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INSIDE: SEWAGE LEAK RAISES A STINK IN MLUNGISI- PAGE 2<br />
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Water cuts set<br />
to escalate<br />
TAPS RUNNING DRY: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong><br />
senior reporter Andisa Bonani<br />
shows how water is becoming an<br />
increasingly scarce commodity in<br />
the area Picture: CHUX FOURIE<br />
SONJA RAASCH<br />
W<br />
ATER cuts are set to be<br />
a constant in the lives<br />
of residents living in<br />
the Enoch Mgijima<br />
Local Municipality area for the<br />
foreseeable future.<br />
Residents raised concerns over<br />
constant water cuts and low or<br />
non-existing pressure in pipes over the<br />
past weekend, prompting queries by<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> to the water services provider<br />
– the Chris Hani District Municipality<br />
(CHDM) – this week.<br />
CHDM spokeswoman Thobeka<br />
Mqamelo said in addition to the<br />
drought and resultant water shortages<br />
plaguing the area, the heatwave<br />
experienced had resulted in an<br />
increase in water use.<br />
This impacted on the levels of the<br />
reservoirs as, due to the increased<br />
demand, there was no time for<br />
reservoirs to recoup to satisfactory<br />
levels .<br />
“Our supply reservoirs would hover at<br />
5% during high demand. At intervals we<br />
must, therefore, allow for sufficient<br />
pumping time to different reservoirs –<br />
this prompting alternate closing and<br />
opening of valves.<br />
“We must take into account the fact<br />
that CHDM must keep a balance to<br />
ensure that areas of Sada, Dongwe and<br />
Whittlesea are also supplied from the<br />
same source.”<br />
Mqamelo said to ensure distribution<br />
of water to all areas, water was pumped<br />
to each reservoir per area for about<br />
eight hours to ensure that all<br />
households were serviced.<br />
“As soon as we stop pumping the<br />
lower areas continue getting water as it<br />
gravitates until the lines are exhausted.”<br />
She said high-lying areas such as Top<br />
Town, Magxaki and Bhekela were the<br />
most affected as lines feeding the areas<br />
were only fully charged during pumping<br />
with no advantage of gravitation.<br />
Water in Ezibeleni was being closed<br />
from 11am to 3pm to allow for water<br />
supply to Zone D and Unathi Mkefa<br />
areas.<br />
“Should we not effect this, the said<br />
areas would forever remain without<br />
wat e r. ”<br />
She said next month being December<br />
was the most demanding period of the<br />
year in terms of water use and<br />
impromptu measures to sustain the<br />
water supply could not be ruled out.<br />
Communities would be updated as it<br />
happened.<br />
Mqamelo said while there were<br />
challenges relating to non-performance<br />
in finalising the elements of the current<br />
phase of the Xonxa Dam water supply,<br />
finalisation of the project was planned<br />
for next month.<br />
“We have requested the contractor to<br />
strive towards meeting the set time<br />
frame. Anything contrary will be<br />
reported through updates.”<br />
EMLM battles to draw<br />
up and enforce by-laws<br />
SONJA RAASCH<br />
THE Enoch Mgijima Local<br />
Municipality is reviewing all<br />
by-laws pertaining to the area<br />
under its jurisdiction.<br />
<strong>The</strong> area has been beset by<br />
problems relating to the lack of<br />
enforcement of by-laws which are<br />
put into place by local authorities<br />
to allow the regulation of<br />
communities.<br />
Over the past few months, <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Rep</strong> has reported on various issues<br />
which are impacted upon by the<br />
lack of regulation.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se issues have included:<br />
illegal dumping; stray livestock in<br />
the town and on surrounding<br />
roads; hawking and street vending;<br />
stray dogs and licensing of dogs in<br />
Komani and other towns and<br />
regulation of cemeteries in areas<br />
falling under EMLM.<br />
<strong>The</strong> former Lukhanji Municipality<br />
had by-laws in place, but following<br />
the amalgamation of the Tsolwana,<br />
Lukhanji and Inkwanca<br />
Municipalities, they were no longer<br />
being enforced.<br />
Following a complaint about<br />
informal trading in vehicles from<br />
pavements in Komani, Border-Kei<br />
Chamber of Business chairwoman<br />
Adre Bartis said there were “quite a<br />
number” of these and other<br />
businesses operating on<br />
p av e m e n t s .<br />
“We also have some of the<br />
smaller shops taking out goods<br />
and selling them on the pavements<br />
as if they were part of the hawkers<br />
in town, escalating the problem.”<br />
She said the main issue of illegal<br />
hawking, with car sales forming<br />
part of this, was that EMLM had<br />
indicated that it did not have<br />
by - l aw s .<br />
Bartis said EMLM had to amend<br />
the earlier by-laws and implement<br />
these.<br />
“Business owners are also having<br />
issues with taxis parking in front of<br />
their premises, making it difficult<br />
for their own customers to find<br />
parking. This is also due to the taxi<br />
by-law not being implemented. We<br />
can not have a municipality that<br />
has been in existence for a year<br />
now and (is) still deemed lawless<br />
due to a lack of by-laws.<br />
“I urge the council to look into<br />
this matter and to make sure we<br />
set things in place to get our<br />
municipality to work as it should.”<br />
EMLM spokesman Fundile<br />
Feketshane said the public safety<br />
and community services<br />
directorates were “making some<br />
st rides” in “arresting such<br />
n e g at i v e s ” in the municipality’s<br />
area.<br />
Existing by-laws had been<br />
transferred from the former<br />
municipalities to the new EMLM<br />
entit y.<br />
“It is therefore imperative that we<br />
review these to talk to the current<br />
environment and be compliant to<br />
l e g i s l at i o n . ”<br />
Feketshane said communities<br />
were to be consulted to ensure that<br />
everyone was given an opportunity<br />
to make comments and to give<br />
input so that council approved<br />
by-laws which had been subjected<br />
to public scrutiny.<br />
“In the meantime, our public<br />
safety [directorate] is exploring<br />
ways and means of dealing with<br />
the matter, so there is no one who<br />
will be trampling on the others’<br />
rights,” he said.<br />
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Highway community lose case<br />
SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
MEMBERS of the Ezibeleni community<br />
who allegedly illegally occupied land in<br />
Ezibeleni known as Highway, lost their<br />
case in the Grahamstown High Court on<br />
October 19.<br />
<strong>The</strong> interim interdict which prevented<br />
further occupation of the land thus<br />
became final.<br />
<strong>The</strong> land in question includes erven<br />
2020, 3774 and 2049 in Ezibeleni and<br />
Erf 163 in Komani.<br />
Highway legal representative S Modi<br />
Attorneys director Sithembele Modi did<br />
not appear at the high court on October<br />
19.<br />
EFF councillor Luthando Amos said<br />
the party had been shocked by Modi’s<br />
absence. “<strong>The</strong> EFF committed itself to<br />
pay all legal costs. It was a surprise that<br />
Threat of action against EMLM looms<br />
he did not submit any of the papers that<br />
were supposed to be filed.”<br />
He said the EFF was “processing the<br />
mat ter” with its legal representatives to<br />
continue with the case. A meeting<br />
would also be held with the Highway<br />
communit y.<br />
Modi said he could not comment on<br />
the case, as he had withdrawn his<br />
services as a representative of the<br />
community of Highway.<br />
“I had met with the people of<br />
Ezibeleni and withdrew my services<br />
before they went to court and that is all<br />
I can say concerning the case.”<br />
Highway committee member<br />
Phumlani Cetyiwe said the High Court<br />
outcome did not implicate them.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> heading of the interdict says all<br />
people attempting to occupy land. Our<br />
advocates had a briefing with us in<br />
Grahamstown and informed us that this<br />
meant people attempting to occupy the<br />
land.<br />
“We are already occupying the land<br />
so this does not apply to us. <strong>The</strong><br />
municipality must get an interdict that<br />
says people who are already occupying<br />
the land if they want that.”<br />
Cetyiwe said they had evidence that<br />
the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality<br />
(EMLM) had no council resolution for an<br />
interdict to be used to evacuate<br />
members of the Highway community.<br />
Sewage puddle outrage<br />
ANDISA BONANI<br />
ENKULULEKWENI ward 16<br />
residents are faced with a<br />
puddle of stinking sewage in<br />
their midst.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sewage is believed to<br />
be emanating from a leak in<br />
an underground septic tank.<br />
Ward councillor Bulelwa<br />
Rani said the problem first<br />
occurred in June and was<br />
reported to Chris Hani District<br />
Municipalit y’s technical<br />
services department.<br />
“I sent pictures to a<br />
municipal representative and<br />
technical services personnel<br />
came and sucked up the liquid<br />
and graded the streets. <strong>The</strong><br />
same thing has happened<br />
again and the municipality<br />
came to the area and took<br />
pictures. We are still waiting<br />
for something to be done.”<br />
Resident Siphokazi Wana<br />
said the pool of sewage lay in<br />
the road in front of her house.<br />
“Every day we wake to the<br />
GROSS STENCH: A dog drinking from a pool of sewage liquid<br />
resulting from a burst sewerage tank in Enkululekweni<br />
Picture: ANDISA BONANI<br />
disgusting smell. We walk<br />
past this puddle and<br />
sometimes children play in it,<br />
which is a huge problem for<br />
parents. Dogs also drink from<br />
it and they have become sick<br />
as a result.”<br />
Residents had decided to<br />
barricade the street to prevent<br />
cars from passing through as<br />
vehicles were splashing the<br />
s e wa g e .<br />
Nomaliviwe Conana, the<br />
mother of a toddler, said many<br />
children had developed rashes<br />
believed to be related to the<br />
pollution.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> visited the area and<br />
found a dog drinking from the<br />
puddle.<br />
Rani said Enkululekweni<br />
was ridden with bad sewerage<br />
infrastructure, with regular<br />
complaints about burst pipes.<br />
CHDM spokeswoman<br />
Thobeka Mqamelo said, “Our<br />
team is on site to attend to the<br />
blockage. <strong>The</strong> affected area<br />
will be treated with chemicals<br />
to contain the stench.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> area was plagued by<br />
constant blockages which<br />
were attended to as they were<br />
repor ted.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> recurrence is attributed<br />
to a storm water drainage<br />
system that needs attention.<br />
We are interacting with Enoch<br />
Mgijima in this regard to<br />
ensure resolution of the<br />
mat ter,” Mqamelo said.<br />
“We are going to open a case against<br />
the municipality for illegally<br />
demolishing 35 informal settlements<br />
without any order or evacuation being<br />
given by the court.”<br />
He said EMLM executive mayor<br />
Lindiwe Gunuza-Nkwentsha had not met<br />
with the community. <strong>The</strong> community<br />
would also not comment on why Modi<br />
had not appeared in court.<br />
Megan de Wet of Bowes McDougall<br />
Incorporated, which represented EMLM<br />
in court, said the court order was in full<br />
e f fe c t .<br />
“<strong>The</strong> result of the order of court is<br />
that the interim interdict granted on<br />
July 25 is now final and absolute. Any<br />
further occupation of land is unlawful.<br />
<strong>The</strong> SAPS have the authority to give<br />
effect to the order and the municipality<br />
may take legal steps against the<br />
unlawful occupiers.<br />
“We were successful in our case due<br />
to proper preparation and having<br />
applied the law appropriately. <strong>The</strong><br />
respondents did not have a defence to<br />
oppose the application, nor did they file<br />
their opposing affidavits which were<br />
due on September 4.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> High Court ruling indicated that<br />
Modi, who filed a notice of withdrawal<br />
on October 18, should indicate in an<br />
affidavit on or before <strong>November</strong> 2, why<br />
an order of costs should not be issued<br />
against him for the reserved costs of<br />
August 15 and the October 19 costs. <strong>The</strong><br />
applicant was given until <strong>November</strong> 9<br />
to file its replying affidavit.<br />
PROUD ACHIEVEMENT: Portfolio head of health and community services at<br />
the Chris Hani District Municipality Noncedo September-Caba with the<br />
awards for the implementation of extended public works programmes at<br />
the Kamoso Awards ceremony in Grahamstown Picture: SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
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RED Guard response<br />
officers removed a man,<br />
believed to have been<br />
under the influence of<br />
liquor and who was<br />
threatening staff with a<br />
knife, from a bank in<br />
the Komani CBD last<br />
We d n e s d ay.<br />
Red Guard operations<br />
manager Willie<br />
Reynecke said on the<br />
same day, a man who<br />
had tried to buy goods<br />
with a fake R<strong>10</strong>0 note,<br />
was apprehended at a<br />
Komani store and<br />
handed over to the<br />
police.<br />
Officers, reacting to<br />
an alarm at a local<br />
business, apprehended<br />
two suspects who<br />
allegedly tried to break<br />
in through the roof. <strong>The</strong><br />
owner declined to open<br />
a case and the suspects<br />
were released.<br />
Officers, attending to<br />
an alarm at a Cacadu<br />
home, chased two<br />
suspects but were<br />
unable to apprehend<br />
them. <strong>The</strong>y recovered<br />
household goods which<br />
was handed back to the<br />
o w n e r.<br />
At the weekend, the<br />
officers attended to 18<br />
panic signals at liquor<br />
premises where they<br />
had to remove patrons<br />
who were causing<br />
problems. – <strong>Rep</strong><br />
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SONJA RAASCH<br />
THE Chris Hani District<br />
Municipality has indicated that it is<br />
battling continuous theft and<br />
vandalism at its Waste Water<br />
Treatment Works, particularly at<br />
the main pump station outside<br />
town on the road to Whittlesea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> received complaints<br />
from residents in the area that the<br />
foul stench coming from the<br />
sewerage works was making it<br />
unpleasant to live nearby.<br />
In her response this week,<br />
spokesman Thobeka Mqamelo said<br />
the theft and vandalism were<br />
<br />
affecting the optimal functioning<br />
of the plant.<br />
She said cables, inlet valves,<br />
cross conveyors, floats and covers<br />
were targeted by vandals. A<br />
contractor had been secured to<br />
replace the missing parts and<br />
monitoring of the line was in<br />
progress to detect the impact of<br />
the theft and vandalism.<br />
“Areas where a spillage has<br />
been evident are being treated to<br />
contain the stench. We are treating<br />
this as an emergency.“<br />
<strong>The</strong> number of security officers<br />
would also be increased to ensure<br />
the site was under guard.<br />
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CROWNED<br />
ONCE<br />
AGAIN:<br />
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Ya n e l i s a<br />
B o k ve l d<br />
has been<br />
c r ow n e d<br />
as Miss<br />
TUT<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-18 in<br />
Pretoria<br />
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Komani’s own<br />
Ya n e l i s a<br />
crowned as<br />
Miss TUT <strong>2017</strong><br />
SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
MISS Queenstown <strong>2017</strong> and Tshwane<br />
University of Technology (TUT) student<br />
Yanelisa Bokveld has been crowned Miss<br />
TUT <strong>2017</strong>-18 in Pretoria.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hospitality student is no stranger to<br />
the ramp and participated in the Miss Teen<br />
Commonwealth South Africa earlier this year.<br />
She has been announced as the<br />
ambassador of the Miss TUT pageant <strong>2017</strong>-18.<br />
“A part of me still does not believe it. It is an<br />
amazing feeling, but I am honoured.”<br />
Bokveld said 20 contestants competed for the<br />
title.<br />
She said the participants had to do<br />
presentations and activities for Heritage Day,<br />
all within a short period of time, which was<br />
st ressful.<br />
“This journey encourages independence. I<br />
am grateful to be given such a platform to<br />
inspire and empower and I pray that by the<br />
end of my reign I will look back and feel<br />
proud about what I have done for<br />
individuals and the institution at large.”<br />
Her favourite moments during the<br />
pageant were the bonding sessions as<br />
she enjoys interacting with people.<br />
Bokveld said she was hoping to try<br />
out for Miss South Africa.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> pageant world is not an easy<br />
one, but it gives you a platform to<br />
touch lives and a positive manner.<br />
“Do not ever compare yourself<br />
with anyone else because it is<br />
your uniqueness that captures<br />
the attention of the judges.”<br />
Halt to Ezibeleni<br />
family’s eviction<br />
ANDISA BONANI<br />
AN EZIBELENI family of six was<br />
saved from eviction from an RDP<br />
house at the last minute this week.<br />
<strong>The</strong> family has been renting the<br />
home from someone, believed not<br />
to be the real owner, since June<br />
last year.<br />
Amanda Mkile, who lives in the<br />
house with her parents and three<br />
siblings, said the woman from<br />
whom they rent the house told the<br />
family to move out in August.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mkile family had been<br />
struggling to afford the R500 rent.<br />
Instead, they were told to move<br />
to another house where the rental<br />
would be R650 per month.<br />
“My parents refused to move to<br />
the other house as we can not<br />
afford it. Ward councillor<br />
Mzikabawo Ngesi told us he had<br />
called people from the municipality<br />
to find out who the real owner of<br />
the house was.”<br />
Mkile said they were told by<br />
Ngesi that they could not continue<br />
to live in the house with their<br />
elderly parents as there was no<br />
electricity. He offered to find them<br />
an alternative place to stay and to<br />
help them move.<br />
But, Mkile said, the woman from<br />
whom they were renting, said<br />
Ngesi had agreed that they should<br />
be evicted – a claim which Ngesi<br />
has denied, saying that he had<br />
instead told the family to ensure<br />
they paid for service charges.<br />
When <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> arrived on the<br />
scene, the family’s belongings had<br />
WE WILL NOT MOVE: Senior citizen Nunuse Mlale sits in the house he is<br />
renting with his family in Ezibeleni<br />
Picture: SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
been moved back into the house<br />
with the help of EFF councillor<br />
Luthando Amos.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reporter could not identify<br />
the actual person to whom rent<br />
was being paid as there was a<br />
group of women who would not<br />
give their names.<br />
Amos said he was doing his<br />
regular rounds a while back when<br />
he saw a house using candlelight<br />
and decided to find out what was<br />
happening since other houses had<br />
p o w e r.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> family told me they were<br />
renting but did not have electricity,<br />
so I went to the municipality to<br />
enquire about the owner of the<br />
house after I heard rumours that it<br />
belonged to someone currently<br />
based in Cape Town.”<br />
Mkile said they were awaiting<br />
feedback from Amos who said he<br />
would try to facilitate a meeting<br />
with the owner once he found out<br />
who it was. Human Settlements<br />
manager Liseka Bam had also<br />
allegedly visited the home but<br />
could not be reached for comment<br />
at the time of going to press.
