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YOUNG TURTLES AT RISK PAGE 2
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SAVING LIVES
New blood centre opens PAGE 3
R30 million to support
EC university students
E D U C AT I O N
IS THE KEY:
Premier Oscar
Mabuyane
said Fort Hare
and Walter
Sisulu will get
R10 million
each. Nelson
Mandela
University and
Rhodes get R5
million each.
Picture: MARK
ANDREWS
SHARING THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
The Eastern Cape
provincial government
announced that it has
allocated R30 million to help
university students struggling to
pay registration fees or handle
their outstanding debt.
“It would be irresponsible for
us to turn a blind eye to cries for
help from our people wherever
they are facing difficulties,” said
premier Oscar Mabuyane.
“We have received
numerous requests from
students who must register to
study and complete their
qualifications and graduate in
2021.
“We have transferred
R30 million to the four
universities in our
province (University of Fort
Hare, Rhodes University,
Nelson Mandela University and
Walter Sisulu University) to
assist students to pay their debt
and be able to graduate and to
pay registration fees for new
students to start their first-year
studies.
“Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu
will get R10 million each.
Nelson Mandela University and
Rhodes get R5 million each.”
Mabuyane said the
provincial government was
aware of the statistics which
showed that chances of
employment for a
university graduate was higher
than those without degrees.
As a result, they would
be assisting students as part of
their skills development strategy
in order to register students,
help them to graduate, receive
their qualifications and
then apply for jobs.
The provincial government
was also investigating ways to
assist TVET colleges.
“Education is a societal
matter and a development
catalyst. Our province is in dire
need of critical skills and more
educated and capable citizenry
for us to drive our development
t ra j e c t o r y,” said Mabuyane.
SPECIAL GIFT: The Hudson Park Interact Club was able to donate 2,680 Easter Eggs to the East London Children's Home
over the Easter weekend Picture: HUDSON PARK/ FACEBOOK
Roadblocks clamp down on vehicle noncompliance
CONTROL:
Roadblocks were
set up over the
Easter weekend
to enhance
the safety of
commuters
Picture: SUPPLIED
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
Roadblocks along the N2 and
R72 went into operation
last Thursday as the Easter
weekend kicked off.
Traffic officials manning the
roadblocks focused on vehicle
roadworthiness, driver fitness
and traffic violations.
A total of 47 fines were
collected and two licence
suspensions were served —
1,278 speeding cases were
reported at the time of writing,
the worst being a vehicle doing
112km/h in a 60km/h zone at
the North East Expressway.
“The culture of drunken
drivers is one of the complex
challenges facing us, and one of
the highest contributory factors
to road fatalities on our roads,”
transport MEC Weziwe Tikana-
Gxothiwe said
“We have to commend our
officers for their proactive
stance.
“We believe that it has
certainly saved dozens of lives
from possible life-altering or
fatal accidents.”
As drivers returned from the
Easter weekend, BCM law
enforcement and traffic officers
took part in multi-disciplinary
operations to try to curb road
accidents.
BCM spokesperson Samkelo
Ngwenya said that the focus
was on high-visibility patrols,
roadblocks and beach patrols.
“The municipality
encountered challenges such as
vehicles at Batting bridge and
Eastern beachfront but with the
joint approach with other law
enforcement agencies, the city
was able to manage the crowds
e f f e c t ive l y,” Ngwenya said.
“The municipality is also
concerned about some
businesses and places of
entertainment that seem to be
flouting lockdown level 1
regulations.
“We are implementing a
safety operational plan that will
ensure that we cover all the
necessary problematic areas.”

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More tiny turtles
expected to be
stranded in EC
CROSSWORD number 1224
Leatherback turtles nest on SA shores
MADELEINE CHAPUT
An unusual number of
juvenile leatherback
turtles have washed up
between East London and Cape
Town since February.
The most recent was a tiny
leatherback, which is a
protected species, found near
Coffee Bay over the Easter
weekend.
Unfortunately the hatchling,
weighing 200g, did not survive
the night on Saturday.
