The Rep 13 April 2018

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THE REPRESENTATIVE 13 April 2018 

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Proposal for a 6% 

CHDM tariff increase 

GLORIOUS SETTING: A rainbow stretches its way over Komani at the weekend 

Picture: GARY STILES 

Tension in the 

Komani court 

Youth murder bail application postponed 

SIMTEMBILE MGIDI 

THE bail application of the 

18-year-old accused in the murder 

of Maria Louw High School pupil 

Geraldo Adonis has been 

postponed in the Queenstown 

Magist rate’s Court. 

Adonis, 18, was stabbed to death 

outside Naleding Sports Café on 

March 29. 

Magistrate Ganasen 

Narayamsamy postponed the bail 

application in the C court, half filled 

by family, friends and supporters of 

the deceased. 

The parents of the suspect were 

also in court where the tension was 

palpable. 

The accused’s legal representative, 

Anele Maqaza from Pele Attorneys, said 

due to the anger in the community, they 

had to consider the safety of his client. 

District court controller prosecutor 

Khayalethu Stengile said the first bail 

hearing had been set for Tuesday April 3 

but it had been postponed to Thursday 

April 5, as the accused was still applying 

for legal representation. The police also 

had to verify the accused’s address if he 

was granted bail. 

During the suspect’s court appearance 

on April 3, the people in the courtroom 

had become unruly with the public order 

police having to intervene as members 

of the public tried to attack the suspect, 

Stengile said. 

He appealed to people not to try to 

take the law into their own hands as 

everyone had the right to be heard. 

“People who have grievances, must 

follow the right procedure. Their acts on 

Tuesday undermined the court. It could 

“It could be considered as contempt 

of court which would lead to gallery 

members being arrested” - Stengile 

be considered as contempt of court 

which would lead to gallery members 

being arrested.” 

He said rumours of revenge attacks 

were also circulating, adding that 

vigilantism in the community would only 

lead to more crime. 

He said the formal bail hearing had 

now been set for April 18. 

“On that day, the state will oppose the 

bail application on the basis of a 

Schedule 5 offence which is applicable 

to a serious crime. The accused will have 

to convince the magistrate that it would 

be in the interests of justice for him to be 

granted bail,” Stengile said. 

The Rep reported (“A family’s grief”, 

April 7) that the family had been 

unhappy with the way the police handled 

the crime scene and said they were not 

being updated. 

Police spokesman Captain Namhla 

Mdleleni said at every serious incident 

there was a duty officer who visited the 

scene to ensure everything was in order. 

“At a murder scene, various role 

players are involved to ensure that 

the case receives proper attention. 

“According to the duty officer, 

Lieutenant-Colonel Unathi Mgidi, the 

scene was properly identified and 

cordoned off with tape. The police 

were visible to control the scene. 

Many people wanted to see the 

body, but they were stopped and the 

dogs in the area were chased away.” 

Mdleleni said Mgidi had also spoken 

to Adonis’s family members on the 

scene. 

“If there was any dissatisfaction on the 

part of the family, Mlungisi station 

commander Gcinikaya Taleni is always 

available to handle such complaints.” 

Adonis’s class teacher, Joseph 

Kawara, visited the family on Wednesday 

with peers of the late youth. 

Relative Cindy-Joe Doyle thanked the 

school and pupils on behalf of the family 

for their visit. 

ANDISA BONANI 

THE Chris Hani District 

Municipality (CHDM) has, in its 

draft budget for the 2018-2021 

medium-term revenue and 

expenditure framework, 

proposed a 6% tariff increase in 

all its revenue streams and a 

tariff study is under way to check 

the feasibility of the increment. 

The draft budget was 

presented in a council meeting 

held in Mitford village by chief 

financial officer Nomfundo 

Fetsha last Thursday. 

Fetsha indicated the draft 

budget reflected a budgeted 

deficit of R309-million which, 

she said, had decreased 

compared with the final 

approved budget for the 2017/18 

financial year. She said the 

deficit would increase in 

2019/20 to R384-million, but 

would decrease again in 

2020/21 to R282-million for 

reasons she did not mention. 

“The municipality is banking 

on the outcome of the study for 

the review of tariffs to address 

the deficit and completeness of 

billing upon finalisation of the 

data cleansing programmes. The 

municipality is also working on a 

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Various political party 

representatives queried how the 

district municipality would carry 

out service delivery when the 

draft budget had such a huge 

deficit, while some questioned 

the 6% proposed tariff increase. 

DA councillor Sizwe Tame said 

the increment would negatively 

affect people who could not 

afford the current water and 

sanitation tariffs and that the 6% 

was an insult to the destitute. 

CHDM executive mayor 

Kholiswa Vimbayo said what was 

reflected in the draft budget was 

as a result of National Treasury’s 

reduced budget allocations 

n at i o n w i d e . 

“The 6% increase in tariffs is 

pivotal to ensure service delivery 

is maintained at all times, no 

matter what the financial 

situation of a municipality is. 

When our budget was 

decreased, we had to come up 

with proactive ways of ensuring 

our revenue streams kept up 

with the demand. 

“When one thing decreases, 

something else has to increase 

to maintain a balance in the 

municipal finances,” V i m b ay o 

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Two new WSU faculties 

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

WALTER Sisulu University 

launched two new faculties at 

its campus in Komani at an 

event which took place at the 

Whittlesea campus on 

Tu e s d ay. 

The Economics and 

Information Technology 

Systems Faculty will offer 

management sciences, 

economics and finance and 

Information Technology 

systems, while the Education 

Faculty will focus on the 

department of curriculum 

studies and improvement 

programmes. 

WSU spokesman Yonela 

Tukwayo said: “The 

Queenstown campus has 

always comprised of a small 

group of students and staff. 

“For many years the 

Queenstown campus operated 

as a satellite of the 

Butterworth campus.” 

As a result, Tukwayo said 

the local campus had 

depended on the Butterworth 

campus for a number of 

administrative, management 

and procurement functions. 

This included faculties, 

academic departments, deans 

and heads of department, she 

said. 

“There was a limited 

number of academic 

programmes offered at the 

s at e l l i t e . ” 

WSU vice-chancellor 

Professor Rob Midgley said it 

was important to make the 

local campus financially viable 

and academically sustainable, 

adding that the launch of the 

two faculties was the start. 

Academic staff would 

benefit as, when the 

organogram of the new 

facilities was approved, 

temporary employees would 

become permanent. 

“We now have a clear 

structure of where we have to 

go for the campus to grow and 

stand proudly in as a beacon 

of education in Komani. 

“I see today as another way 

of fulfilling the vision of the 

universit y,” Midgley said. 

“In the prospects of 

economic development, we do 

not stand alone – we are part 

of the society of this area. We 

thank the Enoch Mgijima Local 

Municipality for donating land 

to for the university expansion. 

“The test and surveying of 

the land will be happening 

soon,” he said in reference to 

the planned multi-billion rand 

campus along the N6 near 

Komani Hospital. 

He said the next focus 

would be the building of 

residences. 

Building would also start 

soon on a WSU structure in 

Grey Street. The Rep reported 

(“WSU hands over site“ March 

30) that land had been handed 

over for the construction of 

additional lecture rooms with 

the potential completion at the 

end of the year. 

NEW BEGINNINGS: WSU staff members celebrated the Queenstown Campus faculty launch on Tuesday with, from left, Faculty 

of Education acting dean Bulelwa Mkabile-Masebe, management department HOD Namazwe Mini, Buffalo City campus rector 

Prof Dr Prince Jaca, deputy vice-chancellor Sechaba Mahlomaholo, acting dean Dr Patrick Bwowe, registrar Khaya Maphinda, 

Queenstown campus rector Prof McGlory Speckman, education faculty acting HOD Dr Pretty Mpiti and WSU vice-chancellor Prof 

Rob Midgley 

Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

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the suspects on site 

until the police arrived. 

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On Saturday night, a 

resident of Ebden Street 

called the 24-hour 

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FILTHY STATE: Pigs tear open refuse bags in Westbourne 

Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

Refuse piles up 

as EMLM blames 

broken trucks 

ANDISA BONANI 

WHILE refuse 

continued to pile up 

outside houses and on 

the pavements of 

residential areas falling 

under the Enoch 

Mgijima Local 

Municipality (EMLM), 

residents were left 

mystified as to why the 

authority was not 

adhering to its refuse 

collection schedule. 

Pigs and dogs were 

seen tearing open 

black bags, eating the 

rubbish and leaving 

litter strewn in their 

wake. The Rep reported 

(“Non-collection is 

explained” March 23) 

that irregular collection 

of refuse, as reported 

by residents last 

month, had been due 

to a dysfunctional 

municipal truck. 

But last Wednesday, 

residents of 

Westbourne woke up 

to find that again, 

refuse bags had not 

been removed. 

Westbourne resident 

George Christou said it 

was a pity that Komani 

had become like a 

“third world” town 

when it once used to 

be a beautiful place. 

Some Westbourne 

residents were seen 

removing their own 

refuse bags with a 

bakkie. 

Top Town resident 

Julie Bolze said she 

had left town with her 

family after schools 

had closed two weeks 

ago and she was 

shocked when she got 

home at the weekend 

to find the garbage 

was still there. 

“Our refuse is 

usually collected on 

Mondays. It is sad and 

unfair that we pay for 

services we do not 

even get. It would have 

been better if someone 

had the decency to tell 

us what was going on 

so we all could put our 

bags back in the yard,” 

Bolze said. 

“A friend and I would 

sometimes take a 

bakkie and collect all 

the refuse bags in 

Hangklip Road but the 

problem is that we 

have to pay when we 

get to the dump site.” 

Other areas affected 

by the non-collection 

were Aloevale, New 

Rest, Sabata Dalinyebo, 

Ezibeleni and Victoria 

Park, with residents 

taking to social media 

to air their anger. 

EMLM spokesman 

Fundile Feketshane 

said: “We wish to 

apologise to all 

communities affected 

as we have been 

experiencing truck 

breakages this season. 

“Our trucks are now 

being repaired to 

ensure they are ready 

to deliver optimally to 

our customers. We will 

try by all means to 

improve our service.”

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TALKING LAND: AgriSA president Dan Kriek 


All urged 

to work 

together 

ANDISA BONANI 

AN AgriSA delegation hosted a meeting on 

Tuesday with local farmers to discuss land reform 

and ways in which it could be executed without 

disadvantaging the parties involved. 

The meeting at Aloe Grove Guest Farm was one 

of three road shows hosted in the province during 

this month. 

AgriSA president Dan Kriek said it was 

important for the land debate to take place for 

farmers to understand why land reform was 

impor tant. 

He indicated that AgriSA and farmers were 

against changing the constitution in order for land 

reform to be implemented. 

“It is not necessary to change the constitution to 

effect land reform. We base this argument on 

collated information like the land audit AgriSA 

conducted and a report by former president 

Kgalema Motlanthe. We understand the moral 

argument why land reform needs to be done. We 

are just against the amendment of the 

constitution. There are far better alternatives to 

bring about land reform in a manner that will not 

cripple the economy, while ensuring success to the 

new landowners who, in turn, will contribute to the 

economic growth of our country. 

