Ayaphokoka amazwi ovelwano emva kokusweleka kwenkokheli yombutho weCOPE, uMosiuoa Terror Lekota. uLekota uzalelwe kwidolophu yaseKroonstad eFreystata ngo1948. Ngo 1974 waye wabanjwa wavalelwa eRobben Island. Lo ka Lekota wayekhe wangusihlalo weANC. Ekuhambeni kwexesha wayinkulu baphathiswa yaseFreystata emva koko wangumphathiswa wesebe lezekhuselo ngethuba likamongameli uThabo Mbeki. Ngo-2008 waye waseka umbutho weCOPE eshiya iANC. Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe ingcali kwimiba yezopolitiko, uGqirha Nkosikhulule Nyembezi, ukusabela ngomqela oshiywa nguloka Lekota...

Ikomishoni kazwelonke ejongene neemfuno zabathengi izakuzenzela olwayo uphando ngezixhobo ezisetyenziswa ngamanina xa esexexheni (Menstrual pads and Pantyliners). Bazakwenza oku emva kophando olwenziwe yiUniversity of Free State, nefumanise ukuba kukho umchiza ophazamisana nenkqubo yendalo yokuba sexesheni (Endocrine-disrupting chemicals). Eyonanto ibivezwa koluphando kukuphakamisa inkxalabo kubathengi nabasebenzisa ezimveliso.Ayabonga Kekana uncokola nothethela lekomishoni uPhetho Ntaba. 

Kwiveki ephelileyo, iNkulu-baphathiswa yePhondo iMpuma-Koloni, uOscar Mabuyane, iwise intetho yobume bePhondo eBhisho. Kule ntetho uMabuyane ugxile  kwimibandela eliqela, nequka oko kuphunyeziweyo kulawulo lwakhe, kwa nemingeni ejongene neli Phondo. Le ntetho iye yaqulatha imingeni ejongene nemo-ntlalo yoluNtu gabalala, efana nendlala,  intswela-ngqesho , ulwaphulo-mthetho, nokuguga kweziseko ezingundoqo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ukuzama ukusityebisela banzi ngale Ntetho, emnxebeni sino Mphathiswa ojongene nezemidlalo, ubugcisa nenkcubeko kwiPhondo iMpuma-Koloni, uSibulele Ngongo, nothunywe yi Nkulu-baphathiswa…

Umbutho ongenzi nzuzo kurhulumente nogxile kwimiba yophuhliso yeelwimi kumaziko ophuhliso lwabantwana abaselula eMzantsi Afrika, iFunda Wande, ubuyinxalenye yenkomfa ejongene nokusetyenziswa kolwimi lweenkobe kwizwekazi iAfrika, iAfrican Languages and literacies Conference, nebibanjelwe eACCRA, kwilizwe lase Ghana, kule veki. Lombutho kule nkomfa ubonakalise into enqabileyo ukuza nezisombululo endaweni yokuba kuxoxwe nje kuphela ngeengxaki ezithe mbende elicandelo lezemfundo. Ukanti ezinye iziphatha mandla ebezizimase lenkomfa ngamagosa aphuma kwicandelo lemfundo esisiseko kweli. Ukusabela banzi ngomsebenzi walo mbutho, emnxebeni uBaphilise Manduluka ubambe oligosa leenkqubo kwiFunda Wande, uSiwaphiwe Sibeko...

Icandelo lezolimo eMzantsi Afrika, iSouth African Agriculture, lizakubamba umsitho weembasa ozakuwonga amafama ngegalelo lawo kumsebenzi weemveliso zolimo kweli. ISouth African Agricultural Awards (SAAA), liqonga elibhiyozela wonke ubani onegalelo kwicandelo leemveliso zolimo, eziquka abaphandi nzulu, amafama noosomashishini, ukukhankanya nje abambalwa. ISAAA ithi lomsitho ayingomnyhadala nje kuphela, koko lithuba lokubalisa ngegalelo elenziwa ngabalimi. Ukusabela banzi ngezi mbasa, emnxebeni uBaphilise Manduluka ubambe umanejala kwiSouth African Agricultural Awards, uAyanda Mnguni...

Bube sesithatheni ubomi nomqela owashiywa ngongasekhoyo owayelitsha-ntliziyo elalinxamnye nengcinezelo, likwa ngumseki wombutho iPAC, uRobert Sobukhwe, kwisifundo sokumkhumbula ebesibanjwe kwiYunivesiti iNelson Mandela eGqeberha kwiMpuma Koloni. Esi sifundo, nebesibanjwe phantsi komxholo othi "Reading the Signs of Our Times: Enduring Legacy of Robert Sobukwe", besicubunga izinto awathi wazibhala, ubunkokheli bakhe nendlela yokuziphatha. Ingcali kwimiba yembali nomgaqo-nkqubo, uNjingalwazi Sipho Kondlo, iwise intetho ephambili kulo msitho. Lo msitho ufika ngexesha isizwe sivuselele ingqwalasela egxile kubomi bakhe, nalapho kutshanje idolophu iGraaff-Reinet kwiMpuma Koloni ithiywe ngokutsha ngegama likaSobukhwe, ngelokumnika imbeko. UZukiswa Tshume uza nengxelo esiyiqulunqelwe nguKim Daniels...

Inkulu baphathiswa yeMpuma Koloni uOscar Mabuyane, ithi urhulumente weliphondo uzakwenza konke okusemandleni ukubuyisa imisebenzi eyi-32-thousand nelahleke kwikota yesine yonyaka ka2025, nethe yanegalelo ekonyukeni kweqondo lentswela ngqesho nelimi ku 42.5 percent sithetha nje. uMabuyane uthi bajonge ukufumana inkxaso kwicandelo labucala ngokubhekiselele kumba worhwebo kwakunye nakwimizi mveliso ebonakalise umdla ekuzeni neenguqu kwingxaki yokulahleka kwezithuba zengqesho. UMabuyane ebesenza intetho yobume bephondo kwindlu yowisomthetho eBhisho, kusasa namhlanje. UHlumisa Qabaka usenzela le ngxelo... 

Usekela mongameli weANC, uPaul Mashatile, uthi ukuba kungavela ithuba lokuba azigqatsele ukukhokela lombutho, leyo yinto angayichasanga. UMashatile ebencokola nomhleli wezopolitiko eSABC uMzwandile Mbeje, bechaphazela imiba yokusiwa kweenkonzo eluntwini, oomasipala kwakunye nemiba yangaphakathi kwiANC. UVuyolwethu Mabeqa uza nengxelo esiyiqulunqelwe nguZara Groenewald...

Ukuphucuka kuqokelelo lwengeniso kwenze ukuba urhulumente arhoxise ukwenyuka obekucwangcisiwe kwirhafu, nobekumashumi amabini eebillion zeerandi. Oku kuvele ngethuba umphathiswa wemicimbi yezemali, uEnoch Godongwana, ewisa uhlahlo-lwabiwomali lwalo nyaka epalamente ngenjikalanga yanamhlanje. Ingaba oku kuthetha ukuthini kumhlawuli werhafu weloMzantsi Afrika, kumakhaya nakumashishini ngokubanzi? Ukuhlalutya intetho kamphathiswa, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe umhlalutyi wezoqoqosho, uGqirha Nkosikhulule Nyembezi... 

Umfela-ndawonye wemibutho yabasebenzi, iCOSATU, uthi uxolile luhlahlo-lwabiwomali oluwiswe ngumphathiswa wemicimbi yezemali, uEnoch Godongwana, epalamente namhlanje. Nangona kunjalo, uthi eyona nto ongaxolanga yiyo kukungabikho mkhombandlela ucacileyo, ngokubhekiselele kumaqumrhu akwarhulumente, nasekuxhasweni kwee-arhente zonyanzeliso lomthetho, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Nanku umququzeleli we-COSATU epalamente, uMatthew Parks...