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Zusiphe Mtirara

Butterworth Monument, at the town’s CBD, has now turned into a filthy yard that people use as their drinking spot despite being one of the place with the history honouring local heroes who died fighting for the free-dom of the country.

The place is now on the state of despair with minimum main-tenance done by those tasked to do so as vandalism into its fenc-ing increases by the day. This eyesore continues in the glare of the public as it is situated along the N2 route.

According to Wikipedia, a monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to com-memorate a person or impor-

tant event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heri-tage, or simply as an example of historic architecture.

It is common to see people drinking all sorts of liquor from beers to ciders and from brandy to whisky on odd days like Monday and Tuesday at the monument. People buy liquor to the town’s outlets and take it there. It is like an abandoned place although this continues in the eyes of Mnquma Local Mu-nicipality officials.

Mnquma Local Municipality officials, seemingly, are running around refusing to account on the filthy state of their local monument. Akhona Shumane,

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NgqAMAkhWe Police Station recently experienced burglary in its own prem-ises after thieves noticed way in to the place where the impounded booze is being kept.

Reliable sources, including an em-ployee at the station, told Ikamva Lasegcuwa that thieves broke into the area where the booze is kept and took the booze including noticeable num-ber of cases of beer and some bottles of brandy, said the source.

The booze referred to is one usually confiscated by police to unlicensed li-quor traders. The alleged thieves no-ticed the booze and decided to make

their way to the police station, appar-ently during the evening on July 20.

The reliable source, an employee at the station who willingly chose to give the information to Ikamva, was not sure how many cases of beer and bran-dy were taken. “The cases of beer were about 15 while there were also about nine bottles of brandy,” said employee who is known to Ikamva.

According to the source, three sus-pects were arrested on July 22. They are facing charges of theft and bur-glary. Contacted for comment, police spokesperson Capt Jackson Manatha said all the queries relating to crimes at police station are handled at provin-cial level. 22 Mthatha Street, Butterworth

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Bad: Locals drink alcohol while leaning their backs directly at Butterworth Monument.

Not good: Empty bottles of alcohol at Butterworth Monument Pictures: Zusiphe Mtirara 8 Page 3

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the municipality’s acting com-munications manager, has not responded to Ikamva’s questions though she received them on July 16.

even worse, there are no signs like “No Alcohol Allowed” which, in other public places, leads to pros-ecutions when such trespasses are committed.

Mayor Bhabha ganjana referred the newspaper to his office saying his diary was so full that he could not say when he will be available to answer the questions about the monument’s filthy state. ganjana’s

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our business, so ev-erybody who reads those books will know about our business,” she said.

Bubulumko Cooper-ative was founded by eight members with age range from 40-70 in the year 2007. their aim was to earn a living and con-quer hunger in their homes. Their business started off as a small vegetable producing enterprise and grew as its members gained experience and confi-dence in business and then expanded it into a soya mince produc-tion in 2011.

Bubulumko re-ceived an amount of R750 000 from the provincial department of Social Development which enabled them to set up a small mix-

ing plant and bought raw material required for the production of soya mince.

Mbecwa went to An-gola with the hope of attracting the atten-tion of the Angolan and exhibitors from other countries so that they can also start ex-porting. She believes that expanding their business through ex-ports would also ben-efit their community as it would create em-ployment.

“entering the export market will be a huge boost to our business and will result in us ex-panding our business by increasing produc-tion and hiring more people. In this way, we can contribute signifi-cantly in creating em-ployment in our area,” said Mbecwa.

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the Masibambisane Rural Development Initiative is an initiative by the people and is here to stay according to President Jacob Zuma.

Zuma visited Ngcingwane Village in Dutywa on July 17 during a harvesting pro-gramme on maize planted in coordination with Masibam-bisane.

The event, which also saw the donation of the sew-ing machine equipment to a women’s cooperative of Ngc-ingwane in Dutywa, in which former president Thabo Mbeki’s mother, Nomaka epainette Mbeki is involved was attended by several min-isters, MeCs and traditional leaders.

Zuma encouraged people to take part in the initiative instead of criticising. “People are sick of criticising every-thing,” said Zuma. Respond-ing to recent media reports that there has been misuse of funds in the initiative said there “is no such thing.”

“The initiative is driven by several ministers and not even a single person is given

money. how I would like to see all people taking part in this initiative instead of just seeing a gap to criticise,” said Zuma.

he said Masibambisane is one of the initiatives to drive the nation-building. “People in this initiative just stand up and say what assistance they need and we assist there. I am happy there is difference we are making although there are people criticising it,” said Zuma.

The president also said the event in Ngcingwane meant to formally launch an initiative where one million hectares of land are to be cultivated across the rural communities in the country.

AmaXhosa king Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcawu said Zuma deserves all the respect and the kingdom of amaXhosa has got all of that for him.

On his opening remarks, Sigcawu reminded the audi-ence that Zuma deserves all the respect “because he was elected by you, the people.” The amaXhosa monarch thanked the president for vis-iting the Mbhashe Local Mu-nicipality which was recently

declared the best in terms of house agriculture fol-lowing the report by Census 2011.

“The president was elected by you to serve the people. Although there are challenges faced by the government, it is important to recognise the strides that we see especially in our rural areas,” said Sigcawu.

he said if government can make sure that rural

people, most particular the emerging farmers, can be given resources, “you will never see people go-ing to cities asking for jobs.”

Other guests at the event included Premier Nox-olo kiviet, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister gugile Nkwinti, Water Affairs Minister edna Molewa and Agriculture, Forestry and Fish-eries Minister Tina Joemart-Peterson.

HaRVESt: President Jacob Zuma and senior government officials in Ngxakaxa, Dutywa, recently. Picture: Sithandiwe Velaphi

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Nondumiso Mbecwa, a mem-ber of Bubulumko Agricultur-al Cooperation from Zizamele Township in Butterworth, re-cently took part in the 30th International Fair of Luanda Trade exhibition in Luanda, the capital town of Angola.

The delegation consisting of 33 business people across

the country was led by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, elizabeth Thabethe.

It was the first time for Mbecwa to exhibit Bubulum-ko’s products outside South Africa and she said she was very happy about how they were welcomed in Angola. She was impressed with how the event was organised from

the accommodation to how their stalls were arranged and one important thing the exposure they got.

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ness people who share the same dreams as me,” said Mbecwa.

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Butterworth police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said if they spotted people drinking at the place, they will be arrested. “Sometimes those people may be drinking because they know the police van cannot go there,” said Manatha.

Cope Leader in Mnquma kholisile Mpeluza said the names writ-ten on the monument are those of the people who died in SS Men-di ship and they deserve much respect as any other heroes who fought in the apartheid era.

Mendi was a steamship of the elder Dempster Line, chartered by the British government as a troopship, which sank off the Isle of Wight (near england) in 1917 with the loss of 646 lives of SA soldiers. The Mendi sinking is considered one of the greatest trag-edies in the history of the South African military, and was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century in British wa-ters.

“No one cares about that monument, it is in the eyes of every-one but its deteriorating as you can hardly even read what is writ-ten there,” said Mpeluza.

Mpeluza concluded by saying that he will raise the point of that monument being neglected by the municipality in council meet-ings because families with their ancestors written there are also not happy with the state of the monument. Additional report by Sithandiwe Velaphi

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B’worth eyesore stalls to be moved

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AFTeR ongoing disputes and unresolved questions about the hawkers’ stalls or containers that were erected in Butterworth towards the end of last year, the Mnquma Local Municipality has changed tunes and decided they be removed.

