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THEMayor of Ntabankulu Local Mu-nicipality CouncillorVusiMgodukaled a high profile delegation whichwent to meet with the President ofSouth Africa, Jacob Gedl’eyihlekisa

Mhlanganyelwa “Phunyuka Bemphethe” Zu-mainhispresidentialhome,Tuynhuys, inCapeTown.

The purpose of the visit was to persuade thePresident to adopt Ntabankulu as one of thePresidential Poverty Nodes in order for specialattention to be given to Ntabankulu for inter-ventions to alleviate poverty.The delegation, that was led by the Mayor,

consistedof theheadsof the traditionalcouncilsin Ntabankulu; Honourable Nzululwazi Sig-cawu of Lwandl’olubomvu; Honourable Mak-hosini Diko of Amanci and Honourable Kholis-

ile Siyoyo of Amacwerha and Municipal Man-ager Sindiswa Mankahla and the manager ofmunicipal relations Lixolile Petela.In his presentation Mayor Mgoduka gave a

brief background of the demographics of the ar-ea,pointingoutsomeof thedistinctcharacteris-tics of the poverty situation in Ntabankulu.He highlighted some of the indicators ofmas-

sive youth unemployment, electrification back-logs, infrastructure backlogs and low economic

development.Mgoduka said “Bayasibetha abantu mon-

gameli,bafunaumbanenemisebenzi.Ubaasilu-fumani ungenelelo, bazogqibela sebesibethengezandla (meaning that people were givingthemhard timesas theyneedelectricityand jobopportunities. If they don’t get government in-tervention theywill endup beating themphysi-cally)”.

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HighprofileNtabankuludelegationmeetspresident

Top female farmers harvest rewardsTop female farmers harvest rewards

The Goxe Agritourismproject in Mount Ayliff,which was started in2009 in the KwaGogelalocation, came second inthe commercial sector atthe Female Entrepreneurawards held by theDepartment of RuralDevelopment andAgrarian Reform at theWild Coast casinorecently. Pictured arecasual labourers with thecrops they had justharvested from theproject’s fields. Read thefull story on page 6.PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISAMADIKIZELA

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THER212-millionMthathaAirport upgradeis 97% complete, excluding the runway, andwill fully be operational in October.

This was revealed during a site tour byEastern Cape Premier Pumulo Masualle,Eastern Cape Transport MEC Weziwe Tik-ana and government officials last Thurs-day.They were there to witness the progress

of Phase 1, which is refurbishment and ba-sic infrastructure development, to get clos-er to the vision of Phase 3 of a “logisticalhub.The airport can now receive bigger air-

craft like 737s and 36 200 passengers have al-ready landed at the airport since the begin-ning of this financial year,” Masualle said.He said the airport unlocked the gates for

tourists to come in numbers to the OR Tam-bo region as it was where heroes like NelsonMandela had been born and buried.“It simplifies the way of visiting the area

and we are expecting more people to visitMandela’s site.“This is also part of improving the econo-

my of the region as people from outside willbe more interested to visit because of theairport,” Masualle said.He stressed that there was a need for addi-

tional airlines to open the gates for more in-

vestors in Mthatha.Masualle urged the private sector to get

more involved in the project at theMthathaAirport. “We are expecting more airlines toaccommodate the entire South Africa.”So far there is only one airline operating

at Mthatha Airport, South African Airlinkwhich flies between Mthatha and Johan-nesburg. There is one flight in the morningand one in the afternoon, accommodating86 passengers on each flight.Airport manager Anderson Maduneni

said 80% of the passengers on this routewere business people at present. “We needto rake in more airlines so that we can seemore activity at the airport.”He said that since the death of former

president NelsonMandela he regularly sawpeople from the United Kingdom, Germanyand other countries, which would also bean economic boost for the region.“I can confirm that our runway is of na-

tional standard and surely after our launchthere will be interactions to add certaindestinations like Durban, Cape Town orEast London. We are in the final stagesnow,” Maduneni said.“We are positioning Mthatha Airport

through a three-phase programme to be apassenger and freight hub, linking road,rail and air transportation and effectivelya gateway to the east of the province,” Tik-ana said.

