USthembele “Impondo Elisha” Yobo uhlonitshwe nge-MEC Award
Umsebenzi weFektri waseMpuma Koloni neGcisa loMaskandi Ohlonitshwe ngeMbasa eBalulekileyo ye-MEC
KuGompo City, eMpuma Koloni – USthembele “Impondo Elisha” Yobo, ongumsebenzi ozinikeleyo kwifektri ye-Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) eMonti, uhlonitshwe ngembasa ebalulekileyo ye-MEC Award kumsitho wee-Eastern Cape Provincial Sport, Recreation, Arts, Culture and Heritage Excellence Awards.
Lo msitho weentsuku ezimbini ububanjwe ngomhla we-13 ukuya kowe-14 kuFebruwari 2026, kwihotele ephambili iWild Coast Sun Resort eMbizana. Phantsi komxholo othi “Recognising Greatness, Elevating Eastern Cape Excellence,” lo msitho ububhiyozela amagqala kunye neetalente ezisakhulayo eziqhubeka nokubumba inkcubeko nemidlalo kweli phondo. Lo msitho ubuphethwe ngu-MEC wezeMidlalo, uLonwabo, uBugcisa nenkcubeko eMpuma Koloni, uSibulele Ngongo.
UYobo ufumane imbasa ekhethekileyo ye-MEC Award — isiqinisekiso somntu siqu esinikezelwe ngu-MEC Ngongo — ngenxa yobuchule bakhe kumculo wesintu woMaskandi kunye nomsebenzi wakhe onamandla wokumela abantu abaphila nokhubazeko. Olu kwanzo lumbecha phakathi kwabantu abahlonitshwayo kweli phondo abathi nabo baze kulo msitho, kuquka amagama aziwayo emculweni, ekudlaleni iimovie, nakumidlalweni.
Ozalelwa eMantusini eLusikisiki, uYobo akazange avumele ukhubazeko lwakhe ukuba lumthintele. Ngokusebenzisa igama lale nqanawa elithi Impondo Elisha, uzakele igama ngokubalisa amabali oMaskandi anengcambu kwizithethe zaseMpuma Koloni. I-albhamu yakhe yowama-2023, Umoya ka Gogo, inconywe ngokugcina ilifa lemveli ngelixa ifikelela kubaphulaphuli abangaphaya kweli phondo ngeeplatfomu zokusasaza umculo.
Ngaphandle komculo, uYobo ulwela amalungelo abantu abaphila nokhubazeko ngenyameko. Ngombutho wakhe i-Impondo Elisha Foundation, uphumelele ukulungiselela itheko lomculo nobugcisa i-Disability Art and Music Festival eMonti ngeli xesha leeholide lishiyekileyo, edala amathuba amagcisa anokhubazeko ukuba abonakalise iitalente zawo.
Uhambo lwakhe — lokudibanisa umsebenzi wasefektri kunye nomsebenzi womculo ophumelelayo — lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla sokuba ukunyamezela, uthando, nenjongo zingakhokelela ekunconyweni liphondo lonke. Ibali lakhe liyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abaninzi eMpuma Koloni, lingqina ukuba ukukhubazeka akuthethi ukuba awunako ukwenza izinto.
Sivuyisana noSthembele Yobo kunye nabo bonke abafumene iimbasa ze-Excellence Award zowama-2026 ngokulubeka phezulu igama leMpuma Koloni.