The hawkers’ stalls, an implementation task of the department of environmental Affairs’ agency, Indalo-Yethu, were designed to improve the conditions of the

hawkers in Mnquma. however, this did not succeed as the hawker stalls are now misused and vandalised and have not served their purpose which was to bet-ter conditions of the hawkers.

The containers or stalls had been an eyesore to many residents in town because they are filthy as some resi-dents often relieve themselves in them.

The Mnquma hawkers Association has disowned the stalls saying there was not proper consultation with them when they erected on the market street be-

Proof: Butterworth hawkers sell their items in front of container stalls meant to better them. Picture: Anda Nqonji

Tragic fire leaves family devasted aNDa NqoNji

three fire victims who died following fire that wreaked havoc in their Cuba homes in Butterworth recently were laid to rest on July 20.

The tragedy also left five people homeless. The fire allegedly erupted from an electric adapter that was left plugged in the kitchen. This incident happened in the midnight of July 4 and resulted to the death of three victims, among them were three and four year old toddlers. They were burnt to ashes in a four roomed house that accommodated eight people.

Ruth Mayekiso, a survivor, said a woman known only as queen, 40, who also died had already rescued some of her nieces and nephews, when she realised there were two toddlers missing. She went back but how-ever could not fight with the flames of the fire and was unfortunately burnt to death.

“It was god’s mercy that I came out of the fire alive, I don’t know how it started, but I remember queen tell-ing me to get up, as the fire was blazing, I stood up, rushed to the door and pushed it and then went out,” said Mayekiso,58, who is also blind.

Neighbours came to the scene and everyone was

gathered in an attempt to fight the fire. The mother of one of the survivors said. “After some time, people came to help, it was late. People had already been killed by the fire; fire fighters arrived and put the fire to rest, then later came the police, to speculate whether or not was the fire an accident,”

Philiswa Ntlebi, who was a member of the ward committee said: “I feel very sad about the current situ-ation, as the family is finding it very hard to cope with

what had happened to them, as a result some of the members have resorted to alcohol.”

The situation at home has lead to one of the late queen’s children to relocate and live with her other family members, whilst arrangements of the second child to leave as well are currently in progress:

“Children cannot cope under such circumstances, there is no care amongst the family members, and therefore a decision to take the children to better homes has been made,” said the concerned Ntlebi.

however despite all this the family has received a grate deal of support throughout its ordeal. According to Ntlebi, the family has received assistance from nu-merous sources, which includes Amathole District Mu-nicipality, which gave them a mortuary, social develop-ment together with Spargs, who sponsored them with food parcels, Amathole District Municipality’s disaster management who gave them blankets, groceries and helped restore the previous condition of the house.

Nonetheless the family would still appreciate any kind of help they can receive as it will take time to fi-nally give either the home, or the family member the life they use to have. For assistance, please contact ward committee Lucas Sikhelenge on 073 824 3997.

daMagE: A house gutted by fire in Cuba where three people recently died. Picture: Anda Nqonji

tween Spargs and Shoprite in Butterworth. “We know nothing about these stalls. We woke up and

found them there. Nothing was said, a market street had been negotiated but this is not what we expected. They (municipality) never officially handed them to us ,” said Mnquma hawkers Association spokesperson Tito gab-hayi.

gabhayi added that the stalls are not what they had en-visioned, or what they expected, as they are much smaller than what they expected and therefore cannot be used by hawkers.

These stalls have been locked since day one, and have raised negative remarks from both the hawkers and the community as a whole.

Mnquma Local Municipality’s acting director for Local economic Development, Mpumelelo Maphazi said: “The fault lies with Indalo-Yethu, not the municipality. They just left the town before introduction of the stalls, and never negotiated with the hawkers to find out what they thought. however, we are removing those stalls as they are not satisfactory.”

Maphazi further stated that they are now planning on introducing mobile hawker stalls as the alternative. he said the current ones will be given to unsheltered hair dressers, as soon as they find a new location.

Acting director for community services of the Mnquma Municipality, Nozuko Sityebi said: “This project has pro-vided employment, as street cleaning required cleaners, dust beans around the town and provided benches for people’s comfort.”

She also said that the project ended right before the market stores could be introduced, and no one was in charge, indalo-yethu just kept quiet and therefore every-thing needs to redone, as so far, hawkers are not pleased.

“Speculations have been made, the hawker stores are not satisfactory to the hawkers, but the director is con-cerned of the safety of people as they are currently be-ing used for something else and should therefore be re-moved,” said Sityebi.

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Centane granny axes intruder to deathA 75 year old woman was found guilty after al-legedly brutally attacking a man, 55, who is be-lieved to have been intruding her home, with an axe to death, in Nophakathi Location of Centane village, on July, 13. eye witnesses say that the woman then went out to ask for help and com-munity members flooded her home, thinking she was the victim. To their surprise, the intruder was helplessly lying on the floor and was then rushed to Tafalofefe hospital of Centani where he then died. A murder docket against the granny was immediately opened by the police. She ap-peared before the Centane Magistrate Court on July, 15, but was detained as a result of refusing to confess, but appeared again on July 16 for con-fessions, which where followed by an appearance for a murder charge on July, 17.

Butterworth man ar-rested for car hi-jack-ing Butterworth police have arrested a man for car hi-jacking in Dutywa, it is alleged that two male hitch

hikers got a lift from a female from east London to Butterworth. The men asked to be dropped near a particular garage in Butterworth and that is where the suspect drew a firearm and ordered the driver (26) out of her vehicle and drove off heading to towards Dutywa. The second man who clearly was not part of the hijacking ran away.

The victim met police who were patrolling at the time and described her car. The police then chased the car and found it in Dutywa with the suspect still driving it. Police recovered a toy gun which was allegedly used in the hijacking. The suspect appeared before the Butterworth Magis-trate Court for car hijacking.

Three Dutywa suspects arrested for gang rapeThree rape suspects where arrested after alleg-edly gang raping a 24year old woman at Sofuthe Location in Ngcingwane Village, Dutywa, on July, 14. It is alleged that the victim was with two other women when the suspects came and dragged her to an empty shack, they then took turns in rap-ing her. The victim reported the crime at Dutywa Police station and was able to identify one. All the suspects were arrested from their respective

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Butterworth escapees re-arrestedThree suspects where re-arrested after overpowering court orderlies who escorted them to the police vehicle, while they were taken to Dutywa Correctional Services on July, 7 at Mthatha. An additional charge for escaping from lawful custody will be added, the suspects are expected to appear at the Butterworth Magistrate Court soon. These suspects had been sentenced by the Butterworth Magistrate Court on June 24; 24 year old Sandisiwe Lusasa was sentenced to seven years while the 25 year old Sikholiwe Mbuwakho should have spent 5 years imprisoned. They were convicted of house robberies committed around Msobomvu Township in Butterworth.

Butterworth woman hijacked by a sick manA woman (53) was hijacked near Butterworth hospital early this month. It is alleged that on her way from east London she gave the male suspect a lift to Butterworth, and then the suspect got very sick and was coughing seriously. The sus-pect then convinced the woman to take him to Butterworth hospital, they were not far from the hospital when the sus-pect drew a firearm and forced the driver to get out the ve-hicle. The suspect drove off with the vehicle and fortunately it was found dumped near Skiet Informal Settlement in But-terworth. No one has been arrested but investigation is un-derway

Butterworth boy murdered, 21 year old man arrestedA 17 year old boy was stabbed to death by a 21 year old man at Mission Village in Butterworth. The suspect was ar-rested shortly and will appear before Butterworth Magis-trate court soon for murder charges. The police withheld the identity of the deceased as they were still in the process of informing his family. The motive for the murder is still not known

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eastern Cape police showered three Centane’s senior citizens, who had allegedly been brutally raped, with memorable gifts on Mandela Day.

