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No vote forpeople withburnt IDs>> Jika Joe residents without IDs fear they wont be able to vote

NOMPENDULO NGUBANE>>nompendulo.ngubane@mye­cho.co.za

MORE than 10 Jika Joesettlement residentswho lost their identity

documents (ID) in a fire lastSundaymorningmightnotbeableto vote next week.

A total of 68 residents, includ-ing young children, were left withnothingafterthefire.WiththeirIDbooks burnt to a crisp, the resi-dentssaythatthiscouldmeanthattheywon’tbeabletovoteon7May.

The cause of the fire is stillunknown but residents suspectthat a burning candle was thesource. One resident who was af-fected is Mfanufikile Mzulwini.

“We have lost everything. Butlosingour ID’s at this point in timewas the last thing that we expect-ed. Out of all those who lost theirIDs, I was the only one who wasable to go to Home Affairs andapply for another one. Othersdon’t have money to do so.

“Mostof themareunemployedand they have no money for theother documentation that is doneatHomeAffairs. Theworry is thatif no one comes and offers help tothose that still need help, theywon’t be able to vote. If anyonecould come and assist with the IDissues, it would be appreciated,”said Mzulwini.

Zinhle Mchunu said that shewants tovoteandwas looking for-ward to the coming elections.

“We are appealing to theauthorities to help us with the IDissue.There isa lot thatwearenothappyaboutastheresidentsofthearea. We would also appreciate ifwe are provided with permanenthouses.

“Cleanliness is also an issue inthe area; the filthiness is at analarming state. These are thesame reasonswewant to vote butwe cannot do that without IDs,”she said.

The Msunduzi Municipality iscurrently building300 temporaryhouses for the residents inabid tocurb similar incidents.

Ward 33 councillor, NalinAtwaru, said that she is aware ofthe fire incidentandthathadgoneto the scene with the ward com-

mitteemembers.Shesaid shecanconfirm that no one was hurt.“People that were affected weregiven soup and bread, “she said.

PHOTO:NOMPENDULO NGUBANEStranded Jika Joe residents who lost their IDs during the fire fear they won’t be able to vote.

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NOMPENDULO NGUBANE>>nompendulo.ngubane@myecho.co.za

WITH only six days to gobefore the general elec-tions, the mass of political

postersonstreet poles is a veryvisualreminder.

As you drive or walk aroundImbali, Ashdown, Snathing, KwaPa-ta andotherGreaterEdendale areas,nobody could forget that it is nearlytime for people to cast their vote.

It’s the same display in town asvarious election posters on roadssuch as Langalibalele street compete

for the attention of voters.On FJ Sithole road, the road that

intersects the different Units ofImbali, a young man by the name ofMduduzi Gumede said that he can’twait for his second time to vote.

The25-yearoldGumedesaid thathe will be voting at Sinamuva school

primary which is his voting districtand he is excited about it.

He said that for this year’s generalelections, he is seeing a huge varietyof posters compared to the 2009elections.

“I don’t remember seeing such avarietyofposters,especially, in town-ships that are known to be strong-holds for other political parties.

“Most of the time you would findpostersofotherpoliticalpartiesbeingremoved from the poles or whereverthey were put up. I’m not seeing thathappening in Imbali as a whole, andthat clearly shows that people arerespectingdemocracyandasayoungSouth African, I am happy,’ saidGumede.

France location residentNtombenhleNgcobo,saidasmuchasthepostersareareminderof thegen-eral elections, she is still undecidedabout voting on 7 May.

Ngcobo said she is not happywithservice delivery in France and shesees no reason to continue voting inthis country.

“The energy is gone. The peoplewe vote for disappoint us when theyare in power. I wish they could keeptheir promises. They make empty

promisesand itdoesn’thelp us inany way, sofor mevotingisnotreally apriority. Iwill justhave to gowith myinstinct onthat day,”she said.

A fewdays afterthe elec-tions, theresults willsay whichelectionpostersandmanifes-toes rangtrue to thepeople’sneedsandaspirations.

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Informal settlement electrification project rolloutNOKULUNGA NGOBESE>>nokulungan@myecho.co,za

ILLEGAL electricity connections will be a thing of the past forresidents of Swapo, Nhlalakahle and Ezinketheni informal settle-ments, after an electrification project was officially launched onTuesday. The project is an initiative of theMsunduzimunicipality, inpartnershipwiththeDepartmentofFinance. Morethan2000homesare set to benefit from this project worth R7 million.

Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony at the Copesville sportsgrounds, city Mayor Chris Ndlela said: “It is not their fault that theydo not have a legal electricity system, but it is the result of the apart-heid regime. By electrifying the area, we are combating illegalconnections and promoting social cohesion.

