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The four accused celebrate after being released on bail of R300 each.

From left are Wiseman Mntunja, Thanduxolo July, Feselele Stuna and Zukile Sikalika.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO

Arson accused released on bail OTHO VAYO FOUR men accused of being part of a crowd that took part in the burning down of the house of Ward 14 Councillor Lonwabo Lumko have been granted bail by the Paarl Magistrate’s Court.

The four, Feselele Stuna, Thanduxolo July, Wiseman Mntunja and Zukile Sikalika were granted bail despite the state’s opposition.

They are accused of conspiring to commit arson and murder by razing the councillor’s house to the ground.

Lumko had been accused by some in his constituency of alleged corruption, after it was discovered that his huge, shiny, silver shack was actually a decoy for a brick structure on the inside.

His constituency maintained that he had stolen bricks meant to build houses for poor people and used these to build his own house instead.

At court last week, the state opposed bail for all four suspects after Sergeant Sandile Sijaji of Paarl East police stated, according to the prosecutor, valid reasons for opposing their release on bail.

Sijaji, a veteran of 13 years in the police services, said: “I have received statements from about seven witnesses who also reside in the area . . .

“I believe that the suspects will interfere with the investigation and the safety of the witnesses will be compromised (if they were to be released on bail). We have a strong case against the accused.”

Defence advocate Sandisile Zitha pinned the officer down on the involvement of each of the accused.

Sijaji, however, told the court that more suspects were to be arrested, and will eventually stand trial together with the four accused.

Magistrate Marietjie de Villiers, after hearing both sides of the arguments, made her ruling and granted the accused bail of R300 each.

“If the state feels that their witnesses will be in danger when the accused are released on bail, they can place them under the witness protection programme,” De Villiers said.

She adjourned the case until Tuesday and warned the accused to attend court on the day.

There were loud cheers inside the courtroom as she read her ruling, and outside court, the four were treated to a hero’s welcome.

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What would Madiba say if he saw us now?

I grew up in the dusty district of iDutywa in the Eastern Cape and having been reared by a devoted Christian mother, I am well-versed in matters concerning the Bible and accompanying quotes.

This is one of those moments in my life where I wish every human heart and mind were made known to each other.

In the Old Testament, in the book of Mica Chapter 6: verse 1 to 4 entitled The Lord’s case against Israel, it reads “Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. “Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; He is lodging a charge against Israel.

“My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.”

As I write this column I’m trying to hold back the tears. Madiba left us with a promising and young democracy. When you read newspapers and listen to the news on television, 21 years into our democracy, we still read about the Roodepoort Primary School that has been closed because of a racial war. In a predominantly coloured area, an African principal and his deputy have been appointed and that sparked the violence.

There are accusations of nepotism and corruption levelled against both sides. Children are the ones who are suffering as they have not attended school for three months.

At Stellenbosch University, there is a movement that seeks to address the language policy, there is also an organisation called Afriforum at the same institution, that seeks to preserve the Afrikaans language and its dominance.

There is also an inquest at the Elsenburg Agriculture College, where my daughter Nomgigi did her learnership in 2014. They also fully funded her bursary to study agriculture through Boland College in Worcester this year

and the next three years via the Premier’s Youth Advancement Programme (PAY).

It is an esteemed institution of higher learning. They are not only helping my daughter, but countless others from the township. Last year they were giving them stipends for the whole year through the Department of Agriculture, but this year it’s a fully-fledged course with accommodation and meals.

There is an issue spear-headed by Afriforum at major universities and they call this the National Prevention and Preservation, in anticipation of what happened during the Rhodes Must Fall campaign or Open Stellenbosch University movement.

They say they will defend their history or heritage. There is also the issue where white males want to be recognised and possibly be compensated for conscription in the army.

They say just like MK veterans, they must be compensated for fighting for apartheid.

On Tuesday, they stated their case on SAFM. What I know is that most of their ideas smack of reverse racism or an apartheid hangover.

I shudder to think what the man who spent his whole life fighting racism would say.

Like God, if Madiba were to be resurrected from death, he would say: “My people what have I done to you? I have brought you up out of apartheid South Africa to the rainbow nation. I have taught and told you that “Never shall such a beautiful country like ours be defined by racial superiority or supremacy”. He has taught us that God created man in his image and whoever is inflicting pain on another man is by extension inflicting pain on God. The story of Elsenburg, Stellenbosch University, UCT, TUT or Roodepoort is just the tip of the iceberg. We need real people to tackle these challenges and address them head-on for the greater good of everyone, be they black or white.

