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  Zwelitsha
After the funeral I went back to my workmate Skwash's family village Zwelitsha.
I made a point of embarrassing myself by trying to do the same....
'Zone 5' of Zwelitsha - where Skwash's family lives.
caleb.smith.tripod.com /id87.htm   (35 words)

  
  Black Empowerment, Zwelitsha, awarded Santam contract - eProp Commercial Property South Africa
Zwelitsha is a nationally represented fl economic empowerment property management company, formed in partnership with the Trafalgar Group.
She added that, although Zwelitsha has a number of similar contracts with various financial institutions nationally, the Santam contract will enable the company to further demonstrate and develop its capabilities in the property services industry.
Zwelitsha is one of a handful of national empowerment property companies in the country with a fl majority shareholding.
www.place.co.za /news/article.aspx?idArticle=3754&pf=1   (310 words)

  
 Business Report - Zwelitsha, Trafalgar form empowerment firm
In this case the majority share of 55% is held by the original Zwelitsha directors, together with Patricia Kondile, and the balance by Trafalgar, which employs more than 2 500 people in the property services industry.
According to Zwelitsha CEO Lance Manala, this contract is typical of the size and scale of work the new company is aiming to attract.
He added that in the next 12 to 24 months Zwelitsha would add facilities and utility management to its range of property services, which are currently focused on cleaning and security.
www.busrep.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=203907&fSectionId=658&fSetId=304   (746 words)

  
  African Solutions to African Problems : What We Do : Our Partner CBO's
Zwelitsha is a rural village that until recently, was particularly isolated because of bad roads.
A core group of 13 youth work daily in a large vegetable garden that provides nutrition as well as income from the sale of produce that is used to support the schooling of AIDS orphans.
The Zwelitsha Youth Farm Project is headed by Tholeng Makeng, who was orphaned and raised in the village.
www.africansolutions.org /whatwedo/partner_cbos.htm   (1671 words)

  
 Comrades 2007   (Site not responding. Last check: )
on 23rd September at which veteran Comrades Marathon runner Zwelitsha Gono and three times winner and record holder Frith van der Merwe were announced as the recipients of the 2005 Harmony Spirit of Comrades Awards.
Zwelitsha Gono has completed 32 Comrades Marathons to date, two of which were run “unofficially” prior to 1975 when the race was opened to all races and both sexes.
The 2005 Harmony Spirit of Comrades Awards were thus presented to Zwelitsha Gono for courage and perseverance, Frith van der Merwe for achievement and excellence, and Lucas Nonyana for character and perseverance.
www.comrades.co.za /home.asp?id=502   (471 words)

  
  1 N J BANIE
King William’s Town, Zwelitsha, Ginsberg and Komga but there are people from Monday which are going to be included in the list.
Masizole Skiet, who will be talking about himself, attempted murder in Zwelitsha in 1993.
Bukwana Bildokwe, who will be talking about himself, severe ill-treatment in Zwelitsha in 1992.
www.doj.gov.za /trc/hrvtrans/kwtown/kwtbani.htm   (557 words)

  
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One of the policemen allegedly threatened to kill him as he was being taken away to a police station where the assaults continued.
Zwelitsha Mhluthwa eventually was released from custody when charges against him were withdrawn in court.
Despite State President De Klerk's public commitment to investigate vigorously all allegations of unlawful activity of the security forces, Amnesty International continues to receive numerous reports of security force involvement in torture, extrajudicial executions and other human rights violations which result neither in the suspension of the security force members implicated nor their prosecution.
www.amnestyusa.org /justearth/document.do?id=0DEB771667EE61DF802569A600601B9D   (1670 words)

  
 African Solutions to African Problems
Zwelitsha is a rural village that until recently, was particularly isolated because of bad roads.
The Zwelitsha project is a fantastic example of 'Small is Beautiful'.
A core group of 13 youth work daily in a large vegetable garden that provides nutrition as well as income from the sale of produce that is used to support the schooling of AIDS orphans.
africansolutions.org /partner.html   (1530 words)

  
 MACLEAN UNDER PRESSURE TO DELIVER TO POOR   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ZWELITSHA - Buffalo City Mayor Sindisile Maclean came face to face with the harsh realities of rural poverty when more than 2000 people crammed into the Oliver Tambo Hall here yesterday to air their grievances during the city's Listening Campaign.
This was Maclean's third in a series of public gatherings aimed at informing communities about the Pay 'n Save Campaign and the council's indigent policy -- an incentive launched by the council to improve services and scrap a portion of debt arrears.
A number of Zwelitsha residents voiced their concerns, saying development was not equitable enough.
www.queensu.ca /msp/pages/In_The_News/2001/September/poor.htm   (444 words)

  
 Premier's Office Honours the Elderly
A fun-day for the elderly was held at the OR Tambo hall in Zwelitsha on September 9th to restore their sense of belonging in the community.
Assistant Communications Director in the Premier's office, Lynnete Skriker, said the aim of the event was to pay tribute to the lives of the elderly and facilitate their full participation in their communities.
She said the function, which was attended by Buffalo City Mayor Sindisile Maclean, started at 11am with a fun walk from the Zwelitsha Zone 1 Taxi Rank, past the police station and end at the OR Tambo hall.
www.globalaging.org /ruralaging/world/sarr.htm   (202 words)

  
 zwelitsha
EAST LONDON -- The Zwelitsha community has taken charge of making education a community responsibility by reviving the Zwelitsha Education Forum (ZEF) at a recent meeting at Hector Petersen High School.
He added that the Zwelitsha community was striving to set an example to the King William's Town region in terms of demonstrating its commitment to improving education.
The ZEF is composed of representatives of the African National Congress, South African Communist Party, United Democratic Front, South African National Civic Organisation, school governing bodies and teachers from various Zwelitsha schools.
www.dispatch.co.za /2000/08/11/easterncape/ZWELITSH.HTM   (218 words)

  
 Gang-rape sparks protest: South Africa: News: News24
Johannesburg - Protesters gathered outside Zwelitsha magistrate's court on Tuesday to protest against the bail application of eight initiates charged with gang-raping a 27-year-old woman last week, police said.
The accused had recently graduated from initiation school in Zwelitsha and allegedly raped the woman to remove a white substance (ifutha) used by initiates.
The community needs to be educated on these matters," she said.
www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_1872780,00.html   (235 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | sa news Lekota's alleged cellphone thief in court
He was arrested in Zwelitsha on May 15.
He appeared in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court on May 16 and was remanded into custody pending Monday's bail application, which was later set at R1000.
It was alleged that Makubalo was sitting with family members in a special enclosure at the funeral and stole the items which were in a clutch bag that had been placed on a chair.
iafrica.com /news/sa/95620.htm   (296 words)

  
 The Herald Online **Columns**
THINKING back of the time I spent in Zwelitsha in the early ’60s as a journalist, some of the interesting incidents come to mind.
Let me recall the night the Zwelitsha branch of the PAC, led by Hector Ntshanyana, attacked the King William’s Town police station with broken knives, pick handles and iron bars, intent on freeing prisoners.
During those times Zwelitsha was a “dark city” as there were no street lights.
www.theherald.co.za /colarc/town/mj270705.htm   (813 words)

  
 The Herald Online **News**   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A memorial service will be held in the Zwelitsha Community Hall tomorrow at 1pm.
His funeral, expected to be attended by hundreds of mourners countrywide, will be held at the Methodist Church in Zone 5 in Zwelitsha and the Congregational Church will officiate.
In Zwelitsha, Qeqe, who was a staunch member of the ANC, was involved in community work and was appointed deputy mayor.
www.theherald.co.za /herald/news/n15_24042007.htm   (234 words)

  
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This guy asked I also listened, I want to know how did the funeral go and he said you are happy because you are still looking after one another in so much that you are able to bury one of your guerillas.
I want to be clear and also to make it clear to you that your suspicion was up to something, because we've got some statements that this Lezo and Oscar were the Ascaris who were sent by the policemen from Pretoria.
That's where they were arrested in Cape Town, Zwelitsha and Maniqwa and the owner of the vehicle.
www.doj.gov.za /trc/hrvtrans/ktc/yamile.htm   (5770 words)

  
 RAINBOW WEBSITE
These guy’s were good musicians and very keen to practice even though the situation of things, "considering that none of the band members actually worked, was totally against them".
The bassman and the drummer was from Mdantsane, the guitarist from Zwelitsha, the percussionist from Paarl, and backing vocalist from Nonchampa location.
Most of the members stayed with Selwyn and he was responsible for their everyday needs.
www.angelfire.com /ia/rainbowband/1.html   (1164 words)

  
 :: MWEB Music ::
The community hall in Zwelitsha, Eastern Cape, was jam-packed as more than 1000 people attended a memorial service for the late Brenda Fassie.
The event, which was organised by the provincial Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, saw Fassie fans, including children still in school uniform, flock into the hall as a disc jockey played Mabrr's hits loud.
Ngxikwe said her dream was to attend the funeral, but she doubted she would be able to.
new.mweb.co.za /tiscali/music/music_story.jsp?content=120309   (347 words)

  
 ||:: Zwelitsha celebrates summer with new pool ::||
Zwelitsha, a township in Bisho, would now be able to produce Olympic swimmers, Buffalo City Executive Mayor Sindisile Maclean said when as he opened the Zwelitsha swimming pool earlier this week.
Zwelitsha Sports Council Board Chairman Malusi Ngcaba assured the mayor his organisation would do everything in its power to make sure the swimming pool was kept in good condition.
Hello summer: Children of Zwelitsha take to the water after Executive Mayor Sindisile Maclean opened the renovated swimming pool this week.
www.buffalocity.gov.za /news2003/dec/dec10_swim.stm   (356 words)

  
 Comrades 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: )
on 23rd September at which veteran Comrades Marathon runner Zwelitsha Gono and three times winner and record holder Frith van der Merwe were announced as the recipients of the 2005 Harmony Spirit of Comrades Awards.
Zwelitsha Gono has completed 32 Comrades Marathons to date, two of which were run “unofficially” prior to 1975 when the race was opened to all races and both sexes.
The 2005 Harmony Spirit of Comrades Awards were thus presented to Zwelitsha Gono for courage and perseverance, Frith van der Merwe for achievement and excellence, and Lucas Nonyana for character and perseverance.
www.comrades.org.za /home.asp?id=502   (471 words)

  
 SABCnews.com - economy/business
For the past eight years the spinning and finishing operations of the group had been consolidated at its Zwelitsha plant.
As part of its investment programme the group spent R10 million at the East London plant last year and R20 million at the Zwelitsha plant.
Funnell said the Zwelitsha operation was still the biggest vertical plant of its kind in the southern hemisphere and remained the flagship of the group's South African interests.
www.sabcnews.com /economy/business/0,2172,60676,00.html   (256 words)

  
 Weekend Post: News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
IN A large warehouse in Zwelitsha in the Eastern Cape, 80 bright red motorbikes are being assembled to perform a very special service.
While the bikes themselves are imported from China, they are assembled and modified for the sidecars in Zwelitsha.
Pascal’s latest fare is made up of the “French cafe songs” made famous in the side cafes and music halls of Paris in the 1920s through to the 1940s by the likes of Edith Piaf, Mistinguette and Yvonne Printemps....
www.weekendpost.co.za /main/2005/04/16/news/nl14_16042005.htm   (992 words)

  
 War On Want : Workers' Rights Press Releases : British workers shocked at evidence that privatisation causes poverty
A press conference will be held on at 11am on Friday, January 18 at SAMWU’s office to discuss the outcomes of the delegation.
The delegation has already visited the Clau-Clau and Zwelitsha clinics, Kanyamazane plumbers’ depot, Matsulu water treatment plant, Biwater’s office and the water depot in Nelspruit, and interviewed communities affected by the water crisis.
At Zwelitsha clinic, nurse Mamsy Masuku said that although the clinic had water, her community had been without water for four days.
www.waronwant.org /?lid=22&tmpl=printversion   (595 words)

  
 IOL: Man held after woman's fatal disembowelment
Superintendent Eddie Watson said Monde Nxazonke, 23, who was wanted in connection with the incident, was arrested at Kubusie in the Stutterheim area after a tip-off.
Nxazonke was to appear in the Zwelitsha magistrate's court on Monday.
IOL publishes this article in good faith but is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on the information it contains.
www.iol.co.za /general/news/newsprint.php?art_id=qw1027880101329B265&sf   (334 words)

  
 South Africa
The first intake of 66 students was accommodated in the Wongama Building at Zwelitsha, a building which had previously housed the senior government departments of the region prior to the establishment of Bisho as the seat of Government for Ciskei.
Initially only certificate courses were offered, but in mid 1989, diploma courses were introduced and more courses have been offered to meet regional requirements during successive years.
The modern buildings and lush surrounding landscape of the Potsdam Campus are a far cry from the humble beginnings at Zwelitsha.
www.internationaleducationmedia.com /southafrica/border_technikon.htm   (746 words)

  
 DEEP : Digital Education Enhancement Project : Participants
It is fun to be involved in the educational transformation ’.
Here in ZWELITSHA most of the Zones have schools.
In ZWELITSHA zone 10 we have competition in schools
www.open.ac.uk /deep/Public/web/participants/schoolNzondelelo.html   (318 words)

  
 Rhodes University / Community / Difs /
An example of a successful project is the fishing project that was promoted at the five sites with high levels of poverty in the Eastern Cape.
They included Laing Dam near Zwelitsha, Kat River Dam at Seymour, Lubisi Dam near Cofimvaba, a village dam in Sheshego and village dams and the river itself in a section of the Great Fish River Valley.
With few income-generating options available locally, the presence of significant quantities of fish in nearby water bodies presented an opportunity to address these problems.
www.ru.ac.za /community/difs   (706 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | sa news Initiates to appear for gang rape
Seven youths accused of gang-raping a woman last week will appear in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.
The suspects are accused of repeatedly raping a woman (27) last Sunday morning in open veld in Zwelitsha.
Solani said the accused had recently graduated from initiation school.
iafrica.com /news/sa/590361.htm   (329 words)

  
 African Cotton | Quilt Products   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1992, Da Gama Textiles bought the sole rights to own and print the Three Cats range of designs.
Da Gama Textiles still produces the original Shwe-shwe print at their Zwelitsha factory in the Eastern Cape.
The process is done traditionally where the fabric is fed through copper rollers that have patterns etched on their surfaces, allowing a weak acid solution to pass through to the fabric, bleaching it and leaving the traditional white design.
www.africancotton.co.za /shwe.html   (335 words)

  
 Untitled Document
They only asked us to drop the volume of the music and then left us to continue practice.
During 1982/83 Rainbow band also practiced at a small leather factory at Zwelitsha that belonged to a certain Mr.
The man did not ask the group anything to rehearse and to keep the instruments on his property.
www.angelfire.com /ia/rainbowband/5.html   (1120 words)

  
 SABCnews.com - south_africa/crime1justice
Four Eastern Cape Welfare Department officials have been arrested in the fight against corruption in the provincial government.
They were arrested by the joint anti-corruption task team during raids in East London, Zwelitsha and Alice for defrauding the government of R4,5 million.
Seven suspects were targeted by the Scorpions and SA Police task team, but only four were found.
www.sabcnews.com /south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,50554,00.html   (230 words)

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