In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in Xhosa. You must translate it to English in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.

Nangona kunjalo, zinempawu zazo apho kwimeko ezininzi zingcono kunezo zendalo: kukho amaxesha apho ezintsontelo zinokwenza umsebenzi ongenakwenziwa zezo zifana nazo zendalo.
They have, however, characteristics of their own which in many instances are superior to those of natural fibres: at times these ropes can do a job which their natural fibre equivalents cannot handle at all.