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KWAZAKHELE, Port Elizabethresidents in eMagaleni areasang and toy toyed on Mondayafternoon showing their dis-pleasure with what they be-
lieved was the re-election of Ward 20 ANCCouncillor Bongo Nombiba.
They accused Nombiba of ineptitude, cor-ruption and putting the name of the ANCin disrepute.They claim to have called on his office for
assistance with housing, water and elec-tricity service delivery, without any luck.About 100 residents, including little chil-
dren, took part in a protest accusing Nom-biba of failing to serve the community ofKwazakhele and not being fit for electionas their representative.They claim they want the ANC to nomi-
nate someone else, and if they do not, they
have names of capable councillors whoshould be nominated, or, they won’t vote.“We hear that the ANC is giving us Nom-
biba as a Ward Councillor in the 2016 LocalGovernment Elections. We say, hell no. Notthat one. He is being investigated by theHawks,” said Ntombizodidi Ntshona (64),the Chairperson of Thulamangwane Com-munity Project.The elderly woman claims to have been
fired by Nombiba from the project but wasreinstated when the case of corruption andthe embezzlement of funds within theproject was taken to the CCMA.“I am not being investigated. He is the
one being investigated by the Hawks,” saidgogo Ntshona.“We don’t want a councillor who is under
investigation. Nombiba promotes faction-alism and does not bring projects to developlocal residents but instead, claims the pro-jects belong to the ANC so he has a rightto decide who is to benefit from it,” Zwelan-dile Booi, a resident said.They claim their councillor was not help-
ful to the community.“Destitute and vulnerable families who
couldn’t bury their departed contacted himfor help and he couldn’t. We ourselves con-tacted the municipality and were shockedto learn that our councillor had only towrite a letter to ask the municipality to as-sist through the Assistance to the Poor Pro-gramme,” said one resident.
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Raising the flagRaising the flagforMotherforMotherTongueDayTongueDay
“We hear that the ANC isgiving us Nombiba as aWard Councillor in the2016 Local GovernmentElections.We say, hellno.” NTOMBIZODIDI NTSHONA
Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture Rejoice Mabudafhasi was in Nelson Mandela Bayyesterday for the celebration of International Mother Tongue Day. Before visiting NMMUwhere she met language practitioners for the observation of the day, MP Mabudafhasi paida courtesy visit to New Brighton’s 70 yearold Cowan High School where she hoisted thenational flag and encouraged pupils to love their country, mother tongue and flag, knowingits colours and their significance. With the MP is school principal Trevor Dolley on her rightand working on the flag, are Head Boy and Head Girl, Zukhanye Madaka and Glory Benirespectively. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA
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AN attempt to bring back good-quali-ty learning and teaching to Port Eliz-abeth schools has been startedthrough the creation of the DistrictEducation Forum (DEF).
According to chairperson Mazot-sho Dukwe, the DEF is a statutorybody which is gazetted and it is madeup of all education stakeholders in-cluding teachers unions, departmentofficials, representatives fromschoolgoverning bodies, school manage-ment teams, representatives frombusiness and social partners.
While this initiative was started inPE,schools fromDespatchandUiten-hage have also been part of the struc-ture aimed at improving educationresults in the whole of Nelson Man-dela Bay.
“We held an education indaba inPort Elizabeth’s district office on
February 12 with the aim of address-ing problems that bedevil our educa-tion,” DEF deputy chairperson theReverend Dr Xolani Tengo said.
He said five factors had been iden-tified as needing special attention –school functionality, quality learn-ing and teaching, closing of schools,nutrition and embezzlement ofschool funds.
“Wecannot afford to seepeople, forinstance, just closing schools owingto problems facing education. Stake-holders must engage in dialoguewhile teaching and learning contin-ue,” explained Tengo, when askedwhat they meant by closing schools.
Schools in the Northern Areaswere closed for weeks from the startof the school term, owing to parents’complaints on a number of issues.
