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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

THE nearly decomposed body of a mur-deredmanwas recovered atGwexinta-ba locality inLusikisikionTuesdayaft-er a three-day searchbyapolice searchand rescue team.

The search started last Sunday afternoon aftera tip-off from Gwexintaba community membersabout a missing man believed to have been killedand dumped in a deep cave not far from the area.Three suspects, the dead man’s sister and her

two sons, were arrested in connection with themurderand,accordingtoLusikisikipolicespokes-manCaptainMduduziGodlwana, theycooperatedwith the police and pointed out the crime scene.“It is alleged that the man was stabbed to death

and dumped in thenearby deep cave by the threesuspects on September 9 after a quarrel over theownership of their home after the sudden returnof the deceased fromGauteng,where he had spentmost of his life,” Godlwana said.He said the dedication of police officers from

across the province had contributed a lot to the in-vestigation.“A team of police search and rescue members

from Port Elizabeth, East London, KingWilliam’sTown and Mthatha worked day and night to re-trieve the body and we also had to make use of ahelicopter to gain access to the deep, dark cave.”He said the helicopter had been unable to land,

but a team of dedicated officers had gone downwith ropes and made the recovery.ThethreesuspectshaveappearedintheLusikis-

iki Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder.

Murderedmandumpedin cave, relativesarrested

One of the SAPS Search and Rescue team members climbing up the deep cave with the remains of the man in the Black bag. INSERT: The policehad to search this inhospitable area near Lusikisiki for the remains of the man who was allegedly murdered by relatives. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

‘It is alleged that themanwas stabbed to death anddumped in the nearbydeep cave by the threesuspects after a quarrel’CAPTAIN MDUDUZI GODLWANA

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THE chief of the AmaBhala in Flagstaff,Mwelo Nonkonyana, has admitted that hismurdered son abused alcohol and that at thetime of his death he was trying to save himfrom the problem.

“He agreed to stop because he respectedme,” he said.Nonkonyana was speaking during the fu-

neral in Marashu location, Flagstaff, last Sat-urday of his son Bulumko, a prominent law-yer who was slain recently in Mthatha.Bulumko’s body was found with head inju-

ries near the railway station in Mthatha onSeptember 21.Nonkonyana said many of his family mem-

bers had died because of alcohol abuse.“I curse alcohol in my family. My elder

brother Masizakhe, who was a magistrate,died in a car accident because he was drunkand my younger brother died because hislungs were damaged by alcohol.“Now it is my son, but in his death I want

to tell the sons of the royal family to abstainfrom alcohol.“I don’t know why our family members

keeponusingalcohol because I can see it doesnot like us,” Nonkonyana said.He called on all the sons of Iinkosi to stop

abusing alcohol because it jeopardised theirlives.He also said crimewas a problem inMthat-

ha.“Mthatha has changed now as crime is tak-

ing centre stage and even South Africa as awhole is dominated by criminals.“In our country it is no longer safe, so we

need to stand up and fight what is seizing ourfreedom and say no to crime,” he said.He thanked the police for their quick re-

sponse after the death of his son as a 24-year-old man was arrested three days after thedeath of Bulumko. He is expected to appearbefore theMthathaMagistrate’s Court onOc-tober 14.“You cannot just spill the very rare blood

of a royal family and think you will be freeafter that,” Nonkonyana said.He called on the AmaBhala nation to calm

down and give justice a chance to play itsrole.The funeral was attended by traditional

leaders, lawyers, judges and the communityat large.

Chief slamsalcoholabuse, crimeafter son’smurder

Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana leads the way to the grave yard during the funeral of his son.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

KULITHATHE nje iintsuku ezintathuliphila ityendyana lo mfana lelali yaseNt-lavini eMt Ayliff elathi labulala uninangolunya ngokuthi limxulube ngamatyede ubuchopho baphumela ngaphandle em-veni koko lalandulela eli.

uMlondolozi Maphala emva kokwenzaeli shwangusha lokuhlasela uninauMandlovana (59) wabanjwa ngabakwant-sasana. Kungentsuku zatywala emva kok-

ubulela unina ngolu hlobo wathi waqalwasisigulo sokuwa nekwade kwanyanzelekaukuba akhutshwe esiseleni waphuthuny-iswe esibhedlele nekulapho eyibeke kho-na inqawa engakangcwatywa nonina.Othethela amapolisa eMt Ayliff u-Cap-

tain Mlungisi Matidane ukuqinisekisileukuba ngenene eli tyendyana lithe las-welekela esibhedlele eMt Ayliff emvenikweentsuku ezintathu libanjiwe. Esi si-helegu sashiya abaninzi bebambe ongez-antsi kuba babeyelama le yenzekayokwindawo yabo.

