Ostriches were for our homes - suspects
SITEKI – Lubombo Deputy Regional Education Officer (REO) Thami Dlamini says the country’s top pupil in the Junior Certificate (JC) exams has been inspired by His Majesty King Mswati III’s Speech from the Throne to make informed decision about his future.
Dalingcebo Junior Dlamini (16), a Form IV pupil at Siteki Nazarene High School topped the country in the JC results by attaining 97 per cent pass mark.
The results were released by the Ministry of Education and Training early last month.
Dalingcebo got a lifetime opportunity to see the King delivering his speech during the official opening of the 11th Parliament last Friday.
The deputy REO accompanied the pupil to be part of the event courtesy of the Ministry of Education and Training through an invitation extended by the Parliament.
Thami said the pupil was so excited to personally see the King and had expressed his gratitude on the speech delivered by His Majesty.
The senior official further thanked, the King for putting education first at all times, as it was evident during his speech.
Culture
He mentioned that the pupil who joined other top performing pupils across the country were inspired to grow with the culture of focusing on achieving their dreams.
Adding, the deputy REO said all the schools in the region were encouraged to do better in their academic results this year after Dalingcebo made the region proud with his excellent performance.
He further mentioned that the pupils have also been inspired through the King’s speech to be responsible citizens of the country. “I would like
MANZINI – The four suspects who were purportedly held for allegedly being found in possession of 10 ostrich chicks claim that they were keeping them for domestic use.
This is the submission of Mfanasibili Mavimbela (52), Fikile Mabila (44), William Mavimbela (51) and James Mabila (29) all of Shewula, who were arrested for reportedly being found in the illegal possession of 10 ostrich chicks without a valid licence at Kabhudla on October 30, 2020.
An ostrich is royal protected game. The four accused persons appeared before Acting Manzini Magistrate Thamsanqa Ndlovu for contravening Section 8(4) of as read with Section 8(5) (6) of the Game Act.
Representing the accused persons was lawyer Thabo Hlanze.
Car
When presenting evidence before court, Constable Sihle Mamba relayed that on the day in question, he was on duty with one, Inspector Dludlu, when they received information to the effect that there was a car parked next to the road at Kabhudla.
The country’s top JC pupil Dalingcebo Junior Dlamini celebrating his achievement with his mother Nonkhululeko Dlamini after the announcement of the results. to say Bayethe! Wena Waphakathi! The King’s speech touched on a number of important elements of life among the youth.
“He encouraged the youth to have a better vision and direction about their future endeavours. We urge pupils, teachers, head teachers and parents to join hands and work collectively in achieving one goal, of seeing the future generation of the country attaining the desired results in the academic prospects,” Dalingcebo said.
The pupil also shared his excitement stating that he noted that the King was concerned about the future of the young generation.
Constable Mamba narrated that upon receiving the information, they went to the area where upon arrival, they found a Toyota Voxy seven seater parked next to the road.
The officer of the law recalled that they asked the suspects why they were parked there and their response was that they were awaiting for the arrival of someone.
He said it was then that they requested to search the vehicle and discovered that the accused persons were transporting 10 ostrich chicks.
Permission
He added that they asked if they had permission to do so and their response was to the negative.
Constable Mamba submitted that they called another officer Malindzisa to take pictures of the scene and officers from Big Game Parks arrived in no time after being called.
He said the officers confirmed that the birds were baby ostriches. He mentioned that the birds were then taken to Hlane Royal National Park.
Meanwhile, Lawyer Hlandze questioned that in terms of the charge, what category did the ostriches fall under. In his response, the officer said under all
Dalingcebo said he was exposed to the political sphere and encouraged to work hard and do something for the country in the near future.
“I think the King’s speech focused on encouraging the youth to focus on their dreams and be responsible for their own actions. It helped us to be focused as we were able to meet the people in leadership,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dalingcebo was also among the top 10 best performing pupils in the country during the 2018 Eswatini Primary Certificate (EPC) results. He is a former St Boniface Primary School pupil and his passion is to pursue Genetic Engineering.
Deceased
Despite being a son to a now deceased officer at His Majesty’s Correctional Services (HMCS), Dalingcebo has kept his head high and focused on his books.
Other pupils who attended the opening of the 11th Parliament included the second best performing pupil in the Eswatini Primary Certificate (EPC) results was Nqobile Tadiwa Manyumwa (13) of Thembelisha Preparatory School. She wants to pursue Information Technology (IT) Engineering and being a Game Developer.
Her classmate, Lethukuthula Sibusise Nkonyane who attained 80 per cent pass mark also wants to be an Astrophysicist.
Meanwhile, Ngomane High School’s Mavela Mvuzomuhle Mndzebele came 37th position in the top 50 pupils and attained 95 per cent aggregate, while Siphosethu Nozizwe Mhlongo of Entandweni Secondary School got 95 per cent aggregate with Mhlume High School’s Gugulethu Thandeka Mfumo also attaining the same aggregate.
In the eighth position in the EPC results was Mphundle Primary School’s Nonzuzo Thandolwethu Maziya who scored 79 per cent pass mark, while Tatiana Mnguni of Thembelisha Preparatory attained 79 per cent aggregate. species of birds.
The attorney put it before the constable that Section 2 of the Stock Theft Act of 1982 specifically provided a sanction against a person whose cattle, goats and chickens were stolen.
“So it will be the evidence of the accused that these ostriches are bred by them for purposes of domestication,” Hlanze submitted.
He further put it before the officer that the legislature under royal game prohibited domesticated animals.
Hlanze said the provisions of the Game Act only penalised the hunting of certain animals.
The police officer did not agree. The attorney also asked the officer of the law if he understood what a trophy was.
He mentioned that the Act stated that any person who exported or imported into the kingdom any trophy or raw product of any specially protected game was to be sanctioned.
“I put it to you that these ostriches were alive when the arrest was made. They can’t fall under the category of trophies,” the lawyer argued.
In response, Constable Mamba responded to the affirmative. The matter was adjourned until March 14.