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MDANTSANE: YOUNG AND OLD BENEFIT FROM PROJECTS

Empty school turned into centre for community SIYANDA NKONYENI

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HEN Howard Ben-Mazwi Primary School closed down due to a dwindling number of learners a year-and-a-half ago, community member Mandla Mphangalala saw an opportunity to use the school for the benefit of the residents of Mdantsane by starting a community centre.

Her efforts were not only a bid to freely make use of the school, but also to safeguard the place from degenerating into a vandalised structure.

“When the school closed down in March 2016, I approached the Department of Education, who gave me permission to use the whole school.

“We opened a crèche for the local community,

but felt that the school was too big to operate only one project.

“Soon, word got around that the school was open for community projects. First, the local councillor’s office moved in here, followed by an elderly citizens’ project; then it was the Genius Academy which runs a tutoring project. We also have a project for the blind,” she said.

She said that she could not let the legacy of the school die because it is steeped in the surrounding community and that it is the community’s responsibility to preserve the school.

“This school has produced a lot of professionals and I would like to invite and show them the importance of preserving and giving back to the school for the benefit of the community.

“For instance, we are struggling as a crèche

and need donations to keep us going, as we depend solely on the fees paid by the parents.

“We also have a lot of break-ins and had a water tank that was donated to us stolen. But luckily the local community members are our eyes and ears so we were able to recover some of the things that were stolen,” she said.

Genius Academy CEO Thembelani Mbekwa said that they used to go around schools, tutoring. Having a fixed place to work from has been a blessing for them.

“We have been looking for a place where we can operate our school from and we started here in 2017 because we saw that the school was a good location for learners.

“The response from Grade 12 learners has been overwhelming because we are accessible;

Mandla Mphangalala at her crèche, one of the projects that are run in the former school building.

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cutting travelling costs to East London, where most of these services are, has given us a positive feedback,” he said.

A representative from the Ward 21 councillor’s office, Nandipha Nobathana, said that they moved to the school because they wanted to be accessible to the community they are serving.

“Our offices were housed in a building far from our ward and we had to move so that we can better serve our community. I think it’s a good thing to use schools that are closed down for community projects because if they are left unused they are vandalised,” she said.

Recently, there have been media reports of closed and unused schools being stripped of roofs, doors, fencing and copper piping by vandals around Mdantsane.

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< From left are Yonela Lama, Lihle Taku and Tina Sumati, Grade 12 learners from Douglas Mbopi High School attending a maths tutorial at Sinovuyo Mbonda's Asinavalo Maths Academy, which he built himself.

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Dimbaza teacher launches Asinavalo Maths Academy ZAVELA MAKWABE “I CANNOT stick to one project at a time.

I am always doing more than one thing. I enjoy being busy.”

That is how Sinovuyo Mbonda’s journey as a teacher started. When he got his diploma in electrical engineering and a threeyear contract with Eskom, the Dimbazaborn young man was not yet satisfied.

He still wanted to do more, so he found a part-time job teaching at a college in Port Elizabeth and before he knew it, the teaching bug had bitten him.

“I found that I enjoyed teaching more than sitting in an office for eight hours, so I resigned in 2014 and went back to school full-time to get my teaching qualification.

“One of the things I do as a teacher is tutor and mentor high school students, especially in maths; that’s my speciality.

“I enjoy teaching. It’s my calling.”

He proved this to be true when he started building the premises for an academy with his own hands in December last year.

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money to buy material and tools and excitedly started his project.

Because he is a full-time employee at a college in Port Elizabeth, he could only work on his plan on the weekends.

“The idea to start an academy to help learners struggling with maths and science has always been there for as long as I can remember because I know first-hand the frustration that comes with failing these subjects,” said Mbonda.

With permission from his landlord, the help of his wife and two students from the college where he works, he built a class in front of the house he lives in.

It took him two months to build the room that can comfortably house about 20 to 25 learners and it cost him about R7 000.

“The major contributing factor to the delays was money. I would run out of material and have to wait for the next pay day.”

Because of his determination, his handmade academy, Asinavalo Maths Academy, opened its doors on March 10.

He told King William’s Town Express that his long-term goal was to get a plot of land, build about six classes and employ a few university students to help more learners.

Mbonda started offering extra maths classes in 2015 for his class at the school where he taught. Learners from other schools joined in as well.

Because of the demand for his services, a year later he added evening and weekend classes.

“It was because of the parents’ response and support that I decided to do this. I had about 15 learners when I started in 2015, but by 2016 I had about 40 learners and at that time, I was doing only maths for Grade 10 to 12,” he said.