“We want the beneficiaries to have full titles to 

their land and not lease it from government as we 

believe that is the greatest empowerment exercise 

this country will undergo. This is a better 

alternative than to change section 25 of the 

constitution, and if we take that route and start 

tampering with the bill of rights, we are in for 

t rouble.” 

Section 25 states that property may be 

expropriated only for “a public purpose or in the 

public interest” and “subject to compensation” – 

the amount of which, and the time and manner of 

payment, must either have been agreed to by 

those affected, or decided by a court. 

AgriSA head of land affairs Annelize Crosby said 

the general debate was whether or not section 25 

can enable effective land reform or was an 

impediment thereto. 

“We do not regard section 25 as a deterrent. We 

think it is an enabling provision to create a smooth 

transition to land reform. The problem is that it 

has never been properly implemented. In order for 

a peaceful and beneficial transition, we must look 

at the budget and capacity through public-private 

partnership and not expect government to do 

everything. The private sector has so much to offer 

to ensure a smooth transition. If people get land 

and do not use it to get out of poverty or to start 

farming productively and make money, then all of 

this debate and the EFF motion would be in vain.” 

Crosby said organised agriculture could play a 

big role in ensuring that land was put to good use, 

transferred to the beneficiaries and did not remain 

with the state, so that people could access finance 

and develop the land to earn a good living. 

Local farm owner and Agri EC management 

committee member Johan Wege said the issue of 

non-compensation was the main trigger among 

farmers and was not in the c o n st i t u t i o n . 

“We decided to talk to farmers on the ground 

about land expropriation without compensation 

which is really the trigger. There are ways to work 

with government regarding this issue. We need to 

take this forward in a positive way, specifically in 

the Eastern Cape and the Chris Hani district. 

“This district has the potential to be the food 

basket of the province. We are willing to negotiate 

with government and reach a common place 

where we can work together and benefit the 

country in general,” Wege said.

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Pumpkins supreme 

at festive event 

TARKASTAD - A festive 

atmosphere prevailed at the 

pumpkin festival last Saturday 

as hordes of people turned 

out to enjoy the fun and 

games. 

The festival, now in its 

second year, was convened by 

Denise Raw on behalf of the 

garden club, but when she 

had a mishap a couple of 

weeks earlier, the competent 

Ali Leathes took over and the 

arrangements continued 

without a hitch. 

Excitement had been 

building for months as 

entrants pampered and 

nurtured their pumpkins 

(some even giving them 

names!), encouraging them in 

every way to grow as big as 

possible and 24 monsters 

eventually made it to the 

judging. 

The winner was Sharon 

Lucas, who produced a 

whopper of 147kg, with Ashley 

King second and Hal and Ali 

Budler taking third place. Sam 

Millar, 4, won the prize for 

juniors. 

The entries were all given 

to charitable institutions and 

if you would like to see what 

a 147kg pumpkin looks like, 

the winner is on view at Pick 

n Pay in The Mall. 

The large pumpkins were 

not the only attraction – there 

were also white and “blue” 

pumpkins, gem squashes, 

patty pans and some younger 

contestants even spent days 

polishing their pumpkins to 

get them looking their best. 

Roy Hayes made a most 

genial MC and a highlight was 

again the parade of vintage 

and veteran cars from the 

Queenstown Old Car Club. 

There was music, with Kim 

Liebenberg giving a live 

performance during lunch, the 

garden club ran a steak house 

in aid of funds for Tarka 

Home, there was a tea 

garden, pampoen Olympics, 

hot pies, hamburgers, 

pancakes and a fancy dress 

for the little ones, many of 

whom wore creative space 

outfits. A real community 

event enjoyed by all. 

CATHCART – Townsfolk gathered at the 

Intaba Centre of Arts and were treated 

to something unique in the town 

recently – the inaugural concert of the 

Incopho Academy of Music which is a 

sub-project of Incopho Development 

Project. 

This project was founded in 

November 2016 by British professional 

clarinet/saxophone player and teacher 

Anthony Drake who is also the project’s 

executive director. 

Its vision is to transform lives 

through arts education and its mission 

is to provide quality music education to 

children in the Amahlathi and 

surrounding districts, supported by a 

holistic approach to children’s 

wellbeing, including close community 

engagement, health, welfare and 

academic support, helping young 

people to reach their peak (incopho) in 

terms of development. 

Music teaching at the project began in 

May last year with 10 children selected 

to participate. These are pupils of DG 

Cossie School in the township of Daliwe. 

In February this year, another nine 

children were selected to participate. 

Incopho Academy teaches children 

the recorder and valuable life skills. It is 

aimed at children from low income 

families and intends to keep children 

occupied with a variety of activities to 

help prevent boredom which might 

otherwise lead to a whole range of 

social problems. 

The project is mainly funded by an 

anonymous international donor but has 

also attracted local, national and 

international financial support. Funds 

allow for the employment of two 

teachers, food for the children when 

they attend workshops, sheet music for 

concerts and there are plans to expand 

the programme to offer lessons in basic 

computer-based mathematics. 

Music lessons take place in groups 

during the week and on two Saturdays 

per month. Last Saturday, children 

between the ages of eight and 10 

performed to a packed house at Intaba 

Centre of Arts which is the project 

base. Unique versions of pieces, such 

as Waka Waka, Joe Joe, Careless 

Whisper, I Have Nothing and Fish & 

Chips, as well as some very original 

compositions could be heard filtering 

across the town. 

An incredible time was had by all, 

including the audience who responded 

with huge applause after each number. 

Reviews from audience members were 

exceptionally positive. 

One audience member wrote to 

Drake, saying: “You will definitely see 

me again. Maybe in future I might even 

get involved. It was very nice to learn 

that there are people in Cathcart who 

are willing to share their talents with 

PLAY ON: Members of the Incopho 

Academy of Music which is a sub-project of 

the Incopho Development Project, played 

to an appreciative audience in Cathcart 

recently 

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others who want to learn. Thank you 

again for an unforgettable afternoon.” 

Next year the academy hopes to 

enter its first cohort of pupils for 

accredited Unisa music examinations in 

order to maintain structure in their 

learning and the pupils later being able 

to include such examinations as part of 

their national senior certificate. The 

hope is that the project will also be 

able to offer instruction on other 

musical instruments which will, in turn, 

lead to the formation of bands and 

orchestras within the project. 

The project may even be a 

springboard to developing professional 

musicians who may change the face of 

music and the arts in the Eastern Cape. 

MEET THE WINNER: Little Sam Millar, 4, spent all day polishing his pumpkin 

before entering it in the pumpkin festival in Tarkastad and it paid off, as he 

was the winner of the junior section 


STUTTERHEIM – On March 31, 

parkrun event #179 was attended by 

32 people in cool, slippery conditions. 

A number of the parkrunners 

travelled to Cape Town to compete in 

the Old Mutual Two Oceans 

Marathon 56km and 21km events. 

Well done to all those who finished. 

On April 7, 42 local athletes 

managed to “splash and dash” their 

way around the route during event 

#180. 

The ground simply cannot hold any 

more water, so there are puddles 

everywhere – even on the slopes! 

Ava Kingman and Yamkela 

Matyunjwa received the Junior Club 

10 certificates and Joe Mpunzima 

received his black 100 shirt. 

Tomorrow will see the 

#Recordmustfall challenge issued by 

Gauteng and Western Cape parkrun 

tourists, who will visit Stutterheim 

parkrun. As well as the 13 tourists 

from Johannesburg and Cape Town, 

many East London parkrunners who 

were at our inaugural run in 

November 2014 have indicated they 

will be present that day to try and 

break the inaugural attendance 

record. Stutt parkrun is one of only 

three in the country whose inaugural 

attendance has not been bettered. 

THE annual Round Table 103 bike 

ride will take place next weekend, 

April 20 and 21. On the Friday night, 

Daniel Baron will give two live 

performances at the country club. 

Early Bird tickets cost R100 each and 

are available from all Tablers or via 

the website w w w. s t u t t 1 0 3 . c o . z a . 

Tickets at the door will be R150 each. 

A cash bar and food will be available. 

The bike ride takes place at 8am 

from the club and tickets are R150 

per rider. On Saturday night, there 

will be music by Sound Solutions, as 

well as a spitbraai. 

Dordrecht tourney final action 


DORDRECHT Easter 

Tournament (DET) organiser 

Nathi Ndengane believes 

that sport could help to 

combat crime – and with the 

tourney to reach completion 

on April 27 – he hopes to 

achieve his ambition of 

unifying the town during this 

and future tourneys. 

The DET tournament, 

which started last year, was 

originally called Sport 

against Crime. 

He said the soccer 

matches had been played 

over Easter with the 

semifinals and finals due to 

be played on April 27. 

Boxing, pool, rugby and 

netball will also feature on 

Freedom Day. 

The Dordrecht Legends 

versus Black Aces and Chief 

United versus Bayern 

Munich will show off their 

skills in the semifinals. 

“The winner of the soccer 

tournament will win R5000, 

a trophy and gold medals. 

Those in second place will 

receive a trophy with R2000 

and silver medals. The 

netball tournament winner 

will win R2000 for their first 

place with medals while a 

trophy will be handed over 

to the team in second place 

with R1000 along with 

medals,” Ndengane said. 

The pool tournament 

winner will receive R2000 

with 15 medals for the 

par ticipants. 

The prizes for boxing and 

rugby would be decided this 

w e e ke n d . 

He called for unity in the 

sporting fraternity of 

Dordrecht to allow 

development and to assist in 

the fight against crime. 

Ndengane thanked 

stakeholders Thulani Mente, 

Sintu Siyoyo, Loyisa Qunta 

and Mzwethu Ncane and the 

newly formed Dordrecht 

sports board for assistance. 

KEEP ON GOING: Yamkela Matyunjwa 

recently completed his 10th parkrun. 

He was also one of the Stutterheim 

Athletics Club members who 

completed the Two Oceans half 

marathon on Easter Saturday 

WELL DONE: Ava Kingman 

completed her 10th parkrun to earn 

her Junior Club 10 certificate in 

Stutterheim recently


‘Doeks’ for 

Mama Winnie 

STRUGGLE STALWART: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's life was celebrated in 

style in Komani with, from left, Nelisa Mgxabangeli, Namhla Twaku and 

Asanda 

Magqaza 

Picture: PHILANATHI RASMENI 

PILANATHI RASMENI 

SEVERAL Komani women 

took up the call to wear a 

doek in honour of the late 

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 

on Friday. 

Social media was awash 

with doek and beret pictures 

to celebrate her life, following 

a call by the ANC for women 

to wear doeks and men 

berets as a sign of 

remembrance. 

Madikizela-Mandela died 

at the age of 81 at a 

Johannesburg hospital 

r e c e n t l y. 

The ANC wrote on its social 

media page “Winnie didn’t 

die, she multiplied”. 

