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THE newly appointed traffic law en-forcement head in the King Sabat-haDalindyebo (KSD)municipality,TsepoMachaea, ismakinghispres-ence felt in Mthatha.
As a result of his ap-pointment, streetswhere drivers used topark recklessly havealready been cleared,with incorrectly-parked vehicles towedaway and their ownershaving to pay largefines to the traffic de-partment to get themback.Machaea was pro-
vincial spokespersonfor the Eastern CapeDepartment of Trans-port for some years be-fore he tendered hisresignation towardsthe end of last year.Now he is facing a
huge mountain toclimb in trying to con-trol lawlessness on Mthatha’s roads.People here say that if you don’t have a dent
in your car you have not yet driven in theMthatha CBD.The town is notorious for reckless driving,
non-compliance, parking anywhere in theroad even if the vehicle blocks the traffic, ig-noring traffic signals and other illegal practic-es by car users.NeverthelessMachaea vowed that he would
curb allwrongpractices on the roads ofMthat-
ha and enforce the observance of the rules ofthe road at all times.“We need a free flow of traffic and safety on
our roads. We need to reinstate a sense of re-sponsibility and if people fail to comply, wewill force them to do so.”He said dealing with the non-wearing of
seatbelts and use of cellphones while drivingwere at the top of the agen-da in his mission to bringback compliance in Mthat-ha.“You will see people tex-
ting while they are drivingand we need that to stopimmediately.”He said they wanted to
clear the intersections attraffic lights and thosewhoenter them, even thoughthey see they cannot passthrough,were going to facethe music.“Keep the intersections
clear or else you are goingto face the consequences.”He said they were also
going to be keeping an eyeon drunken driving.“We are in talks with the
provincial Department ofTransport and the police on establishing a sys-tem to deal with the escalation of drunkendriving.“The issueof overloading isalsoon theagen-
da because we are concerned about vehiclestransporting schoolchildren being overload-ed. We will deal with it accordingly.“Bydoing these things I amnot aftermoney.
I am just serving the community and ensuringthat justice is done on the roads of Mthatha,”Machaea said.
Newtrafficbossmeansbusiness
Tsepo Machaea has vowed to sort outthe traffic chaos in Mthatha.PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA
Mandla Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s oldest grandson, married Rabia Clarke in a privateMuslim ceremony at the weekend. This is Mandla’s fourth marriage. The ceremony tookplace at the Kensington Mosque on Saturday, followed by a reception at the 15 On OrangeHotel in Cape Town. Mandela announced his marriage in a statement on Sunday in which heextended his heartfelt gratitude to Rabia’s parents, her extended family and the Muslimcommunity for welcoming him into their hearts. “Although Rabia and I were raised indifferent cultural and religious traditions, our coming together reflects what we have incommon: we are South Africans,” Mandla said. PHOTO: BENNY GOOL / ORYX MEDIA
THEREwas a glimpse of unity among theDlo-mo royal family members as they assembledduring the funeral of Nozolile Mtirara atMqhekezweni Great Place near Mthatha lastSaturday.
They have been through a lot of battles anddifferences, but at the funeral Mtiraras, Mat-anzimas, Mandelas, Dalindyebos, Joyis and
Mnqandenis gathered under one roof withtheir only mission to mourn for an elder, No-zolile Ellen Mtirara (95).All the parties, who do not see eye-to-eye
on somematters of theAmadlomo, inparticu-lar the recent issue of the AbaThembu king-ship, were under one umbrella and at timesthey were talking together.Even the proposed regent of imprisoned
King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, his son Azen-athi,was present, flanked by someof the iink-osi zaBathembu.Nozolile was the wife of Chief Justice
Mtirara, whowas the cousin of the late Nel-son Mandela.Mandela grew up in Mqhekezweni under
the guardianship of Chief Jongintaba Mtir-ara, who was Justice’s father.Justice and Nelson grew up together, but
later Chief Jongintaba organised a wife forhis son (ukuzekelwa).Nelson and Justice, avoiding Jongintaba
to organisewives for themselves, sold a cowin the nearest shop and left for Johannes-burg. But Justice came back home becauseof the difficulties he faced in Johannesburgand tied the knot with Nozolile. They hadsix children.Addressing the mourners, Chief Ngang-
omhlaba Matanzima, speaking on behalf ofAmadlomo elders, called for respect withinthe royal family and said people must stop
using the media to divulge internal mattersof Amadlomo.He said every member of the royal family
must ensure he or she maintained peace andunity among the family. The funeral was at-
tended by the OR Tambo, KSD and Ngcobomayors, MECs, members of the provinciallegislature, Contralesa, Chief Phathekile Hol-omisa and inkosi yamaHegebe and manymore dignitaries.
Unityat funeral ofAmaDlomoelder
Nkosi Daludumo Mtirara and Chief PhathekileHolomisa in a funeral at Mqhekezweni GreatPlace. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
The coffin of the late Nozolile Mtirara is carried to her resting place. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
A YOUNG man who pleaded guilty to raping a75-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 years’imprisonmentbytheTsomoRegionalCourt lastweek.Samkelo Tshayisa, 21, waylaid and raped the
elderly woman while she was going alone fromher locality to another one.
The incident happened onMay 24 last year atDudumashe locality in Ngqamakhwe.Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Ma-
natha said Tshayisa had grabbed the womanfrom behind and throttled her, and had thenstarted raping her.“Tshayisa was chased by the community and
they arrested him. A case of rapewas opened at
Man sentenced for rapingwoman, 75
BABALWA NDLANYA
THE Willlowvale police are investigatingthe alleged rape of an elderly woman atEsithawini location inWillowvale on Jan-uary 30.
Police spokesperson Captain JacksonManatha said the victim had been asleepwith her 10-year-old granddaughter on thenight of the incident.“The suspect, who is known to both the
victim and the granddaughter, kicked the
door open,” Manatha said.“He allegedly attacked the victim and
raped her. The victim cried loudly andthis caused the perpetrator to run away.”Manatha said police officers were ex-
pected to arrest the suspect very soon.Butterworth cluster commander Briga-
dier Stanley Sibidla condemned the be-haviour of men who continued abusingwomen.“The police will try by all means to ar-
rest this perpetrator.Wewill not rest untilhe is arrested,” he said.
Suspect sought for rapeof elderlyWillowvalewoman
the Ngqamakhwe police station,” he said.“He pleaded guilty to rape and was sen-
tenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.”Manatha said the case had been efficiently
investigated by the Butterworth family vio-lence, child protection and sexual offencesunit. – REPORTER
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MNQUMA Municipality mayor Baba Gan-jana has condemned individuals who hesays are trying to bring instability to theday-to-day operations of the institutionthrough unfounded allegations of corrup-tion and mismanagement.
Ganjana’s attack followed a recent threatby a group claiming to be members of theSouth African Communist Party (SACP) tomarch to the municipal offices to call forthe heads of Ganjana, municipal managerSindile Tantsi and speaker ZibutheMnqwazi, whom they accused of financialmismanagement and irregular expendi-ture.
Ganjana was speaking during an “en-gagement session” with stakeholders inthe municipality, who included oppositionpolitical parties, labour unions, business,the taxi industry, hawkers’ associations,sector departments and the banking sec-tor.
The session was held at the Belles Con-ference Centre.
He emphasised the municipality’s open-door policy and called on all citizens to ap-
proach the institution to scrutinise its fi-nancial books.
Ganjana also outlined the municipali-ty’s expenditure over the past two finan-cial years.
He insisted there was no corruption ormismanagement of funds in the munici-pality.
“We are here to draw the line,” he said.“At no stage are we going to allow anar-chists to bring instability to the munici-pality. We want stability here all the way.
“Our position is that any resident whohas proof of any wrongdoing against anyof our officials must approach law enforce-ment agencies and lay formal charges sothat an investigation can be instituted.”
The Ward 4 chairperson of the South Af-rican National Civics Organisation,Ntombentsha Mdingi, said they were con-cerned about illegal marches to demandthe removal of municipal leaders.
“We have heard that some of the peoplebehind these illegal marches are fromWard 4.
“We are the leaders there and we haveno knowledge of where they get their man-date. We don’t know where they comefrom,” Mdingi said.
Mayor Councillor Baba Ganjanaduring an engagement session withstakeholders in Butterworth recently.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE
THURSDAY February 4 marked anothermilestone in the history for Media 24, withthe first publication of their brand-new freelocal newspaper, the Queenstown Express.
Making this even more significant is thefact that the media house is investing in aprint edition at a time when print media isincreasingly under pressure globally.
“This is testimony to the popularity andsuccess of the Express brand of local newspa-pers, which has been a favourite read in peo-ple’shomessincethefirsteditionofPortEliz-abeth Express was published in November1983 – more than 32 years ago,” said BettieGiliomee,regionaleditorofEPMediaanded-itor of Queenstown Express.QueenstownExpresswill be distributed to
20 000 homes in Queenstown every Thurs-day.
The launch of the newspaper was cele-brated at a special function at the HeritageGuest House in Queenstown on Wednes-day,February3.Theeventwasattendedbykey roleplayers in the Queenstown com-munity.
Staff of the paper took to the town’s streetson the launch day to hand out newspapers.A cake cutting ceremony was held in the cen-tre of town and was attended by the town’sformer acting mayor and portfolio head ofthe technical services department, MzolisiGwantshu.
The newspaper has a staff of four, two re-porters and two advertising representatives,who are based at the newspaper’s offices inQueenstown. Production and printing of the
Queenstown Express is done in PortElizabeth.
EP Media is part of Media 24 and publishes7 local newspapers throughout the EasternCape. A total of 310 000 free copies of Expressnewspapers, i.e. Port Elizabeth Express, Ex-press Indaba, Kouga Express, UD News,Mthatha Express, Isolomzi Express andUvoLwethu Express, are distributed everyweek, door to door.
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RURAL Development and Agrarian ReformMECMlibo Qoboshiyane was at Ludeke Pri-mary School in Libode recently as part of hisproject to enable schools to produce pupilswho consider a career in agriculture or ruraldevelopment.
Ludeke is one of several schools adoptedby theMECwith the aimof providing techni-cal support and the maintenance of schoolgardens.The department gave hundreds of seed-
lings for the school and other surroundingschools.Qoboshiyane said he wanted more in-
volvement in agriculture from young peopleand for the country to look at the EasternCape when it came to ploughing.“We want people to return to gardening.
We want to be able to produce our own milk,eggs to help with the schools feedingscheme.”Principal ThulaniGiqwa said hewas hum-
bled by the presence of the MEC at hisschool.He said the efforts by the MEC brought
hope and would inspire many children fromthe location - even the ones who had given
up on education.“These seedlings will assist us greatly. To
have our own garden will assist us in usingour nutrition funds for other things that theschool needs.“We don’t have much and we have to save
every bit we can to make our school better,”Giqwa said.The principal said most of the pupils in
the area were victims of social ills like un-employment.“Most kids here depend solely on grants
which happen to support the whole familyand those situations are demoralising forthe children,” he said.The MEC is working closely with the De-
partment of Education to ensure the successof his adopt-a-school project.Department of Education officials have
been deployed to ensure proper links be-tween the adopted schools and the Depart-ment of Rural Development and AgrarianReform.Qoboshiyane was joined by the Progres-
sive Youth Alliance in also handing out 100pairs of shoes to needy children at theschool.The alliance has embarked on a back-to-
school campaign to supply children fromdisadvantaged schools with school shoes.
Moreyoungpeopleneeded inagriculture –Qoboshiyane
MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane with Ludeke SPS pupils during the handover of school shoes.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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BUSINESSMEN in the Eastern Cape haveestablished a new business chamber calledthe Eastern Cape Chamber of Business (EC-COB).The establishment of the chamber took
place in East London on January 29.The main objective of its establishment is
to ensure that black people participate inthe economy of the province.According to the provincial secretary of
the newly established chamber, AndileNontso, they want to ensure that the needs
and aspirations of SMMEs in the provinceare represented to ensure fair distributionof tenders.“We want to ensure that in all the provin-
cial tenders, 30% local beneficiation is guar-anteed and that all the service providers getpaid on time. We want to ensure that black
businesses speak with one voice, united atall times, and ensure that the rights ofSMMEs are protected,” Nontso said.Mthatha businessman and OR Tambo
business community president VuyisileNtlabathi was elected president of thischamber.
SAJONISI Youth Radio (SYR) station man-ager Smiso Shozi is confident that the sta-tion will finally go on air late this year.
The community station based in Port StJohns received its broadcasting licencefrom the Independent Communication Au-thority of South Africa (Icasa) in 2013.The station was supposed to be on air by
early 2014, but a lack of support meant the
station could not broadcast at the earlierdesired date.Shozi said it had been difficult to secure
funding when the station was supposed togo on air three years ago.He did not want to dwell much on the de-
tail about funding and where the supporthad finally come from, but he reassured thecommunity of Port St Johns that there wasno need for panic.“Things were different back then and
now we have a couple of businesses who
will support us.“The people of Port St Johns and the OR
Tambo region should not worry, SajonisiYouth Radio will surely start broadcastingthis year.“We know that people have been patient-
ly waiting for the one-and-only youth radioin the Eastern Cape that will cover the ORTambo District Municipality.”Shozi said the station was all about youth
empowerment and the station had beenbuilt as a social movement.
Sajonisi YouthRadio coming this year - Shozi
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REPORTER
THE PortfolioCommittee onHigher Educationand Training hascalled on theState InformationTechnologyAgency to priori-tise the issue ofcertificationbacklogs for the(vocational)National Certifi-cate in order toallow youngSouth Africans anopportunity to bein the job market.
SITA came tobrief the commit-tee on theprogress it hasmade since it lastvisited parliamentin August lastyear, when itcommitted toclearing thebacklog in sixmonths.The January 31
deadline wasmissed and theagency asked foran extension toJune this year.Committee
chairpersonYvonne Phosasaid failure todeliver on thisarea of servicedelivery affectedmany youngpeople and theiremployability.“The committee
is adopting azero-toleranceapproach on thisissue,” she said.“This is about
the lives of thosestudents who areaffected. Theseare people whoare suffering as aresult of poorperformance bythe entity despiteall the efforts thegovernment ismaking to in-crease access toeducation,” Phosasaid.“The failure to
clear the backlogstalks to a lack ofresponsiveness tothe needs ofyoung SouthAfricans andreflects badly onthe entity.”She asked SITA
to outline thekind of support itrequired to meetthe June deadlineand said thecommittee wouldin the meantimeraise the issue ofSITA’s capacity,which seemed tobe a challenge,with its counter-parts in theTelecommunica-tions and PostalServices PortfolioCommittee.
SITA askedto dealwithcertificationbacklogs
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MTHATHA-BORN jazz artist Kanyisa was ad-mitted to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Aca-demic Hospital in Johannesburg after suffer-ing a stroke on January 23.
The singer,whose real name isNomdakaza-na Mnyaka, spent almost a week in hospitaland is still undergoing treatment,which couldmean that it will be a while before she returnsto the stage.The songbird is also under watchful eye of
a physiotherapist, sometimes goes joggingand is responding well.The hit-maker of Iyandibetha le ndoda fame
confirmed thisweek that she had become seri-ous ill recentlywhile shewas on a visit in Len-asia.“My body became shrivelled, I was unable
to feel my left side, I was dizzy and my mouthwas twisted onone side. Iwasdischarged fromhospital on Tuesday last week,” she said.Mnyaka thanked her friends who had sup-
ported her all the way.“I was seriously ill, but their support made
me strong and defeated the stroke.”Her experience has led to her deciding to
commence a stroke-awareness campaign.“I went through hell and I don’t want to see
other people to go throughwhat I have experi-enced.
“I need to give them information about themalady.“Soon after I have fully recovered I will go
on the streets of this country to make peopleaware of the dangers of suffering a stroke.”She vowed that she would beat the stroke,
no matter what.She promised to release a track which
would describe the illness and the time thatshe was in her hospital bed not feeling herbody at all.
EasternCapesongbirdKanyisa suffers stroke
Nomdakazana Mnyaka in her hospital bed.PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Othethela lo Masipala uMnu Mzimasi Dy-omfana uthe le bhulorho ixabise i-R2,425,39.49.Echaza uthe bebena bantu ebeba qeshile nebebesebenza ngelixa kuso khiwa le bhulorho.“Kwezi laliabantubakhonabebengenabhu-
lorhokwayekunzimakuboukuwelaxabefunaukuhamba ingxaki zabo.Kodwaokukwenzek-ileyo siya themba kuza kubatshintsha indlelaebe bephila ngayo kuba ngoku baza kuwelangaphandle koko yika,”kubeka uDyomfana.Wolekengelithibayebaqalabaqeshaabantu
abali shumi eline sibini ze baphinde bongezaomnye kwakhona, lo msebenzi wokokha lebhulorhouqalengenyangakaJuniwalonyakauphelileyo.LokaDyomfanauqinisekisileuku-ba lomsebenzi ugqitywekulenyangakaJanu-ary kwaye uthabathe nje inyanga ezintandat-hukuphela zewaphela.Ukwavezeukubabayebaqeshanabantu abangomamakuqukanolut-
sha, nanjengoko urhulumente eshumayelaukubanaboabantuabangomamamabaxham-le kuma thuba emisebenzi.Ngaphandle koku loMasipala uphindewan-
UNokhontileka ongu Yandisa Tsengwa unikezele ngomfaniswano webhola exhasa abahlali,phakathi kwaba bantu ebe besamkela le kiti kuquka nosodolophu wase Mbashe uCebaNonceba Mfecane. IFOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA
REPORTER
SUBJECT advisors from the Department ofBasicEducation (DBE)and subject specialistsand change agents from the National Educa-tion Collaboration Trust (NECT) are workingtogether to ensure the curriculum is com-pletely covered by teachers in the MountFrere district.
Falling behind on curriculum coverage hasbeenamong themain reasons for thepoorper-formance of many schools in the EasternCape, indicating that teacher professionalisa-tionand support arekey to improved learningoutcomes in these schools.To achieve this, the DBE’s English first ad-
ditional language subject advisors, alongwith maths and foundation phase specialistsand change agents from the NECT, recentlycompleted training on curriculum planningand tracking curriculum coverage, and willbe running a series of workshops atMt. Frereschools to orientate the teachers on using theplanning and tracking tools.Lawrence Sithole, Maths G.E.T specialist,
expressed excitement about the upcomingworkshops, saying many of the teachers he
supports at various schools will be glad to re-ceive the tool. “Many of my teachers havetalked about the covering of curriculum in itsentirety and it has been a problem for many.This tool will enable teachers to know exactlywhere they are and where they need to be tofinish the curriculum,” said Sithole.On many occasions, learners have com-
plained that they had been assessed duringexaminations on topics they never studied inclass and thus failed. The planning and track-ing tools will guide both teachers and theschool management team (SMT) in trackingthe progress and the pace at which teachersneed to work.Foundation phase home language special-
ist, Noxolo Skele, noted that the planner andtracker are user-friendly and exciting to use.“These tools are exciting. We have already in-troduced these to the teachers during the 4thtermof 2015 and they are excited about it. Plus,this current tool also has a learner-activitybook,which is alsoCAPS- aligned,” saidSkele.Skele commented that teachers she has spo-
ken to while preparing for the upcomingschool-basedworkshops also sounded excitedabout the tool. “Theymakemention of the 4thterm trackers, which helped them a lot, and
they are looking forward to the coming work-shops,” added Skele.This sentiment was echoed by Phatheka
Mfino of the DBE: “This will bring about a lotof improvement in our schools. We won’t betalking about content gap challenges any-more, because thewhole content of the curric-
ulum would have been covered,” she said.The NECT works to ensure that turn
around processes at schools translates to im-proved performance by the learners, the pro-fessionalisation of teachers and the smoothrunning of the schools by SMTs and govern-ing bodies.
Teachers receivehelp to improve curriculumcoverage
Teachers attending training in Mt Frere to help them complete their curriculum on time.PHOTO:SUPPLIED
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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE
AN 80-year-old Mthatha woman saysthere is nothing that can terminateher relationship with agriculture be-cause it isherbreadandbutteraswellas her hobby.
Ntsimbini-born Ntombomzi Mad-inga said the diamond of theTranskeiwas agriculture and therewas no oth-er way to curb poverty besides restor-ing the importance of agriculture inthe minds of the people of this area.“Since we don’t have mines, they
mustknowhowtousethelandandgettheir hands dirty and that will resultin good endings,” she said.“It is not our culture to buy every-
thing from the shop. As for me, I buyonly cooking oil, rice and a few otherthings which I am unable to producefrom the soil.”When the Express crew arrived at
her home inPRDCampnext toMuru-muru,Mthatha, sheshehad just comeback fromsellingherveggiesat shopsaround Mthatha and mielies at gov-ernment offices in buildings likeBotha Sigcau, PRD.Customersarealso flocking in large
numbers to her home to buy chickensand vegetables.She said thatwhengrowingup they
used to wake up in the morning andrush to hoe the big fields of maizewhich were owned by her father.This had created a passion for agri-
culture in her heart.She said that even at the Cicirha
Training College in Mthatha whereshe did her teaching diploma she hadexcelled in agriculture as they hadhad their own plots.Despite her age,mamaNtombomzi
is still doingeverything inhergardenand the entire yard is green.She said that even while she was
workinginLibodeasaninspectorshehad never stopped using the land asshe had hired unused fields andploughed maize and sold it.Even today Madinga uses her-
whole yard to grow produce.She also asks her neighbours to
give her unused land and pays themwith what she produced from thatland.She said the secret behind her
healthylifewasthatsheate freshfoodfrom the garden.She said that caterers from Mthat-
ha and the surrounding areas alsoplacedorderswithherbecauseevery-thingwasfreshandfromthesoilrath-er thanbeingkept in the refrigerator.Madinga has been a good Samari-
tan to many people and has given adecent education to several poor chil-dren.Rural Development and Agrarian
Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane re-cently delivered 200 chicks, 10 bags offeed, two hosepipes and rakes to her.“It was the first time I had received
a donation,” she said. “I thank youMECQhoboshiyane for choosingme.Ineverexpectedthis. Itwasthehappi-est day in my life.”
‘Agriculture is thediamondof Transkei’Gogo NtombomziMadinga says agricul-ture is her bread andbutter and it can curbpoverty in the Transkei.
PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
As forme, I buyonly cooking oil,rice and a fewother thingswhich Iam unable toproduce from thesoil.” - Ntombomzi Madinga
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ers, if not taxi drivers, abusing mo-torists who give lifts to hitchhikers.The way they beat or insult them
is provoking and the way they blockthe waywhen they are chasing some-one can create a terrible accident.We were driving our Turu-turu
next to the Northcrest ShoppingComplex when we saw a kombi chas-ing a white Polo Vivo.Sasho sathi kuyakwayile mikhuba
yoonotaxi. You know ukuthi news isour bread and butter we stopped andwatch.Thekombiblocked the road for this
small car and the guy who was driv-ing cameout fumingngumsindo.Andthe taxi driver was coming out on theother side. Zothulana phezulunges’bhakela kwacaca ukuba umjitalo we-Polo uwhorho and uyayosela leingunotaxi.Savuya kuba we don’t like daai
ding abayenza ebantwini. Beseku-shota nje ukuba ibaleke kuba lamjitaebeyiphethe ngenqindi.Incedwe kukuba kufike abanye
and nalo mjita we-Polo wazincedaukuba avele aphindele emotweniyakhe atshinxe zingakwazi ukumfu-mana ezi bezifika kuba beziza-kumxhaphaza.Isimanga ke apho sikhona kukuba
They don’t know where to wearsleeping clothesDo you know ukuthi it is not on to
see a personwearing sleeping clothesoutside his or her yard and some-times you ask yourself about thefunctionality of his or her mind.It’s worse kuthi thina boo-darkie
sigilana nabo kuma-malls with sleep-ing clothing abayazi na ukuba daaiding uyinxiba xa use-yard (in) kwak-ho not ukuphumela estratweni.Come on guys.Like for instance we were sitting
phantsi komthunzi welanga eMthininabangani bethu around 4pm whenwe saw a woman passing by in agown.Ungade uyokugqitha phakathi
kwenyambalala yabantu ne-gownngabula uhlala e-town. Zileqeleniizinto ezi mara nazi ukuba zilunge
nini. Hoping everybody who used togo out with a gown if not pyjamas heor shewill stop it fromnowon.Nivilemoss.
uphele emehlweni washiyeka ezin-tliziyweni.Mawwuu, let us take our pens and
dig for more gossip news. Mojaa!!!
PEOPLE LIKEUSPEOPLE LIKEUS< DumokaziMacingwana,AsithandileMacingwane,Amavi Mbasaand MihlaliMponco werecaptured at theconcert at theMthatha SportsField. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE
Blessing Tawu and Bulelwa Sithole attended theconcert in Mthatha. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
; Siyabonga Sompini andMkhanyiseli Bangani at themusic concert in Mthathaat the end of January.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
Some of the music lovers who attended the concert at theMthatha Sports Field. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
Well-known-poet Nkqo Vabaza (in brown hat) wasamong the dignitaries who graced the concert inMthatha. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE
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PORT Elizabeth side Lion City are stillleading the ABC Motsepe League log tableafter they defeated Mthatha City 1-0 at theNU2 Motherwell Stadium at the weekend.
Tornado managed to close the gap be-tween themselves and the log leaders when
they defeated FC Elliot 1-0.On-form City are now on 39 points after
17 games,while league contenders Tornadohave 36 points after playing the same num-ber off matches.As things stand, it seems that it is going
well for the Port Elizabeth outfit becausethey are approaching their fourth weekleading the table.
In other weekend results, Morning Starsdefeated Matta Milan 2-1, EC Bees defeatedSUBS 2-1 and Future Tigers and YoungIdeas FC played to a goalless draw.Struggling bottom side Emperors FC de-
featedHighbury 1-0. ZimbaneKillers edgedFC Buffalo by two goals to one.Kokstad Liverpool defeated Blackburn
Rovers by one goal to zero.
Tornado 3 points behind log leaders in ABCMotsepe League
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