why we choose to live on the

street.” Skylar, who left her children in her mum’s care, is one of about 40 homeless people from Atlantis who sleep on the street of Table View and Parklands. Skylar and the father of her children survive by sifting through bins to look for food, clothes or anything they can sell at recycling centres. They send the money they’re able to collect

to her mum and the children. “We visit home at the end of every month. They cry when they see us and say they do not want us on the streets but we can’t stay in Atlantis for our parents to look after us and our children,” she said. Izanathi Security Company director Wayne van Jaarsveld, said homeless people were a common sight in Table View and

Blouberg area. “Homelessness is getting out of hand in Table View and needs to be properly managed. The big problem is that they use drugs and alcohol and there are often fights and stabbings. However, they dont get involved in organised crime.” Social Development MMC Suzette Little said Table View was listed as a hotspot for street people.

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bugewu nokunqaba kwemisebenzi kwanyanzelisa uSkylar Sunders ukuba ashiye ikhaya lakhe kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo. Lentwazana iminyaka engama 33 nekhaya layo lise Atlantis ixelele Isolabantu: “Ukuba awunamsebenzi uphela usaphula umthetho okanye ungenela amaqela emigulukuthu ukuze ubengumntu.Yiyo lento sikhetha ukuhlala esitratweni,” utshilo. USkylar, washiya abantwana bakhe kumama wakhe kwaye ungomnye wodingindawo abangamashumi amane abazenzele ikhaya kumathafa ase Table View nase Parklands. Yena nendoda yakhe enguyise wabantwana bakhe baphila ngokunqika imigqomo yenkunkuma bathathe lonto bayifumanayo bayisebenzise okanye bayithengise. Bathi bathumele imalana abayifumanayo kumama wakhe ukuze

akwazi ukondla iinstana zabo. “Siye sitylele ekhaya xa kuphela inyanga. Bayalila xa besibona kwaye abafuni ukusibona sikulemeko sikuyo kuba abafuni sihlale esitratweni,” utshilo. Umphathi we Izanathi Security Company u Wayne van Jaarsveld, uthi oodingindawo benza ingxaki enkulu kwindawo yase Table View nase Blouberg . “Yingxaki enkulu le kwaye ifaka uxinezelelo kumsebenzi wokugada amakhaya abantu. Ingxaki kukuba ababantu basasaza iziyobisi baze emva koko bahlabane. Kodwa ke ayingomasela bona,” uVan Jaarsveld utsho. Othethela isebe lentlalontle iSocial Development MMC uSuzette Little uthi iTable View yenye yendawo ebabazwayo ngeengxaki ezenziwa ngoodingindawo. Uthi ibhunga lesixeko linayo inkqubo encedisana noodingindawo ukuze babuyele kwimo elungileyo xa befuna ukugoduka kwakho. Xa ufuna ukuncedwa lelicandelo nceda fowunela kwa 0800 872 201.

Umphathi we Izanathi Security uWayne Van Jaarsveld eParklands Life Style Centre uthi abantu abangodingindawo baluhlupho kulengingqi kwaye kumele kubekho indawo abafakwa kuyo. Photo. Isolabantu news.

She said the city had a dedicated street people programme, which assisted those who wanted to return home and provided them with short-term employment opportunities through the expanded Public Works programme. She said residents could contact her department on 0800 872 201 for advise on how to assist street people.

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RDP owners, squatters in power struggle After RDP houses residents disconnected electricity power supply to Witsand’s Zone 8 squatter camp residents, Thembisa Nomdidi, uses a plain metal iron heated on a gas stove, to iron her daughter school uniform. Photo. Isolabantu news.

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who were trying to reconnect the power.

Police chased the squatters to their shacks

war of words has erupted between RDP house owners and residents from zone 8 at Witsand in Atlantis.This happened after the house owners disconnected eletricity allegedly connected illegally by squatters in the area. Tensions reached boiling point last week when the house owners squared up with the squatters.Police used rubber bullets and teargas to desperse an angry crowd armed with sjamboks,knobkerries and planks last Tuesday. Sqautter Thembisa Nomdidi(43) said: “The squatters were met by armed RDP owners who were backed by Witsand taxi bosses.”The squatters were asking for eletricity to be reconnected.”RDP owners formed a human chain to prevent squatters from accessing the eletricity poles where they tap the grid.”Chaos erupted when taxi bosses started throwing stones at squatters

with teargas.”RDP owner Eljean Williams (33) sympathised with the squatters but does not like izinyoka. Human settlements mayoral committee member Councillor Benedicta van Minnen said: “the latest increase of informal dwelling has led to more eletrici-

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nections being disconnected. He said that an additional assault case was registered on 14 August after one house was vandalised and an agency of the dsbd

a complainant suffered multiple injuries.

