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Recently, PSJ hosted one of their biggestevents, the Isingqi SethuWild Coast Culturalfestival, which was a big success.Port St John’s Mayor, Manyamezeli Man-

gqo, said visitors should come to PSJ, be-cause they were more than ready to treatthem with care.Even though PSJ’s Second Beach is known

for shark attacks, Mangqo said they were ful-ly equipped to deal with the issue.He said they had hired 42 life savers for all

the beaches of Port St John’s and no fewerthan eight will be deployed at Second Beach.He said a tower at Second Beach from

which life savers will be able to observe the

area, is in place, as are other rescue services.Mangqo revealed that in this endeavour to

make beaches of Port St John’s safe they areworking hand in glove with the OR TamboDistrict municipality, the Department ofHealth, DisasterManagement, Department ofEnvironmental Affairs and the SouthAfrican

Police services. “We will make sure that oursecurity is tight wherever our visitors go andwe want to call on people to avoid dark plac-es,” said Mangqo.He called on tavern owners to adhere to

their prescribed business hours.Mangqo also appealed the visitors and resi-

dents to behave and avoid swimming whileunder the influence of alcohol.As part of the preparations for the holiday

period in PSJ, a R16 million project, recon-structing the road at the entrance of the town,is expected to be finished before the start ofthe Festive Season.

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Port St John’s Mayor Mnyamezeli Mangqo.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

The watch tower which was erected at Second Beach in preparation of the Festive Season.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

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ONE suspect was killed and two injured whenpolice foiled an alleged planned armed rob-bery at the Post Office in the Mampume Ad-ministrative Area (A/A).

This follows less than a month after anarmed robbery at Amapondo Backpackers onSaturday, October 25.

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BotchedarmedrobberyatPSJPostOfficereceived information about a planned attemptto rob the PSJ Post Office in the Mampume A/A. The Postmaster noticed a suspicious vehicledriving around in the vicinity of the post officeseveral times and alerted the Police. SAPSmembers followed the suspicious looking vehi-cle as described and all exit routes from townwere closed.

After the police followed the suspicious vehi-cle they instructed the driver to pull over.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Khaya Ton-

jeni said the driver refused to obey the law-ful instruction and did not stop his vehicle.

“The suspects started shooting in the di-rection of the police vehicle and police re-turned fire. One suspect was fatally wound-ed while the other two men were injured.The driver and one passenger and three oth-ers were arrested unharmed. The two in-jured suspects areunder police guard inhos-pital,” said Tonjeni.

Police recoveredaMercedesBenz suspect-

ed to be stolen and confiscated from the sus-pects, three 9mm pistols with ammunition,one big hammer and a collection of knives, apolice uniform and pepper spray.

He said a case of illegal possession of stolenproperty, and attempted murder, as well as aninquest in connection with the death of onesuspect were opened.

The suspects will appear in the Port StJohn’s Magistrate’s Court soon and the caseis under investigation.

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IN preparation of Youth Clubs, which were launched by theMEC of Social Development, Nancy Sihlwayi, on November14 in Bizana, a series of dialogues was piloted by the Depart-ment of Social Development.

A day before the launch, the appointed group leaders from dif-ferentvillages (Lugwigini,SiwisaandBaleni)gatheredatLugwi-jini to present their findings about issues affecting the youth inthe area. The dialogue’s aim was to better understand how thedepartment can holistically intervene and assist the youth.

Issues discussed included Ubuntu, social cohesion, culturalissues, transfer of knowledge and wisdom, substance abuse, itseffects and solutions, safety and a healthy lifestyle, teenagepregnancy, HIV/Aids and youth participation in their develop-ment and community networks. Emanating from the reports,the youth of today are very reluctant to participate in commu-nity development, even with regard to issues affecting them.

Other findings include that some drop out of school at a very

early age, many are dependent on drugs, attend circumcisionschool at a very young age in their lives, show lack of respectfor themselves and for the elderly, and are very quick to putblame on the government for not taking them seriously.

