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Report over R15m

field is due ‘soon’

MEC says investigators ‘on site, hard at work’

ZINTLE BOBELO

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

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Elation as

Komani

teen has

her sight

re s t o re d

While a team of investigators has been

appointed to probe the Lesseyton

sports field and stadium, claimed to

have been built for R15m, three councillors who

were present at the official opening of the facility

were given 48 hours to provide reasons why they

should not be suspended.

This after cooperative governance and

traditional affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha instructed

council speaker Bongiwe van Heerden to provide

a report on what steps she would take to ensure

councillors present in ANC regalia at the

unveiling of the sports field would be held

accountable.

A letter addressed to one of the councillors,

which was shown to The Rep, stated that the act

was in breach of the code of conduct for

councillors.

“At the said event you were witnessed

wearing political party regalia in this period on

our national calendar of serious political

campaigning for the forthcoming local

government elections.

“This is in breach of the code of conduct for

councillors as your actions are construed as

political campaigning by using municipal

resources to that end.”

The councillors were expected to provide

written responses on receipt of the

correspondence.

“As instructed by the MEC, the office of the

speaker is dealing with the matter and necessary

information will be shared after completion or

when necessary,” said Enoch Mgijima Local

Municipality spokesperson Lonwabo Kowa.

Cogta spokesperson Makhaya Komisa did not

respond on the matter by the time of going to

print.

However, MEC Nqatha indicated in a

statement that a legal firm had been appointed to

investigate the R15m sports field and that (EMLM)

administrator Monwabisi Somana was expected

to provide a preliminary report by the end of the

month.

“The team is composed of legal minds with

expertise in forensics as well as procurement

p r o c e s s e s ,” said MEC Nqatha.

Kowa said the municipality would cooperate

with the investigating team.

Nqatha also highlighted that the burning of

the former Chris Hani Craft Hub building had no

links to the R15m sports field controversy.

“The image of a burning building in Enoch

Mgijima has nothing to do with the building

UNVEILING: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality chief whip Nombuyiselo Ndlebe, left, technical

services portfolio head Noluthando Nqabisa, and ward 18 councillor Unathi Mlindazwe at the

official opening of the R15m sports field in Lesseyton recently Picture: SOURCED

housing the documentation pertaining to the

controversial R15m sports field.

“We can assure the public that the

information and evidence is secured.

Investigators are already on site, hard at work.

“We expect them to leave no stone unturned

on the matter,” said Nqatha.

Weighing in on the R15m spent on a

substandard facility, regional organiser of the Pan

Africanist of Azania (PAC) movement, Nkosi

Machi Nodume said: “The ANC government

undermines black people. It seems they have lost

their sense of rationality and self-respect.

“The PAC of the People of Azania demand

answers on this waste of taxes.

“We would like to get all the quotations and

invoices for the work done that will tally with the

R15m.

“The masses are being undermined here. We

demand accountability and answers.”

He said the PAC of Azania’s demand was to

get land back to its rightful owners.

“The land is the economy. Once the people

have land they can build anything.

“There can be no viability of economy

without the return of the stolen land. We demand

our own sovereign state, not this neo-colonial

state.

“We need sport and other facilities of value

that will give an African person dignity and

r e s p e c t .”

The Independents’ mayoral candidate, Ken

Clark, said there was huge corruption within the

municipality which needed to be rooted out.

“Where is this council spending our money?

The project did not benefit local contractors, we

do not have adequate electricity, our roads are in

a poor state, but they can squander money like

this. We want to get to the bottom of it,” he said.

Also weighing in on the matter, Independent

Komani Residents’ Association (Ikora)

chairperson Xolani Ngxathu questioned the

tender processes, demanding transparency from

the local authority.

“It has been reported that the chosen

company was allegedly fifth on the list.

“We demand transparency in terms of tender

processes followed because we believe the

facility is worth far less than the stated amount,’’

said Ngxathu.

ZINTLE BOBELO

A 17-year-old girl who was forced to drop out of

school after developing a cataract which left her

vision impaired in both eyes is overjoyed that she

will soon return to school after undergoing an

intensive eye operation at the Sabona Eye Clinic at

Frontier Hospital this week.

Lilitha Norawana said after she was diagnosed

with diabetes in 2019, she noticed she was

slowing losing vision in her left eye.

Her family had to make the difficult decision

for Norawana to take a break from her studies

when her vision worsened in September last year.

“There is no-one else at home but the two of

u s ,” said her father, Friday Nqayi.

“I would have to rush back from work because

there was no one else to assist her.

“It was difficult for us, but today I am happy

and would like to thank the doctors for their

constant communication, great care, support and

for giving us the help we needed.”

Opthalmologist Dr Gcobani Tuswa said

diabetes was more common in adults, but also

affected young people and was a common chronic

condition that most were ignorant about.

“According to statistics, diabetes is one of the

causes of blindness worldwide, especially in

developing countries.

“Surgery is currently the only cataract

procedure to restore vision.

“It is not a long procedure, the healing and

turn-around time is quick,” he said.

He said they were able to operate on one of

N o rawa n a ’s eyes on Tuesday and would soon do

the other. She was among six patients who

underwent serious eye operations this week.

Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth, who was

at the hospital to commemorate World Sight Day

on Wednesday, spoke briefly with Norawana, who

was happy that she would be going back to school.

Meth made an impromptu walkabout at the

facility, along with the department’s provincial

officials, hospital

board members, the

Enoch Mgijima

Local

Municipality

mayor and

speaker and the

ANC regional

s e c r e t a r y,

wh i l e

Smallest baby ever delivered in hospital’s history

REP REPORTER

Life Queenstown Private Hospital’s maternity

team recently successfully delivered the smallest

baby in the hospital to date.

Weighing a mere 660g, baby Yabona was

delivered by the expertise of gynaecologist Dr

Bezile Langa, paediatrician Dr Fikile Ngqotso,

and the maternity staff.

First-time mother, Kwezi Takata, gave birth to

baby Yabona before she had reached full term.

The staff and specialists worked tirelessly to

stabilise and support baby Yabona, who had

severe pneumonia and cardio-pulmonary arrest.

Baby Yabona was discharged from the

hospital earlier this month.

Following Life Healthcare’s continued

investment into Life Queenstown Private

Hospital, further enhancing the healthcare

offerings to the local community, the staff and

specialists at the maternity unit offered expert

care to neonatal babies, the hospital group said

in a statement.

The newly-built theatre complex, which was

part of a R30.8m upgrade and expansion project

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I CAN SEE: An elated Lilitha Norawana, 17,

after having her sight restored following

successful eye surgery done at the Sabona Eye

Clinic at Frontier Hospital earlier this week

Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

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No fire truck: ‘Part of Komani gone’

No police: CPF volunteers try save old craft hub

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

The former Chris Hani Craft

Hub building belonging

to Enoch Mgijima was

consumed by heavy flames on

Monday night.

If it were not for the firefighter

volunteers from the

Community Policing Forum

(CPF) managing to contain the

fire, further damage would h ave

occurred.

The fire started a few

minutes before 11pm.

Not only was the municipal

fire engine u n ava i l a b l e ,

municipal staff, except the fire

chief, were also a no-show.

The police, who were said to

have been contacted, were

nowhere to be seen either.

Chris Hani District

Municipality could not provide

FIRE SCENE: The former Craft Hub building was in flames on

Monday evening Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

back-up as its fire engines had

been dispatched to other areas

in the district.

Apparently this was the

fourth fire to have erupted in the

building.

The Rep reported

“‘Incompetence’ cause of

historical building’s demise,

August 6”, that a homeless

person had been found seated

near a fire inside the building.

At the recent fire incident

scene, the CPF’s Johan Reynders

said: “This is a part of Komani

that is gone. We reported this to

the municipality and this is what

happened. We have asked the

council to get the building

barricaded at least, so that

people cannot get in, to get old

zincs to close the window and

doors because this was always

going to happen.’’

Reynders said though the

CPF had chased away people

who were living there many

times, they kept returning.

“They were making fires and

had a sheet of zinc on the floor.

“We would come with fire

extinguishers to put it out and

the next day it would be back.

“This is prime property. The

council could have sold this

building and made money, but

they let it go to ruin.’’

As far as the officials being a

no-show, Reynders said: “Th e y

were all phoned. The municipal

manager said she was leaving it

in the hands of the fire chief.

“How do you leave it in the

hands of a fire chief when he

does not have any resources to

fight the fire with?”

He said the town was in a

huge crisis where it would

eventually reach a tipping point.

He added that there was an

“I do not care attitude”.

“How do you not even come

out and watch your own

resources burn down?

“We have families at home

and we are not firefighters, but

we are here. We can’t give up.”

DA councillor in the EMLM,

Zuko Mandile, who was also at

the scene, said the municipality

was paying security officers to

look after municipal buildings,

something that former ANC

councillor Mncedisi Mbengo

had also alluded to during his

visit to the building in recent

months.

But EMLM spokesperson

Lonwabo Kowa had rejected the

claims.

Mandile said: “Th e

municipality’s fire engine has

not been repaired as there were

no funds to pay the service

p r ov i d e r.” However, Kowa said

the fire engine was undergoing

repairs, and the municipality

wa s not aware of struggles to

pay the service provider.

“As soon as repairs are done,

payment will be made and the

fire engine will be back,” Ko wa

said.

On whether the municipality

would rebuild the structure

through insurance claims, he

said the municipality was

engaging in internal processes

aimed at rebuilding it.

“It is true that Enoch Mgijima

was in advanced stages of

leasing the building out again.

“A number of times, the

building had been refurbished,

only to be vandalised and left in

a bad state. It is unfortunately

not financially possible to have

security personnel at all

facilities 24 hours a day.

“Electricity infrastructure has

also not been spared by thieves

and vandals,” he said.

Construction workers livid over non-payment

ZINTLE BOBELO

Construction workers in

Lesseyton who claim to have

been patient with their

employer for almost two weeks,

downed tools and launched a

protest action over the nonpayment

of salaries on Monday.

Hundreds of workers locked

the gates of a Biz Afrika

construction site, burning tyres

and demanding payment and

answers from management.

“We were told we would get

our money at the end of last

month.

“That did not happen.

“We were then informed

payments would be processed

on October 7. We waited and

that did not happen either.

“There are workers here who

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come from far-flung areas who

are renting in this area.

“They have since been

kicked out by their landlords

because they did not pay their

monthly rental.

“These poor workers are

hungry and have no clue what

they are going to do.

“We have families that we

need to take care of,” said subcontractor

Tembisa Melani.

Project steering committee

member Liziwe Waxa said there

were always glitches when it

came to paying the workers

what was due to them.

This problem, Waxa said,

began sometime in March,

which forced them to contact

officials from the human

settlement department to

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engaging with patients

at the clinic.

“Frontier Hospital

has been doing some

serious procedures in

terms of ensuring that

people are given back

their vision,” she said.

“In 2009, the World

week. When approached by

The Rep reporter who inquired

about the matter, a site agent

who identified himself as Jacob

Maloto, said the company was

working on a solution to try

address the matter, but he could

not comment any further.

An official from the

department of human

settlement, Zwelithini Manjiya,

arrived at the site to listen to the

wo r k e r s ’ g r i e va n c e s .

Addressing the employees,

Manjiya said the department

had experienced delays in

paying contractors for the

month of September throughout

the province.

He said the department was

experiencing an influx of

invoices which was more than

the cash flow received from

Health Organisation

launched the Right to

Sight initiative and

demanded all countries

reduce preventable

vision impairment and

avoidable blindness by

2020.

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national treasury on a monthly

basis. He said this was

communicated to the

contractors in mid-September.

Manjiya said some of the

money due to the construction

company was expected on

Monday, with the next batch to

reflect between Friday and

S a t u r d ay.

The matter of facilitating the

payments was then left with the

c o n t ra c t o r.

A letter addressed to the

subcontractors from Biz Afrika

management this week stated

that the delay was due to the

company not receiving payment

within the relevant time frames

from the department.

“We, however, had a

teleconference discussion with

relevant representatives

cataract and

uncorrected refractive

errors are the leading

causes of vision

impairment.

“Other causes such

as age-related macular

d e g e n e ra t i o n ,

glaucoma, diabetic

retinopathy, infectious

diseases of the eye and

WE ARE HUNGRY: Construction workers in Lesseyton embark

on a protest after not having received their salaries for almost

two weeks Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

confirming that we should

receive payment that would

enable us to pay the relevant

s u b - c o n t ra c t o r s .

“Upon receiving the

outstanding payments all

outstanding approved

trauma, however,

cannot be ignored and

need to be addressed.”

Meth said the

Eastern Cape draft eye

care plan presented a

serious supply-anddemand

mismatch in

the province.

“The actual number

of surgeries needed is

not enough to match

the need.

“There is an

unacceptably low

surgical productivity.

“In 2008, the

cataract surgical rate

[CSR] in the Eastern

Cape was 1,100.”

She said the

required rate was

4,000.

“We still have a long

way to go, but we are

doing our best towards

achieving this.”

She said 63.7% of

cataract blind people

were unaware of

treatment and 57.8% of

the 63.7% had s e ve r e

visual impairment.

“This means we

have to ramp up our

awareness campaigns

“Continuing to forge

strategic partnerships to

scale up the surgical

productivity is of utmost

certificates up to the end of

September 2021 due to subcontractors

will be paid either

this Friday or Monday morning,

October 18, depending on

when the monies reflect in our

a c c o u n t s ,” the company stated.

importance. The Eastern

Cape blindness

prevention partnership

programme has to

prioritise the scaling-up

of efforts to reach

communities and

extend eye care

s e r v i c e s ,” she said.

Meth said the

department would meet

with the Life Healthcare

Group and SA National

Council for the Blind in

East London this week

to formalise a

partnership that wo u l d

benefit hundreds of

people in need of eye

care services.

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Investment benefits Life patients

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completed in 2019, boasted state-of-the-art

equipment which has further enhanced the labour

and delivery experience, the group said.

The installation of new infant warmers,

additional incubators, cardiotography and

oscillator machines for the neonatal intensive unit

stations, meant neonatal babies no longer had to

be transferred outside of the unit to receive

specialised neonatal care.

“Growth is a key strategic intent of the Life

Healthcare Group and we continue to invest in

infrastructure and equipment so that our patients

can continue to receive the very best care in our

world-class facilities,” said Bruce Janssens,

regional manager exec, Border-Kei region.

This has enabled the hospital to recruit

anaesthetists, general surgeons, a physician,

gynaecologists, an orthopaedic surgeon, an

ophthalmologist and a paediatrician in the last

four years.

These new specialists, along with the general

practitioners, provide greater healthcare choice to

patients in the area and enable them to remain

close to home for most of their medical needs.

The hospital, ideally situated on the N6

national road and in the heart of Komani, wa s

now well placed to offer comprehensive care to

patients requiring emergency and other medical

interventions, the group said.

Life Queenstown Private Hospital is a 102-bed

unit with a 24-hour accident and emergency

section, intensive care unit, operating theatres,

maternity and paediatric unit and medical/

surgical wards.

LEFT HOMELESS: Nomzamo Dumezweni and her son, Acwenga, who sustained a burn injury to

his right hand and arm when their home caught fire on Saurday, in zone 1, Ezibeleni. The family

of four are now left homeless Picture: SUPPLIED

Home burns as no

fire truck to assist

Fire engine in for repair says municipality’s Kowa

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Ezibeleni residents had to

join forces to try assist after

a house caught fire in zone

1 on Saturday.

The fire was said to have

been caused by a power surge

due to loadshedding.

However, with the fire

engine being unavailable to

assist, community members

tried to do what they could, but

to little avail.

Family member Siyanda

Simon said she had received a

call from her aunt, Nomzamo

Dumezweni, at 1.45am, to

inform her of the fire.

Simon, who rushed to the

scene and tried to help put it

out, said: “When we contacted

the municipality I was told all

the fire engines were

u n ava i l a b l e .

“When I asked why there

was no back-up, I was told I was

not in a position to ask such a

question, I should allow my

councillor to do that for me.”

She said it was unacceptable

that there were no fire trucks

available, and that parts of the

home now had to be rebuilt due

to having been destroyed by the

fire.

She said her aunt, who

suffered from a heart condition,

was distraught.

“My aunt was woken up by

smoke and rushed to wake her

son. When he tried to go back to

collect his identity document

the fire burnt his right arm.

“They had to use the

bedroom window to escape.

“She said the fire began in

the kitchen before spreading to

the lounge.

“My aunt lives with her 19-

year-old son and two of her late

sister’s children, 14-year-old

twin boys, but they had spent

the weekend where I live.”

This is yet another instance

similar to when the EMLM art

gallery building caught fire but

there were no municipal fire

trucks available to extinguish it.

Siya Qwalela, an

independent ward candidate, is

chipping in to assist the family

to rebuild the house.

Dumezweni is unemployed.

“We need people to help us

with 1,000 bricks, 20 rafters, 20

purlins, 20 pockets of cement,

and eight tonnes of plastering

sand.

“Lazola Ntswahlana and

Xolani Mankayi who are

installing doors and windows

have been helpful in getting

some material to rebuild the

h o u s e .”

Qwalela said they also

needed a school uniform for

Acwenga, who is in Grade11.

Someone had already

bought uniforms for the twins,

Dumezweni said.

EMLM spokesperson

Lonwabo Kowa said the fire

engine was undergoing repairs

and the municipality was not

aware of any payment problems

with the service provider.

No time frame was given but

Kowa said: “As soon as repairs

are done, payment will be made

and the fire engine will be

b a ck .”


There is ‘no service delivery in Ilinge’

Residents suffering with no jobs, little water supply, bad roads, piles of rubbish everywhere, crime

LUVUYO MJEKULA

LONG WAIT: Unemployed residents of Ilinge queue at the local post office for the government’s Covid-19 social relief of distress grant to help put food on

the table as poverty, joblessness and poor service delivery hit them hard Picture: LUVUYO MJEKULA

Impoverished residents of Ilinge

hope for a better life after the local

government elections in two weeks’

time.

Top of the residents’ wish list are

basic services – water, proper

sanitation, a reliable electricity supply

and jobs.

“There is no service delivery in

Ilinge.

“We do not have a municipality, we

do not even have a municipal office

here.

“We do not see the municipality

cleaning here, but they say there is a

m u n i c i p a l i t y,” said a visibly frustrated

local businessman, Andile Gezana.

He also lamented the high rate of

unemployment in the area.

When The Rep visited the location,

which is about 15km out of Komani

towards East London, on Wednesday,

dozens of locals were queuing outside

the post office to access the

g ove r n m e n t ’s Covid-19 social relief of

distress grant of R350.

Lulama Wana said the grant

brought little to no relief at all.

“[The grant] only pays for electricity,

mielie meal and meat so that we can at

least eat.”

Wana, 59, and many other residents

had been queuing since the early hours

of the morning and were not sure they

would get the money by the end of the

d ay.

“We want change in Ilinge so that

our children are able to work.

“Our children finished school and

did courses but never got work.

“We are poor, we do not have water

and we do not have houses.

“We are hungry in Ilinge, I am

hungry as I am talking to you,” she

exclaimed.

According to Wana, not even food

parcels reached needy residents.

“They are given to friends and

relatives [of those in power].”

She also said recent jobs to dispense

sanitiser at schools were given to family

members.

Gezana echoed these sentiments.

“There is no work in Ilinge, the jobs

that are available are given to those

UNHYGIENIC SITUATION: Pools of smelly water like

this are not uncommon in Ilinge and fed up residents say

they want change in the way the municipality responds

to queries

OWN INITIATIVE: These Ilinge teenagers have taken it

upon themselves to fill potholes with soil to help save

vehicles from damage, while making pocket money for

their efforts Pictures: LUVUYO MJEKULA

connected to the leaders. They have

their own people and they give each

other work behind closed doors.”

Another resident, Lulamile Skade,

of Zwide, said: “There is no work.

People survive on the R350, if it was

not for that money, we would have

starved to death.

“It would be best if the new

councillor would make things better –

we want jobs, for the streets to be fixed

and poverty to end.” But Gezana said

lack of water was the main problem in

Ilinge.

He said water was available once a

week.

“There is no water as we speak. We

get water once a week and sometimes

we go three months without water.

“There is also no one cleaning the

area. There is rubbish all over the

p l a c e .”

GOING TO WASTE: Some community members are

calling for action to save this deteriorating local stadium

that is falling prey to ongoing vandalism

BAD ROADS: The poor state of roads in Ilinge makes

driving a nightmare and hits motorists hard in the pocket

Gezana did not have much hope in

the next leaders’ capabilities.

A resident who asked not to be

named agreed the major challenge was

wa t e r.

“People here are unemployed and

their survival is planting at home, but

without water, they have no way of

making a living.

“There is nothing you can do

without water.”

SEWER WOES: Twedi Blom, 81, of

Four Rooms in Ilinge, says sewer

blockages are a regular occurrence in

the area, causing an unbearable

stench and health problems

A 56-year-old resident of Jamestown

said she was diagnosed with

pneumonia because of water from a

municipal water line flooding her yard.

She had reported the problem but to

no avail.

“In Ilinge we live in sewage,” she

lamented.

Bad roads, dirty streets, crime, and

poor quality RDP houses were also

some of the residents’ g r i e va n c e s .

“This [main] road has been fixed for

so many years, I think millions of rand

must have been spent on it.

“The street lights do not come on at

night and that gives opportunity to

c r i m i n a l s ,” said Samuel Komanisi, 73.

“Just last month a home for the

elderly, situated opposite the local

police station, was broken into and

groceries stolen.”

However, Nomzamo Mnqayi, a

resident of Ekuphumleni, said she was

happy after the government moved her

from a shack into a RDP house a few

years ago.


Kodwa ‘not surprised’ to

see local ANC support

Mixed reactions on social media over party’s splurging on liquor

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

The ANC remains confident it will

retain all its municipalities in the Chris

Hani district.

ANC MP Zizi Kodwa said he believed

the party continued to enjoy overwhelming

support in the region, when he began his

election campaign on the outskirts of Enoch

Mgijima in Zingquthu village on Sunday,

before he proceeded to Men’s Buy and Braai

and Yolo Lounge in Komani.

On Monday, he headed for Ngcobo.

Kodwa said: ‘’I was not surprised to see

so many people come out to support our

campaign in the region.”

Some of the complaints he received from

members of the pubic revolved around the

lack of a reliable water supply, road issues

and unemployment, which he said were

general problems.

On whether the ANC would be backed

by Chris Hani supporters, considering the

recent misappropriation of funds at the

Lesseyton stadium, which caused a scandal

that received national attention, he said: “I

think people have accepted the ANC has

acknowledged that we have committed

m i s t a k e s .’’

He went on to say the party was taking

steps to address certain issues as part of its

renewal resolution, which also included

looking into candidate selection processes.

‘’I think it is important for people to

realise and appreciate some of the mistakes

we have committed.

“I am leaving this region confident that

when I return, a week after the elections, it

will be to celebrate,’’ Kodwa said.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ANC MP and state security deputy minister Zizi Kodwa,

who held his election campaign in Zingquthu, Komani and Ngcobo on Sunday and

Monday this week Picture: SUPPLIED

Regarding some of the party members

deciding to run as independent candidates

because they felt cheated by the movement

during the candidate selection process, he

said: ‘’Those who left the ANC to stand as

independent candidates, I can assure you

we will beat them because they have no

base.

“They were only popular while they

were in the ANC.’’

The campaign in Men’s Buy and Braai

and Yolo Lounge sparked mixed reactions

among residents on social media.

In a press briefing on Thursday, EFF Chris

Hani chairperson Lindani Mdlokolo said the

money the ANC had splurged on liquor

could have been used to repair potholes or

attend to other service delivery needs.

He further questioned the kind of

precedence the party wanted to set for the

youth, which was being sent to bars.

Chris Hani ANC chairperson Wo n g a m a

Gela said an insinuation that the party m ay

have used public money to fund its

programmes was rejected and unfounded.

‘’Voters are in different sectors and

categories and some are found in places of

entertainment.

“The ANC intends to interact with every

potential voter, wherever they are found.’’

He said the ANC did not have any

decision to use its money to buy alcohol as

it was a non-profit organisation depending

on donations.

‘’The ANC may, from time to time,

intervene in service delivery issues, but

service delivery matters are the competency

of government and not the ANC,’’ said Gela.

Rural Lesseyton an

‘afterthought’ to

local government

ZINTLE BOBELO

The desperate cry for better

service delivery continues to

ripple through local

communities, with only about

two weeks left before

residents cast their votes in

the long-awaited local

government elections on

November 1.

Water provision, adequate

electricity supply and

improved sanitation services

were some of the burning

issues residents of Lesseyton

said needed to be addressed

by the incoming councillor

for ward 18.

Speaking to The Rep,

Thembile Waxa said the state

of the Enoch Mgijima Local

Municipality was not

improving in terms of service

d e l ive r y.

“We still do not know

what was tabled in the

integrated development plan

[IDP] in the past five years.

“Our outgoing councillor

did not once call a meeting to

discuss IDP processes,” Wa x a

said.

“We have a crisis because

Lesseyton is now a residential

area and historically, there

used to be farms in this area.

“There seems to be tension

between subsistence farmers

and non-farmers. The

incoming councillor should

intervene in the matter to help

create social cohesion.”

Waxa said community

members once wrote a letter

to Eskom to look into the issue

of electricity.

“We requested the public

utility to install higher voltage

on transformers due to the

expanding population in the

area.

“We also experience

network problems during an

electricity outage.

“When people were

instructed to work from home

due to rising numbers of

Covid-19 cases, some

relocated and others returned

to their home towns from big

cities.

“It was a challenge for

them because Lesseyton has a

network issue which is

something that needs serious

a t t e n t i o n .”

Another resident, Tutu

Ralane, added that taps were

dry despite the free basic

water policy.

“How do we deal with

that on an ongoing basis?

“The issue of sanitation,

electricity and water, the poor

state of roads is highly

problematic.

“We have become an

afterthought as people living

in rural areas,” he said.

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Independents may be the

game changers

SA is truly a country full of

possibilities. Anything can

happen on any given day.

These next few days leading

up to the municipal elections in

16 days’ time will turn out to be

the most interesting in our young

d e m o c ra cy.

There is something different

about these elections, a certain

energy that is bubbling just under

the surface, not easy to detect and

read, but definitely there.

I am afraid the two main

parties in this country, the ANC

and the DA, have been making

things very difficult for

themselves as they have been

hogging the headlines for all the

wrong reasons.

Prof Somadoda Fikeni once

said this about the DA: “The DA is

busy mutilating itself in a corner,

u n p r ovo k e d .”

I would add the ANC, as well,

fits that description.

People always say ours is a

democracy based on one of the

wo r l d ’s best crafted constitutions,

the envy of the world.

What has been lacking in this

young democracy is the real

choice for the electorate, whether

you are on the centre, the left or

the right of the political spectrum.

What the electorate has today,

with the belated entry of

independent candidates and the

IN TOUCH

Phumelele P Hlati

advent of non-aligned

movements, is a real choice.

People who were

disillusioned with politics and

tended to stay at home and not

bother to vote would use the

crude characterisation that the

DA is a white party, the ANC is a

black party obsessed with racebased

policies and is corrupt, and

the EFF the party of rude

a n a rch i s t s .

The belated entry of the

independent movements is

threatening to be the gamechanger

and has shaken the

foundation of our politics to the

core.

Those who laughed at them

when they started are no longer

laughing.

You can see the threat posed

by the independents by the

increasing attention they are

getting from the DA and the ANC

of late.

These main parties are

realising that it will definitely not

be ‘business as usual’ this time

around.

It makes you wonder what

would Sanco have been if they

never saw themselves as an

unwelcomed extension of the

ANC.

Imagine if they stood

independently as a genuine civic

organisation that was welcoming

of all and sundry, irrespective of

their political associations and

sentiments.

They, sadly, chose the short

cut of aligning themselves with

power and thereby rendering

themselves irrelevant today.

Their leaders saw it as the

shortest route to the seat on the

main table, hence today they are

basically irrelevant.

Does the electorate have a

genuine choice or is what they

have yesterday’s bread all dressed

up as toast?

Can the independents break

the stranglehold the two main

parties have had over our local

body politic for the last 27 years?

Are they a viable alternative

that will genuinely take service

delivery to the next level?

Are they just a gimmick by

COLOURFUL MODELS: Fine-looking models at the recent Buhle Bendalo Beauty Pageant

heritage event are, from right, Zipho Rapiya, Athanathi Mbude, Aphelele Mtwecu,

Aqhamile Kowa, Indiphile Rondile and Asonele Milela Mlenze Picture: SUPPLIED

power hungry or disgruntled

members from the main parties

who didn’t find favour this time

around or are they just used as

ego trips by powerful but bored

men who have too much time on

their hands?

Fortunately, the elections are

on a Monday in November so I

have another Friday before the

elections to break it down for you

and tell you who I think is your

best bet.

SOCIETY SNIPPETS

From birthdays to anniversaries to achievements to

notices ... Share your information with us:

mjekulal@arena.africa or fax (045) 839-4059

H a p py birthday wishes to Aubrey Ferreira, Pat Stone and

Venessa Bobotyana (October 15), Gerald Wood,

Androlene Isaacs, Minette Burmeister, Danette Grobler

and Patrick Lentoor (October 16), Jeanne Fisher,

Geraldine Jegels, Edith Redcliffe, Philip Meintjies,

Chantel van Schoor, Derek Boy and Laurie Brauns

(October 17).

FACE 2 FACE with

QWhat kind of work do

you do?

AI work as a school

governing bodyappointed

teacher at De

Hoop Senior Primary

S ch o o l .

What do you enjoy about

your work?

Standing in front of pupils

and giving them information

that will secure a great

future for them.

What are three things yo u

cannot live without?

God, family and friends.

What advice would you

give the youth who aspire

to be like you?

Keep on moving forward, no

matter how steep the slope

may seem, all is possible.

What fuels your

m o t iva t i o n ?

Living life daily knowing

every day is an opportunity

to a step closer to your

dreams and discovering

your purpose.

What is your favourite

holiday destination and

why ?

Port Alfred. I have been

/ Cinga Mfenyana, a teacher

there once and I would love

to return. The place is

beautiful.

Who is your role model?

My father, Siphelele

M f e nya n a .

What book are you

re a d i n g ?

I am David by Anne Holm.

Are you going to vote and

why do you think it is

important do so?

Yes, I am going to vote. This

is a hard-earned right that

our struggle heroes made

possible.

YO U R VOICE opinions on the street

What do you think about…

B i r t h d ay wishes to Mark Wilson, Lucian Phillips and

Keisha Mentoor (October 18), Mitch Schnehage, Belinda

da Souza, Tervin Mbenyana and Willie Fouche (October

19), Sharne Naude (October 21), Teagan Barraud

(October 22), Pauline Roberts and John Phillips (October

23).

Happy birthday wishes to Gail Hartley, Marléne van

Heerden, Bjorn Dowling, Candice Wiggill, Grant Botha,

Valdino Smith, Miena Goeiman, Ronel Barnardo, Dot

McDonald and Jo-Ann Joubert (October 24), Henda

Robertson, Romain Bredenkamp, Amber Benjamin,

Vukile Mkile and Nadine Rooy, Mike de Beer, Ann

Allner, Enid Crossley, Blake Butler and Christo Viljoen

(October 25), Ntombi Bunu (October 26), Mariska

Swart, Troy van der Westhuyzen and Adriaan Rossouw

(October 27).

B i r t h d ay wishes to Helena Wagener, Helen Ferreira,

Grant Tromp, Alricha Tromp, Nelia Moss, Greg Heath,

Toneka Goniwe (October 28).

Happy birthday to Quintin Wentzel, Moira Foxcroft,

Divan Vorster, Maureen Edkins, Jason Howard and

Anezwa Mduzana (October 29).

Sincere condolences to the families and friends of

Eleanor Mgidlana, Xola Vanda, Watwetwa Dini,

Mzwandile Mahashe, Yoliswa Taniso, Xolisa Nxanka,

Gladwin Qali, Monalisa Ncoko, Nozibele Xashimba,

Velile Zalie and Mteteleli Billy.

KOMANI WEATHER

BEN

CEKE

A sports field in rural

Lesseyton near Komani

made national headlines

last week after it turned

out it was a far cry from

the R15m state-of-the-art

facility it was purported to

be. Rep intern Mbalentle

Stofu asked Komani

residents for their opinions

on the controversy.

Ben Ceke

of Mlungisi

The municipality has

GRACE

N TA P H A N E

robbed our people, they

misused the funds.

The field is not in good

condition for our children

to play on. I thought it was

going to be an opportunity

to grow our children’s love

for sport at home.

Mziwoxolo Mbeki

of the CBD

When a tender is given

out there are

specifications about it,

such as presenting a

MZIWOXOLO

MBEKI

business plan. I do not

think they adhered to any

of that, instead the field is

not up to standard, there is

no electricity, and no

water and facilities.

Grace Ntaphane

of Mlungisi

A lot of work needs to

be done on that field.

To think our

municipality has robbed

our children of the chance

of becoming better at

SIVUYILE

MEHLO

sport and improving.

R15m is a huge amount of

money, they could have

done something to put a

smile on our faces.

Sivuyile Mehlo

of Nomzamo

I wish the municipality

could have done

something better and be

held accountable.

Our children do not

have safe facilities to play

on.

KHANGELANI

JOE

Lesseyton sports field

would be our hope now.

Khangelani Joe

of Ndlovukazi

I went to the field to

assess the situation.

You can tell that not a

single thing has been

done. I am disappointed at

how it looks.

At least I expected

better with the amount of

money people are saying

it is worth.

According to the forecast, we were due to experience

some unseasonably hot weather this week, with

temperatures well into the upper reaches of the 30s.

However, don’t put away your warm clothes just yet,

as it seems we are in for yet another drastic change in the

w e a t h e r.

Unfortunately, such sudden falls in temperature do

not traditionally augur well for rain, but we have to ask:

Does the weather follow tradition nowadays?

On Friday, the temperatures are set to continue the

way they have this week and will vary between 11 and

32°C.

It will be mostly cloudy with a fairly strong breeze.

By Saturday, however, the mercury will plummet

again, with a minimum temperature of just 5°C.

It will be partly cloudy and the wind will remain

g u s t y.

The maximum temperature is set to be 20°C.

Sunday will be even cooler, with the minimum down

to 2°C and the maximum only 17°C.

It will again be partly cloudy and the wind will be

fairly strong.

The cooler temperatures are set to continue into the

early part of next week. — w w w. a c c u w e a t h e r. c o . z a


Diversifying and not putting all eggs in

one basket – crucial for some SMMEs

I’ve learnt a few tough

lessons in the last decade of

running my own business.

One of them is that as much

as I have a core business where I

provide PR services because it’s

the skill that I’ve mastered over

two decades and can provide to

clients, it’s also important to

diversify my company offerings.

Being in a service business

has taught me how difficult it is

to keep a healthy cashflow to

ensure the ongoing running of

the business.

This is because, as I’ve

mentioned in my other

columns, this kind of business

means we provide a service to a

client, then invoice for the work

done and wait for payment.

Being paid on time or at all is

dependent on the type of client

you are dealing with and how

ethical they are.

There are clients who are

sympathetic to the plight of

SMMEs when it comes to

cashflow and those who are

committed to the development

of small businesses.

Here I am talking about

clients who pay on time as per

the agreed terms of engagement

and those who do not and

disappear completely when it’s

time for payment for services

rendered.

Because of this dependency

on client payments, SMMEs find

themselves at the mercy of

clients and our survival

becomes dependent on this.

This is why it is important for us,

especially those in the service

business, to look at diversifying

our offerings by adding a cashbased

business.

I’ve always been adamant

that when venturing into

business, one needs to go into

an area that one understands

very well.

This is why I started my PR

business, because I am very

confident about what I can do

for my clients in this area.

However, what I’ve learnt is

that when my PR business

clients do not pay on time or do

not pay at all, I am left in a

difficult position.

The reason I was still so

adamant about doing what I

know and what I’m passionate

about in business was because I

never wanted to get into an area

that I am not an expert in and

not be able to deliver.

Over the years, some

business colleagues have gone

into areas of business that are

very technical and specialised –

in some cases areas they didn’t

know much about – and their

reasoning was that they were

chasing where the money was at

the time.

These areas have, in the past,

included construction or

mining, to name but a few.

Don’t get me wrong though,

not everyone who went into

these very technical business

areas has failed over the years,

but we’ve seen a great many

SMMEs failing to deliver proper

RDP houses for people or

Empower ment

Zone

Miranda Lusiba

roads that are either not up to

scratch or have no proper shelf

life.

This is because some

entrepreneurs are not technical

at all – to the extent that they

don’t even know the basic safety

procedures of building houses

or roads.

The reason I’ve preferred to

go into an area that I know well

is that my reputation is very

important to me.

It’s vital for me to be able to

deliver on the promises that I

make.

Th e r e ’s nothing worse than a

client trusting you with their

c o m p a ny ’s resources and then

not delivering according to the

expectations created because of

lack of expertise.

However, there are

businesses one can get into that

do not need a specific skill or

those that can be understood

easily if one takes the time to

learn the ins and outs of it.

When one thinks of diversifying

into a cash-based business, it is

crucial to identify a product that

is needed by potential

customers and one that can be

sold.

This could be as simple as

selling fruits, vegetables, snacks,

cleaning products or anything

that falls into f a s t - m ov i n g

consumer goods (FMCG).

A cash-based business will

mean there’s always money

coming into the business

because transactions are mostly

based on the principle of cash

on delivery (COD).

This simply means I sell you

a product and you give me

money immediately.

Where a cash-based

business doesn’t work is when

products are bought on credit

and you still need to wait for the

customer to pay.

This is because some

customers just do not honour

the agreement and you are left

with no option but to chase for

p ay m e n t .

My advice to other

entrepreneurs who are also in

the service business reliant on

clients paying invoices is that

when you decide to get into a

cash-based business, make sure

you eliminate the option of

customers taking products on

credit.

The income from a cashbased

section of the business is

meant to supplement the service

business’s cashflow and close

OLD JEANS FOR CHARITY: Megan Moorcroft, a

resident of a farm near Komani makes these bags f ro m

old jeans and fabric scraps. She has run out of old jeans

and is asking residents to donate what they have. “It does

not matter how torn and faded they are ... I will give a

donation to Madeira Home for every pair I receive,”

Moorcroft says. Anyone wanting to assist can drop off the

old jeans at Polly Russell’s home at 6 Chamberlain Street

Picture: SUPPLIED

the gap when clients either have

delayed or not paid at all.

For more information,

contact me on: 068-029-8760

(voice-calls); or 078- 675-1297

(WhatsApp); or email:

miranda@strangeconsulting.co.

za or Ora4117@gmail.com

● Miranda Lusiba is the

founding director of Strangé

Consulting – a boutique PR

agency specialising in

communications, freelance

writing, media relations,

reputation management and

media training

# Wo m e n i n b u s i n e s s

The farmer and his family

By Shasha Seakamela • Illustrations by Johann Strauss

A long time ago in Limpopo, there lived a

farmer and his family – his donkey, his pig,

his dog, his cat and his rooster. They all lived

happily together on the farm. Then one day the

rain stopped and there was no more water.

The vegetables could no longer be watered

and there was not much left to drink.

The farmer called his donkey, pig, dog,

cat and rooster. “We have to move to a place

where there is water,” he said. So they all left.

The farmer took a few of his things with him

in a bag. Together they walked along the

dusty road one behind the other. Tramptramp!

Clip-clop! Snuffl e-snort! Woof-woof! Meow-meow! And cock-a-doodle-doo!

On their way to a place where there was water, the farmer and his animals met a crow. The

crow watched them all walking and laughed at the farmer.

“Kwaaa! kwaaa! Why are you walking when you have a donkey? If I were you, I would ride on

the donkey,” the crow said as he fl ew off laughing, “Kwaaaa! Kwaaaa!”

The farmer thought about this for a while. Then he decided to climb on the donkey’s back. He

rode on the donkey while the other animals walked behind them. Clip-clop! Snuffl e-snort! Woofwoof!

Meow-meow! And cock-a-doodle-doo!

Soon they met a meerkat.

“Woahaha! Woahaha! You have no shame,” said the meerkat to the farmer as she sat up

straight to stare at them. “How can you ride on the donkey’s back alone? Look how tired your pig

is? His nose is dripping sweat.” Before she disappeared inside her home she laughed again,

“Woahaha! Woahaha!”

The farmer stopped and thought about what the meerkat had said. He looked down at his pig

and decided to let the pig ride on the donkey with him.

“Jump up, Pig! Jump up on the donkey’s back,” said the farmer. So the pig jumped up and

sat behind the farmer on the donkey’s back. And they carried on walking. Clip-clop! Woof-woof!

Meow-meow! And cock-a-doodle-doo!

At last the farmer saw a river, but it was still far away.

“We will go there,” he said pointing. The animals all agreed and they carried on walking until

they met a jackal.

“Haauauaua! Haauauaua!” howled the jackal. “You are a horrible farmer. How can you

and your pig ride alone on the donkey? Look how tired your dog is. She is panting. And your

cat’s feet are dragging. And look at your rooster’s feathers, they are all drooping,” said the jackal

disappearing into the bush, still laughing, “Haauauaua! Haauauaua!”

The farmer felt bad and decided that now they would all

have to ride on the donkey’s back. He moved up towards the

donkey’s neck.

“Jump up, Dog! Jump on top of the pig,” said the farmer.

So the dog jumped on the pig, that sat on the donkey’s

back, behind the farmer.

“Jump up, Cat! Jump on top of the dog,” said the farmer.

So the cat jumped on the dog, that sat on the pig, that sat on

the donkey’s back, behind the farmer.

“Jump up, Rooster! Jump on top of the cat,” said the farmer.

So the rooster jumped on the cat, that sat on the dog, that sat on

the pig, that sat on the donkey’s back, behind the farmer.

Along the road they walked. Clip-clop, clip ... clop, clip ... clop! They were

close to the river, but by now the donkey was very tired.

Suddenly, right in front of them stood a hare.

The hare looked at them and said,

“Greeeeee! Greeeeee! You are a cruel farmer.

What has your donkey done to deserve such

a punishment? Where I come from, everyone

is treated with kindness.” Then, “Greeeeee!

Greeeeee!” said the hare before disappearing

into the bush.

The farmer thought about what the hare

had said. He felt very bad. The farmer wanted

to say something to the hare about all the

things that had been said to him on the way,

but the hare had already disappeared.

Get

creative!

Encourage your children

to make the farmer and

the animals in the story from

Plasticine or playdough. Then

read the story aloud again

while your children use their

Plasticine/playdough

characters to act out

the story.

After another few steps, the donkey stopped suddenly and went down on his knees. The

rooster crowed and fl ew off. The cat meowed and jumped down. The dog barked and ran off.

The pig oinked and rolled onto the ground.

The farmer got off his donkey and stood scratching his head. He looked at his tired donkey

and then went to fetch him some water. The farmer remembered all the things that had been

said to him as he and his animals were walking along. He thought and thought and then he

decided that never, ever again would he just do what he was told. He would think about it more

carefully fi rst and see if it was the right thing to do. He would also tell his animals what had been

said and together they would decide what to do.

The farmer called his donkey, pig, dog, cat and rooster and they all sat down in the shade of

a big marula tree. While they were sitting there, the farmer asked his donkey for forgiveness.

From that day on, they all became the best of friends. And from that day

on, the farmer always treated all his animals with kindness.

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Facebook (@nalibaliSA) and Twitter (@nalibaliSA). Nal’ibali – it starts with a story!



ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY: Students of Ikhala TVET College Queen Nonesi campus out promoting a clean and safe environment in their community in Cacadu

Picture: MBALENTLE STOFU

Students

on cleanup

e x e rc i s e

Group aim to paint

elderly people’s homes

with funds generated

MBALENTLE STOFU

Ikhala TVET College Queen Nonesi campus

students embarked on a recycling initiative

last week to promote healthy living and a

green and clean environment.

SRC secretary general, Chuma Msindwana,

said: “We are doing this to give back to our

community, especially now that it is spring. We

want to breathe clean and fresh air.”

The students want to start a recycling project

and generate money to paint the houses of two

elderly residents of their choice.

“We will clean their houses inside and out.’’

Msindwana said they wanted members of the

Cacadu community to recognise that they were

promoting unity, love and care, one of the goals

of their initiative.

“The people in this place are warm, they

respect each other, old or young.

“We have learnt so much and love it here,

even though we came to study, we do not feel

that we are far from home.

“This is not the last initiative. We will continue

doing good for our community.

“Now that this project has started, it surely

will go on.

“We want to make it the norm for students in

years to come,” said Siyabulela Mwalata.

The idea for the initiative came from a student

who wanted to do something to give back to the

c o m m u n i t y.

The SRC liked the concept and the team went

for it.

“We had students interested in a recycling

project and had ideas, so we brainstormed the

ideas and came up with this idea that led to

t o d ay ’s initiative,” Mwalata added.

Athenkosi Mdingi, the SRC president, said:

“We want to show the residents of this place

that we can be of help other than just being

residents.

“With this initiative we will identify places

that need our help.

“For instance there is a primary school that I

think we can donate sanitary towels to.’’

Eunice Madakana, the chosen elder, said she

felt excited that the pupils had chosen to revamp

her house.

“I feel excited about today because I am

sickly, I sometimes struggle to do things for myself

and live alone.

“I do not have anyone to ask for help.”

NOTICE AND INVITATION- BID/RFQ’S

REFERENCE NUMBER SERVICES/ PRODUCT EVALUATION

CRITERIA

ITVETC-

INFRA001/10/2021

RFQ-INFRA001/10/2021



APPOINTMENT OF A CONTRACTOR

FOR THE SEALING OF CONCRETE

ROOF AT IKHALA TVET : ALIWAL

NORTH CAMPUS

APPOINTMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL

SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE BUILT

ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMPILING

OF THE REPORT OF STATUS OF

ADMIN CENTRE BUILDING


SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE BUILT

ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMPILING

OF THE REPORT OF CONDITION OF

EZIBELENI ENGINEERING CAMPUS


SERVICE PROVIDER TO DESIGN THE

ACCESS TO EZIBELENI CAMPUS AND

ADDITIONAL PARKING BAYS WITH

CARPOTS

COMPULSORY

BRIEFING

80/20 11:00AM, 20 October

2021 at Aliwal North

Campus, Somerset

Street, Aliwal Norh.

80/20 10:00AM,19 October

2021, at Zone D Gwadana

Drive, Ezibeleni at Admin

Centre

80/20 10:30AM ,19 October

2021, at Zone D Gwadana

Drive, Ezibeleni at

Ezibeleni Engineering

Campus

80/20 11:00AM ,19 October

2021 at Zone D Gwadana

Drive, Ezibeleni at

Ezibeleni Engineering

Campus

CLOSING DATE

11:00 AM,04 November

2021, at Ikhala Admin

Centre, Ezibeleni

11:00 AM, 29 October


Centre, Ezibeleni



Centre, Ezibeleni



Centre, Ezibeleni

Ikhala TVET College hereby invites suitable qualified service providers for the above projects.

Documents can be purchased from Supply Chain Management Section, Ikhala TVET College, at a Non-

Refundable fee of R150.00 each. Purchase documents at Zone D, Gwadana Drive, Ezibeleni, 5326 between

08:00 and 16:00 from Monday to Thursday and between 08:00 and 13:00 on Friday from 15 October 2021

to 04 November 2021. All compulsory documents must be completed: SBD1, SBD2, SBD3.1 SBD4, SBD

6.1, SBD8 and SBD9, which form part of the RFQ/BID documents. The suppliers must be registered on a

Central Supplier Database (CSD).

Please note: A compulsory briefing sessions will be held on the date and times as indicated above.

No special arrangements will be made for interested parties who arrived late for the site briefing

session. Cut off time for site briefing session is 5 minutes.

Additional Requirements for Bids: B-BBEE Verification Certificate and Valid Tax Clearance Certificate –

Login pin for verification, Company Registration (CIPRO), Municipal Account.

Supply Chain related enquiries may be addressed to Mr. K. Tabo, Tel No. 047 873 8817, email

khayalethu.tabo@ikhala.edu.za.

All BID specifications related enquiries may be addressed to Mr. F. Dlwati, Tel No. 047 873 8840,

email: fuzile.dlwati@ikhala.edu.za

Completed documents (clearly marked with the relevant reference number and placed in a sealed envelope)

must be deposited in the tender box at Ikhala TVET College: Administration Centre, Zone D, Gwadana

Drive, Ezibeleni, 5326 by specified date. Faxed, electronic or late submissions will not be accepted.

Only companies who have submitted all of the above information will be considered for evaluation. Ikhala

TVET College is under no obligation to give reasons for non-acceptance/rejection of any submission. All

shortlisted bidders will be subjected to undergo a security screening in terms of Section 2(1) (b) of the

National Strategic Intelligence Act 67 of 2002 as amended.

10 15 October 2021 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V E

INVITATION FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING

CONTRACTORS THROUGH CHRIS HANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

EPWP VUKÚPHILE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Chris Hani District Municipality, in partnership with National Department of Public Works

and Infrastructure, is embarking on a contractor training programme which is part of the

Expanded Public Works Vuk’uphile Learnership Programme. The primary objective of

this structured, formal learnership programme is to develop emerging contractors into

sustainable construction companies with the ability to execute and oversee labour intensive

projects. In particular the focus will be on developing entrepreneurial, administrative, contract

management and technical skills.

The first interest is in historically disadvantaged individuals who have a potential to succeed

in the construction industry. We would like to hear from individuals who:

are experienced in the construction or contracting sector;

are experienced in owning, running or managing a business and

Youth, women and people living with disability are encouraged to apply

SELECTION CRITERIA

A. Prospective construction entities must:

• Have an existing closed corporation for the purpose of the learnership.

• have a valid registration with Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) within

the Civil Engineering and General Building class of work, grade 1 and 2

• be registered on the National Treasury Central Supplier database

• have a valid tax clearance certificate

• have experience in Construction activities preferably on infrastructure and labour

intensive projects).

B. Requirements for applicants

• The applying contractor should not be involved in any contractor learnership programme

• The contractor must be willing to enter into a full time, for a period not less than 24

months learnership contract for a relevant qualification of National Qualification

Framework (NQF) level 4

• Have academic qualifications of standard 9 (Grade 11) or obtain Recognition of Prior

Learning by the closing date of advert.

• The contractor must be literate and numerate in English and Mathematics

• Must be a local resident within Chris Hani District Municipality

C. Completion of Forms

Application forms will be distributed in the compulsory briefing session. All the forms listed

on the application form must be completed. Non-completion or non-submission of these

forms will result in disqualification.

D. Assessment of prospective contractors

Assessment of prospective contractors shall be conducted with consideration of the

following:

• Occupational Health and Safety Act No.85 of 1993, with regard to Health and Safety

requirements on a construction site

• Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, to distinguish, exclude or prefer any person on the

basis of inherent requirements of the job

• Preference will be given to the SMME’s that are registered in the CHDM SMME

Database

E. Selection

Final selection will be done based on written test results, interview results, affirmative action,

and qualifications.

IMPORTANT DATES

Compulsory briefing sessions will be held at all six local municipalities on the following dates:

Date Municipality Venue Time

25 October 2021 Ngcobo LM Ngcobo Municipal Offices 09:00

25 October 2021 Intsika Yethu Cofimvaba Municipal Offices 14:00

26 October 2021 Sakhisizwe Cala Municipal Offices 09:00

26 October 2021 Emalahleni Lady Frere Municipal Offices 14:00

28 October 2021 Inxuba Yethemba Cradock 09:00

28 October 2021 Enoch Mgijima (Tarkastad

& Hoffmeyer)

Tarkastad 14:00

29 October 2021 Enoch Mgijima (Molteno &

Sterkstroom)

29 October 2021 Enoch Mgijima

(Queenstown & Whittlesea)

Molteno offices 09:00

Queenstown Town Hall 14:00

Young beauty queen

motivates other

women, girls

LUVUYO MJEKULA

Ayoung Komani woman, Unathi Debese, is

living up to her name – she looks out for

her peers.

Unathi is Xhosa for ‘you are there for us’.

The 28-year-old Unifound woman and

founder of Buhle Bendalo Beauty Pageant has

taken it upon herself to bring change to the lives of

women and girls by instilling confidence and

encouraging self-love.

“We are aware that females are faced with

challenges such as teenage pregnancy, genderbased

violence and abuse, so Buhle Bendalo

educates, coaches and guides them into making

great decisions with regard to their lives,” Debese

told The Rep earlier this week.

The “goal-orientated girl” hails from Bede

location but currently lives in Unifound in

Komani. She started Buhle Bendalo in June as a

project under her company Nutty Kasi

Productions, a registered business.

“After seeing what females went through in

society, I took it upon myself to try and bring

change into their lives by instilling confidence,

loving themselves as they are and actually going

out there to lead a great life for themselves and

p r o s p e r.”

She also collects sanitary towels as part of

giving back and creating awareness in society, she

added.

Thanks to sponsorship from CSP Academy,

B.I.G Security, Bau instyle, Yolanda Mzinyati,

Artist Engekho Famous and Beautiful

Enlightenment, Buhle Bendalo was

able to organise a successful beauty

pageant to mark Heritage Day

r e c e n t l y.

A number of young girls took

part in the competition and walked

away with wonderful prizes.

“Buhle Bendalo is very important to

me because it creates interaction between

sisters from different backgrounds to love and

grow themselves.

“It also encourages these young women to

become leaders and be independent at an early

age so as to be safe from human trafficking,

prostitution and gender-based violence,” said

Debese.

A firm believer in Vuk’uzenzele “at all cost”,

Debese is also a director in a company called

Komani Creatives Industry, which is making a

difference in various art scenes in Komani; and is a

poet and a fashion model.

“My interests are creating change in society

through pageantry, live events and just

confidence-giving platforms.

“I am greatly inspired by the likes of my

mother, [former Miss Universe] Zozibini Tunzi

and [musician] Thandiswa Mazwayi.”

On the scourge of gender-based violence,

Debese says: “No one male or female has the right

to lay a hand on anyone.

“As soon as you realise you are being abused,

LEADING LADY: Founder of Buhle Bendalo

Beauty Pageant, Unathi Debese, at a

modeling competition to mark Heritage Day

in Komani recently Picture: SUPPLIED

report it and walk away from that situation, do not

allow it to lead to death.”

She also has a message to young people out

there: “The world is yours – get out there and

make a life for yourself.

“The aim is just to start – be it a business,

school, a hustle, any idea you have, just press the

start button and forget all the fear and challenges

you may face, it will be worth it in the end.”

For further details and sponsorship, Buhle

Bendalo is available on Facebook: Miss Buhle

Bendalo group and Buhle Bendalo page, and can

be reached on Instagram @Buhle Bendalo and on

066-268 0307.

CLOSING DATE AND ENQUIRIES

All applications together with compulsory documents must be placed in a sealed envelope and

clearly marked “CHDM CONTRACTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME-VUK’UPHILE”

and are to be placed in the CHDM tender box at no.15 Bells Road, Queenstown on or

before the 19th of November 2021 at 15h00. NO LATE AND EMAILED APPLICATIONS

WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Technical enquiries can be directed to Ms Z.Makhonza at 045 808 4711 or Mr M.Danyela

at 045 807 4800

Issued by CHDM Municipal Manager Gcobani Mashiyi

HEALTHY STAFF: Rainbow Civils workers in Queenstown were treated to essential health

checks at the Sanral Wellness Programme recently. “It is a national programme, divided into

regions. We are in the southern region. The programme aims to equip workers with health and

wellness related information, and support services, so that they are fit to discharge their duties,”

said Rainbow Civils’ wellness champion, Xabisa Shenxane. The programme also looked to

promote employee retention by reducing staff turnover. “The majority of workers are male, who

reluctantly agree to accessing health services, even when they are aware of poor health.”

Shenxane said the aim was also to bring the services close to the workers, where possible by

bringing health care professionals to the workers, to share information and undertake

consultations. “Dentist Inc is one such practice that upon our Oral/Dental Health Awareness

Month, agreed to do a presentation for the workers, and also give away free vouchers for

cleaning/bleaching and tooth repair.” Picture: SUPPLIED


FACE ART

BIGGEST SUPPLIER: AR Boards and Hardware held its 1st Annual Tradesman Day in partnership

with reliable suppliers recently, with from left, Weber national salesman Jeanne De Power, AR

Boards and Hardware CEO Shakeel Sajid, regional sales manager P.J Coetzee, Sub Sahara Africa

Saint – Gobain marketing manager D’ Leon Burger Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

HAVING FUN: Queenstown Girls High School pupils doing face

paintings at AR Boards and Hardware 1st Annual Tradesman Day in

partnership with reliable suppliers. Back, from left, were Sithabile Gcali

and Ongeziwe Gxalaba, while front, from left, were Someleze Mgcineni

and Khayone Mbabele Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Fuma inspires young

Queenians to excel

Self-discipline and wise career choices are key to success

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Queens’ College pupils

recently received

advice on how to

become 21st century men

from associate director and

spokesperson for the Africa

Cooperatives Institute of SA

and former Queenian,

Masonwabe Fuma.

Fuma, who also made the

cut for the 2021 Mail and

Guardian 200 young South

Africans for business and

entrepreneurship, gave some

insight to Queenians on how

to be 21st century men.

Essential to being such a

man is self-leadership.

“If you say you are going to

do something, you see it

through.

“It speaks to self-discipline

and time management, being

on time for appointments.

“It later manifests in selfconfidence.

It is preparation –

for tests, exams, sports

matches, cultural activities

e t c e t e ra ,” Fuma said.

He said peer pressure, and

wanting to be ‘cool’ was one

of the notable challenges

faced by young people.

“Peer pressure is overcome

by staying true to yourself and

d r e a m s .’’

Fuma added that one of the

mistakes young people made

was enrolling in the same

tertiary institution as their

friends and ending up

engaging in all forms of

entertainment and substance

abuse instead of studying,

while others changed courses

constantly, which later led to

u n e m p l oy m e n t .

“Youth register for courses

that won’t be in demand in the

future.

“They must research

careers of the future, they must

individually and carefully

study their communities,

identify challenges, research a

university that is best suited to

offer the qualification they

n e e d ,’’ he said.

He said it was crucial to

align career choices to the

fourth industrial revolution.

“Being a young man means

you have now transitioned

from boyhood or being a

teenager to being a young

adult and into manhood.

“A young adult who

understands challenges faced

by young people is to coach

and mentor them in the right

direction.

“Being an active young

21ST CENTURY: Old

Queenian

Masonwabe Fuma,

who is also the

associate director and

spokesperson for the

Africa Cooperatives

Institute of SA and a

finalist in the 2021

Mail and Guardian

200 Young South

Africans for business

and entrepreneurship,

addresses Queen’s

College boys recently

Picture : SUPPLIED

man means you also have the

responsibility of being a

servant of your community.’’

He said young black men

often returned misguided after

undergoing initiation.

“They tend to think being

an adult means you can do

whatever you want, forgetting

that they are still high school

pupils.

“They put manhood before

school rules.

“Initiation is a journey that

must be undergone and leads

to adulthood.

“This means the decisions

and actions must also be those

of a responsible adult and in

line with the school rules i.e

self-leadership and the ability

to study without being told.

“The solution is through

constant engagement with

young people, ‘’ Fuma added.

QUEENSTOWN

HEALTH RESOURCE

CENTRE

(In association with the Eastern Cape Department of Health and the Walter Sisulu University)

Notice is hereby given to all interested Service Providers to provide

CATERING SERVICES to Queenstown Health Resource Centre.

REQUIREMENTS

In order for your organization to be considered, it is important to comply

with the following requirements :

• Residing in Komani / Ezibeleni (attach proof of residence)

¿

registration only linked to the owner/Company of the applicant)

• Valid Tax Clearance (not older than August 2020)

¿

APPLICATION

In your application, please include the following :

• An application letter. (Copy of an ID of the Director/ owner of the

Company)

¿

The above documents should be delivered into a tender box at the

reception area, at Queenstown Health Resource Centre Building.

ADDRESS TO THE ATTENTION OF :

The Events & Function’s Co-coordinator

Queenstown Health Resource Centre

Frontier Hospital premises

No. 2 Kingsway Avenue

Queenstown

ENQURIES

All further enquires to be directed to the Events & Functions

Co-coordinator, Miss Nomvuyiso Hlomendlini

hours)

Closing date:

Please Note:

a) Visitation of the kitchen/s will be done only to the selected companies

on the address stated on the application.

b) Correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.

c) Government / WSU employees will not be considered.

d) First preference will be given to new applicants.

please accept that your application has been unsuccessful.

f) The Centre has a right not to make an appointment.


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DOMESTIC

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1230

Birthday Greetings

Contact Nofisa Makaula on tel: (045) 839-4040 / fax: (045) 839-4059 / e-mail: makaulan@therep.co.za or charodinev@therep.co.za

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DOMESTIC

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1230

Birthday Greetings

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

1150

Funeral Notices

QAMNGWANA/

MABHEKA

Nomazwe

Julia

Late of

2905 Unifound,

Mlungisi,

Komani

Born: 17.12.1964

Died: 06.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

08:00

(Church of The Holy

City Zion)

Thence to the Komani

Cemetery

for the interment at

10:00

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMQWATHI

DIKELA NONI

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

MSEBENZI

Lizo

Late of 2400

Ezitandini, Ilinge

Born: 19.08.1968

Died: 07.10.2021

Funeral: Saturday

16.10.2021

Starting at home

at 8am

(St. Michael’s Roman

Catholic Church)

Thence to the New

Ilinge Cemetery for

the interment at

10am

LALA NGOXOLO

DIYA BHEJULA

MNDUNGWANE

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

1150

Funeral Notices

SAGELA

ASIPHE

Late of

45 Moravian Street,

Sada,

Whittlesea

Born: 03.07.2001

Died: 06.10.2021

Funeral;

Sunday 17.10.2021

Starting at home at

09:30am

(Bedesaida Holy Zion)

Thence to the Sada

Cemetery,

Whittlesea for the

interment at 11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MFENE HLATHI LISA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

For all your

advertising

needs call

CHARODINE

or

MAVIS

on

045 839 4040

VAN STRATEN

ABRAHAM

STEPHANUS

fondly known as

“Fanie”, late of 3

Swartberg Road, Van

Collar Park, Komani

passed away peacefully

on Monday the 11th

of October 2021 in his

76th year. Sadly missed

and deeply mourned by

his loving wife Louiza,

children Fanus & Letitia,

brothers Jannie & Kotie,

Willie & Ria, sister inlaw

Betsie van Straten,

extended family and

friends. A Memorial

Service will take place

at the Dutch Reformed

Church, Robinson

Road, Komani at 11

o’clock on Friday the

15th of October 2021.

The Cremation will take

place privately in East

London. Friends kindly

accept the following

intimation.

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

ADAMS

DAVID

KENNETH

fondly known as

“Kenny” late of 23

van Heerden Street,

New Rest, Komani

passed away suddenly

on Sunday the 10th

of October 2021 in

his 73rd year. Sadly

missed and deeply

mourned by his loving

children, brothers,

sisters, grandchildren,

great grandchildren,

extended family

and friends. The

internment will take

place in the Komani

Town Cemetery

at 11 o’clock on

Saturday the 16th of

October 2021 after a

service commencing

at 10 o’clock from

home. Friends kindly


intimation.

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

BALENI

MIETA

Late of

9767 Dahlia Street,

Newvale,

Komani

Born: 12.10.1955

Died: 10.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

9am

(Iliso Lomzi Apostolic

Church)


Town Cemetery

for the interment at

11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMGCINA

TYHOPHO

NOKWINDLA

XHAMELA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

DAVIDS

Mieta

Late of 23 Ryan

Street, New Rest,

Komani passed

away peacefully on

Tuesday the 5th of

October 2021 in her

84th year.

Sadly missed and

deeply mourned by

her loving children,

grandchildren,

extended family

and friends.

The internment

will take place in

the Komani Town

Cemetery at 12noon

on Saturday the

16 th of October 2021

after a service

commencing at

11 o’clock from

the St. John’s

Methodist Church,

New Rest, Komani.

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

Contact Charodine or Mavis on 045 839 4040

DYANTYI

YONELA

Late of

3371 Zola,

Dongwe,

Whittlesea

Born: 02.10.1991

Died: 01.10.2021

Funeral;

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

9am

(Life Christian Church

in Zion)

Thence to the Dongwe

Cemetery,

Whittlesea for the

Interment at 11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MKWAYI

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

GCUWA

ZOLISWA

BRUNET

Late of

1446 Zone 1,

Ezibeleni,

Komani

Born: 04.09.1976

Died: 06.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021


Town Cemetery for

an early burial at

08:30am,

followed by a home

service at 09:30am

LALA NGOXOLO

MADLOMO

SOPHITSHO

NGQOLOMSILA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

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JAXA

MOSA

Late of

EJojweni,

Lady Frere District

Born: 06.05.1996

Died: 07.10.2021

Funeral:

Sunday 17.10.2021

Starting at home at

10am

(Church of God and

Saints of Christ)

Thence to the

eJojweni Cemetery,

Lady Frere for the

Interment at 12 noon

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMNUNE DOYI

XESIBE

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

MANCASA

NOTINI

NOPUMZILE

Late of

MacKays Nek,

Lady Frere District

Born: 24.08.1940

Died: 06.10.2021

Funeral;

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

8am

(Church of Christ

Mission)

Thence to the

Mackays Nek

Cemetery,

Lady Frere for the

interment at 10am

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMGXUBANE

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

The Rep Komani

MDENA

AKHONA

Late of

1295 Zone 2,

Ezibeleni,

Komani

Born: 25.05.1983

Died: 05.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021


Town Cemetery for

an early burial at

08:30am,

followed by a home

service at 09:30am

LALA NGOXOLO

MCETHE

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

MFUKU

LUNGILE

Late of

Ezisoyini,

Tsembeyi,

Lady Frere District

Born: 16.04.1968

Died: 02.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

08:30am

(Methodist Church of

S.A.)

Thence to the

Ezisoyini Cemetery,

Tsembeyi for the

interment at 10:30am

LALA NGOXOLO

MQOCO ZIKHALI

JOJO TIYEKA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

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MJIKWA

NOXOLO

MARGARET

Late of

S122 Qali Street,

White City,

Mlungisi,

Komani

Born: 05.09.1960

Died: 09.10.2021

Funeral;

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home at

9am

(Church of the

Messengers)


Town Cemetery

for the Interment at

11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMSUKWINI

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

NOKEPEYI

SIPHO

SIDWELL

Late of

Tabata Farm,

Lesseyton,

Komani District

Born: 28.07.1971

Died: 04.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021

Starting at home

at 9am

(Dutch Reformed

Church)

Thence to the Tabata

Farm Cemetery,

Lesseyton for the

Interment at 11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MPONDO NYAWUZA

THAHLA NDAYENI

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

@RepKomani


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NGEBIYANA

RONALD

BONGANI

Late of

821 Gadaffi Street,

Khayelitsha,

Mlungisi, Komani

Born: 01.01.1965

Died: 05.10.2021

Funeral:

Friday 15.10.2021

Starting at home

then to the Twelve

Apostolic Church,

Komani

for a service at 9am

The cortege will

proceed to the

Komani Town

Cemetery for the

Interment at 11am

LALA NGOXOLO

BHELE LANGA

KHUBONI

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

STUURMAN

NOSISI

ANGELINA

Late of

Mitfort,

Ntabethemba,

Komani District

Born: 01.01.1940

Died: 06.10.2021

Funeral:

Saturday 16.10.2021

Thence to the

Mitfort Cemetery,

Ntabethemba for an

early burial at 10am,

followed by a home

service at 11am

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMPHOSILE

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

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advertising

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WENDY

Late of 8 Paryslaan,

Aloevale, Komani

passed away suddenly

on Thursday the 7th

of October 2021 in

her 60th year. Sadly

missed and deeply

mourned by her loving

brother, grandchildren,

extended family

and friends. The

internment will take

place in the Komani

Town Cemetery at 10

o’clock on Saturday

the 16th of October

2021 after a service

commencing at 9

o’clock from The Old

Apostolic Church,

Sussex Road, Aloevale

Komani. Friends kindly


intimation.

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

NGQULA

XOLA

CHRISTOPHER

BORN : 1979-11-25

DIED: 2021-10-03

FUNERAL: 2021-10-15

VENUE: Funeral service

will be held at home

at T80 Sixishe street

Mlungisi location

Komani at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

MLUNGISI

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

BIYANA

MELIKHAYA

BORN: 1972-05-24

DIED: 2021-10-07

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16


will be held at home at

No. 400 Old location

Sterkstroom

at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

STERKSTROOM

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

KLAAS

MBULELO

UNATHI

BORN: 1984-06-24

DIED: 2021-10-03

FUNERAL:

2021-10-16

VENUE:

Funeral service


Rocklands location

Ntabethemba A/A

Whittlesea

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Rocklands

TIME:

11:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MAMPE

NOTHEMBILE

BORN: 1962-03-24

DIED: 2021-09-29

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16

VENUE: Funeral

service will be held at

home at Ngqolongwana

location Mbinzana A/A

CEMETERY:

NGQOLONGWANA

TIME:

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

KAKAZA

NOZIBELE

ELIZABETH

BORN: 1948-11-27

DIED: 2021-10-05

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16



T1 Nomgqokwana street

Mlungisi location

Komani at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

CHIBINI

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MADZE

PHUMEZA

BORN: 1987-10-16

DIED: 2021-10-04

FUNERAL:

2021-10-16

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held

at home at

No. 215E

Sada location

Whittlesea

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Sada

TIME:

11:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

SWARTBOOI

SWARTBOOI

DAMBILE

JOSEPH

BORN: 1943-05-06

DIED: 2021-10-02

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16

VENUE: Funeral


home at 3480 Mbilini

street Unifound location

Komani at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

KOMANI TOWN

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MAFOJELA

BHULWANA

BORN: 1960-02-21

DIED: 2021-10-05

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16



705 Zone 2 Ekuphumleni

location Whittlesea

at 10:00 am

CEMETERY:

Ekuphumleni

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MXIKI

ZODWA

ETHEL

BORN: 1944-11-02

DIED: 2021-10-06

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16



lower Didimana village

Whittlesea at 09:00 am

CEMETERY

LOWER DIDIMANA

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

XHAKA

MATHUTSHI

BORN: 1934-03-20

DIED: 2021-10-08

FUNERAL:

2021-10-16

VENUE:

Funeral service will be

held at home at Hinana

location Thornhill A/A

Whittlesea

at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

Hinana

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

HLANGWANA

NOMTHA

GRACE

BORN: 1963-09-26

DIED: 2021-10-05

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16

VENUE: Funeral


home at Gxojeni location

Machubeni A/A Cacadu

district at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

GXOJENI

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

GQOLA

MAVIS

NOMANGESI

ĂĞŽĨŝůůĂŐĞ

ĞŵďĞŝ

Born: 06/02/1938

Died: 06/10/2021

Funeral: 16/10/2021

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27 Robinson Road -

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073 501 9157 ŐĞŚĞŶŝ

PINO

LUYANDA

LENNOX

Born: 1983/12/23

Died: 2021/10/01

Funeral: 2021/10/16

Address: Molteno

Venue: Molteno

Time: 8am

Interment:ŽůĞŶŽ

Cemetry at 11:30

Rest in peace

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GANCA

NOKWAYA

REGINA

BORN: 1938-01-21

DIED: 2021-10-07

FUNERAL: 2021-10-16



Mbodlane location

Lower lufutha A/A Cala

at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

MBODLANE

TIME:

11:00 AM

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

DILA

NOZUKILE

Born: 1955/04/25

Died: 2021/10/05

Funeral:

2021/10/16

Address: Xonxa A/A

Lady Frere

Venue: Xonxa

ŽĐĂŽŶ

Time: 8am

Interment: Xonxa

Cemetery at 11am

Rest in peace

Mamyirha


MASETI PROFESSIONAL

FUNERAL DIRECTORS


Street Queenstown

083 431 6800

GXEGXE

VELISWA

Born: 1979/12/24

Died: 2021/10/08

Funeral:

2021/10/17

Address:

Ngqoko Village,

Lady Frere

Venue: Ngqoko

ŽĐĂŽŶ

Time: 8am

Interment: Ngqoko

Cemetery at 11am

Rest in peace

Gxarha


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Street Queenstown

083 431 6800

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NZUZO

NODAYIXELE

EUNICE

Born: 1943/02/08

Died: 2021/10/02

Funeral:

2021/10/07

Address:

Zola Village

Lesseyton

Venue: Home

Interment:

Zola Cemetery

REST IN PEACE

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BOESMAN

NOLUVO

Born: 1965/06/11

Died: 2021/10/05

Funeral: 2021/10/17

Address: Mkhonjana

ŽĐĂŽŶ

Venue: Mkhonjana

ŽĐĂŽŶ

Time: 8am

Interment:

Mkhonjana

cemetery at 11am

Rest in peace

Mabhanqo


MASETI PROFESSIONAL

FUNERAL DIRECTORS


Street Queenstown

083 431 6800

DATHINI

SITHEMBISO

Born: 1993/02/12

Died: 2021/10/02

Funeral:

2021/10/17

Address: Rodana

ŽĐĂŽŶĂĚĞĞ

Venue: Rodana

ŽĐĂŽŶ

Time: 8am

Interment: Rodana

ĞŵĞĞĂĂŵ

Rest in peace Leta


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Street Queenstown

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

CMR QUEENSTOWN

DATE: 21 October 2021

PLACE: 46 GREY STREET

ĸĐĞŽĨ

TIME: 18:00


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IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF

JOHANNESBURG WEST– HELD AT ROODEPOORT

CASE NO. 7219/2019

In the matter between:

BODY CORPORATE ATLANTIS

Plaintiff/Applicant

and

MADIKIZELA BOMIKAZI

Defendant/Respondent

NOTICE OF MOTION IN TERMS OF SECTION 66(1)(a) OF THE

MAGISTRATE’S COURT ACT NO. 32 OF 1944 READ TOGETHER

WITH RULE 43A

To the above-mentioned respondent:

TAKE NOTICE THAT that THE ATLANTIS BODY CORPORATE (herein

called the Applicant) intends to make an application to this Court

on THURSDAY the 28th day of OCTOBER 2021 at 8h30 or as soon

thereafter as the application may be heard for an order in the

following terms:

1. An Order in terms of Section 66(1)(a) of the Magistrates Court

Act No.32 of 1944, in which the applicant is authorised to attach

and execute against the immovable property of the Respondent

described as SECTION NUMBER 21, AS SHOWN AND MORE FULLY

DESCRIBED ON SECTIONAL PLAN SS156/1995 IN THE SCHEME

KNOWN AS ATLANTIS IN RESPECT OF LAND AND BUILDING OR

BUILDINGS SITUATED AT WELTEVREDEN PARK EXT 67, 4524, 0

TOWNSHIP, LOCAL AUTHORITY OF JOHANNESBURG, REGISTRATION

DIVISION I.Q, PROVINCE OF GAUTENG, MEASURING 89 (EIGHTY

NINE) SQUARE METRES IN EXTENT, HELD BY DEED OF TRANSFER

ST82416/2004, in order to satisfy the judgment debt in the above

case in the amount of R39 240.64.

2. The Respondent be ordered to pay the costs of the application on

the scale as between attorney and client; and

3. Further and/or alternative relief.

AND THAT the annexed Affidavit of A VAN WYK, together with

annexures thereto, will be used in support of this application.

KINDLY TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT Applicant has appointed

the address below, being LELANI BRUWER INCORPORATED,

21 CALCITE STREET, WILRO PARK, ROODEPOORT, an address

referred to in Rule 55(1)(e), at which address the Applicant will

accept service of all documents, notices and all process in these

proceedings.

KINDLY TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT if you intend opposing this

application, you must, within 10 court days of service of this

application -

(a) In an affidavit admit or deny the allegations made in the

applicant’s founding

affidavit;

(b) Set out in such affidavit the reasons for your opposition and the

grounds on

which your opposition is based;

(c) Serve a copy of the affidavit on the applicant or his or her

attorney; and

(d) File the original of the affidavit with the Clerk of the Court

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT if you wish to make submissions

which are relevant to the making of an appropriate order such as

the determination of a reserve price, you must, within 10 court

days of service of this application –

(a) Set out in an affidavit the submissions and grounds therefor;

(b) Serve a copy of the affidavit on the applicant or his or her

attorney; and

(c) File the original of the affidavit with the Clerk of the Court

TAKE NOTICE FURTHER THAT

(a) Together with service and filing of the affidavit, you must give

your physical address, postal address and where available, facsimile

and electronic mail address;

(b) In your affidavit you must indicate the preferred address for

service upon you of all documents in the application, and service

thereof at the address so given shall be valid and effectual, except

where personal service is required by an order or practice of the

court; and

(c) A physical address given by you must, in places where there

are three or more attorneys or firms of attorneys practicing

independently of one another, be within 15 kilometers of the

courthouse.

KINDLY TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT the you have right to apply

to the Legal Aid Board or to a Law Clinic for assistance.

KINDLY TAKE FURTHER NOTICE OF Section 26(1) of the

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa which accords

everyone’s right to have access to adequate housing. Should you

contend that the order for leave to execute against your immovable

property will infringe that right, it is incumbent on you to place

any information supporting that claim before the above Honorable

Court.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT you must appear before the

above Honourable Court at 57 MEYER STREET, ROODEPOORT on

28th DAY OF OCTOBER 2021 at 8h30 to oppose this application.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT your failure to do any of the

things mentioned in this notice of application, may result in the

court granting the orders as prayed for above.

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NOTICE: LUM/21/10/IHL

1. PROPOSED PURCHASE, SUBDIVISION, REZONING OF A PORTION OF REMAIN-

DER OF ERF 1 AND CONSOLIDATION TO ADJOINING ERF 2984 (34 LONGVIEW

CRESCENT) – QUEENSTOWN

2. PROPOSED REMOVAL OF TITLE DEED RESTRICTION OVER PORTION 7 & POR-

TION 13 OF THE FARM WELTEVREEDEN NO 176 AND CONSENT USE FOR A MIXED

ZONING OVER PORTION 13 OF THE FARM WELTEVREEDEN NO 176– QUEENSTOWN

Council has received the following applications in terms of SPLUMA No 16/2013:

1. Purchase, Subdivision, Rezoning of a portion of remainder of Erf 1 and Consolidation

to adjoining Erf 2984 Queenstown, Longview Crescent.

2. Remove Title Deed Restrictions Para 1: not more than one dwelling house shall be

erected on the land & Para 2: this land shall be used for residential and agricultural

purposes only” on Portion 7 & Portion 13 and for a Consent Use for a Mixed Zoning on

Portion 13 to operate a school and for agricultural purposes.

A copy of these applications may be inspected during normal office hours at the Directorate

of Human Settlements and Land Development offices of 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 15th November 2021.

Please contact Mr. U. Galada on Tel: 045 807 6400 for queries in connection with this

application.

ISAZISO: LUM/21/10/IHL

1. UKUTHENGA, UKUQWALASELWA NOKUHLAZIYELWA KWASIZA 1 NOKUDIBAN-

ISE NOSIZA 2984 QUEENSTOWN (34 LONGVIEW CRESCENT); QUEENSTOWN

2. ISICELO UKUSUSA ISITHINTELO SETAYITILE WE-PORTION 7 KUNYE NE-POR-

TION 13 YE-FAMA WELTEVREEDEN NO 176 KUNYE NOKUSETYENZISWA KWEMVU-

MEZO YOLWANDO OLUXUBEKILEYO KWA-PORTION 13 UKUQHUBA ISIKOLO KUNYE

NEENJONGO ZEZOLIMOYE EFAMA ENGUWELTEVREEDEN NO 176 - QUEENSTOWN

IBhunga lifumene isicelo ngokoMthetho we-SPLUMA engu-16/2013:

1. ukuthenga, ukuqwala nokuhlaziywelwa kwaSiza 1 nokudibanise nosiza 2984

Queenstown eLongview Crescent.

2. sokususa isithintelo setayitile: akudlu kwanye indlu ehlalayo eya kuvakaliswa emhlabeni

kunye ne-lomhlaba uyakusetyenziselwa iinjongo zokuhlala kuphela nezolimo

wePortion 7 & Portion 13 nokusetyenziswa kwemvumezo yolwando oluxubekileyo

kwa-Portion 13 ukuqhuba isikolo kunye neenjongo zezolimoye efama enguWeltevreeden

No 176 Queenstown.

Ikopi yesi sicelo inokuhlolwa ngexesha leeyure eziqhelekileyo kwiofisi kwiCandelo

loLawulo lweeNdawo zokuHlaliswa kwaBantu kunye neeofisi zoPhuculo loMhlaba

woMasipala weNgingqi wase-Enoch Mgijima kwisitalato i-2C Komani, Komani.

Amalungu oluntu ayamenywa ukuba angenise izichaso ezibhaliweyo kunye nezizathu

ezivakalayo kwiintsuku ezingama-30 zokupapashwa kwesisibhengezo kwi-Manejala

kaMasipala, uMasipala wase-Enoch Mgijima. Umhla wokuvala kwezichaso ngu-15

kaNovemba 2021.

Nceda uqhakamshelane noMr. U. Galada kule nombolo: 045 807 6400 yemibuzo

ngokunxulumene nesi sicelo

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A mining company based in Komani seeks to fill

the following vacancies.

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* Successful Applicants will have at least

4+ years’ experience in the position applying for.

* A Driver’s Licence / Operator certificate would

be an advantage.

* Having completed at least Grade 10 and above.

* Having good communication in English or

Afrikaans, be literate, numerate and

medically fit.

Preference will be given to local communities in

the area.

Send short CV with contactable references to

Operation Manager Malan.Ze@raumix.co.za

Closing date for applications: 25 October 2021

For all your

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Estate Notices

In the Estate of the late

ZOE ALETTA

FLORENCE NEL, in

life residing at Madeira

Old Age Home, Kingsway,

Komani, identity number:

320909 0012 083,

Date of Birth :

9 September 1932,

Date of Death :

2 September 2019,

Estate Number:

005540/2020.

Notice is hereby given

that the First and

Final Liquidation and

Distribution Account

in the above estate will

lie for inspection at the

offices of the Magistrate

Queenstown as well

as the Master Port

Elizabeth for a period of

21 (Twenty One) days

from 15 October 2021.

AMBITON FINANCIAL

SERVICES,

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Walmer Post Office,

Port Elizabeth

Email: Michellep

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Date: 2021-10-04

Tel: 041 581 7170

D i ff e re n t

marriage

contracts

affect home

ownership

REP REPORTER

There are several marital systems recognised by

the South African Deed Offices, each of which

will influence property transactions in different

way s .

Understanding this can help homeowners

make good investment decisions upfront.

“Buying a home as a married couple can be

an exciting step in the couple’s life together,”

RE/MAX of Southern Africa regional director

and CEO Adrian Goslett says.

“However, it is important to adopt a longterm

view on any real estate investment.

“I would therefore encourage all married

couples to understand how their marriage

contract will affect them in relation to owning a

home together.”

The options for registering a home at the

deeds office are:

In Community of Property: This marriage

contract is the epitome of what’s yours is mine

and what’s mine is yours.

In these instances, any home purchased

between the couple will be jointly registered in

the name of both spouses.

This also means if you owned property

before getting married, the property will

automatically form part of the joint estate.

This means you cannot sell the home

without first obtaining the consent of your

spouse, as he/she will now own that home

jointly with you.

A possible exception is if you inherited a

property subject to a condition that stipulated

that the inherited property is excluded from any

future joint estates.

Out of Community of Property: Also referred

to as an ante nuptial contract (ANC), these

contracts typically exist to protect any assets

going into a marriage.

In these instances, you are free to own and

purchase property in your own name without

the consent of your spouse.

However, you are also able to purchase a

property jointly if this is what you wish to do.

These contracts will differ depending on

whether the ANC includes or excludes the

accrual system.

In an ANC without accrual, the two estates

remain separate during the marriage. But an

ANC with accrual means that while the two

estates prior to marriage are separated, after the

date of marriage the two estates become joined

and any property may then form part of the

accrual unless it is expressly excluded in the

ANC. If the marriage dissolves or there is a

death of a spouse, then the items accrued

during the marriage (unless expressly excluded

in the ANC) are split fairly between the

i n d iv i d u a l s .

According to customary law or Muslim rites:

Unless an ANC is in place, any customary

marriage concluded after The Recognition of

Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 came

into effect on November 15 2000, is deemed to

be in community of property and will follow the

same conditions.

Those who were married before this Act

came into effect are able to own property

separately from their spouse or they may

purchase property together as co-owners if this

is what they prefer. Pre-2000 customary law

and Muslim rites marriages are similar.

But those married after 2000 under Muslim

rites would enjoy similar benefits of a marriage

Out of Community of Property, whereas post-

2000 customary law marriages are more similar

to being married in Community of Property.

According to the laws of a foreign country:

When a couple is married under the laws of any

country outside of SA, they are able to own

property separately from their spouse and can

have the property registered in their own

names. They may also choose to purchase

property together as co-owners. The only snag

is when the property is sold, whoever is the

registered owner of the property will need to be

duly assisted by their spouse to conclude the

t ra n s f e r.

“No matter how your marriage is structured,

owning property either jointly or separately will

help ensure greater financial security for the

h o u s e h o l d ,” Goslett says. .


SPORT SCENE

graphic © liudmyla pushnova / 123RF.com

MEC hands over R2m sport equipment

Players and

fans, especially

men, urged to

vaccinate to

participate and

watch matches

ZINTLE BOBELO

Department of sport,

recreation, arts &

culture MEC Fezeka

Nkomonye, who came to hand

over R2m worth of sport

equipment to local clubs and

schools in the Chris Hani district

on Monday, encouraged male

athletes to vaccinate and avoid

being prevented from

participating in sporting

activities in other countries.

“Studies reveal that males

have less numbers when it

comes to vaccination statistics,”

the MEC said.

“We will not be able to

watch games as spectators in

stadiums without complying

with the vaccination process.

“We need to go out in

numbers and vaccinate so we

are able to support our children

and our fellow players.”

Nkomonye said the

equipment handover was aimed

at helping revive sport, which

was now in full swing after the

Covid-19 disruption.

She said it was important for

her to engage with federations

and confederations, especially

with sport having being banned

for almost two years.

“Those dealing with athletes

will agree with me that the level

of fitness has deteriorated,” she

said.

“We are now trying to get

back to sporting activities.

LOCAL BOOST: Chris Hani district sports clubs and hubs receive equipment from department of sport, recreation, arts & culture (DSRAC) MEC Fezeka Nkomonye

at Bathandwa Ndondo Office Park on Monday. From left, are DSRAC district director Mkhululi Godola, Chris Hani Sports Confederation secretary Nicolene van

Schalkwyk, Chris Hani Sports Confederation chair Sandile Mata, Barkley Farm hub coordinator Lindile Hlahla, MEC Nkomonye and DSRAC recreation officer

Lonwabo Bobotyana Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

“We are certain that hubs

and clubs have tried to navigate

the Covid-19 storm and kept

players active according to

r e g u l a t i o n s .”

Nkomonye said the

department had formed a

partnership with Supersport to

spearhead the department’s

vision of developing school

sport.

“We believe children should

be familiar with sport from a

young age. Young people from

rural areas need to get the

necessary exposure so they can

be identified and scouted on

television without them having

to move to bigger cities.” She

also touched on the lack of

sporting facilities which was a

challenge the department was

looking to address.

“In partnership with

Multichoice and Supersport, we

are constructing facilities with

the aim that by the 2022 World

Cup all seven districts in the

province will have existing

f a c i l i t i e s .”

Happy return

for Komani

parkrunners

PROUD AS PUNCH

After an absence of almost

20 months, 60 people ran,

jogged and walked the

course of the Komani

parkrun at the Queenstown

Golf Club on Saturday in

cool weather conditions.

Two happy regular

parkrunners received

recognition for their

achievements. Sharon

Kriedemann completed her

100th parkrun, while Deidre

Schwarz became a member

of the Milestone 50 club by

completing her 50th run.

There were 15

volunteers present to ensure

yet another successful

e ve n t .

WELL DONE: The Cathcart Boxing Club emerged with

nine wins and three losses in a boxing tournament held

in Seymour where 12 of the club’s boxers participated

last Saturday. The group is preparing for the Mfuzo

Boxing Club’s 26th anniversary in Makhanda tomorrow.

Coach Moloantwa Makhofola said five of his boxers

would soon participate in the provincial games in

Ntabankulu and any form of donation was welcomed.

Makhofola can be reached on 073-777-7297

Picture: SUPPLIED

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MK Academy are Nedbank

Cup regional champions

Kota goal seals victory for Whittlesea-based side

ZINTLE BOBELO

Agoal 15 minutes before

the end of a soccer

match qualified the now

Nedbank Cup regional

champions, MK Academy, to

compete in the provincial leg of

the tournament in Aliwal North

this weekend.

Captain of the Whittleseabased

team, Lwando Kota,

decided the team’s fate with his

great goal in the second half,

taking the score to 1 -0 against

rivals Lucky Stars.

Coach Bulelani Cole Sindelo

said the team had a good preseason

and enough time to

prepare.

“We were playing against

the toughest opponents in the

game, but you could tell just by

their dedication and

commitment that my players

were hungry for success.

“Their dedication paid off on

Sunday and I am extremely

proud.

“We managed to strategise

and win and are looking

forward to the provincial game

this weekend,” he said.

Sindelo said the team only

conceded a goal in one match

throughout the stages,

mentioning Kota as the top goal

scorer in all the matches.

Left winger Nangamso

Sipholi advanced the team to

the regionals during the

elimination stages in a match

with Komani Stars at the Dumpy

Adams Sports Complex last

Fr i d ay.

The players again did not

want to concede defeat and

scored a goal a few minutes

before the final whistle was

b l ow n .

Melikhaya Mdingi, Chris

Hani head of competitions, said

with Covid-19 restrictions

eased, teams could now bring

their A-games.

“Our teams always produce

the best,” Mdingi said.

“We had a team from this

region, Amavarara, that took us

to the Nedbank Cup last 32.

“This tells us that we mean

business.

“We also have a team that

was recently promoted, Seven

Stars, to join the ABC Motsepe

League.

“Again, this tells us we have

a lot of talent here and now

other teams are picking up.”

NET FIGHT: MK Academy, in red, fight for the net in a game with rivals Komani Stars at the

Dumpy Adams Sports Complex last Friday Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Hope as some fans allowed to watch Bafana Bafana match

SAD SIGHT: A familiar sight in South African sport, an

empty Cape Town Stadium during the Springboks vs

British and Irish Lions tour Picture: SOURCED

MAXWELL LEVINE

There seems to be a glimmer of

hope for sport, with a limited

number of spectators allowed

back into stadiums.

But is it enough?

The official Government

Gazette, published on October

11, includes amended lockdown

regulations on fans being

permitted to attend matches.

According to the new

regulations, up to 2,000

spectators will be allowed to

attend professional matches,

subject to proof of vaccination

and strict adherence to all health

protocols.

The country went into

lockdown level 1 recently and

most entities returned to normal,

but it seemed sport had taken the

back seat with regard to

spectators returning to the

stadiums, until this week’s trial

run with 2,000 fans allowed to

watch the World Cup qualifier

between Bafana Bafana and

Ethiopia at the FNB Stadium on

Tuesday evening.

However, compared with

other countries which have

gradually welcomed back

spectators to stadiums, SA is a

long way off.

Even on TV screens the

excitement is palpable – an

explosive release of almost two

years of collective Covid

frustration and fatigue.

Their passion makes a

superior broadcast product, with

the noise level and the

atmosphere electric.

The best way for South

Africans to return to stadia is

va c c i n a t i o n .

Most European countries have

gradually allowed spectators

back to stadiums after reaching

vaccination herd immunity.

South Africans have mixed views

with regard to vaccination, with

just more than 13 million people

vaccinated, which means 22% of

the population.

A narrative has developed

suggesting it might be in the

country’s best interests to open

up its stadiums again, provided it

does so only for the vaccinated.

It’s a suggestion apparently

considered by health minister Dr

Joe Phaahla, who said the

government was discussing “soft

i n c e n t ive s ” to stimulate the

uptake of Covid-19 vaccinations.

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