SASSA blocks all funeral premium deductions

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ollowing amendments of the regulations of the Social Assistance Act of 2004 this year, some social grant beneficiaries will have to make alternative arrangements regarding the payment of funeral insurance premiums. “Amending these regulations was a necessary and responsible step taken by SASSA and the So-

cial Development Department in order to protect vulnerable beneficiaries against unscrupulous financial service providers,” SASSA’s Western Cape Spokesperson Shivani Wahab told Isolabantu. Shivani said the law allows for only a maximum of 10% of the grant value to be deducted and requires that SASSA should be informed whenever a beneficiary enters into a contract with a funeral insurance service provider.

“In some cases, SASSA is not involved and this results in unauthorised deductions which come as a surprise to the beneficiary when the next payment cycle comes. This happens in cases where beneficiaries are approached and made to sign agreements that are not explained to them,” she said. Countless beneficiaries, Shivani said have complained to SASSA about funeral policy deductions

coming off their grants without their knowledge and in response, social development minister Bathabile Dlamini appointed an advisory committee which recommended a dispute resolution mechanism. “SASSA developed this mechanism which helps beneficiaries to report such unauthorised deductions which are investigated and resolved to a large extent. The new regulations are a step in the right direction and will assist in resolving unauthorised deduction disputes.” Beneficiaries with funeral policies will be affected as mentioned below and have to take the stipulated necessary measures: Direct deduction on children’s grant Beneficiaries with direct deductions for a funeral insurance/ scheme from child grants should note that the deductions will be discontinued in December 2016. All child grant beneficiaries should make alternative payment arrangements with their financial service providers on how premiums will be paid from December 2016 onwards. Direct deduction on grants awarded a for period not extending twelve months (temporary disability grants) Beneficiaries having direct de-

ductions for a funeral insurance/scheme on any social grant awarded for a period of less than twelve months (temporary disability grants), should note that the deductions will discontinue in December 2016. All affected beneficiaries are urged to make alternative arrangements with financial service providers on how premiums will be paid going forward. Direct Deductions for funeral policy and or scheme on adult grants If you are receiving a grant for older persons, war veterans or a permanent disability grant and would like to have the premiums for your funeral policy/scheme deducted directly from your grant, please visit the nearest SASSA office to give permission in writing and in person for these deductions to go through. This applies to old and new funeral policies. If you are unable to visit the SASSA office, you are requested to contact SASSA on 0800 60 10 11 or 012 400 2322 to make alternative arrangements such as home visits for frail people. Regarding other types of social grants only one deduction will be allowed provided the value of such a grant does not exceed 10% of the value of the grant.

Long walk to cast votes PETER LUHANGA

n the recent local government elections, residents of Wolwerivier had to make a 15km trek to vote at a nearby rich, posh area. The people from the settlement that is 35km north of Cape Town had no voting station in their area so they were forced to go to Zonnekus Holiday Resort in Morning Star near the N7. Wolwerivier was established by the City of Cape Town to house people who were previously living on the edge of Vissershok landfill site. Wolwerivier known as an incremental development area, has 464 onebedroom zinc structures built by the DA-led municipality for people who previously squatted on the landfill site. Despite the long distance, residents were excited to go and make their mark. Father of four Michael Jolingomo

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n Wednesday, August 3, thousands of Dunoon residents made their mark in Mzansi’s fourth municipal elections since 1996. Bhembulukwana kaMakawuse (71) told Isolabantu that he exercised his right to vote, so as not to complain when a party he does not support, is ushered into power. Kwa 5 Squatter Camp resident Kgostso Lebeko (30) said he made his mark in the municipal elections as he hoped the party he

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(55) told Isolabantu: “We dont like these tinned houses. It’s very cold and at night it’s very dark. We would like street lights to be installed and for our houses to be fired with ceilings.” Michael made no secret of the fact that he voted for the ANC as he believed the party was their only hope for better houses and had liberated them from apartheid. Lubabalo Makeleni retained the seat for the ANC in ward 104.

ANC retains ward 104

voted for would create job opportunities. “I am unemployed and I have been living here for six years and still have not seen any improvement. People are living in appalling conditions. I voted for change and still have hope that one day, I will see that change,” said Lebeko. Ayanda Dali, also from Kwa 5 Squatter Camp, said he specifically voted because he wanted his political organisation to intervene in the Montague Gardens area, saying most factories are racist.

