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An 8 ton milk delivery truck was set ablaze during a violent service delivery protest by residents of the Vastrap informal settlement near Booysen Park yesterday. The approximately 400 residentsstarted their protest early, blocking roads which prevented motorists from entering Booysen Park via Stanford Road and other areas. Police were on the scene to restore order. Colonel PriscillaNaidu, police spokesperson, confirmed that the truck was set alight. “There were no injuries and no arrests were made,” Naidu said. PHOTO: DEON FERREIRA

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NCEBA DLADLA

PORT Elizabeth members of theSouth African Police Service(SAPS) are investigating amurdercase following thekillingofman inthe Northern Areas last Saturday.

According to police spokesper-sonColonelPriscillaNaidu, it is al-leged that a 34 year old man waswatching television in his loungewhen he was gunned down by anunknown person on Saturday, 13February at about 9:45am.“The suspect fired several shots

throughthesecuritygatefatallyin-juring Shane Potberg,” said ColNaidu, adding that the deceasedwas alone in the room at the timeof the shooting.Police have opened a murder

docket for investigation, said Nai-du.No arrest had beenmade at thetime of going to press. The policeare appealing to members of thecommunity in theNorthernAreasto come forwardandassist themin

tracing the suspect/s.For information, which would

be treatedwith confidentiality andcouldbeofferedanonymously,peo-ple could phone: 08600 10111.

. In another incident, last Tues-day around 9:30am, an unknowngunman fired shots at occupants ofa Nissan bakkie travelling in themiddle lane on the M4. The sus-pects approached in the fast laneofthe freeway and opened fire.“The man and woman, aged 19

and25,whowereseatedinthebackof the bakkiewere injured,”Naidusaid. The woman was shot in theleft leg and theman in the left armand foot and they were taken tohospital for treatment.”People with information could

anonymously contact Crime Stopline: at 08600 10111.Sheemphasisedthatall informa-

tionreported topolicewill be treat-ed as strictly confidential. Naiduurged community members to bethe eyes and ears of the police tomake their communities safer.

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PORT Elizabeth man SongezoDwayi (25) has been sentenced to 15years in jail for raping a minor.

Police spokespersonCaptainSan-dra Janse Van Rensburg said themother had realised that her 15-year-old daughter was pregnant.When she inquired about the fa-

ther of the baby, her daughter toldher she had been raped in July 2013

when shewas looking for her sisterin theBooysenParkareaofBethels-dorp.The victim was approached by

Dwayi, who said he would help herlook forhersister.However,he tookthe girl to his house and raped her.“A case of rape was only opened

after the mother learnt about thepregnancy of her daughter,” JanseVan Rensburg said.Dwayi failed to appear in court in

October last year and a warrant of

arrest was issued. He was rearrest-ed and held in custody.Hewas sentencedonMonday last

week.“Crimes against women and chil-

dren are seen in a serious light andcriminals are being convicted aswemake Port Elizabeth a safer place,”family violence, child protectionand sexual offences unit command-er Major Sanet Winter said.She congratulated members for

securing a sentence of 15 years.

Rapist’s15-year sentenceapplauded

NCEBA DLADLA

AN 18-year-old rapist was sentencedto 15 years in jail by the Port Eliza-beth Regional Court last week.

The 30-year-old victim was on herway to work in the vicinity of 10thand 11th Avenues in Walmer on

March 17, 2014when shewas assault-ed with a spade and dragged into thebushes. She was then raped androbbed of her belongings.“Almost two weeks later, the vic-

tim noticed the suspect in the samevicinity and alerted the police,” po-lice spokespersonCaptain Janse vanRensburg said.

The suspect,AsandaMayo,wasar-rested immediately. He remained incustody for the duration of the trial.In November last year he was

found guilty of assault with intent todo grievous bodily harm, rape, rob-bery with aggravating circumstan-ces and possession of a dangerousweapon.

Long term jail sentencemeted out in PE regional court

NCEBA DLADLA

THE Uitenhage police arrestedmore than 165 suspects duringcrime prevention operations at theweekend.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant

Gerda Swart said the operationshad run from Friday to early onMonday morning.Working with members of the

community and the business sectorto prove that fighting crime was ashared responsibility, the policewere effective in their crime-bust-

ing endeavours in the Uitenhageprecinct, Swart said.About 59 traffic fines totalling al-

most R30 000 were issued duringthe period and the policemade vari-ous arrests for crimes including as-sault with intent to do grievous bod-ily harm, robbery and common as-

sault.They had made four arrests for

driving under the influence of alco-hol, Swart said, and 54 fines hadbeen issued for other liquor-relatedcrimes.She said 27 suspects had been ar-

rested for the illegal possession of

drugs.The police appealed to members

of the community to work withthem in reducing crime by provid-ing valuable information thatwould lead to the arrest of suspectsand the recovery of stolen property,she said.

Police, businessandcommunitypartnership leads tomajorarrests

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THERE was pandemonium in Vee-plaas, Port Elizabeth last Wednes-day when members of the South Af-rican Police Service (SAPS) fromKwazakhele tried to collect hun-dreds of bottles of liquor from resi-dents after the hijacking of a truckcarrying the liquor.

Refusing to budge, residentsthrew stones and assaulted a policeofficer who was trying to stop themfrom running away with cases ofstolen liquor.“They threw stones and called po-

lice names saying they did not stealthe liquor, it was given to them byamagintsa (the thugs) as a gift,” saidpolice spokesperson ConstableNomdumiso Pohleli-Ntombanawhowas present during the event.According to Pohleli-Ntombana,

this started around 11am when theBig Daddy’s Liquor Distributioncompany truck was hijacked in Uit-enhage Road allegedly by three gun-men.“According to the driver (whose

name is known to Express Indaba),the thugs jumped on to the vehicleand ordered the driver at gun-pointto drive to Veeplaas near Crown Su-permarket,” said Pohleli-Ntombana.While one attacker was in the

truck, others followed behind withthe van.“They stopped the truck near Ma-

baso tavern, across Crown Super-market in Veeplaas and forced thedriver and his two assistants to off-load three of the pallets on to theirvan.“They then called members of the

community tohelp themselves to thefour pallets of liquor still on thetruck, before they fled.“In the meantime, two police offi-

cers, ConstableWinston Pringle andSgt Marcel Esbach, saw members ofthe community running away withcases of liquor. They became suspi-cious and followed the directionwhere they came from. They sawpeople in numbers sweeping thetruck clean,” said Pohleli-Ntomba-na.The two officers called for backup.But, itwas too lateas the truckwas

cleaned out and people had quicklydisappeared.“Police entered the houses in

search of liquor because, at thisstage, the truckdriver andhis assist-ants had already reported the case ofhijacking at Algoa Park Police Sta-tion. Kulapho basithuke basifanisanayo yonke into le iphantsi kwelan-ga (It is then that they called usnames comparing us to everythingunder the sun),” the police spokes-person told Express Indaba.ConstableBhungweniwas injured

during the attack, according to Pohl-eli-Ntombana. She added that oneresident was arrested for assaultinga police officer.Even thoughpolicemanaged toget

some of the cases of liquor back fromthe houses, no one was arrested forit. According to the police, no onetook responsibility for the liquor be-ing in their homes, and in somehouses there was nobody present –only cases and cases of liquor.Themanager of Big Daddy's outlet

in Struandale, Steven Kotze con-firmed that the hijacked truck camefrom his business.

Pandemoniumoverbooze fromhijacked truck

Police filled the vans with booze taken from residents of Veeplaas.Some of the Veeplaas residents looks on as police members confiscate the alcohol. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Constable Bhungweni was injured during the attack by community memberswho wanted free alcohol. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THEperennial problemof flooding inMission-vale, which has damaged houses, led to poorsanitation and roads, and stormwater challen-ges will soon be a thing of the past.

This is thanks to the R50 million that theNelson Mandela Bay Municipality haspumped into the area for the implementationand improvement of bulk stormwater, sanita-tion and civil services.

About 2500 Missionvale homes will be con-nected to sanitation and water services by theend of April 2016.Work concerning sanitation and water ser-

vices is in the final stages of completion.The work undertaken by the Municipality

is divided into five phases: sanitation, waterservices, stormwater infrastructure, construc-tion of a pump station and road construction.About 25 SMME contractors have benefited

so far, while 98 people have been employed indifferent capacities.The area has a relatively flat terrain and is

surroundedby salt pansandahighgroundwa-ter table.During heavy rains, the community of Mis-

sionvale experienced challenges around flood-ing and poor access for cars and public trans-port.The area used to be a shack area, and the

residents had to rely on themselves for servi-ces. Electricity has been laid on for them, withwater services provided through stand pipeslocated approximately 200 metres from each

household.Aspart of thePoliticalLeadership’s commit-

ment to oversight and following themoney, In-frastructure and Engineering Portfolio Chair-person, councillor Andile Mfunda, led a teamof Infrastructure andEngineeringCouncillorsand officials on a site inspection.

During the site inspection, they inspectedthe progress made, interacted with affectedcommunities, and checked on expenditure todate, employment opportunities created andSMME support.

“I had to come here, we are pumping a lotof money into this area to improve services.It is therefore important that we as politicianswho carry themandate of the people follow themoney and see if government work is beingdone,” Mfunda said.

“Issues of sanitation are serious issues thataffect people’s dignity.“As a political principal mandated by the

ANC government, it is my duty to make surethat the dignity of our people here is restored.I am also pleased that the community ofMissi-onvale are working with the Municipality tofast track service delivery”.He promised residents that before the end of

April he would return to officially open someof the finished projects, together with thebroader political leadership, led by ExecutiveMayor Danny Jordaan.

Community member Thozama Qayiso said,“For leadership to come here and make com-mitments while we already see that there iswork happening on the ground is encourag-ing.”

R50millionboost to curb flooding inMissionvale

IT could take years to develop, but theAirportsCompany South Africa (ACSA) wants to turnNelson Mandela Bay into a huge aerotropolis.

This was the message the company broughttobusiness leaderswhentheysharedtheir futu-re plans for the Port Elizabeth airport at a busi-ness breakfast, co-hosted by theNelsonMande-la Bay business chamber.

“We want to develop the cities around eachof our airports,” said Zinhle Ntanzi, assistantpropertymanager for ACSA. “The idea is to es-tablish the airport as the centre of the develop-ment,while creatingnodes andbusiness oppor-tunities for the rest of the city.”

In theBay this planwon’t be a “five-year con-cept”, Ntanzi added. “It is a long term plan thatcan takeupto20years,butwealreadyownlandthat will allow for development around the air-port.”These planned developments include a space

of 1,5 hectares on Allister Miller Drive, whichcould be used for an office block, vehicle show-roomsandotherretailers.Anotherpieceof land

has been set aside for light industrial develop-ment, aswell as distribution and self-storage fa-cilities.A third area of 6 hectares can be used forma-

nufacturingandconstructioncompanies. Inthemeantime, retailers and business owners willhave the opportunity to join the airport, whenthe leases for 11 shop spaces, including a coffeeshop, expire soon. “Most of the contracts are foropen-concept retailers,” explained Lelo Kune-ne, commercial manager.

Kunene said tender applications would soonbe open for these contracts.These developments were set in motion as

part of a plan to create a better balance betweenthe income earned from airline tickets and thebusinesses at the airport.

“Wewant to shift the focus,” saidGregSmall,acting airport manager.

“The passenger totals have been decliningeach year for the last few years, and we can’tbe critically dependent on passenger numbersfor our main income anymore.” – ODETTE KEMP

Big plans to turn Bay into aerotropolis

4 NEWS INDABA | WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2016

SASHIKA PILLAY

ARMED Forces Week has been off to a suc-cessful start as thousands of people visitedthePortElizabethharbourduring theweek-end to view theNavy’swarships and subma-rine.

Navy Spokesman Commander Greylingvan den Berg said he was overwhelmed bythe positive response they received duringthe weekend.“We had about 25 000 people at the har-

bour this weekend. We were truly over-whelmed with the positive reaction from

the people of PE and we were also gratefulthat they decided to spend their Valentine’sDay weekend with us.“We have not received any complaints.

There were people who waited for hours toview the ships but they mentioned that itwas worth the wait,” van den Berg said.There will be fan parks held at the Kings

Beach area today until this coming week-end, with a large military exhibition from8amuntil 5pmdaily, except onFebruary, 21,when the exhibition closes at 3pm.During the exhibition, the public can ex-

perience a range ofmilitary hardware, vari-ous weapon systems, radar systems, ar-

moured vehicles and artillery guns.The public will also be allowed to engage

with South African National Defence Force(SANDF) members at these displays andclimb on to and into the various display ve-hicles. The night shooting event whichtakes place tomorrow night, February 18, isexpected to be one of the highlights ofArmed Forces Week.“The night shooting will be an absolute

highlight. Therewill be thousands of peopleattending and watching,” van den Bergsaid.The night shooting demonstration at

Kings Beach starts at 7:30pm and will last

for about 40 minutes. The demonstrationwill end with a ball of fire detonating onKings Beach.“People should bring their picnic baskets

and chairs and come down to the KingsBeach area or they can watch the nightshooting from nearby restaurants; it will bea lovely night out and something very dif-ferent for Port Elizabeth,” van den Bergsaid.The main event, Armed Forces Day,

which takes place on February 21, in BeachRoad, will include a large military paradefollowed by a military capability demon-stration.

Thousands attendNavyweekend in the Bay

LEFT: Surface weapon operators, Nico Opperman and Jannie Swartz, with a 20mm MK1 gun on the SAS Drakensberg, which is the largest ship ever built in South Africa for the SA Navy. TheSAS Drakensberg was one of the seven warships that were available for public viewing last weekend. RIGHT: The SA Navy submarine (SAS Queen Modjadji I) was also available for publicviewing last weekend. PHOTOS:SASHIKA PILLAY

NCEBA DLADLA

GOGO Rosy Ntlali of Port Elizabeth celebratedher 90th birthday in style on Valentine’s Day,Sunday, February 14.

A party to celebrate this milestone was heldfor gogo Rosy at New Zion Apostolic Church inNU10 Motherwell.Organiser of the event, Chris Ludinga, said,

“She deserves love as a member of the churchand a senior citizen who was born on this daythat’s associated with love.” Ludinga is the go-go’s Mkhokeli in church.The gogowas happy to celebrate her daywith

churchmembers who showered her withmanygifts and most of all, love.

According toLudinga, gogoNtlali,whostrug-gles with her sight, was reportedly lost for thewhole day sometime last year.According to her son, Vukile Ntlali (45) who

nowstayswithher, thegogoneededtobe lookedafter because she sometimes forgets things.“Of course, not her churchhymns and theBi-

ble,” he quipped.The widowed gogo had nine children. She is

now survived by seven; two males and five fe-males, 26 grandchildren and 19 great grandchil-dren.“The church surprised us especiallyMr Lud-

inga. We want to thank their leadership andmembers from the bottom of our hearts. Theyhavedone a great thing for ourmother,”Vukiletold Express Indaba.

GogoRosyhits90 (notout) onValentine’sDay

Gogo Rosy Ntlali, (third from left) celebrated her 90th birthday on Valentine’s Day. She is flankedby son, Vukile Ntlali (second from left) and daughter Monica Mantshongo. On the far left is herbrother Oubaas Plaatjies. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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HENRYNginza andKKNcwanaCombined Pri-mary Schools in Kwazakhele, Port Elizabethheld aValentine’sDaycelebration lastFriday 12February.

According to school principal SimoVambe, itwas decided to celebrate this day on Friday,since Valentine’s Day this year fell on theweek-

end.“Weheld this celebration togiveourpupils an

opportunity to show love to one another. To dothis, we decided to give them a chance to show-case their talents throughmodelling,” saidVam-be.Thecelebrationalsoservedasa fundraiser for

the school.Vambe said they were able to makea success of the event owing to the support oftheir teachers, pupils and a few parents.

Hesaid the teachershadexplained to theirpu-pils what Valentine’s Day was, and why it wascelebrated and the children were encouraged todress in the colours associated with love - redand white.According to Vambe the school with its 1 200

pupils, is amerger ofKKNcwanaLowerPrima-ry School and Henry Nginza Higher Primaryschools, making it one of the biggest primaryschools (in numbers) in the townships.

Vambe said the two schools merged becausetheywere odd in the newdispensation. Explain-ing, he said,weno longerhaveGradeR toGrade4PrimarySchoolsandGrade5toGrade7HigherPrimary Schools.“PrimarySchools start fromGradeRtoGrade

7 and thismerger has givenus just that.We alsogot the benefit of bigger numbers and hence wemight be one of the bigger primary schools inthe townships,” Vambe said.

MergedPrimarySchools celebrateValentine’sDay in style

Henry Nginza and KK Ncwana girls strutting their stuff during the Valentine’s Day pageant at theschool. PHOTOS:NCEBA DLADLA Henry Nginza/KK Ncwana Primary School boys showed attitude in their Valentine’s outfits.

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THEIR faces were beautifully made up, theirnails polished and painted to perfection andcrowns were sparkling on their heads.

But it was the smiles on their faces that litthe room as girls from the Reach for a Dreamfoundation became queens for a day.TheQueen for aDay initiative is a national

project where a number of girls who are fac-ing life-threatening illnesses, are treated toa day out of their hospital and medical envi-ronment.Seven girls aged 13 to 18, arrived at Protea

Hotel Marine on Friday and were treated toa mini-makeover where each of the girls en-joyed uninterrupted pampering which in-cluded a make-up session, inspirationalbeauty talk, manicure and pedicure.The girls also had a chance to walk the red

carpet whereMrs Port Elizabeth 2015, Angel-ique Adcock, taught them how to walk withconfidence like true queens.With excitement on each of the girls’ faces,

they each made their way down the red car-pet and were ready for their crowning cere-monywhere theywere presentedwith a rose,sash and crown.The ceremony was followed by a high tea

to celebrate these brave girls and commemo-rate the day. The girls also received a goodiebag to remember their special day.Each girl was made to feel special and this

initiative allowed them a day out to socialisewith other brave girls and realise that theyare not alone.Reach for a Dream coordinator, Heather

Mazomba, said the project is about buildingconfidence and self-esteem of young girls.The aim of this event was to make the girlsfeel beautiful and special.“Queen for a Day is to make the girls feel

pretty. This is to let themknow that althoughthey are fighting an illness, they can still feelvery beautiful. It also allows them to have aday away from the hospital environment.”“There are three stages of Queen for a Day.

This includes the pampering, crowning andwalking the red carpet. This event is to en-courage themand give hope,”Mazomba said.The Reach for a Dream Branch Manager,

Michelle van Huyssteen, said she was thank-ful for Protea Hotel Marine’s continued sup-port.“The Protea Hotel Marine is such an awe-

some supporter of our foundation. They sup-ply us, through theHotel Property Fund, freeoffice space and host all our dreamers coun-try wide that visit PE as their dream. OurQueen for a Day events, volunteer meetings,etc. are also sponsored by them, so they areangels to our Foundation,” van Huyssteensaid.Volente (15) who was one of Reach for a

Dream’s queens for aday said she enjoyed ev-erything about her day because it made herfeel special.Jade (13) who was also part of the queens

for a daygroup, describedher dayas a ‘happyday’. “My day was nice; it was a happy day.I loved the make-up the most,” she said.Yolanda (17) said she had a fun day and en-

joyed the make-up and beauty session withthe other girls.

Girls turnedintoqueensforaday

< Queens for a day: Mikhayla, Amanda,Buyiselwa, Jade, Volente, Kaylene and Kaylee.PHOTOS: DONNA VD WATT PHOTOGRAPHY

= Queens for a day crowning ceremony:Amanda, Volente, Buyiselwa, Jade on the lap ofMrs PE 2015 Angelique Adcock, Mikaela,Kaylee and Kaylene.

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SELBY MADIKANE

IT was all joy and smiles on thefaces of members of the Zwidecommunity club, Everton Foot-ball Club, when the NationalLottery Distribution TrustFunds (NLDTF) presented themwith big boxes filled with kitsand sports equipment on Febru-ary 11 in Zwide.

Everton FC, which is affec-tionately known as AmaNgesi,is one of Zwide Football Associ-ation (ZWIFA)’s oldest sides.According to Everton FC

President Zolile Majola thesponsorship could not havecome at a better time for theclub which consisted mainly ofunemployed members andlearners.Majola said that they applied

to NLDTF because their clubwas in dire need of kit and sportequipment and they noticedthat NLDTF had come to the res-cue of other clubs and othercommunity organisations.Majola said, “NLTDF did not

hesitate and replied positivelyto Everton FC. The donationwas R200 000. The money wasspent on buying full sets of kitfor the U/13, U/15, U/17 and sen-ior teams, soccer boots, track-suits, a club’s banner, match

balls, practice balls, shinguards, field markers, bibs,whistles, T-shirts and trainingequipment for our officials.”Majola revealed that their

main objective of keeping theyouth off the streets had beenachieved. “I am overwhelmedby this generous donation fromthe NLTDF. The youth in ourcommunity will be kept busy insport rather than doing crimi-nal activities.“The morale of our players

has been boosted. We are reallyexcited because our club hasbeen rescued byNLDTF. Iwouldlike to inform people who feelthat playing lottery is a mereripping off of their money, thatplaying lottery is (also) to helppeople and community organi-sations who are needy.“So I encourage our people to

play lottery games just for thegood cause. Iwould like to thankNLTDF for this generous dona-tion that they have made possi-ble to us. It is quite clear thatNLTDF are investing in disad-vantaged communities. I fullyunderstand that the lives of ourplayers have been changed.”Majola stated that their club

would take good care of theequipment and kits, so that thenext generationwould be able tobenefit from it as well.

National Lottery Distribution TrustFunds donate kits to community club

Everton FC Head Coach Mzwabantu Disco Quntu, Head of DevelopmentMkhuseli Ngalo, Club Official Solomzi Quntu, President Zolile Majola,Secretary Noluthando Diniso with their junior teams show the sets of kitand equipment that NLTDF has sponsored them with.

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SELBY MADIKANE

MOTHERWELL NU 9 newly formed commu-nity club Volcano FC, which was establishedfor girls in January last year, is growing byleaps and bounds.

When the club was established it had onlytwo girls’ teams which were U/11 and U/12.

According to Volcano FC founder MzuvukileReggie Khesi, they now have six teams.Khesi said, “I am very proud that we have

three boys’ teams and three girls’ teams thisyear. Many parents requested that we shouldallow boys to join our club. We decided to re-spond to the call of the parents positively, be-cause our aim is to curb crime in our commu-nity using sport as a tool to unite our children

against this enemy. We believe that if theyouth is kept actively busy in sport, some ofthem will not become criminals.”One of the club’s founder members, Khulu-

lekile Khesi, bought kit for their club lastyear. Reggie also bought a new set of kit.Reggie said, “We dig deep into our pockets

so that our club can move forward. I decidedto buy a brand new set of kit. Our teams are

so enthusiastic and we do not want to disap-point them. I also used my creativity to maketraining equipment for the team.”Sindi Yako, who is also a founder member

of the club, stated that they requested parentsto buy soccer boots and balls for their chil-dren. Yako said that the responsewas tremen-dous.“We appreciate the role that some parents

are playing for their children. This helps ourclub to grow. The children aremotivated andtheir confidence is very high because theirparents are supportive.“Iwould like to appeal to those parentswho

do not take sport seriously to come on board.I would like to thank the supportive parentsbecause they make things much easier.”Reggie stated that their major challenge

was transport for players and he appealed tomembers of the community to lend a helpinghand in this regard.Since they are not affiliated to any local

football association, the club participates infriendly matches and community tourna-ments.According to Reggie they will apply to MO-

FA for affiliation in 2017.

Community football club isgrowingby leapsandbounds

Players of Volcano FC with Head CoachMzuvukile Reggie Khesi 9 (far left), LungelwaBlom (wearing lime bib) and General SecretarySindi Yako (far right). PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

LION City who are known among fans as NoSurrender, No Retreat or Nomeva, and whoare making headlines for winning streakswent down 1-0 to their arch-rivals YoungIdeas in their ABC Motsepe League game atMotherwell NU 2 Stadium on Saturday.

The atmosphere was electric and energeticwith the supporters wearing red and black.Before the game large crowds of passionate

supporters sang and danced in front of the pa-vilion.The game reminded fans of yesteryear’s

township soccer.City wanted to win the game to consolidate

their grip on top of the ABC Motsepe Leaguelog table standing while Ideas were out forrevenge as they lost 3-0 to City in their firstround clash last year.Ideas also wanted to cement their position

in the top eight of the log table standing.City are still on top of the log thanks to Kok-

stad Liverpool who held FC Elliot United toa goalless draw at Elliot High School grounds.As things standCity are still lea ding the pack

with just two points above FC Elliot.The game had all the Kasie football lovers

wanted to entertain them.The players showed their own traditional

style of playing; they dribbled.The “showme your number”, “shibobo” or

“tsamaya” were the order of the day.City dribbling wizard Akhona Serero

showed his football displaying skills for ashortwhile because Ideaswing back, AphiweSkhoko Mambuku, marked him tightly. As aresult Serero had a quiet game.FreedomFFFunani andAndile ZaneGxek-

wa displayed their class and the stadiumwasabuzz.City’s new signees Amandla Amigo Mrwe-

bi and Zithulele AlaMhlontlo did not add val-ue to the game and Ideas skipper ZukisaniBenni Ngalo, who was expected to pullstrings, could not find his rhythm.The hero of the day was Mnoneleli Mayeye

Zitho who scored a thunderous shot that sentIdeas supporters into raptures.Strikers from both sides lacked the tech-

nique and composure and theymade poor de-cisions in front of the goals.All in all, the gamehad all positives and the

game of football was a winner.

Other ABC Motsepe League re-sults:Emperors 1-2 Future TigersMorning Stars 0-2 TornadoBlackburn Rovers 1-4 Zimbane KillersFC Buffalo 2-1 HighburyEC Bees 3-1 Matta Milan

Fans treated to thrillingABCMotsepe leaguegames

City defenderThulani Motloungis challenged by

Young Ideaswinger Anele

Ngqunge. PHOTO:SELBY MADIKANE

Lion City’s foremost fan Lindile anddie hard Young Ideas’ fan DumisaniNqam with the children.

PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

SELBY MADIKANE

MOTHERWELLsideShowvillageUnited re-deemed themselves when they overcameWalmer side Young Cosmos 1-0 in their SA-FA NMB SAB Regional League clash atMotherwell NU 2 Stadium on Saturday.

Kuhle Sifanele’s goal was good enough forthe Stallions to depart Motherwell NU 2 Sta-diumwith all three points, but it was a gamein which both sides would kick themselvesfor missing good, clear-cut chances.The game was evenly balanced with both

sides pursuing goals, but their strikers tookwrong decisions and applied wrong tech-niques.Cosmos could have equalizedwhen Show-

village’s goalkeeper misjudged the tameshot that hit the wide post.Sifanele tapped the ball into the empty net

to give his side a long-awaited victory fol-lowing a series of losses.In a highly contested Motherwell derbyIkamva Movers shared a 1-1 draw with

Royal Bucs.Movers dangermanMbongeni Keita Yako

scored his side’s goal while Bucs wing Si-thembeleMarks Rhuda pulled their equalis-ing goal. Movers and Bucs are lying at thetail end of the log table.Another Motherwell side, Motherwell

Academy, drubbedDespatchPioneers 3-1 atKhayamnandi Ground in Despatch.Following their three wins in a row,

Camper United went down 1-0 to Highland

Spurs at Jabavu Stadium in KwaNobuhle.Hotspurs,whoarenot an easy side at their

slaughter house – Moerdyke, wallopedImbabala Young Stars 3-0.NMMU Madibaz humiliated Island City

4-0 at NMMU Second Avenue CampusGround in Summerstrand.Callies dropped three valuable points in

their goalless draw with the gutsy FairviewRovers at Zwide Stadium.

ShowvillageUnited redeem themselves

Young Cosmos utility player Sechaba ShabaMokoena shields the ball from ShowvillageUnited’s skillful midfielder, Ambrose ShuffleBooysen. PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

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on the other hand, were not careless. Friendscame to the game with the intention to stopCallies who are hot favourities for taking thehonours.The game was breathtaking with sides

searching for an opening goal. The fans whowere rallying behind their sides saw Calliespulling one goal courtesy of Plaatjies.Friends came up strongly, taking the game

to AmaKenya who looked ready for a bigshowdown.Friends failed to score their golden oppor-

tunities. As a result Callies made the finalscore 2-0 after a well taken goal by Mapu atthe halfway mark of the second half.Calliesmanaged to keep their counterparts

out of their territory for the rest of the game.

Kabah United Brothers suffered a majorsetbackwhen theywere defeated 1-0 byChel-sea in an enthralling game. Jamaican Starsbeat Really Rangers 2-0.In a tough game, fans saw Despatch Pio-

neers succumbing 4-3 to Golden Chiefs aftera 1-1 fulltime draw.The semi-finals are set topull large crowds

to Jabavu Stadium on Friday evening. Ja-maica Stars face Golden Chiefs while Ama-Kenya will play against Chelsea.– SELBY MADIKANE

PlaatjiesandMapuguideAmaKenya toa comfortablevictory

MOTHERWELL masters’ sideSparks accumulated three valua-ble points when they edged outAma-Units 2-0 in the SAFA NMBMasters Association League gamein Uitenhage on Sunday.Ama-Units played an exciting

football game, but could not findthe back of the net.

Sparks did not squander theiropportunities and their strikersMelumzi Nongwe andMonde Nan-gu scored a goal apiece.TheKwaZakhele side has shown

in the past that they have it inthem to bounce back, but this timearound thingsdidnot go theirway.Addo Masters kept their hopes

ofwinning the league trophywhentheydefeatedElevenAttackers 2-1.

Ayanda Zinganto and VuyaniMabudla scored a goal each for theAddo side while Lutho Ngesi cameup with Attackers’ goal.PE All Stars devastated Ray-

mond Mhlaba with a 2-0 victory.Monde Tyaliti and Monde Dikana

scored a goal each.Volkswagen Masters shared a

2-2 draw with Veeplaas Masters.VW striker Patrick Reid and

Veeplaas goal poacher LuyandaNtengento scored a brace each fortheir sides respectively.Abahlobo played to a 1-1 draw

against Zwide Masters. Mongame-

li Ntsila and Makwedinana Enosiscored a goal for Abahlobo andZwide Masters respectively.Valencia lost 3-1 to Soweto Mas-

ters.The goals of Soweto Masters

came courtesy of Lizo Klaassen (abrace) and Andile Ketelo.– SELBY MADIKANE

Sparks edge out Ama-Units

GOLDEN Aces will play against Ma-jor Chiefs in ZWIFA JZ Top 8 inaugu-ral tournament finals at Zwide Stadi-um on Saturday, February 27.Aces put on an impressive perform-

ance when they defeated the cup spe-cialists Shining Stars 2 – 1 in the firstsemi-finals at Zwide Stadium on Sun-day.Acesgoals camecourtesyofMxolisi

Loli and SinethembaKilibewhileAn-dile Ace Singapi banged in ShiningStars’ consolation goal. The gamepro-duced some fireworks with the 12th

man being kept on their feet.Major Chiefs proved that theywere

the unrivalled side in ZWIFA whentheygave thegutsyZwidePiratesa4-2hiding. Amakhosi were untouchableand unstoppable throughout thegame.Amabhakabhaka put up a good

fight but Amakhosi demonstratedtheirprowessandexperience.Simam-kele Pefile scored a brace with Lwan-do Mfino and Nkosinathi Ziwa regis-tering a goal apiece for the black andgold side. The Ghosts’ goals were

scored by Siyabulela Mlilo and Wan-disile Sikelwa.Amakhosi should avoid compla-

cencywhen they play againstAces inthe finals and stay focused for the en-tire regulations time.Although Chiefs are the hot favou-

rities,Aceswillnotbeeasyopponentsduring the finals. – SELBY MADIKANE

AcesplayagainstAmakhosi inZWIFAJZTop8 tournament finals

Zwide Pirates gave a good account ofthemselves against Major Chiefs.PHOTO: SELBY MADIKANE

NCEBA DLADLA

NELSON Mandela Bay could add aSouth African Super Middleweighttitle to its name if boxing trainer Cai-phus Ntante’s wishes should come topass.

KwaNobuhle’s Nomampondomise“Lily”Xotyeni, is the onlySAFemaleJunior Lightweight champion basedin theBay.Shewas joinedrecentlybyWalmerTownship’sSiphosethu“TheGift” Ncisane who won the WBF In-ternational Strawweight scrap.Caiph Camp head Ntante believes

his charge, Masixole Botile of Kwa-zakhele will make it three.“Botilewill be crowned thenewSA

champion when he faces currentchampion Balimo Weliya at Orient

Theatre inEastLondonon27Februa-ry,” said Ntante.The 12-round title fight is brought

courtesyofSinyabiRisewith thePeo-ple’s Boxing Promotions.“We’vealready signeda contract to

fight against (Balimo) Weliya for theSA title. We’re certain we’ll beat himthis timearound,” saidNtante, beam-ing with confidence.Ntante said they knew the East

London-based SA champion verywell as he used to train in his stableand sparred with Botile during hisshort stint here.Ntante said they (his camp)

thought that theyhaddone enough tosway the decision in a very close en-counter between the two gladiatorsin their first duel which Weliya wonon a split points decision over 12

rounds at Mdantsane Indoor SportsCentre in East London in March2013.Thiswas, incidentally, the last day

the Democratic Republic of Congo-born and naturalised South AfricanWeliya laced gloves. Boxing SA Rat-ings Committee called him, and ahost of other national championswhohavenotbeendefending their ti-tles in a long time, to defend their ti-tles in the space of three months, orrisk forfeiting them.According toNtante,Botile,who is

lying at number three in the divi-sion, is the only credible opponentthat BSA approved to fight Weliyabecause they had a close first fight.He believes the result will still beclose, but that his charge, Botile, willbe declared the winner this time.

Botile inamustwin title fightagainstWeliya

Nelson Mandela Bay’s Masixole Botile challen-ges for the SA title. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

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NELSON Mandela Bay hosted avery successful Nelson MandelaCup Pretesting tournament at theLilian Ngoyi Sports Centre in Kwa-zakhele at the weekend.

All the provinces in the countrywere involved in the tournamentwhich was supported by the NelsonMandela Bay Department of Sport,Recreation, Arts andCulture. It washeld under the auspices of the na-tional open boxing federation SouthAfrican National Amateur BoxingOrganisation (SANABO).According to SANABO president

AndileMofu, the provinces releasedthe crème de la crème of their elitemale and female boxers - because ofthe nature of the tournament. Theyare also preparing for the national

championships.Mofu said each province was rep-

resented by five weight classes ofmale fighters aswell the threeOlym-pics standard female weight divi-sions, namely 51kg, 60kg and 75kg.“This is the pretest tournament

which is a measure of our readinessto host theMandela Cup in July thisyear,” said Mofu.The Mandela Cup is an interna-

tional boxing tournament by Afri-can countries to honour the legacyof former state president NelsonMandela, the icon of freedom, peaceand democracy who was, himself, aformer boxer.According toMofu, theywere test-

ing the standard of their boxers, offi-cials, the fight venues, accommoda-tion and transportation.Givena thumbs-upby the interna-

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AIBA (International Boxing Associ-ation) and (AFBC) African BoxingConfederation, the Mandela Cupwould be regarded as a preparatorytest for the 2016 Rio Olympics aswell.Indeed, provinces brought their

best boxers in thepretest fights fromthe quarter-finals to the finals in allthe divisions.They delivered quality boxing

matchesonFridaybefore the superbfinals on Saturday.Ring officials, referees and judges

were not only immaculately dressedin their black and white uniform,they did a wonderful job picking upthe right winners in the ring.“We are very happy. SANABO

and Nelson Mandela Bay are readyto host the Mandela Cup. The stan-dard was high in all respects. I ampleased.” said Mofu.

SANABOpassesMandela Cup Pretest with flying colours in the Bay - AndileMofu

SANABO referee Thobile Mfeka of KZN declares Bongile Nyangeni (inRed), from Eastern Cape the winner against Edwin Tshabalala of Gautengat Lilian Ngoyi Sports Centre in Port Elizabeth. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA