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LAGUNYA | PHILIPPIThursday, 21 April 2016 | Tel: 021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501 | Email: cityvision@wpnewspapers.co.za
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KatePilaelo Satula, one of the oldest citi-zens in the city who turned 100 yearsold on Friday was given a special treat
in Tambo Village Community Hall on Fri-day.The birthday celebration was hosted by
Councillor Suzette Little, the City of CapeTown’s Mayoral Committee Member for So-cial Development and Early Childhood De-velopment.Satula’s family, friends and members of
Sikhokhele Old-Age Community Develop-ment Centre, where she is a resident, werealso present to grace the proceedings.
She said she was on cloud nine for reach-ing that milestone in her life.“I amveryhappy thatGodblessedmewith
so many years on earth. I have lived to seemy great-great offspring, which most of thepeople I grew-up with did not live to see. Ican still walk on my own and I am still ingood shape in life. I thank God for that,” Sat-ula said.She also said she believes that God gave
her so many years because she “respects”Him and other people.Councillor Little also congratulated Satu-
la on her 100 birth day.“It is aprivilege tohonouryou. It is abless-
ing to live to see somany years. Itmeans you
have seen somuch in this life and contribut-ed a lot in other people’s lives. I am happyfor you,” she added.Little also saidPatricia deLille, theExecu-
tive Mayor of the City of Cape Town, alsosent her some flowers as a birthday present.She also said Satula recently attended the
City’s Older Persons Games at the GreenPoint Athletics Track and she is a clear ex-ample of what healthy living and active age-ing is all about.Satula was born in Bethlehem, in the Free
State.She then moved to the Mother City and
stayed in Kensington before she was one ofmany who were forcefully removed by the
Apartheid government.She and her family stayed in different
parts of Gugulethu before eventually set-tling in Tambo Village.She mothered six children, some of whom
are in Bethlehem, Oudtshoorn and in thecity. Major Satula, her son, was also happyto see her mother living that long.“She might not look beautiful to you, but
to me she is a beautiful mother. She went allout to raise us. Now she has countless grandchildren and great-great children,” he said.Major also said her mother survived
breast cancer which saw one of her breastbeing removed. She also had her one eye re-moved due to the “pain” it was causing her.
MILESTONE: GOGO GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR LONGEVITY
Centurion celebratesFamily, friends, grand and greatgrandchildren, including Cape Town city officials during the 100 birthday party of Kate Pilaelo Satula, at the Tambo Village Community Hall.PHOTOS: MBONGISENI MASEKO
CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 20162 NEWS
Imbasa bags double accoladesMBONGISENI MASEKO
Rivers of blessings have flowed doublyat Imbasa Primary School; first, theirprincipal added a feather to her cap,
and the school choir shined during a region-al choral competition.
The school choir walked away with thesecond prize in the South District ChoirCompetition which was held at YellowwoodPrimary School, in Mitchells Plain.
As if that was not enough, the cherry ontop was when Vuyelwa Ndunduzela, theschool principal, graduated with a Leader-ship andManagement Certificate at the Uni-versity of the Western Cape (UWC), on Sat-urday.
The choir won in the category of EnglishSongs with their entry called Elijah Rock.
Zukile Khalipha, the choir conductor,said the competition was not an easy one.
“The competition was tough. We did nothave much time for rehearsals before wewent to the competition.
We could not believe that we managed towin position two even though we had a veryshort time for practising. We have a pointto prove in next year’s competition,” Khali-pha said.
The choir consists of 60 learners.Ndunduzela said the school was a regular
winner in music and sport.“We have won quite a number of trophies
in the provincial and national contests. Wehave also made remarkable strides insport,” she added.
Ndunduzela’s career started off after shegraduated with a diploma in teaching atJuniorPrimary, inMorokaCollege inThabaNchu in the Free State in 1990.
Ndunduzela then obtained a certificate inLiteracy and Numeracy, a Bachelor of ArtsDegree in Education and an Honours De-gree in Education, including a Masters De-gree inEducation, all at theUniversity of theWestern Cape.
Ndunduzela,57, proudly announced on theday that she is now on a quest to start on aroad towards a PHD in Education at thesame institution.
“I am not yet done. The sky is not the limitforme, there are stars after the sky.Age doesnot count when you want to achieve some-thing. There are challenges, but I amsoldier-ing-on,” she added.
Four learners who participated in an ath-letics contest held in Khayelitsha, havequalified to participate in a provincial com-petitionwhich is due to take place at the endof the month in Stellenbosch.