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ulwanyulo lomasipala lwakutsha nje abahlali base Wolwerivier kuye kwafuneka bathathe u h a m b o olude olube yi 15kms ukuze bakwazi ukuvota. Ababahlali bahlala kwiimbacu ezikude kufuphi nesixeko kwaye bekungekho ndawo yakuvota apho bakhoyo ntoleyo ithe mabathi tsi gxada eZonnekus Holiday Resort eMorning Star ngaku hola wend“When we are hunting for jobs in these areas, companies chase us away saying we must go to (President cob)

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Michael Mbali (36) from Dunoon’s Ekumpumleni Squatter Camp could not hide his excitement after voting for the ANC. “I have my own spacious shack, and I’m satisfied. I don’t vote for any party except for the ANC no matter how bad are our living conditions,” said Mbali. Dunoon resident Xoliswa Manimani (41) who is a mother of seven children said she voted for the ANC because of the states’ child support grant. “I depend on the child support grant to survive with my children. I’m happy

lela uN7. I Wolwerivier yasekwa libhunga lesixeko seKapa ukulungiselela oodingindawo ebebehlala kwindawo yokulahla inkukuma eVissershok. Nakubeni umgama ubumde kakhulu ababahlali bebechulumancile ngendlela esisimanga. UMichael Jolinkomo ominyaka ingama 55 uxelele Isolabantu: “Asizithandi izindlu esihlala kuzo, ziyabanda kwaye zimnyama kakhulu ebusuku. Sifuna kufakwe izibane kwaye bafake ne ceiling.” UMichael udize ekuhleni ukuba yena uvotele umbutho we ANC kuba ekholelwa ekubeni lombutho nguwo kuphela ongamakhela indlu kuba inguwo owamkhulula kumakhandela engcinezelo. Uceba Lubabalo Makeleni uphinde waphumelela isihlalo sakho kulendawo. and satisfied with the child support grant that is why I’ll always vote for the ANC,” said Manimani. Ekumpumleni Squatter Camp resident Wezile Mlilwana (32) said he voted because he wanted change. “We want houses and better services enjoyed by most privileged South Africans and I believe that the DA will give us that,” said Mlilwana. Nicolas Faku (57) also voted for change: “I want to see our streets clean. I want job opportunities created,” said Faku. There were others that did not see the need to make their mark in the municipal elections. Among them is grade 12 student at Inkwenkwezi Secondary School, Lona Boyse. Lona said: “I dont see any change and I think voting is a waste of time.”

Ukubonelela abahlali bethu ngezisombululo zogutyulo yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yoko sikwenzayo. ISixeko saseKapa kuphela komasipala onikezela ngeenkonzo ezizeleyo zokucoca izindlu zangasese kwiindawo zamatyotyombe ukwenzela ukugcina izindlu zangasese zicocekile. Le yenye yeendlela esinceda ngayo abo badinga uncedo lwethu kakhulu. Sincede ukugcina izindlu zethu zangasese zicocekile kwaye zisebenza. Xela izehlo zokonakaliswa kwa-

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AUGUST 2016

SPORT

16 teams battle for Build It trophy

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nail-biting football match saw Joe Slovo’s Revelation Stars crowned champions of the Dunoon Local Football Association Build It U13 tournament, held on Saturday, August 8, at Inkwenkwezi soccer field. In its third year, the Build It U13 tournament has emerged to be very popular amongst the youth

in the Table View and Milnerton area. This year saw 16 teams affiliated to the LFA battle it out on the soccer field in a campaign for the Build It trophy. Build It tournament organizer Helena Quinton (40), said the tournament was a way of furthering the development of grassroots football. It is also a way of giving back to the communities that Build It cater for.

“We have customers in Dunoon and this is the way of practicing Corporate Social Investment. The winning team walks away with full soccer kit, balls, a trophy, and in addition the player of the tournament receives his own trophy”, said Quinton. SAFA’s Michael Sondlo, said the tournament was established in collaboration between Built It and SAFA. “It’s an initiative aimed at reaching out to the youth through

sports. The tournament is becoming popular yearly,” said Sondlo. Other sponsors of the tournament were 7 Stars energy drink and Coca Cola. Dunoon LFA President, Amos Siwayi said: “Built It is a very friendly sponsor and we’re excited with the tournament,” said Siwayi. Revelation Stars beat Young Chiefs 2-0 to emerge champions. Both teams are from Joe Slovo Park near Milnerton.

Young Chiefs player Mandla Tebane (12) emerged player of the tournament. “I am very happy and the achievement motivates me,” said Tebane who is a grade 7 pupil at Joe Slovo’s Marconi Beam Primary School. Founder of Revelation Stars Zolani Buyana was jubilant over his team’s success. “I feel very happy. They showed me that I wasn’t wrong in believing in them,” said Buyana.