Leatherback turtles are one
of only two species of turtle that
nest on SA shores.
They are the largest of the
living species of turtle in the
world and can weigh up to
700kg and measure two metres
long when fully grown.
According to the Gqeberha’s
Bayworld oceanarium, turtle
hatchling strandings are
common along the coast
between March and June.
Storms, strong winds and
currents can wash the
hatchlings into colder waters,
where they become what is
termed “cold-stunned”, causing
them to wash up along the
coast.
Ruth Wright, head of the
turtle rehabilitation facility at
Bayworld, said while strandings
were not uncommon, the
number of leatherbacks found
along the coast in 2021 was
perplexing.
“It’s a completely natural
phenomenon that often occurs
because of the spring tides,
winds and storms, but what is
very unusual is the number of
leatherbacks that have washed
u p ,” she said.
Six washed-up hatchlings
had been found since mid-
Fe b r u a r y.
“That doesn’t sound like a
lot, but I’ve been at Bayworld for
seven years and in that time I
think we’ve only ever had six
l e a t h e r b a ck s .
“We usually only get about
one or two leatherbacks and
many more loggerhead turtles,
so this season has been very
u n u s u a l .”
Wright was unsure as to why
STRANDED: A little
leatherback turtle found in
the Mdumbi area near Coffee
Bay at the Easter weekend.
Sadly, it did not survive the
night Picture: SUPPLIED
there was an increase in
strandings, but urged the public
to be on the lookout for more.
Bayworld has recently
successfully rehabilitated an
86g leatherback hatchling that
washed up in Jeffreys Bay at the
beginning of March.
The hatchling, named Lotus,
was released off the coast of East
London after spending three
weeks at the facility.
He was the first leatherback
to be successfully released off
the Eastern Cape coast.
Wright said leatherback
strandings had been reported
along the whole coast in areas
such as Mossel Bay, Plettenberg
Bay and the Wild Coast in 2021.
East London Museum
principal scientist Kevin Cole
said more strandings could be
expected over the next few
months.
“Leatherback turtles nest
along the SA coast in
Maputaland and northern
KwaZulu-Natal between
October and February,” he said.
“Incubation is usually
between 60 to 65 days, so we
can still expect hatchlings to
strand depending on sea
conditions, state of health and
sometimes minor injuries.”
BCM’s acting senior
manager of marine and
zoological services, Siani Tinley,
said leatherbacks were normally
found in warm waters of 20°C
and higher.
“Leatherbacks are found in
warm currents like the Agulhas
c u r r e n t ,” she said.
“We ’re surmising that the
cold currents are stunning them
and they are disorientated and
wash up along the coast. They
have all been very small, about
2 0 0 g .”
She said leatherback turtles
had a very specific diet,
consisting mainly of bluebottles,
making it very difficult to
rehabilitate them or keep them
in captivity.
“It’s always best to get them
strong and release them back
into the ocean as soon as
p o s s i b l e .”
Tinley urged the public to
contact the East London
Aquarium or Bayworld should
they find any stranded
h a t ch l i n g s .
“If you do find one of these
little leatherbacks, temperature
is very important and they don’t
do very well with the cold.
“We advise to put them in a
container with fresh water for
under an hour in case they
d e hy d ra t e .
“But if the water cannot be
kept at a temperature higher
than 20°C then it’s better to put
them on a damp towel so that
they don’t dehydrate.
“The best and first step is
always to contact an aquarium
along the coast.
“All aquariums are
experienced, have good
working relationships and will
be able to help.”
She said contacting an
aquarium was also vital because
leatherbacks were a protected
species and under normal
circumstances the public were
not allowed to be in possession
of the species.
For any turtle strandings,
contact the East London
Aquarium on 043-705-2637 or
Bayworld on 041-584-0650 or
071-724-2122. - DispatchLIVE
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7 suspects
arrested for
cable theft
BANKING ON SAVING LIVES
Masterminds, scrapyard syndicates next — BCM
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
Seven suspects were
arrested over the weekend
for their alleged
involvement with a cable theft
syndicate operating in BCM.