Ngokwemithombo ethembekileyo yeliphephandaba kula ndawo yaseNtlavinikuvakala ukuba lo mfo kwilixa elinga-phambili kukhe kwakhona ingxabanophakathi kwakhe nomama wakhe. Kunge-lo xesha ke apho kutyholwa ngelithi wayewasongela unina wathetha amazwi athiufuna ubuchopho bukamama wakhe bux-hatshwe zizinja ngenye imini. USihlaloyekomoti yezentalo-ntle eKapa umamaZoleka Capa usigxibhe kabukhali esi sen-zo sokubulawa kwalo mama ngolunya ol-unje. Ïziganeko ezikumila kunje zifuna

wonke umntu ami ngeenyawo kuliweukuxhatshazwa koomama ngabantwana”,utshilo.Udize ukuba oomakhulu sebelala oben-

taka xa bamkele imali yendodla ngenxayabantwana bambi abanye imali bavelebayishiye emafestileni ukuba ezi gilam-khuba zingasangena ngaphakathi kubaabazi ukuba zizakufika zenze ntoni zakun-gayifumani okanye zayifumana le mali.Ubhenele kwabakwantsana ukuba bab-

engathi bayabonakala phakathi koluntuukukhusela abantu abadala.

Uswelekile owachitha unina ubuchopho

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THE Department of Education in the LibodeDistrict has intervened to bring an end to a dra-maoveran“evil spirit”at thePortStJohnsSen-ior Secondary School.

Violent protests by pupils over the allegedspirit and the failure of the principal to actbrought trial exams to a standstill.Pupils,particularlygirls,werecollapsingand

some stopped using the pit toilets, saying therewas an evil presence there.District deputy directorMongeziMkhentane

said they had already held a meeting with par-ents and another would take place tomorrow(Friday, October 9).Mkhentane was reluctant to divulge recom-

mendations made at the last meeting with theparents, saying everything would be decided atthenextmeetingas thepupilshadnotbeenpartof the previous one.

Healsogavenoclearanswerabout thewhere-abouts of the principal.Reliable sources have said that the principal

was told to stay at home and the deputy princi-pal was acting in her place.ButMkhentanedeniedthat, sayingadecision

would be taken at the next meeting.ThesourcessaidthatalthoughtheSouthAfri-

can Democratic Teachers’ Union supported theprincipal, the parents had said she must leavethe school because of fears for her safety.

Department intervenes in ‘evil spirit’ chaosat school

AYANDAMILLISAMAD-IKIZELA

POLICE are looking forthe relatives of a womanfrom KwaZulu-Natal whois now living in Lusikis-iki.

Buyiselaphi Hlophe, es-timated to be in her late60s, is said tohave come toLusikisiki towork as a do-mesticworkerinLuzuphu

location. However on ar-rival, she had amisunder-standingwithher employ-er and left.She is now living in the

Qebedu locality in Lusik-isiki and isnot surewhereher siblings are. Anyonewith information aboutherorigins isurged tocon-tact Warrant Officer Du-misani Gule on 0733568898or the Lusikisiki policestation on 039 253 1350.

Relatives of Buyiselaphi Hlophe sought

Buyiselaphi Hlophe. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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THE King of the AbaThembu, BuyelekhayaDalindyebo, who is facing a jail term, has an-nounced thathis son,AzenathiZanelizweDal-indyebo (23), will take over the throne if hegoes to jail.

Dalindyebo made this announcement atBumbaneGreatPlace last Sunday (October 4).

Dalindyebo’s announcement followed thejudgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal inBloemfontein on Thursday, October 1, whichhanded Dalindyebo a 12-year sentence.