“To deal with the challenges head-
on, we thought it was important fortheDepartmentofEducationto trainand capacitate school governingbodies as the functionality of schoolsis its core business,” Tengo said.
He said they were aware that Gen-eral Motors South Africa was doingthis to some extent, but felt muchmore was needed.
Dukwe said the DEF believedschools should establish committeesfor the procurement of school nutri-tion.
“Principals should not microman-age the governing bodies. They arethe accounting officers to the depart-ment as managers of schools, but thegovernance of schools should be theprerogative of the governing bodies.
“That way, we could minimisefights and allegations of corruptionin schools,” Dukwe said.
Turning back to the department,he said: “We want the filling of postsin schools and in the circuit officesto be speeded up, the department toavoid prolonging appointments on
acting capacity, and to prioritise is-sue of employing non-teaching staffin schools, such as caretakers, secre-taries and groundsmen.– NCEBA DLADLA
The DEF executive, from left, is Thembinkosi Majikela (secretary), Xolani Tengo(deputy chairperson) Mazotsho Dukwe (chairperson) and Joseph Frederick(member). PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA
EDUCATION was among the keyareas singled out by Eastern CapePremier Phumulo Masualle in hisstate of the province address (Sopa)at the provincial legislature in Bhis-ho last Friday.
He admitted that the province wasfacing some serious challenges asfar as education was concerned.
“Ouranalysis of the state of educa-tion in the province has revealed anumber of challenges that requireurgent intervention,” he said.
“These include the existence of alarge number of schools that are dy-sfunctional, resulting in high dropout and failure rates; the provincehas a number of small and unviableschools, resulting in less than opti-
mal use of resources; district officesare also poorly capacitated to sup-port the schools; there is a dire shor-tage of appropriately qualified andskilled educators in critical subjectsand in certain phases; as well as lowlevels in numeracy and literacy atprimary education levels that are li-miting the ability of learners to pro-gress smoothly up the system,” thepremier said.
In the light of these, he said, theexecutive council had since adopteda transformation plan to improvethe systemover thenext threeyears.
The planwill, among other things,focus on increasing the number offunctional schools by appointing ca-pable principals to lead the schools
and ensuring that no school is wit-hout a principal by March this year.DieBurger reported last week that
in the Eastern Cape there wereabout 700 vacant principal posts andat least 5 000 teaching posts that ha-ve not yet been filled.
Masualle said another focuswould be the timeous appointmentof qualified teachers in schools to en-sure that there was always a teacherin front of the pupil.
In this regard, a team from the Of-fice of the Premier and Treasury hasbeen deployed for a year in the De-partment of Education to resolvethat department’s human resourcemanagement challenges.
“Small and unviable schools will
be rationalised and realigned intofunctional and productive schoolsand, through the new service delive-ry model, district offices will be re-duced and capacitated to providequality support to schools.”
There will also be a focus on im-proving the quality of primary edu-cation through a number of inter-ventions, including training of tea-chers and use of ICT.
“We are now placing a premiumon teacher placement turnaround ti-mes and professional development,”the premier said.
The ANC Youth League welcomedMasualle’s plans for education.
Ayongezwa Lungisa, provincialspokesperson of the league, said
they took comfort in the deploymentof Treasury and Office of the Pre-mier officials to the Department ofEducation’s human resources de-partment.
The DA, however, said the inter-vention plans had no credibility.
“The premier’s comment on thegovernment’s intervention in theeducation crisis, unfortunatelyholds little credibility as educationhas been in a critical condition intheEasternCape formany,manyye-ars,” said Athol Trollip, MPL and le-ader of the DA in the Eastern Cape.
Edmund van Vuuren, member ofthe portfolio committee for educati-on, said the implementation of theseplans was important as the EasternCape’s education department had apoor track record when it came tothe the implementation of decisions.– NCEBA DLADLA
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THE NELSON Mandela Bay council tabledthe adjustments budget of R160-million forconsideration on Monday.