“I unfortunately had to relocate, so the classes stopped, but I still did house calls,” he said.

“I would go to three different homes after work almost every day in the week, helping kids with maths from 3pm to 8pm.

“As much as I enjoyed this, it exhausted me! Yes, the parents were happy to see their children enjoying maths, but I was spreading myself too thin,” said Mbonda.

“Now I help learners see the value of education and help them unlock their potential in my backyard.”

He said he could not wait to open a branch in Dimbaza soon.

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Bhisho youth festival is a resounding success ZAVELA MAKWABE TWO local youth movements, Suppermix and Ikamvalethu School of Excellence, joined forces to bring a youth festival to the community of Bhisho on Human Rights Day at the Tyutyu Community Hall.

These art groups coach and groom the youth of Ndevana Location and Bhisho in music, drama dance and poetry, and give them the platform to perform on.

The youth festival was a roaring success with performances from more than 10 local groups, encouraging messages of hope from motivational speaker Ayabonga Kekana, from the Kekana Foundation, and a special visit from Bilal Emre Karakas and Leonard Robert Denzin, of the INVIA organisation in Germany.

Speaking to King William’s Town Express, Mbulelo Nkwali, co-founder of

Suppermix, said, “We started Suppermix a decade ago because we recognised the need to tell our own stories.

“In the past, in rural areas and townships, there were no platforms for the performing arts.

“We felt a strong need to readdress that. And also to create a strategy aimed to empower our local artists and help them realise their full potential.

“Through this festival, we were trying to restore cultural pride and revive and promote the love of art, but we especially wanted to emphasise and highlight our human rights and responsibilities as the youth.”

Keeping in line with the theme of the day, the Suppermix actors took to the stage to deliver an educational play called Kwanele (meaning “enough”) with a strong message about speaking out when caught up in an abusive situation where your rights are being violated so that the perpetrator can be punished.

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‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ back in court MICHAEL SWARTZ THE controversial but critically acclaimed film, Inxeba, swept up the awards at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) in Sun City, winning all the key nods last weekend.

The film took home six Golden Horns in the following categories; best film, best director, best screenplay, best editing, best actor (Nakhane) and best supporting actor (Bongile Mantsai).

Producer Cait Pansegrouw said, Inxeba had won multiple awards at festivals all over the world but being recognised at home had been the most important achievement for the team.

“It is extremely meaningful to all of us to be acknowledged by our South African industry peers. I am particularly thrilled that our incredible cast were awarded for their performances. Without their generosity and fearlessness, none of what this film has achieved would have been possible,” Pansegrouw said.

There is a meticulous process by which the SAFTA committee determines nomi-

nees and winners, and it functions like the Oscar nominations. Voting is conducted by secret ballot and all results are audited by an auditing firm.

Indigenous Film Distribution’s managing director Helen Kuun said, “In the case of a controversial film like Inxeba, it is important to note the absolute transparency of the nomination and voting process.”

Inxeba was reclassified by the Film and Publications Board Tribunal to a rating of X18, effectively labelling the film as pornography and pulling it out of cinemas earlier in March.

This reclassification was the result of appeals lodged by Contralesa Gauteng and The Man and Boy Foundation. This was overturned as the result of a court order resulting in a revised rating for the film, from X18 to 18SNLVP. Inxeba’s producers and distributors, and legal counsel Webber Wentzel will return to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this week, where the urgent application will be heard by Judge Joseph Raulinga.

In the meantime, Inxeba is still screening at selected cinemas countrywide.

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Mdantsane’s first buy and sell business flourishes SIYANDA NKONYENI TOWNSHIP communities are heeding the call to do things for themselves and start their own businesses.

Nondumiso Sonandi is a township businesswoman who is thinking outside the box. She started the first buyand-sell business last November in Mdantsane. King William’s Town Express correspondent SIYANDA NKONYENI spoke to this go-getter to find out what her business is all about.

Tell us about the kind of business you are running and how it came about.

Sonandi Trading is an all aspects business where we sell everything, from clothing, home appliances, furniture, radios and tools to car parts. After contemplating what kind of business to run, we came up with this idea because there are no such businesses in the township.

We buy most of our goods from auctioneers. We would also like to buy from individuals, but the problem is that people come without proof of ownership and we would not like to find ourselves selling stolen goods. Our prices are very affordable to the extent that customers are demanding that we also sell new things.

You are operating from a house. Tell us about that and the location you have chosen.

This used to be my grandmother’s house and it was the cheapest way to operate from here because we are not

paying rent. We are on the main road and people stop their cars to see what we are selling and they buy. We are operating in front of a small business park which is also an advantage for us.

