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6 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: mjekulal@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 21 February 2020 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V EEDITORIAL OPINIONMob justice notthe way to goCrime continues to be athorn in the flesh forSouth Africans andresidents have everyright to demand that justice ismeted out to criminals.But it must be proper justice,administered by the appropriateinstitutions, not mob justice.The latter is illegal.Beating up criminals andsuspected offenders may satisfythe victims and other residents inclose proximity, but does notsolve the country’s crimeproblems.On the contrary, it places aneven heavier burden on thealready stressed police resourcesas all reported assault cases,whatever the motive, have to bei nve s t i g a t e d .In last week’s edition of TheRep we featured the story of analleged mugger finding justice atthe hands of a mob in the vicinityof the Queenstown and FrontierMuseum and the Public Gardens.The mob left him bruised andwith a bloody wound on thehead.In this edition (on page 2), wereport on a young man who wasassaulted, allegedly by peoplewho accused him and acompanion of stealing a carb a t t e r y.The youth’s injuries provedvery serious and he passed on.He will be laid to rest tomorrow.It is still not clear if the youngman was the actual culprit.And that is precisely the point— in many instances, the victimsof the beatings are not even theculprits.It is important for residents toremember that there is a correctand legal way of dealing withcriminals, whether caught redhandedor suspected of crime.The police should be called totake over and the residents shouldavail themselves as witnesses inthe resulting cases.This would help ensure casesare dealt with speedily andthereby provide higher chancesof successful prosecution.In many instances, cases aredelayed because there is notenough evidence and many atime this is because people justdo not want to testify.In cases where police fail todo their work, the residents mustreport them to their superiors.That is the whole point ofstation and cluster commanders;provincial and nationalcommissioners as well asinstitutions such as the publicprotector and human rightscommission.Residents should partner withpolice in eradicating the scourgeof crime rather than adopting aDIY mindset.Having a sip in solidaritywith people of KomaniI bought myself a Twizza in solidaritywith the people of Komani. LinkedInsays Twizza has 152 employees inKo m a n i . That translates to 152families with electricity, who go tobed fed.Twizza remains one of thebusinesses that provide muchneededemployment to the people ofour small town which is being runinto the ground by greedy politicianswho have no conscience.I remember you, ZithuleleSigonyela, insulting the youth ofKomani when they went on a marchfor better service delivery last year.Today you want to mobilise themand boycott Twizza because yourbread is on the line? You’re my friendbut you’re losing the plot! The peopleof Komani stand to lose nothing withthe disbandment of EMLM. Nothing!Th e y ’re probably living at theirlowest already. Have you seen thedecay in Komani? Have you seen thedilapidated infrastructure? Howmany potholes have you had tododge today? Closing Twizza wouldmean 152 more families living inabject poverty. Have you realisedDear readers,please note that wedo not have InTouch this weekdue to unforeseencircumstances. Beadvised that it willbe back next weekbigger and betteron Page 7. Editorthat our CBD is filled with foreignownedspaza shops? Spaza shops inthe CBD! Businesses are fleeing!To everyone who has beencoerced to endorse this move, pleaseask yourself this: What’s the benefitto you when the situation in Komanistays the same? What are they goingto do for you now that they havefailed to deliver all this time?Vuyisani Hans on FacebookKOMANI WEATHERThe cooler, cloudy and dampconditions we have beenexperiencing lately are set tocontinue over the weekend.Thetemperatures on Friday will varybetween 17 and 28°C and there willbe spells of clear skies alternatingwith clouds throughout the day.Humidity will be high.A fairly low possibility of a slightdrizzle is forecast for Saturday andthe humidity will remain high. Therewill be very little breeze and theminimum temperature will be 18°C,while the maximum will be 23°C.On Sunday it will be mostlyovercast with perhaps a little lightdrizzle from time to time. Theminimum temperature will be 16°C,reaching 25°C at the maximum.BLOOD BUDDIES: The SA National Blood Service donation clinic visits Queen’s College four times a year. At the endof January 62 pints were bled, which is nearly double the target. Peer promoters are, back from left, Desmond Ayeh,Eli van Schoor, Emmanuel Fako and Wehan Marais; front, Zukhanye Mda, Kamvelihle Mangqangwana, ZukhanyeDubulekhwele and Mninawe Mayekiso Picture: NCOMINKOSI MKANDLAFACE 2 FACE with /Mike Boy, deputy headmaster of Queen’s CollegeQWhat do you wish toachieve as a teacherand deputy headmaster?AAs I approach the endof my teaching career,there is not really much morethat I hope to achieve otherthan to look forward to whatlies ahead for me in myretirement years. I haveenjoyed considerablegratification from thementorship of aspiring youngteachers and school pupilsalike. I have always strived tosee the lighter side of life andplaced a high premium onhuman relationships andtrust. I have probably headedevery possible portfolio atQC and enjoyed sharing myexperience and learningfrom those I worked with.What defines an ideal pupilfor you?Nothing can ever replace ayoungster with integrity,manners, respect and selfdiscipline, all of which areunder tremendous threat atpresent. I admireadolescents who manage tolive according to thesevalues while maintaining asense of humour and abalance in all they do.During your school times,which teacher made animpact on your life, andwhy ?Without mentioning names,it would undoubtedly bethose teachers who providedclear boundaries regardingright and wrong, but at thesame time made the effort toget to know their pupils andbuild relationships withthem.Which subjects do you teachand how do you think theywould be of relevance inyour pupils’ l ive s ?I have taught social sciences(more specificallygeography) for the better partof 38 years. In this world ofdeclining resources andincreasing deterioration, Ihave endeavoured to createan acute awareness of thedelicate balance that existsbetween man and hisenvironment, and theurgency to conserve andpreserve at all costs.What do you think of theSouth African educationsystem?There have been far toomany experimentalshifts incurriculum systems over theyears, many of which havefailed elsewhere in theworld. Furthermore, ourcurrent education system isflawed in that it teachesyoungsters to memoriserather than think. The art ofcritical thinking and problemsolving needs to beprioritised. Parents alsoneed to be far more handsonin helping to create areading culture amongschool-going children.What do you plan to dowhen you retire as at e a ch e r ?I have given 40 of my bestyears to a cause in which Itruly believe and I feel thatit’s time to stop and smell theroses.What is the most satisfyingexperience you’ve had sinceyou came to Queen’sCollege?Witnessing the successes ofthose with whom I haveworked, and those who Ihave had the pleasure ofteaching. Observingyoungsters come out of theirshells, grow in character andblossom into worthy youngadults, ready for life beyondthe classroom.YO U R VOICE opinions on the streetWhat is your motto in life?Do unto others as you wouldhave them do unto you – andabove all, trust in the Lordand acknowledge Him asyour Lord and Saviour.What is your favouritemusic?I was a senior school boy inthe 70’s – the decade inwhich some of the mosticonic rock bands made theirappearances. The music ofQueen and Dire Straitswould probably top my listof favourites. But having hadthree teenage daughters, Ihave learned to appreciateany music that stirs the soul!What is your view on thestate of South Africanpolitics?Absolute chaos at present!We live in a time of totallawlessness where there areno consequences forcriminal behaviour. Towitness the collapse ofour economy in the handsof an incompetentgovernment is heartbreaking.Now is the time for strongleaders to sit around thetable and rescue whatremains. We are headingfor total collapse unlessvoters wake up and putGod-centred, trustworthyleaders in positions ofa u t h o r i t y.What do you think about…LISTERVEYISHILETheRep intern SinawoPoswayo went to ask Komaniresidents what they think themunicipality should doabout community memberswho do not pay their ratesand taxes, rather thanswitching their electricity off.Lister Veyishilefrom WhittleseaMost of the buildings in ourtown are empty. Themunicipality must rent outthose buildings to generateprofit to pay what they owe.BONGANIVA K E L EA N A S TA C I APITTBongani Vakelefrom McBrightThe municipality mustdecrease the level ofunemployment and thusincrease the amount ofincome in households. Thatway the households will beable to pay what they owe,rather than the municipalitydemanding a huge amountfrom unemployed people.Anastacia Pittfrom NewvaleWe are very angry at themunicipality, so we can notCHRISTIAANROUXsuggest anything for them.We do not have anythingpositive to say towardsEskom or the municipality.Christiaan Rouxfrom WestbourneI am a pensioner and frommy pension there is a lot Imust pay, including mymedical aid that is with themunicipality. In the past theycould not receive paymentfor my pension fund anddemanded I pay interestwhen the fault was with theirfinance office. In this case Isay they must checkNOSIPHELOFUZANIthoroughly before theyswitch off people’s power.Nosiphelo Fuzanifrom KhayelitshaThey mistakenly switched offmy home. First they mustcheck before they switch offpeople’s homes, and maketime to check door to door iftheir system is incorrect. Themunicipality should openjob opportunities for theyouth. Our parents are failingto pay rates and taxesbecause we are jobless andthey must still support us.
THE REPRESENTATIVE 21 February 2020 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: mjekulal@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 7IN OUR POSTBAGREF NO:NOTICE AND INVITATION - BID/RFQ’SRFQ/BID Number Services/ Product EvaluationCriteriaITVETC-IN-FRA001/02/2020ITVETC-IN-FRA002/02/2020APPOINTMENT OFCONTRACTORS TO APANEL OF CONSTRUC-TION SERVICE PROVID-ERS FOR A PERIOD OFTHREE YEARSAPPOINTMENT OFCONSULTANTS TO APANEL OF PROFESSION-AL SERVICE PROVIDERSFOR A PERIOD OF THREEYEARSgraphic © liudmyla pushnova / 123RF.com4 Prince Alfred Street, Queenstown or mcharter@tisoblackstar.co.za or fax (045) 839-4059Letters must be accompanied by the name and address of the author. A pseudonym should be supplied where necessary. The editor reserves the rights to choose and edit letters for publication.Defamatory and slanderous letters will not be considered. Letters have to be brief and to the point due to space restrictions. Please limit letters to 250 words or lessCall for Clarkto back offill-advisedWe find the comments made byZithulele Sigonyela repugnant to saythe least, and want to give anotherperspective to his emotional andimmature outburst against Twizzaand Ken Clark.Twizza and Crickley Dairy,together, employ over 500 people inand around Komani.Clark has helped secure muchneededwater for the town; first withhis foresight to envisage and plan theXonxa Dam pipeline project in 2007with others, and now recently,during our extended drought.Eskom is still providing our townand all its institutions with electricitytoday because Clark, together withother business owners and theBorder-Kei Chamber of Business,successfully brokered a deal thatcompels the Enoch MgijimaMunicipality to comply with a debtrepayment plan.S i g o nye l a ’s comments are notonly one-sided but also divisive.They smack of arrogance and clearlyexpose him for what he really is:ignorant and ill-informed.We would not even venture intopointing out who steals electricity inKomani; it is an open secret who thethieves are. Sigonyela should ratherspend his time and energy in helpingour struggling municipality get rid ofthe thieves.In his defence one may arguethat Sigonyela is either ill-advised orclearly on a mission to help sendKomani into the doldrums.Thankfully, he speaks for himself andnot for all of us.This is not an attempt to put Clarkon a pedestal and certainly not anattack on the ANCYL, but we mustgive credit where it is due.Some food for thought ... whowill stand to gain if Clark and his“so-called cabal”, as referred to bySigonyela, are “warned to back off”by the ANCYL as suggested bySigonyela, and who will be thebiggest losers if Twizza and Crickleyclose their doors?For the record, the “so-calledcabal” that Sigonyela refers tocomprises the Black ManagementForum, Muslim Society, KomaniR a t e p aye r s ’ Association, farmers’associations, members of the clergyand many other non-governmentalorganisations.That is the different perspectivewe wanted to share with the peopleof Komani.VANS committeeNOTICE BOARDThe Notice Board is intended to helppeople advertise events and avoidclashes. The date, event, venue andtime may appear free of charge forthree months, but these details mustreach The Rep by 12 midday onMondays, to appear in that Friday’sedition. E-mailchuxf@tisoblackstar.co.za or call045-839 4040.Wednesday-Friday, February 19-21:Tjaart Vorster tennis tournament,C ra d o ck .Thursday-Saturday, February 20-22:Ryla camp.Friday, February 21: QC cricket vsMarlow (home); Merrifield water polofriendship tournament, EL.Saturday, February 22: Chris Hanimega district athletics, Cradock; QCcricket vs Hudson Park; EC basketballchampionships, Kingswood.Sunday, February 23: Merrifield Mile,Wriggleswade Dam.Wednesday, February 26: QCinterhouse gala, GHS pool; GHS tennisvs Cradock (away).Friday, February 28:Selborne/Clarendon tennis tournament,EL; QC cricket vs Selborne; St John’sbasketball tournament, Johannesburg;Rotary steak evening, clubhouse, FrostStreet; Stepping Stone grade R classfundraiser; Bloemfontein squash open.Saturday, February 29: SPCA book sale,The Mall, 9am; Hangklip rugby, netball,hockey – Gill tournament; craft market,Moth Hall, Wodehouse Street; GetAhead schools golf day, QueenstownGolf Club.Sunday, March 1: GHS at Bloemsquash open; Golf, Queenstown ladies’open; St John’s basketball tournament,Jo h a n n e s b u r g .Tuesday, March 3: GHS EnglishOlympiad.Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7: EasternCape athletics championships, EL.Friday, March 6: Wo m e n ’s World Dayof Prayer, Grens netball festival; EasternCape athletics championships.Friday, Saturday, March 6,7: Hangklipat Grens tournament.Saturday, March 7: QC sport day;Border Schools rugby day, EL; EasternCape basketball champs, Kingswood.Friday-Sunday, March 6-8: QCEcowatch river rafting experience.Tuesday, March 10: QCOBA MotherBranch meeting.Wednesday, March 11: Hangklipsquash vs Cradock (home).Friday, March 13: Hangklip civvies dayand music theatre; GHS SCA stayawa k e .Saturday, March 14: Graeme Collegerugby day, Makhanda.Friday-Sunday, March 13-15: GregBeiling hockey festival, EL; TonyGodding hockey festival, EL.Tuesday, March 17: GHS Grade 10 lifesciences excursion.Wednesday, March 18: GHS interhousegeneral knowledge quiz; QC 1st teamhockey tour to Bloemfontein.Thursday, March 19: GHS matricdance; SA Schools squash tournament,Johannesburg; SA national schools’athletics, Gauteng.Friday, March 20: First term ends;Hangklip rugby in Jeffreys Bay; RobTaylor hockey festival, EL.Saturday-Monday, March 21-23: GreyHigh School rugby festival, PE.Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28: SAjunior athletics championships, Paarl.Saturday, May 23: East Cape Fuels golfday, Queenstown Golf Club.Friday, May 29: Rotary steak evening,clubhouse, Frost Street.Thursday, May 14: Opening of Love ofArt charity art exhibition, QueensHotel.Friday, Saturday, May 15, 16: Love ofArt charity art exhibition, QueensHotel, from 10am daily.Saturday, May 30: Craft market, MothHall, Wodehouse Street.ANCYL chairmust apologiseto Clark: BKCOBThe Border Kei Chamber of Business, based in Komani, takes verystrong exception to the remarks made against one of our members,Ken Clark, by the ANCYL regional chairperson, Zithulele Sigonyela,in an article published in The Rep on February 14.Clark has been instrumental in getting the Xonxa Dam projectoperational, providing much-needed relief to the community ofKomani and surrounds, who have suffered greatly due to the lack ofwater in this area.He has given unselfishly of his time, knowledge and expertise tobe of assistance to the Komani community, without expectingremuneration. He was one of the founder members of theQueenstown Water Crisis Community established in 2007.The threats and allegations made by Sigonyela to mobilisecommunity members against Clark and his company areunacceptable and are refuted by the BKCOB.Our town, Komani, is currently in a state of crisis!The unwillingness of the local municipality to work with theBKCOB and other community organisations to rectify the diresituation in our town cannot be accepted.The BKCOB is a member organisation of Let’s Talk Komani. Webusiness organisations are tired of the poor service delivery and lackof co-operation shown by the local municipality.We, the BKCOB, urge Sigonyela to retract his derogatorystatement and to apologise publicly for his behaviour.Mark Wilson, chairperson, Border Kei Chamber of BusinessSOCIETYSNIPPETSFrom birthdays to anniversaries to achievementsto notices ... Share your information with us:mjekulal@arena.africa or fax (045) 839-4059Happy birthday wishes are extended to Elise Naudeand Yanga Zicina (February 21), Albré Wagener,Thea van Eeden, Chanelle Bredenkamp, LuciaMabeka and Phumza Kapayi (February 22), HlelaNkutu (February 23), Cheryl Petzer (February 24),Adrienne Godley, Julian Thompson, Peter Staffenand Nadia Wilson (February 25), Elisma Hayes andPhilo Renders (February 26), AnnemarieAggenbach and Antoinette le Grange (February 28),Johan Reynders (March 1), Magriet Second (March2), Melissa Sass, Jerome Kent and Amanda Cloete(March 3), Nicki Dicks and Gerda Cloete (March 4),Cassandra van Jaarsveld and Colleen Aylesbury(March 5)Belated birthday wishes to Nomthunzi Magida andKyle Aylwin (February 17), Zinzi Siswana, JosslynSutton and Greg Pohlmann (February 18), Colleenvan der Venter (February 19), Nicole Shone, EnidGreyling and Jeanette Hookins (February 20).Residents of Komani and surrounding areas arereveling in the rain we have been having almostdaily. Although there has been very little run-off tofill dams, the veld and gardens are already lookingso much better than they were a short while ago. Bythe beginning of this week more than 70mm hadbeen measured in Komani for the month.S eve ra l brave Komani men and women took on thegrueling Surfers’ Marathon in East London lastweekend. Well done on their stout efforts.Condolences are extended to the friends andfamily of Deon Kettledas, Phumla Yibe, SkingiMemani, Nolali Matroos, Nobuntu Lokwe, PitiMalawana, Basil August and Monica Kama.CompulsoryÀ80/20 10:00 AM,20 FEBRUARY2020, at IkhalaAdmin Centre,Ezibeleni80/20 12:00 AM,20 FEBRUARY2020, at IkhalaAdmin Centre,EzibeleniTender/RFQ11:00 AM,17 MARCH 2020at Ikhala AdminCentre, Ezibeleni11:00 AM,17 MARCH 2020at Ikhala AdminCentre, EzibeleniDocuments can be purchased from Supply Chain Management Section, Ikhala TVET College, at a Non- Refundablefee of R150.00 each. Purchase documents at Zone D, Gwadana Drive, Ezibeleni, 5326 between 08:00 and16:00 from Monday to Thursday and between 08:00 and 13:00 on Friday from 14 February 2020 to 17 March2020. All compulsory documents must be completed: SBD1, SBD2, D BID FORM, SBD 3.1 SBD4, SBD 6.1, SBD8and SBD9, which form part of the RFQ/BID documents. The suppliers must be registered on a Central SupplierDatabase (CSD).ÀÀ¿¿¿¿Completed documents and Quotations (clearly marked with the relevant reference number and placed in a sealed¿Only companies who have submitted all of the above information will be considered for evaluation. Ikhala TVET Collegeis under no obligation to give reasons for non-acceptance/rejection of any submission. All shortlisted bidderswill be subjected to undergo a security screening in terms of Section 2(1) (b) of the National Strategic IntelligenceAct 67 of 2002 as amended.
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