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Protesters halt Gela state

of the district speech

Residents storm into headquarters over poor service delivery

ZINTLE BOBELO

Just a few minutes before delivering

his state of the district address

(Soda), Chris Hani District

Municipality mayor Wongama Gela

was compelled to briefly halt his speech

WISHING YOU A BRIGHT FUTURE

after a number of angry residents from

Ezibeleni stormed into the municipal

headquarters on Wednesday over poor

service delivery.

Subsequent to an ordinary council

meeting at the municipal chambers, the

angry group had reportedly made a

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forced entry demanding to speak to

officials from the Enoch Mgijima Local

Municipality (EMLM) in attendance.

Intermittent power outages, water

provision, lack of employment

opportunities, refuse removal and

dilapidated roads were some of the

grave concerns raised by the “fed-up”

community members.

“We have not had electricity for a

month. We understand there is load

shedding, but we are always off.

“We have to get our children to

school, our electrical appliances are

damaged and there has not been any

form of communication from the

municipality. We have been waiting at

the technical services office, only to find

out that they are here. We voted these

people into power, but now they have

d i s a p p e a r e d ,” said resident Noluthando

Mapoma.

The outraged group threatened to

take further steps if their desperate pleas

fell on deaf ears. When the EMLM

troika, political leadership and portfolio

heads stepped out of the building to

listen to the aggrieved group, residents

indicated that they had come in peace,

demanding their issues be resolved.

Mayor Thembeka Bunu and

technical services portfolio head

Mhlangabezi Mangcotywa responded

to questions posed.

Meanwhile, amid delivering his

speech as Soda proceedings continued

in the chamber, Gela took into

cognisance the action by the protesters,

indicating that some of their grievances

were in relation to service delivery.

“As much as government was

responsible for delivering services, our

own communities have a role to play.

The whole nation is facing a challenge

when it comes to the issue of energy,

particular electricity.

“That is why, in our own space, we

are also attempting to ensure that we

investigate other forms of energy. But we

need to say this — nothing is free.

Nothing comes without a price.

“If you qualify under indigents and

you are getting electricity and water for

nothing, someone else is paying for

those services. It then means that you

have a responsibility to protect and

ensure that it is used accordingly.”

Outlining plans for the upcoming

financial year, Gela said a funding

application through the Chris Hani

Development Agency (CHDA)

supported by the Chris Hani Cooperative

Centre had been submitted to

the national treasury and currently in its

final stages which, if successful, would

bring more than R2.9bn into the district.

In an effort to provide employment

opportunities for the youth, 490 pupils

in the district were going to be recruited

and undergo training in different areas

of skills, particularly in primary

agriculture, which will be funded by the

department of labour. The intention,

Gela said, was to have the programme

running for 18 months.

Gela said the district municipality

would continue to support all local

municipalities in developing their

revitalisation strategies, spatial

development frameworks, wardbased

planning, socio-economic

profiles and programmes with R19m

funding.

He said millions had been invested

in all local municipalities to improve

water and sanitation services. “2,225

drinking water samples have been

taken in the financial year, of which

only 25 failed to meet the required

standards. So indeed, largely water in

the district is safe for consumption.

We are committed, where there are

complaints of water having a

suspicious colour, that tests are

conducted to provide assurance,” he

said.

“One of the things we are

focusing on is a decision that we took

as a district in establishing the Chris

Hani mechanisation centre with the

purpose of providing mechanisation

services to the small-scale farmers at

low cost, compared with the

commercial contractors.”

Further plans were to resuscitate

war rooms with a big launch expected

to take place, as well as sporting

a c t iv i t i e s .

“We are committed, but one of

our own priorities as a district in the

next five years to build economically

self-sustained rural villages by

implementing high-impact projects,

one of them being the Komani

Industrial Park.”

He highlighted that post-Soda

engagements would be undertaken in

all local municipalities ahead of the

new financial year. Should there be no

improvement in the audit opinion in

the next cycle, Gela reiterated that

people would lose their jobs.

“Public participation should be the

cornerstone of the work we do in

order to ensure that local government

delivers services to communities and

we also have a local government that

is accountable. Part of the work

undertaken by the office of the AG

seeks to force us to account for

government funds and indeed we are

committed and have clear action

plans on how we are going to turn

around and improve the audit opinion

of the district,” he said.

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P ro t e s t i n g

nurses

demand

allowance

G ro u p ’s EC leader suspended

ZINTLE BOBELO and

AZISIWE FUMA

The ongoing protest action

by enrolled nurses and

nursing assistants at

Frontier Hospital this week has

led to the suspension of the

group’s leader.

The protesting group, who

are demanding the provincial

health department pay them

rural allowances, had on

Monday barricaded the hospital

main entrance with burning

tyres.

Hospital staff and patients

were, however, allowed inside

the institution, with several

having to park their vehicles

outside the hospital

premises.

Professional nurses, who

were not part of the strike

action, were said to be receiving

the rural allowance.

Suspended Frontier Hospital

staff member Linamandla

Malindi, chair of the Eastern

Cape structure, said the nurses

had embarked on protest action

after several attempts had been

made since April for the issue to

be addressed with the provincial

heads of department.

The Rep reported (Frontier

Hospital nurses down tools,

April 26) that the staff had

downed tools after the head of

department failed to respond to

am e m o ra n d u m .

Malindi said further

memorandums were issued to

the department requesting that

they be paid the rural

a l l owa n c e s .

In his response to a media

query previously sent by The

Rep, health department

provincial spokesperson Sizwe

Kupelo said the matter was still

a subject of the Public Health

WE WANT PAYMENT: Enrolled nurses and nursing assistants from various health institutions around the Chris Hani district and

the province have been protesting at Frontier Hospital since Monday, demanding the provincial health department pay them

rural allowances Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

and Social Development

Sectoral Bargaining Council

(PHSDSBC).

“During a meeting on June

24, Dr [Rolene] Wagner [head

of department] went on a tea

break and never made it back to

the meeting.”

Upon engaging with the

hospital CEO this week, Malindi

said she was thereafter served

with a suspension letter.

“They claim they are in

possession of a voice note

where I am instructing the

nurses to embark on a strike,”

she said.

Malindi said she was

presently at home as the

conditions of the suspension

prohibited her from being on

the hospital premises.

A letter shown to The Rep

tabling a brief summary of

where the matter stands

indicated that all relevant

bodies were informed of the

legislated processes that were to

unfold.

“The Resolution 1 of 2004 is

a collective agreement that can

only be reviewed and amended

by the signatories – the national

department of health and the

admitted unions to the public

health and social development

sectoral bargaining council.”

The letter further read: “Th e

department is advised that

Resolution 1 of 2004 was never

intended to be applicable to the

enrolled nursing assistants and

enrolled nurses.

“It is for this reason that

parties in the PHSDSBC are

currently seized with the

process of reviewing the

collective agreement with the

view to include the previously

excluded categories, including

enrolled nurses and enrolled

nursing assistants.”

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The education department in the

province will be conducting an

internal investigation after the

alleged rape of a 13-year-old grade

8 Maria Louw High School pupil,

allegedly by three grade 12s, at the

institution’s hostel.

The alleged rape of the 13-yearold

girl is said to have happened at

the boys’ hostel.

Police spokesperson Captain

Namhla Mdleleni said the suspects,

who were between the ages of 19

and 20, were arrested on rape

charges and had appeared before

the Komani magistrate’s court,

where they were released on bail.

The case was postponed to

August 16 for further investigation.

The pupils have since been

dismissed from the hostel,

according to principal Sandile Mata.

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I trusted them to look

after my child. Where

were the supervisors

when this happened?

Speaking to The Rep, the victim’s

mother, who cannot be named to

protect the child’s identity, said she

was informed by hostel supervisors

about the incident.

The mother, who took the matter

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to the district department, claimed

the school principal failed to

“properly” handle the matter.

Education department provincial

spokesperson, Malibongwe Mtima,

confirmed the department was

aware of the issue.

“The perpetrators were only

charged after they had written their

e x a m i n a t i o n s ,” said the mother.

“I was told they were going to be

arrested on the same night, but the

principal wanted to protect them

because they were in the middle of

writing exams and he did not want

the school’s pass rate to drop.

“I asked him if that was more

important. What about my child?

“No one gave me an answer and

instead I was told to leave.”

She added that the principal had

called the family (including the

victim) to a meeting after the

incident, which they had refused to

attend, at which the alleged

perpetrators and their parents were

also present.

Mata refuted these claims.

“We followed the due processes

and reported the matter to the

district via the circuit manager and I

was instructed to complete a rapid

incident form with a brief report of

what happened as well as informing

the parents.

“Statements were taken. She [the

mother] is expecting us to expel the

perpetrators without due processes.

I do not have those powers. That is

the bone of contention between us.”

Mata also noted that the accused

did not write their exams at the

school premises.

The mother said her daughter

was traumatised and had not written

her exams nor returned to school

since the incident.

“I trusted them to look after my

child. Where were the supervisors

when this happened?” she asked.

Mtima said a meeting was

organised by the Circuit Manager

Cluster (CMC) manager with the

parents, and the process to be

followed had been communicated.

“The department is going to

abide by the regulations of the bail.

“While that is the case, there

will also be an internal investigation

by the department,” Mtima said.

He said the department

anticipated an assessment report

from social workers.

“The [alleged] perpetrators are

going to face the law of the

department. While that is

happening, we are not going to

interfere with the court processes,

but we will also deal with our

regulations because there are rules

and regulations pertaining to

accommodation in the hostel.

“We will look at all other

stipulations contained in the South

African Schools Act to deal with the

m a t t e r,” Mtima said.

He said a meeting would be

held between parents and the CMC

manager for updates and reports.

“The update will be on the

processes that have been followed

and processes that will be taken to

deal with the pupils who are

implicated in this alleged rape.”

Mata said: “This is an

unfortunate incident which we do

not condone, especially when

women are being victimised and

we sympathise with the girl and the

f a m i l y.

“But what I also want to

highlight is that we are guided by

the South African Schools Act.

There are policies and rules in each

and every institution and we are

supposed to abide by them.”


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Honouring Hani

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Scores of community

members and ANC party

members gathered to

commemorate what would have

been the late stalwart

Thembisile Chris Hani’s 80th

b i r t h d ay.

The venue was packed as the

masses were treated to musical

performances and danced

through the event at the newly

constructed stadium in

Cofimvaba on Tuesday.

ANC chair Oscar

Mabuyane, who addressed

those present, said the

celebration presented the party

with an opportunity to reflect on

a doyen of their revolution —

Hani, his leadership attributes

and the type of South Africa he

sacrificed his life to build.

Mabuyane described Hani’s

birth as not only a blessing to his

family, but his life had also

become significant to SA, Africa

and the world at large.

Although his life was cut

short at age 51, Hani served the

nation with distinction during

the most challenging part of

apartheid history, the party chair

said.

“As one of many courageous

activists, Hani had taken a

conscientious decision early in

his life to fighting for freedom.”

Unlike most youths, Hani

took an interest in politics from

a young age, joining the ANC

Youth League at the age of 15

and Umkhonto weSizwe to be

of service to the oppressed

masses at age 20, Mabuyane

said.

“He was determined to

contribute to the dismantling of

the apartheid regime, even if it

meant losing his own life.”

Hani never created drama

outside the structures of the

movement to criticise collective

decisions, thereby positioning

himself as bigger than the

m ove m e n t .

“The biggest challenge that

we have in the ANC is the lack

of discipline. We have members

DAY TO CELEBRATE: ANC officials cut the cake in honouring the legacy of the late struggle

icon Chris Hani on what would have been his 80th birthday, in Cofimvaba on Tuesday Picture:

ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

of the ANC who openly

challenge policy decisions and

conference resolutions. These

comrades must be reined in,

that is what Hani would

e x p e c t .”

Mabuyane believed the

event should also serve to reflect

on the 28 years of democracy to

transform the lives of the

people, with plans to deliver a

form of service delivery in the

next commemoration for the

c o m m u n i t y.

“This is the 67th

commemoration of the Freedom

Charter, a blueprint that honed

Hani’s political consciousness.

We must ask ourselves what

more can we do to achieve all

its demands.

“Not all people are sharing

the country’s wealth. The land is

not shared among those who

work it. There is no work for

people and there are no houses,

security and comfort for all.”

He said the Freedom Charter

demands were due to those

lacking the courage to

implement transformation

policies.

This, he said, contributed to

the Eastern Cape continuing to

be a labour-providing area as

people searched for

opportunities in bigger cities.

“ The ANC must take bold

steps to address colonial and

apartheid regime economic

conditions by building

establishments in deeply rural

provinces like the EC.

“The ANC must take

responsibility for transforming

the lives of the people. The

worst insult to Hani is that some

of us use the ANC as a vehicle

to enrich ourselves and our

immediate families.”

He said care for the plight of

ordinary people was

diminishing, which Hani feared

would happen after democracy.

“This is the behaviour that

led us to the on state capture

commission which is scathing

towards our movement. We

have a responsibility to get back

to the right path and the first step

we must take is the renewal of

the ANC.

“Renewal is not the step

aside policy which some

members are threatening to

scrap at the upcoming national

policy conference because they

see it as a stumbling block to

their leadership ambitions.

“Renewal is about flushing

out certain behaviours in our

ranks that have tainted the ANC

brand. It is about rebuilding a

movement that future

generations can inherit as our

generation inherited a strong

and coherent organisation from

those who came before us.”

Chris Hani regional ANC

secretary, Lusanda Sizani, said

they were preparing for the

upcoming policy conference.

He said they wanted to be a

region with a difference by

bringing content to conferences

that would bring progress to the

movement and the lives of the

people instead of only focusing

on who to vote for.

Sentiments from other

speakers touched on the ANC’s

neglect of military veterans after

they had fought to bring

freedom while calling for the

60% unemployment crisis to be

addressed in the province.

Traditional leaders

call for a safe winter

initiation season

REP REPORTER

The Eastern Cape House of

Traditional Leaders ( E C H OT L )

has called on all involved in the

winter initiation season –

initiation schools, parents,

health workers, NGO partners

and others – to work together to

ensure the 2022 winter

initiation season takes place

safely, without putting the

health and lives of young men at

risk.

The Eastern Cape winter

initiation season officially

started on June 17, with about

40,000 young men expected to

undergo customary male

initiation this year, said

Mzwethemba Nkantsu, CEO of

the ECHOTL.

Nkantsu said: “This is a

sacred and serious time for

young men and they deserve to

go through initiation safely and

without fear.

“We want them to emerge

from this important process as

healthy men who are ready to

become responsible, successful

adults.

“We live by our philosophy

of Masibuyele kundalashe;

mabaye bephila, babuye

bephilile, siyazingca ngesiko

lethu – our culture is sacred, let

our young men go to initiation

schools and return as healthy

and responsible men.”

Addressing the death of

initiates, Nkantsu said

traditional leaders had

established six main reasons for

the high death rate in the Eastern

Cape.

These included:

● Illegal schools;

● Pre-existing medical

conditions;

● Dehydration, which is based

on a myth that if you don’t drink

liquids your circumcision

wound will heal faster;

● Increased drug and alcohol

use by both initiates and

traditional surgeons and nurses

at initiation schools;

● Poor and unhygienic

conditions; and

● The spread of HIV and viral

hepatitis.

To address and prevent these

problems, Nkantsu said the

traditional leaders had instituted

important interventions that

parents, teachers and

community leaders needed to

help implement.

These included a health

screening for initiates from June

10 before they went to initiation

schools, which would allow for

any potential health issues

including Covid-19, to be

picked up and dealt with.

Initiates will be educated

about the types of emergency

support available to them in

case there are any adverse

outcomes.

According to Nkantsu, in the

Eastern Cape, the traditional rite

of passage is guided by the

Customary Male Initiation Act.

“Initiation is a complex

series of cultural practices

allowing senior, respected

figures in the community to

communicate values and

ways of living through

psychological, social and

symbolic interactions and

teachings to young men from

the age of 18.”

Nkantsu added that district

initiation forums visited

initiation schools to establish

whether the CMI Act was

adhered to and that culturally

appropriate medical staff

members who did on-site and

post-initiation checks were

selected. “We need the

community to report illegal

schools and anything that may

be threatening the safety of the

initiates.

“We are also working with

SAPS, the department of social

development, and trusted NGO

partners to improve the safety of

the initiation process.”

He said the ECHOTL had

partnered with Right to Care in

OR Tambo, Amathole and

Alfred Nzo districts and

Population Services

International in the Chris Hani

and Buffalo City districts.

DA parade highlights

rights of the LGBTQIA+

ZINTLE BOBELO

A victim of a hate crime said

“people are being violated and

murdered in the LGBTQIA+

c o m m u n i t y,” during Pride

Month celebrations in Komani

last week.

Athini Vena was among a

group of people who took part

in a colourful LGBTQIA+ Pride

Parade organised by the DA on

Fr i d ay.

The group paraded from the

Wesley Methodist Church down

Cathcart Road as part of the

d ay ’s celebrations.

“I was beaten for being gay,”

Vena said.

“A friend of mine was

murdered and his body found

abandoned.

“I have always lived my life

out in the open.

“I wanted to be a part of this

march because there are other

young people who are still quiet

and afraid,” he said.

DA shadow minister for

higher education and provincial

deputy leader, Chantelle King,

noted the significance of being

present in the march, especially

in a community where such

issues were rarely discussed.

“We have a Hate Crimes Bill

that is coming out for public

comment.

“It is going to be important

that we air our voices on that

Bill, especially for the

LGBTQIA+ community so that

we firmly address people who

violate the rights of those in that

community and it gives them

assurance that at least

something is being done.

“It is still a long way to go to

accept and understand the

LGBTQIA+ community, but I

feel with a liberal party like

ourselves, diversity is one of our

c o r n e r s t o n e s .”

Member of the provincial

legislature and DA provincial

Wo m e n ’s Network chairperson,

Nomvano Zibonda, said the

party wanted to raise awareness

in the Komani community about

the existence and rights of the

LGBTQIA+ community.

“We felt areas like Komani,

where it is almost rural, rights of

the LGBTQIA+ are not often

talked about and it is not a

subject that is out there.

“We thought we should use

the month of June to show

people of Komani that these are

people who are among us.

“Some may not be known,

some are known and it is very

important that we protect their

rights and give them an

opportunity to be themselves

without being judged, without

being killed, raped or

discriminated against,” she said.

Gay activist Monwabisi

Maneli said any show of unity

where people came together for

a good cause was important.

Athenkosi James, who also

attended the parade said: “I

have lived in Cape Town for

some time and it was so

beautiful seeing so many safe

TOGETHER AS ONE: Komani residents celebrating Pride Month last week during an initiative

organised by the DA Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

spaces for queer people. It is not

often that we get to have such

experiences.

“To be a young queer person

and be able to come here and

see other queer people living it

out loud provides a beautiful

e x p e r i e n c e .”

DA Women’s Network

provincial member, councillor

Lunga Mangcu Tokwe, said in

the process of organising the

parade, she conducted research

and was shocked to discover

that there were no recorded

cases of violence linked to the

LGBTQIA+ community which

was an issue that needed to be

addressed.

Councillor Sesam Miza of

the DeA Student Organisastion

agreed and pleaded for unity,

calling on everyone to celebrate

the LGBTQIA+ community.


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Disclaimer, qualified audits for CHDM, municipalities

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Chris Hani District Municipality

received a disclaimer while five

of its six local municipalities

received qualified audit

opinions, with one unqualified,

from the recent Auditor General

South Africa (AGSA) financial

report.

On Friday the co-operative

governance and traditional

affairs MEC, Xolile Nqatha,

held a closed engagement

session for Chris Hani and Joe

Gqabi at the CHDM council

chambers to urge municipalities

to prevent unauthorised,

irregular, fruitless and wasteful

expenditure (UIF&W).

The engagement session was

informed by section 32 of the

Municipal Finance

Management Act which

requires that the Municipal

Public Accounts Committee

investigate the UIF&W and take

consequence management

steps.

Enoch Mgijima Local

Municipality, which is under

national intervention, received a

qualified audit. The previous

audit reports were a qualified in

2020/2021 and a disclaimer

from 2019/2020.

Emalahleni and AB Xuma

(formerly known as Engcobo)

municipalities were included in

the four municipalities that have

regressed in the province. Both

received qualified audits.

Meanwhile, Sakhisizwe was

rated among those who

improved in the province —

from adverse to qualified.

Intsika Yethu received a

qualified audit, the same result

as the previous financial year.

Inxuba Yethemba received

an unqualified audit for the

fourth consecutive year.

Cogta spokesperson

Makhaya Komisa said: “Th e

MEC is concerned about the

❝ All the municipalities

have been requested

to sign pledges

committing to improve

municipalities which regressed

during the 2020/21 audit

outcomes which have led him

to embark on engagement

roadshows to all municipalities

to discuss the audit outcomes

and UIF&W.

“All the municipalities have

been requested to sign pledges

committing to improve on

municipal finance management

and develop policies/strategies

to deal with escalating UIF&W.

These are some of the ways the

municipalities seek to improve

their financial status.”

CHDM spokesperson Bulie

Ganyaza said the district

municipality had been receiving

disclaimers for the past two

financial years.

Chris Hani with AGSA has

developed an audit action plan

with time frames and

implementation is in progress

while ensuring that controls to

monitor implementation are in

place.

“All control deficiencies

identified by AGSA have been

lifted and action towards

rectification put in place. The

audit committee is working very

closely with the institution as an

assurance body to propel us

towards attaining this

commitment through their

oversight responsibility.

“We plan to implement the

audit action plan adapted by

council to the latter. We are

hoping to improve as all systems

are in place.

“Some of the issues to be

addressed in the action plan

include management

developing half-yearly annual

financial statements prior to

year-end, and to submit to

assurance providers such as

internal audit and audit

committee to eliminate material

errors in the audited entity’s

financial statements by

providing pre-audit readiness.

The council will also monitor

the audit action plan on a

quarterly basis.”

Emalahleni spokesperson

Luthando Nqumkana said: “In

the past years our financial

statements were prepared by

service providers. For the

financial year under review we

have prepared the financial

statements ourselves.

“This is a step in the right

direction as we have, for the first

time, managed to submit all the

relevant information required by

the auditor-general. This

exercise saved the municipality

a lot of money and, in the near

future, this will assist to

strengthen the capacity for the

government on financial

management and reporting,” he

said

AB Xuma CFO

Nontobeko Siwahla said a

meeting with the AG had been

held to discuss previous year

qualification paragraphs, and

proposed solutions to the

findings.

An audit action plan has

been developed and updated on

a monthly basis. This is audited

by the internal audit unit

monthly.

“Nine months’ financial

statements have been prepared

and submitted to internal audit

and the provincial treasury for

auditing. The municipality is

busy with year-end procedures

and assets verification has

already been started to ensure

that audited financial statements

are reviewed before being

submitted by August 31to the

AG ,” Siwahla said.

Forum to

develop

businesses

TRANSFORMING

ECONOMY: The newly

appointed Komani Business

Forum executive members

with local officials on

Friday Picture: ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Komani branch’s aim to provide

training, partnership for growth

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

The Komani Business

Forum plans to help

develop local businesses

by providing training suitable to

their different sectors.

The Enoch Mgijima Business

Forum launched the Komani

Cluster structure for the first

time, during which the new

executive members were

appointed at the Indoor Sports

Complex on Friday.

The new executive members

are Themba Lubobo (chair),

Portia Maselane (deputy chair),

Zenande Masimini (secretary),

Siyamthanda Hokolo (deputy

secretary), Cebisa Sixaba

(treasurer) and Sinawo Poswayo

(organiser).

Additional members include

Vuyiseka Nkalo, Xola

Njokweni, Zakhe Cubeni and

Zaziphe Nkuhlu.

Enoch Mgijima Business

Forum secretary Sakhile Mvana

said the Komani structure was

meant to be established last year

but was put on hold due to the

pandemic.

“As we are currently reviving

our structure we decided to start

with Komani, which did not

have its own structure,” M va n a

said.

He encouraged business

owners to solve problems by

coming up with solutions.

He said the forum would not

tolerate those who sought to

disrupt projects and those who

sought out their own gain would

be removed.

Mvana added that the

structure was being revived as

some of the SMME executive

members’ lives had been

affected by Covid, while others

had lost their businesses.

Lubobo said the Komani

cluster took a different approach

by dividing themselves up

according to the different

sectors represented in

Ko m a n i .

His desire, he said, was to

push for local SMMEs to get

developmental training

according to their sector needs.

“Our goal is to push for

transformation and

development and to unite as

business owners.”

The new chair said the forum

would apply a Swot analysis to

determine their strengths and

weaknesses.

“It is important that local

businesses are organised and

prioritised for opportunities to

reach us.

“Our committee is well

balanced with a combination of

youth, women and men, which

makes me excited because our

mindsets are different,” Lubobo

said.

Mvana, Enoch Mgijima

Local Municipality (EMLM) cooperate

services portfolio head

Papama Madubedube, EMLM

integrated planning and

economic development (Iped)

acting director Nontsikelelo

Mani and EMLM Iped SMME

development officer and

stakeholder co-ordinator

Momelezi Mpemba witnessed

the appointments.

Madubedube urged

businesses and all races to

exploit and participate in the

economic transformation of the

district and benefit from the

wealth of the country.

“Business Forum leaders

exploit business opportunities

but we must encourage our

communities and constituencies

to participate in rates and tax

p ay m e n t s .

“Businesses must also see

reason in forming partnerships

as a growth measurement.

“EMLM shall use every tool

at our disposal to monitor and

oversee the forums through one

of our directorates of local

economic development or

I p e d ,” he said.

Madubedube called on all

businesses to subscribe to the

policies and the rules of the

municipalities, and register on

the database.

KDF, Silulo Ulutho Technologies invite

100 learners from ten schools

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

The Komani Development

Foundation (KDF) has selected

100 pupils from Komani to be a

part of the new generation of

innovators and self-sufficient

Africans by introducing them to

a coding and robotics course.

The Artificial Intelligence

course, at R500 per pupil,

began on Monday and is funded

by KDF members, with Silulo

Ulutho Technologies in town

offering the training.

The 10 KDF adopted

Mlungisi and Ezibeleni schools

benefiting from the training are

KwaKomani and Nkwanca,

John Noah, Luvuyo Lerumo,

Bulelani and Sixishe high

schools and Nonesi, Van Coller

and Howard Ben Mazwi

primary schools.

Ten pupils from each school

were selected to do the course.

Johannesburg-based KDF

founder and board member

Xolisa Bangazi said the twoweek

training cut across grades

4 to 12.

Bangazi said KDF had

presented the coding course

proposal to teachers in March

when the team was in Komani

to hand over 1,000 pairs of

school shoes.

The drive behind the

initiation of the programme,

according to him, stems from

the awareness that Komani

quintile 1-3 schools were not

exposed to AI, compared with

those who attended private

s ch o o l s .

“We would like to expose

them to the fourth industrial

revolution instead of them

hearing about it on TV. They

need to taste, feel and see it.

“I have kids and they get

excited when we talk about

technology and, as a KDF

parent, I felt these children

cannot miss out just because

their parents cannot give them

the education others get in

private school and in tertiary

institutions.

“The course is coding for

kids. It is a certified course

offered by Silulo, while KDF

members bought 100 licences

for the pupils to be taught.

“After the training, they will

get a certificate.”

Bangazi said the pupils

should be able to compete with

those from private schools.

This was only possible if

companies and organisations

such as KDF stepped in to

provide a platform.

“These kids will become

data specialists, the future Mark

Zuckerberg, and future software

d e ve l o p e r s .

“They will create platforms

that have not existed before and

SELECTED: Pupils from 10 schools in Komani, based in

Mlungisi and Ezibeleni, who are set to benefit from a course in

coding and robotics Picture: SUPPLIED

advance those in existence.”

He said the local youth must

not be left behind in the fourth

IR.

“They cannot be only

exposed to technology when

they get to tertiary study.

“They are already behind

those they will be studying with

in tertiary institutions who are

from privileged schools,”

Bangazi added.


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Rabies vaccination drive to start

Free service offered for pet

owners in Komani, surrounds

ZINTLE BOBELO

Adoor-to-door rabies

vaccination campaign for

pets in the Enoch

Mgijima Local Municipality

(EMLM) will be rolled out in the

next month and is expected to

run until the end of September.

Speaking to The Rep,

department of rural

development and agrarian

reform state veterinarian in the

EMLM area, Dr Clara Blaeser,

pleaded with pet owners to

ensure their animals were

vaccinated to prevent the

transmission of the deadly virus.

To those unfamiliar with

rabies, Blaeser said: “It is a virus

that affects any mammal.

“It is a slow-growing and

terrible virus that goes up the

nerves and basically destroys

the brain which causes changes

in behaviour, which may

manifest as aggression. It can

spread through bites because

the virus is in the saliva.”

Blaeser said the good news

was that the disease was

p r e ve n t a b l e .

“Vaccines really do work. If

someone is bitten by something

that has rabies, there is postexposure

treatment and if you

get immediate treatment it can

be prevented.”

She said the campaign

would run from July to

September, with t e ch n i c i a n s

visiting Komani areas and

surrounding villages to ensure

good vaccination coverage for

dogs and cats.

“Protect yourself by

protecting your pets. That is the

aim. The disease is 100% fatal,

so if there are signs of it,

whatever animal has it, it is

going to die,” Blaeser said.

She said if 80% of cats and

Honouring local

businessman

Fred Smith

STAY SAFE: The department of rural development and agrarian reform will run a door-to-door

rabies vaccination campaign in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality. Animal health technicians,

from left, Banele Modze, Nande Dumalisile and state veterinarian Dr Clara Blaeser encourage

pet owners to have their animals vaccinated Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

dogs were vaccinated, the

chances of an outbreak were

ra r e .

“This is the government’s

way of protecting the human

population from this disease

and making sure it does not

break out in dogs and cats

because they are most likely to

spread it. It is a way of

protecting the public.”

She said a notice of the dates

when technicians would visit

different areas would be issued,

adding that there was no charge

for the vaccination.

“In all the areas they find that

door-to-door works better

because you might get an

elderly person with a number of

animals who might not be able

to bring them to a central point,

but it would be easier if a

technician comes to her gate.

“We also have a primary

health care clinic [in

Westbourne] doing rabies

vaccinations on a daily basis.”

She also encouraged pet

owners to visit their regular vet

to get their animals vaccinated.

LEN’S NEWS

Fred Smith started working at

Guard’s Jewellers at the young

age of 14.

He was only supposed work

there for the December

holidays, but watchmaking

consumed him and he was so

fascinated that he did not return

to school.

He worked at Guard’s

Jewellers from December 11

1952 until January last year.

He and his son Claude, took

over the business and called it

Guard’s Watch Repairs Centre

which is still running today.

Smith retired in 2012 because of

ill health and passed away

r e c e n t l y.

He was a good sportsman

excelling in rugby, tennis and

c r i ck e t .

He also played at a later

stage for

Greydeane/Sandringham

Cricket Club between 1986 and

1990.

As a young man he

represented Border as a full

back. He often talked about the

challenges he faced during the

apartheid years when he played

with “wh i t e ” teams and there

were just no ablutions for

“coloured” people.

He was a strong member of

St David’s Anglican Church and

very involved in all aspects.

Smith was also a lay minister

until he became ill in 2012.

He also served on the

coloured management

committee in the 1970s and was

very involved in the coloured

community, with the New Rest

and Victoria Park developments.

Smith could be a difficult

man and spoke his mind.

We will all miss Fred, as will

his family and loved ones.

Thank you, Fred, for all you

did and gave to Queenstown.

WELCOME: Queenstown Rotary Club’s newly inducted president Mike Strydom, left, and past president Johnny de Villiers at the

club’s induction ceremony this week Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

New Rotary president hopes to

get younger people involved

IN REMEMBRANCE: Komani local businessman Fred Smith of

G u a rd ’s Jewellers. Picture: SUPPLIED

ZINTLE BOBELO

While still formulating his own

calendar of events, Mike

Strydom, the newly inducted

president of the Queenstown

Rotary Club, said the main focus

this year would be to rope

young members into the club.

Strydom was inducted on

Tuesday evening at the Roche

House Guest House and Coffee

Shop along with Heather

Moorcroft, who assumed the

role of president for the Anns.

“It is one of Rotary’s focuses

internationally. Unfortunately I

do not have the numbers with

me, but our numbers have

dropped considerably over the

years for whatever reason —

Covid-19 or the economy. We

❝We cannot make a

difference to every

individual, but we can

in some lives

need some new blood to carry

o n ,” he said.

Strydom looked forward to

working with his committee and

hoped to table his plan at the

next meeting.

Accepting her Rotary

president’s medallion,

Moorcroft said: “I have always

tried to live my life according to

the four-way test. I always think,

be kind — you might be the

only kind person to that person.

You don’t know what is going

on in their lives.”

Past president Johnny de

Villiers, who gave a rundown of

initiatives executed in his time,

said the club was about coming

together and discussing new

developments and projects that

were for the benefit of the

c o m m u n i t y.

“As a club, we cannot make

a difference to each and every

individual, but we can make

and be a difference in some

lives. This is ultimately the

reason for joining Rotary.”

He said the incoming

leadership had his full support,

giving praise to those who had

provided assistance during his

year. “To my fellow Rotarians

and Anns who made my year an

awesome, colourful, fun-filled

and happy one, my absolutely

sincere gratitude. Without your

assistance and positive attitude

throughout the year, it would

not have been as easy as it was,”

said De Villiers.

The club recently held a

vocational awards evening,

acknowledging individuals for

their “service above self”, with

Sean Russell, Garry Stiles,

Waseemah Adams, Juan van der

Walt and Ken Clark each

receiving an accolade. Ward

councillor Tokkie Deysel was,

in a separate gathering earlier in

the month, also recognised with

a Paul Harris Fellow award for

the effort and time he gives to

the community.


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EDITORIAL OPINION

Eskom workers’

action can set

bad precedent

HANDING OVER THE BATON

So a group of unionised Eskom workers, angered by their

e m p l oye r s ’ failure to agree to their pay demands

successfully, held the whole country to ransom in recent

days and will get away with it, it seems.

Unfortunately, if this illegal act goes unpunished, it will set a bad

precedent that will have devastating effects on an already struggling

e c o n o my.

What will stop workers from other sectors from following suit if

they know they will get away scot-free? Imagine if correctional

officers or SAPS members decided to down tools.

Theirs are essential services, just like Eskom’s.

But the latter’s workers refused to report for duty and there are

reports that some senior Eskom officials’ homes were petrolbombed.

The two unions – the National Union of Mineworkers and the

National Union of Metalworkers of SA – told reporters they had

asked their members to return to work.

This after Eskom agreed to return to the negotiating table with a

new wage offer.

Strangely, but not surprisingly, the same unions failed to prevent

the illegal action and failed to reprimand the workers when they

ditched their work stations.

Instead, they sought to take a diplomatic stance, confirming they

had not called a strike, but understood the actions of the workers.

What is further disappointing is to see the unions, as well as some

high-profile South African people including so-called energy experts,

moving to absolve the workers and placing the blame squarely on

Eskom and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan for loadshedding

shooting up to stage 6.

There can be no denying that the wildcat strike helped plunge the

country into further darkness in the past week.

Before the strike, the country was experiencing mainly stage 2

load-shedding and, yes, there were murmurs of an upgrade to stage

4. But there was no mention of going up to stage 6, the highest level

since 2019.

It now appears the unlawful actions of the workers have won and

Eskom has promised a 7% offer.

What is sad is that there seems to be no deterrent action taken by

the company to make the workers take responsibility for their

improper actions.

There is nothing wrong with workers using their constitutional

right to protest, but the Eskom workers’ strike was illegal and the

unions should have called their members to order.

There are proper ways of registering demands. Whether or not the

company has the money it is promising the workers, is a debate for

another day.

KOMANI WEATHER

On Friday and Saturday we can temporarily put aside the memory of those

minimum temperatures around 0°C that we experienced earlier in the

week.

Fr i d ay ’s minimum will be a much more respectable 9°C and it will be

sunny. The maximum temperature will be 20°C and there will be a brisk

wind.

On Saturday the minimum temperature will be down a little to 6°C and

the maximum will go up to 21°C in spite of the fact that there will be

almost complete cloud cover.

The wind will be fairly strong.

On Sunday those chilly early mornings return with a minimum

temperature of 0°C and the maximum of only 13°C. It will be sunny and

clear, but the wind will be unpleasant. - w w w. a c c u w e a t h e r. c o . z a

CONGRATULATIONS: Newly inducted Queenstown Rotary Club Anns president Heather Moorcroft, left, with Anns

past president Nicolette Bradley at the rotary induction evening on Tuesda y. Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

FACE 2 FACE with

QWhat do you do and

what do you like about

your job?

AI am a florist. I enjoy

being creative and being

able to help others.

What does success mean to

yo u ?

Success to me is to be

innovative and creative and

to meet the needs of others.

How do you relax?

I relax by doing arts and

crafts, painting and

e m b r o i d e r y.

What impact do you hope to

make in your lifetime?

To make a difference in other

people’s lives, to show them

that there is joy and beauty

all around us.

It is important to stop

rushing around and listen to

the birds sometimes.

A quote to live by?

“You have not lived today

until you have done

something for someone who

can never repay you” by

John Bunyan

How do you feel about

gender-based violence?

If we would all take time to

respect and understand

ourselves and others, we

would have less violence.

What best defines an ideal

holiday for you?

Having my family together is

the perfect holiday for me.

What do you love about

Ko m a n i ?

The people living in a town

determine what a town is

like. I have found that the

people of Komani are

friendly, kind and

s u p p o r t ive .

/ YVETTE KRUMMECK floral artist

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and Sisa Nkomba.

ANDREA

JACOBS

The Rep interns Chuma Joni

and Azisiwe Fuma took to

the streets of Komani to ask

residents whether they

supported the decision made

by the health minister, Dr Joe

Phaahla, to lift the

mandatory use of masks.

Andrea Jacobs

from Top Town

The removal of the masks is a

big thing for everybody. It’s

still an adjustment. I went

into the supermarket with my

mask on. I’m still getting

used to being allowed to not

THEMBA

MRUQULI

wear a mask. I will wear my

mask now and then.

CARLLENE

VAN HEERDEN

Themba Mruquli

from Ezibeleni

I think it’s a good thing that

masks aren’t being worn

anymore because even when

the pandemic started, people

would not wear their masks,

especially when there were

outdoors. You sometimes

would pass someone who

didn’t have a mask on. I will

not be wearing my mask

because I don’t see the point

of wearing one any more.

RUDOLF

VAN HEERDEN

Our bodies have adapted to

the virus and it’s something

that we’ll live with forever.

Carllene van Heerden

from Komani

Personally for me it’s too

soon because you never

know what this virus can still

do and we’re still in winter.

I’m still wearing my mask for

personal reasons, to protect

my son.

Rudolf van Heerden

from Top Town

It’s brilliant because we can

VUYO

K O TA

finally see each other’s faces

and breathe but wearing a

mask is also for yourself, for

safety purposes. If I have to

wear a mask because I’m

going into a shop, then I will.

Vuyo Kota

from Queensview Park

The removal of masks is

putting our lives in danger,

especially since it’s winter.

Covid-19 is among us. I will

carry on wearing my mask as

it is the only solution to

protect each other from

contracting the virus.


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#BasicFinancialLiteracy: Banking

investment tip to score best returns

Last year, I started a stokvel

with three other women

who included my aunt, my

mom’s best friend and a close

family friend.

We opened a stokvel

account and saved for a year,

but realised at the end of last

year that our returns were not as

great as we had anticipated.

I think my assumption was

that if you save a lot of money

over a 12-month period, the

returns are automatically greater

than when saving a small

amount over a short period.

Also, because it’s a stokvel

account, I just assumed the

returns would be a bit more

pleasing.

Because July is National

Savings Month, I thought I

should share the banking

investment tip I received

recently from a very reliable

s o u rc e .

When we talked about the

prospect of saving money in an

investment account for a year or

so, I was advised the best

banking investment account is

Empower ment

Zone

Miranda Lusiba

one that requires R20,000 to

open it.

I know many of us do not

have R20K lying around waiting

to be invested, especially with

everything going up these days.

I was therefore advised to

first open a normal transactional

account using a banking app,

then put in about R5,000 a

month for four months.

Because I would have saved

R20K in four months, I would be

able to open the investment

account and then use the

transactional account to transfer

the R20K already saved to the

new account.

I was assured this investment

account offered the most returns

or interest. And what was

comforting to hear was that after

opening the investment account

with R20K – in the months that

followed, I could save a smaller

amount, adding to what was

already there.

I was still curious about the

stokvel and other investment

accounts that didn’t require an

initial opening amount of R20K,

and I was told these were almost

pointless for those looking for

great returns.

Also, what is important is

that once I start making monthly

deposits, these amounts need to

be consistent and not less than

R5K.

What I learnt from this

exercise was that at times we

open investment accounts

without checking if the returns

are actually worth it.

We are also told that to

invest we do not need a lot of

money because other

investment accounts need only

R100 to open.

What is never made clear is

the difference in returns.

Regardless that we are

experiencing tough times at the

moment, with everything

exceptionally expensive, from

petrol which has ripple effects

on food prices, to electricity and

everything else around us, it is

still important for us to move to

a culture of saving.

I’ve shared this tip not

because we can all actually

afford to save at the moment,

but to help people make the

right choices when they do

i nve s t .

Where possible, try avo i d

the mistakes that I made in the

past where I didn’t do my

homework very well.

My past investment attempts

never worked because I had

access to my money at any time.

This tempted me to tap into it

whenever I had what I referred

to as “emergencies”. Access to

this money was never good for

me because I ended up not

meeting my investment goal.

I’d like to take up this

investment when I can because I

have a specific investment goal

in mind.

To meet this goal, I will need

to have a lot of discipline and

sacrifice a lot of things for the

next year or so.

I do feel, though, that it’s

time I made the right decisions

when it comes to savings and

investments – in fact, this should

be a complete overhaul of how I

handle my finances as a whole.

To youngsters who read

these columns – more so those

who have just started working,

please take the time to learn

about how to manage your

finances while it’s still early.

Tr y avoid the mistakes that

we adults have made over the

ye a r s .

Most importantly, learn

about savings and investments

now, so you can reap the

rewards of your sacrifices when

you get to our age. A life without

a solid financial back-up plan is

literally a life where one lives

from hand-to-mouth on a

monthly basis until a good

financial decision is made.

Miranda Lusiba is the

Founding Director of Strangé

Consulting – a boutique PR

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communication, freelance

writing, media relations,

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media training.

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Are reading and

literacy the same?

As an English language teacher

of many years’ standing, I am

deeply concerned, as are a

number of my colleagues, with

the current trend of a “paperless

society”, where reading seems

to take a backseat to a number

of other cognitive skills.

While in no way denigrating

the advent of technology and its

invaluable role in education, the

role of reading in any form of

study is of paramount

importance.

It seems many people do not

understand the different nuance

in meaning between reading

and literacy.

In the junior years of school,

emphasis is on the mechanical

decoding of phonetic blends

which form words.

This is rightly so, but only

forms the foundation of the

house, so to speak. The next

step is to combine the decoding

process with the abstract

concept of mental images, or

ideas. This means the

attachment of the alphabetical

symbols to a picture, framed in

the mind, of a particular

object/scene/ emotion, etc.

Now this is where the pupil’s

“frame of reference” comes in.

Those from more advantaged

backgrounds obviously have a

far greater capacity to envision a

wider range of experiences than

those from disadvantaged home

b a ck g r o u n d s .

With the new focus in this

country on taking into account

the cultural background of more

pupils, every effort is being

made to include objects and

scenarios which are familiar to

children from poorer or more

rural home environments.

This even extends to matters

of ethnicity, gender

stereotyping, recognition of

disabilities, etc.

Given that the government

seeks to redress these perceived

inequalities in such a manner,

what is it that parents can do to

assist their children with the

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Jenny Webb

increasing volume of

information required for them to

process at school? This brings us

to an understanding of the

concept of literacy.

According to Media Literacy

Project (1993), pupils should be

able to do the following:

Understand the meaning of

media messages; Recognise the

tools of persuasion used in

advertising and political

propaganda; Evaluate the

authenticity of media messages

(based on their own values);

Differentiate between

information and

misinformation; Uncover

subliminal (hidden) messages

As regards intensive reading,

the oft-quoted researcher

Cummins states that true literacy

can only be successfully

achieved when one can

complete all the following

phases: Experiential phase

(activate prior knowledge);

Literal phase (focus on specific

information); Personal phase

(relate information to own

experience); Critical phase

(explore generalisations of fact);

Creative phase (solve problems).

Reading is one of the core

skills needed for any further

academic study and to quote a

popular phrase, it can “u n l o ck

the magic” to a world of fiction

and fantasy, a wonderful

playground equal in its capacity

for entertainment and

enjoyment to any movie

ch a n n e l .

In all other societies around the

world, when a tragedy happens,

the whole of society is

g a l va n i s e d .

They take a very critical look

at themselves and try to pinpoint

the causes and openly take

responsibility for any faults that

m ay have emanated from them.

They do not wait for an

imaginary cooling period and

“appropriate” time to do so.

After the introspection, steps

are taken to ensure something

similar does not happen again

or at least to attempt to

minimise such possibilities.

In our country we tend to do

things very differently – we

bury our heads in the sand,

become aggressively defensive

and also, sadly, make jokes

about it.

Someone said on social

media when called out for it,

’kuyahlekwa noba kubhujiwe’

loosely translated to mean

“don’t take things too seriously”.

A few years back in a Cape

Town township scores of

underage children died in a

t ave r n .

Were we shocked and

pressed into action to try

understand why such a tragedy

could happen under our watch,

as parents.

Did this lead to a marked

change in how we view

underage drinking and our

approach to how we parent our

ch i l d r e n ?

Hardly. Fast forward to last

weekend when 21 underage

children died in Enyobeni tavern

in Scenery Park in East London,

under yet-to-be fully explained

c i rc u m s t a n c e s .

What we know for sure is

that many underage children

were in the tavern consuming

alcohol and who knows what

else, until the early hours of the

morning on Sunday when the

tragedy struck.

What were underage

Yet again, we have

failed our children

GRIM SCENE: Many underage children were in the East London tavern drinking and who knows

what else, until the early hours of Sunday morning when tragedy struck Picture: MARK ANDREWS

IN TOUCH

Phumelele P Hlati

children doing in a tavern

consuming alcohol?

Why was the tavern open

beyond the normal trading

hours?

I will not even go to other

questions you might have

because they would never have

arisen if the first two things I

have listed did not happen.

Things like safety measures,

ventilation, crowd control,

adequate security, adequate

exits and entrances do not even

come into the reckoning as far

as I am concerned.

As a society, we should be

concentrating on the first two

questions and the rest would

become superfluous.

We need to look closely at

our parenting skills and

practices, objectively and

without any level of

d e f e n s ive n e s s .

Why have we normalised

underage drinking?

Why have we normalised

seeing underage children

misbehaving without proper

adult supervision?

Are we as a society worthy of

looking after the most prized gift

any human being can have?

Do we have strong enough

community values to bring up

well-balanced and wellbehaved

young ones who will

be assets later in life in their

communities?

Why do we as a society tend

to joke about very serious issues

that affect us as black

communities in particular?

Why are we so averse to selfintrospection

and taking hard

decisions and sticking to them,

no matter what?

These are the questions we

need to ask ourselves and

commit ourselves to finding

answers to, followed by wellthought

out and reasoned

actions.

We cannot continue with

business as usual unless we

want to make sure that, as a

society, we will have no seat at

the table.

We have to prepare our

children to be leaders of society,

so they will be well prepared to

take up that responsibility.

Are we equipped to instill

those values in them?

Judging by the many

interactions on social media

between the adults and their

children – kuse kude

engqinibeni.


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IN LOVING

MEMORY OF

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NDONGA EDITH IDA

NOLUSAPHO

9 June 1924 to 30 June 2017

Until we meet again.

We think about you always,

We talk about you still,

You have never been forgotten,

and you never will.

We hold you close

within our hearts

and there you will remain,

To walk and guide us

through our lives,

until we meet again.

Your loving family.

In loving memory of

NOFUKUKA

ROSIE

NOMAKHEPHU

06.06.1946

30.06.2016

As the time passes by,

we treasure the wonderful

memories we shared with

you. Still missed and always

loved by your children,

grandchildren and family.

UNVELLING AND

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Usapho lwaMabongwe lovuyiswa

bubukho bakho kwinkonzo

yesikhumbuzo notyhilo litye

longasekhoyo u

MAZWI

BANDILE SIDWELL

‘MASTER BEN’

UMHLA: 9 JULY 2022

INDAWO: BULLHOEK

IXESHA: 09:00

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NZIWENI

DOLLY

MAGGIE

Late of 153 Zone 2,

Ezibeleni, Komani

Born: 16.03.1920

Died: 18.06.2022

Funeral: Saturday

02.07.2022

Starting at home

at 10am (The Old

Apostolic Church)

Thence to the

Komani Cemetery,

for the Interment

at 11 am

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMZIMA

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

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MOKOLO

MONICA

Late of Emakhumeni,

Kundulu, Lady

Frere District

Born: 22.08.1965

Died: 18.06.2022

Funeral: Sunday

03.07.2022

Starting at

home at 10am

Thence to the

Emakhumeni

Cemetery,

Lady Frere for the

Interment at 12 noon

LALA NGOXOLO

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

BLESS

MATOTO

ALBERT

Late of

6839 Mahlangu Street,

Nomzamo,

Mlungisi,

Komani

Born: 23.03.1951

Died: 18.06.2022

Funeral;

Sunday 03.07.2022

Starting at home

at 9am

(Holy Witnesses Church

in Zion)

Thence to the Komani

Cemetery

for the Interment at 12

noon

LALA NGOXOLO

MNGXONGO

NTSUNDU

SOPHITSHO

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

DAKADA

NZIMENI

JOSEPH

Late of

856 Zone 2,

Ezibeleni,

Komani

Born: 11.03.1951

Died: 20.06.2022

Funeral:

Saturday: 02.07.2022

Starting at home then

to the

Ezibeleni Community

Hall, Zone 3

for a service at 10am

The cortege will

proceed to the

Komani Cemetery for

the Interment at 12

noon

LALA NGOXOLO

JOLA MPHANKOMO

QENGEBA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

DYASI

NDOYISILE

ALFRED

Late of

511 Zone 3,

Ezibeleni,

Komani

Born: 08.08.1936

Died: 20.06.2022

Funeral;

Saturday 02.07.2022

Starting at

home at 9am

Thence to the Lukhanji

Cemetery,

Komani for the

Interment at 12 noon.

LALA NGOXOLO

MYIRHA MZONDI

ZIYEKA SAMPU

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

KHANYA

THEMBISILE

PENDROSE

Late of

Elalini,

Qoqodala,

Lady Frere District

Born: 03.09.1972

Died: 17.06.2022

Funeral;

Saturday 02.07.2022

Starting at home at

9am

(Methodist Church)

Thence to the Elalini

Cemetery,

Qoqodala for the Interment

at 12 noon

LALA NGOXOLO

MNTLANE

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

Contact Charodine or Mavis on 045 839 4040

NTABELANGA

NTOMBEKHAYA

MURIEL

Late of 91 Zone 3,

Ezibeleni, Komani

Born: 08.04.1969

Died: 20.06.2022

Funeral;

Saturday

02.07.2022

Starting at home

then to the New

Apostolic Church,

Ezibeleni, Komani

for a service at

10am

Thence to the

Komani Cemetery

for the Interment

at 1pm

LALA NGOXOLO

MARADEBE

BHUNGANI

MTHIMKHULU

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

BESTER

JOHANNA

AL-OM-BEKEND

AS “JOEY”

In lewe van

Hospitaalweg 19,

Komani, skielik

heengegaan op

Vrydag, 24 Junie

2022, in haar 65ste

lewensjaar. Diep

betreur deur haar

geliefde eggenoot

Hennie, kinders

André, Arno, ma

Anna, broer Chrissie,

kleindogter Anlia, breë

familie en vriende. ‘n

Gedenksdiens vind

Maandag, 4 Julie

2022, om 11 vm

vanuit die N.G. Kerk,

Robinsonweg, Komani

plaas. ‘n Stil verassing

sal in Oos-Londen

plaasvind. Vriende

geliewe kennis te

neem.

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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PITT

IVAN JAMES

WILLIE

Late of 77 Marigold

Street, Aloevale,

Komani passed away

suddenly on Sunday

the 19th of June 2022

at the age of 66 years.

Sadly missed and

deeply mourned by

his loving children,

grandchildren, Pitt

and Gxowa families

and friends. The

internment will take

place in the Komani

Town Cemetery at

11h30 on Saturday the

2nd of July 2022 after

a Service at home at

9 o’clock and at the

St. Theresa’s Roman

Catholic Church,

Bishop Rosenthall,

Mlungisi, Komani at 10

o’clock. Friends kindly

accept the following

intimation.

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

ZONDO

TABO

BORN :

1973-08-10

DIED:

2022-06-25

FUNERAL:

2022-07-03 (Sunday)

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held at home at

865 Zone

2 Ezibeleni 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

The Rep Komani

PETER

SAZINGANI

LENNOX

Late of

1341 Rose Street,

Extension 3,

Cala

Born: 20.03.1960

Died: 26.06.2022

Funeral;

Saturday 02.07.2022

Thence to Cala Cemetery

for an early burial

at 8am

followed by a service at

the Ascension Anglican

Church, Cala at 9am

LALA NGOXOLO

MQWATHI DUMBA

MBANGULA

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

CAROLUS

FRANKIE

BONGINKOSI

Late of

Lower Didimana,

Whittlesea District

Born: 02.02.1987

Died: 19.06.2022

Funeral: Saturday

02.07.2022

Starting at home at

09:30am (Anttoch

Zion Church)

Thence to the Lower

Didimana Cemetery,

Whittlesea for the

Interment at 12 noon

LALA NGOXOLO

BHADELA

MNTUNGWA

TSHIBASE

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

For all your advertising

needs call 045 839 4040.

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SANDLANA

NTOMBOMHLABA

VIRGINIA

Late of eTrustini,

Rodana, Lady Frere

District

Born: 16.11.1955

Died: 15.06.2022

Funeral;

Saturday

02.07.2022

Starting at home

at 10am (Enoni

Apostolic Church in

Zion)

Thence to the

Trustini Cemetery,

Rodana for the

Interment at 1pm

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMKHUMA

MBATHANE

XESIBE

NONDZABA

RUSSELL AND SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

MFAZWE

SIPHOKAZI

Late of Tsolokazi,

Lady Frere District

Born: 10.06.1985

Died: 19.06.2022

Funeral: Saturday

02.07.2022

Starting at

home at 10am

Thence to the

Tsolokazi Cemetery,

Lady Frere for the

Interment at 12:30

LALA NGOXOLO

MAMPONDOMISE

JOLA QENGEBA

RUSSELL & SON

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Tel. 045 839 4012

@RepKomani


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JACOB

MBULELO

BORN: 1963-09-18

DIED: 2022-06-23

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02 (Saturday)

VENUE:

Funeral service will be

held at home at Thafeni

location, Lady Frere,

Cacadu district

at 09:00am

CEMETERY:

Cacadu

TIME:

12:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MYOYO

SINDISWA

FRANCE

Born: 24.08.1970

Died: 19.06.2022

Funeral service by

Jehova’s Witnesses

on 02.07.2022

at home,

2518 Zone D,

kwaThemba,

Ezibeleni

Time: 11h00

Interment:

Komani Town

Cemetery

Lala ngoxolo

MaDlomo,

MamNtande.

RANUNU

HLONIPHA

BORN:

2005-11-04

DIED:

2022-06-19

FUNERAL:

2022-07-01

(Friday)

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held

at home at

133 Nyanzela Village

district

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Nyanzela

TIME:

11:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MAFOJELA

SIPHOSETHU

BORN:

2006-04-10

DIED:

2022-06-19

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held at home at

Tyelerha location

St Marks A/A

district

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Tyelerha

TIME:

11:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

LOKWE

NONTUTUZELO

WINNIFRED

BORN: 1951-09-26

DIED: 2022-06-23

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02

(Saturday)

VENUE:

Funeral service will be

held at home at Gosheen

location Cathcart district

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Gosheen

TIME:

12:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MSOLO

PHUMLA

NICTORIA

BORN: 1972-10-24

DIED: 2022-06-18

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02 (Saturday)

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held at home at

650 B Sada

location

Whittlesea

at 09:00 am

Cemetery:

Sada

TIME:

12:00pm

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

SONDLO

SIYABULELA

WISEMAN

BORN: 1975-02-26

DIED: 2022-06-25

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02

(Saturday)

VENUE:

Funeral service

will be held at home

at 9447 Restorm street

Newvale

location

Komani

at 09:00am

Cemetery:

Komani Town

TIME:

12:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

MAKHUTHU

NONCEBA

ELIZABETH

BORN: 1967-02-09

DIED: 2022-06-11

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02 (Saturday)

VENUE: Funeral service

will be held at home

at 531 Old location

Sterkstroom

at 09:00 am

CEMETERY:

Sterkstroom

TIME:

12:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

BUSHULA

LISO

BORN:

1993-11-15

DIED:

2022-06-17

FUNERAL:

2022-07-02 (Saturday)

VENUE:

Funeral service will be

held at home at Mdeni

location Bengu A/A

Cacadu district

at 09:00am

Cemetery:

Mdeni

TIME:

12:00 am

KOMANI AVBOB

FUNERAL SERVICES

29 ROBINSON ROAD

QUEENSTOWN

Tel: 045 838 2771

Cell: 083 503 8057

For all your advertising

needs call 045 839 4040.

MTSHABE

KHULILE

EDWARD

BORN: 1947-11-18

DIED: 2022-06-19

FUNERAL:

2022-07-03

(Sunday)

VENUE:

Funeral service will

be held at home at

Rhawutini

location Mlungisi

Township 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

For all your

advertising needs

call CHARODINE

or MAVIS on

045 839 4040

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Lost Deeds

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ESTATE NOTICE

In the Estate of the late

NOXOLO LOVEDELIA

NDABULA

of Erf No.2480, Cala,

5455, who died on the

18th November 2020

Born on 05 July 1970,

Identity number

7007051062089

Estate Number:

005459/2021

All persons having

claims against the above

Estate are called upon to

lodge their claims with

the Executor concerned

within a period of 30

(Thirty) days

from 01 July 2022. Any

Debtors of the Estate

are requested to pay

amounts owing to the

Executor within the

aforesaid period

Authorised Agent:

A.L. MAGQAZA

ATTORNEYS INC.

Office 11, 80 Old United

Building

Cathcart Road

Queenstown

5319

Tel: 073 6194267/

0871610182

Ref: ALM/nn/280721

LOST OR DESTROYED

TITLE DEED

Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68

of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, as amended,

of the intention to apply for the issue of a

certified copy of Certificate of Registered Title

Number T70758/2012CTN passed in favour of

Lukhanji Municipality in respect of Remainder

of Erf 7574 Mlungisi, Enoch Mgijima Local

Municipality, Division of Queenstown, Eastern

Cape Province, in extent 14,2243 (Fourteen

comma Two Two Four Three) hectares which

has been lost or destroyed.

All interested persons having objection to the

issue of such copy are hereby required to

lodge the same in writing with the Registrar of

Deeds at King William’s Town within two weeks

from the date of the publication of this notice.

Dated at Queenstown on 01 July 2022.

VAN JAARSVELDS ATTORNEYS

65 Prince Alfred Street

P. O. Box 1577

Queenstown

5320

email: info@vanjaarsvelds.co.za

Tel: 087 160 0829

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Lost Deeds

The Department Of Education

represented by

THEMBELIHLE PUBLIC

PRIMARY SCHOOL

invites Service Providers to submit

quotations for Supply and Delivery of

our foodstuff for School Nutrition.

EMIS NO. 600200826

The specification is available

at the school.

The closing date is

29 June 2022 at 13:00pm.

For more information contact the

Principal: E.K. Norman on

073 568 5122 / 045 880 0010

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(Section 75 of Act 66 of 1965)

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section

75 of Act 66 of 1965 that Michelle Baxter of

De Wet, Shaw & Baxter Attorneys, 45 Grey

Street, Queenstown, appointed by Letters of

Curatorship no: M/C 1351 /2002 dated 8 April

2004 as curator bonis, has ceased to be the

curatrix of KHATHAZEKILE JAN ZONDI due to

his death on 16 February 2021.

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Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 75 of

Act 66 of 1965 that JOHANNES CHRISTOFFEL

DE WET of De Wet, Shaw & Baxter Attorneys,

45 Grey Street, Queenstown, appointed by

Letters of Curatorship no: M/C 3/2008 dated 9

July 2008 as curator bonis, has ceased to be the

curator of ANDLILE MBONOMTSHA due to his

death on 26 June 2019.

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FORM JJJ

LOST OR DESTROYED DEED

(Form JJJ added by GNR.62

of 25 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of the

intention to apply for the issue of a certified

copy of Deed of Grant Number G53/1992

passed by the GOVERNMENT OF TRANSKEI,

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AND LAND TENURE in favour of CLAUDINE

NOSIPIWO JALI, born on 17 May 1947,

Spinster, in respect of:

ERF 6304 EZIBELENI, DISTRICT OF CACADU,

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE IN EXTENT:

450 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY) SQUARE

METRES

which has been lost or destroyed.

All persons having objection to the issue of

such copy are hereby required to lodge the

same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds at

Mthatha within two weeks from the date of the

publication of this notice.

DATED at QUEENSTOWN this 21ST day of

JUNE 2022.

Applicant:

Bowes McDougall Inc

27A Prince Alfred Street

QUEENSTOWN

conv7@bmcinc.co.za

045-8073800

FORM JJJ

LOST OR DESTROYED DEED

(Form JJJ added by GNR.62

of 25 January 2019)

Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of the

intention to apply for the issue of a certified copy

of Deed of Transfer Number T61434/1987CTN

passed by ERRINGTON GARRY MILES,

Identity Number 400123 5002 007, Married

out of community of property to PARASHOS

VOUSVOUKIS, Identity Number 430329

5036 101 and RACHEL MARGARIETHA

VOUSVOUKIS, Identity Number 490911 0120

001, Married to each other in Community of

Property, in respect of THE REMAINDER OF

ERF 3199 QUEENSTOWN, in the Municipality

and Division of Queenstown, which has been

lost or destroyed.

All persons having objection to the issue of

such copy are hereby required to lodge the

same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds at

King Williams Town within two weeks from the

date of the publication of this notice.

Dated at Queenstown this 21 ST day of June

2022.

Applicant:

Bowes McDougall Inc

27a Prince Alfred Street

QUEENSTOWN

conv7@bmcinc.co.za

045 807 3800


10 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: mjekulal@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 1 July 2022 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V E

P a re n t s ,

friends

make it

happen

Fundraiser sees sons able to

take part in tournament

LEN’S NEWS

Hats off to Natasha Hykes

and Louise Bloomes for

all their hard work in

fundraising to get the R8,500 for

their two sons to play in the

interprovincial hockey

tournament.

The initiative came after

Calvin Bloomes and Lukin

Hykes were chosen among

other under-18 players to

participate in Amathole Border

schools hockey.

However, their parents had

to pay R8,500 before their sons

could travel to Stellenbosch

with the team. The couple

especially thanked Gail Jansen

and Felicity Stride for all their

help.

For a stay-at-home mother,

and a single parent, R8,500 is a

PROUD MOTHERS: Parents Natasha Hykes, left, and Louise

Bloomes, who raised funds so their two sons could travel to the

interprovincial U-18 hockey tournament Pictures: SUPPLIED

huge amount, especially with

less than a month to come up

with it. The two boys are both

on sports scholarships at

Queen’s College.

Blooomes took leave and

together she, Jansen and Stride

delivered and sold curry

bunnies, cooked braai meals,

tripe and – at the final hour –

paid their dues.

They thanked the many

businesses, friends and other

people who gave them

donations towards their final

goal.

Also, to those who ordered

and bought food from them,

they are very grateful for the

support.

WE MADE IT: Calvin Bloomes, left, and Lukin Hykes in

Stellenbosch for the tournament

Renewable energy talks with German investor

ABONGILE

S O L U N D WA N A

Chris Hani District

Municipality (CHDM) and Chris

Hani Development Agency

(CHDA) welcomed Sun Farming

investors from Germany, with

plans to bring renewable energy

solar panels to the district.

The welcoming event took

place at The Gallery on

Monday, attended by Inxuba

Yethemba and Emalahleni Local

Municipality representatives.

Sun Farming investor

Gustav Radloff said the solar

panels also promoted

sustainable farming as they

served as a greenhouse to grow

vegetables such as tomatoes,

herbs, cucumbers and peppers.

“We make the land

underneath the panels to be

available to the land owner and

we train people on how to farm

because that is such a big

element.

“We train about 1,000 to

1,500 people a year to become

hydro successful smallscale

f a r m e r s ,” Radloff said.

A drip irrigation system was

used to water the plants to avoid

water wastage, he said.

“We us about 20% of the

water on an open field farm.

“The water on the panels

ends up dripping on the plants.

“You can also put the

fertiliser into the water which

leads to less being used.”

Radloff said the company

would train community

members on how to farm.

However, he said they only

trained the best people to work

on the farms.

Chicken and cattle farming

could also be done beaneath

the solar panels, he said.

“The problem comes when

you want to have goats because

they will end up jumping on the

things and end up chewing

wire.

“Because we create the

market from the farm, we

become off takers.

“We make it available even

to the people who are outside

POTENTIAL: Local officials welcome German investor Sun Farming to the Chris Hani district on Monday, at The Gallery. Front,

from left, are CHDM mayor Wongama Gela, Sun Farming CEO Gustav Radloff and Inxuba Yethemba Local Municpality mayor

Noncedo Zonke. Back, from left, are Emalahleni municipal manager Castro Makedama, Chris Hani Development Agency acting

CEO Abongile Hala, CHDM CFO Christopher Mapeyi and facilitator Tshepo Nofemele Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

the farm.

“The sad part about this is

even though we train 1,000 to

1,500 people per year, we

unfortunately cannot employ all

of them,” Radloff said.

“Our model is to try make

the people we train to become

entrepreneurs in their areas and

become small-scale farmers.”

CHDM mayor Wongama

Gela said the municipality

planned to sign on pledges

made at the summit being

planned.

Receiving Radloff as an

investor in the district was part

of the exercise.

“We will be meeting with a

number of potential investors. If

we talk about the summit . . .

we’ll have to prove the number

of potential investors that we

were able to interact with,” Gela

said.

“We must also be able to

prove the pledges they were

able to produce, both in terms

of the content but also the

monetary value of the money

coming in to the district.

“We are focusing more on

the private sector but we are

also interacting with different

institutions in the public sector.

“Currently we are finalising a

few things with the applications

that we made at the national

treasurer. Once the applications

get approved, it will bring more

than R2.9bn into the Chris Hani

d i s t r i c t .”

CHDA acting CEO Abongile

Hala said renewable energy was

an important focus when

lobbying investors.

Sun Farming’s focus on

renewable energy was

important due to the electricity

challenge in the district.

“We had a meeting with

Gustuv and his team and they

have shown an interest in the

p r o g ra m m e .

“On Tuesday, Gustuv visited

two farms in Middleburg and

Cradock which are owned by

Inxuba Yethemba Local

Municipality, for solar panels.

“He was set to

visit Cacadu in Emalahleni

Local Municipality the

following day on Wednesday.”

Hala said the panels were

called agrivoltaic solar panels,

because they provided for both

agriculte and energy.

He said Radloff wa s

expected to pledge the

investment virtually during the

economic development and

investment summit set for July

13-14 in Komani.

“His visit is more of a

technical assessment of all the

sites.

“We are trying to push a

partnership between the

municipalities for rehabilitation

energy generation.”

He said there were also local

renewable energy investors.

”We have about five pillars

which will deal with roads,

water and rail infrastructure.

“We have partners such as

DBSA and Sanral, which will be

coming during the summit.”

Agro-processing would also

be included.

“We have those who want to

expand on the dairy industry

while others want to enter the

sector. We have beef

commercialisation as we are the

third in the country leading in

the industry.”


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SPORT SCENE

graphic © liudmyla pushnova / 123RF.com

ON THE FIELD

OFF THE FIELD

UNITING IN SPORT: Among the coaches and organisers of the tournament on Sunday were,

back from left, Eric Seyisi, Ndimphiwe Nokholo, Bulelani Manqunyana, Nkunku Mbusi, Xola

Ganya and Themba Mandaba, with Themba Dyantyi in front. Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

SMILE FOR THE CAMERA: Locals enjoying a good day of soccer at the Indoor Sports Centre on

Sunday where the Mlungisi taverns soccer tournament took place. Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

702 makes taverns semifinal

Mlungisi tournament about enjoying

soccer, uniting people

ZINTLE BOBELO

The 702 Soccer Club is one

of the remaining teams

heading to the semifinals

in the Mlungisi taverns soccer

tournament next week, after

winning against Simamama at

the Indoor Sports Centre on

S u n d ay.

The 702 side led with a 2-0

score in the first half of the

game, with players Asenathi

Makalima and Sakhele

Noluphondwana scoring

equalisers for the rivals in the

second half, which took the

game straight to the penalty

rounds.

The 702 club managed to

win 4-1 on penalties.

Coach Simphiwe Mahashe

said the game was fair,

admitting his players began to

slack in the second half, but he

was, however, pleased with the

win.

Simamama coach Sinandele

Nodlolo said the team struggled

in penalty shootouts.

“If we had considered

putting our key players into the

game in the first place we could

have won the match.

“We reacted late and time

was against us, but we accept

the loss.

“Penalties are difficult for the

players. It is something that we

need to work on.

“That is just how the game

i s ,” he said.

The remaining teams will

take to the field next Sunday for

the semifinals, with the final

match expected to take place

the same day.

Other teams participating in

❝We sometimes have

to borrow each

other’s soccer kit to

participate

the tournament were the

Komani Veterans who lost 1-0

against Stololo in the first match

of the day, followed by

Dinangwe, who won on

penalties against Nzame after a

2-2 score.

One of the organisers,

Nkunku Mbusi, said the

tournament had been running

since 2018, without any official

funding. He hoped local people

and businesses would assist the

struggling teams by showing

their support.

“We sometimes have to

borrow each other’s soccer kit to

participate.

“The aim was never about

making money, but to unite the

people of Komani and enjoy the

sport.

“The aim was to also address

the issue of crime in our areas

and get people active in sport.

“We would appreciate any

kind of support to grow this

tournament to greater heights,”

Mbusi said.

TACKLE: Action on the field during the Mlungisi taverns soccer tournament that resumed at

the Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday. The 702 Soccer Club (in black and white) drew 2-2 against

Simamama Soccer Club (in red), beating them on penalty count Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Versatile Willemse ready for game

WILLING AND ABLE: Damien Willemse of SA is set to start

against Wales at fullback Picture: SUPPLIED

Springbok utility back Damian

Willemse has raised his hand to

slot in at flyhalf if the game

situation requires it in Saturday’s

incoming series first Test against

Wales at Loftus.

Willemse, who is being

prepared to fulfil the Frans Steyn

role, will start against Wales at

fullback ahead of the vastly

experienced Willie le Roux,

who has also been training at

flyhalf this week.

The 24-year-old Willemse

said he would not have a

problem coming on at flyhalf if

something happened to Elton

Jantjies, who was picked ahead

of Handrè Pollard.

“There is always the

possibility of any injury and if

Elton goes down, I can cover at

10 or even at 12,” he said as the

Boks ramped up their

preparations for the clash at

what will be a packed Loftus.

“There is also Willie le Roux

who is usually very good at

slotting into first receiver and

running into those spots.

“Obviously it will depend on

what the coaches decide if they

want to move me to 10 if Elton

gets injured, but there is that

o p t i o n .”

Willemse, who fulfilled

numerous roles at the back as

he helped the Stormers lift the

United Rugby Championship

(URC), said he was also happy

to play at fullback for the Boks.

“I am excited to play

fullback. The last time I played

fullback was during the regular

season against the Bulls. It has

been a good week with the Boks

and I’m excited for the weekend

and slotting back into fullback. I

have been training there, so I am

excited about the challenge.”

Willemse added that he had

been working with coaches on

improving his skills set to be

able to perform varied roles.

“It is something we have

been working on with the

coaches for a few years now

while I’ve been in the set-up.

“It is something I am

comfortable with – even at the

Stormers I have been playing

multiple at 12, 15 and in one

Sharks game I went to wing.

“So it is definitely a skills set I

have been training at for a

number of years now and I am

enjoying it. For me, this

weekend is not about being

desperate. It’s about going out

and executing and putting the

forwards in the good spaces and

getting that territory battle going

for us.

“I would like to play really

well, but in saying that I still

need to do my role and what is

required of me this weekend

and the rest will follow. We

know Wales are going to kick

the ball — that’s what we are

anticipating. But they can

change the plan.

“We have been working

hard on our kicking game as

well – it is just about taking

away the pressure and putting

our forwards on the front foot.”

— Ti m e s L I V E


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MK ready

to give it all

at play-offs

Eight teams from each EC district to compete

ZINTLE BOBELO

Excitement is building for

renowned Chris Hani SAB

league regional

champions MK Academy FC,

who are set to play their first

game at the SAB league

provincial playoffs tomorrow.

The Dongwe team will travel

to Aliwal North today with the

draw expected to take place this

e ve n i n g .

The team was declared the

reigning champions after

defeating Xalanga Blues FC

from Cala 3-0 at the district

playoffs recently.

Eight teams from each

district in the province will take

part in the keenly anticipated

round of the league.

Teams include Buffalo City

Metro, Relatives FC, FC

Jacaranda from OR Tambo

region, Centane United from

Amathole, United Brothers FC

from Sarah Baartman,

Amaxesibe FC from Alfred Nzo,

Roaring Tigers from Nelson

Mandela Bay Metro and Lady

Grey FC from Joe Gqabi.

Speaking to The Rep early

this week, coach Bulelani

Sindelo, who had just come

from p ra c t i se with the team, said

it was their second week of

p r e p a ra t i o n s .

“We are fixing our mistakes

from previous games. Last week

we played a practise match in

Cathcart and we won 4-1. It tells

you the boys are ready.

“We are psychologically and

physically ready for the playo

f f s ,” he said.

Sindelo added that they

were familiar with the teams

participating in the play-offs and

it was now a matter of executing

their game plan.

“We do want to thank our

management for making sure

they go the extra mile in terms

of logistic arrangements. As

much as we did not get much

support from the federation and

other structures, our

management made sure things

were taken care of.”

He said accommodation

was one of the major

challenges, and thanked all

those, especially from

Whittlesea, who had shown

their support through donations.

“Everything is in order. The

South African Football

Association will provide us with

t ra n s p o r t .

“Tomorrow will be our first

day competing in that division.

“We have young players

who we have registered who are

playing in the league for the first

time so everybody is excited.

“Obviously it is going to be a

good experience.

Chair Mandisi Dastile said:

“We are extremely excited for

this opportunity.”

ALL THE BEST: MK Academy FC coach Bulelani Sindelo, left, with captain Luntu Ngxulelo,

showing off their cup after claiming the Chris Hani SAB league regional championship at the

Dumpy Adams Sports Complex recently Picture: SUPPLIED

Ncerha Leopards — champions in waiting

MAXWELL LEVINE

Ncerha Leopards have taken a

giant leap in securing their first

Super League title.

They are unbeaten in nine

matches, having defeated

defending champions Swallows

and last week drawing 13-13

with their closest rivals, Police.

In fact, the draw against

Police could feel more like a

win for Ncerha, who are top of

the log on 37 points.

Police have played two less

matches and are third on 28.

Old Selbornians are second

on 29 points from eight

matches. The irony is that games

in hand does not necessarily

mean points in hand.

Ncerha Leopards are

enjoying a nine-point buffer

over Police and an eight-point

advantage over Old Boys.

Leopards have torn up the

script, rewritten their own book

and have the points to show.

They have changed the

narrative that Border rugby

belongs to the East London

teams that play on lush fields

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: Ncerha Leopards ahead of their crunch match against Police last

weekend Picture: SUPPLIED

like Police Park or Nashua Park,

or the traditional rugby

stronghold, Mdantsane.

Leopards don’t have the best

fields or facilities. They are

livestock grazing fields during

the week and are turned into

rugby battlefields on weekends

at their Ntenteni home base.

I rightfully predicted the rise

of Ncerha Leopards way back in

2019 when I wrote an article

with the heading, “Who is

Ncerha Leopards?”

This, after the team won five

consecutive matches in their

debut Super League season.

This was a follow-up on a

magnificent unbeaten Premier

League season in 2018.

We can never question the

pedigree of the Ncerha

Leopards playing squad or how

they go about their business.

Former Border champs or

previously dominant teams did

not rely on their development

structures to bolster their

squads, but all had a better

recruitment policy.

Ncerha Leopards have just

levelled the playing fields in that

regard. Taking permutations into

account, Ncerha Leopards must

still play Fort Hare Blues away

and Black Eagles at home.

They are both winnable

games, with a maximum of 10

points. Police must still play

WSU All Blacks, a crunch game

against Old Selbornians, Black

Eagles at home, and Fort Hare.

All four matches are like

finals and the full haul of five

points is needed.

Police have proven to be

potent on attack, having

amassed six bonus points thus

far with five coming from tries

scored, compared with three try

bonus points for Leopards.

Old Boys must still play

Police away. That match can go

a long way in deciding where

the title is heading.

If you are a betting man, at

this point, with points in the bag

and seemingly unstoppable, a

wise man would put his money

on Ncerha Leopards.

Unless, of course, if you are

aligned to Police, you will be

betting with your heart. But as it

stands, even the trusted

sangoma will inevitably throw

the bones and it will face in the

direction of Ncerha Leopards,

champions in waiting.

Both local teams plying their

trade in the Border Super and

Premier Leagues came away last

weekend with positive results in

their relegation battle.

Breakers secured a hardfought

16-15 win away against

Buffs to secure an eight-point

buffer over bottom club Black

Eagles. Breakers now have nine

points from eight matches,

while Black Eagles are on just

one point from seven matches.

Shining Stars did not take the

field against Ngculu Zebras

away, citing an unmarked field

and safety for their players due

to unfit medical equipment that

was not up to standard as

prescribed by the league.

They will collect five points

which will give them a breather,

at ninth in the Premier League

table on 10 points, four points

above Cambridge and

Evergreen and six above Ngculu

Z e b ra s .

No matches took place in

the Chris Hani District League.

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