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MBIZANA Local Munici-pality hosted a one-daybusiness conference atThe Wild Coast Sun lastFriday to stimulate eco-nomic growth, as well as

to create a platform for business and govern-ment to share knowledge and informationacross all sectors that contribute to theeconomy and employment.

The gathering, attended by a number ofbusiness people, was officially opened byAmaMpondo King, Zanozuko Sigcau, whoencouraged both the municipality and busi-ness people to keep working together to pre-serve the richness of the Pondoland.“I believe that we have a vibrant business

community – construction, retail, transportand others. We should defend what is right-fully ours and protect it, because other thanour land, we cannot go far,” said Sigcau.Sigcau further applauded the construc-

tion of the R61 route between Bizana andMtavuna River and the benefits it will hold

for the local people.“We have seen unemployed women from

the areas along the road selling fruit and re-freshments to the traffic at the stop and go’sand we understand that even on the side ofemployment, local contractors and unem-ployed youth have benefitted,” added theKing.Business Unit South Africa deputy Presi-

dent, Mlungisi Clive Manci – the keynotespeaker – highlighted some challenges tothe free flow of business opportunities insome municipalities.“Nothing hinders the progress of black

business like the politics of the business. Iknow the politics of business, because wecreate a structure and we all want to lead,”said Manci.

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BUSA Deputy President, Mlungisi Clive Manci,interacting with business people in Bizanaduring a business conference at the Wild CoastSun last Friday. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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THE Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Ki-wi’s rugby team was very hopeful to im-prove on last year’s ninth place positionat the Varsity Sports Sevens tournament,but failed to better their standings at thisyear’s tournament that was held in CapeTown this past weekend.After putting up brave fights in all nine

of their matches, WSU only came out vic-torious in one of their matches – againstthe University of Fort Hare. They againfinished ninth on the log this year.WSU’s Seven’s team, comprising 16

players from the University’s Mthatha,Butterworth and Buffalo City campuses,have vowed before leaving for the tourna-ment, to improve from their ninth placefinish at the same event last year.“This year’s competition was going to

prove a lot tougher, with a lot of teamsweary and gunning for us following someshock defeats we inflicted on some of themore fancied opponents last year.”

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Nzondelelo Gemashe (left) with WSU Sevenshead coach and former Springbok Sevensplayer, Lubabalo Mzwakali. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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He added that some of the black leaderswithin the business fraternity misusetheir powers at the expense of the struc-ture.

“We think that being the president willmake you succeed. Once one lands a lead-ing role, they abandon their responsibili-ties in such organisations by pushing theirown agendas,” he added.

With major projects to take place in theWild Coast area, including the construc-tion of Mtentu and Msikaba River bridgesas part of the proposed N2 Wild Coast High-way, Manci advised the local business peo-ple to unite and approach SANRAL with adifferent strategy to make sure that theybenefit from such projects.

“It goes without saying that these majorprojects are not automatically yours justbecause they are in your area. You will becompeting with the rest of the country, ifnot the world, but with a unified and differ-

ent idea (proposed) to the agency, youmight be lucky,” said Manci.

From Bizana Business Forum, AyandaNotshweleka, said that the conference isa good initiative that creates space for lo-cal businesses to interact.

“Through this programme, a businesssupport centre at the Cultural Village hasbeen made available for businesses to free-ly open offices and there are still spaceavailable for more to come,” saidNotshweleka.

However, he made a call to the munici-pality to have a look at the number ofhawkers who consume a lot of space intown and advised them to consider build-ing a market place where they can erecttheir stalls and sell their products from.

He concluded that they are also happyto realise that local companies are alsobenefiting from the R61 route constructionand expressed his excitement over the pro-posed mining in Xholobeni, adding thatthe project promises major opportunities.

Boost for local business Business people from Bizana attending the businessconference last Friday. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

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“We are however physically and psy-chologically ready for the upcoming on-slaught,” the Kiwi’s captain and third-year Policing student, Nzondelelo Ge-mashe, said before the tournament.

He said the players have had to workincredibly hard in shifting their mindsets from the traditional 15-man formatto the more taxing sevens game.

Gemashe said with the tight windowbetween the end of the regular 15-manrugby season and the Varsity Sports Sev-ens showpiece, the team had been hard-nosed in fine tuning their technical and

tactical aspects of the game.“This is a passionate, committed and

most importantly, unified bunch of play-ers that have great talent. But talent isnot enough when stakes are this high.The tactical and technical aspects of thegame are critical to the success of theteam,” said head coach and formerSpringbok sevens player, LubabaloMzwakali, ahead of the Sevens tourna-ment.

Ten universities from across the coun-try competed at this year’s tournament.

They are: University of the Free State(Kovsies), Stellenbosch (Maties), NMMU(Madibaz), NWU-Pukke, UP-Tuks, UCT,

University of Fort Hare (UFH), Universi-ty of Johannesburg (UJ), University ofthe Western Cape (UWC) and Walter Sisu-lu University (WSU).

Results (WSU scores first):10-36 vs UFS Kovsies10-19 vs UP-Tuks0-31 vs UCT Ikeys10-26 vs Madibaz17-21 vs UCT Ikeys0-33 vs UP Tuks26-12 vs UFH7-24 vs UWC5-22 vs NWU-Pukke7-12 vs UFHWSU played nine matches, lost eight and won one

match. They ended with five points on the log, put-ting them in ninth place at the tournament.

WSUKiwis put up brave fight at Varsity Sevens

The WSU Kiwis are (back row, from left) Luyolo Fata, Lonwabo Nettie, Xolani Mbombo, Yanga Ngcwangu, Athenkosi Khethani (MIDDLE)Danny Benjamin, Khwezi Zinto, Banele Ndwalaza, Mampondwandile Mente and Bongile Ntuku. In the front row are, from left, LusandaXakwana, Bakholise Gqomfo, Luvo Matiwane, Nzondelelo Gemashe (C), Sine Tshaka and Siyabulela Gebuza. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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THERE was joy on the faces of Eastern Caperural and township women and young peoplewhen they received equipment for their coop-eratives donated by Rural Development andAgrarian MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane.Last Friday, Qhoboshiyane handed over

sewing, baking and beekeeping equipment,bakingmachines, baking ingredients, fencingmaterial for fruit production and jam-makingequipment as part of a rural development pro-gramme.It is aimed at empowering women and the

youth from poor communities with resourcesto create income-generating enterprises forthemselves to have sustainable livelihoods tofight poverty.

In this programme 82 Dohne merino rams,12boergoats, eightbulls, (nguni, brahmanandbonsmara), and 10 bonsmara heifers, werehanded over to farmers and livestock ownersfromMatheko, Krakra, Mxambule, Gogozayo,Mbinja, Lujecweni, Ntseleni, Gqwesa, Zibun-gu, Bizana, Lutshaya, K&N Farm,Malungeni,Ngwemnyama villages in towns under the ORTambo district municipality.Addressing the audience during the conclu-

sion of this programme at the Tsolo Agricul-tural College, Qhoboshiyane said the pro-grammewas aimed at helping owners of coop-eratives to create their own businessopportunities to generate their own income.He said they also aimed at empowering self-

reliance in rural communities, supportingwomen and young people to create their ownjobs to fight poverty and unemployment,which was one of his department’s priorities.This programme has been welcomed by the

beneficiaries, who said they could now taketheir businesses to another level.Kwakho Cooperative owner Nokwanele

Ngantweni, who got three sewing machines,including an overlocker, said the equipmentwould help improve her clothing business.“This equipment will help me make more

clothes to sell to my clients so that I will beable to buy food for my children,” she said.“I alsohave a food gardenat home, butmake

clothes like traditional makoti dresses, Mpon-

do andXhosa traditional clothing and imibha-co, so that Imakemore profit. This enablesmeto take care of my children and pay for theireducation so that they canget jobs through themoney I make from the equipment I receivedfrom the government,” Ngantweni said.According to department spokesperson

Mzusiwekhaya Sicwetsha, the departmenthas spent R673 786 in procuring this equip-ment, with R44 780 for equipment for a honey-producing project, R253 784 for sewing equip-ment and material for sewing projects,R138 517 for baking equipment, R111 977 forbaking ingredients, and R113 114 for fencingmaterial for fruit production.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Bigboost for EasternCape cooperatives

Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane holds a shirtdesigned by Abasuki Cooperative owner Noxolile Mbude, during an event to hand over equipmentto scores of youth- and women-owned cooperatives as part of rural development programmes toencourage self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods. Mbude also got a sewing machine and fabricfrom the MEC. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Eastern Cape Rural Development MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane (right) and his superintendent- general,Lumkile Ngada (left), handed over a sewing machine to Mqanduli Cooperative owner NokwaneleNgantweni during an event where equipment was given to scores of youth- and women-ownedcooperatives, as part of rural development programmes to encourage self-reliance and sustainablelivelihoods. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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OVER4 000 studentswill be capped at gradua-tion ceremonies to be held at Walter SisuluUniversity campuses in Buffalo City, Butter-worth, Queenstown and Mthatha from May4 to 13.This year marks a watershed moment as

the University hosts graduation at theQueenstown campus for the first time, cap-ping graduands in the campus’s only Facultyof Education, Fi-nance and Manage-ment.The University,

which caters for over28 000 students, has11 faculties offering175 programmeswhich are fully ac-creditedby theCoun-cil on Higher Educa-tion, whichmonitorshigher educationquality across SouthAfrica.One of the coun-

try’s scarce skills liesin the medical pro-fession, to whichWSU has long been afeeder, producingdoctorsof thehigheststandards throughits School of Medi-cine, which is amongthe top eightmedical faculties in theworld forproblem-based community learning.During graduation, a further 73 medical

students in various fields will graduate andconduct their internship by serving some ofthe poorest in the Eastern Cape.Another sector suffering from severe skills

shortage is the engineering sector. In this re-gard, WSU’s School of Engineering offers theonly engineering programmes in this part ofthe Eastern Cape. The school enjoys accredi-tation by the Engineering Council of SouthAfrica, and will cap another 153 engineeringstudents.WSU’s recently appointed Vice Chancellor,

Professor Rob Midgley (assumed duty onApril 1), as well as newly appointed Queens-

town campus rector, Professor McGlorySpeckman (assumed duty onMay 1) will bearwitness to the institution’s graduation cere-monies for the first time.The institution will further confer an hon-

orarydegree ofDoctor ofLawsuponConstitu-tionalCourt Judge,MbuyiseliMadlanga,whowill join the illustrious company of some ofSouthAfrica’s greatest icons as part ofWSU’sever growing list of honorary graduates.Judge Madlanga, a former student and lec-

turer at WSU, willbecome the institu-tion’s 48th honorarygraduate in 41 yearssince the University(then Unitra) firstbestowed an honora-ry degree upon icon-ic leader, Para-mount Chief Dali-wonga Matanzimain 1985.WSU will be con-

ferring the Doctor ofLaws (LLD) (Hono-ris Causa) degree onJustice MbuyiseliRussel Madlanga forthe immeasurablecontribution he hasmade in: advancingjustice throughouthis legal career; pro-tecting and promot-ing of South Africa’s

relatively new constitutional ethos; adding tothe shaping of the country’s jurisprudencethrough participating, as an advocate, intrend-setting cases and himself writing someauthoritative judgments; developing andtransforming of the legal profession; and,among many more, the role he continues toplay as a Justice of the Constitutional Courtin advancing the cause of justice, upholdingthe rule of law and protecting the country’sconstitutional democracy.A total of 4 787 studentswill be capped,with

a majority of these being females (2 824) andthe rest being males (1 963).Over 100 postgraduate degrees are set to be

awarded – 74 Honours, 23 Masters, and 5PhD’s.

Thousands of students to graduate atWSU

Justice Mbuyiseni Russel Madlanga will be anhonorary graduate. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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ANCMP and former Health MEC Dr Monwa-bisi Goqwana says institutions of higherlearning should give back to developing ruralareas in the Eastern Cape.

Goqwana was speaking at a farewell func-tion for Lilitha College of Nursing orthopae-dics department head Nozibele Gidimisana.Gidimisana has left her post at the school

to take up the post of deputy principal at a col-lege in Johannesburg.Goqwana said nothing could be done to stop

people from chasing opportunities in greenerpastures, but he felt the development of theEastern Cape should be a priority for EasternCape-born professionals.“The institution she dedicated her life to

was formulated with the sole aim of develop-ing people in rural areas,” he said.“Rural areas are not as developed as towns

and that is why you find most people wishingthey were from urban areas instead of em-bracing where they come from.”He was referring to the medical school’s

work with rural clinics.“Shemust always remember those less for-

tunate, less educated, with fewer services arefrom these rural areas andweneed to developfrom where we are.”Although she was happy about the new

challenge ahead, Gidimisana said there wasstill a lot of work to be done, especially in theformer Transkei.“The former Transkei is a very disadvan-

taged area where we are still faced with ashortage of equipment.“Resources are not there, but we try to

make use of what is available to us,” Gidimi-sana said.“But there are opportunities to serve com-

munities, and producing capable people whoare being helpful to communities is a bigachievement.”Former students, teachers, family and

friends were part of the sending-off celebra-tions for one of the pioneers of the orthopae-dics component at the institution.They hailed her as an excellent leader who

was committed to seeing nothing but successfor her students.

Ploughback to rural communities, saysex-HealthMECGoqwana

Outgoing LilithaCollege ofNursing

orthopaedicsdepartment

head NozibeleGidimisana.

PHOTO: BUNTUGOTYWA

REPORTER

AFRIFORUM laid criminal charges onWednesday last week against MahlubandileQwase, former head of the Eastern Cape’sDepartment of Health as part of its “Genoegis Genoeg” (Enough is Enough) campaign.

This comes after the organisation studiedthe department’s annual report and foundthat Qwase might be guilty of an offence interms of Article 86(1) of the Public FinanceManagement Act, 1999.The annual report of the province’s De-

partment ofHealth indicates that thedepart-ment incurred unauthorised expenses ofR74-million, and fruitless and wasteful ex-

penditure of R90-million in the 2014/2015 fi-nancial year.“Unauthorised expenses constitute ex-

penses that departments incurred contraryto the approved budget” said Monique Tau-te, AfriForum’s national campaign coordi-nator.“Fruitless and wasteful expenses consti-

tute expenses made in vain but which couldhave been prevented if reasonable precau-tion had been taken. These excessive ex-penses could have been prevented if Qwasehad fulfilled his duties.”The charge against Qwase is based on al-

leged financialmisappropriation in termsofthe above-mentioned act. The head of de-partment is the officer responsible for pre-

venting irregular, fruitless, wasteful andunauthorised expenses and for holdingguilty parties accountable.“Qwase let taxpayers down by failing to

fulfil his duties,” Taute said.“It is time that taxpayers put pressure on

theNational ProsecutingAuthority tomakeexamples of heads of department who do notfulfil their duties as prescribed by the act.They are some of the biggest perpetrators inthe misappropriation of taxpayers’ money.It is a national crisis that must be resolvedurgently.”AfriForum will visit eight provinces in

the next few weeks, during which criminalcharges will be laid against 13 provincialheads of department.

AfriForum lays charges over allegedmisappropriation of R164-million

Monique Taute handed in the charge at theBhisho police station on April 27.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THE Eastern Cape Department of Educationis on amission to reduce the number of educa-tion districts to alignwith districtmunicipali-ties.EducationMECMandlaMakupula is in con-

sultations on the service delivery model.There were previously 23 education dis-

tricts, but now the department intends to re-duce them according to the number of districtmunicipalities in the province.Provincial spokesperson Malibongwe Mti-

na said the national office had instructed this

because with the high number of educationdistricts it was not possible to distribute goodservices equally.Last week Makupula conducting consulta-

tions in the OR Tambo District Municipalityin Mthatha. This followed his meeting withstakeholders in the Alfred Nzo Municipalityon Tuesday, April 19.The session in OR Tambo was attended by

stakeholders from the Mthatha, Libode, Qum-bu and Lusikisiki education districts that arebeing considered to bemerged to form two dis-

tricts – OR Tambo Coastal and OR Tambo In-land.Addressing the session, Makupula said

therewas a need tomerge districts in theEast-ern Cape so that all their demands could bemet equally. The MEC was accompanied bysenior officials from the department’s humanresources sectionand theyclarified the ration-ale and logistics of the proposed realignmentand what it would mean for learning andteaching and general education service deliv-ery going forward. – SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

Educationdistricts tobe reduced

THECoegaDevelopmentCorporation (CDC)has been tasked with the responsibility oferecting fencingat71schoolsacross theEast-ern Cape.The project, valued at R190-million, will

benefit thousands of schoolchildren by al-lowing them to learn in a stable and secureenvironment.The CDC, on behalf of the Department of

Education in the Eastern Cape, will roll outthe project across the entire Eastern Cape,focusing on identified schools. This projectwill benefit 159 schoolsAt the launch of the project at Masibam-

bane Senior Secondary School in Kwazak-hele, Education MEC Mandla Makupulahighlighted the safety of schoolchildren as apriority for the department.The MEC added that although there were

challenges in their schools, such as the con-sumption of drugs and crime, the depart-ment had found a solution for safety issuesso far.Some of the schools to benefit from the

project are situated across various districtsin the Eastern Cape such as the OR Tambo,Alfred Nzo, Cacadu, Amathole, Chris Haniand Joe Gqabi district municipalities.“The primary objective of the project is to

address school safety, through the provision

of fencing to all the Eastern Cape EducationDepartment schools, where there is eitherno fencing or inadequate or inappropriatefencing,” CDC programme director: educa-tion Thembeka Poswa said.“The CDC will manage and oversee the

successful implementationof thisproject forthe department as it has managed other de-partment projects using its organisationalexpertise to drive socio-economic develop-ment in the Eastern Cape.“TheCDCwill implement the fencing pro-

gramme in linewith national building regu-lations and Department of Basic Educationminimumuniformnorms and standards forschool infrastructure,” Poswa said.“This will in turn help improve the level

and quality of education by establishingsafe, secure school environments, as well asuplift the communities inwhich the schoolsare located, throughemploymentopportuni-ties and local economic development as wellas new work opportunities for SMME ser-vice providers.”Although the number-one goal is that chil-

dren learn, it is also important that they doso in a safe environment.The school fencing project will soon take

place with the main objective of creating asafe learning environment.

“As a result of severe crimes in communi-ties, school kids become extremely vulnera-ble, especially thosewhostay inhostelswith-out proper fencing,” CDC marketing andcommunications head Dr Ayanda Vilakazisaid.“The implementation of this project will

provide critical relief to the teachers, chil-dren and parents.” – REPORTER

CoegaDevelopment Corporation to fence 71 schools in East Cape

Mandla Makupula, Eastern Cape Departmentof Education MEC at the launching of theSchool Fencing Project. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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BUNTU GOTYWA

THENelsonMandelaAcademicHospital cele-brated Workers’ Day by rewarding the best-performing medical practitioners at the hos-pital with excellence awards.

The awards are a joint effort by the hospitaland the Walter Sisulu University (WSU).Hospital CEO Nomalanga Makwedini said

the awards were a great way of recognisingthe progressmade by the two institutions andencouraging them to better their services

The awards mainly focused on research,community engagement and excellence inteaching.Makwedindi said the relationship with

WSUhad always been focused on community-based learning, which had been beneficial toboth institutions.She applauded the role her institution had

played in community service and said the on-ly challenge so farwas a lack of amenities nor-mally found in urban areas.WSU dean of health science DrWezile Chit-

ha said the university and the hospital had

come a long way in their partnership.He said recognising staff was part of the

partnership values, integrity and excellenceneeded for them to do the work they did.Chitha said the awards were an attempt to

ensure the hospital and university continuedto serve, especially in research and customerservice.He said as a central hospital, it was sup-

posed to be the leader in the province.The relationship between the two was vital

in ensuring that the province had good-quali-ty health care.

“We are sharing leadership – what we callacademicHODs, they are alsoheads of depart-ments in the hospital,” said Chitha.“Our programmes and plans are hatched

here and then implemented across with theleadership that is here.“There is a very strong community element

in the work that we do with the hospital, andthe communities that are from around hereare very integral in the work that we do.“In the country we are known as the num-

ber one community-based learning facultyand we continue to advance that,” he said.

Committedmedical practitioners rewarded

Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital CEO Nomalanga Makwedini (middle). PHOTO:BUNTU GOTYWA Various awards were handed out at the ceremony. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

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THE SAB Foundation opened entriesinto its annual social innovation pro-gramme on Tuesday.

Any entrepreneurs or innovatorswho have developed a product or ser-vice with a demonstrable social im-pact are invited to participate in theprogramme,whichoffers a first- placeawardofR1.2-million,alongwithbusi-ness development support andmento-ring.

TheSocial InnovationAwardswerelaunched in 2011 as part of the SABFoundation’s primary focus to ignitea culture of entrepreneurship inSouth Africa.

To date, the programme has invest-ed in 63 entrepreneurs and their inno-vations at a total investment of morethan R17-million.

This group has seen a turnover in-

creaseof 61%and jobgrowthof 62.5%.Previous award winning innova-

tions have improved efficiency and/or affordability in housing, health-care,smallholderfarmingtechniques,education, medical diagnostics, wastedisposal, township security, fire pre-vention and support for people withdisabilities, to name but a few.

The SAB Foundation is committedto improving the lives of some ofSouth Africa’s most vulnerable peo-ple, particularly women, the youth,peoplewithdisabilitiesandpeople liv-ing inruralareas,aswellasempower-ing entrepreneurs and innovatorswho help change the lives of individu-als.

TheSABFoundationSocial Innova-tionAwardsofferasecondplacegrantof R600 000 and a third place ofR400 000. In addition, several develop-mental awards are given for deserv-ing and stand-out social innovations.

In addition to a significant cash in-vestment in the top businesses select-ed to participate in the programme,the SAB Foundation will offer theseentrepreneurs business developmentand growth support.

As part of this support package,each entrepreneur will be offered apersonal mentor who will help guidethemon their journey todevelop theirbusiness and product or service.

This mentorship, which recognisesthe uniqueness of each entrepreneur,will be tailored according to each en-trepreneur’s stage of operation andgrowth needs.

The grants and business develop-ment support will help to upscale andcommercialise innovative solutions.

“The SAB Foundation, through itsSocial Innovation Awards pro-gramme, aims to empower SA’s inno-vative thinkers and brightest entre-preneurial minds to develop products

and services which help the country’smost vulnerable communities and atthesametimeempowerthemselvesasentrepreneurs,” said Bridgit Evans,Foundation manager.

“We are looking to reward and de-velop original thinkers who share thesamevisionas theSABFoundation tohelp build local economies and makea sustainable impact in the lives ofpeoplewhoneed it themost,” shesaid.

Product innovations which will beconsidered for participation in the so-cial innovation programme covergoodsandserviceswhichcanbedivid-ed into “new” or “improved”.

A new product may use advancedtechnology and knowledge, or a com-bination of the two, while an im-proved product is one that already ex-ists, and its performance has been en-hanced.

Process innovations involve adapt-ing and creatively improving ways of

delivering a product or service. Thiscould come from changes in knowl-edge, perception and/or understand-ing.

The innovation solution must haveprogressedpastanideaandmusthaveproof-of-concept.

This means applicants must be ableto show evidence that before enteringthe competition they have investedtime and/or capital developing the in-novation. The social impact of the in-novation is a strong selection criteri-on.

An open competition puts innova-tor applicants and their innovationthrough a rigorous, phased adjudica-tion process.

Investments are made in innova-tions which are innovative, scalableand can be commercialised.

Applications close at noon on Tues-day, May 31, and must be completedonline at www.sabfoundation.co.za.

SABFoundation seeks innovativeentrepreneurswhowillmake impact in society

Why are children’s rights impor-tant?

Children’s rights are a fundamen-tal freedom and the inherent rightsof humanbeings below the age of 18.These rights apply to every child, ir-respective of the child’s race, col-our, gender, class or religion andthey are inherent rights of all hu-man beings.

All childrenhaveright to survive,develop, be protected, participate indecisions which have an impact ontheir livesandnot tobediscriminat-ed against.

Every child is entitled to a mean-ingful childhood, though some chil-dren do not enjoy this. From timeimmemorial children have experi-enced abuse and exploitation, suf-fered from hunger and homeless-

ness, and worked in harmful condi-tions.

There has been high infant mor-tality, deficient healthcare and pooreducation.

Children are citizens in their ownright, and they are entitled to thefull spectrum of human rights.

Children can have these rightsguaranteed to them if each one of usbelieves that this should be exer-cised by everyone.

Parents, neighbours, teachers,politicians, activists and citizens atlarge must take full responsibilityin ensuring that children’s rightsare a priority and reality.

Children do not have the libertyto choose for themselveshowtocon-duct their lives.

According to the United Nations

Convention on the Rights of theChild, 1989, article 12.1 asserts thatstatepartiesshallassure to thechildwho is capable of forming his or herownviews the right to express thoseviews freely in all matters affectingthe child.

Theviewsof thechildmustbegiv-en due weight in accordance withthe age and maturity of the child.

Sustainable change at the level ofthe community is only possiblewhen communities themselves dis-cuss, engage, develop and imple-ment solutions cooperatively withregard to children’s growth and de-velopment.

Right to survival includes the fol-lowing:

• Right to life

Children have a right to live andno one is allowed to take the life ofa child.

• Right to healthChildren have a right to access

health facilities, and governmenthas a responsibility to provide re-sources to ensure the good health ofchildren.

• Right to nutritionChildren must be provided with

food so that they can be in goodhealth.

• Right to educationChildren must be taken to school

to develop their integrity• LeisureChildren must be given time to

play as they learn from play.• Recreationandsportarealso im-

portant for the physical develop-

ment of children.• ExpressionChildren must be given a chance

to participate in decisions takenabout them. They must also be giv-en a chance to express their viewsand feelings in matters affectingthem.

In addition children should beprotected fromall types of abuse,including:

• Exposure to harmful informa-tion, abuse, exploitation

For example – children who areforced to perform duties that aresupposed to be done by adults withlow payment or no payment at all.

• Neglect–parentsor familymem-bers who have been given the dutyto look after them and do not do it.

Children‘s human rightsmust be protectedCOLUMNBYUMTATACHILDABUSERESOURCECENTRE: TEMBAKAZI SOMFONGOANDTANDI DASTILE

TEMBILE SGQOLANA

LESS than a year since the handing over ofhouses to military veterans in Komani,recipients are reporting problems with thematerial used to build the houses and saythey fear that the houses could fall to piecesat any moment.

In September last year, Deputy HumanSettlements Minister Zoe Kota-Frederickshanded over 10 houses to military veterans inKomani as part of a multimillion- randproject aimed at addressing the housingneeds of veterans from various militaryorganisations.

The programme will provide 5 000 houses

kitchen,” she said.She said all her taps were leaking and the

doors to the bedrooms were broken.“They used cheap material to build these

houses, that is why we are having thisproblem. When we report it to the contrac-tor, they tell us stories and do nothing to fixthe houses,” she said.

The Seven Sirs group did not respond toquestions sent to it by Express. Afternumerous emails and phone calls, one of itsemployees called and promised to get back toExpress but never did.

On Tuesday last week, when Express calledthem for comment, a woman who claimed tobe working for Seven Sirs, but who declinedto give her name, told Express to wait asthey would respond to the email, but theynever did.

Veteransalreadyhaveproblemswithnewhouses

ABOVE: Mantombi Ncetezo cleans up the waterthat leaks out from under the tiles of her toilet’sfloor.

for military veterans and in the EasternCape more than 100 veterans will receivenew homes.

The department will spend more thanR40-million on the project.

After receiving numerous complaintsfrom residents of the new area, Expressvisited the houses to witness what themilitary veterans are experiencing.

On arrival, Express found some of theresidents trying to clean their houses aswater was coming inside from the founda-tions.Express visited five houses and all had

the same problems.Handles were broken, bedroom doors

were broken and taps leaking.Resident Mantombi Ncetezo said they

had been reporting the matter to thecontractor, Seven Sirs, since last year butnothing was being done to fix the problem.

“The material used to build the houses isnot up to standard and they have cracks,”she said.

Ncetezo said one night, when she wasgoing to the bathroom she had noticedwater on the floor and had started to cleanit up.

“I looked everywhere, but there was noleak in the house. I noticed that it camefrom under the tiles in the toilet and

LEFT: A broken door handle at one of theveterans’ houses in Komani. PHOTOS: TEMBILESGQOLANA

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BUNTU GOTYWA

RUGBY may not be a popular sportin the formerTranskei area, but thiscould soon change.ORTambo district schools andOR

TamboRugby are on amission to de-velop the sport in the region.OR Tambo District School Rugby

has been established as a structureto start advancing thegameat the re-gion’s schools.OR Tambo District School Rugby

secretary Dumisani Khowa saidthey plan to have Rugby Wednes-days and also to introduce the gameat primary school level.The idea was recently put to the

test with OR Tambo schools havinga trial run by playing against eachother during a tournament hosted inMthatha. A total of 20 schools fromthe municipality participated.“If we focus on developing players

for Craven Week only, many of ourpupils will be denied the opportuni-ty to play the game,” Khowa said.“We decided to have high school

competitions for OR Tambo schoolswhereall thekidswill get enoughop-portunities to compete.“The plan is to have our own play-

ers who know what is expected ofthem when going to competitionslike Craven Week.”The committee plans on growing

the St Johns Rugby Academy in thesame way as Dale College, whichhasmany players who hail from theOR Tambo region.OR Tambo Rugby chairperson

Vumile Nguluzane said there wereareas in the district like Mthathaand Mqanduli which had vibrantrugby developments.“But it is not yet fully developed.

Many of the district’s areas of rugbyare still in the basic stages and weare still working towards develop-ing it in all these areas.“Part of our development is a

schools league on Wednesdays,where these kids will be able to de-velop their skills,” said Nguluzane.

Plans for revival of rugby inORTambo

School rugby competitions in OR Tambo will soon be a regular occurrence with rugbyleagues planned for the area. PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

ANELE RAZIYA

MTHATHABucks are expected toincrease their hopes of survivingNational First Division Leaguerelegation when they lock hornswith out-of-form Thanda RoyalZulu at uMhlathuza Stadium in

Durban this weekend.

Over the weekend Bucks col-lected a valuable three pointswhen they defeated Cape TownAll Stars 1-0 at the Mthatha Stadi-um.Roger Sikhakhane’s side (Than-

da Royal Zulu) lost 4-1 to WitbankBank Spurs and they dropped to14th position on the NFD Leaguetable, while Bucks climbed to12th place.Bucks have played 27 games

and collected 26 points, whileThanda Royal Zulu have played 26matches and collected 25 points.So it means both teams are de-

termined to win their games thisweekend in order to escape therelegation zone.The remaining games for

MthathaBucks is to top League gi-ants, Highlanders Park, at homeand Royal Eagles in an awaygame.Both sides are chasing number

one position on the log table.

It’s do or die games forMthatha Bucks in theNFD League

Mthatha Bucks striker Petrus Ngeboin action against Cappe Town AllStars PHOTO: BUNTU GOTYWA

THREE in every ten South Afri-can children do not receive alltheir vaccinations, leaving themvulnerable to deadly diseases thatcould easily have been prevented.“Immunisation is one of the

most successful and cost-effectivemeans to save children’s lives andhelp them grow into healthyadults,” said Prof Charles Wiys-onge, deputy director of the Cen-tre for Evidence-based HealthCare at Stellenbosch University’sFaculty of Medicine and HealthSciences (FMHS).“Immunisation is important in

all stages of an individual’s life as

it helps children and adolescentsfight infectious diseases and re-stores waning immunity inadults. In addition to benefits tothe individual who receives thevaccine, immunisation helps pro-tect his or her family members,friends, and the community atlarge,” Wiysonge said.Worldwide immunisation is es-

timated to prevent more thanthree million deaths each yearthat would have been caused bymeasles, pertussis, tetanus, diph-theria, pneumonia and diarrhoea.“Only 70% of children in South

Africa receive all their vaccina-

tions – this is less than the averagefor the whole of sub-Saharan Afri-ca, which is estimated at 77% bythe WHO and the United NationsChildren’s Emergency Fund(UNICEF).”There are several reasons why

children don’t receive all theirvaccinations.“In general, the child who

doesn’t have access to immunisa-tion in Africa is likely to bemargi-nalised, living in poorly-servedrural or remote areas, or deprivedurban settings.“In addition, a new phenome-

non is emerging in well served ur-

ban settings in South Africaknown as vaccine hesitancy,where peoplemay accept all vacci-nes or only some vaccines, but arehesitant to take them up, or maytotally reject all vaccines,” saidWiysonge.

Vaccine preventable deaths1.5 million children die each

year from diseases that can be pre-vented by vaccines.These include:

. 476 000 deaths from pneumococcal dis-ease. 453 000 deaths from rotavirus diarrhoea. 199 000 deaths from Haemophilus influ-

enzae type b. 195 000 deaths from pertussis. 118 000 deaths from measles. 59 000 deaths from neonatal tetanus

Vaccine success storyMeasles used to kill millions of

children, and in some parts of Af-rica people used to say that onecan never count one’s children un-til measles has come and gone.However, accelerated immuni-

sation activities have had a majorimpact on reducing measlesdeaths. It is estimated that mea-sles vaccination prevented morethan 17 million deaths between2000 and 2014. – REPORTER

Immunisation can save children’s lives

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AS the days get shorter, thechilly mornings and eveningsare a good reminder that thereare two seasons on their way:winter and the flu season.

The immunity that thevaccination gave you last yearwill not be enough to protectyou this year.The World Health Organisa-

tion recommends annualvaccinations because the virus

mutates rapidly, and eachyear’s vaccination is different.For the specialists who

develop the flu vaccine,preparation for this year’s fluseason began over six monthsago.The research process is

intensive; three different flustrains are assessed and therecords of flu cases in 83countries around the world aretaken into account. The resultis a vaccine which has provedits safety and effectiveness,

year after year.Getting vaccinated before the

flu season starts will give yourbody a chance to build up fullimmunity.Pharmacist Waheed Abdu-

rahman and Senior CategoryManager at Clicks said, “Wemake the vaccination availablein all our clinics well beforewinter starts because it cantake up to ten days for thevaccination to reach its fulleffectiveness. We also want tomake sure that there is

enough time for the wholefamily to get their flu shots.”The vaccination is particu-

larly important for people whoare:

. Older than 50 years old

. Those who have liver,lung, kidney or heart diseases

. People who are takingmedication for HIV or who arereceiving chemotherapy orlong-term steroids

. Pregnant women youngchildren

. Health care workers and

caregivers. People who work in

crowded environments.“Most people have no

problems with the vaccine atall. If you have a severe eggallergy, however, it is best tospeak to your doctor beforebooking your appointment forthe flu shot as there are traceamounts of egg protein in thevaccine.”

) For more information,visit www.clicks.co.za or call0860-254-257.

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ANELE RAZIYA

MDANTSANE outfit Tornado FC areexpected to be crowned officially asthe new ABC Motsepe League cham-pions of the 2015/16 season this week-end after they defeated strugglingEmperors FC 3-1 on Saturday.

Meanwhile league contenders LionCity lost 3-2 to relegation zone sideSUBS.The weekend’s results took Torna-

do FC to 67 points after 29 games,whileCityhave 64points for the samenumber of matches.Both teams have one game remain-

ingandTornadohaveabettergoaldif-ferenceof57whileCityhavemanagedto score 35.So it is almost a certainty that Tor-

nadoFCwill beplaying in theNation-al First Division play-off this year be-cause it is virtually impossible thatCity can score 35 goals in their lastgame.

Other results are:Young Ideas 0–KokstadLiverpool 1Matta Milan 2 – Future Tigers 1Mthatha City 0– Zimbane Killers 0EC Bees 2 – Highbury 0FCBuffalowalkoveragainstFCEl-

liot (FCElliotdidn’tattendthegame).

Tornado FC celebrate their 3-1 win against Emperors FC at the weekend. PHOTOS: ANELE RAZIYA

; Tornado FC are set to be crownedas the ABC Motsepe League champi-ons this weekend.

Tornadoset tobeABCMotsepe League champions

ANELE RAZIYA

AMATHOLE SAB RegionalLeague play-offs championsWalter Sisulu University FC areexpected to resume their train-ing this week after their playerswere given a seven-day rest fol-lowing their win in the previousweekend’s play-offs that wereheld at the university grounds.

WSU are preparing for theABC Motsepe League promotionplay-offs that will be held at EastLondon’s Buffalo City Stadium

on May 21 and 22.University goalkeeper Andile

Matolengwe, who won the titleof Goalkeeper of the Tourna-ment last week, said they wereready for the coming matchesand they hoped that this timearound they would do well.“I am delighted about receiv-

ing the Goalkeeper of the Tour-nament award,” he said.“I worked hard for it, because

in three games they scored onlyone goal and I saved a penalty.Thanks must go to my team-mates who protected me,” Mato-lengwe said.“The focus now is the ABC

Motsepe League promotion play-offs. We need to do better thistime in this competition. Lastyear we lost, but this time we areplaying interesting football andwe have been scoring goals,” hesaid.

WSUFC resume their training

Goalkeeper of the Tournament(middle) Andile Matolengwe gets histrophy. PHOTO: ANELE RAZIYA