Dalindyebo was convicted in the Mthatha

High Court in 2010 of crimes including arson,assault with the intent to cause grievous bodi-ly harm, culpable homicide and defeating theends of justice.

He was sentenced to an effective 15 years inprison and he appealed.

He said that now the royal family was goingto appeal to the Constitutional Court regard-ing the judgment.

“So everything will depend on the outcomein the Constitutional Court, but if I go to jailmy son will take the throne as my successor.

“I am prepared for anything, but if God isaroundme there will be nothing that will hap-pen, even in that prison, and I will never give

up praying.“Even if I go to jail, that is not the end of the

road. There is life even after prison,” Dal-indyebo said.

On the sameday,Bumbanehosted anumberof AbaThembu traditional leaders, who dis-cussed how to save the king.

Among the issues discussed in the meetingwas getting clarity on the royal family andwhowas amember of the royal house andwhowasnot.TheDlomos,whowereat themeeting,agreed to support the king financially in hislegal battle.Aprayer sessionwasalso conduct-ed, appealing to God to save the king from thisdark cloud cast over him.

Thembuking’s sonwill take the throne

Father and son - AbaThembu king BuyelekhayaDalindyebo and his son, Azenathi, who maycome to the throne if his father goes to jail.PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

COOPERATIVE Governance and TraditionalAffairsMECFikileXasahasvowedthat thede-partment’s focus during the forthcoming cir-cumcision seasonwill be on the ORTambo re-gion.

Xasaannounced this inan interviewrecent-ly, with the summer season for circumcisionaround the corner.

His utterances follow the high number ofdeaths recorded by the OR Tambo region dur-ing the past winter season.

Itwasalsoreportedthat23 initiateswereres-cued recently in Eastern Pondoland.

The region is leading in the province with20deathsoutof 28 throughout theprovince lastwinter season.

In those 20 deaths, eight initiates had theirmanhood amputated.

Xasa said they wanted to strengthen moni-toring, especially in theORTamboregion, andensure that each district strengthened its fo-

rums, with traditional leaders taking centrestage before initiation schools started in theirareas of jurisdiction.

Hesaid theparentsmustchooseresponsibletraditionalsurgeonsandamakhankatha. “Thegovernment is ready to putmoney into rescuecentres across the province, including circum-cision doctors.

“We need to be tough now and ensure thatwe strengthen the laws to dealwith illegal sur-geons and traditional nurses,” Xasa said.

Theywanted to put strategies in place to en-sure that iingcibi and amakhankatha (tradi-tional surgeons and traditional nurses) werecloselywatched by experienced people and ex-perts in this custom.

“Culture does not kill. The problem is thepeople who have seen this custom as a busi-ness. Care no longer exists during the processof this custom.”

He said a bill was being prepared whichwould see surgeons who killed boys in themountains being sentenced.

Hesaidthebillwasbeingdiscussedinparlia-

ment and in the provincial legistures.AttheendofthewinterseasoninJuly, tradi-

tional leaders in the OR Tambo region, Im-bumba Yamakhosikazi Akomkhulu, all gov-ernment departments, forums and otherstakeholders involved hosted a two-day sum-mit to act swiftly before the next season toavoid more tragedy.

This was followed by a recent summit host-edbyCogtainMthatha,whichwasalsoattend-ed by traditional leaders, boys who are goingtothecircumcisionschoolsthisseasonandthecommunity at large.

Lastwinterseason, 189 initiateswereadmit-ted to hospitals across the OR Tambo regionand 1 590 were rescued.

The Department of Health’s report on lastseason said there had been 643 legal schoolsand 219 illegal schools had been discoveredand closed down.

The report also said that 7 397 initiates hadgone to various legal initiation schools and1 437 had attended illegal ones.

There were 5 178 boys who were able to be

screened before going to initiation schools.The police reported that 37 cases related to

circumcision had been opened in the EasternCapeand22arrestshadbeenmade throughoutthe province during the winter season.