Police said they confiscated
municipal copper cables, bolt
cutters, grinders, hammers and
a bakkie.
“We welcome the actions of
the South African Police
Services and Red Alert Private
Security who acted swiftly when
investigating a cable theft case
in Cambridge on Saturday.
“They arrested three suspects
and later uncovered a cable
theft working station,” said BCM
spokesperson Samkelo
N g w e nya .
He said the municipality was
optimistic that the arrests will
serve as a much-needed
breakthrough in the ongoing
battle with cable thieves that
continues to paralyse large
sections of the metro and
regularly plunges communities
into darkness.
“We are also calling on the
courts to weigh in by denying
such repeat offenders bail and
imposing strong convictions,”
Ngwenya said.
“More importantly, we are
hoping that these sorts of arrests
will lead to the capturing of the
masterminds and other
scrapyard syndicates that are
fueling these crimes against the
people of Buffalo City.”
Ngwenya said the ongoing
cable theft cost the municipality
millions in materials, lost
services and repair costs.
“This vandalism also
damages infrastructure and
impacts on water and sewage
pump stations, effecting
environmental damage and
service to communities.
“This has severe implications
on residents and businesses
who are left counting costs of
these unlawful acts,” he said.
FRESH START: SA National Blood Service’s (SANBS) East London collections manager Noncedo
Mqingwana, left, and SANBS zone manager Jonas Leferela cut the ribbon at the newly opened
donor centre at Beacon Bay Crossing on Tuesday Picture: MATTHEW FIELD
EGG-CITING TREASURE
ADVENTURE: Lilyfontein pre-primary pupils enjoyed a fun Easter egg hunt over the weekend
Picture: LILYFONTEIN/FACEBOOK
BLOOMING TREAT
FLOWER
POWER:
The East London
Bromeliad Society
will be hosting
Bromeliad Magic
at Little Beacons
P re - P r i m a r y
School on April 24
and 25. There will
be plenty of
beautiful
bromeliad and
tillandsia displays
along with other
exciting plant
vendors. The
event will run from
9am to 4:30pm on
April 24 and 9am
to 3:30pm on April
25. Entry is R10
per person
Picture: PIXABAY
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Mdantsane
matrics
celebrate
COWBOY SPIRIT
SA signs deal
for 20 million
Pfizer vaccines
Students following Promaths
after-school tuition programme
achieve 100% pass rate
MATTHEW FIELD
Despite the many
challenges faced by the
Covid-19 pandemic last
year, Mdantsane students taking
part in the Promaths after-school
tuition programme being run
out of the Kutlwanong Centre
for Maths, Science and
Technology managed to secure
impressive pass results
following the 2020 final exams.
The group of 60 learners
from around the Eastern Cape
achieved a 100% pass rate in
both maths and physical
science, with a 63% and 67%
average respectively. There were
13 distinctions for maths and 22
distinctions for physical science.
Among the hard-working
pupils were Khulani
Commercial High School
student Likhona Mnyamana
scored an impressive 98% for
maths and 97% for physical
science, while fellow Khulani
student Faith Tonnie earned an
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From Wongalethu High
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Liphelo Morris worked hard for
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“Aside from the vital skills
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SA has signed an agreement
with Pfizer Inc for 20 million
dual-shot Covid-19 vaccine
doses, a government official told
Reuters on Tuesday, boosting
plans to start mass vaccinations
from April.
The deal is another fillip for
the country worst hit by Covid-
19 infections in Africa, as it adds
to the 31 million single-shot
doses from Johnson & Johnson
(J&J) which the government
approved last Thursday.
The first batch from Pfizer is
expected to arrive late in April,
deputy director-general at the
department of health Anban
Pillay told Reuters, but he did
not comment on the price.
The government is buying
the J&J vaccine for $10 (about
R145) per dose.
After the Pfizer deal, the
government will have enough to
vaccinate roughly 41 million
people out of its total population
of 60 million.