April 3 to 14 have been 

designated national 

mourning days with 

Madikizela-Mandela to be 

laid to rest in a cemetery in 

Fourways on April 14 after a 

service at the Orlando 

Stadium. 

Overgrown Madeira Park site raises concern 

P I L A N AT H I 

RASMENI 

AN ELDERLY woman, 

Ndamane Ethel, fears 

for her life as her house 

is situated next to an 

unoccupied site which 

has been overgrown for 

more than 16 years in 

Madeira Park, Komani. 

The Rep visited the 

area and found that the 

site next to Ndamane’s 

home was covered with 

bushy and trees. 

Other residents are 

using the unoccupied 

site to dump rubble and 

refuse. The house could 

not be secured with a 

fence as the rubble is 

CLEAN IT UP: An overgrown area near houses in Madeira Park has sparked 

fears of an increase in crime in the area Picture: PHILANATHI RASMENI 

piling up, taking up half 

of the land that belongs 

to the Ndamane family. 

“Every evening I am 

scared of being mugged 

or raped because a 

criminal can easily hide 

in this bush and there 

are no street lights.” 

Her daughter, Nolitha 

Jonas, said the site 

posed a health hazard. 

“I visited my mother 

for the Easter weekend, 

but I am worried about 

her because rats and 

snakes enter the house 

easily. We have tried to 

cut the trees and 

bushes but to no avail.” 

Jonas said the Enoch 

Mgijima Local 

Municipality had 

indicated that the site 

belonged to “someone”, 

but nothing further had 

happened. 

Municipal spokesman 

Fundile Feketshane 

said, “The unoccupied 

sites are being 

investigated so we can 

communicate with the 

owners. Public open 

spaces that belong to 

the municipality, ought 

to be managed and 

cleaned to ensure a 

healthy and safe 

environment. 

“We are yet to 

discover who owns that 

space so we can ensure 

that it is cleaned.”

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EDITORIAL 

OPINION 

A Simbine 

moment for SA 

IF YOU’VE been watching the 

Commonwealth Games, you 

would probably have seen 

some pretty inspiring 

achievements by athletes. 

There have been plenty of 

heart-stopping – and 

heartwarming – moments for 

sports fans and patriots from 

various countries in the world. 

One of those moments was 

the 100m men’s final on 

Monday. The much-touted 

favourite in the men’s race was 

Jamaican sprinter Yohan 

Blake. A few seconds after the 

whistle and Blake crossed the 

line in third place in a time of 

10.19 seconds, much to the 

shock of onlookers who 

speculated whether a stumble 

early on in the race may have 

affected his performance (with 

Blake claiming the same this 

week). 

What was more important for 

South Africans, however, was 

the two men who ended in 

respectively first and second 

place. Proudly donning the 

green and gold, Akani Simbine 

claimed gold with a time of 

10.03 and Henricho Bruinjies 

silver (10.17). Their joy was 

palpable at the end as they 

draped South African flags 

around their shoulders during 

a few moments of celebration 

on the track. 

While sport has long been 

lauded as a vehicle of 

transformation and a means of 

bringing people together, this 

Commonwealth victory – and 

many others like it – h av e 

some similarities. Stride by 

stride, stroke by stroke, step by 

step, swing by swing 

(dependent on the sport being 

played), these athletes have 

set goals to which they have 

been steadfastly working. 

These athletic achievements 

hold much in common with 

what should be the aim for our 

country and its people – the 

striving towards the goal of 

creating a country which will 

be a place of peace and 

achievement, a place where 

the reward does not always lie 

in the medal, but in the 

participation, in a process of 

growth and development. 

As athletes look forward with 

hope and determination, 

putting in the work to enable 

success, so should we as 

South Africans. If we allow 

ourselves to be distracted by 

detractors or even by the threat 

of competition – like Yohan 

Blake would have been for the 

two South Africans – we will 

not have a Simbine moment. 

And we really, really need a 

Simbine moment - a moment 

which unifies and joins us 

together and which inspires us 

once again to dream of a 

country which can make 

dreams come true. 

Border must plough 

Saru money into clubs 

THE South African Rugby Union 

(Saru), as it was then, had what 

was known as Vision 2000. After 

the 1999 Rugby World Cup, Vision 

2003 was launched. 

These were committed attempts 

by rugby to transform and make 

rugby the No1 sport in all 

communities while maintaining the 

performance of the national team. 

When the Springboks won the 

Under-21 World Cup under Jake 

White and Pieter de Villiers, the 

U19 World Cup 

under Eugene 

Eloff in 2005, a 

team managed 

by our own Zola 

Yibe, the Rugby 

World Cup in 

France in 2007, 

the British and Irish Lions Series in 

2009 and the Tri Nations, it was a 

culmination of this plan. At the 

time rugby was vibrant, there was 

much uptake by all communities 

and provinces were solvent. Each 

had a development programme 

fully funded by Saru and clubs 

were subsidised by Saru and their 

provinces for competitions. 

The Border Bulldogs were 

competitive and Craven Week 

teams representative. There were 

players from township schools in 

Border schools teams on merit and 

local schools leagues were vibrant. 

Fast forward to today. The 

professional rugby setup is in 

serious financial distress. Saru 

reported a R33.3-million loss, the 

WP professional arm and EP 

Rugby were liquidated and the 

IN 

TOUCH 

... with Phumelele P Hlati 

Blue Bulls RU is in serious 

financial trouble. Border Rugby has 

not been able to pay their players 

in full and they stopped paying 

travel subsidies ages ago, 

resulting in many clubs folding 

and others forfeiting away 

m at c h e s . 

Saru pays 33% of its revenue to 

provinces and without that money, 

many would perish. Players who 

should be playing for clubs, are 

going around pretending to be 

p r ofe s s i o n a l s 

and being paid 

money that the 

system simply 

cannot afford. 

Border, EP and 

many other 

smaller unions 

should be investing in club rugby 

and selecting their players from 

there. 

Border gets hundreds of 

thousands from Saru every year – 

imagine if that money was used to 

improve club rugby, how many 

Makazole Mapimpis could be 

unearthed? Border has the highest 

number of clubs in the country, so 

more investment at this level 

would produce even more quality 

players at a fraction of the cost. 

Border should not have to fight 

liquidation – take the money from 

Saru and plough it into club rugby. 

They must accept the status of a 

feeder union. 

Good luck to WSU All Blacks on 

Monday in the Varsity Cup playoffs. 

This is the kind of competition we 

should concentrate on. 

LOOKING GOOD: Ekasi Lam Street Wear fashion show and exhibition took Mlungisi by storm at the weekend 


FACE 2 FA C E 

Q. What inspired you to choose 

your career? 

A. I chose public management 

because it involves everything that 

has to do with helping people and 

uplifting the youth. We try to change 

the decisions made by parliament in 

local government. Hence one of my 

modules, “Municipal 

Administ rations”, deals with 

regulations, the Constitution and 

local government. 

Q. What role do you play to make 

South Africa a better place? 

A. Start with believing in yourself. 

You cannot be a role model without 

believing in yourself. Therefore I 

would first better myself, so I can 

better someone else’s life tomorrow. 

Q. What would you say to 

encourage the youth to become 

involved in the running of the 

to w n? 

A. Be part of community meetings. 

Positive thinking is the best and try 

to do something instead of loitering 

around. An idle mind will end up 

doing something negative. 

Q. What is your typical weekend 

l i ke? 

A. Sitting at home and being on 

social media. Sometimes I visit 

Bane 

Qongqo 

YOUR VOICE 

DO you think the crime 

statistics issued by the South 

African Police Services in the 

Chris Hani district are a true 

reflection of criminal 

activities? The Rep intern, 

Pilanathi Rasmeni, took to 

the streets to find out. 

Bane Qongqo from Ezibeleni 

I don’t think the crime 

statistics reflect what is 

happening. I think there are 

many issues, including 

violence and robbery. The 

... vox pops on the street 

What do you think about ... 

B a b a l wa 

Ntantiso 

police should be visible and 

reduce the rate of releasing 

criminals within a short 

period after being arrested. 

Babalwa Ntantiso from 

Mlungisi 

We are dissatisfied with 

the police service. They do 

not respond to our calls in 

the informal settlement 

called Thulandiville in 

Mlungisi. Kwa-Komani pupils 

are mugged daily on that 

route. They must release 

with Zimkhita Siyali 

friends. 

Q. Who would you like to have a 

dinner with, those who are dead 

or alive? 

A. My late mother, because I feel 

we had unfinished business. At least 

she could have said her goodbyes 

and told her expectations to me. 

Without a mother, life is more 

difficult. A dinner would be nice with 

her, so she could give me some 

guidelines because I did most of the 

things on my own and I made 

K wa n e l e 

M t ot o b a 

Mkhululi 

Titi 

statistics that reflect realit y. 

Kwanele Mtotoba from 

Mlungisi 

The police have 

connections with the thugs. 

Even when you are mugged 

they do not really follow up 

on your case as they befriend 

the criminals. Therefore, we 

cannot expect any true 

reflection in their statistics. 

Mkhululi Titi from Komani 

Pa r k 

Often the media does well 

mistakes throughout. 

Q. What would you like to change 

about Komani? 

A. In Komani there aren’t any 

places that give out positive vibes. 

Most places are only for drinking. If 

only there were social facilities 

where you can relax and read a 

book, or join a choir. Also organise 

some concerts for the youth. The 

refuse removal is a big issue. There 

must be facilities that will keep the 

youth away from drugs. 

Q. What is it that you cannot leave 

the house without? 

A. Cellphone, make-up kit, 

accessories, lipstick and wallet. 

Q. Who is your role model? 

A. I don’t have one because it used 

to be my dad, but things happened 

and people change. Therefore, the 

perception I have of him now is no 

longer the same. 

Q. What makes you happy? 

A. My child. He brings joy in my 

life. Lately I am trying to find myself. 

When I do that, I live for my son. 

When I try to be a better mother, I 

am a better person and I am happier 

that way. 

B oy 

Mapeyi 

in reporting crime. There are 

things we are informed about 

in the media and then put in 

extra measures to safeguard 

our homes. 

Boy Mapeyi from Sada 

Crime reports are not a 

true reflection of what is 

happening, yet it is 

increasing daily. The 

municipality must enforce 

serious measures in fighting 

crime and communicate 

issues well.


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Jazz up scene 

in Komani again 

THINK ABOUT IT: I recently drove 

along the East London beachfront 

which is, by the way, looking neglected 

and forlorn. I kept thinking that it 

should be a prime spot for 

development, but instead the majority 

of the buildings look grey and 

rundown, the paving along the 

beachfront is not what it should be and 

there are virtually no signs of growth. 

Then I thought – what about my 

hometown of Komani? Well, much the 

same applies in terms of this town 

PILANATHI RASMENI 

IN AN attempt to 

contribute to township 

economy and 

development and inspire 

the youth, Ekasi Lam 

Street Wear fashion show 

and exhibition took 

Mlungisi by storm and 

entertained over the 


Inkcubeko Yethu 

fashion show winners 

Lizwi Henama and Sanele 

Gili showed the fresh 

fashions for autumn when 

they organised a fashion 

show in Nomzamo 

township in Komani to 

showcase their work. 