Leave our kids a legacy I love staying in eKasi; we are friends, we know each other by name and just about every other person living in our area.

We are forward, we are concerned and sometimes we mind other people’s business instead of minding our own. We preach to one another about healthy living and yet most of us are obese. The culture is changing though, that is a positive thing. I see a lot of people going to the gym and some are taking to running in the street in a quest for a healthy lifestyle.

I always wonder how we can live a healthy lifestyle amidst all the dirt that surrounds us. Like pigs in a pigsty.

Our areas are not built like pigsties, but because we are unable to take care of them, they resemble pigsties.

What went wrong with us Mz’ontsundu?

In this heritage month we will see people gearing up in their traditional attire, singing traditional songs and dancing their traditional dances. But then, is heritage still all about that?

What is our understanding of heritage?

According to my understanding heritage is about all the things that we inherit, be it from our parents, our neighbours, our role-models, our big sisters or brothers and yes, of course, our ancestors.

Moreover, I believe our ancestors left us not only the traditional dances and gear but also respect for self and each other as well as the culture of Ubuntu.

My question is, what legacy are we leav-

ing the children of eKasi?

We demanded better living conditions and fought for the provision of basic services. We have sewage and running water. We have toilets inside our houses, but still, some of us are wont to throw dirty water onto the streets.

Walk down any street koKasi and look at the sewage system, and you will see unwanted food being tossed everywhere and we wonder why we have flies all over.

What will the generation after us inherit? And what kind of society are we building?

We complain that our children are being disrespectful, yet we show no respect to self and what we own. And that is the inheritance we leave for our children and we cannot expect them to act otherwise.

We burn a school to gain a hospital, we burn tyres and create potholes on the streets to gain houses.

That’s the inheritance we leave behind for our children.

We cannot claim Ubuntu anymore as we do not care for each other’s children and properties anymore.

We disrespect each other by playing loud music regardless of whether the neighbour is working night shift or not. That’s the heritage we leave behind for our children.

Yet during Heritage month we hide behind the heritage wear, music and dances.

Ask yourself this during this heritage time, what inheritance are you leaving for your children?

Uvuzwa njani ungazami IBhayibhile isfundisa ukuba: “ Umntu obekade elisela makahlukane nokuba. Ndaweni yalonto makasebenze enyanisekile, azixhase, abenako nokunceda abahlelelekileyo”.

Esinye isiqendu sithi: “Umntu olinqenerha makangaphiwa kutya.”

Kwezintsuku siva kakhulu ngenkolo ebizwa ukuba yi prosperity gospel, abathi xana beshumayela bagxininise ekuthini yizani kuYesu nizokohlukana nendlala.

“Ufuna impumelelo ebomini bakho, yiza kuYesu”, bahambisa besitsho. Afike ke umntu ku Yesu, iqhubeke indlala imthe mba, angaphumeleli ebomini umntu, akugqiba ke athi ayikho lento yalo Yesu, amyeke uYesu ngoba ebeze ngeenjongo ezi ngezizo kuYesu.

Akumelanga bazalwane simkhonze uYesu simkhonzela izinto eziphathekayo.

Eyona nto simkhonzela yona uYesu lizulu.

Xana usindisiwe, lonto ayithethi ukuba awuzokuhlangana nendlala, ayithethi lonto ukuba asizokudibana neendzingo zobubomi.

Into emnandi kodwa ke kumntu omamnkeleyo uYesu yile yokuba xana sihlangana nezomeko, uYesu uyasinceda asithwalise lomthwalo usindayo.

Ude uve umhlabeleli esithi: “Uyathwal`umthwalo wam, umhlobo wam”.

UThixo usinike ingqondo yokucinga, wasinika nezandla zokusebenza. Ukuba uzakuthandaza ungqengqe ngecala ebhedini usithi “entabeni ka Somandla kuyabone-

lelwa”, ucinga uzakuphumelela kanjani.

Impumelelo eyiyo isekuthini sisebenze nzima ngezandla zethu. Esikolweni ukuze uphumelele, sebenza nzima ufunde iincwadi zakho. Zayamanise mntwana wesikolo naba bayaziyo ukuba bayokufuna ntoni esikolweni, bashiye aba balibele kukuthi bayayicaphukela I maths okanye utishala othile abamfuni.

Ukuba uzimisele, ufuna ukuphumelela sebenza kangangoko ngezandla zakho.