She said the new terminal building hadall the modern electronic surveillance sys-tems for security. By working together theycould make the airport the catalyst for so-cio-economic growth in that part of theprovince, she said.The chairperson of the Mthatha Airport

development team, Dr Somadoda Fikeni, ex-

pressed his gratitude to the role players inthe project and appealed to them to stick to-gether and take care of the structure of theairport in making sure it did not become awhite elephant.“The management needs to be improved

and not everything must be authorised inBhisho,” he said.

MthathaAirportoperational inOctober

Eastern Cape Premier PumuloMasualle, Eastern Cape Transport MEC Weziwe Tikana andgovernment officials went on asite tour of the upgradedMthatha Airport last Thursday.PHOTO: SIM MDLEDLE

REPORTER

SIPHO Steward Mlamla (27) of Phepheni lo-cation in Mount Ayliff has been sentencedto 20 years imprisonment in the MountFrere regional court on rape charges.

He was found guilty after an incident onJuly 26, 2014.The victim (16)was chatting to her friends

at about 18h00 inside the room that theywere renting as school children.

Mlamla arrived at the room, kicked thedoor open and forced the victim to go withhim to his home threatening her with aknife.While they were at his home he raped the

victim until the following morning at about07h00.

) Simthembile Mnkisimane (28) of Lut-shiko Location inMncebaA/A inNtabanku-lu has been sentenced to 18 years imprison-ment in the Mount Frere regional court for

shooting a girl and raping another.The incident took place onOctober 02, 2012

at about 19h00 atMnceba location inNtaban-kulu.The two girls, aged 17 years old, were on

the way from another locality when the sus-pect approached themandpointed a fire armat them demanding sexual intercourse.When they refused, he fired a shot and in-jured one of them and raped the other.DNA results helped in identifying him as

the perpetrator.

Lengthy jail sentences for rapistsbyMount Frere court

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The traditional leaders, emphasised howhappy theywerewith the cooperation they re-ceived from the municipality and the respectfrom the mayor personally, but added thatNtabankulu would have high levels of insta-bility in the community if no urgent interven-tion on service delivery was received.“Sisebenzisana ngokumangalisayo noMa-

sipalawethuMongameli, ingxaki nje ngaban-tu esibhula sisela, sinqanda iingxushungxu-

shu ezibangelwa kukungabikho kwemali ku-Masipala yokusa iinkonzo ebantwini.Sizokhala kuwe njongomzali wethu tata yayesithembile uba uneendlebe noko,” Diko said.Sigcawu emphasied the need for direct in-

vestments to improve the economic situationin Ntabankulu. “We wish to request you MrPresident to lure in private investments inthe area to grow our economy into mediumto large enterprises in order to create jobs forour people. Our land is vast and is availablefor partnerships with the private sector.”

banenhlanhlamfanawam.Yinto entle kakhu-lu le uyenzayo.”The meeting concluded with the President

promising to visit Ntabankulu soon as a headof state not as ANC president as he did previ-ously. “Ngagcina ukuya laphayana kusaphila

ngiso uMashoba,” Zuma said refering to thelate former Mayor of Ntabankulu, CouncillorPumzile Matshoba.“Sizokhuluma ke noMeya ocingweni, ngo-

ba vele nginawo amanamba ocingo lwakhe,”Zuma said.

High profileNtabankulu delegationmeet president

In his response, President Zuma praisedthe Mayor that Ntabankulu has received aMayor it deserved. He appreciated Mgod-uka and said; “Ngesizulu kunenkulumoethi, kubamba ezingelayo, lokho kushoukuthi ayikho inyamazana engaze iziletheenjeni ithi wenja ngidle ngiyakubona ulam-bile.”He also praisedMgoduka’s efforts to bring

the people of Ntabankulu together and tobring cohesion within Ntabankulu. “Umauhlonipha amakhosi nabantu abadala uzo-

The delegation from Ntabankulu Local Municipality that had a meeting with President Jacob Zumarecently. PHOTO:SUPPLIED

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RESIDENTS of the Bechuana loca-tion inMount Ayliff protested out-side the town’s magistrate’s courtlast Wednesday calling for bail tobe denied for two murder sus-pects.

