THURSDAY February 6, 2014 |0 047 050 4430 | www.mthathaexpress.co.za | mthathaexpress.mobi | [email protected] or [email protected] | Previously known as the Mthatha Fever EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE press MTHATHA 60 000 COPIES WEEKLY Port St Johns | Mthatha | Libode | Ngqeleni | Tsolo | Qumbu | Mount Frere WHERE SMART PEOPLE SHOP WE WILL BEAT ANY WRITTEN QUOTE 7 Sprigg street Mthatha Tell 047 532 4599 / 081 474 4406 Terms & condition apply Come to hyper Build for further information Special prices for contractors Special loyalty cards & points for contractors Prizes to be won by contractors BEE Compliant MS5GPA-060214-TE-hsmswa-build SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE T HE King of AmaXhosa, His Majes- ty King Zwelonke Sigcau, has lam- basted the AmaMpondomise na- tion traditional leaders who are in- volved in a saga of boycotting the forthcoming elections. The AmaMpondomise nation has recently announced that there would be no support for the Jacob Zuma-led ANC in the upcoming elections, unless President Zuma withdraws an appeal against the judgment by the Mt- hatha High court last year. The anger of the AmaMpondomise and their traditional leadership was triggered by the filing of an application by the President for leave to appeal the court judgment, which is in favour of the AmaMpondomise kingship claim. In a statement, the AmaMpondomise stressed that to give effect to their resolution of not voting it was said that no chief shall allow government voting and registration ac- tivities in their great places. King Zwelonke said it is the right of every South African citizen to vote, so there is no way that people can be prohibited from such a precious opportunity in their own country after years of oppression. He said if they are discontented with the government action they should call a meeting and sit down with the government and re- solve the matter. They shouldn’t be calling on other Mpondomises to boycott the elections because they disown their right to vote. “As leaders of the people we know that if there are any differences, we come together and resolve such differences because the peo- ple we are leading have their rights.” The king called on AmaMpondomise’s leadership to call on the government to re- solve the matter, because to boycott and not cooperate during the voter registration is not a solution. Meanwhile the other AmaMpondomise royal house has distanced itself from the ac- tion of boycotting the election, stating that this matter needed to be discussed rather than boycotting the elections. Simbongile.mdledle@feveron- line.co.za Xhosa King lashes AmaMpondomise King Zwelonke Sigcau says the AmaM- pondomise nation shouldn’t boycott the upcoming elections over discontent. PHOTO:SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE ANC vows to improve education in EC 5 5 Ecosport combines pow- er and economy 11 11 IMiganu prepares for Easter Tournament 12 12 Family business blooms with ECDC 3 3
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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE
THE King of AmaXhosa, His Majes-ty King Zwelonke Sigcau, has lam-basted the AmaMpondomise na-tion traditional leaderswhoare in-volved in a saga of boycotting the
forthcoming elections.
The AmaMpondomise nation has recentlyannounced that therewould be no support forthe Jacob Zuma-led ANC in the upcomingelections, unless President Zuma withdrawsan appeal against the judgment by the Mt-hatha High court last year.The anger of the AmaMpondomise and
their traditional leadership was triggered bythe filing of an application by the Presidentfor leave to appeal the court judgment, whichis in favour of the AmaMpondomise kingship
claim. In a statement, the AmaMpondomisestressed that to give effect to their resolutionof not voting it was said that no chief shallallow government voting and registration ac-tivities in their great places.King Zwelonke said it is the right of every
South African citizen to vote, so there is noway that people can be prohibited from sucha precious opportunity in their own countryafter years of oppression.He said if they are discontented with the
government action they should call ameetingand sit down with the government and re-solve thematter. They shouldn’t be calling onother Mpondomises to boycott the electionsbecause they disown their right to vote.“As leaders of the people we know that if
there are any differences, we come togetherand resolve such differences because the peo-ple we are leading have their rights.”
The king called on AmaMpondomise’sleadership to call on the government to re-solve the matter, because to boycott and notcooperate during the voter registration is nota solution.Meanwhile the other AmaMpondomise
royal house has distanced itself from the ac-tion of boycotting the election, stating thatthis matter needed to be discussed ratherthan boycotting the elections.