People came out in 

numbers to support the 

local artists as they 

exhibited their creativity 

in various art forms, 

including design, 

modelling and craft work. 

One of the organisers, 

IN OUR POST BAG 

having the prime potential for 

development but yet it seems 

unexplored. If this was the jazz hub in 

years gone by, why has nothing been 

done to market this town as a related 

tourism destination? Make this the 

go-town town for aspiring young jazz 

musicians by establishing an academy 

– similar to the sports academies 

which spring up all over – and boost 

the reputation of Komani. 

Just one small idea, but from one, 

many often result. 

Lizwi Henama, said, “We 

had a runway session, art 

session [music] and 

stalls. In fashion there 

were three categories: 

men’s, kiddies’ and ladies’ 

w e a r. ” 

Between the sessions, 

local artists kept the 

crowd enter tained. 

The organisers were 

pleased with the reaction 

of the community and the 

role played by the 

neighbourhood watch. 

Clean up your act 

LONG-TIME Komani 

resident writes: The 

seeming inability of 

the Enoch Mgijima 

Local Municipality to 

collect refuse on time 

is creating a 

hazardous state of 

affairs for residents. 

We need to think 

further than just the 

aesthetic appeal and 

what the town looks 

like with refuse 

Fashion in focus at Mlungisi showstopper 

Up-and-coming 

Komani-born entrepreneur 

Sanele Gili said, “Pe o p l e 

took pictures and some 

contacted us to place 

orders. 

“We are positive the 

show will improve our 

businesses and our talent 

will be noticed.” 

The organisers aim to 

make this an annual event 

and take it to all the 

townships around 

Komani. 

everywhere on the 

pavements and in the 

st reets. 

We need to start 

thinking of the 

infestation of rats, 

flies and snakes that 

this situation attracts. 

We need to start 

thinking of the related 

pollution – air, ground 

and water – t h at 

results from refuse 

lying around in a 

residential area. 

The point is the 

residents pay for 

refuse collection as 

part of a schedule 

which, ironically, has 

been determined by 

the same municipality 

which is not sticking 

to it. Whatever the 

excuse, it’s not good 

enough. Clean up 

your act, EMLM (and 

excuse the pun). 

CAN WE DO 

THIS AGAIN: 

Thanks to Liz 

Fincham for 

providing The 

Rep with this 

p o st c a r d 

depicting the 

old caravan 

park where 

Builders 

Express now 

stands. It was 

a great way to 

market the 

town years 

ago 

IN STYLE: A model shows off an 

outfit at the fashion show in 

Mlungisi Picture: SUPPLIED 

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B I RT H D AY wishes go to Hayley Sutton 

(April 16), Mihlali Manuel (April 17), 

Bridget Carthew, Matthews Koshy and 

Amor`e Olivier (April 18), twins Joy Hart 

and Rae Kemp (April 19), Siyavuya Mabuto 

and Jeanne Featherstone (April 19), 

Melinda Wentzel and Ena Smuts (April 

20), Marieta Killian (April 21), Jimmy van 

Niekerk, Bovana Ntlanga, Jorelle Smiles 

and Soretha de Kock (April 22), Roddy 

Sutton, Geyle Porter, Annemarie Mundell 

and Simon McMillan (April 23), Shawnee 

Blignaut (April 24), Shimonea Turner, 

Grant Knoetze and Nokuzola Lusiti (April 

25) and Andy Jerrard and Tokkie Deysel 

(April 26), Vivienne Viviers, Mavis Buhe 

and Judy Preston (April 27). 

BEL ATED birthday wishes go to Matthias 

Nsamba (April 6). Sam Breetzke, Gavin 

Coetzer, Nicole Enslin and Angela van der 

Meulen (April 7) , Annatjie Castles (April 

8) and Cheryl Hammill (a special one on 

April 11). 

BEST wishes for improved health to 

Annatjie Filmer, who has been hospitalised 

and to Louise Pohlmann who also had a 

spell in hospital, but has been discharged. 

CONDOLENCES to the family and friends of 

the late Vuyile Taliwe, Geraldo Adonis, 

Shirley Matanda, Thamsanqa Klaas, Alvera 

Burns, Nomimi Malgas and Thulani Ganca. 

Deepest condolences to the Dumse family 

on the loss of Aphelele Mane and Anani 

Dumse in a bus crash during the Easter 


W E LC O M E back to all scholars and 

teachers for the start of the second term 

which promises to be very busy and filled 

with activities. 

KOMANI 

W E AT H E R 

ALTHOUGH the chances of rain are good 

on most days, the predicted falls over the 

weekend will not be substantial. 

This is the case today, when there is an 

80% chance of rain, but only 3mm is 

likely. However, this is better than nothing, 

although the brisk breeze is likely to blow 

away much of the moisture. Temperatures 

will vary between 13 and 24°C. 

Tomorrow will start off cool at 11°C, with 

the maximum at only 21°C. In spite of that 

and the partly cloudy skies, humidity will 

be high. 

It will be partly cloudy on Sunday and 

the humidity will be a little lower. The 

minimum temperature will be 11°C and the 

maximum 23°C. – w w w. i n fo s i g h t . c o . z a

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ROUND&ABOUT 

ON THE 

NOTICE BOARD 

THE Notice Board is intended to help 

people advertise events and avoid 

clashes. The date, event and venue 

may appear free of charge for three 

months, but these details must reach 

The Rep by noon on Mondays, to 

appear in that Friday’s edition. E-mail 

chuxf@tisoblackstar.co.za or call 

(045)839-4040. 

Friday April 13: Queen’s College 

street mile; Queen’s sport v Stirling 

(home). Queen’s Junior foundation 

phase academic awards assembly. 

Saturday, April 14: Signature Wildlife 

live auction, Kwandwe, 

Grahamstown, 12 noon. 

Monday April 16: Balmoral SGB 

meeting, 5.30pm. 

Tuesday, April 17: VG musical 

performance at Balmoral, 9am; GHS 

SGB meeting, 5.30pm. 

Thursday April 19: Queen’s College 

Freedom of Entry parade through 

town, 10am. Walkers and cyclists 

arrive at The Rec, 12.45pm; Fenfield 

Reds/Cathcart weaner video auction, 

Cathcart Country Club, 12 noon. 

Friday April 20: Queen’s College 

combined reunion assembly, 

Memorial Hall, 8.30am; Trooping the 

Colour, Recreation Ground, 11am; 

QCOBA AGM, 12.30pm; Queen’s 

College Barbarians rugby, The Rec, 

4pm; QCOBA president’s banquet, 

6.30pm; Rotary steak evening, Rotary 

Club. 

Saturday April 21: Queen’s College 

sport v Selborne, after match 

function at the tent; Berry Dam relay 

10am. 

Friday-Saturday April 20-21: 

Reunion weekend, sport v Selborne. 

Saturday April 21: Balmoral sport v 

Clarendon (home); GHS sport v 

Clarendon (home); Border 

Foundation junior golf, Burgersdorp. 

Sunday April 22:Border Foundation 

junior golf (Komani); Queen’s College 

commemoration parade, D.C.Scott 

amphitheatre, 9.30am. 

Monday April 23: Queen’s College 


Tuesday April 24: Queen’s College 

rugby v Aliwal North (away). 

Friday April 27: Freedom Day public 

holiday; Celebrations at The Rec, 

12.30pm; Country rugby festival 

hosted by Queen’s. 

Friday-Monday April 27-30: All Girls’ 

festival, East London. 

Saturday-Sunday April 28-29: Grey 

High rugby festival, Port Elizabeth. 

Monday April 30: School holiday. 

Tuesday May 1: Wo r ke r s ’ Day public 

h o l i d ay. 

Friday, May 4: GHS Shakespeare 

fe st i va l . 

Friday-Saturday May 4-5: Queen’s 

Junior sport v Grey Junior; Queen’s 

College sport v Grey High (home). 

Saturday May 5: Balmoral sport v 

Aliwal North (away); Golf, Bedford 

ladies’ open; ‘I am God’s Lupus 

Wa r r i o r ’, Hangklip Junior School 

Hall, 10am. 

Monday May 7: Balmoral Early Act 

cake sale. 

Tuesday, May 8: QCOBA Mother 

Branch AGM, 

Wednesday May 9: Balmoral Grade 

2 fun evening. 

Friday May 11: Balmoral Pre-primary 

grandparents’ tea; Balmoral 

foundation phase Mothers’ D ay 

a s s e m b l y. 


Junior sport v Dale (away); Balmoral 

sport v Kingsridge (away); GHS sport 

v Kingsridge (away); Queen’s College 

sport vs Dale (away). 

Sunday May 13: M ot h e r s ’ D ay ; 

Border Foundation junior golf, Kei 

Mouth. 

Monday May 14: Queen’s Junior 

M ot h e r s ’ Day assembly; Balmoral 


Wednesday May 16: Balmoral Grade 

1 fun evening; Queen’s College rugby, 

chess and debating vs Cathcart 

( away ) . 

Thursday May 17: GHS general 

knowledge Olympiad, 2pm; QCOBA 

wine tasting, Queen’s Hall. 


Junior sport v Stirling (home); 

Balmoral sport v Stirling (home); 

GHS sport v Hudson Park (away); 

Queen’s College sport vs Hudson 

( away ) . 

Saturday, May 19: Cross country 

hosted by Port Rex, Bonza Bay beach, 

8.30am. 

Monday, May 21: QCOBA national 

council meeting. 

Tuesday May 22: GHS SGB meeting, 

5.30pm; Border junior competition, 

Queenstown Golf Club. 

SCENIC SETTING: The motorcyclists at a waterfall on Lake Wanaka, front from left, Anton Schonken, Bruce Raasch, Brendan 

Raasch, Stuart Molony and Alasdair McDonald and back from left, Nick Prestdige, Jean Benecke, Wally Goodrich, Hein 

Coetzee and Chris Brown 


Bike adventurers 

roar Down Under 

Eight from Komani marvel at their NZ trip 

CHUX FOURIE 

A GROUP of men from these parts 

recently returned from a wonderful trip 

to New Zealand and can’t stop talking 

about the beauty and cleanliness of that 

country and the friendliness of the 

people. 

The whole scheme started a few years 

ago when Old Queenian Bossie Fletcher, 

who has lived Down Under for many 

years, brought a group to South Africa 

for what they called the Tour d’Africa on 

motorbikes. It was such a success that 

they repeated the operation and, as 

happens with such things, the Kiwis 

began to say, “It’s time you came to us”. 

So the eight adventurers flew from 

East London to Johannesburg and 

from there to Sydney and a 

three-hour wait in the airport 

before arriving in Auckland at 

midnight. They were collected by a 

shuttle bus and were grateful to 

catch up on a bit of sleep. 

