Virtual slave grandpa aged 72 released from cage of agony after the Sowetan exposed the old man's squalid living conditions - and he's been reunited with his brother!
ga gona badimo ba niks! the glory belongs to God and Him only. there is no such thing as badimo. badimo ke madimone ... people prayed for this man and God heard them.
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
MAARKENG-JANONG
What a relief!!!!! God heard our prayers indeed. You have finally found peace Madala. I hope sum good Samaritan will emerge with the medical assistance to check if the legs can still be operated on for him to walk again.
How can a 37 year old man move from home and not remember where he is from after 35 years - he was too old when he moved from his home not to remember where he comes from...O sele this old man - he is embarrased to go home cause he left his family high and dry....his parents died when he was 37 and he was still depending on them???? mxm....he was useless at 37 and he is still useless at 72 Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Iwe
But why we black dont like to be with our families? This is a happy ending story but still......You live your family to look for a job and never call them again! I found this too disturbing. Even if you have 1 sibling left, atleat build that contact with them. I mean 1977 till now only you found one of your family......I am disturbt thats why I dont even watch Khumbule khaya. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
MAARKENG-JANONG
Ao moshana wa ntate banna,ngwana wa monna kgotso kgosi o be o phele. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
coly
Want all Maswanganyi's to come back home......LOL Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
WordofGod
@katakata
dumela ntate kea
ga gona badimo ba niks! the glory belongs to God and Him only. there is no such thing as badimo. badimo ke madimone ... people prayed for this man and God heard them.
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Heela wena ba reng o mma bana baka"Mkhulu has been rescued by his ancestors from that slavery what do u know about glory lona"
Dumela rato laka,o be o phele.
Yesterday, Tshililo was also reunited with his long-lost brother Wilson Tshililo, 59.
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The brother looks and itjo lefatshe le moshapile le yena.......... or maybe ke moqombothi Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Shredder
Thank you Sowetan for publishing the story. They look alike :-D Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Menina11
YOU CAN SPEND MY TAX MONEY ANYTIME ON SUCH CASES, NOT ON e-Tolls AND ZUMA'S FAT WIFES!!! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
potjiekos
Looking at you and your sibling mkhulu, I wonder how your parents looked like. Anyway well done Sowetan and all the other role players in rescuing mkhulu Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
WordofGod
@katakata
wa tseba pelo yaka e ba bohloko ha ke bona satane a bapala ka hlalohanyo ya gago. ke hangata ke ho jwetsa and wena ha o batle go utlwa. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
sabza007
@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.
Where is this Pigg Farmer? He should pay dearly for the trauma and suffering that he caused this man. Thank to this Non-organization for rescuing this man.Home Affairs, Social Welfare and other government Department saw the pictures and read this story but they had not helped this man by yesterday!!! They should have sprung into action the same day when this story was published. Report Abuse
@word
You want to give credit for this to you imaginary sky daddy? Give Sowetan and the home the credit please, your imaginary friend had nothing to do with this. Where was he all those years the man was living in those bad conditions? Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Tasto
@sabza007
@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.
Strue how useless this department of Labour is and you still find aboGwede going personal attacking aboKhoza as if alone they suppose to drive transformation at workplaces while D.O.L attend functions 365 a year !! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
pierre2012
This is great!! Re leboga Ramasedi!!! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
WordofGod
i will give the glory to God wherever and whenever... Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Abdulla-Saleeh
@word
brainwashed I can see you foaming at the lips. Report Abuse
Aaaaah. atleast you reported on something worth reading,mxm. thank you for running the story and the old man finally being safe and with famly. you did good.
am glad all went well for you Baba... Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
pierre2012
@Galfrend
I just love happy endings :)
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Eitah? I hope all is well
@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
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Do u think he has one? I doubt Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
@WordofGod
@katakata
wa tseba pelo yaka e ba bohloko ha ke bona satane a bapala ka hlalohanyo ya gago. ke hangata ke ho jwetsa and wena ha o batle go utlwa.
=====
Hahaaa!
Yes man ! Mshowerlozi must throw a party for this peer of his (2 yrs older). He showered himself, wives and cronies two days ago !!! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Joose
Thanx to Sowetan for publishing the story. @tleast the old man is rescued from that red a#$ sucking son of .....coz he was really finishing him Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
SKIZOBANTWANA
Lord have Mercy.. thanks Sowetan''
@Pretorius
Youl'll b urn in H ell b loody sw!ne.. we fought so hard for the l!beration of this country and for our people.. but still some treat others l!ke d ogs. Jeeer Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
ONEE
But again we need to take responsibility, becoz it start with people avoiding going home , for various reasons like they dont have enough money to go home or have nothing to show as they are working and decide to stay away for too long the next thing they see no reason to go home ever again, then cruel people take advantage of such, giving them jobs in exchange of alcohol or little pay.
i must say a lot still need to be done in our country , if there was a person living like this in this new SA.