Police graced each granny with a visit which kick started with a proper cleaning of their homes by a number of members of the SAPS, then ended in an event that saw to it police addressed important issues about older people and gave them insights on what

can be done to prevent the continuity of these crimes. The grannies referred to are aged, 81, 86 and 110.

Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant general, Celiwe Binta said: “The SAPS is concerned about elders who live alone because they fall victims of crime but we will do everything humanly possible to make sure that they are safe.”

Whistles were distributed to every granny that was present at the event, this was one of the strategies that were generated by the SAPS, to ensure that they were

Centane grannies showered with gifts

at It: Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt Gen Celiwe Binta painting a house in Centane on Mandela Day. Picture: Capt Jackson Manatha

heard should they fall victims of crime of any na-ture, by simply blowing them:

“These whistles serve as part of crime preven-tion, they are only given to elders so that should they find themselves confronted by danger, they simply blow and the men of the community should get used to this sound and rush to the crime scene,” said Binta.

Unfortunately, when Binta attempted to test the reliability of the whistles, none of these amongst the sample worked, therefore their reliability still remains a question.

The 110 year old woman became the centre of the event, and attracted more attention, as she was the oldest in the group, the occasion proceedings took place at her house:

“It feels very good to have all these people in my house, to comfort and sympathise with me, after I went through something like that, I am very grate-ful,” said the 110 year old Mamngqosini.

According to an anonymous eye witness, Mamngqosini had been living with her grand-daughter during the time of the tragedy, the grand-daughter had gone to a nearby tavern, leaving Mamngqosini with her great grandchild, who is still a toddler, they found her on the floor, as the grand-daughter returned and started alarming the village by screaming that her granny had been raped.

Brigadier Marinda Mills said: “The case is still on investigation, there is still no evidence but the SAPS will not give up, we continue encouraging the de-tectives to push, justice will be served.”

however, this did not hold back the old women from having fun, as the event was a success, the community and family members felt beyond enter-tained and showed gratitude:

“I would like to thank the police for the good work they have done which includes buying blan-kets, cleaning, painting the house and cooking for our grannies, we wish you luck on the pending cas-es, and also wish Nelson Mandela a happy birthday, and a speedy recovery,” said chief Dalikhwezi.

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Bawongwe ngezindlu zangasese abantu belali yaseNgqaqini kuMente kugatyana ngethuba bekubhiyozelwa usuku lweMandela Day kumsitho obubanjelwe kulalali ngomhla we19 kuJulayi.

Lomsitho ubuququzelelwe nguMaspala wes-ithili saseAmathole. Ibiyimincili kwiinkonde zaku-longingqi ngelixa zifundiswa ukusebenzisa izindlu zazo zangasese nanje ngokuba okokuqala kule lali, amalungu azokuzimasa isidima sawo, aye kwiz-indlu zangasese xa edinga uzikhulula.

Omnye wonolali oxhamle kolunikelo, uNowey-itile Mathuza, uthe: “Ndiyavuya kuba side nathi safumana izindlu zangasese, ndihleli iminyaka emininzi ndisoyikisela abantwana bam, kulento yasesapha, kuba kaloku umntwana angaxhwilwa adlwengulwe esachophe phantsi.”

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Siyakhana children remembered on Mandela Day

Zusiphe Mtirara

The eastern Cape Development Corporations (eCDC) in Butter-worth spent their Mandela Day 67 minutes with the children at Siyakhana Youth Outreach.

eCDC officials brought fruit, vegetables and helped in planting the vegetables in the centre’s veg-etable garden and then painted the walls outside.

Satellite Supervisor at eCDC Vuy-ani Dudula, said the reason they chose Siyakhana was because it’s one of the places in Butterworth that mostly needs their help.

“We were here two years back

brought things like these and even this year we decided to take this opportunity to come here again and show our support to the chil-dren and staff of Siyakhana,” said Dudula.

The officials concluded by say-ing that they do not only honour Mandela Day, but they support all programmes of this nature so that those children should not feel in-ferior to other children .

While enjoying planting vegeta-bles in the garden, Siyakhana was blessed with another visit from Mayor of Mnquma Municipality Bhabha ganjana together with the administrator and other munici-

pal officials bringing 27 blankets to keep the children warm this winter.

It is not every day that some-thing like this happens to children at Siyakhana and they were very grateful to the gifts they received from both eCDC and the munici-pality.

Speaking on Behalf of all other children at Siyakhana, Siyanda Dy-abheni (15) thanked the officials for their love and support.

“Thank you very much, it is such an honour to know that people love us, and that they are thinking about us, may the good Lord bless you,” said Dyabheni.

FoStERINg: Eastern Cape Development Corporation with Siyakhana children on Mandela Day. Picture: Zusiphe Mtirara

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Commentary

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Sivuyile MbathaEDITOR Ikamva Lase gcuwa 16a kilimanjaro Building king Street Butterworth4960 email: sivuyilemb@gmail.com

AbaThembu king joins DA the controversial abathembu king Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi dalindyebo recently joined the democratic alliance leaving the aNC of which he has been member since his early years in the exile. dalindyebo is former Umkhonto WeSizwe soldier and was trained while in exile. His father, King Sabatha dalindyebo died in exile while he was a staunch aNC member.

aNC provincial secretary oscar Mabuyane gives us comments following king’s departure, while da leader athol trollip welcomes the king on da’s ranks.

Mabuyane: We note the decision by Abathembu king to quit the ANC and join the DA. We wish him all the best in his political wilderness, because he will need it. As the movement, we are happy that for a better part of his life from when he was born, his Maj-esty was a member and a child of the ANC.

his departure is welcome and the

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fact he is joining another party is the af-firmation of our Constitutional guaran-tees giving all South Africans a right to freedom of association.

We believe that the ANC is better off without him and his hysterical parox-ysms that attempted to undermined our integrity as the organization and that of our leadership.

his decision to quit the ANC and his unbecoming conduct has surely rattled the bones of his forefathers who played a significant role in the ANC and the freedom of this country.

The ANC will continue respecting his Majesty but we will never tolerate dis-respect of any proportions. The fact that he has joined the DA doesn’t mean all Thembu nation has left the ANC. We still enjoy massive support in the Thembu nation.

We don’t believe that he will take scores of his subject to the DA because he doesn’t command influence in his own nation. The Thembu nation knows that the ANC is doing a good job and a number of service delivery programmes in their land attest to this.

With his Majesty out of the ANC, we will have less worry as we will not have to baby sit a king with reckless conduct. Maybe in the DA he has found people of the same ilk as him.

Mabuyane is ANC provincial secretary

Trollip: I met with AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo at Bumbane in the eastern Cape. I met with the king to discuss the principles and Constitution of the DA given his interest in joining the party.

king Dalindyebo said he believed that the DA’s brand of clean government and delivery was needed in the eastern Cape. We discussed a number of mat-ters including the proposed Traditional Courts Bill to which the DA has a num-ber of objections relating to its consti-tutionality.

king Dalindyebo was clear that, while the Constitution recognises traditional leadership, it is paramount that tra-ditional leaders respect and abide by the Constitution. To that end, the king agreed that unconstitutional provisions in the Bill regarding gender needed to be amended.