How is the business funded and where would you like to see your business in the near future?

The business is self-funded and I am hoping to spread not only around Mdantsane, but to other townships as well because people need this service.

I also want to venture into other businesses that you do not find in the township like selling purified water.

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These kinds of businesses are scarce in the townships. How confident were you that it was going to work?

We knew from the start that the business would be a success because there was a demand for it. It was a question of checking which businesses are not available in the township and filling that void. True to my prediction, the community has supported us from day one because now they do not have to travel to town to buy things.

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East London Port helps local golfer reach new heights REPORTER OWING to the fact that Transnet believed in his potential a few years ago, today Lwazi Gqira (25) is ranked the number one golf player in the Border region and 54th in South Africa.

From the shy and insecure person living in extreme poverty in a shack in Duncan Village emerged a young man who is well respected in his community and among the golfing fraternity around the country.

Lwazi represented the Border men’s side and made the SA Development side to play against Scotland and the South African team in Johannesburg last year.

He is dedicatedly working to achieve his ultimate dream – to become a top professional golfer soon.

The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation has renewed his membership for the third year due to his satisfactory progress on and off the golf course under the watchful eye of his coach, Michelle de Vries, and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) in East London.

A life of inspiration “The transformation of Lwazi was like day and night.

“I have seen a life change before my eyes, a life that will inspire many more young children in underprivileged circumstances to dream, to believe and to work hard to achieve,” said De Vries, his coach and mentor for the past six years.

She is a golfing professional herself with 30 years of coaching experience “Lwazi’s significant improvement has brought him closer to becoming a professional golfer in the near future.

“His maturity in his game and in life is not only through good work ethics, but from TNPA believing in him. None of these

achievements would have been accomplished without TNPA’s investment in this young man over the past five years.

“His move from his dilapidated shack in Duncan Village to Quigney in East London has given him a chance to learn responsibility for his daily commitments as well as the realisation that the harder one works, the more opportunities will arise to better oneself.”

Solid support, beyond golf too “Lwazi has also realised that things happen in life that can change the course of one’s dreams. Therefore he has worked hard on developing his artisan skills of welding.

“He plans to complete his three-year studies at the Mdantsane Technical College to obtain a welding qualification at the end of this year,” said Sharon Sijako, port manager at the Port of East London.

TNPA does not only support Lwazi to enhance his golfing career and life skills, but also to develop his post school skills levels.

The funding includes the supply of golfing equipment, clothing, coaching lessons, transport, education, general life orientation skills, participation in golf tournaments and supporting his coach to accompany him on high profile tournaments.

The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation affords him the opportunity to participate in monthly national tournaments throughout the country, competing alongside other top South African amateur golfers.

Tips for life What has this experience taught Lwazi?

“Hard work pays - if you don’t work hard, you will not make it. Never give up; keep on fighting as you don’t know what will happen at the next hole,” he said.

“If you’re in a bad space, know that God is watching you.

From left are Sharon Sijako, Lwazi Gqira and Michelle de Vries.

“People are also watching you. Therefore, whatever you do – pay attention to it.

“Be prepared, have a schedule and plan in advance. Your mind is testing you – keep a diary as it will help you to control your

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mind. It is a mind game.

“Commitment, hard work and discipline are the name of the game. Make changes while you’re young. Think like a pro, not like an amateur,” Lwazi concluded.

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Natural skincare range born out of frustration SIYANDA NKONYENI THULISA Mondliwa is one of many highly educated young people in the province, who after completing her studies found herself sitting at home and despondent after many attempts at seeking employment.

Instead of feeling rejected, her eagerness to achieve compelled the 29-year-old to dig deep and explore her resourcefulness, and come up with other means of making a living.

She decided to use her expertise and started a hair and skin care range called Afrikare.

“I was raised by a single parent in Butterworth and I also had a

child at a young age, so for the longest time it has always been my dream to achieve academically as a way of showing gratitude for the good job my mother did by raising me through hardship.

“I soon realised that was not to be after completing my Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and geography, and my post-graduate diploma in Enterprise Management, as another challenge stood in my way because I could not secure employment.

“I did not see myself sitting and doing nothing and that is when I came up with the idea of using my knowledge,” she said.

She said she knew from the beginning that she needed to come up with a product that was differ-

Thulisa Mondliwa is determined to make it with her natural cosmetics range.

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ent and attractive to customers, and her plan was to keep her product as natural as possible because of the advantages of producing it that way.

“Afrikare is a hair range, body and lip butters and perfume oils that are handmade.