I hope you get more time to celebrate ur family tata Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
TKay
@pierre2012
@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
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Do u think he has one? I doubt
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He must have he left home when he was 37, there must be something Report Abuse
Ok,what happened to that Brainless Pretorius ?? Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
pierre2012
@TKay
@pierre2012
@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
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Do u think he has one? I doubt
____________________________________
He must have he left home when he was 37, there must be something
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Maybe but since they did not allude that, i doubt. Nonetheless i am happy for him. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Dandan
Tasto
@sabza007
@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.
Strue how useless this department of Labour is and you still find aboGwede going personal attacking aboKhoza as if alone they suppose to drive transformation at workplaces while D.O.L attend functions 365 a year !!
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you must be crazy , this is a function of North West Province -Department of Social Services to track down such cases , the social workers of North West must be ashamed of themselves, including citizens who must blow the whistle, in that sense Old Age home are still part of Department of Social Services.
And then you tell me how come you blame Gwede here , where does he comes from when social workers employed are nt doing their jobs, do you think Gwede must be God who is all over at once, for me you show yourself that you dont understand the functioning of the government Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
cosmicg
Glory be to God Indeed!!! Well done to all involved!! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Galfrend
Pierre
Hie,im good thanx.
This man probably abandoned his wi fe and kids long back. He was probably ashmed of going back to them after the way he treated them. No one would really leave their parent to suffer like this unless if the parent was somehow irresponsible.At his age,he must be having kids somewhere. Im just saying. Anyway thank God that he has finally find a proper home and hope Pretorious would be charged for mistreating the old man. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
golezwa
zacoz
is it God or ancestors...eish! so confusing
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both if you believe in both Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
RobinH
This is very cool. I am impressed. Hats of to Age in Action! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
OASIS
Lovely. Big ups to Sowetan and Age in Action!! Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
LEEMINAJ
modimo o phala baloi.....happy for millenniums Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
dimpho_4U
aowa rea leboha kannete..@zaco, must come and answer us which one is it?? Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
MommaC
Dandan
Do you have any idea of the case load of a social worker? They don't have the manpower to sort out the cases they have on their desks, there is no way they have the manpower to go wondering around the country looking for new cases.
Dept of Labour is supposed to have inspectors go around to each and every farm and workplace to ensure that contracts, minimum wage, work conditions and other labour practices are being adhered to. How did an old man with a disability get paid a miserable R300 a month on their watch? Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
mageu#8zola
Hi
Its no racist comment, but how do you treat someone like this? Another human being like this? look, maybe it happen with black and black, but this is so wrong. Report Abuse
Magaza ya ka hina kumani dyondzo,joni ahi kaya ra munhu.munhu atirhi a ya kaya. Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
Hosinkulu
mra hu fanele huri na mashaka, arali sowetan yi ngavha yisa hone nge Makhado thamusi vha do humbula huri vavha gai, ahu mna na muthu na muthiyi asina mashaka fhano shangoni Report Abuse
Apr 13, 2012
TooClip
uMnr Pretorius is the only good samaratin who would help this guy with a roof over his head and some cash for all these years.
Sies to all the 47 million black brothers and sisters who chased the cripple away when he asked them for a job. Jirrrr Report Abuse
Apr 15, 2012
sampras
"they moved from Makhado in Venda "a long time ago" after their parents died. "Our parents died in 1977 and we were left with nothing, so we came here in North West to look for jobs."
Stop this thoughtless commentsof how can he leave home blabla!! he only 37 yrs blabla!! The moved he did not leave home.
Please can we stop calling this man a "garden boy"? If he were only 14 or 15, I suppose that description would be correct, but at his advanced age of 72, "Gardener" would be more appropriate.
I am very glad to know that he has been helped to go home and that he is being looked after. I hope his employer will be investigated for paying him so little - how can anyone be expected to survive on R300 a month? That's equivalent to slavery - and starvation.
Jirr R300 a month not bad if you cant walk and work properly as a garden boy. @TooClip agree shame on us folk not helping the brother instead we chase him away and ignored him hoping the problem will go away. I am so ashamed Report Abuse
Apr 18, 2012
munzhedzi
well done sowetan and Age in action for helping the old man,Thank GOD,so happy for him Report Abuse
Apr 19, 2012
Ma-cayx
lol! just kills me how they call a 72yr old a Garden ''Boy'' Report Abuse
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nghunghunyane
Well Done Sowetan, and Age in ACtionThis is heart warming tlhe
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muvendave
wow, that is very awesome. m contend by mediaReport Abuse
candilious
Good that you will have some peace very happy for you TshililoNow what about the other SA suffering eish maara
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Click
Now what? Throw him a 72nd party and splash his face all over the web??Report Abuse
tumzangwana
thank you God!@sowetan- le nna mosola ge le batla moes. well done.