I was upfront with king Dalindyebo with regards to some of the controver-sies that have surrounded him. I made it clear that the DA expects its members to conduct themselves in line with the party’s values and principles. On that basis king Dalindyebo took up member-ship of the DATrollip is DA leader in the Eastern Cape

Mandela has proven to be a uniting factor to the people of the country and the world over with prayers,

best wishes from all over the globe after his admission in hospital. Family disputes recently with public spates, court cases attracted a lot of hype nearly positive shifted from what Man-dela is known. Synonymous with looking out for everyone interests, too trusting, loyal, charming, sense humour, friendly and even defending political opponents.The Nelson Mandela day came at a bad time when the old man lay at hospital having spent more than six weeks for a re-occurring ling infection. South Africans and the world did not disappoint show-ing love, appreciation, hope and showing gratitude to what he is to humanity. Locally municipalities, government de-partments, NGO’s, businesses rolled up their sleeves on the day to give support to communities they felt were much in need. Children’s home, the elderly, physically challenged, the poor received gifts, had their home painted and refurbished. My concern is, should we on celebrate “Tata” once a year? Can this be used as a unit-ing bond beyond his life?Many have tweeted, commented, blogged and written columns but, I believe we have no foresight or pre-cognition of what tomorrow will bring. In my view what we see, accept as uniting yesterday and today will not be tomorrow if we do not entrust it to the young also hold on to it. We at Ikamva would therefore acknowl-edge the good that was done for people in those 67 minutes they might have been life changing to a lot. With much fun-fare around the Mandela month social pandemics abuse, rape and murder still persist to be reported in this area daily. In all this we again applaud that fight this in communities, police, prosecution that try to rid us of this scourge. As we are to begin women’s month we say Fight women and child abuse. In this issue we wish to welcome two ladies to the team Anda Ngqoji, Zusiphe Mtirara who recently joined Ikamva foe the next six months. We also invite you the public on our new picture space on face book “My eyes, My ward”, where you can post your any of your local pic-tures. Kwaheri !!!

On three people who died after their house gutted blaze in Cuba, Butterworth Oh maan!......May their souls rest in peace!Nandiswa Nxodo

Ohhh that’s bad maan, may their souls rest in peace.Bomie Komanisi, Centane

Ouch!!! That is so said shame.Vuyokazi Mdludlu, Dutywa

Staff member complains of Butterworth HospitalWorking at Butterworth hospital is tantamount to slavery. I don’t how slaves were conducting their ac-tivities but I believe what is happening to us (staff members) is equal to slavery. We are denied oppor-tunities for training and development and yet the management wants our labour. When we went to the hospital CeO to complain, he chased us away saying we were disrespecting him.

Butterworth Hospital staff member, name withheld

Oscar Mabuyane

Athol Trollip

Mandela DayNge-18 kaJuly safikelwa ngoobhuti ababe-sithi bangabaseChaftweni, phaya eskolweni (Nondwe SSS) besithi bayosenzela i-Mande-la Day. Basifakela ifestile phaya esikolweni. Yabantle into abayenzayo.

Lingomso Sithatha, kuGatyana

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Mnyameni residents rejoice over new and decent sanitation

AbaThembu king joins DA

dECENt: Sanitation facilities being built for Mnyameni residents in Centane Picture: Zusiphe Mtirara

Zusiphe Mtirara

For the first time in their entire existence, resi-dents of Mnyameni Location in Centane will stop using bushes and open fields to relieve themselves, thanks to the provisioning of decent toilets by the Amathole Dis-trict Municipality.

The municipality is building clean and safe toilets in the area where each household will get its own new sanitation facility.

The project started in June and is suppose to build 314 toilets in that village. It has been a great help especially to the youth of the area as it has opened job opportunities. These jobs include collecting the names of owners of the homes that are getting new toilets, delivering the building material, and actually building the toilets.

Residents are very happy about the project and job opportunities it has brought for the development of the unemployed youth.

“I am very happy to have a new toilet, but one thing that is very good about this project is that it has given our youth some jobs,” said gqibile Nomnganga, a resident.

Another young resident, Nomthakazelo Malgas also didn’t have enough words to express how grateful she was about the project as she got a job to sort out her needs.

“This project has been of ut-most help to me because with the job that I got I can now sat-isfy my needs, and do things that I was unable to do when I wasn’t working.”

Malgas also added that she feels very happy that she will never go to the forest in the cold winter mornings.

Supervisor of the project Siyabonga Sam says there are challenges that are slowing the project but he is hoping that by the end of August 2013 every household in the village will have its own new toilet.

“A huge challenge is labour, they come to work drunk and that is slowing the process of the build-ing because you can’t work drunk,” said Sam.

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Where can you get your child vac-cinated? The vaccination is done in a local clinic and it is free.When the child should be vaccinat-ed? Vaccination starts at birth (your baby will be vaccinated in the hospital where he or she was born). The next vaccination is done at 6 weeks, then 10 weeks, 14 weeks, 9 months, 18 months, 6 years and at 12 years.

All vaccinations are important and they should be done according to the schedule.Which diseases will the vaccinations protect the child from? Tuberculosis, Polio, Rotavirus gastroenteritis, Diph-theria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, hae-mophilus influenzae type B, hepatitis B, Pneumococcal Infections, Measles.

At birth the infants get BCg (Tu-berculosis) vaccine into their arm and polio vaccine in drops.

At 6 weeks Polio vaccine is given again as well as Rotavirus Vaccine (also liquid by mouth. Babies will also get Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis, haemophilus Vaccine as one injection plus hepatitis B and Pneumococcal Vaccine as another injection.

At 10 weeks babies get Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and haemo-philus influenzae as well as hepatitis B vaccine as injections.

At 14 weeks Rotavirus Vaccine (also liquid by mouth. Babies will also get Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, hae-mophilus Vaccine as one injection plus hepatitis B and Pneumococcal Vaccine

as another injection.At 9 months children get Measles

Vaccine and Pneumococcal vaccine as injections.

At 18 months children are given Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and haemophilus influenzae vaccine and Measles vaccine.

At 6 and 12 years children get Teta-nus and reduced strength of diphtheria vaccine. In private practice children will be offered mumps, rubella, va-ricella (chickenpox) and hepatitis A vaccines at 12-15 months and 6 years. hPV (human Papilloma Virus) vaccine is offered at the age of 9 and it prevents cervical cancer in women.How are the vaccines given? Majority of vaccines are given as injections, and some of them given in drops to drink.Are the any dangers related to vac-cination?

There is no proof that vaccines cause long-term harm. The risk of the disease to the child is much greater than any risks associated with the vaccination. Vaccines will help your baby to have a healthy life. Increases in such health problems as asthma, autism, diabetes don’t have any connection to vaccina-tion. Minor side-effects such as fever, redness where a shot was given or fussiness or diarrhea (loose stool) after vaccination sometimes occur and usually resolve without any treatment. however, if you are worried you should see health worker and discuss the concerns.

How distressing is it for a child to have vaccination?

Although having a shot is distress-ing to the children and babies, the kids quickly forget the discomfort caused by the injection. It may help to distract them during the shot, for example breastfeeding helps infants. Older children can be distracted by a favorite toy or a story.What about specific infections pre-vented by vaccination?

Tuberculosis or TB is one of the main causes of deaths from infections in adults, killing about1.5 million peo-ple every year. The BCg vaccination is given at birth to about 80% of children worldwide.

Polio is infection that affects nerves, causes permanent muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes death. Vac-cination almost eradicated polio in de-veloped countries. The vaccine during childhood protects more than 95% of children receiving it from polio.

Rotavirus is one of the most com-mon causes of diarrhoae in children and spreads quickly and easily. Diar-rhea can lead to dehydration and even death. Rotavirus infects nearly every child before the age of 5. In South Africa about 6 children die every day from severe rotavirus.