THE small town of Libode in the former Tran-skei came to a standstill recently, followinga massive march staged by community mem-bers of the Thabo Mbeki Township and thesurrounding areas of Libode.
The march followed the arrest of two local
men, accused of being rapists.The protesters were demanding that the ac-
cused be kept in prison for a long time. Ac-cording to the protesters, the accused don’tdeserve to be part of society.They marched to the office of the station
commander, claiming that the police are fail-ing them.Some members of the community feel the
police are being too soft on criminals, result-ing in criminals choosing the Libode area asa hive for their criminal activities.Community leader andmember of the Com-
munity Policing Forum, Mamfaniseni Mat-ikita, said they face many challenges in thearea, since they are not protected.“Owing to the high rate of rapes in the area,
wehave called on thepolice to domorepatrols
in the area, but it doesn’t seem to have hap-pened.”Meanwhile two men were arrested in con-
nection with the rape of an old woman andher grandson in the area. The accused areseemingly also linked to the attack of a manand the rape of his girlfriend.
THE 51% Black-owned construction com-pany, Ruwacon, has been handed the con-struction site for the Mthatha airport ter-minal building by the MEC for Transport,Roads and Public works, Tandiswa Ma-rawu.
This airport, which aims to be the nexturban node of Mthatha, will also have anew car rental building, parking bay andterminal perimeter fencing.The MEC said the terminal building is
the second phase of the airport upgradeproject which will cost R212 million andthe department has made it clear to themain contractor that local SMME’s mustalso benefit as sub-contractors during thisperiod, but without compromising stand-ards and skills.“We have learnt our lesson with the pre-
vious contractor where some specifica-tionswere overlooked andwe ended up los-ing. This time we are sure that Ruwaconis experienced and skilled enough to com-plete this job,” said Marawu.The companywill also build a new paral-
lel security concrete road, upgrade someinternal roads and complete the seweragesystem.
Ruwacon, having been involved inmany big projects in the province andaround the country, promised to do theirbest and to complete the project within12 months.The company also did repairs and ren-
ovations in big projects such as theBhisho Airport, the Cala and ZwelitshaMagistrate’s Court and the Graham-stown prison.Mthatha Nafcoc member, Vuyisile Nt-
labati, said they were happy that the up-grade of the airportwas finally becominga reality.“This spin-off will create business op-
portunities andmore people will come toinvest and spend theirmoney here inMt-hatha while waiting for their flights,”said Ntlabati.He further pledged, with the project’s
task team, not to exclude the communityand the business fraternity on mattersrelating to this project.Department spokesperson, Ncedo
Kumbaca, assured community membersthat no one would come from outside thearea. He said the 300 to 500 jobs to be cre-ated by this project belong to them as thecommunity. – AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
Mthatha airport handed overto contractor
David van der Berger of Ruwacon shaking hands with Department of Transport MEC,Thandiswa Marawu, at the construction site handover event at the Mthatha airport lastweek Tuesday. PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
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THE African National Congress (ANC) in theEastern Cape has won eleven wards out of 14 inlast week’s by-elections.
In Mbhashe, which incorporates Idutywa,Willowvale and Elliotdale, the ANC won 10wards, while the UDM and independent candi-date won one each.In Buffalo City, the Democratic Alliance (DA)
won Ward 3, while in Elundini, the ANC alsowon another ward.The victory of the ANC inMbhashe follows a
visit by President Jacob Zuma during the ANC,EasternCape’s2014manifestorally, twodaysbe-fore the by-elections.MeanwhileMbhashe had been a political bat-
tlefield before the by-elections, as political par-ties were visiting the area frequently.At first it was Mluleki George, a breakaway
leader fromCOPE, who launched his new partyUnited Congress in that area. Mluleki was fol-lowedbyUnitedDemocraticMovement’s (UDM)leader, BantubonkeHolomisa, Zuma and COPEPresident, Terror Lekota.ANC spokesperson, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, said
the winning recipe was working alongside thepeople and tending to their concerns. He also
mentioned that as the ANC, they should makesure that development does go to the people espe-cially those in the rural areas.“We are working close with them in terms of
delivering services. As a result, we have starteda rural housing project in Elliotdale throughwhich people are benefiting. We are also busywith a regional water scheme project, bringingchange to our people’s lives,” said Qoboshiyane.He said the people of Mbhashe have confirmed
the cardinal role played by theANC in their livesby voting for ANC.“It shows that the ANC still lives in the hearts
of rural people and they are no longer blinded bythe small parties that are being established out ofanger by their leaders,” concluded Qhoboshiya-ne.UDM provincial spokesperson, Wandile Tsipa,
expressed his gratitude to the constituency of hisparty in Idutywa and members of the organiza-tionfortheircommitmentduringtheparty’scam-paigns for by-elections.The UDM was contesting six wards of which
they hadwon one. “We accept the outcome of theby-elections but the ‘ground was not level’ be-cause the ruling party was using state resourcesand on the day of the elections they were busy is-suing food parcels and t-shirts which is not cor-rect. It worked in their favour,” said Tsipa.
