The Rep 02 September 2022

RepFr i d ay, 2 September 2022
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Report says
EMLM has
i n c u r re d
FLOWERS AND BRIGHT COLOURS
R1.2bn debt
It’s said to be the third
municipality to have
such high number in
the the province
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
The As Is assessment report of the national
cabinet representative team has made the
shocking revelation that the Enoch Mgijima
Local Municipality had incurred R1.2bn debt on
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Celebrating spring on September 1 at the Tomorrowland Preparatory School in New Rest
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2 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: bobeloz@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 2 September 2022 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V E
QRPA experts to tackle issues
Power outages,
refuse, first on list
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
The recently appointed interim
committee of the Queenstown
R a t e p aye r s ’ Association (QRPA)
put their heads together on Wednesday
to find strategic solutions to the 27
service delivery concerns of residents.
The engagement follows a public
meeting held by the association at
Hangklip Primary School last Thursday,
which was attended by about 200
residents.
Some of the long overdue issues
were reported by residents via the
QRPA WhatsApp group, according to
Dr WP Prinsloo, who heads the
ra t e p aye r s ’ association. Prinsloo said
what had made the association
members hopeful was having co-opted
a team of experts who would serve in
an advisory capacity to tackle the
weightier matters.
The other interim committee
members are vice-chair Samantha
Alexander, secretary Dot van der Vyver
and treasurer Roddy Sutton.
The additional members include
Allister van Schoor, Onwaba Swartbooi
and Adré Bartis.
The co-opted team of experts are
André Sieberhagen, who will deal
with technical services issues, Jacques
van Zyl with finance matters, David
Thomas with legal matters, Henry van
Oosten with municipal valuations,
Kevin Louw with technology and
research, and Darryl Westran with
communication and strategic planning.
The annual general meeting will
take place this month, with the date still
to be announced.
“There are about 27 problems that
the ratepayers shared with us.
“We also did a survey which
pointed out issues people are
concerned about,” Prinsloo said.
The top issues, he said, included
constant power outages, refuse
removal, and unhappiness with
the manner in which electricity
cable fault repairs were conducted
and which blew shortly after being
attended to.
“There are a lot of people who have
stuck up their hands who are sick and
tired of the way the Enoch Mgijima
Local Municipality is running their
affairs.
“We are quite excited because
people are putting up their hands with
expert advice and knowledge,” the
ch a i r said. “These are the first three that
we will address.
“We have an expert on legal
matters, on the electrical team and an
engineer co-opted on to our committee
who is currently advising the
municipality on how to get power
resolved in Top Town,” Prinsloo said.
Out of the four cables meant to
supply Top Town, he said only one was
wo r k i n g .
“One of the QRPA members has
offered to repair the three cables that
are faulty,” Prinsloo said.
He said they had not engaged with
EMLM yet concerning the complaints,
but had sent a request to the national
cabinet representative, Dr Monde Tom.
Prinsloo said the association’s vision
was simple – to get Komani functioning
again with service delivery intact.
“We all have a right to live in this
town and to run our businesses.
“Businesses were without power for
three months after the western
substation exploded.
“It is not acceptable and it must not
be allowed to happen again.
“That is why we have these experts
on board who will do proper
inspections and advise on what needs
to be done because no maintenance
has been done on the infrastructure.”
As business people, all they wanted
was to do business harmoniously in
Komani, with services delivered.
He said the fact that garbage had
not been collected for three weeks,
along with refuse trucks that were not
licenced, was unacceptable.
This was why the association aimed
to be a pressure group for the change
residents wanted to see.
Cut costs or face administration, NCR team warns
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unauthorised, irregular wasteful
expenditure since its amalgamation in
2016. It was said to be the third
municipality to have such a high
number in the province.
NCR’s Ismail Mamooje, who deals
with finance, said before EMLM was
created the balance was R500m from
the three former municipalities in
unauthorised, fruitless and wasteful
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“From the creation of this
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He said the EMLM council had
approved the write-off of roughly
R1.4m of unauthorised, irregular,
fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
The As Is report was recently
adopted at a special council meeting,
along with its resolution and the
financial recovery plan.
Some of the report findings were
ghost employees, workers employed
without going through the human
resources system and people being
paid exorbitant amounts beyond their
job levels. Meanwhile monies meant to
service the Eskom debt were used to
pay salaries.
Mamooje said the municipality had
no money to pay its R700m Eskom debt
and was running the risk of the power
utility rationing the electricity. One of
the solutions for the debt, Mamooje
said, was that the Treasury may hold a
portion of EMLM’s equitable share and
pay it directly to Eskom.
“You really have to start with the
basics. We are here to support the
municipality. Let us try to help you
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He said if the NCR did not get it
right or gain support from the council
to do its job, the next step would be for
the council to be dissolved and have a
full-time administrator.
Vuyo Zitumane, who is in charge of
governance, said: “I hope the R1.2bn
disclosure has shocked you and I hope
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NCR TEAM: The national cabinet representative (NCR) team after tabling
their report at the As Is assessment recently at the Enoch Mgijima Local
Municipality special council meeting. Front, from left, Vuyo Zitumane, NCR
Dr Monde Tom, EMLM mayor Thembeka Bunu and Pankie Matomela from
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that it has provoked some
consciousness of enforcing
accountability. You are a small
municipality in the province and you
are the third to have a significant
magnitude of non-compliant
expenditure. It is a disgrace and
collectively with management it cannot
be. I think there must be a reduction.”
She said they had recommended a
consequence management framework
to be developed, adding that in the
Western Cape about 60% of
municipalities had clean audits from
exercising excellent practice.
Zitumane said there was not a
single finding that there was anything
stopping EMLM from doing the same.
“They have adopted a culture of
compliance and institutionalising
consequence management. If you
transgress there are consequences.
“Municipal manager consequence
management has to be institutionalised
because at the end of the day the buck
stops with you. People must account
for transgressions.”
According to her they had
suggested that in the performance
agreement there must be a sign of
improved governance.
For the huge salary bill they
recommended a Denovo
organisational structure to be
developed as soon as possible.
Among the resolutions was that a
job evaluation policy must be
developed to address and correct
anomalies in salaries as well as the
freezing of salaries.
She said the financial state of the
municipality did not allow for salary
increases. The municipality, supported
by national and provincial co-operative
governance and traditional affairs and
the South African Local Government
Association with the NCR, must apply
for an exemption through arbitration
from paying R4.9 salary increase due to
already over-inflated salaries.
“There is no budget to pay salaries.
You are using Eskom money which is
theft of the power utility’s money. All
ghost employees will be suspended
from the payroll by August.
“We received a complaint from the
HR department of workers who were
employed without the HR processes
and as a result we could not even get
their files.”

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4 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: bobeloz@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 2 September 2022 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V E
Improved services ahead for EMLM
New trucks to
see power cuts
fixed sooner
ABONGILE
S O L U N D WA N A
Newly purchased crane
and cherry picker trucks
worth R2.5m are set to
bring i m p r ove d service delivery
in Komani and its surrounding
areas.
The municipality has been
struggling to serve communities
without the essential trucks,
causing frustration among
residents.
The four-tonne cherry picker
will be used for tree felling and
electrical purposes, including
maintaining street lights.
It will be stationed at the
technical services department.
The crane truck will be used
for installing poles for
transformers and ferrying
stormwater pipes. EMLM mayor
Thembeka Bunu believes the
purchase of the new fleet will
result in improved service
delivery and less community
protests over prolonged power
maintenance issues that have
plagued the community.
She was certain p ow e r
outages could now be attended
to more speedily.
“We are very happy as a
municipality. There is light and
hope in our town and its
surrounding areas,” Bunu said.
“People will be able to see
and criminals will be exposed.
“I am sure the unrest will
also subside, because we were
facing a lot of that.
“We know Enoch Mgijima is
under financial constraints. Our
directors, through the CFO,
made sure money was set aside
from the municipality’s funds.”
Technical services portfolio
head Mhlangabezi Mangcotywa
extended gratitude to Chris Hani
District Municipality for lending
a hand when the municipality
did not have a crane truck. He
said: “The two trucks will
service the 34 wards in Enoch
Mgijima Local Municipality.
“We also plan to get trackers
installed in them for security
purposes as it would really
place us at great disadvantage if
something were to happen to
the trucks.”
Technical services director
Zwelethemba Nkosinkulu said
the trucks would be used in the
upcoming installation of street
lights.
Queenstown Ratepayers’
Association chair WP Prinsloo
said the new fleet were
desperately needed as the
municipality’s one cherry picker
truck was either always broken
or being used.
“We just hope the operators
will be trained properly to work
well with the trucks. The crane
truck will help a lot in clearing
trees – a long-standing problem
– away from the power lines so
when the wind blows the power
does not go off,” he said.
FLEET HANDOVER: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality officials take delivery of the crane and
cherry picker trucks after purchase from local car dealership Jackson’s, in Komani, on Monday.
They are, from left, intergrated planning and economic development’s Sakhile Mvana, technical
services portfolio head Mhlangabaezi Mangcotywa, mayor Thembeka Bunu, Jackson’s dealer
principal Patrick Casey, truck service advisor Debbie Bradfield, public safety portfolio
head Zukiswa Ralani, acting municipal manager and CFO Paul Mahlasela, technical services
director Zwelethemba Nkosinkulu and fleet manager Xola Mtati Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
EYE CARE: Nontuthuzelo Mhlana has her eyes tested before
receiving her glasses from final-year optometry student at
Limpopo University, Chikara Tawaka, at the Phelophepa
Healthcare Train Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
Long queues, and
opportunities, at
Phelophepha train
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
ADDRESSING CHALLENGES: Provincial nurses’ union, United Nurses Trade Union of SA (Untusa), was launched recently
at the Thobi Kula Indoor Sports Centre Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO
Newly launched union brings hope
to ‘neglected’ nurses, says chair
ZINTLE BOBELO
When workers are united,
they are able to speak with
one voice.
These sentiments were
shared by South African
Federation of Trade Unions
(Saftu) national president Ruth
Ntlokotse, who attended the
launch of the newly
established nurses’ union, the
United Nurses Trade Union of
SA (Untusa).
Ntlokotse said it had
always been Saftu’s mission
that workers organised
themselves, and it was proud
of the new formation.
“I think in the recent past
we have been given statistics
that more than 77% of
workers were not organised.
❝ Nothing is more
painful than
knowing that people
are being neglected
while there are
existing leaders.
“As Saftu organises
informal sectors, this day is
very important to us.
“It is a significant and
historical day for workers to
unite and eventually decide
that they are forming a union.
We saw how the unity of
workers can do so many
t h i n g s .”
At the launch, held at the
Thobi Kula Indoor Sports
Centre on Friday, Untusa chair
Linamandla Malindi said
registered membership was at
2,938, adding that the union
was established after nursing
staff felt their challenges were
not being addressed.
“This union is bringing
hope to all nursing staff who
had lost hope in their
respective fields,” Malindi
said.
“Our government is not
delivering what it is supposed
to and we have come to
realise that some existing
unions are working closely
with the government which is
detrimental to us as nursing
staff and we find ourselves
victims of exploitation
because no-one is
representing us.
“Untusa is here to fight
such things and to represent
the nurses.”
Deputy secretary Sabelo
Matiwane said: “Nothing is
more painful than knowing
that people are being
neglected while there are
existing leaders.
“To have leaders who are
unable to lead does not help
the cause.
“This union was formed to
help our children and our
parents who are currently
faced with problems in the
nursing work space.”
Chris Hani District residents flocked to receive healthcare services from
the Phelophepha Train 2, with the chance to get spectacles at only R30
a pair for the two-week duration the train was in Komani station.
The train also presented an economic opportunity for street vendors
who sold food in the area. Meanwhile, local youths benefited by
receiving temporary jobs at the train’s four clinics and programmes.
Residents who came from Cacadu, Cofimvaba, Tsomo, Tentergate
and Mitford for eye consultations slept just outside the station entrance
from when it arrived last Sunday when the list of names climbed to
more than 200.
Mshiywa Speelman, 78, from Mitford, had hired transportation with
other community members to get to the station on Sunday.
He said: “I have been living without glasses for six years and had to
spend the night here on Sunday. But because I was number 91 on the
list, I had to spend a second night, because the train only
accommodated 90 people at the eye clinic on the first day.”
Rosilina Hayi of Mlungisi, who was waiting in the queue for
assistance, said she had gone home without receiving glasses the last
time the train was in Komani.
Noluthando Koyi from Ezibeleni, who was there for the first time,
said: “I will be number six on Tuesday. We froze while we were
sleeping here overnight. If we do not sleep here again our names will
be scrapped and replaced with someone else.”
Acting train manager and physiological clinic manager Nomni
Pukwana said the eye clinic ran tests for eye problems and people were
provided with glasses, but in severe cases patients were referred to local
hospitals for further assistance. She said the number of people accepted
at the eye clinic would be raised from 90 to 130.
The dental services is the second-most demanded service for tooth
extractions, fillings, scaling and cleaning services. On Monday 65
patients were attended to.
The health clinic was also available, along with psychological
counselling, to assist those who were struggling with mental health
issues such as anxiety, trauma and depression.
“To reach larger numbers we do outreach programmes for schools,
to see if pupils and teachers are well and if they have any psychological
issues that they are struggling with,” Pukwana said.

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Community joins up to revamp home
Businesses, residents donate, raise funds to give Huis John Vorster for the elderly a facelift
THANK YOU:
Melony
Engelbrecht, left,
Sr Dolly Sylvester
from John Vorster
and Elaine Bester
in the repainted
and revamped
sunroom in the frail
care section of
John Vorster
Home in
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Well done to the Weshof
and Westbourne
communities for
getting paint donated by a local
business so they were able to
continue with upgrading Huis
John Vorster for the elderly.
Phase one of their project
involved a community meeting
and seeking donations, and
phase two included fixing and
painting the lovely bright and
airy sunroom in the frail care
section.
The sunroom’s chairs were
recovered by a local business at a
discounted price, with the funds
donated by the Weshof and
Westbourne community.
The curtains were also
donated by a local business.
The decorating was done by
Elaine Bester and Melony and
Riaan Engelbrecht, who helped
tremendously with everything on
S a t u r d ay.
Now they are planning phase
three of upgrading the facility,
which involves refurnishing the
frail care bedrooms.
This will depend on
donations because curtains, as
well as netting curtains, and
bedding are needed.
It is amazing to see how in
many other small towns across
SA people are coming to the
party to help.
Come on Komani and all the
different fundraising bodies, let
us dig a little deeper and help
those who are working hard to
improve things for the elderly in
our town.
Does anyone have a secondhand
water dispenser that you
would be happy to donate to the
John Vorster Home? It would be
greatly appreciated.
If you are able to donate
anything towards refurbishing the
home, please contact Melony
Engelbrecht on 084-563-5563 or
Elaine Bester on 082-453-6323
or Helen Morgan on 076-044-
8958.
Being situated in Top Town, I
am happy to collect donations of
items or for people to drop them
off at my house, at 66 Berry
Street.
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SCOUTS HONOUR: Thozama Spelman, a former girl scout and
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Past Girl Guides
invited to help
serve in outreach
CHUMA JONI
Local resident Thozama Spelman,
a former girl scout and member of
the Girl Guides at Woodhouse
Junior Secondary School in
Cofimvaba back in 1973, has
called on fellow scouters to meet
to prepare for an outreach event
planned for September 10.
Spelman said years ago she
had made a promise to obey the
scouts’ laws to help people in
need and serve the c o m m u n i t y.
The upcoming event will
involve providing soup and bread
as well as clothing to the needy
on September 10 at the
Sandringham sports ground, at 12
m i d d ay.
The scouts meeting, at 3pm on
September 3 at Douglas Street
near Walter Sisulu University, will
be held to prepare for the big
e ve n t .
“If you were a pupil at
Woodhouse Junior Secondary
School under the late Mgweba,
Thahla or you were at Daliwonga
Senior Secondary School under
the leadership of the late Duma
Mthombeni Rozani and you
made the above promise, you are
invited to the meeting,” she said.
“Girl Guides is about
empowering one another and
about discipline.
“In our times we were taught
how to take care of ourselves and
with the event I want to bring that
b a ck .”
For more information about
the meeting and outreach contact
Spelman on 073-648-5954.
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EDITORIAL OPINION
Heroes inspire us
to all get stuck in
It is always admirable when
community members join
forces for a common cause
and the greater good of
Komani. We cannot escape the
grim fact that this once-beloved
town has rapidly crumbled in the
hands of those in power.
With a town forever crippled
by unpalatable news headlines,
how can residents stay p o s i t ive
with continuously d e t e r i o ra t i n g
living conditions?
Well, we’ve seen residents up
in arms, taking charge, repairing
the dilapidated roads, electrical
infrastructure, embarking on
feeding scheme projects and
cleaning chunks of Komani’s
polluted areas – all from their
own pockets and precious time.
This week, a new project was
introduced by a socially driven
community member Edward
Cameron Peverett, who believes
in taking personal and collective
responsibility towards the change
we all want to see, (see story on
page 3). Disheartened by the state
of affairs in his home town since
his latest return, he could not sit
back, but instead took initiative.
His concept of taking care of
our environment is dedicating
two or so hours of your time,
wherever you are located, to
clean up whatever you can to
achieve a sustained, conducive
and safe environment for all.
Approaching the schools was
a strong headstart and the p o s i t ive
reception from scores of residents
on the first day of the campaign’s
inception at a much-used local
sports facility was pleasing to see.
Also to be lauded are the
efforts of Simamkele “Wa s t e
Punisher” Vanqa and Simon “Th e
Dirt Hunter” Mpela, who have
been cleaning the town as part of
their Clean Queenstown initiative
without expecting anything in
return except support from locals.
Let’s all make a difference.
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Festive birthday wishes to Jonette Kent, Peter Schnehage, Leon Wassung,
Caroline Bubb, Brandon Boucher, Herman Marais, Liyakhanya Rasmeni,
Ethwill Manel and Jean Symons (September 2), Liam Kotze (September 3),
Donne de Villiers, Everard Fourie, Logan Passmore, Sisipho Goniwe, Trudie
Stone, Cheryl Potgieter, Lance de Klerk, Melissa Hughes, Kiewiet Fourie,
Peter Adonis, Lerato Meleni, Ilse Bingle and Sphokazi Solani (September 4),
Edith Basela, Charl Botha, Delene Wind, Lauren Andrews, Jeandre
Constable, Bradley Stewart, Dave Landberg, Celeste Barnard and Avumile
Luwaca (September 5), Lelani van Gass, Wendy Baillie, Mike Strydom,
Linda van der Westhuyzen, Sarah van Straaten, Morne du Plessis, Andre
Botha, Petronella Waters and Pheli Matiwane (September 6), Cherie Webb,
Nianie Langhein, Colin Hartley, Elizabeth Beukes, Gina Jackson, Sally-Ann
Rooy, Tracy Phillips, Stewart Molony and Kyle Plaatjies (September 7),
Lexie Millar, Mary-Ann Clark, Tando Ncise, Nomfundo Bolotina, Stephen
Goosen, Rozen Smith, Frederik Wille, Innocent Ndou, TJ Harvey and
Zizipho Hobo (September 8), Julie Bolze (September 9), Chantel Visser
(September 11) Bob Hodgskiss, Leane Nel, Rocco Jackson, Michael
Tsuluka, Lynette Hood, Gail Lucas, Brad Cartwright, Robyn Siloan, Charl
Wentzel and Siyolo Qaqambile Makaula (September 12), Zanda-Lee
Beyleveld, Alviron Smith, Bertie Nagel, Mavery Basson, Danie Schenk,
Tehere Hartley and Zintatu Sigenu (September 13), and Velona Smith,
Emihle Mbambiso, Mariette le Roux, Deirdre Adams, Leon Smith, Philip
Prinsloo, Hylton de Bruin, Travis Brown, Nikiwe Mbele and Velda Baxter
(September 14).
BLANKET OF SNOW
FROZEN WORLD: A picture taken at the Winterberg Gardens outside Tarkastad amid blistering cold weather conditions
this week Picture: SUPPLIED
FACE 2 FACE with
QWhat do you like about
being a librarian?
A: I love being a librarian
because I find pleasure in
being a part of the unique
sense of comfort the library
provides. I also love it
because I have the power to
be the doctor of knowledge,
to share the information with
all people, to push them to
study or read more.
Q: What is the most
important thing you have
learnt in your career?
A: What I have learnt over the
years in this career is being
patient with people and
always smiling while dealing
with different people with
different attitudes. As a public
servant I have to remain calm
and friendly and always
accommodate different
personalities.
Q: What is your favourite
literature genre, why and
what book are you reading?
A: I do not read fiction books,
maybe I should in the future. I
am always on self-help books,
autobiographies, inspirational
books and so forth. Basically I
dwell more on books that are
about facts. My current and
all-time favourite book is As a
Man Thinketh written by
James Allen.
Q:When you think about
spring, what comes to mind?
/ Thuli Dangazele l i b ra r i a n
A: For me when spring pops
up it basically means we get
another chance to blossom,
unfold or develop into
something our hearts desire. It
is a season to be reborn, be
happy and be cheerful.
Q Define your fashion sense?
A: I like to feel comfortable in
what I wear daily. I would say
I have a very modern, chic yet
minimalist style, be it in my
house or how I dress. But
comfort is where it is at, for
me.
Q: Where did you grow up,
and what is your favourite
childhood memory?
A: I grew up in Elliotdale. One
of my favourite childhood
memories was playing a lot or
basically being an active child
in my family.
Q: How do you relax?
A: How I relax on a daily
basis is by practising mindful
meditation, journaling my
thoughts and listening to
soothing music and taking
long baths.
Q: What is your favourite
motto?
A: Whatever the mind of man
can conceive and bring
themselves to believe, you
can achieve.
Q: Your favourite quote?
A: Trust the process always.
Belated birthday to Namhla Mgidlana
Condolences are extended to the families and friends of Siphelele Dastile,
Felecia Hughes, Monwabisi Khatshwa, Gregory Lentoor, Nomha Ntantiso,
Gwebinkundla Lolwana, Nomaphelo Frantz, Loyiso Ngodwane, Qabukile
Bizwaphi, Mamathe Mpaqa, Lumkwana Mathebe, Sindiswa Dyani-Skepe,
Sonwabile Joja, Nosipho Mcwabeni and Nwabisa Thandathu.
KOMANI WEATHER
YO U R VOICE opinions on the street
What do you think about…
After the icy cold days we
experienced earlier this week, we
are in for a decidedly warmer
weekend.
Friday will start off at a very
civilised 14°C, with the maximum
going up to a hot 28°C.
It will be cloudy and there will
be a moderate breeze.
The wind will persist on
Saturday (we are just out of August,
remember), however, it will be
mostly sunny.
The minimum temperature will
be 8°C and the maximum a hot
27°C.
Sunday will not quite be the
perfect one for a braai as it will be
cloudy and the wind will be strong,
but no doubt the diehards will light
a fire anyway.
The minimum temperature will
be 9°C and the maximum 23°C.
After the warmer weekend, it
seems the temperatures will revert
to really chilly again at the
beginning of next week.-
w w w. a c c u w e a t h e r. c o . z a
What are you doing for Komani?
Send us your story via WhatsApp on 073-025-2220 and
we will publish it.
It can be a cleaning campaign or pothole repair project.
LAETITIA
NEL
As we are in the month
of September, The Rep
intern, Chuma Joni,
took to the streets of
Komani to ask locals
what they looked
forward to in spring.
Laetitia Nel
from Komani
The flowers blooming,
S Y LV I A
MABOVU
the weather heating
up, everybody seems to
be happier in spring
than they are in winter.
Sylvia Mabovu
from Unifound
I love flowers, trees and
the colourful birds.
Mood and nature
changes everything
LELETHU
S K W E Y I YA
and it gets fine,
everything being so
bright.
Lelethu Skweyiya
from Ezibeleni
I like the blossoming
flowers and how
people are vibrant and
active and how it
brings out joy. You get
ANELE
DYONASE
to see people being
h a p py.
Anele Dyonase
from Sandringham
I love nature and how
people dress nicely in
colourful colours.
The popping trees,
the green grass with
nice flowers.
Q H AW E K A Z I
THELEKISO
Qhawekazi Thelekiso
from Whittlesea
The temperature gets
warmer, so that is quite
nice and the flowers
are in bloom.
Spring is a good
time to do things
outside.
And to enjoy the
longer evenings.

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POETRY AWARD
Look after environment so
it can take care of us
WELL DONE: Malica Mcpherson, with Royal Capital school
deputy-principal Isaac Spogter after receiving a platinum
award for poetry at the recently held Queenstown Eisteddfod
Picture: SUPPLIED
Yesterday marked the official beginning
of spring, but judging by the weather
outside you would not think so.
If one has been following the
weather patterns in the last few years,
one would have noticed that the warm
weather does not come at the months it
usually did.
For instance, we now get snow in
August and the wind we used to get in
July and August is seemingly not a
feature any more.
I have read a lot on climate change
and how the cold days will become
colder and hot ones will become even
hotter as the years go by.
Climate change, throughout the
earth’s history, has happened at glacial
pace. For it to change, it usually took
generations and even hundreds of years
, but these days we are seeing major
changes happening within a lifetime.
At this pace, we will see a totally
different world within our children’s
lifetime.
Many reasons have been advanced
for climate change and I will not bore
you with a long list of the causes, but
suffice to say our behaviour as human
beings has a lot to do with it.
This reminds me of our school days
back in the ‘80s and ‘70s when we
would have an Arbor Day, dedicating
the day to planting trees in our school
grounds and have people giving talks on
the environment and how we should
preserve it.
IN TOUCH
Phumelele P Hlati
September 1-7 is designated as
Arbor Week in our country. The
department of agriculture, forestry and
fisheries (DAFF) is responsible for the
Arbor Week campaign, or at least that is
what it says on its website.
It states: “Greening refers to an
integrated approach to the planting,
care and management of all vegetation
in urban and rural areas.”
What is interesting is that the
department stresses that this “greening”
should take place in towns, townships
and informal settlements “specifically
because in the past the latter mentioned
areas were disadvantaged in terms of
planning for parks as well as tree
planting in streets and open spaces”.
I would challenge you to go outside
in the area in which you live, which has
been established in the past 20-30
years, and tell me what you see. Have
you seen any such “greening”
campaigns in your area by the
department or municipality?
This part of the mandate of the
municipality has long been abandoned,
it seems to n e ve r factor in the
environment planning a new
settlement.
There are no parks and no attempt to
even designate one with all the
accompanying greenery that is
n e c e s s a r y.
Where I live, there is none
whatsoever and no attempt to create
one.
Do they still cut trees and grass in
the suburbs where there are trees in the
streets and open areas?
If they are not doing enough of these
things then what are the workers at
parks departments doing every day?
Is there a plan to revamp these
departments to start fulfilling their
mandates in the municipalities?
Perhaps we are not human enough
to them to get all these “nice” things.
Anyway, why would they even
attempt to do these “nice” things when
they fail their core functions like picking
up rubbish and keeping sewage a w ay
from our streets and yards?
If we fail to do the “small” things, we
will definitely fail to do the “big” ones.
We have to start looking after our
environment so that it, in turn, looks
after us. Plant a tree to save the planet.
Social club to hold its first
Imbizo, elect committee
REP REPORTER
The Komani Brentwood social club, which was founded on August
6 by Dan Simons, will be hosting its first Imbizo on Saturday at Jazz
Town Club at 2pm.
The social club is a non-profit organisation aimed at helping
struggling families through donations and initiatives in the form of a
soup kitchen. The club currently has 40 members and hopes to
expand in the near future.
“We know there are many people who are unemployed. We
would like the club to grow bigger and better so we can try and
supply schools with sanitary towels for girls, and we say no to
gender-based violence,”said Simons.
A leadership committee is scheduled to be elected, and all
members and those interested in joining can contact Simons on
063-282-1507.
LOOKING COLOURFUL
TOURISM SAVVY: King Sambu awards students who received certificates after embarking on a tourism excursion in
Emalahleni recently Picture: SUPPLIED
Use Xonxa to creat jobs: expert
BIG SMILES: Tomorrowland Preparatory School pupils all
dressed up with their teachers this week to recognise the
month of spring Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
An Emalahleni man who knows his way
around tourism has shared his vision about
what could be done to create jobs by
making use of the Xonxa Dam.
King Sambu has offered to mentor
tourism students to understand the
practical side of the industry.
He said he had gained his expert
knowledge about tourism after serving in
the sector for 28 years as a tour operator
and later becoming a tour guide.
The fact that Sambu’s company, SK
Tours and Transfers, which operated in
Johannesburg, took a hard knock from the
pandemic has by no means blurred his
vision of the industry. Instead, moving back
to Cacadu has made him identify the gaps
in his own soil.
After taking the time to view Xonxa
Dam, he said he did not see the need for
people to drive all the way to East London
to the sea. “Xonxa Dam holds the riches of
Emalahleni. With a dam like this at our
disposal there is no-one who should have
to travel to East London to have fun. The
dam should be turned into a tourist
attraction. The dam has fish.”
Sambu said he recently engaged with
someone in the fishing department in
Pretoria who had requested a picture of the
Xonxa Dam.
“He said he would come to do
research. He wants to try to establish what
type of fish are in the dam. There is a lot
that can be done with the dam. There were
chalets built which were vandalised. I think
the government failed to explain to the
people about the importance of the place
to their economy.”
But with investors getting on board, he
believed the place could be renovated
again.
“When I got back to Chris Hani I
noticed that people from the rural areas
were not that well equipped about tourism,
yet there is plenty. The Eastern Cape
Province is very rich.
He felt that tourism students and pupils
from schools were not exposed to the way
the industry functioned in real life.
“This makes students uncertain about
tourism as a career to follow. I recently
took Ikhala TVET College students from
Queen Nonesi Campus to the Dubeni
Waterfalls in Emalahleni and they were
excited and began to show interest in the
s e c t o r.
“My aim was to get their minds to open
where I only spoke the tourism language,
placing emphasis on its importance. The
students said they had never received such
exposure before.”
He said he also took them to the caves
which have ancient rock paintings in
Emalahleni. On his next expedition, he
says he will be taking them on a hiking trip
in Nonesi.

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FLUSK
DONOVAN & HAZEL
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
50 GOLDEN YEARS OF UNION!
It’s time to look back and cherish the blessed
moments of your togetherness.
May this bond of love last till eternity.
Happy 50th anniversary.
From your children, grandchildren
and great grandchild.
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BEJE
ZWELEDINGA
ARNOLD
Late of Slovo
Farm, McBride,
Komani District
Born: 01.02.1955
Died: 26.08.2022
Funeral: Saturday
03.09.2022
Thence to the
Thornhill Cemetery,
McBride for an early
burial at 7am,
followed by a service
at home 10am
LALA NGOXOLO
NTETHE MNTAMBO
CIMBITHI
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
GWEBANI
NOMATEMA
STELLA
Born: 1940.08.22
Died: 2022.08.26
Funeral: 2022.09.04
(Sunday)
Address: 886 Pambo
Street, Mungisi
(Queenstown)
Venue: African Church
next to Mlungisi
Staduim (Queenstown)
Time: 10H00-12H00
Interment: Mlungisi
Cemetery
Lala Ngoxolo
Mamthembu, Qudeni
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DYWILLI
THOZA
ERIC
Late of
3307 Castro Street,
Unifound,
Komani
Born: 29.01.1955
Died: 23.08.2022
Funeral:
Sunday 04.09.2022
Thence to the Komani
Town Cemetery for an
early burial at 9am,
followed by a service
at home at 10am
LALA NGOXOLO
NALA NONDOKOSE
RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
MGCA
LINDA JOHN
Born: 1943-01-11
Died: 2022-08-19
Funeral: 2022-09-03
(Saturday)
Address: 1143 Zone
1, Ezibeleni , Komani
Venue: At home
Time:
09H00-11H00
Interment:
Lukhanji Cemetery
Phumla Ngoxolo
BANDLA
FELIX
Late of
Upper Zangqokwe,
Whittlesea District
Born: 21.06.1960
Died: 17.08.2022
Funeral:
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home
at 10am
Thence to the Upper
Zangqokwe Cemetery,
Whittlesea for the
Interment at 1pm
LALA NGOXOLO
BHELE
RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
GXABA
THANDEKILE
ELVIS
Late of
Room 4364,
Jamestown,
Ilinge
Born: 08.12.1957
Died: 23.08.2022
Funeral:
Saturday 03.09.2022
Thence to the
Machibini Cemetery
for an early burial at
9am,
followed by a service
at home at 10am
LALA NGOXOLO
MFENE LISA
JAMBASE
RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
PITYANA –
SIYASI
ZOLISWA
Late of
7722 New Houses,
Nomzamo,
Mlungisi,
Komani
Born: 15.12.1975
Died: 24.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
(Church of The Sea
in Zion)
Thence to the Komani
Town Cemetery
for the Interment at
1pm
LALA NGOXOLO
MAMSUKWINI
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
TIESANG
SAKILE
JOHN
Late of
Q68 Nontshulwana
Street,
Zwelitsha,
Mlungisi,
Komani
Born: 14.04.1990
Died: 21.08.2022
Funeral;
Sunday 04.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
Thence to the
Mlungisi Cemetery
for the Interment at
12 noon
LALA NGOXOLO
MQOCO JOJO
TIYEKA MABOMBO
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
Contact Charodine or Mavis on 045 839 4040
TYATYEKA
MALIXOLE
CEDRIC
Late of
1102 Cookhouse,
Ilinge,
Komani District
Born: 13.03.1978
Died: 21.08.2022
Funeral;
Sunday 04.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
(The Old Babylon
Church in Zion)
Thence to the New
Ilinge Cemetery
for the Interment at
12 noon
LALA NGOXOLO
MVUNDLE MSUTHU
BHAYI KHETSHA
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
TYOKWANA
LINDELWA
Late of
Emkhonjane,
Bholotwa,
Lady Frere District
Born: 19.12.1990
Died: 20.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
Thence to the
Emkhonjane
Cemetery,
Bholotwa for the
Interment at 13:30
LALA NGOXOLO
MADLOMO
YEM-YEM
NGOQOLOMSILA
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
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YAWA
MIRRIAM
Late of
3116 Zwide
Ilinge,
Komani District
Born: 06.06.1951
Died: 26.08.2022
Funeral;
Sunday 04.09.2022
Starting at home
then to the
Uniting Dutch
Reformed Church,
Ilinge for a service
at 10am
The cortege will
proceed to the
New Ilinge
Cemetery for the
Interment at 12:30
LALA NGOXOLO
MAMQWATHI
NZOLO DIKELA
NONI
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
JEGELS
MICHAEL
Late of
Tyutyutyu,
Machibini,
Lady Frere District
Born: 15.10.1959
Died: 18.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
(Anglican Church)
Thence to the
Machibini Cemetery,
Lady Frere for the
Interment at 12 noon
SADLY MISSED
AND DEEPLY
MOURNED BY HIS
LOVING CHILDREN,
GRANDCHILDREN,
SISTERS, FAMILY
AND FRIENDS
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
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MBALI
NONTSINGISELO
Late of
Bozwana,
Lady Frere District
Born: 15.02.1990
Died: 23.08.2022
Funeral:
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
Thence to the
Bozwana Cemetery,
Lady Frere for the
Interment at 13:30
LALA NGOXOLO
MAGXARHA
VAMBANE
RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
MDODANA
NO-ANSALA
Late of
Emcwangele,
Buffeldorings,
Lady Frere District
Born: 15.07.1930
Died: 21.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
(United Methodist
Church of S.A.)
Thence to the
Emcwangele
Cemetery,
Buffeldorings for the
Interment at 1pm
LALA NGOXOLO
MAMYIRHA MZONDI
ZIYEKA
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
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MGIJIMA
SIPHO
SAMUEL
Late of
Ntabelanga,
Whittlesea District
Born: 30.09.1978
Died: 23.08.2022
Funeral:
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
9am, (Roman Catholic
Church)
Thence to the
Ntabelanga Cemetery,
Whittlesea District for
the Interment at 12:30
LALA NGOXOLO
MSHENGU
SHABALALA DONGA
LIKA MAVUSO
RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
MPINI
NOLIST
NOPAMBILI
Late of
3119 Zwide,
Ilinge,
Komani District
Born: 07.06.1940
Died: 21.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home
at 10am
(Thembu Church
in Zion)
Thence to the Old
Ilinge Cemetery
for the Interment
at 12:30
LALA NGOXOLO
JOLA QENGEBA
MPHANKOMO
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
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DUKU
NOBATHINI
CATHERINE
Late of
Ngonyama,
Vaalbank,
Lady Frere District
Born: 12.06.1958
Died: 23.08.2022
Funeral:
Saturday 03.09.2022
Thence to the
Ngonyama Cemetery,
Vaalbank for an early
burial at 9am,
followed by a service
at home 10am
MQIKELA
NOKUPHUMLA
EUNICE
BORN: 1942-08-26
DIED: 2022-08-18
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Sartuday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
be held at home
at Dophu location
Mtsheko A/A
Cacadu district
at 09:00am
Cemetery:
Dophu
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA
NGOXOLO
RALANE
NOLINOTHI
CONSTANCE
BORN: 1958-07-21
DIED: 2022-08-20
FUNERAL: 2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE: Funeral service
will be held at home
at Upper Ngonyama
location Vaalbank A/A
Cacadu district
at 09:00am
CEMETERY:
Upper Ngonyama
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
MaMqwambe
SILIMENI
MONWABISI
BORN: 1944-11-08
DIED: 2022-08-20
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Sartuday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
be held at home at
Mthonjeni location
Bengu A/A Cacadu
district
at 09:00am
CEMETERY:
Mthonjeni
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
Ngconde
MBAM
THOZAMA
CODELIA
BORN: 1963-02-09
DIED: 2022-08-19
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will be
held at home at Dratini
location Zwartwater
A/A Cacadu district
at 09:00am
Cemetery:
Dratini
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
Mzima
NQABALA
NOPASILE
MOBIE
BORN: 1947-08-14
DIED: 2022-08-16
FUNERAL: 2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE: Funeral service
will be held at home
at Panatyiphu location
Mbewuleni A/A Cala
district at 09:00am
CEMETERY:
Panatyiphu
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
MaMzondi
KLAAS
LINDIWE
PATRICIA
BORN: 1966-09-08
DIED: 2022-08-28
FUNERAL: 2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE: Funeral service
will start at home at
No.1418 zone 1 Ezibeleni
location Komani at
08H00 then move to the
Ezibeleni community hall
at Zone 3 for a service at
10:00am followed by a
cremation service on the
following day at
East London
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
MaBhayi
PANYA
NOSE SAMUEL
BORN: 1932-10-12
DIED: 2022-08-25
FUNERAL: 2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE: Funeral service
will start at home at 311
Zone 2 Ezibeleni location
Komani at 06H30, then
move to John Wesley
Methodist Church
Zone 1 Ezibeleni for
the service at 09H00
Thence to Komani
Town cemetery for the
interment at 11H00
PHUMLA NGOXOLO
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LALA NGOXOLO
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RUSSELL AND SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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ZWENI
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Late of
Agnes Rest,
Mgqukwebe,
Lady Frere District
Born: 01.09.1948
Died: 21.08.2022
Funeral;
Saturday 03.09.2022
Starting at home at
10am
Thence to the Agnes
Rest Cemetery,
Mgqukwebe for the
Interment at 12:30
LALA NGOXOLO
MBATHANE
MATSHAYA
MKHUMA XESIBE
RUSSELL & SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Tel. 045 839 4012
DILA
OLIFANT
BORN: 1941-03-04
DIED: 2022-08-19
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE: Funeral
service will be held at
home at Xonxa village
Cacadu district at
09:00am
CEMETERY:
Xonxa
TIME: 12:00 am
PHUMLA
NGOXOLO
KOMANI AVBOB
FUNERAL SERVICES
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QUEENSTOWN
Tel: 045 838 2771
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QUEENSTOWN
Tel: 045 838 2771
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DYANI
NEZISWA
BORN: 1979-09-19
DIED: 2022-08-18
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
be held at home at
Nkwanca location
Machibini A/A
Cacadu district
at 09:00am
Cemetery:
Nkwanca
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA
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ZALI
SIBONGILE
BORN: 1965-09-22
DIED: 2022-08-22
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Sartuday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
be held at home at
Jojweni location
Lower Ncorha A/A
at 09:00am
Cemetery:
Jojweni
TIME:
12:00 am
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CUMAKALA
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BORN: 1952-06-26
DIED: 2022-08-21
FUNERAL:
2022-09-04
(Sunday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
be held at home
at No. 4548 Kapa
location Ilinge
Township
at 09:00am
Cemetery:
Ilinge
TIME:
12:00 am
PHUMLA
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DIED: 2022-08-22
FUNERAL:
2022-09-03
(Saturday)
VENUE:
Funeral service will
start at home at No.
45 Gqoboza street
zone 1 Ezibeleni
location Komani at
08:00am then move
to the Ezibeleni
commuity hall at
Zone 1 for a service
at 09H00, the
cortege will proceed
to the Komani Town
cemetery for the
interment at 12H00
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BORN: 1949-07-17
DIED: 2022-08-24
FUNERAL:
2022-09-04
(Sunday)
VENUE:
Funeral service
will start at home
at No. 1711
Zone 2 Ezibeleni
location Komani at
07:00am then move
to the Ezibeleni
community hall at
Zone 3 for a service
at 10H00
The cortege
will proceed to
the Ndlovukazi
cemetery for the
interment at 12H00
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Komani clean-up kicks off
Residents get together
in collective effort to
improve surroundings
ZINTLE BOBELO
Buses full of scholars and community
members arrived at the squalid Dumpy
Adams Sports Complex on Wednesday
evening on the first official day of a clean-up
campaign which focused on creating a conducive
environment for all.
Project instigator and concerned resident
Edward Cameron Peverett, who recently came
back to Komani from Johannesburg and Cape
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Town, was neither impressed nor pleased with the
current state of his home town.
After spending some time doing a bit of
research and engaging with community members
and school structures, the idea to have a clean-up
campaign as one of the many projects that he
plans to spearhead was a great start.
Every evening from 5pm to 7pm, a group of
community members will dedicate their time and
gather to clean up areas of Komani and surrounds
until September 23. For the initiative to gain
momentum, a call has been extended to the public
to be a part of this noble cause. Several community
members braved the freezing weather conditions
this week to take part in this environmental
initiative, an impressive start to the campaign.
“After all of the conversations I had, I realised
that we were lacking a lot of hope. Water and
electricity services are not being delivered on time
and sometimes for months on end. People are
starting to lose faith and hope for a better future for
t h e m s e l ve s .
“Everybody agrees that the state of Komani is
not ideal and the lack of Ubuntu (humanity) is also
something that pains a lot of people. I thought of
something that we can all be a part of, something
that is relatively inexpensive and that was to just
clean our town.”
Peverett said it was all about taking personal
and collective responsibility. “Yes there are a lot of
dumping sites because of a lack of service delivery.
On the other hand, as residents we are the ones
doing the dumping. If we are all in it together, that
collective responsibility will take us a lot further
than each of us trying with our own strength.”
With Heritage Day around the corner, Peverett
said people would have more reason to celebrate.
“We are also hoping that during the course of
the clean-up, we will start gathering as a
community and have conversations on how we
can use the spaces that we have productively.”
Peverett was joined by his family, neighbours,
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
Queenstown Education Foundation
(QEF) affiliate schools received
R132,000 worth of bursaries,
courtesy of the 1965 Ride for
Education – an annual tour that sees
cyclists tackling 850km between
Johannesburg and Komani to raise
funds for disadvantaged pupils.
The QEF bursary committee,
comprised of its member schools’
principals, adjudicates all
applications for 1965 Ride bursaries.
The schools include Queen’s
College Boys’ High School, Queen’s
College Boys’ Primary School,
Queenstown Girls’ High School,
Balmoral Girls’ High School,
Hoërskool Hangklip and Laerskool
Hangklip, Southbourne Primary, as
well as Get Ahead Project’s three
schools situated in Komani and
Whittlesea.
The annual 1965 Ride for
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READY FOR WORK: At the launch of the Clean Komani campaign which kicked off at the
Dumpy Adams Sports Complex on Wednesday evening were Queen’s College pupils, from left,
Siyanqoba Madzidzela, Itha Mbulana and Sinelizwi Deleki Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO
the heads of schools, the community of Ezibeleni
and other areas who all had the same vision for a
cleaner Komani.
Queen’s College cricket professional Rowen
Richards said: “At Queen’s College, it is in our
DNA to make a difference in our community and
the larger part of Komani. We brought three buses
full of boys as we had to come out in numbers.”
Ezibeleni resident Xolani Ngxathu said: “We do
underprivileged backgrounds. QEF
GM Jacqueline Wijtenburg said the
foundation used the bursaries to
retain pupils whose parents were
struggling financially to keep them in
s ch o o l .
QEF was established in 2013 as
an independent, non-profit company
based in Komani.
“Its purpose is to attract funding
and develop programmes that
transform the town into a universally
recognised centre of educational
e x c e l l e n c e ,” Wijtenburg said.
“It has a growing base of affiliate
schools, both independent and
public, which support its town’s
diverse communities.”
Its current programmes include
digitisation, bursary schemes, maths
teacher development, pupil
wellbeing and school leadership
d e ve l o p m e n t .
QEF has a long-standing
partnership with the 1965 Ride
fundraiser, an initiative of the
not want to point fingers but we decided to join
forces with the initiators of this project and clean
our town. We have children who are exposed to
this polluted environment and we believe that
cleanliness is next to godliness. We cannot just sit
and fold our arms and not be part of such a
c a m p a i g n .”
For more on the project visit Komani Heritage
Fest on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
1965 Ride for Education delivers
R132k for pupils at QEF schools
FUNDRAISING FOR EDUCATION: Committed to transforming
education in Komani are, from left, QEF manger Jacqueline Wijtenburg,
1965 Ride fundraiser founder Tony Frost, mother of a 1965 Ride bursary
recipient Ms Ceza, manager of Alderson’s Ambulance which sponsor
the ride Mark Burger, executive head of Get Ahead Project Schools
Vicki du Preez and Get Ahead College principal Trevor Harbottle P i c t u re :
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Jo h a n n e s b u r g non-profit Education
Endowment Fund (EEF), which
facilitates the bursary award
programme among QEF affiliate
s ch o o l s .
“The EEF now has just on R2m
invested in an endowment fund to
ensure the sustainability of the
bursary programme.
“As the bursary programme
facilitator, QEF adjudicates bursary
applications and makes
recommendations to the
independent board of the EEF,”
Wijtenburg said.
“QEF member schools offer their
pupils the opportunity to gain
excellent education within their own
community and, upon graduation,
these individuals become assets to
the community that helped shaped
t h e m .”
Wijtenburg said membership fees
covered QEF’s administration costs to
enable its programme development
to be geared towards realising its
vision for the transformation of
Komani into a centre of educational
excellence.
Recently, R132,000 was divided
between QEF’s affiliate schools and
paid directly into their bank accounts
to offset the school fees of the
successful bursary recipients, she
said.
“The majority of the bursaries
awarded covered a large portion of
these pupils’ school fees.
“Each comes from a
disadvantaged background and holds
a record of extraordinary academic
and extra-curricular dedication and
p e r f o r m a n c e .”
She said the bursary scheme was
divided among various QEF
programmes aimed at transforming
Komani into a recognised centre of
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Moonlight’s historic win will shine on
Sotho villagers
surely proud of
their Border
champions
MAXWELL LEVINE
The landscape in Border
Rugby has been changing
in the last couple of years.
Teams like Moonlight have
reinvigorated that fact and
proven that greatness is not an
event, it is a journey.
It was click, click, bang,
bang as Moonlight mopped the
floor with every single opponent
this season, making it a perfect
11 matches win ratio to be
crowned the Border Premier
League champions.
This after beating United
Brothers 6-3 to earn the rights to
be promoted to the Border
Super League.
It is true what they say that
history has no blank pages.
Moonlight bear testament to
that and have written their own
little piece of history in the
books of Border Rugby.
A dream has finally come to
reality for president Nkululeko
Nyangiwe, his executive, the
players and all the legends who
have come before them, who
laid a solid foundation for the
people of Mooiplaas.
Sotho Village can be proud
of the efforts and achievements
of this team. It was not a matter
of luck, but through sheer
determination and the will to
succeed. Luck does not win you
11 matches in your first season,
you must create your own luck
to succeed.
In a league where there are
four former Super League teams
(Africans, Winter Rose,
Cambridge and Ocean
Sweepers) it takes guts to come
out on top. It is a tough place to
play your rugby, and all the
teams can attest to that.
It is not a place for the fainthearted
and it is never easy to
gain promotion back to the
Super League. And to do it with
an unbeaten run, absolutely
classy, magic from Moonlight.
Real-life events have
inspired many people over the
years. What makes stories
inspiring, sporting stories great?
It is character, it is based on
truths. Because sport stories are
so innately inspirational, many
continue to live on.
The story of Moonlight is a
story of hope, a story of truths, a
story that will elevate the
conundrum that teams from the
rural areas are surplus to
requirements.
It will shut down the stigma
that Border Rugby belongs to
those in the urban areas. It will
level the playing fields, change
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the mindset and inspire more
players to play for their “home”
teams instead of being lured by
the so-called “bigger clubs” in
and around the East London
area.
Greatness is not marked by
where you come from, what
type of ground you play on or
the brand of your playing kit.
Greatness is how you react
when thrown into the jungle,
when thrown into the deep end
and you masterfully react with
aplomb, with the kind of zest
and aura champion teams carry.
A miracle describes the true
story of the 1980 US Olympic
hockey team, a band of
underdogs, who rose to defeat
the seemingly invincible
Russian squad.
Moonlight have created a
little bit of a miracle for the
Greater Kei region, the people
of Mooiplaas and the
community of Sotho Village.
The players have written
their names in the books of
glory, the books of firsts.
Border Rugby must do the
honourable thing and hand
Moonlight the golden baton as
the wild card entry to the EC
Super 14 competition – it is not
a favour, they have earned it.
POWERFUL PUNCH
FINALS EXCITEMENT: The final U19 South African Football Association Chris Hani Kay
Motsepe 2022 match between Nkwanca (in yellow) and Nyathi high schools in full swing at
the Dumpy Adams Sports Complex on Friday. Nyathi were the overall champions P i c t u re :
ZINTLE BOBELO
Nyathi High set to play for
district in provincial games
ZINTLE BOBELO
The Nyathi High School soccer
team from Dr AB Xuma Local
Municipality are set to
represent the district after
becoming the Under-19 South
African Football Association
Chris Hani Kay Motsepe 2022
ch a m p i o n s .
Leading with four points in
the group B log, the team took
on the winners of group A,
Enoch Mgijima Local
Municipality team Nkwanca
High School, scoring 2-all in
the final.
Nkwanca lost 4-5 in the
penalty rounds, allowing
Nyathi to head straight to the
provincial rounds.
Six municipalities in the
district, Dr AB Xuma,
❝ All participating
teams showed that
they had prepared
for the tournament
because you could
tell from the
performance of the
players, it was of
high quality.
Emalahleni, Sakhisizwe, Intsika
Yethu, Enoch Mgijima and
Inxuba Yethemba were each
represented by a formidable
team in the deciding final,
which took place on Friday at
the Dumpy Adams Sports
Complex.
Chris Hani district head of
schools football, Mphuthumi
Vanqa, said Inyathi would now
represent the district in the
provincial games in
Makhanda.
“All participating teams
showed that they had prepared
for the tournament because
you could tell from the
performance of the players, it
was of high quality.
“We have players playing in
the local football leagues and I
am well impressed with how
they played on the field in this
r o u n d .”
Vanqa said announcements
on the dates of the provincial
games would be made in due
course.
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J U B I L A N T: The Kwa-Komani Technical School rugby team celebrate claiming the top spot at the
high schools rugby league final. Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO
CHAMPIONS: The Kwa-Komani Technical School netball team are the champions of the PH
Splash netball series. Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO
Kwa-Komani netball and
rugby teams the victors
ZINTLE BOBELO
The immeasurable value of sport
was evident among young
athletes and local supporters as
the PH Splash netball series and the
high schools rugby and soccer leagues
reached the end of their first
p r o g ra m m e .
Amid a hive of activity at L u v u yo
Lerumo High School’s sports grounds
on Friday, Kwa-Komani Technical
School claimed both the netball and
rugby trophies in hard-fought battles
between John Noah and Nkwanca
Action sees local school sports revived after Covid hiatus
High Schools. The rugby match saw
rivals Nkwanca High lose the intense
game by a mere 6-5 score, and the
Kwa-Komani netball team won 32-22
in the final.
Phululutho Activities director
Phumelele Hlati said the aim was to
revive sports in schools again.
He said they were pleasantly
surprised by the enthusiasm shown by
all the schools
“The children have been more than
willing to play, which shows that what
has been happening in the last few
years had nothing to do with lack of
interest.
“They needed the right platform and
the right competition for them to come
out. I believe we have achieved
e ve r y t h i n g we set out to do because the
schools are now more than prepared to
take time off and play sport,” he said.
Kwa-Komani netball coach
Nwabisa Ngculu, who was also
recently announced as Coach of the
Year at the EC Sport and Recreation
Achiever Awards, said the initiative was
important and had played a huge role
in helping steer young people away
from drugs.
“I love working with young people
who have respect and who know what
they want to achieve.
“As a coach, I am happy that we
won this round of the programme.”
Kwa-Komani rugby coach Mpathi
Maqina said the journey had been a
tough one, especially after sport had
been halted due to Covid-19.
“We had to push. We all had to
sacrifice our time, there were
challenges, but when we got to the
field, we became one family.
“Nkwanca fought really hard today,
but we will soon play a game together.”
Hlati said they hoped to hold a
bigger and better competition in future
that would include primary schools,
which were also lacking on the sporting
front.
The soccer league final between
Nkwanca and Luvuyo Lerumo had to
be called off on Wednesday after a goal
keeper sustained a leg injury.
It will be played next week.
QBC gears up for corporate bowls tournament
ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA
The Queenstown Bowling Club (QBC)
is currently preparing to host a fourweek
corporate bowls tournament, set
to start on October 13.
In an interview with The Rep the
new QBC president, Peter Littlejohns,
indicated that contrary to stories
circulating that the club wais closing, it
wa s alive and well.
“The corporate bowls tournament is
where companies can sponsor a team
of four to participate. It is open to
e ve r y b o dy.
“It is a fun tournament which runs
for four weeks during which teams will
play every Thursday evening from
5.30pm. The game is played over 12
e n d s ,” Littlejohns said.
Registrations have started, with the
deadline set for October 6.This
tournament is played under the rules of
Bowls South Africa.
The third oldest bowling green in
the Eastern Cape, previously named the
Lamont Green but now called the
Barraud Green, is located at QBC and
has been around for 103 years.
According to Littlejohns, Esme
Barraud, who has played bowls for the
last 52 years (since 1970), is the longest
playing woman bowler and standing
member of the club with a history of
having achieved Springbok colours.
Meanwhile Littlejohns, who has
been playing for 32 years, is the
longest-standing male bowler in
Ko m a n i .
“We have had good successes.
QBC is one of the 11 clubs in North
Eastern District (a sub-district of
Border), which stretches as far as
Schoombee, Colesberg, Zastron and
Queenstown, to name a few.”
Littlejohns believes bowling is a one
of the select few sports that a person
can play from an early age and
continue doing so for the rest of their
l ive s .
Zoning into a relaxed state of mind
away from the daily hustle and bustle to
enjoy great camaraderie are some of
the benefits that come with bowling.
It also served as a networking
platform, Littlejohns said. “You can visit
any club in South Africa and you will
always be welcome.”
STILLBOWLING:
Present and
former members
of the
Queenstown
Bowling Club at a
recent pairs
tournament in
Aliwal North
Picture: SUPPLIED