Diphteria is an infection causing cough, sore throat, fever and may be dangerous and lead to death in about 20% of infected children. This infection

is preventable easily by vaccination. Tetanus bacteria enter the body

through the dirty wounds contami-nated with soil or faeces. This infection causes muscle weakness, spasms in throat and rest of the body, death. 50% of people who get this infection die. everyone should get Tetanus vaccine every 10 years.

Whooping Cough is associated with such complications as ear infection, pneumonia, brain damage.

Haemophilus influenzae can cause infection of chest, joints, lungs, skin, face, neck, eyes, and meningitis. Vac-cination for children has decreased incidence of this infection by 99%.

Hepatitis B is infection of liver, which becomes a chronic problem in up to 8% of cases. The vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis in 80% of cases.

Pneumococcal Infection causes pneumonia, meningitis, sinusitis, ear infections and vaccine protects against these infections.

Measles is very contagious and in most common in children. World-wide measles infects about 20 million people annually, causing about 200 000 deaths. Vaccine is very effective in prevention of this infection.

Make sure you children are vacci-nated according to the schedule to help them with healthy childhood and to prevent infections in the community. If you have any questions speak to the health workers about it.

VA C C I N AT I O NImmunization or vaccination of children is extremely important because it stops the spread of infections in the community. In the past, many infections (polio or smallpox) caused debilitating diseases, lead to paralysis and even death. Nowadays, thanks to widespread vaccination program such diseases are almost eliminated. South Africa has an extensive immunization program, which is free for all children up to the age of 12 years.

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Cllr. Nyengule Esther Weena

Villages or suburbs: Marhawuleni, Zingcuka, Tshazibane, Mbuqweni, Mbanjwa, Kwayimane, Ntshimanzi, Emgcwe, Matolweni, Madokisini.

Schools: Malongweni J.S.S, Emgcwe J.S.S, Lingelethu S.P.S, Ezizweni S.S.S.

General ward data: The ward consists of 3710 males with just above 4000 females which results to 7737 people who reside in ward 21.

Educ levels: About 4,2% of the residents have no school, 37,3% not completed primary school, 8,1% completed their primary, a whopping 37,8 % did not complete their secondary education, 8,5% with matric and the percentage of those with tertiary education is almost the same as of those who have no school at 4,1%.

Employment Levels: 57, 6% are unemployed while the remaining 42, 4% are unemployed.

Mnquma Local Municipality Draft Reviewed IDP 2010/2011: DRAFT MTRET CAPITAL BUDGET 2010-2013:

Mthawelanga Access Road

Councillor Comment: We have just finished with the access road at Mthwawelanga. There is also construction of road at Mgcwe but I wish that they could use stones because what they are using now is simply swept off when it is raining. Water is installed in 26 small rural areas now we are left with two but they will also get their share when Amathole is install-ing in Mbashe. Public works has also built two schools of which we are proud of that because our children will not travel for long to get to schools. There are some toilets in Hlobo and Mgcwe but Amathole trained people here to register houses that need toilets and they have done so and now we are waiting from Amathole but they promised to come soon.

Community comments: The road is not good enough as we only get a poor constructed road. I must say I am happy with the electricity and water because every time you need water you find a perfectly running tap. What we need now are toilets because most of the villages boast to us about toilets. But there is some hope as we have registered for the toilets but we have not heard from the municipality ever since.- Asakhe Kondlo

Cllr. Madikane Timoty

Villages or suburbs: Mtonjeni, Mndundu, Qombe, KuLotshazi, KuLohopana, Qoqweni, Kulanyanga,KwaNdlambe, Komkhulu, Ngoma, eMcwelini, Khabakazi, KwaFestila, Nkonte, Mathangana, Ngqangeni, eNtsonyane, Mapond-weni, eMangobomvu, eDimbeni, eSibhanxeni.

Ward data: This is the biggest ward in Mn-quma with 11611 people who reside in it, in that number males account to 5119 while females are at 6493 (in some wards that is the number of all residents).

Schools: Ngunduza J.S.S, Ndonqa J.S.S, Bawana J.P,S, Tiyo Soga S.P.S, Zanewonga J.S.S, Mhlahl-ane J.S.S.

Educ Levels: 18, 2% of the residents of ward 25 have never set foot in a school, while a whopping 46, 8% did not finish primary school. 7, 2% fin-ished their primary schooling. 21, 3 did not finish secondary schooling while 5% of the community have matric. Those who dared to dream and have tertiary education account to only 1, 5%.

Employment Levels: 57, 6% are unemployed while the remaining 42, 4% are unemployed.

Mnquma Local Municipality Draft Reviewed IDP 2010/2011: DRAFT MTRET CAPITAL BUDGET 2010-2013:

Kwa L access Road

Councillor Comment: We are trying to give basic service delivery to each and every village. We have electrified some villages like eNdoda but we are still busy with Eskom on others. On the water issue I could say that most villages have water. The latest projects is the one on toilets of which construction has started in other villages but it is difficult to reach some because the trucks used by the con-tractors are big but we managed to talk to them to also use small trucks. Unfortunately we don’t have services that cater for the development of the youth but Department of Social Development is mostly in charge of that in all wards. All in all most key services are being delivered and we are happy about that.

Community comments: We do not have electric-ity so we are cold especially during this season. It is also dark outside at night and that increases chances of increase in crime. Roads are also not up to scratch as a result when heavy rains hit the area we see potholes like dams on the roads, and that makes it difficult for cars to drive around. What the municipality succeeds in doing is water; we have perfectly running taps here. –Nomonde Ngcayi

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Cllr. Tsetse Nomawethu Sylvia

Villages or suburbs: Tyabana, Sidutywini, Tsha-baqu, Mbuthweni, Mgadi, Tyindeni, Mxhaka, Mjikelweni, Mpatheni, Ndiki, Sidutyini, Ntwasha, Mission, Hili-Hili

Schools: Dingiswayo J.S.S, Ngcisinde J.S.S, No-banda J.S.S, Mweli J.S.S, Upper Nofotyo J.S.S.

General ward data: According to the Census of 2011 ward 16 is made up of 3521 males with 3919 females which then result in the whole community of 7440 people.

Education level: Only about 2, 9% people have no schooling, a whopping 39, 7% did not finish their primary edu-cation, 9, 4% finished primary, 38% of the residents of ward 16 did not finish secondary school. Only 6, 9% have matric while 3, 1% dared to dream and obtained a tertiary qualification. Employment level: Most of the people who are able to work are employed as the Census 2011 shows that 62, 9% of the residents are employed compared to the 37, 1% who are without a job.

Mnquma Local Municipality Draft Reviewed IDP 2010/2011: DRAFT MTRET CAPITAL BUD-GET 2010-2013:

Hilihili Access Road

Community comments: After many calls from Ikamva to Cllr Tsetse reached voicemail, we then contacted the municipality’s communication depart-ment who were also unable to help us get in contact with her. We couldn’t not reach her and we hope she reads this piece about her ward.

Community Views:

We have terrible roads here at our ward and our cars get damaged easily because there are no proper roads. even water we don’t have enough taps so our people are still struggling. The only thing that we have is electricity but most of the time we experience load shedding because of bad weather, and that occurs almost every day in winter. –Nkululeko Khave

Ward 16

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Biography of King Sabata Dalindyebo Born: 25 November 1928 - Died: 7 April 1986, Zambia In summary: King of the AbaThembu people.

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king Sabata Dalindyebo was born on 25 November 1928. his father died suddenly some five months earlier before marrying his official great Wife. he

was an infant when his father passed away, which resulted in his brother Jongintaba Dalindyebo acting as king. Jongintaba raised Nelson Mandela at the ‘great Place’ Mqhekezweni when his own father died in the 1920s.

Many years later, former Prime Minister of Transkei george Matanzima would say that old Mhlobo Matanzima had been instrumental in selecting Sabata as heir, but the truth of the matter seems to be that he was unanimously chosen by a national meeting of the Thembu people (Sep-tember 1929) because his mother outranked the three other wives of the late Jogilizwe.

After a stormy school career he was expelled at least once and never matriculated. Sabata faced up to his regent and guardian (Chief Dabulamanzi Dalindyebo) who re-fused to present him for circumcision. Backed once again by the full Thembu council, Sabata took the matter to court and forced the issue. he was duly circumcised, and on 30 June 1954, installed as Paramount Chief of the Thembu.

Almost immediately, Sabata and his advisers found themselves locked in conflict with kaiser D. Matanzima(k.D.) who, at that point, ranked no higher officially than senior chief of the St Marks District, (the present-day Cofimvaba). k.D. was, however rather older (thirteen years) and considerably better educated (he was a qualified attorney) than the young Paramount. Moreover, he had from a very early stage recognised the possibilities of the Bantu Authorities system, which the then Minister of Native Affairs, Dr hendrik Verwoerd, was busily setting up. Matanzima claimed to be Paramount Chief of 'emi-grant Thembuland', an administrative division set up in 1865 by the Colonial authorities on land confiscated from hostile Xhosa and given to Thembu collaborators. Fore-most among these was the first Matanzima, kaiser's great grandfather and truly the founder of a family tradition.

Sabata resisted kaiser's claims which cut back his own authority and divided the Thembu nation. however, the government Anthropologist upheld Matanzima’ claim , hardly surprising, since k.D. was a 'Progressive' chief while Sabata's secretary, Jackson Nkosiyane, was well known

as a vigorous opponent of the South African government and all its works, from tribal authorities to rehabilitation schemes.

In 1958, k.D. was recognised as chief of 'emigrant Them-buland', while Sabata was told that any further "imperti-nent letters" would result in his deposition. Nkosiyane and other "undesirable advisers" were banished. Sabata did not waver in the face of this dire example.

In 1961, he organised a meeting of some thousand chiefs and headmen to protest against rehabilitation. According to one historian, “in 1963 the engcobo and Umtata dis-tricts were said by police to be the most violent districts in the Transkei."

Sabata supported Victor Poto's Democratic Party against Matanzima in the 1963 elections to the Transkei Legisla-tive Assembly, and he stood by the opposition through Matanzima's successive electoral triumphs, through the defection of Tutor Ndamase (Poto's heir), and, finally, through the disintegration of the Democratic Party itself.

Initially, he refrained from open support of either hec-tor Ncokazi's radical Democrats or knowledge guzana's Parliamentarists. however, as the former gave way to repression and the latter to irrelevance, he increasingly allied himself with the radicals.

Sabata is reputed to be somewhat erratic in his personal habits ("his path is strewn with broken bottles" runs one line of his praises) and he had no intellectual pretensions. he preferred to leave most of the talking in the Legislative Assembly to his representative (and leading D.P. radical), Florence Mancotywa. Nevertheless, his moral authority was immense. Alone among his fellow-chiefs, he resisted the power and luxury which were his for the asking. Alone, he persevered in obstinate and implacable opposition to kaiser Matanzima and to the very conception of Transke-ian independence.

Alone in Transkei, he dared to say aloud what many oth-ers were thinking. Outside of Parliament, he was a power-ful and hard-hitting speaker. he called the Matanzima brothers “spies and good boys for the South African gov-ernment”. he called Transkei independence “settling for a fowl-run”. Furthermore cutting through the bland official rhetoric which no one in Transkei questions or believes,

he delivered the following analysis of k.D.’s well-publicised request (1976) for the release of Nelson Mandela: “They say to the government, ‘We want the world to know that we have asked for their release, but don’t release them’. If Mandela were brought to the Transkei, I am definitely sure nobody else will be voted for, whether as Prime Minister or as President”.

Transkei independence and the Transkei Security Act deprived Sabata of any protection but his high rank and popular respect. his election, in March 1979, as leader of the new Democratic Progressive Party (the rump of the old opposition added to Stella Sigcau’s essentially opportunistic eastern Mpondo breakaway) made him paradoxically more vulnerable. Leading his party in the non-confidence debate of that year, he said, “Let me say we have no confidence in the government and we feel insecure. We feel so unsafe that literally we feel we may be shot at any time”.

Insulated, perhaps, by the belief that kaiser, his cousin and ‘junior’ in traditional terms, would accord him due respect (later, in prison, he wrote to kaiser that their common ancestors had appeared to him in a dream and expressed their shock at his condition in that a king of the Thembu should be found in such a place), Sabata soldiered on. In June 1980 he told a party rally that “the Transkei President visited Pretoria at the insistence of the Boers and accepted independence on terms dictated by them, that the President had an abundance of the ne-cessities of life whilst his people had to live on excreta, and that the President maltreated his people”.

For this, and for a casual remark published by a reporter that the Transkei passport was a “useless piece of paper”, Sabata was arrested, towards the end of 1979, (by police and armoured cars) and indicted for subvert-ing the sovereignty of Parliament and the constitutional independence of Transkei, and for violating and injuring the dignity of the State President.

The First Wife of the late Thembu king Sabata Dalin-dyebo, NoMoscow Dalindyebo, a clan cousin of Nelson Mandela and mother of the Thembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, passed away in the Nelson Mandela hospi-tal in Mthatha on 14 June 2012.

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khanya Community Radio was granted its Broadcasting License in 1997 but started Broadcasting on the 28th November 2000. It is Broadcasting at NO59 Blyth Str in Butterworth. We broadcast mainly in Xhosa 24 hrs a day to Butterworth, Centane, Nqamakwe, Dutywa, Cofimvaba, Tsomo, Stutterheim, komga, elliotdale, komga, Ngcobo, kei Brigde etc.

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Who is Mbongeni Mthembu?

Mthembu is from ga-malakhe Township, Port Shepstone. This is where I was raised and studied,

from young age to Var-sity. I then went to a nearby college, where I did my N4 in busi-ness management. I then relocated to But-terworth and enrolled with Walter Sisulu Uni-versity and studied to-wards a National Diplo-ma in Management. Describe yourself three words

Loving, respectful and hyperactive.

What do you do at KCR FM?

I am a producer, I also co-host on Fast Morning Deal with Luyanda Mkatshana and host Saturday Party time and assist others needing ideas.What inspired you to do radio?

I loved radio in 2009; I listened to it a lot, re-

hearsed, and then decided to go to a near-by radio station. There I was my voice was not for radio, but convinced them that all I needed was training. Then last year July I came to the kCR FM, where they wel-comed and trained me.What is your favorite car?

I want to drive the latest gTI, probably not invented yet, and then Audi once mar-ried.We hear you are from Durban, why choose Butterworth?

I love exploring, I once went to Cape Town, but my parents decided I wasn’t matured enough to leave our province. So I googled found WSU and fell in love with their colors black and white, tracked them down and then all is history. Who is your Role Model and why?

I really do not have, I like to believe I am a fast learner, having been to theaters like Baxter in Cape Town for more than seven years , travelled to Cape Town and came back, I have struggled a lot, but have come out strong.What has KCR FM taught you?

First of all the staff has taught me a lot, starting from the programs manager to the presenters. They taught me how to operate the system, what to say on air and how to generate and present news.

Your biggest challenge at KCR FM?

Since I am a Zulu I find difficulties to understand Xhosa. Secondly, they have limited resources and I prefer advanced technology, but I understand that it’s a community radio station and most don’t have that luxury. Any social networks?

I’m available on twitter and facebook.Where do you see yourself in five years?

I see myself working for a big radio sta-tion especially behind the scene.Life in general?

Life is simple, do what you love and love what you do, and don’t do something to please someone but yourself, and net-work, you’ll never know. On a lighter note, the most stupid thing you ever did?

I was 12, went out for dinner, I didn’t care about the fork and knife and just took my meat and ate, there was everyone, and they were just staring at me.A word of encouragement and inspira-tion?

Believe in whatever you believe in, I believe in Christianity, it works for me, I do not only ask, I give thanks, be firm and strong in your beliefs.

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Career CornerLusanda Mangxamba. email:lusanda.mangxamba@gmail.com

Careers in the Defence Force

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A Butterworth businessman has been left on the lurch after the eastern Cape De-velopment Corporation (eCDC) evicted

and abandoned his bakery equipment worth R400 000 following disagreement on rent matters.

Malixole Ngabayena, founder of Butter-worth Bakery company, said he found his equipment on the street recently despite hav-ing been told by eCDC officials that his matter was being looked at.

he said the eviction of his equipment has left nine people without jobs on the bakery company he started in 2006. “This happened while my business was starting to grow with increasing demands of our products. My cli-ents are frustrating me now calling every now and again wanting the bread,” said Ngabay-ena.

Ngabayena said his bread which was baked on daily basis was supplied to Butterworth hospital and some outlets in Butterworth, Dutywa and Willowvale.

he said he went to police station to report damage of his equipment by eCDC. “Police ad-vised me that this is a civil matter and cannot immediately help me. My lawyer has already sent a letter informing them of the profit I am loosing because of their uncalled conduct,” said Ngabayena.

eCDC spokesperson Nopasika Mxunyelwa said eCDC does not have a lease agreement with Ngabayena. “eCDCs tenant is Philadel-phia Student Lodge. Legal action was under-taken against Philadelphia for contravention of the lease agreement which included the subletting of the property as well as for out-standing rent,” said Mxunyelwa.

IF you are interested in being a soldier, serv-ing South Africa in conflict situations, then the army is the career for you. If you remem-ber, a few months ago we all heard on the radio/tv/newspaper that a number of South African soldiers had been killed in Central Africa Republic while on a mission. Well, they were deployed to CAR as party of the army. If you are also interested in that line of work, then you must apply to the Department of Defence. People looking for jobs in the army do so through the Department of Defence. Careers in Defence are the following fields:

1. Army2. Air force3. Navy4. Military ServiceThis week I will focus on the Army, and

will cover the other disciplines over the next couple of months.

The role of the army is to provide combat ready forces. Once you apply to the army and your application is successful, you will be put through a training program. This program is called the Military Skills Development Sys-tem (MSDS in short) programme. This is a two year voluntary service system and its main aim is to increase the deployment ca-pability of the army. Recruits are required to be on the programme for a period of two years. During this time they will receive mili-tary training, and further functional training in their first year of service. In the 2nd year of service, they will be deployed where they are needed. During the deployment, they will be able to apply some of the knowledge they have learnt in the first year of training and further develop their skills.

This MSDS programme serves as an in-

troduction to the military way of life for all members who are joining the SA Army for the first time. Towards the end of the second year, members can be offered the opportu-nity for further servicein the SA Army or be required to serve in the SA Army Reserve Force. The opportunity for further service will depend on the member’s performance over the two year MSDS training programme, the availability of posts in the relevant func-tional field and whether a member has been recommended for further service depend-ing on the organisational needs. Members not recommended for, or who do not wish to continue serving in the Regular Force, will be required to serve in the Reserve Force after the completion of the initial two-year period. This entails 30 days service per annum over a five- year period.

Entry requirements for applicants:

South African citizen•

Age between 18 and 22 (Graduates up to the age of 26)•

Currently busy with the National Senior Certificate (GR12) or •completed

Not area bound•

No record of a criminal offence•

Preferably single•

Comply with medical fitness requirements for appointment in •the SANDF

Be prepared to Basic Military Training, Functional Training and to •serve in uniform

Applications are divided into 3 groups:

Applicants in possession of a recognized University Degree/ 3 1. -year Diploma (MSDS Graduates) – the nature of the degree will be assessed against the need of the army for those skills.

Applicants with above average school grades and leadership 2. potential (MSDS Applicants) – these applicants will be ear-marked for training that will focus on developing their leadership potential.

Applicants with Grade 12 (MSDS Applicants) – applicants will be 3. screened according to their CV, sporting capability. The applicant will also be assessed on their determination to join the army.

Forms are available on the South Africa Defence force website: www.careers.mil.za. Wishing you the best if this is your career choice. As always please don’t hesitate to email me should you require further information: Lusanda.mangxamba@gmail.com

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Asijabuleni Ways to propose love biblically:

BOY: Do u have a boyfriend?gIRL: Nope, I don’t have one.BOY: gen 2:18 The Lord god said,

It is not good for a man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

gIRL: But I don’t love you.BOY: 1 John 4:8 whoever does not

love does not know god, because god is love.”

gIRL: & how do I know you mean those words.

BOY: Matthew 12:34 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

gIRL: But how can I be sure that you’re loyal & honest?

BOY: Mark 13:31 “heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

gIRL: But why me? There are a lot of girls out there.

BOY: Proverbs 31:29 “Many wom-en do noble things, but you surpass them all.”

gIRL: But what is in me that you like?

BOY: Song of Solomon 4:7 “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”

gIRL: But I’m not all that beautiful, u’re exaggerating.

BOY: Proverbs 31:30 “Charm is de-ceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”

gIRL: What happens if I say yes?BOY: genesis 2:24 “Therefore man

shall leave his father and his mother & hold fast to his wife, & they shall become one flesh.”

gIRL: how come you know the scriptures this much

BOY: Joshua 1:8 “This book of the Law shall not depart from your

mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and you

will have good success.”gIRL: wooow, I can see u really

love god.BOY: Psalm 34:8 “Oh, taste and see

that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

gIRL: mmm. Ok please give me time to think about it.

BOY: Philippians 4:8 “Finally brethren, whatever is true, what-ever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

gIRL: oww I love you alreadyBOY: Revelation 22:21”Amen!!

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Umasipala wase Mnquma ngese-be lwenkqubo zophluhliso luthe wazeka mzekweni kubantu bom-zantsi Afrika nehlabathi lubhiyo-zela umhla wozalwa katata Nelson Rhilihlahla Mandela unikezele ngo-kutya nengubo kwintsapho kwilali yakuMkhiva komkhulu kunye nase Meruliussa.

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UMatiwane lo uhlala kulomzi urhola inkam nkam athi ajonge abazululwana nabebengekho ngale mini beye esikolweni. “Ndibulela uThixo ngalo mhla, ndibulela no-tata uMandela ngale mini kuba

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One odd evening“You will lose the job and it will be then advertised.” The principal told her. “Losing the job,…but you said I should sleep with you to get it, which I did.” Lydia quietly asked him.

“I want a secret love affair with you where no one, including your husband and colleagues, would ever know.” The principal told her.

“What do you mean, a secret love affair.” asked Lydia. “I mean it.” The principal said. The young Life Sci-ences teacher finally agreed in what looked like a satisfactory response to the principal.

The secretive love affair continued. At some times, Lydia would be the last of her colleagues, to leave school. her colleagues wondered what she was doing with the principal. When her husband asked about this, she told him it was because of strenuous work at the school.

One evening, while cooking the supper for the family, the principal phoned and said he wanted to see her that evening. Lydia quickly told her husband that the principal would come and fetch her for some hours. “We’re preparing for mid-year exami-nations so we need to group the work together this evening.” Vuyo agreed and the principal arrived. Lydia came out and they drove off together to the principal’s rented home.

She came back after three hours and found Vuyo sleeping. The supper that she was cooking had not been finished. She asked if Vuyo would be able to eat at that time of the evening. Vuyo said he would not, so they went to bed.

One day while chatting to one of her colleagues Nosipho, Lydia asked if she could be offered advice. “What ad-vice?” Asked Nosipho who has been at the school for seventeen years. Lydia told her she was having an affair with the principal and she wanted to finish it. “I got this job because I slept with him. he said it would be done once,

but now he doesn’t want to stop it. Shocked, Nosipho asked why Lydia agreed to that. “I was worried about the job. The principal told me I will lose this job if I don’t agree.” Nosipho, still shocked, asked Lydia to choose between opening a case with the po-lice or a transfer to another school.

Lydia said a transfer was going to be her option. In that afternoon she went to the district office and fortu-nately the circuit manager, collaborat-ing with the district head, agreed she could be transferred to a school also in the zoning area. Lydia told the prin-cipal she had been transferred to an-other school. “Why didn’t you tell me from the beginning?” This question could no longer bother Lydia. She left the principal’s office to tell Nosipho and other colleagues that this was her last day at the school of two years.

Lydia also told her husband about the news. Vuyo was impressed with this, knowing, at least, she would be separated from the principal whom he only slept once with his beautiful wife. The school that Lydia was trans-ferred to was bit far and that meant she should rent a house.

Lydia found the house to rent. Be-cause of his love for his wife, Vuyo said the rent was going to be his re-sponsibility. Their first born child, Mxolisi, was schooling at the nearby school from Lydia’s and was now stay-ing with her mother. Vuyo was staying with their last born at the time, Sikho, who was at primary school. he trav-elled frequently on weekends with Sikho, to see his wife and son.

One afternoon while going for a shopping with Mxolisi, Lydia met her neighbour Sibusiso, a lawyer in Mthatha. Sibusiso, a married husband of three children, introduced himself. “how come you don’t know me while I have known you ever since you came to the area? I live in house number 27 while you are at 21.” hearing that he

This is the concluding version of the short story I recently wrote as novice writer under the guidance of the experienced storyteller, Eileen Molver from KwaZulu Natal’s Learning Group. In the past two editions I shared with you how a teacher battling to cope at her family because she agreed to sleep with the school’s principal in order to get post.

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was speaking the truth, Lydia apologised for overlooking her neighbour. “I am sorry. This might be because I am still new in this area” she told Sibusiso. “And I also knew you are living with your son.” The lawyer told her. Lydia then left with Mxolisi and Sibusiso went home.

When Sibusiso arrived at his home, Lydia’s imagination refused to fade from him. he then thought, on that evening, to visit her. he went on to knock at her house and Lydia opened the door. “I am so bored in my house and I thought of visiting you since you are the only one I have spoken to here ever since my arrival six years ago.” Lydia opened the door. She was already about to go to bed.. “But I think it would be appropriate to speak at this time.” she told him. Mxolisi was already asleep. “Are you married?” Asked the Mthatha’s seasoned lawyer.

“Of course yes. Why are you asking?” Lydia asked.

“I just felt I could know you more. No other thing.” Lydia asked if the lawyer could leave her as she wanted to sleep. The lawyer asked if she could give him his contacts for a mobile telephone. Lydia gave them, as she wanted him to go so that she could sleep.

The next evening, Sibusiso called Lydia and asked if he could come to visit her. Lydia agreed. It was on Thursday evening and they chatted until it was late. Lydia asked Sibusiso, if he should leave early the next morning. Sibusiso agreed. They then

slept and Sibusiso left in the early morn-ing. Now the love affair between Sibusiso and Lydia continued without the knowl-edge of Vuyo.

One odd Tuesday while Vuyo went to a farming event held in Lusikisiki, he decid-ed to sleep over at Lydia’s rented house. It was late at night and to his shock he found his wife naked sleeping on a couch in the dining room. Vuyo could not say any word. he took Mxolisi to his car and left. They ar-rived home and went to fetch Sikho from the neighbourhood.

The coming weekend Lydia was afraid to go home. She decided to stay alone in the rented room, without Mxolisi and ‘hubby’. She called Sibusiso that Friday evening and went to sleep at his house. She stayed the whole weekend. On Sunday afternoon, Vuyo arrived with Mxolisi for schooling the next day. Vuyo bought two take away foods for Mxolisi and Lydia. In Lydia’s take away, he poured some substance, which was an injection known for curing sick-ness on horses.

Lydia did not notice as she was in the bathroom. When Lydia came back, Vuyo gave it to her saying he felt they could not cook that evening. he then left them. Few hours after he left, Mxolisi rang describing that Lydia was in bad state vomiting exces-sively. Vuyo called the ambulance and on arrival. health workers pronounced Lydia dead and she was taken to a morgue. Vuyo then arranged the funeral.The eND

reportiNg by Zusiphe Mtirara aND aNDa NqoNji.

Mnquma Local Municipality mayor Bhabha ganjana officially opened qombolo Senior Secondary together with the school’s principal Nomabali Dofi in the area on July 25.

Speaking at the ceremony, ganjana encouraged parents to choose the right schools for their children and the students to work even harder on their studies saying that is the only thing that can help better their future.

Dofi expressed her extended grati-tude to the department of education for helping her to give children from qombolo a better school. “I am so thankful to the department of educa-

tion for building us such a beautiful school; I will never forget your sup-port,” said Dofi.

Meanwhile Isolomzi Senior Second-ary School also officially launched its first computer laboratory worth R230 000 at an event held at Ngcizela Location in Centane on July 25.

Isolomzi principal Sizo Butshingi,said: “The computers were sponsored by the national depart-ment of education, to help improve learning conditions for our students.”

National department of educa-tion’s Luthando Ngcebetsha said. “It’s important that we incorporate technology on our education, because if not there is no future. We expect to see a change on the student’s perfor-mance.”

Centane schools opened Qombolo Senior Secondary School principal Nomabali Dofi with Mnquma Local Munici-pal Bhabha Ganjana. Picture: Zusiphe Mtirara

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eastern Cape police commissioner Lt gen Celiwe Binta has praised two policewomen from the prov-

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The tournament, to be held from August 13 to 15, is held under the aus-

Constable Portia Njotini who has been selected to play for SAPS Ladies National Soccer team

pices of Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-Operation Organisation (SAR-PCCO). The tournament features various sporting codes that include netball and athletics.

The regional competition is held ev-ery two years and police officers from 15 member countries participate. These include police officers from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauri-tius and Seychelles.

Binta said the two constables were good examples to other policewomen. “Physical fitness is vital when conducting police duties. I urge other policewomen to follow suit by leading a healthy life-style,” said Binta.

“good luck to Constable Mambu and Njotini and may they represent our prov-ince and country well in Nambia,” said Binta to her enthusiasm.

Njotini said she was excited to repre-sent her country and hopes the whole na-

tion will be cheering for their team. “This selection into the national team

has made me even more popular in my community. I am now a role model and I to use that to inspire the youth to work hard in striving to achieve their ambi-tions,” said Njotini.

Mambu said they hoped to come back with a trophy. “It is a privilege to repre-sent my country. I must say that I am very proud of myself and my team mates. We don’t want to disappoint our country and coming back with a gold medal will be the best reward ever,” said Mambu.

Trials for selection into the SAPS La-dies National Soccer team were held in June this year.

Mambu and Njotini have previously been awarded with a number of acco-lades in soccer. Last year Mambu and her teammates in the Port elizabeth women’s soccer team received a silver medal dur-ing the Old Mutual Tournament.