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No power 

LOOKING AT EMLM: Eastern 

Cape premier Phumulo 

Masualle is considering the 

financial plight of the Enoch 

Mgijima Local Municipality 

and a pending power cut by 

Eskom Picture: BUSINESS LIVE 

deal yet 

Eskom rejects EMLM repayment plan 

ANDISA BONANI 

ESKOM has rejected Enoch 

Mgijima Local Municipality's 

(EMLM) payment plan to settle 

millions of rands in debt for 

the bulk electricity supply to the area. 

The local authority’s plans did not 

meet the requirements set out by the 

power utility. 

The Rep reported (“EMLM strikes deal 

to avoid power cuts”, April 6) that the 

local authority had signed a payment 

plan with Eskom to prevent the power 

utility from implementing power outages 

which had been scheduled for April 3 

due to an unpaid debt of R44-million. 

EMLM submitted the payment plan to 

Eskom on Monday but it was rejected. 

Eskom spokesman Zama Mpondwana 

said the power utility did not consider 

the plan by EMLM as acceptable in 

addressing the arrears and the overall 

debt. 

Shock double death of soccer boss, councillor 

ABONGILE 

S O LU N D WA N A 

THE deaths of the 

South African Football 

Association (Safa) 

National Executive 

MZIMKHULU NDLELO 

Committee member 

Mzimkhulu Ndlelo and 

his fiancée, Babalwa 

Ndika, during a 

shooting in East London 

over the weekend, have 

sent shockwaves 

“Eskom will continue with the planned 

interruptions of electricity supply for the 

municipality. The power cuts are 

scheduled for May 3 and will be 

suspended only if Eskom and the 

municipality reach an agreement on the 

plan to settle the debt.” 

In an interview with The Rep 

yesterday, EMLM mayor Sisisi Tolashe 

confirmed that the plan had been 

rejected. 

“Last month we had a meeting with 

Eskom where we had serious 

discussions and we agreed that we 

would be making monthly payments. We 

made a R12-million payment and in that 

meeting we were told to pay an 

additional R4-million which was done. 

“Yesterday we received a letter 

informing us that our plan was rejected 

and that the power interruptions will 

continue as scheduled. The mayoral 

committee will have meetings to discuss 

the way forward which will be 

communicated to Eskom.” 

through Komani. 

Ndlelo, 54, who was 

based in Komani, was 

active and prominent in 

local soccer circles. 

He has served as a 

former president of 

Safa in the Chris Hani 

District and was a 

manager at the 

Small Enterprise 

Development 

Agency in Komani. 

The Daily 

Dispatch reported 

that it was believed 

he shot Ndika, a 

Walter Sisulu ANC 

councillor from 

Jamestown, before 

turning the gun 

on himself 

on the side 

BABALWA NDIKA 

The Rep has learnt that the 

municipality failed to make payments to 

Eskom in March which had resulted in 

an additional accumulated arrears and 

that the R16-million did thus not make a 

difference to the debt. 

On Wednesday, representatives from 

EMLM including Tolashe, the Chris Hani 

District Municipality, the national 

Department of Water and Sanitation, the 

Department of Cooperative Governance 

and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), 

Border-Kei Chamber of Business (BKCB) 

and the office of the premier had a 

meeting to discuss the issue of 

of the road opposite the 

King David Hotel in 

Quigney on Wednesday. 

Ndika had been in 

the city to attend a 

four-day strategic 

planning session 

meeting at the hotel. 

The couple leaves 

behind a six-year-old 

son. 

Chris Hani Safa 

president Sandile Mata, 

who had known Ndlelo 

for 22 years, said the 

shooting came as a 

major shock. 

“We are saddened to 

hear the news. Ndlelo 

was a strong a person 

we went to when we 

faced challenges. As 

a football family we 

extend our 

condolences to the 

fa m i l y. ” 

Mata said he met 

Ndlelo in 1996 when his 

New Nation Super Stars 

team had joined the 

Queenstown Football 

A s s o c i at i o n . 

Ndlelo had been a 

reserved man who was 

passionate about 

football with good 

administration skills. 

Safa Eastern Cape 

co-chairman Mzimkhulu 

Figo said, “We are 

shocked. He never 

displayed the character 

of someone who would 

do something like this.” 

electricity and Eskom’s plans to cut the 

p o w e r. 

In the meeting, no financial 

commitments were made by present 

stakeholders to assist the municipality 

to pay the debt. It was also agreed that 

communication and updates about the 

electricity situation should be made 

available to the public by EMLM. 

Cogta spokesman Mamnkeli Ngam 

indicated the department would support 

the municipality where there was a need 

and would do everything in its power to 

ensure lights were kept on in EMLM. 

“With that said, the municipality must 

Figo said they were 

waiting for the family to 

decide on funeral 

arrangements. 

Eastern Cape police 

spokeswoman Warrant 

show proactive commitment to have the 

debt paid and strengthen their revenue 

collection methods to recover funds.” 

BKCB chairwoman Adre Bartis and 

EMLM representatives mentioned during 

Wednesday's meeting that hundreds of 

businesses in Komani were guilty of 

stealing electricity. 

“I have requested a list of all the 

businesses who have been found to be 

stealing electricity to check if they are 

registered with the chamber, and there 

are any who are registered with us, we 

will make sure they pay what is due to 

the municipality as soon as possible.” 

Officer Hazel Mqala 

said the couple’s 

bodies had been found 

with gunshot wounds to 

the upper bodies. A 

9mm pistol with live 

rounds, found on the 

scene, belonged to 

Ndlelo. 

A case of murder and 

suicide have been 

opened.

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Plans for Chris 

Hani month 

Freedom Marathon and more 

ANDISA BONANI 

THE Chris Hani District 

Municipality has planned a 

series of events this month to 

honour the late apartheid 

struggle stalwart Chris Hani. 

April has been dubbed “Chris 

Hani month” as the late South 

African Communist Party general 

secretary and Mkhonto Wesizwe 

commander was killed on April 10, 

1993. 

This month’s events will have the 

theme “Defining the legacy of Chris 

Hani in action” and will include the 

annual Chris Hani Freedom 

Marathon and a memorial lecture. 

CHDM mayor Kholiswa Vimbayo 

said the scheduled events were 

pertinent to community projects 

which were aligned with the slain 

anti-apartheid activist who had 

fought for the people of this 

country to enjoy such privileges. 

“Every year we dedicate a 

portion of funds to service delivery 

projects and memorial lectures to 

conscientise people about the 

fallen struggle heroes,” V i m b ay o 

said. 

“We will showcase multi-millionrand 

projects, launch and hand 

over agricultural equipment to 

enhance crop production and also 

hand over agricultural equipment 

at the Qamata Irrigation Scheme. 

“We encourage people to 

participate in the popular Chris 

Hani Freedom Marathon which 

traces the footsteps Hani travelled 

to and from school and church.” 

The service delivery projects 

were preceded by the Mitrock 

Production Co-operative in Mitford 

village, where pomegranates were 

harvested last month for sale to 

markets for the first time. 

Last Friday, the district 

municipality handed over a new 

tractor and agricultural equipment, 

and a taxi rank in Ngcobo, before 

ending with the Albertina Sisulu 

memorial lecture. 

Iliso Lomzi aims to become 

a municipal police service 

SIMTEMBILE MGIDI 

THE Iliso Lomzi community 

development organisation is 

applying to be recognised as a 

municipal police service in the 

Enoch Mgijima municipal 

area. 

The application has been 

lodged with Eastern Cape 

MEC of Transport, Safety and 

Liaison, Weziwe Tikana. 

Enoch Mgijima Local 

Municipality (EMLM) 

councillor Mncedisi Mbengo 

said there was a need for this 

service as there were 

restrictions on what could be 

done by a neighbourhood 

wat c h . 

“We have started a process 

through EMLM mayor Sisisi 

Tolashe to engage in talks 

DANGEROUS: Weapons taken from people in the streets by 

Iliso Lomzi over the weekend 

Picture: SUPPLIED 

Getting SA on track for sovereign investment 

ANDISA BONANI 

SOUTH Africa needs to improve its 

economic growth, which is currently under 

2% and below par compared with the 5% 

needed to secure private and foreign 

investment in the country. 

This was shared by the national 

Department of Treasury microeconomic 

policy chief director Dr Duncan Pieters 

during the Chris Hani Black Management 

Forum (BMF) executive debate on how to 

get South Africa back to sovereign 

investment at the Chris Hani Cooperative 

Development Centre last Thursday. 

Pieters indicated the economy had been 

characterised by low business confidence 

and the country’s inability to secure private 

investment contracts. 

“The potential economic growth has been 

stuck below 2% since 2014 and 

unemployment has been rising because of 

this. As it stands, economic growth is on 

1.3% which is short of the 5% that is needed 

to increase our business confidence as a 

country which is quite attractive to potential 

investors. Our political affairs play a key 

role in attracting or driving away investors 

and various political events in the past year 

LET’S TALK GROWTH: Various business 

executives tackled issues facing South 

Africa’s economic growth during a 

debate hosted by the Chris Hani Black 

Management Forum, with, from left, 

Department of Treasury microeconomic 

policy chief director Dr Duncan Pieters, 

Twizza and Crickley Dairy group CEO 

Ken Clark and Black Management 

Forum board member and Western Cape 

provincial chairman Andile Nomlala 

Response officers arrest theft suspect 

RED Guard response 

officers, reacting to a 

call from a local 

business in 

Queendustria last 

with Tikana to highlight the 

importance of municipal 

police. 

“We do not have the right to 

arrest anyone we find with 

dangerous, illegal weapons. 

“We can only confiscate the 

weapons in our stop-andsearches 

and allow them to 

walk away even if we can see 

the suspects are possible 

criminals.” 

Mbengo said Iliso Lomzi’s 

operation over the weekend 

resulted in the confiscation of 

pangas, knives, scissors, 

handcuffs and car radios. 

“Our organisation had 10 

people patrolling the streets, 

but there are 2600 members. 

“We confiscated the 

weapons in Bede, Bhongweni, 

Matyotyombeni and other 

Tuesday, apprehended a 

suspect who had 

allegedly stolen iron. 

The suspect was 

released after the 

owner declined to open 

a criminal case, 

operations manager 

Willie Reynecke said. 

Response officers, 

places in Mlungisi.” 

Mbengo said there was an 

urgent need for more street 

lights in Mlungisi and warned 

criminals that the efforts 

against illegal activities would 

have contributed immensely in this regard. 

What the rest of the world thinks of our 

country translates to risk premiums.” 

Twizza and Crickley Dairy group CEO Ken 

Clark echoed what Pieters said regarding 

attending to a panic 

alert at a local shoe 

store, apprehended two 

suspects with fake 

money, false identity 

documents and salary 

advices who attempted 

to open accounts. The 

suspects were handed 

over to the SAPS. 

Last Wednesday, 

response officers 

responding to an alarm 

at a local attorneys’ firm 

discovered a break-in. 

Nothing had been 

stolen as the swift 

response of the security 

company had prevented 

thef t. 

Response officers, 

attending to an alarm at 

intensify, with work being 

done with the Crime 

Intelligence Gathering Unit. 

EMLM was not available for 

comment at the time of going 

to print. 

the attraction of private foreign investors. 

He said the country needed economic 

policy certainty and that investors were not 

feeling confident about the risk of investing 

huge sums into an unstable country. 

“The country needs to achieve a constant 

economic growth of 5% and if we do that 

most of our problems will disappear. 

“The first step to achieve that would be to 

unite the country and to tackle issues as 

one nation because we are a nation at war 

with itself. We also need to establish an 

investment-friendly environment for 

potential investors and that is how we can 

draw near to the required 5% growth.” 

BMF board member and Western Cape 

provincial chairman Andile Nomlala said 

the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) 

policy needed to be reviewed because black 

entrepreneurs relied on government tenders 

which were based on political affiliation. 

“BEE put black business people on the 

gravy train because tenders worth millions 

would be awarded to them and they would 

work with white business owners who 

would do all the work. Black people need to 

start doing what their businesses claim to 

offer, so they refrain from relying on other 

businesses to help them execute the work.” 

a local tavern, 

apprehended one of 

two suspects following 

an attempted break-in 

over the weekend. A 

trolley filled with liquor 

and other items was 

seized and it was found 

that a break-in had 

occurred at a fish and 

chips shop near the 

tavern. The goods were 

returned to the owner 

and the suspect handed 

over to the police. 

On Sunday, response 

officers on patrol in 

Green Street handed 

two youths, found with 

vehicle wheel rims and 

new tyres, over to the 

police. – Rep reporter 

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Po w e r 

theft big 

concer n 

ANDISA BONANI 

THE Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality 

(EMLM) is set to “r e zo n e ” the properties of 

people sub-letting their homes to foreign 

nationals for business purposes with the 

affected municipal accounts to reflect that of an 

operating business from June 1. 

This was announced by ANC ward councillor 

Mncedisi Mbengo last Thursday during a 

community meeting at the Mzi Skweyiya Hall in 

Mlungisi. 

The meeting was held for community 

members to express their grievances regarding 

service delivery matters and to come up with 

ways to assist the municipality in addressing 

related challenges. 

Addressing members of the community, 

Mbengo said the municipality was faced with 

the problem of people and businesses stealing 

municipal electricity, which had a negative 

impact on the local authority and which was 

causing an increase in the already heightened 

Eskom debt. 

“This is a serious issue that is also delaying 

service delivery because municipal money has 

to be focused on paying the Eskom debt. 

“There are many households in the township 

which steal electricity and I urge them to come 

forward before June 1 to make an arrangement 

with the municipality on how they can pay back 

what they owe. 

“If there are people who cannot pay due to 

unemployment or poverty, the municipality has 

grants for such people – they just need to come 

forward and stop electricity theft.” 

Mbengo also indicated that people sub-letting 

to foreign nationals to operate businesses on 

their domestic properties would have their 

homes rezoned by June 1 and would be charged 

business rates for services by the municipality. 

He said it had been found that it was often 

the case that businesses being run from homes 

were guilty of stealing electricity and that 

transgressors would have to pay. 

He said the owners of such houses were 

making money and could thus afford to pay for 

ser vices. 

EMLM mayor Sisisi Tolashe was expected to 

attended the meeting where she would address 

some of the matters raised by community 

members. 

During the meeting, Mbengo announced that 

Tolashe would not be able to attend due to a 

mayoral committee meeting, which prompted a 

walkout by a group of residents in protest 

against the mayor’s absence. 

Community member Lusanda Mahashe said 

the municipality did not take them seriously by 

not attending the meeting and that people had 

attended because they were promised that 

Tolashe would be there. 

“It is sad that the mayor, who is originally 

from this township, will fail to come and listen 

to the people. We are not being taken seriously. 

The electricity theft issue is major, but since we 

are being ignored, we will also ignore the June 1 

threat until someone comes to listen to us. 

“Some of us pay for services we do not even 

get. I do not blame the people for stealing 

electricity. We will not ask the municipality to 

come and listen to our grievances again, we will 

do as we see fit and continue with our way of 

l i fe .” 

EMLM communications officer Gcobani 

Msindwana said the local authority’s council 

had a revenue enhancement policy which 

stipulated that consumers who stole electricity 

or made illegal connections would be 

disconnected and their electricity boards taken 

away until such time the perpetrator paid the 

stipulated fine for reconnection. 

“We encourage communities to consult their 

respective ward councillors for assistance with 

their accounts and also to enquire whether they 

qualify to be registered in the municipality's 

indigent database. We also urge residents to 

refrain from illegally connecting electricity and 

come forward with the names of those who are 

stealing power.” 

Msindwana said customers could visit the 

municipal offices in Owen Street in Komani, and 

also the offices in Whittlesea, Tarkastad, 

Hofmeyr, Molteno and Sterkstroom to check 

their account status and to make the necessary 

arrangements.

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Church relief plan for Sada 

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

THE Seventh Day Adventist 

Church in Sada launched 

the Adventist Drought and 

Relief Agency (Adra) 

programme in Emadakeni 

r e c e n t l y. 

Adra is a global 

humanitarian agency headed 

by the Seventh Day Adventist 

Church in different countries. 

Whittlesea director Mcebisi 

Ndama said, “Through an 

international network, Adra 

delivers relief and 

development assistance to 

individuals in more than 130 

countries regardless of their 

ethnicity, political affiliation or 

religious association. The 

agency developed and 

implemented anti-poverty 

projects in collaboration with 

community organisations.” 

Ndama said the local church 

had registered the non-profit 

organisation with the intention 

of implementing the 

programmes at a local level. 

“The organisation will work 

together with the head office 

in Bloemfontein. The 

programme will address 

challenges experienced by the 

community members of the 

area. The people of the area 

can not differentiate whether 

they are in the old government 

system or the new one due to 

their poor living conditions.” 

The project would bring aid 

to the community by 

implementing various projects 

such as vegetable gardens, 

providing food baskets for 

needy families and offering 

seminars on financial 

management and small 

business development. 

Ndama said other initiatives 

of the programme would 

include providing warm 

clothing and blankets along 

with winter essentials, sanitary 

pads for schoolgirls and 

running disaster relief 

seminars. 

The spiritual leaders also 

offered counselling support to 

assist those who were 

suffering, he said. 

A disabled member of the 

community, Zolile Tyamza, said 

he was happy the garden 

project had been started. 

“Our homes have big yards 

which we can use for 

gardening. We have never 

received any assistance before 

to produce our own 

vegetables. I am happy that 

now we are going to do 

something.” 

Emadakeni community 

leader Aisha Yusuf said, 

“Many residents were 

unemployed with no hope for 

any changes in the future. 

Young people have no 

direction. They drink and the 

young women fall pregnant. 

As a result we have a number 

of children who grow up in 

abject poverty. We will work 

with Adra to improve their 

lives.” 

GOOD NEWS: The full Munnik Dam in Dordrecht 

DORDRECHT – A house was gutted 

in the Dordrecht “Old Location” on 

Tu e s d ay. 

The Emalahleni firefighters said 

no one had been hurt and most of 

the furniture was saved. 

An investigation into the cause 

of the fire will be done. 

H E AV Y rains have fallen in the 

Emalahleni municipal area. The 

Munnik Dam is overflowing into 

the Dordrecht Pan. The Anderson 

Dam has caught a lot of water. 

Dordrecht residents are not 

experiencing any water shortages. 

Floods are being experienced in 

certain areas. 

PIETER van Rensburg, the elderly 

resident of Nerinahof Home in 

Dordrecht, is still missing. 

ON Saturday, the Dordrecht High 

School rugby and netball teams 

played against Ugie. The U13 

netball team won 7-5. The 2nd 

netball team lost 10-6 and the 1st 

team won 39-28. The U15 rugby 

team won 43-5 and the 1st team 

lost 15-14. 

ALL TOGETHER NOW! Some of the group of volunteers and tourists who attended Stutterheim parkrun’s #Recordmustfall 

event on Saturday 

STUTTERHEIM – They came, they 

ran/swam/surfed/splashed/waded but they 

did it – # R e c o r d H A S fa l l e n ! 

On Saturday April 14, 218 people b r av e d 

the elements for Event #181, definitely Stutt 

parkrun’s wettest, muddiest parkrun ever, 

and helped the event to achieve the 

challenge issued by the GP and WC tourists 

that #Recordmustfall. 

Many took up the run director’s 

suggestion of doing it barefoot and 

thoroughly enjoyed the childhood fun of 

muddy feet. 

Thank you to every person who took up 

the challenge. 

Congratulations to Stan Dugmore on his 

50th parkrun, Albie Bosch who did his 50th 

parkrun and 50th different event (only the 

fourth in South Africa to have achieved 

this), Lyn Easom and Dean van Zyl who 

each completed their 200th parkrun and 

Peter and Priscilla Dengler on their 100th 

parkruns. Siya Wapi (Stutterheim) and 

Mthokozisi Mogaga (from Komani) 

completed their 10th parkruns to earn their 

Junior Club 10 certificates. Among the 

tourists, Louis Janse van Rensberg 

completed his 75th different parkrun event. 

There were a number of East London 

visitors who have already earned their 

Green 250 milestone T-shirts, among them 

Eastern Cape parkrun director Bob Norris. 

Among those who participated there 

were 59 first-timers, with 32 athletes 

recording new personal best times (despite 

the tough conditions) and there were 32 

volunteers. 

Stutterheim parkrun started on 

November 1 2014. Since then, 1312 

participants have completed 8938 parkruns 

covering a total distance of 44690km, 

including 1349 new personal bests. 

Stutterheim parkrun had the 

longest-standing inaugural attendance 

record out of the 138 events in South Africa. 

The “main brains” behind the 

#Recordmustfall event on Saturday were 

Chris Reeler from Johannesburg and his 

friend Trevor Doyle from Somerset West. 

As far back as January they contacted 

Stutterheim parkrun’s event director Linda 

Lanz as they were both keen to see the rare 

Cape parrots that inhabit the Kologha 

Forest and do the Stutterheim parkrun. 

Chris has a group of Gauteng parkrun 

tourists he travels with and it was then 

decided they would try to gather as many 

GP and WC tourists to join them this 

weekend and they sent out the challenge to 

other parkrunners to see if it would be 

possible to break the inaugural record. A 

number of 163 athletes were needed for this 

to be accomplished as the attendance at 

the inaugural event, which was held in 

pouring rain, was 162. 

In the end, there were four tourists from 

Cape Town, 10 from Johannesburg, locals 

and athletes from Sunrise-on-Sea, Three 

Silos, Kidd’s Beach, King William’s Town 

and Komani parkruns. 

Stutterheim has had almost 600mm of 

rain since mid-January leaving the golf 

course and parkrun route muddy, and there 

was a massive thunderstorm on Friday 

which dumped another 60mm on the 

already waterlogged course. 

Donovan Holmes, who had brought his 

Queen’s College cross-country team to do 

the parkrun last month, had issued a 

challenge to other schools to do the 

#Recordmustfall event. 

Initially it looked as if Queen’s was going 

to be the only school, but then it was 

pointed out that there were also children 

from Stutterheim High School and seconds 

before the start, a busload of Port Rex boys 

arrived. The top-14 places went to runners 

from Queen’s and Port Rex with local runner, 

Joe Mpunzima, who is regularly the first 

finisher and Cape Town tourist EJ Lanz being 

the only over-18 runners in the top 20. 

Jackie Maggs from Johannesburg was 

handed the position token #163 and it was 

clear #RecordHADfallen. Eventually the 

official tailwalker, Brenda Wright from 

Johannesburg, crossed the finish line in a 

time of 1 hour 7 minutes, making a total of 

218. 

After lunch at the club, some of the 

visitors were delighted to see a flock of 

Cape parrots close up in a pecan nut tree, 

those who did not have to catch flights 

were taken to the Kologha Forest for a walk 

along the boardwalk. 

Forewarning that due to the Round Table 

103 annual bike ride on April 21, there will 

again be a slight route change to the last 

kilomet re of the parkrun route for safet y. 

GUTTED: A home which caught fire in Dordrecht earlier this week 

Pictures: SHARON SALMON 

ST E R KST R O O M – More 

rain has fallen 

throughout the district 

and the countryside is 

looking beautifully 

green, with grass 

having had a chance to 

grow long, although 

this poses a fire hazard 

during the dry winter 

months. As one farmer 

put it, he would rather 

have a dirty, muddy 

vehicle than drought. 

THE Sterkstroom WAA 

were invited to join the 

Molteno WAA last 

week. Denise Biggs 

from Elliot gave an 

interesting presentation 

on agri-tourism and 

spoke on the extensive 

research she has done 

on the North-Eastern 

Cape area. She focused 

her research on the 

tourism industry and is 

looking for ways to 

promote the area. She 

has researched each 

small town and noted 

positive areas and 

challenges within each 

one. She is passionate 

about her research and 

her dream is to 

establish a route similar 

to Nottingham Road 

and Route 66. 

Man’s death sparks safety fears in Lesseyton 

ANDISA BONANI 

THE death of a 22-year-old man in 

Lesseyton village near Komani has led to 

pupils from Zola, the new part of the 

village, being escorted to school in 

Vrijini, the old area, by police. 

Sive Tabata was stabbed to death on 

Sunday morning, allegedly after a 

squabble over a cigarette at a local 

t av e r n . 

Ta b at a ’s distraught grandmother, 

Nontsindiso Tabata, said she heard a 

frantic knock in the early hours of Sunday 

morning from the tavern owner who 

came to inform her about the death of 

her grandson. 

“He said he did everything to save his 

life, but nothing helped. He died on 

arrival at Frontier Hospital. We have been 

told he was stabbed by a man from Zola 

who he previously had a grudge with.” 

Nonstindiso indicated that the 

27-year-old accused was allegedly 

stabbed by Tabata last year, but she 

thought the two were over their 

differences because they played soccer 

t o g e t h e r. 

Police provincial spokesman Captain 

Khaya Tonjeni confirmed a case of 

murder was opened on Sunday and a 

suspect was arrested. 

The suspect appeared before the 

Komani Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. 

The suspect’s mother said this week 

that a group of men from Vrijini went to 

her home on Sunday morning demanding 

to speak to her son and threatened to 

break the door down if she did not open 

it. 

“I told them I did not know where he 

was. They beat up my husband and a 

neighbour who was trying to help, saying 

they had hidden him. Hours later, my son 

arrived home and told me what had 

happened. He handed himself over to the 

police.” 

Ward committee member Amanda 

Botya said she had been informed that 

pupils from Zola were being escorted by 

police to and from school until the 

unease in the village had died down. 

“This place has become violent. This is 

the second death this year. We will speak 

to the police so that they patrol the 

village, especially on weekends. The 

tavern where Tabata was stabbed is 

notorious for deaths and the ward 

committee has scheduled a meeting with 

the owner to discuss the matter.”


Buco gives back to the community 


BUCO Hardware and 

Building (BHB) 

representatives officially 

unveiled the finished water 

tank that they donated to Louis 

Rex Primary School at New Rest 

on Thursday last week with DA 

councillors, the SGB and the 

principal present at the 

unveiling. 

BHB representative Morne 

van Staden attended the 

unveiling with Morne Tharratt, 

who was the contractor used to 

build the stand for the water 

tank. 

Van Staden said: “When the 

Business installs water tank at a school in New Rest 

company asked who we could 

donate the tanks to, we listed a 

couple of schools including 

Louis Rex and a special needs 

school in Whittlesea and we 

will help other schools as well. 

“There will always be other 

schools that will need tanks, 

plumbing or roofing that we 

can help with. 

“We have targeted schools as 

this is where the young people 

are active. They can study in a 

much better environment, they 

will know there are people who 

care for them and they will take 

care of others as well when 

they grow up.” 

He said Buco had also 

recently renovated a senior 

citizens’ home in the area and 

was waiting for Popcru to 

finalise a fencing project which 

BHB would be donating to a 

primary school in Komani. 

Louis Rex principal Bevan 

Christoffels said they were 

extremely grateful for the tank. 

Christoffels said: “When 

there was no water around 

When water runs out 

the pupils will know 

there is a place they 

can go to get water 

February 2018, we had to close 

the school. Pupils could not use 

the toilets, there was no 

drinking water nor was there 

water for cooking food for the 

pupils”. 

The tank would allow the 

school to operate even if there 

was no water in the municipal 

s y st e m . 

DA councillor Chris de Wet 

said they were grateful for what 

BHB had done for the school 

and encouraged more 

businesses to come on board in 

helping their local 

communities. 

De Wet said: “Water is going 

to get scarce in South Africa. 

Even when the water runs out 

the pupils will know there is a 

place they can go to, to get 

water. There are other schools 

that need help, we need to try 

and get other businesses to 

take part in helping to solve 

needs such as these. 

“This is not a political 

statement, but I think we will 

have to be self-reliant, to do 

things for ourselves to build up 

the community.” 

DA councillor Zukho Mandile 

spoke on how the community 

should also work towards 

helping their schools. 

THANK YOU: Buco Hardware and Building store donated a water tank to Louis Rex Primary School, an initiative welcomed by 

the school and DA councillors 

Picture: SIMTEMBILE MGIDI 

Komani preschool to 

appear on television 

CHUX FOURIE 

GREAT excitement reigns at 

Mini-Minors Educare as the 

little ones all hope to see 

themselves on national 

television before too long. 

Owner Minna Schnehage 

told The Rep, “I was totally 

bowled over when I 

received a call from 

Rensche Bougas recently, 

informing me that 

Mini-Minors Educare had 

been selected to be filmed 

for the programme, 

K l e u t e r zo n e , that is aired 

on Kyknet Nou (Channel 

146 DStv).” 

K l e u t e r zo n e , produced 

and owned by Anthonie 

Bougas, is a Christian 

programme. 

The producers travel 

throughout South Africa 

filming various playschools 

and junior schools. They 

will visit Mini-Minors next 

Wednesday morning, April 

25, and have requested the 

little minors to entertain 

them with a mini-concert 

that evening, which will be 

held in the Hangklip Junior 

School hall. 

This little concert will be 

about an hour long and 

starts at 6pm. Tickets are 

on sale at Mini-Minors (the 

money from ticket sales 

goes to K l e u t e r zo n e , which 

is obviously how it covers 

its costs). 

Schnehage says she has 

no idea where the 

producers heard of 

Mini-Minors, nor when the 

programme is scheduled to 

be aired on TV, but would 

find out when the producers 

visited the school. 

K l e u t e r zo n e has 

intimated that it chose only 

24 playschools in the whole 

country for the series – 

quite a feather in the cap of 

Komani and Mini-Minors. 

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EDITORIAL 

OPINION 

C o l l ate r a l 

damage 

THE topic of drug abuse and 

its effects on humans is 

nothing new in South Africa. 

In 2015, Carte Blanche 

reported that the World Health 

Organisation (WHO) had found 

that an estimated 15% of South 

Africans suffer from drug abuse 

– and it’s a steadily rising 

statistic, making the country one 

of the world’s drug abuse 

capitals. Cocaine, mandrax and 

marijuana are listed as among 

the most popular drugs. 

Recently, there have been an 

increasing number of people 

contacting The Rep expressing 

concern about drug usage 

within their communities. Some 

people want to reach out and try 

to help, others are just worried 

about the devastating impact of 

such drugs on the ones they 

love and on their community. 

Of course there is money to be 

made in drugs. An addict will do 

anything to secure cash for his 

or her fix and dealers capitalise 

on this. It’s a roaring trade both 

globally and nationally. 

Africa Check reported in 

February that South African 

Revenue Service s p o ke s m a n 

Sandile Memela said that, 

according to their records, the 

police confiscated narcotics to 

the value of R265-million in 697 

busts across the country in 2015. 

Memela said the figures 

“should not be misconstrued as 

an indication of the actual trade 

in illegal narcotics”. 

The devastating impact of 

drug abuse can barely be 

quantified. Families break apart, 

jobs are lost, children drop out 

of schools, crime rises. 

Addiction eventually overrides 

all other aspects of life – be it 

safety, ambition, hope, love – 

leaving only a shell of the 

person who could have been. 

The collateral damage to 

families and communities is 

huge while the fact that drug 

abuse is so rampant is an 

indication of the impact of the 

socioeconomic challenges 

facing our country. 

Nobody purports to have all 

the answers. The police have to 

do their bit in taking drugs off 

the streets and ensuring that 

dealers are brought to book. The 

courts have to have a 

no-tolerance approach and 

sentences should be effective 

and suited to the crime. 

Communities have to help 

safeguard their neighbourhoods 

and refuse to harbour dealers. 

Schools and parents should be 

vigilant and help children. 

No community is safe and the 

rising concern in Komani shows 

that here, too, the impact is 

being felt. Don’t let drugs 

destroy more lives. 

Wool industry to 

create new fund 

THE National Wool Growers’ 

Association national executive has 

decided to investigate possibly 

establishing a development fund for 

the wool industry. 

In a press release the NWGA said 

this was being done against the 

background of the decline in 

external development funds (like 

funding from government sources), 

economic pressure on existing 

industry assets and investments, 

and challenges in development 

par tnerships. 

The proposed fund will enable the 

industry to be more self sufficient, 

while maintaining quality standards 

and development initiatives. 

An industry fund can only be 

implemented if it has the support of 

wool producers. This fund will help 

to fund projects that will benefit the 

total value chain. 

If such a fund is implemented by 

the wool industry, it will create a 

sense of ownership of every rand 

collected, in contrast with a statutory 

levy that is subject to rules, 

regulations and prescribed by law. 

With a statutory levy, the wool 

producer does not have full control 

over the funds collected. 

The SA Wool and Mohair Buyers’ 

Association (Sawamba) will consider 

administering the fund in the same 

way as the wool promotion 

cont ribution. 

A development fund like this will 

be set for four years to fund specific 

projects in the interests of the wool 

industry. Thereafter, funding and 

projects will be reconsidered, 

depending on the circumstances and 

support. Comprehensive business 

plans and an audit will specify and 

control the use and management of 

the funds. The following projects 

could be funded by this: 

ýShearer training, to retain this 

skill in SA; 

ýMaintenance of monitor farms in 

support and research on healthy 

predation management (currently 29 

such farms countrywide); 

ýImproved communication 

through the circulation of Wool 

Farmer publication to all parties in 

the value chain (including 

producers). 

In order to execute the projects, 

about R5.8-million per annum is 

required, a drop in the ocean if one 

considers that the total value of the 

clip exported in the 2016/17 

marketing season, amounted to 

more than R4.29-billion (it comes 

down to a contribution of 0.135% by 

wool producers to the total value of 

the clip). 

The Sawamba levy will increase by 

7c/kg – from 15c/kg tot 22c/kg – to 

enable a fund for wool promotion 

(national and international) as well 

as the establishment of envisaged 

projects. Wool Trust funds will 

continue to be utilised for approved 

development projects, advisory 

services, research, statistics, 

information and promotion, as 

approved by Cape Wools SA 

(CWSA). 

The amount that will be collected 

will include a collection fee of 

R150 000 to allow CWSA to manage 

and audit the fund. 

Any enquiries can be directed to 

the NWGA at nwga@nwga.co.za 

(e-mail), telephonically at 

(041) 365-5030 or via their website, 

w w w. n w g a . c o . z a . 

In Touch by Phumelele Hlati will 

be back next week. 

HEALTHY LIVING: Ikhala student Sive Nomana, left, receives help from Gardens Clinic nurse Lindiwe January during the 

Ikhala Wellness Day 

Picture: PILANATHI RASMENI 

FACE 2 FA C E 

ZUKO TOLASHE 

YOUR VOICE 

WHY do people walk in the 

street instead of the 

pavement which is meant for 

pedestrians? The Rep intern 

Pilanathi Rasmeni took to 

the streets of Komani to find 

out. 

Zuko Tolashe from Newvale 

Komani is a central town, 

therefore most people are 

doing their shopping and 

business here. As a result of 

that, the pavement is 

congested. Car washes are 

... vox pops on the street 

What do you think about ... 

IVINISHCA BROWN NTEMBEKO KOYANA INGRID COETZEE SIYASANGA MZINJANA 

operating on the pavements. 

As an example, it is 

difficult to walk over the 

bridge (on the way to 

Mlungisi) because of 

hawkers who have occupied 

the space with their stands. 

Yes, it is dangerous, but we 

take a short cut to avoid 

being mugged. 

Ivinishca Brown from New 

Re s t 

It is just something we are 

used to and it became a 

Question: What inspired you 

to choose your career? 

Answer: I have always had a 

passion for working with 

children and helping others. 

Growing up, I also always had 

a dream of being an 

ent repreneur. 

This dream turned into reality 

when I started my own 

pre-school and started working 

as a teacher. 

Q: What role do you play to 

make South Africa a better 

p l a c e? 

A: I would like to contribute 

by being goal-driven and 

self-motivated, by being a 

better person and never 

forgetting my background, and 

by always making the best out 

of any situation. 

Q: What would you say to 

encourage the youth to 

become involved in the 

running of the town? 

A: They must join hands with 

the South African Police Service 

in fighting drug dealers. 

Q: What is your typical 

weekend like? 

habit. There is no specific 

reason. 

Ntembeko Koyana from 

Top Town 

The reason for people to 

walk in the streets is 

because of the hawkers. Yes, 

it is dangerous, but what are 

we supposed to do – kick 

the stands on the pavement? 

Ingrid Coetzee from 

Ko m a n i 

I still do not understand 

why people do that because 

with Little Likers’ Day Care 

owner Donatia Abrahams 

A: Spending time with my 

son, family and friends. Cooking 

and being creative in the house. 

Q: If you were given the 

opportunity to give advice to 

Enoch Mgijima Local 

Municipality what would you 

say? 

A: Involve people, create 

employment and get rid of 

corruption. 

Q: What is the best book you 

have read so far? 

A: Mom & Me & Mom 

Q: What is that you cannot 

leave the house without? 

A: My cellphone, my bag and 

a bottle of water ... you never 

know what might happen along 

the way. 

Q: Who is your role model? 

A: My mom. The fact that she 

is still so active at her age sets 

a good example for me. She is 

always ready to lend a hand. 

She taught us – as her children 

– t h at whatever we do is always 

a reflection of what we were 

taught at home. 

it is dangerous. We are 

grown-ups, we should teach 

the children road safety tips 

i n st e a d . 

Siyasanga Mzinjana from 

E zibeleni 

I think people are 

ignorant. Pavements are 

meant for pedestrians and 

the road for motorists. We 

continue to cause 

unnecessary accidents by 

walking where the cars are 

supposed to drive.


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#BigUp to the 

Mlungisi police 

LINDA Feleza, of Komani, writes: I 

want to share my story and 

compliment the Mlungisi police 

station members. 

People have different perceptions 

about police officers and the 

treatment they give to people. 

I once experienced it and was 

treated unfairly, but in Mlungisi it 

was different. The members 

provided great service and they were 

professional. I was impressed with 

their interaction with people. 

In most cases in the townships the 

police are drunk and they use strong 

language. 

In Mlungisi everybody has been 

treated with respect, which reminds 

me of how police members are 

being killed. As I said in the 

beginning, people have different 

perceptions. We need them, we 

must protect them and we must 

compliment them. 

#BigUp to the Mlungisi police 

st at i o n . 

KOMANIW E AT H E R 

ACCORDING to the weather 

forecast, Komani is in for a great 

weekend for the Queen’s reunion, 

with cool nights, moderate days 

and clear skies. 

This morning was set to start at 

just 8°C and rise to only 22°C at the 

maximum. The sky will be clear, but 

humidity will be on the high side. 

Tomorrow there will be a little 

cloud about, and no wind to speak 

of. Temperatures will range 

between 8°C and 24°C. 

On Sunday, the breeze will again 

stay away and the minimum 

temperature will be 9°C, with the 

maximum at a pleasant 26°C. 

w w w. i n f o s i g h t . c o . z a 

HYGIENE CHECK: Hinana Senior Primary principal Mlungisi Mayinjana 

ensures pupils wash their hands before they eat during the first break as 

per the department of education’s instruction 


SOCIETY 

SNIPPETS 

From birthdays to anniversaries to achievements 

to notices ... Share your information with us on 

sonjar@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (045) 839-4059 

HAPPY birthday wishes are extended to 

Soretha de Kock and Jorelle Smiles (April 

22), Geyle Porter (April 23), Shawnee 

Blignaut (April 24), Vivienne Viviers (April 

27), Kirsten Lyons and Enzohle Kupa (April 

29), Rosalined Fleshman and Juan van der 

Merwe (May 1), Marcus Kaschula, Vuyelwa 

Lindani, Duan Smuts, Roshan McKerry and 

Bruce Raasch (May 2), Jordan Fleshman 

(May 3), Karen Townley Basset (May 4), Kasa 

Cava and Wyatt Duncan (May 5). 

BEL ATED birthday wishes to everyone’s 

favourite delivery man, Mzolisi (Zoli) 

Gwantshu, who turned 40 on April 14, and 

Sakhe Kapayi (April 18). 

SPECIAL congratulations and best wishes to 

Bianca le Roux on her appointment as 

principal of Balmoral Girls’ Primary School. 

ANNATJIE Filmer is home from hospital, but 

still has a way to go to regain her old self 

and Joan Turner was admitted to a hospital 

in East London for tests. She was discharged 

on Wednesday, but is not yet home. Best 

wishes to both of them. 

BELATED anniversary wishes to Clint and 

Bianca le Roux on April 13, and 

congratulations to Vaughan and Vidona de 

Koker, and Stuart and Wendy Weir on May 2, 

Johan and Lizl Pelser on May 3, and Dave 

and Lesley Millar on May 4. 

W E LC O M E back to the many Old Queenians 

and other visitors to the area who have 

returned for the Queen’s reunion. May you 

have a wonderful weekend meeting old 

friends and making new ones while 

reminiscing about happy days in the past. 

CONDOLENCES to the family and friends of 

the late Hannah Isaacs, Makhenke Nkonjane, 

Sonwabo Lalo, Stella Ngoma (at the age of 

100), Izak Geduld and Busiman Msoto. 

Famine of all sorts in SA 

NTOKOZO Nhlabathi, of the Concerned 

Young People of South Africa, writes: The 

land grab debate is next in the arena and 

the world gathers to watch the spectacle. 

MPs sit in parliament’s prime seats shouting 

the odds. Anger prevails. Deafening moans 

and groans on the one side of the platform 

add to the chaos. The rich and infamous 

shout the odds – will they use the arena to 

secure future aggrandisement at the cost of 

the collective wealth? (Some even eye the 

Cradle of Mankind). Noticeable are corrupt 

individuals who make glib promises, while 

others broadcast murderous threats and 

insults aimed even at royalty and traditions. 

Chants and songs draw racism cards. 

Our rainbow nation is being torn apart. 

The noise from the arena has not only 

reached clear-thinking youth of South Africa, 

but also Australians and Belgians. 

The world talks about South Africa and its 

expropriation plans. In the ’80s it was the 

banned ANC stalwarts who garnered the 

advertising feature 

Motivator hosts life-coaching workshop 

ANDISA BONANI 

KOMANI residents have 

been invited to attend a 

life-coaching workshop 

hosted by Portia 

Mngqibisa of Mlungisi. 

The workshop wll be 

held at the Thobi Kula 

Indoor Sport Centre on 

April 27 from 10am to 

2.30pm with the aim of 

assisting people who are 

having to deal with life 

challenges. 

The event, with the 

theme: “You are stronger 

than circumstances” will 

aim to build selfconfidence 

among the 

youth, women, men, 

business people, people 

living with disabilities 

and ordinary citizens. 

Mngqibisa said a 

further aim of the 

workshop was to help 

people to stop thinking 

n e g at i v e l y. 

“The workshop will 

ensure participants leave 

with a renewed lease on 

life as we will revive 

people’s inner strength, 

confidence and ensure a 

positive mindset. I 

understand that what we 

want to achieve with this 

event will not happen 

overnight. It will take 

time, but it will give an 

individual a chance to 

look at life from a 

different view.” 

Mngqibisa said the 

event would not have 

PORTIA MNGQIBISA 

world’s empathy. Will this be reversed? 

Investors withdraw from the rhetoric and 

once they leave the stands, will only the 

ruins of the Colosseum remain? 

The debate elicits questions: Who gets 

the land? Will it go to government? 

Can we trust them to handle the 

redistribution of these resources? 

We still see the same corrupt decisions 

and platforms in parliament. 

Who can productively manage the land? 

New farm owners must have the 

necessary skills to sustain the land. 

Doctors study before they operate. P i l ot s 

need to pass their exams before flying SAA. 

Who will steer the land wagon? 

Is SA facing famine, disease and death? 

Granted, those who get land must have 

demonstrated successful productivity – 

even if it’s on a small scale around RDP 

houses. Mr President, check the records of 

productivity of all applicants. 

If not, this agricultural bandwagon might 

renowned speakers but 

would be interactive and 

have the attendees 

divided into groups to 

discuss issues. 

“The event will be 

packed with various 

lead to a hungry nation. Hungry people are 

angry people. Remember France, the hungry 

mob chopped off the heads of the elite! 

What about other important crises in SA? 

Actually, we are already in a famine of 

another sort. Drug addiction is rife among 

the youth. It has become a public health 

crisis. Soon we will have our free education, 

but no students. Pupils are dropping out of 

schools everywhere. 

We experience first-hand the impact that 

dagga has on our peers. In locations, youth 

gather on street corners to get their next fix. 

They will sell everything from their own 

homes, and those of others, to satisfy their 

c r av i n g s . 

To date, thousands have knocked on our 

doors. At CYPSA we are doing what we can 

to help drug-addicted youth. 

Please place drug addiction on the top of 

your parliamentary agenda in the next 

parliamentary sitting. 

It is time to unite and build our economy. 

activities that will 

change people’s way of 

thinking and attitudes.” 

The host said she had 

lived her life with the 

motto: “Confidence is at 

the root of so many 

attractive qualities, a 

sense of humour, a sense 

of style and the 

willingness to be who 

you are no matter what 

anyone else might think 

or say.” 

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CAST IN IRON: Two life-sized statues entitled 

Self Portrait (below) and Zane (not shown) 

by Komani’s Taryn King now appear in an 

exhibition at the Artem Gallery in Cape Town 


ROUND&ABOUT 

Taryn is among some greats 

CHUX FOURIE 

BORN and raised in 

Komani and educated 

at GHS, Taryn King 

(daughter of Scants and 

Bridget) is really making a 

name for herself in the field 

of sculpture. 

She studied for a BA in 

fine arts at Rhodes after 

leaving school and later 

obtained honours in 

sculpture. 

She moved to Cape Town a 

year ago and has been 

invited to exhibit at a new, 

smallish gallery in Sea Point, 

with a few well-established 

artists such as sculptor 

Janko de Beer and 

landscape artist Andrew 

Cooper, who appeared on 

Top Billing a few months 

ago. 

She is exhibiting a life-size 

standing figure entitled Self 

Komani-born sculptor shows work at Artem 

Portrait and a bust named 

Zane at the moment. 

King’s point of departure is 

the human body. Her 

fundamental concerns are 

identity, gender, 

impermanence, absence and 

presence. Through her 

sculptural process, she 

embraces the flaws of the 

human body which would 

normally be erased. 

Parts of the sculptures are 

encrusted in a thick coating 

of rust which alludes to the 

fact that the human body is 

in a constant state of flux, 

subject to age and decay. 

Parts of the sculptures are 

life casts, which King has 

cast from her own body or 

the bodies of people close to 

her, to capture bone, 

‘Rust accelerates the 

decaying process, 

creating a physical 

fight against time’ 

muscles, pores, scars and 

lines that cannot be seen 

through any other medium. 

The figures have been 

created with a conspicuously 

fleshy tone to highlight these 

bodily imperfections, which 

King believes tell the story of 

a person’s life. Life casts in a 

sense “immor talise” a 

person, as the actual cast 

cannot decay and age as 

such. She has juxtaposed the 

idea of this “immor talit y” by 

coating parts of the figures 

with rust, which accelerates 

the decaying process, 

creating a physical fight 

against time. 

The old Adelphi Centre in 

Sea Point, Cape Town, has 

been extensively renovated 

and now offers an ultraluxurious 

galleria-style 

shopping centre. 

The new centre is named 

Artem, meaning “to conceal 

art in its original form” and 

boasts a mix of exclusive 

international retail brands, 

carefully selected boutiques 

and lifestyle shops, artisanal 

eateries as well as the 

prestigious curated art 

gallery. This new gallery will 

serve to enhance and uplift 

the art scene in the vibrant 

inner city of Cape Town. 

King also recently 

launched her own tour 

company, Art and Beyond, 

which offers private art and 

wine tours in the Cape 

winelands, visiting top-class 

wine estates and viewing the 

artworks of some of South 

Africa’s most renowned 

contemporary artists, many 

of whom have sculptures on 

display in the grounds of the 

various wine estates. 

She is also in the process 

of creating some new and 

very exciting options, such 

as studio visits to artists’ 

private studios. Through 

these visits with local and 

international clients, she is 

hoping to open doors for 

emerging artists to gain 

global exposure. 

Get together 

for coffee and 

prayer time 

A GROUP of men 

get together every 

Friday morning at 

the NG Church hall 

in Robinson Road to 

have a cup of coffee 

and pray for our 

community and our 

town, and if you 

feel you would like 

to join them, you 

are most welcome, 

irrespective of 

denomination or 

church affiliation. 

The gathering 

lasts only about 

half an hour and 

starts at 6am, so 

there is still plenty 

of time to get to 

work or take 

children to school 

af terwards. 

Convenor Hennie 

Coetzee says: “It is 

no use encouraging 

people via social 

media and other 

forms of messaging 

to pray, and then 

not actually doing it 

yourself. Just come 

along and pray.” 

For further 

information he can 

be contacted on 

0 8 3 - 4 5 2 - 47 9 5 . 

TWO ARE 

CAPPED 

AND 

GOWNED 

Have a good laugh next week 

THERE is real truth in the saying 

“Laughter is the best medicine” and if 

you could do with a dose of this 

particular remedy you need look no 

further than Hadleys Sports Bar at the 

Queens Casino on Thursday April 26. 

The South African trio of Richelieu 

Beaunoir, Lihle Msimang and Nik 

Rabinowitz will be on hand from 8pm to 

tickle your funny bone and if you feel like 

it, you can have something to eat at the 

same time. 

Tickets are available at the door or on 

quicket.co.za or WhatsApp 072-107-0554. 

DOING WELL: Former Hangklip High School pupils Monique du Plessis, left, and Lara du Preez 

recently graduated from the University of the Free State. Monique obtained a BSc, majoring in 

geography and environmental science and Lara a BSc majoring in geology specialisation. Both are 

currently doing their honours 


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 

Fr i d ay ’s edition. E-mail 

c h u x f @ t i s o b l a c k s t a r. c o . z a or call 

(045) 839-4040. 

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 SGB meeting, 5.30pm. 

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 April 28: I Love Stance 

2K18, Victoria Manor, 9am. 

ON THE 

NOTICE BOARD 

Saturday-Sunday April 28-29: 

Grey High rugby festival, Port 

Elizabeth. 

Monday April 30: School holiday. 

Tuesday May 1: Wo r ke r s ’ D ay 

public holiday. 

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. 

Wednesday-Friday, May 9-11: 

SAAAC tender training. 

Friday May 11: Balmoral 

Pre-primary grandparents’ tea; 

Balmoral foundation phase 

M ot h e r s ’ Day assembly. 


Queen’s 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 

SGB meeting, 5.30pm. 

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. 


Queen’s 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. 

Thursday May 24: Queen’s Junior 

SGB meeting; GHS exams start. 

Friday May 25: Queen’s College 

exams begin; Round Table steak 

evening, Queenstown Golf Club; 

Tenders close for sale of farm 

Hartebeest Vlei, noon. 

Saturday, May 26: Cross country 

hosted by Beaconhurst, 9am; 

Round Table golf day, Queenstown 

Golf Club. 

Sunday May 27: Border 

Foundation junior golf, Gonubie. 

Monday, May 28: Queen’s College 

SGB meeting, 5.30pm.


PRIMEPROPER TY 

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THE recent interest 

rate cut has stoked 

the coals in the 

first-time buyer’s 

market. At least for the 

next two months until 

the next interest rate 

announcement, 

homeowners are 

guaranteed lower 

monthly instalments 

than in the previous 

quarter. But, is it wise 

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“Many first-time 

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regional director and 

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For the year ending 

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C 076 832 9706 

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SOLE MANDATE 

home loans registered 

through BetterBond 

were calculated at 

100% of the purchase 

price. It seems 

financial institutions 

are increasingly willing 

to grant these sorts of 

home loans – and it is 

not difficult to 

understand why. 

Banks can justify 

charging a higher 

interest rate on 100% 

bonds because the risk 

carried by the bank on 

these bonds is higher 

than on a bond with a 

deposit. 

Buyers who pay a 

deposit prove their 

financial stability and 

lower the total lending 

amount, which 

therefore increases 

banks’ flexibility when 

it comes to negotiating 

a lower interest rate. 

“Buyers need to 

consider the power of 

compound interest on 

their home loan. 

“For example, at the 

end of the 20-year 

lending period, you will 

spend just under 

R50 000 more in 

interest alone on a 

R1-million bond if you 

purchase without a 

deposit. Still, in today’s 

tough economic 

climate, saving R50000 

over 20 years seems to 

be a relatively small 

price to pay when 

considering how long it 

might take you to save 

up for R100000 deposit, 

keeping in mind that 

you will need to budget 

for an extra R40000 or 

so on top of that 

amount to pay for 

transfer duties, bond 

registration costs and 

other related fees,” 

Goslett says. 

What he suggests as 

a solution is a sort of 

marriage between the 

two options. 

“First-time buyers 

should consider the 

option of saving 

towards a deposit, and 

then redirecting that 

money into the monthly 

repayments on a 100% 

access bond. This way, 

buyers do not 

necessarily need a full 

10% of the purchase 

price saved before they 

buy. Also, if ever the 

homeowner runs into 

financial trouble, or 

needs the money to do 

renovations on the 

home, they can access 

the money from their 

bond – an option that 

would not be as readily 

available to them if 

they took out a fixed 

bond with a deposit. 

“The truth is that, 

while it is advisable to 

have a sizable deposit 

saved when applying 

for a home loan, each 

of the finance options 

will end up suiting the 

needs of certain buyers 

better than others. 

“For example, taking 

out a 100% bond can 

help those buyers who 

want to enter the 

property market sooner 

than if they had waited 

to save for a deposit. 

Buyers should weigh 

up the pros and cons of 

each option carefully 

and decide which 

solution works best for 

their needs,” Goslet t 

concludes. 

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THE REPRESENTATIVE 20 April 2018


BIG COLLAPSE: The toilet block at Isihoboti 

Public Combined School in Stutterheim which 

collapsed over Easter 

To i l et s 

collapse 


ISIHOBOTI Public Combined School in Stutterheim 

is appealing for aid after a block of toilets 

collapsed over the Easter holidays. 

Principal Mandlenkosi Gayoyo said the eight 

toilets which collapsed were being used by 126 

pupils from Grade R to Grade 8. 

Gayoyo said, “When I took a look at the toilets I 

noticed that the foundation was made from zinc 

instead of bricks. The concrete base was then laid 

on top of the zinc which rusted”. 

Gayoyo said the school, which had formerly been 

a prefabricated unit, was built in Ndumangeni 

Village in 1997 and completed in 1998. The school’s 

toilets were built at the same time. 

He said he suspected that the contractor who 

built the school had delivered poor quality toilets. 

“I also went to check the other toilets and found 

a crack in a teacher’s toilet. This could mean that 

sooner or later these will also collapse.” 

He said there were eight toilets for the teachers 

and 16 for the school’s senior pupils. 

He said it was a worrying situation despite the 

fact that the toilets for the juniors had previously 

showed no sign of collapse. 

Gayoyo said the school building appeared to be 

well-constructed, but he would like building experts 

to assess the school’s structure to see if the 

foundation was built according to specifications. 

The school’s junior pupils now relied on one 

temporary toilet, while the school hoped to receive 

aid from the government. 

“It is too risky to allow the junior pupils to use 

the senior toilets because they are too big and 

some of them may fall inside. I reported this to the 

Amathole district department of education who 

came on Thursday to assess the structures.” 

He said he had since been referred to the 

provincial department of education which was 

responsible for infrastructure and disaster 

management of schools. “I was told that a team 

would come to inspect the problem this week.” 

He said this was a structural failure and not a 

maintenance budget issue. 

“The school does not have money for a capital 

project, that is the department’s responsibility. Our 

school makes use of the maintenance budget and 

the newly appointed SGB has already done the 

assessment for the next budget. The school 

education development official (EDO) knows we 

have a clean financial audit and it has been 

recommended that I mentor other schools.” 

The maintenance budget was used to fix tiles, 

gates and school lights, Gayoyo said. 

“In 2015 the school had a natural disaster when 

the structure’s roof was damaged. The department 

did not assist us. We had to use the maintenance 

budget and ask for assistance from the community. 

“All we need to know is if the department will be 

able to assist us with the toilets.” 

Education department spokesman Malibongwe 

Mtima said schools were allocated budgets to 

maintain properties. 

“A building cannot collapse without showing 

signs. Schools have SGB members responsible for 

assessing the school on a weekly and monthly 

basis to make sure such events do not happen.” 

At the time of going to print Mtima had not 

disclosed what efforts, if any, would be made to 

resolve the issue.

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LOOKING FORWARD: Queen’s College 

will be celebrating its 160th reunion 

this weekend Picture: SUPPLIED 

AT THE HELM: QUEEN’S COLLEGE HEADMASTER 

JANSE VAN DER RYST 

Message from Queen’s College 

headmaster Janse van der Ryst 

Congratulations 

on 160 years of 

EXCELLENCE!! 

UEEN’S College 

Qinvites each and 

every one to join us in 

celebrating the 160th 

year of existence of our 

great school. 

Our festivities started 

on Thursday April 19, 

with the cadets 

marching in the main 

street and the arrival of 

the brave cyclists from 

Johannesburg and East 

London at The Rec, and 

conclude on Sunday 

April 22 with the 

C o m m e m o r at i o n 

Ser vice. 

Old Boys and 

supporters from all over 

the country and in 

some cases other parts 

of the world prioritise 

Reunion to pay their 

respects to and show 

support of their alma 

mater. Queen’s College 

is extremely proud of its 

Old Boys’ A s s o c i at i o n . 

We believe the QCOBA 

to be the best of its 

kind in South Africa and 

maybe even the world. 

Our thanks to all Old 

Boys, young and old, 

who selflessly give of 

their time to make sure 

that the QCOBA stays 

as strong as ever. 

You are a very 

important key to 

unlocking the vast 

potential of our school. 

A highlight for us is 

to unite with our 

younger brothers from 

Queen’s Junior on 

Friday morning for the 

Combined Reunion 

Assembly where 2008 

head prefect Ayabonga 

Cawe will be our guest 

speaker. We are one 

family and it fills us 

with pride to witness 

the good work Queen’s 

Junior does in 

developing the future 

senior Queenians. We 

look forward to 

supporting them when 

they take on their 

opponents for the 

w e e ke n d . 

We also welcome 

Selborne College, our 

guests for the weekend. 

Thank you for joining 

us. May the sporting 

activities of the 

weekend add much 

value to the exciting 

and important process 

of education. May 

friendship and 

camaraderie be the 

winner on and off the 

field of play. 

Our programme 

concludes on Sunday 

morning with the 

Commemorative Service 

at the DC Scott 

Amphitheat re. 

At this occasion we 

will honour our Old 

Boys who lost their lives 

in service of our country 

during the different 

wars our country was 

part of. 

Esse Quam Videri 

Tel: (045) 839 4040 

Congratulations on 

your 160th Milestone - 

Enjoy your reunion! 

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Congratulations on 

your 160 th reunion! 

Welcome back 

Old Boys. 

Have an awesome 

reunion. 

We celebrate 

friendship 

at this year’s 

reunion. 

McDONALD & ASSOCIATES 

PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS (SA) 

ACS Accounting 

WE CONGRATULATE 

QUEEN’S COLLEGE ON 

THEIR ANNUAL REUNION.



Message by Queen’s College Junior 

acting headmaster Colin Hartley 

AS THE second 

term of any year 

looms, many 

teachers and learners of 

other schools might 

look ahead to a busy 

term that involves 

winter sport and 

examinations. However, 

being part of the 

Queen’s College family, 

I am sure I speak for 

many, if not all, in that 

we look no further than 

the important 

celebrations that take 

place over the Reunion 

We e ke n d . 

It is a weekend that 

creates a huge amount 

of excitement not only 

in our current 

enrolment of boys and 

the staff of our schools, 

but to boys of old that 

once kicked the oval 

ball that was made 

from leather and to 

those that once held a 

wooden hockey stick 

while playing on 

something called grass. 

The euphoria is 

shared by the boys, the 

parents, the staff and to 

those that travel from 

afar to join in the 

celebrations of their 

alma mater. 

This year we 

celebrate the 160th year 

of our fine institution. 

We are a school that 

has achieved this 

milestone because of 

the dedicated staff, the 

support of enthusiastic 

parents, the role played 

by the Queen’s College 

Old Boys’ A s s o c i at i o n 

and loyal support of the 

friends of our school 

and the greater Komani 

community. I use this 

opportunity to thank all 

those who have been 

QUEEN’S COLLEGE 

JUNIOR ACTING 

HEADMASTER COLIN 

H A RT L E Y 

involved in making 

Queen’s College one of 

the finest education 

institutions in our 

countr y. 

A word spoken about 

so often in a classroom, 

a halftime huddle on 

the sports field or in our 

staff rooms during 

meetings, is teamwork. 

I walk around our 

campus admiring the 

new developments we 

get to enjoy – such 

developments as the 

new Richard Second 

Astro, the new fencing 

around our campus, the 

refurbishment of the 

tennis courts, the new 

interactive whiteboards 

in our classrooms and 

so many more. 

Developments like this 

do not happen without 

people coming together, 

working together and 

building together. 

I get to spend time in 

various classrooms 

admiring the 

accomplishments of our 

boys. These visits make 

me so proud when I see 

what our team of 

wonderful teachers 

achieve with our young 

boys. Achievements like 

these do not happen 

without the boys 

teaming up with the 

teachers and working 

towards a common 

goal. 

I suppose where it is 

most evident, is on the 

sports fields – the place 

where we see our boys 

display loyalty and 

comradeship, but also 

friendship and fair play. 

The separate 

components come 

together to form a 

well-oiled machine. 

The teamwork that is 

exhibited in all spheres 

is what forms the 

fellowship of Queen’s 

College, the fellowship, 

which will carry the 

teams as they compete 

in many disciplines over 

the weekend. 

It is the fellowship of 

Queen’s College that 

makes me prouder than 

any of the 

achievements that have 

gone before. This 

fellowship is our 

greatest achievement. 

May it continue to 

grow from strength to 

st rength. 

A young boy named 

Matthew “Mat tie” 

Stepanek made one of 

my favourite quotes. 

“Unity is strength ... 

when there is teamwork 

and collaboration, 

wonderful things can be 

achieved.” 

All the best to the 

teams who take on our 

rivals, Selborne. Work 

together, trust each 

other, care for each 

other and if needed, 

carry each other. 

I would like to wish 

Mr Janse van der Ryst, 

headmaster of our “Big 

B r ot h e r s ”, all the very 

best for his first 

Queen’s College 

reunion. May it be the 

first of many enjoyable 

reunion weekends. 

In closing, I would 

like to take this 

opportunity to wish the 

QCOBA and all Old 

Boys the best for our 

160th Reunion 

We e ke n d . 

Please do yourselves 

a favour, spend a little 

bit of time in between 

all the activities, and 

soak up all that is 

Queen’s College. 

Our blood is orange! 

Education 

for today 

and tomorrow 

CONGRATULATIONS 

QC! 

WELCOME: The front 

entrance of QCJ 

Picture: CHUX FOURIE 

The future strength of our nation lies in the 

education of young people. On your special day, 

We congratulate you for your contribution to the 

growth and success of your learners and school. 

65 Berry Street, Queenstown 

Cell: 079 522 9051 | Tel: 045 838 5702 

Fax: 045 839 5128 | E-mail: dow@eci.co.za 

Time endears but cannot fade the memories 

that friends have made. May the reunion 

be enjoyed by one and all!

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Tel: (045) 839-4040 Emergency: (A/H) 083-272-0955 ° Editorial: sonjar@tisoblackstar.co.za - advertising: charodinev@tisoblackstar.co.za THE REPRESENTATIVE 20 April 2018 


Queen’s decked out for its 160th reunion 

UEEN’S College is celebrating the 

Qschool’s 160th reunion this 

weekend with a jam-packed 

programme of activities throughout. 

The cadet corps’ Freedom of the 

City parade along Cathcart Road at 

10am yesterday, and the arrival of the 

1965 Ride cyclists from 

Johannesburg and the East London 

cyclists at the Recreation Grounds at 

12.45pm marked the start of the 

festivities, which are set to draw to a 

close on Sunday. 

The national executive of the 

Queen’s College Old Boys’ 

Association (QCOBA) also met at 

4pm yesterday in the Natal Room 

with the first XI hockey team facing 

off against the 2008 Old Boys on the 

Chris Harker Astro at 6pm. 

A combined reunion assembly at 

8.30am will take place in the 

Memorial Hall with special addresses 

by 2008 head boy Ayabonga Cawe 

and acting QCJ headmaster Colin 

Hartley. The Queen’s College Cadet 

Detachment No 3 trooping the colour 

parade takes place on the Rec at 

11am today. Enjoy a host of sporting 

and cultural activities with the 

college coming up against traditional 

rivals, Selborne College, of East 

London, from 1pm onwards, with 

squash, debating, chess and hockey 

matches also being contested. 

The QCOBA annual general 

meeting takes place in the staff 

room, Old School Quad, at noon for 

12.30, with the soccer match 

between the Queenians and Old Boys 

set for 2.30pm at the TW Higgs field. 

The Queen’s Barbarians rugby 

clash takes place at 4pm on the Rec 

with the QCOBA banquet scheduled 

for 6.30 for 7pm in the Queen’s 

Junior Hall. Sporting clashes against 

Selborne College take centre stage 

tomorrow with cross-country, hockey 

and rugby fixtures taking place. 

The QC Junior tuckshop will 

operate during the morning session, 

while the tuckshop at the Rec will 

operate during the full programme. 

Light lunches will be served for Old 

Boys in the Cullinan Pavilion after 

the last morning match until 1.30pm. 

The Rec entrance fee will be R20 

per person with grandstand seats on 

a first-come-first-served basis. 

The third XV kick-off is at 12.20pm 

the second XV at 1.30pm. 

Skydiving and the war cry on the 

Rec take place before the first XV 

kick-off at 3pm. The post-match 

function will be hosted by the Mother 

Branch of the QCOBA with light 

meals available. 

The weekend activities will 

conclude with the Foundation Day 

commemoration service at 9.30am in 

the DC Scott Amphitheatre, with tea 

to follow in the Queen’s Hall and Old 

School Quad. 

An information centre will operate 

at the QCOBA office in the Old 

School Quad today between 8am and 

3.30pm, and tomorrow between 9am 

and 1pm. Phone (045) 839-4903 or 

fax 086-210-8773 or e-mail 

qcoba@queenscollege.co.za 

Jam-packed programme of activities in store 



Message from 

QCOBA national 

president Bryan 

K re t s c h m e r 

Welcome to Old Boys from near 

and far at Reunion Weekend 

INGONYAMA – Reunion 

Weekend 2018 celebrates 160 

years of education excellence 

at Queen’s College and many 

Old Boys will return again to 

Komani to rekindle memories 

and friendships formed during 

their time in this “hill-girt town” . 

From the Freedom of the City 

parade, the welcoming of the 

cyclists on Thursday, the Friday 

Reunion assembly, the Trooping 

the Colour parade, the 

President’s Dinner, the sporting 

fixtures against our old rival, 

Selborne College on Saturday, to 

the festivities at the tent and the 

Reunion Commemoration 

Service on Sunday, a feast of 

activities will take place that will 

rekindle happy memories and 

convince Old Boys that Queen’s 

College remains an institution to 

be proud of. 

During this past year we have 

seen change with past 

headmaster Brendan Grant and 

family leaving for Cape Town, 

and we have welcomed in a new 

era with new headmaster Janse 

van der Ryst taking the helm at 

our Alma Mater, Queen’s 

College. 

At the junior school, we have 

said farewell to outgoing 

headmaster Richard Second who 

has retired. 

I have been privileged and 

honoured to have represented 

this great association of the 

QCOBA as national president for 

the past year and I have 

travelled to branches around 

the country and met with Old 

Boys and, together with school 

representatives, informed them 

of the changes, goals and 

visions for the school. 

It continues to be a blessing 

to see that Old Boys remain 

loyal supporters of Queen’s 

College. 

The QCOBA welcomes Old 

Boys from near and far to 

celebrate Reunion Weekend and 

we pray you will have a 

wonderful time and, on leaving, 

look forward to your next visit 

and reunion at Queen’s College. 

Esse Quam Videri 

A glorious past, 

an exceptional future. 

We celebrate Queen’s! 

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May the celebrations be 

enjoyed by all! 

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LINE-UP: The Queen’s College hockey squad of 2014 prepare for action 

TRUE GRIT: Luyolo Dapula, of Queen’s College, shows his passion during a 

match for the first team 

Pictures: SUPPLIED 

ON THEIR WAY: Mthokozisi Magaga moves 

ahead of cross country captain Kuyanda Kala 

A reputation for excellence and commitment. 

Well done Queen’s! 

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BYGONE ERA: Bob Holcombe’s picture of the Bonkolo Dam 

Photos to raise 

funds for QEF 

TO RAISE funds for the 

Queenstown Education 

Foundation (QEF), Old 

Queenian and former resident 

Bob Holcombe is offering high 

quality black-and-white photos of 

Queenstown scenes taken in the 

1950s and 60s for sale. 

During the reunion weekend 

the portfolio will be on display at 

the QC Museum, The Gallery and 

the Queenstown Golf Club and at 

the ACS Accounting / McDonald 

offices afterwards. 

They will be unmounted and 

those who purchase them will 

receive an e-mail copy in high 

resolution and then they can 

print the pictures exactly as they 

please. 

The QEF is a non-profit 

organisation raising funds to 

assist in education. 

Anyone interested in the 

photographs can contact QEF 

chairman Roddy Sutton on 

ro d d y @ a c s a c c o u n t i n g . c o . z a 

The selling price is R200 for an 

e-mail copy, R150 per copy if you 

purchase five or more and R100 

per copy if you purchase 10 or 

more photographs. 

Further bulk discounts will apply 

and can be discussed. 

ESSE QUAM VIDERI: Queen’s College pupils doing their warcry 

C H E C K M AT E : 

Queen’s College 

and Selborne 

pupils do battle 

over the 

chessboards 

GIFT OF THE GAB: 

Shaun Mattam 

of Queen’s 

College at a 

debating session 

against Selborne 

College during a 

previous 

encounter 

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An achievement 

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Wishing Queen’s College all the best for Re-union 2018 

and a special welcome to all Old Boys returning home. 

Congratulations! 

160 years of excellence.

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Event to tackle drug abuse 

SUDOKU NUMBER 19 - Medium 


NON-PROFIT organisation 

Azariah’s Outreach 

members Aloisius 

Alexander and his wife, 

Samantha, will conduct a drug 

awareness campaign 

tomorrow to empower 

community members who are 

affected by the problem. 

The event will take place at 

Royal Ryser Primary School in 

Factory Road from 2pm until 

5pm. 

The couple started the 

organisation in 2015 after 

joining the Victoria Park 

Neighbourhood Wat c h . 

Alexander said, “We saw 

what was happening in our 

community and how youths 

were abusing drugs and 

committing crime because of 

it. We want the community to 

be enlightened on how to 

tackle the issue. Tomorrow we 

want to focus on those who 

are already exposed to drugs. 

“The organisation will also 

focus on things such as 

alcohol abuse and teenage 

pregnancy, which also affect 

the youth.” 

He said they planned to hold 

the engagements once a 

month. 

“We want government to be 

involved because areas like 

New Rest, Aloe Vale and 

Victoria Park are marginalised. 

This is not just a community 

issue, but it is also that of the 

government’s. We can not 

ignore the problem as if 

nothing is happening. I grew 

REACHING OUT: Aloisius and 

Samantha Alexander of 

Azariah’s Outreach will 

conduct a drug awareness 

campaign 

Picture: 


up in Mlungisi and we never 

had such problems 25 years 

ago.” 

“We want departments like 

social development to be 

involved and the people to be 

informed about their role in 

the community.” 

Other key stake holders will 

include the health and 

education departments, as 

well as the police, he said. 

“We want the youth to be 

educated on the long-term 

effects of drug abuse. We have 

extended an invitation to 

schools and churches. We also 

have foot soldiers who know 

those who are living with drug 

problems.” 

Samantha said, “We will 

speak on the impact that 

drugs have on the family unit. 

We are inviting parents who 

are concerned about their 

children, to come and spend 

an afternoon with us.” 

See the new Volkswagen Polo at car show 

ANSWER NR 18 

SEND in a completed 

Soduko #19 for a ch a n c e 

to win one of five ‘t wo 

coffees with muffins’ f ro m 

Sasol at 2 Cathcart Road. 

Drop off the solution 

b e fo r e 10am on Tuesday, 

April 21, at The Rep 

offices, 24 Prince Alfred 

Street, or scan and send it 

to s o n j a r @ t i s o b l a c k s t a r. c o . z a . 

Please include your 

contact number and full 

names. Please produce 

your ID when you collect 

your prize from The Rep 

offices. The winners last 

week were Annette 

Holtzhausen and 

Berenice Levack. 

Name: ..................................... 

Phone: .................................... 

MARKET Square Volkswagen 

Queenstown is a proud 

sponsor of I Love Stance 

2K18, organised by Osetra 

Events, which is set to take 

Komani by storm in the near 

future. 

Car enthusiasts will bring 

the vehicles they have 

poured their time and effort 

into, each a project of 

passion. They will be judged 

on various categories, such 

as Best Air, Best Static, Best 

Custom Rep Wheel, Best 

PUPILS from WB Rubusana and Bulelani 

senior secondary schools benefited from 

a career expo hosted by the PJ Jafta 

Foundation for Grade 12 pupils in the 

Ezibeleni Community Hall last week. 

Various institutions of higher learning, 

including Rhodes University, the 

University of Fort Hare, Ikhala TVET 

College and Ilitha College, provided 

pupils with information on how to make 

the right career choices and what to 

expect after completing Grade 12. 

Motivational speaker Zimkita 

Soci-Kweqa emphasised that most people 

tended to be crippled by a fear of the 

unknown. 

“Good things come to those who hustle. 

Know that it does not matter what you 

Fitment, and more. 

Apart from a variety of cars 

to feast the eyes on, food and 

refreshment stalls, live 

entertainment and a kiddies’ 

corner, make this a day out 

for the family. I Love Stance 

2K18 will take place at 

Victoria Manor on Saturday 

April 28, from 9am to 5pm. 

To add value, dealerships 

will join in the fun and bring 

the latest models to be 

viewed. Pop in to Market 

Square Volkswagen 

Q u e e n st o w n ’s display to see 

the new Polo, among others. 

The new Polo is longer, 

wider and slightly lower, with 

more interior room than 

before. It’s built on 

Vo l k s wa g e n ’s new MQB 

platform, a shared modular 

construction that lowers 

engineering costs. It is the 

first Volkswagen to have the 

new-generation Active Info 

Display with higher quality 

graphics and a wider range 

of functions. New features 

include the blind spot 

monitor with rear traffic alert 

and semi-automated park 

assist. The optional 

panoramic sunroof is one of 

the largest in its class. 

Tickets to the event cost 

R30. For more information, 

contact Branwin Afrikaner on 

0 8 3 - 3 9 2 - 3 478 . 

To find out more about the 

new Polo, or any other 

vehicles in Vo l k s wa g e n ’s 

stable, contact Lourinda 

Richter on 072-999-8453. 

ON THE SCHOOLB E AT 

Boost for Komani principals 

ATOTAL of 22 principals 

from schools in Komani 

and surrounding areas 

have enrolled with the 

University of Cape Town 

Graduate School of Business to 

participate in the Principals’ 

Management Development 

Programme (MDP) over the 

course of this year. 

The first module ran over 

four days during the April 

holidays and was hosted at Get 

Ahead College. 

This programme forms part 

of the Get Ahead community 

development outreach, and is 

funded by Capitec Foundation 

with the University of Cape 

Town Graduate School 

presenting the programme, and 

is supported by the depar tment 

of education in Komani. 

UCT GSB course convenor Dr 

Elanca Shelley said the 

programme, which started in 

Cape Town schools in 2012, 

was being run for the first time 

in the Eastern Cape. Shelley 

said the local principals would 

be trained during the school 

LOVE OF LEARNING: The principals from Komani at the Principals Management De ve l o p m e n t 

Programme (MDP) hosted at Get Ahead College 

Picture: MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY 

holidays over the course of the 

year. “All the content we teach 

is for the principals to 

familiarise themselves with the 

issues they face as leaders in 

their school environments.” 

Shelley said the township 

school pupils in Cape Town 

faced similar challenges to 

those confronting rural schools 

in the Eastern Cape. 

“These are rural areas with 

high unemployment rates. 

There are socio-economic 

issues that impact the pupils, 

such as poverty, gangsterism, 

drugs and lack of resources.” 

The principals did not always 

have what they needed to do 

their jobs. 

“This means that as leaders 

they need to have initiative and 

creativity to try to do more with 

less. 

“This module focused on 

systematic management, how 

to formulate and solve 

problems. The next module will 

focus on business acumen to 

address financial and operation 

management, and we will deal 

with change management in 

Career expo helps guide Ezibeleni pupils 

went through – what matters is the final 

product.” 

Pupil Yolisile Coki said, “I have learnt a 

lot. I am preparing to do an LLB at 

university because I want to represent 

those in need. I have realised that I am on 

the right path and I will start working 

h a r d e r. ” 

PJ Jafta Foundation is a non-profit 

organisation (NPO) that focuses on youth 

development in Komani. 

One of the NPO coordinators, Seliyanda 

Raraza, said, “We started off with a study 

mentorship by hosting career exhibitions. 

This event was the first of its kind in 

Ezibeleni and we will appreciate any kind 

of support with future endeavours.” – Rep 

intern 

the third module, in order for 

the principals to introduce 

change to their schools.” 

Ezibeleni’s Lonwabo Primary 

School principal Melikhaya 

Tywabi, said, “I think the 

programme will bring good 

relations between the school’s 

management and supporting 

staff. The schools will become 

functional with order. The 

programme will lead schools to 

be more productive, and this 

will make local schools work 

together by offering mentorship 

advice and sharing resources.” 

SKY’S THE LIMIT: Pupils from Bulelani 

and Rubusana senior secondary schools 

l i st e n to Rhodes University 

administration officer Tuliswa Mondliwa 

at the PJ Jafta career expo 

Picture: PILANATHI RASMENI


Health campaign 

for Ikhala students 

PILANATHI RASMENI 

MEN'S HEALTH: Professional 

nurse Siboleke Ntobane 

shares an educational session 

on the health issues men are 

faced with 

Picture: PILANATHI RASMENI 

IN AN attempt to tackle issues faced by the 

youth including sexually transmitted 

infections and HIV/Aids in the region, the 

Ikhala TVET College and the Department of 

Higher Education and Training (DHET) hosted 

a health and awareness campaign at the 

Komani campus on Tuesday. 

The students braved the rainy weather and 

went to the venues to listen and for medical 

e x a m i n at i o n s . 

Addressing a hall filled with students, 

DHET Health, Wellness and Development 

Centre coordinator in the Eastern Cape, 

Ndileka Mbalo, said women were most 

exposed to abuse hence there was a need to 

discuss issues pertaining to the 

empowerment of women. This included 

women looking after their health. 

“The purpose of these sessions is to raise 

awareness about breast and cervical cancer. 

It is important to share this information with 

our children in order to protect them. 

Remember to achieve your dreams, you need 

to start taking care of your life and your 

b o d y. ” 

Mbalo mentioned having sexual relations 

with multiple partners increased the chances 

of cervical cancer. 

“Practising unprotected sex with many 

people can increase the rate of getting 

infected by cervical cancer.” 

Departmental officials conducted pap 

smears and breast cancer screenings. 

Student council member Nolitha Jacob 

said, “The programme was successful. We 

decided to separate the venues so male 

students could feel free to engage on 

sensitive topics such as male medical 

circumcisions. We also shared information 

about prostate and testicular cancer.” 

SHARPENING UP: Southbourne Preparatory 

pupils are put through their paces during a 

recent hockey clinic 


THANK YOU! The Hangklip High School learner council with their jerseys, 

sponsored by Jacksons 


Maimane visit 

THE DA federal leader, Mmusi the land have not been successful 

Maimane, will be visiting to date.The area is believed to 

Gwatyu farms near Komani on comprise about 58 farms with 

S u n d ay. 

more than 2 000 residents. 

According to a press release by The DA indicated that a land 

the party, Maimane will meet with audit had been done a year ago 

farmers living on land owned by with indications that the land 

the state but which is not being would be transferred, but that this 

used for any purpose. 

had not yet transpired. 

Efforts to secure the tenure to – Rep reporter 

BRIGHT SPARKS: The Queen’s Junior School cum laude recipients and Top Ten academic achievers in Grades 4 to 7 got 

together for a group photograph recently 


HEADING FOR QAMATA: DA federal leader Mmusi Maimane 

Picture: BUSINESSLIVE 

CREATIVE CLASS: Get Ahead Project pupils from Komani with the paper chains they made in the Makerspace classroom 


Goshen residents in long wait for RDP homes 


GOSHEN Village residents are 

still waiting for 67 RDP houses 

which they were allegedly 

promised by the provincial 

department of human 

settlements last year. 

The village, which is located 

between Komani and Cathcart, 

has a population of 7000. 

A resident, Dabane Mqede, 

said a departmental official had 

visited the community in 

September last year after they 

had requested government 

houses. 

Mqede said: “We have old 

mud houses in the community 

so when we approached the 

department, we were told the 

houses would be prioritised. On 

the day of her visit, Papu 

[official] said she would 

introduce a contractor to the 

community to begin building the 

houses in October and the 

project would take three months 

to complete.” 

He said three months passed 

without any feedback from the 

department. “When we followed 

up with the department, we were 

told the official was no longer in 

the department.” 

Mqede said the department’s 

delegates visited again last 

month and committed to build 

60 houses, but no time-frame 

was given. 

He said another problem was 

living without a clinic, which 

resulted in the residents having 

to travel to Cathcart for health 

services. “The clinic was closed 

without warning in 2016. This 

came as a surprise because it 

was functioning properly and 

well resourced. 

“We approached the 

department of health to bring 

back the clinic services to the 

people and every time we follow 

up we are told the clinic is under 

way, but no action is taken. 

“The population of 7000 does 

not even get mobile clinic 

ser vices.” 

He said the R351 road towards 

the area was badly damaged, 

which created problems for 

scholar transport and funerals. 

“The state of the road gets 

worse when it rains. The 

provincial department came to 

assess the road in 2015. She 

said the department was busy 

with a road in King William’s 

Town and as soon as that project 

was done, they would look at 

ours. She said the road needed 

culverts which the department 

had, but it did not have the 

necessary transport to get them 

to the R351.” 

The Department of Human 

Set tlements’s Lwandile 

Sicwetsha said the housing 

project was still being planned. 

Sicwetsha said, “The feedback 

to the community is provided 

through the appropriate 

platforms and community 

structures. The number of the 

houses is as it was received 

from the application by the 

municipality. At this stage, we 

cannot indicate the time frame. 

“Once all the internal 

processes are complete, the 

department will be in a better 

position to set up the 

implementation plan for it.” 

Health Department 

spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said 

Goshen was a poverty site which 

had been identified by the 

department and as a result, a 

soup kitchen was established. 

“We cannot close a 

functioning clinic unless it is a 

health post. A health post is 

when a community member 

avails a place for the mobile 

clinic nurses to operate in, which 

is currently the case in Goshen. 

“The mobile clinic cames 

twice a month on Tuesdays. We 

will sort the problem out with 

the manager to ensure that the 

mobile clinic is still operating.” 

The Public Works Department 

had not responded at the time of 

going to press.

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THE REPRESENTATIVE 20 April 2018


CLASSIFIED 

 

In Memoriam 

1100 

In Memoriam 

1100 

1150 

Funeral Notices 

1150 


1150 


1150 


1150 


1150 


IN MEMORY OF KIERA 

Born: 19/06/2007 

Died: 20/04/2017 

In loving memory of my granddaughter 

Our sweet little flower, nipped in the bud. 

No grief or sorrow she knew. Just came to 

earth to win our love and then to heaven 

withdrew. No stain was on her little 

heart, sin had not entered there. She was 

too pure for this cold earth. Too beautiful 

to stay. And so God’s holy angel took 

our darling away. You’ll stay forever 

young 

Sadly missed by Ouma, Deonita, Margaux 

and Zeever 

1150 


MDANGI 

 

 

late of 37 Molteno 

Road, Aloevale, 

Queenstown, 

passed away 

peacefully on the 

10th of April 2018 in 

her 27th year. 

Sadly missed and 

deeply mourned by 

her loving father, 

brothers and 

extended families. 

The Cortege will 

proceed to the 

Lukhanji Cemetery 

for the Interment at 

2pm on Saturday 

21 April 2018, 

after a services 

commencing at 12 

noon at home and 

at 1 o’clock from 

the Corner Stone 

Ministries, Newvale, 

Queenstown. 

“At Rest” 

RUSSELL AND SON 

FUNERAL DIRECTORS 

Tel. 045 839 4012 

2040 

Fortune Telling 

1150 


MIRRIAM 

 

GEDULD 

late of 33 Dahlia 

Street, Aloevale, 

Queenstown, 

passed away 

peacefully on the 

12th of April 2018 in 

her 46th year. 

Sadly missed and 

deeply mourned 

by her loving sister, 

son, brothers and 


The Cortege will 




11am on Saturday 

21 April 2018, 

after a services 

commencing at 9 

am at home and 

at 11 o’clock from 

The Old Apostolic 

Church, Sussex 

Road, Aloevale, 

Queenstown. 

“Peace, perfect peace” 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

2040 

Fortune Telling 

MAMA FAITH 

with muti herbs 

(20 years experience). 

Sixilonga ngesipili 

nangamanzi etc. 

Contact: 

078 199 8159 

KEEVY 

ALBERTINA 

WILHELMINA 

 

late of the Elliot 

Old Age Home, 

Elliot, passed 

away peacefully on 

Tuesday the 17th 

of April 2018 in her 

91ste year. Sadly 

missed and deeply 

mourned by her 

loving daughters 

Louise & Stan 

Pohlman, Lindie 

Botha, sister in Law 

Maureen Keevy, 

grandchildren 

Michelle & Julian 

Thompson, 

Graham & Melanie 

Pohlmann, Leigh- 

Ann & Kobus 

Fourie, Alexander 

& Inge Keevy, Louis 

Botha, Monique 

& Marcelle Keevy, 

Ann-Louise & Corne 

Bütter, Rochelle & 

Kiewiet Fourie, great 

grandchildren and 


A Memorial Service 

to celebrate the life 

of Tinnie will take 

place at the Elliot 

Community Church 

on Friday 20 April 

2018 at 2 o’clock. 

The Cremation in 

East London will 

be private. Friends 

kindly accept this 

intimation 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NGXOKELA 

LUNGISA 

BORN: 1960-10-30 

DIED: 2018-04-09 

FUNERAL: 

2018-04-21 

VENUE: 

Funeral starting @ 

Home at Gosheen 

Village, Cathcart. 

Service will start 

@ 10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Gosheen 

TIME: 13:00pm 

AVBOB 

FUNERAL SERVICES 

ROBINSON ROAD 29 

QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

KROKRANI 

SISA 

HOWARD 

Late of 

2711 Ezithandini, 

Ilinge 

Born: 01.09.1935 

Died: 07.04.2018 

Funeral: 

Sunday 

22.04.2018 

Starting at home 

at 10am 

(Bantu Church of 

Christ) 

Thence to the 

Ilinge Cemetery 

for the Interment 

at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO JOLA 

MPHANKOMO 

QENGEBA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NGESI 

SINAZO 

Late of 

S 182 Pono Street, 

Mlungisi, Komani 

Born: 29.12.1992 


Funeral: 

Sunday 



then to the 

Mzingisi Skweyiya 

Hall, Mlungisi 

for a service a 

10am 

The cortege will 


Mlungisi Cemetery 


13:30 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMFENE LISA 

JAMBASE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NYILA 

DUMISANI 

Late of 

Tsembeyi, 

Lady Frere District 

Born: 17.09.1959 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Anglican Church) 

Thence to 

the Tsembeyi 

Cemetery, 

Lady Frere for the 

Interment at 9am 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

TSHATSHU 

TUBHANE 

MAHOSE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

GEBENGA 

SALAMA 

Late of 

Esikwanqeni, 

Nkolonga, 


Born: 10.01.1956 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Zionist Faith) 


Nkolonga 

Cemetery, 


Interment at 1pm 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO JOLA 

MPHANKOMO 

QENGEBA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MALAFU 

VICTOR 

MBUYISELO 

Late of 

114 Zone 1, 

Ezibeleni, Komani 

Born: 05.09.1968 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



then to the Ezibeleni 

Community Hall 

for a service at 

10am. The cortege 

will proceed to the 



at 12:30 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MCETHE CHIZAMA 

BHURUMA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MBANDEZI 

SIYASANGA 

Late of 

Dlakavu, Bolotwa, 


Born: 11.11.1981 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 9am (Acts of 

Apostolic Church) 


the Dlakavu 

Cemetery, 



PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MNDUNGWANA 

BHEJULA 

QWESHA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MKHUNZI 

NOTHAWU 

Late of 

Esiqabheni, 

Bolotwa, 


Born: 15.06.1958 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Zionist Faith) 


the Bolotwa 

Cemetery, 



PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMNGQOSINI 

MAGABA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NTWANAMBI 

NTOMBOXOLO 

 

Late of 

6873 Dingiswayo 

Street, Nomzamo, 

Komani 

Born: 09.06.1970 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am (Donkey) 


the Lukhanji 

Cemetery, 


at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAGATYENI 

MAMALI 



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DYUBELE 

NCAMILE 

ELSON 

BORN: 1960-08-28 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 


Home at Greyspan 

Village, Lady Frere. 


@ 10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Greyspan 

TIME: 13:00pm 

AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

PENXA 

FEZEKA 

Late of 

3035 Castro 

Street, 

Unifound, 

Komani 

Born: 19.09.1968 


Funeral: 

Friday 20.04.2018 


at 10am 

(Servants Zionist 

Faith) 


the Lukhanji 

Cemetery 


at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMBATHANE 

MATSHAYA 

XESIBE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

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NTSIKA 

LONDOLOZI 

MAKONCO 

BORN: 1980-09-23 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 


Home at Victoria Park 

then proceeded to St 

Andrews Church Hall. 


@ 09:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Komani Park 

TIME: 13:00pm 

AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

MBALI 

LAZIKI 

JACKSON 

Late of 

MQ 456 

Nomzamo, 

Komani 

Born: 05.12.1962 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Universal 

Church) 


the Lukhanji 

Cemetery 


at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

JOLA QENGEBA 

NGWANYA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

JAFTA 

EMMAH 

NTOMBAZANA 

Late of Mitford, 

Komani District 

Born: 24.03.1930 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 9am 

(Methodist 

Church) 


Mitford Cemetery 


at 13:30 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MANXASANA 

MKHIWA 

DUNJANA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

1150 


JULY 

MZWANDILE 

PATRICK 

Late of 

Tabata, 

Lesseyton, 


Born: 10.05.1961 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Church of the 

Holy City in Zion) 


Tabata Cemetery, 

Lesseyton for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MGCINA TYHOPHO 

NOKWINDLA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

JULY 

MZWANDILE 

PATRICK 

Late of 

Tabata, 

Lesseyton, 


Born: 10.05.1961 


Funeral: 

Saturday 



at 10am 

(Church of the 

Holy City in Zion) 


Tabata Cemetery, 

Lesseyton for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MGCINA TYHOPHO 

NOKWINDLA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

PAUL 

TANDEKA 

LUCIA 

BORN: 1974-03-22 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: Funeral to 

be held at Home at 

Cacadu Village, 

Lady Frere @ 

10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Cacadu 

TIME: 13:00pm 

KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

1150 


KLAAS 

MONGEZI 

BORN: 1960-05-05 


FUNERAL: 


VENUE: 

Funeral to be held 

at Home at Unathi 

Mkefa, Ezibeleni 

@ 10:00am 

CEMETERY: 

Lukhanji 

TIME: 

13:00pm 

KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Telefax: 045 838 1047 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

SIHANDIBA 

NOLITHA 

BORN: 1990-09-24 


FUNERAL: 2018-04-21 

ADDRESS: Machibini 

A/A , Lady Frere 

TIME: 10:00 

VENUE: Maqomleni 

Village Machibini A/A 

Lady Frere 

Interment: Maqomleni 

Village Machibini 

PHUMLA 

NGONAPHAKADE 

MAMCETHE 

pkd-funeralservices@ 

webmail.co.za 

Tel: 045 838 4621 

073 255 0536 

PANYA 

MONWABISI 

Born: 

1972.04.15 

Died: 

2018.04.09 

Funeral: 


Address: 270 

Pambo Street, 

Kwazakhele 

Venue: Home 

Interment: 

Mlungisi 

Cemetery 

VINJWAS FUNERAL 

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MTSI 

SIS 

Born: 1973-06-06 

Died: 2018-04-11 

Funeral: 2018-04-21 

Address: 1781 ILinge 

ŽĐĂŽŶŽŵĂŶŝ 

ILinge Township 

Venue: ŽŵĞ 

Time: Ăŵ 

Interment: Ilinge 

ĞŵĞĞĂŵ 

Rest in Peace Mamgebe, 

Ngobe, Duduma. 

Service Conducted By 

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083 431 6800 / 

076 324 1255 

TABATA 

SIVE 

BORN: 1996-02-24 


FUNERAL: 


(Sunday) 

VENUE: 

Lesseyton Village, 

Vrigin 

Lala Ngoxolo 

Mphankomo Qengeba 

AVETHWA FUNERAL 

DIGNITY 

6 Cathcart Road, Qtn 

076 8611142 

NGABOM 

NOMPUMELELO 

Born: 

1964/10/05 

Died: 

2018/04/09 

Funeral: 

2018/04/21 

Address: 1243 

Matiwane Street 

Molteno 

Venue: Home 

Interment: 

Molteno 

Cemetery 


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5451 

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Lady Frere) 

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Contact: 

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083 247 7778 

1150 


SONKOSI 

MZUVUKILE 

BOZENBERG 

BORN: 1971 - 03 - 22 

DIED: 2018 - 04 - 13 

FUNERAL: 2018 - 04 - 21 

(SATURDAY) 

ADDRESS: 235 Zone I 

Ezibeleni, (Queenstown) 

VENUE: Old Apostolic 

Church, Ezibeleni 

(Queenstown) 

TIME: 09h00 - 11h00 

INTERMENT: 


Lala ngoxolo: Zotsho, 

Ndala, Mkhwanazi. 

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073 269 0624 

045 838 2490 

MTINI 

NTOMBIZAKHE 

Born: 

1949.12.02 

Died: 


Funeral: 


Address: 

Xolobe Location 

Tsomo 

Venue: 

Home 

Interment: 

Xolobe 

Cemetery 


SERVICES 

073 404 4627/ 073 144 7371 / 


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Komani Park 

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Own bathroom. 

Please contact 

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if interested. 

1150 


RESHA 

DAVID 

NKULULEKO 

Born: 1962-07-30 

Died: 2018-04-11 

Funeral: 

2018-04-20 

Address: 

R 40 Sindilima Street 

Queenstown 

Venue: Home 

Time: 10am 

Interment: 


Lala Ngoxolo 

Tshatshu, Mahose, 

Tubane. 

Service Conducted By 

ĂĞŽĨĞŝŽŶĂů 

ŶĞĂůŝĞĐŽ 

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ĞĞŶŽŶ 

083 431 6800 / 

076 324 1255 

LULAMA 

DEBESE 

BORN: 1952 - 04 - 06 

DIED: 2018 - 04 - 11 

FUNERAL: 2018 - 04 - 22 

(SUNDAY) 

ADDRESS: 767 Zone I 

Ezibeleni, (Queenstown) 

VENUE: Home 

TIME: 10h00 - 12h00 

INTERMENT: 


Lala Ngoxolo Madlamini, 

Zizi. 

ELVIS SKEPE DIRECTORS 

073 269 0624 

045 838 2490 

5010 

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6151 

Employment Offered 

6140 

Education & Training 

6151 


ONDERWYSPOS 

(Beheerliggaamaanstelling) 

6140 

Education & Training 

HOËRSKOOL 

HANGKLIP 

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VIR GRAAD 8 - 11 VANAF 2019 

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2 MEI 2018 

SLUITINGSDATUM VIR 2019 AANSOEKE: 31 JULIE 2018 

 

 

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HANGKLIP 

HIGH SCHOOL 

AFRIKAANS & ENGLISH MEDIUM EDUCATION 

 

OPTION 1: Afrikaans Huistaal & English First 

ĚĚŝŽŶĂůĂŶŐĂŐĞ 

OPTION 2ŶŐůŝŚŽŵĞĂŶŐĂŐĞΘĨŝŬĂĂŶĞĞ 

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HOËRSKOOL HANGKLIP 

QUEENSTOWN 

Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal (Gr 8 – 12) 

Meld bykomende vakke 

Aanvangsdatum: 1 Julie 2018 

Meld Ko-Kurrikulêre betrokkenheid 

Dokumentasie: 

Afskrifte van oorspronklike dokumente gewaarmerk 

Curriculum Vitae en tersaaklike dokumente 

SARO-Registrasie 

Doen aansoek by: 

Die Skoolhoof, Posbus 657, Queenstown 5320 

Tel: 045 8383552 / Faks: 045 8383553 

E-pos: admin@hshangklip.co.za 

Sluitingsdatum: Vrydag 4 Mei 2018 

(Indien u nie teen Vrydag 11 Mei 2018 gekontak is 

nie, moet aanvaar word dat die aansoek 

onsuksesvol was) 

EASIGAS DEPOT GENERAL 

MANAGER 

We need a young energetic male 

to start on the 1st of May 2018. 

Drivers Licence is essential 

CV to Fressie CC 

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6 

EMPLOYMENT 

6151 


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EMPLOYMENT 

6151 


is looking for candidates for the 

following positions:- 

. CREDITORS CLERK 

. RECEPTIONIST 

. DRIVER 

Please forward your CV at 

hardwondevelopers@gmail.com 

Closing date: 27 April 2018 

VACANCY AT 

 

20 Haig Avenue, Queenstown 

Tel: 045 838 3760 Fax: 045 839 5535 

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Experience in Computer Literacy and/or 

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Extra-murals: Swimming; Hockey / Netball 

Date of commencement 

17 July 2018 (beginning of the third term) 

Closing date for applications 

11 May 2018 

The appointment is subject to approval by 

the School Governing Body. 

Should you not receive a reply within two 

weeks of the closing date, 

consider your application unsuccessful. 

Submit letter of application and CV to: 

The Principal 

P.O. Box 591 

Queenstown 

5320 

6151 


Admin Clerk 

A fast growing ICT company seeks 

to employ experienced and 

qualified administrator/accounts 

clerk. 

A minimum of 2 years’ experienced 

in administration and Knowledge of 

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Female environment. 

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LEGALS 

11060 

Sale in Execution 

IN THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT FOR THE 

DISTRICT OF QUEENSTOWN HELD AT 

QUEENSTOWN Case No. 784.2017 

In the matter between: 

PETER’S MOTORS 

(Execution Creditor) 

and 

SIBULELE SOTYINGWA 

(Execution Debtor) 

NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION OF 

MOVABLE PROPERTY 

IN PERSUANCE of a judgement obtained in 

the Magistrates’ Court of Queenstown 

and a writ of execution dated 4 August 

2017 issued by the Magistrates’ Court of 

Queenstown, the goods listed hereunder 

will be sold in execution to the highest 

bidder on the 11 May 2018 at 18 KOMANI 

STREET,QUEENSTOWN AT 10H00 in terms 

of section 66 of the Magistrates’ Courts 

Act 32 of 1944 

GOODS TO BE SOLD: 

VW GOLF GTI, REG NO. FTH 264 FS 

Dated at Queenstown on this 16th APRIL 2018 

ATTORNEYS FOR EXECUTION CREDITOR 

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Estate Notices 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 

IN DECEASED ESTATES 

In the Estate of the Late: 

Surname: CHULAYO 

First names: LEONORA 

NONKOSI 

Estate number: 2608/2017 

Identity number: 

3111290201088 

Date of death: 25/05/2017 

Last address: 

WODEHOUSE VILLAGE, 

COFIMVABA 

All persons having claims 

against the abovementioned 

estate are 

required to lodge their 

claims with the undersigned 

within 30 days after the 

date of publication hereof. 

Name and address of 

Executor or Authorised 

Agent: 

MICHELLE BAXTER, 

C/O DE WET SHAW & 

BAXTER ATTORNEYS 

P O BOX 1305 , 

QUEENSTOWN 

TEL: 045 838 2520 

11010 

Legal Notices 

The Department of Education 

represented by Thembelihle 

Public Primary School invites 

Service Providers to submit 

quotation for supply and delivery 

of foodstuffs for School Nutrirtion 

Programme (SNP). 

The closing date is the 

27 APRIL 2018 at 12h00. 

For more information please 

contact Mr M.M. Rani (Principal) 

at 045 839 5773 

10 

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QUEENSTOWN 

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L O C A L M U N I C I P A L I T Y 

NOTICE NO. COUNCIL 05/04/2018 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: 26 APRIL 2018 

Mr C. Magwangqana, the Municipal Manager of Enoch Mgijima Local 

Municipality as duly instructed by the Speaker, Cllr. M. Peter of Enoch Mgijima 

Local Municipality hereby gives notice that in terms of Section 19 (b) of the 

Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, that a Special Council Meeting of 

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality will be held on THURSDAY, 26 APRIL 2018 

at 10:00 in the TOWN HALL, 70 CARTHCART ROAD, KOMANI. 

In terms of Section 20 (1) of the Municipal Systems Act, members of the public, 

including the media, and other interested parties or bodies are invited to 

attend the meeting. 

The meeting is scheduled as follows: 

Date : Thursday, 26 April 2018 

Time : 10:00 

Venue : TOWN HALL, 70 CARTHCART ROAD, KOMANI. 

Any persons who do not understand the content of this advert are invited to 

contact Mr X. Makeleni at the Corporate Services office at 045 - 8072608 or 70 

Cathcart Road, Komani during office hours. 

Umntu ongayi qondiyo lengxelo uyacelwa aqhakamshelane no Mnu X. Makeleni 

kwi-ofisi ye-Corporate Services kule nombolo 045 - 8072608 kwanombolo 70 

Cathcart Road, Queenstown ngamaxesha omsebenzi 08:00 ukuya kwicala 

lentsimbi yesine. 

Esi saziso singafumaneka ngolwimi lwesiXhosa kwi-ofisi ka Sosiba we-Dolophu; 

kwisakhiwo seHolo yeDolophu, kwi- Cathcart Road kuKomani. 

C. MAGWANGQANA TOWN HALL 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

CATHCART ROAD 

KOMANI 

LIQUIDATION AND 

DISTRIBUTION 

ACCOUNTS IN 

DECEASED ESTATES 

LYING FOR INSPECTION 

In the Estate of the Late: 

Surname: MEHLOMAKULU 

First names: VIZARD 

Estate number: 3749/2017 

Identity number: 

3612015402083 

Date of death: 7/05/2017 

Last address: 109 

ENGOTINI VILLAGE, 

WHITTLESEA, 5360 

The FIRST AND FINAL 

Liquidation and Distribution 

Account in this estate will 

be open for inspection for 

a period of 21 days from 

ſ 

of the Master of the High 

Court MTHATHA and the 

ŏſ 

WHITTLESEA. 

Surviving Spouse: 

LINDIWE MAUREEN 

MEHLOMAKULU 

Identity Number: 

5406230874087 

Name and address of 

Executor or Authorised 

Agent: 

MICHELLE BAXTER, 

C/O DE WET SHAW & 

BAXTER ATTORNEYS 

P O BOX 1305, 

QUEENSTOWN 

TEL: 045 838 2520

24 



Twists in youth murder bail hearing 

State to pursue premeditated murder charge 


THE Queenstown 

Magist rate’s Court saw 

two twists this week as 

it sat for the bail hearing 

of a suspect accused of 

murdering Maria Louw High 

School pupil Geraldo Adonis. 

Adonis, 18, was stabbed to 

death outside a tavern on 

March 29. 

On Wednesday, the charge 

against the 18-year-old 

accused, who has not yet 

pleaded and is believed to 

have been a friend of Adonis, 

changed from murder to 

premeditated murder. 

The gallery on the 

right-hand side was a l m o st 

full – with a bench to spare – 

in support of Adonis’s family, 

whereas only a handful of 

people were there for the 

suspect on the left-hand side. 

Extra police members were 

deployed in the court 

following an interruption 

during an earlier appearance. 

State attorney Mabhongo 

Bulana indicated to 

magistrate Ganasen 

Narayamsamy that the state 

would be pursuing a 

premeditated murder charge. 

The defence attorney from 

Pele Attorneys, Anele Maqaza, 

argued against the change – 

a schedule 6 offence – as he 

had prepared for a schedule 5 

offence in the plea for a bail 

a p p l i c at i o n . 

The magistrate allowed 

proceedings for the bail 

application to continue. 

The suspect, indicating his 

reasons for bail, said he had 

handed himself over to the 

police and that he had been in 

custody for about three 

weeks. He was sick and was 

sleeping on the floor in the 

cells. He had no previous 

convictions and said his 

possessions were being stolen 

in prison. 

The accused confirmed his 

alternative address in court 

and agreed should the court 

grant him bail, he would sign 

in daily at the nearest police 

st at i o n . 

He said he would not 

abscond as he knew the 

serious nature of the charges. 

In a further twist to the 

events, the defence attorney 

returned to the court and 

announced to the magistrate 

that they would be 

abandoning the bail 

a p p l i c at i o n . 

Narayamsamy set the trial 

date for May 25. 

In an interview with The 

Rep, Maqaza said they did 

decide to abandon the 

application because they were 

concerned for his client’s 

safet y. 

Maqaza said, “The 

community is still outraged, 

while we were giving the 

alternative address, certain 

court officials saw members 

of the gallery writing the 

alternative address. We felt it 

would not be safe for him to 

be outside.” 

District court controller 

prosecutor Khayalethu 

Stengile said as the bail 

hearing had been abandoned, 

the case would be argued in 

the Queenstown regional 

cour t. 

Adonis’s mother, Geraldine 

Christian, said she was happy 

with the change in the charge 

and that the accused would 

not be out on bail. 

“We will wait to see what 

will materialise from the 

investigations and let justice 

run its course,” Christian said. 

The accused’s mother 

declined to comment. 

DRIVING DEVELOPMENT: The CHDA leadership during their strategic planning session, from left, board member Singa 

Ngqwala, CEO Thukela Mashologu, chairwoman Nokulunga Sikeyi, board member Tshililo Ramabulana and board member 

Phumzile Songo 


CHDA continues drive to 

push district development 


THE role of the Chris Hani 

District Agency (CHDA) in 

growing the economy to 

surrounding rural areas and 

townships was highlighted 

during a strategic meeting at 

Victoria Manor on Monday. 

CHDA chairwoman 

Nokulunga Sikeyi said the 

agency was the brainchild of 

the Chris Hani District 

Municipality (CHDM). 

It was established in 2012 

with the aim of bringing 

investors to the district. 

Sikeyi said, “The agency is 

registered as a state-owned 

company. It is assisting the 

municipality in implementing 

all the programs that deal with 

agro-processing, since we all 

know that the priority of the 

district is processing the 

agricultural development so the 

agency assists in implementing 

those programmes.” 

The Rep reported, “Clean 

administration award for CHDA 

(October 27 2017) that the 

CHDA had received a Clean 

Administration Award in 

recognition of its clean Audit 

Report for 2015/16 financial 

y e a r. 

The CHDA was rewarded by 

the Chartered Institute of 

Government Finance Audit and 

Risk Officers (CIGFARO) at the 

in Cape Town International 

Convention Centre on October 9 

last year. 

CHDA CEO Thukela Masholo 

said they had a strategic 

planning session on April 12 

and 13 where the body reviewed 

its five year plan, which is 

reviewed on a yearly basis. 

“We have to confirm through 

the money that we receive, if 

there is anything that we can 

add or reduce in our plan. Our 

money has been confirmed this 

year, the programmes that we 

have been running has been 

confirmed and we are focusing 

mainly on the development of 

viable economies in the rural 

areas. 

“We are focusing on 

agriculture as there are 

irrigation schemes in CHDM 

and livestock development. We 

have the highest cattle 

numbers in the Eastern Cape. 

However in terms of benefiting 

from those numbers, we are at 

the bottom.” 

Masholo said they wanted to 

improve the quality of the 

livestock in order for the people 

to be able to participate 

meaningfully in the economy. 

The CHDA was also hoping to 

promote fruit farming in the 

dist rict. 

Industrial parks in Whittlesea 

and Komani were another focal 

area with skills development 

set to be highlighted. 

Mashololo said CHDA gave 

bursaries to pupils to help with 

skills development. The body 

was looking for people who had 

been working in a skilled 

capacity, for example as a 

builder, but without the 

necessary qualifications and 

were partnering with local 

colleges to allow workers to 

obtain the qualifications. 

FUTURE PLANS: 

Bulelani Senior 

Secondary pupils 

attend a career expo 

hosted by the PJ Jafta 

Fo u n d at i o n 

Picture: 

PILANATHI RASMENI


NOTICE NO. COUNCIL 04/04/2018 

MAYORAL IMBIZO PROGRAMME PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IDP OUTREACH APRIL 2018 

TEAM LEADERS CLUSTERS WARDS WARD COUNCILLOR AREA DESCRIPTION COMMUNITY HALLS 

23 APRIL 2018 - 10H00 

CLLR BUNU 

Mr.DAYI 

CLUSTER A 

1 TUTWANA ZOLEKA Mkhonjane; Dlakavu; Bolotwa; Gwatyu Farms; Nonibe; Tylden; 

Tembani. 

2 THOLE MZWANDILE Ilinge and Portion of Mabuyaze 

3 NGONDO ZAMUXOLO Machibini 

4 NGESI MZIKABAWO Birch Farms; Part of Ilinge 

ILINGE - COMMUNITY HALL, 50 

PEOPLE 

23 APRIL 2018 (Afternoon session) 14:00 

4 NGESI Part of Unathi Mkhefa 

CLLR MVANA 

Mr.NXANO 

CLUSTER B 

5 BATYI ANDILE Zone 3; Zone D; and part of Chankcele 

6 GWAMPI SIZA Portion of Unathi Mkefa; Koppies 

7 NONDYOLA LONWABO Phakamisa; nogumbe zone 1 lusinini ematyeni soweto 

8 NJOZELA DUMISANI Ezibeleni Zone 2; ezi vrandini; Chankcele; Komani Hospital; 

Queendustria 

23 APRIL 2018 - 17h00 

EZIBELENI COMMUITY HALL 

PEOPLE 

EXECUTIVE 

MAYOR& CLLR 

PETER 

(ALL DIRECTORS) 

CLUSTER C 

9 MANDILE ZUKO Queensview; Komani Park; Southbourne; Sandringham; Central 

Town 

10 DE WET CHRIS Bersig; Top Town; 

KOMANI TOWN HALL 


11 MBASANA PIA XOLISWA Bede; Thulandivile; Bulawayo; Part of Bongweni 

12 MGOQI BULELANI Aloe vale; Aloe T; T Section S Section; R portion and New Vale 

CLLR RALANE 

CLLR HENDRICKS 

Mr.DAYI & Mr.D .Van Wyk 

CLUSTER D 

13 ADONIS ONGAMA Sabata; Park Ville; New Vale 

14 SEYISI ANELE Unifound; Khayelitsha; Joe Slovo; Sintu Pika; 

15 NGCULU LUVUYO Eskom; Magxaki; Railway; Khayelitsha kwa 2; portion of 

Nomzamo from Rawula to new area in Nomzamo. 

16 RANI BULELWA Nkululekweni; komani hights; Zwelithsa; portion of Q; S and T; 

Part of Unifound; Polar Park; Zakhele; Silver town; Portion of 

Westbourne; PRD Camp 

17 MBENGO MNCEDISI R Portion; New Bright; Bongweni 

18 MLINDAZWE UNATHI Ndlovukazi and farms Zingquthu; Bonkolo, Lessyton 

SIKWEYIYA COMMUNITY HALL 


CLLR PAPIYANE 

Mr NKONKI 

CLUSTER E 

20 TIWANA AYANDA Bulhoek; Kamastone; Mceula; Lower Hukuwa; Upper Hukuwa; 

Upper Didimana; Lower Didimana 

23 KEPEYI LUBABALO Zone 1, Exhadini; Ekuphumleni; Zone 2 

22 - 

TRANSPORT 

? 

VELAPHI MBONGENI 

Yonda; Lower Hukuwa; Upper Hukuwa tsitsikama; Mtwakazi; 

26 MADUBEDUBE PAPAMA Ekuphumleni; Extension 4; Whittlesea Town; Enqobokeni 

25 RASIMOSI LULAMA SADA 

DONGWE COMMUNITY HALL- 

60 PEOPLE 


CLLR NQABISA 

Mr.MNGESE 

CLUSTER F 

21 QOMOYI NOMATHAMSANQA Shiloh; Dipala; Sbonile; Mbekweni; Ngojini; Dyamala; Oxton; 

Zweledinga; Gall water. 

19 MGEDEZI MONELWA McBride; Who can Tell; Poplar Groove; Ensam; Braakloof; 

emankcenkceni. 

50 PEOPLE 

24 BOKUVA VUKILE Emadakeni; Portion of Sada; eMtha; Ngcamngceni; Mabheleni SADA COMMUNITY HALL 

25 APRIL. 2018 - 10h00 

EXECUTIVE MAYOR 

MR DINGANI 

CLUSTER G 

27 KOLTANA LINDILE Sterkstoom Town 

28 MKHUBUKELILUFELE XOLISWA (NKWANCA)Nceduluntu; Phumlani; Phelandaba; Nkululeko; 

Molteno; Lank ge Wag; Doener Kry; Estrip; Portion of Old 

Location; Impumelelo. 

29 YEKANI THEMBINKOSI Old Location Molteno; New location; Nomonde Loc; Khayelitsha; 

Zwelitsha; Y Section; J Section; SECTION R; SECTION Z 

STERKSTROOM COMMUNITY 

HALL / TOWNHALL 


CLLR GUBULA 

MR Z NXANO 

CLUSTER H 

30 MANGCOTYWA MHLANGABEZI Thorn hill; Thorn hill brigde; kwa Hinana; Mthitha primary school, 

Zola. 

31 BALENG TEKO MICHAEL Khayalethu; Rocklands; Mitford; Phakamisa 

32 NGCEFE NKULULEKO Tendergate, Bucclesfarm, (06-03- 2018 ) 

THORN HILL COMMUNITY HALL, 

40 PEOPLE 


CLLR PETER 

MR DINGANE 

CLUSTER I 

33 NGESI BONILE Tarkastard, Zola Township, Ivanlew. 

34 DUNA NKWENKWE Eluxolweni Location, Hofmeyr Town. 

TARKASTARD HALL 

C. MAGWANGQANA TOWN HALL 

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

CATHCART ROAD 

KOMANI

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SPOR TSSCENE 

Wolf Pack win an exciting game 


IN WHAT was an exciting, 

tight, friendly match between 

hockey sides Wolf Pack and 

Matrix, Wolf Pack secured a 

hard-fought victory by 2-0. 

Vice captain of Wolf Pack, 

Che van Dyk, said they had 

never lost to Matrix and 

intended to keep it that way for 

a long time. 

Van Dyk said, “Matrix were 

the league champions last year, 

but they have never beaten us. 

Early in the league we drew 

with them 2-all. They are 

currently number one on the log 

and the win against them last 

weekend gave us the belief that 

we can win the league as well. 

“The mood among the boys in 

the team is electrifying and our 

confidence has risen because at 

the beginning of the season we 

lost to Popcorn Tigers. Matrix 

beat the Tigers but drew against 

us. When we meet on April 21, 

we will play against Tigers and 

Mat rix.” 

Van Dyk said after their win 

they were confident they would 

win both fixtures and wanted to 

make a statement on the day. 

Ward 22 Sport Forum public 

relations officer Rowen Blignaut 

said the friendly game was 

played to make a time slot for 

the league games that were 

going to continue on April 21. 

Blignaut said, “The game 

between Wolf Pack and Matrix, 

though it was a friendly, was 

still played with the same 

intensity as though it was a 

league match. 

Results for the weekend: 

Popcorn Tigers 6-2 D Troyd; 

Tiger Girls 0-7 Hokkie Bokkies; 

Gladiators 2-9 Popcorn Tigers.” 

SKILLS DISPLAY: Wolf Pack and Matrix during their indoor 

hockey match at the Thobi Kula Indoor Sport Centre in 

Komani 

Picture: SIMTEMBBILE MGIDI 

“We encourage people to 

come in their numbers for the 

following fixtures tomorrow. 

Hokkie Bokkies v Shedevils at 

12.45pm; D Tryod v Matrix at 

1.30; Tiger Girls (H) v Gryphons 

at 2.15; Eagles (H) v Gladiators 

at 3.00; Matrix v Popcorn Tigers 

at 3.45 and D Troyd v Wolf Pack 

at 4.30.” 

SEEING RED: Kelly Beal Preston, in the red and white of the GHS first 

hockey team, in action against Stirling High School. GHS won 3-0 

Picture: SONJA RAASCH 

TITANIC ENCOUNTER: The Wolf Pack v Matrix friendly indoor hockey 

match had some healthy rivalry between the two sides, with abundant 

skills on display 


GOING SWIMMINGLY: 

Leah Kilian, left, was 

the junior Victrix 

Ludorum at the recent 

Balmoral Girls’ Primar y 

School gala, with 

Nicole Heuer the 

senior Victrix Ludorum 


Amavarara come from the bottom to win the match 


AMAVARARA Football Club (FC) won in a 

game that required depth of character as 

the team bounced back from being 1-0 

down against Young Stars FC in their Chris 

Hani regional SAB League match to win 

3-2 on Saturday. 

Amavarara made a bold move in 

deciding to rest some of their frequent 

first-team players for the match. 

Coach Wiseman Mdunana said, “L a st 

week we had a problem with fatigue and 

we decided to rest the first-team players 

by fielding the second-team players. We 

do not want the game experience of the 

second-team players to be too far off from 

the first-team players. 

“We have four games remaining and we 

wanted to make sure that we win – if we do 

that no other team can catch us on the log.” 

Goal scorers for Amavarara were 

Athenkosi Lafota through a penalty, who 

also scored a brilliant goal from a left 

cross, and Aphiwe Mabumbulu. 

Young Stars did not go down with out a 

fight, scoring a second goal after 

Amavarara scored their third goal. 


QUEEN’S College revisited an 

old tradition in the year of 

their 160th birthday 

celebrations by bringing back 

the Street Mile, or 1.6km race, 

which is aimed at community 

par ticipation. 

The Mile, which was hosted 

by the school on Friday, 

consisted of five categories in 

the girls/boys U13, U16 and 

U19 categories, a 

men’s/ladies’ veterans race 

and the ladies’/men’s open. 

Queen’s College headmaster 

Janse van der Ryst said the 

race had been rekindled. 

“The mile is a positive 

initiative which I hope we can 

grow extensively.” 

He said although the 

numbers for the event had 

been disappointing, “We will 

DOING BATTLE: Amavarara and Young 

Stars during their weekend match 


Avile Ntasela and Wongalethu Danga 

scored the two goals for Stars. 

Stars coach Siyabonga Jonas said that 

he was satisfied with how his team played 

against Amavarara. 

“We scored the first goal and we 

defended our lead for some time.” 

He said a lack of fitness was 

problematic and would be addressed. 

As the league draws to a close, the 

Group A log standings are: 1 Amavarara FC 

34 points, 2 FC Bongweni 25, 3 Hot Spurs 

FC 24, 4 Peace Brothers 19, 5 Xalanga 

Celtics FC 12, 6 Young Stars 10, 7 

have a debrief on how we did 

things today with the hope 

that by making changes here 

and there, like having inviting 

prize money, we might lift the 

standard of the event as well 

as the numbers of 

par ticipants.” 

Queen’s College teacher 

Ndumiso Mkandla who won 

convincingly in the veterans’ 

category, asked for more 

participants to challenge him 

next year. 

Mkandla said, “Winning was 

a pleasant surprise. Normally 

when I jog I finish the first five 

kilometres without stopping so 

1.6km was not a challenge. 

Queen’s teacher and 

coordinator of the race 

Donovan Holmes said the Mile 

was traditionally a popular 

race. Queen’s always wanted 

to be part of the community, 

MIGHTY MILE: Queen’s College Mile senior men’s winners 

received their prizes from Queen’s headmaster Janse van 

der Ryst, left. They were Roy Langhein (first place), Ntando 

Dyan (second) and Soma Mzamo (third) 


providing opportunities for 

locals. 

Holmes said plans for 

Mountain Shadow FC 9 and 8 Makhuze 

Royals with 5 points. On the Group B 

league Valgas FC are at number 1 with 27 

points, 2 Difra FC 16, 3 MK Academy 15, 4 

Young Minds FC 14, 5 Holy Kings 12, 6 

Mighty Cosmos 9, 7 Amathole FC 6 and 

Mighty Bucs have played no games 

rendering them with zero points. 

In group A the fixtures tomorrow are: 

Peace Brothers FC v Young Stars at 

Engcobo 3pm, Hot Spurs v FC Bongweni at 

Elliot 3pm, Makhuze v Amavarara at 

Cofimvaba 3pm and Mafez v Xhalanga FC 

at Cofimvaba 3pm. 

On Sunday in group B, fixtures are: 

Mighty Bucs v Mighty Cosmos at 

Sterkstroom 3pm, Young Minds v Valgas 

at Linge 3pm, Amathole v Holy Kings at 

Sada 3pm and MK Academy v Difra Stars 

at Dongwe 3pm. 

The winners of Group A and Group B will 

play in the play-offs on April 28 to select 

the regional team that will represent the 

Chris Hani region. The winner of that 

match will play in the play-offs against 

other districts in a knock-out tournament 

with the winner of the tournament to enter 

in the ABC Motsepe Provincial league. 

Queen’s brings back traditional Street Mile 

forthcoming street mile events 

would include extensive 

marketing ahead of the time.


SEAN HEIDEMANN 

SCHOOLSSPOR T 

WE HAD FUN: Laerskool Hangklip’s U9 rugby team after their match 

against Cradock, back from left, Khaya Kamteni, Sange Ndarala, Iminam 

Mtshalala, Hugh van Heerden, Usiphile Mdzeke, Keagan Rudman, Alviron 

Smith, Whian Pretorius, Shanlyn Coetzee and front from left, Maliq 

Stellenberg, Ruan Smit, Jose Mkutswana, Colline Bennett, Kungawo 

Kroza, Matthew Lieberum, Cee-Jay Gouwer, Donovan Doukers 

Steyn wins 

S t a b l e f o rd 

challenge 

ON SATURDAY, an individual Stableford was 

played in very wet conditions which made for 

a stern test on a long Queenstown Golf Club 

course. 

Pieter Steyn played outstanding golf to win 

on 38 points. Douggie Rheeder was second on 

36 points and Peter Uhlig took third on 35 

points. 

There was only one two club – Pieter Steyn 

on the 16th hole. 

Two pairs of golfers made the trip to Port 

Alfred on Sunday to play in the second round 

of the Windhoek pairs. Unfortunately none of 

them played well enough to go through to the 

finals, but they were apparently well-looked 

after and had a fantastic day. 

This weekend the club will be busy with all 

the Queen’s Reunion visitors popping in for a 

drink and a meal. Please note that on Friday 

and Saturday all food and drink will be sold on 

a ticket system. 

This Sunday will be the annual Border junior 

golf tournament with a number of out-of-town 

players making the trip. Please note that the 

course will be closed for casual golf till about 

m i d d ay. 

Upcoming events: 

Round Table golf day – Saturday May 26 

AROUND 

THE GREENS 

Queenstown Bowling Club 

P Littlejohns, R Geyer 10, J Fritz, R Barnardo 26. 

G Fritz, S Mc Millan, N Schloesser 10, R Aylwin, M 

Morris, K van Staden 19. B Brown, M Manthe, 

Sheryl Mc Millan, K Geyer 21, A Scheepers, 

K Manthe, E Barraud, K Manthe 12. 

SPOR TSSCENE 

Laerskool Hangklip 

Sport against Cradock 

(Hangklip results first): 

Netball, U7: 0-3 (Maritza 

Jordaan player of the match), 

U8A 1-10, U9A 0-11 (Luzanne 

Heath), U9B: 2-6, U10A 0-13 

(Ellane van Niekerk), U10B 0-7 

(Sanri Helm), U11A 3-6 (Chrisie 

Coetzer), U11B 0-9 Sanorise 

Rabie, U13A 7-20 (Lauren 

Siloan), U13B 3-6 (Amber 

Sieberts), U13C 0-20 (Conleigh 

H y ke s ) . 

Rugby: Bulletjies 20-10 

(Joshua van Heerden), U9A 

5-12 (Josey Mkutswana), U11A 

0-14 (Paul Buitendag and JT 

Prince), U11B 0-0 (Rizario 

Fields), U13A 0-50 (JC 

Pot g i e t e r ) . 

Chess: In a chess tourney in 

East London results were, 

Tagon de Kock won one out of 

five rounds, Zander Boucher 

won three out of seven rounds. 

Tennis: In a doubles tennis 

tourney hosted by Laerskool 

Nahoon, the matches were 

WE’VE GOT THIS: GHS U19A netball players, from left, Zikhona 

Cengimbo, Siphoesihle Skweyiya, coach Zabette Nel, Olvethu 

Mgudlwa, Khanya Ngozi, Mihlali Ngxesha, Olona Stuurman, 

Lisa Mayoyo 

stopped due to rain. 

QCJ 

U13A Andre Vos rugby 

festival: QCJ v Dale lost 0-1, v 

Hudson Park won 5-0, v 

Gonubie won 15-0, v Stirling 

won 10-5. 

Rugby v Gonubie: U9A won 

54-0, U10A won 20-5, U11B 

won 24-5, U13B won 30-17, 

U13C won 35-0. 

GHS 

Hockey: The U14A team 

accompanied by their coach 

Adie Peltenburg and manager 

Theo Anaxagoras, competed in 

the Rob Taylor Hockey 

Tournament in East London. 

The results were: v Stirling lost 

0-2, v Merrifield lost 0-7, v 

Pearson lost 1-10, v Woodridge 

lost 0-5, v Collegiate lost 0-5, v 

Kingsridge drew 2-2. 

Squash: Girls played in the 

third and final round of Border 

rankings and achieved the 

following results: U19 3rd 

Logan Raasch; U16 3rd Kirsten 

Lyons, 4th Courtney Stone, 5th 

Tyla-Mae Roux, 7th Zintle Yaka, 

12th Amy Hoffmann; U14 2nd 

Emma du Preez, 4th Amy 

Styles, 5th Hannah de Jongh. 

Derby day v Stirling: 

Squash: 2nd team beat 

Stirling 1st 6-0. 

Hockey: 1st won 3-0, 2nd 

won 3-0, third won 2-0, U16A 

lost 0-1, U16B won 1-0, U14A 

lost 1-3, U14B lost 0-3. 

Netball: U19A lost 10-31, 

U19B won 15-12, U19C lost 9-15, 

U19D lost 8-15, U16A lost 9-16, 

U16B won 11-0, U16C drew 9-9, 

U16D won 12-10, U14A lost 

2-24, U14B lost 9-12. 

Hangklip High School 

On Saturday, Hangklip 

played matches against 

Cradock High School. Due to 

the wet weather the hockey 

matches could not be played. 

Netball: U14A lost 21-5, U14B 

lost 5-0, U16B lost 6-13, U16A 

lost 8-15, 

U16C lost 7-0, Thirds won 

4-2, Seconds won 16-9, firsts 

won 29-21. 

Rugby: U14A won 24-10, 

U15A won 43-14, U16A won 

44-12, seconds won 43-3, firsts 

won 13-8. 

Table tennis team set for EC trials 


PUPILS and young adults came 

from all over the Chris Hani 

district (CHD) to participate in 

the Chris Hani District table tennis 

t rials. 

CHD table tennis chairman Conrad 

Simons said the trials were for boys 

and girls in the age groups U13, U15 

and U18, plus senior men and 

women. The provincial trials will be 

held in East London on April 28. 

“The tournament was a huge 

success, taking into account that 

table tennis is a developing sport in 

the district. We started last year, 

concentrating on schools introducing 

the code at school level and were 

excited to see the number of entries 

received. 

“Due to limited resources, we can 

only activate one municipality at a 

time. We started last year with a 

coaching clinic in Komani with the 

Emalahleni Local Municipality (ELM). 

“We were proud to see ELM 

bringing 30 participants to compete 

in the tournament.” 

Simons said another programme 

with the department of spor t, 

recreation, arts and culture (DSRAC) 

to promote the sport at primary 

schools was under way. 

One of the challenges facing the 

code, according to Simons, was 

getting access to community halls. 

Some schools were still in need of 

basic supplies such as a table tennis 

board, net, balls and bats. 

“DSRAC has been a great help. A 

week ago, they gave us 350 balls. 

Ultimately we want to activate the 

code in every municipality in the 

dist rict.” 

In each age category, four pupils 

and senior men and women were 

selected to represent the district but 

kit for the provincial trials is a huge 

concern. 

“I would like assistance from 

anyone who can help us. I will send 

letters asking for sponsorship from 

local businesses.” 

Anyone wanting to join a table 

tennis club in Komani can contact 

Simons on 082-977-0361. 

Thandisizwe Senior Primary School 

in Nqoko rural village headmaster 

and table tennis coach Sifundo 

Siyeka said they started playing table 

tennis in 2015. 

“We started against schools such 

as St Theresa’s Primary in Komani, 

Step Ahead Primary in Tsomo, and 

we recently received assistance 

through the clinic we attended in 

December in Komani.” 

He asked for help from the 

department of education, ELM and 

relevant stake holders to donate 

table tennis equipment and boards. 

YOUR BALL: Chris Hani District table tennis celebrated its biggest turnout 

for the past four years in Komani at the weekend 


Slippery 

parkrun 

event 

ON SATURDAY, 82 

people ran, jogged and 

walked a very wet and 

slippery course of the 

Komani parkrun at the 

Queenstown Golf Club. 

A total of six were 

first-timers and two 

recorded personal 

bests. – Rep 

correspondent

INSIDE: TABLE TENNIS STARS IN ACTION IN KOMANI – PAGE 27 

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Two men of iron 

Swim, cycle, run pose a tough 

challenge for Komani competitors 

OWEN DICKS 

CHUX FOURIE 

IT WAS tough, but an 

amazing experience, was 

how Owen Dicks described 

his participation in the 

Ironman African Championship 

in Port Elizabeth last weekend. 

To complete a 3.8km swim in 

the open sea, immediately 

followed by a cycle ride of 

180km and then run a full 

marathon of 42.2km, is not an 

idea most people would 

entertain, but Dicks, who did 

the full race for the first time, 

was determined to give it his 

b e st . 

He started fitness training 

when he moved to Komani in 

2003, competing in several 

half marathons. He also did the 

Ironman 70.3, which is half the 

distance of the Ironman 

t riathlon, and eventually a full 

Comrades Marathon. 

But about six months ago he 

decided to do the “full monty” 

and started training for his first 

full Ironman. 

“I expected the swim to be 

difficult, but we were very 

fortunate – the sea was flat 

and the water warm, ideal 

conditions,” he says. 

But as the day wore on, it 

became hotter and by the 

afternoon, the notorious Port 

Elizabeth wind had reared its 

ugly head. 

After cycling 180km, Dicks 

says his legs were very tired 

and he thinks perhaps he 

pushed himself too hard in this 

discipline as he found the run 

extremely tough going. 

However, he says he thought 

about the Iron Kids event he 

had seen earlier. 

“Some of them had 

disabilities, but they gave it 

their all and that was very 

i n s p i r at i o n a l , ” he says, so he 

pushed himself and eventually 

finished in 14 hours and 35 

minutes. 

Steven Knowles, who moved 

to these parts about two years 

ago, did his fifth Ironman, 

finishing in 14:05. 

Knowles, who has previously 

done 11 Comrades marathons 

and five Two Oceans, came to 

Komani from Graaff-Reinet. 

He says the race went well, 

but he found the wind made 

the cycling difficult. 

The race was won by a South 

African for the first time in 

years with Kyle Buckingham 

finishing in a time of 08:30. 

STEVEN KNOWLES 

CLASH OF THE TITANS: Ludwe Mvangeli of OC in a breakdown battle 

against Zebras’ Sixolile Mtyali 

Picture: MAXWELL LEVINE 

It’s two out of two for Breakers 

MAXWELL LEVINE 

BREAKERS’ dream start to the 

season continued with another 

convincing away win in East 

London, to make it maximum 

points in both their opening 

m at c h e s . 

It is the Komani’s team’s 

best start in years. 

Breakers have all but blown 

both opposing teams away 

with stellar performances, with 

the players aggressive on 

attack and shutting out 

opposing teams defensively 

for a complete performance. 

It is two out of two after the 

Mlungisi kings defeated Buffs 

29-7 and, coupled with their 

opening 41-6 demolition of 

Black Eagles, the victories 

have elevated the side to top 

of the log on 10 points. 

Confidence is high in the 

Breakers camp with a certain 

zest about their play under 

coach Lefty Dakuse, who is 

known for bringing out the 

best in players. Proof of this is 

that two players – Maso Lali 

and Malusi Gomba – h av e 

suddenly found themselves in 

favour and doing what they do 

best – scoring tries. Both 

Gomba and Lali (2) scored on 

S at u r d ay. 

Evergreen fullback Nkunku 

Mbusi was also on the scoring 

chart. The team looks the part, 

but must guard against 

complacency as the road 

ahead is still long. 

In other Super League 

results, Fort Hare’s good form 

also continued with a 10-6 win 

over Old Selbornians in their 

own backyard. The students 

are second on the log on nine 

points. 

In a titanic encounter, Berlin 

Tigers emerged victorious in a 

hard-fought 29-28 battle 

against Ocean Sweepers. 

Matches between Ntlaza 

Lions and Police did not take 

place due to the taxi violence 

in Mthatha with the Winter 

Rose/WSU All Blacks game 

postponed due to the varsity 

side taking part in the Varsity 

Cup promotional play-offs. 

The match between Black 

Eagles and Swallows did not 

take place as both Eagles 

(Super League) and Evergreens 

(Premier League) matches 

were scheduled at Mpongo 

Village with only one field 

suitable for play. The field was 

used by Evergreens against 

Shining Stars, leaving the 

match between Eagles and 

Swallows abandoned due to an 

unplayable surface on Field B. 

In the Premier League, Old 

Collegians’ woeful start to the 

season continued after being 

humbled 12-7 by Ngculu 

Zebras at home. These are 

worrying signs for a Collegians 

side who only had themselves 

to blame for not putting the 

opposition away after leading 

7-0 at half time through a 

converted try by winger Rowan 

Bishop. Ngculu came back 

stronger in the second half 

and scored two tries by Malusi 

Matiwane and Migcobo Bovu, 

with Sive Madikizela slotting 

one conversion. 

OC find themselves second 

from the bottom on one point 

with Zebras second on nine 

points. Shining Stars suffered 

a 24-7 defeat at the hands of 

Evergreens for their first loss 

after beating Bussy Boys 17-15 

last weekend. Stars is eighth 

on the table on four points. 

There were wins for Africans, 

beating Cambridge 29-5 and 

Bussy Boys getting the better 

of Ready Blues, with a 5-3 

score line. United Brothers’ 

great start continued with a 

22-17 away win at Wallabies. 

New comers Ncerha Leopards 

inflicted a first defeat on Young 

Leopards with a 7-3 win. 

It’s a massive match 

tomorrow as Breakers host the 

number one team in the 

province, Swallows, at 

Mlungisi Stadium. Breakers 

will be tested to see how far 

they have come this season in 

this exciting encounter, with 

Swallows parading their 

star-studded line up. OC travel 

to East London to face 

Cambridge with Stars at home 

against United Brothers. 

Super League: Winter Rose 

v Police, Buffaloes v Old 

Selbornians, Berlin Tigers v 

Ntlaza Lions, Black Eagles v 

Ocean Sweepers, WSU All 

Blacks v Fort Hare. 

Premier League: Ready 

Blues v Young Leopards, 

Evergreens v Wallabies, Bussy 

Boys v Ngculu Zebras, Ncerha 

Leopards v Africans. 

Matches start at 3pm. 

INTO THE FRAY: 

Leading their teams 

into competition 

against their 

counterparts from 

Selborne College this 

weekend are Queen’s 

captains, from left, 

Chulumanco Simama 

(debating), Kuyanda 

Kala (cross-country), 

Enrique Oranje 

(rugby), Jonathan 

Russell (hockey), 

David Stone (squash) 

and Nathanael Thomas 

(chess) 

Picture: CHUX FOURIE

The Rep 20 April 2018

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