The country has also been
allocated 12 million shots under
the World Health Organisation’s
Covax scheme and is likely to
get doses for 10 million people
from the African Union’s Avatt
i n i t i a t ive .
It is not clear whether the
Covax and Avatt doses will be a
single shot, dual shot or a mix of
both.
Health experts have urged
the government to scale up its
vaccination programme in light
of speculation that Africa’s most
industrialised country is likely to
be hit by a third wave of
infections in the winter months
of June and July.
S A’s vaccination campaign
was dealt a blow in early
February when it put on hold a
plan to start inoculations with
A s t ra Z e n e c a ’s vaccine after a
small trial showed it offered
minimal protection against mild
to moderate Covid-19 caused
by the dominant local
coronavirus variant.
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INDEX
DOMESTIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
1010 Births
1040 Engagements
1050 Marriages
1070 Deaths
1100 In Memoriam
1220 Congrats / Best Wishes
1230 Birthday Greetings
1290 Thanks
PERSONAL
2070 Health & Beauty
2140 Lost
2142 Found
ENTERTAINMENT
3060 Entertainment General
SERVICE & SALES GUIDE
5010 Education & Tuition
5090 Plumbing
5100 Electrical Services
5120 Building Services
5122 Home Maintenance
5160 Walls / Fencing
5190 Painting / Decorating
5210 Pools, Spas, Accessories
5260 Computer Services
5360 Garden Services
5451 For Sale
5510 Kennels and Pets
5550 Misc Wanted
5570 Removals and Storage
5630 Services Offered
5640 Shuttle Services
EMPLOYMENT
6140 Education & Training
6150 Employment Wanted
6151 Employment
6170 Estate Agents
6370 Employment Wanted Domestic
ACCOMMODATION
7020 Accomm. Off / Wtd
7060 Flats to Let
7090 Houses to Let
7151 Holiday Accommodation
PROPERTY
8010 Flats For Sale
8050 Houses For Sale
8161 Business Premises To Let
8163 Business Premises For Sale
MOTORING
9070 Used Car Sales
9440 Motorcycles
9381 Motor Sundries
9640 Vehicles Wanted
9200 Used Bakkies / Panelvans
NOTICES
11010 Legal Notices / Auctions
11030 Businesses for Sale
5541
Under R300
2
PERSONAL
2275
Loans & Finance
5
SERVICES & SALES
GUIDE
Under R300
5541
BATHROOM CABINET -
mirrored single door. Like
new. R299. Contact
Lynette 084 506 093.
BEARING PULLERS - 1 x
two jaw (small) and 1 x
three jaw (large). Still
new : R100 for both.
Phone 083 390 8450.
CAMERA TRIPOD in good
condition : R100. Phone
083 390 8450.
CLASSIFIEDS
Contact Cheryl Larsen on T: 082 432 5665 |
E: cheryll@goexpress.co.za or Yaneliseka
Dyomfana on T: 043-702 2122 |
E: dyomfanay@goexpress.co.za
FAX: 086 545 2648
BOOKS: Cooking and
gardening. 25x mixed at
R10 each. Phone 043-
7436513.
DECK CHAIRS: Two
beach fold-up deckchairs
in good condition.
Non-timber frames.
R290. Phone 063 244
9202.
DRILLING MACHINE:
Bosch Industrial Drilling
Machine in Case. Model
GSB 18-12, 600watt. 2
speed with hammer action.
In good condition :
R250. Phone 083 390
8450.
DStv DISH: Aluminium.
Perfect condition. R299.
Contact Lynette 084 506
093.
FLOODLIGHTS: Eurolux
10w LED Floodlights.
Still new in boxes : R50
each. Phone 083 390
8450.
GARDENING: Ceramic
strawberry planter with
9 flowering African
Violets. R280. Picture
available. Phone 073 668
5992.
GARDENING: Garden fork,
spade, rake, strong
broom. R250 the lot.
Contact Lynette 084 506
093.
HAIRDRESSING: Hair-
perm curlers
(different sizes). R100 for
a pack. Phone 063 244
9202.
