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4 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: bobeloz@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 28 October 2022 THE R E P R ES E N TAT I V ELihlo able to see clearly, and no longer teasedContinued from PAGE 1correct muscle deviation, and surgerywas the only way to fix the alignment ofthe eyes.After Lihlo had an eye examinationdone, Young said they immediatelythought of the SPAR collaboration andgot the ball rolling with local specialistDr Tuswa, who completed the firstsurgery with great success.“Mata’s eyes are for the first timelearning to see together and her braincombining two images,” Dr Tuswa said.“The outcome is amazing and Ithink every person who contributed tomaking a difference in the communitycan be proud to have been part ofchanging Lihlo’s life.“This is an example of how togetherwe can make a great difference inmany lives.”Kernekamp said Protea SPAR’S Seefor Free campaign fell under the scopeof Spec-Savers’ Kid’s Right To GoodSight campaign.“This is where SPAR is trying tocover the gap, as there were childrenwho needed more advanced productssuch as expensive lenses which theSpec-Savers umbrella store does notcover, and which the parents from ruralcommunities could not afford.“This will help them get the rightproducts for these children to improvetheir vision.“Through SPAR’s help, we can referthe children for operations and actuallyget it done for the children whoseparents do not have the capacity to payfor an operation or therapy forconditions like dyslexia.”Kernekamp added that the scope ofthe campaign would expand in time.At present, the Spec-Saverscampaign targets children between sixand 12 years old.However, she said it did not meanthat children who were not in that agegroup could not be referred forassistance.She said two other children hadbeen identified and would have to bereferred to a hospital in East London.“Th e y are working on getting theright professionals at Frontier Hospitalto be able to offer operations to thesmaller children but at the momentthey are not able to,” Kernekamp said.Protea SPAR store manager WesselErasmus said the company had bought1,000 frames for children in need ofspectacles in the district so far.He said Protea Spar was n owcollecting donations from customers tohelp children in need of special glassesand procedures.“The money that we have collectedat present is over R56,000 and there arequite a number of children who needg l a s s e s ,” he said.Erasmus said after havingundergone the operation, Lihlo’s lifewould improve not only in that shecould now see better, but also socially.He said some children teasedchildren who had a squint or disability.“But after the operation, Lihlo willbe more confidently able to socialiseand have more friends.“Her whole lifestyle will changeand it will impact her future becauseshe will see better and her grades willi m p r ove .“It will impact all aspects of herl i f e ,” Erasmus said.He was grateful to customers fortheir contribution.“Thank you to all the customerswho have donated, your money isbeing spent well.“You have already helped nearly1,000 children with reading glasseswho could not see properly before, butnow they can.”SMMEs question municipal efficiencyABONGILE SOLUNDWANASome of the local entrepreneurscalled to the Small, Medium andMicro Entreprises (SMMEs)public meeting by Enoch MgijimaLocal Municipality (EMLM) are of theview the municipality is not doingKomani justice as far as managing thebusiness sector in the town.The meeting, which was held atThobi Kula Indoor Sports Centre onMonday, was meant to take place withEMLM mayor Thembaka Bunu andIntegrated Planning and EconomicDevelopment (Iped) portfolio headSibusiso Mvana, who were not present.This resulted in Iped officialsgrappling to respond to some of theissues raised by SMMEs.The business sector felt thatdiscussing policy issues was importantand a subject that needed to beaddressed and responded to by theabsent officials in the public meeting.Some of the SMMEs complainedBUSINESS CONCERNS: Small,Medium and MicroEntreprises voice concerns aboutmanagement of the business sectorby Enoch Mgijima Local Municipalityat a public meeting on MondayPicture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANAabout hawkers not being well managedin town, the lack of transparency overgetting plots in town and foreignnationals getting more preference forspace to run businesses over localresidents.Entrepreneur Nyameka Twaku saidcommunities need to be consultedbefore taverns were established inresidential areas.“Also, we never knew that stallscould be placed on the main road, buttoday hair is done in Cathcart Road.“Streets have hair on the ground.The municipality used to supervise andmade sure people were cleaning upafter themselves, Twaku said.“The way that the business sector isbeing managed does not reflect thatthere is a municipality in this town.Businesses cannot run without properlaw measurements in place. We do notknow how the people in Scanlan Streetgot the plots. There are also informalshelters being placed in the streets.”Others complained about the issueof the Mlungisi small business areabeing without power.Others had problems being asked toregister businesses for them to gainrecognition by the municipality.EMLM Iped manager Nkosi Mzilenisaid the municipality wanted tomanage the business for the economyto go in the direction they had agreeabout with local entrepreneurs.He informed them the municipalityfaces a challenge of people placingcontainers wherever they wanted in thecentral business district, others stealingelectricity, and street hawkers placingshelters which at times affectedmotorists.“There are a number of policieswhich we have developed; amongthose is the procurement policy orgovernment spending to profile everyspending in EMLM.“It is not that they are being referredby the municipality but by the propertyowner. These are the people who areplacing them to run hardware stores inthe CBD.”He said property owners also had aright to remove people who wereselling in the territory of their businessbecause it was part of the property fortheir customers to walk into the store.“But due to unemployment, weneed to have an agreement wherevendors can negotiate with propertyowners to operate in their areas for acertain period.”The message that they were tryingto get across, he said, was to reformand transform planning in Komani,including the traffic flow.“If someone is doing hair outside,the one inside will not want to remainto rent property when someone isdoing it for free outside. This is why it isimportant for us to have a managementsystem. The first requirement is for allbusinesses to be registered. We have tohave a criteria that for a person to run abusiness in Cathcart Road they shouldemploy ten people.”Hollywoodbets, Standard Bank anddepartment of economic developmentand environmental affairs officials alsomade a presentation.Komani, Whittlesea youth being trained as bakersABONGILE SOLUNDWANAForty-two unemployed youth traineesfrom Komani and Whittlesea arecurrently acquiring baking skills fromUhuru Education, Training andDevelopment Services (ETDS) in Sada,Whittlesea.The three-month course is fundedby the Food and BeveragesManufacturing Sector Education andTraining Authority’s (Foodbev Seta) andrun by Uhuru ETDS’s Zikhona Mgojowith Resentse Puso.Mgojo, who has been in the bakingindustry for 13 years, approached theEastern Cape Community College tobring the programme to Sada andKomani after identifying the need.Mgojo, who studied hospitalitymanagement in Scotland in the UK,said as a service provider they wereworking under the Eastern CapeCommunity College.However, the groundwork foridentifying areas in need was done bythem.“We started the baking course withthe fundamentals, theory andpracticals. Initially, we were going to berunning our practicals in the Tescoretail store, but the building burntbefore we could use it. I was thenforced to buy equipment worthR86,000 for the practicals to continue.”Mgojo said lunch and transport forthe trainees was provided.She said the trainees were interestedin attaining a national qualificationbeyond just the skills trainingcertificate.“I will apply for leadership for theyouth to get a stipend from FoodbevBAKING SAVVY: Sada trainees show off fresh bread rolls which they baked at a practical session provided by Uhuru Education, Training and DevelopmentServices Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANASeta for a year.”Mgojo, who also worked as aconsultant on food auditing and foodsafety, said her greatest wish was to getthe quality of the bread to be in thesame range as mainstream bakeries.“I have the skill. If we could getequipment to produce bigger volumesit would be magnificent.”She said after community memberswho sell quarter loaves of bread sawthe students going home with bread,they had asked to buy from them. OnWednesday, they had 60 orders.Enoch Mgijima ward 25 councillorErnest Mavango identified the youth inthe community.Mavango also assisted the group toconduct their practical work at thecommunity hall free of charge afterTesco had burned down.He said he was available to assistwith the municipality where a needarose.Asanda Bandla from Sada said shehad learnt about the importance ofkeeping a clean baking environmentand being presentable as a baker.“We are grateful that the bakingskills programme was brought to Sadawhere people are unemployed, withsome of them diverting to alcohol.“After I have completed the course Iwill get a certificate and I will be ableto sell what I bake. We can also pass onthe skill of those who were not part ofthe course in our community.She said their biggest desire was tohave their bakery in Sada where theentire community would benefit.“We have no shop to supply us withbread and there are many surroundingvillages in Whittlesea that need bread,”Bandla said.
THE REPRESENTATIVE 28 October 2022 Tel: (045) 839-4040 / editorial: bobeloz@therep.co.za / advertising: charodinev@therep.co.za 5PRAYER SESSION: Pupils from various schools attending a grade 12 exam prayer sessionorganised by the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) together with thedepartment of education Pictures: ZINTLE BOBELOProvince all set forfinal matric examsBOOKS FIRST: With the prospect of starting a new library, Maria Louw High School acceptedbooks donated by The Rep staff in Komani courtesy of The Rep readers. Taking delivery of thebooks were, from left, Othembayo Ntshandu, Alizwa Cekiso, Amahle Mayi, Percival Zoya,Hlumelo Dyonase, Yamkela Mgudlwa and staff member Leonie Cassels Picture: LEN’S NEWSZINTLE BOBELOOn Monday grade 12 pupils across thecountry will sit for their matricexaminations and the South AfricanDemocratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) together withthe department of education in the Chris Hanidistrict held a prayer session at the NonzwakaziMethodist Church circuit 302 in Mlungisi thisweek, ahead of the finals.Pupils from various schools in the district,parents, teachers, congregational leaders andeducation department officials were all part of thed ay ’s proceedings.Chris Hani west senior education specialistMadoda Ndembe said the department had hopesof an 80% pass rate throughout the province.“We must say as a department that 2022 wasnot an easy year.“It was a year with its own challenges and inthe previous years we were faced with the Covid-19 pandemic,” Ndembe said.“We hope the efforts we have put in will yieldgood results at the end. It is our wish as thedepartment.“We are tired of being at the bottom of the list.We want to be part of the mainstream schools thathave improved their results.”Ndembe said the department was ready to hostthe examinations and had concluded training forchief invigilators this week.A computer applications technology paper 1practical for the grade 12 national seniorcertificate (NSC) was written on Tuesday.The final examinations are expected toconclude on December 7.MEC for education in the province FundileGade said various strategies were implementedfrom the beginning of the academic year,preparing pupils to be fully ready for the NSCexaminations.“The department prides itself on conducting,managing and administering examinations andassessment with integrity and credibility over anumber of years.“The department is committed to protect thisengraved culture of excellence in conductingcredible examinations. However, we leave nospace for complacency.“This achievement has become the criticalindicator for the department in its quest to deliverquality education.“The NSC examination is the highestqualification in the basic education sector, aculmination of 12 to13 years of intensiveteaching, learning and acquisition of worldchangingknowledge by young people,” he said.Gade said the department was ready to hostthe final examinations for both the matric class of2022 and the other grades.He said the grade 12 NSC examinations wouldbe conducted in 942 public schools, with 98,756full-time pupils writing, along with 18,631 privatecandidates from 124 part-time centres.“I am confident we are ready to deliver anincident-free examination, working together withteachers, pupils and community members.“I wish all our pupils throughout the provincegood luck in their examinations.ALL THE BEST: Department of educationChris Hani west district director Nicholas deBruyn speaking at a grade 12 exam prayerevent at Nonzwakazi Methodist Church circuit302 in Mlungisi this week“Also, l am confident we stand a good chanceto exceed last year’s ba ch e l o r ’s percentage. 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