By Chris Totobela All roads will lead to Hlalani Community Hall at Foley’s Ground in Hlalani on 14 October 2023, when one of the leading boxing clubs in Makhanda, Mfuzo Boxing Camp, will host a boxing tournament as part of their 28th anniversary celebrations. Boxing clubs from far and wide will be taking part in this great event. ESwatini-based Zebra Force Boxing Club, Gauteng-based Fight with Insight BC, Mdantsane-based Sisonke BC, and Uitenhage-based Thubalethu Boxing Club are some of the clubs who will be gracing this tournament that promises fireworks. Mfuzo Boxing Camp is well known for producing great boxers…
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By Chris Totobela Makana LFA is getting ready to kick off their 2023-24 season. The teams have been divided into two streams consisting of eight teams each. Stream A has XI Attackers, 6Sai Army, Maru Academy, Golden Eagles, Young Stars, African Spears, Hellenic, and Seven Stars. Sophia Stars, Love & Peace, Joza Callies, Makana Tigers, Rhodes University, Golden Brothers, Lalibela Lions, and Juventus will battle it out in stream B. This season’s winners will walk away with R4500 prize money, gold medals, and a trophy while the runners-up will take home R3000 and silver medals. Juventus, the comeback kids who…
NguChris Totobela Isango kwibala lebhola ekhatywayo iJD Dlepu lityhuthulwe zizgilamkhuba. Oku kwenzeka emva kokuba eli bala laye lavalwa kunyaka ophelileyo emva komonakalo owenzeka kulo ngexesha kwakubanjwe umnyhadala womculo owawu bandakanya oomakhwekhwetha bomculo balapha eMzantsi Afrika. Umonakalo owenzeka kwelibala emva kwemvula eyana ngamandla ngemini yomnyhadala washiya eli bala lingxwelerhekile kakhulu ntoleyo eyakhokelela ekuvalweni kwalo. Ekuqaleni kwale veki kuye kwaqapheleka ukutyhuthulwa kwelinye lamasango okungena kweli bala. Bekukhala ibhungane kweli bala ngethuba abakwa Grocott’s Mail beyokuzibonela lo monakalo. Eli bala lilo kuphela eRhini neline mbali etyebileyo yokusingatha imidlalo emikhulu. Esi siganeko, siyinkxalabo yomntu wonke, ingakumbi abathandi bebhola ekhatywayo.
By Chris Totobela Joza Aerobics and Fitness Club is hard at work preparing for their Annual Aerobics Marathon. The third edition of this event will be held on 21 October at the Joza Indoor Sports Centre with registration at 7:30am and kick-off at 8:30am. This year’s marathon will include Hi Lo, step, step box, box, tae bo, and functional. According to senior instructor Vuyokazi Smile, instructors from as far as the Western Cape will grace the event. “It will be Eastern Cape against Western Cape and we are expecting fireworks,” said Smile. The registration for this event is R100 for…
By Chris Totobela The Makana LFA Juniors League is in full swing and the Extension Seven-based Makana Tigers are slowly finding their feet. Playing under the guidance of football legend and Makana Citizens’ Front (MCF) councillor Thandisizwe Matebese, the Makana Tigers are slowly claiming their place in the local football scene. Both his under-13s and under-15s have done well since the beginning of the season. Over the weekend of 30 September and 1 November, the u-15s thrashed Joza Callies 10-0, while the u-13s won both of their games. Matebese told Grocott’s Mail he was happy with his boys’s progress. “We…
NguChris Totobela Umhla weKrisimesi ufike phambi kwethuba kwiqela lebhola lama gqiyazana laseQhorha iCity Lads eliphantsi kukaLuyanda Sitwayi. Lo kaSitwayi okwa ngumlawuli oyintloko weLuyanda Sitwayi Foundation ngomnye wabantu abazama ukuvuselela ibhola ekhatywayo yamagqiyazana kule ngingqi yeSarah Baartman. Eli qela lizibhaqe liwelwa ngumqa esandleni emva kokuba uSodolophu weSarah Baartman uMnumzana uDe Vos, ebinze ngeembasa zegolide nesilivere kwakunye nendebe kweli qela. Lo ka De Vos ukwenza oku ezama ukuncedisa kwiphulo lokuzama ukuvuselela nokuphuhlisa ibhola ekhatywayo yamagqiyazana kule ngingqi yeSarah Baartman etsale nzima iminyaka emininzi. Esenza izwi lombulelo lo kaSitwayi uthe, “Lento eyenziwa ngu Sodolophu izokwenza utshintsho kwimeko emaxongo amagqiyazana anetalente ajongene nayo kule…
By Chris Totobela This week in our Heritage Month feature, we bring you one of the greatest sporting icons Makhanda has ever produced. Mzimasi Christopher Mthana, affectionately known to his fans as Stopper, started his boxing career in 1974 with the Grahamstown Boxing Club. In 1978, he joined Fundisile Boxing Club where he pushed himself even harder. By 1981, he was the talk of the town as he showed tremendous improvement, stopping every opponent he came across in the ring. He told Grocott’s Mail that he got his ring name, Stopper, from the late Fundisile Ralo Zanta and the late…
By Chris Totobela All roads led to Alec Mullins Hall at the Rhodes University campus on 24 September where Rhodes University’s MMA club hosted a boxing tournament in celebration of Heritage Month. Boxers from the University of Fort Hare, Nelson Mandela University, the Modern Boxing Club from Somerset East, Masibambisane Boxing Club from Port Alfred, Phakamisa Boxing Club from Peddie and Golden Gloves, Thembalethu, Masibambane, Mfuzo, and Rhodes University, all from Makhanda, participated in this great event which attracted a decent crowd. There were some very exciting bouts that got the crowd going and entertained. In the juniors’ bout, Mfuzo’s…
NguChris Totobela Amaqela amagqiyazana ale ngingqi yeSarah Baartman aqhubisene kwitumente ebibanjelwe eAddo. Alwe kwamdaka iisali lamaqela ezama ukudlulela kwisigaba esilandelayo saletumente. Iqela lalapha eMakhanda iAfrican Connection eligcwelise ngabadlali abaselula noninzi lwabo lungaphantsi kweminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo lizame kangangoko ukuqinisekisa ukuba lidlulela kwisigaba esilandelayo. Umoya obubhudla ngamandla kweliya lase-Addo wenze kungabilula ukudlala nalapho bekunzima ukubeka phantsi ibhola. Amathunzi aye akhawuleza ukunaba kwanzima kubadlali ukuba babone ibhola ntoleyo ekhokelele ukuba imiswe imidlalo eyandulela owamanqamu. Amakonokono ebeza kuqhubisana nePubs yasePaterson logama komnye umdlalo iCity Lads yaseQhorha ibizokuvana amandla neziko lemfundo ephakamileyo iRhodes. Umququzeleli wale tumente uLuyanda Stwayi uthi uxolile yindlela eqhube ngayo le tumente…
By Chris Totobela This week we feature Vuyiswa Mthetho, a school teacher who grew up in a sporting family, and fell in love with netball after trying out other sports. She started her career at Ntlakohlaza Primary School in Noupoort in the Northern Cape province. She began her coaching at Khutliso Daniels Secondary School in Makhanda and never looked back. Mthetho was also part of the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts, and Culture (DSRAC) netball development team under the guidance of Mr Nkwinti and Mr Hewana. “What I liked most about this team was the exposure as it used to…