Nkosithethile Jijisa and Mpu-melelo Gandela appeared in courtfor the murder of Dudu Zono (62)of Bechuana location, who wasfound dead in his home with anopen wound to the neck.Zono’s niece, Nomanothi Zono

(38) said the murder had been ahuge shock to the family and the

community.“My uncle was a very humble

person who would not harm a flyand for him to be killed so ruth-lessly was just unfair. We wantjustice to be served on the cul-prits.”If they were released on bail,

the community of Bechuanawould know what to do withthem, she said.

Residentsopposebail formurderaccused

Bechuana location residents outsidethe Mount Ayliff Magistrate’s Courtopposing bail for two murderaccused.

PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZ-ELA

ABAXOLANGA abazali bendodaekuvakala ukuba yatyiwa yinjayabhubha kwinyanga egqithi-leyo kwilali yaseLutyeni eMbi-zana ngorhatywa lwangomhlakaJuly 12 kulo nyaka.

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A WALTER Sisulu University academic hasetched her name in history by becoming thefirst black female graduate in the country to ob-tain a PhD in administration.Tsolo-bornDr BeautyMakiwane, who is also

the first black female with a disability to headanacademicdepartmentatWSU,defiedalloddswhensheobtainedherPhDfromtheUniversityof Fort Hare last year.“Thatdaysignalled thegreatestdayofmy life

– it will forever be embedded in my memory.It represented theduebenefitsofhardworkanddedication,” Makiwane said.At just two years old tragedy struck Maki-

wane when she suffered a severe case of polio,leaving her permanently disabledwith a loss ofmovement in her right leg.“Although I don’t recall it, I believe that mo-

ment changed the course of my life because it

left me with a physical disability that affectedmy life immensely,” she said.There’s awhiff of just rewards that envelopes

her recent appointment as head of department– a feat cloaked in hard work which can betraced back to her beginnings as a secretary atthe university’s Mthatha campus in 1990.It was six years before Makiwane obtained

her first post-school qualification – obtainingher bachelor’s degree from the universitythrough the aid of a study subsidy.“I later pursuedpostgraduate studies, obtain-

ing my honours and masters degrees in 1999and 2001, all the while still employed as a secre-tary,” Makiwane said.In 2003 shehad to resignher post as secretary

after the university eventually appointed her apart-time lecturer in the public managementdepartment to conduct evening classes.

“At one stage it was the norm for me to gotobedatmidnightpreparing foraclass thenextday so that it did not take away frommy workduring the day. I actually held two jobs for theuniversity as secretary and part-time lectur-er.”Five years later, in 2009, Makiwane reached

another milestone – gaining permanent em-ployment as a lecturer.Since then, shehashadmanystintsasanact-

ing head of department before she finally land-ed the job earlier this year.“Education, the key to success, is accessible.

Knowingmy strengths resulted in tremendousexposure and opened doors I never thought Icould enter. I view my weaknesses as a tool toface challenges, applyingknowledge, skills andexperience to eliminate and eradicate them,”she said. – REPORTER

Walter SisuluUniversity’sBeautybeats theodds

Dr Beauty Makiwane in her office.PHOTO:SUPPLIED

THE Cape Careers Exhibitors Association inpartnershipwithNtabankuluLocalMunicipal-ity and Ntsintsana Junior Secondary School(JSS) hosted the first annual two-daycareer ex-po at Ntsintsana JSS near Sipetu Hospital re-cently.The expowas organised for grade 9, 10, 11, 12

as well as thosewho dropped out of schools be-cause of various reasons.The purpose of the expo was to provide

learners with an opportunity to apply for terti-ary institution’sacceptancesaswellasbursaryopportunities thatcompaniesorinstitutionsof-fer.It alsoprovided themwith information toen-

able them to make informed career path deci-sions.Theywerealsoprovidedwithinsightintodif-

ferent study institutions’ requirements andother opportunities they can pursue after com-pletion of matric.“While Iwas speaking to thematriculants in

some local schools and asking them which ca-reerpathstheywantedtofollowmanysaidtheydonotknow,theywillseeaftercompletingmat-ric.“Thismademe realise that therewas a huge

need for career guidance in this area,’’ said Si-phamandlaMyolwa the organiser of the career

expo. He further said that the motive behindthe expo was to fulfill the words of the lateformer president Nelson Mandela when hesaid “Education is a human right itself. It isa primary vehicle bywhich young adults andchildren can use to uplift themselves out ofpoverty. But the importance of education isnotjustpractical;awell-educated,enlightenedmind able to wonder freely and widely is oneof the joys and rewards forhumanexistence.”His Worship, the Mayor of Ntabankulu Lo-

calMunicipality CouncillorVusumuziMgod-uka,whowas theguest speaker, reminded thelearnerswhoattended the expo about the roletheywere expected toplay in takingSouthAf-rica forward.Siphamandla expressed that the expo was

in line with the National Development Plan(Vision2030).Theevent featuredthefollowinginstitutions: The University of Pretoria, Wal-ter Sisulu University, Berea Technical Col-lege, Cape Town University, MSC BusinessCollege,BostonCollege,EastLondoninstitutefor computer Sciences and others.Sammuel Mahlangeni, the founder of the

“Touch aHeart Campaign”, and ZiziphoNog-waza, who is a presenter at Alfred Ndzo Com-munityRadio,were themotivational speakersat this event. – REPORTER

First annual career expo atNtabankulu

His worship the Mayor of Ntabankulu, Vusumuzi Mgoduka (fourth from right) and the Speakerof Ntabankulu, Councillor Nophathekile Ndabeni (third from right) with the organisers of theCareer Exhibition. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THE Eastern Cape Department of Educa-tion has allocated R1.8-billion to buildschools throughout the province.Education MEC Mandla Makupula said

this was part of improving the standard ofeducation in the province and putting anend to pupils having to travel long distan-ces to get to school.He said the main focus would be on the

rural areas and ensuring that mud struc-

tures were done away with.“Our emphasis will be on big schools

with hostels to accommodate pupils,” hesaid.“We are trying to stop the closure of

schools because of low enrolments. If thepupils stay at the school, there is no waythey can leave.”He said rural schools battled with enrol-

ment because peopleweremoving to urban

areas.We need to accommodate a large number

of pupils in one school to avoid that,” Ma-kupula said.Schools at the top of the list for the con-

struction of hostels in the former Transkeiinclude the Smut Ndamase Senior Second-ary School in Libode and Makhawula Sen-ior Secondary School in Mount Frere.– SIMBONGILE MDLEDLE

R1.8-billion to build schools and hostels


THEnew, top-of-the-rangeLokweSeniorPrima-ry School is a dream come true for the residentsof Mount Frere

Theschool,whichAlfredNzoDistrictMunici-pality Mayor Eunice Diko handed over last Fri-day, formspart of theAccelerated Schools Infra-structure Development Delivery Initiative.Lokwe was built at a cost of R31-million and

has18classrooms,ascience lab,computerroom,a nutrition centre and a library.“This is the first school in the area with this

top-of-the-range structure aimed at changingthe lives of the people in the area,” Diko said.Because the school is a senior primary, not

all the classroomsare inuseand themayor saidthe vacant ones would be used for services tobenefit the community.“Those classrooms that are not in use will be

used for Further Education and Training class-es aswewill engagewith the local FET collegesand we will also bring on board different Setasto empower the youth with skills,” Diko said.School principal SimphiweMtshubungu said

the building of the school was a dream cometrue for him and the entire community of the

Schooldreamcomes true forMt Frere

Ntabankulu Local Municipality Speaker Nophatheka Ndabeni and Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor Councillor Eunice Diko unveil theplaque at Lokwe Senior Primary School.PHOTOS:SUPPLIED

Tela locality.“When I arrived at this school in 2001, I

could not believe there were still schools indire situations and I asked God to be with meas I tried to find ways to better the situation,”Mtshubungu said.He said thatwith constant engagementwith

all spheres of the department, the school hadfinallybeenputonthelistof theonestobebuiltand in 2013 construction had started.A total of 424 local youngpeople andwomen

were employed during the construction of theschool.

Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor EuniceDiko helps a pupil in the computer lab duringthe school’s opening last Friday.

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AYANDA MILISA MADIKIZELA

THE Goxe Agri-tourism project in Mount Ay-liff is harvesting its products and is happywith the quality of the production.

The project, started in 2009 in the KwaGo-gela location, came second in the commercialsector at the Female Entrepreneur awardsheld at the Wild Coast casino last week andwas awarded a cash prize of R32 000.

Project member Constance Bucu said theharvesting was going well and they had had

to employ more people to help them.“The project has 20 permanent members

and has employed 12 more casuals fromamong the unemployed youth, men and wom-en from the surrounding villages to help usaround the farm,” Bucu said.

She said that although they had a combineharvester, they mostly used labour to collectproduce that fell off their plants during rainyseasons.

Goxe Agri-tourism has a 50ha farm and sellsits products locally.

“We already have a buyer for our crops this

year, which will be 800 bags, which is goodnews for our project,” Bucu said.

They are selling a 50kg bag for R150, whichmakes it easy for them to pay their casual la-bour.

Patience Nxadi, one of the beneficiaries ofthe project, said its establishment hadbrought light into their lives.

“Before all this, we were unemployed wid-ows who were living below the poverty line,but now our children and grandchildren arewell taken care of,” Nxadi said.

They were now able to send their children

to school and renovate their homes, whichhad been dilapidated.

The project received funding of R500 000from the Eastern Cape Development Corpora-tion in 2013 and bought a tractor and accesso-ries.

Last year, the Department of Trade and In-dustry bought them a combine harvester anddriller machines worth R350 000.

With the latest cash injection from the De-partment of Rural Development and AgrarianReform, they said, they would buy irrigationequipment.

Constance Bucu of the Goxe Agritourism project in Mount Ayliff receives an award as a runnerup at the Female Entrepreneur awards. PHOTO:GREG NOTA

Constance Bucu, Nondumiso Nozintwana, Beauty Mazwana, Lumka Bucu and Patience Nxadi showoff some of the mealies harvested from their fields. PHOTO: AYANDA MILLISA MADIKIZELA

Harvest time for top female farmers

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TWO shearing sheds officially opened byEastern Cape Rural Development andAgrarian Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshoyanein Libode last week are set to give an eco-nomic boost to 237 sheep farmers in the area.

During the ceremony, Qoboshiyane hand-ed over wool baskets, wool pressers andsorting and picking tables to the farmers tohelp them process and clean their wool be-fore it is packed for market.

The first shed was handed over at theMamfengwini location and the second inMafusini in the Nyandeni Local Municipal-ity.

Qoboshiyane said the departmentplanned to build a factory, run by South Af-ricans, with the aim of decreasing the highnumber of people who still went to themines looking for jobs.

“We want to you to see that there is noneed to go to the mines. All you need to dois look after your livestock. We want to seeyou becoming millionaires one day be-cause of farming.”

He said they were looking forward to see-ing the youth taking part in farming in-stead of roaming around looking for alco-hol.

The chairperson of the MamfengwiniWool Growers Association, ThandabantuMakhalima, said they were happy aboutwhat the department had done for them.

“We are hoping this initiative will put usin a better place. It was not easy for us whenwe started this farming as we depended onother community members to lend us theirhouses to use as shearing sheds. Now thatis history because the government had res-cued us.”

He said they would make sure the shedswere secured at all times so that they werenot vandalised.

New shearing sheds for Libodewool farmers

MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane shows off hisshearing skills. PHOTO: BABALWA NDLANYA

MEC Mlibo Qhoboshoyane hands over a shearing shed to Mamfengwini community members.With him is the chairperson of the Mamfengwini Wool Growers Association, ThandabantuMakhalima. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA

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Where are his friends now?READER, you know about the utterancewhich says when days are dark friends arefew.That’s what we noticed about a guy whomwe used to meet driving with his friends allnight long at the time we were still grooving.They were travelling almost all the nightclubs of UTA in one night.Wawubona nje ukuba there is a good rela-tionship kulamajita ehlala endawonye, maraamanye babengenazikari. Nina gossip teamnanibabona nisiyaphi? Kaloku as you knowwe are always on the street looking for gossipnews, not booze or girls, and we get paid forthat.Aish, da man is suffering now and we don’tknow where his friends are now while he isin that situation. He has no car presently buthe still loves mnandi places even though hisfriends are nowhere to be found.We met him in Chicago trying to go backto his room. He even told us he tried to phonethe guy whom he used to “jujuma” with, buthe was not picking up his cellphone. And we

know the man was the one who always puton the pressure to move from one place to an-other with his car.Shame, we felt bad and helped by transport-ing him to his room in Norwood.This isUTAkendoda during your affordingdays friends are all over you, but when thingsare bad they just vanish and do not help evenwhen you need it. Ask uGesh esafika la waye-ne friends all over but once his vehicle got in-volved in an accident at the Tutor Ndamaserobots they were nowhere to be found. Marake if uphinde wagrand ntwana bazakuphindebavele befuna ukusebenzisa kwakhona. Pas-op.

We are not safe on these roadsUyazi sometimes uthi xa ubona umntu el-ahla isayidi uve ubethelwa nawe kuba daaiding perhaps it can end up affecting you aswell.We just popped in to Libode to buy some-thing to eat when we saw a heavily drunk oldman driving a green private car.He was trying to get out of the car but was

unable to do so because he was flat-footed ifnot grand drunk. Until a young chap cameand help him to came out.Do you think lamntu angayibona imoto ezaphambi kwakhe xa eyila-way because beku-bonakala ukuba usazakuqhuba nanjengokoengene kwindawo ethengisa utywalawaphin-de waphuma namanye amadampi amane. Wefound it difficult towatch that ashewas strug-gling to get inside now. Ucinge ke lowo mntuusazakuqhuba. Bafethu kunzima ezwenisokhile. I wonder bafunda ntoni abantwanabakhe xa enokufika ekhaya enjeya.

Watch out for these herbalistsWe fail to understand why people don’twant to listen because we have been tellingthem about these brothers from our neigh-bouring countries, but it seems as if abantubakuthi abafuni kumamela.Recently we met a guy who was crying outbecause his wealth had been robbed by theseguys promising to make him a millionaire.Kwathiwamakakhuphe yonke imali ebankto addmore fortunes to it. Naso kenaso isiyat-

ha esikhulu sesixelelwa ukuba imali engakamakangayikhuphi mara yena wafostela kuh-le kukaMzekeMzeke kuba uboniswe imali ib-igcwele ibag kwathiwa ukuba angakhupha leisebanki ingangeyakhe le ebeyibona. Engaqa-le anikwe le seyikhonanje phambikokubaay-okhupha le yekha. Shame, our people are …aisha bazakuthi siyabathuka. Nditsho ent-somini akukho mntu wakhe wathi elihlwem-pu wenza omnye isetyebi. So, bantu bakuthiyekani obuyatha kuba ayikho le nto. Xa umn-tu ezakunika iimpuku zemali usayifunelaniimali ezakuwinisa iLotto ungaboni kwalaphakuye ukuba lo mntu akakudingi ukuwinaiLotto kuba unezinto zakhe. Ungavele uthiubona ukhandlaza ehamba ngenyawo erentaiqokobhe lematshisi lendluathiuzakukutye-bisa nawe uvume lo nto kodwa uyazibonelanje nawe ukuba uyazedlulela kulomntu nala-pha asebenzela khona akukho nto ithi angak-unika izityhwentywe ze mali. Mfethu um-phile loR80 000 lo gqirhayincame iqale phant-si mara usebenze ngengqondo yakho iyekeukukuxelela izinto ezingaspnze zenzeke. Uvi-mile moss.

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THE Department of Health has come up witha plan to reduce long queues at clinics in theEastern Cape.

Patients would now collect their chronicmedicines from sites near their homes, depart-ment spokesperson Sizwe Kuphelo said.“Everybody taking chronic medication willnow find it easier to get his or her medicinewithout having to sit in clinics thewhole day,”he said.Patients will be screened to gauge if they areready to fetch their medication from thesepoints.The Treatment Action Campaign district or-

ganiser for the OR Tambo and Chris-Hani dis-tricts, Zukile Madikizela, said they were hap-py about the initiative because it would helpprevent patients from being discriminatedagainst.“This will be a relief especially for peoplewho at present have to travel long distancesto fetch their medicine,” he said.The initiative would also help to protect theprivacy of patients with diseases such as Aids.“This is one of the factors which cause peo-ple to default. Theyare afraid to be seen in clin-ics fetching their medicine.”Madikizela said it would still be better forthose tending to default to continue fetchingtheirmedicinesat the clinics so that theycouldbe monitored.

Plan toendqueuesat clinics

Nongovernment organisations, including the Treatment Action Campaign, are happy about the newclinic initiative. PHOTO:BABALWA NDLANYA


RURAL Development and Agrarian Re-formMECMlibo Qoboshiyane held a pub-lic meeting to engage with communitymembers from Mpoza locality in Lusikis-iki.

The session was held at Mpoza JuniorSecondary School last Thursday with oth-er government departments offering ser-vices to the community.Qoboshiyane said it is the start of theImbizo season and the executive leader-ship of the Province is all over the ORTambo region listening to the needs of thepeople.“Integrating with other stakeholdersandgovernmentdepartments,wearehereto interact with the people by listening totheir needs and suggestions on service de-livery,” said MEC.Headded that theyarehere to revive thedevelopmental plan of the province by re-porting back to the communities on theprogress done.Ingquza Hill Mayor Pat Jongintabahighlighted the success made by the mu-nicipality around its two towns being

Flagstaff and Lusikisiki.“Since 2011 and beyond, Ngquza hasbuiltmore than28access roads, communi-ty halls andR50m-worthmunicipal officesin Flagstaff,” said Mdingi.Mayor said they are currently busywith the construction of a health centre inFlagstaff and that they have assistedabout 15women and youth-based projects.Community member Bongani Futhwafrom Mpoza got a chance to express hisdiscontent about the lack of service deliv-ery in his location.“The clinic that we have is not enoughto cater for the entire ward, roads are inbad conditions and a constructor buildingRDPhouses isnot employing local youth,”said Futhwa.Community members also complainedabout thepoor conditionsof theRDPhous-es built, incomplete community halls andtaps with no water.Qoboshiyane said, working togetherwith all the relevant departments, closemonitoringwill be done and follow-ups onincomplete projects.Women and youth-based projects werehanded over with seedlings anf feed toboost their productions.

Public participation for IngquzaHill

MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane handing overvegetable seedlings tothe local projectswithin Mpoza areaand surroundingvillages last Thursdayduring the publicparticipation held atMpoza in Lusikisiki.PHOTOS:AYANDA MILLISAMADIKIZELA

Some of the community members from Mpoza location and surrounding villages attendingthe public participation held at Mpoza JSS last Thursday in Lusikisiki.

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