This would, among other developments,lead to the lifting of a moratorium on the fill-ing of critical vacancies imposed by a coun-cil decision in June last year, said speakerMaria Hermans.
The adjustments budget for 2015/2016 not-ed that the cash position of the municipalityhad improved by R163.9-million from R1.19-billion in the original 2015/16 budget toR1.36-billion in the consolidated adjust-ments budget which includes the municipalentity the Mandela Bay Development Agen-cy (MBDA).This healthy state of affairs indicated that
the metro was turning the corner, deputymayor Bicks Ndoni said.
“The municipality’s healthy financial po-sition received a major thumbs-up from allcorners, including opposition parties, amidfrank discussions on how to improve theoverall performance of the institution at ajoint sitting of the budget and treasury andmayoral committees today,” said Ndoni lastWednesday, adding that this called for main-tenance and improved efforts to enforcestrict cash-flow management and continu-ous monitoring.
In addition to this, the total expenditureof the institution increased with 5.7% fromR8.82-billion in the original 2015/2016 budgetto R9.32-billion.“This is a good sign, confirming the hard
work that this council is doing in deliveringbasic services to the people,” Hermans said.“Obviously the ANC led by Dr Danny Jor-daan as the executivemayor is capable of en-suring that the lives of the people ofMandelaBay change for the better.”
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Xolisa Malinde (33) said he stayed withhis mother (65) since 1989 but their homehas no water and electricity.
“We are old girls (amankazana) withchildren but still stay at home becausewe don’t have houses and jobs,” said onewoman.
Nombiba said, “I know who the peopleare who are instigating this. They are in-dependent (voters) who are not ANCmembers. All they say is lies because Iam not being investigated for fraud andcorruption and mine is the only wardthat gets plenty of jobs through EPWPprojects.”ANC Regional Task Team (RTT) Coor-
dinator Cheeky Makasi said it was sadfor the residents to talk like that, and es-pecially to claim that they won’t usetheir right to vote.
He denied allegations that anyone hadbeen confirmed as the Ward Councillorof the ANC yet.Makasi said, “We have processes that
we are following in the ANC. Names sug-
gested would be put before the screeningcommittee before they would be present-ed to the public for verification of theclaims to represent communities.”The regional list committee will then
submit the names to the provincial listcommittee which will do the determina-tion, saidMakasi, adding that ANCmem-bers should be patient while looking atthe processes unfolding.
Community protest against councillor
Kwazakhele residents toy toying against Ward 20 Cllr Bhongo Nombiba.PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA
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) Lubabalo Joko of New Brightonthinks it is theDA. “TheDAwillwinthis metro municipality. They talkand do action. I think the electorateis tired of the ANC promises whichare not fulfilled. I do believe, howev-er, that if the DA could win over theyouth, who are the most volatilewith drug-taking, alcohol abuse and
crime, they could calm the stormandmake this municipality govern-able.”
) Grace Mnana of Motherwell said:“The ANC is going to win NelsonMandela Bay. The residents stillhave confidence in theANC. The on-ly thing, however, is that they
should nominate the credible peopleas councillors andnot tsotsis.Other-wise,we still havehope in theANC.”
) “The UDM could surprise usand win the metro,” said Mother-well’s Mkhuseli Nelo. “The UDM is anold organisation that, given achance, could take over the reins in
Nelson Mandela Bay. I say this be-cause the ANC let us down.”
) New Brighton’s Okuhle Mnyikisosaid: “At this stage I am confused.It’s like, I do not know anymore. Ialways thought that it was the ANC,but the truth is, I am disappointedby the ANC. I don’t like how Presi-
dent (Jacob) Zuma is dealing withthe country’s constitution.”
) Nobuhle Mgibe of Motherwellsaid: “The ANC rules and the ANCreigns. I think theANCwillwinNel-son Mandela Bay because theyknow the people’s problems andlook after their needs.”