Siphokazi Ndwanyana, a choir member,said listening to their conductor and taking
his advice helped them win.“The choir started off as an ill-disciplined
bunch; there was rowdiness and tardinessfor rehearsals, but our conductor(ZukileKhalipha) called us into order.
We started taking the choir seriously andit has paid off.
Wewould like to thank him and our teach-ers for the support. We are happy that wemanaged to rectify our mistakes and won,”
Ndwanyana said.The school is due to participate in a read-
ing and debate competition, and head saidtheir prospects of coming out tops weregreat, buoyed by their recent conquests.
Ndunduzela said they have recently beengranted about a 1100 tracksuits from theirpartners, Child Safety, Takalani Sesame,which will benefit all the children at theschool.
Sindisiwe Maloyi, teacher, (left), Vuyelwa Ndunduzela, the school principal, (right) and learners atImbasa Primary School, in Crossroads, on Monday. PHOTO: MBONGISENI MASEKO
Spelling Bee is for learners to shineLearners in Cape Town schoolswill have a chance to participatein theMzansi SpellingBee compe-tition.
According to Mzansi SpellingBee organiser in the region TumiMoripe the competition is openfor children between the ages of
9-17 years.“We are running the competi-
tion in all Nine provinces but thisis our first time coming to theWestern Cape and we hope chil-dren and their teachers will grabthis chance,” said Moripe.
The competition pits childrenfrom all schools with winnersfrom each province, progressingto national finals later in the year.
Moripe said there were manyprizes for the children with theoverall winner getting a publish-ing deal.
She urged schools in the town-ships of Langa, Nyanga, Gugulet-hu , Khayelitsha and surroundsareas to register for this competi-
tion.“Lets bring the culture of read-
ing back into our communities ,”she said.
“I want schools from the town-ships to be part of this because Iknow there are many talentedlearners there and this is their op-portunity to shine,” she said.
Mzansi Spelling Bee can be en-tered by individuals or schoolsand libraries.
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Mzansi Spelling Bee organiserTumi Moripe with learners fromIntshinga Primary.
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Jula talks to AbahlaliMANDLA MAHASHE
Newly appointed provincial police com-missioner has promised to strengthenthe fight against crime.
Lieutenant General Khombinkosi ElvisJula was addressing the community at theprovincial imbizo held at the SinethembaHigh School in Philippi onMonday evening.
The top cop addressed residents fromvari-ous communities such as Elsie’s River, Bon-teheuwel, Gugulethu and Mannenberg.
Police imbizo’s are nothing new in thiscommunity but there was a concerted effortby the police to make sure that it wasn’t justanother complaints session.
Complaints boxes were made availableand residents were encouraged to writetheir concerns and submit them.Despite this effort, still a few complaints
crept in such as the lack of police visibilityin areas such as Elsies River and Philippi.
Local resident Nokuzola April suggestedthat Philippi needed its own police stationas Nyanga was too far.
“We need a station here, even if it’s a mo-bile station because we really struggle whenit comes to reporting cases after hours.If you manage to get to the police station
you spend more than five hours waiting forthe van to come home and assess the crimescene.I know this since I have experienced it
first-hand. It is really disappointing thatthere is only one police van for the whole ofPhilippi,” said April.Lubabalo Maliti from Lower Crossroads
said that he was heart-broken to hear of thenews of the death of police constable whowas shot and killed for his firearm in thisarea.Sikade, 39,waswearinghis policeuniform
when he was shot at about 6.15am in HlosiStreet, Philippi East.“It is really scary and disappointing that
the lives of police officers are disregardedlike this.Weneed to seeharsherpunishmentfor criminals who kill police officers be-cause they are challenging the law of thiscountry,” he lamented.
He also noted that the community wasafraid to tip police as they believed thatsome members of Saps are in cahoots withcriminals.
“Sometimes there just isn’t any responsefrom our police station. Once I called thepolice while thugs where stripping away astolen car in broad daylight and for fourhours the police never came. In other cas-es, you report something and the policealert the thugs so people don’t want to getinvolved because it is a risk to their lives,”he said.
Jula came down hard on the allegationthat police were working with criminalsandurged residents to alert himpersonallywhen they see the cops behaving badly.
Hewent on to give out his own cellphonenumber to residents and encouraged themto use technology to catch police in the act.“We cannot toleratememberswho fail to
adhere to the police code of conduct andmany have been suspended, dismissed andeven arrested.