The next morning, they were met 

by Fletcher and Lloyd Wilkie and 

taken to fetch their hired bikes 

before heading north to Cape Ringa on 

the northern tip of North Island, from 

where they began their trip south. 

In Auckland, they had a most unusual 

encounter – a meeting of the Queen’s 

College Old Boys’ Association and the 

Old Queenstonia Association (GHS) 

attended by about 25 people, where they 

met up with a number of people they 

had not seen for many years. 

Moving south and guided by the Kiwi 

friends to show them the sights, they 

travelled south and marvelled at the 

huge lakes of crystal clear water, lush 

green grass, many cattle and sheep and 

beautiful vistas. 

As New Zealand is a very 

mountainous country, the roads have 

many turns and bends and there is very 

little flat land or straight stretches of 

road, but they enjoyed being able to ride 

relatively slowly and appreciate the 

views. 

In Wellington, in the south of the 

island, they visited a museum where 

Peter Jackson (director of the Lord of 

the Rings trilogy) had a mind-bogglingly 

realistic and lifelike display at the 

museum, commemorating the 100th 

anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in 

World War I, featuring many of the 

actual props, costumes and special 

effects used in the film. 

The area has several farms cultivating 

mussels and crayfish, so our gents 

... at Wanaka they went by jet boat 

to the bottom of the glacier where 

‘Lord of the Rings’ was filmed 

enjoyed a real feast. 

From there, they caught the ferry to 

South Island, a distance of only 20km, 

but it takes three hours as the ferry is 

huge, carrying many interlink and other 

big trucks, as well as passengers and 

smaller vehicles, and, because of the 

currents, it weaves in and out of sounds, 

where it is much more calm. 

South Island is the major tourist 

attraction and there are many facilities 

for backpackers, as well as other 

accommodation establishments. But 

everything is beautifully clean and green 

and there are even more huge lakes – 

some 50km long and 300m deep – with 

Lake Taranaki once declared 

drought-stricken as they had “only” had 

1.5m of rain instead of the usual two! 

The beautiful rivers are well known for 

the excellent trout and salmon fishing. 

South Island is decidedly colder and 

wetter, with many glaciers and frequent 

snowfalls although it is said the glaciers 

are receding because of global warming. 

However, our intrepid gang explored 

them, particularly at Franz Josef and at 

Wanaka they went by jet boat to the 

bottom of the glacier where Lord of the 

Rings was filmed. 

As several members of their group are 

avid aviators, they thoroughly enjoyed 

their visit to the War Birds over Wanaka 

display of military planes – from the 

oldest to the most modern. 

Queenstown, of course, was a 

must, but there is no comparison 

between the two. That one is mainly 

focused on tourism with cable cars 

up the mountain, snow skiing in 

winter and water skiing in summer 

and a is real holiday town where 

many people have second homes. 

Among the things that particularly 

impressed them were the fact that 

one person does a job from start to 

finish. Repairing potholes, for instance, 

one man arrives in a bakkie with his 

equipment, fixes the road and moves on. 

Everything is well maintained at all 

times – hedges, trees and grass are 

trimmed – and it is beautifully clean and 

tidy. The locals are well organised and 

keen to keep their visitors happy. 

Their return journey started in 

Christchurch at 7am, via Sydney to 

Johannesburg where they stayed over 

near OR Tambo Airport at an hotel 

owned by 1973 Old Queenian Andre 

Malan and began dealing with jetlag – 

leaving at 7am, in transit for 22 hours 

and landing at 5.30pm the same day!


Businesses put 

‘f re e z e ’ on VAT 

HONOURING HEROES: The team behind the Queen’s College Freedom Day celebration, from left, Janse van der Ryst (Queen’s 

headmaster), Adre Bartis (SGB), Chulumanco Simama (RCL) and Malvin Charasika (coordinator) Picture: SIMTEMBILE MGIDI 

To celebrate freedom 


QUEEN'S College will honour 

local heroes who fought for 

freedom in an event on 

Freedom Day later this month. 

The school’s activities, set 

for Thursday April 26, will take 

place at The Rec from noon. 

Author Dominic Gaobepe 

who has written the book, 

Change Your Story, Change 

Your Life: Unlock Your Full 

Potential and Achieve 

Real-World Success, will be 

the guest speaker. 

Queen’s headmaster Janse 

van der Ryst said Gaobepe 

was a dynamic speaker who 

was active in development, 

organisational transformation 

and diversity. 

“Our theme focuses on 

celebrating the lives of people 

from our community who have 

paid the ultimate price for us 

to enjoy democracy. Through 

the key message, we want the 

pupils to go home with a hope 

of what they can do every day 

Queen’s College to host 

inaugural event on April 26 

to make South Africa a better 

place. 

“We want pupils to know 

they should be grateful for the 

opportunities we have now, 

because of the heroic actions 

of the freedom fighters who 

did not have those 

opportunities. We want the 

boys to understand their 

responsibility to make a 

positive difference.” 

A wreath-laying ceremony at 

which families, including 

pupils, can lay tributes, will 

take place with 

representatives from GHS, 

Queen’s Junior, Balmoral, 

Southbourne, Stepping Stone 

and Hangklip high and junior 

schools. 

The marimba band and 

school choir will perform, with 

readings of the preamble of 

the constitution and a freedom 

pledge made by the school. 

“We are very aware that we 

are a school and not a political 

organisation, but we want to 

honour those who came before 

us. Gaobepe will also hold a 

workshop for staff and the 

SGB [school governing body],” 

Van der Ryst said. 

He said he wanted to start 

discussion and engagement 

while celebrating the lives of 

those who had passed on 

while fighting for freedom. 

Coordinator of the event 

Malvin Charasika said the idea 

of freedom was multi-faceted 

and could not be limited to 

only one concept. 

“Freedom spreads beyond 

that. The struggle opened a 

channel for other freedoms to 

be expressed – d e m o c r a c y, 

choice, voting, association and 

now people are campaigning 

for the freedom of different 

sexualities and religion.” 

SGB Adré Bartis said it was 

good to bring in an inclusivity 

and diversity specialist as it 

helped schools become more 

diverse. It would also help 

pupils realise the importance 

of freedom. 

“It is a positive for the 

community of Komani as a 

whole.” 

Representative council of 

learners head and matric pupil 

at Queen's Chulumanco 

Simama said it was exciting as 

Queen’s would host the event 

for the first time in history. 

“I am happy and proud that 

I am able to partake in 

something like this. Inclusion 

is the end goal we are trying 

to reach. I feel honoured that I 

can represent the pupils in the 

school. We will have a 

platform that celebrates all 

people from different 

backgrounds and it will be 

something beautiful to be a 

part of.” 

ANDISA BONANI 

SOME local businesses in 

Komani have “f r oz e n ” the 

Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase 

of 1% on their products to allow 

consumers to get used to the 

idea and to delay the increased 

financial pressure on the 

c o n s u m e r. 

The 1% increment in VAT was 

announced by former Finance 

Minister Malusi Gigaba earlier 

this year during his budget 

speech and came into effect on 

April 1. 

The VAT as it stands is 15% 

and has sparked much debate 

on the increased cost of living 

with retail stores putting up 

notices to inform customers of 

the price changes. 

Lukhanji SUPERSPAR owner 

Sandy Mills said suppliers had 

temporarily absorbed the 1% 

increase to make the transition 

easier for customers. 

“Government gave us three 

months to change our selling 

price and our suppliers have 

decided to increase their prices 

after this period has elapsed. All 

SPAR brand products will 

remain the same for three 

months as well. The increase is 

not that much because a 

product that normally costs you 

R15.99 will be R16.10. We have 

not had any complaints from our 

c u st o m e r s . ” 

Mabovula store manager 

Costas Dougias said they had 

filtered in the VAT increase but 

their selling price would remain 

the same. 

“We have lower- to 

middle-class customers, so we 

thought it best not to increase 

our prices immediately. The 

selling price for all our products 

is still the same, which means 

our profit margin will drop. It is 

going to be tough because our 

suppliers have increased their 

prices. 

“We will introduce price 

changes in phases, but for now 

things are still the same. 

Customers will not feel the pinch 

on small items like those usually 

on grocery lists, but will complain 

when it comes to big items 

because that is where the increase 

will be the most evident.” 

Komani Game store manager 

Allan Ackerman said the VAT 

increase had not yet been put 

into effect on some of their 

products and those items would 

be clearly marked “freeze” on 

their pamphlets. 

“We are still removing the old 

price tags to replace them with 

the new ones. Our customers 

are not really perturbed but I 

know as soon as all businesses 

have changed the prices, the 

complaints will be rolling in and 

there is nothing we can do 

about it.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Spotlight on 

Goniwe’s role 

Book looks at struggle icon’s influence 

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

LOCAL author Professor Menzi 

Duka has launched his latest 

book, titled Matthew Goniwe on 

a South African Frontier. 

The late Goniwe, who was a 

teacher and political activist, 

was one of the “Cradock Four” 

who were killed by the South 

African security forces near Port 

Elizabeth during the struggle in 

1985. 

Duka said the book delved 

into Goniwe’s influence in the 

United Democratic Front (UDF), 

an anti-apartheid body he was 

selected to be a part of at the 

time of the struggle. 

There were certain books 

which the UDF underground 

group had read on communism 

in order to be in tune with the 

vision and mission of the 

o r g a n i s at i o n . 

Duka said the book, which 

was launched at Matthew 

Goniwe High School in 

Lingelihle recently, aimed to 

educate people about Goniwe’s 

history as an African 

revolutionist and his style of 

leadership. Duka is a retired 

deputy chief education 

specialist in the Cradock 

department of education who 

co-founded the school and 

formerly served as its principal. 

“The best lesson for me was 

how Goniwe used his life and 

trials to unite people. The 

relevance of the book is that he 

taught people about the vision 

of the new South Africa – a free, 

democratic and non-racial 

country without poverty, 

starvation and malnutrition. He 

saw it before it happened. He 

NOW AVAILABLE: Professor Menzi Duka with his latest book, ’Mat thew 

Goniwe on a South African Frontier’ Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

was certain apartheid would 

fall. If you ask people now what 

the vision of South Africa is, 

they do not know. He spoke of 

individual and revolutionary 

discipline which you do not find 

in present-day politics.” 

Duka said the Weekly Mail 

had described Goniwe as a man 

who loved his jailer. 

“He never insulted white 

people. Goniwe said white 

people were necessary factors 

in building a new South Africa 

and wanted them to be a part of 

the new South Africa. The state 

policy was to kill and imprison, 

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but he stood for peace and the 

unity of the country.” 

The author said peace and 

unity were no longer present in 

t o d ay ’s politics. He urged 

people to learn to live together 

despite differences, without 

going as far as killing one other. 

Duka said Goniwe was a man 

of peace, intellect, discipline 

and an overwhelming sense of 

selflessness towards people. 

He said today’s leaders 

should gain inspiration by 

following in his footsteps and 

the book was relevant for 

t o d ay ’s South Africans. 

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CHDA gives co-op 

welcome R100k boost 

ABONGILE 

S O LU N D WA N A 

THE Chris Hani 

Development Agency 

(CHDA) has brought 

relief to the Primary 

M a n u fa c t u r i n g 

Co-operative in Ezibeleni 

by contributing R100000 

after the workers had 

struggled to get funding 

for three years. 

The 39 members 

were former Seating 

factory workers who 

lost their jobs when the 

factory was moved to 

Johannesburg. 

Co-operative member 

Zuko Maroti said some 

of the money would be 

used to create seven 

seat samples requested 

by a furniture supplier 

in Johannesburg. 

Maroti said, “We will 

use the money to buy 

glue, wood and safety 

m at e r i a l . ” 

C o - o p e r at i v e 

chairman Siyanda 

Stemela said the 

members spent their 

days guarding the 

machinery which they 

had received from 

Bidvest, their former 

e m p l o y e r. 

He said, “It has been 

painful coming to work 

to look after the place 

without making money 

for our families. We 

have children who we 

can not provide for.” 

The equipment was 

inherited from Bidvest 

through assistance from 

the National Union of 

Metalworkers of South 

Africa (Numsa), he said. 

“This was for us to 

earn a living. There 

used to be 600 

members before some 

were retrenched. The 

few workers who were 

left managed to get a 

truck and machinery to 

run a furniture 

workshop. We got a 

lease agreement from 

the municipality and 

will pay R22000 a 

month rent after three 

years of operating.” 

Stimela said their 

vision was to make 

furniture for offices and 

schools. 

“This way we will be 

able to employ more 

than 600 people. We 

will distribute the end 

product to 

Johannesburg and East 

London. A man who 

makes chairs for 

another company was 

impressed with our 

IN NEED OF HELP: Workers sit in the former Seating factory which they hope 

to turn into a viable concern 

Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

products and i n t e r e st e d 

in working with us. This 

is how township 

development will 

happen.” 

However, during the 

three years of waiting, 

the factory’s 

administration building 

has been va n d a l i s e d . 

Stimela said: “The 

back-up generator was 

stolen, pipes have been 

gushing water for more 

than a year and we have 

reported this to the 

municipality who said 

they were unable to fix 

it. This building could 

collapse any moment if 

the water continues to 

leak like this.” 

The Rep reporter 

witnessed dripping 

pipes, cables stripped 

off the floor, broken 

globes and zinc had 

been stripped from the 

inside of the building. 

“We went to report 

the issue at Enoch 

Mgijima Local 

Municipalit y’s (EMLM) 

human settlement 

department where we 

were promised a 

security guard who 

never came. Someone 

from the department 

locked the gates 

instead, but the 

situation became 

THANK YOU! On Thursday 

last week, the Rep appealed 

to residents to assist the 

SPCA in Komani which was 

running short on pet food to 

feed the cats and dogs in 

their care. As a result of the 

generosity of the Komani 

public, the SPCA managed to 

have enough food to feed the 

animals over the Easter 

period. Their gratitude has 

been extended to The 

Guardians animal welfare 

organisation, JJ Motors, 

Protyre, Berg Furniture, 

Border Seeds and Lydia 

Bekker. Anyone who wants to 

donate food to the local SPCA 

can drop donations at the 

SPCA premises on the road to 

Cacadu and Dordrecht, just 

outside Komani near the 

entrance to the Bonkolo Dam 


worse,” Stemela said. 

He said the thieves 

opened holes in the 

fence to gain access to 

the building. 

“We struggle to 

guard the place 

because we cannot 

open the gates and 

nobody knows where 

the keys of the building 

are. People steal 

materials to build 

shacks and the youth 

break the globes to 

smoke drugs.” 

EMLM spokesman 

Fundile Feketshane said, 

“The municipality will 

investigate the matter 

and revert back.”

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Birthday Greetings 

1150 

Funeral Notices 

MAMA FAITH 

with muti herbs 

(20 years experience). 

Sixilonga ngesipili 

nangamanzi etc. 

Contact: 

078 199 8159 

NKONJANE 

MAKHENKE 

Born: 

1944-05-22 

Died: 

2018-04-03 

Funeral: 

Saturday 


Address: 

Kolomane 

village, 

Whittlesea 

Venue: 

Home 

Cemetery: 

Kolomane 

Cemetery 

MVUBU 

OTTO 

BHUNGA 

(BISHOP) 

13 April 

Happy Birthday Father! 

Because you are very special Father, it is so nice to 

have this chance to wish you the best of everything, a 

whole year. We love you dearly. 

Zingisa & husband Tonny and Grandchildren 

In Memoriam 

1100 

1230 

Birthday Greetings 

In Memoriam 

In loving memory of my husband 

Died: 11.04.2003 

BREAKFAST 

VUSUMZI BILLY 

We wish we could see you one 

more time, but we 

know that is 

impossble. 

Still missed by your 

wife Tozama, children, 

grandchildren and the 

whole family 

SONWABO 

TRUMAN 

LALO 

1100 

1150 


BORN: 1947-07-26 

DIED: 2018-04-01 

FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 

Funeral starting @ 

Home at Goshen 

Village, Cathcart. 

Service will start 

@ 09:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Cathcart 

TIME: 13:00pm 

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DOMESTIC 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1150 


ISAACS 

HANNAH 

In lewe van 

Fitchetstraat 

M236, Nuwerus, 

Queenstown, sag 

heengegaan te 

Queenstown op 

Donderdag 5 April 

2018 in haar 82ste 

lewensjaar. 

Diep betreur deur 

haar geliefde dogter, 

seuns, kleinkinders, 

agterkleinkinders 

en breë familie. Die 

teraardebestelling 

vind Saterdag 14 

April 2018 om 11 

vm in die Lukhanji 

Begraafplaas 

plaas na ‘n diens 

om 10 vm by Die 

Ou Apostoliesie 

Kerk, Nuwerus, 

Queenstown. 

“Rus, ewig rus” 

RUSSELL EN SEUN 

Begrafnisondernemers 

Tel. 045 839 4012 

WOTO 

MTINI 

Born: 1946-05-26 

Died: 2018-04-30 

Funeral: 

Saturday 


Address: 

Vaalbank, 

Lady Frere 

Venue: Home 

Cemetery: 

Vaalbank 

Cemetery 

1150 


MENZIWA 

THANDI 

MIRRIAM 

Born: 

1953-06-27 

Died: 


Funeral: 

Saturday 


Address: 

340 Lonwabo 

Street 

Masakhane, 

Jamestown 

Service conducted by 

EYETHU FUNERAL 

Contact: 045 839 6200 

or 083 242 2533 / 

071 078 6184 

MHLEBI 

KHOLEKA 

PATRICIA 

Late of 

Esigangeni, 

Ku-Dlamini, 

Bozwana, 

Lady Frere District 

Born: 14.11.1961 

Died: 28.03.2018 

Funeral: 

Saturday 

14.04.2018 

Starting at home at 

10am 

(Methodist Church) 

Thence to the 

Bozwana Cemetery, 

Lady Frere for the 

Interment at 1pm 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MANTSUNDU 

MAMNGXONGO 

MGUDI 

RUSSELL AND SON 

FUNERAL DIRECTORS 

Tel. 045 839 4012 

1150 


MRWEBI 

NOKUZOLA 

Late of 

3604 Oliver 

Tambo, 

Ezibeleni, 

Komani 

Born: 07.09.1946 


Funeral: 

Saturday 


Starting at home 

at 10am 

(Zionist Faith) 

Thence to 

the Lukhanji 

Cemetery 

for the Interment 

at 1pm 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MACELE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

LIWANI 

JULIBHAYI 

WITNESS 

Late of 

Qhugqwaru, 

Emanyosini, 


Born: 26.10.1967 


Funeral: 

Sunday 



at 10am 

(United Methodist 

Church) 


Emanyosini 

Cemetery, 



PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO MFENE 

LISA JAMBASE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

1150 


JAXA 

FEZILE FELIX 

 

Late of 404 Balfour 

Street, Mlungisi, 

Komani 

Born: 29.09.1936 

Died: 01.11.1963 

Funeral: 

Saturday 



then to the Thobi 

Kula Indoor Sport 

Centre, Komani 

for a service at 9am 

The cortege will 

proceed to the 

Queenstown 

Cemetery for the 

Interment at 

12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO MNUNE 

DOYI 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NKUBU 

PHUMLANI 

Late of 

Elalini, Xonxa, 


Born: 16.11.1985 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Holly Apostolic 

Church in Zion) 


Elalini Cemetery, 


Interment at 12:30 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MGCINA TYHOPHO 

NOKWINDLA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

1150 


VETSHE-MANKAYI 

NOMTHANDAZO 

MARGARET 

Late of 3435 

Nomngqongwana 

Street, Unifound, 

Komani 

Born: 24.08.1946 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



then to the St. 

Theresa’s Roman 

Catholic Church, 

Bishop Rosenthall 

Hall for a service at 

10am. The cortege 

will proceed to the 

Queenstown 

Cemetery for the 

Interment at 

12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MGCINA TYHOPHO 

NOKWINDLA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

It is with a sense 

of sadness that 

we announce the 

passing of the late 

NOZUKO 

NGENYANE 

Born: 1963-10-24 


The funeral service 

for the late Nozuko 

Ngenyane of 

Machibini Mtebhele 

Village will be 

held at church 

on Saturday 

2018-04-14 at 

10am at 09h00. 

The cortege 

will proceed to 

Machibini Mtebele 

Cemetery at 1pm. 

Rest in Peace. 

15 Years of dignified service 

Tel: 045 839 7113 

Cell: 082 832 8140 

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NOMANDITHINI 

FODO 

BORN: 1973-03-12 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 


Home at Lesseyton, 

Ndlovukazi. 


@ 10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Ndlovukazi 


AVBOB 

FUNERAL SERVICES 

ROBINSON ROAD 29 

QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

DZINA 

ZUKISWA 

PRINCESS 

BORN: 1970-10-24 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 


Home at No. R308 

Tolashe Street, Mlungisi 

then processed to 

Skweyiya Community 

Hall for the Funeral 

Service @ 09:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Lukhanji 

TIME: 11:00am 

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Cell: 083 503 8057 

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BUNU 

KHANGELWA 

BEAUTY 

BORN: 1952-06-13 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 


Home at No. 521 Zone 

3 Location, Ezibeleni, 

Queenstown. 


@ 10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Lukhanji 


AVBOB 



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Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

MBIYOZO 

ZOLISWA 

Born: 

1975-09-11 

Died: 

Funeral: 

Saturday 


Address: 

Lessyton, 

Lessyton 

Venue: 

Home 

Cemetery: 

Lessyton 

Cemetery 



Contact: 045 839 6200 

or 083 242 2533 / 

071 078 6184 

MATHISO 

LUNGA 

Born: 

1992-10-12 

Died: 


Funeral: 

Saturday 


Address: 

2154 New site 

Masakhane, 

Jamestown 

Venue: 

Home @ 09:00 

Cemetery: 

Ekuphumleni 

Cemetery 

@ 11:00 



Contact: 045 839 6200 

or 083 242 2533 / 

071 078 6184 

MATA 

IRENE 

FUZISWA 

Late of 

Edrayini, 

Ntshingeni, 

Cofimvaba District 

Born: 12.03.1957 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Church of Christ) 


Ntshingeni 

Cemetery, 

Cofimvaba for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MASANGO 

MATHEZA 

MAMNDZITHA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

LITUKA 

WELEKAZI 

LUCY 

BORN: 

14.11.1944 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Bengu Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Quthubeni, 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Home 

Rest In Peace, 

Manyawuza. 

Serving Through Dignity 

and Trust 

No 21 Derby Street 

Queenstown 5319 

Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 

Email: nesawuli@mweb.co.za 

MANTSHA 

LUZUKO 

CHRIS 

BORN: 

22.12.1968 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Lower Ncuncuzo 

VENUE: 

Lower Ncuncuzo, 

 

INTERMENT: 

 

Rest In Peace. 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MASAPE 

PETROS 

TSEPO 

BORN: 

11.06.1962 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Matatiele 

VENUE: 

Matatiele 

INTERMENT: 

Home 



and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


NAMA 

NONQUNQU 

NOKHOLEJI 

BORN: 

19.01.1914 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Bengu Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Emthonjeni, 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Home 



and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


CEKISO 

NOMISILE 

BORN: 

10.11.1933 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Bengu Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Esiqithini, 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Home 


Mamgcina. 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


SMITH 

NOFENISHALA 

NONGAKUYE 

BORN: 

18.04.1956 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Bengu Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Indwe, 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Home 


Mangxongo. 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


COBA 

BUYELWA 

BORN: 

24.08.1966 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Bengu Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Quthubeni, 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Home 


Mamqoma. 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


NGXENGA 

NOSIKOLAKHE 

NONKULULEKO 

BORN: 

20.04.1958 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Diphala Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Diphala, 

Whittlesea 

INTERMENT: 

Home 



and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MANZINI 

PATRICIA 

BUKELWA 

BORN: 

14.09.1970 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Qamata Admin 

Area 

VENUE: 

Sabalele, 

 

INTERMENT: 

Home 



and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


NQOPHISO 

SITHIWE 

NOZUKILE 

BORN: 

28.06.1956 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Maqhashu Admin 

Area, Lady Frere. 

VENUE: 

Home, 

kuMaqhashu 

INTERMENT: 

Home 


Mabhayi. 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


It is with a sense 

of sadness that 

we announce the 

passing of the late 

NOPHUMZILE 

FINIZA 

Born: 1940-03-04 


The funeral service 

for the late 

Nophumzile Finiza 

of Mgxiki Village 

will be held 

at Home on 

Saturday 


at 10am. 

The cortege will 

proceed to Mgxiki 

Cemetery at at 

13h00. 

Rest in Peace. 

15 Years of dignified service 

Tel: 045 839 7113 

Cell: 082 832 8140 

GEDULD 

IZAK 

Born: 

23 November 1943 

Died: 

04 April 2018 

Funeral: (Saturday) 

14 April 2018 

Venue: Starting at 

home at 9am. Then 

to the Old Apostolic 

Church, Aloevale 

for a service at 

10am. The cortege 

will proceed to the 

Queenstown 

Cemetery at 11am. 

Rest in peace 

NGOMA 

NCANYIWE 

NOSAJINI 

STELLA 

Born: 08-03-1918 

Died: 02-04-2018 

Funeral:14-04-2018 

Venue: Zulumema- 

Qawukeni Village 

Rest in Peace 

Radebe 

HEWU 


Tel: 040 842 2056 

Fax: 040 842 2420 

MUNGAKEVA 

BOSHANI 

RICHARD 

Born: 1929-08-01 


Funeral: 2018-04-14 

Address: 

Merino Walker 

Village, Whittlesea 

Venue: 

Home 

Interment: 

Merino Walker 

Cemetery 

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Born: 1976-06-18 



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Mitford Village, 

Ntabethemba 

Venue: 

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Interment: 

Mitford Cemetery 


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Msoto 

Busiman 

Born: 1919-11-08 


Funeral: 

14-04-2018 

Address: Kwagcina 

Xonxa Village, 

Lady Frere, 5410 

Venue: Home 

Time: 10am 

Interment: 

Greyspan Cemetery 

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Interment: 

Lukhanji Cemetery 


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Zola Village, 

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Venue: 

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Interment: 

Zola Cemetery 


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SIGETYE 

NDLEKO 

JAKES 

Born: 1968-12-10 



Address: 

Upper Zangqokhwe 

Village, Whittlesea 

Venue: 

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Interment: 

Upper Znagqokhwe 

Cemetery 


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Born: 1964.06.11 

Died: 2018.04.02 

Funeral: 14.04.2018 

Starting at home at 10am 

Interment: Lukhanji Cemetery 

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COPE MPL Bishop Sharpley will be visiting his Constituency in 

Sterkstroom, in order to listen to the problems of the community 

that need to be highlighted at the Legislature, advise on Government 

programs, and assisting students with applications for bursaries. 

Venue: Masakhane Hall, Sterkstroom. 

Date: Sunday, 15 April 2018. 

Time: 10:00 am. 

Statement by: 

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Contact: 045 838 1713. 

ALL DONE: Valgas and Molteno Mighty Bucs 

after their match Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

Va l g a s 

on ball 

with win 

Team now first 

on Group B log 

ANDISA BONANI 

VA LG A S ’ impressive 

win against the 

Molteno Mighty Bucks 

at the weekend in the 

ISAZISO MALUNGA NOVAVANYO 

LWEMPEMBELELO KOKUSINGQONGILEYO 

KUNYE NENTLANGANISO YOLUNTU 

Esi sisaziso ngokwemimiselo yoMthetho kaZwelonke 

wezokusiNgqongileyo (NEMA), ka 1998, Uphuhliso Lwezibonelelo 

zeziMbiwa nePetroliyam (MPRDA), ka-2002, ngenjongo zokufaka 

isicelo soHlolo lweMpembelelo yeNdalo (EIA), ukuvelisa isanti 

yekwari kunye nokwenza lemisebenzi ilandelayo kwi-35.335Ha, 

e-White Kei River, kwindawo yase-Nonesi kunye ne-Erven 366. 

Kumhlaba iKudulu, Division of Glen Grey, Eastern Cape Region: 

1. Ukomba ngaphakathi kokusinqongileyo kumlambo i-White Kei 

(ukomba, ukugcina nokuyihambisa kunye nokuhlola. 

2. Ukuthutha Isanti 

3. Ukucoca uhlaza ulunigcine uphinde uluhambise (ingakumbi 

kwindawo yotshintsho) 

4. Ukurhoxiswa kokumba kwisigaba sokuvala 

Uyacelwa ukuba ubekho kwintlanganiso yoluntu ukuxovula 

leProjekthi ibalulwe ngasentla apha ngoLwesithathu ezintsukwini, 

ngomhla ka-18 April 2018, eKundulu Village Community Hall, 

ngentsimbi yesibini (14h00) emalanga. 

Proponent: 

Corpclo 1982 CC - Mashiywa Distribution Primary Co-operative 

Ltd Joint Venture 

Consultant: 

Stellenryck Environmental Solutions 

18 Aisne Ave, Lorraine 

Port Elizabeth 

Tel: 041 368 9095 & Fax: 086 601 4021 

Email: kundulu@stellenryck.co.za 

SAB soccer league 

have placed the team 

in first position in the 

Group B log standings 

with 24 points. 

The game took a 

turn for the worse 

when both teams 

struggled to put the 

ball at the back of the 

net in the first half. 

Both teams 

regrouped during the 

break and came back 

confident with Bucks 

scoring the first goal 

of the game. 

After numerous 

failed attempts by 

Valgas to score an 

equaliser, the team 

finally managed to 

score three goals in 

the last 10 minutes of 

the match. 

Valgas are now 

leading their group 

and still have two 

games to play to 

ensure their lead in 

the log standings. 

Valgas coach Archie 

Dyeli said the reason 

the team struggled to 

score goals in the first 

half was the failure to 

stick to the initial 

game plan. 

“Our game plan was 

not to play at t ractive 

football, but a winning 

one where we would 

attack and aim for 

goals. The boys 

neglected that plan. 

“However, after the 

Bucks scored their 

first goal, we came 

back from the 

half-time break and 

the boys played a 

brilliant game 

because they felt the 

pressure. 

“I am very proud of 

the team and this win. 

It gave them the boost 

they needed for the 

two games we still 

need to play. The 

morale is high.”


SPOR TSSCENE 

Good races for Gudmanz trio 

THE East London Grand Prix Circuit held 

round two over the weekend with some 

Komani locals showing off their driving 

skills. 

The event took place in sunny conditions 

which made for some good racing. 

The Gudmanz racing trio team of Darron, 

Alec and Matthew had a good day’s racing 

and all three ended on the podium in their 

respective Historic classes. 

Darron won class A Historics in his Ford 

Capri Perana and set the new record time of 

1 minute 30.3 seconds. 

Matthew won in his Mazda Capella and 

Brendon Smith from PE joined Gudmanz 

Racing for the day in the Datsun SSS, 

ending in second place. 

Alec, in his Ford Capri, ended third in 

class C. – Rep reporter 

Amavarara still leading the 

pack with Hotspurs victory 

ANDISA BONANI 

AMAVARARA maintained their 

lead in Group A of the SAB 

soccer league when they beat 

Elliot Hotspurs 2-1 on 

Saturday at the Dumpy 

Adams Stadium in a decider 

for the leadership of the 

group. 

Amavarara have led Group 

A since the season started 

and have not lost a single 

game, while Hotspurs have 

maintained second place in 

their attempts to remove 

Amavarara from the top 

position. 

Hotspurs scored their goal 

in the first half, putting 

pressure on the local team to 

do better. In the second half, 

Amavarara recuperated and 

scored the equaliser goal. 

The match became chaotic 

when Hotspurs were denied 

their second goal by the 

referee due to a player being 

offside. The Hotspurs players 

confronted the referee hoping 

for the decision to be 

reversed, but he was resolute. 

A few minutes later, 

Amavarara scored their 

second goal, earning 

themselves three more points 

in Group A which made the 

margin between them and 

Hotspurs even bigger. 

Amavarara currently lead the 

log standings with 28 points 

while Hotspurs follow with 24. 

Hotspurs coach Thulani 

Mtshawu said their game plan 

was executed brilliantly by the 

players and they knew the 

“predictable” A m ava r a r a 

would play long passes for 

which they had prepared. 

“We blocked the long 

ON HIS WAY: Darron Gudmanz in his V8 Ford Capri Perana 

setting the Historics lap record of 1:30.3 

GOT THIS: Amavarara maintained their lead in Group A of the SAB soccer league when they 

beat Elliot Hotspurs 2-1 


passes and our defence line 

was very strong. What 

transpired regarding one of 

our goals being denied, I can 

not question because the 

r e fe r e e ’s decision is final. 

Complaining about it will not 

change the fact that we’ve 

lost. However, referees need 

to understand that the people 

on the sidelines become more 

pressurised than the players 

because they see everything. 

It is common knowledge that 

referees sometimes make the 

wrong call and it is human 

nature to make mistakes. 

Moaning about a bad decision 

will only result in people 

saying things they did not 

mean, so it is better to accept 

the referee’s decision.” 

Amavarara coach Wiseman 

Mdunana said the match was 

controversial before it even 

started because the Hotspurs 

had to beat them in order to 

lead Group A. 

“Our game plan was to 

attack in whatever way we 

could and that helped us a 

lot. This game was truly a 

decider. Emotions were 

running high when we scored 

our second goal and having 

our opponents squeal when 

their goal was denied, is the 

nature of the game.” 

Grand Prix 

course a 

long affair 

SEAN HEIDEMANN 

SATURDAY was the 

third round of the medal 

Grand Prix. 

The course is playing 

very long and the 

scores show it. 

Danie Nel took first 

place with 70 nett. Peter 

Uhlig was second, 

losing the count-out 

also on a 70 nett and 

third went to Douggie 

Rheeder on 72 nett. 

Fourth was Bandile 

Ndabambi on 74 nett. 

There were three 

two-clubs: Michael 

Edkins and Richard 

Miles (both on the 8th) 

and Peter Uhlig (11th). 

Upcoming events: 

ýSunday April 22 – 

Border Junior 

Championships. The 

course will be closed for 

casual golf in the 

morning; 

ýMay 26 – Round 

Table golf day. 

All set for Build 

It U13 tourney 


THE annual Build It U13 soccer tournament 

has been set to go ahead on Freedom Day 

April 27 in the Enoch Mgijima municipal 

area. 

Two players will stand the chance to be 

selected for trials for the Amazulu and 

Supersport United football clubs. 

Enoch Mgijima Local Football Association 

deputy secretary and Build It coordinator 

for the Enoch Mgijima U13 tournament 

Melikhaya Mtingi said the tournament 

would include teams from Komani, Ilinge, 

Bolotwa, Ezibeleni, Tylden, Zinquthu, 

Kamastone and Ndlovukazi. 

“Each area will bring two teams 

consisting of 15 players – either from a 

local club or from a school. The tournament 

is Build It’s way of ploughing back into the 

communit y.” 

He said the areas would organise their 

own elimination games over this weekend 

to determine the participating teams. The 

players will have to provide their birth 

certificates at the trials and on the day of 

the tourney. 

The elimination trials would start at 9am, 

with Komani’s to take place at the Dumpy 

Adams Stadium. 

Build It manager for the U13 tournament 

Monwabisi Jaza said the tournament was 

played in 2014 but did not take place last 

y e a r. 

The tourney will be hosted by Build It, the 

South African Football Association (Safa) 

Chris Hani and the Local Football 

Associations (LFAs). 

“Build It is able to continue operating 

today because of the support that it 

receives from the people of the Chris Hani 

dist rict.” 

He said after the Freedom Day tourney, 

the top team would play in the zonal 

playoffs in November with two players to 

try out for the two PSL teams. 

Parkrun prowess 

ON Saturday, 202 people ran, jogged and 

walked the course of the Komani parkrun at 

the Queenstown Golf Club in pleasant 

weather conditions, with a reasonable 

softness underfoot, thanks to recent rains. 

Of the runners, 10 were first-timers and 29 

recorded personal bests. 

AROUND 

THE GREENS 

Queenstown Golf Club 

Bowling section 

Friedie Fincham Trophy: P v d Walt, F Corbett, L Pretorius 15, B Richardson, F Pretorius, G 

Odendaal 22. J Milwidsky, S Molony, R Esterhuizen 21, F Prinsloo, A Brown, R Miles 15. 

D C Scott Trophy: F Prinsloo, F Pretorius, F Corbett 22, P v d Walt, I Richardson, G 

Odendaal, R Miles 11, F Prinsloo, G Odendaal, R Miles 23, P v d Walt, F Pretorius, F Corbett 8. 

Congratulations to Bevis Richardson and Jenny Milwidsky on winning the Frontier mixed 

pairs and to Denny Richardson and Rose Esterhuizen on being runners-up. Good bowling to 

the former couple in the Border mixed pairs this weekend.

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WE DID IT: The cyclists of the 2017 1965Ride after completing the tough route from Johannesburg to 

Komani 


A long ride 

to Komani 

THE eighth 

1965Ride Jozi to 

800km on a bike to raise funds 

Queenstown for 

education has 

star ted. 

1965Ride Bursary time. As always, the Mark Berger from 

There are eight 

Scheme funding more Queen’s College matric Alderson Ambulance 

cyclists participating in 

than 50 bursaries class of 1965 will be Komani and Alderson 

this year’s mammoth 

during the past seven well represented on the Ambulance marketing 

ride, which will end in 

years. 

tour. Former QCOBA manager Mike Warren, 

Komani at the start of 

A growing number of president Ian Dorrington who have been 

the Queen’s College 

alumni from the and his wife, Pam, will partners of the 

reunion on Thursday 

scheme are proving be heading up the 1965Ride since day one. 

April 19. 

their mettle in whatever support crew while “What many do not 

The group left at 

their chosen career 1965Ride founder Tony know is that the ride 

7.30am on Wednesday 

happens to be. Frost will be making the preparations start each 

and was led out of 

Komani will be ride to Komani for the year in August for the 

Johannesburg by a 

represented on bicycles eighth time. 

following year. This year 

posse of Harley 

by Donne Hartley (the Apart from the eight has been no different, 

Davidson motorcycles. 

first Queen’s College cyclists, the entourage but obtaining 

The ride annually 

teacher to take on the includes two support permission from the 

raises funds for 

challenge) and Setu vehicles and an traffic authorities, 

bursaries at schools in 

Skepe, who will be emergency response finding sponsors and 

Komani with the 

riding for the second vehicle manned by collecting all the kit 

and equipment 

required has proceeded 

very smoothly with no 

major hitches or 

glitches,” Frost said. 

“What awaits the 

cyclists is that they will 

have to make about 

190000 pedal strokes 

and consume about 40 

litres of fluid each to 

cover the 850km 

pilgrimage. They will 

cycle through 20 towns 

and travel through 

some of the most 

beautiful landscapes 

our country has to offer. 

“While doing all of 

this they will be mindful 

of the fact that theirs is 

a truly worthy cause; a 

contribution to 

nation-building and that 

their efforts will leave a 

lasting legacy.” 

In addition to the 

main cycle tour from 

Johannesburg, a 

shorter version 

between East London 

and Komani also takes 

place over two days. 

The East London tour 

stops overnight in 

Cathcart and the two 

tours finish on the Rec 

at 1pm on April 19. – 

Rep reporter 

GOOD TO SEE YOU! Hangklip High School athletics coach Gussie Lückhoff had the opportunity to 

meet up with three of her former charges – from left, Mikaa-il Mohammed, Rozario Williams and 

Emile Johannes – at the Athletics South Africa championships in Paarl over the weekend. Williams 

and Johannes did not reach the finals of the hurdles event, but Mohammed did extremely well, 

achieving a second in the 100m boys under-17 with a time of 10.33. He was also fourth in the 200m 

and his team, Northern Gauteng, won the 4x100m relay for boys U17. Mohammed will be 

participating in international athletics meetings later this year 


Breakers take off 

with a big bang 

MAXWELL LEVINE 

THE 2018 league season has 

started in earnest and what 

better than for Breakers to 

kick-start their campaign with 

a thumping of newcomers 

Black Eagles? 

There was also a win for 

Shining Stars, with Old 

Collegians the only casualty 

of the local clubs, going 

down against Young 

Leopards. 

Breakers coach Lefty 

Dakuse will be satisfied with 

his side’s opening match 

which should send a clear 

message to the other teams 

that Breakers is here to 

compete. What better way to 

translate that message than 

by annihilating Black Eagles 

41-6 at the Mlungisi Stadium? 

The home team ran in five 

unanswered tries. For their 

efforts, the shell-shocked 

Eagles side only had two 

penalties to show. It was a 

ruthless display from 

Breakers who are gunning for 

a top six finish this year. 

In other results from the 

Super league, Swallows have 

sent out a clear message to 

the rest of the competitors 

that they are the team to beat 

after dispensing with Old 

Selbornians 36-28 in a highly 

entertaining match. 

“Izinyoni”, as Swallows is 

affectionally known, have 

made it a point to qualify for 

the Gold Cup. They are also 

the best team in the province 

after winning the Eastern 

Cape Super 12 championship. 

Fort Hare annihilated a 

hapless Ocean Sweepers side 

77-20. The students had no 

mercy for a poor and 

structureless Sweepers. 

Police have awoken from 

their Super 12 slump and 

recorded their first victory for 

the year after beating Berlin 

Tigers 38-5. The match 

between Walter Sisulu 

University All Blacks and 

Buffaloes was postponed due 

to WSU’s participation in the 

Varsity Shield final. Winter 

Rose failed to travel to Ntlaza 

Lions due to the ongoing taxi 

violence. 

In the Premier League, 

Shining Stars made a positive 

start to the season with a 

nail-biting 17-15 win over 

Bussy Boys. Still a bit rusty, 

Stars made life difficult for 

themselves as the match had 

to go the distance before a 

relieved Stars technical team 

celebrated their win. 

Old Collegians were not 

that lucky though, as handling 

errors coupled with wayward 

play were the ingredients of 

their downfall, losing 17-0 

away to Young Leopards. Both 

teams came into the match as 

firm favourites to fight for 

promotion, but it was 

Leopards who showed more 

hunger and deserved their 

win. 

It’s back to the drawing 

board for coaches Warren 

Lentoor and Deveron Loutz. 

Evergreen surprised 

Cambridge 19-10 at their own 

home ground. Cambridge 

seems to be still struggling 

with their Super League 

relegation hangover. 

Newcomers United Brothers 

started their season with a 

bang with a comfortable 21-5 

win over Ready Blues. 

Africans failed to travel to 

Ngculu Zebras while 

Wallabies enjoyed a bye. 

Tomorrow sees Old 

Collegians at home to Ngculu 

Zebras at the Thobi Kula 

Indoor Stadium while it’s 

away matches for Breakers 

and Shining Stars. Breakers 

travel to East London to face 

Buffaloes while Stars travel 

to Mpongo Rugby Field in 

Chalumna to face Evergreens. 

Ntlaza Lions face Police, with 

Old Selbornians at home to 

Fort Hare. Ocean Sweepers 

welcome Berlin Tigers with 

Black Eagles at home to 

S wa l l o w s . 

The match between Winter 

Rose and All Blacks has been 

postponed due to WSU’s 

participation in the Varsity 

Cup play-offs. In the Premier 

League, Bussy Boys are at 

home to Ready Blues and 

Cambridge will make the 

short trip to King William’s 

Town to face Africans. 

Wallabies welcome United 

Brothers, and Leopards have 

a bye. Matches start at 3pm.

The Rep 13 April 2018

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