Residentsonupcoming local government electionsTHE IndependentElectoralCommissionhasurgedSouthAfricans toregister tovoteonMarch5and6as PresidentJacobZumawill soonannouncethedatefor localgovernmentelections.EXPRESSINDABAwantedtoknowfromthereaderswhichparty theythoughtwouldwinandwhy.This iswhat theyhadtosay:
WARD 56 councillor Unathi Menemenebrought brand new shoes for seven needychildren from Zanoxolo Primary School inNdlovu Street, NU1Motherwell, last Friday.
Itwasamomentof songand jubilation fromthe teachers and pupils, whose dignity as hu-man beings and scholars was returned.It had been proven that without school
shoes, children’s self esteemwent down, Dep-uty Principal Ntsikelelo Qwazi said.Menemene said, “I visited the school dur-
ing the few days of opening and noticed thatsome of the children had no school shoes. Asthe community leader, I made a vow to comeback.“I know Ihavenot done enoughas there are
many children in need at the school. I wishothers would follow suit.”Menemene said unemployment and pover-
tywerestill thebiggestproblems facingMoth-erwell, and especially the NU1 community.“We want to thank councillor Menemene
for thinking about us,” Qwazi said.“She left her office and decided to make a
difference in the lives of these poor children.
“Hunger and starvation become so evident,especially in schoolchildren whose perform-ance becomes adversely affected.”He said that despite the feeding schemepro-
vided by the Department of Education for itsmore than 1 000 children, his school was indire need of extra assistance from good Sa-maritans like Menemene.“I feel very good with school shoes. I’d like
to say thank you to mama (Cllr Menemene),”said one of the recipients,Grade 5 pupilAnga-nathi Roro (10).Sinabo Boyiya (9) who wants to become a
teacher one day, said her parents were unem-ployed. “I am happy with new school shoes,”she said.“Weurgepeople to emulatewhat councillor
Mememenehas done,”Qwazi said. “We’d liketo make our school a centre of excellence forthe benefit of these pupils. We’d like to havecomputers on the top of our wish list.”
Shoes donated to Zanoxolo Primary children
Councillor Unathi Menemene (centre) andDeputy Principal Qwazi (second from left, back)with teachers, community members andchildren celebrate with the recipients of shoesat Zanoxolo Primary School in Motherwell.
PHOTO: NCEBA DLADLA
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THREE Motherwell schools each won big cashprizes for theupgradeof their school in theOmoSparSchoolsChallenge -anationalcompetition.
Mdengentonga Primary, Empumalanga Pri-mary and Fumisukoma Primary secured first,second and third places respectively for collect-ingthehighestnumberof tillslipsintheEasternCape region. The top 150 schools with the high-est number of entries each receivedmini porta-ble science laboratories.The OMO Spar Schools Challenge is an ongo-
ing initiative by FMCG giant Unilever and 197Spar stores countrywide to help promote childdevelopment and proficiency in maths and sci-ence. Additional cash prizes to the value ofR1.3-millionwerealsogivenawayintheSchoolsChallenge.
The first, second and third schools in each re-gioninSouthAfricawiththemost till slipcollec-tions over the period of the campaign each re-ceivedcashprizesofR30 000,R20 000andR10 000respectively foruse towards theupgradeof theirschool.At aprize-giving event recently,Mdengenton-
ga Primary School principal Mveleli Mbewusaid, “The prizemoneywill go towards the pur-chasing of new computers for the school. Theadoption of technology is important and I wantour learners tobecomputer-literate fromthebe-ginning.”Participants in the challenge, who included
parents, were encouraged to purchase an OMOproduct at any of the participating Spar outletsnationally during June, July and August lastyear, nominate a community primary schoolandput their till slips intoanentryboxprovidedat the participating Spar store.
