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2 GOT A NEWS STORY? Call our news desk on (043) 702 2125 or (043) 702 2046. Find us on Facebook 18 February 2021 GO & EXPRESSIN OURPOSTBAGgraphic © liudmyla pushnova / 123RF.comCnr Quenera Drive & St Helena Road, Beacon Bay, East London oremail MatthewF@goexpress.co.za or fax 086 545 2648Letters 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 to publish. Defamatory and slanderous letters willnot be considered. Letters have to be brief and to the point. Please limit letters to 250 words or lessCROSSWORD number 1217Exam confusioncould cost mydaughter her jobDear GO! & ExpressIam totally over the no-careattitude of UnisaMy daughter did a BusinessManagement diploma this yearthrough Unisa.Her last exam was English.All the subjects exams weredone online.After not receiving her finalexam results she firstly struggledto get a response from Unisa.They eventually let her knowshe was “Absent from exam”,that after they acknowledgedthat they received her exampaper “In good order”.None of the Unisa staff atcall centre at Unisa head officecould help her.We went to EL Unisaoffices and they said they willLOVE IS IN THE AIRFRUSTRATION: Gettingdifferent answers from UnisaPicture: SUPPLIEDescalate all her email enquiries.It’s been three weeks sincevisiting the local offices andalways the answer is that“it’s been escalated”.My daughter needs toregister for her degree beforeMarch 13. She can’t without thismess being sorted out.She stands to lose her job atan auditors firm because shewas employed because she willbe studying Accounting.She will lose hermembership of her medical aidbecause she has to be studyingto stay on my medical aid.I am sure that my daughter isnot the only Unisa student withthis problem due to theincompetence of Unisa.Can you please publish thisletter to make Unisa realise theyare playing with students’futures.Thank you,MALCOLM VORSTERWIN!A A 1x 1x 250gbag of ofc offe c eeplus twof re f re ec a c p a p p u u c c i c n i n os osvalued at atR R 10 1000s p s o p n o so n so re re ddby by Cutman& HawkC C offe eeThe winner of crossword # 1186 is: M e l i ssawin a 1x 250g bag of coffee plus two free cappuccinosBo tt c h e r Co n g ra t u l a t i o n s !Send in a completed, correct crossword for a chance tovalued at R100 sponsored by Cutman & Hawk Coffee.Drop off the crossword solution before 10am on Tuesdayat the Daily Dispatch building in Beacon Bay, or scan aSOLUTION to Crossword number 1186copy and e-mail it to go co n t est s @ a re n a . a f r i c aSOLUTION to Crossword number 1216RIPPLE EFFECT: The clouds form intriguing patterns over Amalinda, like that of hands makingthe shape of a heart Picture: MILIND CHITNISW H AT ’S ON THE GO!Contact the News Desk on (043) 7022125 or e-mail: goexpress@arena.africaby Monday 4pm in publication weekT H U R S DAY● The East London U3A offersmany interesting courses andpresentations every week. Theseare on Zoom due to Covid-19restrictions. Membership costsR50 per year. For enquiries , callGill at 083-651-7892.F R I DAY● CROQUET: St Andrew’sCroquet Club (in the grounds ofthe EL Golf Club, Bunker’s Hill).Play begins at 1.45pm everyWednesday, Friday andSaturday. Visitors are welcome.Coaching available. ContactHugh Brathwaite 072-651-8514. Club facilities available tohire. Contact Lyn England 083-321-3445.S AT U R DAY● CROQUET: Typos CroquetClub’s Summer playing timesare 3pm Saturdays, Sundays andWednesdays. Join the team for agame or, alternatively, Rob andLinda are available for trainingsessions. Practise equipment(mallets etc.) are available onthe day at no cost.For further details call Linda083-579-4085. Covid-19restrictions are adhered to.Typos Club, Union Avenue(next to Clarendon HighS ch o o l ) .● Narcotics Anonymous. StNicholas Church, 22 Pell Street,Beacon Bay. From 7pm to 8pm.Call 083-900-6962● Gonubie Saturday Stalls,BCM Building, Main Road, from8.30am to 12.30pm. New popupstalls, come and browse.Covid-19 rules apply. Enquiries067-041-2830.W E D N E S DAY● Narcotics Anonymous. StNicholas Church, 22 Pell Street,Beacon Bay. From 7pm to 8pm.Call 083-900-6962Send in a completed, correct crossword #1184 for a chance to win a 1x 250g bag of coffeeplus two free cappuccinos The winner valued of at last R100 week’s sponsored crossword by Cutman #& 1216 Hawk Coffee.Drop off the crossword solution before 10am on Tuesday at the Daily Dispatch building inis Aubrey Kali. Co n g ra t u l a t i o n s !Beacon Bay, or scan a copy and e-mail it to go co n t est s @ a re n a . a f r i c a
GO! & EXPRESS 18 February 2021 For all your advertising needs call Cheryl on (043) 702 2031 or Yaneliseka (043) 702-2122. Find us on Facebook 3Online radiogrowing dailySpreading the word of God and creating jobsSIPHOSIHLE DYONASEKing William’s Townresident Dr MandlaMakubalo is filling theairwaves with his online radiostation, which he launched inS e p t e m b e r.Makubalo was born andgrew up in the small karoo townof Tarkastad. Married, and afather to five children, he hasbeen in the radio industry for 35ye a r s .He first started out at RadioXhosa n 1986.“Then in 1992, I joined theInstitute for DemocraticAlternatives in SA (IDASA)under the leadership of AlexBorraine and was given a task ofestablishing a radio unitto produce voter educationp r o g ra m m e s ,” Makubalo said.Makubalo joined RadioCiskei in 1995 and in 2010, hewas headhunted by TruFMwhere he worked until 2015.He got the idea for startingan online radio station afternoticing a gap in the localsphere.“I saw a need for a platformto train young people inbroadcasting and so decided toFAMILY BUSINESS:Siphosethu Makubalo is thestation manager at MandlaMakubal RadioPicture: SUPPLIEDcome up with an online radiothat will spread the word of Godas well as being something thatwill change people’s lives,”Makubalo said.And that is how MandlaMakubal Radio was born.“It [the station] will bringopportunities to young people,introducing them to the worldof broadcasting and trainingthem to become betterpresenters.“We are also contributing bycreating jobs. It’s a vehicle forsmall businesses to grow and tobecome known in KingWi l l i a m ’s Town ands u r r o u n d i n g s ,” he said.Makubalo’s daughter,Siphosethu Makubalo, is servingas the station manager whilealso working on her final yearstudying marketing andcommunication at theUniversity of the Free State.“The challenge is that I’mturning 24 this year, but I have tomanage people who are wayolder than me,” she said.“Each and every day I’mlearning new things and I’menjoying it.“I’m a shy person but being astation manager really pulledme out of my comfort zone,because I have to interact withpeople everyday.”- Mandla Makubal Radio isavailable for download on theGoogle Play store.LONG WALK: Budget cuts will deprive nearly 40,000 students in the province of schooltransport Picture: MLONDOLOZI MBOLOStranded by budget cutsMATTHEW FIELDThe DA has raised concernsabout cuts to the provincialbudget, which were announcedat the recent EC EducationPortfolio Committee.In particular, shadowMEC for transport Marshall vonBuchenroder said that the cutswould leave nearly 40,000students in the provincestranded as they would now bedeprived of schoolt ra n s p o r t .Last year, according to VonBuchenroder, the ECdepartment of transport wasable to provide assistance toover 120,000 pupils, but thenumber had been cut to just87,000 for the 2021 academicye a r.“The same department thathas claimed the reduction innumbers is due to budget cuts,underspent their budget by R94million in the 2019/20 financialye a r,” he said.“The same department wasable to blow through an extraR17.2 million for travel andsubsistence for officials, upnearly 25% year-on-year, fromR69.4 million in 2018/19 toR86.6 million in 2019/20.“The same department,pleading poverty, was able tospend R13.4 million on cateringfor its officials.”Van Buchenroder accusedthe government had “t h r ow nour children to the wolves” andsaid he would be writing to ECpremier Oscar Mabuyane andfinance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko totry and convince them toarrange additional funds.
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