Lighting of Christmas lights
The Executive Mayor of Mbhashe local municipality, Samkelo Janda will be illuminating Christmas lights on the 13 December 2017 at 19:00.
General News
Elderly woman gets a new house .
The Executive Mayor of Mbhashe local municipality will officially hand over a house to an elderly woman aged 89 on Friday the 15 December 2017 at Ngxakaxha Location .This initiative was subsequent to findings that depicted gogo Ntombentsha Beatrice Pama as a person living below the bread line .It was after this discovery that the Executive Mayor ,Samkelo Janda led a process to construct a brick and mortar house for her.
This initiative seeks to increase service delivery footprint and to further improve the lives of underprivileged constituents of the municipality.
Life and legacy of OR Tambo,centenary
This year South Africa celebrated the centenary of the birth of Oliver Reginald Tambo. Oliver Tambo was born in the Nkantolo village outside Mbizana in the Eastern Cape on 27 October 1917.
He is the late former President of the African National Congress and one of the key founding fathers of South Africa’s liberation and constitutional democracy.
The centenary celebrations took place under the theme “Life and Legacy of OR Tambo” which will run until December 2017. The celebrations were used to draw lessons from his life and to give an understanding of the qualities that made him succeed in uniting the ANC.
Tambo was the longest ever serving president of the ANC from 1969 to 1991.President Jacob Zuma described him as a “solution oriented leader who always sought to move forward on the basis of building consensus”.
OR Tambo mobilised the international community to support the struggle against apartheid. He also led key processes from the Harare Declaration to the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
South Africa today has a constitutional democracy founded on the principles of human dignity and equal rights for everyone because of his leadership.
Masibuyel' eMbo
Ikomkhulu lamaXhosa iNqadu, umasipala wase Mbhashe bebambisene noNal’Ibali bavuselele,bonwabisa bekwakhuthaza ukubaliswa kwamabali bekhumbuza abemi base Mbhashe ngemvelaphi yeentsomi, kwi bhotwe lekomkhulu lamaXhosa iNqadu eDutywa ngomhla wesibhozo kwinyanga yomMsintsi.
Lo msitho ubuzinyaswe yinkosi uSalakuphathwa, uCeba uMazola Mbovu (obemele usodophu wase Mbhashe) okwayintloko yesebe lezococeko lwasekuhlaleni, uSally Mills oyintloko msebenzi wezonxebelelwano weNal’ Ibali no Nompucuko Zakaza ongumbalisi wentsomi nongumphandi wembali yezakwaXhosa kuGatyana kunye nabanye oceba base Mbhashe. Bekubizwe amaqela ezikolo zamabanga aphantshi kunye nabazali abangabathandi nabaxhasi beentsomi.
Lo mgushuzo uyinxalenye yemibhiyozo yale nyanga yenkcubeko amafa, namagugu. Ukubaliswa nokufundwa kweentsomi yinxalenye yemvelaphi yamaXhosa, ethe ekuhambeni kwexhesha yasilela,yatyeshelwa ngenxa yempucuko nokuhamba kwama xesha.
Injongo yalomnyadala ibikukubuyisa umdla, nothando lwe ntsomi, ngokukhumbuza uluntu ngokubaluleka kwazo. Iintsomi ziyingqaka emandla yamaxhosa, ziqulethe imfihlo yamaXhosa yokonwabisa, ukufundisa ngaxeshanye nokoluleka. Lo msitho ube yindlela yokukhumbuza uluntu jikelele ngobuntu nendlela yokukhusela nokulondoloza izithethe zamaXhosa.
UNompucuko zakaza uhlomhle wathi “Ndicinga ukuba ndivuya kakhulu xa umsitho onje uthe waziswa eMbhashe kule nyanga yokufundisa abantwana ngokubaluleka kokufunda nokubaliswa kwee ntsomi. Kuba ndiyakholelwa into yokuba apha eMbhashe sinamaqhawekazi ekubhalwe ngawo, awaye dume ngukubalisa intsomi, nto leyo ethi izenze iintsomi zibe yinxalenye yenkcubeko yase Mbhashe
Kubalulekile ukuba sifundise abantwana ngemvelaphi yakwa Xhosa kunye nezithethe zakwantu. Umnqweno wam kukukhuthaza otitsha ezikolweni,ukuba bafundise abantwana iincwadi ezibhalwe ngolwimi lwesiXhosa kuba abantwana bale mihla abayazi imvelaphi yabo,yayeabzazi iintsomi ngenxa yexesha abakhula kulo ,lokutyeshelwa kwazo. Ndiyathemba ke urhulumente uzokuyithathela igqalelo le nto”.
Masibuyel’ eMbo
Ikomkhulu lamaXhosa iNqadu, umasipala wase Mbhashe bebambisene noNal’Ibali bavuselele,bonwabisa bekwakhuthaza ukubaliswa kwamabali bekhumbuza abemi base Mbhashe ngemvelaphi yeentsomi, kwi bhotwe lekomkhulu lamaXhosa iNqadu eDutywa ngomhla wesibhozo kwinyanga yomMsintsi.
Lo msitho ubuzinyaswe yinkosi uSalakuphathwa, uCeba uMazola Mbovu (obemele usodophu wase Mbhashe) okwayintloko yesebe lezococeko lwasekuhlaleni, uSally Mills oyintloko msebenzi wezonxebelelwano weNal’ Ibali no Nompucuko Zakaza ongumbalisi wentsomi nongumphandi wembali yezakwaXhosa kuGatyana kunye nabanye oceba base Mbhashe. Bekubizwe amaqela ezikolo zamabanga aphantshi kunye nabazali abangabathandi nabaxhasi beentsomi.
Lo mgushuzo uyinxalenye yemibhiyozo yale nyanga yenkcubeko amafa, namagugu. Ukubaliswa nokufundwa kweentsomi yinxalenye yemvelaphi yamaXhosa, ethe ekuhambeni kwexhesha yasilela,yatyeshelwa ngenxa yempucuko nokuhamba kwama xesha.
Injongo yalomnyadala ibikukubuyisa umdla, nothando lwe ntsomi, ngokukhumbuza uluntu ngokubaluleka kwazo. Iintsomi ziyingqaka emandla yamaxhosa, ziqulethe imfihlo yamaXhosa yokonwabisa, ukufundisa ngaxeshanye nokoluleka. Lo msitho ube yindlela yokukhumbuza uluntu jikelele ngobuntu nendlela yokukhusela nokulondoloza izithethe zamaXhosa.
UNompucuko zakaza uhlomhle wathi “Ndicinga ukuba ndivuya kakhulu xa umsitho onje uthe waziswa eMbhashe kule nyanga yokufundisa abantwana ngokubaluleka kokufunda nokubaliswa kwee ntsomi. Kuba ndiyakholelwa into yokuba apha eMbhashe sinamaqhawekazi ekubhalwe ngawo, awaye dume ngukubalisa intsomi, nto leyo ethi izenze iintsomi zibe yinxalenye yenkcubeko yase Mbhashe
Kubalulekile ukuba sifundise abantwana ngemvelaphi yakwa Xhosa kunye nezithethe zakwantu. Umnqweno wam kukukhuthaza otitsha ezikolweni,ukuba bafundise abantwana iincwadi ezibhalwe ngolwimi lwesiXhosa kuba abantwana bale mihla abayazi imvelaphi yabo,yayeabzazi iintsomi ngenxa yexesha abakhula kulo ,lokutyeshelwa kwazo. Ndiyathemba ke urhulumente uzokuyithathela igqalelo le nto”.
THE DREADED RAINY SEASON INCONVENIENCES WILL SOON BECOME A THING OF THE PAST AT MNCWASA LOCATION.
This day, 15 August 2017 will be a remarkable day at Mncwasa location, as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), honourable Des van Rooyen together with Executive Mayor Cllr Samkelo Janda visited the area to assess the progress of an R10-million Mpame bridge project today.
The members of the community say they were compelled to use dangerous crude means to cross the local river to access different community services such as schools, hospitals, clinics, churches and other public amenities.
Following the intervention of CoGTA, the dreaded rainy season inconveniences will soon become a thing of the past as the new bridge is set to bring relief to villagers of Kwa Chezi; Manzibomvu; Mdikana; Mpame; Mncwasa; Ngileni; Mkhathazo and Manzamnyama who will now enjoy safe crossing to interact with one another and access important government services.
“We appreciate this initiative, as it will enable our people to access other community services, we are a municipality faced with serious service delivery infrastructure backlog which is far beyond the allocated budget, we are in dire need of this kind of support”. Said Executive Mayor Cllr Samkelo Janda.
MBHASHE MUNICIPALITY HOSTS INDIGENOUS HORSE RACING AND AWARD CEREMONY
On Sunday 13 August 2017 Mbhashe local municipality in partnership with AVEO construction and Sinekhaya Funeral directors held an indigenous horse race at Mangati location, Ward 09 – Dutywa.The honourable Mayor Cllr Samkelo Janda was in attendance on that chilly day.
He encouraged the part takers in the horse racing, urging them to nurture what they have started, so that it may reach greater heights, He further ensured them of the commitment that the municipality has towards supporting them in taking this forward.
Siseko Ntanta, the Director of AVEO construction said “This initiative is meant to organise youth, so that they may not end up engaging in criminal activities due to boredom” he further said that by this initiative, they also want to make a call to other emerging local business people, to adopt a culture of giving back to the society so that Mbhashe municipality may grow.
NELSON MANDELA COMMEMORATION:
On Saturday 05 August 2017, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Ms Stella Ndabeni Abrahams in partnership with Mbashe Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Councillor Samkelo Janda, reached out to child headed households, elderly and disabled citizens. They conducted a community outreach programme at Colosa Village.
The Deputy Minister and the honourable Mayor visited two (2) households; Noweyitala Msweli who lives with her four grandchildren, sustained by old age grant and a child headed family of two twins, Esihle and Esona. These families were given cement so that their dilapidated structures could be repaired, groceries and television sets.
Furthermore, eight families were identified and were provided with paint to refurbish their houses, identified school children were provided with school uniform, sanitary towels, and general clothing and rugby kits.
This programme was part of the Nelson Mandela International Day initiatives. Celebrated annually on July 18, Mandela Day is a clarion call to action for people to recognise their ability to have a positive effect on others around them. The day inspires people to embrace the values that the late former president shared, and ultimately seeks to empower communities everywhere to “Take Action; Inspire Change; and Make Every Day a Mandela Day.”
