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Summerpride

traffic snarl-up

Residents angered by congestion outside school

SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE

The residents of Bramleigh

Road in Summerpride

have raised several

disputes with Advance for Life

Christian Academy High

School in connection

with traffic congestion when

pupils are dropped off and

fetched by parents and public

t ra n s p o r t .

Speaking on behalf of the

residents, Candiz Dalton claims

her father-in-law was bumped

by a taxi in the area, and

she fears for the safety

o f ch i l d r e n .

Dalton also said residents

had tried to get authorities to put

up speed humps or even a sign

indicating that pedestrians

were crossing the street.

“We as residents are fed up

with Buffalo City Metropolitan

Municipality and the traffic

department not doing anything

about the ongoing problems in

our residential street.

“Every morning taxis,

parents and the school bus are

illegally stopping at the exit and

entrance of Bramleigh Road,

blocking all incoming and

outgoing traffic and making

illegal U-turns. The high school

students walk in the road,

obstructing the flow of traffic.”

Dalton said community

members were not asked to sign

any documentation allowing a

school to operate in the area.

20%

Community members believed

the infrastructure of the road did

not allow for extra traffic flow.

“We have no pavements or

gutters in place, no signs

indicating pedestrians, speed

limit or speed humps.

“We ’ve messaged the

principal numerous times, the

ward councillor has been

notified and have had no

response from his or her office

or private cell number.

Something needs to be done

about this before a child is hurt

or killed. My father-in-law

was involved in a hit-and-run

where a taxi bumped him and

the driver simply drove off

without ensuring he was okay.”

Ward 16 councillor Ntsika

VITAL KNOWLEDGE: Advance for Life Christian Academy High School pupils receive training

from the traffic department on road safety at the school field Picture: SUPPLIED

Qali said he was not aware of

traffic disruption in the area and

the only issue brought to his

attention was that of a road to a

school in Dawn being in poor

condition. He said as soon

as budgetary funds were

allocated, the refurbishment of

the road would be a priority.

Qali said it was the school’s

responsibility to address issues

concerning traffic and child

safety with the Traffic

Department as well as the

Department of Education.

“The safety of children

needs to be prioritised.”

BCM communications

officer Luxole Komani said:

“Our traffic department has

visited this school on numerous

occasions, the latest being on

Thursday, April 14.

“We have had a few sessions

of road safety education with

around 220 learners and 30 staff

members. We will continue to

visit the school in an effort to

improve road safety,” he said.

Principal Esther Wallis said

the private school was doing

its best to ensure the pupils and

their parents were educated on

road saftey.

“Pupils were taught how to

cross the road with caution,

which side of a taxi to get off,

how to identify a taxi that is not

safe to get on and the people to

contact in an emergency.”

Wallis said the street would

be monitored by traffic officers

who would give out tickets to

vehicles stopping illegally and

not adhering to regulations.

“We have teachers there

during drop-off and pick-up

t i m e s .”

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‘U n c h a r t e re d ’

delivers all the

movie adventure

CROSSWORD number 1277

Worthy adaptation of the popular video game

FAITH MTWANA

For someone who doesn’t

play video games, the only

clue that the movie

Unchartered is based on one is

the PlayStation logo in the

beginning.

The captivating trailer

does a great job of arousing the

interest of action movie and

treasure- hunting mystery lovers

— and, of course, Tom Holland

fans.

The film, as a whole, covers

all the necessary points of a

typical action movie, complete

with ridiculous but amazing

stunts, extravagant sets and

fairly impressive acting from the

cast.

The characters are all very

interesting, even if you don’t

know anything about the video

games.

Holland gives the character

of Nathan Drake a fun and

fierce personality, while Mark

Wahlberg plays Victor “Sully”

S u l l iva n ’s character in a way that

makes the viewer love to hate

him.

The chemistry between the

two makes the banter between

them a pleasure to watch.

As this was Holland’s first

recognisable lead role since

Spiderman: No Way Home, it

wa s exciting to see what else the

actor had to offer.

Antonio Banderas plays an

excellent villain during his brief

appearance, while Sophia Ali

and Tati Gabrielle bring a touch

of woman power to the screen.

The balance between action,

drama and comedy is seamless

and makes the movie a pleasure

to watch.

Some of the references will

be lost on those who haven’t

played the PlayStation game,

but the storyline provides just

enough backstory for nongamers

to still be captivated.

❝

Holland gives the character of

Nathan Drake a fun and fierce

personality, while Mark Wahlberg

plays Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan’s

character in a way that makes the

viewer love to hate him

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T H U R S DAY

● The University of the Third

Age (U3Ael) offers a very

interesting programme of talks

and courses each month. New

members joining fee is R50.

Enquiries: Clare 083-248-3699.

F R I DAY

● CROQUET: St Andrew’s

Croquet Club (in the grounds of

the EL Golf Club, Bunker’s Hill).

Play begins at 1.45pm every

Wednesday, Friday and

Saturday. Visitors are welcome.

Coaching available. Contact

Hugh Brathwaite 072-651-

8514. Club facilities to hire,

contact Lyn England 083-321-

3445

S AT U R DAY

● CROQUET: Typos Croquet

Club’s playing times are 1.30pm

on Saturdays and 10am on

Wednesdays. Join the team for a

game or, alternatively, Rob and

Linda are available for training

sessions. Practice equipment

(mallets, etc) available at no

cost. Call Linda on 079-507-

6680. Covid restrictions are

adhered to. Typos Club, Union

Avenue (near Clarendon High).

● Narcotics Anonymous. St

Nicholas Church, 22 Pell Street,

Beacon Bay. From 7pm to 8pm.

Call 083-900-6962

● Gonubie Saturday Stalls at

BCM Building, Main Road from

08.30am to 12.30pm. Every

Saturday, weather permitting.

Arts, books, crafts, clothing, preloved

and more. New stalls and

car-booters welcome. Covid

rules apply. WhatsApp 067-

041-2830

T U E S DAY

● Al-Anon family groups is a

support group for family and

friends of problem drinkers. If

your life is affected by a

problem drinker, there is help

available. We meet every

Tuesday evening at the

Methodist Church in Hebbe

Street, Cambridge at 7.30pm.

For more information, please

call Gill at 079-612-8264, or

Elsie at 078-628-6311

● Beacon Bay Bridge Club will

host weekly sessions in the Eden

Worship Centre from 1.15pm to

4.30pm. New and returning

members are all welcome. For

details, call 082-646-6033

● University of the Third Age

(U2Ael) Travel: Enquiries: John

082-466-7095.

W E D N E S DAY

● University of the Third Age

(U23Ael) Xhosa: Enquiries:

Nita 082-898-6394.

● Narcotics Anonymous. St

Nicholas Church, 22 Pell Street,

Beacon Bay. From 7pm to 8pm.

Call 083-900-6962.

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Nwabisa Mzimkulu

Bonnets beat

bad hair days

FAITH MTWANA interviews the founder of

Nwa-Bliss Studio and discovers a woman on a

mission to make her mark in the beauty industry

BLISSFUL BEDWEAR: Nwabisa Mzimkulu sells colourful bonnets, head scarves and wig bags

through her company Nwa-Bliss Studios in East London Picture: SUPPLIED

QHow long has your

business been operating?

AIt’s only been one month. I

started in March this year.

What product/service do you

offer?

Nwa-Bliss Studios focuses on

making women feel

comfortable while sleeping at

night with our amazing bonnets

of all colours, ranges and sizes.

We also offer wig bags and

head scarves. All of these are

available for order and pick up

at Shop 9 next to Debonairs

Pizza in Vincent, East London.

All products are under R200

and we also offer courier

services for a small fee.

What experience/qualification

do you have?

I’m currently a fulltime Bachelor

of Applied Social Science in

Psychology and Counselling

student at Boston City Campus.

I also had my own

entertainment company in Cape

Town. That’s where I was able to

gain experience in marketing.

What inspired you to start your

business?

I saw that bonnets had become

trendy and saw a gap in the

market. The bonnets I saw were

cute and in high demand.

What are some of the

challenges you faced?

There are many other people

selling the same thing, so I am

challenged to make my business

stand out.

I am working hard towards

establishing my clientele. I

would also like to find a local

supplier for my products.

What goals do you h ave for

your business in the future?

I would like to grow my

clientele. I want to be a supplier

to hair salons.

I’d also love to work with

charities and foundations and

help the community.

Where can people contact you?

You can find me on Instagram

@nwablisss _studios, on

Facebook at NWA-Bliss Studios

and on WhatsApp business

account, on 076-934-3009.


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E-learning pros, cons debated

SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE

Community Action Africa,

in partnership with

Kumkani FM, the Eastern

Cape Development

Corporation, Buffalo City

Metropolitan Municipality, LG

Seta and African Book

Connection, hosted the fifth

annual Inter-schools Debate

Competition on Friday April 22

at the Orient Theatre in East

London.

The event was presented

around the theme “The future of

skills development in the time of

C ov i d - 19 ”.

Participating in the event

were 12 schools from BCM, two

from King Sabata Dalindyebo

Local Municipality and one

from Mbashe Local

M u n i c i p a l i t y.

The pupils debated the topic

of online learning, discussing its

advantages as well as its

d i s a dva n t a g e s .

Community Action Africa

director Musa Sebugwawo said

the annual inter-schools debate

competitions started back in

Inter-schools competition held in EL focuses on post-Covid world

2017 with five schools

participating.

“The programme has grown

in the number of schools to

21schools. But this year only 15

p a r t i c i p a t e d .”

Community Action Africa is

a non governmental

organisation (NGO) that

supports pupils from

disadvantaged schools to

achieve improved educational

results.

The organisation offers extra

classes in various learning areas.

It also co-ordinates

academic events such as interschools

debate competitions,

maths and science exhibitions

and career guidance expos.

Sebugwawo said the

importance of hosting debate

competitions was that they

helped pupils improve their

communication skills as well as

their academic performance.

“Participating in debates

enable debaters to learn a

variety of skills, like skills in

ACADEMIC SUPPORT: Winner of the Inter-schools Debate Competition, Centre of Excellence

High School, receives vouchers of R7,500 for each debater, as well as stationery Picture: SUPPLIED

research, presentation, public

speaking and time

management.

“Other skills include team

work and effective

communication. All these skills

are essential in improving the

academic performance of those

involved in debates.”

Pupil Siboleke Booi, a

debator from Centre of

Excellence High School, said: “I

think debate is important

because it’s a civilised way of

arguing that could actually lead

to the root of a topic. Seeing that

adults are the ones with a say, it

also gives us kids a chance to

give our opinions and prove our

opinions matter.

“Just because we are

younger than the rest, doesn’t

mean we don’t have something

to bring to the conversation.”

Another debator from Centre

of Excellence High School,

Siymathanda Stempa, said:

“Debate is critical because it

helps learners overcome their

stage fright, utilise their research

skills and logical skills. It also

helps with one’s confidence.”

Sebugwawo said some of the

reasons other schools did not

take part in this years’ debate

competition was because they

had not been debating since the

start of the pandemic.

Other schools said their

senior debators had left the

school or they did not currently

have a debating teacher.

“The schools have asked for

support to re-establish debate

clubs at their schools in order to

be able to participate next year,”

he said.

Clarendon girl lets

her voice be heard

GO CORRESPONDENT

Clarendon High School pupil

Zingce Kondlo took part in

the World Individual Debating

and Public Speaking

Championship (WIDPSC)

earlier this month.

Zingce was placed 75th

overall out of 115 participants

from around the world. Her

achievements were:

● Persuasive Speaking: 25th

● Interpretive Reading: 79th

● Debate: 70th

WIDPSC is an annual

international English language

debating and public speaking

tournament for individual high

school-level pupils representing

different countries.

The SA event is attended by

a diverse mix of high schools

from countries as far afield as

Australia, Hong Kong, Canada,

the US, England, Lithuania,

Pakistan, Cyprus, Argentina,

Botswana, Israel, India, South

Korea, Zimbabwe and

G e r m a ny.

STRONG SHOWING:

C l a re n d o n ’s Zingce Kondlo

Picture: SUPPLIED

BOOKS COME TO LIFE

FUN

FRIENDS:

Minnie

Mouse and

Peppa Pig

visited

Merrifield

P re - P r i m a r y

to add

sparkle to

World Book

Day on

F r i d a y,

courtesy of

Gravity

Indoor

Tr a m p o l i n e

Park, East

London

P i c t u re :

TA R A LY N

MCLEAN

FLYING START

HOCKEY STARS

BRIGHT FUTURE: Hudson

Park’s Jody-Ann October,

right, and Zukhanye

Tyalantsika, far right, have

been chosen to represent

Eastern Province U21

women’s hockey team at the

Interprovincial Tournament in

Gqeberha from April 26 to

April 3O Pictures: SUPPLIED

AND THEY’RE OFF: Competitors

start the boys’ U17 event at

Eastern Cape Biathle

Championships held at

Hudson Park.

SCENIC ROUTE

HONOURED: Hudson Park’s Luke

Tinhof (second in the U17 boys),

Maxine Burgess (disqualified after

unfortunately running off course in

U15 girls ), Phoebe Saxton (fifth in

U17 girls), Sophia Burgess (fourth

in U17 girls) and Isabella Stanyon

(second in U17 girls)

Pictures: SUPPLIED

GETTING SET: Hudson Park runners, Sophia Burgess and Zachary Smith (in red) at the start of

the Berry Dam Cross-Country relay event in Komani at the weekend. Hudson's girls' team won

their event and the boys’ team came eighth overall Picture: SUPPLIED



m e t ro

GO!PEOPLE

Allister Lemarc Stewart

Ward 4

Fast access to

councillor vital

Cleaning up ward a major priority for Stewart

QHave you established a

ward council yet and

where can you and the ward

council be reached?

They have been elected but they

h ave n ’t been inducted ye t .

What are some of the major

issues that you’ve handled in

your time as ward councillor?

We have issues of illegal

squatter camps. There’s one

being handled in court at this

moment in time. I’ve managed

to fill some potholes in some

streets and tried to make the

area much c l e a n e r.

What are you earnestly hoping

to address during the remainder

of your term?

Illegal dump sites, and I’ve

managed to clear a few dump

sites in the ward. The issue of

vagrants is a challenge. What

I’m hoping to address during the

remainder of my term is to

always be available to the

people, make sure there is

service delivery to the people

and that the ward is clean and

that things are done.

As ward councillor, what would

you say is the most important

thing to keep in mind as you go

about your daily

re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s ?

You must always be available

and accessible to your residents,

assist them where you can and

always try your best, and you

must always work hard.

How do you make yourself

accountable to your residents?

Always provide feedback to

your residents. I’m always

available when residents want

feedback on certain issues that

they report on.

To avoid a situation where

community members step out

of line, what is the correct

procedure that needs to be

followed by community

members who want to use BCM

buildings for their personal use?

As a councillor I am not at

ALLISTER LEMARC

S T E WA RT

liberty to give permission to

occupy municipal buildings.

When individuals or

organisations want to utilise

vacant municipal buildings, it is

done via BCMM land

administration. Municipal assets

are guided by policy.

These policies direct you to

the relevant department that

deals with specific assets of the

municipality. The request can

come to the councillor in

writing which will then be

channelled to the correct

directorate and department.

This process was not

followed with regards to the

Billy Francis Hall and the

Buffalo Flats Bowling Club.

ON THE BALL: From left BCTA coach Asemahle Mabona, Bukhobenkosi Makeleni, deputy

principal of Inyathi Primary School Owethu Bosman, Vuyo Magengelele and Inyathi Primary

School Principal Mrs Mbala P i c t u re : S U P P L I E D

Touch rugby makes big strides

FAITH MTWANA

Buffalo City Touch Association

(BCTA) is rapidly growing as the

sport of Touch Rugby takes off

in BCM and many

players representing BCM will

require sponsors.

BCTA is an non-profit

organisation that was

established in 2018 with the

objective of creating

opportunities for players from

largely disadvantaged

communities to develop

themselves as touch rugby

players, while gaining the basic

skills needed for contact rugby.

BCTA have just returned

from the 2022 Junior Provincial

Tournament in Durban where

Sicelo Sakawuli received the

Most Valuable Player award and

was also chosen for the national

squad for the Youth World Cup

2023 in England.

Neelon Adkins from John

Bisseker became a referee,

while Inyathi Primary School

had their first U15 players

compete at a national level at

the interprovincials.

Ingrid Wylde, chairperson

of BCTA, said the sport

was good for BCM because it is

internationally recognised.

“It is inexpensive to

implement. It needs cones, balls

and a space to play,” he said.

“So it is ideal for

underfunded communities and

schools. It is played by boys and

girls and the rules of Touch are

international.

“The association is open to

any school or community team

who would like to participate.”

Due to the demand for the

sport from schools in

Mdantsane, BCTA will

host exhibition games for three

schools at Philemon Ngcelwane

High School on Freedom Day,

April 27.

BCTA will also host a

tournament on May 2 at Police

Park, where the public is invited

to watch schools and teams

p l ay.

Some of the schools and

teams participating in this

tournament are Inyathi Primary

School, Cambridge Primary

School, Ebenezer High School,

St John’s Road Primary School,

Sinovuyo Senior Secondary

School, Greenpoint High

School, Eden High School, King

Wi l l i a m ’s Town Women’s

Rugby, Amathola Touch and

many more.

Cyril Errington, one of the

coaches involved with the

BCTA, said the organisation

would benefit from sponsors

because the boys would be

travelling to Knysna soon.

“The boys are in need of

sponsorship in the form of

accommodation and kits for

when they go for trials in

K ny s n a .

“This will give boys who

were unable to play in Durban

[at the interprovincials] another

opportunity to qualify for the

World Cup 2023 tournament.

“That tournament will

require R50,000 per player fee,

so any donations are welcome,”

Errington said.

Wylde echoed Errington’s

words regarding the need for

sponsors and called on anyone

willing to help, to contact BCTA.

“Schools with less funding

are always in need of

a s s i s t a n c e .”

- For more information,

contact Cyril Errington 084-889-

1253, or Ingrid Wylde 082-903-

3966.

East London-owned business serving the community turns 85

GO CORRESPONDENT

Founded on the 28th of April

1937, Kingons is celebrating

their 85th anniversary this

week.

What a massive

achievement for a family-run

business in East London, making

them the oldest business located

in Cambridge and still in their

original premises.

Kingons is a well-known

local brand which is now

managed by the third generation

of Kingons who are still as

passionate and committed all

these decades later to supply

well priced quality brand

clothing.

The loyal client base is

testament of the Kingons

dedication to superior customer

service.

“Our clients expect good

quality clothing complimented

by good old-fashioned advice

which we continue to deliver,”

says Mark Kingon, which clearly

has made the business

successful over the last eight

decades.

Kingons is well known as an

official school uniform stockiest

for most of the major schools in

East London. It is popular for

being one of the only stores to

supply a wide range of top

brand fashion shirts such as Jeep

in the 5xl size for our larger

South African men.

Also known as the best place

to get fitted and receive expert

and comfortable advice on bras,

many women have relied on

Kingon’s for generations.

Whatever Kingons means to

you and your family, and it will

surely mean something, we can

all applaud Kingons for

sustaining itself for 85 years as a

locally owned business that is

committed to the community it

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Orchid Show a

display of love

Competition draws entries across Buffalo City

TAMMY FRAY

Pageant shows are

notoriously construed as

cut-throat, competitive

and self-esteem crushing.

However, at the Gonubie

Orchid Society’s annual sh ow

on April 23 in the Beacon Bay

Crossing area, society president

Lynette Kleynhans emphasised:

“We are not judging the people,

we are only judging the plant so

that people growing orchids can

better learn for the next

competition or just in their own

lives, how to get the best out of

their plant.”

And it is this egalitarian

approach to competition that

draws horticultural enthusiasts

from across the Buffalo City area

to the society’s Orchid S h ow.

Pageant shows require a

great deal of preparation; and

similarly, an orchid show can be

just as strenuous.

Those hoping to enter their

plants into the competition

spend seasons before the show

fretting over cattleyas that refuse

to flower or stems that have

suddenly rotted because

someone has moved the plant

from its specific spot on the

corner of the makeshift table at

the back of a garden shed that

receives between three to five

hours of sunlight a day.

Long-time plant lover and

15-year Gonubie Orchid

Society member from

Stutterheim, Lize le Roux,

remarks that she has been

unable to join the competition

this year as her own orchids are

scheduled to flower two weeks

after the event “but it’s okay

because we don’t grow for

competitions, we grow for them

for ourselves”, she says.

She attributes the delay in

her orchids’ growth this year to

“something as small as a slight

change in climate” but believes

that with a few modifications to

her growing strategy, her plants

should be ready in time to

receive a winning ribbon at next

ye a r ’s show.

Orchid enthusiasts at the

show confirm that growing this

beautiful plant is a challenging

exercise for those who lack

patience or are inattentive as

orchids have specific demands

with respect to the environment

they grow in, which are a

prerequisite to their f l ow e r i n g .

Kleynhans explains that

successful orchid growers

understand that to elicit the best

from the plant, the grower must

be able to replicate the plant’s

indigenous climate.

“Our focus is really on just

trying to assist the plant with its

growth, we are not the ones

responsible for [the] plant

because the plant takes care of

itself. We just have to provide

the right environment that can

support it.”

This means that seemingly

innocuous decisions such as

opting to put your orchid on the

windowsill instead of in the

corner of the living room has

direct implications on its

s u r v iva l .

Growers confirm that

growing orchids is not a hobby

or interest for the casually

committed and that successfully

honing down one’s growing

strategy may take years as

society member Debbie

Wormald explains: “O rch i d s

have very specific needs and if

you meet those needs, you get

the rewards.”

The orchids entered into the

show are classed according to

their species and type, with

winners selected in these

different categories.

Comparing the flowers on a

table of cattleyas before us,

Kleynhans pointed out the

deficiencies and strengths of

each, referencing their colour,

texture, shape, sturdiness,

fullness and roundness of

flowers as factors among other

criteria considered wh e n

deciding on a winning plant.

For instance, Kleynhans

explains, cluster cattleya orchids

are judged according to

whether or not their flowers

produce a full orb-like cluster

that extends all the way around

without any gaps in the bunch

and applying this same criterion

to orchids that are not part of

this species would not indicate

an accurate winner as each

category, in this case species, is

different.

This year’s grand championwinning

plant, c a t t e l ya

brevipedunculat a, grown by

lifelong orchid devotee Andrew

Monfoort, is a species of orchid

originally found high in the

Brazilian mountains and is

regarded among orchid

enthusiasts as a challenging

plant to grow in SA.

The plant won grand

champion at the show this year

and is esteemed by fellow

growers for the skill and care

with which its growth and

GROWING BEAUTIFULLY: Visitors view the blooms at the Orchid Show at Beacon Bay Crossing

CHAMPION: Cattleya brevipedunculata

grown by Andrew Monfoort received first

prize Pictures: TAMMY FRAY

development has been guided.

Replicating the conditions

among the Brazilian peaks here

in East London is not an easy

feat and the award is an

acknowledgement of Monfoort’s

skill, intuition and devotion

born from 40 years worth of

fascination with orchids.

Monfoort adds that the

physical location of his home,

up in Dorchester Heights, assists

with reproducing the extremes

in temperature that the

brevipedunculat a requires for

f l ow e r i n g .

“I always tell people to buy

orchids that match the location

where they live. If you stay in

Vincent for instance, I would tell

you not to bother [buying a

cattelya brevipedunculata]

because it won’t grow down

t h e r e ,” elucidates Monfoort.

He recalled hiking with his

father when he was younger,

and being struck by the beauty

in nature, especially with

respect to the orchids they

encountered, and this is an

impression that has never left

him

Wouter de Lange, a 15-yearlong

orchid hobbyist, revealed

that his initially indifferent

attitude to orchids was revoked

when he attended an orchid

show in Gqeberha (Port

Elizabeth) a few years ago that

included a display of “the most

fragrant orchids”.

“You could actually close

your eyes and smell honey,

vanilla and rose from one single

PURPLE RAIN: Cattleya orchid plants

displayed with their winning ribbons indicating

the positon and category

flower ... look at this [sic] I’m

getting goosebumps!” he smiles.

Kleynhans encouraged

orchid hobbyists of all ages and

years of experience to submit

their plants for next year’s

competition and to join the

Gonubie Orchid Society so that

knowledge regarding the care

for one of the world’s oldest

plants can be disseminated

w i d e l y.

“Our interactions with the

environment is proving

detrimental in recent years and

the orchid society members

display a care and concern for

the development of the orchid

species that respects the plant’s

way of living and this respect is

an ethos we all could adopt,” he

said.

US university to interview isiXhosa rapper for study

SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE

East London songwriter and

rapper Hlumile Mangoloti, who

is popularly known by his stage

name Flash Ikumkani, will be

given prominence by the

African Studies department at

Howard University in the US for

a study based on hip-hop music,

for which he will be featured as

a result of his integration of

isiXhosa into the genre.

Flash Ikumkani, who is

currently working on his

Extended Playlist (EP)

U m b o n o Wa m , which translates

to, “My Vision”, said he

received a phone call from his

manager, Prince Masuku, while

recording in studio confirming

his participation in the study.

The artist will be interviewd by

delegates from the University in

Cape Town this week.

“He told me that he received

an email from the Howard

University, African Studies

department. They found in their

research that I am one of the

South African rappers who use

their home language to create

rap music.

“So they approached me to

discuss the importance of

rapping in my mother tongue

and the importance of rap in the

c o m m u n i t y,” he said.

Masuku said they were

contacted through an email by

the university’s African Studies

department which read: “We

are interested in conversing with

him about his rap style – using

his home language, isiXhosa,

while mixing it in English – and

how he uses it to produce

important social commentary.

“Our show is produced by

the African Studies department

at Howard University, which

teaches the first Hip-Hop in

Africa class in an American

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Hlumile

Mangoloti,

popularly

known by his

stage name

Flash

Ikumkani

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u n ive r s i t y.

“Our students have been

studying – he is among the

upcoming artists whose music

and experience is known

growing up in South Africa. We

would like to use this to study

the importance of Hip Hop and

social change in Africa.”

Mangoloti said he was

humbled by the

acknowledgment as a young

artist with a rural background.

“I feel encouraged as an

artist growing up in a rural area

where there are no platforms for

exposure but I persevered and

continued to hustle until I

arrived at my goal.

“It means a lot for my career.

It also gives me a confidence

boost to carry on this journey in

the entertainment industry while

representing my home town.

“It gives me hope that better

things are yet to come.”


GO!PEOPLE n a t u re

Christo Theart

QHow did your interest in

the protection of the

Nahoon estuary begin?

AMy interest in the

protection of the estuary

started when I registered as an

Interested and Affected Party for

the completion of the Nahoon

Estuary Management Plan in

2016.

Three years after the MEC for

Dedea promulgated the

Management Plan in the

Provincial Gazette of December

19 2016 , I inquired with the

municipality about the

implementation of the plan and

realised [it] had been adopted

by the Buffalo City Metropolitan

Municipality council as

required by law. I made

appointments with the portfolio

councillor at the time, as well as

senior officials, who I could not

convince to submit the plan to

council and to implement [it].

I then realised I could not do

this on my own.

I consulted stakeholders of

the estuary, such as the Border

Canoe Club and the Nahooners,

and arranged a general meeting

of all stakeholders in 2019,

where it was resolved to form

the Nahoon Estuary

Management Forum, where a

constitution was adopted and a

leadership chosen.

The forum then set up a

meeting with the municipal

m a n a g e r.

The municipal manager

agreed to submit the plan to the

council, which happened in

November 2019, after which

the plan was integrated into the

Integrated Development Plan

and budget of the municipality.

What does the estuary

represent to you in terms of the

city’s wellbeing and

d eve l o p m e n t ?

The Nahoon estuary is a place

of unique natural beauty, a

natural asset and an important

tourism attraction in the c i t y.

It includes two nature

reserves, the Nahoon Estuary

Nature Reserve and Nahoon

Point Nature Reserve, as well as

a picnic site. It is used

extensively for recreational

purposes such as rowing,

fishing, boating, and so on.

What has been your experience

with city officials in bringing

them on board with respect to

initiatives to care for and

preserve our natural resources

such as the estuary?

My experience with officials

can best be described as

“s t ra i n e d ”. First, to convince

them to adopt the plan and to

implement it.

Second, to try convince the

Protect our estuary

Nahoon Management Forum working towards a brighter future

Water and Santitation

Department to implement

actions contained in the plan

which will improve the water

quality as [this] is by far the most

important issue to ensure the

estuary can develop to its full

potential in the future.

Two years of regular

meetings had no outcomes, so

the forum resolved to

commence with litigation.

Our first court case was for

BCMM to fix a sewerage pump

station in Cambridge Township

which has been broken for years

and where sewage entered the

Nahoon River.

Since then, three more court

cases against spillages f o l l ow e d .

The forum is determined that

the water quality will have to

improve. It must be said that the

municipality have instituted a

Coastal Committee and recently

a Sub Committee of the Coastal

Committee dealing with the

implementation of Estuary

CLEANING UP:

The Nahoon

estuary is one of

the Eastern

Cape’s major

tourist

attractions yet it

has become

besieged in

recent years by

sewage spills.

Go! interviews

Nahoon Estuary

Management

Forum

chairperson

Christo Theart

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Management Plans only. It is

hoped this committee will result

in the implementation of the

plan, working with civil society.

What are the estuary

management forum’s goals for

the next 5-10 years in terms of

the protection of the estuary?

The forum’s goals are to improve

the water quality, remove alien

invasive species, the protection

of the environment by proper

management of the two

reserves, a Blue Flag Beach for

Nahoon Beach, an international

Water Sport Academy.

What can people in Buffalo City

communities do to protect the

e s t u a ry ?

East Londoners can do a lot.

Stop illegal dumping or report it;

support the forum with projects

such as the removal of alien

invasives; be more aware and

report illegal fishing, sewage

spills, illegal hunting.

If people want to be a part of

the estuary management

forum’s work, how can they get

i n vo l ve d ?

People can become involved by

registering as stakeholders on

w w w. n a h o o n e s t u a r y. c o . z a ,

joining projects and following

our Facebook page, Nahoon

Estuary East London RSA.

- This is the first interview in

a series of environmental pieces

in the GO! The Nahoon Estuary

Management Forum has been

instrumental in advocating for

the protection and maintenance

of one of the most precious

resources in Buffalo City, and

the forum’s work is aimed at

ensuring the municipality

invests, beyond lip service and

empty policies, in the protection

of our natural resources. —

TAMMY FRAY

BCM has till not inducted ward committee members

TAMMY FRAY

Ward committees are a vital

component enabling public

participation in local governance, yet

almost six months into the term of

sitting ward councillors, Buffalo City

Metropolitan Municipality is yet to

induct community members into this

vital structure.

This has resulted in a vacuum

between residents and the ward

councillors and plans for community

development across the 50 wards

being delayed.

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“influence municipal planning in a

manner which best addresses their

needs” and with lagging service

delivery, broken infrastructure and

other material deficiencies, ward

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of the process.

“Only one official from the public

participation office came for the

meetings where we held the elections ...

the system in which they do things is not

correct. If they can just change the way

they do things, maybe get nomination

forms before the day, for example,” s ay s

S t e wa r t .

Councillor for ward 18 Jason

McDowell confirmed that the processes

for elections were “held over two days in

two public meetings which they [BCM]

expected the councillors to organise all

by themselves”.

The first meeting was intended to

provide information about the mandate

and jurisdiction of the ward committees

and the second was reserved for the

election itself and it is this second stage,

according to McDowell, that has

presented a challenge for almost half the

wards in BCM as there has been

contention and objections regarding

those who have stood for position on the

committee in other wards.

McDowell echoes Stewart’s

observations regarding the nomination

forms as he claims that only once voting

time had arrived at the second meeting,

was the form distributed to the

community and this, McDowell says, is

contrary to past election processes that

have required those standing for

positions to verify the credibility of their

standing in the community by obtaining

a number of si gnatures on the form

indicating community support.

The delay in the induction, according

to Stewart, should have been resolved

within the first three months of the ward

councillors assuming office. But as of

the time of writing, there are no updates

regarding the progress of elections

across BCM.

According to the corporate

governance and traditional affairs

department, municipalities must “as

soon as possible” arrange ward meetings

so that interest groups and community

development roleplayers can be

identified and nominated for election to

the committee.

Stewart is an ambitious councillor

who intends to leave a legacy in terms of

addressing the social and material

deficiencies in his ward but he admits

that accurately meeting the community’s

needs in the different areas he presides

over is challenging without the

important feedback role the ward

committee provides.

“As a ward councillor you can’t just

do all the work on your own because the

ward committees represent the voting

districts and interest groups in my wards

so we need the ward committees to pass

on information to the community and

get feedback from the community about

whether or not people are liking

whatever we change or implement,” he

explains.

The ward committees play a vital

advisory and strategic role which is an

important function when the wards and

ward councillors are constrained by

inefficient bureaucracy and lagging

response on the part of the municipality.

The ward committee members are

grassroots workers who are often closer

to the concerns and challenges that

constituents face and that local

government is often slow in addressing.

With the mobilising capacity of the

ward committees, especially when

members are united in their concern for

the community, ward councillors are

able to expedite grave issues through

demonstrations and other forms of mass

action.

Stewart remarks that raising

community concerns with BCM is often

a slow and tedious process and that

❝We are sitting with a

whole bunch of issues like

town planning ... we have

liquor licences sitting with

us and we haven’t been

able to do anything

because we haven’t got a

formal committee

communities become disaffected and

frustrated because they are unaware of

the stifling nature of bureaucracy but

with ward committees, this can be

alleviated.

McDowell claims that his committee

is ready to go and is waiting for the

official sign-off from BCM and that the

delay in this regard is frustrating for the

committee members as “the work they

have to do is piling up”.

“We are sitting with a whole bunch

of issues like town planning that needs

to come through us and we have liquor

licences sitting with us and we haven’t

been able to do anything because we

h ave n ’t got a formal committee,” says an

exasperated McDowell.

Acknowledging that BCM might not

communicate in the immediate future

regarding the induction of committee

members, McDowell and his committee

meet regularly to discuss the work

submitted to them for approval, input

and intervention so that once they are

officially inducted “we can just work

quickly through everything that is

outstanding”.

The pressing issues in ward 18 relate

to granting rezoning approval and

relaxation of boundary lines of homes

and businesses within the ward.

Ward 18 committee member-inwa

i t i n g Louis Roodt is described by

McDowell as an indispensable member

of the team as a result of his specialised

knowledge with respect to urban

planning and Roodt believes the delay in

the induction has decreased the efficacy

of the ward councillors’ power as

without a functioning ward

committee the councillors are not able

to carry out all the activities they are

legislatively required to.

Roodt adds, “Without the ward

committee ... matters are not possible

to be dealt with effectively. This means

that many new developments and

investments in our ward have been

delayed as a result of the lagging process

of the new ward committees. Also,

many issues and problems with

infrastructure have not been able to

be dealt with effectively.”


PNA steps up to help CHOC

Flip Flop Day initiative raises funds for children

HELPING HAND:

PNA stores sold

Flip Flop Day

stickers for R10,

and all proceeds

went towards

ensuring that

paediatric cancer

patients and their

families receive

c o m p re h e n s i v e

support

Picture: SUPPLIED

SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE

East London stationery

retailer PNA stores has for

the third year in a row

taken part in raising funds for

CHOC Childhood Cancer

Foundation South Africa with

the support of customers,

through the CHOC Flip Flop

Day initiative.

PNA stores sold Flip Flop

Day stickers for R10, and all

proceeds went towards ensuring

that paediatric cancer patients

and their families receive

comprehensive support and

care during this challenging

time in their lives.

This year R1m was raised by

PNA for the non-profit

organisation.

CHOC Childhood Cancer

Foundation is an NGO that

provides free, broadened

support to families of children

with cancer and life-threatening

blood disorders.

“It has cared for thousands of

vulnerable and sick children for

over 40 years. To operate, the

charity relies heavily on

corporate sponsorships and

public donations,” said CHOC

CEO Hedley Lewis.

She said the impact this kind

donation had on all the families

served by the foundation would

be immeasurable.

“It will allow us to continue

to take care of even more sick

children in need of our many

support services.

“We could not have done

this without the help of our retail

partners, like PNA, all of whom

have a real vision and passion to

make a real difference,” she

said.

Chantelle Fritz, PNA

marketing and PR manager, said

the initiative showed generosity

in the hearts of their customers

as well as commitment to

support the fundraiser.

“It is also a great reflection

on the hearts of our customers

and their ongoing commitment

to support the Flip Flop Day

f u n d ra i s e r.

“Post-pandemic, we

recognise that charities like

CHOC have a challenging task

to also recover financially.

“Our PNA employees are

committed ambassadors who

know the value of this initiative.

“We are especially proud

and grateful to all our PNA

customers who bought a

whopping 84,642 stickers.

“It has been such a joy to

come through to the CHOC

headquarters and hand this

cheque over to the dedicated

team, as well as spend some

time with their patients.”

Lewis said the donation

would go a long way in

maintaining day-to-day

operations across all nine

provinces, and be allocated to

the early detection and vast

support programmes they offer.

“Just some of the ways we

assist are with housing the

family in a home close to the

hospital, providing adequate

nutrition and infection control

in support of treatment, and

transporting of patients to and

from the hospital.

“The main aim is to make the

journey of those who are

affected by childhood cancer,

less burdensome,” she said.

FLICK PICK: The Anatomy of a Scandal

TAMMY FRAY

Starring Sienna Miller, Rupert

Friend and Naomi Scott, The

Anatomy of a Scandal is filled

with a cast list that ought to

make for a great show.

But the machinery of Netflix

as a platform continues to win

out in terms of limiting plots

with reductionist story lines and

regurgitated tropes.

The streaming platform has

gained a reputation for turning

notable story ideas into a

refashioning of online discourse

and meme culture.

Romanticism is an important

movement in arts and culture as

its ethos enables the creation of

art for the sake of itself without

having to purport any lofty ideas

or be forced into making a

weighty social critique.

Conformity to the idea that a

piece of artistic production must

always make a commentary on

the social climate often means

that artists fall into the trap of

circulating the same socially

approved ideas about topics and

issues and that the piece of work

put forward for public

consumption turns into empty

pandering.

This is ultimately what it felt

like watching The Anatomy of a

Scandal. The six-part mini-series

presented viewers already

established in their ideas

regarding the dichotomies

between race, power, gender

and privilege with more

confirmatory fodder.

Living in the age of the

internet implies living in an era

where your preconceptions are

constantly being confirmed by

algorithms that surround you

and this mini-series felt like an

extension of the infographics

and sound-bites that

characterise social media.

The dialogue suffered from

over-exposure to memes and

breathing life into the tropified

characters appeard to be like

drawing blood from a stone.

The performances given by

the lead characters were as

compelling as they could be,

what with having to contend

with characters that are

prescriptions of what

appropriate human values,

ideas and behaviours should be

as defined by contemporary

popular culture.

Notable aspects of the show,

such as the development of the

female lead, Sophie

Whitehouse, made the bland

storylines bearable as audiences

were able to see, at least in the

sense of Sophie’s experience,

the ways in which the safety of

proximity to power and

privilege can keep one

cushioned sufficiently enough

to bar you from developing

ideas, opinions, values and

interests of your own.

With the destruction of a

marriage nestled in power,

Sohpie is released from the soft

confines of her unwitting

consent to a comfortable prison

and is left to find ways to

discover who she is, what this

means and what she can be in a

world that is vastly different to

the one in which her ideas

about men, love, power and life

were shaped as a young girl.

Watching a character

contend with the difficulty of a

broken life, especially under the

weight of prideful British

forbearance, leaves me

reassured that although I could

not take much away from the

plot, writers and actors working

together to build certain

characters redeemed the less

impressive parts of the series.

In addition, I felt that the

cinematography of the show

was cleverly employed in terms

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of close-up shots that reveal the

play of complex emotions

traversing across the faces of

characters and the switch

between the past of Sophie and

Ja m e s ’s relationship during its

burgeoning stages sufficiently

sets up context that enables

viewers to understand, in the

context of society, how male

privilege is built up, coddled

and continually enabled.

My sense is that although the

show had all the elements to be

successful, especially with

respect to casting, the plot

reflects an image back to society

that does not force us to

contend or grapple with any

new opinions, insights or

perspectives about our social

and cultural reality.

Unfolding drama sees Mandela fraud case delayed

SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE

There have been delays yet

again in the trial against the 15

accused including politicians,

former Buffalo City Metro

(BCM) officials and business

people who were implicated in

the late Nelson Mandela

Memorial fraud case. As result

the trial was adjourned to Friday.

The rescheduling came after

another accused in the matter

applied for a postponement to

afford her time to make

representations to the Eastern

Cape Division’s Director of

Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Th e charges include fraud,

money-laundering,

contravention of the Municipal

Finance Management Act and

corruption.

The alleged crimes took

place between 2013 and 2014

and involved fraudulent claims

totalling R10m.

The accused are the former

Buffalo City speaker Simon

Ndzele, former mayor Zukiswa

Ncitha, former deputy mayor

Themba Tinta, former Eastern

Cape health MEC Sindiswa

Gomba and the municipality’s

former supply chain manager

Thembelani Sali.

National Prosecuting

Authority (NPA) regional

spokesperson Luxole Tyali said:

❝ The alleged crimes

took place between

2013 and 2014 and

involved fraudulent

claims totalling R10m

“Former BCM mayor Zukiswa

Ncitha made the application

after the court was informed that

the representations made by Dr

WB Rhubusa, chairperson

Phumlani Mkolo and two other

accused were unsuccessful.”

He said the representations

were submitted to the DPP on

the eve of commencement of

the trial on April 11.

The trial is scheduled to

proceed until June 10.

“Judge Igna Stretch

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advocate Ulrike De Klerk

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MORE GOALS AHEAD: The Clarendon Girls soccer team, at the

back, played their first match against Hudson Park High, with Hudson

winning 5-0 Picture: SUPPLIED

Girls’ soccer

sweeping

a c ro s s

EL schools

Teams ready for inaugural league

TAMMY FRAY

School sports offered just five to

ten years ago were very

different to today’s exciting

options on offer, especially for girls.

Girls were relegated to netball or

hockey and boys played rugby or

quietly disappeared after school if

they did not.

In recent years, conversations

surrounding transformation has

enabled schools in SA to rethink

their approach to sport.

This has sparked an interest in

wo m e n ’s soccer across schools in

East London.

Among these is Clarendon Girls

High, whose newly launched soccer

team recently played their first ever

game against Hudson Park High

S ch o o l .

The Clarendon team is part of a

small group of other girls’ soccer

teams from schools in East London

that have launched in the last two

ye a r s .

At Clarendon, the keen interest

shown by pupils in soccer has been

bigger than the school’s head of

sport, Kaila Willemse, had initially

anticipated.

“We are so happy with the

turnout. Before we knew it, we were

sitting with 32 girls ready to play,

enough girls to form about two

t e a m s .”

Willemse said before soccer was

offered as a school sport, many

pupils had approached her with the

suggestion of adding it to the winter

sporting programme.

She took heed of their persistent

suggestions and believed that

ultimately it would be a good idea,

given what she had already noted as

a limitation in terms of sporting

options for pupils in the winter

terms.

“Not all the girls play sport and

enjoy it so they feel forced to play

either hockey or netball and it

doesn’t have to be that way,”

Willemse said.

“So we thought, why not see if

we can add soccer because it allows

them to have more options and to

actually play a sport they might

e n j oy.”

Willemse added that introducing

soccer into the winter sports

programme was not particularly

challenging for the school because it

was not a very resource-intensive

sport.

The overwhelming interest

shown within a few short weeks of

the trial run confirmed that girls’

soccer would be a sporting code

worth investing in and

strengthening.

President of the East London

Central Local Football Association,

Gavin van Rooyen, said the g r ow i n g

trend of girls’ soccer across the city

formed part of the local soccer

association’s agenda to revive

womens football in the area.

“Our primary focus is at school

l e ve l .

“I am optimistic that women’s

football will grow in East London

and it is our duty as sports

administrators to inspire more

women and girls to get into our

national game as we work towards

parity across all sport,” Van Rooyen

said.

On May 5, Clarendon Girls High

will be among six other schools

competing in the inaugural East

London Central and Local Football

Associations Women’s League,

sponsored by Premium Bakeries.

The exciting event is set to take

place at the North End Stadium in

East London.

Clarendon team captain Sabelo

Stenge said she was excited about

the team’s future and was grateful for

the opportunity to play, not only

because it enabled pupils to explore

a new sport but also due to it being a

team sport that fostered unity.

“Being this team’s first captain

has been an honourable experience

because of the girls’ commitment to

s o c c e r.

“I have always wanted such a

position so that I can create a

sisterhood among the Clarendon

soccer lovers who share the same

passion that I have for soccer,”

Stenge said.


Epic tales of Comrades valour

Legendary Bill Payn finished

race despite well-wishers’ help

CHARLES BENINGFIELD

It was a bucket list

component that never

happened – to run the

Comrades Marathon. My longsuffering

wife, Naomi, would

readily confirm that throughout

my 30s after each run I would

solemnly declare, eyes aglow

with zest and zeal, that I would

be in the field for the next run.

And each year she would throw

her eyes heavenward and

mutter: “There he goes again!”

In my 80s the zest and zeal,

now admittedly somewhat

diluted, is still there. But alas,

even a shuffle along the passage

to the Berea Gardens dining

room from my flat seems like a

marathon in itself!

To this day, though, I remain

in awe and admiration for those

intrepid souls who toe the line at

some godforsaken hour of the

morning every year to pound

the tarmac between Durban and

Pietermaritzburg. And in a few

short months it will be

Comrades time again when a

15,000-strong swathe of slightly

insane but happy humanity will

emerge into the sunrise of a

Pietermaritzburg dawn to risk

life and limb in the quest to run

approximately 90km downhill

to Durban in less than 12 hours.

And as they shed blood,

sweat and tears, I will again be

with them in spirit watching

happily in front of the telly in my

pyjamas and dressing gown!

At the Dispatch in my time

were a number of colleagues

who had completed several

Comrades. Among them were

chaps like Glyn Williams and

Binks Arnold who after the run

always had harrowing tales of

self-inflicted woes of one kind

or another, saying things like

“never again”. But every year,

driven by the amazing

camaraderie inherent in longdistance

athletes, there they

were again lined up at the start.

One year Binks told us how

he had chased five-time

Comrades winner and Helsinki

marathon Olympian, the

legendary Wally Hayward, then

an old man, but couldn’t catch

him. “All I could see for mile

after weary mile was the sight of

these massive thighs ahead of

me pumping like well-oiled

pistons uphill and down dale.”

I know what it takes for a

serious athlete to run a

marathon – and it’s no picnic,

believe me. For several years

just before moving here to Berea

Gardens we lived with my late

son, Perry and his wife, Karen, a

former Eastern Cape athletics

coach of the year. With them for

a designated period of time

before a major run was Lusapho

April, whom Karen had

nurtured and trained ever since

she “d i s c ove r e d ” this 13-yearold

lad on the dusty streets of a

Uitenhage township.

Karen did the training while

Perry took care of the admin.

Together they developed

Lusapho step by Spartan step

(Karen was a ruthless, nononsense

coach) into a double

Olympian, several times winner

of the Hanover marathon in

Germany, a fantastic third place

in the New York Marathon,

several notable finishes in other

international marathons and

many other triumphs all over the

wo r l d .

For a time, I was a small part

of that world, having often been

designated to transport Lusapho

before dawn to some designated

point to hell and gone on the

Macleantown or Queenstown

roads for meticulously planned

and timed training runs back

home to Bonza Bay.

Weeks before a big

marathon this routine was

increasingly relentless but over

the years brought about the

desired results, so much so that

Lusapho was eventually able,

with Perry’s assistance as a legal

man, to invest in property etc to

set himself up for life.

And then there was Shaun

Micklejohn, Comrades winner

in 1995 and holder of 10

Comrades Marathon gold

medals. Shaun was dispatched

by the army authorities to

Komani (formerly Queenstown)

as a young man just out of

university to do his two-year

national service and liked the

place so much he decided to

stay on.

He joined the Queenstown

Harriers Athletics Club and his

promise as a long-distance

athlete was soon evident,

winning the Bongolo Marathon,

among other races. I got to

know him well. When he

decided to run Comrades, I

promoted him by phoning the

relevant media sources in

Durban. “Shaun who?” they

scoffed. Well they soon found

out , didn’t they, when he won

the race. Shaun (now 60) was a

regular visitor with the great

Bruce Fordyce to the Surfer’s

Marathon in East London.

And who can forget Zeb

Luhabe of East London who ran

11 Comrades but finished

within the time limit only once

– his last, at the age of 76 in

2003. TV viewers that year saw

the dramatic and heart-rending

spectacle of the lion-hearted

Border runner staggering

towards the finish line, nose

bloodied by an earlier fatigueinduced

fall.

The race official was already

holding aloft the cut-off gun and

counting down the final

seconds. Zeb fell across the line

with literally one second to

spare to cheering applause from

the huge crowd gathered at the

Kingsmead finish line in

Durban. Zeb was presented

with the special Comrades

trophy for his gallant run. He

died in his early 90s not long

ago. Rest in peace, my friend.

You were a gentleman and an

inspiration to hundreds of

Border’s township kids.

But let me take you back 100

years through the mists of time

and tell you something of the

very first up-run of the

Comrades Marathon in 1922

and of the participation of a

truly remarkable man and Natal

legend – a physical and

intellectual giant of a man,

called Bill Payn, beloved

teacher of generations of

Durban High School boys and a

former Natal cricketer and

Springbok lock forward, among

other accomplishments, who

saw action in two world wars.

As a matter of interest, Sgt

Bill Payn was possibly the only

man under the rank of general

to have a shellhole named after

him. I was greatly privileged to

have known him as an English

tutor and my cricket coach at

DHS. When Bill died in

October 1959, the streets from

his home to the cemetery two

miles away were lined with

mourners and at the graveside a

crowd of 2,000 had gathered,

reported by the Durban Press to

be the biggest ever to attend a

funeral in Natal.

His exploits in that 1922

Comrades Marathon, when he

finished eighth, are still spoken

of in awe, admiration and a

great deal of respectful mirth,

and 100 years later the things he

did on that grinding, heartbreaking

54 miles (86.4km)

from Durban to Maritzburg run

still turn long-distance runners

pale with disbelief. ere is Bill’s

account of that race in his own

picturesque phrasing.

“When Arthur Newton

(winner of that 1922 Comrades

run and four more) wrote to me

in 1922 to tell me of his

resolution to run in the second

marathon from Durban to

Pietermaritzburg, I decided that

I too, would enter, for was not

Arthur 10 years older than I and

what he was prepared to do, I

could in no way shirk.

“He came to Durban and

stayed with me and was

shocked to learn that I had done

no training. He persuaded me to

have at least one practice run

with him and so at an unearthly

hour one morning we went out

for some 10 miles [16km] along

what was called, with delicious

irony, the main road. I marvelled

at his easy, shuffling run.

“Had I been sensible, I

should have realised that

discretion demanded my

withdrawing my name from the

contest. I was, however, young

and foolish and ignored the

shepherd’s warning. My name

was not withdrawn and on a

bleak May morning of 1922

I toed the line at Toll Gate. There

was a huge field and to give

some idea of its magnitude, it is

sufficient to state that the

number allotted to me was the

authentic Nelsonian one of 111.

“Some civic dignitary fired a

pistol and then very sensibly

beggared off back to his bed.

When the shot rent the morning

air off we sped like a crowd of

Armenian refugees fleeing from

the wrath of a Turkish army.

“When I got to Hillcrest my

feet were giving me so much

pain I took off my rugger boots

(yes, rugby boots!) to make an

inspection in loco. Things were

pretty gloomy and I was not just

a little perturbed at the

‘undulation’ of blisters that had

formed on the soles of both feet.

“Some kind fellow handed

me a pot of Brilliantine with

which I anointed my feet and

then I repaired to the hotel and

knocked back a huge plate of

bacon and eggs.

“This done, I felt much

refreshed and pushed on

for Botha’s Hill. The old road

went directly up the hill and

when I got to the top I found

‘Zulu’ Wade sitting on the bank

and looking in pretty poor

shape. We exchanged notes and

then took stock of ourselves. I

fear we did not move with the

freedom of younger athletes but

rather resembled two old ducks.

“’Zulu’ however assured me

that our condition would

improve as soon as his supporter

came along on his motorbike.

We had not long to wait for the

good fellow to arrive. He took a

wicker basket from the carrier,

took out a delicious curried

chicken lying in a huge

snowdrift of rice. ‘Zulu’ and I

shared it out equally and threw

the lot down the hatch and then

slogged along in happy

companionship together for

❝When I got to

Hillcrest my

feet were

giving me so

much pain I

took off my

rugger boots

(yes, rugby

boots!) to

[see] ... the

‘undulation’ of

blisters that

had formed on

the soles of

both feet

Drummond. Here we bent our

steps to a pleasant oasis – the

pub – and, according to Harold

Sulin, I had a dozen beers lined

up on the counter. ‘Zulu’ and I

were determined not so much to

celebrate a victory as to drown

our sorrows. A race official

came in and said: ‘Bill, what are

you doing here? Why don’t you

push on? There are only five

runners ahead of you and only

Newton is miles ahead of the

field and going like a bomb.’”

I looked at my number, 111,

and wondered what had

happened to the rest of the field.

I could hardly believe what I

was told. ’Zulu’s’ sorrows, I

noticed, had gone down for the

third time and he assured me

that they were completely

drowned and wished me the

best of luck and God-speed. I

set out alone for Maritzburg.

“Somewhere along Harrison

Flats I noticed a frail little lady

with pink cheeks standing at the

side of the road. She held up in

one hand a bottle and in the

other, a glass. I stopped and with

old world courtesy bowed low,

saying: ‘Madame, your servant

to command’.

“’It’s peach brandy,’ she

volunteered, ‘and I made it

my s e l f .’ I gulped down a full

tumbler of this homemade brew

and in a second realised I had

MAN OF

STEEL: Bill Payn

(front row,

centre) ran the

1922 Comrades

Marathon in

rugby boots. He

came eighth

Picture: SUPPLIED

swallowed a near-lethal dose of

the rawest liquor I had ever

tasted. I remain convinced that

to this charming woman must

go full credit for inventing the

first liquid fuel for jet engines!

“Very fortunately I was

facing Maritzburg but I was too

far gone in my cups even to

ponder on whether this

assistance was consonant with

the prescribed laws of amateur

marathon running.

“When I passed over the

Umsindusi Bridge, I was hailed

by my wife’s family who were

taking tea on the verandah. I

went off the road and joined

them in their tea and cakes.

While thus happily engaged,

two of my ‘hated rivals’ went

past up Commercial Road and

so it was that I ended the course

at number eight.

“In the change rooms of the

Showground, I discovered that

the soles of my feet were now

two huge pads of blood blisters.

A friend then came in and said:

‘Bill I hope you haven’t

forgotten Old Collegians are

playing Rovers tomorrow and

you have to play.’ He gave me a

lift back to Durban on his

motorbike and I played the

match at fullback in ‘takkies’.”

In this manner legends of the

famous Comrades Marathon are

born.

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Badminton growing fast

Coetzer family keen to

help spread popularity

FAITH MTWANA

The sport of badminton is growing in East

London, and Border Badminton is using this

time to appeal to players to join its ranks

ahead of the Border Open Series later this year.

Badminton can positively impact anyone who

plays it, especially the younger players.

Badminton is the fastest sport in the world, with

shuttle speeds reaching over 400km/h overseas,

and it is also the second most played sport in the

world behind soccer.

According to coach Karen Coetzer, Badminton

requires discipline in order for it to be played well.

“It is a very fast sport and requires players to

work hard and be very dedicated to the game. It is

a very skillful sport that requires discipline. You

cannot eat junk food continuously and expect that

you will be fast on the court,” said C o e t z e r.

Border Badminton is open to all ages, with

players from U9 to U65 level being able to

compete in provincial games. Badminton is not a

seasonal sport and is open to play all year round.

Cameron Coetzer, captain of the border team,

says he started playing the sport because everyone

in his family played it before him.

“Everyone in my family has played it, and I

joined the sport when I was about 7 or 8. I’ve

played other sports but I always come back to

Badminton. I enjoy it a lot. It is a team sport and

teaches players to be very disciplined,” he said.

Coach Coetzer shed some light on the Border

Open Series that the club is preparing for.

“The tournament is open to players of various

age groups and will consist of high-level players. It

is open to the public, but because players will be

competing against teams from other provinces,

they will have to be extremely good.”

The club is currently on a mission to showcase

the sport to the public and allow people to see

how much fun and exciting it can be.

Tanya Krause, who is a Badminton South Africa

board member, shed some light on the club’s

venture into making Badminton an outdoor sport.

“Although badminton is traditionally an indoor

sport, we have recently launched the new outdoor

verison called Air badminton. Air badminton has a

slightly heavier shuttle and can be played

outdoors, on the beach, on a field in wind speeds

of up to 12 knots,” said Krause.

ON THE RISE: Cameron Coetzer, captain of

Border Badminton, poses with his racket and

shuttlecock at Border Badminton’s Nutting

Hall in Stirling Picture: SUPPLIED

East London women’s hockey

club is coming up Aces

TAMMY FRAY

The East London Women’s Hockey League is a

source of sporting pride in this area and when a

newly established club, Aces Ladies Hockey,

emerged victorious at the Easter Hockey

tournament in Kimberley, the esteem accorded to

local hockey increased.

Aces Ladies Hockey is two years old but under

the guidance of seasoned coach, Jerry Snyman,

the club surpassed the tentative goals they set out

to achieve at the Easter tournament.

“We did not intend to win the tournament.

“Our goal was just to make it to finals but I

think you see the girls [Aces] were hungry for the

opportunity. So it went in their favour,” s ay s

S ny m a n .

Snyman is a respected coach, with hockey

players ascribing their sporting success to his

mentorship.

“All of us are the players we are because Jerry

made us,” says Parkside United’s Kayleigh

Pretorius.

Snyman describes himself as an experienced

coach with coaching years under his belt that

surpasses the experience of the current crop of

coaches and his success stems from the advice he

says he would offer to other coaches.

“Always give your best, even on the days you

feel down and stay true to how you envision the

team performing.

“Don’t pay attention to what others feel is the

better direction you should take as the coach. Stay

true to yourself and your ideas,” he says.

It is this commitment to his values, visions and

ideals for the development of young hockey

players that made many in the city eager to be a

part of Aces Ladies once it was made known that

he would be the coach.

Team captain Lauren Nina, attests to the

strength of Snyman’s coaching wisdom,

describing him as the team’s X-factor and

confirming that, ultimately, the club accords much

of their recent victory to his vision.

Despite his insight and excellence as an

experienced coach he acknowledges that no

amount of talent and experience is compensation

for discipline.

“In 2021 we never stopped playing even once

the season was over, we kept training with only a

two-week break in December so the ladies

worked hard.”

Aces Ladies Hockey was established in 2020

following Snyman’s transferral from Parkside

United Ladies Hockey club after many successful

years as coach there.

“We wanted to start the club because we

wanted to diversify local hockey and open up

opportunities for people to play because the

league was dominated by the same teams and this

does not increase competition in our area and

eventually the league becomes boring,” explains

S ny m a n .

When the club management and players’

parents met to discuss the launch of a new club,

the name Aces was thrown around and seems

strangely fated as a short investigation into the

history of local hockey indicated that the name

once belonged to a former men’s team and this

reassured the club that they were destined to be a

part of the local sporting scene.

Nina explains the significance of the Easter

tournament win for the team.

“We ’re all still buzzing. Being able to play the

KC March Easter tournament as a new club meant

that we started on a clean slate.

“It gave us freedom and many opportunities as

a team to strengthen our team chemistry and

ch a ra c t e r.

Pretorius, whose team played Aces Ladies in

the final, claims that Aces’ latest victory is a win

not just for the team but for women’s local hockey

in general as the league will benefit from an

increase in competition.

“Hockey as a sport wins because that’s what

we all want to do – we want to play good hockey.

“So if a new team wins, that’s a win for

everyone because now the league will only get

W O RT H Y

WINNERS:

Aces Ladies

Hockey club

won the

Easter

tournament

in Kimberley

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more exciting.”

For the next few years, Aces Ladies intend to

build on the momentum of their win this year by

strengthening their team performance ahead of

the rest of the local hockey season in the city and

region.

“Our next goal is to take on our local league

and to start building for KC March Easter

Tournament 2023,” Nina said.

“Mainly fine-tuning areas we still need to

improve on. That’s the best thing about sport,

there’s always room to improve.”

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