Masicinge sithandaze sisithi: “Nkosi ndingaphuma njani kule ngxingo,” xana ungaphangeli.

“Nkosi, ndinike ingqiqo,”.

Apho kukho ingqeqesho, yiya khona ukuze uzokufumana izakhono zobomi. Ukuba kufundiswa ngokuthunga, yiya.

Ngamanye amaxesha xa ubona umntu okwazi ukwenza Ipaving okanye iwelding, hamba naye umncedise noba akazokubhatala, kodwa ujonge ukuba wenza kanjani, yaye ufunde.

Imfundo ayiphelelwa bazalwane. Isidanga onaso sesokuba uqhubekeke ufunda.

Jonga nezinto onokuzithengisa, uthengise nawe. Sukuzijongela phantsi, yibanephupha ngempilo yakho uzibone uphambili.

Emsebenzini osebenza kuwo, sebenza ngokuzinikela, uzimisele.

Ukuba awuzimesalanga, uza kunyuselwa kanjani.

Ilizwi lika Thixo lithi: “Nayiphi na into eniyenzayo, yenzeni ngomxhelo, ngokungathi niyenzela iNkosi.

You can accomplish the world!

Is it not time we did things for ourselves?

Have you ever wondered why our people are angry? I mean young people are angry. So are students. University students!

They are angry.

Everybody is angry. Except me, of course. I’m not.

Why is that? Simple, I’m responsible for my life. If I messed it up, I messed it up myself. I wish there were a next time. And next time I wouldn’t mess it up. But there is no next time.

There’s only now.

Now is the time. Now is the time to take charge of your life. Now is the time to be responsible for your life. And say, “I am the creator of my life.” Most people do not say that.

Those students that are striking and stabbing each other do not say that. They want someone to lead them. I do not. I’m a grown up. I can lead myself. Do you see what I am getting at?

Maybe you are not. Maybe you are blind. But if you are not, you will know what I am getting

at. I am getting at power. I am saying you’ve got the power.

There is a hit like that, I guess.

It says, “You’ve got the power!” And revellers say, “Yeah!”

They do not mean it. They are just intoxicated, enjoying life.

You’ve got to mean what you say! Most of us don’t. We are good deceivers. We say, “Yeah” while we mean “No.” Am I right?

Does the truth hit home? So when we strike and hit out, what do we want? Do we want a messiah to lead us to paradise? Yes or no, you will largely lead yourself to paradise. Ewe, be your own liberator. Do things for yourself!

Believe me, I know what I’m saying. I’ve been around, and I’ve seen things. Where people are happy they are not fighting. Just look around.

Go to France, Germany, Denmark ... Japan.

Now ask: “How can we be like that?” The other day I told someone I wanted R15 million to invest in creating 250 jobs. This is how we should think. So look within, and find that you can do amazing things. You can! Stay positive.

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Man shot point blank on way to work OTHO VAYO When Thobela Mpopoma left for work early on Thursday morning, he could never have imagined that it was the last he would see of his life partner, Kholeka Ndzunga. Neither could she have imagined that it was the last time she would see him.

Mpopoma (52) left their home in New Rest in a jovial mood as always.

His daily work routine never changed: leave home happy, going in the direction of the Spar Supermarket, and wait for transport to pick him up there.

But last Thursday, the truck had to leave without Mpopoma, as he never made it to the pick-up spot.

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Instead, Ndzunga, who had been in bed after seeing her hubby off to work, was woken by a loud knock on the door. Startled by the knock at that time of the morning, she mustered enough courage to call ‘‘come in”.

A young man appeared at the door and informed her of the news.

They were not sure, but there was a man who fitted the description of Thobela Mpopoma lying dead on the road to town.

“He has been shot between the eyes,” the young man added.

Ndzunga and the young man raced to the scene.

It was true. When they arrived there, Mpopoma was lying on his back,

dead, blood coming out from a wound in his forehead, exactly between the eyes.

The young man had to rush back to his own place of work. Ndzunga was left alone with the stares of curious passersby.

“We don’t have enemies,” Ndzunga said, broken-hearted. “I am not sure why anyone would kill him like that.

I am not sure how I’m going to survive without him in my life.”

Ntombiyakhe Nzima stays in the same yard as Ndzunga.

She said: “This is not the first time Thobela has been attacked.

“Earlier this year somebody tried to set their shack on fire.

“Two weeks later, the same thing happened. Luckily I saw the flames in time and we helped put them out.

“Then he was stabbed in the back by youngsters who were selling him a cellphone. He spent a night in hospital.

“Today this happens. I think there is someone who wanted him dead, but I do not know for what reason.”

Nzima said Mpopoma was generally “a nice guy”.

During the interview, Ndzunga was sitting with close friends.

Sergeant Nceba Vanqa, a Mbekweni police spokesperson confirmed that a 52-year-old man was found dead with a single gunshot wound between the

Kholeka Ndzunga (49) said she could not believe that her partner had been killed in cold blood, and she is in mourning.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO eyes.

“We are still investigating,” said Vanqa.

Minister appeals for safe initiation

The Department of Social Development Cape Winelands Overberg Region, Drakenstein, is requesting information from anyone about the biological mother of an abandoned, and allegedly orphaned, female South African child, 3 years old, born 19 June 2012, to come forward.

The mother, Portia Mngxau, was last seen in Wellington.

Contact the social worker Meagan de Jager at 021 871 1682 during office hours (Monday to Friday, 07:30–16:00) or send an email to Megan.September2@westerncape.gov.za or fax to 021 872 0049.

It is spring and the summer season is coming in thick and fast; what with the matric exams also being around the corner.

Culturally, all this means is that the initiation ritual season is also upon us.

While the Xhosa boys are wont to go to the bush and their Sotho counterparts taking refuge in the mountains, the fact is both seclusion havens can be very hot in the Cape summer’s heat.

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Community divided on Lumko case OTHO VAYO The ugly political divisions in the Paarl region of the ANC continue to rear their monstrous heads, as yet another resident has fallen victim to its machinations.

Khungeka Makhwapeni faced the wrath of the community last week after being accused of being a supporter of disgraced Ward 14 Councillor Sonwabo Lumko.

Lumko himself has faced the might of the ANC, after disgruntled constituents burned down his house accusing him of corruption, after it was discovered that the huge shack he was living in was constructed around a solid brick

structure.

They alleged he had pilfered the bricks from a project aimed at building houses for the poor.

After these accusations were brought to the ANC, the organisation immediately set up a committee to investigate the allegations.

The committee, led by ANC Subregion Chairperson Zuko Gwada, investigating the allegations, decided to suspend Lumko until the investigations were complete.

With local government elections looming in 2016, some observers said the swiftness of the action against Lumko was proof the “ANC did not want to be seen to be soft on corruption, even if the allega-

Khungeka Makhwapheni – holding the loudspeaker – apologises to the members of the community after they accused her of siding with Councillor Sonwabo Lumko. The apology was rejected nonetheless.

PHOTOS: OTHO VAYO

tions were not proven to be factual.”

But then things took another turn in the community last week as alleged supporters of Lumko were hounded out and made to face the anger of the community.

More than 56 families have already moved out of the area due to threats.

Makhwapheni, a mother of two, was called to a meeting in the Fairyland grounds and was made to “account for her sins”.

Her detractors have accused her of saying unsavoury things to members of the community during the mayhem which led to the burning down of Lumko’s house.

After the Lumko scandal broke, community leaders halted all occupation in Siyahlala One, from which housing project Lumko is alleged to have stolen the bricks to build his house.

Makhwapheni is one of those who are accused of resisting attempts to evict the beneficiaries of the housing project, and was thus branded a supporter of the disgraced councillor.

According to reports, she was involved in a mud-slinging match with the anti-Lumko faction, swearing at the men trying to block people from moving into the new development.

The woman in the red jacket was one of the speakers who lashed out at Makhwapheni during a community court.

“I am sorry,” was all she could say as she faced her accusers.

“I did not mean to be disrespectful to anyone. I just wanted the beneficiaries to be allowed into their houses as some had waited too long to get a house.”

The sincerity of her apology is being called into question by prominent members of the community.

Community activist and cleric Bishop Xolile Qebe pointed to a seeming lack of remorse in Makhwapheni’s apology.

Instead he supported a motion to

have her expelled from the area.

According to him, the fact that Makhwapheni failed to attend the first meeting she was called to was proof of her antagonism towards the community.

“The community is not convinced of your apology ... you need to go back to your family. “ Return to this community only when you are ready to show respect, to show remorse and tell the truth...”

Makhwapheni has not been seen since.

Youth job readiness

Nokuzola Mashiqa calls the police on her cellphone after the driver of the car in which she was travelling lost control and smashed into this house in Phola Park.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO

Car crashes into house OTHO VAYO The Mazibuko family had a narrow escape after a runaway car crashed into their Phola Park home on Saturday evening.

Family members say the crash happened so fast that if anyone had been sitting in the path of the car, there would have been a tragic story to tell.

Thandiwe Sigonyela (47) thanks her lucky stars that a tragedy never happened.

She said she and her friends were sitting around an open fire, having drinks and keeping warm when the accident occurred.

“The car came around the corner at full speed, then suddenly swerved out of control and it drove straight into the yard and the front door,” Sigonyela said.

“I still cannot believe what happened. Minutes before the crash, one of my friends was about to enter the lounge, which the front door opens into, but changed her mind. If she had done so, the consequences would have been tragic.”

The driver of the car escaped unharmed.

Nonqaba Mazibuko, the owner of the house, said she could not believe her eyes when she walked into her house and found it looking like a wreck.

“My house was being renovated when the accident took place,” a very distressed Mazibuko pointed out. “How are we going to sleep now when my house is like this? Who is the driver of the car and where is he?”

Nokuzola Mashiqa, who was travelling with the driver when the accident occurred, said:

On 20 and 21 August, the National Youth Development Agency, in partnership with Mbekweni Youth Centre, presented a workshop on Life Skills and Job Readiness. The workshop targeted youth that have a matric certificate but are not able to access the employment market for various reasons.

Eighteen participants were trained, focusing on topics such as leadership and responsibility, preparation of CVs and motivation letters, interview readiness, searching for employment on the internet, application protocol for employment and basic etiquette when employed.

Facilitator Cindy Phillips said this time she had trained and mentored a highly motivated group of young people.

The Mbekweni Youth Centre sees equipping young people with job readiness skills as being part of a whole positive outlook that is essential for a productive life.

Emergency aid trainees Nonqaba Mazibuko moved fast to restore her house to its former glory after the accident.

Nonqaba Mazibuko was shocked to find her house wrecked after the accident.

“The driver was taking me to work. There were children on the street and he tried to swerve to avoid (hitting) them when he lost control. He was not driving fast at the time.”

Police arrived and arrested the driver, who put up a struggle.

Mashiqa, a policewoman, had to convince him to allow the law to take its course.

Constable Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed that an accident occurred in Gama Street, Phola Park.

“A case of reckless and negligent driving is being investigated. No injuries were reported,” she said.

On 26 August, the Mbekweni Youth Centre staff and volunteers completed the Occupational Emergency Care Course 1. This is a First Aid Level 1 Course that promotes basic but needed skills to assist people in emergency situations.

The course teaches skills in CPR, how to respond when a person is choking (adult and infant) and what to look for in an examination. Once training was complete, Thomas Syril, chief instructor of Sakhisizwe Health Management Services, assessed all participants and found they were able to demonstrate these skills in real-life situations.

Instructional and practical training assimilating serious emergency situations was a central element in the whole process. Here some of the participants, along with centre manager Selwyn Paterson (Khusta), far right, share a happy moment on receiving their certificates.

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CPUT students get serious about their brew Some 200 hours of preparation, mountain hikes with alternative healers and consultations with everyone from rastas to traditional healers, helped CPUT win a coveted intervarsity brewing prize recently.

Food technology students at the university earned the top prize in the annual SAB Intervarsity Brewing Cup for the second year in a row.

Entrants had to incorporate African herbs into their brew and judges commended the CPUT team for their “Tipsy Inyanga” beer. The beer is touted as having a “citrus aroma with a liquorice palate that lingers on the mouth with a crisp buchu finish”, said CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley.

The CPUT team managed to incorporate

the tricky buchu herb into the recipe despite being pre-warned that it may prove too bitter for the average beer drinker, Kansley said.

The recipe also included naartjie, sweet root (a liquorice flavoured plant), wheat and malt.

Team CPUT captain, Brian Gomes-Sebastiao, said they spent in excess of 200 hours refining the recipe in the brewery.

They consulted rastas, religious leaders, traditional and alternative healers to find the best, “under-appreciated” ingredients.

“I went for a mountain walk with alternative healer, Sister B, and she showed me the sustainable way of harvesting the plants – which is not to pull the whole plant,

but to take only a third,” said Brian.

“Thanks to her assistance we also used a buchu concentrate instead of buchu leaves for the recipe.”

In 2014 the CPUT team used rooibos as a key ingredient in their brew and walked away with the “Ben Lamaletie” IBD Intervarsity Beer Brewing Challenge Floating Trophy. They’ve also won the top honour Castle Lager Best Bru Award, as well as the Carling Black Label Champion Lager.

This year they also scooped third place in both the Carling Black Label category and the Hansa Pilsner Most Refreshing label for their bottles of “Brewmaster’s Daughter” and “Tipsy Inyanga” respectively.

The CPUT food technology team won first place in the SAB Intervarsity Brewing Cup for the second time. From left are Lloyd Carney (student), Food Technology lecturer Dr Zanephyn Keyser, Gareth Williams (student), Ryan Morkel (student) and Brian Gomes-Sebastiao (student).

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6 11 September 2015

Rotary Family Health Days: Big in every sense of the word This year’s Rotary Family Health Days campaign in South Africa will be big in every sense of the word. It spans three Rotary districts: 9400, 9370 and 9350. It brings together many volunteers and health-care workers across the private and public sector. It is also a formal partnership with national government, which has included Rotary Family Health Days on its national calendar. This is a first!

Inspired by US Rotarian Marion Bunch, this will be the third Rotary Family Health Day campaign in South Africa, and the biggest ever. From 7-9 October, the organisers aim to provide free health screenings and immunisations to up to 75 000 community members at an estimated 140 sites around the country. (This campaign is also being held in Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.)

Rotary Family Health Days 2015 is an example of public-private partnership at its best. Public-private partnerships are essential for solving the challenges faced by society. Neither government nor the private sector can tackle these on their own.

The logistics for the sites will be provided by the National Department of Health with support from Rotary volunteers, while sponsorship is provided by the MTN South Africa Foundation.

Media support for awareness of the campaign is vital; this will come from the SABC, the national public broadcaster, along with Media 24 and other groups around the country.

Rotarians for Family Health & Aids Prevention (RFHA) is the convener and managing partner of the programme.

A project on this scale cannot happen without commitment and sacrifice from many individuals. “It is the dedication and hard work of all partners, but particularly the volunteer aspect of many Rotarians on the ground, that have made this campaign such a huge success,” says Sue Paget, Southern Africa Programme Director of Rotary Family Health Days.

The effects of the campaign will be felt long after the last volunteers have gone home. In bringing together so many South Africans from all walks of life to work as one, Rotary Family Health Days contribute to building a legacy of social cohesion that will ultimately improve the quality of life for everyone.

“It’s hard work,” says DG 9400 David Grant.

“But it is absolutely worth it.”

The Rotary Theme for 2015 is: Be a gift to the world. The Rotary Family Health Days have brought this to life in the most meaningful way possible.

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The Langeberg group on stage after showcasing their productions.

Drama showcase The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, in partnership with the Cape Winelands District Municipality(CWDM), recently held a drama development programme at the Worcester Town Hall.

About 13 groups from Worcester, Stellenbosch and Paarl participated in the showcase, which was held over two days, with the other event taking place at the Happy Valley Community Hall in Bonnievale.

The programme has been hailed as being particularly successful in the CWDM as partnerships were also formed with the local municipalities, including those of Stellenbosch, Langeberg and Breede Valley Municipality.

Partnerships were also forged with professional artists, tertiary institutions and the private sector. This has facilitated the growth of the drama programme at various levels and provided the youth from these areas with opportunities to learn from and be guided by professionals in the field.

Since June, the participating young people have been assisted with the conceptualisation

of the production, script-writing and direction.

They possessed such energy and excitement that in the end, they showcased what they have developed on their own. The talent was amazing and good productions were presented on the days.

Eight groups were selected to showcase their productions at the District Finale. These groups were Our Hope, Alfred Stamper drama group, Mansion of Possibilities and Team Bring It from Worcester, as well as The Combined theatre group from Stellenbosch.

The groups Curtain Call African Spear, Khoisan Drama Group and Vangnet Drama Group from the Langeberg area are through to the final.

These finalists will now develop their productions and stage them at the finals to be held on 21 November 2015 in Worcester.

The two best productions will be given the opportunity to showcase their work at the Suidoosterfees, Artscape Theatre, Zabalaza Festival at the Baxter Theatre and the ABSA Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.

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The high school students Dillon Johnson of Cloetesville High School, Tasche Adams of Stellenbosch Waldorf School and Ayabonga Bayibile of Kayamandi High School, are flanked by the Executive Mayor of Stellenbosch, Conrad Sidego (right) and Michael van Wyk, lead partner at Deloitte Stellenbosch.The three have been awarded KickstART bursaries. The all expensespaid bursaries will see each learner attend art classes at the PJ Olivier Art Centre in Stellenbosch. The recipients were announced at the opening of the e’Bosch Heritage Festival on 1 September.

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10 years without power OTHO VAYO

built I still do not have electricity.

“I feel that I am being made a laughing stock of here. Currently the municipality is proving electricity for people who are staying in informal settlements and there is nothing wrong with that. As a person with a title deed and a house, when will I get to use my electric box?”

Gogo Kupiso tried connecting to neighbours, but this illegal activity was proving costly and she stopped.

“I tried to have an illegal connection back in 2009, but it was costly,” she said. “Seven months later I stopped it as it was not the right thing to do. I just want them to connect my electrical box as I already paid for it as expected by the municipality.”

Interestingly, the shack next door to her house does have electricity.

Drakenstein municipal manager Johan Mettler has promised that Gogo Kupiso will be assisted by the municipality to correct the problem for her.

While the country was ranting about Eskom’s load shedding spells, Gogo Nodoli Kupiso knew all too well the reality of living in a house without electricity.

Kupiso (67) from Chris Hani has been living in her modest house for the past nine years and does not know the luxury of electrification.

Her RDP house was built on the same plot she had been occupying, waiting for the chance to have a house she could call her own.

When in 2013 builders started laying the foundation for a proper structure, she said she was so excited she could not express it in words.

She said she was told that, like all houses, hers would be electrified after its completion.

Kupiso feels betrayed. She blames the housing officials in Mbekweni for failing to electrify her house.

This, after staying on her plot for the past nine years, waiting patiently for her RDP house to materialise.

“I feel violated,” Kupiso says. “My rights are being trampled every time I need to put on a stove or my kettle or store food in my fridge.”

Ironically, she has all these household appliances, but cannot use them because she has no electricity.

“When my house was started I felt happy that I would finally get electricity on my plot as I am the only person who was not given an electrical box in the area. Everyone in the area has electricity on their plots Gogo Nodoli stands next to the appliances that would make her except me. Since 2013, life much easier if her house was electrified.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO after my house was

Bishop Xolile Qebe addressing the community during a meeting at the local sports grounds.

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Arson suspects on bail OTHO VAYO

According to the state’s case, Qebe led a group of residents to the house where a petrol bomb was hurled causing a fire to the house, which spread to other shacks, leaving 56 people displaced. The displaced families were allegedly accused of being supporters of the councillor and chased from the area.

The first four suspects in the case appeared in court on Monday and were granted bail of R300 each.

On Tuesday, Qebe was also granted a bail of R300 and the five of them will appear together in the Paarl Regional Court on 4 December.

Community activist cum church leader Bishop Xolile Qebe was arrested over the weekend in connection with the torching of the house of Ward 14 Councillor Sonwabo Lumko.

This brings to five the people who have been charged with arson and attempted murder regarding the 21 August burning of the shack with a solid brick structure on the inside.

The house was in Smartie Town in Paarl East.

Qebe made his first appearance in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

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Police van overturned A Mbekweni policewoman was taken to hospital after sustaining minor injuries when the police vehicle she was driving capsized in Drommedaris Road last Thursday morning.

The accident happened opposite Dal Josafat train station and the road had to be closed, with regular traffic being diverted through the station parking lot.

Bystanders, including a tow-truck driver, rushed to rescue the constable as the van lay on its roof, with the wheels still turning.

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“When I got there, I managed to get her out of the van, and was relieved to see her stand on her own and walk around.”

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Township narratives DESMOND TOMSON The Khayamandi Oral History Project was launched on Saturday, 22 August 2015 at Kayamandi High School and was attended by approximately 300 guests from the local community and Stellenbosch.

The vision of the project is to “unlock many untold narratives – beautiful stories, sad stories, but also hopeful and celebratory stories – in order to build a new future for us all,” said Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers.

The project which is a joint venture between non-profit organisation Imbada Ma-Afrika Development Consortium, Stellenbosch University and the Solms Delta Wine Estate is aimed at collecting local narratives to learn more about the history of the Stellenbosch township.

The Stellenbosch township was established in 1941 but goes back more than two decades earlier, which makes it the oldest township in South Africa. The official spelling is Kayamandi, but we write it with an “h” because in isiXhosa, “khaya” means “home”, and “mandi” means “pleasant”, ”sweet” or “nice”. This place is “sweet home” to us,” explained Imbadu Executive Director Thumakele Gosa, the key player of the enterprise. Gosa approached Solms Delta owner Prof Mark Solms for assistance in a his-

tory project in Kayamandi. Solms recruited researchers to help him and his team to find out more about people who had been living in Kayamandi for centuries.

Stellenbosch University’s History Department will be coordinating the research for the project and the Division for Social Impact will also be involved. “The idea is to build on existing sources, such as a master’s thesis from 2011.

One step will be to do additional archival research. Another step will be oral histories to be gathered from the community. Interviews will be conducted by fieldworkers from Kayamandi, with training provided by us,” Mr Chet Fransch of SU’s History Department said.

There is also a competition for high school learners: writing mini biographies of particular residents that would be displayed in the University museum. Gosa also aims to establish a heritage centre to preserve local narratives.

“Ultimately we want to restore confidence and enhance community development. This project is Prof Mark Solms, left, and Zuko Mloaimed at creating cohesion be- nyeni at the launch. tween all residents of the greater PHOTO: DESMOND TOMPSON Stellenbosch.”

The Gouda station does not meet safety regulations, and operations there had to be stopped

by Prasa PHOTO: OTHO VAYO

From left, Imbadu Ma-Afrika Development Consortium’s Thumakele Gosa with the ANC’s Lindikhaya Mangaliso Maqeba, Phelisa Sitshoti and Lindela Ronoti at the launch of the Oral History Research Project.

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Municipality says no to selling of RDP houses OTHO VAYO

Rail service suspended OTHO VAYO TRAIN commuters in Gouda feel that they have been left in the lurch and with no information forthcoming as to why the trains no longer stop at their station.

This has sparked confusion among the working-class community as, in the absence of proper communication from Prasa, the rumour mill has become the only source of information.

Anger is rife. The train gallops past the station at full speed every time they expect that it would stop.

Makanaka Mhlanga said: “It was very disappointing when the train did not stop. We were all waiting for the train as always. I did not even get the notice about the train not stopping, and was late for my appointments because of the train.

“Even the buses that they sent us were not enough as they became overloaded.”

Adrian Bottrie (38) said: “This is really unprofessional; the SMS communication that I re-

ceived from Prasa first stated that the train will be running as normal. Then late at night I received another one saying the train will not be running. I still have have both SMSs.” Bottrie said he has written several letters to the regional manager, Richard Walker, and has not received any response to date.

“How can they just stop a service that is helping us at such short notice...we will be taking this forward, even if it means going to the provincial government,” he said.

Bonakele Godongwane, a Railway Safety Inspector said in a statement that the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has issued Prasa with a prohibition directive to suspend station operations at Gouda Station.

“This came after Prasa failed to comply with an improvement directive issued two years ago.

The directive is effective immediately and will only be revoked when Prasa has satisfactorily demonstrated to the RSR that the immediate threats no longer exist,” explained Godongwana.

The Drakenstein Municipality is to investigate the Drommedaris Project after disturbing information came to light that some people have put their houses on the market illegally.

About 1 588 units have been built and handed over to the beneficiaries in 2014.

The municipality has even threatened to seize all the houses that do not reflect registered occupation and hand them over to new beneficiaries, or those next in line on the housing lists.

During a press conference after a council meeting, Executive Mayor of Drakenstein Municipality, Gesie van Deventer, promised to investigate the allegations that houses are being sold in the area.

“I will send a team of investigators to look into the problem even if it means going door to door to make sure people in the houses are the owners. Any house that we find with someone who is not the owner will be taken

back and given to the next person on the housing list.”

“People need to understand that these houses were meant for people who needed them, and not as a get-rich scheme.”

Nokwanda Sogiba (32), a mother of two children, is staying in her late mother’s house. “The project was delayed and my mother never got to see her house, as she passed away (before the house was built).

Also, some of the beneficiaries are so old that they have decided to move back home (to the Eastern Cape) for age and health reasons.”

Quincy Bhongo, Chairperson of Mbekweni Backyard Dwellers, blames the municipality for failing to play its role in the area.

“We brought (the selling of the houses) to their attention a long time ago, and now that it is in the media, they are paying attention (to this problem). We know that people are selling their houses and we are against that because the housing backlog is huge here,” said Bhongo.

RDP homes are being sold in droves in the Drommedaris area, and it’s an open secret.

PHOTO: OTHO VAYO