The possible solutions were that government should open upmore youth programmes and centres, and assist by providingsport facilities and gyms. Parents, traditional leaders and resi-dents should make it their responsibility to ensure propermeasures are adhered to before boys become circumcised.

“As from now on, we need to give you space, support andguidance and you need to learn to do things on your own,” saidMr Mzizi, Youth Manager from Social Development in theProvince.

“With this kind of support and guidance we received fromthe Department of Social Development, I believe the youth ofBizana is now more than ready to turn the tide towards a betterlife for themselves and their communities,” said Councillor MMxesibe of Lugwijini.

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Mr T Moso, Social Work Manager at Maluti Area Officeconvenes the dialogue at Lugwijini.

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THE Eastern Cape MEC for the Departmentof Co-operative Governance and TraditionalAffairs (Cogta-EC), Fikile Xasa, has stressedthat there should be no deaths in initiationschools this season.

Xasawas speakingduring the launchof thesummer traditional initiation season whichwas held at Nyandeni Great Place last Sun-day.“Let us sing one song in curbing the deaths

in themountainandaskourselveswhatwentwrong with this custom, because the customitself does not kill,” said Xasa.Hewarned the peoplewho commercialized

the custom and said government would dealwith them directly. He stressed the impor-tance of strengthening the coordination dur-ing the season, appealing to the governmentofficials responsible for the custom, to be ful-ly committed to ensuring no deaths occurthis season.

‘Wewishnodeaths this season’-XasaHe said therewas aneed to centralize initi-

ation schools.Xasaalso calledonparentsand traditional

leaders to take full responsibility during thepractice of the custom.

He revealed that their focus this seasonwould be in Nyandeni, King SabathaDalindyebo and Alfred Nzo.During the June season, 36 boys died,

most of them from the Pondoland.Western Pondoland king Ndamase

Ndamse suggested that there was a need forboys in Nyandeni to come to the great placewhere this custom should be conducted andnot go to the forest, because this is wherethey got injured and assaulted.

Held under the theme: Babaye bephila,babuye bephila – Siyazingca ngesiko lethu’,the summit sought to ensure that there wasa convergence of minds in dealing with allthe burning issues to stop initiation deaths.The launch was attended by some of the

boys who were going to the mountains thisseason.

King Ndamase Ndamase and MEC Xasa during the launch of initiation at Nyandeni Great Place lastSunday. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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RESIDENTS of the AmaHlubi Adminis-trative Area in Rhode, last weekWednesday held a prayer day in frontof the tavernwhere another personwaskilled, bringing the number of peoplekilled in and around the tavern to morethan 10.

Residents,mostly elders, held severalmeetings in the area in an endeavour toget the tavern to be closed down, sincethere had allegedly been more than tendeaths of its patrons. As a result, thetavern is referred to by residents as“The Tavern of Death.”Members of the Methodist Church,

community members and learnersfromMaguntsini Junior Secondary andRhode High Schools attended theprayer day held in front of the tavernin Rhode, after the stabbing and killingof Sphiwe Sokudela. He was buried lastweekend.According to a resident, Malusi Gqo-

li, the aim of the prayer day was to askthe Lord to assist with stopping the kill-

ings that were taking place in that area.He said the owner of the tavern waspresent but never interfered with thepeople who were praying outside hispremises.Gqoli said the prayer day went very

well and they would love to thank com-munity members who were part of theproceedings . “We hope that God heardour prayers and therewould be nomoredeaths taking place at the tavern.”SAPS Provincial Police Spokesper-

son, Lieutenant Khaya Tonjeni, con-firmed that a suspect appeared in courtregarding a case of murder that hap-pened on Sunday, November 2, at thetavern in Rhode Adminstrative Area.It is alleged that the deceased, Sphiwe

Sokudela, and the suspect were at a tav-ern enjoying a game of pool.“It is alleged further that a scuffle en-

sued about a coin to be inserted into thepool machine to release the pool balls.The suspect allegedly drew a knife andstabbed to death the deceased. The sus-pect has appeared in court and his casewas postponed. The suspect remains incustody in Mt Ayliff,” said Tonjeni.

Prayer day held afteranother person dies inthe ‘tavern of death’

Learners from Maguntsini Junior Secondary School singing and clapping hands while attending the prayer daythat was held in front of the tavern in Rhode. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Member of the the Methodist Church with elders from the area andcommunity members walking towards the tavern where they heldprayers. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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MEC for Social Development and Special Pro-grammes, Nancy Sihlwayi, said they hadcome to discuss things that hurt young peopleand to create a platform that would assistyoung people to share their views and opin-ions on social, political, economic, religiousand cultural issues.

Sihlwayi was speaking at the launch ofYouthDevelopment Clubs at Lugwijini Local-ity, Mbizana, last week Friday.She called on the community of Mbizana to

create an enabling environment for youth de-velopment clubs and to take advantage of op-

portunities.“What kills our country and youth is the

lack of places called home and parents whofail to create an environment where a childcan voice out ideas and challenges. It is there-fore the department’s responsibility to inter-vene and create a platform where youth thencan gather and find solutions to the problemsthey are facing.“Parents should make it a point to not fight

or show division in front of children. Theyshould respect children, especially theirminds, as this is the most dangerous aspectin a child’s life,” said Sihlwayi.Warning parents, Sihlwayi said parents

should not treat children as adults prema-

turely, as this may create a disability in theirstages of growth.Councillor Mzanono Xesibe applauded this

initiative. “As the community of Lugwijiniweare overjoyedby the launchof youth clubs.This will bring great change and will help theyouth face challenges.”Councillor Xesibe said this initiative made

them see that the youth could work togetherin doing good things.Zusiphe Mbhele, a member of Lugwijini

Youth Club, said among the things they dis-cussed during the youth dialogue that washeld prior to the arrival of the MEC, were thechallenges theywere facing, pointing out sub-stance abuse, teenage pregnancy, scarcity of

play grounds, illiteracy, unemployment andviolence. “We have decided that drug dealersshould be stopped; we must promote absti-nence and form co-operatives as a means ofcreating projects to gain income and we urgethe MEC to help us to succeed,” said Mbhele.The department of Social Development and

Special Programmes gave a sum of R920 000to be divided among Siwisa Youth Club, Lug-wijini Youth Club, Baleni Youth Club, Cen-tres of hope, Car wash, Teenage AgainstDrugs Club, ten needy families, UmanyanoLwembizana Group and the Iqula choralgroup.She also handed over soccer kit and 20 story

books.

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Thandiswa Marawu and Siyabonga Mdwayidwayi presenting youth challenges during the youthdialogue. PHOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

MEC Nancy Sihlwayi and Mbizana Local Municipality Chief Whip Ayanda Maquthu handing oversoccer kit at the youth development club launch. PHOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

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alike.There are also three weekly R1 000 draws, on

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Saturday of the month.“Then the excitement is also building for our

car draw on December 13.“Everyone wants to know who will be the

lucky person to drive away in aMercedes Benz.“They are also curious to knowwhat the next

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

MINING giant, Anglo American’s enter-prise development arm, Zimele, hosted aroadshow at Mthatha Plaza last Wednes-day to showcase its Zimele Sebenza Fundto offer opportunities to locals to benefitfrom this equity and loan funding.

Zimele Managing Director, Hlonela Lu-puwana, said the Sebenza fund was estab-lished last year to offer an economic injec-tion to the communities where they mineandalso to the labour-sendingareas in theEastern Cape in particular.“We have set aside an amount of R500

million over a period of 5 years and ourmain criteria when giving out funds iswhether the business will create jobs. Al-ready the fund has created 2 450 jobs sinceits inception last year,” said Lupuwana.

She said they funded all kinds of busi-nesses as long as they proved to be sus-tainable, bankable businesswith job crea-tion potential.One of the beneficiaries, BaneleNopasi-

ka Mguqa, from Corana in Libode, man-aged to run her own braai place in Mt-hatha and inMatatielewith the help of Se-benza fund.“Together with the two co-owners,

brothers Anele and Olwethu Nogwebela,we applied for and got R500 000 last yearwhich helped a lot,” said Mguqa.She said through the funding, theyhave

managed to open shop in Matatiele andthey would be attending a business man-agement workshop next year, courtesy ofthe Sebenza fund.Young entrepreneurs were also assist-

ed by Anglo American during the road-show.

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One of the Sebenza fund beneficiaries, Nopasika Mguqa, with Zimele MD HlonelaLuphuwana. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZE-LA

REPORTER

THOUSANDS of Eastern Cape learners facebeing without textbooks next year as the De-partment of Education has allegedly usedfunds for Learner Teacher SupportMaterials(LTSM) to pay teacher salaries and buyschool furniture.

The Publishers Association of South Afri-ca (PASA)haswarned that itwould take legalaction against the department if it fails tomeet its obligations to order the agreed text-books.The legal threat and funds diversion are

contained in twoharshlyworded letters fromPASA to Premier Phumulo Masualle, Educa-tion MEC Mandla Makupula and ActingHead of Department, Ray Tywakadi.The funds diversion is also mentioned in

a memorandum by finance MEC SakhumziSomyo, dated August 11, informing the de-partment that R200-million of its LTSMbudg-et would be used to pay the salaries of 502teachers.“About R100-million must be allocated for

compensation of employees for the fundingof 502 teaching posts in critical subjects likemathematics, physical science, Afrikaans,geography, agriculture and accounting.”“A furtherR100-million [must] be allocated

for the provision of school furniture whichis procured by National Treasury throughtheir chief procurement officer,” Somyowrote.Somyo confirmed the diversion of funds,

saying it was necessitated by the depart-ment’s under-expenditure in its LTSM budg-et. “We monitor spending of all departmentsandwe had seen that they would underspendand needed funds for something else. So we

advised accordingly.” Department spokes-man Loyiso Pulumani also confirmed thatmoneymeant for LTSMwould be used to payteacher salaries.“Yes, this is true. Last year, the department

finalised the implementation of the Curricu-lum Assessment Policy Statement (Caps)with a full delivery of all the required newlearner and teacher support materials. “Asa rule, thedepartmental retentionpolicyallo-cates a life-span of three years for newly de-livered materials.“This means that in 2015 the department is

only providing supplementary topping-upmaterials, which ordinarily should not ex-ceed 10% of the previous year’s full order”.Pulumani said there was no shortfall and

the available resources were more thanenough to provide for a top-up.However, in a letter dated October 24, PA-

SA’s provincial representative, WarrenKliphuis, wrote that publishers had still notreceived orders. “Any further delays in therelease of orders will place the possibility oftextbooks and other resources being deliv-ered before the academic year in jeopardy.”Cilliers also informedMasualle andMaku-

pula that PASA had been informed that thedepartmentmay cancel some of the outstand-ing orders. “Should the orders be cancelled,publishers will suffer substantial damagesarising out of the commitments and expendi-ture pursuant to the indicative orders,” Cil-liers wrote.“If, however, the department intends to

cancel the outstanding orders, it is PASA’sview that such conduct would constitute un-fair andunreasonable administrative action,and the publishers will have no option butto seek legal advice, which could result in le-gal action.”

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

A NEW substation at Nonkobe in Mthathawas opened recently by Eskom to strengthenthe electricity backbone in the Eastern Cape.

This R392 million project consists of twotransformers and six 132 feeder bays that sup-ply power in the Southern region of the East-ern Cape, being OR Tambo, Amathole and Al-fred Nzo Districts.

The Vuyani Substation was officiallyopened by the Deputy Minister of Public En-terprise, BulelaniMagwanishe, alongside theSpeaker of the Legislature Noxolo Kiviet.

Magwanishe said this power boost in theprovince would assist it to do away with pow-er outages and strengthen electricity trans-mission.

“This area normally had load shedding dur-ing windy days and due to the high demandof electricity.

“This would now be a thing of the past,”said Deputy Minister.

Magwanishe further urged the communitymembers of Nonkobe to look after the stationand to make sure that it is not vandalized.

