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The donation was handed over by Noma- french Mbombo, MEC for Health. The Khayelitsha Greening and Home- based Community Care Project, better known as Kwakhanya, was a hive of activity on the day. Kids from Ncotsheni, Vuzamanzi, Vuse- lela and Isikhokelo Primary Schools, includ- ing Intlanganiso Secondary School, were the beneficiaries. Mbombo shared with them her experience growing up, which she said was not an easy one. “I had to share one pair of shoes with my sister. I would wear the shoes on Monday and the following day would be her turn. We also shared even the same jersey. This reminds me where I am coming from. It was not easy at all. I encourage you to focus on your studies, because education is the key to open your future,” she said. She also promised to come back next year with more donations. Mbombo also praised the centre for the good work that they do in improving the lives of residents. Kwakhanya centre was established in 1999 to help children from disadvantaged back- ground, elders who are HIV positive, tuber- culosis (TB) patients and those who live with all other chronic illnesses and also do house visits for the invalid. The organisation currently has 300 chil- dren in its care. Melekile Gunyula, the deputy chairper- son of Kwakhanya, said the donation would improve the life of the children. “We are very happy, because this is going to make a huge difference in the lives of the children. It is not a nice feeling when a child does not have something to wear. Some come to school on empty stomachs,” he said. Unathi Sophofu, 27, an unemployed single parent of two children, applauded the dona- tion. “This is something I was not expecting. I am very happy. I depended on my children’s social grand. The grant only covers food and nothing else,” she said. Sweetness Mzolisa, project manager, said they also help residents to get Identity Docu- ments (IDs), help learners with their home works and other projects. “We have nutrition here. This container is open every day. We have youth who grew up here who are now at universities and oth- ers passed matric,” Mzolisa said. Phumlani Ndoda is one of youth who grew up in the centre. She passed matric last year. “Kwakhanya helped me with many things like school uniform. It was home to me. I en- courage you (learners) to focus on your school work so that your will achieve your dreams in future,” Ndoda said. EDUCATION: MEC HANDS OVER SCHOOL SHOES AND SOCKS Learners given shoes Councillor Phindile Maxiti, Sweetness Mzolisa, project manager, Nomafrench Mbombo, MEC for Health, Ndedani Magqaza, councillor Pam Vokwana, councillor Steven Vuba and learners during the handover of the donation, in Site C, on Tuesday. PHOTO: MBONGISENI MASEKO
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growing up, which she said was not an easyone.“I had to share one pair of shoes with my
sister. I would wear the shoes on Mondayand the following day would be her turn.We also shared even the same jersey. This
reminds me where I am coming from. It wasnot easy at all. I encourage you to focus onyour studies, because education is the keyto open your future,” she said.She also promised to come back next year
with more donations.Mbombo also praised the centre for the
good work that they do in improving thelives of residents.Kwakhanya centrewas established in 1999
to help children from disadvantaged back-ground, elders who are HIV positive, tuber-culosis (TB) patients and thosewho livewithall other chronic illnesses and also do housevisits for the invalid.The organisation currently has 300 chil-
dren in its care.Melekile Gunyula, the deputy chairper-
son of Kwakhanya, said the donation wouldimprove the life of the children.“We are very happy, because this is going
to make a huge difference in the lives of thechildren.
It is not a nice feeling when a child doesnot have something to wear. Some come toschool on empty stomachs,” he said.Unathi Sophofu, 27, an unemployed single
parent of two children, applauded the dona-tion.“This is something I was not expecting. I
am very happy. I depended onmy children’ssocial grand.
The grant only covers food and nothingelse,” she said.Sweetness Mzolisa, project manager, said
they also help residents to get Identity Docu-ments (IDs), help learners with their homeworks and other projects.“We have nutrition here. This container
is open every day. We have youth who grewup herewho are now at universities and oth-
ers passed matric,” Mzolisa said.Phumlani Ndoda is one of youthwho grew
up in the centre.She passed matric last year.“Kwakhanya helpedmewithmany things
like school uniform. It was home to me. I en-courage you (learners) to focus on yourschool work so that your will achieve yourdreams in future,” Ndoda said.
EDUCATION: MEC HANDS OVER SCHOOL SHOES AND SOCKS
Learners given shoes
Councillor Phindile Maxiti, Sweetness Mzolisa, project manager, Nomafrench Mbombo, MEC for Health, Ndedani Magqaza, councillor Pam Vokwana,councillor Steven Vuba and learners during the handover of the donation, in Site C, on Tuesday. PHOTO: MBONGISENI MASEKO
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MOTIVATIONzyd mzamo
Dont let your thoughtsmake you loose focusNegative thoughts come like a thief atnightI made the mistake of dropping my
guard. The guard I’m talking about is notat boom gates. It is up there in my mind;my gatekeeper against negative thoughtsthat come like a thief at night.And yes, I must confess, I felt terrible.
Maybe I should elaborate. I felt lonelylike everything is against me. And eventhe “Person” I trusted was against me.And why should I trust Him anymore?That is how I felt. It was terrible! Yes,
that is my confession to you. I mean, let’sface it, I’m a student of Truth. I don’tknow everything. Anyone who reckonshe knows everything is deluding himself.Even Madiba said it. He said he was
not a saint although people tried to makehim one. The trouble with people is thatwhen they see you do something grandthey reckon you are something special.You are not. You are as human as they
come. You make your own mistakes. Andyou have to deal with them. How do youdeal with them, that is the question?Some drown them.I used to drown mine too although I
did not look at it that way. I used toreckon I was being cool. And young. Butyoung people are full of stress. They areworse. They are alone and suddenlygrown up.
And there they are in this big wideworld. What to do about it? Who is thereto talk about it? No one. Everyone seemsto be doing something stupid and silly.So they join. And ruin their lives.But they don’t think they are because
no sane person can confess they are.They all reckon they are being cool andgrown up. And you know what? Whenthey are sloshed they become promiscu-ous.Another escape route from stress. But
they don’t look at it that way.They reckon they are being cool and
grown up. Well, to tell the truth I don’tdo these things anyone. For me, they arenot cool.They kind of like destroy your being.
They pile so many burdens on yourshoulders. You may think they aren’t, butthey are. You wait and see. And you willsee. Time is longer than rope.So which way to go when your guard is
down? I wish I could say I don’t know.After all I am a student of Truth. But Iknow one thing. Never you reject youknow who. And never you blame.But recognize your mistakes. And be
grateful you did. For it will be difficult tomake one after that. You will be obedi-ent. And you will know it is not yourway. If it is not your way, whose wayshould it be? Stay positive.