“The reason why I am applying this manufacturing method is that they are made with natural products and therefore I want to keep them in that natural state,” she said.

“Machinery will alter it and I do not want to contaminate the products.

“Another reason is that I want it to be a labour intensive product so that I can employ more people as the business grows, because I

know how is to be without a job,” she said.

Mondliwa’s vision seems to be well calculated because for now she is willing to take her time by working from home and taking individual orders by internet, because she does not want to create a demand without enough capacity.

“I recently secured a job and that does not mean that I have abandoned my business, instead it has allowed me to take my time building it thoroughly part time,” she said.

Her advice to the young people is to do away with the mentality that they cannot change their predicament and to always dream big.

Ginsberg ladies attend Bumbingomso Leadership Network meeting ZAVELA MAKWABE MORE than 400 in-school young women and girls in the Ginsberg area gathered at the Ginsberg Community Hall for the Bumbingomso Leadership Network leadership meeting last Saturday.

One of the main focuses of the event was to give an in-depth description of the Bumbingomso programme and what it offers.

The programme hosted a marketplace where many different stalls were set up; information packs and magazines were handed out and those in attendance learned about different aspects of the programme and

got a deeper understanding of the programme.

From the marketplace they formed groups and presented what they had learned.

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a leading innovator in youth employment, had a stall at the marketplace to expose the attendants to their programme and available economic opportunities and Beyond Zero also had a stall providing health intervention services.

Another one of the stalls was that of the Bumbingomso Call Centre, which consists of a telephone line, an SMS line and a WhatsApp line that is available on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:00. It connects the youth of the Buf-

falo City Metro with professional advice on health, life and careers and give them access to support services.

The event saw many Ginsberg women register and sign up to join the leadership network and become part of the Bumbingomso family.

Lerato Makiwane, a behaviourchange specialist, said, “Bumbingomso is steadily gaining momentum in schools and out of schools.

“The numbers speak for themselves.

“These leadership network meetings are a way of bringing information and services to young women and girls, igniting their sense of purpose so they can bring positive change in their communities.”

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The Opportunity Hub is a space and resource that provides info, skills and tools to help young people build their profile and improve their chances of becoming employed or accessing other opportunities.

“The hub is a central connector for young people in the Buffalo City Metro (BCM) looking for employment,” Mayor Pakati said.

“It is a project of Bumb’ingomso which is run and managed by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelera-

tor, a national organisation that has been working in the sector of youth employment for some years.”

Athenkosi Sophitshi, monitoring and communications manager of the DG Murray Trust, said, “Research has shown that unemployment among young women plays a major role in their vulnerability to HIV.” Access to economic opportunities, schooling and employment plays roles in empowering them to decrease dependency on toxic relationships, build self-worth and make informed decisions and decreases their chances of contracting HIV. In Buffalo City, more than half of the youth are unemployed (54%).

This necessitates partnerships that seek to drive this challenge down through building employability of young people in the metro.

The BCM adopted the project under the Mayor’s Library Legacy Project.

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Santa ready for maiden Williams Cup brings Easter rugby flame to King William’s Town Easter tournament ELETHU MTIKI EAST London’s Santa Roser FC u/14 side is looking forward to their first-ever Easter tournament this weekend.

Santa will be among the teams that will be participating in the Mercedes Benz SAFA Buffalo City Easter Tournament which kicks off in East London’s North End Stadium on Friday.

The last time this team from Fynbos in Buffalo Flats participated in an Easter tournament was in 2016, but that was their senior team, which has recently been dissolved.

Santa Roser’s assistant coach, Clarence Schreiber, believes his players are ready to make their mark in this tournament.

“I think my boys are ready for this tournament. We haven’t participated in an Easter tournament in a while. I’m one of the people from this team who last participated in an Easter tour-

nament and that was when I was still a player and we lost in the quarter-finals,” he said.

Schreiber and his boys will go into this tournament coming from a 2-0 a loss against Central FC in a Local Football Association league match at North End Stadium in East London on Sunday. However, he said his boys will not read much into that game; instead they will focus on their overall performance in the season.

“My team is doing well. We have played four league matches so far and won three of those games. We just need to fix small mistakes here and there and we should be good for the Easter tournament this coming weekend,” he said.

Schreiber said their focus was purely on the juniors after they were disappointed by the senior team which had to be dissolved due to ill-discipline. He added that the future looks bright for their u/14 team as they are promising to be a bunch of disciplined players who will take the team forward.