Focus onOR Tambo during summer circumcision season

MEC Fikile Xasa. PHOTO:SIM MDLEDLE

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I-Article kaSiyayinqoba eyayiphumengomhla we Sithathu September 2015 ethi“i-HIV iluqgibile usapho lwam” yayi-khatshwa yifoto. Lo mama wayekulo fotowabizwa uPhumla Gqojana ngempazamo.Akango Phumla Gqojana. Siyaxolisa ka-khulu ngale mpazamo. – SIMBONGILE MMBO

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Ukuzilimela imifuno yakho yindlela entle yokonga imali nokufumana ukutya okudlamkileyo!IFOTO:WENDY KHUMALO

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OR TamboMonth was started with amemoriallectureat theWalterSisuluUniversity inMthat-ha last Thursday (October 1).

A series of activities will follow throughoutthe month.

Oliver Tambo, the longest-serving presidentof theANC,wasbornonOctober27, inNkantololocation, Bizana, and that is why theORTamboDistrictMunicipality hosts various activities tocelebrate the life of this icon from the region.

Although the Mbizana Municipality falls un-der the Alfred Nzo district due to municipal de-marcation, theORTambodistrict continues cel-ebrating the legacy of this respected man.

Delivering the memorial lecture, EasternCape Premier Phumulo Masualle describedTambo as a father and architect of the societybeing built today.

“Hewasavisionary leaderashesawthegreatjourney that lay ahead in the 60s.

“That is why his friend Nelson Mandela de-scribed him as a pure-gold leader.

“That is why he never gave up in his endeav-our to liberate this country even thoughhewasleading the ANC during a difficult period. Hesaw through all trials and tribulation until thepath going home opened in 1994. He may be nomore, but his vision to build this country muststay on,” Masualle said.

He said Tambo inspired the present leader-ship with his teachings of how to serve people.

He expressedhis gratitude toTambo’s familyfor allowing the ANC to use their son, withwhom they ended up never spending timewithas his time was spent in the struggle.

HedescribedTamboasanextraordinaryper-sonwhohad achieved on an international leveldespite coming from the rural background ofNkantolo. “He was a giant in the internationalworld andhad special gifts of listening,warmthand compassion.”

Hesaid that inhishonour theyneeded to rootout corruption, and devote more energy to thefight againstwomenandchildrenabuseandex-ploitationofelderlypeople.Masuallealsocalledon people to stop ruining government propertyduring service delivery protests.

ORTambowasa father, architect -Masualle

Premier Phumulo Masualle. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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I WAS listening to the programme on theSABC’s SAFM called Overnight. A profes-sor, Herbert Zwane, was talking aboutland and how the apartheid or Afrikanerregime dealt with the issue of poor Afrika-ners after the Anglo-Boer war.

He said the government had mobilisedall stakeholders in the community, includ-ing the church. The government called forpublic donations and gave out loans forthe farmers, which at some point were notrecouped or repaid. The government of thetime made sure that farmers were well-re-sourced and comfortable.He also shared the secret behind the suc-

cess of the most populous nations in theworld, China and India. These nations aft-er independence sent thousands and thou-sands of students abroad to imbibe and as-similate knowledge and return home toenrich the nation skills-wise. That washow they developed.In our case, after attaining political free-

dom we were content with the status quo.Our leaders never embarked on a journeyto give skills to the previously disadvan-taged; we thought that peace and fawningover the compromise was enough.Has the current administration ever

shown enthusiasm and determination todevelop farmers? Hectares and hectares inthe rural former Transkei are lying fallowwith the people waiting for handouts fromthe grant system.Our leaders must wake up and activate

the masses to work the land like Cuba didwhen the Soviet Union callapsed.

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AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

USEKELA-MPHATHISWA weze-Mfundo ePhakamileyo uMduduziManana uthe wakhuthaza abafundiabakhubazekileyo ngokuthi ban-gaze bavumele nabani na abohlutheilungelo labo lokufunda.

UMphathiswa ukutsho okungethuba ebehambele isikolo sa-bakhubazekileyo iVukuzenzeleeMbizana ngoMvulo odlulileyo.“Abafundi abasezilalini badinga

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kwintlalo apho abantwana aba-khubazekileyo bevalelwa ngaphan-dle njengabantu abangena nkqube-la-phambili,” utshilo uManana.USekela-Mphathiswa uthe beku-

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fundi abakhubazekileyo kwicalalendawo yokuhlala eDyunivesithi,izixhobo ezikhethekileyo bazakuthibazidinge kunye nokungcakazakwale mihla okulungele bona ngo-

kokhubazeka kwabo,” uhambisewatsho uSekela-Mphathiswa.Uthe iSebe eli lizimisele ukuveza

onke amathuba anokuthi ancedeukuqhubeleka phambili kwabafun-di abakhubazekileyo ngokuthi ba-xhamle kuncedo lwabo bonke aba-fundi.INqununu yesikolo uNkszn Ban-

dezi uvakalise umbulelo ngokuzakukaSekela-Mphathiswa apha eVu-kuzenzele nalapho avezele abafundiamathuba amahle kangaka.“Abantwana abakhubazekileyo

basoloko bevalelwa ngaphandlenjengabantu abangena kamva ko-dwa ndiyathemba kwaye ndiyaqin-

isekisa ukuba aba balapha eVukuz-enzele bazoqhubeka baqaqambebanqandwe sisibhakabhaka,”utshilo uBandezi.UManana uhambise wathi aba-

fundi baseVukuzenzele kumeleukuba baqinisekise ukuba abashi-yeki ngaphandle kumathuba afu-mabekayo kuNSFAS, kwiiSETA,eIngwe TVET, eBuffalo City TVET,eWalter Sisulu University.

Bakhuthazwengokuqhubelaphambili abakhubazekileyo

Omnye wabafundi baseVukuzenzeleeMbizana ngethuba uSekela mpha-thiswa ehambele kwesisikolo.IFOTO:ITHUNYELWE

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Akanankosikazi na bethuna?Dear readers kukho umjita esikhatha-

zayo into yakhe because uphila le mpilo ye-thu yobumpohla whereas sasikhona em-tshatweni wakhe mhla wayesithi, “I do.”Mara ngoku okusixakayo sihlala emalangasithenga iitake-aways naye even though eh-lala nenkosikazi yakhe.Makube kwenzeka ntoni bethu kwela

khaya? We understand ukuba ngezinyeiintsuku uye uthenge ukutya kuba umcin-gela ukuba udiniwe mhlawumbi akazukwazi ukupheka. Kuba kaloku indoda en-omfazi soze everyday ibe ithenga iitake-aways emalanga u-madam ekhona.It’s worse ke siyamazi ukuba akakase-

benzi lo mama. Masikhe sithi mhlawumbiakapheki shame umam’ekhaya. Sisi uyazi-hlaza indoda iyaphekelwa masingabe sigi-lana nayo emalanga ezi-restaurants ube

ukhona endlini. Masithembe ukuba uvileke koti. Masingade sibone ukuba omnyeumntwana uyamlambisa.

That guy can smokeI am used to seeing people smoking, but

the guy whom we met in Flagstaff at theweekend is doing more than smoking.I suspect he is a heavy smoker. Each and

every 30 minutes he takes out a cigarette.De ubone ukuba ingathi akaliva angadealihlafune ukuba kuyenziwa njalo.I wonder how much he spends on ciga-

rettes a month if he smokes like that.Boet, smoking kills. It is written in bold

on that box of cigarettes. Stop it uyakufaumncane.

Unyanisile BhalaHeyi sivumelana 100% noNkosi Mwelo

Nonkonyana ukuba indlela ezi-criminalseziliphethe ngayo eli lizwe asisakwazi no-kuhlala sonwabe nabantu bethu emahlathi-ni. Thina siyi old school we don’t use B&B’sand hotels as we are not familiar with them.Kaloku thina sasingenayo imali yezi ho-

tele especially in our small town of Ntelly(Mt Ayliff). Eyona ndawo yethu kwakuli-hlathi mara ngoku ingathi ungazibhakakuba ezi ntwana zi all over looking to com-mit crime or even take lowo mntu wakho.Come let us stand up and fight this scourgewhich is ruining our beautiful lady SouthAfrica.

Pedestrians also have a right to be on theroadI think the Department of Transport still

has a huge mountain to climb to teach someof the drivers to know that pedestrians also

have a right to be on the road and to crossit as well. I refer particularly to taxi driverswho always think that people are not sup-posed to be on the road.Theymust also teach them that the robots

allow pedestrians the right to cross or walk.I usually see taxi drivers chasing people

who cross at the robot as if they don’t havea right to be there. What is worse is thatthe green robot is showing that they havethe right of way.Come on gents, let us also give respect to

the pedestrians, particularly at the robots.Stop thinking that you own the road. Ni-

zakubalimaza abanye abantwana apha em-gaqweni.

Before sihlukumeze abantu abangath-obeli mthetho wendlela let us take our pensand go to collect more gossip news for ournext edition.

CHANDRÉ MASOLING

THEMiss South Africa title is so close yet sofar away for local Mthatha girl LuyoloMngonyama (24).

The top25 finalists for theMissSA2016pag-eant were announced last week andMngony-ama is oneof thosewho secureda spot amongthousands and thousands of entries fromaround South Africa.Luyolo is studying at the Nelson Mandela

Metropolitan University (NMMU) in PortElizabeth towards a bachelor of arts degree,majoring in psychology and sociology.

“I still can’t believe that I was chosen as afinalist. It’s an amazing feeling,” she said aft-er being asked how she felt about being cho-sen as one of the girls in the Top 25.“I want to try to uplift the youth. I want to

encourage and serve the people.”She also holds the crown forMissMamelo-

di Sundowns 2015, and this has enabled herto build stronger bonds with people.“If I get the opportunity to take the Miss

SA 2016 crown, Iwill not only empowerwom-en,“I will empower men to, as they are the

ones who need to protect our women.”Luyolo is currently in Johannesburg,

where she and the other girls are attendingworkshops and receiving training on how tocarry themselves as young women.The Top 25 made their very first public ap-

pearance on Sunday (October 4) at the CellC Playing for Pink Ladies Invitational Poloto show their support in the fight againstbreast cancer.Thenext step in thecompetition is the judg-

ing process and the selection of the Top 12.

Local girl in the running forMiss SA title

Luyolo Mngonyama (24), a young lady fromMthatha, is in the Top 25 for the Miss SA2016 title. PHOTO:KEVIN MARK PASS

Social Development officials in the Alfred Nzo District taking partin a traditional attire day to celebrate Heritage Day wereSkhonzile Mazwi, Matuto Akhosi, Lusanda Gaula, Siasanga Mpiti,Khululwa Mankahla and Nobuhle Sonqishe.

Pupils at Zinini Junior Secondary School showcase Pondo culturaldances and social gatherings such as Intsizwa. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

As part of Heritage Day celebrations, Zinini pupils entertainparents and teachers with traditional songs and dances.

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BABALWA NDLANYA

THEEasternCapeMusicAwards2015(ECMAS) and the Buffalo City Metro-politan Municipality have hosted aworkshop for 60 upcoming artists attheMulti PurposeCentre inEast Lon-don.

The founder and chief executive of-ficer of ECMAS, Koko Godlo, said theworkshophadbeenabigsuccess,eventhough the weather had been verybad.“Almost all the music genres, in-

cluding kwaito, hip hop, gospel, tradi-tionalmusic, jazz,house,Afrosoul,Af-ro pop and DJs, were represented,”Godlo said.Among those who conducted the

workshopwere representatives of theSouthAfricanMusicRightsOrganisa-tion (Samro), Vovee Batala, LuckyShongwe, Mavi M (multi-award win-ner), Zoe Daka and Luyanda Potwanafrom SABC Television.Godlo said all of them had advised

theartists indifferentfields, including

the rights of the artists.“We also encouraged them to know

what is expected from them whenthey are in the studio, and also toknow that when they are performingSamro pays them.”The presenter of Nyan-Nyan on

SABC 1, Luyanda Potwana, said theartists must know that drug dealersfollowed them because of their fame,so they must try by all means to pro-tect themselves from doing thingsthat would destroy their talent.“It is painful to see an artist de-

stroyed by drugs or alcohol, becauseat the end of the day your music andyour name go down,” Potwana said.One of the gospel artists who at-

tended theworkshop, NcebaMahlan-za, said he was happy to take part be-cause there were a lot of things theyhad not known, but now their eyeswere opened because of the informa-tion theyhadgot from thisworkshop.“For instance, regarding the issue

of the songs thatare stolen,wedidnotknow what procedures we could fol-low to combat that,” Mahlanza said.

ECMAShostsworkshop toeducateartists

Artists who attended the workshop hosted by ECMAS in East London. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

BABALWA NDLANYA

KULINDELEKE ukuba umhla we-shumi elinesixhenxhe kule nyanga

sikuyoube noma-hluko kwiimvumizaseMpuma Kapa nanjengoko zizakuba zikumcimbi we-Eastern CapeMusic Awards 2015 (ECMAS).

Lo mnyhadala uza kuba ubanjel-we eMulti Centre eMonti ngentsim-bi yesixhenxhe emalanga.Ongumsunguli walo mcimbi

uMnuKokoGodlouthi iimvumiezi-za kuthi zishiyise-lane ngeqonga

kulomcimbikubalwauNathi, Zaha-ra, Vusi Nova, Ifani, Mobi Dixon,Berita, Yves, Robie Malinga, Si-phokazi, Kholeka, BethusileMcinga, Endumisweni GospelGroup, Butho Vuthela, Mavi M,Navada, DJ Bino, Amawele kaMamtshawe, Sinomusa CulturalGroup, ECMASHipHop andGospelEnsembles nabanye nezinye.“Zonke iimvumi li sizamkele

ngokomculo eziwuculayo kusukelakweze -Afro Pop, Afro Soul, Gospel,Kwaito,HipPop, Jazzkunyene-Tra-ditional Music and Dance,” kubekauGodlo.Esaleka uthe, bafuna ukuqinise-

ka ukuba bonke abantu abaza kulomcimbi bafumana into abayifu-nayo. Uthe yiloo nto befuna kwana-bo bathanda umdaniso ukuba bab-ekho.

Ziza kwenza izinto zamehlo iimvumi

Umsunguli uKoko “Magadla” Godlouthi kuza kuqhawuka unobathanakumcimbi we-ECMAS eMonti.

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ANELE RAZIYA

AWONGIWE amagqala ezemidla-lo nguMasipala waseMnquma eG-cuwa, ngenjongo zokuwabulelangendima ayidlalileyo ebeka iga-ma lalo mmadla emephini kwim-idlalo efana nebhola ekhatywayo,umbhoxo, ibhola yomnyazi, am-anqindi kwakunye nabo babebal-eka kwimidyarho yeembaleki.

La magqala ezemidlalo anxity-iswa iimbasa zawo zegolide yi-Kumkani yamaXhosauZwelonke Sigcawu, owayes-

akuba ngu-sompempe kwiPre-mier Soccer League uAndile Nco-bo kwakunye noSodolophuwaseMnquma uCeba BhabhaGanjana.Konke oku kwenzeke emva kok-

uba kuphehlelelwe iMnqumaMayors Cup kwa-khona kwivekiephelileyo kwiholo yelokishi ya-seMsobomvu.Abo bawongiweyo baquka uM-

buyiseli Xokolo owayedlala am-anqindi, uFiltani, Gary Govuzaababedlala umbhoxo, uMxo-lisiMququ, Otto Neku ababezimbal-eki kwakunye Nonqaba Makasiowayedlalaibhola ekhatywayo.Ukuwongwa kwamagqala

ezemidlalo eMnquma bekungaqa-li ngala, kuba xeshi-kweni uMasi-pala wawusonga iimidlalo yeNde-be kaSodolophu ebutsheni balonyaka, wawonga amanye amag-qala.

AmagqalaabulelwenguMasipalawaseMnquma

Amagqala ezemidlalo awongiwe nguMasipala waseMnquma eMsobomvu. IFOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

UMTHATHA Bucks usaqhubaukhangela impumelelo yawo yoku-qalakwinqanabaleNationalFirstDi-vision League, emva kokuba udlalentanganye ngenqaku elinye macalan’Amazulu kwibala iPrinces Ma-gogo Stadium eDurban ngempela-

veki.

IBucks iwuqale kakuhle umdlalowayo nalapho ibonakalise iimpawuzokunxane-lwa impumelelo, kodwauSuthu nalo belingayekelelangamxakatho, kuba lihlasela lade lafu-mana ipenalthi kwisiqingatha ses-bini emva kokuba umdlali walo

uBornwell Mwape edlalwe kakubi.UMarcVanHeerdenkhangeaphaza-me kuba uyifake phakathi emnathe-ni loo bhola yaba kanti liyakhokelaiqela lakhe.Amazulu aqhubekeke ahlasela

kakuhlekodwaohlulekakukuseben-zisaamathubaamabiniebecacileku-lomdlalo.Kuthexakushiyeke ixesha

likasompempe, umdlali weBuckswaphambile uMoses Spandeel, wa-faka inqaku lokulinganisa yabak-antiwohluthe intlakaemlonyeneku-Suthu ebelizakuhlala kwindawo ye-sine kweli nqanaba ukubabeliphumelele. Kungokunje Ama-thol’amnyamaasahleliemsilenikul-uhlu lwamaqelae-NFDLeagueemva

kwemidlalo emithandathu, enaman-qaku amathathu, adlala ntanganyekwimidlalo emithathu abethwakweminye emithathu.Kumdlalo olandelayo uMthatha

Bucks uza kusingedleka iWitbankSpurs kwibala iMthatha Stadiumngomhlaweshumi elinesibhozokulenyanga.

Asakhangela impumelelo yokuqalaAmathol’ amnyama kwi-NFD League

Iyaqala iMnqumaMayorsCupkulempela - veki

buyile iMnquma Mayors Cup nakulona unyaka. PHOTO:ANELE RAZIYA

ANELE RAZIYA

USODOLOPHU woMasipalawaseMnquma uBhabha Ganjanauthi benguMasipala bazi-bopheleleekuphuhliseni ezemidlalo kum-mandla waseGcuwa kwakunyeneziphaluka, nanjengoko urhulu-mente weli ekukhuthaza oko inga-kumbi kwezi ndawo zisemaphan-dleni.

Oku ukuthethe xeshikweni ku-phehlelelwa iMnqumaMayors Cupkumsitho wesindlo sangokuhlwaebesibanjelwe kwiholo yale lokishiyaseMsobomvu ngorhatya lwango-lweSithathu kwiveki ephelileyo.“Sizakuthi gqolo siphuhlisa izak-

hono za-bantwana kwimidlalo ey-ahlukeneyo ngale-Mnquma May-ors Cup. Iiquka imidlalo efananombhoxo, ibhola ekhatywayo,kwakunye nebhola yomnyazi,” ut-shilo uGanjana ethetha neSport

Council, abadlali ebebezimase lom-sitho bephuma kumaqela awohlu-keneyo.Ukwathe indlela ekuzakuqhuty-

wa ngayo imidlalo yeMnqumaMay-ors Cup izakufana neyonyakaophelileyo, Kodwa umehluko kulounyaka uthe kukongezwa komdlalowamanqindi kwakunyeneemidyar-ho yeemba-leki.“Kwelityeli sifakele nomdlalowa-

manqindi kwakunye neemidyarhoyeembaleki, kuba sifuna wonkeubani athathe inxaxheba kumdlaloawuthandayo,” uqhube watshouGanjana obebonakala echuluman-cile xeshikweni esenza intetho yak-he.Amaqela azakudlala kule ndebe

kaSodolophu azakuqala aqubisanengokweewadi, ze lawo aqhube kak-uhle khona, ayokuhluzana kwimid-lalo yengingqi nalapho kuzakuthikusale lawo azakunyathelana nge-pasika yonyaka ozayo kumabala

ezemidlalo kwilokishi yaseMsob-omvu.Ukanti iKumkani yamaXhosa

Jikelele, uKumkani uZwelonke Sig-cawu nobezimase lomsitho, uvaka-lise uchulumanco ngokubona uMa-sipalawaseMnqumausindleka lem-idlalo ayichaza njenge thoba izingalolwaphulo mthetho ekuhlaleni.“Lemidlalo ibenza abantwana be-

thu babenento yokwenza, ndaweniyokuba bahlale kwindawo zentselobechitha ixesha labo ka-kubi, loga-ma abanye besenza ulwaphulomthetho,” utshilo uKumkani Sig-cawu.Ukwahlabe ikhwelo kulutsha

lwaseMnquma ekubeni lithatheinxaxheba kule midlalo yendebekaSodolophu.Ubekho apho owayesakuba nguS-

ompempe wePSL uAndile Ncobo,nojongene nophuhliso lwabadlalikwiqela leChippa United. uKhayaMhlabeni.