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GROWING OLD TOGETHER: Members of the 

Queenstown Service Centre strike a pose 

outside their newly bought structure. They 

are,back from left, Nomthandazo 

Sopapazi, Feziwe Ngonyama, Nomathemba 

Hofman, Nowinile Matomela, Nomathemba 

Myburg, Nocingile Kutu, Nololo Uluwa 

and, front from left, Bukiwe Taboshe and 

Nothobile Xezu Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO 

Sharing is caring for service centre 

ZINTLE BOBELO 

Members of the Queenstown Service Centre 

based in Nomzamo recently gifted themselves 

with a wooden structure to accommodate elderly 

people in the area. 

One of the members, Nomthandazo Sopapazi, 

who believes in sharing and caring, said the 

centre, which is a part of the Komani Older 

Pe r s o n s ’ Forum, was established in 2003 and 

accommodates men and women of 60 years and 

o l d e r. 

“There are about 40 of us in this centre and 

when we started, we were a group of old women 

who wanted to have fun and partake in playful 

activities in our own space. As the years went by, 

we realised, upon visiting each other in our 

homes, that some of these women were left alone 

with no-one taking care of them – even though 

some were sick and most were lonely. 

“We then had to transform our playground into 

a full-time centre where we cook, cultivate, spend 

time together as old people and share whatever 

we have with each other. We also do home visits 

for those who are unable to walk.” 

Sopapazi said they have managed to buy 

furniture through fundraising, but had very 

limited space. As a result, some of the old people 

have to sit outside their new building. 

“We had appealed to the officials of the 

Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) 

because these premises used to be a dump site. 

They have assisted us by cleaning the whole 

space and they have also provided a fence to 

keep the place clean and safe.” 

She said one of the centre’s main challenges 

was operating without electricity. 

“We bought a stove with the money we 

received from fundraising, but for now we are 

using a gas stove which can sometimes be very 

difficult.” 

She said that water and toilets were 

non-existent on the premises and were among the 

more pressing issues they are hoping to tackle 

with intervention from anyone willing to assist. 

“Our vision is to gather old people and create a 

happy and healthy environment where we support 

one another instead of growing old and alone in 

our households. We would be glad if we could get 

a proper structure or a donation of building 

material or any kind of assistance,” Sopapazi said. 

United against bail 

Community, ANCWL 

picket outside court 

ANDISA BONANI 

A35-year old man 

appeared in the 

Ezibeleni 

Magist rate’s court on 

Monday for allegedly raping 

a 13-year-old Nogate Senior 

Primary School pupil at his 

home on February 14. 

Ezibeleni residents, ANC 

Wo m e n ’s League members 

and Nogate pupils picketed 

outside the court demanding 

the accused be denied bail 

by magistrate Des 

Krummeck. 

The accused made his 

first court appearance on 

February 21, and the case 

was postponed to Monday. 

The victim’s mother, 37, 

said she heard about the 

incident from two of her 

daughter’s friends who said 

they wanted to tell her about 

something that had 

happened to their friend. 

“I went to look for my 

daughter and asked why she 

had not informed me about 

the incident. 

“She said another child 

had told her if she said 

anything, she would be in 

trouble. I told her father and 

we reported the matter to 

the police.” 

The mother said her 

daughter was not coping, 

had become forgetful and 

seemed scared all the time. 

TOTAL SUPPORT: Ezibeleni residents, members of the ANCWL and Nogate Senior 

Primary School pupils picketed outside the Ezibeleni Magistrate’s court on Monday 

demanding a man accused of rape be denied bail 

Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

The victim’s father, 45, 

who lives in Chancele, said 

he felt immensely upset and 

disgusted about what had 

happened to his daughter. 

“There is nothing as 

frustrating and disgusting 

for me as raising a daughter 

and have a man old enough 

to be her father, see a 

woman in her. My daughter 

is traumatised and trivial 

things startle her after this 

incident. 

“I am livid. I have also 

heard this was not the first 

time the accused had done 

something like this. 

“My daughter is 

apparently his third victim, 

but I am not sure if a case 

was opened against him 

previously. I hope the justice 

system will play its role and 

ensure the accused remains 

behind bars.” 

He said his daughter had 

lost trust in men and did not 

feel safe. 

“The men in my family, 

including my brothers, are 

trying hard to comfort her 

and make her aware that 

she is safe with them and 

that not all men are as 

heartless as the accused. 

“She can hardly look 

people in the eye when 

speaking to them now and 

she is not a shy child. 

“This has affected her 

negatively and that breaks 

my heart. She has stopped 

going to school while she 

receives professional help.” 

ANC Women’s League 

leader of gender-based 

violence against women and 

children, Bulelwa Mgijima, 

said they condemned the 

incident and hoped the 

accused would get a hefty 

sentence. 

“We have submitted a 

memorandum to the 

magistrate which clearly 

states how we feel about the 

matter and the negative 

effects releasing this man on 

bail will have on this 

communit y. 

“Women and children will 

not feel safe if the accused 

is released. We want the 

government to get rid of 

these barbaric molesters in 

our communities.” 

Mgijima said the victim 

and her friend, who was also 

traumatised by the incident, 

were receiving help at a 

crisis centre. 

The case was postponed 

by Krummeck to Friday, 

when the accused will be 

expected to make a formal 

bail application. He remains 

in police custody.

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DRDLR pumps in R15m to assist local wine production 

ANDISA BONANI 

The Department of Rural 

Development and Land Reform 

(DRDLR) has committed R15m to 

the Mayime Winery co-operative 

at the Shiloh Irrigation Scheme for 

the construction of their own wine 

c e l l a r. 

This was stated by Chris Hani 

District Municipality (CHDM) 

mayor Kholiswa Vimbayo during 

the third harvest of grapes since 

2016, when 3 800 bottles of wine 

were produced. 

Mayime is the producer of the 

Inkosi wine currently sold at the 

Komani Pick ‘n Pay store and is 

funded by the Chris Hani District 

Agency (CHDA). 

Vimbayo said the municipality 

was also in talks with the 

Department of Rural Development 

and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) to 

increase the hectares of land on 

which the grapes are planted. 

“We started harvesting here 

around 5am today because under 

normal circumstances the 

harvested grapes need to be 

Union fights staff’s dismissal 

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA 

The Food and Allied Workers 

Union (Fawu) is determined to 

win the CCMA case of the 30 

employees fired by Meat Traders 

Abattoir for an alleged go-slow 

strike recently, Fawu’s provincial 

organiser, Sithembele Kilani, said. 

Kilani said the strike allegations 

were untrue and came about as a 

way of avoiding implementation of 

the national minimum wage bill. 

“This started in January, when 

the wage bill came into effect. 

Prior to that Meat Traders had 

committed to Fawu that it would 

comply with the minimum wage 

implementation for its employees,” 

he said. 

The union was surprised to 

learn that the company had 

changed the pay dates from 

employees receiving their salaries 

on the 25th of every month to a 

fortnightly payment system. 

He said a meeting followed 

REF NO: 

WINE MAKING: The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality 

(EMLM) chief whip Bongiwe van Heerden, Mayime 

co-operative chairman Selbourne Cecane and CHDM mayor 

Kholiswa Vimbayo helped harvest grapes at the Mayime 

Winery co-operative last Thursday Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

squeezed within four hours. In our 

case, all the grapes we harvested 

today will be transported by truck 

to Cape Town by 9am. This is one 

of the reasons we feel we need 

own wine cellar so we can make 

the wine here and save shipping 

between Fawu and the abattoir 

team when the union had stated 

that employees were satisfied with 

receiving their money on the 25th. 

However, the company insisted on 

fortnightly payment, Kilani said. 

“Fawu disagreed with the 

reduction of workers’ salaries 

because the employer had 

committed to honour the minimum 

wage payment bill. The company 

also cut the working hours, saying 

workers should go home after they 

had finished slaughtering the 

animals for the day. This meant 

they were only paid for four to five 

hours a day and their salaries had 

been reduced to less than they 

received last year.” 

He said employees had 

previously worked from 7am till 

5pm. “Meat Traders breached the 

act which stipulates that no 

working changes should be 

implemented without alerting the 

union first. 

“We want the workers to serve 

c o st s . ” 

The chairman of Mayine, 

Selbourne Cecane, said after the 

massive 2016 production of 3 800 

bottles of wine, they improved in 

the second harvest in 2017 by 

producing 12 000 bottles. 

for eight hours a day. Before, the 

company used to have work for 

the employees to do to work 

longer hours and they should 

continue. 

“Some private companies are 

lagging behind when it comes to 

implementing the labour laws. The 

minimum wage law does not state 

that companies should decrease 

salaries. These are tough 

economic times and laying off 30 

employees means many 

households lose their 

breadwinners.” 

He said the company had 

already introduced new staff to 

replace the former employees. 

He said the CCMA case was 

scheduled for March 15. A former 

worker, Lubabalo Hokolo, said: “I 

have been working here for 13 

years. I had given my all to the job 

and now we have been thrown out. 

I cannot support my needs.” 

Meat Traders Abattoir owner 

Jack Miles said firing the 

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“This year we will produce a 

greater quantity of Inkosi wine 

than the previous harvest because 

we did not have much rain, which 

negatively affects the produce. 

Rain affects the amount of sugar 

in the grapes and the lack of it 

makes for 100% sugar in them. 

“We hope by next year we will 

have our own wine cellar. 

Engineers have already been here 

to view the place which made us 

even more hopeful. The cellar will 

help create more jobs for young 

people who live in Hewu. We 

currently employ 30 people full 

time and during the harvest 

season we increase employment 

by a further 100 temporary jobs. 

Having the wine cellar would see 

more people from this area being 

employed on a full-time basis 

because we would need cleaners 

and people to help with bottling 

and other tasks.” 

Cecane said he hoped DRDAR 

would assist them by enlarging 

the land on which they operate 

from the current 14ha to 100ha to 

increase the production of Inkosi 

wine. 

employees was not his wish. 

“I understand that most people 

were breadwinners. We warned 

them and pleaded with them to 

stop the go-slow, but after three 

days of pleading they refused to 

st o p . ” 

He said the strike cost the 

company greatly. 

“We were thinking of closing 

the company, but we had to 

consider the 40 employees who 

are still at work. I have replaced 

the (30 fired) staff and the new 

staff is performing better than the 

dismissed one.” 

Miles said the company 

followed the law before dismissing 

the employees. 

“I do not know what led to the 

staff being disgruntled and 

embark on a go-slow. I believe it 

could have been avoided. We tried 

everything in our power to get 

them to go back to work. I am 

sorry this had to happen.” 

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Teacher in trouble for 

‘smacking’ a pupil 


The Chris Hani District West education 

department is investigating an 

incident in which a six-year-old pupil 

was allegedly beaten by a teacher at 

Lower Didimala Primary School 

recently, department spokesperson, 

Malibongwe Mtima says. 

The grade 2 pupil from Whittlesea 

sustained an injury to his gum and 

three molars were damaged in the 

alleged incident. 

Due to the seriousness of the case, 

the SGB held a meeting with the 

teachers and resolved to forward it to 

the district office to investigate. 

The child’s parent, who wants the 

teacher dismissed, said: “The 

principal asked me to sympathise with 

the teacher because it could mean 

she would lose her livelihood. 

“She said the community would 

view her as a principal who had the 

teacher fired and it would tarnish the 

image of the school.” 

The mother said her son’s face was 

swollen as a result of the alleged 

beating and there were even finger 

marks which were spotted by his 

grandmother, with whom he lived. 

“My mother said my son became 

anxious when she asked him what 

had happened and eventually said his 

teacher had beaten him. 

“The next day my mother told him 

he must stay out of school as he 

should be taken to a doctor, but he 

became terrified and insisted on 

Theft of sheep thwarted 

In the early hours of last Tuesday Red 

Guard response officers in Lady Frere 

attended to a panic signal from a 

supermarket, operations manager 

Willie Reinecke told The Rep. 

They apprehended a suspect who 

had broken in and handed him over to 

the police. 

Response officers in Komani 

attended to a panic alarm at a recycling 

business. There they chased after a 

suspect who had stabbed a customer 

on site with a knife. They apprehended 

the suspect and he was handed over to 

the police. 

On Thursday the security officers on 

duty at a supermarket in Komani 

apprehended a suspect who was 

identified as the person who stole a 

staff member’s cell phone the previous 

week. The suspect was handed over to 

the police. 

Response officers attended to a 

panic alarm at a business site in 

Queendustria and the security officer 

on duty reported that he had seen 

suspects stealing scrap metal. The 

officers apprehended two suspects with 

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t e a c h e r. ” 

The doctor apparently had to 

extract one tooth, but the others could 

not be removed because his face was 

too swollen. 

Last week the grandmother was 

called to fetch the child from school 

because he had a headache. 

“When my mother took him to 

school and went to the principal’s 

office to discuss this she was told the 

school would deal with the teacher 

and feedback would be given to her. 

“When my mother returned to the 

school, the principal said the teacher 

was sorry about the incident.” 

Her mother told her about it over 

the phone, and she had to travel from 

Johannesburg to attend to the matter. 

The mother said this was not the 

first time this teacher had terrorised 

pupils. 

“She used to be my teacher and 

she was very harsh. She slapped my 

sister and as a result she ended up 

repeating the grade. She is 

short-tempered. The principal said she 

had admitted to slapping the child. 

“She is sorry! What about the 

wellbeing of my child? They want my 

child to change class, but he will 

remain terrified because he will be 

exposed to the teacher. They said they 

would consider getting a transfer for 

my child to another school, but what 

about the other children?” 

Police spokeswoman captain 

Namhla Mdleleni said a case of 

common assault had been opened. 

wheelbarrows full of scrap which was 

taken back to the site and the suspects 

released after the manager declined to 

open a criminal case. 

On Friday a farm owner called the 

company’s 24-hour control room in the 

early hours of the morning and 

reported that suspects were stealing. 

Response officers were dispatched to 

the farm where they chased after the 

suspects’ vehicle. They apprehended 

one suspect at Lesseyton driving a 

vehicle containing 10 stolen sheep. The 

matter was handed over to the police. 

The same day a response officer 

reported that a vehicle had nearly 

collided with his while making a U-turn 

in front of him in Cathcart Road. He 

noticed two women jumping out of the 

vehicle and he stopped and rendered 

assistance. The women said they had 

been kidnapped and were very 

traumatised, so they were referred to 

the police station. 

Later response officers noticed the 

vehicle in question at a local garage so 

the police were called and the matter 

handed over to them. 

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Residents unhappy with picnic 

ANDISA BONANI 

Bergsig residents had to call the police 

on Sunday evening to have a group of 

people removed from the Aalwee 

tennis and netball courts, after they 

allegedly disturbed the peace with loud 

music and littered the area with alcohol 

and food containers. 

The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the 

Chris Hani region held a power walk on 

Sunday morning where participants walked 

along the heritage route in Mlungisi, 

followed by a picnic at the Aalwee Club in 

Bergsig. 

The picnic was supposed to have ended 

at 6pm, but residents complained that it 

took longer than planned. 

A resident of Amatola Close which is 

adjacent to the club and who keeps keys to 

the venue, Colleen Pugh, said Enoch 

Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) 

manager in the office of the chief whip 

Zithulele Sigonyela visited her home about 

a week ago requesting the keys. 

“He came here last Thursday indicating 

they would have a picnic, but later changed 

the story and said some construction 

company wanted to build houses, so it 

would need to work on the place. 

“I did not know what story to believe, but 

he visited again on Saturday asking for the 

keys because he claimed they wanted to 

DUMPED RUBBISH: The Aalwee tennis clubhouse was surrounded by filled with 

litter after a picnic by the ANCYL, but was later removed Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

clean the place before the picnic took 

place. My husband had put locks on all the 

gates leading to the courts because there 

were vagrants who slept there. 

“On Sunday, my husband opened the 

gate for them and asked what they would 

use as a bathroom because the toilets were 

not functioning properly there. There is no 

water or electricity there so they put mobile 

toilets against our wall. 

“They arrived in the afternoon and left 

after 9pm. The music and people’s voices 

were very loud so it was disruptive for the 

residents who live nearby, especially on a 

Sunday evening when everyone wants to 

rest in preparation for work or school the 

following day. When we went to check the 

next morning, the locks to the courts were 

broken and one window of the club had 

been broken.” 

Pugh said it was unfair that the picnic 

attendees led by the ANCYL left the place 

untidy because the local authority did not 

maintain the club and the neighbours paid 

R500 a month to have it cleaned. 

DA councillor Chris de Wet said as the 

councillor for the area he was not informed 

that there would a public picnic next to a 

residential area. 

“I arrived there around 9am on Sunday 

after receiving complaints from residents, 

and found a few people who said they were 

from the youth league council and had 

permission to use the place from the EMLM 

department of parks and recreation. They 

said they could not remember the name of 

the person they spoke to and also indicated 

the picnic would be a once-off thing. 

“What shocked me most was the number 

of alcohol containers which were scattered 

all over the place on Monday morning. In 

the poster I have seen they indicated they 

were only going to serve soft drinks, but 

that clearly was not true. I do not have a 

problem with people hosting picnics, but 

they could have chosen a different venue, 

far away from a residential area and there 

would not have been a problem.” 

ANCYL secretary Aphiwe Mkhangelwa 

indicated the police and traffic department 

were informed about the picnic following a 

meeting for planning and record-keeping 

purposes between the organisation and the 

station commander and his team. 

“The function ended around 7pm and we 

could not have cleaned at night as there 

were no lights available in or outside the 

clubhouse. I agree that the poster indicated 

that there would be soft drinks served, but 

that did not mean attendees could not 

bring their own kind of drinks. The proper 

procedure to obtain the venue was followed 

and we had no obligation to go to those 

few white people to get their permission. 

“The only obligation we had was to give 

them a notice informing them about the 

function which we did and invited them, 

including councillor De Wet who met me on 

the morning of the picnic. We ensured the 

place was cleaned by Monday afternoon.” 

Mkhangelwa said the clubhouse had not 

been maintained and had faults when they 

arrived which should not be attributed to 

them as they did not break any windows. 

“The municipality opened the locks for us 

and we cleaned the place as it was very 

dirty. After the programme, a municipal 

representative locked the place. We are not 

aware about locks having been broken as 

we had keys.” 

Police spokesperson Captain Namhla 

Mdleleni confirmed ANCYL representatives 

had met with station commander Colonel 

Loyiso Ngalo and had an agreement that 

they would use the venue until 6pm. 

“The community policing forum (CPF) 

was also aware of this, but residents in the 

area complained after 6pm when the noise 

did not die down. 

“Ngalo and members of the CPF went 

there around 7pm to ensure everyone had 

left the venue.” 

Roll-overs blamed for 25% drop in operating revenue 

ANDISA BONANI 

The Chris Hani District Municipality 

(CHDM) has decreased its operating 

revenue by 2% which executive mayor 

Kholiswa Vimbayo attributed to unapproved 

roll-overs, affecting funds for service 

deliver y. 

In the proposed third budget adjustment 

for the 2018-19 to 2021 mid-term revenue 

and expenditure framework (MTRF) report 

by the mayor, it was indicated that the 

operating revenue would decrease by 

R21,8m and other revenue by R64m. 

However, Vimbayo said the interest 

charged on outstanding consumer debts 

had increased substantially by R26m, the 

same as the additional revenue realised 

from water billing. 

Interest on external investments had also 

increased by R674,000. Vimbayo proposed 

that council approve a R27,365m increase 

in operating expenditure and a decrease in 

the capital revenue and expenditure by 

R41,434m and R82,309m respectively. 

UDM councillor Zanemvula Deliwe 

questioned the decrease in capital revenue 

and expenditure, indicating it would have a 

negative impact on service delivery which 

was already not up to standard. 

“Decreasing revenue meant to serve the 

people, is a bad idea. I want to know how 

that can be avoided in future,” he asked. 

Vimbayo said the first adjustment budget 

was tabled in August 2018 and was as a 

result of roll-overs, and a second in 

November 2018 which was the result of 

additional grant allocations from 

government. 

An adjustment budget for the Chris Hani 

District Agency was also tabled, which 

reflected that the total approved budget 

was R53,4m and there was a deficit 

amounting to R1.6m. 

Vimbayo said they had received 42% of 

the total budget and had spent 46%. 

“The reason we have spent more is due 

to roll-overs and other expenditure items 

which have used up all of the budget in the 

first two quarters of the financial year.”

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SPEAKERS: Pupils from Stutterheim High School who attended the recent SA Council for English Education discussion forum were, front from left, Alizwa Mahlahla, Zokhanyo Kweleta, Sinawo Gqirana, 

Yonela Mbusi, back, Zena Mbanxa, Monica Mbulawa, Zuzole Ngcanga, Akhanani Mbiyake, Yola Elefu and Mange Mpunzi 

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STUT TERHEIM – The storm has broken! 

A drive through town is a far sight 

better than it was only a week ago. Last 

Wednesday at midday, the municipal 

shutdown came to an official close. The 

decision was reached by members of all 

concerned parties that enough was 

enough and the time had come to put 

the experience of the last five months 

to an end and try to bring the 

community back to normality. 

The launch of the cleaning operation 

was attended by many and various 

officials and stakeholders from both a 

local and provincial level and was 

accompanied by an interfaith prayer 

meeting for the peace and wellbeing of 

Stutterheim, the district and the 

Amahlathi Municipality. 

The atmosphere in town is so much 

more positive since the cleanup began, 

with the Rev Simphiwe Mnukiso saying, 

“I get up with a smile on my face 

because the town is clean again.” Stut t 

may take a long time to get over the 

trauma it has suffered over the last few 

months, but this is certainly a start. 

THE Interact Club at Stutterheim High 

School also conducted a cleanup of the 

school environs, headed by Zenande 

Gxasheka, who organised his fellow 

students and motivated them to show 

their love for their school and personal 

learning environment. 

The project was a great success and 

the grounds are looking wonderful, with 

some of the more enthusiastic 

members going so far as to do some 

weeding in those hard-to-reach places. 

This project is envisioned to feed into 

the next project the Interactors will 

tackle - the creation of ecobricks. An 

ecobrick is a plastic bottle filled with 

non-biodegradable plastics to a point 

SHARING IDEAS: The Black Management Forum (BMF) Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act workshop took place 

at the Chris Hani Development Agency (CHDA) on Friday, with, from left, Cyril Weimers (Treasury), BMF chair Mabhuti 

Mpafa (Treasury), Abongile Makala, Siyabonga Singeni CHDA and Mzivukile Nququ from the provincial treasury Picture: 


SMMEs receive assistance on how 

to better understand procurement 


The Black Management Forum 

(BMF), in partnership with the 

provincial treasury, informed 

Chris Hani suppliers about the 

Preferential Procurement Policy 

Framework Act on Friday. 

The act is aimed at the 

implementation of a 

procurement policy for a 

category of preference in 

awarding contracts, and for the 

protection and advancement of 

the categories of the 

disadvantaged majority by unfair 

d i s c r i m i n at i o n . 

The act is aligned with the 

policy framework aims of the 

B-BBEE Act. Chris Hani BMF 

chair Mabhuti Mpafa said black 

small, medium and micro 

enterprises were not able to 

benefit from the public spending 

of the government which 

amounted to more than R500bn. 

Mpafa said, “To ensure the 

participation of small, medium 

and micro enterprises [SMMEs] 

we need to have programmes 

which will enable them to 

understand what the Preferential 

Procurement Policy Framework 

Act entails, so they are able to 

benefit from government 

funding.” 

“In SA, we have a lot of good 

policies, but when it comes to 

the implementation process, it 

becomes a huge problem. We 

want to assess if the 

government is adhering to the 

legislation while also observing 

if Chris Hani SMMEs 

comprehend the act.” 

He said the BMF wanted the 

government to increase the 30% 

the act set aside for black 

SMMEs to 50% or more. 

Ayanda Benu of the 

department of economic 

development, environmental 

affairs and tourism (Dedeat) 

said the Local and Regional 

Economic Development fund 

offered assistance to SMMEs. 

Benu said the LRED grant 

fund aimed to create 

employment and fight poverty. 

“To apply, you need to be a 

legally registered cooperative, 

private company or a close 

corporation which is tax 

compliant from the Eastern 

Cape. The company must be 

50% black owned with 50% 

black management. The closing 

date for application is March 15 

and forms are available on the 

depar tment’s website.” 

Benu said the sectors which 

qualified for application, were 

manufacturing, the auto sector, 

ocean economy, tourism and 

agro-processing. 

He said the company had to 

present how it would promote 

employment and alleviate 

poverty as the main objective of 

the department. 

where it can hold weight and then used 

to build light structures. One of their 

next projects is to help build 

infrastructure at the Amahlathi SPCA 

and they will employ their 

environmentally friendly bricks to do it. 

ON Thursday night, 10 Stutt High 

students went to Clarendon High 

School in East London for a South 

African Council for English Education 

discussion forum. The students had 

never had exposure to anything of this 

kind before and yet they performed 

meritoriously. They formed two teams of 

five, with one of them acting as 

chairperson, keeping the discussion on 

topic and in form. 

Alizwa Mahlahla and Zuzole Ngcanga 

were both mentioned by name as doing 

particularly well in their respective 

roles. Alizwa kept her team on topic 

and maintained a dignified air in the 

discussion, while Zuzole spoke with 

great zest and passion. Both teams 

returned inspired to become great 

debaters, passionate orators and deep, 

critical thinkers. They have vowed to do 

better next time and wow the 

adjudicators and competitors. 

Church hosts fun 

day to raise funds 

ANDISA BONANI 

The John Wesley Methodist Church 

in Ezibeleni hosted a series of 

activities including a fun walk at 

Berry Dam to raise funds on 

S at u r d ay. 

The fun-filled day began with a 

fun walk around the dam, followed 

by an aerobics class. Church leader 

Nomakhaya Tyatyeka said the 

decision to host the fund-raiser 

was made last year and this month 

was specifically chosen because it 

was deemed the month of love. 

“To also promote a healthy 

lifestyle among church members, 

they walked around the dam four 

times and participated in an hour 

aerobics class. 

“Other members were preparing 

breakfast which was followed by a 

braai where meat was sold. Our 

target as the town cell is to raise 

R40,000 this year, each member is 

expected to cell 10 tickets at R100 

to make their contribution. Today 

we hope to raise at least R2,000.” 

HEALTHY MOVES: The John Wesley Methodist Church members went on a 

healthy drive to raise funds recently 

Picture: ANDISA BONANI


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EDITORIAL 

OPINION 

Sport a builder 

of society 

Sport plays a vital role in 

the development of a 

society and the 

Department of Sport, 

Recreation, Arts and Culture 

recently announced it was on a 

mission to revive rugby and 

sport in general in Komani. 

Last week, the department 

partnered with the Chris Hani 

Rugby Sub-Union in organising 

a high school rugby sevens 

tournament at the Mlungisi 

Sports Field. 

The tournament was 

sponsored by Twizza. 

The department says the 

event was held to promote and 

improve the standard of rugby 

in the Komani area. 

The tournament received 

support from the local 

municipality, schools, 

businesses as well as members 

of the community. 

These stakeholders should be 

commended for their 

cont ributions. 

In fact, the department 

lauded Twizza for “taking the 

initiative of assisting in our 

responsibilities of promoting 

social cohesion, developing of 

our youth through sport activity, 

in particular rugby sevens and 

allowing the standard of playing 

sport to improve”. 

The Rep participated in 

organising last year’s event but 

could not get involved this year 

due to changes in management. 

This newspaper makes the 

undertaking to get involved 

again next year and calls on 

other organisations and leaders 

in the community to follow suit. 

Other stakeholders that 

deserve applause for their 

contributions were the 

Emergency Medical Services for 

providing their services free of 

charge. 

They are the section of the 

Department of Health that the 

organisers are hoping to rope in 

as part of the organising team. 

After the tournament last 

Friday, the department noted 

some positive developments 

including the playing venue and 

the standard of refereeing. 

According to the 

depar tment’s report, the Enoch 

Mgijima Local Municipality 

prepared the playing field to 

improved standards and this 

was appreciated by both the 

participants and organisers. 

The standard of refereeing 

also moved up a notch. 

All schools that took part in 

the event were from around 

Komani, a sign of good things 

to come from the local 

communit y. 

The organisers say the 

tournament was a success and 

all those who took part are 

keen to come back stronger 

next year. 

It’s all in the 

spectacle 

I am not sure why people are 

surprised or acting surprised at the 

resurrection stunt pulled by Pastor 

Alph Lukau. 

After some of these pastors have 

made people eat grass, snakes and 

mice and sprayed them with 

insecticide, did people expect these 

“men of God” to leave it there? 

It has always been expected that 

each will try and outdo the other by 

pulling off an even more bizarre stunt 

so as to garner the most attention. 

One Pastor 

Mboro even 

claimed, “When 

Satan saw me, he 

panicked and 

directed his army 

to kill me. Like 

Samson in the 

Bible, I defeated them. Satan was my 

last victim.” 

Another one, Pastor Paul 

Sanyangore from Zimbabwe, 

pretended in church to be phoning 

God on his cellphone. So what Lukau 

did, trying to convince people that he 

had brought a dead man back to life, 

is another stunt in a long line of 

similar ones by these people who 

claim to be pastors and prophets. 

There seem to be two things they 

specialise in – money and sex. Some 

relentlessly pursue the commercial 

aspect of it and flaunt their wealth 

shamelessly everywhere they go. 

Others use the guise of religion to 

satisfy their twisted sexual desires 

and exploit the vulnerable and 

impressionable women congregants. 

The religion space has been 

overwhelmed by those who 

specialise in making religion a 

spectacle. A question has to be 

IN 

TOUCH 

... with Phumelele P Hlati 

asked though: Has religion ever been 

anything other than a spectacle? 

A cursory look at the Bible finds 

hundreds of stories where God 

performs miracles to convince people 

that he is God and they should 

worship Him. 

When the Israelites were 

wandering in the desert with Moses 

and starving, God dropped manna 

every day for them to eat. Samson 

killed hundreds of Philistines using 

the jawbone of a donkey as a 

weapon. Jesus 

was the master 

of miracles and 

He performed 

m a n y. 

So, from the 

beginning, 

religion has 

always relied on miracles or stories 

of miracles to convince the faithful of 

the power of God. 

So why are people acting surprised 

when these pastors are constantly 

pushing the envelope with their 

outrageous stunts? 

These people have done the cause 

of religion a great deal of harm. 

It has also exposed the gullibility 

of people. The time has come for 

strict regulations to govern churches. 

As it is, it is a free-for-all and 

people are at the mercy of these 

conmen. Just like there is a law 

against Ponzi schemes, so this needs 

a similar approach. 

They must decide whether they are 

churches or private businesses. Their 

tax-free status must be looked at. 

There should be minimum 

standards for a church. Failure to 

meet those standards must lead to 

the closure of these dodgy churches. 

FACE 2 FA C E 

Question: Tell us about your work? 

Answer: My work involves attending to 

the people who come to the office who I 

refer to the relevant colleagues for 

assistance and taking phone calls. 

Q: What did you study? 

A: I studied financial management in all 

spheres of government. 

Q: Did you register for this year’s 

e l e c t i o n s? 

A: I am going to vote in this year’s 

election because it will allow me to have a 

say in the social issues affecting society. 

Q: What does your ideal South Africa 

look like? 

A: It is a corruption-free South Africa in 

the corporate world, politics and in society 

at large. And it also brings jobs to the 

people. 

Q: What is it that people do not know 

about you? 

A: I sing in a church choir and I am 

passionate about music. I find it quite 

therapeutic. 

Q: What item can you not leave home 

without? 

A: I cannot leave without my smart 

TA M M Y 

DEWING 

YOUR VOICE 

The Komani4Me clean-up 

campaign encourages local 

businesses to clean up the 

pavements in front of their 

business premises. The Rep 

reporter Zintle Bobelo a s ke d 

local business owners whether 

they were taking part in this 

i n i t i at i v e . 

Tammy Dewing from Sign 

and Copy 

This is an initiative that is 

trying to make a difference and 

I think it is sad that the 

municipality can’t do it 

themselves, but we do have to 

take responsibility for our own 

space. If the whole town could 

take part, I think it would be 

fabulous. I think as individuals 

we get to be proud of 

something that we have 

achieved. Litter has always 

been an issue and we clean up 

every day. We've been doing it 

way before the campaign even 

started. We always have 

... vox pops on the street 

What do you think about ... 

ZELALEM 

WA K J I R A 

phone because my bible, my contacts and 

other things are there. 

Q: What is the best way to create 

employment amid the looming fourth 

industrial revolution? 

A: I think government should focus on 

jobs that will be labour intensive instead of 

capital intensive so that people can have a 

livelihood. 

Q: What is your best childhood memory? 

A: I grew up with my twin sister and we 

used to do everything together. I miss 

people who camp outside our 

shop. It is terrible because 

people urinate on the wall 

which is bad for our 

customers. We have tried to 

put up “no loitering” signs and 

so far that has helped. We 

have donated no parking signs 

as well to the community to 

stop trucks from parking in 

certain areas. 

Zelalem Wakjira from Yolo 

Lo u n g e 

This is something our 

business has been doing and 

continues to do, especially 

during operation days when we 

clean up a huge section of our 

street. The only difficulty is the 

taxis that park on the street 

during the day. They make it 

hard to keep the space clean, 

but we try our best. I have 

seen other businesses near our 

premises taking part. I spoke 

to one of the committee 

members and I think their plan 

DR NOMTHUNZI 

MAGIDA 

with Kamva Ningiza 

Chris Hani regional house intern 

BRUCE 

RAASCH 

is amazing and since the 

municipality doesn’t have a 

budget to do most things, I 

think it's the responsibility of 

the business community to 

play our part. 

Dr Nomthunzi Magida from 

Magida surgery 

I was not aware of this 

initiative, but I am excited 

about it. To me, it means 

bringing back our dignity and 

it reminds me of my high 

school days when we were 

taught about taking care of the 

environment. I believe that a 

good mind works well in a 

clean space. We are 

committing together with 

MMM Construction to be a 

part of this initiative by 

cleaning our section of 

p av e m e n t . 

Bruce Raasch from Remax 

We are keen to get involved 

in whichever way we can. I 

think it is a brilliant initiative. 

BURNING ISSUES: About 

50 residents of New 

Vale gathered in 

Masakhane Street 

earlier this week to 

discuss issues of 

concern to the 

community, including 

crime and gangsterism. 

United Democratic 

M ove m e n t ’s (UDM) PR 

councillor, Mthuthuzeli 

Hokolo, was part of the 

gathering and told The 

Rep the residents have 

since 2018 been running 

a Crime Watch in an 

attempt to ‘correct’ the 

area. ‘Now we are able 

to sleep peacefully 

because the levels of 

crime in the area have 

gone down,’ said 

Hokolo. The residents 

also discussed plans to 

assist a bereaved family 

as part of the 

communit y’s initiative 

to support those who 

lost their loved ones – 

financially and 

ot h e r w i s e 

Picture: LUVUYO MJEKULA 

those times. My mother used to cut my 

clothing labels to distinguish them from my 

s i st e r ’s and whenever I could not find my 

clothes I would take my sister’s and cut the 

label. 

Q: What makes you proudly South 

A f r i c a n? 

A: I love the fact that South Africans are 

high spirited people in nature. I also enjoy 

the cultural diversity we have and that we 

are a country with a rich historical 

heritage. 

SUE 

M A R R I OT T 

It's time for us to stand up and 

do something although this is 

something that was not 

supposed to happen. I 

definitely think it is needed 

and we can see the results 

around town. We have a 

gentleman who comes in 

regularly to clean up and keep 

our space clean. We are willing 

and we want to be more 

involved. 

Sue Marriott from 

Superclean 

I am proud to be a 

Queenstonian and I feel that 

every business can bring a 

different aspect and outlook to 

this initiative. We grew up here 

and have had a business for 25 

years and this is home. We 

have started with cleaning our 

section of the business area 

and are planning to put in 

some plants and put out 

recycling bins and also try to 

get local schools involved.


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CONGRATULATIONS on another wedding 

anniversary to Quintin and Melinda Wentzel 

(March 7). 

SINCERE sympathy is extended to Jimmie and 

Marietjie Harvie on the death of their baby 

shortly after birth. Condolences also to the 

family and friends of Nelly Ngonda (in her 101st 

year), Simon Dliso, Christinah Mzi, Zinakile 

Tshuma, Nofezile Magqadaza, Mtobeli Maqula 

and Finest Solani. 

THE first term seems to have sped by and it is 

difficult to believe that the school holidays are 

only a fortnight away. However, for those 

involved with schools, there is still plenty to be 

done before going off for a longer-than-usual 

holiday for this time of the year. 

KOMANI 

W E AT H E R 

No rain is forecast for this weekend and 

predicted temperatures are not very high, so it 

seems a pleasant time is in store. 

It will be partly cloudy today, although there 

will be no rain. The minimum temperature 

forecast is for 13°C and the maximum 31°C. 

There will be a gentle breeze to keep things a 

little cooler. 

On Saturday the minimum temperature will 

be 12°C and it will again be partly cloudy. There 

will be a moderate breeze and the maximum 

will be 29°C. 

On Sunday it will clear up although there will 

still be a moderate breeze. The temperatures 

will range between 13 and 28°C. – 

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

NOTICE BTO 02/02/2019 

PUBLIC NOTICE CALLING FOR INSPECTION OF THE GENERAL VALUATION 

ROLL FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 2019 TO 30 JUNE 2024 AND LODGING OF 

OBJECTIONS 

BOOST: Mpendulo Public Primary School recently received R300,000 through the National Lotteries 

Commission Fund. Principal Mangaliso Nqezo said R50,000 was spent on purchasing sports 

equipment including a number of sets of kit and R250,000 will go towards revamping the schools 

sports field 

Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO 

State of Komani a crying shame 

Azikiwe Xashimba of Komani 

writes: It is a shame to see our 

once-beautiful town 

deteriorating like this. Komani 

used to be one of the cleanest 

and most beautiful towns in the 

Eastern Cape. 

The ANC is deploying people 

who do not have a love for this 

historical town in strategic 

positions and who are not 

citizens of Komani. 

These people are busy with 

easy money and corruption and 

they don’t care about the 

citizens and how they fe e l . 

The traffic lights near 

Unfair stain on reputation 

The Rep reporter Abongile Solundwana writes: It 

is amazing the levels some people are willing to 

stoop to cover up the mess they deliberately got 

themselves into, like the owner of OTJ Laundry who 

failed to look after the Komani Hospital patients’ 

clothing and linen (The Rep, February 22) and who 

claimed I received a R500 bribe to publish the story. 

The report described the piles of laundry, some of 

it lying on the ground outside, which had been there 

for years and had been damaged as a result. 

There was also mention of the abuse of her 

employees, most of whom were not registered, and 

some of whom had not been fully paid. 

However, she forgot to mention that the report 

was backed up with factual, concrete evidence by 

way of a video and pictures plus photos from the 

previous report which The Rep reporters took in 

2012. 

This is a shame, because instead of dealing with 

the serious disservice she has done in our 

community, all she could come up with was that I 

received a bribe. 

As a journalist and a tax-paying citizen it is my 

responsibility to call to account those who believe 

they are above the law and may do whatever they 

like at the expense of public servants’ m o n e y. 

The Rep did not defend itself, but we allowed the 

public to be the jury. 

This reflects that it is not the people who get the 

tenders who are at fault, but those who are given 

the power to allocate the tenders. 

The moral of the story is: No matter what we do, 

the truth always comes out in the end. 

St rauss’s have not been working 

for five years. It is even worse 

now that the traffic lights near 

the post office have not been 

operating for almost a month. 

The town is dirty, there are no 

proper drainage systems, no 

streetlights, trees are not 

pruned, potholes on almost 

every street, etc. 

This is an embarrassment by 

the ANC government. The 

current government 

amalgamated Lukhanji with 

Tsolwana and Nkwanca. In those 

two areas, they are not paying 

services. In Ezibeleni, workers of 

CHDM do not go house to house 

to read water meters. They 

estimate and citizens must just 

pay. Services are only paid in 

Whittlesea, Komani, Ezibeleni 

and Mlungisi. 

This is unfair to residents of 

these areas. The communities 

must come together and form a 

committee (black and white) 

which will deal directly with 

EMLM. 

I am also concerned about the 

taxi rank which has been built 

more than eight years ago for 

millions, but has not been 

finished and is not operating. 

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 49(1) (a) (i) of the Local Government 

Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004), hereinafter referred to 

as the “Act”, that the General Valuation Roll for the financial years 2019-2024 is 

open for public inspection at the Municipal Offices as listed below from 20 

February 2019 to 22 March 2019 , during normal office hours (07H45 to 16H30). In 

addition, the Valuation Roll is available on the Municipal Website 

www.enochmgijima.gov.za. 

An invitation is hereby made in terms of Section 49 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act that any 

owner of property or other person who so desires should lodge an objection on the 

official prescribed application form with the Municipal Manager in respect of any 

matter reflected in or omitted from the General Valuation Roll 2019-2024 within the 

abovementioned period. 

Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50 (2) of the 

Act an objection must be in relation to a specific individual property and not 

against the valuation roll as such. The form for the lodging of an objection is obtainable 

from the Municipal Offices as listed below, or Municipal website 

www.enochmgijima.gov.za 

Komani : Budget & Treasury Office, 25-27 Owen Street 

Molteno : Budget & Treasury Office, 39 Smith Street 

Sterkstroom : Budget & Treasury Office, 58 John Voster Street 

Tarkastad : Budget & Treasury Office, 12 Murray Street 

Hoffmeyer : Budget & Treasury Office, 194 Molteno Street 

The completed and signed forms must be returned to the following address by 

registered mail and marked “General Valuation Roll 2019-2024,” and be posted 

to The Municipal Manager, Private Bag X7111, Komani, 5320 or hand delivered 

at the addresses indicated above for the attention of The Municipal Manager. 

For enquiries contact Ms S Richard, Budget and Treasury Office on 045 807 2062 

or e-mail to SRichard@enochmgijima.gov.za. 

S. NOMANDELA TOWN HALL 

ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

CATHCART ROAD, 

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THE Notice Board is intended to help people 

advertise events and avoid clashes. The 

date, event and venue may appear free of 

charge for three months, but these details 

must reach The Rep by noon on Mondays, to 

appear in that Friday’s edition. E-mail 

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. 

Thursday-Saturday February 14-16: QCJ 

marimba band at Rhodes Stoepsitfees. 

Friday February 15: QCJ foundation phase 

fun day; Hangklip fun day. 

Friday-Saturday February 15-16: D av e 

Hodgson squash tournament, DSG, 

G r a h a m st o w n . 

Saturday February 16: Chris Hani mega 

district athletics meeting, Cradock; QC 

cricket vs Hudson Park. 

Sunday February 17: Merrifield Mile, 

Wriggleswade Dam, Stutterheim district. 

Monday February 18: QC cricket vs 

Hangklip (home); QC tennis Top 12 vs Aliwal 

North (away). 

Tuesday February 19: QC water polo vs Dale 

(away), cricket vs Aliwal North (away). 

ROUND&ABOUT 

RIGHT BEHIND YOU MOM: Angi Wienekus in the new wheelchair she received last week 

thanks to the public’s collection of bottle tops and bread tags. She is supported by her 

children Hannah, 10, and Alex, 6 

Picture: SUPPLIED 

Wo m e n 

will join in 

prayer 

Today is the Women’s World Day 

of Prayer, a day when all women 

worldwide, of every denomination, 

join together in fellowship for 

prayer with a specific theme. 

Each year a different country is 

tasked with organising this day 

and choosing a theme. 

This year it is the turn of 

Slovenia and their chosen theme 

is “Come, everything is ready”. 

Traditionally women from 

different denominations take part 

in the service and this year there 

will be participation by women 

from the Presbyterian Church, 

Familia Christi, the Baptist, 

Methodist and NG churches and 

Water of Life. 

The service starts at 2.30pm 

and will be followed by tea and 

fellowship. Women of all walks of 

life are most welcome. 

ON THE NOTICE BOARD 

Wednesday February 20: QC inter-house 

gala, GHS pool, 2pm; Marlow tennis 

tournament, Cradock; Hangklip squash vs 

Cradock (away). 

Thursday February 21: GHS inter-house 

gala, 12 noon; QC Berry Dam relay; Marlow 

tennis tournament, Cradock; QCJ SGB 

meeting; Smaldeel Merinos sale, Haddon, 

Adelaide, 12 noon. 

Friday February 22: Southbourne athletics 

meeting. 

Friday-Saturday February 22-23: Merrifield 

water polo tournament, East London. 

Saturday February 23: QC cricket, 

basketball vs Grey High School (home); QC 

1st cricket XI vs Healdtown Academy (home); 

QCJ cricket vs Sada; Love of Gardening 

morning tea with Heather Wolmarans, Callie 

Evens Lodge, Cathcart, 9am. 

Tuesday February 26: QCJ inter-house 

c r i c ke t . 

Public’s throw-away 

plastic works magic 

Wheelchair initiative develops traction 

CHUX FOURIE 

So often we are asked to 

help with this or 

contribute to that, but we 

seldom hear what the 

result of our involvement was or 

how the particular project is 

progressing. 

The Rep carried a story some 

time ago about how the 

Sweethearts Foundation, 

situated in Johannesburg, who 

was running a wheelchair 

project. A wheelchair would be 

donated to a needy recipient 

once 450kg of plastic bottle tops 

or 50kg of bread tags were 

collected. 

Arrangements were made with 

Pick n Pay at The Mall to utilise 

their cigarette counter as a 

collection point and people were 

asked to hand in their plastic 

items there. And they did . . . in 

addition to many individual 

members of the public, schools 

– Queen’s Junior in particular – 

KIASHA 

NAIDOO 

Wednesday February 27: QC variety 

concert; QCJ inter-house swimming. 

Thursday February 28 to Tuesday March 

12: Stepping Stone end of term tests. 

Friday March 1: Wo m e n ’s World Day of 

Prayer service, GHS St George’s Hall, 

7.30am; Athlone Shield swimming gala, King 

William’s Town; Stepping Stone Grade 3 

class fundraiser. 

Friday-Saturday March 1-2: Grens sports 

festival, East London. 

Saturday March 2: Dordrecht ladies’ golf 

open; Eastern Cape athletics championships, 

Port Elizabeth; QC basketball vs Kingswood 

(home). 

Sunday March 3: Queenstown ladies’ golf 

open. 

Tuesday March 5: Triangular athletics 

meeting. 

Thursday-Sunday March 7-10: Ryla camp. 

handed in a spectacular number 

of boxes full of plastic items. 

As their contribution to the 

drive, a courier company fetches 

the items and transports them to 

Johannesburg. 

All this is still ongoing and it 

was very gratifying to hear that 

one of our own, Angi Wienekus, 

who grew up in Komani, and 

who was educated at Balmoral 

and GHS and later taught there, 

became the beneficiary of a 

wheelchair in East London last 

week. 

The hand-over function was 

championed by PNA Stationers 

at their admin centre and they 

provided the refreshments for 

the function and a wonderful, 

thoughtful goodie bag each for 

Wienekus’s children, Hannah, 10, 

and Alex, 6. 

Her parents, Bennie and Etti 

Wienekus, her uncle and aunt, 

Peter and Julie Bolze from 

Komani and some of her friends, 

many of whom are also cancer 

Japan trip in the 

offing for Kiasha 

A Komani woman, Kiasha 

Naidoo, has been shortlisted to 

attend a social development 

bootcamp in Japan next month – 

a very prestigious achievement 

as this is a worldwide event to 

which only the cream-of-the-crop 

is invited. 

Kiasha, is a social 

entrepreneur and deputy director 

of training and evaluation at 

Khululeka in our town who has a 

passion for empowering people 

and is determined to bring 

quality to early childhood 

education programmes and 

ser vices. 

She has spent many years 

working in early childhood 

development and is determined 

to provide access to 

disadvantaged children in rural 

communities. She was invited 

and agreed to apply and did 

herself and Khululeka proud by 

Friday March 8: Kudu Calves dress-up day. 

Friday-Saturday March 8-9: Eastern Cape 

athletics championships, Port Elizabeth. 

Friday-Sunday March 8-10: Tony Godding 

hockey festival, East London; Dale Junior 

squash festival, King William’s Town. 

Friday March 8: Science festival, 


Saturday March 9: QC winter sports day; 

Eastern Cape basketball championships, 


Monday March 11: Inter-districts gala, East 

London; QCJ and Balmoral music concert, 

Balmoral. 

Tuesday March 12: Hangklip rugby, netball 

vs Cathcart (home). 

Sunday March 10: City Lodges three 

beaches swim event, Port Elizabeth. 

Wednesday March 13: Stepping Stone 

Grade 7 cake sale. 

patients, were present. 

This is no ordinary wheelchair 

– it is custom-designed 

especially for Wienekus by the 

people at the oncology unit at 

Frere Hospital according to her 

height, weight and needs and is 

made to be as comfortable as 

possible, so that even the 

backrest can be made at just the 

right angle to suit her. 

To date, 13 wheelchairs have 

been donated in the East London 

region and they try to give one 

away every month. 

Wienekus’ father, Bennie, told 

The Rep, “We will never know 

how to adequately thank 

everyone. Words can’t express 

our gratitude.” 

In spite of her illness, 

Wienekus has a scheme to help 

hospice and appeals to anyone 

who might have second-hand 

books, clothing or household 

items in good condition to 

donate them so that funds may 

be raised to help worthy causes. 

going through to the final round 

of the application process, but 

now she has to raise the funds 

for her flights, accommodation in 

Tokyo and so on. This is seen as 

preparation for the challenges 

the candidates will experience. 

The total cost required is 

R155,000, but with the support of 

her family, friends and the 

community, Kiasha is convinced 

her dream will come true. 

Those who wish to support her 

by contributing R100 or more 

should do so before March 18 by 

contacting her on 

k i a s h a n a i d o o @ ya h o o . c o m or 

079-523 6646 for banking 

details. 

A spokesperson for Khululeka 

said, “We believe Kiasha is the 

perfect candidate to take on this 

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity 

and she has our full backing and 

suppor t.” 

Thursday March 14: QC big walk fundraiser, 

Longhill; QCJ SGB meeting, 5.30pm. 

Friday March 15: GHS quiz day, from 

7.30am; Schools close. 

Friday-Sunday March 15-17: Rob Taylor 

hockey festival, East London. 

Friday-Monday March 15-18: York hockey 

festival, George. 

Thursday March 21: Public holiday – 

Human Rights Day. 

Thursday-Saturday March 21-23: Grey High 

School rugby festival, Port Elizabeth; SA 

Schools national athletics championships, 

Port Elizabeth. 

Sunday-Wednesday March 24-27: Hangklip 

rugby/netball tour to Mossel Bay. 

Thursday-Saturday March 28-30: SA 

Squash open tournament. 

Sunday April 7: Town vs Country golf, 

Queenstown Golf Club. 

Thursday May 9: Opening of Love of Art 

charity art exhibition, Queens Hotel. 

Friday-Saturday May 10-11: Love of Art 

charity art exhibition open all day, Queens 

H ot e l . 


9 

THANK YOU: Khayalethemba Special Care Centre received a donation from the St Andrew’s 

Parish Mothers’ Union 


ANSWER NR 01 

SEND in a completed 

Crossword #1124 for a 

chance to win one of 

five ‘two coffees with 

mu f f i n s ’ from Sasol at 

2 Cathcart Road. Drop 

off the solution before 

10am on Tuesday, 

March 5, at The Rep 

offices, 24 Prince 

Alfred Street in 

Komani, or scan a 

copy and send it to 

mjekulal@timesmedia.co.za. 

Please include your 

contact number and 

full names. Please 

produce your ID when 

you collect your prize 

from The Rep offices. 

The winners of last 

week’s Sudoku were 

Tony Hustler and 

Christo Nel. 

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

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

Goodies for care centre 

ZINTLE BOBELO 

The St Andrew’s Parish 

M ot h e r s ’ Union visited 

Khayalethemba Special 

Care Centre for the disabled to 

make a generous donation of 

groceries and clothing items. 

Parish leader Nobuzwe 

Lubobo said this was a 

programme adopted by the 

M ot h e r s ’ Union and is 

facilitated once a term. 

“We have five unit 

committees focusing on action 

and outreach, prayer and 

spirituality, marketing and 

human resources and our main 

priorities include gender-based 

violence programmes, mental 

health and education. We host 

three activities a year, including 

family stability programmes in 

church and in 2018, we visited 

an old age home where we 

assisted with donations.” 

The donation included 

sanitary towels and stationery 

and Lubobo indicated they had 

identified the facility after 

hearing they were not receiving 

any funding. 

“We want to promote 

favourable conditions in 

society, stability and the 

protection of children. As a 

m ot h e r s ’ union we each 

contribute whatever we have 

with the help of some local 

businesses. The centre is 

struggling. They have to take 

from their own pockets to 

sustain the place. Most of the 

children there come from 

disadvantaged backgrounds 

and the mission is to not only 

pray in church buildings, but to 

go out there and assist in 

whatever way we can. We want 

to show these children that we 

are here and we care. We also 

invited parents to show they 

were not alone and that we are 

here as churches to lend a 

helping hand because a church 

is a place of healing. 

Lubobo said the next 

programme would be on 

education when they are hoping 

to invite different departments 

for an information-sharing 

session. 

BIG FISH: The Kraaines 

Fishing Club held a 

competition at the Xonxa 

Dam on Sunday when 

participants who caught 

some of the biggest fish 

won prizes. The fun-filled 

event was disrupted by 

local residents who 

demanded they be given 

the fish after the weigh-in. 

Organiser of the event 

Christopher Kay who 

conducted the weigh-in put 

the bigger fish back in the 

water, and gave the smaller 

ones to the residents but 

they demanded the big fish 

which Kay indicated should 

go back to the water so 

that they could breed. Kay 

said the next time they 

hosted the event they 

would have to move further 

away from the residential 

area to avoid unpleasant 

disruptions Picture: ANDISA 

BONANI 

Political prisoners’ stories 

and histories documented 


Kgethi Images has been 

commissioned to conduct and 

produce life histories from oral 

interviews with 100 ex-political 

prisoners (EPP) of Robben 

Island from the 1960s who 

originate from the Chris Hani 

District Municipality areas, 

Kgethi Images multi media 

production director and founder 

Lekgetho Makola said. 

“In instances where an 

individual EPP has passed on, 

interviews are conducted with 

their immediate family members 

on their memories of the 

individual EPP. The project will 

last for five months ending in 

May 2019. 

“This activity is part of a 

national project of the Robben 

Island museum in collecting and 

preserving the stories of Robben 

Island political prisoners for our 

heritage and prosperity.” 

Cinematographer Jonga 

Dedezane said he and seven of 

his team had been given a list of 

people with whom to document 

inter views. 

“We have documented more 

than 25 ex-prisoners so far. We 

have been to places like 

Ezibeleni, Ilinge, Cala, 

Cofimvaba and Cacadu and it 

has been great the way people 

have been willing to share their 

stories with us.” 

Another team member, Thasky 

Fatyi, said, “The interviews have 

been exciting, touching and 

painful at the same time. Some 

of the things the former 

prisoners said were quite 

UNTOLD STORIES: Twelve Silimeni is one of the ex-Robben Island prisoners whose story was 

documented, along with his wife, Noluvuyo, in Bengu Village at Cacadu Picture: SUPPLIED 

shocking and traumatising.” 

This, he said, made the 

prisoners enjoy travelling this 

j o u r n e y. 

“We came to revive the notion 

of unsung heroes who need to 

be remembered, known and 

archived so that the upcoming 

generations and their families 

should know that their 

forefathers were a part of those 

who fought in the struggle.” 

Fatyi said the Robben Island 

stories which are told 

repetitively were based on who 

was in the political forefront. 

“There are a number of people 

who spent many years on 

Robben Island like Mpolose 

Mangqangwana who spent 20 

years in the prison but you will 

not find people like him in the 

history books of our country, 

which is quite unfair.” 

EPP Lennox Mhuthuzeli 

Gudlundlu from Madeira Park 

who was part of the Poqo (PAC) 

underground movement, said, “I 

spent eight years on Robben 

Island after I was charged with 

an alleged sabotage in 1962. 

“I am happy about this 

initiative because these st o r i e s 

are not known in societ y. 

“Pivotal events often die 

before we are able to capture 

and archive them. This is why I 

was willing to share the journey 

I experienced during the 

struggle while fighting for 

freedom. 

“Most people did not take our 

struggle seriously at that time. 

They did not foresee the 

democratic SA it would bring 

about.’’

10 



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4 Bed house– R 10 000.00 

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Handy tips to prepare for what lies ahead 

ith the excitement of 

Wfinding and securing a 

property that meets all your 

search criteria, it can be easy 

to forget just how stressful 

the actual moving process 

can be. 

While the end result of 

being comfortably settled 

into a new home makes 

going through this trouble 

worthwhile, it can be helpful 

to take a moment to prepare 

yourself for what lies ahead. 

“As exciting as it is, 

moving home is not all fun 

and games. 

“If it’s been a while since 

you have last experienced a 

move, it might be helpful to 

speak to an estate agent to 

get a better idea of the kind 

of things you should plan 

fo r, ” advised RE/MAX of 

Southern Africa regional 

director and CEO Adrian 

Goslet t. 

Below are a few points 

homeowners should brace 

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TARKASTAD R670 000 

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themselves for: 

Packing takes longer 

than you think: The worst 

mistake homeowners can 

make is to underestimate 

how much time it takes to 

pack. 

Depending on the size of 

the home, 

homeowners 

should start 

packing anywhere 

from a week to a 

month ahead of 

the move. 

To keep track of 

where you’ve 

stored your items, number 

each box and keep an 

inventory list of what can be 

found inside each one. 

Yo u ’ve accumulated more 

than you realise: Especially 

for those who have been in 

their current home for more 

than five years, it is often 

astonishing how much can 

be accumulated. 

Make sure you give 

GOLF VIEW 

yourself enough time to sort 

through all the rooms in your 

home and donate, dump, or 

sell the items that you no 

longer need. 

There is more admin than 

you think: “One tends to 

forget that one’s address will 

Sort through all the rooms 

and donate, dump, or sell the 

items that you no longer need 

need to be updated with all 

of your account holders. 

While most institutions 

allow you to update these 

details online these days, 

some might still insist that 

you bring along a hard copy 

of a proof of residence before 

they will update your details. 

“It might be a good idea to 

take a few days’ leave after 

the move to sort out all the 

necessary admin,” said 

Goslet t. 

The result is worth the 

effor t: “While going through 

the process of moving, many 

promise themselves never to 

go through the trouble again. 

However, as time passes, 

one’s needs change 

and the home that 

was once perfect, 

soon becomes 

restrictive and 

unpleasant to live in. 

“As stressful as 

moving can be, 

nothing beats the 

feeling of being settled into a 

new home that suits all your 

lifestyle needs. 

“Homeowners should never 

let the somewhat daunting 

process of moving deter 

them from getting in touch 

with a real estate 

professional who can help 

them take the bold step of 

r e l o c at i n g , ” Goslet t 

concluded. 

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PRIMEPROPER TY 

RE/MAX shows its love 

for local communities 

Sandringham – R1 360 000 (neg) 

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083 508 8125 082 609 9552 

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This past Valentine’s Day, the RE/MAX of 

Southern Africa network spread their love 

across the region as part of a national Show 

Your Love campaign. 

The idea behind the campaign was to 

encourage the network to give back to the local 

communities they serve in some small way. 

“The campaign was a great success that saw 

RE/MAX associates across the country roll up 

their sleeves to get behind some or other worthy 

community cause,” explains Regional Director and 

CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, Adrian 

Goslet t. 

As an example of the kinds of activities the 

network got involved in on the day, RE/MAX 

Dazzle repainted Casa Caritas, a home for the 

disabled in Kempton Park. The office also made a 

cash donation along with some towels and 

groceries for the home. 

Similarly, RE/MAX Excellence visited the Frank 

Mynhardt Old Age Home in Brakpan and spent 

time with the residents, giving out a few free 

manicures as well as some gift bags with 

toiletries to the less fortunate residents within the 

home. 

Other offices chose to take a sweeter route. 

RE/MAX Koepel, for example, baked cupcakes 

and handed them out at Sally Martin Park 

Retirement Village in Parys. RE/MAX Jowic in 

Centurion held a cupcake sale at their office to 

raise funds for International Childhood Cancer 

Awareness day, held 15 February each year. 

Several offices also chose to hand out chocolates 

and other freebies at local traffic intersections 

and schools. 

Choosing to show some love to the animals 

within the community, RE/MAX Property 

Associates Table View office went to SANCCOB to 

assist with the daily tasks of looking after the 

birds, such as making food, cleaning out syringes, 

washing down pen carpets and making pens for 

baby flamingos. In the spirit of the day, Gerlinde 

Moser, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Living, went so 

far as to adopt a pair of Africa Penguins through 

SANCCOB in the name of RE/MAX of Southern 

Africa’s Regional Owners, Adrian & Vicky Goslett 

– who also got their hands dirty alongside their 

Regional Office Support staff with a clean-up of 

Muizenberg Beach on the day. 

“While we thank our network for getting behind 

this campaign by giving back to their local 

communities on the day, we also acknowledge 

that many of our offices choose to show their love 

throughout the year as well. We thank all within 

the RE/MAX network for their continued 

commitment to community-focused service and 

encourage them to keep on giving back to their 

suburbs in any way they can,” Goslett concludes. 

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INFORMATIVE SESSION: Service providers gathered at the Thobi Kula 

Indoor Sport Centre for the Chris Hani District Municipality suppliers’ day 


CHDM hosts 

suppliers’ day 

ZINTLE BOBELO 

Chris Hani District Municipality held a 

suppliers’ day for district service 

providers at the Thobi Kula Indoor Sport 

Centre on Monday 

Finance portfolio head Mthethunzima 

Jack said the aim was to share 

information with service providers to 

improve working relations. 

“The aim is to be timeously proactive 

in providing necessary information. To 

show transparency, empower and ensure 

that the issue of poverty and 

unemployment is addressed. Service 

providers are one of our main 

stakeholders working closely with us to 

develop the district as a whole.” 

Business development manager Ngoni 

Katsere made a presentation on the 

SMME funding model and the criteria 

they use to evaluate and assess 

a p p l i c at i o n s . 

“Those criteria are in place and are 

guided by a funding model that was 

approved by council in 2017. The second 

part focused on the contractor 

development policy which was recently 

adopted by council and seeks to provide 

opportunities for contractors, but also to 

ensure that they are able to improve 

their grading and status and tender for 

bigger projects. 

“We have a training programme which 

is split into two parts that targets grade 

three to six and the second one targets 

one and two.” 

Katsere said the first important criteria 

they focused on before providing funding 

was the viability of the business. 

“More than that, we want to look at 

how many jobs and the impact it has 

created. Chris Hani district is a 

predominately rural one and has a high 

unemployment rate, so any business 

that seeks funding, needs to make some 

level of intervention or impact in terms 

of addressing some of those challenges. 

“The process requires an assessment 

and verification. We don’t just look at the 

business plan and the proposal. We visit 

business premises where we verify and 

interrogate. The final recommendation 

sent to the committee is based on the 

verification done in that business.” 

Issues raised from the floor by service 

providers included transparency, the 

verification of locality and outsourcing, 

especially in the division of construction. 

“It is a challenge that we have 

identified, but obviously the main 

contractors have a preference. The intent 

of this contractor development policy in 

terms of sub-contracting, is for a 

business that needs to sub-contract to 

identify sub-contractors in the 

programme. 

“Secondly, we want to encourage all 

contractors to procure locally, but what 

is important is that those who are 

supplying, comply with the relevant 

quality requirements,” added Katsere. 

Senior environmental health 

practitioner Ncumisa Qolo said her 

presentation was around the legislation 

framework for food control. 

“I gave out the current regulation from 

the foodstuffs, cosmetics and 

disinfectants act which stipulates that 

everyone handling food, needs to have a 

certificate of acceptability. The purpose 

of the regulation is to govern general 

hygiene requirements for food premises 

and transportation of food.” 

Qolo said the certificate was issued 

once the premises had been certified to 

comply. The new application prices for 

certificates is R283.63 and the renewal 

is R113.45 and to replace lost certificates, 

businesses paid R113.45 for reprint.” 

Mkhanyiseli Tyali from Engcobo, who 

owns a construction company, said 

issues were addressed but there were 

still gaps. 

“I noticed that there are gaps in the 

contractor development policy because 

some of the challenges faced by SMMEs 

are caused by the municipality itself 

using white-owned companies. The 

reality is that there is a technical 

exclusion of black SMMEs. 

“For instance, when there’s an advert 

requesting the hire of plant less than 

two years old, the reality is that there is 

no black person who has such 

equipment in the district. If black-owned 

SMMEs want to purchase equipment, 

the first thing they do is go to an auction 

where they buy used plant,” said Tyali. 

HEALTHY VIBES: Members of the John Wesley Methodist Church 

participate in various exercises to raise funds while staying healthy 

Picture: ANDISA BONANI

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 

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Birthday Greetings 

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DOMESTIC 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1230 

Birthday Greetings 

1150 

Funeral Notices 

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In Memoriam 

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In Memoriam 

IN MEMORIAM 

ALI JUNE 

CHRISTOFFELS 

~ 1991-03-02 ~ 

Its been 27 years since you left us, 

We treasure your memories every day. 

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We miss you so much and always will. 

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From your children: Christoffels, Williams, and Tuner families 

XAKAYI 

PHINDA 

PATRICK 

Late of 8 Pine 

Street, Weshof, 

Komani 

Born: 08.07.1967 

Died: 15.02.2019 

Funeral: Saturday 

02.03.2019 

Starting at home 

then to the 

Assembly of God, 

Ezibeleni for a 

service at 10am. 

The cortege will 

proceed to the 

Komani Town 

Cemetery for the 

interment at 12:45 

NO FLOWERS 

BY REQUEST 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MZIMA CEDUMA 

BHOMOYI 

RUSSELL AND SON 

FUNERAL DIRECTORS 

Tel. 045 839 4012 

SALI 

OLIVE 

NOMATHEMBA 

Late of 1339 Zone 3, 

Ezibeleni, Komani 

Born: 17.02.1923 





then to the United 

Samarian Church, 

Ezibeleni for a 

service at 9am 



Komani Town 


Interment at 

12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMBATHANE 

XESIBE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MAYEKISO 

NOLUSAPHO 

MAGGIE 

Late of Lower 

Didimana, 

Whittlesea District 

Born: 24.02.1931 





at 9am. (The Old 

Apostolic Church) 

Thence to the 

Lower Didimana 

Cemetery, 

Whittlesea for the 

Interment at 

12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMQHINEBE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MAREKETLA 

BOOI 

PANTON 

Late of R78 Sishuba 

Street, 

Mlungisi, Komani 

Born: 24.11.1947 





then to the St. 

Andrew’s Hall, 

Mlungisi for a 

service at 10am 



Lukhanji Cemetery 

for the Interment 

at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MOKOENA 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NDOYIYA 

MOSHI 

WILLIAM 

Late of T111 

Saleni Street, 

Mlungisi, Komani 

Born: 03.01.1939 





then to the Ashley 

Wyngaardt Hall, 

Victoria Park, Komani 

for a service at 

10am. The cortege 

will proceed to 

the Komani Town 


Interment at 

12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MQADI 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

SANA 

THEMBEKA 

BORN: 

1958/03/08 

DIED: 

2019/02/18 

FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

BM 21 Pelem 

Road, Thulandivile 

VENUE: 

BM 21 

INTERMENT: 

Queenstown 

Rest in Peace 

Serving Through Dignity 

and Trust 

No 21 Derby Street 

Queenstown 5319 

Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 

Email: nesawuli@mweb.co.za 

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REDCLIFFE 

ANDROMEDA 

FELICITY 

al-om-bekend as 

“Joeksie” in lewe van 

Barseestraat 98 11, 

Newvale, Komani 

sag heengegaan 

op die 18 Februarie 

2019 in haar 29 ste 

lewensjaar. Diep 

betreur deur haar 

geliefde lewensmaat, 

kinders, suster en 

breë familie. Die 

teraardebestelling 

vind Saterdag 2 

Maart 2019 om 10 

vm in die Lukhanji 

Begraafplaas plaas 

na ‘n Diens by die 

woning op 9 vm en 

om 11 vm vanuit 

die St. Theresa 

Rooms Katolieke 

Kerk, Biskop 

Rosenthalsaal, 

Komani. 

RUSSELL EN SEUN 

BEGRAFNISONDERNEMERS 


Tel. 045 839 4012 

REDCLIFFE 

LYNNE 

BEVERLY 

in lewe van 

Diamantstraat 

19, Victoria Park, 

Komani sag 

heengegaan te 

Komani op die 

24ste Februarie 

2019 in haar 60ste 

lewensjaar. Diep 

betreur deur haar 

geliefde broer Clyde, 

skoonsuster Urshula 

en breë familie. Die 

teraardebestelling 

vind Saterdag 

2 Maart 2019 

om 12:30 in die 

Queenstown 

Begraafplaas plaas 

na ‘n Diens by die 

woning op 10 vm en 

om 11 vm vanuit die 

“Elohim Assembly 

of God”, Aloevale 

Komani. 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

BUZANI 

NOWEST 

Late of 

Emanyosini, 

Vaalbank, 

Lady Frere District 

Born: 10.12.1934 




Starting at home at 

10am (Methodist 

Church). Thence 

to the Vaalbank 

Cemetery, Lady 

Frere for the 

Interment at 1pm 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMQWATHI 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

DUDA 

MATTHEWS 

MNCEDISI 

Late of 637 

Phakamisa, 

Ntabethemba 

Born: 15.04.1952 





at 10am (Ibandla 

Lika Kristu). 

Thence to 

the Pakamisa 

Cemetery, 

Ntabethemba for 

the Interment 

at 1pm 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

NOZULU 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

MAPEYI 

KHOLEKA 

MONICA 

Late of 8204 New 

Houses, 

Nomzamo, 

Komani 

Born: 09.03.1962 


Funeral: Sunday 



at 10am (Golgotha 

Zionist). Thence to 




PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAGAMEDE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

DYANI 

VINCENT 

SIYAMTHANDA 

Late of 352 Zone1, 

Ezibeleni, Komani 

Born: 04.04.1989 





at 10am (African 

Church). Thence to 



Interment 

at 12 noon 

PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MQHINEBE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

DUDA 

ANDILE 

BORN: 

1971/07/07 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Dophu A/A 

VENUE: 

Dophu at 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Dophu 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


TYHALELO 

THEMBILE 

BORN: 

1979/0/01 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Jarha Village 

VENUE: 

 

INTERMENT: 

Jarha 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 

Email: nesawuli@mweb.co.za


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PONCO 

NONCEBA 

NOSAUNDI 

Late of 

Ku-Ntsinga, 

Maqhashu, Lady 

Frere District 

Born: 09.06.1949 




Starting at home at 

10am (Zionist Faith) 


Maqhashu 

Cemetery, 

Lady Frere for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MAMYIRHA 

MAZONDI 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NTSWAYI 

RACHEL 

NOKULUNGA 

Late of 

Bolokodlela, 

Cofimvaba District 

Born: 07.01.1950 





at 10am. (United 

Methodist Church) 


Bolokodlela 

Cemetery, 

Cofimvaba for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

NXUBA 

MRHUDULU 

NGCENGANE 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

NELI 

VUYO 

BORN: 1996-10-25 

DIED: 2019-02-19 

FUNERAL: 2019-03-01 

VENUE: Funeral Service 

will be held at Upper 

Shiloh, Whittlesea. Service 

will start at home at 

09:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Whittlesea 

TIME: 12:00pm 

PHUMLA NGOXOLO 

KOMANI AVBOB 

FUNERAL SERVICES 

ROBINSON ROAD 29 

QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

SIBOZO 

FEZEKA 

VIRGINIA 

Late of Tshatshu, 

Osezantsi, Lady 

Frere District 

Born: 05.12.1950 





at 10am. (Gospel 

Church of Power) 


Tshatshu 

Osezantsi 

Cemetery, 

Lady Frere for the 


PHUMLA 

NGOXOLO 

MASITHATHU 



Tel. 045 839 4012 

GCUKU 

SIBUSISO 

BORN: 1990-03-09 




will be held at 1083 

Kukhouse Location, Ilinge, 

Queenstown. Service will 

start at home at 09:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Ilinge 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

JONAS 

VUYOKAZI 

BORN: 1987-04-04 




will be held at home 961 

Ext. 2, Zola Township, 

Tarkastad at 10:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Tarkastad 

TIME: 13:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

BOKUVA 

SIMPHIWE 

CHRISTOPHER 

BORN: 1972-10-02 




will be held at home Gala 

Water Village, Whittlesea 

at 10:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Whittlesea 

TIME: 13:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

NTIYANE 

MLAMLI 

SHAUN 

BORN: 1993-01-19 




will be held at No 713 

New Location, 

Sterkstroom. Service will 


CEMETERY: 

Sterkstroom 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

HONGWANA 

MANTOMBI 

MAVIS 

BORN: 1953-10-11 




will be held at home at 

1329 Zone 2, Ezibeleni 

(ngakwaNobantu) 

at 10:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Komani (Town 

Cemetery) 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

GUYE 

ZUKO 

BORN: 1983-12-12 




starts at home 816 Zone 2, 

Ezibeleni at 08:00am then 

to the Old Hall eMabuyaze 

for the service at 10:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Komani ( Town 

Cemetery) 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

DYI DINA 

MVULAKAZI 

BORN: 1929-10-01 




will be held at No 264 

Bashee Street, Cala then 

proceed to Anglican 

Church, Cala. Service will 


CEMETERY: 

Mnxe A/A, Cala 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

PERE 

LUNGISWA 

BORN: 1972-10-16 




will be held at No. 1273 

Zone 2, Ezibeleni. Service 

will start at home at 

09:00am. 

CEMETERY: 

Komani 

TIME: 12:00pm 


KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

DLELANA 

NOANDILE 

BORN: 

1940/03/24 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 

2016/03/02 

ADDRESS: 

Cacadu A/A 

VENUE: 

Bhakaneni at 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Bhakaneni 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MQUMBISA 

NDUMISO 

BORN: 

1937/01/02 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 

2016/03/02 

ADDRESS: 

Mt Arthur A/A 

VENUE: 

Gomoro at Lady 

Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Gomoro 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MAVIS 

RAWLINS 

BORN: 1931-05-28 


MEMORIAL SERVICE 

She passed away peacefully 

on the 26-02-2019 after a 

long illness. Memorial Service 

will be held at the Anglican 

Church on Friday the 

01-03-2019. 

CREMATION 

Monday 04-03-2019 

EAST LONDON 

TIME 

12:00pm 

Sadly missed by Jean, Naas, 

Sheryl, Jenny, Grandchildren 

& Great-grandchildren 

REST IN PEACE 

KOMANI AVBOB 



QUEENSTOWN 

Tel: 045 838 2771 

Cell: 083 503 8057 

DAYIMANI 

VUSUMZI 

BORN: 

1979/04/13 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 

2016/03/02 

ADDRESS: 

Mkhaphusi A/A 

VENUE: 

eGoli at 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

eGoli 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


KONKWANE 

ZATHU 

BORN: 

1940/01/16 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 

2016/03/02 

ADDRESS: 

Gwatyu A/A 

VENUE: 

Ensit Farm at 

 

INTERMENT: 

Ensit Farm 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MWANDA 

ZUKO 

BORN: 

1983/09/08 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Decketshill 

VENUE: 

Decketshill at 

 

INTERMENT: 

Decketshill 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


KHUPHISO 

MAKELELNI 

NELSON 

BORN: 

1960/03/22 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Mhlanga A/A 

VENUE: 

Chankcele at 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Chankcele 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


NQAYI 

NOSINTU 

SINDISWA 

MIRRIAM 

BORN: 

1965/12/22 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

1054 Ext No1 

Zola Location 

VENUE: 

1054 Ext No1 at 

Tarkastad 

INTERMENT: 

Zola Location 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


FANELO 

DLAVU 

JOHN 

BORN: 

1952/06/16 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Ntabethemba A/A 

VENUE: 

Zola at Tarkastad 

INTERMENT: 

Zola 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MAWELA 

NOLUNGILE 

BORN: 

1947/01/01 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

St. Marks A/A 

VENUE: 

Tyelera at 

 

INTERMENT: 

Tyelera 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


MATHEMBEKA 

NOSINALA 

BORN: 

1940/06/06 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 


ADDRESS: 

Gwatyu A/A 

VENUE: 

Malangazana at 

 

INTERMENT: 

Malangazana 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 


QALI 

FUYIZIZWE 

BORN: 

1965/11/02 

DIED: 


FUNERAL: 

2016/03/02 

ADDRESS: 

Machubeni A/A 

VENUE: 

Mbolompeni at 

Lady Frere 

INTERMENT: 

Mbolompeni 

Rest in Peace 


and Trust 



Tel: 045 838 1441 

Fax: 045 839 5668 

CELL: 082 692 2851 

083 328 4050 

Email: nesawuli@mweb.co.za

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SOMANA 

SIQHAMO 

THEMBINKOSI 

Born: 1958-09-29 

Died: 2019-02-21 

Funeral: 2019-03-02 

Address: New Town 

ŽĐĂŽŶůůĂŝŶ 

Engcobo 

Venue: Home 

Time: 09:00am 

Phumla Ngoxolo 

Tutuse, Nomdimba, 

Ntlokwana, 

Banzana 

NDABA 

NOTISI 

ESTHER 

Born: 03-10-1928 

Died: 17-02-2019 

Funeral: 03-03-2019 

(Sunday) 

Address: 

48 Parys Laan 

Aloevale 

Queenstown 

Venue: Skweyiya Hall 

Time: 09:00am 

Interment: 

Queenstown 

Cemetery 

Phumla Ngoxolo 

Mabhayi. 

VAN ROSS 

NONDAKUTINI 

MIRRIAM 

Born: 08-02-1961 


Funeral: 

02-03-2019 

Address: 

10123 Tembisa 

Street, New Vale 

Venue: 

Home 

Interment: 

Queenstown 

Cemetery 

VINJWAS FUNERAL 

SERVICES 

078 320 6081 / 073 144 7371 / 

073 911 2032 

1150 


BINI 

KHOLEKA 

DORINAH 

Born: 15-11-1971 


Funeral: 02-03-2019 

Address: 

42A Sada Location, 

Whittlesea 

Venue: 

Home 

Interment: 

Sada 

Cemetery 

VINJWAS FUNERAL 

SERVICES 

078 320 6081 / 073 144 7371 / 

073 911 2032 

For all your 

advertising 

needs call 

CHARODINE 

or MAVIS 

on 

045 839 4040 

PERSONAL 

Notices 

2 

2180 

6151 

Employment Offered 

6151 

Employment Offered 

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR MINING PERMIT 

& ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORIZATION 

This notice is hereby given in terms of Section 27 of the MPRDA, 

Act 28 of 2002 and Regulation 41(2) (a) of EIA Regulation GNR 326 

of 17 April 2017, promulgated in terms of NEMA, 107 of 1998, of the 

intent to carry out the listed Activity, GNR 327 “LN 1, Activities 21, 22 

& 27, on Remainder of Farm Spioen Kop 66, situated near Molteno 

Town in the Magisterial District of Molteno, Eastern Cape Province. 

The Central Coordinates are: -31.404604 N, 26.446641 E 

Item Mining Operation Name DMR Reference No. 

1. MSOBOMVU QUARRY EC30/5/1/2/1/3/2/10499MP 

You are hereby invited to register as an Interested and Affected Party 

(I&AP) and to comment on the above Mining Permit Application, lodged 

at the Department of Mineral Resources on behalf of UMSOBOMVU 

HUMAN CAPITAL (PTY) LTD. 

A Background Information Document (BID) and a draft Basic Assessment 

Report (BAR) will be made available on request to all 

registered I&APs for their perusal and commenting thereof. A Public 

Participation Meeting will be held at a Community Hall in Nomonde 

Location under Ward 28 on the 29-March-2019 at 09:00am. 

For further information or registration as an interested and affected 

party (I&AP), kindly contact Mr. Sicelo Botha, the Environmental 

Assessment Practitioner (EAP) at Dynamic Geoscience Consultants 

(Pty) Ltd on 083 523 6687 and on sicelo.botha@yahoo.com not later 

than 28-March-2019 or on 28-March-2019. 

NOTICES 

REZONING OF ERF 4568 (VAN HEERDEN STREET, NEW REST), 

QUEENSTOWN 

Council has received an application for the proposed Rezoning of Erf 4568 

Queenstown from Residential 1 to Residential 3 in terms of the Land Use 

Planning Ordinance No 15 of 1985 and SPLUMA No 16/2013. 

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the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality at 2C Komani Street, Komani. 

Members of the Public are invited to submit written objections together 

with valid reasons within 30 days of publication of this notice to The 

Municipal Manager, Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality. Closing date for 

objections is the 30th March 2019. 

Please contact Mrs. L Bam on Tel: 045 807 6400 for queries in connection 

with this application. 

QUEENSTOWN 

GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL 

PERSONAL ASSISTANT 

TO PRINCIPAL 

The School Governing Body is seeking to 

appoint a Personal Assistant to the Principal 

to provide invaluable clerical and administrative 

support in order to assist and facilitate the 

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attached to the role of Principal of Queenstown 

Girls’ High School. 

Essential requirements of the position 

 

Understanding of and ability to contribute 

to the mission of Queenstown Girls’ High 

School as a Public School 

Strong time management and organisational 

abilities including the ability 

to succeed in a busy and fast-paced 

environment 

Excellent communication skills, both 

written and oral 

Ability to function effectively as both an 

individual and a member of a team 

High level computing skills including 

the ability to utilise MS word, Excel and 

Powerpoint at an expert level 

Excellent interpersonal and relationship 

management skills 

 

Demonstrated ability and preparedness to 

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Thorough understanding of meeting 

procedures, agenda and minute taking 

Demonstrated ability to succeed in all 

aspects of a personal assistant role. 

Requirements of the position 

Diploma (or equivalent) in relevant 

commercial or administrative discipline 

5 years of successful experience in a 

comparable role 

Commencement date: 1 May 2019 

Please submit Letter of Application, CV and 

all relevant certificates of qualifications to 

admin@qtghs.co.za 

Closing date: 8 March 2019 

Queenstown Girls’ High School reserves the right not 

to make an appointment. An application in itself does 

not entitle the applicant to an interview. If you have not 

heard from us by 15 March 2019, your application has 

not been successful. 

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PERSONAL 

Herbalist 

2081 

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LEGALS 

In the estate of the 

late BOB PRICE 

born: 06/06/1926 

Identity Number 

260606 5105 08 4 

of 15 PALM STREET, 

ALOEVALE, 

QUEENSTOWN, 

5319 

Estate Number 

4004/2017 

Date of death 

21 July 2001 

The First and Final 

Liquidation and 

Distribution Account 

in the above Estate 

will be open for 

inspection by all 

persons interested 

therein at the offices 

of the Master of 

the High Court, 

GRAHAMSTOWN 

and a duplicate copy 

thereof at the offices 

of the Magistrate 

QUEENSTOWN, for a 

period of 21 (Twentyone) 

days from 

1 March 2019. 

MARYKA ROMANS 

c/o Bowes McDougall Inc 

27A Prince Alfred Street, 

QUEENSTOWN 5319 

Tel: 045 807 3800 

Herbalist 

2081 

Help 

Guide 

LAWYERS 

DE WET SHAW AND BAXTER ATTORNEYS 

45 Grey Street, Queenstown 

Tel: 045 838 2520 

Email: michelle@dsbattorneys.co.za 

MBAMBO ATTORNEYS INCORPORATED 

112 Ebden Street, Queenstown 

Tel: 045 838 2725 

Email: mbamboatt@telkomsa.net 

VELLEM ATTORNEYS 

28 Smith Street, Aliwal North 

Cell: 084 999 0402 

Email: tandisilevellem@gmail.com 

C/O JAXA ATTORNEYS 

1 Corner Eagle & Crane Str 

Westbourne Park, Qtn 

Cell: 083 622 3658 

Z.E ZONTSHI &ASSOCAITES 

4-6 ROBINSON ROAD,QTN 

Tel/Fax: 045 838 3460 

Email: sontshize@webmail.co.za 

Contact Nofisa on 045 839 4040 

or makaulan@tisoblackstar.co.za 

to put your business 

in our help guide 

11030 

Estate Notices 

MAMA FAITH 

with muti herbs 

(20 years experience). 

Sixilonga ngesipili 

nangamanzi etc. 

Contact: 

078 199 8159 

Tenders 

11210 

11030 


In the estate of the 

late DONALD 

MALCOLM FIELD 

Identity Number 

410222 5005 08 1 

Who died on 

26 November 2018 

Address: 16 

Emerald Avenue, 

Queenstown, 5319. 

Estate Number 

000403/2019 

Creditors and 

Debtors in the above 

Estate are hereby 

called upon to lodge 

their claims with, 

and pay their debts 

to the 

undersigned within 

thirty ((30) days from 

Friday 1 MARCH 

2019. 

ERNEST GEORGE 

LITTLEFORD 

EXECUTOR 

P.O. Box 137, 

Queenstown, 5320 

11010 

Legal Notices 

11030 


ESTATE OF THE 

LATE MTIYA, 

NTOMBEKHAYA 

CAROLINE 

ESTATE NO: 

2868/2016, 

ID NO: 

6402120852084, 

DATE OF DEATH: 

14/11/2015 

LAST ADDRESS: 

215 EZIBELENI 

ZONE 3, 

QUEENSTOWN, 

EASTERN CAPE 

The FIRST AND FINAL 

Liquidation and 

Distribution Account in 

this Estate will be open 

for inspection for a 

period of 21 days from 

the date of publication 

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the Master of the High 

Court 

GRAHAMSTOWN and 

at the Magistrate’s 

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QUEENSTOWN 

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The Department of Education 

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to submit quotations for supply and 

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SPOR TSSCENE 

HAPPY FEET: Queens Casino and Hotel, in partnership with Old Collegians, donated 10 pairs of 

school shoes each to Louis Rex Primary and St Theresa’s Primary as part of their community 

upliftment initiative. In the picture, from left, Ncebakazi Dumezweni (Queens Casino), John 

Rademan (Queens Casino), Suzan Wyngaard (Louis Rex), Maxwell Levine (OC), Amanda Adonis 

(Queens Casino) and Ronald Williams (Louis Rex) 

MAXWELL LEVINE 

Both Breakers and Old Collegians were 

beaten last weekend, with Breakers losing 

26-22 to Despatch in their own backyard 

at the Mlungisi Stadium. 

Old Collegians suffered a 27-14 defeat at 

the hands of EUR Africans in Aliwal North. 

The defeat was Breakers’ fourth in the 

lucrative Eastern Cape Super 12 

WALKING TALL: Old Collegians rugby club and Queens Hotel and Casino combined forces to donate 

school shoes to children from Louis Rex and St Theresa’s Primary schools. From left, Amanda 

Adonis (Queens Casino), Msondezi Bulu (principal of St Theresa’s), Ncebakazi Dumezweni (Queens 

Casino), Maxwell Levine (OC), John Rademan (Queens Casino) and Celeste McPherson-Steyn ( St 

Theresa’s) 

Black Saturday for Komani teams 

competition, leaving them rooted at the 

foot of Group B and out of contention for 

s i l v e r wa r e . 

Breakers are left with one match, also at 

home, against Progress from Uitenhage 

and chances for a first-ever win are very 

slim. 

In other results, PE Police embarrassed 

a hapless Buffaloes side 60-0 to send a 

clear warning to the other teams in Group 

A of their intentions of a knock-out berth. 

Progress beat Berlin Tigers 36-10 to 

move to the top of Group B with one round 

of matches left. Progress, together with 

Double-header at Komani indoor stadium 

MAXWELL LEVINE 

All roads will lead to the 

Thobi Kula Indoor Sports 

Centre tomorrow when 

Komani rugby followers 

will be treated to a double 

header as both Old 

Collegians and Breakers 

will be in action at the 

same venue. 

This will be a rugby 

bonanza as the two 

biggest teams in Komani 

with arguably the most 

supporters will give their 

spectators double the 

pleasure. This does not 

happen often as the fierce 

cross-town rivals normally 

use different fields for 

their matches. 

The day will kick off 

with Old Collegians taking 

on Hibernians from 

Burgersdorp at 2.30pm. 

Matches between the two 

teams are always exciting 

with Hibernians having an 

edge over the local side. 

Old Collegians have been 

in a rebuilding phase and 

the youngsters coming 

through are gelling well 

with the experienced 

players. Exchanges are 

expected to be brutal with 

both teams likely to throw 

the ball wide. 

Hibernians’ backline is 

lightning fast with Apie 

Flitoor their go-to man. 

They have the strike force 

in all departments at the 

back and Collegians must 

be at their best. 

Zebbe Nkomati is 

dangerous when 

unattended and can 

cause havoc to any side. 

OC can call on Neville 

Olivier, Craig Pijoos and 

Darren Williams to spark 

the magic. The return of 

Larry Blignaut and Conrad 

Tromp to stabilise the 

midfield will be crucial. 

Up front Romaine 

Flusk, Spek Douw, 

Sesethu Time and Colin 

Kemp must pull out all 

the stops to set the home 

team on the front foot. 

This will be an epic clash. 

Up next, will be the EC 

Super 12 clash between 

local side Breakers and 

Progress from Uitenhage 

at 4 pm. Breakers will go 

out with only pride at 

stake. It will be a 

momentous task as 

Progress is one of the 

best sides in the entire 

province. Progress played 

Gold Cup and were EP 

champs last season and 

have reached the final of 

the competition on three 

occasions. Breakers will 

have their work cut out for 

the entire 80 minutes. 

The local side can call 

on the likes of Thabo 

Sokwebe, Lali Maso, 

Nkunku Mbuso, Thulani 

Renqu, Phumlani 

Matshoba and many more 

of their star players to 

stand up and be counted. 

Progress are ruthless and 

can tear any team apart 

as shown last weekend 

when they thrashed Berlin 

Tigers 36-10 in Berlin. To 

make matters worse 

Progress are unbeaten 

and Breakers winless. 

Although the away team, 

Progress will enter the 

match as clear favourites. 

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S : 

Queenstown Harriers 

members who tackled 

the 21km Bridle Drift 

half marathon at 

Mdantsane were, from 

left, Jannette 

Samuals, Shameem 

Farooq and Smartryk 

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Star of Hope, remain the only unbeaten 

teams in the competition. 

It’s the final round of round-robin 

matches this weekend. 

Ntlaza host Buffs with PE Police also at 

home to Star of Hope. EL Police will want 

to consolidate their second spot with a 

victory over Despatch at home. 

Kruisfontein travel to Berlin to take on 

Tigers. The match between Old 

Selbornians and Park has been cancelled 

as Park opted out of the competition. 

In a pre-season friendly, Old Collegians 

travelled to Aliwal North to lock horns with 

EUR Africans. The Komani side came off 

second-best as Africans used all their 

home ground advantage to inflict a first 

defeat for the Komani side this season.

INSIDE: TREAT IN STORE FOR RUGBY FANS - PAGE 15 

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Queen’s on hot dribble 

New basketball squad play to impress 

ANDISA BONANI 

Queen’s College took on Port 

Elizabeth-based Grey High School 

in a series of basketball games in 

preparation for the upcoming 

provincial basketball festival to 

take place in Makhanda in March. 

Queen’s introduced basketball 

to the school in 2019 and the 

teams, which range from under-14 

to U18, played against an already 

established basketball squad 

from Grey. 

The two schools played eight 

games in total and only the 

Queen’s U15 team managed to 

win against the experienced Grey 

with 23-14. 

Queen’s master of basket 

Wilbert Gumunyu said the boys’ 

game improved with every match 

they played which was very 

encouraging for him and the 

coaches. 

“We are trying to get the boys 

to play against other teams as 

much as possible so they see 

how experienced teams play. All 

our teams are new with no 

experienced players which is 

quite impressive for the kind of 

game they play for newbies. The 

more games we play against 

other schools, the better we will 

become.” 

Queen’s recently travelled to 

Jonannesburg where they played 

games against Red Hill, Geppe, 

Pretoria Boys, Usuthu, Kearsney 

College and Zimbabwe-based St 

George’s High School, to name 

but a few. 

Grade 9 pupil Akhanyile 

Mgijima, 15, who played the point 

guard position, was one of the 

players who played an impressive 

game. 

Gumunyu indicated Mgijima 

also played for the first team as a 

substitute which spoke to the 

hard work he put into his game. 

“For a young boy to also play in 

the first team says a lot about 

him as a player. We want to 

GAME ON: Queen’s College under-16 player Akhanyile Mgijima navigates through a tight defence from 

Grey players during a basketball game at the local school’s court on Saturday Picture: ANDISA BONANI 

Mnquma Local Municipality claims 

victory in municipal games 

ANDISA BONANI 

ensure that all players reach their 

ultimate potential, so we do not 

box them in according to their 

age. All the boys in the teams did 

extremely well. Without teamwork 

we would not have played such a 

good game as we did.” 

Grey coach Mfundo 

Ngangamsha said the games 

were more like a practice session 

for both schools in preparation for 

the provincial festival. 

“Basketball is not new for us at 

Grey, so we were not surprised 

that we won most of the games 

against Queen’s. 

“They played a very good game 

for a school that only recently 

introduced the sport. In a few 

months’ time they might cause 

challenges for us but we I trust 

my boys to always be on top of 

their opponents. 

“We are looking forward to the 

upcoming basketball festival, and 

want to play as many games with 

other schools as we can to be fit 

and ready,” Ngangamsha said. 

SECOND BITE: Van Coller Primary School pupil 

Luvolwethu Tabata, 12, will represent the 

school in the U13 Discus for the Eastern Cape 

Schools Athletics to be held in Cradock today. 

Tabata had represented the school in the 

district athletics and achieved the highest 

distance of 26 and 45 meters. This is not the 

first time he will be participating in provincial 

games, last year Tabata came second in 

provincial games which deterred him from 

qualifying for the national games 

Brody triumphant 

after tough course 

SEAN HEIDEMANN 

Last Saturday was an individual Stableford. The 

course was playing quite tough with some dense 

semi-rough and rough to deal with if you went 

off line. 

The winner on the day was Chantelle Brody on 

a very well played 40 points. Second was Sean 

Heidemann on 39, third Danie Nel on 37 and 

fourth was Stefan Cloete on 36 points, winning 

the count out. 

There was only one two club, achieved by 

Sanet Pieterse on the 16th. 

This Sunday, March 3, is the Queenstown 

Ladies’ Open. There is usually a full field with 

numerous out-of-town golfers making the trip to 

Queenstown Golf Club to participate. 

The course will be closed for casual golf until 

around lunch time. Good luck to all the 

Queenstown women who are entering. 

The Chris Hani District 

Municipality (CHDM) soccer 

and netball teams participated 

in the annual municipal sports 

tournament on Saturday at the 

Thobi Kula Indoor Sport Centre. 

This event was started by Joe 

Gqabi District Municipality in 

2018. 

This year only four teams 

were involved, including Joe 

Gqabi, Mnquma, CHDM and 

Senqu local municipalities, 

when teams went head-to-head 

to be crowned winners of the 

tournament. 

CHDM sports co-ordinator 

Thobile Feni said CHDM hosted 

the tournament for the second 

time this year and that Mnquma 

would host the next one in 

April. 

In soccer, Mnquma won the 

tournament by 3-1, beating Joe 

Gqabi in the final match in a 

penalty shoot out. The second 

spot went to Joe Gqabi and 

third to CHDM. 

ANDISA BONANI 

A total of 20 schools from the Enoch 

Mgijima region participated in the KFC 

Mini Cricket festival at Queen’s Junior 

on Friday, and the U13 T10 knockout 

tournament that took place at the 

Dumpy Adams Sports Complex on 

S at u r d ay. 

At Queen’s – the Dordrecht, 

Tarkastad, Whittlesea and Ezibeleni 

areas, among others – played more than 

40 matches in which 334 children 

par ticipated. 

The U13 T10 tournament saw Aliwal 

North, Dordrecht, Mthwalenga and 

Bongolwethu from Whittlesea, Unathi 

Mkefa from Ezibeleni, Louis Rex and St 

Theresa’s Primary Schools from Komani 

par ticipate. 

All the teams brought their A-game as 

they tried to steer away from being 

eliminated by winning most of their 

m at c h e s . 

Defending champions St Theresa’s 

DEFENCE: Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi district municipalities battled it out during a municipal sports tournament at the 

Thobi Kula Indoor Sport Centre on Saturday 


Mnquma also won the 

netball, beating all the other 

teams and claimed overall 

victor y. 

Feni said the tournament was 

a wellness programme that 

offered employees social 

cohesion and promoted 

teamwork and a healthy 

lifestyle among municipal 

employees. 

“Through sport we aim to 

Weekend cricket a great success 

lost the opening game after Aliwal North 

won the toss and elected to bat first in a 

15-over match. Aliwal North made a solid 

start when their openers took the score 

to 62 in nine overs and Logan 

Geldenhuys (34) was bowled out by 

Ruan King of Louis Rex. 

This was largely thanks to Jade 

Geldenhuys who went out third with 28 

in 23 balls and made the bowlers work 

hard throughout the innings. 

The Louis Rex batsmen went 

enthusiastically about their task to 

chase down the score and this was 

helped along by important contributions 

from the opening pair, but they lost one 

of their batsmen for 18 after the first 

p o w e r p l ay. 

It was King, with 26, and his partner, 

who scored 36, who made the 

second-highest partnership and they 

develop character, self 

confidence, sportsmanship and 

discipline in our district and 

other municipalities in the 

province. 

“In the coming tournament 

won the game by nine wickets with three 

balls to spare. 

Players who stood out in the 

tournament, were: top runner – 

Geldenhuys; top wicket-taker – King; 

best catch of the tournament – 

Ayabulela Mjaba of Get Ahead; youngest 

player – Sachin Cornelius; team of the 

tournament – Louis Rex; coach of the 

we hope to include volleyball, 

tennis and snooker but that 

could be a problem as other 

municipalities do not have 

teams for all the sporting codes 

we want to include.” 

ON THE PITCH: Louis 

Rex Primary School 

played in the final 

game of the U13 T10 

knockout cricket 

tournament against 

Aliwal North Primary 

School on Sunday at 

the Dumpy Adams 

Sports Complex 


tournament – Leon van Huysteen and 

manager – Sonwabile Stofile. 

Convener of coaches and the 

tournament Sivuyile Yawa said Komani 

was the first region to play all their 

games in the Border. 

“FC mini cricket is the first step in 

Cricket South Africa’s pipeline to the 

P r ot e a s , ” he added.

The Rep 1 March 2019

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