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SOME Mount Ayliff residents wereshocked when they received theirmonthly statements for water andsanitation from the Alfred Nzo Dis-trict Municipality, showing exorbi-

tant outstanding amounts.

Residents in the area said things were bet-ter when they were still serviced by the Umz-imvubu Local Municipality. According tothem, when the water and sanitation serviceswas taken over by theAlfredNzoDistrictMu-nicipality, they started receiving statementsfor huge amounts.Residents believe the billing of water serv-

ices and sanitation by the District for hugeamounts is due to an incorrect billing sys-tem.Residents had therefore decided not to pay

their water bills, saying they couldn’t be ex-pected to pay for something they didn’t use.When theMountAyliff RatepayersAssocia-

tion marched to the District offices to protestabout poor service delivery and dirty tap wa-ter onOctober 29, some residents carriedwiththem the invoices which, according to them,reflected billing for water they hadn’t used.One of the residents, Mzwandile Mphithi,

who received a statement for R13 365, said hewas surprised because nobody was currentlystaying at the billing address.“We don’t drink or cookwith the water that

comes out of the taps, since it is dirty. I alwaysfetch water from Ntsizwa village which weuse to drink and cook with. As far as I knowI had paid my bill in November last year.When I askedat themunicipal office about theR13 365 they were unable to give me an expla-nation,” said Mphithi.Another woman who also participated in

the march, but who didn’t want to identifyherself, said she was first told that she owedR5 000, but when she went to the offices to paythis amount, she was told she was owingabout R13 000.“When told this, I took mymoney and went

backhome.Only peoplewhodon’t have to payfor children who are still at school are ableto support the municipality, not me. I am stillpaying for my children’s tuition and I am notgoing to pay at all,” she said in anger.

Spokesperson for the Alfred Nzo DistrictMunicipality, NdabukoMasumpa, said as themunicipality they would basically have todeal with the situation case by case.He said he wouldn’t be able to comment on

each individual case until the residents andratepayers came forward to be assisted attheir call centre.

He said they would also be looking atputting their internal systems inplace andgetexternal experts to help them find solutionswith solving problems. In so doing, he said,they would be working together with theRatepayers Association to address most oftheir concerns.“Since our main goal is to service our con-

sumers to their satisfaction, there is a taskteam which will be formed to work closelywith ratepayers association representativesto address the problems.“Wealso invite residents to come to our cus-

tomer care centre and report their cases or tocall our helpline which is 086 000 3781,” saidMasumpa.

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Mount Ayliff resident Mzwandile Mphithishowing the statement he received from theAlfred Nzo District Municipality.

This is the statement that Mphithi had received, showing an outstanding amount of R13 365,95. PHOTOGRAPHS: PHINDILE GQELE

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THREE suspects accused of torching formerANC president Oliver Tambo’s statue andpictures at the OR Tambo Garden of Remem-brance, have been remanded in custody untilNovember 19 when they will appeared beforethe Mbizana Magistrates’ Court.

Police spokesperson, Mlungisi Mathidane,said the suspects include a former ward com-mittee member, Sandile Tshukwa (51) and histwo sons, Delani Tshukwa and LungisaniTshukwa.

It is alleged that the burning of the OR Tam-bo Garden of Remembrance was sparked bytension between the Nkantolo village resi-dents and the neighbouring village, regard-ing the allocation of low cost RDP houses inhonour of the ANC stalwart.

The tensions and the burning of the gardenhad angered ANC members and the generalpublic. Nkantolo Villagers demonstrated out-side the court, chanting songs about thestruggle Tambo had endured for this democ-racy.

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Community members from Nkantolo localitydemonstrates outside the Bizana Magistrates’

Court in support of the Tambo family.PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

GREG NOTA

THE situation turned violent and ugly whenangry community members who had gath-ered outside the Mount Ayliff Magistrates’Court started throwing stones at the policewhile demanding the release of a woman (41)who had been arrested on a murder charge.

The woman is accused of murdering herhusband with the help of foreigners.

The angry community members were al-legedly demanding that the police release theaccused in order for them to apply mob jus-tice.

Provincial SAPS spokesperson, Lieuten-ant Khaya Tonjeni, confirmed that WestonPhiri (28) originally from Malawi andNtombentsundu Sikhisi (41) from Mgweng-weni Administrative Area appeared in theMount Ayliff Magistrates’ Court, facing mur-der charges, relating to the death ofNtombentsundu’s husband, MalungeloSikhisi (41), on November 10.

They appeared briefly before the MountAyliff Magistrates’ Court and the case waspostponed until November 18.

Both were remanded in custody. A thirdsuspect in the case, also believed to be fromMalawi, Major Katsanga (27) appeared in

court on Tuesday, November 11.“Members of the public were protesting

outside the courtroom demanding the hand-ing over of the suspects to them. Public Or-der Police were called in to manage the situa-tion and control the crowd. Rubber bulletswere used to disperse the crowd,” said LtTonjeni.

He said on the same day at about 7.30amthe angry mob gathered again and torchedthe house of Ntombentsundu Sikhisi.

A rondavel, two other houses and a shackwere burnt to ashes. A case of arson has beenopened but no arrests have been made. Theinvestigation is ongoing.

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Murder accused, Ntombentsundu Sikhisi (41)leaves the Mount Ayliff Magistrates’ Courtunder police escort. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THE Ingwe TVET College has recently en-gaged in a partnership with ADA Holdings(Pty) Ltd and the Department of Higher Edu-cation and Training (DHET).

This partnership is aimed at assisting thecollege with improving and expanding its ed-ucational services to students with the aimof providing better skilled students, with bet-ter employment and entrepreneurial pros-pects, thereby contributing to the upliftmentof the community.

With this project a consortium of well-re-spected and highly skilled experts have beenengaged to completely turn around the Col-lege, with no job cutting, but with significantreskilling and improving and expanding theCollege in its entirety.

With this project the college will also be-come the first accredited trade test centre inthis Eastern area within the Eastern Cape,and South Western area of Kwazulu-Natal,filling an invaluable gap in skills educationin one of the poorest parts of South Africa.

Significant infrastructure, facilities andequipment upgrades and new constructionare underway at some of the campuses to fa-cilitate this Trade Test Centre.

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programme that cover the complete course,with no age restrictions for application.

RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) is aprogramme whereby people’s prior learningand work experience can be formally recog-nised to enable people to advance their skillsand become recognised and certified arti-sans.

Potential candidates are evaluated to seewhere they need preparation or training topass the trade test.

Candidates are thengivenadditional train-ing if necessary to be able to do the trade test.This additional training is also included inthe bursaries. Once ready (about 3 months ofpreparation and skills development), candi-dates are formally Trade Tested at the IngweTVET College’s own Trade Test Centre. TheIngwe College is the only accredited TradeTest Centre in the area.

All individuals with work experience inthe trades listed below, should apply for thisprogramme at the Ingwe TVET College. Thisis the only such programme in the area andis specifically designed to offer the tradeswith the most employment opportunities tofill the gaps in the local economy.

The course consists of the following:• Pre-evaluation,• Training preparation for the test,• Enrolling and completing the Trade Test.

BURSARIES AND FINANCIAL ASSIST-ANCE – RPL programme (Recognition of pri-or learning)

100% bursaries are available for the RPLprogramme that covers the complete course.

Each bursary is valued at over R80 000.The bursaries cover all the tuition costs:• Pre-evaluation,• Training preparation for the test,• Registration cost of the Trade Test.Requirements for the bursary are the same

as the requirements to apply for the pro-gramme.

All applications must be handed in at theAdministration Centre in Mt Frere or any ofthe Main Campuses.

To start off the RPL programme, the collegehas taken in 10 candidates for the ElectricalArtisan Trade.

The 10 RPL Candidates are currently un-dergoing their Brush-up Training.

Ingwe TVET college has been collating stu-dent applications for Recognition of PriorLearning (RPL) Bursaries. There are cur-rently 258 candidates on thedatabase; howev-er, not all are qualified due to their not meet-ing the criteria:

However, the good news is that there aremany that did successfully qualify.

From the qualified list, it was decided torun a pilot programme. A batch of 5 femalesand 5 males were selected as follows:

• Abongile Ninise• Bathandwa Tuntulwana• Mnqumeni Bungiswa• Lerato Parkies• Mamoletsane Leroba• Nceba Dwenga• Nolubabalo Dolwana• Sandiswa Cetywayo• Wandisiwe Mkhwedini• Wanga Mbali

Should you or any of your family have sub-mitted an application for the RPL Training,please review the qualifying criteria at ht-tp://ingwecollege.edu.za and ensure thatyou have given the relevant Admissions Per-sonnel at the relevant Ingwe Campus the nec-essary documentation for you to qualify.

If you haven’t been contacted yet, don’tworry, you might be in line for the nextbatch. Contact the college to check your ap-plication progress.

The pilot programme is being conducted atthe Artisan Development Academy in, Dur-ban. The reason for the pilot programme be-ing in Durban is due to upgrades to the infra-structure currently underway at the collegecampusses. What this means for the Ingwestudents is that there will be some new andsome refurbished and upgraded workshopswith new equipment.

Their training of the above mentioned hascommenced as follows:

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ANOTHER young person had been stabbedto death at a notorius tavern in Rhode Ad-ministrative Area.

The stabbing allegedly occured after aquarrel over a game of pool on Sunday, No-vember 2 between the deceased, SphiweSokudela, and another man.

SAPS Provincial Police Spokeperson,Lieutenant Khaya Tonjeni, confirmed thata suspect appeared in court on a charge ofmurder relating to the incident.

“It is alleged that a scuffle ensued abouta coin to be inserted into the machine torelease the pool balls.

“The suspect allegedly drew a knife andstabbed to death the deceased. He (the sus-pect) appeared in court on Friday, Novem-ber 7 and the case was postponed to No-

vember 10. The suspect remains in policecustody in Mt Ayliff,” said LieutenantTonjeni.

Residents, mostly elders, had held sever-al meetings in the area in an endeavor toget the tavern to be closed down, sincemore than ten tavern patrons had beenkilled over a number of months.

The community has dubbed the estab-lishment the “tavern of death”.

Residents were also concerned about aliquor license given to the owner, since thetavern was close to a church and a schooland is on the same premises with a shopwhere children frequenlty go.

According to members of the communi-ty, children shopping here often getmugged by patrons of the tavern.

A meeting which was called by the resi-dents to which they had invited the East-ern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) calling for

the closure of the tavern, which was sched-uled for September 11, was postponed bythe ECLB.

Spokesperson for the ECLB, MgwebuMsiya said the scheduled meeting clashedwith another engagement.

He said the meeting date was decided byMt Ayliff residents without prior consulta-tion with their office, resulting in the sub-sequent postponement of the meeting.

“In our discussion with the Chief, wehave agreed to look for another date, how-ever, we haven’t been able to honour thatmeeting due to the many commitments ofthe organisation and relevant stakehold-ers.

“We are planning a visit to the area sothat we can host the meeting and prefera-bly also invite the police to the meeting inorder to further discuss the elements ofcrime,” said Msiya.

He said they were highly committed toassisting people with challenges regardinglicensed liquor outlets.

They had introduced a toll free com-plaints line, 080 000 0420, for people to re-port instances if inconsiderate liquor trad-ing, including its proximity to churchesand schools, closing times and selling liq-uor to the underaged.

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A tOTAL of eight young people from disad-vantaged backgrounds across the EasternCape are set to start training in AeronauticalInformation Management and Air TrafficControl.

The initiative forms part of the EasternCape Department of Transport’s efforts tobeef up its aviation operations. The traineesin Aeronautical Information Managementhave already started, while Air Controllerswill only begin their training in January nextyear. The aviation industry is amongs thosesectors where male dominance is prevalent.

However, the provincial department oftransport is making strides to transform thisby including more women, particularly thosefrom marginalised communities.

This initiative also forms part of the depart-ment’s efforts to address unemployment andthe skills shortage in aviation.

Eastern Cape, Transport, Safety and Liai-son MEC, Weziwe Tikana, said last year therewere four learners who were taken. Two ofthem now work for the Port Elizabeth Airportand the other two for the East London Air-port.

“The intake for last year were all males, butfor this current intake its six females and twomales. We are trying to address the gender

balance.” The department spends an amountof R400 000 for the tuition of each learner. Af-ter 12 months of training, cadets will beplaced at various airports in the province togain work experience.

Qhama Zantsi from Alfred Nzo District Mu-nicipality and Qhawekazi Manana have beenselected to participate in the program and theyare very excited about this opportunity. “I’moverwhelmed with mixed emotions, I wish myparents were still alive to see me being the per-son they always knew I would become.

“It’s a life changing experience, because Iwas unemployed and I’m a single parent oftwo kids,” said Zantsi.

One of those who benefited from this pro-

gramme in previous years, Nwabisa ZinziVitshima, said she had numerous career pro-gression opportunities since she joined theaviation industry.

“It was a big break for me, because when I gotthis chance I was unemployed. So it gave me fi-nancial independence and personal growth.

“When you are in this industry, you get tolearn. When you are in the company, theymake sure that you grow to the top post thatthey have. They don’t need the money; theyonly need your brain and dedication.”

The department will be working closelywith the district municipalities in an endeav-our to attract more learners into the pro-gram.

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PHINDILE GQELE

IN an initiative to decrease the number ofroad accidents in the Eastern Cape, Memberof the Executive Committee for the EasternCape Department of Transport, Safety andLiaison, Weziwe Tikana, recently launcheda Walking Bus project in Dudumeni Village,Mbizana.

This project is meant to escort and helpschool children safely cross roads whenwalking to and from school.

Tikana said as 2011 to 2020 has been de-clared the decade of action for road safetyshe saw it suitable to provide safety in allaspects, especially for children crossing theroad on their way to school.

“Children’s role is to acquire educationand we are meant to protect them so theymay become better people. This walking busproject is meant mostly for primary schoollearners and any other child that crosses theroad. My department noticed that the R61is one of the busy roads. It is for this reasonthat we finally launched this project to hon-our our future leaders who are today’s chil-dren,” said MEC Tikana.

Dudumeni ward councillor Lonwabo So-madlangathi, applauded the initiative. “Thisproject has helped in decreasing the levels ofroad accidents in this area. We thank the De-partment of Transport for this and we hopeother school learners will get a chance to par-take in this project.”

Eleven (11) escorts are employed by the de-partment for this project – nine females andtwo males. One of the escorts, Zintle Mtukwi-ni, said each morning they gather childrenfrom all around Dudumeni village at 6.30am.

“This has helped us to keep busy and pro-vide us with employment. Not that employ-ment is our basic concern but the children’ssafety remains our priority,” said Mtukwini.Deputy Committee chairperson for the AlfredNzo District Municipality Community Roadand Safety Council, Gcobani Fikeni, said theywill support this project and will engage thetaxi and bus industries in road safety teach-ing, as a means of building mutual under-standing on how the taxi and bus industriescould contribute to making roads safer.

Schools that participate in the walking busproject include Biniza Junior SecondarySchool (JSS), Lugwijini JSS, Ethridge JSS,and Ntsingizi JSS.

MEC Tikana launcheswalking bus project inMbizana

MEC, Weziwe Tikana explaining to children how the “walking bus” operates. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

School children crossing the road with the help of escorts. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Dudumeni ward councillor, Lonwabo Somadlangathi, Eastern Cape, Member of Executive Commit-tee for the Eastern Cape Department of Transport, Safety, and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana andMbizana Local Municipality Mayor Makhaya Twabu during the launch of the walking bus project.

PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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AT this year’s Isingqi Sethu Wild CoastCultural Festival which is taking placefrom tomorrow till Saturday at Port StJohns Sports ground, there will, for thefirst time ever, be a fashion showof tradi-tional garments.

This was revealed by the OR TamboManager in the Department of Sports,Recreation Arts and Culture, Mike Sodo,during an interview with Express.In this initiative of Isingqi Sethu the

Department of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture worked hand-in-hand withthe house of Traditional Leaders, East-ern Cape Parks and TourismAgency andPort St Johns Local Municipality. Sodosaid for the first time theywouldopen thegates for the people who are making tra-

ditional garments to exhibit their workat the festival.He said this formed part of promoting

traditional attire in all the tribes alongtheWild Coast line. Sodo said the groupswould also showcase their cultural per-formances through dance and exhibi-tions.Four hundred artists are expected to

take part in this gigantic event in the his-tory of the Wild Coast line.The festival had already producedwell

known artists in South Africa likemaskanda musician Ntombethongo, gui-tarist Csana Mlaza and many more.Sodo said the festival is also open to

emerging local artists to come and show-case their talents. “Our main purpose isto capacitate and expose local artists andensure that we develop capacity for thelocal communities. The overall objective

of the project to claim Arts and Cultureas a serious contributor to poverty relief,wealth creation, job creation and socialcohesion,” said Sodo.Port St Johns Mayor, Mnyamezeli

Mangqo, called on the people of Port StJohns to behave and to treat visitorswell. He said it is important to come to-gether and develop culture to move for-ward. He also called on the OR TamboDistrict Municipality to come on boardwith this event.Mangqo said this initiativewouldmas-

sively improve the economy of Port StJohns as there will be about 314 home-steads expected to host visitors duringthe two-day festival.Sodo confirmed that all the home-

steads that would be hosting visitors hadbeen inspected tomake sure that they areup to standard to accommodate visitors.

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THE Department of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture jointly with the Ports St. JohnsLocal Municipality, the Provincial House ofTraditional Leaders (PHOTL) and the East-ern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency(ECPTA) are aiming to provide access toskills, cultural development and promotion,advance rural development and job creationthrough the project of Isingqi Sethu WildCoast Cultural Festival.

The festival will take place in Port St.

Johns ( Sport Field) on the 14 and 15 Novem-ber 2014.The overall objective of the project is to

stake the claim of Arts and Culture as a seri-ous contributor to poverty relief, wealth cre-ation, job creation and social cohesion.IsingqiSethuWildCoastCulturalFestival

seeks to encourage the people of the EasternCape to take pride in them and their identi-ty.The Eastern Cape has 10 regions with a

number of tribes and this diversity shouldbe conserved so that generations to comeshould know where they are coming from

whilst also striving to attract visitors to ex-perience the way of living in the province.

All this seeks to bring about economicbenefits for the Eastern Cape communities.The IsingqiSethuWildCoast Cultural Fes-

tival will be done in the form of a festivalwhere all groups and crafters will be dis-playing their culture and also participatingequally.Themain aim of the event will be to show-

case the different cultures of the EasternCape through craft, traditional dance, mu-sic, story telling, poetry and drama.All the districts of the provincewill partic-

ipate e.g. O.R.Tambo, Amathole, AlfredNzo,Cacadu, Joe Gqabi, Nelson Mandela Metroand Chris Hani.The festival will take place in Port St.

Johns where selected groups from the re-gions will showcase their skills.The festival theme for this year is “Tap 2

Eastern Cape Rhythms & Craft.”All the participating groups and exhibi-

torswill receive performance or exhibitionsfees.The MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and

Culture Dr Pemmy Majodina will be theguest speaker at the official opening.

Isingqi SethuWild Coast Cultural Festival kicks off tomorrow

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

THE Provincial Commissioner of the East-ern Cape Lieutenant General Celiwe Bintahas vowed that there would be no space forcriminals in the Eastern Cape during thecoming Festive Season.

Binta was speaking during the provinciallaunchofDutyCalls SaferFestive SeasonOp-erations at the Rotary Stadium in Mthathalast Friday.Bintahad assured the people of theEastern

Cape and visitors that theywould be in a safeplace if they were in this province.“We are more than ready and we are pre-

pared to fight crime to the end. We will beout in full force to ensure that there is nocrime that will disturb the joy of the peopleof this province during the Festive Season.Our police will be in rural and in urban are-as, because we need to clamp down on crimi-nal activities. We are also going to beef upour equipment”, said Binta.At the launch it was announced that 13 ex-

tra vehicles would be in use over the FestiveSeason. “By doing so we want to ensure thesafety of the people and visitors. There willbe no shortage of police vehicles.”Binta called on alcohol sellers to obey the

liquor act and said those who didn’t wouldbe brought to book.The MEC for Transport, Safety and Liai-

son, Weziwe Tikana, said their focus wouldbe on the integration of all role-players suchas Traffic officials, Home Affairs, NPA,SANDF, local law enforcement and other sis-ter departments in the fight against crime.She said the plan will focus on high police

visibility at all hot spots, shopping malls,banks, ATMS and places where large crowdsgather, tourist destinations and specialevents.Tikana said they would be giving equal at-

tention to both rural and urban areas of theprovince, stakeholder coordination and com-munity mobilisation.The launch was graced by the presense of

traditional leadership and members of thecommunity.

No space for criminals during Festive Season

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THE DA in the Eastern Cape recently held a Congressgala dinner where Veliswa Mvenya from Mthatha wasannounced as thenewDAProvincial Chairperson in theEastern Cape.

“I am ecstatic and extremely proud of this result asit truly shows that the Democratic Alliance is a partyfor all.This result is a true demonstration of the diversity

of our party and it reiterates the DA’s equal opportunitysociety for all policy; it provides individuals fromdiffer-ent cultural backgrounds an equal opportunity to suc-ceed in our society and our party,” Mvenya said.“Three individuals were announced as the new Depu-

ty Chairpersons of the DA in the Eastern Cape. Theyare Retief Odendaal, Rory Gailey and Lodewyk Gallant.We are extremely proud of them and we know that theywill represent the party well. We wish them all the beston their journey of service and leadership.”The new Deputy Provincial Leaders are Bobby Ste-

venson and Terrence Fritz.

VeliswaMvenyaannouncedasnewDAprovincial chairperson

Veliswa Mvenya from Mthatha wasrecently announced as the new DAProvincial Chairperson in theEastern Cape. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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SANELISIWE Buthelezi was crowned as thisyear’s Miss OR Tambo at a glittering eventheld at the Wild Coast Sun Casino on Fridayevening, November 7.

The Mbizana community and people fromtheORTambo andAlfredNzoDistrictMunic-

ipalities and Councillors came out in num-bers to witness the crowning.Local designers were given a platform to

showcase their garments which were wornby the contestants on the day.Sanelisiwe went home with prize money of

R15 000. The first princess Hombakazi Ngxo-la received R12 500 and second princess Si-phokazi Ramatha went home with R10 000.

SanelisiweButhelezi isMissORTambo2014

Winners seated infront of the officialsand councillors (fromleft to right) SecondPrincess SiphokaziRamatha from ward 1Highland township,Miss OR Tambo 2014Sanelisiwe Buthelezi-from ward 5 Mbobhe-ni location and FirstPrincess HombakaziNgxola from ward 8Ndakeni location.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Some of the contestants in their traditional attire. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Contestants in their swimwear during the Miss OR Tambo Pageant. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Municipal officials showcasing Ibhongo LeMbizana Fashion clothes during the fashion show inbetween the Miss OR Tambo Beauty Pageant. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Entrants for the Miss OR Tambo 2014 paraded in the streets of Mbizana town. They also visitedBizana Square to meet with the people before the main event on Friday. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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sidla ngokuyibona kwezi ndawozentselo phaya eNtelly and siya-zi ngokuya ngamandla kwez-iphuzo. So, yanqaba about twoyears singayiboni satsho sathiyashunca.OWW!!Kanti umfethu usadla amaz-

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yam.Uyazi ubuso obu ngathi yin-

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Mmm, what kind of a woman is she?You know what when you see a woman walking

barefoot, you ask yourself if she is normal in her mindsince it is not a normal sight for a woman to be inthat situation.We were parking our Turu-turu in front of the VIP

restaurant in the place of Cold (Ngqeleni), when wesaw a barefoot young woman.At first we thought she wasmentally disturbed, only

to find that she was normal but was drunk.We discovered that with the smell that was coming

from her mouth.Uyamazi umntu oselileyo ngokuthanda ukufuna

ukuthethela kowakho umlomo, ngathi awuzumva xaengasondelanga.Kuba ke sise samncokolisa sifuna ukwazi ukuphila

ngokupheleleyo kwakhe emva komkumbona ebethangezikaTshiwo.Her feet were like she was dancing on the ashes; nev-

er mind about her vulgar language and unbearable in-sults from her mouth.Honestly, we don’t want what we saw and it tears

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an old man, whilst there are some handsome guys whoare nearer their age. And take it from us they don’twant to be spotted in the company of these sugar dad-dies in public besidemeeting in the private restaurantduring the late hours if not in old men’s fancy cars.You will see a young girl buying nonstop in a restau-

rant and rush to the Mercedes Benz. But last week wesaw another young lady who was in a company of thisold man at Mike’s Kitchen, UTA.Shame, she was acting as if she was not going with

him but ungawuthini umgosi because we came closerto them in order to listen to their conversation andwe heard the old man calling her “Sweety”.Something is chilly in these intimate relationships

with sugar daddies. Ungazi ukuba ngamaxhego athenila adlala ngekamva laba zukulwana bawo.Lingayikhotha imbenge yomile elingake lisondele

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THE grandstand finish of Mthatha City atthe Rotary Stadium on Saturday has placedthem a step closer to the Nedbank Cup pro-vincial finals by claiming a 2-1 victory.

After beating Mthatha’s team of choice,Mthatha Bucks, by 2-1 on their first matchof the day, Mthatha City never looked back.City’s win lifted the spirit of the players highas they knew they had to face onemore teamon the day.

They knew again that they had to gothrough Thembu Royals in order for them tobook a place in the Nedbank Cup provincialtournament.

Earlier on the day their rivals, ThembuRoyals, showedno compassion as they elimi-nated Zimbane Killers by 3-1.

The Mthatha knockout was a one-dayevent. After the first round of the elimina-tion, the two teamswhichwere going to com-pete for the number one spot in Mthatha,were given at least 90 minutes to rest.

The happy fans and supporters chantedaround the stadium while the grandstandwas roaring with vuvuzelas waiting for thefinal. Coaches of both teams took the resttime as their time to strategise.

The long awaited battle kicked off at4.30pm at a high pace with both teams hun-

gry for goals. Coaches couldn’t stop shoutingout instructions to their players as the pres-sure kept building.

After 15 minutes of play in the first-half ofthe match, Thembu Royals showed domi-nance as they pushed forward forcing theCity boys to commit fouls on dangerous areaswhich the Royals failed to convert.

The game became tense as the referee keptdigging in his pockets time after time due toclumsy challenges from both teams.

During half-time the score was 1-0 withRoyals leading.

During the start of the second-half, Royalscame back from the dressing room relaxed,knocking the ball around while the underpressure Mthatha City was in high spiritslooking for an equaliser.

Out of nowhere the City boys managed tosquare the match and again the tempo of thegame increased rapidly with both teams at-tacking, leaving their goalies exposed.

In no time theCity boys, fromonenil down,scored two goals to claim victory and the de-fence worked over time making sure thatRoyals didn’t get another chance to score tillthe final whistle.

With the 2-1 victory, Mthatha City have ad-vanced to the next stage of the tournamentto compete provincially, joining Laliga FC,Real City and Tornado FC who have also tri-umphed in their respective zones over theweekend.

MthathaCitypaving itsway totournament final

Mthatha City midfielder attacking whilst Thembu Royals defenders were kept on their toes defending. PHOTO:SANELE JAMES