HAIRDRESSING: Hairdresser
salon swivel chair
(round) in good condition.
R99. Phone 063 244
9202.
HAIRDRESSING: Hairdressers'
curlers. All sizes.
Black bagful. R100.
Phone 063 244 9202.
INK CARTRIDGES: HP Ink
Cartridges - 655 Black,
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
still new in their boxes :
4x R50 each. Phone 083
390 8450.
MUSIC STAND: Old type
Music Stand - in good
condition (collectors
item) : R100. Phone 083
390 8450.
PAPERBACKS: +- 25
Westerns. Most authors.
R10 each. Phone 043-
7436513.
PLANE: Jack Plane - still
new in box : R100.
Phone 083 390 8450.
PLIERS: Crescent make
Pliers - still new in box
(collectors item) : R150.
Phone 083 390 8450.
PRINTER: HP Desk Jet Ink
Advantage Printer -
Model 3525. Needs
attention : R150. Phone
083 390 8450.
SELLOTAPE TAPE
DISPENSER (large type)
: R25. Phone 083 390
8450.
BOOKS:
books. 20 priced at R2,
R5 or R10 each. Phone
043-7436513. SPANNER: Gedore Shifting
Spanner - - in
BOOKS: Sports (autobiographies,
tours etc, cricket,
good condition : R50.
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Key moments in
a life well lived
REFLECTIONS
Charles Beningfield
“G o d ,” I said to myself
philosophically, “works in
mysterious ways.”
It was one evening over the
Easter weekend and I was alone
reminiscing while sipping a cold
libation on the balcony of my
first-floor flat here at Berea
Gardens overlooking the suburb
of Stirling to the mist-shrouded
ocean beyond.
Content and at peace, it
occurred to me that had it not
been for two seminal events I
would not be sitting here on this
lovely autumn evening.
The Lord had placed me in
East London in the month of
March 60 years ago next year.
Of course I didn’t know it at the
time, but He had, as He has for
everyone of us, a plan for me.
In a tin trunk somewhere in
the flat is a large brown
envelope containing important
documents such as birth
certificates, passports etc, and a
letter of appointment to the
Cape Times.
At that time I was on my way
there to take up a position as a
compositor with that newspaper
after several stints at other
newspapers in this country and
the then Rhodesia.
I had off-loaded my sole
possessions (in an old suitcase)
in so-so accommodation at the
old Clontarf Hotel in Inverleith
Terrace on the Quigney after a
successful spur of the moment
decision to try and secure a
temporary position at the Daily
Dispatch in order to make petrol
money for my old Morris Minor
for the onward journey to the
Cape.
In the adjacent, equally tatty,
room was a young man called
Alan Joseph who had also
recently joined the Dispatch as
a reporter.
One Friday evening (it was
my night off as I recall), Alan
came into my room and asked
me to accompany him to the old
Windsor Hotel where he had
been assigned to cover an art
exhibition. It was ironic really,
as at the time Alan was the
reigning Free State heavyweight
boxing champion and here he
was being asked to report on an
art exhibition of all things!
Anyway, I went. There,
unbeknown to me at the time,
was my future wife Naomi
Guy. She was with a friend, who
happened to be the bureau chief
of the Port Elizabeth
(now Gqeberha) Weekend Post
with whom Alan was
acquainted.
I was introduced to Naomi, a
vivacious little thing whom I
learned was a travel clerk on
loan to the local Union-Castle
Line from Durban. Her smile
was like the morning sun rising
from the ocean. It lit up her face
and the whole room for that
m a t t e r.
LOOKING BACK: There are certain events in life which come
to define a person Picture: PIXABAY
And those eyes... They
sparkled like diamonds framed
by a halo of auburn hair. I was
absolutely captivated.
Within a few months we
were married; I never saw Cape
Town or the Cape Times and
Naomi has looked after me
through thick and thin, with the
British tenacity from where she
hails, ever since. God willing
we will soon be celebrating our
diamond wedding anniversary.
We are into our 80s now and
Naomi’s beautiful smile and
sparkling eyes, perhaps dulled
somewhat now by the passage
of time, still melt my heart - my
darling wife who trusted her life
to me all those years ago and
gave me three wonderful and
accomplished sons who learned
early in life not to mess with
their mother whose green, half
Irish eyes would flash with a
very different kind of fire if
p r ovo k e d .
Her friend, by the way, was
❝ I was taking an
afternoon jog in
Southernwood where
we lived when a red
Ford Zephyr slid up
alongside me. It was
Len Beacom, newly
appointed Daily
Dispatch technical
director who had
scoured the
neighbourhood
looking for me
Elizabeth McPherson an
accomplished journalist, now
retired and living in Australia.
She later married Tony Rider,
once editor of the Daily Rep in
Queenstown and later a strong
contender for the position of
Daily Dispatch Editor which
went to the incomparable
Donald Woods.
Tony was killed some years
later when covering the Ian
Smith-Robert Mugabe upheaval
in Zimbabwe for the Rand Daily
Mail.
What happened to Alan
Joseph, tasked by the Lord to be
the catalyst to transform my life
forever, I do not know.
And the second trial set by
our heavenly father, I firmly
believe, to keep me in East
London happened a little later
on. I was taking an afternoon
jog in Southernwood where we
lived when a red Ford Zephyr
slid up alongside me.
It was Len Beacom, newly
appointed Daily Dispatch
technical director who had
scoured the neighbourhood for
me after being told by Naomi
what I was doing.
“Charles, I want you to take
the shift tonight,” he
commanded.
“But I am just an ordinary
c o m p o s i t o r,” I whined to no
avail. The rest is history.
The passing years have been
kind and I have met and worked
with some wonderful, talented
people over the years, many of
whom are no longer with us.
Perhaps I will be privileged to
tell you about some of them
sometime in the future.
Indeed, the Lord works in
mysterious ways!

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Princess reaches
out to help others,
her community
In addition to Miss EC Beauty With a Purpose, taking part in
the Mrs SA pageant connected Ngxata with other NPOs
MATTHEW FIELD
For Mdantsane-born Zikhona
Ngxata, who was crowned Second
Princess at the 2021 Mrs South
Africa, a love for pageantry began at an
early age.
“I’ve taken part in pageants since I
was in Grade 2,” she said.
Her first taste of success was also
during primary school when she won
First Princess at a school event.
“I saw pageants were not just about
beauty, but also about beauty with
brains. I saw how it took me away from
the streets; how it taught me to be
p u r p o s e - d r ive n .”
The tragic death of Ngxata’s mother
in 2002 gave new purpose to her
pageantry work and she realised that she
needed to give back to her community in
the Eastern Cape.
She returned to the province in 2007
from Gauteng and the next year
launched Miss Eastern Cape Beauty With
a Purpose.
“Its main goal is empowerment and
development of our youth,” Ngxata said.
“We addressed issues like teenage
pregnancy, substance abuse and the
cycle of poverty.”
Eventually, Ngxata decided that she
needed to extend her outreach activities
beyond her local community.
“After empowering girls in the
Eastern Cape, I said to myself
‘Zikhona, sometimes you need to lead
from the back and sometimes you need
to lead from the front’.
“Me entering Mrs SA 2021 was me
leading from the front, it was me
showing that I wasn’t asking of others
something that I didn’t have,” she said.
In addition to her work at Miss
Eastern Cape Beauty With a Purpose,
taking part in the Mrs SA pageant has
allowed Ngxata to get involved with
other NPOs like Women4Women and
Inspirational Women, which in turn have
allowed her to give back to the
community that has supported her from
the beginning.
“I’d like to thank my gold sponsors
and silver sponsor, Ronnies Motors. I’d
also like to thank my Eastern Cape
community and my husband,” the
princess said.
LEADING FROM THE FRONT: Mrs SA Second Princess Zikhona Ngxata
has worked hard to support her community through her pageant and
outreach work Picture: SUPPLIED
PMI shows third
consecutive increase
MATTHEW FIELD
WINNERS: Scenery Park-based Milan FC’s under-14 team were the overall winners in their age group at the recent
Youth Extravaganza soccer tournament Picture: SUPPLIED
Scores of excitement at
Easter soccer tournament
For the third consecutive month, the
Absa Purchasing Managers' Index
(PMI) rose to reach 57.4 index points
by the end of March, up from 53 in
Fe b r u a r y.
This increase is attributed to an
improvement in all five measured
indices.
Business activity rose by four
points last month, which the
recently released report said could
be a sign of further recovery in the
country's manufacturing sector.
An increase in both export sales
and domestic demand, likely due to
the further lockdown restrictions led
to the new sales orders index
climbing by six points, ending at
60.4 by the end of the month.
Purchasing price went from 83.1
index points in February to 89 points
in March thanks to a weaker Rand
exchange rate and a spike in the
price of Brent crude.
The inventories index rose to its
highest level since October last year,
ending on 56.1 points last month,
while the supplier deliveries index
surged to 69.8 points.
The worst performing index was
employment at 44.4 points, which
was also the only index to fall below
the neutral 50-point mark.
This shows that despite some
improvement in the national
economy, jobs continue to be shed
at a troubling rate. According to
Stats SA's latest Quarterly
Employment Statistics, formal
employment declined by
approximately 13,000 jobs in the
fourth quarter last year.
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
The North End Stadium in East London
was buzzing last week as 20 teams went
foot-to-foot in the Youth
Extravaganza Easter Soccer Tournament.
The event was hosted by the department
of sport, recreation, arts and culture
(Dsrac) and the EL Central Football
Association (ELCFA).
The five-day tournament began on
April 1 and ended on April 5.
The Friday match between Milan FC
and Duncan Village Future Stars saw
both U18 teams bring their top game.
Through a tough battle, Milan FC
managed to beat their opponents 2-1.
On Saturday Milan FC’s U14 team,
the champions of the 2019 Easter Cup,
defeated Atlantic Spurs 5-0 in the
quraterfinals. Atletico scored 4-2 against
Pefferville United in the penalty kicks,
while Central United won 1-0 againts the
Pride of India.
❝
Teams were sponsored with
bread from Premeir Bakery
and they received soccer
balls from the Peggy Nesta
Foundation ... the winning
teams received a trophy,
medals for each player,
soccer kits, balls and cones
Teams were sponsored with bread
from Premeir Bakery and they received
soccer balls from the Peggy Nesta
Fo u n d a t i o n .
Napoli finshed off the Peggy Nesta
Champions League group fixtures with a
bang, beating Buffalo Chiefs 7-1
and emerging as the runners-up in
Group A below group winners DiRoma.
Overall, Seagulls Football Club from
CC Lloyd Township won the U18
category and Milan FC of Scenery Park
won the U14 category.
Both of the winning teams received a
trophy, medals for each player, football
kits, soccer balls and cones.
“The focus this year was the U14 and
U18 development teams of the Buffalo
City Metro,” said Dsrac communications
manager Andile Nduna.

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‘Breaking free
from chains’
WENDY KRETSCHMANN
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EL model gives back PAGE 7
“Doing this to raise funds for
Logan Bartle is the cherry on the
top for me as helping such a
precious boy makes my heart so
h a p py,” Fit for Logan participant
Caron Troskie told the GO! &
Express recently.
“It’s been a blessing to me as
much as it’s going to be a
blessing to Logan, so being able
to give back when something
blesses me is awesome.”
Incarcerated for five years on
fraud charges, Troskie was
released in 2018 and since
then, she has been getting her
life back on track professionally
and relationship-wise with her
f a m i l y.
During her
imprisonment her diet consisted
mainly of high-starch content
and she had a relative lack of
exercise, both of which
contributed towards weight gain
and impacted negatively on her
general well-being.
Upon release, this was
exacerbated by her consuming
food that she’d been unable to
eat while in prison.
In March this year, her parole
ended and she felt she had
reached the stage where she
needed to change to a healthier
way of living. This coincided
with the launch of the Fit for
Logan Challenge and on March
17, she signed up.
“God has taken me on such
a process of transformation over
the last eight years, starting with
a spiritual rebirth and a
renewing of my mind, so a
physical transformation was
i n e v i t a b l e ,” Troskie said.
“When this challenge came
up, it felt like another step in an
holistic healing by a loving and
faithful God. A little more ‘dy i n g
to self’ is required — a literal
laying down of the flesh.
“I then re-read Roman’s 12:1
‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers
and sisters, in view of God’s
mercy, to offer your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and
pleasing to God — this is your
true and proper worship.’
“So now, although very
challenging, sticking to my meal
plans and exercising are acts of
ON AIR:
C a ro n
Troskie in
studio at Link
FM. Troskie
has joined
the Fit for
Logan
campaign
and is
encouraging
people to
come on
board P i c t u re :
SUPPLIED
worship and it makes it all the
more palatable for me to endure
this process.”
Troskie, who is a mother of
two daughters, has her own set
of challenges to face as she
balances her home life, her
career as well as attending and
overseeing community events.
Furthermore, she will be
adding a bi-weekly fitness
regimen with Wanda Fourie,
owner of Shape Up Gym, as
well as the correct application
of the customised healthy eating
plan designed by dietician
Warwick van der Lingen.
Troskie said she believes
strongly in the benefits of a good
support base.
“As with any big change that
you go through, you always
need people to lean on, who
can also encourage, support
and motivate you. Don’t try to
do things on your own. The
support of the community and
your family and friends are
extremely important.”
If you would like to sponsor
Caron for her weight loss and
thereby donate towards Logan,
you can contact her on 081-
508-4874 or e-mail her at
caron@linkfm.co.za
All funds raised go to Logan’s
Smile (@LogansSmileZA), to
which Fit for Logan is affiliated,
and assists the Bartle family to
raise funds for Logan’s mobility,
educational and medical
requirements.
Troskie, who hosts Link FM’s
“Reaching Higher” from
9.30am until 12pm weekdays,
will bring you progress reports
every second Wednesday at
10am. The next one will be
broadcast on April 14.
- The GO! & Express is the
official and sole print media
sponsor of this initiative.
CHAMPIONS: S A’s netball team is the overall winner of the Spar Challenge Tri-nations netball tournament Picture: SUPPLIED
Proteas trump
Ugandan She-Cranes
SA captain Bongi Msomi Most Valued Player
MATTHEW FIELD
The Spar Proteas celebrated
last Wednesday after
beating the Ugandan She-
Cranes 44-32, securing the
trophy at the Spar Challenge Trinations
netball tournament in
Cape Town.
Their victory didn’t come
easy and the Proteas had to
claw their way to the top
following a strong lead by the
She-Cranes in the first half.
Uganda pulled ahead early,
leading 10-7 by the end of the
first quarter.
The Proteas put in a valiant
effort but even so, Uganda was
still ahead 19-17 as the second
quarter drew to a close.
The Proteas managed to rally
in the third quarter and seven
goals later were tied 22-22 with
the She-Cranes.
They gave one final push in
the fourth quarter which
secured their tournamentwinning
44-32 victory.
While SPAR Proteas coach
Dorette Badenhorst was excited
by the win, she said there was
still a lot of work for the team.
“What is worrying is that our
shooters’ percentages are too
low. It’s no good the centre
court getting the ball to the
circle if the shooters don’t get
the ball in the net,” she said.
Badenhorst also said the
tournament was a valuable
experience for the Proteas as
they were busy preparing for the
2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham, UK, as well as the
2023 Netball World Cup in
Cape Town.
Proteas captain Bongi
Msomi was awarded Most
Valued Player and said that the
Spar Challenge had been
important for the team as it
allowed them to bring new
players into the fold.
“We are a very close team
and the new players have
bought into that,” she said.
❝
The Spar Challenge
was important for the
team’s growth as it
allowed organisers to
bring new players
into the fold