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DORDRECHT – <strong>The</strong> Dordrecht<br />
Stichting from the Netherlands<br />
spent a week in Dordrecht SA.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are an establishment<br />
from Dordrecht, Holland, that<br />
twin with Dordrecht SA. Three<br />
of the members – Jan Jansen,<br />
Sonja van Oeveren and Merlijn<br />
Timmers – left for SA on<br />
October 30.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir visit this time was<br />
more to make sustainable<br />
agreements with their<br />
counterparts, other than visit<br />
their projects in Dordrecht. <strong>The</strong><br />
members met with Nelly van<br />
Rooyen of the ACVV. <strong>The</strong><br />
Woolwash farm has started a<br />
garden project. Seeds have<br />
been distributed to 500<br />
families in Dordrecht to grow<br />
their own gardens.<br />
Another successful training<br />
session was given to the<br />
“garden commission”. <strong>The</strong><br />
Dordrecht Stichting is<br />
donating a further R13000<br />
with regard to water.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se funds will be used at<br />
the education centres to teach<br />
children the value of hygiene,<br />
washing their hands etc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> members visited the<br />
schools to encourage a letter<br />
exchange project between<br />
pupils of Dordrecht SA and the<br />
Netherlands.<br />
A field band has been<br />
established with donated<br />
inst ruments. <strong>The</strong> band has<br />
been practising and will be<br />
performing at the Dordrecht<br />
Festival on <strong>November</strong> 25.<br />
Mattresses and blankets have<br />
been donated to the Dordrecht<br />
Old Age Home, Nerinahof.<br />
A workshop has been<br />
renovated at the old station<br />
and entrepreneurs are<br />
encouraged to be mentored.<br />
A Dordrecht multimedia<br />
business project has been<br />
established and run by<br />
Ntsikelelo Speelman and<br />
Mvuyisi Mbebe with the help<br />
STUT TERHEIM – <strong>The</strong> Stutt<br />
Ladies Golf Open was held at<br />
the Stutterheim Country Club<br />
on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> event started<br />
in slightly drizzly conditions<br />
which then let up and only<br />
started drizzling again after<br />
they had finished. <strong>The</strong><br />
tournament was won by<br />
Debbie Lacey on 40 Stableford<br />
points on a count out from<br />
Karen Hart. Third was Tracey<br />
<strong>The</strong>sen on 39 points. Lizaan<br />
Esterhuizen came fourth on 38<br />
points followed by Elaine<br />
Walker on 37. Elze Nel was the<br />
first Stutt lady in. She finished<br />
in sixth place on 36 points.<br />
Nearest the pin on the<br />
third/12th was Hermien Jones<br />
and on the ninth/18th it was<br />
Tracey <strong>The</strong>sen.<br />
THE Stutterheim Country<br />
Club Men’s Hockey team<br />
held their awards evening<br />
at the club on Friday. Player<br />
of the year was awarded to<br />
Stephen de Kock. <strong>The</strong><br />
award for scoring the most<br />
goals went to Brandon<br />
Hartley and Leonard<br />
Potgieter was awarded<br />
most improved player.<br />
STUTTERHEIM parkrun<br />
TA R K A STA D – Wanda Lounge in<br />
Zola held their first successful "Mid<br />
Week Chillas" event on Wednesday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 1, with Band of Kura from<br />
Cradock providing jazz music to the<br />
audience. <strong>The</strong> organisers hope to<br />
make this a regular event, with<br />
WELCOME: Sonja van Oeveren, Jan Jansen and Merlijn Timmers from the ‘Dordrecht<br />
Stichting Holland’, with Ntsikelelo Speelman of the Dordrecht Multi Media Centre<br />
of the Dordrecht Stichting.<br />
Timmers has been training<br />
volunteers at the media<br />
cent re.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y offer services like the<br />
internet, photocopies,<br />
laminating, photography and<br />
celebrated its third birthday<br />
on Saturday. 72 athletes<br />
completed Event #158 in<br />
warm, dry conditions, a far<br />
cry from the first event<br />
held in 2014 when it was<br />
cold and pouring with rain.<br />
<strong>The</strong> morning was festive<br />
with many visitors from out<br />
of town who were at the<br />
are sending a monthly<br />
newsletter to Dordrecht<br />
Stichting. <strong>The</strong>y hope to receive<br />
advertising from local<br />
businesses in Dordrecht.<br />
Timmers is the coordinator<br />
between Dordrecht in the<br />
first event coming to<br />
celebrate. <strong>The</strong>re was cake<br />
(donated by SPAR) and<br />
champagne (donated by<br />
Big Daddy’s) for those who<br />
took part. Thank you to<br />
everyone who has been<br />
part of this journey. Special<br />
thanks go to Stutterheim<br />
Country Club for allowing<br />
variety in activities provided<br />
through having poetry nights,<br />
sports nights, live music and much<br />
more in future.<br />
SPARROWS will host an<br />
Asset-Based Community-driven<br />
Development training event<br />
WELL DONE:<br />
Robbie Blaine of<br />
Wa u l d b y,<br />
Stutterheim, left,<br />
won the calf<br />
block test<br />
championships at<br />
the recent Komga<br />
Show. Here Blaine<br />
is with Pakkie<br />
Renton who<br />
presented the<br />
trophy to him.<br />
Blaine is also a<br />
stalwart Dohne<br />
Merino breeder<br />
and was in<br />
charge of the<br />
sheep section at<br />
the Komga Show<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
Netherlands and SA. He feels<br />
the twinning project is gaining<br />
success.<br />
Mentoring needs to be done<br />
between businesses and<br />
aspiring entrepreneurs in<br />
Dordrecht SA.<br />
parkrun to use their<br />
facilities and to the team of<br />
dedicated Volunteers who<br />
have been out there every<br />
Saturday for the past 158<br />
weeks no matter the<br />
weather. Congratulations to<br />
Duncan Flanegan who<br />
joined Club <strong>10</strong> this week.<br />
Next Saturday will see Greg<br />
Miles becoming the second<br />
local runner to complete<br />
150 parkruns.<br />
ON SATURDAY, Stut terheim<br />
Round Table <strong>10</strong>3 hosted its<br />
annual DPL cricket day.<br />
This year there were only<br />
six teams playing: Square<br />
Deal Devils, Team Noddy,<br />
Robcaw Rebels, Newden<br />
Dragons, Rance Timber<br />
Lumberjacks and Bolo<br />
Barflies. Unfortunately PnP<br />
Palookas could only enter<br />
into the potjie competition<br />
this year. <strong>The</strong> resultswere:<br />
DPL champions – Newden<br />
Dragons; potjie champions<br />
– Rance Timber<br />
Lumberjacks and potjie<br />
chef – Graham Richter.<br />
facilitated by Ikhala Trust from Port<br />
Elizabeth from December 5 to 7.<br />
Registration for the event is open<br />
until <strong>November</strong> 17 with registration<br />
forms available from the office on<br />
telephone (045)846-0052 or by<br />
e-mail from h y p e @ t a r k a s p a r ro w s . o r g . z a<br />
Ilinge area’s<br />
water woes<br />
CHDM tries to provide<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
ETHEMBENI residents from Ilinge<br />
are asking the Chris Hani District<br />
Municipality (CHDM) to bring back<br />
the three operators who previously<br />
controlled water systems in their<br />
area.<br />
Community member Lumkile<br />
Jeku said the two reservoirs on<br />
the mountain which had plenty of<br />
water, merely needed technicians<br />
to fix blockages which cut off<br />
water in the area.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> original operators were<br />
replaced by three casual workers<br />
who have no knowledge of<br />
checking and servicing the water<br />
systems. <strong>The</strong>y only know how to<br />
open the borehole and fill up the<br />
reser voirs.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> areas affected were<br />
Ethembeni, Zwide Extension 2,<br />
Tinara and Vergenoeg.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> problems started in 2005.<br />
<strong>The</strong> biggest one is that valves are<br />
not serviced and after a while rust<br />
builds up.”<br />
Also, the municipality was not<br />
filling up the tanks it provided on<br />
a regular basis.<br />
“Sometimes we wait for a week.<br />
<strong>The</strong> water is finished on the same<br />
day the tanks are filled, which<br />
forces us to drink unclean water<br />
along with the animals. Many<br />
people drink this water without<br />
purifying it because they are not<br />
aware of the health dangers.”<br />
His other concern was that<br />
people had to walk long distances<br />
which was unsafe.<br />
“I worry about old people who<br />
can not walk that far to collect<br />
wat e r. ”<br />
On September 14, the Jeku<br />
community held a march to call<br />
for municipal intervention.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y [CHDM] never arrived.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y just tell us about the Xonxa<br />
Dam but no one knows when it<br />
will be completed.”<br />
CHDM spokeswoman Thobeka<br />
Mqamelo said, “We have two<br />
operators who have been<br />
responsible for this since long<br />
before CHDM took over water<br />
provision in 2014 and three<br />
community service providers<br />
(CSPs). No operators were<br />
removed.<br />
“Pipe blockages are caused by<br />
hardness of water which forms a<br />
stone-like material and water carts<br />
supply at predetermined intervals.<br />
<strong>The</strong> long-term solution is the<br />
Xonxa Dam which is at phase 5,<br />
but the areas fall under phase 6.”<br />
Any other blockage or leakages<br />
are attended to immediately when<br />
reported, she said.<br />
“We urge the community to<br />
report to the call centre on<br />
0800-<strong>10</strong>0-<strong>10</strong>0 or contact<br />
community leaders.”<br />
Mqamelo said the Enoch<br />
Mgijima area was allocated two<br />
water tankers primarily to provide<br />
water in areas where there was no<br />
s u p p l y.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> schedule for distributing<br />
water is twice a week loading 19<br />
Jojo tanks installed by the<br />
municipality; Gwatyu farms for<br />
three days; Bolotwa for two days;<br />
Lesseyton and Zingquthu has no<br />
specific days as supply is provided<br />
when there is a need and<br />
Whittlesea areas as needed.”<br />
Mqamelo said there were 22<br />
5000-litre tanks in Ilinge<br />
township. “<strong>The</strong> water carting truck<br />
which is a 14000-litre loader must<br />
do about four loads per nominated<br />
day, which is the maximum<br />
possible, to fill up to eight tanks,<br />
meaning it requires a straight<br />
seven-day service to fill all tanks.<br />
This is not possible given the<br />
vastness of areas that still await<br />
the same service.”<br />
Mqamelo said there was a<br />
serious shortage of water<br />
resources in Ilinge and numerous<br />
illegal connections were making<br />
the situation worse.<br />
Vodacom station in Cacadu<br />
ANDISA BONANI<br />
VODACOM South Africa is set to host<br />
a telecommunication base station in<br />
Cacadu (formerly Lady Frere) which<br />
will provide services to surrounding<br />
areas.<br />
According to the infrastructure<br />
development and human settlements<br />
standing committee report of the<br />
Emalahleni Local Municipality,<br />
Vodacom is expanding its network to<br />
the network coverage in the area and<br />
seeks to provide an improved service<br />
to its clients.<br />
Emalahleni executive mayor<br />
Nomveliso Nyukwana said during a<br />
council meeting last week that the<br />
municipality was proud of the<br />
i n v e st m e n t .<br />
<strong>The</strong> communities would benefit<br />
from an improved network<br />
connection once the agreement was<br />
finalised.<br />
Vodacom proposed the leasing of<br />
land in the town for a period of nine<br />
years and 11 months with a further<br />
option of renewal of the lease.<br />
<strong>The</strong> site is said to be currently<br />
va c a n t .<br />
Council recommended that a lease<br />
agreement be entered into by the<br />
municipality and Vocadom.<br />
<strong>The</strong> infrastructure of the<br />
telecommunication base station will<br />
include a Monopole structure with<br />
radio antennas and placement of a<br />
pre-fabricated container, measuring<br />
2.4m x 3.8m, as well as a 2.6m-high<br />
concrete slab that will house the<br />
radio equipment.<br />
A three-phase power line rooted to<br />
the nearest feasible point on the<br />
existing electricity network metered<br />
separately for Vodacom's account,<br />
will be installed.<br />
Vodacom is set to carry all the<br />
installation costs for the<br />
infrastructure which includes the<br />
upgrading of electrical power if<br />
required and general construction<br />
items.
Long journey to health still ahead<br />
THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Tel: (045) 839-4040 Emergency: (A/H) 083-272-0955 ° Editorial: sonjar@timesmedia.co.za - advertising: charodinev@timesmedia.co.za 5<br />
CHUX FOURIE<br />
A KOMANI man who<br />
has worked with his<br />
hands all his life is<br />
fighting to retain what<br />
he can of the use of his<br />
hand and arm after a<br />
horrendous accident<br />
which almost led to the<br />
amputation of his arm<br />
and might still render it<br />
unable to work.<br />
Andries van Pletzen<br />
and his seven-year-old<br />
daughter, Nikita, were<br />
travelling towards<br />
Komani on the road<br />
near Lesseyton after<br />
work in March when a<br />
vehicle going in the<br />
opposite direction hit a<br />
black beast roaming on<br />
the road.<br />
As a result of the<br />
collision, the animal<br />
landed up in the lane in<br />
which Van Pletzen was<br />
travelling and his<br />
vehicle collided with it.<br />
Instinctively, Andries<br />
put out his arm to<br />
protect Nikita and that<br />
is when his life and the<br />
lives of his family<br />
members changed<br />
fo r e v e r.<br />
He was rushed to<br />
East London and<br />
underwent <strong>10</strong>-hour<br />
surgery. However, his<br />
arm was so severely<br />
injured that the doctors<br />
were not sure if he<br />
would survive or if they<br />
would be able to save<br />
his arm, which would<br />
possibly have to be<br />
a m p u t at e d .<br />
No answer yet in<br />
case of fire truck<br />
used to ‘fill pool’<br />
THE Enoch Mgijima Local<br />
Municipality has not yet divulged<br />
any details on why a municipal fire<br />
truck was allegedly being used at<br />
night to fill up a Top Town<br />
swimming pool.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> reported on October 27<br />
that a resident of Swartberg Road<br />
had noticed the fire truck, which<br />
was allegedly splashing water on to<br />
the road, passing by his home on<br />
repeated trips on the evening of<br />
October 18 between 8pm and <strong>10</strong>pm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> man said he had followed the<br />
truck, fearing a fire, but was told by<br />
a resident that the water was being<br />
Life sentence for<br />
jewellery robber<br />
A 41-YEAR-OLD man involved in an<br />
armed robbery at Sterns jewellery<br />
store in Komani in <strong>November</strong> last<br />
year, was sentenced to life<br />
imprisonment when he appeared in<br />
the Grahamstown High Court.<br />
Sibongiseni Ngcamu was<br />
sentenced to 15 years on a charge<br />
of armed robbery, seven years for<br />
attempted murder, seven years for<br />
possession of an unlicensed<br />
firearm, five years for being in<br />
possession of live ammunition and<br />
life for murder. All the sentences are<br />
to run concurrently.<br />
Cluster commander Major General<br />
<strong>The</strong>mbisile Patekile commended<br />
Detective Sergeant Banele Jusayi<br />
for his good work in ensuring the<br />
For a man who had<br />
worked for 23 years as<br />
an automotive engineer,<br />
this was devastating<br />
news. How would he<br />
ever be able to pick up<br />
his little girl again? Yet<br />
he says he would do the<br />
same again in a<br />
heartbeat to save her.<br />
used to fill their swimming pool. At<br />
the time, municipal spokesman<br />
Fundile Feketshane said the public<br />
safety directorate was investigating<br />
the matter.<br />
In a follow-up by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> this<br />
week, Feketshane said the matter<br />
was still under investigation and<br />
that the local authority would “use<br />
its own internal methods to<br />
determine if there was any<br />
wrongdoing or not”.<br />
He said the matter was “sensitive<br />
[at this stage] as we want to ensure<br />
there is an objective process to be<br />
fo l l o w e d ”.<br />
conviction. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> reported<br />
(“Suspect shot dead in jewellery<br />
store robbery”, <strong>November</strong> 4 2016)<br />
that a suspect was shot dead barely<br />
minutes after a daring daylight<br />
robbery at Sterns on the Chris Hani<br />
Hexagon.<br />
Three men were involved in the<br />
robbery and had fired shots at the<br />
police. Two suspects were shot. One<br />
died on the scene and the other was<br />
taken into custody, while one<br />
managed to escape.<br />
Red Guard Security, following<br />
news of the robbery, cleared the<br />
pavement of bystanders and<br />
assisted in apprehending a suspect.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stolen jewellery was<br />
recovered. – <strong>Rep</strong> reporter<br />
He survived the<br />
surgery and the doctors<br />
managed to save what<br />
was left of his arm, but<br />
it would require nerve<br />
transplants and bone<br />
fusion in order to give<br />
him some function of<br />
the arm. As the doctor<br />
said, <strong>10</strong>% function of his<br />
own arm would be<br />
better than <strong>10</strong>0%<br />
function of a prosthesis.<br />
He underwent<br />
intensive physiotherapy<br />
with “our special”<br />
Frankie Hendricks in<br />
Komani while waiting<br />
for the surgery which<br />
took place at the<br />
Vincent Pallotti Hospital<br />
in Cape Town last week.<br />
Specialist Prof Michael<br />
Solomon stretched and<br />
moved Andries’s own<br />
nerves in the <strong>10</strong>-hour<br />
procedure and<br />
explained that nerves<br />
grow by 1mm a day, so<br />
he estimates it will take<br />
six to nine months<br />
before any definite<br />
prognosis can be made.<br />
Andries’ w i fe ,<br />
Natasha, told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong>,<br />
“Although his lungs<br />
collapsed because the<br />
op took so long, he was<br />
quickly stabilised, is in<br />
good spirits and not in<br />
any pain. For the next<br />
six weeks it is crucial<br />
that he does not move<br />
the arm at all and next<br />
year they might decide<br />
that bone fusion and/or<br />
elbow replacement is<br />
necessary. We have had<br />
amazing support from<br />
both our employers and<br />
the community.<br />
“Yes, there is still a<br />
long road ahead, but we<br />
believe that we will<br />
climb each mountain<br />
together and never lose<br />
faith or hope.”<br />
Although their<br />
medical aid does pay<br />
for certain procedures,<br />
there are many other<br />
expenses and medical<br />
bills they will have to<br />
face themselves.<br />
