SIVENATHI ''THE SPECIAL ONE'' NONTSHINGA SUCCESFULLY DEFENDS HIS IBF TITLE BELT

 Sivenathi Nontshinga successfully defended his title belt this evening when he was facing Regie  Suganob from Philippines.  The 24 years old champion from Duncan Village fought infront of a large number of fans in East London ICC.

The Special one was defending his IBF Flyweight World Title after winning it September last year, from beating Mexican Hector Flores.

The fight which seemed difficult for both boxers was in favour of Nontshinga after 12 rounds ,by a unanimous split decision.

When interviewed, Nontshinga said “I was given the name Special one on purpose, because I am special.”.

On the other bout of the evening, Nhlanhla Tyirha was stopped at round six by a Malawian George  Kandulo.

TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A COLLISION

Two people have died while three sustained injuries during a collision on the N6 road between Komani and Jamestown.

This accident which involves three vehicles occurred this morning on 3km outside Komani towards Jamestown.

The vehicles involved were an articulated truck From Komani with one male occupant. While a Mazda sedan with two males and a polo vivo 3 males occupants injured both from Jamestown direction.

It is alleged that reckless and the negligent was the main accident. The Mazda was overtaking the Polo vivo when it met the truck on the wrong side of the road.

Both occupants of the Mazda died on the scene. The three occupants of the Polo vivo were rushed to hospital while the truck driver escaped unscathed.

The MEC for transport in Eastern cape Xolile Nqatha has called for all road users to be extra vigilant and obey the rules all time to avoid accidents.

A case of culpable homecide has been opened at Queesntown police station for further investigation.

 

A YOUNG GIRL MAKES A DIFFERENCE

 Amahle Qomfo,a 14 years old girl celebrated her birthday during the Mandela Month, to donate to those less fortunate. Qomfo resides in the second biggest township in South Africa, Mdantsane.

It is alleged that the 14 years old girl identified 100 less fortunate children in order to spend her birthday with. Also she did this so that she may donate toiletries to theses children.

According to Amahle ,as much as she is young but helping her peers makes her happy. It is alleged that Amahle started her foundation,the Amahle Qomfo foundation in 2017.It is allegedly said that before her birthday ,Qomfo asked for donations to people on behalf of those less fortunate children.

FEW ROADS IN THE EASTERN CAPE ARE CLOSED.

Few roads in East London were closed on Thursday morning due to heavy snow in some parts of the Eastern Cape. These roads are as follows:

R56 between Molteno and Steenburg,and road users are advised to use alternative routes. Also N6 at Penhoek Pass between Jamestown and Queenstown is also closed.

The traffic services also urged that the road users use other alternative routes as well other than the N9 at Lootsberg Pass between Graaf reinet and Middleburg since many vehicles are stuck there.

It is alleged that also the R58 route at Barkley East, was under the supervision of the authorities   as the snow continues to pile up in this route.

EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

                           This photo is the logo for South African Weather service(SAWS 2021)

The South African Weather Service on Tuesday issued a warning of a extremely cold weather conditions this week. 

It is alleged that these conditions are due to the cold front across the Eastern Cape Province. Also this cold front is expected to atleast bring showers to some parts of the province.
They further advised the Eastern Cape residents that during this period, no one must attempt
to cross any rivers as they may be full due to the flooding which will happen. Also residents have also been warned to keep an eye on any other instruction that may come up as the week goes by.

EAST LONDON AGAINST MASSIVE STRIKE

 The Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has applauded the province. 

This is after its fight against the national strike, allegedly in favour of the release of the former South African president, Jacob Zuma.

It is allegedly said that the streets in East London were quiet on Tuesday, while the residents were fearing for a strike. A woman who asked her identity not to be revealed said that, while they were working at Mdantsane City Mall the taxi drivers together with the SAPS members were watching the area like hawks.

While in East London Oxford Street, it is allegedly that the  South African Army was also patrolling in that area.

One of the residents in the area, Yonela Philemon has said that they felt safe as the presidents and hope that the people in the province won't involve themselves in the strike. 

A PLAN TO DEMINISH INCREASED CRIME RATE IN MDANTSANE

 

Residents of Mdantsane, East London in the Eastern Cape, have come together in a fight to clean Qumza highway shopping centre.

Qumza Highway is a small over-crowded area in Mdantsane with shops, vendors and developing business owners.

A young man aged 29 years from N.U 2 Mdantsane who refused to be revealed came up with the idea hoping that it will diminish the level of criminality in Mdantsane highway.

The 29 years old revealed that he also has been a victim of crime in the area, not once nor twice but many times by being searched by amaphara (drug addicts. According to the young man, the only thing that could aid the area is if all the Mdantsane populaces unite and fight the crime.

The forum recently recovered a stolen plasma T.V and returned it to its original owners.

The NU.2 Mdantsane patrol forum wishes to also get help from the community with anything that they could donate with as they have no source of income.

MDANTSANE F.M SUSPENDS THE 10th ANNIVERRSARY EVENTS.

Mdantsane f.m station has suspended its events, leading to their 10th anniversary main event. This happens after the country has experienced a rapid increase in percentages of the Covid 19.

The station had planned to host events together with MTN in different areas of East London, to bring closer the station to its listeners. This was done in celebration of their 10th year anniversary.

The station manager, Xabiso Gqirhana also announced this to the listeners, stating that they feel bad about the announcement as the station, but the events are crowd pullers. Gqirhana further stated that the events could play a big role in the percentage increase of the Corona virus. It is allegedly that that the Mdantsane f.m team thought of postponing the events until further notice.

The news-editor of Mdantsane f.m, Smagiel Tapa also has said that they promise as the station to still bring only the best to the community and encouraged the listeners to keep listening to it.

                     

                                                                            

                                                                                     

TWO PEOPLE WERE BURNT IN MDANTSANE

Two people have badly burnt to death in the early hours of Sunday in a shack in Lilian Ngoyi Park in Mdantsane.

It is allegedly said that the two were from a nearby tavern when they came home to cook. An eye witness has said that they fell asleep while they were still cooking.

It is not known yet on how the fire started and was able to reach to them ,the whole shack was burnt in ashes.A family member of one of the deceased has said that they are not aware yet of what happened but they will accept the situation and try to prepare for the funeral. The family further explained that they were woken up by the calls from the Lillian Ngoyi residents telling them about the incident.

The community members are still in shock of the incident as they suspect that the cause might be the illegal electricity connections. 

The forensic team has taken the bodies and further investigation is to be conducted.

EAST BANK FORCED REMOVALS

The furious residents of East Bank have badly burnt RDP houses belonging to some of the residents in the area, who are mostly black people and few of the Coloureds.

According to a source it is allegedly said that the residents of the East Bank were told to temporary stay in shacks, and register in  order for them to get the RDP houses .Most residents registered and some never wanted to stay in shacks and they never registered for the houses.

It is said that Coloureds residents invaded houses that were not meant for them and they were given  notice to vacate the houses.
According to the source , the municipality was forced to remove them after their failure to vacate the houses. Some of the residents threw stones and allegedly burnt the houses. As the result of this, the residents are now fighting with each other as the allegedly rightfully owners intervened in forcefully removing the residents.`` The police are firing rubber bullets at us, they say they are here to check but but they are not doing anything``, said the source.

The Ward councillor, Ms Ayanda Mapisa has said that they are currently having meetings with the leaders of the residents to resolve the situation.
It is allegedly said that the situation in East Bank is currently better as the police are watching the area.

CHANGING OF THE BLOG NAME AND CONTENT

As the Inventive Edification team, we would like to notify you that we are now changing the name of the blog together with the content as our journey with the Lujiza Primary School has come to an end.

THE DAY OF THE EVENT

 On the 13 September it was the last day of 1^st year journalism class with the Lujiza pupils. They were launching a book which had the stories that the Lujiza pupils wrote while they were still visiting them. It was a beautiful day but a sad day at the same time because it was the last time they were engaging with Lujiza as the project they were doing with them came to an end. Also they were celebrating the 2^nd birthday of Eastern Cape For Africa foundation which was started last year. They were also celebrating the fact that ECFAF gave them the opportunity to do this project. The journalism class gave the Lujiza pupils certificates of acknowledgement in participating in the programme. Their teachers were also there to witness the work that their pupils have been doing for the past 4 weeks that the journalism class students were working with them to build those stories. Seeing the book they were launching was so overwhelming for them as they remembered how hard those pupils were working towards trying to come up with the beautiful stories that they came up with. They were very eager to write their own stories. The journalism class was so proud when they read the stories that was wrote by the pupils because they knew that they contributed in the pupils having to write such interesting stories. The journalism class taught the Lujiza pupils some of the things they now know about writing and they were able to apply them on their writings. It felt good to know that they have passed those pupils a skill in writing that was given to them by their lecturer and they are certain that some of those children will not abandon the skill but will grow with it to become professional writers one day.

                                                          

                                                     

CERTIFICATES FOR THE INVOLVED LUJIZA PUPILS

During the school holidays on Wednesday the 11^th of September, the first year journalism class was preparing for the event which would take place on 13 September 2019 on a Friday. They started by   finalising the programme for the day of the event. The programme was already made it just needed a few touch-ups and look professional, and it was great. The journalism class then proceeded in making the certificates for the children who participated in the project. It was a lot of work and tiring for them. They enjoyed the making of certificates part because they thought of those children who participated and made it easy for the journalism class to work with them. The certificates will mean a lot to the children as to they are appreciated and their hard work is noticed. The journalism class believes that the Grade they were working with have a lot of work to do but they chose to add that with the writing of the stories. They think that when they show their appreciation to the children, even if the group of next year would choose to work with them again they would not hesitate to involve themselves. They then proceeded to making the book that they would be launching on that Friday. All the stories and poems that they were doing with the children in the past few weeks were compiled together to form a book. The journalism class then took the stories, made a table of content and edited the ones that needed editing. They then did the cover part which they had to decide on the title of the book. They wanted a title that could match with the project they are doing. So they titled the book `Stories of Duncan`, they thought at least by looking at the cover then people would know what to expect inside the book.