Mongezi Ntsokolo, Group Executive at Es-kom Group said the station consisted of twotransfomers which could pick up a lot moreload, ensuring there was consistent powersupply for the region.

“This is a major power input in the prov-

ince which will provide reliable and secureelectricitywith access capacity,” saidNtsoko-lo.

He added that with three districts suppliedby this substation, when one of the districtshad a problem, the other two could easily pickup and the matter would then be resolved inno time.

Eskom has contributed a substantialamount of money to the community trust ofNonkobe as compensation for the land used.

Substation to strengthensupply

King Sabata Dalindyebo Mayor Nonkoliso Ngqongwa with Public Enterprise Deputy Minister BulelaniMagwanishe at the official opening of the Vuyani Substation in Mthatha last Tuesday.

PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

PHINDILE GQELE

UVUYO belubhalwe ebusweni kwiiti-tshala zesikolo samabanga aphantsi iLu-jecweni Junior Secondary School (JSS)esikwidoliphu yaseFlagstaff nanjengokobekuvulwa ngokusemthethweni ithalaleencwadi ngoLwesithathu, kweYenkan-ga, umhla weshumi elinesibini.

Eli thala livulwe nangona esi sikolo, is-esinye zezikolo ezazinamagumbi okufun-da akhiwe ngodaka. Kulo msitho bekuzi-mase isebe lezeMfundo, abavelisi beMan-dela Day Library, iBreadline Africaibambisene ne Soul Buddies. Ezithethelangokwakhe oyinqununu yesi sikolouArthur Msweli uvakalise imincilianayo ngokuthi kube ngalo mhla bazifu-mana benethala leencwadi nto leyo baqa-layo ukuyixhamla besesi sikolo.

“Luninzi utshintsho oluza kubakhokwesi sikolo, nanjengoko iititshala zinga-zi kuba namsebenzi mninzi wokufundisaabafundi,” utshilo okaMsweli. Uqhubengelithi, nangona kukho utshintsho kwe-si sikolo, bakwabhekene nemiceli-mn-geni nanjengoko kunqongopheleabafundisi-ntsapho ukanti nokhuselekolufana nokubona amazinyo enkukhu.

Naxa eyibalule imiceli mngeni okaMsweli ukwabonise umbulelo eqhuba es-ithi, kuluvuyo nochulumanco ukubonaizinto eziloluhlobo nto leyo ebonisa uku-ba urhulumente we African NationalCongress uyasebenza.

Kanti ongumfundi nowenza ibangalethobauMosesMahlanguuthebayavuyakakhulu bengabafundi nanjengoko bez-osebenza ngcono xabesenza imisebenziyesikolo ingakumbi edinga uphando ol-unzulu.

Osuka kwisebe lezemfundo kwisithilisaseLusikisiki uVuyani Mathwasa uthibelisebe bayaluvuyela utshintsho oluk-wesisikolo emva kokuba besikwimekoengekho ntle kwiminyaka egqithileyo.Watsho ethembisa nangotshintsho olu-zoba khona kwesisikolo nanjengoko ku-zonyuka izinga lemfundo.

Ongumanejala we Breadline AfricaProject uJade Orgil uthi koku sele bevuleamathala encwadi angamashumi amahl-anu ananye kweli lomZantsi Afrika na-bizwa nge Mandela Day Library.

“Injongo yokuba sivule lamathala ku-konyusa izinga lemfundo kweli inga-kumbi kwindawo ezisemaphandleni,yaye sikwafuna ukubonisa abafundi uku-baluleka kwemfundo.”

Eqhuba intetho yakhe uthe bayalu-vuyela uhlobo ababonise inkxaso ngayoabahlali baseLujecweni nto leyo izoqu-quzela abantu abatsha okokuba banx-anelwe imfundo. Ongumxhumanisi kwiSoul Buddies uThoko Budaza uthi kokubasebenzisane ne projekti efana neBreadlineAfricakunyenesebe lezempilo.LokaBudaza uthe bafuna ukugqithisaumyalezo othi imfundo ibalulekile inga-kumbi kulutsha olusakhulayo nolunen-jongo ngobomi balo.

Ivulwe ngokusesikweniiMandela Day LibraryeLujecweni JSS

Abahlali baseLujecweni bevuyela ukuvulwa kwethala lencwadi. IFOTO: PHINDILE GQELE

Ezi zezinye zencwadi ezifumaneka kwelithala lencwadi. IFOTO:PHINDILE GQELE

7EntertainmentNovember 27, 2014Uvolwethu Express

Uthanda ungathandi imali inendima eyidla-layo emntwini.

Umzekelo omncinane nje, uthi nokuba um-ntu ongenamali mhle, kodwa ubone ukubasekuqinise nje indalo ukuba kugcineke ubuh-le bakhe kanti uphinde ujonge umntu one-mali umbone ukuba lo akambanga uncamis-ile kodwa imali imjike wabukeka.

Asiyiyeke ke eyo size kule sifuna ukubhalangayo. Xa sasiqala ukungena kule field ye-gossip phaya koo1996, sifikele kwenye i-outieiyibambile kwathi ngokuya kufunwa imise-benzi seeking for greener pastures salahleka-na yonke le minyaka.

Until, sibonane kwa-Dan in a businessbreakfast meeting last Thursday.

Aisaa!! Siyabona ifani ngathi nguye marasiphinde simthandabuze kuba wayengenabu-so bu-round ngala ndlela wayetshongecwecwana lobuso ebhityile enjalo nje.Sadideka saphela ke xa sibona nenteshe.Kwayena nje ngathi babafana bama-BBabashaya ngama-shirt abapitsayo. Siqinisekexa ekhwaza uGesh.

AWUU!! Serious ngu-Chief lo as we calledhim.

Kuyabonakala ukuba intwana idla imaliand he is the manager of a certain radio sta-tion here in TKI.

Siyavuya ke Chief to see that you achievedafter we’ve lost each other, nathi sisayibam-

bile apha kwi-gossip mara ngeze sifele apha,nathi sifuna ukodla imali nje ngabafana ba-hoster ama-party every weekend.

OW!! Amagqirha etavern?Iyakufuna umama uNokzola Mndende ake

aphuhlise ukuba igqirha lihamba liphele phi?Kuba ngolwethu ulwazi oluncinane igqirhaakungomntu ohamba engena nje nakwiinda-wo zentselo kuba uhlonipha abaphantsi.

Mhlawumbe ke la anamhlanje sele ajika.BesithunywengumkhulukaGeshukuba som-bambela i-nip ye1818 kwenye itavern eBuh-lanyanga eLusiki ngelixa sizithela kumag-qirha amabini abosisi esejoyntini futhi ebu-gaxile hayi kancinane and esaqhubeka futhi.HOO!

Kanti le nto yobugqirha ihamba iphelelephi, kuba nokuthetha besekuthethelwa phe-zulu ingasekho nala nto kuthiwa igqirhauqale ulichozise phambi kokuba uthethe na-lo.

Apha bekubabo abakhwaza abantu. Shame,le yanamhlanje intwaso.

Uyabona ke sesiqhele oosisi abanxiba ii-brukhwe kwezi ndawo zentselo, so asibinangxaki nokuba umntu uhleli njani nokubaangawa.

Nothing which is private will be exposed.Ngoku kule imeko yalamagqirha ebenxibe ii-mini-skirts zobugqirha ezibomvu nokuhlalakungekho grand kaloku sebenxilile.

Khazi yaphelela phi intlonipho kwabaleleukuthula. Asazi.

Why always negative things?We fail to understand the practice of drunk-

ards who always make their drunkenness ascapegoat.

If alcohol can change your mind whydoesn’t it make you do positive things but itwill always be the negatives?

Like for instance if youare drunkwhydon’tyou take a spade and plough the garden butit would be always beatings if not insults orprovoking someone?

MnaGesh Iwill never forgive someonewhocan provoke or do whatever and come thenext day to apologise and blame alcohol.

You know what, there is a friend of us whoalways chases away his family when he isdrunk and the next day he apologises andblames everything to liquor.

Ayikho lo nto yazi ukusukela namhlanjemem. Why le nto angake afike akuphekeleavuke ekuseni esithi akayazi yonke lo ntoyokupheka ebenxilile.

Tyhini!!Le sadlala abantu besile.

Love is blind neh??Now we surrender.Why boys naqhamka senithi niyanikezela?

Dear readers now we understand the mean-

ing of the words ‘love is blind’.There is couple staying not far from our

room; they always arguing which alwaysends up in serious quarrel.

De abethwe usisi onzakaliswe. Siyolamlasimcebise usisi.

Lo mntu myeke kungenjalo one day he willkill you.

Oh!! my sister uyongathi she will considerour advice but within a few days she is backin that room.

Why sisi? I loveuSitha I cannot livewithouthim.

You see, what our sisters are doing? Theysacrifice their lives in the name of love.

Butwhat normally follows after that endur-ance of abuse is death.

But ke what can you do umntu xa ethandaumntu wakhe.

Siyivala nge-note ebuhlunguThe entire gossip team would like to take

this opportunity to pass the words of condo-lences to the family ofMbuyiselo IsaacMraxawho was a Communications Officer for theDepartment of Agriculture in the OR Tamboregion.

He was also a writer.May his soul rest in peace sohlala

sikukhumbula Mbuyi.Let’s take our pens and go we are still feel-

ing the agony of the late Mbuyi.

Imali iyamtshintshaumntu

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SANELE JAMES

DESPITE infrastructural challenges, foot-ball continues to develop in the rural areasof the Eastern Cape.

Sixteen soccer teams locked horns in theIntsika annual football tournament thispast weekend at the Sthebe Sports ground.The tournament was unconvincingly

won by the Brown Eleven FC from Ganxovillage near Sthebe Great Place, defeatingCrusaders FC on penalties.The annual cup tournament began in

2012, and established by die-hard soccerlovers from the area, Lungisa Mooi andPhiliso Dakie, sponsored by independent

businesses, namely Metropolitan, Sparand Coca Cola.All teams showed great determination as

they were fighting for a Coca Cola three-piece kit and a winners’ trophy.However, the pitch wasn’t that friendly

to the players as they struggled to controlthe ball on the bumpy ground, resulting inthe final match being decided on penalties.Crusaders’ cruising ship was stopped on

penalties by Brown Eleven’s shot-stopper,Zozo Menziwa.

The newly adopted tactic in South Africanfootball of “parking-the-bus”was the only tac-tic the Brownies could use in order to survivethe onslaught from Crusaders’ strikers.

Local teamsexcel in Intsika tourney

Seen with the winners of the tournament is (in front) the organiser Philiso Dakie and ZolaniMandla representing Coca Cola. PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

Zozo Menziwa the goalkeeper who saved the penalty which saw his side winning the tournament.PHOTO: SANELE JAMES

Crusaders were the most dominant sidewith great chances, but failed to convert.Their stunning performance in the first-

half raised doubts, as some said theywere oneman extra from the Brown Eleven.In the second half of the game nothing

changed and the Brown Eleven parked thebus, playingadefensive gamewithnoattemptof going forward to the Crusaders’ goal till the90th minute.With the match ending in a 0-0 draw and

since it was the final, the two teams had togo on penalties. Brownies ZozoMenziwa’s on-ly save of the third penalty kick saw his sidewinning the game. Brown Eleven FC are thenew champions of the Intsika cup tourna-ment, 2014, taking over from theYoungTigers

FC. Their coach, Mzimasi Bushula, said theyknew fromthe firstminute that theCrusaderswere going to go all out to attack them and theleast they could do was to protect their goalieandwait for the penalties. “On penalties thereis no advantage or disadvantage; anything ispossible. We trust our goalie when it comes topenalties, so we just had to hold on and takeour chances,” said Bushula.Coca Cola’s events coordinator, Zolani

Mandla, congratulated the victors and saidevery year they saw development in the play-ers and they were planning on improving thetournament next year.The Intsika tournament had in the past pro-

duced great players like SimncedileNgcukambawho used to play for Blackburn Rovers FC.