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18 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: mjekulal@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 18 December 2020 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V ERep Reporters gathered some of the HIGHLIGHTS of 2020JA N UA RYQueen's College produced the toptwo matric pupils in the ChrisHani West district in Allen Koshyand Joseph Kankam in the 2019matric exams.Nyanga Senior Secondary Schoolin Ngcobo achieved a 95.45%pass and pupil LomsoDumezweni was one of SA's topachievers with seven distinctions,including 97% for maths and100% for physical science.Chris Hani District Municipality(CHDM) mayor Wongama Gelawarned that water rationing wouldcontinue as dam levels fell anddrought relief funds were notenough.New chief financial officer,Mphumleli Dyushu, was finallyappointed at the beleagueredCHDM.Enoch Mgijima LocalMunicipality (EMLM) cut offelectricity to residents andbusinesses which had failed to payfor the service.Walter Sisulu Universitywelcomed first year students.Komani Hospital staff membersprotested against alleged staffshortages, overcrowding, shortageof beds and a collapsing toiletsystem at the institution.The DA laid criminal complaintsagainst EMLM councillors andofficials who "illegally" severedelectricity boxes at businessesand households in Komani.F E B R UA RYGale-force winds destroyedhomes in Machibini and leftresidents in the dark.The Auditor General gave theChris Hani District Municipality adisclaimer of opinion withirregular expenditure of up toR25.4m for the year ending June2019.Fed up Victoria Park, Aloevale,New Rest and Parkvale residentsthreatened to burn down theEMLM budget and treasurybuilding in protest against powercuts.An alleged thief was beaten to apulp and a young man wronglyaccused of stealing a battery,beaten to death by angry crowdsin mob justice incidents.Foreign shop owners were gunneddown in their shops in Khayelitshaand Nomzamo.Let's Talk Komani's application tohave EMLM dissolved was one of16 similar applications in theEastern Cape.New CHDM manager, GcobaniMashiyi, named the AG'sdisclaimer opinion as the firstpriority in his action plan.Police intervened to preventangry residents from burningdown the EMLM budget andtreasury building for a secondtime because of electricity cuts.Jazz legend Anthony Drake wasawarded at the sixth annualEastern Cape Arts and CultureAwards in East London.Whittlesea woman CharleneAdonisi beat 3 000 entrants tomake the final 100 in the MissRadiant South Africacompetition.MARCHFour suspects regarded as armedand dangerous escaped fromcustody in WhittleseaThe DA took CHDM to court oversanitation and water problemsSA Rugby and Border postponedall rugby activities following thedeclaration by presidentRamaphosa of a state of nationaldisasterA 61-year-old woman fromEzibeleni was found dead in thetoilet of a clinicEMLM was placed undera d m i n i s t ra t i o nEMLM set aside R3m to upgradethe Chris Hani HexagonEMLM was set to roll out smartelectronic meter boxesThulandivile residents in Mlungisiwere sick and tired of sewagespillagesKomani Hospital appointed 17new staff membersEMLM approved nationaltreasury's intention to hold backR13.6m from its conditionalgrants due to under-performanceEkuphumleni High School inWhittlesea received R1,7m fromthe Africa Run for Charityi n i t i a t iveIkhala Tvet College suspendedclasses for 12 days followingprotest action by studentsEnkululekweni residents whoclaimed to have been withoutelectricity for a month barricadedthe Whittlesea Road with burningtyresSiwaphiwe Sonyabashe was oneof the Tammy Taylor Mrs SA 2020semi-finalistsAPRILDanie Gerber, a formerSpringbok, became the first highprofile South African to testpositive for Covid-19EMLM recorded its first Covid-19caseTaxis were impounded on the firstday of lockdownPolice and CHDM councillorsclosed Truda Foods due to theplant allegedly not meeting theregulations required to continueproduction during the nationall o ck d ow nA Komani couple sought justiceafter allegedly being assaulted andfalsely charged for drugpossession by a police officerThe Church of God and Saints ofChrist announced the suspensionof all church activitiesZolile Duze was appointed thenew Chris Hani DevelopmentAgency CEOMore than 40 homeless peopleand street children were offeredtemporary shelter at GaliThembani Youth Centre amid theCovid-19 lockdownA baby girl was found in a plasticbag in petrol station toiletsPolice impounded taxis forbreaking lockdown rulesA man was allegedly murdered inVaalbank and his estranged wifewas among three suspects arrestedCHDM recorded 36 Covid-19casesChris Hani District Municipalitycouncillor and ANC regionaltreasurer Madoda Papiyana, whowas arrested for driving under theinfluence of alcohol andtransporting alcohol resigned asthe district chief whipLet's Talk Komani madecontributions to ensure foodsecurity for the less fortunateamid the Covid-19 lockdownChris Hani region ANCYLdonated 110 food parcels tofamilies from Rhawutini andNkwanca informal settlementM AYFrontier Hospital nurses protestedfor personal protectiveequipment to be provided.Philani Clinic staff tested after aconfirmed Covid-19 case.CHDM launched a Covid-19awareness campaign afterEmalahleni municipality wasdeclared a hotspot.Ezibeleni tavern owner helps theneedy during coronavirusstruggle.Safa threatened to cut funding forjunior leaguesCHDM councillors, businessesand residents united to support amunicipal food bank for the needyEMLM mayor urged residents topay rates to prevent electricityb l a ck o u t sResidents complained of earlymorning wake-up noise fromroaming cattle that damagedgardensA 'new normal' way of living wasintroduced by president CyrilRamaphosaA trade union was unhappy afterKomani Shoprite retail store onlyquarantined the close contacts ofa staff member who hadcontracted the coronavirusA Vaalbank senior citizen, 78,recovered from the coronavirusA Victoria Park shop-owner wasaccused of raping family membersThe police sought the public’shelp in a murder case in KomaniFrontier Hospital staff downedtools again over lack of personalprotective equipmentAn electricity pole in Newvalecaught fire, leading to an outageSada prisoners were afraid after aCovid-19 outbreak in the facilitySewage flooded yards in Ilingeand not been repaired since 2019Whittlesea police station wasclosed due to confirmed Covid-19casesFrontier Hospital staff warned onrules after a week-long protestQueenstown police station's newcommander was out to battle GBVand robberiesThe Enoch Mgijima area recordedits first Covid-19 deathSchools prepared for Covid-19safety protocols to curb the spreadA blaze destroyed 30 shacks,displacing many familiesA group of livestock owners wereangry over occupation of a farmKomani Psychiatric Hospital staffdemand to be tested for Covid-19Sindiswa Tywabi was appointedthe Chris Hani health district chiefdirectorProteas and Bok players deliveredfood in SwartwaterJUNEKomani SPCA took in 38 huntingdogs that formed part of a policei nve s t i g a t i o nKomani hawkers got relief from aCHDM food bankResidents took to the streetsfighting against illegal electricityconnections that had left them inthe darkLocal rugby player Geraldo Fluskobtained a junior contract with aprofessional SA rugby teamRural schools were not ready tore-open due to several challengesincluding shortage of teachersHungry families received foodparcels from Good SamaritansSamwu called for CHDM to beplaced on alert level 5 after beingnamed a hotspotEMS employees demanded to betested after a colleague had testedpositive for Covid-19The Enoch Mgijima Contractors'Forum wanted answers on a PPEdistribution tenderThe majority of schools in ChrisHani re-opened after a twomonthlong recessMadeira Park residents outragedover four-day power outageChurches remained closed in fearof Covid-19EMLM mayor slammed residentsfor gross disregard of lockdownregulationsThe Queenstown magistrate’scourt re-opened after Covid-19cases had been recordedA group of young people fromIlinge helped desperate familieswith food parcelsLocal farmer 'Cowboy' KenShuman was a finalist in a USphoto competitionA man attacked a woman carryinga new-born baby at FrontierHospitalA local plumbing business fixedthe Kwa-Komani ComprehensiveSchool ablution facilityThe Chris Hani Military Veterans'Association helped schools tocomply with Covid-19 rulesA medical student’s body wasrepatriated from CubaCHDM promised Sada residentsthe end of water woesKomani residents complained of ahealth hazard when a cloud ofsmoke hung over the landfill siteSouth African Youth Councilregional secretary LusandaMahashe threatened to closedown CHDM special programmesunitEMLM councillors removedhardware material frompavements in townThe EMLM faced dissolution fromco-operative governance andtraditional affairs MECSPAR pushed on with single-useplastic reduction campaignThe Border-Kei Chamber ofBusiness elected a new committeeduring its annual general meetingLocal soccer teams prepared forthe SAB U21 championshipJ U LYEMLM narrowly escaped beingdissolved after coming to an outof-courtagreement with civicsociety organisation Let's TalkKomani that would have theEMLM implement a financialrecovery plan.Dahlia Street in Komani wasclosed by angry residents whoprotested against 'izinyoka' whothey accused of illegalconnections in the area leading toan unstable electricity supply.They demanded EMLM intervene.EMLM mayor, Luleka Gubularecovered from Covid-19 afterbeing tested positive the monthbefore.Gale force winds across theregion destroyed 90 homes.Affected areas included Mlungisi,Dlakavu, Vaalbank, Mgalwanaand Engcobo, among others.Two men were killed in a mobjustice attack in Mlungisi. Thevictims were accused of trying tobreak into a house near theSilvertown informal settlement.Gift of the Givers donated PPE,pillows and blood pressuremachines to the Dordrechthospital.Komani descended into chaosafter residents started executingland grabs all over town.A failed motion of no confidenceJUMP HIGH: Azaelia Flusk and Lucresna Stegman feelingjolly at a kiddies' fun day at Boundary Pub and Grub P i c t u re :ZINTLE BOBELOwas tabled by the United Frontand DA against the EMLM troikafor non-performance and failureto include important agendaitems at council.Queenstown Girls' High Schoolcelebrated 145 years ofexcellence.Amavarara FC star SipholwethuKelephu secured a move toGladAfrica league team, TSSportingAU G U S TKomani Hospital workers went onyet another strike, claiming theirlives and those of patients wereput in danger by the inadequateprovision of PPE by thedepartment of health.Springbok captain Siya Kolisipledged support forlocal humanitarian, Asanda Lisa,who started the Queue for Lifeinitiative. Lisa provides meals forold-age pensioners in Sassa grantqueues.An elderly couple was evacuatedfrom their farm in the Tylden areain what was claimed to be a foiledfarm attack.EMLM acted against last month’slands grabs, destroying illegallyerected structures aroundKo m a n i .Emalahleni councillor,Rossenberg Zolile Feni, died aftercontracting Covid-19.Law enforcement agencieslaunched a manhunt after sixawaiting trial suspects escapedfrom the Sada correctionalf a c i l i t y.The EMLM mayor, along withother councillors, was out in theKomani streets fixing potholes forthe launch of the “war onpotholes” p r o g ra m m e .SEPTEMBERChris Hani District Municipality(CHDM) attributed the scourgeof sewage spillages across thedistrict to continuous acts ofvandalism and theft at its sewagetreatments works, and thedumping of foreign objects intomanholes.Members of the NationalEducation, Health and AlliedWo r k e r s ’ Union rememberedfrontline workers who had diedfrom Covid-19 with a candle-litmemorial day at Frontier Hospital.Activist and CHDM councillor,Nyameka Goniwe, 69, whofought in vain for justice over thebrutal murder of her husband,struggle hero Matthew Goniwe,during the apartheid era, died inC ra d o ck .Five EFF members aged between30 and 35 were arrested inKomani on charges of maliciousdamage to property in connectionwith the Clicks disruption.Ezibeleni musician Kwanele“Kayy Bantwana” Malaphuhoped to make a name for himselfby writing songs with meaning tosupport his family.A new dawn was set for Queen'sCollege with the appointment ofits coaching structures for 2021and beyond.Villagers from Intsika Yethu,Engcobo and Mnquma localmunicipalities were to benefitfrom a R215m Tsomo River waterabstraction and treatment projectinitiated by CHDM in 2016.Old Queenian, geologist Dr GVPrice, who grew up on a farm inthe Tarka district was honouredwith a Gold Medal Award inrecognition of outstanding lifelongservice to the profession ofengineering and environmentalgeology in South Africa.Amavarara FC chair LusaphoMzwakali said he would not beheld to ransom by playersdemanding big salaries while theclub was not in a financialposition to pay wages.Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha said theEastern Cape government was innegotiations with the nationaldepartment of co-operativegovernance and traditional affairs(Cogta) minister, NkosazanaDlamini-Zuma, to lift the ban ontraditional initiations for thesummer season.The Hawks serious organisedcrime investigation unit in EastLondon was seeking assistancethat would lead to theapprehension of LundiMzimkhulu, 33, who escapedwith five other inmates from theSada Correctional Centre.Old Queenian Raegan Oranjewas making steady progress inhis rugby career, and had beensigned by the Griquas.O C TO B E RThe department of trade andindustry (DTI) injected R45m tokick-start the second phase ofrehabilitating the infrastructure inthe Komani Industrial Park atEzibeleni after Enoch MgijimaLocal Municipality leased theoperational licence of the park tothe Chris Hani DevelopmentAgency (CHDA).Residents in Lesseyton denouncedthe alleged brutal attack by lawenforcement officials during apolice operation.Justice and correctional servicesminister Ronald Lamola visitedBulelani and Lingelihle HighSchools, Ezibeleni magistrate’scourt and Ilinge police station aspart of his “district developmentmodel champion work.”Four -year-old ImibongoMzimkhulu drowned in theOxkraal Dam at Dyamala village,Whittlesea.Enoch Mjigima LocalMunicipality was to spend R3m topatch the pothole-riddled FikileGwadana Drive in Ezibeleni.Department of healthspokesperson Siyanda Mananaconfirmed that documentsbelonging to a certain companywere found among KomaniHospital’s dumped linen andhanded over to the police.Thirty-seven awaiting trial people,the majority without face masks,were crowded into a cell with 28beds, making social distancingimpossible.Premier Oscar Mabuyaneofficially launched 10 state-of-theartinfrastructure projects, amongthem a Bailey bridge, vehicletesting station, a sports field andrecreational parks in EmalahleniLocal Municipality, Cacadu.Enoch Mgijima Local Contractors’Forum was set to file a courtinterdict against the localmunicipality, alleging they hadbeen sidelined in a pothole tenderfor Fikile Gwadana, Ezibeleni.The Chris Hani DistrictMunicipality was owed apossibly-irrecoverable R1.9bn atthe quarter ending September byits consumers in all sixmunicipalities, reflecting theinstitution’s low revenuecollection rate.The prevailing heat wave did notdeter fans from coming out innumbers to watch the firstSibabalwe charity netballtournament at Nkwanca HighS ch o o l .N OV E M B E RLong queues, preferentialtreatment and rude staff were justsome of the complaints irateresidents waiting at the Komanihome affairs office raised.The Chris Hani DistrictMunicipality launched aninvestigation after the photographof a municipal vehicle with 25lcontainers being filled with fuelat a Komani petrol station wentviral on social media.The Development Bank ofSouthern Africa donated muchneededpersonal protectiveequipment as well as a screeningunit to the Chris Hani DistrictMunicipality following fears of asecond Covid-19 wave.Homes were destroyed andanimals killed after fire fightersfailed to respond to two blazesbecause the key to a fire truckwent missing.A Komani home affairs supervisorarrested in connection with apossible identity fraud syndicateappeared in the Queenstownm a g i s t ra t e ’s court on fraudch a r g e s .A DA site visit to villagessurrounding Komani exposed a“total collapse” of water andsanitation services in Ilinge.Komani residents expresseddiscontentment over EnochMgijima Local Municipalityprioritizing a stretch of road just infront of the district municipality’sheadquarters over other roadsregularly used by residents.A 33-year-old woman was killedand several people seriouslyinjured in a head-on collisionbetween a taxi and a privatevehicle near Queendustria, enroute to Ezibeleni.11 Walter Sisulu Universitystudents tested positive forcoronavirus leading to more than30 other students being tested.G ove r n m e n t ’s decision to furthersuspend the summer initiationseason was met with anger andresistance from various sectionsof the community in the ChrisHani district.DECEMBERRadiologist Dr Nikelo Mabandlaacquired a R15.5m MRI scannerto ensure that Komani residents donot have travel to far-flung areas toaccess the service.Despite the Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 numbers surging and somehospitals facing capacitychallenges, Chris Hani districthospitals were still coping wellwith the virus.Residents of Lesseyton who hadwaited for nearly seven years forRDP houses were relieved to learnthe housing project would beu n b l o ck e d .Enoch Mgijima LocalMunicipality’s mayor andmunicipal manager faced jailtime of up to six months forcontempt of court stemming froma court order to pay Eskom’sballooning debt.An angry mob beat up a man theycaught red-handed stealingmoney from an elderly resident atan FNB ATM in Cathcart Road.More than R13 000 was raised bya group of Komani residents toassist local old age homes in dires t ra i t s .Ambitious Komani creative CyaKambiwas set to attend aconvention hosted by theInternational Modelling andTalent Agency (IMTA) in New YorkC i t y.
THE REPRESENTATIVE 18 December 2020 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: mjekulal@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 19SPORT SCENEgraphic © liudmyla pushnova / 123RF.comTRAIL BLAZERSShowing offtheir punchesMakadunyiswe Cwenza has the moves toterrorise any would-be opponentNTSIKELELO QOYOIt has been a tough year forboxing, with many pugilistshaving to temporally hangup their gloves after the countrywent into lockdown because ofC ov i d - 1 9 .With matches and eventssuspended because of thenature of the sport called forsome creative thinking.In celebration of women’smonth (August ) the WesternCape Open BoxingOrganisation held their first-evershadow boxing tournament.Boxers from around the countrywere invited to show off theirslick skills via video recordings.The entrants were judged onmovement, punching andc o u n t e r- a t t a ck .Queenstown Boys BoxingClub’s (QBBC) MakadunyisweCwenza was proven to have themoves to terrorise any would-beopponent.The decorated amateurfighter said she was happy shehad the moves to impress.With a year in which boxerswere not able to make much ofan impact, she is now looking tothe future to take her career tothe next level.“Next year I am going to EastLondon to study. Hopefully Iwill be able to further myboxing there. However, I wouldlove to go to Port Elizabeth andjoin the Eastern Cape SportAcademy where I think I can❝ I am very happy thatmy video impressedthe [BoxingOrganisation shadowboxing tournament]panel in Cap Townhave a shot at turningprofessional whileconcentrating on my studies.“I am very happy that myvideo impressed the panel inCape Town. I take it as furthermotivation to keep workinghard and become better.”QBBC manager, MabhutiMapeyi said women’s boxingcould only get better in Komaniand needed to be nurtured.“It was a tough year foreveryone. We barely managedto get into the ring. The idea tohost a shadow boxingtournament was a greatinitiative and it managed to liftthe spirit of the girls.“We have good womenathletes who want to getinvolved in the sport. We havetrainers like Nosipho Benyanewho have been an example toother girls that boxing issomething women can get intoand excel at,” said Mapeyi.GOING OFF ROAD: Komani runners were in Hogsback recently to take on the Arminel Trail.Two of the runners took on the 21km route while a group of nine participated in the 10km route.The two clubs represented were the Old Mutual Athletics Club and Flamingo running andwalking group Picture: SUPPLIEDCall MAVIS orCHARODINE045 839 4040if yourbusiness isabout tocelebrate aspecial event/birthday/anniversary.Call nowout moreabout ouradvertisingfeatures.
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