ThreeM’well schoolsbagprizes
Empumalanga Primary is one of three schools in the Eastern Cape which received cash prizes fortaking part in the OMO Spar Schools Challenge. In front from left are Zukiswa Ntsele (Spar storemanager), Amanda Ngamlana (OMO Spar Schools Challenge representative) and Misumzi Pikoli(principal). At the back, from left are Ahlumile Mpiyane (9), Lisakhanya Mboxela (10), SinesiphoWindvoel (10) and Vuyolwethu Tshikini (8). PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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ADDO Masters improved their chancesofwinningSAFANMBMastersAssocia-tion League title when they defeatedNew Brighton Masters 2-0 on Sunday.
Addo’s win made matters worse forAma-Units who were leading last week.Ayanda Zinganto and Simphiwe Baka-janaregisteredsomesuperbgoals for theAddo side.Ama-Units went down 2-0 to PE All
Stars with Monde Tyaliti and UnathiNdzandze scoring a goal each.
As it stands, Ama-Units have lost twogames in succession and they droppeddown to second spot of the log table.
Abahlobo shared a goalless drawwithValencia while Zwide Masters embar-rassed VolkswagenMasters 4-1. LungileDavashe, who was a hero, scored allZwide Masters’ four goals and Si-yabonga Makangela was VW Masters’goal-scorer. To date Zwide Masters arefourth on the log standings.Soweto, who came outwith guns blaz-
ing, punished their neighbours ZwideWinners 2-0, a brace thanks to LizoKlaassen. Sparks played to a 1-all drawagainst Veeplaas Masters. LuyandaRoadNtengento headed homeVeeplaas’goal.Eleven Attackers earned a compre-
hensive 3-1 win over Raymond Mhlaba.Vincent Mgodleni registered Attackershatrick.
THIS year’s Motherwell Freedom Run, thesixth consecutive instalment of a 5km and10km distance which takes place on 2April, promises to be bigger and better.
This assurance was given by the eventorganiser Michael Mbambani during thelaunch held at NU2 stadium inMotherwelllast week.More than 1000 elite individuals were
expected to take part in this year’s Free-dom Run which stands out as one of themost fascinating and exciting events ofthe EPA calendar – for many reasons,Mbambani said, adding that the current10km Champion Elroy Gallant has prom-ised to come.“The best in the business are coming
down to PE for the event. We have alsomade the stakes high with R130 000 prizemoney whichmakes this one of the richestin the Eastern Cape,” said Mbambani.
The race carries participation leaguestatus, and is also part of the LegacyProject which is an integral part of theCity of Champions.For Nelson Mandela Bay, this race also
boasts the support of the Motherwell Ur-ban Renewal initiative.However, according to City of Champi-
ons Mazizi Msutu, the most poignant facetof this event is the enormous pull of com-munity spirit demonstrated by the localpopulation.A total of R130 000 makes this the richest
10km in the Eastern Cape, and the opencategory has up to 10th place.Records will be broken and Mbambani
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FORMER Eastern Cape Heavyweight Cham-pionSithembeleAugust (38) of Port Elizabethwill challenge South African Champion An-tonNel (47) for the title at Presley Restaurantin Boksburg, Johannesburg on Thursdayevening.
This 12-round encounter, which has beenonandoff sinceMarch lastyear,willheadlinean interesting eight bout bill courtesy of Ring
of Steel BoxingPromotions headed by formerpugilist Andre Thysse.
Thysse is reported in the media as sayinghe has big plans for Nel, who is believed tobe the oldest registered Boxing South Africa(BSA) boxer ahead of his retirement to focuson training the youth.Thysse said hehad linedup a fight immedi-
ately after the oneagainstAugust, becausehedidnot think theEasternCape ladwouldposeany danger.
Nel has a professional record of 34 fights,
19wins, 15 byway ofKnockOut, 12 losses andthree stalemates. In his last fight in Augustlast year, he stopped East London’s DonovanLuff in eight rounds.
“We are excited that the fight is finally onafter two contracts we signed since Marchlast year. On two occasions we saw the fightcancelled in the eleventh hour.“We are ready forNel and promise towrest
the title away from him. His time is up,” saidAugust’s mentor, Mzwandile Sidina, addingthat Thysse was in for a big surprise against
August with 12 fights, 9 wins (7KOs), 2 lossesand a draw.Sidina believes the former SA Supermid-
dleweight titlist (Thysse) was making a hugemistake - counting the chickens before theyare hatched.“Nel could be in for a big surprise. August
is a dedicated young man who trains veryhard, even mixing martial arts in his reper-toire.We could be having the newSouthAfri-caHeavyweightchampion,comefightnight,”saidBSAServiceProviderMthunziMapitiza.
PE’s SithembeleAugust challenges SA heavyweight championAntonNel
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YOUNGRising Stars received a donation of kitfrom Canadians who visited the Nelson Man-dela Bay recently.
Stars, which is a Zwide 4 Community Club,was founded by Luyanda Ntengento in 2013.
According to Ntengento, his friend Nkulu-lekoMayinjemet theCanadianswhowerevisit-ing Nelson Mandela Bay last month and theyrequested Mayinje to hand the kit over to thecommunity builder who had a passion for foot-ball development.
Ntengento said, “My friend Nkululeko con-tactedme and toldme that the tourists fromCa-nada had kit that they wanted to donate for useby a less fortunate community club. Nkululekoinformed the Canadians about me.
“The donation consists of three sets of kit,eight balls, 15 pairs of soccer boots, soccer bootsfor coaches, bibs and field markers. I am veryoverwhelmed by this gesture. It is going to take
my youth club to another level.”Ntengento said that the parents of his club
were lacking in their support and hewas alonein this youth development.
“I am doing this development to create acrimefreecommunity.Thisclubbelongstothiscommunity but I am worried because parentsdo not come on board. The field that we use forpractices is filled with litter.“Communitymembers dump a lot of rubbish
on to this field. I do not need money from thecommunity but rather their involvement,which would be incredible for the club,” saidNtengento.Ntengento thankedNkululeko and theCana-
dians for making a change to his club, and hesaid his clubwould never forget what they did.“This is history in the making for this com-
munity and the club. I look forward toworkingveryhardwithmyboys. Iwant to thankNkulu-leko and his Canadian friends for this all-im-portant donation. The donation has lifted thespirit of the club,” said Ntengento.
Canadians raisehope forYoungRisingStars
Luyanda Ntengento and his youth club showing the donation made possible by Canadians whorecently visited Nelson Mandela Bay. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE
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MOTHERWELLFootball Association (MO-FA) Junior League started with a big bangwhen friendly games were played at Moth-erwell NU 8 Grounds over the weekend.
It was only U/13 and U/15 teams thatplayed on Saturday and on Sunday respec-tively.In the U/13 category Valencia overcame
Highland Spurs 2-0 with Real Aces beatingTottenham Spurs 2-0.Young Madrid played to a 1-1 draw
against Crystal Palace while TomorrowStars succumbed 3-0 to Lion City. YoungIdeas got the better of Shining Stars intheir 2-0 win. Showvillage secured an em-phatic 4-0 win over SUBS with Liverpooldefeating FC Motherwell 2-0.In U/15 category Showvillage shared a
3-3 draw with Ikamva Movers. Valencia al-so drew 2-2 with Real Aces. Highland Spurs
were held to a goalless draw by TottenhamSpurs. YoungRomans edged out Real Strik-ers 2-0.
Talent Academywent down 2-0 to FutureStars and SUBS overcame Tomorrow Stars2-0. FC Angels devastated Shining Stars2-0.
Other MOFA Junior League results:MOFA U/13 results:FC Angels 2-0 Ikamva MoversMotherwell United 0-3 Real StrikersRoyal Bucs 0-2 Young RomansMUBS 0-3 Young TigersEleven Brothers 0-0 Manchester FCManchester United 2-0 Milan StarsTalent Academy 0-2 Future Stars
MOFA U/15 results:Liverpool 3-2 Young MadridLion City 0-3 Young IdeasManchester FC 5-0 Crystal PalaceYoung Tigers 3-0 Royal BucsEleven Brothers 0-2 Manchester UnitedMilan Stars 0-0 Young Killers
MOFA Junior League starts with friendly gamesShowvillage United U/15 with their Head Coach Mthuthuzeli Mnguni Nyarashe.
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CALEDONIANS, popularly knownasCallies,were unstoppable when they drubbed GhettoStars 7-0 in their SouthAfricanFootballAsso-ciation Nelson Mandela Bay (SAFA NMB)SAB League one-sided clash at Zwide Stadi-um on Sunday.
Callies were dominating from the firstwhistle and the Walmer lads played enter-taining football. Callies skipper Farouk Pan-ky Abrahams’ name featured first on thescoresheet.
Callies came up strongly, and as a resultthey were rewarded with a goal thanks toSheniel Ben 10 Benn.The score was 3-0 after a spectacular goal
scored byGregoryDamons. Callies increasedthe score to 4-0 when Benn came with his sec-ond goal in the last minute of the first half.Things fell apart for Stars when Benn sup-
plied a perfect pass to Abrahams who pulleda trigger that beatthe visiting side’sgoal stopper, withthe scoreboard re-flecting 5-0.
Abrahamsscored his thirdgoal after goodplay by Damonsand Benn.
In the dyingminutes of thegame, Abrahamspulled his lastgoal that sankStars in a 7-0loss.
A muchimproved CamperUnited, defeated
the struggling Ikamva Movers 1-0 atMotherwell NU 2 Stadium on Saturday.
To the dismay of beautiful game support-ers, the Ghetto Stars vs Callies and RoyalBucs vs Showvillage games did not take placebecause the match officials did not pitch upto do their duties.
The reason for the referees’ non-attendancewas not known at time of going to print.
SAFANMBRefereesAppointmentsOfficerLindikhaya Bolo expressed his dissatisfac-tion about the match officials who failed tohonour their duties. Bolo said, “Indeed it wasa bad weekend for us. Referees did not pitchup for their appointments. I really do notthink that the referees are bigger than thegame”.
Other results of SAFA NMB SAB League:Fairview Rovers 3-0 ImbabalaYoung Cosmos 1-1 Central AcematesHighland Spurs 1-1 NMMU MadibazHotspurs 2-0 Despatch PioneersIsland City 0-0 Motherwell Academy
GOALSbyXolaMlambo (42min) andNkosina-thi Mthiyane (71 min) sealed the game for Nel-son Mandela Bay Absa Premiership Leagueoutfit Chippa United against Free State Starsat Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
This is their third win in a row, making ittheir longest winning streak this season. Theybeat Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 (away), Jomo Cos-
mos 2-1 and Stars 2-0 (both at home).In Saturday’s game, the Chilli Boys were in
charge of the game from the first whistle, prov-ing to be hot like Chillies (Zibaba NjengoPelePele) at home.
Unitedpiled thepressureongoalkeeperDao-uda Diakite who was the busiest of the twogoalkeepers from the start of the proceedings.Dan “Dance” Malesela’s men were continuallyasking questions while Chippa’s Daniel
Akpeyi was watching the game.
Chairman Sivuyile “Chippa” Mpengesi’smen scored the first goal through Mlambo inthe first stanza and never looked back.
In the second half, they started from wherethey left off, keeping the fans on the edge oftheir seats until leading goal-scorer Nkosina-thi Mthiyane scored the second of the match.The final score was 2-0 but it could have beena higher score.
It was a good display from tactician Male-sela, who is currently enjoying full-time em-
ployment as a Head Coach of Chippa Unitedfollowing the final settlement deal made withthe previous coach Roger Sikhakhane earlylast week.
“Pity the crowds are not coming to the stadi-um the way we do in East London,” said onefan after the match.
Meanwhile, the Chilli Boys entertain Preto-ria University this Saturday 27 February andAjax Cape Town on Tuesday March 1, bothmatches away.
ChippaUnitedmakes it three ina rowwith FreeStateStarswin
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FOLLOWING the long layoff of the sea-son, Zwide Football Association (ZWIFA)Ntando Transport & Tours League re-sumed at Zwide Stadium and at Gal CityGround on Saturday and Sunday respec-tively.
Major Chiefs got the season off to a goodstart when they humiliated MorningStars 8-0 in a one-sided game at Zwide Sta-dium.
Fans saw Shining come out for revengewhen they drew 2-2 with Golden Aces whoeliminated them 2-1 in the ZWIFA JZ Elec-trical Top 8 semifinals last week.
Shooting Stars earned a hard-fought 2-1victory over Zwide Celtics while Real Cru-saders lost 2-1 to Kuyasa United Brothers.
Zwide Pirates, affectionately namedAmabhakabhaka by their loyal support-ers, had to dig deep when they defeatedManchester City 1-0 in their enterprisinggame.
Gal City collected maximum threepoints when they beat Strikers United.
Swartkops, who are known as River-men, managed to emerge as winners overYoung Killers whom they beat 1-0. Sopha-kama won 2-0 in their game against Camp-er United.
ZWIFANtando Transport Tours League games resume
Strikers United FC wing Zolani Ziba Rangula is surrounded by Gal City players, Siyabonga Singanga and Ongeziwe Xolo. PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE
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LION City FC returned to their winning wayswhen they outclassed Emperors 6-1 in theirABC Motsepe League game that took place atMotherwell NU 2 Stadium on Saturday.
This was despite Emperors being out for re-venge after City defeated them 2-1 in the firstround early in the season.
Cityopenedthescoringchart fromapenaltymark courtesy of Siyabonga Bojo Magwalaearly in the first half.
City maestro Akhona Serero Manxola guid-edhis side to a 2-0 leadwhenhe scoredaworldclass goal that Emperors’ goalkeeper ThembaBhengufailed tostop.Citywere3-0aheadafterLukhanyo Sherriff Rasmeni came up with hisgoal.
Emperors decreased the deficit to 3-1 whentheir talented midfielder Sechaba Mofokengsliced theball into the farpostwithCitygoalieLwando Nkohla beaten.
Nkohla could not return to the field in thesecond half owing to an ankle injury and hisplace was taken by Qhamakuhle Lizani.
City’s new signees Zithulele Ala Mhlontloand Amandla Amigo Mrwebi showed theirclass following their dismal performance inthe first game against Young Ideas since theirreturn to No Surrender, No Retreat.
Mhlontlo, Manxola, Rasmeni and LudweSonjica seemed tohavea formidable combina-tionupfront forCity.The fourplayers lookun-stoppable when they have a chance at goal.
Four City stars’ running was phenomenalthroughout the game and Mrwebi and
Magwala read them like an open book.Sonjica headed home a spectacular goal that
left Emperors goalkeeper Bhengu frustrated. Ras-meni scored his second goal that silenced Emper-ors supporters. Sonjica’s last goal sealed the gameat 6-1 in favour of Lion City.
Young Ideas. who spoiled Lion City’s winningspree lastweek, drew1-1withSUBSatMotherwellNU 2 Stadium on Friday evening.
Highbury restored their integrity when they de-feated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 on Friday evening aswell.
Other ABC Motsepe League results:Zimbane Killers 0-4 FC ElliotEC Bees 2-0 Morning StarsFuture Tigers 1-1 FC BuffaloKokstad Liverpool 0-2 Tornado
LionCity back towinningways
Lion City wing Zithulele Ala Mhlontlo (in red)competes for the ball with Emperors hardworking defender Siyabonga Nzimande.PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE