CAPTION (PIC FOR PRINT ONLY): The DSG football team poses with top Makhanda side African COnnection after their friendly match on Sunday 23 February. Photo: Sue Maclennan By CHRIS TOTOBELA Makhanda experienced a heavy storm last Friday followed by light rain on Saturday – but none of this could prevent the hugely anticipated clash on Sunday. The Diocesan School for Girls football team played host to seven times regional league champions and Makhanda’s finest, African Connection, at the St Aidan’s field. The teams were meeting for the first time. The hosts kicked off the game – but it was the…
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By CHRIS TOTOBELA All roads led to the home of local football JD Dlepu stadium on Saturday 29 February, where the big guns of Makhanda clashed in the SAB regional league encounter. Struggling City Pirates hosted tittle contenders Maru FC in a much anticipated local derby. The game was delayed for a few minutes during pre-match players’ inspection when one of the Pirates players allegedly failed to produce his playing card. The player was immediately disqualified from the game and did not take part. The clash finally got under way and the rivals had a serious go at each other.…
By SUE MACLENNAN and CHESLEY DANIELS A man was rushed to Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth after being rescued from a cable shaft inside the Currie Street, Makhanda, electrical substation around 5pm on Tuesday 3 March. Emergency Services were alerted to the man’s plight when they responded to a loud explosion at the substation. The man’s companion was questioned by police. Spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Health Sizwe Kupelo confirmed that paramedics from the Department’s Emergency Medical Services had attended to the victim after removing him from inside the substation shortly after 5pm on Tuesday 3 March. “Paramedics…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Iqela elizinze eKomani elityelele kweli izihlandlo eziliqela nalapho belidlala kwindebe eyaziwa njenge New Year’s Cup, Amavarara liphumile kwindebe yeNedbank. Amavarara abethwe yiBlack Leopards edlala kwiPSL kumdlalo wabo wesigaba samaqela alishumi elinesithandathu okugqibela kulendebe. Amvarara aze kulomdlalo emva kokubetha iSuper Eagles ngamanqaku amabini kwelinye, nto leyo ebangele ukuba badlulele kwisigaba esilandelayo apho bajongene nqo neqela leBlack Leopards kumdlalo obubanjelwe eThohoyandou Stadium. Amavarara akhangeleke othukile kulomdlalo kwaye ezibambile. ILeopards iye yophisa kuqala ngenqaku likaKapinga waze waphinda uNdlovu wongeza elinye inqaku kwisiqingatha sokuqala, nto leyo ebangele ukuba kuyiwe ekhefini elandela ngasemva Amavarara. Azamile ukuhlasela kwisiqingatha sesibini kodwa ukuswela amava kulomgangatho kubachanile…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Makhanda football lovers heaved a huge sigh of relief when they heard the good news. Last week Makana Pillars withdrew from the SAB regional league citing some difficulties that they were experiencing. The 6SAI team which has all the resources needed for this league were allowed to replace Pillars and were also allowed to register their players for it; however, they will play the remaining games under the Pillars name. As much as these might be good news for the local fans, it is a daunting task for the 6SAI team, as Pillars were rock bottom in…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Baphume ngobuninzi abalandeli bebhola yalapha eMakhanda ngoMgqibelo beyokungqina kumdlalo obuphakathi kweCity Pirates neManchester United yase Mnyameni. Lomdlalo weSAB kulengingqi yeSarah Baartman obubanjelwe kwibala laseJD Dlepu eJoza, uqale kakuhle kwaye omabini lamaqela ebonakalisa ukuzimisela. ICity Pirates iye yazama ukucinezela mpela zisuka nje kulomdlalo, kodwa bebethe gqolo besenza iimpazamo ezininzi kwaye behleli bebhutyuzela ngaphambi kweepali, bengakwazi ukugqibezela. IManchester iye yazama ukubuyela emdlalweni kancinci kwaye akothusanga ukubona isophisa kuqala emva kwebhola entle efakwe nje kakuhle phakathi kwabadlali bangasemva bePirates ethe yadibana noSandile Jonas oye wayibeka nje kakuhle esigcawini. IPirates ikhangeleke ididekile ingazazi ukuba mayithini nanjengoko iUnited ibisiza ngamandla. Kuyiwe ekhefini ikhokela…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Ibhola yaseMakhanda iye yagutyungelwa lilifu elimnyama kulempela veki esisuka kuyo, emva kokuba iMakana Pillars iye yathabatha isigqibo sokurhoxa kwimidlalo yabo yeSAB phantsi kweSAFA kulengingqi yeSarah Baartman. Oku kungqinwe ngunobhala jikelele weMakana LFA umnumzana Akhona Heshu. IMakana Pillars iphumelele intshinga yeMakana LFA kwisithuba nje esingaphantsi konyaka yaze yafumana ilungelo lokumela iMakhanda kwesisigaba sengingqi yeSarah Baartman. IPillars engakhange ifumane thuba laneleyo lokuzilungiselela elinqanaba, iye yafumana ubunzima obukhulu, nto leyo ebangele ukuba bachithe ixesha elininzi bezinze emsileni kumanqwanqwa olukhuphiswano. Okwenzeke kulempela veki edlulileyo nako kugalele ityuwa kwelinxeba lePillars, nanjengoko baye batsalelwa kumdlalo wabo walapha ekhaya, emva kokuba bengakwazanga ukukrwela imigca kwibala…
By CHRIS TOTOBELA Makhanda experienced some heavy rain last week – which came as a huge relief. But football lovers did not enjoy it that much because it meant most of the weekend games were postponed. No games were played on Saturday thanks to waterlogged pitches. On Sunday, only the games scheduled for A field were cancelled as that surface was unplayable. Only two games took place on the B field. First up was New Seekers against Love and Peace in the Makana LFA Premier league clash. New Seekers ran riot, thrashing Love and Peace by six goals to one.…
By Jacqueline Holloway and Nienke Botha Local resident, Sylvester Bowles, took up the initiative to start fixing the potholes in Albany Road. This road is filled with treacherous potholes, so big that an accident had even occurred where a car was overturned. “When I looked at the street, my heart was broken. I feared for the people walking and for those driving as well – they have to swerve out of the way of the potholes,” Bowles said. The deputy principal of George Dickerson Primary School, R.D. Coetzee, also expressed his concerns. “Where there are designated areas for the parents…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Ingqatsini yelanga lalempela veki esisuka kuyo yenze kwanzima kakhulu kubadlali ukwenza oko badume ngako kodwa ke bazamile phantsi kwezomeko zinjalo. NgoMgqibelo kwimidlalo yeMakana LFA yoompondo zihlanjiwe iAttackers ibhungce ngenqaku elinye eqandeni kwiLove and Peace, logama yona iNew Seekers ibuye sele isilela ngenqaku emva yaze yahlutha intlaka emlonyeni weSophia Stars ngamanqaku amabini kwelinye. IJacaranda Aces ibhaxabule iNewtown City ngamane kwamabini kumdlalo obuwonwatyelwe kakhulu ngabalandeli bebhola. NgeCawa iYoung Eagles izixhwithele kwiJoza Callies, ethande ukuba yingqongqo mvanje, ngamanqaku amahlanu kwelinye. Komnye umdlalo obunzima kwaye ushushu ngolona hlobo, iGrahamstown United esathe ngcu phezulu bihlangene ne6Sai ezinze kwindawo yesithathu kumanqwanqwa eMakana LFA. I6Sai…