“Fromlastyearuntilnow,wehavehadaboutsevendeathscausedby illegal electricity connections. Last year, an activist died on thegroundwhile fighting for electricity connections. This electrificationproject will also honour his life, and all thosewho have been victimsof electrocution.”

KwaZulu-Natal FinanceMEC InaCronje said that the projectwillkick off thismonth, and if all goeswell, all the beneficiarieswill haveelectricity by Christmas this year.

“Wearenotwherewewant tobe,but your time tohaveelectricityhascome.Thiswillnotonlybenefit theseareas,neighbouring areaswillalsobenefit.Bystealingelectricity, theelectricitysupplyofneigh-bouring communities is also affected,”she said.

WardcouncillorThandiNdlovusaidthatsheisgratefulthatpeoplefrom the informal settlements will finally benefit.

“I will now be able to walk freely, as this had already caused con-flicts in the area”.

PHOTO:NOKULUNGA NGOBESE(From left) City Mayor Chris Ndlela with Funani Maduna (a beneficiaryfor the electrification project in Nhlalakahle) and KwaZulu NatalFinance minister Ina Cronje during a sod turning ceremony marking thebeginning of the electrification project this month

PMB shining star appeals for votesNOMPENDULO NGUBANE>>nompendulo.ngubane@mye­cho.co.za

A SINGER from ImbaliUnit 13 has made it tothe top 10 of “I want to

sing gospel” show, and isappealing for support.

Nelisiwe Dlamini, who iscurrentlybasedinGautengforthecompetition,saidherhopeof winning the competition ison the people of KZN.

‘I want to sing gospel’is agospel show that is televisedon SABC 2 every Thursdayfrom 7.30 to 8.30pm.

Dlamini started to shinewhenshemadeittothetopfivein KZN.

Dlamini performs under

uHologo productions, whichis owned by localbusinessman Themba Njilo.

She was a member of thethen famous SOS choir, whichwas was groomed by ThulaMhlophe.

Dlaminiwent solowithherown project when shereleasedherowngospelmusicalbumand“LangaLomphefu-mulo Wami” is a well knownsong from that album.

Speaking toEcho, Dlaminisaid she that believes that shewill come back a winner if thepeople of KZN vote for her.

“All that I need is your voteto keep me away from beingeliminatedandhelpme towinthe competition. I’m workingvery hard and I’m happy with

the experience so far.“What I can say is that we

work very hard when werehearse and with the taskthat we are given.

“I can proudly say thatwhile I’m in this competition,I’m growing musically.

“Right now I need votesfrommy people and then eve-ryone can leave the singing tome,” said Dlamini.

The judges in the competi-tion are Ntokozo Mbambo,Lindelani Mkhize (JoyousCelebration), SiphoMakhabane and TsepoNzimande.

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>> Sakhisizwecommunity educationprogramme teachesskills to the youthNOMPENDULO NGUBANE>>nompendulo.ngubane@myecho.co.za

Realising thateducationwasnotonly a government issue,members of ward 23 gathered

and formed the Sakhisizwecommunity education programme tohelp the youth in the ward.

The programme was formed in2011anditwasofficiallyregisteredin2012.

Speaking to Echo, programmeprocess facilitator Sbusiso Khanyilesaid their vision is to lend a hand tothe youth in the areas of ward 23,especially those who can’t pursuetheir education to tertiary level.

“There are schools that have notdonewell with theirmatric results inthe past. One of the reasons theschools are not doing so well is theshortage of books.

“Ourmain concern is exactly that,andwehaveknockedonsomedoors,asking for help with books.

“We were successful with thatinitiativeasHiltonCollegerespondedby giving books whichwe donated tosome of the schools.

“Oneof theschoolswhowedonat-ed books to was able to do better intheir matric pass rate last year,” saidKhanyile.

The school whose pass rate hasgone up from 28% to 79% last year is

Siyahlomula secondary school.“We are in contact with institu-

tions like Olwazini Centre, where wetaketheyouththatwehavementoredso they can familiarise themselveswith available skills in the centre.

“Most of them can’t afford tertiaryeducation and it’s one of our initia-tives to send them to institutions thatcan help them with skills,” saidKhanyile.

He said that in order for theirorganisation to be visible, theyintroduce themselves to schools.

“In that way we are able to reachpupils thatwe canmentor andassist.Whatwe do is, with the tenmembersthat we have, eachmembermentorsa group of 10 pupils.

“Afterwehaveworkedwith them,we deploy them to skill institutionsandwedoafollow-uponhowtheyaredoing.

“We are proud to say thatwe havealsomanagedtostoptheclosingofthe[Ashdown] library in the ward.

“Thatwasalsopartofmakingsurethat the youth are not being deniedtheir right to learn,” he said.

Khanyile further said they havealso worked with educationorganisations such as Soul Buddies,Whizz Kids Academy, Life and Timeand Sakhubuntu organisation inSobantu.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED(From left) Cebo Xaba, Sibusiso Khanyile, Ayanda Zulu and Simphiwe Mkhize, Fikile Mshengu, Zodwa Shezi, XolaniMkhabela, Thobeka Dlamini and Slindile Nzimande are members of Sakhisizwe community education programme.

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BHUNGANI KA MZOLO

Kasrils’s rather loud silence past

WHEN I heard of the ‘vote NO’ campaign of formerMK operative and former intelligence minister RonnieKasrils, I initially thought that someone was tellinga joke. I also thought he was mad to come up witha stunt like that.

And when I heard his reasons for this mad action,that it was because of the corruption by certain ANCleaderswhohaveenrichedthemselvesattheexpenseof the poor, I was then convinced that he has lost italtogether.

It came across as if ‘Uncle Ronnie” somehowconsidered himself a self­appointed supervisor of thecurrent leadership, and as a supervisor, he was notimpressed with what they were doing, and becausehe was displeased with them, he was going to get thepeople to withhold their votes or to give it to somenew parties until he, as the elder uncle, was satisfiedthat they were behaving in an exemplary way, atwhich time he was going to tell the voting masses toonce again vote for the ANC.

That is why the whole thing strikes me as insane.Getting the masses to vote for you is not like a

tap which you can open or close at will. I doubt thateven the much­loved Madiba, with all his charisma,could have gotten away with such a stunt.

The most logical thing Kasrils should have donewas to follow all those who had been expelled by theANC: form his own organisation and then campaignfor the election. That he did not do this shows anelement of dishonesty in his claims. That in fact mightbe the reason why he has not been able to explainhis rather loud silence during the arms deal debacleand the HIV/Aids controversy.

Kasril’s hypocrisy and incredulous double stand­ards only became clear when ANC secretary­generalGwede Mantashe explained that Kasrils was not in

good standing with the ANC as he last renewed hismembership in 2008.

Basically, what it means, is that comrade Kasrilshas not been a member of the ANC for at least sixyears. Now here is the principle underlining his hypoc­risy: If he did not renew his membership because heconsidered himself over that, having been in MK,being a minister, then why would he be taken abackif other leaders within his movement consideredthemselves to be deserving of the lavish lifestyle onaccount since they are veterans of the struggle too?He must answer that first.

Clearly Kasril, just like the leaders he seeks torubbish and condemn for their ill­found ideas of enti­tlement, himself seems to harbour his own delusionsof grandeur.

It would seem to me that if uncle Ronnie was reallydisgusted with corruption in his former party, heshould have done one mad thing to end all this mad­ness. With his background in military and intelligence,he should have canvassed his views amongst a selectfew in the army and MK and then stage a coup.

The task of this coup would be to suspend theconstitution and, in its stead, declare rule by decree.Then he would take over the SABC and announce thathenceforth, the country was under military rule.

Parliament would be suspended until freshelections have been conducted in two to three yearswhen the situation in the county had been stabilised.Then comrade Kasrils would announce that he wasthe commander­in­chief of all armed forces and pres­ident all rolled into one. He would announce that thisdictatorship was aimed at bringing about radicalchanges with regards to the economy, the land,education, health, housing, police and the situationat our porous borders.

Commander Kasrils would inform us that hence­forth, no one person owned land, as all land belongedto the state. The minerals and all the wealth of thecounty, including control of banks, would be placedfirmly in state hands.

He would announce new state shall be calledAzania and anyone who did not wish to live underthose conditions were free to leave, as long as theyleft everything that belonged to this county wellalone here.

As the new state had committed itself towardsfulfilling the needs of the revolution of the people ofthis county, all those who had stolen fom the peoplewould be put in jail, to face people’s justice at a laterstage.

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AMAN living Northdale has accused DAward 28 councillor Nithia Govender of“humiliating and insulting” him in

public at his office last week.PhilaniMdladla (33) saidGovender refused

to give him a proof of residential letter due tothe fact that his identity document (ID) had nostamp, which would have proved that he is aregistered voter.

Mdladla said he was issued a new ID afterhehad lost his old one that had a voting stamp.He said the reason for going there was to askfor a proof of residence letterwhich he neededat the garage fromwhich he was buying a car.

“I walked into his office and told him whatIhadcomefor.HesawmyIDandrefusedtogiveme the proof of residence letter because it hadno stamp. He toldme thatmy ID had no stampwhich is proof that I am not a registered voter.

“I tried explaining to him that I had lost myIDand that Iwasusing thenewone.He startedcalling me names infront of the people thatwere in the office. I feel that I was beinghumiliated, insulted and abused in public. Iwanted help from him as the ward councillorbut he failed to do that. Seeing that he wascausingascene,IwenttothenearestANCofficeand they were able to help me. They gave methe proof of address because I had all therequired documents,” said Mdladla.

However Govender said Mdladla was anastyyoungmanwhorefusedto listenwhenhetold him what he needed from him.

“I needed him to provide me with all thenecessary documents but he failed to do that.We are obliged to have enough evidence thatthe person is a resident in the area anda regis-tered voter. I did not get that fromhim. Insteadhe had the tender forms with him. I told himwhat I needed from him and he was unable togive it to me,” said Govender.

PHOTO:PHILANI MDLADLAThis is ward 28 councilors office where Philani Mdladla felt he was being humiliated.

Jika Majika hostgives back to thecommunityNOMPENDULO NGUBANE>>nompendulo.ngubane@myecho.co.za

THEnameMpenduloButheleziwaspopularonthe dance talent show Jika Majika on SABC 1not so long ago.

Continuing on unearthing new talent,Buthelezi hosted Zazise (introduce yourself)youth show in the city hall last Friday.

Variousartistsperformedtoshowcasetheirtalent. The aim of the youth show was to shiftthem away from potentially using drugs, saidButhelezi. Different local groups were presentand they performed on stage for the audience,which was mostly youth in uniform.

SpeakingtoEcho,Buthelezisaidhebelievesthat Pietermaritzburg has a lot of talentedartists who need support and exposure.

“IlovethecityofPietermaritzburgandIlovethe people of this town. Part and parcel of the

show was to show them love and to give backto the community who has been supportive ofMpendulo as a person.

“In these days we find young people beinga slave to drugs. It’s up to us to stand up andprevent this by getting them to explore theirtalent inmusic, dance, poetry or anything thathelps themshine. I have enjoyedworkingwithlocalgroupsandtheyhaverespondedpositive-ly. I havemet different groups that do differentgenres of music and poetry. It has been over-whelming seeing how talented and eager theyare. They have enjoyed performing and theydid their best on stage,” he said.

He thanked theMgungundlovumunicipali-ty for the support and trust they showed himwith the project.

“Iwouldalso liketothankallof thesponsorsthat assistedme. Iwould like to thankNandos,Jonathans Spar, the mayor’s office and 100Warriors that sponsored me with the soundsystem,” said Buthelezi.

Some of the groups that performed wereDope Ink, Undivided Roots, and Ingoma.Buthelezi is available on Facebook asMpendulo Buthelezi and on Twitter asmpenduloansa001.

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Pirates settled for a 1­1draw against Platinum Starsat Orlando Stadium onSaturday. The Buccaneers,who hold at least one gameinhandovermostoftheirop­ponents, are lying fifth in thetop­flight league table withthree matches remaining.

Vermezovic said the twobig matches the team had inDurban would be key to theteam’s aims.

“On Wednesday, we have a very big game againstWits and after that we’re going to Durban for aNedbank Cup semi­final game, and then we play inQwaQwa and again in Durban.

“We will try to win asmany games as possible andwe’ll see what happens atthe end of the day.”

Pirates were fortunatenot to concede a penalty inthe closing stages whenMduduzi Nyanda wasbrought down in the areaand the referee controver­sially allowed play to contin­ue.

Both Stars coach AllanFreese and Vermezovicrefused to criticise the deci­sion after the match.

“You saw it, you knowwhat happened, so I’m going

to leave it at that. I think we had a good game overall,”Freese said.

“We can talk, we can analyse but if the refereedoesn’t say yes, it’s not a penalty,” Vermezovic said.

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PHOTO: GALLO IMAGESOupa Manyisa, one of key Orlando Pi­rates players expected to help theteam win its remaining league match­es and those of Nedbank Cup.

Bafana get Nigeria in Caf draw

BAFANA Bafana were drawn against defend-ing champions Nigeria in Group A of the 2015Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The drawwas held on Sunday afternoon atthe Confederation of African Football (Caf)headquarters in Cairo.

Sudan,andateamyettobedetermined,willalso do battle with Bafana as they seek a ticketto the finals in Morocco.

The other countries chasing the fourth spotinGroupAare Libya, Namibia, CongoBrazza-ville and Rwanda.

TheAfconfinalswill takeplacefrom17Jan-uary to 8 February, 2015 and the four groups

will be based inMarrakech, Agadir, Rabat andTangier.

The six match days of the group stage willtake place between September 5 and Novem-ber 19 this year.

Sevengroupwinners,sevengrouprunners-upandthebestthird-placedsidewillqualify forthe tournament.

Meanwhile, groupGemergedas the“groupofdeath”afterTunisia,Egypt, Senegal andonefrom Burundi, Botswana, Central AfricanRepublic and Guinea-Bissau were drawn to-gether.

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDBafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund have his charges pitted against those of Nigeria underStephen Keshi in the Caf Cup.

SA problem cannot be addressed by foreigners

BLACKSouthAfricans in positions ofpower are a very interesting species.Generally,wetendtothinkthatapart-heid only affected the poor anduneducated.

Thedecisionsmadebysomeofourbrothers and sisters in higherechelons of power show the amount

of damage caused by apartheid.Foreignnationalsfinditeasytoget

support from our public and privatesectors. Our leaders will mobilise allresources if you claim tohavediscov-ered a “Ronaldo” or “Messie.”

Webelievethestoriesofforeignersare better than those of our brothers.

There are people in the provinceof KwaZulu-Natal like Jef Nkosi inNewcastle, Bongani Yengwa inDurban,ZephMthembu inPieterma-ritzburg, the late Reggie Shelembeetc. who have laboured for yearsunderdifficultconditions.Therehavebeenyouth football programmes thatproducedexceptional footballers like

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These are some of the sad storiesthatwehaveobserved ina freeSouthAfrica. Black people find it difficult toempower and support their brothersand sisters.

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Presently, there is very little beingdone at the lowest levels of the game.Weare failing to do the correct thingslike the rest of the world. We have“priests”, women with no technicalbackground and all sorts of peopleleading our technical evolution. Itseems doing the correct things is lessimportant than being politically

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SouthAfricanproblemscannotbeaddressed by foreigners. The soonerthe leaders at every level of the gameunderstand this truth, the better.

The more things change, theworse they become.

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IF Maritzburg United wins, the whole ofKwaZulu-Natal wins.

This weekend could be one of the mostimportant ones for the city and the province.

LocalPSLoutfitMaritzburgUnitedwill facethe Soweto giants Orlando Pirates in theNedbank Cup semi-finals at Harry Gwalastadium on Saturday at 8pm.

Inthisgame,theTeamofChoiceisexpectedto make history in many ways.

Outsmarting or booting Pirates out of thecompetition and making it to the finals of thecupcompetitionwillnotonlyrewriteSAsoccerbooks, butwill also put the local side firmly onthe national map.

The Teamof Choicewould also be remem-beredas the “giant” killers for a very long timein South African soccer.

UnitedpublicistBrianZumasaid that if thelocal soccer lovingpeople, especially theTeamof Choice’s die-hards, can pack the stadium,the visitors will go home empty handed.

He encouraged local supporters to come intheir thousands, and early, in order to prove itto the country that City of Choice residents area playing community and passionate soccerfollowers.

“This is our good chance to provewhat our

city is made of. This is also a goodchancetoseethewholeofKwaZulu-Natal uniting and joining hands insupporting our team to quality forthe next final hurdle.

“It must be remembered thatMaritzburg United is the only teamfrom KZN still left in the NedbankCup

“There are people who will becoming from Durban, Hammars-dale, Howick, Mooi River, Estcourt,Ladysmith, in fact from all KZN.What a perfect way tomake history

right here at home,” said Zuma.ThePSLhasconfirmedthatticketsare

now on sale and fans are urged to booktheir seats on time.

Tickets can be purchased atComputicket and Shoprite Checkersstores countrywide at R60 for the openstand and R100 for grandstand.

Thegrandstand ticketswill beonsale

at the MUFC club offices, SupersaveSupermarket and OK Mini Market inCollege road.

The cooperate suites will be on salefromtheclubofficesatR25000persuite.

For more information, please phoneMaritzburg United offices at 033 3455666/7orvisit themat397Victoriaroad.

- Jerry Barnes

IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT MARITZBURG UNITED IS THE

ONLY TEAMS FROM KZN STILL LEFT IN THE NEDBANK CUP

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PHOTO: GALLO IMAGESOrlando Smeekes of Maritzburg United and Thembela Sikhakhaneof Golden Arrows during the Absa Premiership match between between the two teams at Harry Gwalastadium on April 06 this year. Maritzburg United players like Smeekes are expected to go for broke as they come up against Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup semifi­nal at the same venue on Saturday night.