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SANRAL: N2 WILD COAST TOLL ROADS

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group of 11 SMMEs, enrolled in SANRAL’s community and training development programme for the N2 Wild Coast Toll Road (N2WCTR), visited Mamlambo Construction in East London to learn about the administrative and business functions of the engineering and road construction industry.

The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) and the appointed service provider Mamlambo Construction hosted the business training programme in East London on May 24.

“SANRAL continuously provides training and support to SMMEs. We remain committed to promoting economic growth, stimulating the expansion of small- and medium-sized businesses, reducing unemployment and building a skilled workforce,” said Mbulelo Peterson, SANRAL Southern Region Manager.

The SANRAL programmes are part of the community access road upgrading project for the N2 Wild Coast Highway in Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo District Municipalities.

The SANRAL integrated community development programme has 30 business owners of construction SMME’s and new start-ups (CIDB levels 1 - 3) presently enrolled on SAQA and SETA-accredited training programmes (NQF levels 3 - 5) at three SANRAL learning centres in Mbizana, Lusikisiki and Port St Johns.

The programme will also train an additional 330 individuals with Civil Engineering skills to help create a local skilled and semi-skilled labour force for the N2WCTR. As part of their practical training, the business owners will be responsible for the upgrade and construction of community access roads.

Upon completion of their theoretical training this year, each SMME will have an opportunity to tender for construction work on the community access roads. Community access road upgrades are strategic projects linked to the N2WCTR with the aim to improve road safety.

SMMEs from Lusikisiki working on SANRAL’s community and training development programme for the N2 Wild Coast Toll Roads (N2WCTR) project visited East London and learned about the materials used during road construction.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Mamlambo Construction is a SANRAL service provider and currently working on the Lusikisiki Community Development (CD) project for SANRAL. The project started in July 2016 and is expected to be completed in July next year.

The training at the Mamlambo offices in­ cluded: . how to create a bank account for a joint

venture (JV), . CIDB requirements, . the importance of registering for VAT, . paying tax, UIF and workman’s compensation, . the importance of using a bookkeeper or accountant, . getting the right insurance and . paying wages to name a few.

The SMME’s were also taken on short

tours to asphalt, bitumen binders and concrete manufacturing plants.

“The goal of the day was to upskill, train and mentor emerging contractors. This project is very close to our hearts. We believe we need to be relevant in our community and participate where we can,” said Craig Shearar, Mamlambo CEO.

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Cannibalism accused says court is ‘wasting time’ BUNTU GOTYWA THE man accused of killing and eating his nephew in Port St Johns has told the court during his last appearance that he does not understand why the case is constantly postponed, and asked the court to just give him his sentence and “stop wasting time” by forcing him to have a lawyer which he does not care to have.

Mandisi Gwanya appeared in the Port St John’s Magistrate’s Court last week in connection with the horrific slaying of his nephew, Kamvelihle Ngala, in Kwantsile Village.

When Gwanya appeared in court, he was cursing and called the female court interpreter a witch as he didn’t agree with her interpretation. He said the court was doing witchcraft by forcing (legal) representation on him and he questioned why the court doesn’t just hand him his sentence.

Prosecutor Justice Tsala suggested that the suspect be sent for mental evaluation, but Gwayana said he had been sent to many “of those hospitals and nothing is wrong with me”.

When Magistrate Moonsamy Govender tried

to explain to Gwanya why he needed to have legal representation, he continued cursing towards him and said he does not care about lawyers.

Gwanya shocked the Port St Johns community when he admitted to killing, dismembering and eating parts of his four-year-old nephew. The Port St Johns community were up in arms during his court appearance begging for justice to quickly play its role in sending Gwanya to jail.

The community protested outside court during the appearance and said they will continue to do so until the suspect is behind bars.

Xoliswa Rolo of Port St Johns Creative Young Women Group said the lives of the children and women were in danger with people like Gwanya around and urged the prosecution to be quick in sending the man to prison.

Port St Johns Municipality Women’s Caucus Chairperson, Nontsa Tshitshiliza, said the case has brought a lot of anger to the community and that children are not safe anymore.

The case has been postponed to June 15 for further investigation and the results of the post-mortem.

Man arrested for alleged rape of girl (17) BABALWA NDLANYA POLICE officers from Msobomvu police station in Butterworth arrested a man (22) for the alleged rape of a girl (17) at Booi Farm outside Butterworth.

Both the victim and the suspect had attended a traditional ceremony at Booi Farm.

Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said the suspect allegedly dragged the victim outside the house where the traditional ceremony was hosted.

“The suspect is alleged to have accosted the victim in a clandestine manner on the night in question at 10pm. He is alleged to have overpowered the victim and raped her,” said Manatha.

He said a case of rape had been opened at the Msobomvu police station. He confirmed that Msobomvu police acted swiftly by tracing and arresting the suspect.

He said SAPS is appealing to parents not to allow their children to attend night ceremonies alone as they become soft targets of criminals.

Children joined the protest outside the Port St John’s Magistrate's Court last week as Mandisi Gwanya appeared inside. PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA

Traffic officer sentenced for corruption SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE THE Mthatha Regional Court has sentenced King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality traffic officer Nomathamsanqa Ndube (58) to a R5 000 fine or three years’ imprisonment after she was convicted on two counts of corruption.

The main count involved soliciting a bribe of R700 from a motorist and the other soliciting a R100 bribe from the same motorist.

On the latter count she was sentenced to a fine of R3 000 or two years’ imprisonment, suspended for five years on condition that she is not found guilty of the same offence during that period.

According to evidence presented in court, on February 16, 2013, Ndube, with her colleague and accomplice who died during the course of the trial, approached a motorist they accused of parking illegally.

They threatened to impound his vehicle unless he paid them a bribe of R800. The motorist paid them R100 and they took his driver’s licence, telling him they would on-

ly give it back to him once he had paid the remainder.

The motorist reported the matter to the police and a trap was set up. The following day the motorist went to pay the other R700 as arranged with the two traffic officers and police caught them while receiving the bribe.

During the trial the traffic officers maintained their innocence, claiming that they were going to hand over the money to the KSD municipality revenue office and give the motorist a receipt later, but the court was not convinced.

During sentencing on May 30 Magistrate Den Ngoqo noted that KSD municipality systems were flawed and prone to abuse by criminal elements, but he concurred with the state that the accused had intended to swindle the motorist.

The case was prosecuted by Regional Court prosecutor Sipho Sintwa.

The National Prosecuting Authority welcomed the sentence, saying it was a clear indication that corruption, specifically committed by law enforcement officers, would not be tolerated and would be punished accordingly.

Students’ stolen laptops, cellphones recovered REPORTER BUTTERWORTH Cluster Police Detectives solved several house robbery cases and recovered four laptops and ten cellphones at Bika Township in Butterworth in the past few days.

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Four male suspects between the ages of 20 and 35 were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said the victims of the house robberies are students of Walter Sisulu University Ibika campus in Butterworth. “Most of them are staying at Zazulwana village and Bika Township, Butterworth. The students had been accosted by unknown men while in their rented rooms in the past few months,” said Manatha.

He said the complainants had identified all the laptops and cellphones. Manatha said the value of the recovered laptops and cellphones is R35 000.

The arrested suspects have been charged with business robberies and will appear before the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court shortly.

Police officers recovered laptops and cellphones that were stolen from WSU Students in Butterworth. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

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Unclaimed RDP houses to be reallocated SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE EASTERN Cape Department of Human Settlements MEC Helen Sauls-August has given the go-ahead to all municipalities to reallocate unoccupied RDP houses to other qualifying beneficiaries.

This could be done following the deregistration of approved beneficiaries who had not taken ownership of their state-subsidised houses.

Sauls-August’s announcement was good news for the many citizens of the Eastern

Cape who have described vacant RDP houses as hives of criminal activity.

Most people who spoke to the Express took their hats off to the government for the initiative, stating that it was long overdue.

Zimbane Valley resident Nasiphi Myeki said the reallocation of houses would benefit communities as those who occupied them illegally would be removed.

She said the beneficiaries of housing projects in the province supported the government’s plan.

“The government should ensure no one occupied a house without valid documents

or title deeds, as people who were not beneficiaries sometimes took over homes by force or with the help of their political connections,” said Myeki.

Sauls-August revealed that this year alone the department planned to lodge, transfer and issue 10 000 title deeds.

She said municipalities had to trace missing beneficiaries through advertisements, and allow for a response period of 21 days before commencing with the deregistration of a beneficiary.

Sauls-August advised against taking short cuts in the deregistration process.

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“If legal processes are not followed to the letter, the process becomes illegal. The deregistration process must be done correctly,” she said.

Her department had learnt that some municipalities were struggling to trace beneficiaries whose houses had been completed.

Despite the department’s continuous effort to deliver housing projects in the province, housing units remained unoccupied and subject to vandalism.

“Unoccupied houses also delay the transfer and issuing of title deeds to correct beneficiaries,” she said.

Five learners die in bakkie crash, 16 injured AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA FIVE learners died and 16 were injured when the bakkie they were travelling on to school collided with a bus on Monday morning near Bulala Locality in Mbizana.

Provincial Traffic spokesperson Charles Bramwell said that the accident had occurred near Bulala Village on the R61 to-

wards Port Edward.

“A bus collided with a Toyota bakkie carrying school children to school. Five (learners) died on the spot, while 16 were injured,” said Bramwell.

He added that among those injured, three were critical and that they were all taken to the St Patrick’s Hospital in Mbizana.

Police spokesperson Captain Mlungisi Matidane confirmed the accident.

“Gumzana Senior Secondary School learners were involved in a car accident when their bakkie was turning off the R61 towards the school. A bus from Port Edward hit the bakkie from the back and pushed it onto the side,” said Matidane.

He said that a culpable homicide case was opened at the Mbizana Police Station and no arrests have yet been made.

The provincial Department of Education

expressed their shock over this incident.

Malibongwe Mtima, Department of Education spokeserson, said that MEC Mandla Makupula is very saddened by the death of these young people.

“The Department is distraught and we hope that the families will find solace in this time of loss. We hope that the law will take its course for all the parties involved,” Mtima said.

KSD mayor reveals his goal of getting metro status SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE NEW King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Municipality Executive Mayor Councillor Dumani Zozo revealed at his inauguration in Mthatha that the municipality aimed to become a metro by 2022.

“We are in a process to increase our serviceable sites from 21 000 to 70 000. This will accommodate the new growth of the city and also enhance our revenue,” Zozo said regarding the plan.

After he had been enrobed officially by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Fikile Xasa, with the mayoral gown and chain at Nkululekweni Ministerial Complex last week, Zozo welcomed the responsibility given to him and promised to perform his

duties diligently.

“We made a commitment on August 17, 2016 to address the issues raised by the community during the campaigns for the local government elections and a lot of progress has been made,” Zozo said.

“Those concerns have also been addressed in the KSD IDP (integrated development plan) that has just been tabled before council.

“We want the KSD to be an investment destination. The municipality has developed its own economic model, where wards will have their own economic activities. These are endeavours to boost our economy and allow communities to be self-reliant.”

MEC Xasa encouraged the mayor to continue to perform his duties with diligence and to the

best of his ability. “This is your opportunity to make a contribution in changing the lives of the people of KSD. This is an honour and it comes once in a lifetime.

“You should make a contribution and leave a legacy. It is your responsibility to provide sustainable service delivery and good governance.”

Xasa said the government was working on an economic growth strategy that focused on localising the economy. “Local business must be given an opportunity, and be capacitated,” he said.

The new mayor, Dumani Zozo, was officially enrobed by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Fikile Xasa.

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Business welcomes revitalisation of industrial park SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE THE OR Tambo Chamber of Business has welcomed the launch of the new, revitalised Vulindlela Heights Industrial Park in Mthatha.

The government has invested more than R20 million in the revitalisation of the park, which is expected to attract industry on a scale relative to when Mthatha was an important indus-

trial centre in the former Transkei.

Chairperson of the OR Tambo Chamber of Business Vuyani Ntlabathi expressed satisfaction at the government’s Vulindlela Heights initiative.

He hoped it would bring back parts of the economy Mthatha had at the time it was the capital of the former Transkei, and well-known for creating job opportunities through the firms that were operating in the town.

Chairperson of the OR Tambo Chamber of Business Vuyisile Ntlabathi.

“Mthatha used to be the centre of the economy in the former Transkei; the success of this project may bring back those good memories,” he said.

“We hope Vulindlela Heights Industrial Park will create opportunities for local businesses and bring more job opportunities.

“In this project, we need to see the municipality strengthen its relations with stakeholders and plan with them.”

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Husband killer gets 12 years in jail BUNTU GOTYWA HUSBAND killer Noluthando Baleni was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her teacher husband, Kholisile Baleni.

Noluthando was further handed a 10-year sentence by Judge Richard Brooks for conspiracy to commit murder. The two sentences will run concurrently.

Handing down the sentence, Judge Brooks said the deceased was a well-liked member of the community who cared for his learners and who was involved in community upliftment.

Earlier, before sentencing, Baleni had expressed remorse for her actions and asked for forgiveness from her family and her inlaws.

She told the court she felt cornered as her husband was planning on killing her first in their bitter divorce battle.

She then hired a hitman to kill her husband, but she fell in love with the hitman.

Her co-accused and triggerman, Bonga Skolpati, is already serving a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the crime.

Judge Brooks said Noluthando should have alerted the police of the crime planned by her husband and sought their protection.

He also questioned whether she was completely remorseful as she told the court she would have never confessed to the murder if she was not implicated.

The family of the deceased said they welcomed the sentence even though they were expecting a harsher sentence.

Loyiso Baleni, brother of the deceased, also thanked the community at large for standing with their family throughout the case proceedings.

“There is nothing we can do except to accept the sentence that has been handed down, but we were expecting more.

“We are happy this is all over though,” he said.

Noluthando Baleni in court after sentencing.

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Local SMMEs start training for N2WCTR Continued from front page IN Lusikisiki, Mamlambo is providing the 11 SMME owners with NQF Level 4 training and their 11 supervisors with NQF Level 2 training on road construction.

“We want the SMMEs to understand there is more to running a business than to just building a road. We want them to see how a business fits together. It is important to expose the SMMEs to as much as possible in our industry for them to know where the products come from,” said Shearar.

“It is important for a business owner to know their industry intimately. This way they can

grow and become sustainable,” Shearar said.

Sipelele Msindwana, co-owner of Nkungu Investments CC, said while working on the SANRAL programme they have learnt how to manage a business professionally.

“We now know how to follow the law in conducting our business. We’ve recently completed our theoretical training, thereafter attended tendering workshops in preparation for contracts that will be awarded.

“The whole process has been useful as it turns out we thought we knew a lot, but we learned more about the processes that must be followed. This week we set out a 280m road aside for practical training. This road will be

incorporated into the actual roads we will work on,” said Msindwana.

Wandile Mngeni, owner of WM Construction Projects, registered his company in 2015 and admits to not knowing about road construction. I have learnt a lot theoretically about the paper work and calculations needed for the company.”

Lindiwe Nokele, owner of Gandundu Trading, said as an SMME she has grown through the “intensive training” provided.

“Our training focused on SARS, documentation, how to discipline staff and the importance of having a bookkeeper. As an SMME I now know a lot more what to do.”

Siyanda Mredlana, owner of Khululaka Trading Enterprise, said, “I have learnt a lot from this visit today. It is helpful to know what materials are used to build roads. I believe that the information provided during the training will help me win tenders.”

Andiswa Joyi, owner of Eyamanjilo Trading, said the site visit to Mamlambo has given her a deeper insight into how a construction business operates. “This was a valuable part of the training programme. Seeing how everything operates on site has given me a deeper insight into how business works. I am passionate to become the next big contractor,” Joyi said.

Board wants solutions from Department of Health BABALWA NDLANYA THE Hospital Board of Canzibe Hospital in Ngqeleni was not happy after the MEC for the Department of Health, Pumza Dyantyi, failed to attend the meeting that was supposed to be held at this hospital last week.

The Chairperson of the Board, Matolwandile Danisa, said they wrote to Dyantyi ask-

ing her to attend their meeting to discuss the challenges the hospital was facing.

The meeting was also attended by the Mayor of Nyandeni Local Municipality, Councillor Mesuli Ngqondwana and his officials.

He said among the problems they were facing at the hospital was staff retention because the road to the hospital is very bad in such a way that no one wants to work in that hospital.

Mayor fails to attend community meeting COMMUNITY members from Gabazi location in Qumbu gathered in vain at the Homestead of their area with the aim of meeting the Mayor of Mhlontlo Local Municipality. Mayor Nompumelelo Dywili did not attend, but allegedly promised to send some delegates who also failed to arrive at the meeting.

According to one of the community members, Funeka Bonisani, they wanted to sit down with Dywili and discuss some matters that were af-

fecting them.

Among those matters was the state of the village’s main road, and the issue of not having a ward committee.

According to Bonisani, the area does not have a ward committee and this is affecting the community members because a ward committee would be the link between the community and the ward councillor.

“We were very disappointed because we thought our Mayor would come to us but it seems as if we are not important to our municipality,” said Bonisani.

He added that this was a district hospital; hence many patients were being referred to it by clinics.

According to him, they have only two doctors and this worsened the situation, causing patients to have to wait for long hours. ) Numerous attempts by the Express to get comment from the spokesperson for the Department of Health, Sizwe Kupelo, were fruitless. He did not reply to SMSs or calls.

She said they decided to write another letter requesting another meeting with Dywili, and if she fails to attend again they would take further action.

Another issue they want to discuss is the fact that they have no water in the village. “We are still fetching water in the rivers because there is no water in our taps.”

The Chairperson for the United Democratic Movement (UDM), Zakheni Nondaka, said they had found out that there were only 30 beneficiaries of RDP houses listed instead of 70.

“The main road that is used by community members here is not in a good condition at all.

When it rains it is very difficult for residents to drive and this had led to a number of car accidents. As the members of the UDM we wrote

a letter giving the municipality opportunity to respond within seven days about the issue of ward committee,” said Nondaka.

He said that if the municipality fails to respond they (UDM) would take the matter to their lawyers.

Dywili said she had received a letter from Gabazi community members that was asking her to attend their meeting, but unfortunately she had already had a meeting with residents from another village. She said she aware that it is important that she goes to the community when she is called by them.

“I am still looking for another date so that I can attend their meeting as they requested. I asked the ward councillor to attend on my behalf and apologise for me,” said Dywili.

Responding to the grievances of the community members she said they were aware of the road problem. According to her, ward councillors were asked to submit a request for one road to be maintained. That road would be maintained by using the machines of this municipality, so she was not sure which road was submitted by the ward councillor of Gabazi location.

On the issue of houses, she said she is not sure what the ward councillor of Gabazi had done because they said each ward councillor must submit a list of 500 house beneficiaries who would be registered and the list would be submitted to the Department of Human Settlements.

Dywili said the person who is at liberty to answer questions about the ward committee is the Speaker of Mhlontlo Local Municipality, Councillor Mbulelo Jara.

Jara in turn said that community members of Gabazi are not the only ones who don’t have a ward committee.

“We do manage to add villages and be served by one ward committee if there is a need to do that and this is arranged with the municipality.

The reason why this community does not have a ward committee is that the ward councillor is from that area so it is easy for him to see what is happening and what should be done,” said Jara.

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“Even when we are transporting patients it is very difficult because our road is not in a good condition. Another problem is the accommodation.

“This hospital was built a long time ago and at that time there were very few diseases compared to now. These days we are facing a problem because the illnesses have increased and patients need more accommodation,” said Danisa.

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Community members from Gabazi locality in Qumbu are worried about the main road that is not in a good condition.

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Protests hamper exams at King Hintsa TVET College BABALWA NDLANYA IT is feared that students at the King Hintsa TVET College in Dutywa and other campuses might not write their June exams at all, owing to a protest that has continued for almost two months.

Chairperson of the Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania Ongeza Mpiti confirmed that on Monday they went back to class, but they were still hopeless that they would write their exams, since other campuses had already written two papers.

According to him, among the resolutions that were taken in their last meeting with the management was that the principal, Noluthando Balfour, should speak with the Department of Higher Education so that they could write their exams.

“That is why we went back to class – it is because of these resolutions. They also agreed that students will get R650 for meals.”

Mpiti said students even marched to the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court last week to hand over a list of their grievances.

Mpiti said the organisation had intended

to march to the Mnquma Local Municipality with the aim of speaking to Mayor Tobeka Bikitsha about their problems, but were told she was attending a special meeting, so they then marched to the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court, where they handed over a list of their grievances to the deputy principal of the college, IT Mbengo.

“We were supposed to start our June exams on June 5, but we are in a hopeless situation because we have been on strike for two months now, so no one can sit for exams,” said Mpiti.

He said they wanted students to be given enough time to prepare for the exams.

According to him, they approached the King of Amaxhosa, Zwelonke Sigcau, to try and come up with a solution, but they did not get time to sit down with the king because of his tight schedule.

“Our protest has been taking place for weeks now and there is no solution at the moment. Among the problems we have is the fact that there are students who have been waiting very long for their certificates, but until now nothing has happened.”

Another problem was that they were told

PSA donates jerseys to learners in Mt Ayliff BABALWA NDLANYA THE Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA) donated 270 jerseys to the learners of Nolitha Special School in Mt Ayliff at the end of last month.

According to the Provincial Manager of PSA in the Eastern Cape, Madoda Maxhakana, they donated jerseys as part of their Social Responsibility Programme.

“We have identified three schools – the

second school that we will be doing a handing over at is Umphunga Junior Secondary School in Comfimvaba and then we will donate to Qhokoma Junior Secondary School in Ngqeleni,” said Maxhakana.

He said they know that the Eastern Cape has a high rate of children who drop out of schools due to some challenges.

PSA donated jerseys, desks and school bags to different schools with the aim of uplifting the standard of education last year.

students would be given only R400 instead of R1 150. Mpiti said they did not know why the college would be giving them the reduced amount, which would not fulfil their needs.

“Our campuses don’t have infrastructures like a library, internet and workshop facilities,” he said.

He confirmed that they did not go to classes this term because they wanted these issues to be resolved first.

“We are not happy about the way the management is handling our grievances.”

The Principal of the King Hintsa TVET College was not available for comment and her phone went straight to voicemail.

Students from King Hintsa TVET College marched to the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court to hand over their grievances to their Deputy Principal. PHOTO:SUPLLIED

The principal of Nolitha Special School, Nonzwakazi Njenjani, said they were happy to receive jerseys from PSA. “This will be so good for our learners and parents, especially now that we are approaching winter.

This will change their lives because they will be able to come to school even if it’s cold,” said Njenjani.

She said their leaners will now be equal as there will be no one who will be known that he/she comes from a less fortunate family.

Learners from Nolitha Special School in Mt Ayliff received jerseys from PSA. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

New school’s learners receive shoes BABALWA NDLANYA THE happiness was written on the faces of learners from Esethu Primary School in Mthatha when they received shoes from members of the South African Women In Construction (SAWIC) in Mthatha last week.

The school was established last year at Mayden Farm. The Director of Amangwanya Construction and Cleaning Services, Thembie Cube, is the person who asked for the donation from the members of SAWIC for the learners with the aim of ploughing back to the community.

The principal of the school, Monwabisi Mjali, said they were speechless about what SAWIC had done for their learners. “We are very happy that Cube chose our school because she had a choice to choose any school but she decided to come to Esethu,” said Mjali. He said

he hoped that their learners would be more motivated to come to school because of this donation.

Mjali said the situation at Mayden Farm is not good which is why they appreciate what Cube and SAWIC had done to assist them.

The Director of Robus Engineering, Revona Botha, encouraged parents to stand up and better their lives. She said they need to raise their children well even if their fathers are neglecting them.

“I assure you that as from now I am adopting this school. I will be back and I will give either smart phones or tablets to all the top learners from each grade,” said Botha. She said that if learners did very well in the final exams she would buy ten computers for the school.

Learners were very happy to receive shoes from SAWIC. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

Family looking for missing son BABALWA NDLANYA THE Sivanjana family in Lusuthu Location in Ngqamakhwe are appealing to anyone who can assist them with information on the whereabouts of their son, Sivuyile Sivanjana.

According to Nomandla Sivanjana, her brother went missing on May 15, 2017. She said they received a call from someone at a homestead in Thanga Location informing them about Sivuyile.

“I went there to fetch him. When I asked him how he got there, he said he only remembered that he went to urinate outside at his home, but he did not know what happened after that – his mind went blank,” said Nomandla.

She said on the same day that she took him home, Sivuyile ran away. Community members tried to catch him, but they were not successful.

Nomandla said he suffers from epilepsy, but there was nothing wrong with his mind.

Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha confirmed the incident.

The dog unit and a police helicopter were apparently also utilised to search for Sivuyile, but with no results.

Anyone with info on the whereabouts of Sivanjana is kindly requested to contact Ngqamakhwe Police Det Sgt Raymond Matiwane on 071 928 7099.

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Arbitrator names ABC Motsepe League champions ELETHU MTIKI IT is official. Eastern Cape Bees are the ABC Motsepe League champions in the Eastern Cape.

This was confirmed by SAFA Eastern Cape on Monday last week after a long battle between Bees and runners-up, Future Tigers.

The Ginsberg-based outfit lodged a complaint against their rivals from across the river that they had fielded an improperly registered player, Anele Jakuja, during their league clash against Highbury FC in April.

Bees, who were initially regarded as the champions after the two teams met in what was supposed to be the league deciding game on May 6, had three points deducted after SAFA’s Disciplinary Committee found them guilty of fielding the abovementioned player.

The decision saw Bees drop to 71 points, trailing Tigers by a single point and it looked as if Tigers were set to represent the province in the national promotional playoffs.

However, the tables were turned when Bees appealed against the DC’s ruling by taking the matter to an arbitrator.

The arbitration process took place on Saturday morning. Rumours that Bees had won the case started making the rounds on Sunday last week, but the official statement only came out the next day.

Now that the dust has finally settled, Bees has joined eight other teams from across the country in the promotional playoffs which is being held in East London this week until Sunday. This was a huge relief for Bees’ management, technical team, players and supporters at large. Speaking after a training session last week Monday at the Bhisho Stadium, Bees’ team manager Zama Nene was on cloud nine.

“I’m very excited. It’s like a huge pile of heavy things are lifted off my shoulders.

It’s a good feeling. It’s an amazing feeling,”

Eastern Cape Bees. she said. Nene admitted that it was very difficult to deal with the process, but they never allowed the situation to affect the players’ preparations for the promotional playoffs.

“The mood was very calm. We were just waiting for the verdict on the matter. We were much more vigilant on what we do, much more vigilant on what we say when handling the whole matter. We did say it before – that we’ll (continue to) prepare as

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if we’re the winners and whatever verdict comes out we will respect it,” Nene added.

When Express visited the team during their training session last week, the mood was high, while players cracked jokes among each other and coaches.

Bees’ head coach, Vuyisile Njedu, said they had remained optimistic that the verdict would be in their favour as they had done nothing wrong. There were concerns though, as Tigers on the other hand were

Mbhashe Mayor’s Cup moves to knock-out rounds ANELE RAZIYA AFTER successfully hosting the Mayor’s Cup Elimination Games recently, the Mbhashe Local Municipality has now shifted focus to the knockout stages.

For the past three weeks the various teams participated in the Mayor’s Cup Elimination Games in their respective towns.

The elimination games started last month on May 20 at Willowvale Sun City Sport Ground, before moving to Gqub-

huzeni Sport Ground and eventually ending in Dutywa at Ngumbela Sport Ground.

The purpose of the tournament is to develop sport in the rural areas and keep young people busy.

Municipal spokesperson Mzimasi Dyomfana said the semi-finals and finals of the Mayor’s Cup will take place on June 24 and June 25 at Ngumbela Sport Ground.

“We have three teams in soccer that will be competing in the finals and also three in netball,” said Dyomfana.

He said each ward is represented by one netball team and one soccer team.

Though there were not enough rugby teams in the elimination process to further that category, he said they plan to organise a rugby game and boxing bouts to the finals to entertain the fans.

The teams that do well in the Mbhashe Mayor’s Cup will win a kit and other prizes.

Mbhashe Local Municipality Executive Mayor Samkelo Janda, as well as the Youth Council and Sport Council, are expected to embrace the event.

also making their preparations for the play-offs.

“We were almost distracted when we saw the two teams (Bees and Tigers) training and Tigers were full of confidence. You could see that they were determined that they were going to the play-offs,” said Njedu.

Njedu said his charges were more than ready for the play-offs as they had been playing friendly matches to stay fit.

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Youth Day Sport Tournament entries are now open ANELE RAZIYA THE Nqqamakhwe Badule Sport Championship invites all soccer teams and netball teams to take part in the Youth Day Sport Tournament that will be held this month.

The aim of the tournament is to fight crime and drug abuse by youth in the Ngqamakhwe area.

Organiser of the event Thembisile Magobiyane said they always host the tournament in an effort to eradicate criminal activities and also encourage young pupils to

play sport in their spare time.

Magobiyane said that they will invite different government departments, especially the police, to speak with the Ngqamakhwe youth about the possible consequences of crime.

Badule Sport Championship will also use the annual tournament to commemorate Youth Day on June 16.

“We use this annual tournament to commemorate Youth Month which is June,” he said.

The tournament is planned for June 24 and June 25 at Maxelegwini Sport Grounds

in Ngqamakhwe and the event organiser is urging teams to register before June 23.

Participating teams will need to pay a R350 registration fee.

Magobiyane said there will be huge prizes up for grabs in the tournament, such as an undisclosed amount of prize money, a floating trophy and gold medals for the winning team.

For the runners-up there will also be an undisclosed amount of prize money and silver medals.

Interested teams can contact 073 847 0941.

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