Siphiwe Ulana Principal of Itsitsa Primary School during the handover eighty uniform,socksand shoes in Mfuleni on Friday. PHOTO: LINDILE MBONTSI
Mfuleni schoolpupils benefitImpoverished learners in Mfuleni,
were happy to receive school uni-forms, tracksuits and shoes from Mfu-
leni Education Forum.Mining company De Beers and the pro-
vincial education department bothplayed a role in donating the school uni-forms and shoes, which were sharedequally among Mfuleni schools.Forum chairman Thembekile Gqwaka
(51) said they could not stand back andwatch their children suffer. They calledameeting to forma support group and de-cided to involve political parties and par-ents.“We sawaneed tohelpunderprivileged
children, but did not know how to do it.That is why we organised a meeting tocreate a support system to help the com-munity of Mfuleni, a place where a lot ofpoor people live,” said Thembekile.He said a lack of uniforms was causing
a drop in school performance.“We also saw the need for after-school
classes, because the pass rate is not thatconvincing.“But I know that the reason some pu-
pils cannot concentrate is because theydon’t have proper uniforms.”Itsitsa Primary School Principal Si-
phiwe Ulana said: “This is a dream cometrue for these pupils. I am very proud ofthe fact that I have made a mark in theirlives.”Parents could not hold back their tears
when their children got new uniforms.Some said Mfuleni is one of the poorestkasis in Cape Town.Resident Nombulelo Zibi (52) said:
“What has happened to our children is aneye-opener. They realise that their hardwork does pay off and they will workharder now on.”Grade 4 pupil Iminathi Nombungu (10)
said she was happy to receive a uniform.“My parents struggled to buy proper uni-forms forme andmy siblings. I will makethem proud.”
Teenager stoned to death after alleged theftA teenager’s life came to a horrible end afterhe was stoned to death by an angry mob forallegedly robbing a woman.The bloodied body of Emihle Duma was
found sprawled on a field along Oscar Mpet-ha Drive in Kuyasa, Harare, in Khayelitshayesterday morning.The 17-year-old boy had been beaten,
stoned and kicked to death shortly after 6amafter residents caught himafter hehadalleg-edly robbed a commuter of her cellphone.Community members say three other
teenagers managed to escape the attack.The dead boy’s grievingmother arrived at
the scene with other relatives and angrily
chased journalists away.Moments after closing her son’s staring
eyes, the woman fainted next to his body.When she came to, she sobbed and
screamed that “tik had done this to herchild”.Constable Noloyiso Rwexana confirms a
murder case is under investigation: “Ac-cording to the reports, a body of a 17-year-oldmale was found with open wounds to hishead and body at about 6.20am at OscarMpetha Drive, Harare.“No one has been arrested at this stage.”Anyone with information is requested to
contact Harare SAPS on 021 363 9000.
Driver bites off more than he can chewSPINDOG MOTSAMAI
Last Saturday Metro Police officers had their handsfull when they arrested a 23-year-old motorist inWestlake for drunk driving.The motorist drew attention to himself when he
was spotted disobeying a red traffic light.He initially obeyed the instruction to pull over,
but then sped off again with officers in hot pursuit.Officers eventuallymanaged to forcehim to a stop,
but then he tried to evade arrest again by biting thehand of one of the officers.His efforts were, however, in vain, and a breatha-
lyser test found him to be more than twice the legalblood-alcohol limit.‘This is yet another example of how some motor-
ists have no regard for the law.Not only did the suspect put his own life at risk,
he endangered other road users with his irresponsi-ble behaviour. Well, after his antics, he is facing alot more than just a charge of drunk driving.The suspect now also faces additional charges of
assaulting a police officer, failure to obey a lawfulinstruction, and damage to City property.He was very brazen in his attempt to escape.Hopefully this serves as a lesson to others who try
to evade the law:ultimately youwill get caught,’ saidthe City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safetyand Security, Alderman JP Smith.
Also, last Friday, members of the Metro PoliceGangandDrugTaskTeam, togetherwith other oper-ational units, arrested six suspects for drug-relatedoffences in various areas including Heideveld,Khayelitsha and Kraaifontein.The operation resulted in the confiscation of a va-
riety of drugs, two zip guns, a modified air-rifle, liveammunition and counterfeit money.A suspect wanted for armed robbery was also
nabbed during the operations for a case dating backto 2011. The City’s Traffic Service recorded a suc-cessful week of operations which resulted in 136 ar-rests and 2 255 fines issued for various offences.Meanwhile, duringoperationsheld in theBellville
South and Belhar area, three drivers were arrestedby theRoadblockUnit onStellenboschArterialRoadand another three drivers were arrested on RobertSobukwe Drive for reckless and negligent driving.
In separate incidents, two more drivers were ar-rested on the N1 near Century City and Bellville forillegal drag-racing and reckless and negligent driv-ing. The highest breathalyser reading for the even-ing was three times over the legal limit.A number of roadblocks over the weekend, from
Friday 29 January until Sunday 31 January 2016 re-sulted in 112 drunk driving arrests and 431 fines be-ing issued, including: 29 arrests in Durbanville, 32arrests in Atlantis and 51 arrests in LingelethuWest.
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A Batchelor & AssociatesA T T O R N E Y S • A M A G Q W E T H A
Kholeka Magwa-Gili,46, is a Khayelit-sha mother who finally received hermatric 20 years after dropping out of
school.She received the news that she had final-
ly completed her matric last month afterstudying at the Nolungile Adult EducationCentre last year.
Gili, from Site C ,said she now has a newperspective and purpose in life.
This new achievement has sparked aninterest to further her education despitethe odds that seem to be stacked againsther.
A volunteer at a local school, the unem-ployed mother of one struggles to makeends meet. She said that she was encour-aged to complete her matric after shejoined a learnership with Epilepsy SA.
“During that learnership I learnt aboutoffice administration and one of the teach-ers at the school suggested that I completemy matric as it would help a lot. I realisedthat it was a great idea and I decided to doit,” said Magwa-Gwili.
Despite financial difficulties, coupledwith being a single mother, she managedto perform well in her studies.
“At first I was a bit rusty because I had
not been behind a desk in two decades butas the time went on I got used and starteddoing well.
I noticed that a lot has changed as thesubjects are no longer called what theyused to be and the content of the syllabusis also different but once you get into it youunderstand,” she remembered.
She said that one of her favourite sub-jects was Life Orientation.
“It was strange at first but then I got somuch insight into these things. I also en-joyed the maths.
She says that she aspires to study electri-cal engineering but cannot afford to studyfurther.
“Ny husband passed away. I was forcedto fix electrical appliances because i didn’talways have the money to pay someone tofix it. Now I don’t call anyone when the ket-tle is broken,” she said.
She said she hoped to get funding tostudy further as it would be a job that shewould enjoy.
“It started as a necessity but now I getjoy from fixing things around the house. Ididn’t apply because I can hardly afford topay my way. My dream is to study at a col-lege like False Bay college since its closerand much more convenient,” she said.
Call Gili: 078 406 0987
Kholeka Magwa-Gili finnally got her matriccertificate after 20 years.
PHOTO: MANDLA MAHASHE
Trash good enough for this duoMBONGISENI MASEKO
“One man’s trash is another man’s trea-sure” so goes the saying.
This is true for Khayelitsha residentsWandisile Nqeketho and Siyabulela Daweti,founders of Ilima Green Solutions, who areon a mind changing mission for residents toconsider making a living out of recyclablematerials which in turn promotes a greenculture.
Ilima Green Solutions, which is doing bincleaning systems, beach cleaning, mobile re-cycling depot, formed a partnership withproperty companies, partners and collabo-rates with event promoting companies andalso makes it their business to recycle mate-rials such as paper, cans and glasses.
The company was registered in 2012 afterthe duo noticed illegal dumping becomingprevalent in their area.
Daweti said their aim is to change themindset of residents regarding keepingtheir areas clean.
“It is about promoting cleanliness andgreening. Residents do illegal dumping inour townships and most of the things thatthey dump are recyclable. It is not only bene-ficiary for keeping areas clean, but also theybenefit financially,” Daweti said.
They have already employed five young-sters on a permanent basis and also six oth-ers who are casual workers, to help cleanrefuse bins.
They charge R60 per month per house forwashing their dustbin.
Nqeketho said they wanted to keep theirinnovation simple and also sustainable.
“We aim at educating residents about theimportance of greening. This is somethingthat does not need any skill and anyone cando it. There is too much waste that comesfrom Khayelitsha in particular. For innova-tion you do not have to come with somethingcomplex. The more you keep it simple, thebetter,” Nqeketho said.
The duo is now planning to start other pro-jects such as replacing charcoal with cowdung and mobile bin cleaning truck for mu-nicipality.
“In rural areas people use cow dung tocook and keep their houses warm in winterand it will save residents a lot of money,” Da-weti said.
Nqeketho and Daweti first saw each otherat Luhlaza High School, although they werenot acquainted then. Their paths crossedagain at the Raymond Ackerman Academyat UCT where they were doing Entrepre-neurship Development and Management.
Siyabulela Daweti and Wandisile Nqeketho founders of Ilima Green Solutions are promotingrecycling in Khayelitsha. PHOTO: MBONGISENI MASEKO
The First Friday conversation willtake place on February 5 at the Des-mond Tutu Hall from 3pm to 7pm.
Organised by Makhaza Lifestyle,the session will see speakers like IanCulvert from Redbull Amaphiko, Dil-lion Phiri of Creative Nestling andWandisile Ngqeketo founder of 18Gangster Museum, Abrahma Abefrom Falsebay College tackle variousaspects of being a social entrepreneur.
Makhaza Lifestyle founder Siyabu-lela Sophi said the sessions will helpentrepreneurs think “out of the box”.
“We leave in a civilised societywhere everything happens in a blinkof an eye and we have to be constantlyarmed for many situations,” he said.
He The 1st Friday session will con-tinue taking on the first week of evrymonth.
“The birth of The 1st Friday Con-versations was due to the eagernessto solve major social economic issuesand to directly involve the future ofthis nation the youth in the solutionseeking process,” he said.
Makhaza Lifestyle was founded Si-yabulela Sophi, Mali Tyafa, Siyabu-lela Godwana and Abongile Mthethoamong others. Contact: 0618076619.
Conversationsfor the future
MEM Productions and Recording presentsPower in Worship Live Concert where Jesusthe Answer Gospel Group, Nu Praise Chu-mani Ngojo, Kingdom Sound, Sandile Celeand Joshua Generation will share the stage.
Lady Bishop Nosandi Dlamini will be theguest speaker at the event. The show will be
held at Way of Life Church, In Makhaya,Khayelitsha, on Saturday 13 February, from3pm till late.
R120 will grant you access to the show andyou will also get a free Mofaya energy drinkat the door. For more information call0736666370.
Worship concert at Way of Life Church next Saturday
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Tribute to a mother for a lifeof dedication and serviceNomakhosazana Victoria Virginia Mant-sundu Mateza was born on May 24, 1935 ata village called Mnxe in the district of Calain the then Transkei.Shewas born of Sizinzo Charles andNon-
dawo Nozizwe Mhlom.Nondawo, hermotherwas from theNcalo
family of the Mzima clan.She was the third of ten children, five
girls and five boys. She was brought up atNdwana her mother’s village.She started her foundation education at
Ndwana, she returned to Cala to continueher secondary education at the MatanzimaSecondary School.After finishing standard eight, then also
known as the Junior Certificate and pro-ceeded to Victoria Hospital in Alice for acourse in general nursing. She would pro-ceed to Livingstone Hospital in Port Eliza-beth to specialise in midwifery.As a nurse she worked at various places
in the Eastern Cape beforemoving toWorc-ester, where she met our late father whohailed from Kareedouw.After getting married they moved from
Worcester to Cape Town andworked for theCape Provincial Administration beforemoving to theCapeTownMunicipality. Sheworked at community clinics in Langa, Gu-gulethu and after retirement continued towork at various clinics including Delft,Crossroads, Mitchell’s Plain.She was also a coordinator of the St John
Carers, a group that train health assistants.She was a staunch member of the St Cy-
prians Anglican Church Mission in Langa
and well-known for her contribution in thespiritual life of the Langa community.Her marriage to Zolile Mateza was bless-
ed with three boys Xolile the eldest, Luyoloand Tando.She also came into themarriage with her
daughter Xolisa and adopted her sister inlaw’s daughter Matey.The latter has a daughter Fezekile with
whom maNtsundu would form a bond sec-ond to none.She is survived by her three sons, two
daughters, 11 grandchildren and threegreat - grandchildren.She will be buried at the St Cyprian
Church inLanga onSaturday.Mayher soulrest in peace.
The late Mantsudu Mateza
PAC says cadres must be set freeMARTHA QUMBA
People Against Gangsterism, (PAGAD,Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), UJA-MA, Treatment Action Campaign
(TAC), Way of Life Church, The Voice of theProvince (rastas organisation), Black LandFirst (BLF), AbaThembu Royal House helda meeting in Nyanga over the weekend.The purpose was to start a campaign on
“Free APLA Prisoners” also to inform otherorganisations and the broader communitythe truth behind their incarceration, forthem to be aware that some people’s fathersand sons who have fought for the liberationof this country were being denied justice.Most of these APLA political prisoners
were detained in the 80’s and they wereAPLA commanders who were fightingagainst apartheid. Apparently there havebeen some numerous attempts and engage-ments for them to be release but all fall onto the deaf ears. Most people in the house ac-cused the government of refusing to pardonthem.Mzimasi Sibeko, National Organizer said
last year the PAChad amarch to parliamentand they have done it on a political levelseeking a political solution and the ANChassent them from pillar to post.‘I believe the ANC government doesn’t
want to give them a parole. It doesn’t workfor APLA cadres but it works for the boere.Jannie Louise was given it. The govern-ment’s stance is that there are no APLA po-litical prisoners in prison but only criminalprisoners. We want the community to knowwhy they are being called criminals instead
of political prisoners. These people wereAPLA commanders who were fighting forthe liberation of this country.”“We can’t claim to have a freedom while
they are in jail. Wewant to have a legal cam-paign for them to be granted a parole thenapply apresidential pardon thencriminal el-ement be removed.We can’t carry it withouta political support. Prisoners who haveserved more than 10 years are legible to aparole, that what the Act says. These cadresare the most serving the long sentences,some have been in jail for 27 years and theyare still there. Since we’ve started this proc-ess the APLA cadres have been tortured, hesays.ChiefBandile Joyi fromAbathembuRoyal
House also concurred with him by sayingthat there are two comrades who haveserved the same years as Mandela.It’s comrade KennyMotsamai and George
Mbonani fromPortElizabeth.Kennywasar-rested on the 15October 1986 andGeorgewasarrested on the 15 October 1984. I supportthis campaign and I’mglad thatwe are doingthis on their behalf,” he said.Some PAC members stressed that the
Truth and Reconciliation Commision (TRC)gave amnesty to white soldiers and com-manders but not the PAC.Lifa Msaseni said these commanders in-
cluding De Klerk were responsible for thedeaths of countless African people.“Honestly it kills me to a point sometimes
I even crywhen I think about it. I have sleep-less nights. APLA combatants were over-looked and despite several attempts to re-ceive presidential pardon. These soldiers
who fought for the liberation of this coun-try are still in bars,” he says.One community member who declined
to be named said the state is playing withthe people and with their families too. Shealso said that theANC government has thepower to release them but it has failed todo so.“Their families don’t even know where
they are.Today the government put themhere and tomorrow you don’t find themthere and you don’t know where they are.One comrade was given amnesty the nextday the state gets him. The ANC govern-ment is completely refusing them a parole.This is a continuation of the unfinishedstory, this is the revolution,” she says.They believed that their campaign must
connect to #FeesMustFall campaign be-cause it has to do with the liberation ofblack people. Also that those comrades injailmight havekidswho can’t afford to paytheir fees because their fathers are servingtheir long sentences.Pastor Xola Skosana from The Way Of
Life Church in Khayelitsha said this is acatastrophicmoment andwe are not inter-
ested in the campaign but we are interestedin the liberation of black people. “Any vehi-cle that takes us there we going to use thatvehicle. We are here to get a buy in and com-rades we must use this opportunity to be ina direction. If it’s not 2016 there won’t be an-other moment. Children have gasoline weneed a person with a match to set it alight,’he says.BLF member Lindsay Maarsdorp said:
“The reason we are in this space is that wewant APLA forces to come out. We can’thave free education without land. We needto connect our struggles. We can’t have freeAPLA Campaign without land we need toconnect,weneed to create systemsnot creat-ing layers.”Abdussalaam Ebrahim, PAGAD National
Coordinator said they have PAGAD mem-bers who are in prison for 20 years and theyhave engaged with the government but noassistance.“The campaign is bigger thanbrothers in prison the struggle is much big-ger than that,” says Ebrahim.Mthunzi Zuma from the Voice of the Prov-
ince said it’s painful to see prisoner’s fami-lies breaking up because of poverty.
PAC leaders who attended the meeting Vuyisile Peter, Mthunzi Zuma and LifaMsaseni. Back L-R Xolani Ngculu, Nomalizo Dyanty Magadla, Jimmy Xalipi andYolanda Mjuza PHOTO: MARTHA QUMBA
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Ordinands stood the test of timeMBONGISENI MASEKO
Ethopian Episcopal Church recentlyordained various of its leading mem-bers to positions of hierachy within
its fold during a ceremony held in Langaa fortnight ago.In a sermon conducted by Rt Reverend
Daliwonga Ntlokwana, MrMncedisi Sandiand Mrs Ndileka Mahlathi were ordainedas deacons.
Reverend Buyiswa Mhlom was or-dained as the priest-in-charge for the of thePaarl area while Reverend NtsikeleloNongalaza will assist in the mission dis-trict ta Worcestor.Very Reverend Nokuzola Peter, a senior
priest at the church hailed the day as onethat will always stand out in their history.“It is a very big day for us as the church.
It is a celebration...we welcome them intothe priesthood and deaconship of thechurch. They are called by God to the min-istry,” Peter said.Peter said these opportunities were open
to churchmemberswho voluntarily raisedtheir hands to announce their availabilityfor serving God’s people.According to her, those that chose this
path first work under the supervision of adesignated senior pastor for a minimumperiod of a year, where they also undergotraining before they get promoted.Thus the two have served variously as
evangelists, have led the congregation, vi-sited hospitals and have participated inmany other church activities and projects.“There is no rest for a deacon.They must be prepared to sacrifice their
time to advance the work of the church at
any time.The church then decides their fate, hav-
ing done a diligent check on their trackrecord,” Peter added.
Very Reverend Nokuzola Peter, senior priest, Ndileka Mahlathi and Mncedisi Sandi wereordained ministers, Reverend Lekhaya James, regional dean, during the event, in Langa, onSunday. PHOTOS: MBONGISENI MASEKO
Deacon BuyiswaMhlom, beingordained by RightReverend DaliwongaNtlokwana in Langaa fortnight ago.
Deacon Mncedisi Sandi during his ordination by Right Reverend Daliwonga Ntlokwana.
This choir needs your helpMBONGISENI MASEKO
A clap and tap group choir which consistsmainly of scholars is aiming for making abreakthrough in music industry.Revelations Gospel Choir (RGC) is appeal-
ing for assistance to record their debut al-bum. The choir is formed by 46 memberswho are coming from Crossroads, Nyanga,Philippi and Lower Crossroads. It has beenaround for four years.Lubabalo Maliti, the music director of the
choir, said they aim to change the way thetraditional gospel music is received.“The support for our music has been very
low, but lately we have noticed the growthin support. We need assistance so we will go
andrecordanalbum.Therearealsopeoplewho love it, but yet they do not show sup-port for it. I think the reason it is not get-ting much attention is because we do notuse instruments like keyboard,” Malitisaid. Maliti said the choir is fighting drugand alcohol abuse with music.The choir participates in continuous
competitionswith other choirs around theprovince to be known and also to raisefunds. They are busy preparing for theirnext show which will be held at Bath’ sPlace, in Franschhoek, on Sunday 28 Feb-ruary. The show starts at 1pm.R20 will grant you access to the show.
For more infomation contact Malati on0638846059.
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Norwegian Parliamentary Committee members of Education and Research (back row), Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa, Trine Skymoen (second from left) with COSAT learners and educators.
Mot is encouraging learnershipThe Norwegian Parliamentary Commit-
tee on Education and Research, includ-ing the Norwegian Ambassador to
South Africa, Trine Skymoen, visited theCentre of Science and Technology (COSAT)in Khayelitsha on Thursday 28 January2016. The delegation visited South Africa tolearn more about the education and re-search sector and further cooperation be-tween South Africa and Norway.MOT started in Norway and was brought
to South Africa in 2006, to address the prob-lem of the high drop-out rate of youth from
schools. MOT,which is Norwegian for cour-age, has become a beneficial programme inSouth Africa, empowering South Africanyouth to make conscious choices for theirlives, develop their life-skills and give themcourage to care for others in society.MOT has been implemented in seven
Technical and Vocational Education andTrainingColleges and 20High Schools in theEastern and Western Cape.During the parliamentary committee’s
visit to COSAT, a MOT session was present-ed to grade nine learners by MOT presenter
and educator, Andiswa Njoli.“The learners responded and engaged re-
ally well in the session. It felt good to showthe committee members what we haveachieved with MOT at our school,” Njolisays.A funand interactive sessionwas facilitat-
ed by Njoli where learners and committeemembers shared their dreams with one an-other, allowing for the committee membersto get to know the learners who participatein MOT.Siyamthanda Nzima and Cindy Khoanya-
ne, twoMOT learners fromCOSAT, testifiedthat since taking part in MOT they havegained self-confidence and became moreself-aware of themselves.“MOThas enticedme to bemore confident
and has allowed me to express myself more.BeforeMOTI couldnot do that,”Nzimasays.Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa,
Trine Skymoen, tweeted that it was amazingseeing MOT in action Khayelitsha.You can follow MOT SA on Twitter
@MOTsouthafrica, like us on Facebook atMOT SA.
Security guard gets a degree
Anybody who has trav-elled between Khaye-litsha andKoebergwill
know that the 60km journeyis long and mind-numbing.But for Eskom security
guard, Daluxolo Batyi, it wasthe perfect opportunity tosqueeze in a few more pagesof reading towards the lawdegree he so coveted.After the long commute to
his eight-hour job, helping tokeep the nuclear power planton the Cape West Coast se-cure, he also had to be a dad-dy to his three young chil-dren and spend some qualitytime with his wife Bulelwa.“The children would say,‘Daddy come and play with us’, but I wouldhave to study. Sometimes it felt like a warzone,’’ he said, laughing. Money was tight.So tight that he once walked 21km fromKhayelitsha to Parow to write an exam be-cause there was nothing left for transport.But Batyi finally has aBachelor of Lawde-
gree to hold up high. He becomes emotionalwhenhe showsus his degree and turns awayfor a few seconds before the photographs aretaken. Batyi says that from a young age inhis hometown of Mdantsane in the EasternCape, he wanted to be able to help peoplewith the injustices that made their lives dif-ficult.He tried going to the University of Fort
Hare on a part-time basis but battled gettingthere and back. He left East London in 2007,hoping to go to theUniversity of theWesternCape, but that did not pan out either. In 2010he lost his father Phumzile and wanted tohelp supplement the gap in income that hismother Gladys was left to fill.He put his dreams of going to law school
on hold and became a policeman, drawn tothe job because of its closeness to law, andfor the pay cheque that would put food onthe table for the family. But as a policemanhe felt therewasno space forhis ownperson-al development.‘’I wanted to be in an environment that
was motivating and supportive. I was com-
bating crime, but my dreamsof becominga lawyerwerebe-ing delayed,’’ he said. Smallthings like getting studyleave was difficult while inthe police. ‘’It was a tough job.There was no recognition,and no prospect of recogni-tion.’’He started researching
companies who supportedemployees’ studies, and keptan eye out for vacancies atthose companies.He spotted an advertise-
ment for a security guard atits Koeberg plant near Atlan-tis and,havingdiscovered thecompany supported skills im-provement, he applied.He got
the job and closed the door on his police ca-reer.The company sponsored his studies and
supported him where it could. Day in andday out he made the long trip from one endofCapeTown to the other, readingwheneverhe could. He and hiswork friendswould car-pool sometimes to save costs and they wereamazed by his determination.‘’Theywould say, ‘How can you readwhen
the car is moving?’, but for me, it was achance to read two more pages,’’ he said.He finally graduated in October and re-
members the speech delivered at his gradua-tion ceremony, held at His People Church atN1 City in Cape Town.
‘’The professor asked us to look into theaudience at all the families there. “’Theyhave suffered a lot. They have deprivedthemselves for you’,’’ he remembers the pro-fessor saying. ‘’That really shook me,’’ hesaid. ‘’In my family no one has graduatedbefore. My father completed his matricwhen he was working. He always told methat I must not become a person who liesaround the house all day. He was verystrict.’’ Inspired by what he had done, twoof his siblings have since decided to furthertheir studies.WhileBatyi still works as a security guard
at Eskom, he plans to receive practical legaltraining at the University of Cape Town.
Daluxolo Batyi
Yoliswa Gusha, teacher, Tamora Matavu, teacher, Zoleka Qubeka, teacher and learners werehappy for the donation made available by Nomasebe Andrea Dondolo, (in front), at StMichaels Primary School, in Harare, Khayelitsha, on Friday. PHOTO: MBONGISENI MASEKO
#Rise doing best to shoe kidsMBONGISENI MASEKO
Ubuntu seems to be the catch-phrase foranyone whowants to give these days. Forgood measure.The campaign around the country and
the province to make the life of school go-ing children a little easier is gaining mo-mentum by the day.From uniforms, school shoes and
socks, the season of giving never seemsto end.ActressNomasebeAndreaDondolohas
also thrown in her lot, donating these tochildren at St Michaels Primary School,in Harare on Friday.This was part of her newly established
campaign called #Rise which aims atmaking a difference in the lives oflearners from disadvantaged back-ground.Dondolo was recently in the news for
all the right reasons after she returned alost wallet-which she picked up at ORTambo Airpost-to its original owner.Norval gave Dondolo R200 as a token of
appreciation for her generosity, which
she said, then triggered in her the idea ofstarting a campaign to give to others. Shethen challenged her friends on social me-dia to buy shoes and socks for thelearners.“He (Norval) asked me what I would
like him to do for me, but I said nothing.That is how the campaign was born. It
is in the solitary moments that it mattersto #Rise and be countedwhen no one seesyou and be the best version of a leader byexample. I initiated the project, but I can-not take credit for it,” Dondolo said.For Yoliswa Gusha, a teacher at the
school, this was amemorablemoment forthe learners.“I am very happy, because most par-
ents do not have means to buy themshoes. She (Dondolo) surprised us withher visit and we believe she was sent byGod. Learners become very shy whenthey walk in the school with no propershoes, so this is going to make a huge dif-ference in their lives,” Gusha said.Nelisa Mdolomba, 7, a learner, said she
was “very happy” for the shoes and shethanked Dondolo for the donation.
Two churches in Gugulethu have madean impassioned plea to residents ofKTC and Gugulethu to stop dumping
their rubbish against thewalls of the churchproperty.Masonwabe United Methodist Church, on
the corner of NY78 and NY102, and nearbyChurch of Christ Mission in NY102 say theyare battling to curb dumping and vandalismat their churches.Gang terms and profanities are scribbled
on the walls of Masonwabe United Metho-dist Church and piles of rubbish accumulateagainst the vibracrete. Everyweekworship-pers have to remove rubbish or repair dam-age.In an interviewwith GroundUp, Leader of
the Cape TownCircuit ofMethodist Church,NyanisoMondleki, said the dumping of rub-bish next to the church had started around2009. The church leadership had tried to talkto leaders of both communities to find a solu-tion. But in spite of efforts by communityleaders some residents still dumped their
garbage bags against thewalls of the church.“The residents dump nappies, rubble, gar-
bage bags and damaged corrugated iron,” hesaid, complaining about the smell.Mondlekisaid the walls dirtied by the mounting rub-bish had been repainted a few years ago butinstead of discouraging residents fromdumping, the repairs seemed to have en-couraged them.Andwhen theCity ofCapeTownexpanded
the pavement next to the church we thoughtthis would bring some relief, but people con-tinued.
This week we will meet with other Metho-dist Circuit leaders in Cape Town and comeup with a fundraising plan to revamp thewalls of the church,” he said.Church of Christ Mission secretary Nom-
bulelo Msingizane said the church had ranout of ideas on how to halt illegal dumping.She said city authorities should install a
sign next to the church urging residents notto dump their rubbish.Msingizane said the residents’ behaviour
was strange because the church had encour-aged residents to use the premises for func-tions. Ward 41 councillor Maneli Msindwa-na said he had held several meetings withresidents appealing to them to stop dumpingrubbish illegally. “Thereare containerspro-vided by the City of Cape Town for the resi-dents to dump their rubbish and they shouldmake use of them. I have spent R240,000 oncleansing the area because residents are justthrowing rubbish wherever they want,” hesaid. He said the money could have beenused on other projects.Msindwana has given residents a toll free
number to call the City of Cape Town whenthey saw anyone dumping rubbish illegally.Mayoral Committee Member for Utility
Services Ernest Sonnenberg said there wereillegal dump sites in Gugulethu and KTC, asin most suburbs across the City. He said theCity spent aboutR350millionayear clearingillegal dumps, money which could be betterused for infrastructure and services.“Churches are in a position to influence
communities for good, and if their voicesjoined the City’s in appealing to residents tochange littering and dumping habits, our ef-forts would be thatmuch stronger,” Sonnen-berg said.– Ground Up
Nombulelo Msingizane of Church of Christ Mission shows the discarded rubbishagainst the walls of the church.church
Grafitti on the front of the church appears to have been sprayed by gang members. church
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Councillors should be visibleThe last time I checked,the role of a councillorwas to incorporate theinterests of the municipali-ty and those of theirconstituents, playing avital role in creating andimplementing theircommunity vision andstrategic direction. Onclose observation though,it seems very few of thecouncillors in our areasmeet the above criteria.Councillors need to be
more visible in the com-munities. They need notbe only focusing on sittingin their offices. Somepeople in our communitiesneed to be informed ofdevelopments within theirsurroundings. People arenot well informed of whatis available in the commu-nities. All because of poorservice delivery from ourcouncillors.
BUSISIWE HENDALanga
“...where kids areaddicted monstersI was robbed at gun point by boysbetween the ages of 24-28 years, at theMakaza Wetland Park last November.
These boys were my kids ages andthey dehumanised me psychologicallyand stripped me naked in front of 9-12year olds, who I would consider mygrandchildren.
Every fragment and some bits ofdignity that I assumed I had wasstripped off.
For a few days, I did not feel safewalking the streets of the ghetto nextto ours- especially walking past boysstanding or sitting at the street corner.Boys fitting their description scare me.
You can imagine, the whole ofKhayelitsha is full of boys that fit thatdescription. As fate would have it; allthe goods that they robbed from mebelonged to an NGO that I worked for,and, worse, my contract was coming toan end in a few weeks time. How Iwished those boys understood thetriple dilemma they were putting methrough. Besides having a gun pointedat my zip, and in a frozen state ofshock, I picked myself up and left.
I doubted if my bosses wouldbelieved my story, so after the robberyI went straight to the nearest policestation to report the crime.
They asked for the phone and thedata projector’s serial numbers andthey said without these numbers theycould not open a case. To add salt toinjury they said, there was only twopolice vans available at that moment,but were not even in the yard.
Imagine an area that covers half thepopulation of Khayelitsha!
Townships are a hell hole designedfor blacks to eventually turn on eachother. I must say that I am privilegedto have the services of a psychologist,as a means to try and instil some formof self-esteem and confidence.
The stinking, sinking township. I amnot angry at those black kids, I’mangry at the conditions that turnedour children into unthinking, zombi-fied, drug addicted monsters!! Imangry at the ANC and the DA formaintaining ill-gotten white privilege
NKWAME CEDILEHarare
Black lives matter; a lesson in historyZuko Mndayi’s excellent letter(Blacks vote for the DA at theirown peril, City Vision, January21) refers.
This is my first letter to yourpaper, but definitely not the last.I will focus on another aspect,though; how capital punishmentis used by political parties todupe the electorate.
The three most importantvalues about how one conductsone’s life are integrity, sincerityand honesty.
If one cannot be trusted, one’scredibility falters, from whichone can never recover. Even afterone’s death one tends to beremembered by one’s faults. Somuch more for political parties.
One topic by which we can testif a person is sincere and if hehas any integrity at all, is if hesupports or condemns capitalpunishment. This will tell onealmost everything about thatperson.
We had this evil form ofpunishment in the colonial andapartheid eras. As an example:there is a road called “DrieKoppen Street” in Edgemead.“Koppen” comes from the Dutchword for heads. This was alsoonce the name of the railway
station we know today as Mow-bray.
In the colonial era, whenpeople were beheaded, theirheads were placed on poles towarn others(of wrong-doing).These were three slaves, but it’suncertain what they did todeserve such cruel punishment.However, this was the order ofthe day.
Since 1910, when the Englishand Afrikaners decided to governour country alone, altogether 4110 people were executed, mostlyby hanging, 136 for their politicalview. At first, the hangings tookplace all over the country, andfrom the 1930s, these were doneonly in Pretoria.
Of the number of people whofaced the gallows, more than 90%of them were Blacks and Col-oureds.
That is why capital punishmentwill always be a racist thing. InAmerica it is so bad that apressure group called “BlackLives Matter” had to be formedto fight this scourge. Statisticsreveal that about 81,4% of thelives lost in the festive roadcarnage recently, were those ofBlacks. Who cares? At the Codesanegotiations it was agreed by all
parties that capital punishmentshould be abolished.
In our very first election in1994, the National Party had hugeposters on the poles proclaiming:“Hang the Murderers! Hang theRapists!”. The DA soon mergedwith the NP scraps, other right-wing racists and “confusedColoureds”, today, it has“Blacks”, what a lethal concoc-tion! Their policy on capitalpunishment was no policy at all,instead they allow their membersa “free vote”on “difficult” issues.
They left the door open for areferendum on this issue, shouldthey become government one day.
Mmusi Maimane alluded to thisrecently. He was heavily repri-manded. Other parties that alsostrongly support capital punish-ment are the IFP, ACDP andFreedom Front. The ANC still isthe only party that consistentlystood by the original decision, inline with world trends, thatcapital punishment should neverever come back to our country.
Readers should test theirchurches, sports clubs, andeveryone they come in contactwith on this matter.
KOERT MEYERWelgelegen
Tackle other issues too
Yes, lets talk about racism but why it isnot urgent to speak about the disastrousrole of taverns in black communities?This week 5 kids died in a shack becausetheir mother had gone to the tavern.Limpopo police reported 6 murderslinked to taverns. And how about ex-pressing horror at the fact that girls inblack communities no longer play sportor why people in those communities canjust burn a library or clinic when theyare angry about something, and simplygo home afterwards?
Or do you perhaps know about a mobthat went to trial for burning a library?
THABILE RABEMfuleni
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An array of colours at the 2016 J&B MetARareBlendhorse racing atKenilworthraceway in Cape Town, Western Cape,South Africa.
Thousands of horse racing fans gotdressed in the best with the theme of the
2016 being “A rare blend”.Celebrities at the 2016 J&BMet includ-
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Siv Ngesi Khanyi Mbau PHOTOS: LULAMA ZENZILE
Church partners with government in the fight against crimeSPINDOG MOTSAMAI
TheLangaSeventh-dayAdventistChurch incollaboration with Safe Schools: MetropoleCentral EducationDistrict hosted a “Back toSchool” event in partnership with South Af-rican Police Service.This was in response to the National Gov-
ernment’s appeal to Faith-Based Organisa-tions, particularly churches, to join handswith the government departments in fight-ing crime in our communities.
Outlining the purpose of the event, its or-ganizer Ms Funiswa Didishe said it was toengage directly with the students from sur-rounding schools “to instil sound values forthe positive development of youth into re-sponsible citizen who respect themselvesand the community members at large and
promote education as a divine individual re-sponsibility.”
It was to also to raise awareness about thedangers of substance abuse and preventyoung people from using them. It was partof the church’s expansion of its youth devel-opment programmes in order to make a di-rect and positive impact on the young peopleof the community.52 students from Langa High,Isilimela
High, Ikamvalethu High and some learnersfrom Kulani High participated in the theevent which was held at the SDA Churchbuilding at Jungle Walk street.The students were addressed by a number
of speakers on a number of issues surround-ing substance abuse.These includedPsKhetheloMazibuko,Dr.
Abongile Qamata, Mrs Bongiwe Mbunge/
Ms SibongileMhlana,Mrs Thandi.Mati andSAPS Warrant Officer (WO) Makupula, MsFuniswa Didishe andMr T Noveve. WOMa-kupula specifically lauded the church for theinitiative and the partnership.
The students not only listened to experts,but theyalso participated in a facilitateddia-logue which was highly enlightening on thetopic of substance abuse.
Speaking on behalf of the students, wereBathandwaMtyi from IsilimelaHigh,Yolan-da Tomy, and Luthando Joko both Gr 12from Langa, expressed gratitude to thechurch for opening the young people’s eyesto reasons why substance abuse was to beavoided. Bathandwa said “As young people,we had no idea that there is a church thatis so concerned and has such positive influ-ence on young people. We think that church
are only interested in getting money frompeople. Thank you to the Seventh-day Ad-ventist church”.Landa SDA thanks the principals and the
school safety officers of the above listed sschools for allowing their learners to attendand participate in this programme.
“We also acknowledge Mrs CarmelitaPrinsloo( Safe Schools Co-ordinator) for pro-viding good food for our learners.SafeSchools is a wonderful government pro-gramme that invites all of us to join handsin fighting crime in our communitie,” saidPatrick Kulati.
“The church is seriously addressing is-sues that affect the communities and it iswilling to partner with government and anyother sector that is interested in improvingthe community,” said Kulati.
ANC confident about its chancesThe African National Congress (ANC)’s
Deputy Secretary General Jessie Du-arte said the party remains confident
about its chances of making significant in-roads in the Western Cape following the lo-cal government elections.
Duarte was in the province yesterday as-sessing the party’s electoral campaign struc-tures.
She added they are feeling confident abouttheir chances.
“Our campaignwill start in full force afterwe’ve launched our manifesto. But rightnow we’re establishing our structure. Wefeel goodabout it. Ee feel there’s a goodmoodamong the membership. They’re ready towork, they’re determined to work hardenough to win as many wards as they can.”
The Western Cape ANC is without itschairperson, Marius Fransman and secre-tary, Faiez Jacobs.
At the same time, ANC Secretary-GeneralGwede Mantashe has asked for a speedy in-vestigation into the latest scandal to hit theparty in the Western Cape.
Mantashe was in Cape Town yesterday toattend a high level meeting that resolved tosuspend Jacobs who is facing charges of as-sault.
Fransmanhas also stepped down, pendingan investigation into charges of sexual as-sault.
Now the party has to deal with BeaufortWest Mayor Truman Prince who’s em-broiled in allegations of corruption and as-sault.
Provincial ANC spokesperson JabuMfusi
said Prince has brought the party’s name in-to disrepute.“We’re taking the matter very seriously,
the secretary-general spoke about it yester-day.”Prince has been accused of attempting to
manipulate tenders in return for funding for
the ANC’s election campaign.Mfusi said syphoning money is not in line
with ANC policy.“We have condemned what Truman did,
there are better ways of raising funds.”Mfusi said provincial leaders will discuss
the issue later this week.
Meanwhile party’s national chairpersonBalekaMbete officiated the ANC’s birthdaycelebrations in Grabouw over the weekend.Mbete insists the problems affecting the
province’s leadershiphavenot filtereddownto branch level.She has urged branches to focus on wrest-
ing control ofmunicipalities from theDemo-cratic Alliance come the local governmentelections. Mbete said the national leader-ship will sort out all issues.“But at the provincially executive com-
mittee level, indeed the media has been re-porting quite wildly about some of the chal-lenges and that’s why the national leader-ship is coming down to get a direct sense ofwhat are the issues.”
The party said it’s still focusing on re-claiming areas in the province.It said itwants to use theOverberg district
as its springboard.Last year, the party won a by-election in
a Democratic Alliance (DA) stronghold inGrabouw.Grabouw councillor John Michels said
people want better service delivery.“They’re not worried about what’s going
on in the ANC in the province or in the ANCnationally, they’re looking at what the ANCis offering on a local level. Local governmentis the party nearest to the people.”But Mbete told members they cannot af-
ford to be distracted at this stage as there’stoo much work to be done.
“It’s very clearwhat ourmission is in 2016.We can’t be demoralised, there’s too muchwork to do.”
The Western Cape ANC held a rally to commenorate their 104th birthday celebrations.NationalChairperson of the ANC, Baleka Mbete was the keynote speaker.
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Let’s Play still the favouritefor school sport all over SAFollowing the highly successful inauguralevent last year, involving 403 000 learnersacross 473 primary schools, SuperSport isre-launching the Let’s Play Physical Educa-tion Challenge on the 1st February.The Challenge is a nationwide event tar-
geted at Grade 4’s from among South Afri-ca’s 18 000 primary schools.The primary objective of the Challenge is
to reinforce the instruction of curriculum-oriented physical education and to promotephysical activity in all schools.Let’s Play coaching teams will target vari-
ous schools each day to run the Physical Ed-ucation Challenge. The fittest Grade 4learners per school will compete, afterwhich the top three schools per provincewill qualify for the provincial semifinal,leading to an overall provincial winner.The final will take place at the end of Octo-
ber.The obstacle course challenge is designed
to accommodate both boys and girls andwillbe standardised at every competing school.It includes football slalomdribble, catch andthrow,mini hurdles, rope pull and an agilitydrill; all of which are completed in a matterof minutes.“School sport is the bedrock of sports in
the country and the Department of Basic Ed-ucationhas takena conscious decision to en-courage learners to participate in a varietyof sport activities”, said Dr Granville Whit-tle, Deputy Director-General for Care andSupport.While activity is the central focus of the
Challenge, it will also draw attention to amajor social issue among youngsters: bully-ing. UFC athlete and Let’s Play ambassador,Garreth ‘Soldierboy’ McLellan, as well asleading sports personalities, will make ap-pearances at schools to address the issue.“We believe that this is a meaningful way
to get schools involved in physical activity,particularly as government has highlightedthe need for children to become more ac-tive,” said Vaughn Bishop, head of Let’sPlay. “Kids needn’t be superstars; the chal-lenge is designed to accommodate everyoneat primary school level.”The fittest primary school per province
will compete for the title with the grand
prize a R1.3-million all-purpose, all-weathermulti-use sport court to be built at the win-ning school, sponsored by the Sports Trust.“Congratulations to Riverview Primary
School for winning the 2015 overall competi-tion, we are sure that the childrenwill enjoyplaying 5 codes of sport on this state of theart, world class multipurpose sport court.Being able to participate in sport, providesustainable programs in our schools andnurturing young talent is key to the futureof South African sport in our country. Weare proud to continue supporting this pro-gram by sponsoring yet another sport courtfor the 2016 competition, and enhancing edu-cation through sport”, says Anita Mathews,Executive Director of The Sports Trust.Steers, South Africa’s leading burger
brand are in full support of the initiative. Fa-mous Brands Marketing Executive AdolfFourie said, “It is truly an honor to be in-volved with such an initiative that seeks togrow and build our country through educat-ing children about the importance of beingactive and healthy. At Steers we recognisethat this is an incredible opportunity to givechildren the necessary tools to play and ex-ercise, after all a healthy body builds ahealth mind.”“We are very proud to be associated with
theLet’s Play initiative andweare confidentthat we will continue to support the infra-structure development at schools in SouthAfrica”, said Allen Brinkley, President ofHitachi Construction Machinery SouthernAfrica.Winners of the 2015Let’s PlayPhysical Ed-
ucation Challenge, Riverview Primary fromWorcester in the Western Cape, were pre-sented with their fully installed sports courttoday, by the Honorable Minister of Sport,Fikile Mbalula.The Let’s Play Physical Education Chal-
lenge is endorsedby theDepartment ofBasicEducation, theDepartment of Sport andRec-reation, the Sports Trust, the Physical Edu-cation Institute of SA, Unicef and Multi-Choice. Schools are invited to enter by call-ing one of the following twonumbers: 011 8497411 or 079 529 8862 (all hours).Schools may also email physedchal-
All the teams that participated in thisyear’s Metropolitan u-19 soccer tour-nament playoffs at Rocklands sports
field over the past weekend gave their bestperformances and kept their fans on theedge of their seats.Even the scorching weather could not de-
ter the young and aspiring footballers fromdisplaying their talent.Maties Fc u-19 gave one of the finest per-
formances in this tournament when theythrashed Vasco da Gama 4-1 and hammeredSilver Spurs 3-0 to book their place in thequarter finals.Maties Fcmidfielders, partic-ularly Verno Petersen and Dean Masiza,were in a mean mood as they orchestratedthe downfall of their opponents with theirkiller passes in the middle of the park.Vasco da Gama tried as much as possible
to contain their opponents, but Maties werein an unforgiving mood from the first whis-tle as they scored a brilliant goal within tenminutes of the game.Vasco appeared to be demoralised for the
most of the first half asMaties Fcmade themchase their shadows. Vasco got a penalty inthe second half and that made the game onegoal apiece and boosted their confidence.But their joy was short lived. The goal
seemed to awaken Maties Fc, who quicklyresponded with a goal when they wereawarded a penalty minutes later. Maties Fchad more ball possession and created morescoring opportunities.It was only a matter of time before Maties
Fc cracked the slowmoving defence ofVascoandwhen it did, the sluice gates opened.Ma-ties Fc scored another goal to seal the game.Team manager for Vasco, Patrick Nelson,said they allowed their opponents to have a
lot of space and that was their biggest mis-take.“We never really played as the team. My
players gave Maties a lot of respect and wenever created a lot of scoring opportunitiesand our strikers never really came to thepart. And it is no gainsaying the fact thattheir midfielders were just fantastic as theycracked our defence line,” he said.Maties FC coach, Ricardo Isaacs heaped
praise on his side, saying they played as aunit and they converted the scoring opportu-nities they had created. They controlled thegame well and that frustrated Vasco.“The confidence from the camp is high
and the players have a winning mentality.I have to acknowledge that the players gavetheir best and everyone was up to the task,”he said.They are going to start preparing for the
quarter finals and they believe that with thecurrent squad at his disposal they can clinchthe tournament.Metropolitan cup media liaison Roger
Clayton said the tournament started in 1989with the aim of unearthing new talents andgiving upcoming footballers an opportunity.“This is the tournament that has produced
players like Matthew Booth and BenniMcCarthy just to name a few. The ultimatewinner of this tournament will walk awaywith R30,000; quarter finals and finals willtake place in Belhar next month,” he said.Another crunch encounter was between
Juventus Fc and Cape United Fc. The gameleft Cape United Fc coach George Easthenred faced after the poor performance theyhad displayed. Juventus snatched the gamein the last minutes when they scored twoquick goals to be beat Cape United 2-1.“We defended badly and our players never
looked as if theywanted towin the game and
I just don’t know what to say to them,” hesaid. Juventus coach, Leonard Wynne saidthey played very badly in the first half andgave away a lot of free kicks, which resultedin conceding a goal.However, he said they regrouped in the
second half and he instilled confidence in
players, and that yielded the desired resultsAmongst other teams thatmanaged to pro-
ceed to next around are Juventus Fc, MatiesFc, Hellenic Fc, Old Mutual Academy,Greenwood Athletic, PPG Langa, Cape Unit-ed, MPCE Football Academy,SouthamptonFc and Stephanian Ottery Fc.- Ground Up
Dean Masiza of Maties tackles Rushan Orayn of Vasco da Gama. PHOTO: GROUND UP
AAIIEE: Kyokushin Guguletu Karate club re-opened its doors last week after a long festivebreak. Sensei Stanley Chapunza said he was happy that the club is still kicking regardless offinancial challenges. The club, which has about 30 members managed to send one fighter,Sensei Maputi 3rd Dan, to Germany in October. The club is encouraging everyone, youngand adults to come and join. They meet at Ikhwezi community hall, in Gugulethu, Mondayto Thursday, from 6pm to 7pm. They appealed to anyone who can sponsor them withpunching bags, gloves, transport, uniforms, shin pads and other kit. For more informationplease call Chapunza on 0726725895, 0734075875 or email to [email protected] visit their website www.karatekyokushin.za.org.
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Agroupof promising chessplayers fromKhayelitsha have found themselvesunable to reach their full potential as
lack of funding remains a hindrance in theirprogress.
The Masiphulelele Primary School hasover the years proven to be one of the bestperforming schools in the province.
Their girls’ under-14 team has won theprovincial games in their division for threeyears in a row and recently lost out in thenational competition after they were tiedwith the Free State team.
They lost the tie because they had drawnin the competition while their competitorsdidn’t. Even after their loss their coach Loy-iso Mdokwe told City Vision that it is proofof their improving play.“Last time they came in fourth prostitu-
tion and the fact that this year they were soclose to the number one spot gives us theconfidence that they are getting better andbetter.
They have also remained consistent in re-gional and provincial competitions,” saidMdokwe. He said that the schools successhas one of the biggest factors in the successof the nearby high schools chess team whoreceives learners from the school.
He said that the number of pupils that are
interested in chess keeps growing with 41registered members and more casuallyplaying at the school.He believes that more can be expected
fromhis chargeswere it not for the fact thatthey sometimes miss out on competitionsdue to lack ofmoney for travelling and par-ticipation.“It gets so hard that sometimes I have to
take money from my own pocket to makethings possible.If the local business and parents can get
more involved in the development of sportswe could see amazing things from thesechildren,” he said.The team’s standout performer, Yamkela
Silwana, has also found it had to attend allthe competition needed to attend due tolack of financial support.The 12 year olds skills in the mind game
has seen her been selected to represent theprovincial team at the national games.“She started playing at the age of nine
and has developed into one of the best localplayers by consistently performing wellbut again funding remains a problem. Wereally need the support so that our childrencan be empowered so that they can beworld beater.It is quite unfair and painful that a child
can’t compete because of lack of fundingrather than ability,” he said.
Masiphumelele Primary Schools awesome chess team fro, left to right is Simamkele Dyantyi,Amahle Nkomo, Zintle Rubushe, coach Loyiso Mdokwe, Lunathi Mfeketho, Vuyo Sophangisa,Lizalise Mbotyi while Sinoxolo Sokoyi was absent. PHOTO: MANDLA MAHASHE
Masiphumelele’s chess team protoge Yamkela Silwana is one of the stars to look out for in thefuture of Khayelitsha chess.