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FRONTIER HOSPITAL: CLEANING ISSUES NOT YET RESOLVED

P atients w ant Patients want iintervention ntervention

MAIN PHOTO: Victor Moni complains about the service he received at Frontier Hospital. INSERT: Rubbish is still piling up at Frontier Hospital. PHOTOS:TEMBILE SGQOLANA

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ATIENTS at Frontier Hospital are still complaining about the treatment they are receiving from staff, as well as the dirty state of the public hospital.

Queenstown Express has been receiving phone calls from people who are not satisfied with how the hospital staff is treating them and the dirty wards and toilets.

In January this year, Queenstown Express also reported on the heaps of refuse, blood stains on the floors, used medical equipment and dirt piling up at the hospital due to an ongoing strike by workers of the hospital’s cleaning services, Sbomvana Cleaning Services.

It was reported then already that the situation has been dragging on since September 2016.

On a visit by Queenstown Express to the hospital last week, it became

clear that not much has changed since and nurses and patients are still having to resort to cleaning the wards themselves.

In the past three weeks, patients have not been getting their porridge as there is a shortage of sugar, according to the staff.

Dirty sheets are piling up in wards while blood stains are visible in waiting areas.

One of the patients who spoke to Queenstown Express, Victor Moni,

said he went to Frontier Hospital to get a form signed by a doctor after he was hit by a car.

“I arrived in the early hours on Monday, but I ended going home at 4pm without getting anything done.

The attitude and behaviour of the nurses and staff are bad. They don’t care about us. I have been going to the hospital for the past three weeks and my J88 form is still not signed,” he said.

Another patient, Michael Healy,

also complained about the state of the hospital. “I am supposed to have an operation, but I decided to cancel it and asked them to transfer me to East London. But they don’t want to,” he said.

He said that since he has been at the hospital no scans had been done on him despite his having to undergo a stomach operation.

“If they make a mistake, its either I die or end up with a bigger problem,” he said.

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Crime fighters find shack housing ten runaway boys TEMBILE SGQOLANA THE Mlungisi crime fighting organisation Iliso Lomzi has helped a mother reunite with her runaway child after finding more than ten children, of whom some were as young as 9 years, staying in a small shack built of crates.

The organisation was contacted by a Silver Town mother who was worried about her child who had been sleeping away from home for more than a week.

While searching for the child, Iliso Lomzi members found a small shack put together from old bread crates and blankets in Rhawutini informal settlement.

Iliso Lomzi member, Mpho Tose, said more than ten young boys, between the ages of 9 and 18 years, stayed in the shack.

“These young boys came from Silver Town and Rhawutini informal settlement. Some of them were not attending school and others were attending school irregularly,” she said.

Tose said some of the boys said they had left

their homes because their parents were using them to sell drugs.

“We gave them water to wash and took those that are still going to school back to school.

One of them has just recently arrived in Komani and is not attending school. We will go and ask for one of the local schools to admit him even though it is late in the year,” said Tose.

Another Iliso Lomzi member, Zukile Ngxabazi, said some of the boys come from poor families who do not have any income.

“They don’t have birth certificates and their mothers don’t have IDs. They don’t get government grants,” he said.

Iliso Lomzi chairperson Ayanda Mngxali said they found out that some of the children are distributors of drugs.

“They admitted that their parents are using them to sell the drugs. They know where to get drugs and where to sell them. Some left home because they have to sell the drugs to other children. We want government to do something about this,” she said.

15 injured in horror taxi accident TEMBILE SGQOLANA

Department of Health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the taxi plunged down the mountain side. “The vehicle came to rest

approximately 50 m from the road side, with a 10 metre vertical drop. Miraculously there were no fatalities on the scene.

More than 15 people were injured,” he said.

In an accident on Sunday, the driver of a Quantum lost control of the vehicle on the N6 at the entrance to Komani from the Aliwal North direction.

The driver hit poles and went straight towards the river. No one was injured in the accident.

Fifteen people were injured when this taxi went down the mountainside in the Nonesi Pass near Komani on Thursday.

No one was injured when this Quantum went off the road and ended at the river at the entrance of Komani on Sunday.

MORE than 15 people were injured on Thursday when the driver of a minibus taxi, travelling from Queenstown towards Lady Frere, lost control of the vehicle in the Nonesi Pass.

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The shack built from crates and blankets in which the runaway boys were staying.

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Frontier Hospital: Patients want intervention Continued from page 1 He said when he went to the hospital he arrived at 6am and only received his folder at 2pm.

“Those people (the staff) were doing nothing, but they ignored us. Not to mention thetoilets. Go there and you will get the shock of your life. There are faeces all over the floor,” he said.

He said after he was admitted to hospital he got red spots all over his body.

“When I told the doctors they said it is a sun rash. I think that it is the dirt in the hospital that is causing this. The staff at the hospital are rude – when you complain they don’t attend to you,” Healy said.

Jade Ferguson, who accompanied her husband to Frontier Hospital on May 9, said she had to queue for hours before she could get help.

“We arrived at about 7.15am. We first had to queue for a file, and then queue at the casualty ward for the nurse to attend to us and check my husband’s blood pressure. We then went to another queue to be seen by the doctor,” she said.

Ferguson said her husband has memory loss and could not communicate with the nurse.

“The nurses were rude as my husband had memory loss and was not responding to their questions. My husband was in severe pain and vomiting but they did not want us to go and see the doctor. I then noticed a doctor I know and asked him if he could assist me and he assisted us,” she said.

According to Ferguson, they went to get scans done at 11.45am, and then had

to go back to the casualty ward.

“The nurse there took the file to the doctor, only to find out that we were at the wrong doctor and the nurse was confused. They took our file and put it at the bottom of the pile of files. The doctor came in and out, but we were not called,” said Ferguson.

She said she finally stood up and confronted the nurse.

Only then did the nurse take the file and they were helped.

“The doctor gave a script for medication. When we went to the pharmacy it was already closed at 5pm,” she said.

She said after they confronted one of the nurses, the nurse went to the ward and came back with few tablets, gave her husband an injection and a drip.

“People who arrived at the hospital at 11am went home at 3pm. We went to the hospital at 7:15 and only left at 7pm,” she said.

Ferguson said the biggest problem at Frontier is some of the nurses.

“The nurses have an attitude problem.

If their attitudes don’t change, the state of the hospital will not change. There are nurses that are helpful and not as rude.

The others should, however, ask hemselves why they are nurses in the first place or are they nurses for the money,” asked Ferguson.

The Department of Health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the dirty state of the Frontier Hospital is due to the hospital’s cleaning company having a dispute with its workers.

“We are in a process of appointing a new company to work at Frontier Hospital,” he said.

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Walter Sisulu students burn university property TEMBILE SGQOLANA WALTER Sisulu University students set fire to the university’s property and a car on Tuesday demanding its rector Adriaan Coetser to address their grievances.

The students protested at the university’s Whittlesea campus on Tuesday. They set the security guard room and a car alight after Coetser failed to meet them.

The cleaning company has not been able to do their work since Tuesday and security guards have claimed that they are afraid and fear for their safety at the university.

Students also burnt tyres at the gate of the Queenstown campus but there was no damage to property on this campus.

SRC President Babalo Sawule said the problem started long before Friday when they highlighted issues affecting students.

“We raised National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) related issues, internal issues as well as lack of academic support services and we felt that we have been ignored for a long time. Some of them include the lack of internet within the campus as students are forced to go to internet cafés. There is also a shortage of lecturers,” he said.

He said these issues have been a problem at their campus and the rector has been ignoring them.

“He does not want to engage the student leadership. Even on the issues of NSFAS he has not even tried to engage the students in the matter at a campus level. The staff employed does not have the capacity to serve the students,” Sawule said.

The broken windows of the security guards office that was burnt by protesting students at WSU’s Whittlesea campus.

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He said they have raised the issues up to institutional level where they had a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, Rob Midgley, and they had an agreement and deadlines on when these matters should be addressed.

“The deadline was last week but none of the resolutions were implemented. We then went to the students to report to them. They saw the need to call the rector so that he can address the students on these issues, but he did not come,” he said.

Sawule said they sent a memorandum to the rector and he sent representatives to respond to the students, but this was not enough for the students as they did not come with solutions.

“The students still demand to see the rector, but he does not want to meet with them. Before this we wrote to him asking to meet with him, but he said he does not sit with students. As representatives of the students we felt that he is not taking us seriously as the stakeholder of the university, hence we went to the masses,” Sawule said.

Sawule said they are not going to vandalise student property and things that they will need in future.

Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (Pasma) member Zandisiwe Nopa said they have been having internal issues with the management since the beginning of the year.

“Resident allocation was done late. The SRC has been raising these grievances with the management and they even submitted a memorandum,” she said.

Nopa said the management is undermining them.

“We are hungry and as students we decided that we are going to strike and tell the management that we are not going to study when we are hungry. The rector does not want to sit with us as students and we want him to come and address these problems,” she said.

She said the students were provoked by the police who fired at them.

“That is when they started to be unruly,” she said.

Walter Sisulu University spokesperson Yonela Tukwayo said the students have not presented a memorandum of demands to the campus management.

“The last engagement with the SRCs from all campuses was two weeks ago where students put together their grievances and most of those have been addressed. Those that are pending are those that require some time to be resolved, but we have started with various processes to resolve those issues,” she said.

Tukwayo said the campus management has set up a meeting to engage with the students and they hope that the outcomes of the meeting will put an end to the violence at WSU’s Whittlesea learning site.

“This violence is very uncharacteristic of the Queenstown campus, which has always been known for its peaceful approach to protests. The damage to property has not yet been quantified,” she said.

This office was burnt out during the protest.

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A car of Walter Sisulu University were also burnt out by protesting students.

CAPE TOWN PSYCHIC VISITS QUEENSTOWN PIETER BEZUIDENHOUT, internationally known psychic and metaphysical guru, will be visiting Queenstown again after many years. His practice is in Cape Town, but he is in touch with people from all over South Africa and beyond who need his services through the electronic means of e-mail and telephonic readings.

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He is a born psychic and asks no questions; he simply knows and by 'reading' the magnetic field around an individual he is able to clearly see the circumstances of the person's life and where it is going.

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Mayor takes charge of control room

TEMBILE SGQOLANA ENOCH Mgijima Municipality executive mayor Lindiwe GunuzaNkwentsha faced the anger of the community who were calling the municipality’s control room on Saturday night after she took over answering the calls as there was no one working in the control room.

Nkwentsha, who was dressed in her nightgown, and Ward 15 councillor Luvuyo Ngculu took turns in answering the phone which was ringing non-stop as residents were reporting their problems.

At one stage the mayor had to endure insults from angry residents who have been calling the control room, where no one was on duty, for hours.

Speaking about her experience, Nkwentsha said people were angry

and at times insulting them.

“People claimed that they have been calling all day and the phones were not answered. Because of the system we could not see who had called and it was not easy to get back to them as we don’t know who called,” she said.

She said she arrived at the control room at 9pm and Ngculu arrived later on. “We stayed there until the next shift came and relieved us. There were people who did not pitch to work their shift and we had to step in.

“We need to follow up and find out what had happened,” said Nkwentsha. She said as the municipality they want the problems of the community to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

“This was unfortunate and we will be working on it. I have also noted that we need a system that shows the phone numbers of people who are

calling so that we can get back to them when they run out of airtime,” Nkwentsha said.

She said they also need to know the streets in their municipal area.

“That would enable us to act quickly when there is a problem in our community.

“We also need to upgrade our call centre to meet the standards of other call centres. We must take the time and go to the private sector as well as to the Chris Hani District Municipality and see how their call centres operates so that we can have an idea of what we should be doing,” she said.

Nkwentsha apologised to the people who have been trying to phone the municipality and whose calls where not answered.

“We are prepared to work with the workers and they must understand that people come first,” she said.

Enoch Mgijima Municipality executive mayor Lindiwe Gunuza-Nkwentsha and Councillor Luvuyo Ngculu had to step in and answer calls at the municipality’s control room on Saturday night after staff did not pitch for their shifts.

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Feedback session addresses community’s concerns ZINTLE BOBELO THE Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, together with the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, held a community feedback session with municipal and sector departments to address issues of concern within local areas.

The meeting, which was attended by ward committees and ward councillors, was in response to surveys conducted by 400 representatives in 20 wards which focused on issues con-

cerning service delivery.

Responding to the issue of housing, where communities complained about the quality of RDP houses and the number of people who are still on waiting lists, Nokukhanya Makaleni, who represented the Department of Human Settlements, said houses that were built back in 2014 will not be the same as the houses that are currently being built.

“As a Department, we are also trying to improve the standard of housing. We have a programme, called the

Rectification Programme, that will help us deal with the challenge of providing quality housing,” Makaleni said.

She added that for this financial year they have planned to do at least 350 units of rectification and 406 units will be built in the Enoch Mgijima Municipality.

Makaleni said the Department is facing budget challenges which are causing difficulties in delivering services.

Community members showed their dissatisfaction and requested an explanation on processes regarding the issuing of food parcels.

The Department of Social

Development representative, Lungelwa Thabata, explained that there is a certain process that needs to be followed to identify people who qualify for food parcels. She encouraged community members to visit service offices for assessment.

Sizwe Sikhwebu, from the Department of Safety and Liaison, responded to complaints regarding the high rate of crime in some areas and the misuse of state vehicles by police officials, as well as the lack thereof.

He stated that to his knowledge there are enough vehicles allocated to every station, but the main challenge is the roads. “I will also not shy away from the fact that there is also a challenge in how officials handle these vehicles,” he said.

Mzamo Phumaphi, representing the Chris Hani District Municipality, responded to the issue of water billing,

burst pipes and the issue of access to water.

“The Chris Hani District has made observations and there are plans in place to address all these issues,” he said.

He also advised community members to engage with ward councillors, ward committees and water coordinators to report these issues and not wait for meetings to take place.

Nomahlubi Sodumo, from the Premier’s office, said all the issues raised will be taken into consideration.

“What is important in this community participation, consultation and communication is to raise all our issues so that government is able to respond and that we are able to monitor and be responsible.

“I know that through operation Masiphathisane we have hope that sector departments and communities will work around these issues together so that we can have what we aspire to have: a better life for all.”

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COUNCIL MEETING The Municipal Manager of Chris Hani District Municipality as duly instructed by the council Speaker Cllr. Mxolisi Koyo hereby gives notice in terms of Section 19(a) of the Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000 as amended, that a council meeting of Chris Hani District Municipality as per the calendar of meetings be held on 24 May 2017 at 11h00 at 15 Bells Road, Queenstown.

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The public is invited to attend the open session. uManejala ka masipala wesithili iChris Hani njengoko eyalelwe nguSomlomo webhunga u Cllr. Mxolisi Koyo, bazisa ngokwe Candelo 19 (a) lo Mthetho olawula ukusebenza kooMasipala, Act 32 of 2000, ukuba intlanganiso yebhunga lesithili iChris Hani ngokuqulathwe sisicwangciso sentlanganiso yonyaka ovunyiweyo iyakubanjwa ngo Lwesithathu umhla wama 24 May kunyaka ka 2017 ngentsimbi yeshumi elinanye.

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Local awarded Palaeosciences Honours Bursary REPORTER IMPROVING scientific education and grooming the next generation of thought leaders in the origin sciences is crucial to the future of the African continent.

To this end, Johannesburg-based NGO, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology’s NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences (CoE-Pal), accepted applications late last year for the prestigious Palaeosciences Honours Bursary.

Komani resident, Cebisa Mdekazi, has been awarded the bursary worth R80 000 for 2017 after a stringent approval process, which included the requirement to have a

minimum average of 70% in the previous degree and current research in one of the disciplines of Palaeosciences: Palaeontology, Palaeobotany, Palaeo-anthropology or Stone Age Archaeology.

“We have so many talented students in South Africa and Africa, yet those going on to advanced research-based studies are still too low. We are, therefore, very excited to be able to offer an opportunity to Cebisa to explore all of her horizons while undertaking important research in the origin sciences,” said PAST’s Chief Scientific, Education and Fundraising Strategist, Prof Robert Blumenschine.

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The current award is for Honours level studies.

“Young African scientist development is close to our heart and has been one of PASTS’s key programmes for many years.

“We wish Cebisa well in her future studies and look forward to watching her grow as a scientist,” said Blumenschine.

“PAST is dedicated to the mission of protecting, preserving and promoting the scientific evidence for our shared origins in Africa and to making this evidence valuable to

the future of humankind,” said PAST CEO Andrea Leenen.

“In order to do this it is important we retain valuable skills in the origin sciences in Africa. Our numerous educational initiatives, from our Walking Tall Theatre Education project to supporting doctoral research and fieldwork, are designed to do just that.

“Our vision is to inspire scientific curiosity and an appreciation for ancient heritage among Africa’s youth and to develop global scientific leadership by African origin scientists,” said Leenen. ; Komani resident, Cebisa Mdekazi, has been awarded the Palaeosciences Honours Bursary, which is worth R80 000, for 2017.

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Chris Hani District municipality is set to uplift township economy YOLANDA DAMANE THE Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) will be dedicating millions of rands to strengthening the economy of small towns in the region.

During the 2017/2018 financial year, which starts on July 1, the municipality has planned to set aside a budget of about R10 million for the Township Revitalization Programme.

Speaking at the Revitalization of the Township Economy seminar in Victoria Manor, Integrated Planning and Economic Development (IPED) Portfolio Head Sibongiseni Mbotshane said the small unit programme that deals with the beautification of small towns is almost at the completion stage in both the Enoch Mgijima and Engcobo Local Municipalities.

Commenting on the contribution of the CHDM to the township economies and small town development, Mbotshane emphasised that the local government sphere concept, called “Back to Basics”, enables local governments to effectively focus on the delivery of basic services to their communities.

“A fundamental principle of

this is to emphasise that we as the local government have the potential to play a significantly increasing role in supporting the growth of local economies. We have the potential to make an impact on development and we have to begin to demonstrate those intentions,” he said.

“Our vision is to see a radically transformed economy through effective development and an increase in participation of SMMEs and Cooperatives in the mainstream of economy,” Mbotshane added.

“It is much easier for big companies to sell products at lower prices and in the process squeeze the small industries when competing for government procurement opportunities. We experience that on a daily basis because the government considers the lowest prices during the process of the procurement of goods and services.

“This important sector of our economy cannot remain small forever, which is why, as the township economy, we have a responsibility to help and foster closer working relationships between big and small businesses.”

Mbotshane said the White Paper on local governments states that local governments are not

Among the delegates who attended the Township Economy Revitalization seminar are, from left, Thando Ng’obo (Salimisa Biz Hub), Sello Sekaja (Gauteng Enterprise Propeller), Mpumelelo Fundam (ECDC) and Simnikiwe Kakaza (ECDC).

PHOTO:YOLANDA DAMANE directly responsible for creating jobs, but are responsible for taking active steps to ensure that the overall economic and social conditions of the locality are conducive to the creation of employment opportunities.

“From that, we can deduce that the task of the district is indeed not to create job opportunities, but rather to create an environment for private sector development in order for them to create job opportunities. Only through a genuine symbiotic relationship between the big and small businesses can we honestly declare

that our economy is inclusive, equitable and fast growing,” Mbotshane explained.

“It is a matter of concern that our townships are economically active, yet the bulk of people buy things in townships that do not come from our own townships, but are brought from somewhere else. Our district and the province must continue to lead the programme of revitalizing township economies and rural enterprises to take a leading role in the development of these townships.”

He said that the municipality

had directed their efforts in dedicating a programme of small town revitalization in most of the six towns in the district.

“We have decided to start somewhere in order to measure our progress effectively and our focus is to ensure local benefits through expanded public works.”

During her presentation, Sive Rhamte from the Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC), an entity of the office of the premier, compared the three typical economic zones, namely township informal settlements, former border industries, metros and towns.

She confirmed that research showed that small towns are deemed as second economy and are underdeveloped compared to metros where there are well-established businesses and first economy.

“There’s a huge divide between metros and township economies. To overcome this, we need to change townships from labour reserves that are largely consumption-based into productive hubs that attract investments.

We need to use local labour to benefit local people and integrate township SMMEs into formal value chains,” Rhamte said.

Cosas wants ANC conference to reflect on education matters SANELE JAMES THE Congress of South African Students (COSAS) Provincial Working Committee recently convened a meeting to evaluate the day-to-day running of the organisation.

Among the issues that were discussed were the upcoming mid-year examinations and the upcoming Elective and Policy Conferences of the ANC in the province.

Chairperson of Cosas, Evuya Maneli, said they were concerned to learn that – with the mid-year exams only weeks away – there were still schools without stationery and teachers of crucial subjects such as maths and science.

Maneli said it was disappointing to see that the ruling party was dragging its feet in addressing educational issues in the province.

“The Department of Education is not ready to conduct examinations as some of the schools remain without teachers and textbooks, particularly those in the rural parts of the province and as the Congress of South African Students we urge that MEC Mandla Makupula intervenes as we are left with less than three weeks before the mid-year exams. We strongly believe that this could have a bad influence particularly in the results of the Grade 12 learners,” he said.

Secretary of the students’ congress, Samkele Mqai, added that the ruling party should pay special attention to the education department saying it was failing the province.

“The ruling party must provide us, not as Cosas but the citizens of the province, with a practical solution to the woes the education department is faced with. And we believe that now is the right time as we are heading for the

policy conference and effectively the elective conference,” said Mqai.

During the meeting it was resolved that the ANC needs to have robust engagements about education related policies in order to address the current state of education in the Eastern Cape province.

Provincial Secretary of the ANC, Oscar Mabuyane, recently announced that the ANC in the Eastern Cape is targeting the first week of June to convene its provincial policy conference.

The policy conference reviews ANC policy and makes recommendations on amendments or new policies to the national conference.

As the party is expecting to have concluded discussions of all the policy documents workshops by May 28, Cosas wants education in the Eastern Cape to be of paramount importance during the workshops and going to the National Policy Conference.

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Abambo to host Farmers’ Show TEMBILE SGQOLANA ABAMBO High School in Mceula village will be hosting a Farmers’ Show at the school premises next week Thursday.

Speaking about the agricultural show,Chief Langaliyakhanya Mlanjeni, said the show is going to be an Enoch Mgijima Municipality Farmers’ Show where lo-

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cal farmers will be able to showcase their products.

“In the past we used to have a show that was championed by the Ciskei back then.

This is the first time in the democratic South Africa that we will be having this show. We encourage pupils and teachers from other schools to go and experience this event,” he said.

Mlanjeni said African people grew up planting crops and eating fresh fruits.

“We are reviving that now. We are encourage people to eat fresh food which is planted in their gardens,” he said.

He said they are also marketing Abambo as an agricultural school and they would like all those who are interested in agriculture to go to Abambo.

“We want the government to support that school so that the people of Mceula and surrounding areas can be proud of it. We also invite people who sell tractors to come and be part of the show, so that they can promote their tractors to the farmers,” he said.

Mlanjeni said they wanted to encourage people to use the land that they have by planting food.

“This area is capable of producing more farmers and create employers not people who want employment,” he said.

For more info, contact Mlanjeni at 063 481 0371 or 060 884 8181.

Standstill of Whittlesea water project continues TEMBILE SGQOLANA THE project meant to supply water for residents of Dongwe location in Whittlesea is still on hold after residents of Ward 23 stopped the project demanding the removal of the seven people who they say were illegally employed by the councillor in the project.

During a meeting which was held in February and which was attended by Enoch Mgijima Municipality executive mayor, Lindiwe Gunuza-Nkwentsha, it was resolved that the seven people be removed from the contract and be replaced by seven other people from a list which is going to be compiled by the ward committees.

During the meeting Councillor Lubabalo Khepheyi said the seven people have not signed a contract with the company.

Two months after the meeting, however, he said they cannot remove the people as they had signed contracts.

An official of Sinako Consulting Engineers said they were prepared to remove the people, but the councillor did not allow them to.

He said the people had not signed contracts and it was easy for them to be removed and replaced.

Speaking to Queenstown Express, Khepheyi said those people could not be removed as they have signed contracts.

“After the meeting at the hall, we found out that those people had signed their contracts. That will have implications,” he said.

Recently, residents of Ward 23 took to the streets to show their dissatisfaction with the councillor’s decisions.

Among the issues raised by the residents were that the councillor does not call meetings for the community.

Community leader Mbulelo Mnyaka said it’s close to ten months since Khepheyi was elected as councillor and he has never called a meeting.

“This branch is behind and we don’t know what is happening in the organisation (the ANC). A meeting took a decision to remove the seven people from the project, but the councillor brought them back. The project now has stopped because of that,” he said.

Mnyaka said Khepheyi does not account to the community, but instead to a few individuals.

“He does not want the list that was approved and wants to rule this ward as he likes,” he said.

Mnyaka asked for the ANC to intervene in the matter.

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Fiery protests in Ezibeleni over electricity TEMBILE SGQOLANA RESIDENTS of Ezibeleni took to the streets this week to protest and demand electricity from the municipality.

The protest started late on Tuesday after the residents spent the whole day without electricity.

They barricaded the roads entering Ezibeleni with burning tyres and trees preventing cars from entering and leaving Ezibeleni.

Motorists were chased away when they tried to enter Ezibeleni.

The protest continued until the early hours of Wednesday with residents only going home at 4am.

They were, however, back in the streets at 6am and started barricading the road entering Ezibeleni at the Ezibeleni Industrial Park, preventing all cars from entering the area.

Some taxi drivers tried to get through, but protesters came in numbers to stop them.

One of the taxi drivers was escorted away by some protesters after he wanted to beat a man who put a pole in front of his car.

The taxi driver confronted him and the crowd came flying towards him.

Ezibeleni has been facing electricity supply problems for a number of years.

The municipality has recently done an upgrade in the area, but the electrical problems still persist.

Ezibeleni resident Mzuvukile Sonkosi said the Enoch Mgijima Municipality sent a contractor to fix the problem recently.

“Since then we have been experiencing these problems every day. What I want to know is how much was paid to the contractor to fix the electricity and what did they do to fix it,” he said.

Sonkosi said he also wants to know if the municipality has bought a new transformer.

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“When I called the municipality they said the problem is with the cables, but later they said the problem is with the transformer,” he said.

Sonkosi said electricity was restored in the early hours of Wednesday in some areas of Ezibeleni, but some areas still didn’t have electricity (at time of Queenstown Express going to print on Wednesday).

Enoch Mgijima Municipality executive mayor, Lindiwe Gunuza-Nkwentsha, visited the area at 10pm on Tuesday to address the community on the problem.

Speaking with the residents, Nkwentsha said the council is trying to find out what is causing the electricity problems in Ezibeleni.

“Ezibeleni electricity has not been maintained for 12 years. The municipality was fixing the problems that arose at that time.

The Queendustria substation was not earthed and the electricity from Ezibeleni was not separated. When one area goes off, the whole Ezibeleni would go off,” she said.

Nkwentsha said they managed to separate connections.

“I saw that some areas had no electricity while others had electricity. The contractor that is fixing electricity has arrived.

We have hope that all three transformers will be connected and we hope that this will sort out the electricity problem we have in this municipality,” said Nkwentsha.

She said the contractor will not stop in Ezibeleni, but will go to all the areas of Enoch Mgijima Municipality.

“We apologise to the residents and we know that the problem that has been caused over the years is huge. We also have a problem with people tampering with electricity. The municipality must have a programme to ask all those who have tampered with electricity to come forward and fix those,” she said.

Nkwentsha said after that period anyone who is caught stealing electricity will be dealt with.

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Nduna said the family tried any and all means of searching for his missing father last year. “We went to the police and even tried the hospital.”

He said his father worked as a painter and did odd jobs on a part-time basis.

It is believed that the last person whom he spoke to on the day he went missing was his friend who was also a colleague of his.

“The friend told us that he said he would be visiting his extended family soon in Whittlesea,” Nduna said.

However, when the family contacted members of the extended family in Whittlesea, they were told he had not arrived there.

According to Nduna, his father was not ill at the time of his disappearance.

The family describes Mabhoma as a man of medium height and fair toned in complexion with short hair. People referred to him by his clan name, Ghaba.

Anyone with any information about Mabhoma is urged to contact his relatives on 076 076 8539 or 073 762 6878.

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Dept of Safety and Liaison takes crime prevention to youth TEMBILE SGQOLANA THE Department of Safety and Liaison, working together with Whittlesea police and the community police forum, held a social crime prevention campaign against gangsterism and substance abuse at the Sada community hall in Whittlesea on Friday.

The event was attended by pupils from all high schools in Sada location. A beauty pageant was held as part of the event and local artists kept the crowd entertained with their music and poetry.

Speaking about the purpose of the event, Constable Rulenation Khoba said the event was organised after they noticed the high rate of crimes in the area that are committed by young people who are still attending school.

“We want to change their mindset on crime,” he said.

Khoba said their aim is to help young people from Sada not to be involved in crime and to reach their dreams in life.

Department of Safety and Liaison manager Sizwe Sikwebu said the department has a duty to check how police are working in their areas.

“We also need to check the challenges they face in their areas. This year when we came to Whittlesea we were told about school children who are involved in gang-

sterism.

“School children were fighting against each other and that contributes to the high crime rate in the area,” he said.

“We have been having speeches for a long time talking about crime and this year we decided to have an informal programme.

He said they hope the youth would speak about the challenges they face so that they (the department) can follow up on the challenges.

“In previous years, after we had an event, crime would decrease in that area.

During the event people would also approach the police and give them information on the criminal activities that are happening in the areas,” he said.

Sikwebu said they used local talent for the event. Councillor Vukile Bokuva said they need to look into the background of those who are involved in crime and work together with government departments to address the situation.

Bokuva said the programme is important in boosting the confidence of young people.

“This community is facing challenges of crime and gangsterism and the police cannot fight these challenges alone. They need our help,” he said.

He told the learners to learn from the event and go outside to teach those who could not attend.

Pupils represented their school in the beauty pageant.

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Queen’s Casino welcomes new GM ZINTLE BOBELO QUEEN’S Casino’s newly appointed Director of Operations and General Manager promises to bring exciting new ideas to Komani.

John Rademan, who is originally from East London, started in this position last Monday.

His more than 22 years of experience in the field started when he was working for Sun Ciskei at the old Amatola Hotel and Casino in Bhisho.

He later joined Graceland Casino in Secunda when the first casino licences were issued in South Africa.

Rademan then progressed to Global Resorts where he worked for 19 years in their various operations.

Prior to his current position, Rademan managed three Casinos in Botswana, specializing in gaming.

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School News May 18, 2017 Queenstown Express

Van Coller Primary receives sportsfield from Lotto TEMBILE SGQOLANA GAMA Construction officially handed over a sportsfield to Van Coller Primary School on Tuesday.

Van Coller received funding from the National Lottery for sports equipment and the construction of the field which was done by Gama Construction.

Van Coller Primary has played a significant role in the development of young people in the Mlungisi location.

Despite the challenges of not having a

sportsfield, the school has participated in sport and been doing well in it.

Speaking at the handover, Gama Construction director, Phumelele Hlathi, said the process started three years ago when he went to schools in the Komani area informing them about the funding they could obtain from the National Lottery.

“Out of all the schools that I visited, only Nonesi Primary, Luvuyo Lerumo High School, Van Coller Primary and Thembelihle Primary School applied for the donation.

“Van Coller’s principal welcomed me.

They had submitted all the necessary docu-

Handing over the sportsfield to the school are from left, Gama Construction official Gaddafi Sobekwa,school principal Edward Valashiya, sport coodinator Ntombekhaya Nomkhonwana and Gama Construction's director Phumelele Hlathi.

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ments and they received funding. The total funding was R300 000, of which R50 000 wasfor sporting equipment and R250 000 for the sportsfield,” Hlathi said.

He said when they started working on the ground, the field was in a bad state with all sorts of rubbish.

“We levelled it to make the base for the field and put a layer of soil so that we could plant grass. We will come again in August and September to see the progress of it and to cut the grass,” he said.

Hlathi said they help the schools to apply for funding, implement and to report to the

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“Next week we will be reporting and the school will be able to apply for more funding after 12 months,” he said.

Van Coller principal Edward Valashiya thanked Gama Construction for their work.

“They delivered excellent work. The field is beautiful and we promise to use it,” he said.

He said they will take good care of the field even though they do not have the necessary machines to cut the grass or staff to take care of it.

Teachers and Gama Construction members at the official handover of the Van Coller Primary School’s sportsfield.

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Queenstown hosts top regional hockey tournament REPORTER QUEENSTOWN played host to the Border Inland tournament in the SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge on Sunday which Kingsridge won for the second time.

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The King William’s Town school qualified for the provincial finals in August after defeating Aliwal North High 1-0 in the final.

Tournament director Bev Forword said the match was the culmination of another “wonderful day of hockey, in which the players had fun and showed great sportsmanship.”

She said one of the highlights of the tournament was the exciting cross-pool play-off between Aliwal North and hosts Queenstown Girls’ High.

“Aliwal equalised with two minutes to go and forced a penalty shoot-out, which they won 2-1.

“It is the second year in a row that Girls’ High have lost in a shoot-out after being edged by Burgersdorp last year.”

Burgersdorp reached the semi-finals again, but could not contain the strong attacking play of Kingsridge, who won 6-0.

Forword made special mention of tournament debutants St Christopher from King William’s Town.

“They have never played on astroturf before, but performed with such passion and

with a great spirit. They ended up sixth which was highly commendable.”

SPAR Eastern Cape promotions and advertising manager, Alan Stapleton, said they welcomed newcomers such as St Christopher to the tournament.

“It was excellent exposure for them as well as for schools such as Aliwal North, Hangklip, Templeton and Burgersdorp,” he said.

“We have seen a lot of interest from these schools as they get a chance to compete against sides they would not normally meet.

“And, from another perspective, it is a great opportunity for coaches to try out different combinations and to introduce younger players into the first team without too much pressure.”

He added that the regional tournaments had been “a huge success”, attracting the attention of hockey supporters in the way Twenty20 cricket does.

“There is a great vibe to these tournaments, with a competitive yet friendly atmosphere.

“We have had lots of positive feedback about the concept and the hockey fraternity just love it.”

Kingsridge join Union High of GraaffReinet as the first two qualifiers for the provincial finals at Woodridge just outside Port Elizabeth on August 12.

The Schoolgirls’ Challenge will continue on Sunday when the Border Coastal tournament is held in East London.

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The members of the Kingsridge team are, at the back, from left, Toets McCune (manager), Ongeziwe Ngcese, Mbasa Fassi, Taigan Hall, Alan Stapleton (SPAR EC promotions and advertising manager), Jordan Herbst, Robin September, Haylee Lines, Kirsty Elders and Mark Taljard (coach) and, in front, from left, Aya Yaso, Siphelele Nzima, Nela Mbedu, Margaret Ann Otto, Sibulele Majerman, Charmoné Theron and Sambesiwe Tyali.

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EXPRESS ON WHEELS: BETTIE GILIOMEE

Opel gives its Mokka the X factor OPEL has given its Mokka range a bit of a nip and tuck and added an X to its name.

The X is the new global identifier for future Opel SUV and crossover vehicles.

The most significant exterior change in the Mokka X is the new headlight clusters, now with sports LED daytime running lights.

There are four models in the range starting with the Enjoy and moving up to the higher spec Cosmo. While both spec levels are available with manual and automatic transmissions, they are all powered by the same engine, the 103 kW 1.4 litre turbocharged ECOTEC petrol engine, which produces 103 kW between 4 900 and 6 000 rpm and 200 Nm between 1 850 and 4 900 rpm.

Zero to 100 km/h is reached in 9.8 seconds with a top speed of 196 km/h for the 6-speed manual models. For the two models equipped with the 6-speed automatic transmission, the 0-100 km/h sprint is achieved in 10.7 seconds and they carry a top speed of 191 km/h.

The test model was the high-spec Cosmo model with manual transmission.

Exterior: Compact, sporty and athletic, yet stylish are among the words that spring to mind when having to describe the exterior look.

Most eye-catching are the bold scuff plates, which will help you to take this vehicle off the tar road with more peace of mind.

Adding to the sporty look are the black roof rails, bulky front design and privacy glass of the back passenger and rear windows.

Interior The stylish look on the outside is continued on the inside with stitched leather, black and chrome accents (on the Cosmo test model).

Nice features include steering wheel controls for the audio and cruise control as well as the auto lights. The leather cladding on the steering wheel doesn’t only give it a nice look, but has a great feel to it.

The dashboard has clean lines and an uncluttered look. It is dominated by the touchscreen for the infotainment system. The Cosmo now boasts a high-end infotainment system with R4.0 IntelliLink and a driver display – this connectivity package is compatible with a wide range of media platforms via a USB input. It is offered as an option on the Enjoy.

Optional on the Cosmo is Navi 900 IntelliLink, which includes a full colour display.

This system is very user-friendly and functions that can be controlled via the new

= The Opel Mokka X sports a compact, sporty yet stylish look.

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; The interior is characterised by stitched leather, black and chrome accents as well as a clean-lined dashboard dominated by a touchscreen for the infotainment system. touchscreen are the radio, air conditioner and smartphone.

The back passengers will also be able to ride in spacious comfort with seat pockets, a fold-down centre armrest with two cupholders and their own 12V plug.

The boot is a very decent size for a family vehicle and its flat loadbed, which is flush with the lid opening, makes it easy to load cargo. During my time with it, I had to cart around several boxes and the easy to fold down seats made the job so much easier. It folds in a 60/40 split. In addition, the boot also offers handy stowage spaces for smaller items.

Ride It likes to be moved quickly from first to second gear, but after that it’s not very demanding. It offers a zippy ride, great handling and enough power for confident overtaking.

The Mokka X feels surprisingly sturdy on the road despite its height. The high seating position will certainly find favour with most

lady drivers.

Out on the freeway its engine proved to be very willing – and getting to 120km per hour was done without much effort.

The average fuel consumption achieved during the test drive, which was mostly on the peak hour traffic urban commute, was given by the trip computer as 8.3 litres per 100km.

Opel states the average fuel economy on the new Mokka X 1.4T Enjoy manual as 5.9-litres per 100 km and 6.2 litres per 100km for the Mokka X 1.4T Enjoy automatic on the combined cycle.

For the Mokka X 1.4T Cosmo manual, the

fuel consumption is stated as 6.0-litres per 100 km, while the Mokka X 1.4T Cosmo automatic returns a combined cycle average figure of 6.5-litres per 100 km.

Warranty and pricing

All new Opel Mokka X derivatives are backed by Opel Complete Care with a comprehensive 5-year/120 000 km warranty and come with a 5-year/90 000 km service plan linked to service intervals of 15 000 km.

Mokka X 1.4T Enjoy Man R317 500 Mokka X 1.4T Enjoy Aut R328 400 Mokka X 1.4T Cosmo Man R357 400 Mokka X 1.4T Cosmo Auto R368 100

TALKING F1: NATALIE LE CLUE

Hamilton fights for Spanish win FOR 88 percent of the time all races around the Circuit de Catalunya have been won from pole position. While this stat was reaffirmed in 2017 by pole sitter Lewis Hamilton, his victory was not nearly as straightforward as that.

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes were made to work hard for all of the 66 laps of the Spanish Grand Prix. A clever switch on tyre strategy, which had the Brit on the quicker tyre at the end of the race, provided the opportunity for victory, which Hamilton translated into the 55th win of his career.

The Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel dominated the first half of the Grand Prix, but a combination of Valtteri Bottas serving as a blocker for Hamilton and a slow call on strategy, cost him the top step of the podium.

Ultimately the pair finished less than four seconds apart.

It was, however, not nearly as satisfying an afternoon for their teammates.

Kimi Raikkonen retired on lap one with

a broken steering arm following a clash in turn one between Bottas, Raikkonen and Verstappen.

The incident, that also brought Verstappen’s race to an end, was, rightly, deemed to be a racing incident.

Later in the race Bottas’s Mercedes engine expired putting him out of the race.

Though no fault of their own, Raikkonen and Bottas’s retirements could be significant. It could begin the process of Ferrari and Mercedes needing to discuss which driver to back in the fight for championship.

In a battle that appears as if it is going to be close, there isn’t much more time before this call will need to be made.

The retirements meant that Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo finished third, but it was a day that the Austrian team will want to forget as soon as possible.

The expectation that Red Bull’s highly anticipated upgrade package would push them towards the two front-running teams was emphatically crushed by the fact that Ricciardo finished some 75 seconds adrift.

This margin is especially worrying considering that the Spanish circuit is predominantly focused on aerodynamics.

Nevertheless, the characteristics of the next Grand Prix in Monaco should alleviate their pain somewhat. But it’s still unlikely that they’ll trouble Ferrari or Mercedes should all things be equal.

Force India continued their impressive run with yet another double points finish.

Sergio Perez in fourth and Esteban Ocon in fifth underlined what a stellar job this privateer team is doing with, likely, a quarter of the budget of the bigwigs.

Renault too is continuing to make progress as Nico Hulkenberg finished sixth overall. Spanish driver Carlos Sainz finished seventh in front of his home crowd in the Toro Rosso while Pascal Wehrlein upped his stock in Formula 1 with a fine eighth place finish in a Sauber which has been difficult to drive this year. Sauber’s point scored now means that McLaren is the only team with zero points on the board.

Dannil Kvyat came from twentieth on the grid to finish ninth, while Romain Gros-

jean snapped up the final point in tenth for Haas. Performance-wise it was a better weekend for McLaren but Fernando Alonso could still only manage twelfth place by the chequered flag.

Notably nearly all the drivers remarked on the physicality of the race and how they were on the limit for all of the 66 laps. This is in stark contrast to last year’s where drivers were cruising around five to six seconds off the pace in order to conserve their tyres.

A tip of the hat then to the FOM, FIA, and Pirelli for doing their bit to provide a more intense experience for drivers and spectators alike.

One of the most fascinating developments to emerge from the weekend is that despite the fact that tens of millions of rands have been spent on upgrade packages and countless man-hours invested, the battle between Mercedes and Ferrari appears to be as close as ever.

For fans it couldn’t be better news as it means an enthralling season is on the cards.

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Mazda’s all­new CX­5 debuts in South Africa REPORTER LAUNCHED in 2012, the Mazda CX-5 was the first to introduce a remarkable new range of vehicles featuring SKYACTIV Technology and KODO Soul of Motion styling.

It has since grown into a core model that is sold in over 120 countries and accounts for approximately one quarter of Mazda’s global sales volume.

The outgoing Mazda CX-5 has been averaging sales of 350 units a month in SA. The new Mazda CX-5 model range will be available from June 1 at all Mazda dealers.

The fully redesigned all-new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV refines every element of Mazda’s design and technology, raising the bar for the line-up’s combination of fuel efficiency, driving fun, award-winning looks and top-class safety.

Feature updates on the 2017 CX-5 include LED head and front fog lamps, auto headlamp leveling, newly designed 17-inch alloy wheels, rear ventilation, USB for rear centre armrest and auto door lock from the Active petrol derivative.

Newly designed 19-inch alloy wheels, leather seats, 8-way power adjustable lumber support driver seat and auto fold mirrors are added from the Dynamic model and from the Individual derivative.

The 10-speaker BOSE system, head-up display, powerlift tail gate, as well as the Smart City Brake Support (SCBS) and Driver Attention Alert (DAA) are advanced safety features.

The interior’s cabin insulation, windshield projected head-up display, improved seats and advanced ergonomics throughout, give a more cultured and intuitive “heads-up” cabin that prioritizes driver and passenger comfort.

The new crossover SUV adds a new dimension to Mazda’s human-centric philosophy, extending the driver-and-car-as-one Jinba-Ittai sensation offering to all occupants.

It also adopts the first of the SKYACTIV-VEHICLE DYNAMICS vehicle motion control technologies: G-Vectoring Control.

This innovative software-based system controls body roll for better handling, while suspension and powertrain improvements facilitate superior ride quality.

With a solidly sporty yet refined stance, a lower roofline, sleeker sides and minimalist styling, the CX-5’s exterior exudes strength and maturity.

South Africa’s powertrain line-up comprises three engine options that offer powerful, linear driving performance and outstanding environmental performance: SKYACTIV-G 2.0L and 2.5L petrol, as well as the SKYACTIV-D 2.2L diesel engines.

All 2.0L engine derivatives are available in both the manual and automatic transmissions with the Dynamic derivative now offering an automatic option. The 2.5L petrol and 2.2L diesel engine derivatives are available with automatic transmission.

G­Vectoring Control system (GVC) The G-Vectoring Control was born of Mazda’s human-centred development philosophy and the novel idea of using the engine to enhance chassis performance.

G-Vectoring Control detects steering inputs

and slightly restricts engine torque output to shift vehicle weight forward slightly, adding more down force to the front tyres.

A handling aid that aims to make race car-like cornering precision and that leads to more direct handling and swifter reactions from the car.

Advanced Safety Features ­ Individual and Akera only

Adaptive LED Headlights (ALH)

ALH has three major functions: glare-free High Beam, wide-range Low Beam and Highway mode. Glare-free High Beam recognises leading and oncoming cars, and turns off selected LEDs to avoid dazzling other drivers.

When driving at speeds below 40km/h, the wide-range Low Beam expands distribution of light to increase driver’s visibility. Highway mode functions at speeds over 95km/h, increasing the distance low beam can illuminate the road behind a leading car, by controlling the axis of light.

Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

The Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) detects line markings on the road surface and warns the driver of unintentional lane departures. This system is particularly effective in situations where the road is continuously straight and drivers have a tendency to not pay sufficient attention to the road.

When the lane change is accompanied by turn signal operation or acceleration, the system recognises the manoeuvre as intentional and does not sound an alarm.

Lane Keep Assist (LKA) - Astina Plus only

The functionality of Lane Departure Warning which creates an audible alert when the vehicle is about to stray from current lane is further enhanced by LKA which adds a slight amount of torque to steer the vehicle back into the lane (operates at speeds over 65km/h).

Smart City Brake Support (SCBS)

The Smart City Brake Support system (SCBS) is a safety feature that helps prevent or lesson low speed impacts. The system monitors the vehicle in front to assess the possibility of a collision at forward speeds of 4-80km/h.

In an event that the system detects a high risk of impact, it then issues visual and audible warnings and primes the brakes for a faster response should the driver brake.

Driver Attention Alert (DAA)

DAA is designed to reduce accidents caused by inattentiveness due to driver fatigue. The system is activated at speeds above 65km/h and begins to “learn” the driver’s habits, watching inputs and the vehicle’s movements in the early stages before fatigue is a factor.

Later, if the system detects changes in vehicle behaviour that suggests the driver may be losing concentration, it will suggest a rest stop by sounding a chime and displaying a warning in the Multi-Information.

Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)

The Blind Spot Monitoring gives off an audible alert in the event that a vehicle is detected

The new Mazda CX-5 will be available at all Mazda dealers from June 1. in the vehicles blind spot. It assists the driver by scanning the external mirror’s blind spots.

The radar is able to detect any unseen vehicles and through an LED icon alerts the driver to help avoid making hazardous lane changes.

Model Lineup and Pricing The Mazda CX-5 is sold with a 3-year unlimited kilometre service plan.

To provide complete peace of mind motoring, a 3-year factory warranty, a 3-year roadside assistance and a 5-year Corrosion Warranty are also included.

Mazda CX-5 2.0L Active FWD Manual - R379 900 including VAT 2.0L Active FWD Auto - R391 900 including VAT

. Maximum power:121kW . Maximum torque:210Nm . LED headlamps . LED front fog lamps . Auto headlamp leveling . Auto headlamps . Newly designed 17-inch Alloys . Dual zone air-conditioner (rear ventilation) . Seven -inch display-MZD connect system . Bluetooth hands free . Radio/CD/Aux/USB . USB for rear center armrest . Cruise control . 40:20:40 folding rear seats . ISOFix . Hill Launch Assist . Push-button keyless start . Six speakers . Privacy glass . Cloth seats . Audio controls on steering wheel . Electronic parking brake . Auto rain sensing wipers

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. Reverse camera . Auto door lock

Mazda CX-5 2.2L DE Active Auto FWD R459 400 including VAT . Maximum power: 129kW . Maximum torque: 420Nm

Mazda CX-5 2.0L Dynamic FWD Manual R404 900 including VAT

2.0L Dynamic FWD Automatic - R416 900 including VAT . Smart advanced keyless entry . Newly designed 19-inch Alloys . Leather seats . Driver seat 8-way power adjustable . Power lumber support - Driver . Auto-fold mirrors

Mazda CX-5 2.5L Individual Auto FWD R491 900 including VAT

. Maximum power: 143kW . Maximum torque: 257Nm . Power sliding and tilt sunroof . BOSE with 10 speakers . Parking Sensors front and rear . Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) . Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . Lane Keeping Assist (LKA) . Smart City Brake Support (SCBS) . Adaptive LED Headlights (ALH) . Driver Attention Alert (DAA) . Head-up-display . Satellite navigation . Powerlift tail gate

Mazda CX-5 2.2L DE Akera AWD Auto R557 500 including VAT . Maximum power: 129kW . Maximum torque: 420Nm . AWD (ALL Wheel Drive) .

AA: Oil, Rand see-saw continues ONGOING volatility in international oil prices has been matched by swings in the Rand/US dollar exchange rate, making fuel price predictions as tricky as ever.

This is according to the Automobile Association (AA) which was commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF).

“The Rand started the month relatively strong against the dollar, but has weakened slightly,” the AA said.

“Likewise, international petroleum prices started the month soft, sagged further, and have made something of a comeback in the past few days.”

However, the consumer is still winning

at this stage, with the current data predicting a drop of 24 cents a litre for petrol, 20 cents for diesel, and 21 cents for illuminating paraffin.

“We shouldn’t rely on these figures though, since a lot could change by month end,” the AA commented.

“Internationally, OPEC seems set to stay the course with its production cuts, and on the local front, ratings agency Moody’s is likely to make an announcement on its view of South African sovereign debt, which is anticipated to be negative.

“These factors could work against the gains in the fuel price seen in the first fortnight of May,” the AA concluded.

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Phefeni Chiefs win Mica Hardware Unity Cup TEMBILE SGQOLANA PHEFENI Chiefs Football Club have proved to be the ones to beat in local tournaments after triumphing over Rainbow Stars with a score of 3-2 in the finals of the Mica Hardware Unity Cup. This was their third cup final win in five finals since their return to amateur football.

Phefeni and Rainbow Stars will join the teams from Ezibeleni, Ilinge Township and Lesseyton who will be participating in the games between the top 8 teams of the tournament.

In the semi-finals, Phefeni thrashed Super 12 with a score of 8-1 to book their spot in the finals while Rainbow Stars beat Ajax 2-0.

The game between the two teams produced some excellent football with Phefeni dominating the first half of the game.

The player of the tournament, Mveliso Ngadana, scored three quick goals in the first half to give his side a well-deserved lead going to the break.

Things changed in the second half as Phefeni started to lose focus and made unnecessary mistakes.

This led to Rainbow Star scoring two goals which brought them back into the game.

Phefeni president, Melikhaya Mdingi said his team played very well in the tournament.

“We are ready for the next stage of the tournament. After our intense preparations for the tournament our aim was to go to the

Phefeni Chiefs win Mic Hardware Unity Cup on Sunday. top 8 and we did that. Now all we need to do is to showcase our capabilities and proof to the other teams that we are capable of doing

great things,” he said.

Mdingi said the tournament will help the team in their preparations for the league.

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“This is a great platform for my players to prepare for the upcoming season,” he said.

Cumakala beats Amanqilo Birds 2-0 (Safa) provincial league TEMBILE SGQOLANA CUMAKALA Football Club (FC) has gained its form in the second game of the South African Football Association (Safa) provincial Sasol women’s League after beating Amanqilo Birds 2-0 in Port Alfred on Saturday.

The Lady Frere team went to the away game against Amanqilo coming from a 1-1 draw against Mthatha City recently.

Cumakala finished the last season in second position and they needed to win this game to

be back in the title race for the 2017 title.

Even though the conditions were not favourable for the Cumakala team, they played very well to win the game against Amanqilo on their muddy pitch.

The game started with both teams testing their luck and trying to score in the first ten minutes of the game. All their attempts were, however, in vain.

A beautiful display of football by Cumakala saw them scoring the first goal of the game through a brilliant combination by its striking force. Cwayita Zimba opened the scoring in

just 25 minutes of play time.

Cumakala played very well and kept knocking at Amanqilo’s goal posts. Fifteen minutes later they were rewarded after Sisipho Rabe notched one of her trademark goals with a 20metre drive to make the lead 2 goals to nil.

Amanqilo Birds tried to pull one back but Cumakala’s solid defence kept them at bay.

Cumakala was leading 2-0 at the time of going to the break.

During the second half, Cumakala had no option but to defend their 2 – 0 lead as Amanqilo Birds played very well.

Judiciary to determine ABC Motsepe League champions ELETHU MTIKI WITH just over a week after the completion of the ABC Motsepe League 2016/2017 season in the Eastern Cape, the battle to determine the champions continues.

Eastern Cape Bees were initially crowned the champions after they beat Future Tigers 2-0 in the final game of the season at Bhisho Stadium last Saturday.

However, their celebrations lasted for only three days as it turned out they had fielded an improperly signed player during a match against Highbury.

The two teams went into the final match separated by a single point with Tigers on top of the log with 72 points.

A draw would have been enough for the Ginsberg outfit, whereas Bees needed a victory at all costs, a mission which they accomplished.

After the game, both teams celebrated, which left many of the supporters and Bees puzzled.

Tigers had a pending protest against Bees over the questioned player, Anele Jakuja, who allegedly was improperly registered from an SAB League side, Bhisho Stars.

When the verdict came out last Tuesday it was in favour of Tigers after the SAFA Disciplinary Committee had found Bees guilty.

Bees were deducted three points from the match they played against Highbury which saw Tigers return to the number one position.

“The DC has found that on balance of probability Mr Jakuja might have played for both SAB League (Bhisho Stars) and ABC Motsepe League (EC Bees). The law dictates that in any transfer which takes place mid-season, the player’s card needs to be submitted with the clearance. The card was not there,” said SAFA’s legal officer, Tebogo Motlanthe.

Bhisho Stars released a statement, stating that Jakuka’s clearance certificate was released using the legal route and that

there were no flaws in the process.

“Formal arrangements were done and we gave them (Bees) the player’s clearance certificate. We have provided the player clearance certificates before and have never been questioned about them,” read part of the statement.

Bees have since lodged an appeal over the matter.

The judiciary is set to look into the matter before the end of this week.

SAFA secretary in the Eastern Cape, Mnyamezeli Isaac Klaas, has called on all the parties not to make any further comments on the matter until the final ruling by the judiciary.

Klaas has assured them that the matter will be resolved before the national promotional playoffs which will take place in East London from June 4 to 11.

It remains to be seen as to which team between Tigers and Bees will join the eight other teams from across the country in their quest to play in the National First Division next season.

They managed to fend off Amanqilo to win the game 2-0.

In another game, Golden City FC were humiliated after suffering a 9-0 defeat at the hands of Eastern Rangers.

The Ilinge Township team is still struggling after it narrowly escaped relegation last season.

This weekend Golden City will host Mqanduli Ambasadors FC at Ilinge Stadium on Saturday at 1pm and Cumakala will be hosting Eastern Rangers FC at the Lady Frere Stadium at 1pm on Saturday.