We will continue to root them out.”
Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Julaaddressed residents during the imbizo. PHOTO: MANDLA MAHASHE Resident Lubabalo Maliti poses questions to the panel.
CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 20164 NEWS
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Lehlohonolo strikes it ‘Lucky’MANDLA MAHASHE
Lehlohonolo Primary School staffers andpupils, including parents gleamed withpride as they received the spoils of a gar-
dening competition thy took part in.The school took first spot at the Western
Cape Department of Education gardeningproject that has been running since lastyear.The competition pitted against each other
dozensof district schools in three categories,called semi-commercial, standard and ruralgardens.Lehlohonolo won first place in the stan-
dard category where gardens are producingfor consumption.An Baitshepi Mani, a teacher who serves
in the schools’ gardening committee, paidtribute to the learners but said credit was al-so due to the combined efforts of the commu-nity and school.“The garden was dead and it was the com-
munity members that came to us andbrought the idea of revitalizing it . That wasthe beginning of the collaboration that hasresulted in this success,” she said.The produce is added to the schools feed-
ing scheme and helps supplements the vege-tables ration.“The garden is good because from itwe get
the vegetables that are not offered with thefeeding scheme.But thats notwhere it ends as it has helped
teach the children some valuable skills.They didn’t like it at first but such a victorywill help encourage them,” she said.The school walked away with a cash prize
of R15 000 which has to be invest back to thegardening project.The competition is a project of the Nation-
al School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) toencourage young learners to grow food and
eat healthy.“It is about making sure that young chil-
dren develop healthy lifestyles as early aspossible. They have to get used to growingtheir own food which has many benefits.This is the way of encouraging them to do
the right thing,” said Landezwa Sokotela,NSNP provincial director. CommunitymemberVuyaniQamata saidhewaspleasedto see the garden received such recognitionand that the children should grow their food.
Learners, staff and SGB members at Lehlohonolo busking in the glory at the handoverceremony. PHOTOS: MANDLA MAHASHE
Pupils are busy at the garden that won themthe first place accolades in the province.
Some of the spinach and carrots harvestedfrom the garden.
Gogo and children killedA grandmother, a teenager, and an 8-year-old boy were killed in an apparent gang re-taliation attack in Nyanga, Cape Town onTuesday.Amandied inhospital later thatnight aft-
er he was shot on the same street where thegranny lived, Western Cape police spokes-person Constable Noloyiso Rwexana saidon Wednesday.The killings started when a 43-year-old
man was shot in his car in Sibini Avenue,Zwelitsha, Rwexana said.He died on arrival at hospital. A few
hours later, three people went to a house inthe same street, looking for an 83-year-oldwoman’s grandson. They shot and killedthe grandmother.Rwexana said the shooters then made
their way to a home in Kuqala Avenue.There they shot and killed an 8-year-old boyand a 15-year-old girl. A 7-year-old girl wasshot and injured. Shewas taken to hospital.Nyanga CPF chairpersonMartin Makha-
si said a gang war was in full force in Nyan-ga, Gugulethu and New Crossroads.“It has been happening for a very long
time. Retaliation killings are affectingthese areas,” he toldNews24 onWednesday.He said it was ironic that the issue had
been raised with the new provincial policecommissioner, Lieutenant-General Khom-binkosi Elvis Jula, at a meeting a few daysago.Residents had told him that they did not
see the same “vigour and response” togangs in their area as in neighbouring com-munities.‘It seems black lives are cheap’Makhasi said Tuesday night’s bloodshed
was the latest in a string of shootings sincethe beginning of the month.“These people are armed, not with 9mm
guns, but even with machine guns.”The killing of innocent people had an-
gered him.“The granny was killed in the comfort of
her own house. She was never a gangster.We can shout at the top of our voices, butreally, it seems black lives are cheap.”NyangacouncillorKhayaYozi saidpolice
were aware of a group of youngmen terror-ising people with guns.
CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 2016 OPINIONS 5
OPINIONbelinda dilima
Body and soul is amatter of life, selfYou can know that the energy of you
is quite different from the energyof the form that you occupy.
