NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Bathontelene abathandi bebhola benjenjeya bejongise imibombo kumabala ase JD Dlepu nalapho bebeyokuxhasa abadlali abaselula kulempela veki esisuka kuyo. Imozulu ebinomoya obubhudla ngamandla ukhatshwa yintwanana yenkwankca ayibathibazanga abadlali kwiinzame zabo zokubonakalisa ngesakhono sabo. Kwimidlalo yabo bangaphantsi kweminyaka elishumi elinesithathu iLakhenathi izixhwithele kwiJoza Callies ngamanqaku amathathu kwelinye logama yona iCity Pirates ibhaxabule iEluxolweni ngamanqaku amathandathu eqandeni, yaze yona iNew Seekers yazibethela abakhaya bayo iFingo United ngamahlanu kwelinye. IAfrican Spears ibethe iFuture Stars ngamabini eqandeni logama iSakhulutsha itywatyushe iCameroon ngamanqaku amahlanu eqandeni. Abatshakazi iBlack Stars yothuse umzi ngethuba ilalisa iGolden Brothers ngelinye eqandeni logama iSophia Stars ibethe iMaru ngamanqaku asibhozo eqandeni,…
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By CHRIS TOTOBELA Makana LFA Premier league continued last weekend with some exciting encounters. Sophia Stars were awarded a walkover after Cameroon failed to pitch up. Eleven Attackers collected maximum points with a 3-1 victory over New Seekers, while the young and energetic Young Eagles side defeated Love and Peace by three unanswered goals. In a closely contested clash 6 SAI Army edged Rhodes University by 4 goals to 3, while tittle contenders Jacaranda Aces welcomed newcomers Grahamstown United by four goals to one. On Sunday, the old horses of Makhanda football, who have been struggling over the years, Joza…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA The long awaited Makana LFA Premier league kicked off last weekend. Football fans came in their numbers to support their respective teams. On Saturday Sophia Stars came from a goal down to overcome the youthful Young Eagles side by three goals to one. It was a difficult game for both teams, as it was played in very hot weather. Next up was the newly promoted Grahamstown United against Love and Peace. It was a closely contested encounter eventually won by the newcomers, four goals to three. The Eleven Attackers and Cameroon game did not take place, nor…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Iyasongana ibhobhile kwimidlalo yamakhwenkwana aselula. Ibembalwa kakhulu imidlalo kulempela veki esiyishiya ngemva nanjengoko amaqela amaninzi ebephumle. Kwimidlalo yabo baneminyaka engaphantsi kwelishumi elinesihlanu, iYoung Eagles ibethe kabuhlungu iCity Pirates ngamanqaku amabini kwelinye logama yona iLakhenathi izingombele iJacaranda Aces ngamabini eqandeni. Kowokugqibela umdlalo wosuku iGolden Brothers ethande ukuza kakubi mvanje ibhaxabule iCameroon ngamanqaku amane kwelinye. Kumdlalo wabo bangaphantsi kweminyaka elishumi elinesithathu ibingumgidi kaSanethi kwiSakhulutsha ngethuba itywatyusha iFuture Stars ngamanqaku alishumi elinesihlanu eqandeni. Kukhangeleka ngathi kufikwe kwinqanaba ngoku apho kuhluzwana khona, kuzanywa ukohlula amakhwenkwe emadodeni nalapho ngoku oompondo zihlanjiwe bathande ukuzibonakalisa ababhinqe ngako.
By CHRIS TOTOBELA All roads will lead to JD Dlepu stadium this weekend for the kick-off of the long awaited Makana LFA season. After a very long break, local teams will have an opportunity to return to the pitch to fight it out for top honours which will include promotion to the SAB regional league. Fans can look forward to football fireworks. Old and seasoned campaigners who have a rich history in local football will want to have a good start as they will open up against Extension 9 based Cameroon who had a rough run last season. Eleven Attackers…
By GEMMA RITCHIE There’s a funding crisis with libraries in the Eastern Cape. But what happens when R175 000, raised by a community trust for new books, disappears? In 2005, the Makana Friends of the Library Committee with then-head librarian Meg Hartzenberg, created the Old Book Fund after antique book dealers sold several valuable books from the Hill Street library in Makhanda (Grahamstown). Dating from around the opening of the Hill Street Library in the 1840s, the valuable books included several travel stories, old geographical guides, “Yellow books” which are bound magazines and some popular Victorian-era fiction of the time. …
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Rhodes University hosted African Connection at King Field in a local derby on Sunday afternoon.The game started slowly. It picked up as both teams sought an early advantage – but it was the visitors who threatened the hosts with the first real chance of the game. Nwabisa Jafta broke clear wide on the right and tried to curl the ball into the far corner, but failed to hit the target, with Amanda Gumede in Rhodes’s goal well beaten. Rhodes came up with some nice build-ups but could not make use of the chances they created. Gumede was…
By GEMMA RITCHIE Sarah Baartman’s libraries and school children shone recently at the provincial debating and spelling bee competition in Mount Frere. Seven districts competed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the National Book Week following a district-level competition held earlier in Ndlambe. Of around 80 school children in the Alexandria round, only 13 travelled to Mount Frere to compete. “The standard was very high,” Assistant Director for Sarah Baartman Libraries Unathi Nciweni said. “Our kids did well.” The children who placed third received a Kindle, those in second place were awarded a tablet, and the winners received a laptop. Makhanda…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA All roads led to Rhodes’s King Field last Saturday where the SAB league regional league kicked off the season with a double header. First up was the local derby with Makana Pillars locking horns with City Pirates in a closely contested game. Both teams seemed very tired towards the end of the game. That’s always the case at the beginning of the season. The teams went home with one point apiece as the game ended in a two-all draw. In the second game, Maru hosted Young Pirates from Port Alfred. The game started with both teams weighing…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Abalandeli bebhola elikhulu bebexhelelw’ eXhukwane kulempela veki esiphuma kuyo nanjengoko abadlali abaselula bebequbisene kumabala aseJD Dlepu. Kwimidlalo yabo bangaphantsi kweminyaka elishumi elinesithathu. iJoza Callies ibhaxabule iJacaranda Aces ngamanqaku amane kwelinye logama yona iBlack Stars ibethe iFingo United ngamanqaku amabini eqandeni. Komnye umdlalo iCity Pirates ibhulele oogqirha nezicaka iGrahamstown United ngamanqaku alishumi eqandeni, yaze yona iSophia Stars yabetha iNewseekers ngamanqaku asixhenxe kulawo mathathu. Kuleyo yabo abaneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu iAfrican Spears ibethe iEluxolweni ngamanqaku amane kwamathathu, logama yona iLakhenathi bingahleki nanye ehlekisayo ngethuba intywilisela iCameroon ngaphantsi kwamanqaku alishumi elinesithathu eqandeni. IJoza Callies ibethe iJacaranda Aces ngamane eqandeni yaze yona iSophia…