A fund has been<br />
started: the Andries<br />
Accident Fund, Capitec<br />
Bank, account number<br />
152 9601 264.<br />
TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY: This picture of the Van<br />
Pletzen family was taken by Pixel Perfect<br />
Photography before the accident in which<br />
Andries’s arm was severely injured. <strong>The</strong>y are,<br />
from left, wife Natasha, Andries, daughter<br />
Leandri and, in front, little Nikita, who was with<br />
him when the accident happened
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
EDITORIAL<br />
OPINION<br />
Why sport is<br />
so important<br />
AS THE Twizza Bonkolo Marathon<br />
runners (and those participating<br />
in the half marathon) made their<br />
way through Komani on Saturday,<br />
an upbeat and positive mood<br />
p r e va i l e d .<br />
It was a testimony to the<br />
unifying and positive spirit of<br />
sport. <strong>The</strong> Eyasekasi race, which<br />
annually takes runners and<br />
walkers past historic points in<br />
Mlungisi, will sadly not take place<br />
this year (see Page 18 for more<br />
information) but this event is set<br />
to be back on the Komani<br />
sporting calendar from next year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> many benefits of sport –<br />
both mentally and physically –<br />
have been much lauded over<br />
decades. It is not only good for<br />
the body, but it is also good for<br />
the mind. It is not only good for a<br />
community, but also good for a<br />
countr y.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a vast abundance of<br />
talent within our schools and<br />
communities which needs to be<br />
nurtured and developed.<br />
Sadly, a lack of facilities (or<br />
vandalism of existing facilities),<br />
kit and finances are often limiting<br />
factors but so is commitment and<br />
dedication to development.<br />
Next week, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> will publish<br />
a statement by a prominent<br />
sports official on why sport is not<br />
developing at the rate it should,<br />
much to the detriment of youths.<br />
South Africa seems to have a<br />
good chance of becoming the<br />
host of the 2023 Rugby World<br />
Cup, although it seems we are<br />
being met with opposition from<br />
Ireland. Could we again revel in<br />
the greatness of a country<br />
through sport as we did when<br />
former Bok captain Fr a n c o i s<br />
Pienaar and his team lifted the<br />
Rugby World Cup in 1995?<br />
Much has happened in this<br />
country of contrasts since then,<br />
and we face a 2018 when<br />
unemployment, crime and<br />
poverty could well increase even<br />
more. Sport is one of the codes<br />
through which we can uplift<br />
people and give them hope and a<br />
chance at a better life. It is one of<br />
many areas where people can<br />
meet in a spirit of friendly<br />
competitiveness and walk off the<br />
field as brothers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> spirit of a marathon, a<br />
rugby match, a clash on a soccer<br />
field or even a table tennis<br />
tourney, should be one which we<br />
carry with us daily. It is one worth<br />
investing in. Keep on playing.<br />
Weep for the many<br />
poor children of SA<br />
RECENTLY NGO Equal Education<br />
led a march to Coega offices in<br />
Port Elizabeth to protest the<br />
snail’s pace of building new<br />
schools, refurbishing others and<br />
the eradication of mud schools.<br />
In this province, there are over<br />
800 schools built of mud,<br />
fibrecrete, corrugated iron and<br />
wood.<br />
Since 2011, only 179 schools<br />
have been built while the target<br />
over a three-year period was 5<strong>10</strong>.<br />
According to Equal Education,<br />
the root cause of the problem has<br />
not been money available, but<br />
the lack of capacity by the<br />
implementing agents for the<br />
department, like Coega.<br />
<strong>The</strong> department pays the<br />
money over to Coega which then<br />
takes between 6 and <strong>10</strong>% of the<br />
budget as management fees and,<br />
in return, takes<br />
over the whole<br />
project of<br />
building the<br />
schools.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y<br />
implement the<br />
project from start to finish, draw<br />
up the plans, appoint contractors<br />
and so on. Do you remember the<br />
funds meant for this that MEC<br />
Mandla Makupula had to return<br />
to the fiscus, unspent, last<br />
financial year?<br />
It all came about because of<br />
implementing agents who, for<br />
reasons best known to<br />
themselves, do not have the<br />
capacity or the desire to do what<br />
they are paid for at a pace they<br />
are supposed to.<br />
We still have schools like Louis<br />
Rex Primary in Komani that was<br />
built decades ago with wood,<br />
with over a thousand young<br />
pupils studying in a building that<br />
is practically falling apart.<br />
You just have to see for<br />
yourself what an appalling state<br />
the school is in. It has classroom<br />
walls that are leaning inwards<br />
and holes in the wooden floors.<br />
One shudders to think what<br />
calamity might befall the children<br />
one day if a fire should break out.<br />
For years they have been<br />
promised a brand new structure<br />
and years later the school has<br />
still not been rebuilt.<br />
Again this year, promises have<br />
been made that the building will<br />
start soon.<br />
Former president Nelson<br />
Mandela once said, “<strong>The</strong>re can<br />
be no keener revelation of a<br />
societ y’s soul than the way in<br />
which it treats its children”.<br />
Between the department of<br />
education in the Eastern Cape<br />
and its infrastructure<br />
implementing agents one can see<br />
that the plight of poor,<br />
marginalised<br />
and rural<br />
children seem<br />
to be the least<br />
of their worries.<br />
Even those<br />
schools they<br />
manage to build (at inflated<br />
prices) have no fields or other<br />
recreational facilities essential for<br />
the complete development of a<br />
child.<br />
This lays bare the soul of the<br />
Eastern Cape province and its<br />
government.<br />
It is quite clear we cannot<br />
continue like this.<br />
<strong>The</strong> department should offer<br />
opportunities to more companies<br />
to manage the project and not<br />
lump all the money on the few.<br />
Imagine how many more<br />
people would be employed and<br />
how quickly the backlog would<br />
be eradicated if they did that.<br />
It is criminal to return money<br />
when there are so many needs in<br />
education and this just can not<br />
be allowed to continue.<br />
IN<br />
TOUCH<br />
... with Phumelele P Hlati<br />
UP IN THE SKY: Fireworks at the Bonkolo Dam outside Komani, as captured by resident Johnny Arseniou on Sunday<br />
FACE 2 FA C E<br />
Q: Why did you choose<br />
this particular<br />
p r ofe s s i o n?<br />
A: I started off as a<br />
cashier and worked my<br />
way up to the position that<br />
I am currently in.<br />
Q: What is the one<br />
thing you love about your<br />
job the most?<br />
A: I like being around<br />
different personalities and<br />
helping customers.<br />
Q: What makes you<br />
angr y?<br />
A: Liars.<br />
Q: Do you think this<br />
current generation is as<br />
ambitious/power hungry<br />
as earlier generations?<br />
A: I do not think we are<br />
as ambitious. We do have<br />
the resources, such as<br />
technology, but we just do<br />
not know how to use it<br />
p r o p e r l y.<br />
<strong>The</strong> previous generation<br />
did not have the same<br />
privileges, but they<br />
managed to achieve.<br />
Corruption is also<br />
affecting us, because<br />
people in some companies<br />
hire close friends or<br />
relatives who do not have<br />
ZILUNGELE MATOTI<br />
WHAT do you think of the<br />
book <strong>The</strong> President’s<br />
Keepers by former<br />
journalist Jacques Pauw?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> intern Sivenathi<br />
Gosa took to the streets of<br />
Komani to find out.<br />
Zilungele Matoti from<br />
E zibeleni<br />
He could have started at<br />
the national security, as<br />
there is a lot of<br />
information that was<br />
published for the public’s<br />
the requirements for the<br />
jobs.<br />
Q: What is your typical<br />
weekend like?<br />
A: Spending time indoors<br />
watching movies or<br />
hanging out with friends.<br />
Q: What is the one<br />
thing you do every day?<br />
A: Go to work.<br />
Q: Where do you see<br />
yourself in five years’<br />
t i m e?<br />
A: Having my own family<br />
and working in my dream<br />
job.<br />
Q: Who is your role<br />
model?<br />
A: My parents are my<br />
role models.<br />
Q: What are you<br />
currently listening to?<br />
A: Chris Brown’s music.<br />
Q: If you were asked by<br />
a radio station to play a<br />
song that would best<br />
describe South Africa,<br />
what would it be?<br />
A: Not Yet Uhuru by<br />
Caphius Semenya and<br />
Letta Mbulu.<br />
Q: Describe Komani in<br />
three words?<br />
A: Fun, ruthless and<br />
self-cent red.<br />
YOUR VOICE<br />
... vox pops on the street<br />
What do you think about ...<br />
SANDISE JAKAVULA PETER STAFFEN SIVE BHAYI LLOYD VHEREMU<br />
consumption. If he did not<br />
have a political agenda,<br />
he should have at least<br />
informed the National<br />
Intelligence of the country.<br />
Sandise Jakavula from<br />
Cacadu<br />
I think the author should<br />
be punished for what he<br />
did, because he has<br />
disrespected the president<br />
for publishing that book<br />
without his permission.<br />
Peter Staffen from<br />
with Protea SUPERSPAR supervisor Afika Kanuka<br />
Ko m a n i<br />
I believe the book<br />
should have been out<br />
years ago, because the<br />
truth is finally out in the<br />
public now.<br />
Sive Bhayi from<br />
Ko m a n i<br />
What Jaques Pauw did<br />
was wrong, because he<br />
went outside the<br />
president’s will and<br />
published information that<br />
was not meant for the<br />
public eye.<br />
Lloyd Vheremu from<br />
Ko m a n i<br />
It shows the maturity of<br />
our democracy, as one<br />
can write a book and not<br />
get punished for it; and<br />
that no one is above the<br />
law. It shows the<br />
separation of the<br />
independence of the<br />
judiciary from the<br />
executive of the ruling<br />
par t y.
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Sort out the accounts<br />
UNHAPPY resident of Komani writes:<br />
<strong>The</strong> CHDM has to accept full<br />
responsibility for not being able to pay<br />
their suppliers on time due to a lack of<br />
revenue received (“Under-collection puts<br />
CHDM in a spot”, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong>, <strong>November</strong> 3).<br />
No business can run without revenue<br />
collection and why should we, the<br />
consumer, have to beg and plead to get<br />
an account showing what is due for the<br />
services provided?<br />
Maybe if they started doing the water<br />
meter readings and billing for the water<br />
consumed, CHDM would be in a better<br />
financial position and would then be able<br />
to pay their suppliers on time.<br />
Since early August, I have been<br />
e-mailing the CHDM to try and get an<br />
account showing my water consumption<br />
as the account I receive by e-mail shows<br />
no water consumption at all, not even an<br />
average monthly consumption.<br />
Eventually, after numerous e-mails, the<br />
chief meter reader was sent in<br />
mid-October to do my reading and once<br />
again, despite all my e-mails begging for<br />
an account, to date I still have had no<br />
response as to how much I owe.<br />
Historic building<br />
has a rich heritage<br />
TONY Hustler of Komani writes:<br />
I saw the photo in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> online<br />
series “Historic Buildings in<br />
Queenstown: Seventh in the<br />
series”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sign “Garage” was where<br />
Morris Motors workshop was (or<br />
was it Hartley and Norris<br />
Garage?) When they left there,<br />
Joff Saker opened <strong>The</strong> Waldorf<br />
Café there. At interval time when<br />
we went to the Orpheum Bioscope<br />
or the Savoy <strong>The</strong>atre across the<br />
road, we would go and buy<br />
sweets and cooldrinks there. I was<br />
actually in the Waldorf on the<br />
night it caught fire and we were<br />
moved to safety.<br />
Magers, the chemists, then<br />
opened there, and the Waldorf<br />
started up again around the<br />
corner in Cathcart Road next to<br />
Chilcotts (which closed down<br />
years ago).<br />
<strong>The</strong> last time the water meters in<br />
Komani were read was in April and<br />
despite the promise from CHDM (article<br />
in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> in September) that the matter<br />
would be resolved with our October<br />
accounts, it still has not been resolved<br />
and we are still not having our meters<br />
read.<br />
Can someone from CHDM please<br />
explain what the problem is and why the<br />
meters have not been read for the past<br />
six months?<br />
Surely it can not take six months to<br />
train people to read meters?<br />
KOMANI<br />
W E AT H E R<br />
THE weekend starts off reasonably cool, but<br />
warms up as the days pass and Sunday will be<br />
a real scorcher.<br />
Today will be partly cloudy, humidity will be<br />
high and the temperature will vary between 12<br />
and 22°C.<br />
Tomorrow will start at 12°C. <strong>The</strong>re will be a<br />
gentle breeze and the maximum temperature<br />
will be 31°C.<br />
On Sunday, though, the mercury will rise to<br />
37°C after a 15°C start.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a good chance of rain from Monday<br />
onwards.- w w w. i n f o s i g h t . c o . z a<br />
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needy as part of their<br />
life orientation<br />
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changing lives and on<br />
behalf of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> and<br />
the needy who will<br />
benefit from your<br />
donations, we are<br />
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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S :<br />
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Freddy Hirsch<br />
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featured in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong><br />
over several weeks.<br />
C o n g r at u l at i o n s !<br />
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HAPPY birthday wishes are extended to Luzenthia<br />
Smith (today), Marianne Boonstra, Mike Boy and<br />
Tembile Sgqolana (tomorrow), Rod KerFox<br />
(<strong>November</strong> 14), Koos Landman (<strong>November</strong> 15),<br />
Wendy Weir, Louise Charasika, Luxolo Peme and<br />
Elissa Naude (<strong>November</strong> 16), Cuan April and<br />
Irene Abrahams (<strong>November</strong> 18), Tasj Oudshoorn<br />
(<strong>November</strong> 20), Wayne Gilfillan (<strong>November</strong> 21),<br />
Cynthia Schaefer (<strong>November</strong> 22), Craig Bell,<br />
Hlumelo Gqabaza, Callum McEwen and Naven<br />
Tromp (<strong>November</strong> 23).<br />
BEL ATED birthday wishes to Lori Taggart and<br />
Dehlin Williams (<strong>November</strong> 2) and Gerald Adams<br />
(<strong>November</strong> 8).<br />
CONGRATUL ATIONS to Sam and Christie Miles<br />
on their recent wedding anniversary.<br />
WISHES for better health go to Andries van<br />
Pletzen and Bruce Mager.<br />
CONDOLENCES to the family and friends of the<br />
late Tony Vollenhoven, Nkosana Dyonta, Sindiswa<br />
Vetezo, Mzwandile Peter, Zandisile Kufa and<br />
Nokuzola Swartbooi.<br />
SY M PAT H Y is also extended to Yolo Lounge<br />
and the family of the late Siyabonga Mayekiso,<br />
also known as DJ CLG.<br />
G R E AT to see current Hangklip athletics<br />
speedster Mik’aail Mohamed and former pupil<br />
Dale Williams test their abilities in a <strong>10</strong>0m race at<br />
the school last Wednesday. Read about it on p16.<br />
FORMER Queenian and former Italian rugby<br />
union player Carlo del Fava returned to town to<br />
be the guest speaker at the Queen’s College<br />
sports awards recently. Hope your visit brought<br />
back a lot of good memories, Carlo!<br />
Queenstown<br />
<strong>The</strong> people of Hollard, back from left: Motsumi Nhlapho, Mzikazi<br />
Lali, Akhona Sibuta, Asemahle Tabata, Dalubuhle Gegana, Aviwe<br />
Sonti, Nomveliso Pato, Front from left: Mamela Tabata, Abongile<br />
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position in which he was consisted and showed<br />
excellence. He always went the extra mile to<br />
ensure that the team met their monthly targets.<br />
Through his hard work and dedication, he was<br />
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
ROUND&ABOUT<br />
Great trip for<br />
rally visitors<br />
Guests saw four countries and<br />
the best sights in four weeks<br />
CHUX FOURIE<br />
THIRTY classic cars passed through<br />
Komani last week on the sixth edition of<br />
the Classic Safari Challenge and what a<br />
trip it proved to be for the participants,<br />
while at the same time offering South<br />
Africans the most amazing opportunity<br />
to impress visitors from many countries<br />
who are probably influential in their<br />
own spheres back home.<br />
Glancing at the entrants, many are<br />
somewhat upmarket makes including<br />
Bentleys, Jaguars, a Morgan, Porsches,<br />
Mercedes and a Ferrari, ranging in age<br />
from a 1929 model to much “newer”<br />
ones from the 1970s that are “only”<br />
40-something years old. Many of the<br />
competitors came from the UK, but<br />
there were also people from all over<br />
Europe, Australia and the United States.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y had to ship their cars to Cape<br />
Town before the time and were<br />
accompanied along the way by a mobile<br />
mechanical support vehicle with skilled<br />
mechanics.<br />
Starting from Cape Town with its<br />
iconic mountain, they travelled the<br />
coastal road to Clanwilliam past quaint<br />
fishing villages and could view dolphins<br />
and whales as they passed.<br />
From there they travelled along the<br />
West Coast, taking in the magnificent<br />
wild flowers, via the Fish River Canyon<br />
and into Namibia to Sossusvlei through<br />
the Namib Desert and passing the<br />
ROBUST RALLYIST: Although this 1948 Bentley Speed 8 from Belgium dates back<br />
almost 70 years, it was not nearly the oldest vehicle in the running. That honour<br />
went to a 1927 Bentley 4.5 Le Mans<br />
Picture: JAN MOLEMA<br />
well-known Dune 45. From there it was<br />
on to the old German colonial town of<br />
Swakopmund and the Naukluft National<br />
Pa r k .<br />
Having traversed tar and gravel<br />
roads, the rallyists next had a chance to<br />
experience a salt road on their way to<br />
the Etosha National Park by way of the<br />
Skeleton Coast and Henties Bay to<br />
spend the night at Etosha Safari Lodge.<br />
Considering that it was a safari<br />
challenge, it was only fitting that they<br />
should have a free day where this is<br />
described as ‘the best place in Africa to<br />
view black rhino’, plus elephant, lion<br />
and black-faced impala.<br />
Travelling east to Popa Falls and<br />
dodging the many elephant on the road,<br />
the visitors were able to enjoy the many<br />
craft stalls along the route and the<br />
massive baobabs before they had lunch<br />
at a lodge on the Okavango River and<br />
spent the evening there, overlooking the<br />
fa l l s .<br />
In the Chobe National Park in<br />
Botswana which is described as ‘a big<br />
game parkland’ there were plenty of<br />
oryx (gemsbok) and elephants in their<br />
hundreds. <strong>The</strong>y had lunch on the<br />
Zambezi and spent the night at a lodge<br />
Urgent appeal for blood<br />
A THING OF BEAUTY: Despite her age of 50 years, this 1967 E-type Jaguar from Great Britain was still in pristine condition<br />
after many kilometers through some quite inhospitable terrain<br />
Picture: JAN MOLEMA<br />
on the riverbank where those who<br />
wanted to could take boat rides to get<br />
closer to the crocodiles and elephants.<br />
In the Okavango Delta they left their<br />
vehicles and were taken by light aircraft<br />
into the actual delta where they spent<br />
the night and the next day. <strong>The</strong> delta<br />
comprises 15 000sq km and they could<br />
see African wild dogs, one of the rarest<br />
carnivores in the world, lion leopard,<br />
buffalo and many species of antelope.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n it was back to the lodge to<br />
collect their cars and spend a relaxing<br />
day at the spa, the pool or just chilling<br />
out while gazing at the waterfall.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe was<br />
their next destination and there again<br />
they had a free day in which to explore<br />
this phenomenon, where the water falls<br />
at one million litres a second!<br />
Back on the road, via Francistown in<br />
Botswana through the glorious stillness<br />
and quiet of open bushveld to the<br />
Palace of the Lost City and the<br />
Pilanesberg National Park in the crater<br />
of an extinct volcano, where they could<br />
see the big five, brown hyena, cheetah,<br />
hippos and the majestic sable.<br />
Going east, the visitors avoided the<br />
cities on the Rand, travelling instead to<br />
Cathedral Peak in the Drakensberg via<br />
the Golden Gate Highlands National<br />
Park and its beautiful sandstone<br />
formations, then on to historic<br />
Ladysmith where they could visit the<br />
sites where the Zulus and the Brits<br />
fought at Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n it was down the beautiful Wild<br />
Coast to Port St Johns before turning<br />
inland through Komani where they had<br />
a pit stop en route to Cradock where<br />
they spent the night in the lovingly<br />
restored old Karoo-styled houses and<br />
continued via the Great Karoo to<br />
Plettenberg Bay and Hermanus along<br />
the Garden Route.<br />
While in that area they visited<br />
Oudtshoorn and traversed the amazing<br />
Swartberg Pass while also enjoying the<br />
many sightings of southern right whales<br />
at the most advantageous time of the<br />
y e a r.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n it was on to Franschhoek in the<br />
Cape winelands, founded in 1688 by the<br />
French Huguenots, through the<br />
fruit-growing areas of Grabouw to Cape<br />
Town, where the farewell gala dinner<br />
and challenge trophies awaited.<br />
Truly a unique opportunity for visitors<br />
to take in so much of the best of what<br />
southern Africa has to offer in the space<br />
of just a month.<br />
IT seems <strong>November</strong> will be a testing<br />
month, not just for students writing<br />
exams, but also for the South African<br />
National Blood Service (SANBS), which<br />
is experiencing a critical shortage<br />
because it cannot hold blood drives at<br />
schools and universities.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a critical shortage of blood<br />
across the country, with blood stocks at<br />
just 1.5 days of group O stock, equating<br />
to 1 473 units as of <strong>November</strong> 1.<br />
<strong>The</strong> situation in KwaZulu-Natal is<br />
particularly acute, the Northern Zone<br />
only has 1.2 days of stock available and<br />
Gauteng only about 1.5 days. Blood<br />
stocks in the Free State and Northern<br />
Cape are currently at 1.7 days.<br />
It is considered a crisis when blood<br />
stocks dip below two days of stock<br />
ava i l a b l e .<br />
“<strong>The</strong> blood stock in the country is<br />
dangerously low,” SANBS national<br />
marketing manager Silungile Mlambo<br />
said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> situation has, in fact, reached a<br />
critical level and we appeal to all South<br />
Africans – active donors, lapsed donors<br />
and potential donors – to go to their<br />
local donor centre and donate blood to<br />
bolster the national blood stock.”<br />
Mlambo says blood is critical for<br />
cancer patients and women in<br />
childbirth – who constitute by far the<br />
greatest groups of people requiring<br />
blood transfusions.<br />
“So many people in life-threatening<br />
situations require blood. It’s what saves<br />
a haemorrhaging mother’s life, so that<br />
she can raise and love the baby she<br />
has just brought into the world. It’s<br />
what saves someone suffering<br />
complications during major surgery. It’s<br />
what helps cancer patients endure and<br />
survive treatment.<br />
“And that’s the point: it’s not just<br />
blood; it’s saving people’s lives,<br />
through a simple, easy donation,”<br />
Mlambo said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> SANBS appeals to people to<br />
donate blood immediately and to<br />
become regular donors. By donating<br />
blood only four times a year, we can<br />
avoid situations such as the one we are<br />
in,” Mlambo said.<br />
In Komani, the SANBS clinic is at 26<br />
Robinson Road and normal hours are<br />
Mondays and Thursdays from <strong>10</strong>am to<br />
6pm and Round Table will host their<br />
annual Big Bleed early in December, so<br />
watch this space.<br />
COUNTRY STYLE: Riana Bezuidenhout and Kyle Lobb were married at Maweni<br />
Lodge<br />
Picture: PIXEL PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
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help people advertise events and<br />
avoid clashes. <strong>The</strong> date, event and<br />
venue may appear free of charge<br />
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edition. E-mail<br />
chuxf@timesmedia.co.za or call<br />
045-839-4040.<br />
Today, <strong>November</strong> <strong>10</strong>: QCJ<br />
Fo u n d e r ’s Day; Balmoral<br />
Pre-Primary graduation, 9am.<br />
Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 11: QCJ<br />
cricket vs Alice; Breast cancer<br />
awareness bus ride, from<br />
Sasol garage, 3.30pm.<br />
Monday, <strong>November</strong> 13:<br />
QCJ exams start; Border<br />
Agricultural Society<br />
AGM, showgrounds,<br />
6pm.<br />
Tu e s d a y- Fr i d a y,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 14-24:<br />
Stepping Stone summative<br />
assessments.<br />
Friday, <strong>November</strong> 17: Mass<br />
carols service, Recreation Ground,<br />
6.30-7.30pm.<br />
Saturday, <strong>November</strong> 18:<br />
ON THE<br />
NOTICE BOARD<br />
Southbourne golf day, Queenstown<br />
Golf Club.<br />
Saturday, Sunday, <strong>November</strong> 18,<br />
19: African Pioneer rugby<br />
tournament, Mlungisi Stadium.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>November</strong> 21: Balmoral<br />
hula hoopathon<br />
(foundation phase).<br />
Wednesday, <strong>November</strong><br />
22: Total dispersal sale,<br />
Heimat, Indwe, <strong>10</strong>.30am.<br />
Friday, <strong>November</strong> 24:<br />
QCOBA tie and badge<br />
ceremony, Queen’s Hall, 12<br />
noon; QCJ final assembly,<br />
school closes for pupils.<br />
Monday, <strong>November</strong> 27: Grade 12<br />
exams end.<br />
Thursday, <strong>November</strong> 30: GHS<br />
general knowledge quiz team to<br />
Johannesburg for regional<br />
tournament.<br />
Saturday, December 2: Balmoral<br />
Christmas craft market, school<br />
grounds, 9am; SPCA golf day,<br />
Queenstown Golf Club.<br />
Wednesday, December 6:<br />
Schools close.<br />
Saturday, December 16: Day of<br />
R e c o n c i l i at i o n .<br />
Monday, December 25:<br />
Christmas Day.<br />
Tuesday, December 26: Day of<br />
Goodwill.<br />
Sunday, January 1: New Year.
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Foundation’s goal to help schools<br />
THE Queenstown Education Foundation<br />
(QEF), established in 20<strong>10</strong>, continues to<br />
strive to uplift education in the area.<br />
Tony Frost of QEF said a group of<br />
people passionate about education in<br />
the town had met seven years ago to<br />
work out a strategy that would ensure<br />
the sustainability of Queen’s College as<br />
a leading school in South Africa.<br />
It was agreed, however, that the<br />
sustainability of one school in the town<br />
could only be assured if it worked with<br />
the community and other schools to<br />
make Komani a destination of<br />
educational excellence.<br />
This led to the birth of the QEF with<br />
the support of the Top Town schools:<br />
Balmoral Girls’ Primary, Girls’ High<br />
School, Queen’s College Boys’ High<br />
School, Hangklip High School, Hangklip<br />
Junior School, Queen’s College Boys’<br />
Primary School and Southbourne<br />
Primary School. <strong>The</strong> intention was to<br />
use these schools as the fulcrum<br />
around which Komani could become a<br />
town recognised for its educational<br />
excellence.<br />
A need existed to focus on<br />
educational needs and to harness the<br />
willingness of the schools to work<br />
ON THE SCHOOLB E AT<br />
Digitalising schools and maths skills form<br />
part of campaign to empower pupils<br />
together. In 2013, a start was made on<br />
digitalising the schools and providing<br />
maths teachers with programmes that<br />
enabled the teachers to upgrade their<br />
maths knowledge and teaching skills.<br />
<strong>The</strong> QEF now had an expert in<br />
Stephan Coetzer whose responsibility<br />
it was to make sure that schools<br />
selected and implemented the most<br />
appropriate technology and that the<br />
teachers understood and had the<br />
confidence to use it e f fe c t i v e l y.<br />
“Soon additional resources may be<br />
needed to ensure the schools have<br />
adequate IT support.”<br />
On the maths front, there had been<br />
interventions over the past 18 months<br />
with about 400 having benefited from<br />
the programmes. Ana Taggart of GHS<br />
had played a role in making the<br />
programmes happen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> QEF had recently started with a<br />
language programme aimed at providing<br />
the knowledge and skills to teachers to<br />
assist them in teaching pupils who may<br />
only have English as a second or third<br />
language. Nedbank and the Edgar<br />
Droste Trust were providing support with<br />
Marelise Bekker and Nicolette Corbett of<br />
Southbourne Primary the champions of<br />
On the maths front, there had been<br />
interventions over the past 18 months<br />
with about 400 having benefited<br />
the programme.<br />
Four years ago, the QEF brought Dr<br />
Rudolf Kampers, an expert in the field<br />
of critical thinking, from the<br />
Netherlands to assist. He came again<br />
last year and Annemie Coetzer of<br />
Balmoral volunteered and has been<br />
running sessions for the past 14<br />
months. Some 400 pupils had benefited<br />
from the experience.<br />
Frost said the QEF was fortunate in<br />
having positive relationships with<br />
several organisations and that the QEF<br />
bursary committee could tap into the<br />
Education Endowment Fund in<br />
Johannesburg of which the express<br />
purpose was to raise funds in support<br />
of education. <strong>The</strong> Education<br />
Endowment Fund is a non-profit<br />
company, formed to raise and<br />
manage funds for the enhancement<br />
and development of education in<br />
South Africa. <strong>The</strong> fund was managed<br />
by a group of individuals who had no<br />
association to any one school but<br />
whose initial priorities were to focus on<br />
the Komani region, he said.<br />
“Member schools nominate worthy<br />
pupils for bursaries and if they enjoy<br />
the support of the QEF bursary<br />
committee, these applications are<br />
submitted to the fund for funding.”<br />
Money raised by the 1965Ride<br />
annually from Johannesburg to Komani<br />
was managed and deployed by the fund<br />
which followed the criteria laid down by<br />
the 1965Ride committee for distribution.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Old Boys Tens rugby tournament<br />
also raised funds paid into the same<br />
fund and which were distributed<br />
according to the guidelines agreed with<br />
the OBX [Old Boys’ Tens] organisation.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> education endowment fund has<br />
requested the QEF to provide it with<br />
specific educational projects that it can<br />
target for fundraising.”<br />
Frost said the QEF team had been<br />
engaging with tertiary and other<br />
institutions. Delegations had met with<br />
Rhodes, NMMU, Free State University,<br />
Wits and Pretoria, and other well-known<br />
schools. All had expressed a desire to<br />
work with the QEF.<br />
“In particular Wits and Pretoria are<br />
refining plans of action. One of these is<br />
the idea of creating a national<br />
education festival in Komani along the<br />
lines of the National Arts Festival in<br />
G r a h a m st o w n . ”<br />
Frost said without education, the<br />
country would continue to decline and<br />
that the QEF board was convinced it<br />
could help schools provide top<br />
education to benefit pupils, the greater<br />
community and the country.<br />
WELL-DESERVED TREAT: Unathi Mkefa Grade 7 pupils at their farewell<br />
Farewell for Unathi Mkefa pupils<br />
SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
UNATHI Mkefa Primary School<br />
held a farewell for the Grade 7s<br />
at the Queen's Casino on<br />
Fr i d ay.<br />
Principal Zithobile Nqumba<br />
said the pupils were a<br />
dedicated group. “<strong>The</strong>y were an<br />
eager lot of pupils who<br />
hungered for education. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
deserved this farewell.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Grade 7 class received<br />
gifts of T-shirts, bags and<br />
lanyards from Ikhala TVET<br />
College – a gift which Nqumba<br />
said was highly appreciated.<br />
Student support manager of<br />
Ikhala TVET College in<br />
Ezibeleni, Africa Mgaleli, said<br />
the environment in Ezibeleni<br />
was not conducive to education<br />
and thus it was hoped that the<br />
gifts would inspire the pupils.<br />
DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: ‘<strong>The</strong> Principal’s New Clothes’ was the year-end play performed by the Kudu<br />
Calves at Queen’s College Junior<br />
Picture: CHARODINE VISAGIE<br />
STAR PERFORMANCE: Sambesiwe Madotyeni of<br />
Southbourne Primary School received a special<br />
prize of acknowledgement for being the most<br />
versatile pupil in sport, culture and academics at<br />
the school’s prize-giving<br />
Picture: PIXEL PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
OFF TO A GOOD START: St <strong>The</strong>resa’s Primary School foundation phase top achievers who were awarded<br />
prizes at the recent prize-giving were, from left, Zealen Smith, Denica Baartman, Mali Scihlumise,<br />
Zukisani Sigabi, Marrion Dingaan, Cliche Winnaar and Keziah Douglas<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT: Louis Rex Primary<br />
School Grade 6 pupil Azukile Mahashe was<br />
recognised as being the top pupil in her grade<br />
during the prize-giving recently<br />
STRING OF<br />
A C H I E V E M E N TS :<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cockin Cup<br />
for the Dux<br />
scholar, the<br />
Leslie Trophy,<br />
the Star in the<br />
East Lodge prize<br />
for academic<br />
achievement and<br />
the Freda<br />
Spence prize<br />
went to Mikayla<br />
Boy during the<br />
GHS prize-giving.<br />
With her is<br />
Balmoral<br />
principal<br />
Sarie Els
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WHAT A STAR! Wiza Makhongwana of Laerskool Hangklip was honoured at<br />
the school’s prize-giving, with prizes for Living out the school’s motto, ‘Be<br />
St rong’, Perseverance and Merit, and Personal Growth and Development.<br />
With her is Trudy Stone<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
WELL DONE: Anke du<br />
Preez of Laerskool<br />
Hangklip is<br />
congratulated by Trudy<br />
Stone on her awards<br />
at the school’s<br />
prize-giving - the Louis<br />
van der Vyver trophy<br />
for the maintenance of<br />
the Afrikaans culture,<br />
the Pretorius Shield<br />
for general<br />
achievement and Dux<br />
pupil Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
Pupils sent to<br />
write grade 11<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
EIGHT matric pupils from Abambo<br />
High School from Ndlovukazi are<br />
devastated after they allegedly were<br />
not allowed to sit for the final exams.<br />
<strong>The</strong> progressed pupils said they<br />
received the news from deput y<br />
principal Ben Faltein, who told them<br />
to write Grade 11 exams instead when<br />
they went to collect their matric<br />
exam timetables last Monday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pupils who were prepared to<br />
write an English exam the following<br />
day, said the news came as a shock.<br />
Zolani Nduku, who has no parents,<br />
said he felt humiliated.<br />
“I thought I did not hear Faltein<br />
correctly, so I went to school on<br />
Tuesday to gain a clear<br />
understanding from some teachers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> teachers said the only person<br />
who knew what was going on was<br />
Faltein. I went to see him but he<br />
insulted me and asked me if I was<br />
sick in the head for inquiring.”<br />
Nduku said his aunt who lived in<br />
Handsome Village, also attempted to<br />
speak to Faltein, but she also<br />
returned without answers.<br />
“I can not go and write Grade 11<br />
because I can not bear to face the<br />
other pupils at school. I will become<br />
the laughing stock. If I do not write<br />
matric exams, I am going to take this<br />
to court.”<br />
Both he and his sister Pheliswa<br />
had visited the departmental offices<br />
in Komani last week, but this week<br />
still had no answers. <strong>The</strong>y said<br />
district director Nkosinathi Godlo had<br />
indicated he would respond.<br />
Three of the pupils had decided to<br />
write the Grade 11 exams which<br />
started on Wednesday.<br />
Yamkela Ndaliso said, “I was really<br />
saddened by the news, but I thought<br />
if I do not write, I will have to restart<br />
Grade 11 which means two more<br />
years in high school.”<br />
Ndaliso who lives with his<br />
grandmother, said his mother was<br />
intending to contact the school.<br />
“She advised me to write Grade 11<br />
in the meantime and not to stop<br />
going to school.”<br />
Faltein said the school was<br />
preparing a report on the matter for<br />
the attention of the district office of<br />
e d u c at i o n .<br />
PRIMEPROPER TY<br />
Tips on how to avoid<br />
property mistakes<br />
Be realistic about your price and plan<br />
IT IS good to be able<br />
to learn from your<br />
mistakes, but it is far<br />
better and less costly<br />
to learn from other<br />
people’s mistakes so<br />
you can avoid them<br />
a l t o g e t h e r.<br />
When it comes to<br />
major financial<br />
decisions, such as<br />
placing your home on<br />
the market, avoiding<br />
costly mistakes is<br />
crucial because it can<br />
have such a massive<br />
impact on your<br />
financial well-being<br />
going forward,<br />
RE/MAX of Southern<br />
Africa regional director<br />
and CEO Adrian<br />
Goslett said.<br />
Here are a few<br />
common mistakes<br />
sellers have made in<br />
the past:<br />
Trying to go it alone<br />
Certain things are<br />
better left to the<br />
professionals. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
more to selling a<br />
property than listing it<br />
PROPERTY FOR SALE<br />
on a portal and<br />
waiting for the right<br />
b u y e r.<br />
It can be a<br />
complicated and<br />
intricate process.<br />
While it might be<br />
tempting to go it alone<br />
to avoid an estate<br />
agent’s commission,<br />
working with a<br />
trustworthy real estate<br />
professional will<br />
ensure that the home<br />
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“A professional<br />
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substantial value to<br />
the transaction,”<br />
Goslett said.<br />
“Among ot h e r<br />
things, they will<br />
provide a valuation,<br />
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need to ensure the<br />
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property to the correct<br />
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their database of<br />
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Working with the<br />
wrong real estate<br />
agent<br />
Not using an estate<br />
agent can be a<br />
mistake, but so is<br />
using the wrong<br />
agent.<br />
Working with the<br />
wrong agent could be<br />
detrimental to the<br />
success of the sale.<br />
While there is a level<br />
of professionalism<br />
across the industry,<br />
not all agents are the<br />
same, so it is<br />
imperative that you<br />
select the right one for<br />
the job<br />
Select an agent who<br />
has working<br />
experience in the area<br />
in which the property<br />
is situated.<br />
<strong>The</strong> agent must<br />
have a depth of<br />
knowledge on the<br />
property market,<br />
specifically the<br />
micro-market in your<br />
neighbourhood.<br />
Inflating the<br />
property price<br />
Many sellers<br />
overprice their home<br />
in an attempt to<br />
counteract buyers<br />
trying to negotiate the<br />
price down.<br />
However, instead of<br />
giving themselves a<br />
cushion, inflating the<br />
price chases away<br />
buyers and has the<br />
home sitting on the<br />
market for longer than<br />
necessar y.<br />
Research shows that<br />
the longer a home sits<br />
on the market, the<br />
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between the listing<br />
and the actual selling<br />
price.<br />
A savvy agent can<br />
help the seller set the<br />
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PRIMEPROPER TY<br />
Brighten up your home<br />
COLOUR IN YOUR WORLD: Painting the exterior or interior of your home can<br />
make a massive difference<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
Emotion should<br />
not enter into a<br />
property sale<br />
From page <strong>10</strong><br />
sales and local market<br />
t rends.<br />
Worrying about the<br />
little things<br />
When selling a<br />
property, it is<br />
important to keep<br />
things in perspective.<br />
Bear in mind that<br />
selling a property is<br />
one of the biggest<br />
financial decisions<br />
most people will ever<br />
m a ke .<br />
While it might be<br />
easy to get distracted<br />
by the costs of the<br />
pre-listing repairs and<br />
upgrades, once the<br />
home is sold, you can<br />
focus on the<br />
rewarding outcome<br />
and forget about the<br />
small frustrations<br />
along the way.<br />
Getting overly<br />
e m ot i o n a l<br />
Over the years,<br />
many memories are<br />
made in a home, but<br />
buyers are not going<br />
to look at the property<br />
in the same way you<br />
are.<br />
While it is natural to<br />
have an emotional<br />
connection to your<br />
home, prospective<br />
buyers will be looking<br />
at the home itself.<br />
Although personal<br />
history with the home<br />
could cloud your<br />
judgment, being<br />
objective is key during<br />
the selling process.<br />
An outside party,<br />
such as a trusted<br />
family member or<br />
estate agent, can be a<br />
valuable asset when<br />
seeing the home<br />
o b j e c t i v e l y.<br />
“Avoiding these<br />
mistakes will help to<br />
ensure that the<br />
process of selling the<br />
home is less stressful<br />
and a far easier<br />
procedure to handle,”<br />
Goslett concluded.<br />
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frequently in the market is that of<br />
painting walls different colours. This<br />
draws attention and creates mood –<br />
imagine a dark red wall<br />
complementing the three beige walls<br />
in a lounge or a light green wall<br />
offsetting three light blue walls in a<br />
bedroom?<br />
Colour allows for play and<br />
creativity and bright or subdued<br />
colours can turn a nursery or<br />
JUST LISTED<br />
KINGSWAY<br />
R2 <strong>10</strong>0 000<br />
4 Beds | 3 Bath | 2 Lounge | 2 Garage | 1 Carport<br />
Stunning home close to schools, Fitted Kitchen,<br />
Lounge, Dining Room, TV Room leading out<br />
to lovely pool and garden. Double garage and<br />
Single Carport. Security system and<br />
irrigation system. Johan Marais<br />
C 082 411 3959<br />
EQT6854<br />
JUST LISTED<br />
CENTRAL<br />
R660 000 EZIBELENI<br />
3 Beds | 1 Bath | 1 Carport<br />
Situated in the heart of the CBD and walking<br />
distance from the shops and fast food outlets.<br />
Flat is spacious with open plan lounge and<br />
dining room area.<br />
Johan Marais<br />
C 082 411 3959<br />
EQT6862<br />
SOLE MANDATE<br />
playroom for young children into a<br />
haven. Let your teenager experiment<br />
with colours to exercise her own<br />
creativit y.<br />
All it needs is some thought and,<br />
while painting may be expensive,<br />
there are affordable options on the<br />
market, so speak to your local paint<br />
or hardware supplier for top advice<br />
on affordability and durability. – <strong>Rep</strong><br />
repor ter<br />
JUST LISTED<br />
TOP TOWN<br />
3 Beds | 2 Bath | 2 Lounge | 2 Garage<br />
Beautiful character home across from Queens<br />
College from Queens College senior school.<br />
Conner plot with side entrance to 1 bedroom<br />
flat with own kitchenette and bathroom.<br />
JUST LISTED<br />
SOLE MANDATE<br />
Johan Marais<br />
C 082 411 3959<br />
EQT6852<br />
Loraine Bosman<br />
C 084 487 8949<br />
EQT6856<br />
R1 850 000<br />
R360 000<br />
2 Beds | 1 Bath | 1 Carport<br />
First time home owners, don’t let this<br />
opportunity pass you by! This house is on a big<br />
stand with a flatlet bound to be grabbed quickly.<br />
You cannot afford to snooze on<br />
this one!<br />
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QUEENSTOWN CENTRAL R860 000 TOP TOWN R1 380 000 TARKASTAD R630 000<br />
Comfortable “lock up and go” flat, very centrally situated<br />
close to town, businesses and shops. <strong>The</strong> flat has its own<br />
balcony, two bedrooms with spacious built in cupboards, full<br />
bathroom, fitted kitchen, and parking for two vehicles.<br />
Cheryl: 082 465 3747 WEB REF: RXCM-0490<br />
KOMANI PARK R1 295 000<br />
This is a three bedroom house with and en suite. Passage bathroom<br />
with separate toilet. Kitchen with built in cupboards. Al three<br />
bedrooms with built in cupboards. Flat at the back with sitting<br />
area, kitchenette, separate bedroom, shower, hand basin and toilet.<br />
Double garage, secured yard with palisade in the front and other<br />
sides walled.<br />
Tami: 083 715 8764 WEB REF: RXCM-0422<br />
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This house is situated across from a school and has four bedrooms,<br />
one has an en suit. two bathrooms, lounge, dining area, laundry,<br />
garage and two open car ports. It has a garden and fenced. Perfect<br />
for children.<br />
Bruce: 082 773 6279 WEB REF: RXCM-0486<br />
Thinus: 083 653 1474 WEB REF: RXCM-0470<br />
TOP TOWN R1 150 000 RENTALS 045 838 2340<br />
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If consists of open-plan lounge/ dining room/ kitchen. <strong>The</strong>re are two<br />
bedrooms both with built in cupboards, full bathroom. <strong>The</strong> kitchen is <br />
well fitted with bic’s, elo and hop. Garage and carport, small enclosed <br />
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garden with built in braai area. Walled and alarmed.<br />
Cheryl: 082 465 3747 WEB REF: RXCM-0484<br />
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This property is situated in Tarkastad and consists of three bedrooms,<br />
a lounge, dining room and large kitchen. <strong>The</strong>re is a garage and car<br />
port and a enclosed garden. <strong>The</strong>re are various out buildings of this<br />
home.<br />
TOP TOWN<br />
R1 200 000<br />
3 Beds | 2 Bath | 2 Garage | 2 Lounge<br />
What a lovely property with a large fitted<br />
kitchen, tiled floors and built-in wardrobes.<br />
Situated in a prime spot.<br />
SOLE MANDATE<br />
Moira Pappas<br />
Principal<br />
C 082 478 7353<br />
Njongo Mvabenyathi<br />
C 071 036 0371<br />
EQT6836<br />
EZIBELENI<br />
R190 000<br />
2 Beds | 1 Bath<br />
Bargain! Bargain! You snooze you lose. This<br />
property is situated on the main taxi route<br />
at Unathi Mkhefa street Ezibeleni. Hurry up<br />
before it is snatched up from under your nose.<br />
Sipiwe Follie<br />
C 076 832 9706<br />
EQT6776<br />
VICTORIA PARK<br />
R1 150 000<br />
3 Beds | 2 Bath | 2 Garage | 2 Carport | 2 Lounge<br />
Spectacular! immediately comes to mind<br />
when you walk through this immaculate,<br />
stunning property! This house offers<br />
everything! You just need to move in.<br />
Loraine Bosman<br />
C 084 487 8949<br />
EQT6722<br />
RENTALS<br />
045 838 2560<br />
Top Town:<br />
3 bedroom house – R8 230.00<br />
3 bedroom house – R<strong>10</strong> 000.00<br />
3 bedroom house – R<strong>10</strong> 300.00<br />
5 bedroom house – R9 504.00<br />
Sandringham:<br />
2 bedroom flat – R4 830.00<br />
2 bedroom flat – R5 150.00<br />
1 bedroom flat – R4 <strong>10</strong>0.00<br />
Central:<br />
1 bedroom flats – R3 600.00<br />
2 bedroom flat – R6 500.00<br />
3 bedroom house – R7 260.00<br />
Westbourne:<br />
3 bedroom house – R7 <strong>10</strong>0.00<br />
1 bedroom flat – R4 000.00<br />
Laurie Dashwood Park:<br />
Bachelor flat – R3 000.00<br />
Komani Park:<br />
3 bedroom house – R6 600.00<br />
Out of town: 3km on N6<br />
2 bedroom unit – R5 170.00
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Trial against principal to continue<br />
SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
DRAMA filled the<br />
Ezibeleni Magistrate's<br />
Court last week as the<br />
trial against suspended<br />
Lingelihle Senior<br />
Secondary School<br />
principal Sandile Mata<br />
moved from a request<br />
for mediation to a<br />
continuance.<br />
State prosecutor<br />
Lubabalo Zantsi, in a<br />
sudden change of<br />
events, asked the<br />
magistrate to continue<br />
with the trial.<br />
On October 26,<br />
magistrate Xoliswa<br />
Ngwendu had<br />
remanded the trial to<br />
October 31 after the<br />
SUDOKU NUMBER 28 - Hard<br />
3 6 1 4 8<br />
state consulted with its<br />
witnesses and decided<br />
to send the matter to<br />
the director of public<br />
prosecutions (DPP)<br />
Sally van Zyl to decide if<br />
mediation should be the<br />
route to be followed.<br />
Last week, Mata<br />
pleaded not guilty to<br />
charges of assault with<br />
intent to do grievous<br />
9 2<br />
8 6 7<br />
7 2 5 4<br />
4<br />
1 4 8 9<br />
1 8 3<br />
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Pupil’s request to change<br />
state prosecutor rejected<br />
bodily harm.<br />
He is accused of<br />
kicking and slapping a<br />
girl in his school.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 19-year-old girl no<br />
longer wants to use the<br />
legal services of the<br />
state prosecutor as she<br />
does not trust him.<br />
Ngwendu responded,<br />
“Why do you want to<br />
change him while<br />
preparing for the trial?<br />
When did you realise<br />
this, because the last<br />
time we met you were<br />
fine with him<br />
representing you?<br />
“Are you aware that<br />
the court makes the<br />
decision?<br />
“<strong>The</strong> prosecutor only<br />
leads you to tell the<br />
court, based on the<br />
evidence that has been<br />
handed over and asks<br />
questions to emphasise<br />
a point that you might<br />
have forgotten.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> complainant said<br />
she had lost<br />
trust in the<br />
prosecutor as<br />
he had<br />
allegedly met<br />
with Mata<br />
outside the<br />
cour t.<br />
“Magistrate, I would<br />
like to ask: does my<br />
prosecutor have the<br />
right to tell me that we<br />
will not win the case<br />
and to tell me that the<br />
J88 (assault form for<br />
the attention of the<br />
police) will not be<br />
considered as<br />
evidence?”<br />
<strong>The</strong> complainant’s<br />
mother started<br />
whispering answers<br />
from the gallery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> complainant said she had lost<br />
trust in the prosecutor as he had<br />
allegedly met with Mata outside court<br />
Zantsi asked that he<br />
be withdrawn as the<br />
complainant’s<br />
representative as she<br />
did not heed his legal<br />
advice and was putting<br />
his reputation at risk.<br />
<strong>The</strong> magistrate was<br />
alerted by the<br />
prosecutor that the<br />
mother was also a state<br />
witness, while Mata’s<br />
legal representative,<br />
Francois Mostert from<br />
De Wet Shaw and<br />
Baxter Attorneys,<br />
objected to the<br />
m ot h e r ’s murmurings<br />
from the gallery.<br />
Mostert said, “Yo u<br />
can not make<br />
u n fo u n d e d<br />
a l l e g at i o n s<br />
against the<br />
prosecutor<br />
and the<br />
principal. To<br />
me, you<br />
have just testified that<br />
the prosecutor has done<br />
his job.<br />
“Where is she getting<br />
the information of what<br />
is happening in court<br />
when she is supposed<br />
to be in school?<br />
“I find it strange that<br />
a woman of her age can<br />
talk about a J88.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> magistrate called<br />
the mother of the victim<br />
and explained that a<br />
witness was supposed<br />
to be outside so that<br />
their testimony could be<br />
considered credible.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mother replied<br />
that she could not sit<br />
outside while her<br />
daughter was being<br />
“suppressed”.<br />
Ngwendu turned<br />
down the request for<br />
the complainant to<br />
change her legal<br />
representative while<br />
Zantsi’s request to no<br />
longer represent the<br />
complainant was also<br />
denied.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trial was<br />
postponed until<br />
<strong>November</strong> 30.<br />
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BEAUTY OF NATURE: Pip Freeman sent in this stunning photo, taken in Sterkstroom<br />
Stock theft unit’s Captain Erasmus retires<br />
ST E R KST R O O M – Congratulations to<br />
Captain Rassie Erasmus on his<br />
well-earned retirement.<br />
Rassie joined the police in 1974 and<br />
since then has served various<br />
communities in the Eastern Cape. He was<br />
also station commander at Seymour and<br />
Bolo Reserve for a number of years<br />
before he moved to Komani to join the<br />
CHDA<br />
hosts day<br />
to inform<br />
suppliers<br />
THE Chris Hani Development<br />
Agency (CHDA) Suppliers’ Day at its<br />
new Komani offices aimed to<br />
achieve its vision of ensuring<br />
sustainable economic growth and<br />
development for communities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> purpose of the day was to<br />
empower suppliers with knowledge<br />
through the promotion of awareness<br />
about supply chain managementrelated<br />
legislation, tax obligations,<br />
funding and other business-related<br />
opportunities in the Chris Hani<br />
dist rict.<br />
Communication with suppliers<br />
was promoted while the day also<br />
allowed suppliers to showcase<br />
products at promotional stalls.<br />
CHDA aims to present the day on<br />
an annual basis.<br />
stock theft unit, where he spent 20 years.<br />
Rassie is well known in the farming<br />
communities where he has solved many<br />
cases. He recalls his time in office when<br />
he saw many changes in stock theft from<br />
killing for the pot to it becoming an<br />
organised crime.<br />
An issue that has always been close to<br />
his heart is to keep up the morale of<br />
junior members.<br />
We wish him a happy retirement.<br />
WELL-AT TENDED prayer meetings were<br />
held at the NG Church on Tuesday to pray<br />
for South Africa.<br />
THE annual Sunset Parade, which is<br />
organised by the Moths, will take place at<br />
the Moth Hall on Saturday at 5pm. All are<br />
welcome to attend.<br />
MATTER OF FAITH: Reverend Gideon Tshaya of Tsembeyi Anglican Church, St Peter’s<br />
Parish, led an induction of women into the church’s Mary Magdelene Guild last Sunday<br />
with, from left, Linda Maseti, Zamayirha Tshaya, Nontle Tshaya, Nobomi Maseti,<br />
Nomawabo Maseti, Anathi Tyindyi, Akhona Mzazi and Zozuko Mboxo Picture: SUPPLIED
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ZENANDE BACELA<br />
~ 16 NOVEMBER <strong>2017</strong> ~<br />
HAPPY<br />
BIRTHDAY!<br />
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SCHEEPERS<br />
IVY<br />
In lewe van<br />
John Voster Tehuis,<br />
Suidstraat<br />
en voorheen van<br />
Moltenoweg 19,<br />
Aloevale, Komani<br />
Gebore: 16.12.1939<br />
Oorlede: 02.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Begrafnis:<br />
Saterdag 11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
By die woning<br />
om 09:30 en om<br />
<strong>10</strong>:30 by Die Ou<br />
Apostoliese Kerk,<br />
Sussex Weg,<br />
Aloevale, Komani<br />
waarna die stoet<br />
om 11:30 na die<br />
Queenstown<br />
Begrafplaas sal<br />
vertrek vir die<br />
teraardebestelling<br />
Diep betreur deur<br />
haar geliefde seun,<br />
dogter,<br />
kleinkinders en<br />
breë familie.<br />
RUSSELL EN SEUN<br />
Begrafnisondernemers<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
XHIPHU<br />
Temba<br />
Stafaans<br />
Born:<br />
1941.01.07<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.01<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.11<br />
Address:<br />
120 Old Location,<br />
Sterkstroom<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Time: <strong>10</strong>am<br />
Interment:<br />
Sterkstroom<br />
Cemetery at 12:30<br />
Rest in peace<br />
Mqwathi, Noni,<br />
Dikela<br />
Service Conducted By<br />
ĂĞŽĨĞŝŽŶĂů<br />
ŶĞĂůŝĞĐŽ<br />
ĸĐĞŽ<br />
ĞĂĞĞ<br />
ĞĞŶŽŶ<br />
083 431 6800 /<br />
076 324 1255<br />
You bring blessings and<br />
so much joy into my life.<br />
Ukhule Kwedini<br />
KaQhotywa<br />
From: Your Daddy<br />
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TSHANGELA<br />
THEMBA<br />
BENNET<br />
Late of<br />
982 Buhlebezwe<br />
Drive, Magxaki,<br />
Komani<br />
Born: 28.11.1948<br />
Died: 31.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at<br />
home then to<br />
the Nonzwakazi<br />
Methodist Church,<br />
Mlungisi for a<br />
service at 9am. <strong>The</strong><br />
cortege will proceed<br />
to the Lukhanji<br />
cemetery for the<br />
interment at 11am<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MQOMA SIGQO<br />
NYOHELA<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
GRIET<br />
PIETERSEN<br />
Born:<br />
1982-11-04<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-05<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
(Saturday)<br />
Address:<br />
1667 New Site<br />
Jamestown<br />
Venue: Home<br />
@ <strong>10</strong>:00am<br />
Cemetery:<br />
Ekuphumleni<br />
Cemetery at<br />
11:00am<br />
Service conducted by<br />
EYETHU FUNERAL<br />
Contact: 045 839 4432<br />
or 083 242 2533 /<br />
071 078 6184<br />
MJOBO<br />
VELILE<br />
WILLIE<br />
Late of<br />
1518 Zone 2,<br />
Ezibeleni, Komani<br />
Born: 18.03.1953<br />
Died: 01.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
then to the African<br />
Church, Ezibeleni<br />
for a service at<br />
<strong>10</strong>am<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege<br />
will proceed to<br />
the Lukhanji<br />
Cemetery for the<br />
interment at<br />
12 noon<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO NXUBA<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
MHALI<br />
LINDIWE<br />
CODELIA<br />
Born:<br />
1974-09-09<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-30<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
(Saturday)<br />
Address:<br />
1286 Zone<br />
1, Dongwe,<br />
Whittlesea<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Cemetery:<br />
Sada Cemetery<br />
Service conducted by<br />
EYETHU FUNERAL<br />
Contact: 045 839 4432<br />
or 083 242 2533 /<br />
071 078 6184<br />
LUDIDI<br />
SIBONGISENI<br />
Born: 1989-02-19<br />
Died: <strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-29<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
(Saturday)<br />
Address:<br />
Fransbury<br />
Village, Machibini<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Cemetery:<br />
Fransbury<br />
Cemetery<br />
Service conducted by<br />
EYETHU FUNERAL<br />
Contact: 045 839 4432<br />
or 083 242 2533 /<br />
071 078 6184<br />
NGXANDESHE<br />
VIVIEN<br />
VUYELWA<br />
Late of<br />
Machibini, Lady<br />
Frere District<br />
Born: 22.05.1947<br />
Died: 26.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
(Methodist<br />
Church) <strong>The</strong>nce<br />
to the Machibini<br />
Cemetery, Lady<br />
Frere for the<br />
Interment at<br />
12 noon<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MAMTHUNZI<br />
BHEBHE<br />
KHAWUTA<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
TSOOI<br />
MSOKOLI<br />
PATRICK<br />
Late of<br />
769 Zone 1,<br />
Ezibeleni,<br />
Komani<br />
Born: 04.05.1960<br />
Died: 31.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Sunday<br />
12.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
(Church of God)<br />
<strong>The</strong>nce to<br />
the Lukhanji<br />
Cemetery<br />
for the Interment<br />
at 12 noon<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO MFENE<br />
LISA JAMBASE<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
NOMATSE<br />
NONKWENKWEZI<br />
Late of<br />
Emmangweni,<br />
Bolotwa<br />
Lady Frere District<br />
Born: 01.01.1940<br />
Died: 25.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
(Anglican Service)<br />
<strong>The</strong>nce to<br />
the Bolotwa<br />
Cemetery,<br />
Lady Frere for the<br />
Interment at 13:30<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MAMBATHANE<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
PETER<br />
MZWANDILE<br />
ARTHUR<br />
Late of<br />
Nkwanca,<br />
Machibini,<br />
Lady Frere District<br />
Born: 16.04.1956<br />
Died: 30.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Sunday 12.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home at<br />
9am<br />
(Anglican Service)<br />
<strong>The</strong>nce to the<br />
Machibini Cemetery,<br />
Lady Frere for the<br />
Interment at 1pm<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MNGWEVU<br />
TSHANGISA<br />
SKHOMA<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
CEKISO<br />
ZOLEKA<br />
FRIEDA<br />
Late of<br />
1578 Mcunukelo<br />
Street, Molteno<br />
Born: 16.11.1973<br />
Died: 31.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at 9am<br />
(Inri Ime Zionist<br />
Faith) <strong>The</strong>nce<br />
to the Molteno<br />
Cemetery<br />
for the Interment<br />
at 12 noon<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MAMPANDLA<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
TINA<br />
NO-WELCOME<br />
Late of<br />
Mcambalala,<br />
Cofimvaba District<br />
Born: 25.12.1963<br />
Died: 01.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Sunday<br />
12.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
(St. Johns<br />
Apostolic Church)<br />
<strong>The</strong>nce to the<br />
Mcambalala<br />
Cemetery,<br />
Cofimvaba for the<br />
Interment at<br />
12 noon<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MAJOLA<br />
QENGEBA THOLE<br />
LOMTHWAKAZI<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
MAFUXWANA<br />
WELILE<br />
WILLIAM<br />
Late of<br />
382 Tsehare Street,<br />
White City,<br />
Komani<br />
Born: 12.02.1948<br />
Died: 31.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Friday <strong>10</strong>.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
then to the<br />
Mzingisi Skweyiya<br />
Hall, Mlungisi<br />
for a service at 9am<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege will<br />
proceed to the<br />
Lukhanji Cemetery<br />
for the Interment at<br />
11am<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
JOLA QENGEBA<br />
MPHANKOMO<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
MBENGO<br />
NONTSIKELELO<br />
FRANCESCA<br />
Late of<br />
R186 Sixaba Street,<br />
Mlungisi,<br />
Komani<br />
Born: 03.02.1950<br />
Died: 31.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
then to the<br />
J.Z.S. Ncevu,<br />
Mlungisi<br />
for a service at<br />
<strong>10</strong>am<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege will<br />
proceed to the<br />
Mlungisi Cemetery<br />
for the Interment at<br />
11am<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MAMNTAKWENDE<br />
LETA MBOYI<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
XABA<br />
MNCEDISI<br />
BORN: 1975-06-25<br />
DIED: <strong>2017</strong>-11-01<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
VENUE: Starting<br />
at home at 07:00am<br />
Ext2, Whittlesea then<br />
proceed for the Funeral<br />
Service at Walter<br />
University @ <strong>10</strong>:00am<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Dongwe Cemetery<br />
TIME: 1pm<br />
AVBOB<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES<br />
ROBINSON ROAD 29<br />
QUEENSTOWN<br />
Telefax: 045 838 <strong>10</strong>47<br />
Cell: 079 504 9188
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
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BUSSACK-<br />
MARQUARD<br />
ELMARIE<br />
ANNELISE<br />
<br />
In lewe van<br />
Dahliastraat<br />
<strong>10</strong> 004,<br />
Newvale,<br />
Komani<br />
Gebore:<br />
25.09.1985<br />
Oorlede:<br />
03.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Begrafnis:<br />
Saterdag<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
By die woning om<br />
8vm en om 9vm by<br />
Die Ou Apostoliese<br />
Kerk, Sussex Weg,<br />
Aloevale, Komani<br />
waarna die<br />
stoet om <strong>10</strong>vm<br />
na die Lukhanji<br />
Begrafplaas sal<br />
vertrek vir die<br />
teraardebestelling<br />
Diep betreur deur<br />
haar geliefde<br />
eggenoot<br />
Gershwin, dogter,<br />
seuns haar ma en<br />
breë familie.<br />
RUSSELL EN SEUN<br />
Begrafnisondernemers<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
SAWULE<br />
BABALWA<br />
Born:<br />
1993-02-15<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-03<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
(Saturday)<br />
Address:<br />
<strong>10</strong>55 Mzambo<br />
Street,<br />
Jamestown<br />
Venue:<br />
Home<br />
Cemetery:<br />
Jamestown<br />
Cemetery<br />
Service conducted by<br />
EYETHU FUNERAL<br />
Contact: 045 839 4432<br />
or 083 242 2533 /<br />
071 078 6184<br />
NOKEPEYI<br />
AVIWE<br />
BORN: 1986.06.13<br />
DIED: <strong>2017</strong>.<strong>10</strong>.31<br />
FUNERAL: <strong>2017</strong>.11.11<br />
ADDRESS: 221 Zone 2,<br />
Ezibeleni at 8am,<br />
Queenstown<br />
VENUE: New Hall,<br />
Zone 3 at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
Lala ngoxolo Nyawuza,<br />
Tahla.<br />
MBARA FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
076 550 4032<br />
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MQOMA<br />
MYOLISI<br />
CLIFFORD<br />
Late of<br />
BN 21 Calderwood<br />
Street, Tulandivile,<br />
Mlungisi, Komani<br />
Born: 27.02.1973<br />
Died: 01.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
then to the African<br />
Church, Mlungisi for<br />
a service at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege will<br />
proceed to the<br />
Lukhanji Cemetery<br />
for the interment at<br />
13:30<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO<br />
MPEHLE<br />
CABASHE<br />
NKOMIBOMVU<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
GQEBA<br />
BUHLE<br />
Late of<br />
Tabasa,<br />
Swartwater,<br />
Lady Frere District<br />
Born: 21.09.1994<br />
Died: 27.<strong>10</strong>.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Funeral:<br />
Saturday<br />
11.11.<strong>2017</strong><br />
Starting at home<br />
at <strong>10</strong>am<br />
(Zionist Faith)<br />
<strong>The</strong>nce to the<br />
Swartwater<br />
Cemetery,<br />
Lady Frere for the<br />
Interment at 13:30<br />
PHUMLA<br />
NGOXOLO MFENE<br />
HLATHI LISA<br />
JAMBASE<br />
RUSSELL AND SON<br />
FUNERAL DIRECTORS<br />
Tel. 045 839 4012<br />
SAHULA<br />
ZWELITINI<br />
BORN:<br />
1978-04-28<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-26<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
VENUE: Funeral<br />
starting at Home at<br />
Ndakana Village,<br />
Ngqamakhwe.<br />
Funeral service will<br />
start @ <strong>10</strong>:00am<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Ndakana Cemetery<br />
AVBOB<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES<br />
ROBINSON ROAD 29<br />
QUEENSTOWN<br />
Telefax: 045 838 <strong>10</strong>47<br />
Cell: 079 504 9188<br />
1150<br />
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SAXAXA<br />
(PETER)<br />
NONTSOMI<br />
LINDIWE<br />
BORN: 1965-06-16<br />
DIED: <strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-30<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
VENUE: Funeral<br />
starting at Home at<br />
No 9152 Unathi Mkefa,<br />
Ezibeleni. Funeral<br />
service will start @<br />
<strong>10</strong>:00am<br />
CEMETERY: Enoch<br />
Mgijima Cemetery<br />
AVBOB<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES<br />
ROBINSON ROAD 29<br />
QUEENSTOWN<br />
Telefax: 045 838 <strong>10</strong>47<br />
Cell: 079 504 9188<br />
It is with a sense<br />
of sadness that<br />
we announce the<br />
passing of the late<br />
GWANGWA<br />
SIVUYILE<br />
Born: 1988-02-28<br />
Died: <strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-29<br />
<strong>The</strong> funeral<br />
service for the<br />
late Gwangwa<br />
Sivuyile will be held<br />
at Ekuphumleni<br />
Location,<br />
Whittlesea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege will<br />
proceed to Dongwe<br />
Cemetery on<br />
Saturday<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
at 13h00<br />
Rest in Peace<br />
Sivuyile<br />
15 Years of dignified service<br />
Tel: 045 839 7113<br />
Cell: 082 832 8140<br />
It is with a sense<br />
of sadness that<br />
we announce the<br />
passing of the late<br />
BOLANI<br />
MATOBHI<br />
Born: 1940-12-04<br />
Died: <strong>2017</strong>-11-03<br />
<strong>The</strong> funeral service<br />
for the late Bolani<br />
Matobhi will be<br />
held at 3341<br />
Ekuphumleni,<br />
Whittlesea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cortege will<br />
proceed to Dongwe<br />
Cemetery on<br />
Saturday<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
at 13h00<br />
Rest in Peace<br />
Matobhi<br />
15 Years of dignified service<br />
Tel: 045 839 7113<br />
Cell: 082 832 8140<br />
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NOXOLO<br />
EUNICE<br />
MANISI<br />
BORN:<br />
1957-06-16<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-30<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Lady Frere<br />
VENUE:<br />
Top,<br />
Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Home, Lady Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
SOLOMON<br />
NTENETYA<br />
BORN:<br />
1952-11-15<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-28<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Lady Frere<br />
VENUE:<br />
Mkapusi,<br />
Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Home, Lady Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
NOMVULA<br />
MINAH<br />
GIWU<br />
BORN:<br />
1936-04-18<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-31<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-12<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Lady Frere<br />
VENUE:<br />
Bengu, Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Droyini, Lady<br />
Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
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PUMENTLA<br />
MPANANA<br />
BORN:<br />
1928-04-04<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>10</strong>-30<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-12<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Lady Frere<br />
VENUE:<br />
Cumakala,<br />
Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Home, Lady Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
NO-ITALY<br />
MYALUZA<br />
BORN:<br />
1940-11-06<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-03<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Lady Frere<br />
VENUE:<br />
Ncalukeni,<br />
Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Home, Lady Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
SKADE<br />
ANAM<br />
PRINCE<br />
BORN:<br />
2009-02-18<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-03<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
Gqebenya A/A<br />
VENUE:<br />
Holani,<br />
Lady Frere<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Home, Lady Frere<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
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LAMANI<br />
NONZWAKAZI<br />
HILDA<br />
BORN:<br />
1939-11-29<br />
DIED:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-03<br />
FUNERAL:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-11-11<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
T167 Sondlo Street<br />
VENUE:<br />
Mlungisi,<br />
Queenstown<br />
CEMETERY:<br />
Lukhanji<br />
Rest In Peace<br />
Serving Through Dignity<br />
and Trust<br />
No 21 Derby Street<br />
Queenstown 5319<br />
Tel: 045 838 1441<br />
Fax: 045 839 5668<br />
CELL: 082 692 2851<br />
083 328 4050<br />
Email:<br />
nesawuli@mweb.co.za<br />
MASO<br />
SIPHELO<br />
Born:<br />
1991.09.17<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.04<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.11<br />
Address: Kopisi<br />
A/A Machibini<br />
iLiinge<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Interment:<br />
Kopisi Cemetery<br />
VINJWAS FUNERAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
073 404 4627/ 073 144 7371 /<br />
073 911 2032<br />
SANGOVANA<br />
NOMPAZAMO<br />
Born:<br />
1962.<strong>10</strong>.23<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<strong>10</strong>.27<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.11<br />
Address: 3532<br />
Palem Road<br />
Unifound<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Interment:<br />
Lukhanji<br />
Cemetery<br />
VINJWAS FUNERAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
073 404 4627/ 073 144 7371 /<br />
073 911 2032<br />
For all your<br />
advertising<br />
needs call<br />
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or MAVIS<br />
on<br />
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SHWENI<br />
THANDI<br />
GEORGE<br />
Born:<br />
1976.<strong>10</strong>.04<br />
Died:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<strong>10</strong>.28<br />
Funeral:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.11.11<br />
Address: 1744<br />
Zone 2 Ezibeleni<br />
Venue: Home<br />
Interment:<br />
Zone D, <strong>The</strong>mba<br />
Cemetery<br />
VINJWAS FUNERAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
073 404 4627/ 073 144 7371 /<br />
073 911 2032<br />
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MALINGA<br />
PHILA<br />
BORN: 1976 - 04 - 23<br />
DIED: <strong>2017</strong> - <strong>10</strong> - 27<br />
FUNERAL: <strong>2017</strong> - 11 - 11<br />
(SATURDAY)<br />
VENUE / ADDRESS:<br />
Hyden Park Farm<br />
(Kwajoji) Komani<br />
TIME: <strong>10</strong>h00 - 13h00<br />
INTERMENT:<br />
Hyden Park Cemetery<br />
Lala ngoxolo Nozulu,<br />
Mpafane<br />
ELVIS SKEPE DIRECTORS<br />
073 269 0624<br />
045 838 2490<br />
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NOTICE<br />
BE PLEASED<br />
to take notice that<br />
Sis Ndumie’s<br />
Retail House<br />
intends making an<br />
application to the<br />
Commissioner of<br />
CIPC, for the<br />
re-instatement of<br />
Sis Ndumie’s<br />
Retail House,<br />
Registration<br />
Number<br />
2007/113560/23.<br />
Be pleased to take<br />
notice further that<br />
any objection to<br />
the application<br />
must be lodged<br />
with the<br />
Commissioner of<br />
CIPC at PO Box<br />
429, Pretoria 0001,<br />
within twenty one<br />
(21) days of the<br />
date of publication<br />
hereof.<br />
NOTICES<br />
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Proposed Purchase, Rezoning and Subdivision of portions of<br />
Erf 3014 (Beswick Street & Villagers Road) and Consolidation to<br />
the adjoining Erf 3000 (17 Beswick Street / 16 Villagers Road)<br />
Queenstown<br />
Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the<br />
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality to purchase, rezone and subdivide<br />
portions of Erf 3014 (Portions of Beswick Street and Villagers Road)<br />
and to rezone these portions from Street to Residential II and Erf<br />
3000 from Residential Zone I to Residential Zone II respectively as<br />
well as to consolidate these portions of street to the adjoining Erf 3000<br />
and the subdivision thereof into four erven in terms of Ordinance 15<br />
of 1985 and SPLUMA No 16/2013.<br />
Proposed Subdivision of Erf 7601 (KSM) Queentown<br />
Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the<br />
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality for Subdivision of Erf 7601 (KSM)<br />
Queenstown, in terms of Ordinance 15 of 1985 and SPLUMA No<br />
16/2013.<br />
Proposed Consolidation, Rezoning and Subdivision of<br />
Erf 8043 & 8044 (QC Recreational Facility-Frost/Berry Street)<br />
Queenstown and Removal of Title Deed Restrictions<br />
Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to<br />
the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality to have Erf 8043 and Erf 8044<br />
Queenstown consolidated, rezoned and Subdivided in terms of<br />
SPLUMA No 16/2013 and Ordinance 15 of 1985 and Removal of Title<br />
Deed Restrictions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following restrictions are to be removed and applies to both erven;<br />
1. “<strong>The</strong> property hereby transferred shall be used solely for sporting<br />
activities such as Rugby, Cricket, Athletics, Soccer and any<br />
activities therewith.”<br />
2. “<strong>The</strong> owner of this property shall not sell or any way dispose<br />
¿ <br />
permission by the Town Council of Queenstown to do so.”<br />
Any objection, with valid reasons, shall be lodged in writing to Enoch<br />
Mgijima Local Municipality, Directorate of Human Settlements and<br />
Land Development. Attention: Acting Manager: Town Planning (Mrs.<br />
A. Boucher), Physical address: 2C Komani Street, Komani, 5320 or<br />
Postal Address: Private Bag X7111, Komani, 5320 Fax: 045 838 2622<br />
Email: value@lukhanji.gov.za within 30 days of the publication date of<br />
this advertisement.<br />
Further information can be obtained from the Acting Manager: Town<br />
Planning (Mrs. A. Boucher) on Tel: 045 807 6400. Full particulars<br />
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LEGALS<br />
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In the estate of the late<br />
COSMO FEZILE<br />
MGOLE<br />
Born: 28/05/1930<br />
Identity number:<br />
3005285176083,<br />
unmarried, a<br />
pensioner who<br />
resided at 13 Kei<br />
Crescent, Komani<br />
Park, Queenstown,<br />
<strong>Rep</strong>ublic Of South<br />
Africa, and who died<br />
at Queenstown on<br />
30 June 2015.<br />
Estate Number:<br />
3721/2015<br />
BE PLEASED TO TAKE<br />
NOTICE that the First<br />
and Final Liquidation and<br />
Distribution Account will<br />
lie for inspection at the<br />
Office of the Master of<br />
the Eastern Cape High<br />
Court, Grahamstown,<br />
and at the Magistrate‘s<br />
Court, Queenstown,<br />
for a period of (twentyone)<br />
21 days computed<br />
from date of publication<br />
hereof, ie. <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong><br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
MAURICE ANTHONY<br />
SHADIACK<br />
Executor Testamentary<br />
C/O MAURICE SHADIACK<br />
ATTORNEYS INC.<br />
22-24 Robinson Road<br />
P O Box 398 Queenstown, 5320<br />
Tel: 045-8392027<br />
Fax: 045 839 2305<br />
e-mail: maurice@mshadiack.co.za<br />
M<br />
S<br />
Liquidation &<br />
Distribution<br />
In the estate of<br />
the late VIVIAN<br />
NORMAN MANTHE<br />
Born: 12/08/1936<br />
Identity number:<br />
360812 5014 08 1<br />
of 4 MURRAYVILLE<br />
STREET,<br />
CATHCART<br />
Estate Number:<br />
963/2016<br />
Date of death:<br />
04/02/2016<br />
<strong>The</strong> First and Final<br />
Liquidation and<br />
Distribution Account<br />
in the above Estate<br />
will be open for<br />
inspection by all<br />
persons interested<br />
therein at the offices<br />
of the Master of<br />
the High Court,<br />
GRAHAMSTOWN<br />
and a duplicate copy<br />
thereof at the offices<br />
of the Magistrate<br />
CATHCART, for a<br />
period of 21<br />
(Twenty-one) days<br />
from <strong>10</strong> NOVEMBER<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
PIETER JACOBUS<br />
COETZEE<br />
Bowes McDougall Inc<br />
27a Prince Alfred<br />
Street, Queenstown<br />
5320<br />
TEL: 045 807 3800<br />
Auctions<br />
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NUMBER and<br />
PROJECT NAME<br />
BID NO:35/<strong>2017</strong>/<br />
MD(MS)<br />
REFURBISHMENT<br />
OF MOLTENO WATER<br />
TREATMENT WORKS<br />
PROJECT<br />
STATUS<br />
New<br />
Project<br />
BID NOTICE<br />
DOCUMENT<br />
PRICE<br />
PPPFA<br />
COMPULSORY<br />
BRIEFING<br />
MEETING<br />
R500.00 80/20 15 <strong>November</strong><br />
<strong>2017</strong> at<br />
11:00am, at<br />
SONDLO & KNOPP ADVERTISING<br />
CLOSING DATE<br />
01 December<br />
<strong>2017</strong> at<br />
12:00pm<br />
Tender documents will be available during office hours from Wednesday, 08<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong> at 12:00 at the Chris Hani District Municipality offices, Budget<br />
& Treasury Office, 44 Cathcart Road, Queenstown, 5320. A non-refundable<br />
deposit of R500.00 (either cash or by means of an Electronic Funds Transfer<br />
(EFT) in favour of Chris Hani District Municipality is required per document,<br />
(where an EFT deposit is used please quote Company name and the Bid<br />
Number as reference) Proof of purchase must be attached to the original<br />
tender document and must be deposited in the Tender Box, at Chris Hani District<br />
Municipality Offices, 15 Bells Road, Queenstown, 5319, no later than 12:00pm<br />
cut-off time on Friday 01 December <strong>2017</strong> where bids will be deposited in public.<br />
Tenders submitted remain valid for 90 days after the closing date of tender<br />
and only original tender documents will be considered.<br />
More details of the Tenders can be obtained from: www.chrishanidm.gov.za<br />
and http://www.etenders.gov.za/content/advertised-tenders SCM related<br />
enquiries to be directed to Chris Hani Supply Chain unit on Tel. No. (045) 808<br />
4600.<br />
Technical enquiries should be directed to Mr P Mantungwa of Element<br />
Consulting Engineers on Tel. No. (043) 726 0074 or facsimile (043) 726 0600<br />
or by e-mail to: pmantungwa@ecengec.co.za. Any other queries to be directed<br />
to Ms Nozuko Ncedo of Chris Hani District Municipality at (045) 808 4600<br />
Issued by<br />
MR. M.A MENE<br />
MUNICIPAL MANAGER<br />
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QUEENSTOWN<br />
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Award for new Opel<br />
DESPITE only having recently<br />
celebrated its world premiere at<br />
the Frankfurt Motor Show and<br />
having been tested by members<br />
of the media, the new Opel<br />
Grandland X has surpassed<br />
many rivals and been named one<br />
of the finalists for the European<br />
AUTOBEST 2018, indicates the<br />
Fury Motor Group.<br />
A jury consisting of journalists<br />
from 31 European countries tests<br />
new models eligible for the<br />
award. <strong>The</strong> winner is named Best<br />
Buy Car of Europe 2018. By<br />
reaching the final, the dynamic<br />
Opel compact SUV is one of six<br />
remaining strong contenders for<br />
the title.<br />
<strong>The</strong> AUTOBEST jury evaluates<br />
the candidates in various<br />
categories such as flexibility,<br />
design and new technologies<br />
along with the service network,<br />
availability of parts and price.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new Opel Grandland X<br />
excels in many areas: modern,<br />
athletic lines, cool off-road look<br />
along with typical SUV qualities,<br />
such as elevated seating position<br />
and good all-round visibility.<br />
Furthermore, the adventurous<br />
newcomer comes with numerous<br />
leading technologies such as<br />
IntelliGrip electronic traction<br />
control along with plenty of<br />
space and comfort for up to five<br />
passengers.<br />
All this is offered at an<br />
attractive price-performance<br />
ratio and has helped the new<br />
challenger in the SUV segment<br />
qualify for the AUTOBEST 2018<br />
final. <strong>The</strong> decisive evaluation will<br />
take place during numerous test<br />
drives along with further<br />
assessments on the test track in<br />
Vairano (Italy). <strong>The</strong> winner – the<br />
Best Buy Car of Europe – will be<br />
announced in mid-December.<br />
Opel’s latest contender is<br />
following a good Opel tradition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rüsselsheim-based<br />
carmaker has celebrated<br />
multiple honours in various<br />
categories of the prestigious<br />
AUTOBEST awards in recent<br />
years:<br />
In 2007 and 2015, the Opel<br />
Corsa won the AUTOBEST award,<br />
enabling both generations of the<br />
small car all-rounder to carry the<br />
title of Best Buy Car of Europe.<br />
ON THE ROAD: Dr Lubabalo Ndaba, left, and<br />
Shirley Jones during the Twizza Bonkolo<br />
Marathon on Saturday<br />
WE CAN DO THIS: local running legend Japie<br />
Greyvenstein in action during the Twizza<br />
Bonkolo Marathon. Greyvenstein was passsing<br />
by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> water point at the Berry Dam<br />
Pictures: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
MAKING STRIDES:<br />
Komani’s Mzukisi<br />
Silandela during the<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Twizza<br />
Bonkolo Marathon
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Union workers<br />
demand their<br />
statutory pay<br />
ANDISA BONANI<br />
QUALITY Coffins employees and<br />
members of the Chemical, Energy,<br />
Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied<br />
Workers Union (Ceppwawu) have<br />
demanded that their boss and business<br />
owner Thinus Koen pay their statutory<br />
benefits following an abrupt<br />
retrenchment due to the business<br />
suffering from financial constraints.<br />
Shop steward Zukiswa Ndodana said<br />
when she and other employees realised<br />
in 2015 that the business was<br />
dwindling, they decided to join<br />
Ceppwawu and suggested Koen release<br />
them from employment so they could<br />
claim their monies for services<br />
rendered.<br />
“He did not consider our offer, so we<br />
continued working as usual until April<br />
this year when he introduced a ‘shor t<br />
time’ schedule.<br />
“This meant one had to wait for an<br />
SMS to tell you when to work. We went<br />
from working every day and being paid<br />
Cap acity<br />
in the<br />
s p ot l i g h t<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
THE department of trade and industry (DTI)<br />
tabled the new cluster development<br />
programme for manufacturing and agri<br />
processing enterprises at the capacity<br />
development forum in Komani recently.<br />
<strong>The</strong> business event was organised by the<br />
Black Management Forum in partnership with<br />
the Eastern Cape Development Corporation at<br />
the Cooperative House on Friday.<br />
DTI advisor Bonani Matshaya from the<br />
provincial strategic partnerships and<br />
customer care section said big companies did<br />
not want to work with small and medium<br />
micro enterprises (SMMEs) due to their lack<br />
of capacity.<br />
To combat the problem DTI came with a<br />
new Cluster Development Programme model<br />
on how SMMEs can bridge the gap to be at a<br />
competitive level<br />
to work with large<br />
companies.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> cluster<br />
programme<br />
requires five<br />
registered entities<br />
with a common<br />
industry to merge<br />
to form a non profit<br />
company. <strong>The</strong><br />
entities can range<br />
from corporative,<br />
private companies<br />
to close<br />
corporations. <strong>The</strong><br />
entities must be in<br />
the manufacturing<br />
or processing<br />
SPEAKING<br />
EMPOWERMENT: DTI<br />
advisor Bonani<br />
Matshaya Picture:<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
businesses and 20% of the cluster entities<br />
must be majority black owned. All members<br />
share an equal ownership and the shared<br />
infrastructure machinery will be owned by the<br />
c l u st e r. ”<br />
<strong>The</strong> objective of the cluster was to uplift<br />
and build a competitive environment of<br />
SMMEs in order for them to manufacture<br />
goods and have an export base.<br />
Matshaya said the objectives was to create<br />
black industrialists where the DTI issued an<br />
incentive to the SMMEs who applied before<br />
purchasing assets such as a building,<br />
equipment and business development<br />
services. <strong>The</strong> incentive aimed to promote<br />
business expansion within SMMEs.<br />
fortnightly to two days a week.<br />
“We had hoped he would discuss the<br />
new schedule with the union first, but<br />
that did not happen. Most of us have<br />
struggled financially since the<br />
introduction of short time. Some of us<br />
need to meet monthly instalments, but<br />
the current situation does not allow for<br />
that, which is very stressful.”<br />
Ceppwawu secretary Welile Nolingo<br />
said, “This started with the introduction<br />
of short time, before the workers joined<br />
the union. When we challenged the<br />
company because the new schedule<br />
was not negotiated and demanded that<br />
we enter into negotiations, the company<br />
informed us about retrenchments.”<br />
Attorney Jacques Kitshoff, on behalf<br />
of Koen, said the implementation of<br />
short time was taken seriously by<br />
management, based on the years of<br />
service rendered.<br />
“Management was forced to<br />
implement retrenchment procedures in<br />
September based on the limited work<br />
available and no foreseeable prospects<br />
FINANCIAL PREDICAMENT: Former Quality Coffins employees wait for a meeting with owner Thinus Koen outside the<br />
business premises<br />
of future manufacturing. We sent a<br />
letter in May explaining when short<br />
time would be implemented and the<br />
reasons thereof.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> is in possession of a copy of<br />
the letter dated May 18 informing<br />
employees about the introduction of<br />
short time.<br />
Nolingo said they had a meeting with<br />
Koen last month when they demanded<br />
the company pay all statutory benefits<br />
like severance, notice, pro-rata holiday<br />
and bonus payments.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> company pleaded bankruptcy. He<br />
wanted to assist workers to withdraw<br />
their provident fund and apply for<br />
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)<br />
benefits. Our stance was that he must<br />
pay workers their statutory benefits first.<br />
Kitshoff said during the consultation<br />
it was made clear to employees that<br />
management did not have the revenue<br />
to do this.<br />
Management was conducting<br />
investigations to obtain recourse<br />
pertaining to the sale of the business<br />
and/or application for voluntary<br />
sequest ration.<br />
THANK YOU! Phumelela Special Care Centre pupils received clothes that were donated to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong><br />
by readers with, from the left, Mandiluphe Canda and Owam Thula Picture: SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
“Koen did not instruct employees to<br />
withdraw from the UIF and provident<br />
fund. All non-union employees had<br />
already received their UIF and provident<br />
fund documents. <strong>The</strong>y were present at<br />
the meeting and understood the financial<br />
predicament the business was in.”<br />
Nolingo said the stance of the<br />
employer had forced them to seek legal<br />
advice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rep</strong> requested comment from the<br />
department of labour, but no reply had<br />
been received by the time of going to<br />
press.<br />
Sasol league’s<br />
coastal, inland<br />
teams clash<br />
SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
THE Sasol Women’s Soccer League entertained<br />
soccer enthusiasts at Jan Smuts Stadium in East<br />
London on Saturday. <strong>The</strong> top four coastal teams<br />
played against the top four inland teams for a<br />
position to represent the province at the provincial<br />
league.<br />
Cacadu team Cumakala Football Club, currently<br />
in third position in the inland stream, played<br />
against Sophakama Ladies, a team from Port<br />
Elizabeth. Cumakala won 2-0.<br />
Cumakala coach Wezo Ndiki said they had 11<br />
players and only one reserve.<br />
“We scored our first goal during the first half,<br />
and the second one in the early seconds of the<br />
last half. We are the only team in the inland<br />
stream that has won their match.”<br />
Ndiki said Cumakala were gearing up for next<br />
year and would be finishing off their seasonal<br />
league during the playoffs.<br />
Ntabankulu team Executive Ladies Football Club<br />
suffered a big loss against Birmingham City 13-1,<br />
while Amanqilo Birds from Port St Johns were<br />
defeated by City Lads 5-1. Leading the teams in<br />
the inland stream, Red Roses, lost against<br />
Thunderbirds Ladies 3-1.<br />
Helping hands for elderly woman<br />
SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
ENOCH Mgijma Fire Department<br />
officials were so touched by the<br />
living situation of an elderly woman<br />
from Silvertown Informal Settlement<br />
when they saw her sitting in front of<br />
her collapsing shack, that they<br />
reached out to help.<br />
Firefighter, Siyasanga Tom, said<br />
she was with her colleague on their<br />
way to attend to an emergency when<br />
they saw 81-year-old Miriam Mxhaga,<br />
sitting on the ground in front of her<br />
shack.<br />
“After we saw this sad situation,<br />
we informed our colleagues and we<br />
decided to buy some groceries and<br />
electrical appliances and fix her<br />
shack,” Tom said.<br />
Tom indicated they informed<br />
portfolio councillor of public safety,<br />
Adele Hendricks, who then arrived on<br />
Tu e s d ay.<br />
Hendricks said, “We have spoken<br />
to the disaster management<br />
[directorate] to organise a safe<br />
shelter for her and I will also use<br />
some of my resource like local<br />
businesses to help out with anything<br />
that the woman needs.”<br />
Mxhaga’s children have all died<br />
and she has lived in haggard<br />
conditions for over three decades.<br />
Her relatives, she says, have given<br />
up on her as she refuses to return<br />
home to Whittlesea or to go to an old<br />
age home.<br />
“I do get a grant of R1600, but I<br />
receive R500 from my loan shark in<br />
Newtown and I buy some groceries.<br />
On Fridays I walk to town to go and<br />
beg for money and food from locals.”<br />
She depends on her walking stick<br />
as she was hit by a motorbike a few<br />
years ago which left her with a<br />
broken leg.<br />
Her neighbour, Xoliswa Zeniso,<br />
said she cooks for her everyday and<br />
always check up on her. “<strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
relative that she has in Komani, but<br />
she does not want go there. As her<br />
LIVING IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION: Abongile Ndabeni, back from left, and<br />
Nomakula Dzena with, front from left, Xoliswa Zeniso, Siyasanga Tom,<br />
Marina Bennett, Miriam Mxhaga, Adele Hendricks and Nandipha Nxoyi<br />
Picture: SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
neighbours, we have even persuaded<br />
and begged her to go and live in an<br />
old age home, but she refuses.”<br />
Another neighbour, Thobeka<br />
Philaphi, said it was heartbreaking<br />
that an elderly woman lived in such<br />
poor conditions. Before the fire<br />
department came to help, rain would<br />
seep through the holes in the roof<br />
and it would flood the shack.
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THE REPRESENTATIVE <strong>10</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
LIGHTNING<br />
SPEED: As a<br />
special<br />
treat for<br />
visitors to<br />
the<br />
L a e r s ko o l<br />
Hangklip<br />
one-hour<br />
at h l e t i c s<br />
meeting last<br />
we e k ,<br />
Hangklip<br />
U16 athletic<br />
s u p e r st a r<br />
Mikaa-il<br />
Mohamed, right, competed against former<br />
Hangklip pupil and sprinter Dale Williams in<br />
a <strong>10</strong>0m race. Mohamed crossed the finish<br />
line first<br />
No Eyasekasi<br />
Run this year<br />
THE popular Eyasekasi Run, which annually<br />
takes runners past historic sites in Mlungisi, will<br />
not take place this year.<br />
Chairman of the Lukhanji Athletics Club,<br />
which organises the event, Sabelo Jayiya, said<br />
the decision to cancel this year’s event had not<br />
been an easy one.<br />
“However, it has become imperative that we<br />
address issues of management and<br />
administration in the club together with our<br />
relationship partners. <strong>The</strong>re are stakeholders<br />
who made undertakings they never honoured.”<br />
Issues of transparency and accountability<br />
were under review as sports bodies’ leaders<br />
needed to lead by example through integrity,<br />
honesty, transparency and accountability, he<br />
said.<br />
“Should these be in doubt, we need to dig<br />
deeper, identify the problem and take decisive<br />
action to nip in the bud any tendencies that may<br />
affect the credibility of the club and those who<br />
lead it.”<br />
Jayiya apologised to all who had been<br />
associated with the race over the past seven<br />
years and said next year’s race would be bigger,<br />
better and more exciting than before. – <strong>Rep</strong><br />
repor ter<br />
SOLID GOLD: Alousius<br />
Alexander from Tom’s<br />
Dojo Karate was the<br />
gold medal winner in<br />
kumite at the mixed<br />
martial arts tournament<br />
hosted in the<br />
Queen’s Junior Hall<br />
last weekend. He was<br />
also awarded a<br />
bronze for<br />
k at a<br />
Picture:<br />
SUPPLIED<br />
UP FOR DEVELOPMENT: Amavarara player Sihle Gum, left, with local Free<br />
State Stars winger Sinethemba Jantjie and Free State Stars scout Brian<br />
Funda at the team’s head office in Bethlehem recently Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
DSRAC helps to boost sport squads<br />
ABONGILE<br />
S O LU N D WA N A<br />
THE department of sport,<br />
recreation, arts and culture<br />
has handed over sporting<br />
equipment and kit to teams<br />
which performed well in the<br />
codes of football, table tennis<br />
and cricket.<br />
Qoqodala football league<br />
winners Santos FC were<br />
issued a trophy along with kit<br />
while Home Defender FC and<br />
City Killers FC also benefited<br />
from kit. Ngoji FC from<br />
Whittlesea were awarded a<br />
trophy and kit after winning<br />
the Zwelidinga league.<br />
Everton FC which came<br />
second and third-placed<br />
Computer FC were given kit.<br />
DSRAC assistant manager<br />
Toko Oliphant said the district<br />
had resolved to target teams<br />
from deep rural areas and<br />
villages to promote leagues.<br />
“We want youth to be<br />
occupied with sport on a<br />
daily basis. Most of these<br />
places play football as a<br />
IN THE SWIM: Five Laerskool Hangklip<br />
swimmers participated in the East<br />
London top <strong>10</strong> trials recently. JC<br />
Potgieter achieved an eighth position in<br />
butterfly and fifth in freestyle. He has<br />
progressed to the next round<br />
TRACK STARS: Laerskool Hangklip held an at h l e t i c s<br />
meeting last Wednesday with Southbourne and Louis<br />
Rex also participating. Laerskool Hangklip pupils, from<br />
left, Duran Heyns (boys U<strong>10</strong> 80m), Chanequa Pitt (girls<br />
U11 <strong>10</strong>0m) and Maxine Andrews (girls U9 60m), broke<br />
records, as did pupils of Southbourne and Louis Rex<br />
social sport where teams<br />
compete for half a sheep.”<br />
She said Qoqodala was<br />
receiving assistance from the<br />
department to form<br />
structures as part of a<br />
campaign to start leagues.<br />
Sada Cricket Club was<br />
assisted with kit.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> club was struggling to<br />
continue with the current<br />
cricket league due to a lack<br />
of resources.”<br />
Table tennis league<br />
winners Titans took home<br />
five bats and six balls.<br />
QC sportsmen recognised<br />
AT THE Queen’s College sports<br />
awards dinner, Carlo del Fava,<br />
who matriculated from the<br />
school in 1998 and represented<br />
Italian rugby at international<br />
level, was the guest of honour.<br />
Queenians were recognised<br />
for outstanding achievements.<br />
Athletics: Junior pentathlon<br />
– Buhlebenkosi Kahla; senior<br />
pentathlon – B at h a n d wa<br />
Mqhayi; most improved<br />
athlete: Nikithemba Hani;<br />
perseverance – Nikithemba<br />
Hani and Mthokozisi Magaga;<br />
contribution to athletics –<br />
Balungile Xhala; most<br />
outstanding individual<br />
performance – B at h a n d wa<br />
Mqhayi, U17 athlete – Seth van<br />
S c h o o r.<br />
Cricket, bowling:<br />
Singalakha Skweyiya (1st XI,<br />
6/16), Tyrone Lottering (2nd XI<br />
5/20), Camgca Sondlo (3rd XI<br />
5/25, 5/26), Dillon Oelofse<br />
(U15A 6/19), Uthandiwe<br />
Gatyeni (U14A 5/12), Ntsika<br />
Smayile (2nd XI 5/34), Viwe<br />
Mtolo (U14B 7/18), Anda Duda<br />
(1st XI 5/28), Lukhanyo Saul<br />
(U15A 6/18). Batting –<br />
Jonathan Russell (2nd XI<br />
<strong>10</strong>0*), Okuhle Kente (3rd XI<br />
<strong>10</strong>7), Litha Mgcoyi (U14A <strong>10</strong>7*).<br />
Most enthusiastic junior –<br />
Liyema Mgwigwi; enthusiasm<br />
– Ntsika Smayile; 1st XI<br />
cricketer most respected by<br />
fellow players – Ilano Smith;<br />
most improved senior – Ethan<br />
O’ Connor; Fielding – Sihlalo<br />
Benge; bowling – Anda Duda;<br />
batting – Tyrel Maclean;<br />
all-rounder – Ilano Smith;<br />
contribution to cricket – Ty r e l<br />
Maclean.<br />
Cross country: Junior<br />
champ – Mthokozisi Magaga;<br />
senior champ – Kuyanda Kala;<br />
most improved runner – Robijn<br />
Amavarara star in<br />
Free State team<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
MAVARARA right back and<br />
right wing player Sihle Gum,<br />
A18, from Ndlovukazi, has been<br />
included in the Free State Stars<br />
development team and is hoping to<br />
be selected to the main team next<br />
season.<br />
Gum received the good news<br />
after Free State Stars scout Sivuyile<br />
Brian Funda from Whittlesea<br />
discovered him at the SAB<br />
provincial play-offs at Fort Hare<br />
University in July.<br />
<strong>The</strong> talented player was invited to<br />
the pre-season MultiChoice Diski<br />
Challenge league.<br />
“I was always hoping for a break<br />
like this to happen. I am grateful to<br />
my parents who supported me in<br />
my education and football and as a<br />
result I am doing well in both.<br />
“My team has played a great role<br />
in leading me to this level. None of<br />
THERE YOU GO: DSRAC handed over kit to teams which<br />
excelled in soccer, table tennis and cricket leagues<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
van der Westhuyzen;<br />
persistence and perseverance<br />
– Uhlumile Samela;<br />
contribution cross country –<br />
Simthembile Msitshana.<br />
Golf: Most improved –<br />
Gabriel de Jongh.<br />
Hockey: Interhouse –<br />
Russell House; most improved<br />
junior – Jason Russell and<br />
Lwazi Sogiba; most<br />
outstanding junior –<br />
Kamvelihle Mangqangwana<br />
and Bryan Muir; most<br />
improved senior – J o n at h a n<br />
Russell; most outstanding<br />
player – Aphiwe Mgaleli;<br />
contribution to hockey – D av i d<br />
S c h o n ke n .<br />
Rugby: Seven-a-side<br />
interhouse U19 – Boarder<br />
House; overall winners<br />
interhouse seven-a-side –<br />
Boarder House; most<br />
promising junior – Sihlalo<br />
Benge; most improved player<br />
in the 1st XV – Avile Gatyeni;<br />
contribution to rugby – S i ya<br />
Jwacu; loyalty, dedication and<br />
sportsmanship – Gareth<br />
Heidtmann.<br />
Squash: Most improved<br />
junior – Sihlalo Benge; most<br />
improved senior – Lesley<br />
Patsika and Vincent van der<br />
Merwe; contribution to squash<br />
this would have been possible<br />
without them.”<br />
His teammates were inspired by<br />
his selection, he said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y said this was proof that<br />
Amavarara was no ordinary team,<br />
but a force to be reckoned with,<br />
with great potential to produce<br />
quality players.”<br />
Gum has been excused from the<br />
Diski Challenge to write his matric<br />
exams before his move to<br />
Bethlehem.<br />
Funda said Gum had great power<br />
which was a crucial factor for a<br />
d e fe n d e r.<br />
“Gum is young and has a long<br />
way to go in his career which places<br />
him at an advantage. He is good at<br />
attacking and defending. He has<br />
great pace.”<br />
He thanked Enoch Mgijima<br />
Municipality executive mayor<br />
Lindiwe Gunuza Nkwentsha and<br />
Mfuraa Projects for sponsoring the<br />
p l ay e r.<br />
C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S :<br />
Queen’s College pupil<br />
Bathandwa Mqhayi was<br />
the winner of the Ivan<br />
Busse Cup and was<br />
presented with a special<br />
award by former<br />
Queenian and former<br />
Italian rugby player Carlo<br />
del Fava, who had also<br />
won the Ivan Busse Cup<br />
while at Queen’s Picture:<br />
EMMANUEL PSARRAS<br />
– David Stone; junior<br />
champion – Jade Julies and<br />
senior champion – D av i d<br />
Stone.<br />
Swimming: M o st<br />
outstanding swimmer –<br />
Devilliers Cloete.<br />
Tennis: Most improved<br />
junior – Gabriel de Jongh;<br />
junior doubles champions –<br />
Gabriel de Jongh and Eli van<br />
Schoor; junior singles<br />
champion – Orlando Giddy;<br />
senior doubles champion –<br />
Jonathan Russell and David<br />
Stone; senior singles champion<br />
– David Stone; most<br />
outstanding player – J o n at h a n<br />
Russell.<br />
Waterpolo: Most promising<br />
junior – Kyle Harrison; most<br />
improved player – Tristan van<br />
Rensburg; contribution to<br />
waterpolo – Chad le Roux;<br />
application and dedication to<br />
waterpolo – Grant Littleford.<br />
General: Excellence in sport<br />
U16 – Conley Pieterse.<br />
Meritorious awards:<br />
Equestrian tentpegging –<br />
Bryan Muir; golf – Gabriel de<br />
Jongh; karate – Loyiso<br />
Dumani, Lubabalo Ngece, Siba<br />
Sontshi, Loyiso Wiso.<br />
Various colour awards were<br />
also handed out.
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SPOR TSSCENE<br />
Komani gets new rugby tourney<br />
SIMTEMBILE MGIDI<br />
A NEW annual rugby event, the African Pioneer<br />
Rugby Tournament, will kick off on <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
at the Mlungisi Stadium.<br />
Enoch Mgijima mayor Lindiwe Gunuza-<br />
Nkwentsha is expected to be in attendance.<br />
Breakers, one of the oldest rugby clubs in<br />
Komani, will be hosting the tournament.<br />
Breakers president Mthuthuzeli Zepe said the<br />
BIG HIT: Champion<br />
Dorian Heuer, right,<br />
with Martin Hammill<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
African Pioneer Group (APG) were the majority<br />
shareholders of the Queens Casino and the major<br />
sponsors of the tournament, along with Coca-Cola<br />
and the Queens Casino.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> APG will, as from December 1, start with<br />
their operations at the Queens Casino. <strong>The</strong>y took<br />
this opportunity to sponsor this annual<br />
tournament as a way to launch themselves to the<br />
community of Chris Hani district.”<br />
Teams selected for the tourney include Old<br />
Local golfers thump Gonubie<br />
Awards for school soccer<br />
ABONGILE<br />
S O LU N D WA N A<br />
LUKHANJI Primary<br />
School under-13 soccer<br />
players and Mpendulo<br />
Public Primary School’s<br />
U11 soccer team were<br />
recently awarded<br />
trophies for ending tops<br />
in the Queenstown<br />
Primary School Soccer<br />
Association (Queepssa)<br />
league this season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event was<br />
organised by the<br />
department of sports,<br />
recreation, arts and<br />
culture (DSRAC) in<br />
partnership with<br />
Queepssa at the Thobi<br />
Kula Indoor Sports<br />
Complex last<br />
We d n e s d ay.<br />
Edlelweni Primary<br />
School came second<br />
and Nonesi Public<br />
Primary School third in<br />
the U13 league.<br />
In the U11 section,<br />
Van Coller Public<br />
Primary was second<br />
and Edlelweni third.<br />
A total of <strong>10</strong> teams<br />
participated in both<br />
sections.<br />
DSRAC assistant<br />
manager Toko Oliphant<br />
said the event formed<br />
SEAN HEIDEMANN<br />
LAST Saturday, the Queenstown<br />
Golf Club league team travelled<br />
to Cathcart where they took on<br />
Gonubie Golf Club.<br />
After some fantastic golf, the<br />
local boys thumped Gonubie 8-1.<br />
Back home at the Queenstown<br />
Golf Club, it was the final round<br />
YOUNG STARS: Lukhanji Primary School’s soccer team was one of two schools honoured for topping<br />
the Queensspa league<br />
Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
part of promoting early<br />
childhood development<br />
in sport in schools.<br />
She said programmes<br />
focusing on single<br />
sports were being<br />
encouraged.<br />
Queepssa chairman<br />
<strong>The</strong>mbekile Tambo said<br />
he was grateful to the<br />
principals for their aid<br />
and that the award<br />
ceremony was a<br />
reflection of the<br />
a s s o c i at i o n ’s hard work.<br />
Queepssa secretary<br />
Nkosincedile Bam said<br />
a lack of school fields<br />
was a challenge.<br />
of the Old Mutual medal grand<br />
prix. With a logjam at the top of<br />
the table and everything to play<br />
for, it was a tense day on the<br />
course and in the end one or two<br />
stray shots decided the winner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final round was won by<br />
Ian Cree on 68 nett, second was<br />
Dorian Heuer on 71 nett and<br />
third Peter Uhlig on 72 nett.<br />
AROUNDTHE<br />
GREENS<br />
Queenstown Golf Club<br />
Bowling section<br />
Friedie Fincham Trophy: B Richardson, A<br />
Brown, R Miles 28, T Landman, F Pretorius, S<br />
Steyn 8. K Marais I Richardson 31, F Prinsloo, G<br />
Odendaal 12.<br />
D C Scott Trophy: I Wakeford, P v d Walt L<br />
Pretorius, G Odendaal 15, T Landman, F<br />
Pretorius, I Richardson, R Miles <strong>10</strong>.<br />
Good bowling to all the teams playing in our<br />
Classic this weekend.<br />
Collegians, Shining Stars, Blue Birds, Progress,<br />
Molteno, Red Lions, Tarkastad and Breakers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tournament will have three teams in Stream<br />
A with the rest in Stream B.<br />
Former Springbok rugby player Khaya Malotana<br />
will be the programme director with Spor t,<br />
Recreation, Arts and Culture MEC Pemmy<br />
Majodina invited to attend.<br />
Local DJs will be playing music with an<br />
aerobics session at 9am and the rugby<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were two twoclubs –<br />
Chicken Meyer on the 8th and<br />
Ian Cree on the 16th.<strong>The</strong> points<br />
Dorian Heuer won leapfrogged<br />
him into first place as this year’s<br />
Old Mutual Grand Prix champion.<br />
Thank you must go to Martin<br />
Hammill from Old Mutual for<br />
their generous sponsorship of<br />
the grand prix this year.<br />
tournament starting at <strong>10</strong>am.<br />
Prize money: first in Stream A: R<strong>10</strong>000, second<br />
R5 000 and in Stream B: first R5000, second<br />
R2 500. <strong>The</strong> first and second teams in each stream<br />
will also receive kit.<br />
Zepe said the tourney would be developmental<br />
with transport and catering provided for teams<br />
from outside.<br />
<strong>The</strong> organising committee would be finalising<br />
fixtures and times next Tuesday.<br />
WELL DONE: Louis Rex Primary School athletes who obtained first places in the<br />
Laerskool Hangklip one hour athletics meeting last Wednesday were, from lef t,<br />
Hlumelo Mangali, Miche Noble (new record), Zekra Halfous, Lilolonge Mali (new<br />
record), Phiwe Dungulu and Luvyo Gxowa<br />
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Bonkolo triumphs<br />
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
Q<br />
OKOLWENI Club athlete<br />
Zuko Mambula, from<br />
Mthatha was the first to<br />
cross the finish line in the<br />
Twizza Bonkolo Marathon on<br />
S at u r d ay.<br />
<strong>The</strong> day started relatively cool, but<br />
temperatures soon soared. <strong>The</strong><br />
numerous water points, however,<br />
assisted the runners and walkers.<br />
A total of 620 participants<br />
enjoyed the race this year, the same<br />
number as last year.<br />
INSIDE: AWARDS FOR YOUNG SOCCER STARS - PAGE 19<br />
Mambula claims top spot in tight race<br />
Mambula, who has been running<br />
since 2008, completed the race in a<br />
time of 2:35:38 and walked away<br />
with R2000 as his prize.<br />
It was Mambula’s first<br />
appearance at the Komani-based<br />
run after he decided to enter<br />
following the sudden cancellation<br />
of the Rustenburg Marathon.<br />
Old Mutual Athletic Club’s Pule<br />
Hlabahlaba from East London was<br />
second in 2:36:25 and won R1500.<br />
Nedbank Club member<br />
Thandabantu Rhafuza received<br />
R1 000 after finishing third (2:37:09).<br />
In the 42km female category<br />
Hlazo FC athlete Xoliswa Bici came<br />
first in 3:31:14 and claimed the<br />
R2 000 winning prize. This was her<br />
13th run and she has won every<br />
time, but has not been able to<br />
break the record.<br />
In second place was Oxford<br />
St riders’ Brenda Graham who won<br />
R1 500 (3:36:38) and third Indwe<br />
Runners athlete Mariette<br />
Stapelberg (3:48:21).<br />
In the 21km half marathon male<br />
category All Stars Club runner<br />
Bulelani Mgubo claimed first place<br />
(and that on his birthday!) in a time<br />
of 1:12:39. <strong>The</strong> East London athlete<br />
walked away with R<strong>10</strong>00.<br />
Mgubo won the race in 2015 and<br />
ended third last year.<br />
He said the most challenging<br />
aspect of the marathon was the<br />
taxing hills.<br />
Lady Frere Sprinters’ Sakhumzi<br />
Matiso from Sterkstroom was<br />
second (1:12:44) and won R750,<br />
with Oxford Striders’ Vusumzi<br />
Zondo third (1:14:14), winning R500.<br />
<strong>The</strong> top three in the 21 km half<br />
marathon women's category were<br />
Aliwal North Runners’ Chantel<br />
Lombard (1:39:51) who won R<strong>10</strong>00,<br />
Oxford Striders’ Melanie Elsdon<br />
(R750) in second place (1:43:16)<br />
and Born2Run’s Karen Davis took<br />
home R500, ending third (1:45:25).<br />
ON THEIR WAY: Runners in the Twizza Bonkolo Marathon make their way into the Berry Dam area<br />
Royals cricket<br />
squad claims fine<br />
win over Gwaba<br />
SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
THE QUEENSTOWN Royals<br />
Cricket Club were<br />
supposed to play their third<br />
league game against<br />
Mdantsane team Gwaba<br />
Cricket Club on Sunday at<br />
Queen’s College.<br />
As Gwaba could not get<br />
to the match on time,<br />
Royals were awarded the<br />
game with a bonus-point<br />
win. <strong>The</strong> teams, however,<br />
decided to play a friendly<br />
match in a 40-over game.<br />
Royals won the toss and<br />
decided to bowl first,<br />
asking Gwaba to bat.<br />
Spinners Reinhard Stride<br />
and Anathi Joe started off<br />
well, managing to remove<br />
G wa b a ’s opening batsmen<br />
within two overs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gwaba batsmen<br />
managed to secure 192<br />
runs. Marvin Groep, Stride<br />
and Ilano Smith took two<br />
wickets each.<br />
Royals scored 283, losing<br />
two early wickets before<br />
the third wicket partnership<br />
of 61 runs between Ethan<br />
O’Connor (33) and Mkululi<br />
Takane (46).<br />
Siphiwo Ndaba made 81,<br />
Justin Kuyler 16 and<br />
Keagan Isaacs 17. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gwaba bowlers took six<br />
wickets for 53 in 11 overs.<br />
Royals fell 34 runs short<br />
with three overs to spare.<br />
On Sunday, Royals will<br />
take on Black Lions Cricket<br />
Club in Komani at the QC<br />
T W Higgs fields.<br />
GIVING IT STICK: <strong>The</strong> Komani Royals in action in a friendly<br />
match at the weekend<br />
Picture: SIVENATHI GOSA<br />
GOT THIS: <strong>The</strong> Twizza Bonkolo Marathon 21km winner, Bulelani<br />
Mgubo, followed by Sakhumzi Matiso, who ended in second place,<br />
Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA at the Bonkolo Dam<br />
Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA<br />
Ko m a n i ’s Alan Dell making<br />
strides for rugby in Scotland<br />
MAXWELL LEVINE<br />
FORMER Queenian<br />
Allan Dell is hoping<br />
for a place in the<br />
Scottish World Cup<br />
campaign in 2019.<br />
He is making a<br />
name for himself<br />
abroad after being<br />
capped by Scotland<br />
<strong>10</strong> times. <strong>The</strong> prop<br />
qualifies to play for<br />
Scotland through his<br />
grandmother, Joan<br />
Carmichael, who was<br />
born in Paisley and<br />
brought up in<br />
Edinburgh.<br />
At school, Dell was<br />
a constant member<br />
of the Queen’s<br />
College rugby teams<br />
and played for the<br />
Border Bulldogs from<br />
under-13 to U18 level.<br />
RISE TO GLORY: Former<br />
Queenian Alan Dell is<br />
making his mark in<br />
Scotland Picture: FILE<br />
He got his big break<br />
when he moved to<br />
the Sharks in 2011,<br />
where he played for<br />
the U19 side. Dell<br />
was a member of the<br />
victorious South<br />
African U20 team at<br />
the IRB Junior World<br />
Championship,<br />
including playing in<br />
the final against New<br />
Zealand.<br />
For the Sharks Dell<br />
made his debut in<br />
the Vodacom Cup in<br />
20<strong>10</strong>. He signed for<br />
Edinburgh in 2014.<br />
He was rewarded for<br />
his performances for<br />
Edinburgh with a<br />
call-up to the<br />
Scottish national<br />
team last year. He<br />
was called up for the<br />
British and Irish Lions<br />
tour to New Zealand<br />
for the two final<br />
games against the<br />
provinces when he<br />
made one substitute<br />
appearance.<br />
Prospects of him<br />
representing<br />
Scotland at the World<br />
Cup are good.