You can know that you are of anotherdimension. Your body has to be in theroom where it is right now. It can not beanywhere else. But you can leave theroom in one second. Sometimes whenyou drift off, when you become absent,someone notices and says, “Are you stillwith me?”.In a split second you return to the
room and to the person speaking to you.At that moment you become aware youwent somewhere. You know not whereor for how long you were away.The physical body cannot do that,
which indicates that you are not amaterial entity confined to space andtime. You are a soul. Up to now we havebeen living from a state of “body con-sciousness”.That’s the state in which you believe
you are just your body. It’s a “belief”with virus-like attributes that has spreadto infect the consciousness of almostevery human being.One time, a late close Congolese friend
of mine-may his Soul RIP-had just beendischarged from hospital after beingdiagnosed with throat cancer.
I had gone there pick him up and aftermaking little talk, I inquired: “How areyou?” and his response was; “Me, I’mfine, problem is the body–it’s finished!”Imagine my amusement at this classicresponse, and it was a joke of thecentury amongst my circle of friends.Little did we know; he was right! the
soul was at peace with the illness andthe problem was, in actual fact, the bodythat kept losing weight.When we all share this one single
illusion that we are our bodies, it resultsin two global phenomena. We becometotally obsessed by all things material.Possession and ownership become theimperatives of our daily lives.“I am just this body” is therefore a
belief that kills our ability to interact inways that we call truthful, moral andethical. It ensures we will think, speakand act mostly in self-serving ways.
Langa Tennis invites parents, stakeholders to meetingKumenywa abazali kwintlanganiso yokuqa-la kulonyaka, ebizwa ngamalungu aphetheumbutho wentenetya kwa Langa ngoMvuloumhla we 25 ku April ngentsimbi yesithan-dathu. Imiba: (a) ukumisela kwekomiti yek-
labhu, (b) ukuhlola iziphumo zonyaka od-luleyo nokuhlola uphuhliso lwentenetya.Intlanganiso iyakubanjekwa eLanga
Tennis Court eZone 8.Isimemo sivela kuSiphelo Guwa unobhala.
CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 20166 NEWS
Celebrate Esethu’s Joyous rideZILA MKONTO
From humble beginnings inthe dusty and often crime rid-den streets of Nyanga, song-
stress Esethu Siwe is now livingher dream.Esethu,23, who has joined the
award winning Joyous Celebra-tion, started belting out gospelsongs from an early age, appear-ing in many Highest Praise con-certs in the home base.That was until May 2015 when
she entered Joyous Celebrationauditions in Port Elizabeth.“I received a call up in Septem-
ber and I was overwhelmed withdisbelief,” said Esethu.She credits her sister Nosipho
Manyonga who insisted that sheaudition for Joyous Celebrationwhen the moment arose.
“In my wildest dreams I hadnever thought I would wear theJoyous gowns but God had otherplans for me,”she said.Next week Esethu hopes that
her family, friends and gospel lov-ers will descend in numbers towatch her perform in the Joyous20 concert next Tuesday andWednesday at the Friend of GodChurch in Goodwood.“I am so excited to have a
chance to perform at home,” sheenthused.The group is celebrating 20
years in the music industry.One of the co-founders, Jabu
Hlongwane, said their latest al-bum, Joyous 20, was a celebrationof their many years in the busi-ness andhow they had gained sup-port.“Joyous 20 speaks of how God
has been good to us and how Hecontinues to bless us,” he said.Hlongwane said back in 1996
when they released Joyous 1, theydid not think a follow-up albumwould be possible.“We’ve had hard times and we
reallydidnot thinkwewouldhaveJoyous 2. It is all God. This is notabout us.”Hlongwane described Joyous
Celebrationas a training academyfor musicians.“We get young people who are
gifted in music. We groom them,empower them and when they areready to leave, we release them.“In most cases the guys don’t
want to leave. You see tears whenyou tell them it’s time to go,” hesaid.Joyous Celebration has pro-
duced the likes of Ntokozo Mbam-
bo, Nqubeko Mbatha, BrendaMtambo, Mahalia Buchanan,Khaya Mthethwa, Brian Temba,Andile B and Swazi Dlamini, tomention just a few.Hlongwane said they would
never stand in anyone’swaywhenthey felt they were ready to ex-pand.Tickets for the event happening
on April 26, 27 are available atComputicket from R220.l City Vision , in partnership
with Joyous Celebration, are giv-ing away four hampers to readers.The hampers comprise a JoyousCelebration star bag, T-shirt, CD,DVD and two double tickets forthe show. To win, simply SMS theword Joyous to 34586 (R1,50), thecompetition is now open and andit closes on April 25 at noon.Win-ners will notified by phone.
Esethu Siwe sings with JoyousCelebration.
Local groups like Iziqhaza, are invited to enter for the coming Gunyalakha show.
Dancers invited to Gugs Sports CompOrganisers of the Gunyalakha va-riety dance competition saidgroups interested in entering thecontest still have a little bit of timeto join.The show takes place on 30 April
at the Gugulethu Sports Complex.Gunyalakha is a social move-
ment formed by Luthando Tshayaand StoanMoveGalela and aims touse dance and art to change the so-ciety.“We have raw talent in our back-
yards, with guidance, this skill canbe profitable,” said Luthando.Luthando said their goal is to
identify talent through a series ofdance competitions.“Once these groups have been
identified, workshops will be con-ducted and strategies for employ-ment will be implemented,” hesaid.Galela said they expect all kinds
of groups to participate on the day.“Amapantsula, oomajiavana
and traditional dancers are wel-come to burst some moves at theGugs Complex,” he said.Luthando said there would be
prizes for top performers but urgedgroups to register early to avoiddisappointmentThey can call: 0789528731 or
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CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 2016 NEWS 7
CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 20168 NEWS
Langa revives community awardsAfter a 5-year lull, the Langa
Community Activist Awardsare back!
The campaign puts responsiblecitizenship in the spotlight, andwill turn Langa on its head, as thesearch to find the township’s topactivists begins.
Umbon’ Omhle is a non-profityouth organisation active for thepast eight years.
It has taken on the hefty task ofmanaging this socially significantcampaignwith the goal of celebrat-ing those individuals and organi-sations that are adding value totheir communities.
Umbon’ Omhle’s Thulani Nxum-alo says that this campaign aims topromote community activism andparticipation, and will demon-strate how the work of activists gotowards creating a ‘safer andmoreself-reliant society, that reflectsthe principles of humanity.’
“The LangaCommunityActivistAwards is an important initiativeand ties-in well with our vision ofcreating new possibilities for thecommunity through inter-disci-plinary engagement, promotingknowledge of self, skills develop-ment and the use of art, culture,sport and technology.
Through this initiative, we willhonour peoplewho consider activeparticipation in society amust.Wealso hope to encourage other mem-bers of the community to get in-volved and help bring this cam-paign to life.”
Nxumalo says that people are do-ing great things in Langa.
Umlibo Kantu, Vuka Nomto-bhoyi, and the Brothers For Life,are just some of the many locally
run organisations that are makinga significant community
“By shedding light on the workof activists in the community, thecampaignalsohas thepower tomo-tivate ordinary people from Langaand other communities to encour-age community members to alsobecome agents of change,” he con-tinues.
Langa provides the perfect set-ting for the Community ActivistAwards campaign, particularlysince the townshiphas a longhisto-ry with positive social action.
In 1937,whenauthorities refusedto provide for a secondary schoolin the area, a group of parents andclergy successfully put pressure on
authorities to change their deci-sion so that pupils could aspire topursue tertiary education and ca-reers.
But stories like these have beenforgotten, and therefore highlightthe importance of programs suchas this one to allow for meaningfulengagement with the active mem-bers of our community.
This year’s campaign rolls out aseries of street events dubbed theLanga Home Cooked Streets andculminates in a final award eventlater this year.
People can look out for the post-ers that provide profiles of thesemembers of our community. Nom-inations are welcome.
The first ‘Home Cooked’ event,happening on 1 May, serves as aninformation day and a dry-run totest the event as a voting platform,and will involve a number of indi-viduals and organisations alreadyactive in the community, aswell asgiving locals the chance to get in onthe action.
Inspired by thewildly successfuland highly-inclusive ‘OpenStreets’ initiative, the streets ofLanga will come alive in an eventthat promises to be a feast for thesenses.
Nominated activists will havethe opportunity to share their pro-jects and products, and potentiallysolicit investment into their caus-
es.Further ‘Home Cooked’ events
are planned for later this year andwill also include an InternationalActivists Symposium to encourageactivist movements from aroundthe world to participate in this ini-tiative somehow.
“People need to realise that theyshouldbe their biggest investment,and we should start nurturing thatinvestment by taking better care ofourselves, our environments andof each other.
An activist is really someonewho takes responsibility to maketheir world a better place.
Activists are progressive andthink out of the box because theyactively seek to gain theknowledgeand skills needed to make a posi-tive difference in our world,” saysNxumalo.
For example, if you are unhappyabout something in your neigh-bourhood and want to see itchanged for the better, and you ac-tually do something about it , thenyou are an activist.
Maybe you realise that there isno wheelchair access at your localcommunity centre, and you writea letter to your municipality tohave them installed.
Or you form a scholar walkinggroup, to help community kids getto and from school safely.
For more information on howyou can participate, or support theLanga Community ActivistAwards initiative, or to nominatea community activist, please con-tact Thulani Nxumalo on 076 9719268 or thulznxm@email.com andGracious Diko on 063 128 5431 orgraciousdiko1980@gmail.com
Thulani Nxumalo, Director of Umbon’ Omhle Youth Development Organisation (far left), and his team regularly engagethe Langa community to bring diverse activities into the township.
Train chaos: Dicing with death, and preserving your job...BERNARD CHIGUVARE
As usual, I woke up at 5 am to pre-pare to catch the 7am train fromNyanga Junction to Salt River viaPinelands.
It’s about a 10 minutewalk frommy home to the station. My finaldestination is Rondebosch, whichI aim to be at between 8 and 8:30am.
My wife and I arrived at thetrain station at 6:45 am and no-ticed that passengers were res-tive, jumping from one platformto the other to get into any traingoing towards Cape Town.
“We are lucky,” I said to mywife, because we only had to waitabout 15 minutes. At 7 am weboarded a train. But it only de-parted at 7:20 am.
And then the train stoppeda fewmetres from the ironically namedNetreg [which means “just right”in Afrikaans] station for almostan hour.
The carriage was packed whenwe got on to it.
Passengers, including schoolchildren were stranded. Theywaited a bit, but eventually gotimpatient. They forced the doorsof the train open and jumped outof thewindowsand walked toNet-reg station.
Eventually I also got off thetrain. Now, unless you are young,it isn’t easy to get off a train thatis not next to a platform. The dis-tance from the door and theground is breathtaking. I loweredmy wife down, and then jumpedoff. We walked to Netreg station.
By the timemywife and I decid-ed to get off, it was almost empty.
Trains were so full at Netregthat people stood on the back ofcarriages. Some passengers
phoned their work-places to tellthem of the delays.
At 9 am we were still at Netregstation, when my wife was sup-posed to start work at 9 am.
Eventually by 9:30, we got atrain heading for Cape Town.
About 500 metres from Salt Riv-er station, the train stoppedagain.At this stage, the passengers knewthe routine and disembarked towalk to the station.
The drill. Again I lowered mywife, and we jump off the train.
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Too late, she was told, and hadto turn around and go home.
I understand that there is astrike on and that carriages wereburnt. Todaywasworse thanmostdays, but train problems a regularproblem experience onMetrorail.
This carriage was packed when I got on it. By the time my wife and Idecided to get off, it was almost empty. PHOTOS: GROUND UP
Trains were so full at Netreg that people stood on the back of carriages P
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CITY VISIONThursday, 21 April 2016 SPORT 11
WATERY SHOCK: The Grind Obstacle Race at Hillcrest Sunday. Nomvuzo Mpondo fromCrossroads crossing over the water obstacle PHOTO: CARINA ROUX
Cyclist Koyo earns stripes, heads for capitalKhayelitsha cyclist Ntandazo Koyo who is arider at BCA (Bonga Cycling Academy) hasleft for Pretoria to further his cycling careerafter some great riding from the previousyear continuing into this year.BCA founder Bonga Ngqobane said
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country’s capital and he did very well andwe will be monitoring his progress,” saidNgqobane.BCA is a registeredNPOwhich aims to de-
velop the youth in every possible way hencetaking a holistic approach to youth develop-ment.Koyo is the first to come from BCA.“I felt very emotional letting this young li-
on to go out wild and roll with other lions”,said Ngqobane Ntandazo Koyo
He has oomph; lacks supportMISHECK MAKORA
Athlete Paulo Nxongo dreams of nothingelse but running for Mzansi at an interna-tional event – if he gets the opportunity andsupport!Nxongo,23, from Makhaya is a long dis-
tance runner who has competed in many lo-cal competitions in Khayelitsha and othertownships in the Cape.“I have competed in so many local compe-
titions but they are just the start of mydream,” said Paulo.The competitive youngster has won 26
medals in long distance competitions, in-cluding the Two Oceans Marathon and theTelkom 10km Bellville race.“I love running. It is my natural talent,”
he said. He began running and competing inlong distance races when he was 10 yearsold.“I felt running became a part ofme in 2004.
It just started to feel so natural. When otherpeople were whining that they were tired, Ialways felt fresh,” said the athlete who en-joys 10km to 15 km races.He dreams of making running his career
and representing Mzansi in the Olympics
one day. “I have never had the opportunityto timemyself properly because I don’t havea stop watch.“I need a stop watch, sporting kit and a
good coach. I have been competing locallybut I belong in the Olympics. I want tomakemy country proud and myself happy too.”
Paulo Nxongo has big dreams
At home withCoach StickGRANT SHUB
Newly appointed Springbok assist-ant coach Mzwandile Stick talkedexclusively to Sport24 about work-
ing with Allister Coetzee, the Kings’struggles in Super Rugby and the state ofSA rugby.Sport24:Whatdoes the appointment
mean to you andwhat’s led you to thispoint?Mzwandile Stick: My appointment as
Springbok backline coach means a lot tome, my family and the people of the East-ern Cape. I believe it’s a blessing from theman above. I’m now coaching the Spring-boks because God sent me there for a rea-son – to inspire the young ones. It’s anhonour that a coach of Allister Coetzee’scalibre wantsme to be part of his journeygoing forward with the national team.One thing Iknow for sure is that I’mgoingto take this opportunity with both hands.I’ve had to mature from a young age be-cause of the challenges I faced – I lost mymother at the age of 17 – and had to makevital decisions of my own accord. I hadthe choice to give up, but I wanted tomake my mom proud and ensure that Ibecame something in life. Rugby is the ve-hicle which has driven me to success.You retired in 2013. How’ve you
found the transition from player tocoach?MS: It has proved a smooth transition
fromtheplaying field to the coachingbox.As a player, I was always part of the lead-ership group.I captained the Springbok Sevens side
and the Kings, and I was one of the play-ers that would regularly brainstormideaswith the coaches and discuss strate-gy. Coaching has been a natural progres-sion and I’ve enjoyed selling a vision tomy players. To offer an analogy, when atelemarketer is trying to sell you insur-ance they need to give you a valid reasonwhy you should sign up for the policy.The same goes for a coach. When you
put something on the table to the playersyou must give them all the angles andmake them understand why you wantthem to adopt a certain plan.You andAllister go back a longway.
Talk about your working relation-ship.MS: The first time I met Allister was as
17-year-old when I was playing for East-ern Province and he was coaching. I canrelate to his humble background becauseI also hail from the Eastern Cape. Allisterknows my playing career well and I seethat he’s done his research on me as acoach and what type of person I am.Allister recently commented that he ad-
mires my self-confidence and that I standmygroundwell. It’s anhonour to be trust-ed by someone who has got that much ex-perience in the game.I believe Allister, Johann van Graan
and I will complement one another wellas a management team. We share a com-mon goal in ensuring that the Springboksbecome the best they can possibly be. Wewill all have broad smiles on our faceswhen the green and gold win andwill feelthe hurt when we lose.You’ve servedas theKings’ backline
coach this season. Your experiences?MS: I have to be honest and say that it’s
the toughest challenge I’ve faced so far inmy coaching career because we startedon the back foot and had to put a SuperRugby team together in the space of twomonths.However, such challenges make you
stronger moving forward in life. I havelearned a lot from my fellow coaches andthe players have bought into our vision.You can’t fault the players because theyhave been playing their hearts out.We are often playing against stronger
sides, where experience counts, but theboys always put their bodies on the lineand understand exactly where we wantthem to be. Irrespective of the results, theKings have helped me in terms of mycoaching development.As a legend of Springbok Sevens,
what do youmake of the current crop?MS: I can’t question the commitment of
the Blitzbok players under the guidanceof coach Neil Powell.The boys are clearly trying their best
and it’s good to see Powell rotating hisplayers in an Olympic year. It’s impor-tant that he affords every individual anopportunity because when the side headsto the Olympics, he will know theirstrengths and weaknesses.It’s pleasing to see that the likes of Siv-
iwe Soyizwapi, Tim Agaba and RyanKankowski have been introduced to thefold.While Fiji is ahead of South Africa on
theWorld Series standings, the Blitzboksare still in the running for top spot. Onetournament can take us right back to thesummit and we will want to finish on ahigh note.What is the current state of SA rug-
by and which sides have impressedyou?MS: I believe our rugby is in a healthy
state. The Stormers and Lions haveshown the value of 15 players on the fieldwho are all on the same page. The Lionscoaching staff deserve credit and weshouldn’t underestimate the amount ofwork that’s been done behind the scenes.In terms of team cohesion, the Lions areawell-functioningunit because theyhavebeen playing together as a group for a fewyears and so understand each other verywell.The Stormers also possess a good team,
and it’s clear the side that heads the SAconference have forged a strong bond
Mzwandile Stick PHOTO: PHOTO24
TFA brings Diski fun to NY49 stadiumThe Tarveners Football Association (TFA)7Stars Energy Drink soccer championshiptakes place on Sunday at NY49 Stadium.TFAspokesmanBananaSodinga said fans
can expect fiery action as all teams want tofinish on top of the league.“Competition is very tight because all
teams want to impress and win the big prizeat the of season,” said Sohoma.In ababalaas depleting game, SabuFCwill
play NoxyGallopers at 10amwhilst on-form
Mgebe FCwill meet Chillas 21 an hour later.A midday clash between Shumonza and
Siseko will surely keep fans on their toes.Masters FC will collide with Lumbumba-
shewhilst Phindamzala and Laviidawill en-tertain before Zar and Danster to close offthe day’s proceedings.There will be DJs and the public is urged
to bring coolers and camp chairs in order toenjoy the games. For details contact: BananaSodinga 0781025971 or Lungile 078 668 7432
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Nominate your stars nowCity Vision, in partner-ship with Let’s Play Si-yadlala, is running asports star of the monthcompetition.Primary and Second-
ary schools will recog-nise their best talents bynominating playersamongst their own.SuperSport Western
Cape media liaison offi-cer Eduard Rosentrauchsaid the initiative isaimed at giving recogni-tion to learners who excel in sport.“Play, physical education and sport are
foundational to the holistic development ofchildren and an initiative of this naturecontributes to a healthier community andencourages sports activity,” said Eduard.A visibly excited City Vision editor Voox
ka Sonandzi said he was happy with the
awards.All sporting codeswill
be considered. Coachesor teachers have to sim-ply nominate their besttalent andwrite us a fewlines detailingwhyhe orshe deserves to be the“bosso”.Each monthly winner
will receive a gift pack-ageworth R500, a certifi-cate and will be auto-matically entered in theCity Vision Let’s Play
Siyadlala Sports Awards of the year to beheld later in the year. Start encouragingyour children by nominating themby emailor fax.Email your nominations to cityvi-
sion@wpnewspapers.co.za. Mark the sub-ject as Sports Star or send a clearly writtenfax to 021 910 6501/0866 721 2659.
Hockey+running= bums on seatsZILA MKONTO
A bold campaign to bring bums on theseats whenever the Langa HockeyClubplays is slowly but surely gaining
momentum.Conceptualised by the team’s executive
and dubbed #2000 Fans of Langa, it is anopen invitation to the community to supportthe club’s home games.
“This is an ongoing campaign through-out the hockey season because were wantpeople to support the club from our juniormatches to senior teams.We want people to come out and watch us
in the field of play” said the team’s publicistPhumzile Malotana.But Malotana added that on top of the fan
drive, they are starting to attract ordinarypeople’s attention through their club’s Fri-day 5km hockey runs.“This is every exciting and people who
have never run before are starting to followus and the feedback we get is amazing. Oth-ers have taken to exercising daily becauseof this,” he said.Club player Owethu Ebenezer Maholwa-
na says the runs are making a difference inthe comuunity.“The pace is high but a lot of people are
starting to enjoy it. They can’ wait to dontheir red socks on Fridays to be part of thehockey run,” said Owethu.Malotana said filling up the stadium with
fans gave players the spirit to fight until theend.As an example, he cites their opening
game against Pinelands two weeks ago,when the men’s team was in sublime form,winning 3-1.The teamhadbouncedback froma1-0 defi-
cit to complete control the game.“We want to turn Langa Stadium into a
“slaughter house”(for visitors), visitingteams must fear us but at the same timemaking the community part of the hockeyvibe and entertainment,” he said.The club is also proud of being the only
one in a township in South Africa that hasan astro turf.Hockey was first introduced to Langa by
the late South African cricket coach BobWoolmer in 1987.Woolmer, who used to run cricket coach-
ing clinics in the township,wantedhis crick-eters to stay active during the cricket off-sea-son.He achieved a real coup by introducing a
sportwhich is rarely played inmost of SouthAfrica’s disadvantaged communities.
Langa Hockey Club has been staging 5km runs in the area to raise awareness about the benefitsof healthy living and fitness. PHOTO: PHUMZILE MALOTANA
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