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AN R800 000 Eastern Cape DevelopmentCorporation (ECDC) loan helped a Transkeifamily to turn its Caltex filling station intoan award-winning business in under twoyears.
The Ulundi Service Station hadwon threeCaltex Eastern Cape awards in less thantwo years of operation. It had also experi-enced 20% growth in revenues since incep-tion.With barely two years in operation, the
enterprising Mtembu family in the formerTranskei had built its Caltex Ulundi Serv-ice station into a multi award-winning es-tablishment.Ulundi Service Station is located on the
R61 road in Ntlaza about seven kilometresfrom Libode, about 40 kilometres from Mt-hatha and 60 kilometres from Port St John’sin the Nyandeni Local Municipality.The business is owned by Nomthandazo
Mtembu and her two sons, Tukela and Bas-anda Mtembu. Nomthandazo has over 17years of experience in the petrol service sta-
tion business as a franchiser.Approaching the age of 70, and unable to
play an active role in the running of thebusiness, Nomthandazo and her family ap-pointed Tukela (34) to manage the business.Basanda, an attorney with his own prac-
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nance from other funders, Tukela said thefamily was finally able to open operationsin February 2012 after receiving an R800 000loan from the Eastern Cape DevelopmentCorporation (ECDC). The funds were usedto renovate the existing building, install asecurity system and fill tanks.“With revenue growth of 20% since incep-
tion, the petrol station became the overallEastern Capewinner of the Caltex Five-StarRetailer award in the first fewmonths of op-erations. The award recognises compli-ance, commitment, a customer first ap-proach and continual gowth, as well ascleanliness.“This year we were also awarded the
Friendliest Dealer award in the province bysuppliers, the depo and Caltex, as well as
Familybusiness flourishesafter ECDC loan
< Tukelo Mtembu, manager of the awardwinning family business. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
the oil companies. “Furthermore, we weresecond runner-up in the Community Con-tributor award which is based on employ-ment and community upliftment.“We use our business to offer holiday
jobs to students, as well as offering oppor-tunities to the youth,” said Tukela.The business also features a conven-
ience store and restaurant on site calledthe Route 61 Café. The business employsnine permanent employees at the gas sta-tion, as well as two casual workers.“We intend to grow the business further
and double our revenues in the new finan-cial year. I must also extend my gratitudeto the ECDC that demonstrated faith in mybusiness and provided R800 000 loan fund-ing when others turned us away,” saysTukela.No stranger to business, the hospitality
and marketing graduate draws his inspi-ration and passion for business from hislate father who owned a general dealerwith petrol pumps in the early years of hisupbringing.The Ulundi Service Station site also in-
cludes a supermarket, post office and hard-
ware store, as well as ATM services.“Not only did we get financial support from
ECDC but we received mentorship as well.The responsible account manager wouldcome and examine our books to see how thebusiness was doing and that meant a lot tome. They don’t just give you a loan and letyou misuse the funds. They guide you,” saidTukela.ECDC accounts manager Bulelwa Maham-
ba said the financier took the deal becausethere was a significant need for the proposedfilling station.“The business is situated in a developing
and highly commercialised area, with con-stant traffic flow of both light commercialand heavy duty vehicles and it is situated ad-jacent the Ntlaza taxi rank. The St Barnabashospital is about 100m from site.”“The size of the site allows for current vol-
umes, as well as future growth. The businesshas surpassed the projected turnovers andchanged the face of the area.“It has also had a positive cashflow to buy
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AN alleged fake cheque fraudster wasnabbed last week at a local hardware shop,after “purchasing” building material ofmore than R40 000.
Bidu Hyper Build Manager, KhatibAhmedullah, said the first guy who calledthe shop for a quotation, introduced himselfas Bongani Mpetsheni, representing Siyan-da from Siyanda Civils in Mthatha.“He said he wanted to purchase roof tiles
and said he was comparing prices with oth-er hardware stores. Our quote came toR40,600 including delivery,” said Ahmedul-lah.Mpetsheni said he would come back after
contacting his boss, Siyanda. When he con-tacted the shop again, he was told to makepayment and fax the proof of payment to thestore.“Upon receiving the proof of payment the
following day, January 15, I confirmed withthe bank and they said that it was a chequeand not an electrictronic funds transfer(EFT). That was when I suspected it was ascam,” said Ahmedullah.The police were contacted and waited for
the culprit to collect the goods. He was ar-rested on arrival.Mzukisi Fatyela confirmed the arrest. The
suspect’s real name is Mcingeni Mazibuko(41) and he has been charged with fraud.He appeared in court last Thursday for a
formal bail application in Mthatha.Ahmedullah said he was glad that he was
not the fraudster’s next victim and that itwas unfortunate that many people had fall-en victim to these types of scams.
Fake chequefraudsternabbed
Mcingeni Mazibuko (41) who was caughtredhanded in Mthatha last week for faking acheque payment. PHOTO:AYANDA MILLISAMADIKIZELA
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THEAfricanNational Congress (ANC) in theEasternCape (EC) is onawarpath to improveeducation in the province.
This was revealed by the provincial ANCchairperson and MEC for Planning and Fi-nance, Pumulo Masualle, during his addressin Idutywa this week.For some years now, the Transkei area has
been ending in last position with matric re-sults.In the past, the Eastern Cape was not only
known for high quality education, but alsofor producing some of Mzanzi’s most respect-ed leaders, like the late Tata NelsonMandelaand many more.Masualle said they were responding to the
President’s call to everybody to wake up andimprove education in the province. He saidthe ANC in the province wants to work tire-lessly to improve education.“It is a commitment we are making to re-
store the dignity of education in the EasternCape,” said Masualle.Challenges include the eradication of mud
schools, disputes among teachers, parent andschool governing bodies and the recent stormdamage to 24 schools in the area.
One of the schools that were affected by the recent storms was left without its roof and pupils hadto be moved to other classrooms. PHOTO: GREG NOTA
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JUST as Walter Sisulu had guided a youngMadiba, the yniversity named after him(WSU) has also been entrusted as a custodi-an of the Mandela School of Science andTechnology that was recently handed overto the community of Mvezo.
The WSU Faculty of Education, in collabo-rationwithSiemens,willmatch thehigh-techfacilities of the Mandela School of Scienceand Technology with highbrow teachingmethods and curricula through teacher de-velopment programmes carried out by WSU.Among SA’s most successful teacher
traininguniversities,Walter SisuluUniver-sity has a number of teacher-outreach pro-grammes in the Eastern Cape.Mandela School of Science and Technolo-
gymaths teacher, Lukholo Raxangana, saidthe training and workshops have been veryproductive and provided quite a boost totheir teaching confidence.“It’s been a great help, especially to us
who have just graduated from University.We will now be better able to apply what wewere taught at university,” said Lukholo.WSU is one of four science-competence
centres in South Africa, working with Sie-mens and Experimento to empower maths
and science educators at the MandelaSchool and twenty other teachers fromvari-ous schools in the Eastern Cape.“Our programme is named ‘Experimento’
and it is an international teacher pro-gramme. It is necessary to empower teach-ers all over the world. A teacher is the key.If you have a passionate and empoweredteacher, then he can better give and share
his knowledge with the students,” said Sci-ence & Technology Education, Global Alli-ance of Siemens Foundations’, Rebecca Ott-mann.In addition, Ottmann concluded that it
didn’t matter what background you camefrom, if you have the opportunity you canbecome anything, even the President. Thisis why we want to go to rural areas to em-power together with WSU the teachers andlearners,” she said.Dr Prince Jaca, project coordinator, said
this was a breakthrough for the province.“This will ensure that these children willnot be surprised when required to work inscience labs at tertiary level, because theywill be used to it.”
WSUchampions teacher development
Excited learners at the newly openedMandela School of Science and Technology.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA
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THE Eastern Cape Department of Transportis the first in the country to use new technolo-gy to save money and reduce financial mis-management.
The Department has equipped the EasternCape provincial fleet with eFuel technologydevised by Gilbarco AFS – one of South Afri-ca’s leading suppliers of fuel management so-lutions.In the recently delivered Medium Term
Budget Policy Statement 2013, the Minister ofFinance, Pravin Gordhan stated, “As govern-ment, we acknowledge that we too must pro-vide value for money. Although most govern-
ment spending is effectively managed, thereare many opportunities to cut or minimisecosts and stop abuse.”Ian Gross of Gilbarco AFS said prior to im-
plementing eFuel, the Eastern Cape provin-cial fleet was using a fuel card system that re-sulted in management challenges and cardabuse on a massive scale.“In June 1999, we were awarded the tender
for the automatic dispensing of fuel to govern-ment vehicles and fitted the fleet of approxi-mately 3 500 vehicleswith eFuel.With the sav-ings achieved, the Department was able re-cover the capital cost of the equipmentwithina mere five months.”The fleet was subsequently outsourced to a
specialist fleetmanagement company, during
which time eFuel remained a fundamentalcomponent of the fleet management solution.In 2011 the Department of Transport Eastern
Cape took the decision to purchase the fleetback and manage the full fleet services inter-nally.During the transitionphase itwasneces-sary to make use of fuel cards to purchase fuelfor a significant number of vehicles that werenewlypurchasedwhilst the fleetwasbeingout-sourced.Now, through its newly established provin-
cial government fleet management trading en-tity, the Department is activating eFuel on allthose vehicles. In total, the eFuel enabled fleetwill consist of approximately 3 500 vehicles.eFuel enables fleets to refuel at retail service
stations using Radio-frequency identification
(RFID) automated technology – meaningthat no accounts, cash or cards are required.A secure RFID unit is installed in the vehi-
cle and connected to a transmitting coilaround the fuel tank inlet. At eFuel-enabledservice stations, the pump nozzles are pre-fitted with receiving coils, which are con-nected to station control units that regulatethe pumps. This technology is able to read,validate and record information about thevehicle whilst electronically authorising,logging and reporting on every drop of fueldispensed.Full transaction data is automatically re-
corded, leaving no opportunity for humanerror or deliberate manipulation. This in-cludes odometer and/or engine hour read-ings, vehicle registration number, fuel ac-count number, litres of fuel dispensed, fuelnozzle number, date and time of transaction,vehicle departmental allocation, location,etc.“The system, which is made according to
military specifications, is robust and thesoftware and applications used are easilyand constantly updated to meet our clients’needs,” said Gross.“By being the first to implement eFuel and
continuing to embrace our fuelmanagementtechnology over so many years, the Depart-ment is demonstrating its commitment toproviding value for the Province’s money.”According toEasternCapeMEC forTrans-
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UNITED Democratic Movement (UDM)Spokesperson, Wandile Tsipa. described anANC spokesperson’s utterances about 100UDMmembers joining the ANC, as “blatantlies and a propaganda of the ruling party”.
This was after the ANC spokesperson toldthe Express that the ANC had welcomed 100members from UDM in Mqanduli area.There were no members of the UDM who
joined the ANC. “What he was telling you isa blue lie,” said Tsipa. He said the UDMmembers must not be blinded by the propa-ganda of the ANC; their focus must be onFebruary 2, during the launch of UDMmani-festo in Nasrec, Gauteng.Mlibo said they had registered 100 mem-
bers from the UDM in Mqanduli area andtheir next focus would be Nyandeni wherethey wanted to register more members fromother organizations. He didn’t want to ex-plain exactly from which organisations theNyandeni members would be coming from.Meanwhile two prominent leaders of the
Congress of the People (COPE), in the pro-vincial legislature, have resigned and joinedthe ANC. These leaders were former COPEspokesman Nkosifikile Ngomo who wasamong the breakaway leaders from the ANCwho established COPE. The other is formerANC member, Nkosinathi Kuluta, who alsodefected to COPE and former KSD Speaker,Funeka Dondashe.“The reason I’m leaving COPE is because
the project COPE has failed. It is no longerrepresenting the purpose that we estab-lished it for. The only focus now is on courtbattles among its leadership,” said Ngomo.The provincial chairperson of the ANC,
Pumulo Masualle, welcomed the new mem-bers of the ANC. “Wewelcome them becausethe ANC is their home.”
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REPORTER
THE Independent Electoral Commissionhas set aside the weekend of 8 and 9 Febru-ary as the second voter registration week-end, ahead of the national elections sched-uled for later this year.
Accordingly, the Minister of Home Af-fairs, Naledi Pandor, has directed the de-partment to develop plans in support of theIEC during the voter registration week-end.
The Department’s support for the IECarises from its mandate to deliver ena-
bling documents such as ID’s to those citi-zens that may require them for voter regis-tration purposes ahead of the national andprovincial elections. ID’s are an importantelement that enables the citizenry to exer-cise its democratic right to vote.
In a statement the Department of Home Af-fairs said they are ready to issue ID’s, in-cluding delivery of uncollected ID’s andTemporary Identity Certificates to those inneed.
As part of the overall plan of the depart-ment for the voter registration weekend andin keeping with past practices, the depart-ment has directed managers in all Home Af-
fairs offices across the country to ensurethe following:
) All Home Affairs offices to be openedfrom 08h00-17h00 on both days (8 and 9 Feb-ruary)
) That all Home Affairs offices operateto full capacity during the two-day voterregistration weekend.
Both the green bar-coded IDs and thesmart ID cards will be acceptable as legalforms of identity for purposes of registra-tion and voting during the elections.
As in the previous voter registrationweekend, the DG, Chief Operating Officer
Plans forvoter registrationweekendand all other Deputy Directors-General willvisit all provinces in accordance with inter-nal deployment processes to help co-ordi-nate and oversee the work of the provincesduring the weekend
According to the statement the depart-ment joins the call by the IEC for thoseSouth Africans who are eligible to vote totake advantage of the voter registrationweekend and to approach Home Affairs of-fices across the country for assistance inacquiring these enabling documents to ex-ercise their democratic right to vote in thisyear that marks the 20 years since the dawnof peace, freedom and democracy.
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Sometimes these chaps who think they aretown – if not township – fellows bore us becausethere is an element of pompousness when theyvisit us in the bundu areas, where we grew up.Sometimes we even think twice when invitingthem to our ceremonies, because they alwaysdenydoingwhatpeople aredoing in that partic-ular ceremony.Babe bekwenzela incasa befuna ukutotoswa
kanti asiyiqhelanga lo nto ezilalini. Ukubakukhutshwe isithebe okanye isilawulo seent-sizwa zidibana apho zisike zonke. What hap-pened boys? Hey, we took these model C boysto a ceremony which was hosted by our buddy
in Tsolo. OW!! It was like we could chasethem away, because they were not preparedto practise what people in the rural areaspractise.Bamdika ke uGesh kuba bathanda
nesilungu kanti uyazi yena ukuba umcimbiwesiNtu akuyonto yokuthetha silungu.Okukhawathayo kule daai ding ke akushoukuthi bona abasazi isiNtu. Yeyi, nina stopthat behaviour kungenjalo we will never in-vite you to our ceremonies.It’s worse because, before you relocate to
town – if not township – you started from thelocality or your parents still have a home inlalis. I wonder benza kanjani xa beye khonaor bebechomela thina. Kwayinto yokuba un-gene unqwaze i-caps endlini utebhise ne-brukhwe. Eish bafune ukuthelelwa eyaboinyama kwi-side plate ngaphakathi ebuh-lanti. Shame, kwaze kwanzima ezwenisokhile. Okay, let us leave it like this,sawubona ukuba oba enjani amaxhego an-gomso kule i-generation. Perhaps kothikusenzelwa umntwana imbeleko kube kud-lalwa iHip-Hop. Mawwuu!
Let’s hope shewill adhere to her resolutionthe entire year
As you know guys, each and every begin-ning of the year people set their targets andothers surrender some other things to starta new life in that particular year. Some reso-lutions are surprises. You know what? Re-cently wemet a ladywho is well known in themnandi places around UTA.And wherever there is a gig you will find
her with those seductive dance moves. She isalso not shy, even to the guys. Watsiba mossukuthi sithetha ngantoni. Hey, usisters toldus that she stopped the booze and she is nolonger a lady of the night if not of the night-clubs. Shame, she looks good even her facialexpression shows its original beauty, mean-ing that she really stopped boozing. That isa mammoth achievement sisi, ungasawa be-cause people normally used to set new livesfor the New Year but they end up becominggrand flops by sometimes even getting moreinvolved in their previous bad practices.Shame, alcohol can damage the beauty be-
as a gossip team particularly in this practiceof gayism if not lesbianism. Umbuzo wethungulo wokuba umntu utshintsha nini, xakutheni? Why such a question? Because ka-loku our buddy ebene-‘straight’ sakhe lastyear and the resolution for this year bekuku-ba uyamthatha umenza umazulendlini (un-kosikazi ke ngesiXhosa esisiso). And beselebenentwana entle engumfana.Mara ngoku iz-into zitshintshile usisi ubuye sengasayingenilo nto esithi yena seyi-lesbian and she is pre-paring tomarry her longtime sweetheartwhois the same gender of hers. Mmm, kunzimaemhlabeni sokhile. Kuyacacamoss ukuba ku-dala iqhubeka le nto xa sele kuzotshatwa ngo-March usisters lo ebeshaya nge-‘double adap-tor’. Be careful, ungathi uhlala nomntu wa-kho kanti se-belonger’ kwenye i-society.Mfethu this is not the endweunderstanduku-ba ubumthanda kanjani lo mntwana but kun-zima ngoku ukujika amatye abe zizonka.Okay qala ubomi obutsha akuqali ngaweuku-lahlekelwe ngumntu. Eissaaa mara ngalendlela bekuncono ukuba uthathelwe yenyeioutie ngoku nguye othathe enye i-cherrie.
Abantu bayaxaka wenza into yedwamara xa seibhemile ufunana nabantu
cause now kumaxasibonayo ukubausisi lo was prettyin her time butsince she was moreinvolved in alcoholabuse that beautyvanished. Thumbsup ke nontombi xakuncoma umgosiusikelelekile soza-ma ukuncedisananawe.
Kanti umuntu utshintsha xakutheni?
Kuthiwa okuhlu-la amadoda kuy-abikwa. Bafethuthere is somethingwhich confuses us
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11MotoringFebruary 6, 2014Mthatha Express
BETTIE GILIOMEE
FORD’S take on the very popular SUVmarketmade quite an impression when I had the op-portunity to spend a week with their new Ku-ga last year.
Needless to say, I was quite curious aboutwhat the weeklong road test would be likewith their “baby” SUV, the Ecosport, whichas the name suggests is a combination of eco-nomical, eco-friendly and Sporty. CompactSUV’s, like the Nissan Juke, Renault Dusterand Renault Sandero Stepway are becomingincreasingly popular as people start to realisethat bigger SUVs can be quite costly to buy,maintain and fill with fuel, especially whenonly used for the city commute with its of-froad paraphernalia only (very) expensivedecorations.So what do these compact SUVs offer? The
high ride, ground clearance and look of a SUVcombined with the space to fit all the family’sluggage on a longweekend away, yet compactenough for the city and its tight parking spac-es. Not to mention the fuel economy in an en-gine that is powerful enough to be taken com-fortably and safely on the open road.
Exterior
The EcoSport is built on the Fiesta plat-form. As the engines are small a lot of efforthas gone into clever design elements to en-hance the performance. And according toFord one of the ways in which this was done,was to look at the aerodynamics for a smallerdrag coefficient, and lowering fuel consump-tion.With a 200 mm ground clearance for those
potholes, speedhumps and pavements thatare in your way in the concrete jungle, theEcosport is also capable of driving in 550 mmdepth ofwater on adventurous off-road familyoutings in the real jungle.
The spare-wheel is placed, uncovered, onthe back door, and while tastes differ aboutthis, I thought the uncovered spare-wheeladded to the sporty look. Plus it could be use-ful for a bit of cushioning should I reverse intosomething, by accident.Best of all - the back door opens sideways
- which I regard as much more practical thanthe traditional upwards way. Despite theheaviness of the door (due to the spare wheelon it) it opens easily by pushing a small blackbutton situated in the brakelight. Simplypress the button; it unhatches and is easy toopen with one hand.Talking about heavy doors - since my chil-
dren were old enough to open and close cardoors they have been taught not to slam thedoors. This backfired a bit in theEcosport.Wedidn’t manage to have one ride without hav-ing to stop, right after pulling away, to allowsomeone to close their door properly.
Interior
Its Fiesta roots are also very evident in theinterior with controls similar to those of theFiesta.Here again, although a question of per-sonal taste, I would have preferred a differentlayout of the audio-system controls - it lookslike the Fiesta’s winglike game control styl-ing which I have never really liked.But that’s where the negative stops for me.
This vehicle is filled with Ford’s latest tech-nology like its famous “Sync” communica-tion device and all the latest voice-activatedsystems.There are 20 intelligent packing spaces
which include a cubbyhole that doubles as anair-conditioned beverage cooler, as well as aslide-out drawer under the front seat.This five-seater is quite spacious despite it
being a compact vehicle and the bootwas sur-prisingly accommodating too. We took thefamily out on a daytrip to Grahamstown fora primary school cricketmatch andmanaged
to fit everything we needed for a picnic.The seats can fold down and the backseats
can be folded away to increase the space.
Features
The Ecosport comes in three styling pack-ages, from thebasicAmbiente to themid-levelTrend and high spec Titanium. Some of thehigher spec features in the Trend and Titani-um include steering-wheel controls for the au-dio system and a USB connector as part of theFord SYNC system. The Titaniumhas leatherseats, cruise control, auto headlamps andrainsensing wipers.
Ride
The Ecosport is available in three types ofengines: the 1.0 litre turbo-charged 3-cylinderpetrol engine and the 1.5 litre turbo-diesel andpetrol. The vehicle test driver was the turbo-charged 1.0 litre and on our trip to Graham-stown it did not take long to realise why thissmall engine, won the coveted Engine of theYear title for two-years in a row. Apart fromthe powerful performance this engine alsohas cleaner emissions and is more fuel effi-cient (given as 5.7liter/100km for a combined
cycle).The power from this engine is quite unbe-
lievable and will easily give bigger engines arun for their money on the open road.One needs to gear down on uphills and
when overtaking, but changing the gears ofthe five-speed transmissionwas effortless andprecise - I never struggled to find the rightgear while concentrating on the road or traf-fic ahead.The ride felt a bit floaty at first, but it is
something one would expect due to the highground clearance. It provided a comfortableand pleasure-filled ride in a vehicle everystyle-sensitive teenager would be more thanhappy to be seen in.
Price and specificationsEcoSport 1.5 TiVCT (Petrol) Ambiente:
THE Imiganu Traditional Council in Elliot-dale hasmade some changes to their AnnualEaster Tournament this year.
The Organiser of this tournament,Melinkqubo Ndabokutya, said this tourna-ment would be hosted on April 19 at Mkhat-hazazo sport ground in Elliotdale.
He said they had invited King ZwelonkeSigcau, King Ndlovuyezwe Ndamase, ChiefPhathekile Holomisa, Chief Dalisizwe Du-dumayo and Chief Xolile Ndevu.“Two weeks before the tournament all the
teams who are participating in this tourna-ment will playmatches to select players whowill play in one team representing each ar-ea,” he said.The teams from Elliotdale that are expect-
ed to participate and become one squad torepresent Chief Ndevu are Mkhathazo Foot-ball Club, Thafalehashe Football Club,Mbetshe Football Club, Ndwaka FootballClub, Nkwame Football Club, Mqhele Foot-ball Club, Xhora Mouth Football Club andImbutye Football Club.He said all the Kings and Chiefs who are
invited will come with the teams who willbe representing them in this tournament.
Mr Ndabokutya also said they had invitedMthatha legends and Premier SoccerLeague players with the intention of moti-vating the youth who were not interested insport.“In fact we are still negotiating with them
and we believe that they will give us a posi-tive response.”
Try Again is one of the teams that will participate in the preliminary games toselect the squad that will play in IMiganu Tournament. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA