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THE province was committed to re-versing the legacy of neglect of ru-ral areas to create viable and sus-tainable communities.

This was among the priorities highlightedby Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualleduring his State of the Province address inBhisho on Friday.“In keeping with the vision of the Freedom

Charter, we are committed to ensuring thatland is redistributed and shared equitablyamong those who work it, in order to banishfamine and land hunger,” said Masualle.The province was also planning to develop

rural infrastructure, such as abattoirs, dairyinfrastructure, aquaculture incubationschemes, and rural tourism infrastructure.

Job creation targets exceeded

Masualle also said the Eastern Cape willhave to manage its resources efficiently to

maximise education, development and jobcreation goals.“The province had the enduring objec-

tive of growing its economy to create jobsand sustainable livelihoods,” Masuallesaid.“We have to do this against an economic

outlook characterised by, among otherthings, an economy that records one of thehighest unemployment rates in the countrywhich currently stands at 30.8 percent,while youth unemployment stands at 50percent.” A total of 24 737 jobs has been cre-ated in the province, exceeding its targetof 13 234 jobs, through economic agencies,such as the Eastern Cape Development Cor-poration, the East London industrial devel-opment zone (IDZ), and the Coega Develop-ment Corporation (ECDC).“We are targeting 14 investments with the

value of R2.237 billion in the two IDZs.“In the coming year, jobs will be created

in manufacturing, logistics, alternative en-ergy, agro processing and services. We willalso offer export support to businesses

through ECDC.”

97 schools built

On education, he saidmore than 90 percentof the province’s schools were now no feeschools. In the past year, 60 schools had beenprovided with water and sanitation facili-ties. “We also completed renovating 30schools that were affected by disasters, withanother 28 being planned to commence in the2015/16 financial year.”As part of efforts to eliminatemud schools,

97 schools had been built in the past threeyears, and 20 new schools were planned forthe 2015/16 financial year.“As we speak, 1 746 477 learners are bene-

fiting from the school nutrition pro-gramme... parents, teachers and service pro-viders who abuse this service by stealing thefood and by corrupting its procurement di-rectly contribute to the suffering of our chil-dren,” Masualle said.He warned that the province was also

tightening up governance of the scholar

transport programme to prevent unscrupu-lous people from tapping state funds.On health, Masualle said significant

progress had been made in raising the prov-ince’s health profile.Improvements to sections of Dora Nginza

and Frere hospitals were already completed,and work on a number of other health facili-ties was progressing.“With respect to the National Health Insur-

ance (NHI), our focus currently is on revamp-ing two hospitals, namely Bambisana at Lus-ikisiki and Zithulele at Elliotdale. Similarly,five new clinics will be constructed, and 40consulting rooms will be added to existingclinics.”The Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital

would be expanded into a central hospital at-tached to the Walter Sisulu School of Medi-cine. “In 2015/16 we are going to complete the530 bed flagship project at Cecilia Makiwanehospital at a cost ofR935 million.TheFrontierHospital’s casualty unit, paediatrics and out-patients department, costing R245 million,will also be finalised,” said Masualle.

STATEOFTHEPROVINCESPEECH: PREMIER PROMISESDEVELOPMENT

Rural neglect addressedEastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle at the state of the province address in Bhisho on Friday. PHOTO: THEO JEPTHA

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A ROTARY Club has been established in PortSt Johns (PSJ).

Despite only being a satellite club of theMthatha Rotary Club at this stage, the PSJ Ro-tary Club hopes to soon blossom into a fully-fledged club.

The newly-inducted Rotarians are hopingto make an impact by turning around thingsin disrepair and people in despair.

The President of the Port St Johns RotaryClub, Neil Clayton, who is also the owner ofAmapondo Backpackers Lodge in SecondBeach, has long been associated with the Ro-tary Club through family ties.

After moving to Port St Johns a few yearsago, he soon realised that a Rotary Club withits community involvement would help liftthe town’s despondency.

Clayton said one of the projects of the newlyformed Rotary Club was the refurbishment ofthe tennis court at the sports field in the cen-

tre ofPort St Johns. “The courthad fallen intorack and ruin, and had not been played on formany years. This was a great pity for PSJ’syouth, as previously, a regular visitor to PortSt Johns, Mr Drew Wong, had arranged fortennis equipment to be donated to the youth.He mentored them and managed to producesome talented players. We are looking for-ward to those talented players representingPort St Johns in future tournaments,” saidClayton. According to Clayton the Club com-prises 11 committed community members in-

cluding business owners, doctors and othermedical professionals, a pharmacist, teachersand youth leaders from the local MthumbaneVillage. For more information about the PortSt Johns Rotary Club, people can visit:www.rotarypsj.org.za. They are also on Face-book www.facebook.com/rotaryPSJ .

“If you find yourself in Port St Johns, dojoin one of our meetings – we meet every sec-ond Tuesday from 6pm, at Outspan Inn Guesthouse on the Main Road of Port St Johns,”said Clayton.

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REPORTER

THE official opposition in the Eastern Cape,theDemocraticAlliance (DA), describedEast-ern Cape premier, Phumulo Masualle’s stateof the province address as a “very flat affair”in which he failed to address the two very im-porant issues of corruption and lack of ser-vice delivery by high ranking officials whoare not being held accountable.

“We do not want to criticise premier Phu-mulo Masualle unfairly, but it was evident

that there was very little enthusiastic supportfrom the ranks of his own party during andafter his State of the Province Address. It wasa very flat affair,” said Athol Trollip, EasternCape leader of the DA, in a statement afterthe premier’s state of the province address inBhisho on Friday.

Trollip said the premier must be commend-ed for his plans for the Eastern Cape economyand job creation, as well as his reference tothe state of rural- and arterial roads in theprovince. The DA also welcomed his stanceon the provision of reliable electricity and the

role of green energy therein.“We also appreciate his call for fiscal disci-

pline and efforts at getting more value for lessmoney. This is important during these reces-sionary times. “Unfortunately the premierdedicated only four sentences to corruption inhis speech. His proposed partnership with theSpecial Investigation Unit (SIU) to speed upprobes into corruption cases cannot be takenseriously, in view of the contemptible attitudepresident Jacob Zuma has towards the SIU andall other security agencies,” said Trollip.

Trollip also bemoaned the fact that the pre-

mier said nothing about improving servicedelivery in the province. “He said nothingaboutMECsandofficialswhoshouldbe firedif they do not do their jobs. This implies thatthey will continue to draw salaries regard-less of their efforts and outcomes thereof.

“Until corruption and accountability istaken seriously by the ANC government (ar-resting high profile politicians and officialsguilty or corruption) we will continue tohave more of the same where corruptionerodes confidence, opportunity and servicedelivery,” said Trollip.

OPPOSITIONRESPONDS:CONCERNOVERCORRUPTION, LACKOFACCOUNTABILITY

DA:Sopawasa ‘flat affair’

BABALWA NDLANYA

UTHI ujongene nenqontsonqa owasetyhinikwidolophu yaseFlagstaff nosoloko equqaebuyelela kwiSebe lezaseKhaya ukuya ku-zama ukufaka iminwe kumazisi wakhe ko-dwa ekuhambeni kwethuba, axelelwe ukubaayibonakali kumazisi lowo.

UNombeko Gumada uthi lo mazisi uwenzengonyaka ka-1991 kodwa uqale ukuwubona

inengxaki ngo2010, nokwathi sele kulityelilesibini exakwa kukusebenzisa lo mazisi.

“Okokuqala ngoka2010 ndiye kwiSebe lezaseKhaya ndiyokungqinela ugxa wam owayetshata. Ndafika ndaxelelwa ukuba iminweyam ayikho kulomazisi, mandiqale phantsindenze omnye umazisi,” kubeka uokaGuma-da.

Uthi ukwenzile oko, kwakhona kulo nyakauphinde wayokwenza istatement ebhankini,nakhona wafika waxelelwa ukuba iminwe

yakhe ayikho kulo mazisi. Ngoku uphinde waqala phantsi kwiSebe lezaseKhaya ezamaukuba umazisi wakhe ube yile nto ayifunayo.

Lo kaGumada uthi elona xhala lakhe lelokuba xa enokusutywa kukufa kuya kuba nzi-ma kwizihlobo zakhe ukuba zenze ideath cer-tificate ngenxa yale minwe. “Le minwe isoko-lisa mna ngoku ndisa philayo kuya kubekelaphi xa sele ndibhubhile kucacile kaloku an-dingeke ndingcwatywe, ngenxa yale ngxaki.”

Othethela iSebe lezaseKhaya eMpuma

Kapa, uGcinile Mabhulu ucele ukuba eliphe-phandaba lidlulisele lo mba kumphathi om-khulu weSebe kuba yena akavumelekangaukuba athethe namaphephandaba.

Lo mphathi uthe ucela uNksz Gumada ayekwi-Ofisi yaseFlagstaff ukuze kujongwe uku-ba ingxaki iphi na. “Ndicela usisi lona akheaye kweli sebe lethu siza kufika sijonge ing-xaki ukuba iphina kuba kungenzeka ibhankaleyo, yayingeka zilungisi ngendlela inkcuka-cha zakhe kubuxhaka xhaka ngelixa esiyakuyo,”kubeka lomhlekazi.Nobe sele ecela in-ombolo kaNksz Gumada ngelithi ufuna ukun-cedisana naye kulomba.

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REPORTER

SCHOOL governing body (SGB) electionstake place across the country between March6 and 28 this year giving parents the opportu-nity to serve as governors at their children’sschools.

There are nearly 25 000 public schools inSouth Africa and every school has a SchoolGoverningBody (SGB), that is democraticallyelected.

Byparticipating in theSGBelections, everyparent has the chance to be part of Govern-ment’s drive to improve the quality of learn-ing and teaching in the school.

What’s thedifferencebetweenSGBsandschool management?

SGBs are responsible for the governance ofthe school, while the day-to-day running andmanagement of the school is in the hands ofthe Principal and Management Team.

Management has to make sure that the

school runs effectively for the children thatare in it now,while governors have to see thatit will still be running effectively for the chil-dren who only arrive tomorrow, next year, or25 years on.

Management is employed and paid to carryout a task, while governors are elected to filltheir roles, and are not paid anything for do-ing so.

Management is expected to implement poli-cy: governors, by contrast, produce and adoptpolicy and set the direction.

In brief, it is true to say that the governingbody has an oversight role in respect of theprincipal and management team, but it doesnot have a disciplinary role, cannot hire andfire, and does not set staff salaries for Statestaff.

The SGB is responsible and accountable fora school’s finances. This responsibility of gov-erning the finances means that the SGBmustput into place financial procedures and sys-tems.

Who is suitable to serve on SGB?

It is recommended that candidates shouldbe persons of integrity who are respected par-ents in the community. Ideally they shouldpossess the skills and knowledge to deal with,among others, budgets and finance, knowl-edge of the maintenance of buildings andgrounds and appointment of staff. They mustalso assist in raising funds for the school.

How do I nominate a candidate for theSGB?

A candidate may only be nominated andseconded by a person belonging to the sameSGB membership category (e.g. only parentscan nominate parents, parentsmay not nomi-nate teachers and teachers not parents). Anomination form, completed by the nomina-tor, candidate and seconder must be handedto the electoral officer not more than sevendaysandnot less than24hoursbefore the elec-tion meeting.

Where the 24 hour deadline has not beenmet a member can be proposed during thenomination section of the meeting, provided

that another person from the same categoryseconds the nomination on the relevant tem-plate and the person nominated is present toaccept nomination orhas indicated inwritinghis/her willingness to stand. A quorum of15% of parents on the voters roll is needed forthe election and nomination meeting to pro-ceed, if not the meeting must be rescheduled.An important fact is that the second meetingrequires no quorum.

. The local branch of the National Associa-tion of School Governing Bodies has, in con-junction with church leaders in Nelson Man-dela Bay, launched a campaign to createawareness about the importance of SGBs andthat parents should get involved in the elec-tions. Their aim is to improve educationthrough the restoration of moral valuesamong learners in schools.

In support of this initiative to raise aware-ness about the importance and role of SGBs,Express is publishing informative articles onSGBs on its website at www.pe-express.co.za.

SCHOOLGOVERNINGBODIES: ELECTIONS INMARCH

WhySchoolGoverningBodiesare important

KHAYA MAGENJ

ABOUT70%of advertsmust be placed in localnewspapers and not in provincial and nation-al newspapers.

This is according to Alfred Nzo ANC Re-gional Secretary Video Mhlelembana.

Hemade this statement when the ANC con-vened for a three-day regional Lekgotla atMa-tatiele Town Hall. They agreed that munici-palities must place their adverts in localnewspapers and all Eastern Cape sector gov-ernment departments currently situated inKokstad shouldbemoved to theEasternCape.

“The lekgotlawas also held to give feedbackon the progress of the ANC after we held a re-gional conference last year. We had to estab-lish how far we are with the resolutions wehad taken last year as we are approaching the2016 local government elections. We alsoneeded to know how our local municipalitieswere performing in terms of service deliveryand what challenges they were faced with,”said Mhlelembana.

He said commissionswere formedanprior-ity issues were discussed.

ment. “We said all sector government depart-ments and municipalities must make surethey are employing local people to curb un-employment in our areas. For example, gen-eral workers must be employed from withinour region. We are not tribalistic, but we be-lieve our local people should be employed,”he said.

He said they had discussed the educationdepartment’s performance, since the regionwas still faced with the problem of mudschools and scholar transport. Health servi-ces were also on the agenda, since this sectorwas faced with challenges such as a shortageof doctors, nurses and medication in hospi-tals and clinics.

“We also discussed the poor state of provin-cial roads, especially the road between Ma-gusheni and the Wild Coast Sun. This roaddoes not have potholes anymore, it now hasswimming pools! We will engage the provin-cial department of transport,” concludedMhlelembana.

ANCaims to boost localeconomy inAlfredNzo district

Alfred Nzo ANC Regional Secretary VideoMhlelembana and ANC Spokesperson Onke

Diko. PHOTO: KHAYA MAGENUAmong the people

who attended weremembers of the na-tional and provincialparliament, munici-pal speakers, may-ors, municipal man-agers, representat-ves from all sectordepartments situat-ed within the AlfredNzo District Munici-pality, includingheads of departmentand 84 delegates fromwithin the organisa-tion.

“As we broke intocommissions, we dis-cussed issues includ-ing economic trans-formation and thatabout 70% of tendersfrom municipalitiesand sector govern-ment departmentsmust be awarded tothe people of AlfredNzo to boost the econ-omy of the region,”said Mhlelembana.

He said they want-ed to make sure thatthey were boostingthe local economy ofthe region. They alsoaddressed unemploy-


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A WOMAN from Flagstaff is worried abouther father’s land since she was told that theaccount does not belong to her family whenshewent to pay rates at the IngquzaHill LocalMunicipality.

Nombelp Gumada said when her fatherpassed away she went with her sister to themunicipalitywith the intention of paying therates for the land that belonged to their fa-ther, but was shocked when told that the ac-count wasn’t in the name of their late father.She said her late father, Macinell Gumada,

(who died in 1978) owned a piece of land inthe Central Business District (CBD) of Flag-staff. “We went to themunicipality to pay therates for the land, but we were told that theaccount we have does not belong to us. Butwhen we checked with the Department ofLand Affairs it was confirmed that the landbelongs to us,” said Gumada.She said they had appointed a lawyer to as-

sist them in getting clarity from the munici-pality regarding their family land, but thingsweremoving slowly. Now someone had start-ed using their land.According to her they heard that govern-

ment was allegedly planning to develop theland without consulting them. She said con-tractors had already started to clear the land.“Weare appealing to anyonewhocanassist

us, because we want this land, since it be-longs to the Gumada family.”The Director of Planning andDevelopment

for the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, Ow-ethu Phantshwa, asked the complainants tobring the title deed to the municipality. “Ifthey have a town title deed they must bringit, because then wewill be able to check whatis going on.”

Familywants clarityabout their land

Nombeko Gamada standing on the land that she claims belonged to her late father. PHOTO: GREG NOTA

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SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

DESPITE the declaration of the governmentto eradicate mud schools in the EasternCape (EC), there are schools which are stillfacing this plight, especially in the deep ru-ral areas of the former Transkei whereteachers are still teaching in dilapidatedmud structures.

Dedeni Junior Primary School (JPS) inLower Ntafufu Administrative Area, Port StJohns, is among the schools where learners(280) are being taught in unbearable condi-tions in mud structures.

At Dedeni (JPS) the mud structures arefalling apart. This is seen by many as posinga huge danger to learners and teachersalike.Express heard that community members

who had been helping to maintain the class-rooms by repairing them with mud to be inan acceptable state, were tired and not will-ing to continue. As a result, the classroomsare now in a very poor state and fallingapart.

The learners had been tasked to smearcow dung to maintain the floors every week.Their daily tasks include sweeping thefloors before lessons start as, after school,the classrooms are used as a shelter forgoats.

The school was built by community mem-bers who started it from scratch in 2009 us-ing timber, and sticks with mud. Later onthey registered it with the Department ofEducation. This was done because of thelong distances that needed to be travelled bytheir children to attend schools in neigh-bouring villages.

There is only one toilet for teachers andlearners to relieve themselves in a nearbybush. Some learners are taught under thetrees if it is not raining, but when it rainsthey are all squashed into one little mudclassroom. According to learners all theclassrooms leak and they have to have buck-ets ready to catch the water when it startsto rain.

The school was built with few and smallwindows. According to the teachers therearen’t enough windows and more fresh airis needed.

“This is a health hazard and the situationhere is not conducive at all to give decenteducation to the young learners who arehungry for it,” said the principal of theschool Nomahlubi Jokazi.

According to her she had been to all cor-ners to get help.

“I’ve tried government departments andthe private sector, but all in vain. No onecomes back to me as promised,” said Jokazi.She made an appeal to any Good Samaritansto come forward to help the young minds ofthis school to get a decent education.Express contacted the Eastern Cape De-

partment of Education regarding its decla-ration. Spokesperson for the departmentMalibongwe Mtima said the programme oferadicating mud structures in the provincewas an ongoing process, before the call wascut off due to poor reception. He was senta text message for further response, but atthe time of going to press no reply had beenreceived.

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When weather permits, learners of Dedeni JPS attend class outside the mud structure of their school. PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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What are your goals?Our goal is to create opportunities for those

who may have been overlooked in the past,as well as to promote diversity within the in-dustry.There are people in thisworldwhomay feel

they are not “good enough”, “pretty enough”or “talented enough”. They may have beentold these things at some time by others. Animportant message EC XtraordinaireModelsSchool wants to send is that you are goodenough, pretty enough and talented enough.Of course, a modelling school needs to be

selective, but we wish to also share with ev-ery person that they are beautiful and valua-ble – even if they do not make it in this indus-try.Wewould be honoured to have the opportu-

nity to promote some of the hidden gems inthis province that have not yet been discov-ered.

What will the training and the groom-ing focus on?The course will provide prospective mod-

els with basic training in: Exposure to studioconditions, Rapport with the camera, Dressand appearance changes, Basic beauty andnutrition skills, Repertoire of popular poses,Deportment training, Model Etiquette, Stylesof Ramp work, Ramp work and Make-up.

Where will the Academy’s launch beheld?The launch will be held at the All Saints

hall, in Mthatha. The date is still to be con-firmed.For now, since we are only launching the

academy, we will have invited guests includ-ing aspiring models and parents. Entertain-ment will be provided by various Mthathagroups showcasing their talents.

And the aim for the launch?We aim to promote and make the academy

known to the community and also to get aspir-ingmodels to sign with us. Our Top 3models,Sinesipho Tshisa from Libode, Bonga Ndum-Ndum and Asive Kula, both from Mthatha,will also be awarded at the launch.

Modellingacademydiscovers talent

Sinesipho Tshisa from Libode. PHOTO:SUPPLIEDBonga Ndumndum from Mthatha. .

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Asive Kula from Mthatha. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

7EntertainmentFebruary 26, 2015Uvolwethu Express

Bafethu, you need to respect life which Godgave to you.

Do you knowukuthi today you can sleep be-ing amillionaire, eMzansi, but itwas also pos-sible that the following day you can wake upwith nothing and be counted among the poorpeople?

So, if God had blessed you with anything itmust be yours and not affect the people nextto or around you.

People turn to become arrogant once theybecome rich.

We were watching with sympathy a guywho used to drive only Mercedes Benz vehi-cles and he used to ‘class’ (undermine) uswhen we are driving our Turu-turu. He wasmonied then affording everything.

Shame, last week we saw the guy walkingbare footed from town to Northcrest if notHillcrest eUTA, but somewhere nearRichard-son Park exwaye ubhaka (carrying a smallbag from his back). Tjoe, life is changing real-ly.

The guy was not drinking cheap and heused to stay in Mthatha Country club kuzekuse kwatsho DJ Merlon.

Wayengaqhelwa and he was a tough guyubonanjenaweukubangekeubambelelenok-uba angakuqhwaba ngempama but now he isa shadow of himself because he had lost a lotof weight and you can see he suffered fromstress since there were nomoreMercs and he

could drink whatever he could be offered ifhe still drinks.

My brother we are not laughing at you be-cause we have a hope that God will give youanother chance one day.

But from now on you need to respect whatGod had given you not underestimate otherskuba uyakuyohlutha nje ngokuba enzile.

And bear in mind that there are many peo-ple out there who are battling out to attainwealth, so the chance tha you misused wouldnever return.

Nevertheless, pray to God to bring backyour happiness. Surely youwill respect it thistime around. I wonder aphi lamantombazanaayemahle kakhulu udla ngokuhamba nawoxa sowumana ukuxwaya ibag ngala ndlela.

There is a time to lose direction in life

Do you know ukuthi if you were unfortu-nate to get the right partner at a young ageyou could end up living a life of a headlesschicken especially when it comes to intimaterelationship?

So we are warning young people, to choosetheir partners whilst the time was still rightbecause time is going.

That’s why we witness old women being in-volved with boys with the same age as theirfirst borns.

Kanti nasemajiteni kunjalo wofika umntusedwaba nabantwana abancinane abekuba

sebafazini babantu because he lost directionin life. There was an old woman in ChithwaeNtelly (Mt Ayliff) who lives this life.

This lady was changing Ben 10’s like socksor pa…ash masithule.

I wonder what her children are sayingwhen seeing that practice. Mhle yena, marano guy at her age is still interested to her be-cause they know her.

Uyazi ke dear sisters once waziwa endawe-ni kunzima ukuba ufumane the lifelong part-ner especially xa usaziwa ngezinto ezi-nega-tive. Usisi ngoku akana-direction becauseeven kwaba Ben 10’s there was no future, uza-kumthini umntwana it’s just a play.

Sons if not daughters of the soil try to getoomaqondana kusakhanya kuba liyatshonailanga.

Lithatha obesamnyango limbeke em-sam

Izakudida ke le siyithetha ngasentla maraabanikazi bayo bayayazi. Eintlek, le nto ngo-lwimi lwakuyo ithi izulu lithatha obesemsamlimbeke emnyango, obesamnyango limbekeemsam. Le nto ifana nale ithi ivili liyajikele-za. Khazi kuyakwatheni kwezi ntwana zom-gosi? Asiboni ntwana ekwakukhona iibhasikokwayo sisafunda iHigh School ngoko.

Le ntwana ngoku icela umsebenzi apha ku-thi. Zazimhlukumeza ke ezo ntwana umntuowayesebenza kowazo. Sikhumbula one day

kukhona i-cousin brother kaGesh eyayi-driv-er khona xa isithi iyakumnkalela kufunekeizimele kuba izakubuzwa ukuba imali yo-kunkala iyithatha phi. Ibinganqabanga eyo-kuthiwa weba imali yakuzo.

Mara lo mntu uyasebenza uyamkela aphakowazo. Isimanga apho sikhona kukuba az-ithethi nto xa kunkalelwa zona kwaye ziban-yanzela ukuba bankale de imali iphele.

Njengokuba thina zihlupheki si-busy sil-ungiselela amakamva ethu zona azidli ngak-uzihlupha kuba yonke into ikhona kumawa-zo, kudekiwe. And ubudenge bazo kukucingaukuba obo butyebi bukayise or unina buyak-uhlala buhleli.

Tell them gossip team. Zilibale ukuba bob-omzali and nguye owakubilelayo. Okay, lentwana ibona uGesh esoloko efika ngeemotoezahlukeneyo edladleni and iibhasi azisekho.Iizincame icele umsebenzi kuba sekuyintonje yejiki phaya ezilalini emana iqhuba ama-tlere-tlere eevan zakowayo ezashiyekayo im-ana kuthutha abantu.

Inkinga ke uGesh akanawo omnye umse-benzi ngaphandle kwe-gossiping and ke yonayile yayeka ichance ikhonayayeka isikolo ya-bhibha neebhasi.

Ziphi ngoku? Nabo ke ubomi.UBawo uyakutyhilela umntu usaphila in-

gakumbi obehlukumeza abantu phambikwakho umjongile. Masiniyeke kanje ning-ade nidikwe zezi ndaba zethu siyabuya nextweek nazo zishushu uyakuzipholisela.

Life is tough

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ANELE RAZIYA

SEVERAL rugby teams participated infriendly games over the weekend at the Wal-ter Sisulu Univesity (WSU) sport grounds inBika Campus, Butterworth in preparation forthe start of the league in April.

The first game of the day was played be-tween the Walter Sisulu University Ladiesand the Ngculu Ladies rugby team.During this game the Ngculu ladies dis-

played quality rugby and fitness. Although

they won the game with a score of 15-12, itwas not an easy game for them, since WalterSisulu University’s ladies were equal to thetask.The second game – played between themale

rugby teams of Comrades and WSU – was amatch inwhich coacheswere testing the read-iness, fitness levels and strengths of theirplayers. Different combinations were alsotried while evaluating the readiness of bothteams for the season.Comrades showed their intention of win-

ning right from the start of the game. They

passed the ball very well, forming good line-outs and also defending collectively. Bothteams were determined to win the match.Comrades utilized most of their chances withtheir passing skills and the ball was quick toreach their wings. They had fast players whoscored most of the tries and registered a 17-7victory against WSU.The Comrades winning coach, Enock King,

said he used the friendly match to assess hisplayers to see how far they were with theirfitness levels in preparation for the start ofthe season and for the Easter tournament.

“By playing in friendly matches like this,we are trying to keep our players in shape andalso assess the readiness of our players beforethe kickoff of the league in April,” said King.

. The results of the ABC Motsepe SoccerLeague games played this past weekend areas follows: FC Buffalo 0-0 Mthatha Bucks,Mthatha City 1-2 La Liga, Morning Stars 1-1MattaMilan, Kokstad Liverpool 4-3 JBMilan,Tembu Royals 0-0 Highbury, Zimbane killers1-1 Tornado, Angavu Stars 4-0 FC Elliot andSUBS 3-1 Real City.

Rugby teamsprepare for the season

Some of the action during the game between WSU (in white kit) and Ngculu rugby team at WalterSisulu, Bika campus in Butterworth. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

The Walter Sisulu University Ladies rugby team. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA

The winning Comrades Ladies Rugby team at Walter Sisulu University before their game againstWSU at Bika Campus in Butterworth last weekend. PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

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