ECHO maritzburg Your 24/7 local connection FREE 19 March 2015 Aids helpline 0800-012-322 www.echopmb.co.za @echokzn PMB Echo Women’s public toilets, a disgrace NQOBILE MTOLO >>[email protected]F ROM used sanitary towels strewn across the floor, to the urine and faeces stench and the unavailability of running water for flushing and washing hands, the state of female public toilets in Pieter- maritzburg leaves much to be desired. This came to light after the Echo visited various public toilets in the city.Thevisitledtoshockingdiscover- ies at toilets at the Masukwana taxi rank, Retief Street taxi rank, Publicity House, Mgodini taxi rank, Freedom Square taxi rank and the Imbali taxi rank along Pietermaritz Street. What is common among all these ablution facilities is that most of them are blocked and cannot be used. The situation is even worse at the Masuk- wana taxi rank, as the public is only allowed to use the toilets for passing urine but not to defecate. The Masuk- wana taxi rank handles more than 1 000 commuters a week who travel to Greytown, Howick, Mpolweni, Mooi River and Estcourt. Sadly, only one toilet can be used. The other toilets are out of order and are being used for storage. It costs R2 to use this toilet. When the Echo reporter asked to use the toilet, one of the cleaners handed over a piece of a rolled tissue paper and said: “You can only use the toilet for urinating. When you have finished using the toilet paper, put it in a bucket next to the toilet. We have no water so you cannot wash your hands.” One of the taxi drivers said that most of the female public transport commuters rely on the ablution facili- ties at the nearby Brookside Mall. “Other females go behind the bushes because these toilets hardly work. That just strips away their dig- nity. The municipality should do something about these toilets,” he said. At the Retief Street taxi rank, only two out of more than nine toilets were working. The rest were blocked and faeces stench clogged the air. There was no charge for using the toilets and toilet paper was issued upon arrival. With most of the doors vandalised, fe- males had to use the toilets in view of others. The taps had also been van- dalised so there was no running wa- ter. This taxi rank handles thousands of public transport commuters who travel to the Vulindlela area. There are no bins for sanitary towel disposal. One of the employees of the Msun- duzi Pietermaritzburg Tourism Asso- ciation, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of victimisation, said that the Publicity House ablution facilities have been closed for months because of renovations. As a result, a lot of people from the public ask to use the toilets at their offices, she said. There was no cover charge at the Professor Nyembezi underground taxi rank female toilets. This taxi rank is known as the Mgodini taxi rank. During the visit, toilet paper was issued upon arrival. Only six toilets were working and more than 10 were blocked and could not be used or were used for storage. These are the only public toilets that had running water for washing hands. There are no bins provided for sanitary towel disposal. The Freedom Square taxi rank fe- male toilets have not had running water for months. There was no charge for using the toilets. Most of the toilets are blocked, toilet paper is sometimes issued upon arrival and there are no bins provided for sani- tary towel disposal. At the Imbali taxi rank used sani- tary pads had been dumped on the floor. Most of the toilets were blocked and there was no running water for washing hands. The Msunduzi Municipality has remained silent on this matter. More than a week ago, Echo approached the municipality for comment on this public health issue but at the time of going to print had failed to provide answers. Masukwana taxi rank toilet. Imbali taxi rank women’s toilets. >> You can only use the toilet for urinating. 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FROM used sanitary towelsstrewn across the floor, to theurineandfaecesstenchandthe
unavailability of running water forflushingandwashinghands,thestateof female public toilets in Pieter-maritzburg leaves much to bedesired.
This came to light after the Echovisited various public toilets in thecity.Thevisitledtoshockingdiscover-ies at toilets at the Masukwana taxirank,RetiefStreet taxi rank,PublicityHouse, Mgodini taxi rank, FreedomSquare taxi rank and the Imbali taxirank along Pietermaritz Street.
What is common among all theseablution facilities is thatmost of themare blocked and cannot be used. The
situation is evenworse at theMasuk-wana taxi rank, as the public is onlyallowed to use the toilets for passingurinebutnot todefecate. TheMasuk-wana taxi rank handles more than1 000 commuters a week who travelto Greytown, Howick, Mpolweni,Mooi River and Estcourt. Sadly, onlyone toilet can be used.
The other toilets are out of orderandarebeingusedforstorage.ItcostsR2 to use this toilet.
When the Echo reporter asked touse the toilet, one of the cleanershanded over a piece of a rolled tissuepaper and said: “You canonlyuse thetoilet for urinating. When you havefinished using the toilet paper, put itin a bucket next to the toilet.We haveno water so you cannot wash yourhands.”
One of the taxi drivers said that
most of the female public transportcommutersrelyontheablution facili-ties at the nearby Brookside Mall.
“Other females go behind thebushes because these toilets hardlywork. That just strips away their dig-nity. The municipality should dosomething about these toilets,” hesaid.
At the Retief Street taxi rank, onlytwooutofmore thannine toiletswereworking. The rest were blocked andfaeces stench clogged the air. Therewasnochargeforusingthetoiletsandtoilet paper was issued upon arrival.Withmostof thedoorsvandalised, fe-males had to use the toilets in view ofothers. The taps had also been van-dalised so there was no running wa-ter. This taxi rankhandles thousandsof public transport commuters whotravel to the Vulindlela area.
There are no bins for sanitarytowel disposal.
One of the employees of theMsun-duziPietermaritzburgTourismAsso-ciation, who preferred to remainanonymous for fear of victimisation,said that thePublicityHouseablutionfacilitieshavebeenclosed formonthsbecause of renovations. As a result, alotofpeople fromthepublicasktousethe toilets at their offices, she said.
There was no cover charge at theProfessor Nyembezi undergroundtaxi rank female toilets.
This taxi rank is known as theMgodini taxi rank. During the visit,toilet paper was issued upon arrival.Only six toilets were working andmorethan10wereblockedandcouldnot be used orwere used for storage.
These are the only public toiletsthat had running water for washing
The Freedom Square taxi rank fe-male toilets have not had runningwater for months. There was nocharge for using the toilets. Most ofthe toilets are blocked, toilet paper issometimes issued upon arrival andthere are no bins provided for sani-tary towel disposal.
At the Imbali taxi rank used sani-tary pads had been dumped on thefloor.Most of the toiletswere blockedand there was no running water forwashing hands.
The Msunduzi Municipality hasremained silent on this matter.
More than a week ago, Echoapproached the municipality forcomment on this public health issuebut at the time of going to print hadfailed to provide answers.
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Msunduzi deals with informal settlementsNQOBILE MTOLO>>[email protected]
WITH Pietermaritzburg fac-ing more than 70 informalsettlements that are grow-
ing daily, the Msunduzi Municipalityhas recommendedanumberof strat-egies to help discontinue the emer-gence of new informal settlements.
The recommendations, part of theMsunduzi’s informal settlement andmanagement control strategy, in-cludethe formationofa landinvasionrapid response team who will patrolland invasion hot spots and quicklyattendto landinvasions,ring-fencingland parcels and sites vulnerable tolandinvasionanddevelopingthesus-ceptible and underutilised parcels ofland with the aim of projects of com-munity parks of business leases.
Theneedtodealwith informalset-tlements in the Msunduzi area re-ceivedprominenceaftera study, con-ducted by a service provider Kaya-mandi Development Services,revealed that the Msunduzi Munici-palityhasapproximately70 informal
settlements, and that this number isgrowing. The growth has been notedto be within existing informal settle-ments and the formation of new set-tlements through land invasion. Theinformal settlements were subdivid-ed into foursections - theGreater Im-bali area with 27 informal settle-ments, Northdale areas with 22 in-formal settlements, the GreaterEdendaleareahas13informalsettle-ments while only eight are found intheCBD,AshburtonandEasternare-as.
The informal settlement strategywas part of Msunduzi Municipality’sExecutive Committee (Exco) agendaand the matter is expected to be partof the next full council meeting foradoption.
Areportonthisstrategystatesthatsomeinformalsettlementshavebeenaround for years. To deal with theseinformal settlements, the reportstates that there should be a detailedplan for each informal settlementwhichoutlineswhattheintendedres-olutionof its existenceand informali-tyareandthetimeframeswhichsuch
resolutions shouldbeexecuted.Eachplanwillalsoneedtoconsiderwheth-er the informal settlement is on mu-nicipal-owned land or privatelyowned land.
The informal settlements upgrad-ing process will be subdivided intofive stages. The first stage will dealwith the formation of the steeringcommittee, a socio-economic surveywill beconducted, community capac-ity building workshops, the environ-mental assessment, the geotechnicalstudyandtheestablishmentofabasicsettlementplan.Stage twowill lookatbasic services and development andwill tackle the issuing of occupationcertificates, provision of basic servi-cesandfacilitieslikecommunalstandpipes, sanitation and mobile clinics.The thirdstagewill lookat townplan-ning and development support andwill tackle the formalisation of landoccupation rights, relocation assist-ance, the installation of engineeringservicesand theon-going support forcommunities. The fourth stage willtackle development consolidationand the township establishment fi-
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over11yearsandeachstagehasbeencalculated to be implemented withinone financial year however, this maychange as some stages take longer orshorter periods to be well executed.
PHOTO: FILEThe Msunduzi Municipality has come up with a detailed plan on how it willtackle informal settlements.
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MYSTERY surrounds the reason why acaring Sweetwaters teacher was shot“execution-style”,accordingtopolice,
on an abandoned plantation dirt road nearBaynesfield on Saturday.
The woman, identified as Gugulethu Gwa-manda (59), was found by police in her ToyotaVerso. She had sustained five bullet wounds.
It is believed that nothing was stolen fromthevehicleandafilecontainingdivorcepapersthat were handed to her earlier this monthwere found in the vehicle’s cubbyhole.
There were also school uniforms on theback seat.
It is unclearwhen shewas killed or howhercar got to the secluded area.
Asked if he knew how she came to be in theforest her husband Johnny said: “That’s whatwe don’t know.”
He said she was a loving mother to theirthree children and a caring teacher at Umtho-qotho High.
“Shetookcareofpeople.Shepaid theschoolfees and bought uniforms for some of the chil-dren who did not have parents. She was achurchgoer and a businesswoman.”
He said shewasa senior teacherwhoprevi-
ously taught Zulu and history and had startedat the same time as the school principal.
He saidhedidnotwant todivulge any infor-mation about the circumstances of her deathuntil the police finish their investigations, onlyconfirming that police had found his wife’sbody.
Atpremises inBoomStreet thatarebelievedtobelong toGwamanda,acollegestudent,whorentsaccommodation fromherandwhoaskednot tobenamed,said: “Shewasanice ladywhowasnotstrictabout therent.Weareallshockedabout her death and we don’t know whyanybody would do that to her.”
“I thought of her as a mother,” said onetenant.
Another woman, who asked not to benamed,saidshewasoneofGwamanda’sprevi-ous employees.
“The last time I saw her was in DecemberandIknowshehadtrouble inhermarriageandwasheading towardsdivorce. Shewasa lovelyperson.”
Colonel Jay Naicker said the Thornville po-lice station is investigating a case of murder.
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TELKOM could not say if staff at itsPietermaritzburg branch will be af-fected by restructuring plans cur-rently in progress.
Last year, the Telkom nationaloffice publicly stated that the man-agement pool, which the company
seeks to reduce, is made of up to2 650 staff.
Through these restructuringplans Telkom says it wants to bringservices closer to the people by get-ting rid of unnecessary levels ofmanagement, improving customerservice and experience.
Telkom stated that restructuringwill keep the business afloat as it
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“The research has shown that itis, unfortunately, no longer viableto continue running some of thecompany’s 95 stores.”
He said the company can man-age to stay afloat, provided the fi-nancially unviable stores closedown.
“We do not break down or seg-ment the statistics per region orsmall town.
“Unfortunately, we are not Piet-ermaritzburg-based, we work on anational scale,” he said.
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Deputy mayor in‘pap geld’ troubles>> Zuma apparently earns R75 000 a month
AMANDA KHOZA
MSUNDUZI deputy mayorThobani Zuma has been ac-cused of being a dad “who
does not care about his children”.So incensed is the mother, a busi-
nesswoman, of two of his childrenthat she hauled him before a Pieter-maritzburg maintenance officer,claiming outstanding maintenance.
According to papers, Zuma wasexpected to appear before the dis-trict’smaintenanceofficeratthemag-istrate’s court, but he did not arrive,said the 33-year-old woman.
When contacted Zuma laughedsaying he would investigate thematterand“then Iwill call youback”.
But he never did.ThemotherofZuma’ssix-year-old
son and five-year-old daughter, whocannot be named to protect them,filed a suit against him in Februaryafterheallegedlyfailedtopaymainte-nance.
Zuma and the businesswomanmet in Pietermaritzburg in 2002while she was working for an ac-counting firm.
“Hewas still a councillorwhenwestarted dating,” saying that she fellpregnant in 2008.
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Should teenage moms be separated from their babies?
‘It's not okay for babies tobe separated from theirmothers. Every baby needsto be with their motherduring developmental stages. Somehow this is promoting teen mothers tohave more children because they will not feelthe pain and the stressthat goes with raising achild.’
Sboniso Majozi
‘I'm against the president'scall as I believe this willpromote teenage pregnancy. If their babies are takenaway, they will find moretime to make more babiesbecause they have neverfelt the pressure of raisinga child.’
Nduduzo Mabika
‘I think it's a good idea because most of the timeteen mothers are veryyoung to be able to takecare of their children. Thereare others from disadvantaged homes who areforced to drop out fromschool and seek for employment in order to raise theirchildren. I think it will motivate them even more to focus on their studies becausethey know there is someonewaiting to be taken ofthem after completing theirstudies.’
Nondumiso Mchunu
‘It's a good initiative so thatteen mothers can focus ontheir studies, as some end upnot finishing school becausethey have to take care of theirchildren.’
Minenhle Buthelezi
IN a bid to address teenage pregnancy and poverty, President Jacob Zuma recently made a call that teenage mothers should be separated from their babies untilthey have completed their schooling. NOKULUNGA NGOBESE spoke to young people to find out their views.
THERE ishardlyanyparking forMsunduzi Tourism Hub visi-tors.
Thehubparkingspaceatthesouthend of the building is marked “re-served” for tenants.
AttherecentExecutiveCommittee(Exco) council meeting, councillorJudith Lawrence said that brandingoutside the tourism hub, the lack ofpublic or visitors’ parking and spaceallocation for a restaurant within thebuilding should be addressed.
“Any parking is reserved and it isrumouredthat thespaceallocatedfora restaurant is too small. There isnothing that says tourism on the out-side of the building.
“I don’t know if we have a whiteelephant in the room as far as thetourism hub is concerned,” she said.
Exco member Bill Lambert alsoraised concerns about the space re-served for the restaurant.
“Rumour has it that the space re-servedforarestaurantwillbeusedasan executive suite,” said Lambert.
Deputy municipal manager foreconomic development Dr RayNgcobo said that currently the tour-ism hub’s occupancy rate is at 80%.
“We would have loved to sit at100% occupancy. Parking is an issue
notonly for thepublic - it is aproblemin general. Tenants and users of thefacility have parking bays.
“Wedohavestructuralconstraintsfor the restaurant.We are looking forpeople who must occupy the spacewithin the structural constraints. Wedo have someone signed up for a res-taurant. The only restaurant not oc-cupiedis theoneonthetopfloor,”saidNgcobo.
The tourismhub is at the cornerofPietermaritzburg’s busiest street,Langalibalele Street (Longmarket),and Henrietta Street.
The building has 22 offices, a res-taurant, anundergroundparkingga-rage and a piazza.
The five shops which will be ac-commodated will face LangalibaleleStreet. The building reportedly costsmore thanR25 milliondue toglitcheswhich previously put constructionplans on hold. The hub is expected toboost local tourism.
The hub was launched in 2011 atthe City Hall and was funded by theKwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operativeGovernanceandTradition-al Affairs (Cogta).
PHOTO: FILEThe Msunduzi Tourism Hubdoes not have adequateparking for visitors.
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City to take over andexpand Oribi AirportTHAMSANQA MAGUBANE
THEMsunduzi Municipality plans totakeovertherunningofPietermaritz-burg (Oribi) airport next year.
The airport’s contract with IndizaAirport management ends in March2016.
Addressing Executive Committeemembers, municipal managerMxolisi Nkosi said they were in theprocessofappointinganairportman-ager to take over the running of theairport inApril. Indizawereappoint-ed tomanage the airport on a judge’sorder.
In 2012, newspaper reports indi-cated that themunicipality was criti-cised for the way it handled a tenderto appoint a service provider.
Judge Rishi Seegobin set aside adecisiontakenbythemunicipalitynotto award the contract to Indiza Air-port Management, accusing the mu-nicipality of dishonesty.
Judge Seegobin found that the
awarding had been flawed. He or-dered the municipality to award thetender to the company within amonth and to pay all Indiza’s costs.
Nkosi said the municipality willnotputoutanother tenderbutwill setup its own entity.
Theentitywillbringavarietyofex-pertise to operations, including aboard of directors he said.
“AmanagerwillbeappointednowandwhenthecontractwithIndizaex-pires, themanagerwill continue run-ning the airport.”
Nkosisaidthemunicipalityhasbigplans for the airport.
“The airportmust be alive, itmustnotbewhatitisnowwherepeoplejustcome and go.”
Dr Ray Ngcobo, responsible foreconomicdevelopmentinthemunici-pality, said they plan to build an air-port hub that will accommodatemanybusinessesandsaid theprojecthasbeensponsoredby theprovincialtreasury.
ECHOFrom feeling hopeless to KZN’s thirdbest crècheCHELSEA PIETERSE
WHAT started as a smallcrèche in the hills ofMpophomeni is now a
bright, award-winning pre-schoolwith a passionate principal headingits success.
Never Never Land principalZandile Khoza started the crèchein her parent’s back yard inMpophomeni, but never thought shewould be winning awards for herteaching and for her modest pre-school.
After failing to complete her yearattheFernHillHotelSchoolduetohersevere epilepsy and heart palpita-tions, Khoza made her way backhome to rest and decide what to dowith her life.
“Itwasadepressing time. I hadnomedication to control my epilepsyand heart condition and I could notcope at school so I had to come backhome.”
After months of sitting at home,Khoza approached her parents andasked to use the back room on theirproperty as a crèche after seeingsmall children wandering throughMpophomeni during the day.
“I went door-to-door telling thecommunity aboutmy crèche, but notmany people were keen.
“I didn’t have any training, and Iwasn’t really sure what I would beteaching the children, but I knew Iwould figure it out.
“One woman agreed to send herdaughter to me and for six months Isat withmy one pupil and taught hernursery rhymes, poems and how tocolour in.”
As her only pupil showed off hernew skills to the community, 30 par-ents approached her to enrol theirchildren over one weekend.
As the school grew, the Cedaracommunity approachedher and saidthey had an abandoned RDP housefor her to use as a classroom and sheimmediately accepted.
Khoza attended church meetingsand asked people to spread thewordand soon she received donations ofclassroom supplies and was able tobuild a second classroomandanout-side toilet.
Upon an inspection by a socialworker from the Social DevelopmentDepartment, Khozawas told to applyfor the Early Child Developmentawards.
“Mycrèche came third for thebestcrèche in KwaZulu-Natal and I wasawarded the third-best early childdevelopment teacher in KwaZulu-Natal in January.
“I was just so amazed. For such ahumble school fromsuch apoor areato win this award is just wonderful,and I am honoured.”
With 54 children - of whom the
parents of only 18 are able to affordthe R110 school fees a month - thecrèche has very little funding and re-liesstronglyondonations,volunteersand the Department of Social Devel-opment.
Khozasaidthemajorityof thechil-dren who come from “granny-head-ed households” are HIV positive.
She said she cannot stand to see
anyone suffer, which was why shetook inmany children although theirparents are unable to pay.
Local woman Sarah Penningtonand Hilton and Howick Rotary haveboth donated and invested in Khozaand her crèche stating she was a“brilliant teacher”, and was alwaysextremely appreciative for every-thing people did for her.
Schools, pupils urged to enter quizchampionshipsINTERNATIONAL audit and accountingfirm BDO invites pupils from KwaZuluNatal high schools to participate in the2015 BDO InterSchools Quiz Championships.
Teams of four Grade 10 or 11 pupils areinvited to test their general knowledge inthis popular quiz which is being run byBDO’s Durban office for the sixth year.
Last year, 216 pupils from 27 Durbanand Pietermaritzburg schools competedfor the title, with Durban Girls’ High coming out tops. They won the right to choosean underprivileged school to receiveR10 000 worth of books, jointly sponsored by BDO and Books & Books. Eachof the four winning team members alsotook home the latest Apple iPod shufflefrom BDO. A Clifton College team, in second place, won R500 worth of bookvouchers from Books & Books.
Audit and assurance partner at BDO’sDurban office Sally Juckes said the same
prizes will be on offer this year.“It has become apparent though that
among the most valuable things that pupils get out of the quiz is the chance totest their wits as part of a team againstthe best of their peers, the sense ofachievement when they do well and theopportunity to help others less fortunatethan they are,” said Juckes in a statement.
The quiz takes the form of a roundrobin competition in which the teams offour pupils are asked a series of generalknowledge questions.
Four regional rounds will be held inMarch and May ahead of the final whichwill take place at Clifton School on Thursday 21 May. They will be held on 19 Marchat Westville Boys’ High, 5 May at HiltonCollege, 7 May at Crawford College La Lucia and 12 May at Glenwood High.
Pupils wishing to take part shouldcontact BDO’s Frances Cochrane on010 060 6700. Supplied
Ballroom starin the makingECHO REPORTER
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Nokwandafrom SOS Children’s village is hopingto make it big in dance.
She achieved first prize in ball-room dancing for two consecutiveyears.
The Grade 7 pupil at FezokuhlePrimary started living at home in2007, and started ballroom dancingin 2013 after being inspired by aformer housemother.
Speaking toEcho, Nokwanda saidthat despite wanting to be a physio-therapist one day, she dreams ofopening her own dance school.
Her breakthrough came in 2013when she entered her first dancecompetition and was placed first in
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDNokwanda with her dance partner Ayanda.
ballroom and sec-ond in Latin Ameri-can dancing.
That year shewas invited to com-pete in the SouthAfrican BallroomChampionships inDurban, where shewas placed first inLatin Americandancing.
In 2014 she trav-elled across thecountry and wasplaced first in all thecompetitions sheentered.
Her greatest suc-cess thus far waswhen she won boththe Latin and ball-room categories atthe national inter-provincial champi-onships held inPretoria.
While Nokwandais passionate aboutdance, she also ex-cels in her studiesand hopes to getdistinctions formathematics andscience.
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THEHexagon Studio Theatre will be pre-senting a play - Mooi Street Moves - byPaul Slabolepszy from25 to 27March at
6pm.The play is amodern South African classic.This is a tragicomic look at a white country
bumpkin andablack urbanhustler thrown to-gether in a Hillbrow freed from apartheid, butstrugglingwith the fallout.When a devastatedHenry shows up in Stix’s flat looking for hisbrotherSteve,Stixhasnochoicebuttotakehimin and prepare him for survival on the roughstreets of Johannesburg.
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Tickets are R40 and R25 for students andseniors respectively at the door.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDFrancis Mennigke (left) and Nqubeko Sithole are part of the cast for‘Mooi Street Moves’ on at the Hexagon Theatre.
All-female gospel group releases newpraise album and DVDNOKULUNGA NGOBESE>> [email protected]
LOCAL female group Avodah will bless gospel fanswith praise and worship songs as they release theirsecond CD this Easter.
The CD, titled Praise and Worship Experience, isa double disc with 20 tracks and a DVD.
Speaking to Echo album producer Thabani Radebe said they decided to release the album over Easterseason because it is a time when many people wantto be closer to God. “This new album is much nicerthan our first one as it has many songs. It’s fresh andcontemporary and is the first of its kind as we add
a new touch to historically praise and worship songs.“This is a time where almost everybody who is a
Christian wants to be closer to God, and the albumis aimed at doing just that. Through the album wewant people to be blessed and to find some form ofdirection in life. It is also aimed at inspiring and teaching those in the music industry something about production and song writing. We have written some ofthe songs both in IsiZulu and English.”
Radebe said some of the old praise and worshipsongs that have been reinvented in the album includeMoya oyingcwele and Bekhani ku Jesu which is donein collaboration with Pastor Sabelo Manyathi of LifeBible Church.
Search for ‘PerfectSishebo’ contestants
ECHO REPORTER
IF you know your way around thekitchen“YourPerfectSishebo”realitycooking TV show is looking for con-testants to participate in this year’sshow.
The showwhichwill be aired on 2April, with a panel of judges and ce-lebrity guests and is aimed at givingcontestants an opportunity to show-case their cooking skills while theyshare their stories through their per-fect sishebo.
Lerato Sengadi fromRed Flag De-sign & Marketing said: “This is theshowwhere anyone stands a chanceof creating South Africa’s deliciousperfect sishebo, and enjoy a life-changing journey along the way.
“The show is looking for contest-ants to share the untold stories ofSouth Africa’s families throughcooking, the traditions and ritualsthatgoalongwithcreatingtheperfectmeal.
“If you think your sishebo is one inamillion, and you have the creativityand passion to handle 11 weeks ofdynamic and diverse cooking tasks,we are definitely looking for you.”
The top 10 contestants will battleit out for the title.
To stand a chance of winningR20 000,aswell as R50 000worthofShoprite shopping vouchers, simpledial *120*125# or visit Your PerfectSishebo Facebook page on www.fa-cebook.com/sishebo
Upload a photo of your perfectsishebo, accompanied by a motiva-tional letter, explaining why youwould be a great contestant.
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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThandiwe Zamisa was in the top six in last season's‘Your Perfect Sishebo’ show.
GENERATIONSAMIRA gets the shock of her life when
Tommy shows up unexpectedly.Mr Sokhu-lu has had enough and gets nasty. Smangaunwittingly saysall thewrong thingsagain.
Mazwi’s had enough of being under-minedanddecidestotakerevenge.Nolwazireelswhenshediscoversthetruthabouthernewfound friend.
ISIDINGOBradhas to decidewhether to use Sizwe
in his campaign against Lincoln. Warningbells are sounded when the miners’ safetyissuesaffectkeyplayers.Priyasteelsherselffor battle, butmore badnews is on theway.Bradley, intent on saving the mine from apotentially Dangerous strike, runs into op-position.Eddiefindshimselffacedwithadi-lemma:on theone side the claimsof friend-ship,ontheotherthetemptationsofpromo-tion. Brad regrets his mistakes with Sizweandfears thatheandNikiweare losingcon-trol of the situation.
MUVHANGOJust when James thinks Busi is getting
better,hegetsdevastatingnews.Thifhelim-bilu is cleansed and she asks the ancestorsfor forgiveness. Malume Themba andMankosi take their brother to an old placewithmemories.TebohomakessureThifhe-
limbilu knows who is in charge of Mulalo’shouse. Malume Themba andMankosi takeBhekikhaya and his family to KZN to meetthe rest of the family.
RHYTHM CITYBash thinkshehas caughtNoxout steal-
ingfromtheclub.NoxoffersBashanoppor-tunity to make some fast cash. Mamoketeconfirms to Reneilwe that Sifiso broke upwithherbecausehemadeapromisetoGod.Lerato isbroken todiscoverDavid’s true in-tentions behind his efforts to get her arecord deal with Red. Davidmeets Lerato’smother and uses her to manipulate Leratoback into line. Nox shows Bash just howskilled an operator she really is.
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TheRTMCsays freightandpublic transportoperators (owners) will be held liable for thefailure of their drivers to renew their profes-sional driving permits.
Information from the corporation indicatesthat 433 973expiredprofessional drivingper-mits existed on the National Traffic Informa-tion System on December 31, 2014. This is43.35% of all PrDPs issued.
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Msibiemphasised:“It is thedutyoftheoper-ator toensure that thevehicleanditsdriverarefit to operate on a public road.”
Section50of theNationalTrafficAct impos-es a responsibility on traffic authorities to sus-pendorcancelthelicenceofanyoperatorifthatoperatorhas failed toexercisehis orherdutiesin terms of the Act.
To improve compliance and improve safetyon the roads the RTMC and other traffic en-forcement agencies have stepped up vigilanceandwill investigate allmajor crashes to estab-lish the compliance level of operators.
This collaboration will be rolled outthroughout theyearandunannounced inspec-tionswill beundertakenonoperators’ premis-es to establish compliance levels. Habitualoverloading offenders will be identified andstringent measures taken against those foundto be unwilling to comply with the law.
Operators are being warned to adhere toroadtrafficregulationsandobeytherulesoftheroad.
Msibi said: “The national traffic police to-gether with other law enforcement agencieswill be increasing their vigilance on the roadsthroughout the year and offenders will beprosecuted.”
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Local marathonproves to be oneof the best
>> Event attracted athletes from KZN, EC, Gauteng and Mpumalanga
THE Umgeni Water Marathon,hosted by Collegians Harriersand Howick Athletics clubs
around Midmar Dam, again provedto be one of the best local mara-thons.
AsexpectedtheraceonSundayat-tracted a lot of athletes from all overKwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape,Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
The heat affected the pace and
times of the athletes but they dis-played a lot of fitness and well-orga-nised water tables came in handy.
The winner of the 42,2km eventwasMlondi Zuma fromElandskop ofMaxed Elite in 2:36:07.
“It was not easy at all and it washot out there, but I am just glad thatI was able to hang in andmanaged towin,” said Zuma.
In second place was Muzi Madik-
wa of Collegians Harriers in 2:37:04and Thami Hlatswayo (eThekwiniAC) came third after clocking2:41:14,1.
The ladies marathon (42,2km)was won by Cary-Ann Smith (Ned-bank A C 3:16:23). Runner-up wasHelen Buley (Coll Harr 3:18:19) andthird was Ashleigh White (DHSOB -3:26:45).
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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMlondi Zuma won theUmngeni Marathon onSunday
INatal United ngeke ivumele iArrows izenzele nje koweNedbank CupINTAKA ibekele amazolo, kuzoshiki-shaufudu, kudela umakhasanekantikudela noyozibona zinephuzanakumidlalo yeNedbank Cup ngalempelasonto.
Did your team scorethe winning goal?Tell us about it write for us usingthe Citizen Journalism tool atwww.echopmb.co.za
Other results:Men 32km:1. Nathan Martin RSA 1:51:152. Sibonelo Duma RSA 1:53:173. Isaac Mokoena RSA 1:56:26Men 40 to 49:1. Ramatema Lesiea RSA 2:20:212. Steve Muchna PDAC 2:34:48Men 50 to 59:1. Lawerence RSA 2:34:452. John Warnes RSA 2:39:51Men 60+1. Ruben Gemp RSA 2:46:02Ladies 32km:1. Pat Dammann IND 2:35:152. Lise Muchna PDAC 2:37:303. Michelle De Montille RSA 2:37:31
Ladies 40 to 49:1. Pat Dammann IND 2:35:152. Lise Muchna PDAC 2:37:30Ladies 50 to 59:1. Jenny Taylor RSA 3:01:192. Vanessa Botha RSA 3:05:40Ladies 60+1. Jenny Rouse RSA 3:47:09The next roadrunning event will
be the Arthur Creswell MemorialMarathon from Bergville toLadysmith on 11 April starting at6am.
For more information, phone therace secretary on 076 536 7070 oremail [email protected]