LIAM WEIMERS RUGBY enthusiasts will be treated to a spectacular extravaganza on the Breidbach sports field in King William’s Town this coming Easter weekend with the inception of the Williams Cup. The Williams Cup is a tournament dedicated to four late brothers, namely, Frank ‘Ou Blank’, Georgie ‘Ou G’, Ike and Norman ‘Nommie’ Williams who were exceptional rugby players.

These fallen local heroes have all played for the former Schornville-based sports club, Shamrocks, where they served with unmeasured loyalty, passion and dedication. Frank only hung up his boots in his early 50s and later served on the King Brumbies RFC executive out of passion while his brother, Norman achieved border rugby colours.

One of the organisers of the event, Ferquin Carelse, said, “Myself together with my four cousins decided to host this

event to pay tribute to our uncles. It is also our intention to bring back that old rugby flame to King and would like to make this an annual event,” Carelse said.

The event kicks off on March 31 and several teams from East London, Fort Beaufort, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth and Groot Brak have been invited to this memorable day of rugby to entertain the crowd.

Many former Shamrock sports club legends, including local heroes such as Newton Kennedy, a former South African Rugby player, will be attending this event.

The tournament kicks off a with bang with a great fixture between the King Legends and the Africans Legends as the curtain raiser.

Gates open from 09:00. Food stalls and a beverage garden will also be available. Entry fee is R10 (adults), R5 (scholars) and R20 for cars.

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Santa Roser’s u/14 team will be participating in their maiden Easter tournament this weekend.

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WSU in Varsity Shield final ELETHU MTIKI IN an entertaining Varsity Shield semi-final, the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) All Blacks managed to advance to the final round of the tournament.

This after WSU beat the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) 30-21 at the BCM Stadium in East London on Monday evening.

The two sides went to the half-time break with the score of 18-16 on the board in favour of the home side.

It was the second time in two weeks that the two teams clashed in this competition. UKZN came looking for revenge as they were beaten 12-8 in front of their supporters in the previous clash. All Blacks coach, Sipho Metula, admitted that his charges faced a tough challenge on Monday.

“We knew that those boys (UKZN) were going to come hard because they always know that when they play WSU they always get a tough game.,” said Metula.

Last season the All Blacks were knocked out in the semis. Metula said they were not surprised about mak-

ing it through to the final this year, as they were well prepared.

UKZN team captain, Wikus Badenhost, congratulated the home side for advancing to the final.

Badenhost conceded that WSU were the deserving winners of the tough battle.

“I think WSU outplayed us tonight.

They scored in the crucial moments of the game.

“They were the more composed team on the field. They were the best team on the field. All the best for them going into the final,” he said.

In the April 9 final in Cape Town, the WSU All Blacks will take on the

defending champions University of Western Cape, who hammered Tshwane University of Technology 66-7 in another semi-final. In the first round of the tournament, UWC overpowered the All Blacks by beating them 42-5 at the UWC Stadium.

The boys from East London, in their quest for revenge, will need to pull all the forces in Cape Town. Metula warned UWC to be well prepared.

“UWC know exactly that the only people who will give them tough competition is WSU. All we have to do is make sure that we’re prepared, make sure that the players have enough rest and in that we’ll avenge.” < WSU players after beating UKZN 30-21 in the Varsity Shield semi-final at BCM Stadium in East London.

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Tornado FC blows rivals away in league race ELETHU MTIKI TORNADO FC’s head coach, Tshepo Motsoeneng, has attributed his team’s success in the ABC Motsepe League to good planning at the start of the season.

Last week Wednesday the Mdantsane-based outfit was declared the 2017/2018 ABC Motsepe League champions with six games to spare after beating PE Stars 2-1 in Port Elizabeth.

Motsoeneng’s charges will represent the Eastern Cape in the national play-offs in June with the hope of gaining a promotion to the National First Division.

“I think the way we assembled the team (is what worked for us).

We held the trials and noticed talent,” said Motsoeneng.

“We went around the country – from Cape Town to Jo’burg, to Free State, to Durban – everywhere

where we could get at least one or two players that could play in the style that we wanted. We were blessed to have those players.”

Unlike in previous seasons, it was not a rocket science to tell where the title would go as Tornado were consistent and led other teams by a huge margin.

SAFA secretary in the province, Mnyamezeli Klaas, congratulated the new champions, especially for doing what no other team has ever done before – winning the league with so many games to spare.

“For the first time, if I’m not mistaken, our league has been won so early. To crown it all, there is no pending protest among the top teams,” said Klaas.

Motsoeneng also praised the team’s chairman, Siphiwo “Mawawa” Nyopho, for investing in the team and for his cooperation in making sure that the club had quality players.

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