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Nys1
Well done , ...but what other scatterlings of the country ?Report Abuse
WordofGod
Glory to God... we thank my Father.Report Abuse
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
Ur ancetsors "ur mediators" are with u mkhulu enjoy ur stay.Report Abuse
Tasto
Thank you SOWETAN !!Mr Editor while @ it plse unblock comments on article by Gwede Mantashe PLEASE a lie is lie !!
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zacoz
is it God or ancestors...eish! so confusingReport Abuse
WordofGod
@katakatadumela ntate kea
ga gona badimo ba niks! the glory belongs to God and Him only. there is no such thing as badimo. badimo ke madimone ... people prayed for this man and God heard them.
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overthemoon
Ri livhuwa YesoReport Abuse
TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kidsReport Abuse
MAARKENG-JANONG
What a relief!!!!! God heard our prayers indeed. You have finally found peace Madala. I hope sum good Samaritan will emerge with the medical assistance to check if the legs can still be operated on for him to walk again.Wordy- GLORY TO GOD indeed, sister.
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Click
@ zacoIt's Sowetan.. Can't you read?
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TKay
How can a 37 year old man move from home and not remember where he is from after 35 years - he was too old when he moved from his home not to remember where he comes from...O sele this old man - he is embarrased to go home cause he left his family high and dry....his parents died when he was 37 and he was still depending on them???? mxm....he was useless at 37 and he is still useless at 72Report Abuse
Iwe
But why we black dont like to be with our families? This is a happy ending story but still......You live your family to look for a job and never call them again! I found this too disturbing. Even if you have 1 sibling left, atleat build that contact with them. I mean 1977 till now only you found one of your family......I am disturbt thats why I dont even watch Khumbule khaya.Report Abuse
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
MAARKENG-JANONGAo moshana wa ntate banna,ngwana wa monna kgotso kgosi o be o phele.
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coly
Want all Maswanganyi's to come back home......LOLReport Abuse
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
WordofGod@katakata
dumela ntate kea
ga gona badimo ba niks! the glory belongs to God and Him only. there is no such thing as badimo. badimo ke madimone ... people prayed for this man and God heard them.
=====================
Heela wena ba reng o mma bana baka"Mkhulu has been rescued by his ancestors from that slavery what do u know about glory lona"
Dumela rato laka,o be o phele.
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MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Yesterday, Tshililo was also reunited with his long-lost brother Wilson Tshililo, 59.****************************************************************************************************
The brother looks and itjo lefatshe le moshapile le yena.......... or maybe ke moqombothi
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Shredder
Thank you Sowetan for publishing the story. They look alike :-DReport Abuse
Menina11
YOU CAN SPEND MY TAX MONEY ANYTIME ON SUCH CASES, NOT ON e-Tolls AND ZUMA'S FAT WIFES!!!Report Abuse
potjiekos
Looking at you and your sibling mkhulu, I wonder how your parents looked like. Anyway well done Sowetan and all the other role players in rescuing mkhuluReport Abuse
WordofGod
@katakatawa tseba pelo yaka e ba bohloko ha ke bona satane a bapala ka hlalohanyo ya gago. ke hangata ke ho jwetsa and wena ha o batle go utlwa.
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sabza007
@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.Where is this Pigg Farmer? He should pay dearly for the trauma and suffering that he caused this man. Thank to this Non-organization for rescuing this man.Home Affairs, Social Welfare and other government Department saw the pictures and read this story but they had not helped this man by yesterday!!! They should have sprung into action the same day when this story was published.
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JUBJUB
Well done Sowetan......le shomileReport Abuse
Abdulla-Saleeh
@wordYou want to give credit for this to you imaginary sky daddy? Give Sowetan and the home the credit please, your imaginary friend had nothing to do with this. Where was he all those years the man was living in those bad conditions?
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Tasto
@sabza007@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.
Strue how useless this department of Labour is and you still find aboGwede going personal attacking aboKhoza as if alone they suppose to drive transformation at workplaces while D.O.L attend functions 365 a year !!
Report Abuse
pierre2012
This is great!! Re leboga Ramasedi!!!Report Abuse
WordofGod
i will give the glory to God wherever and whenever...Report Abuse
Abdulla-Saleeh
@wordbrainwashed I can see you foaming at the lips.
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Galfrend
I just love happy endings :)Report Abuse
Raven
Aaaaah. atleast you reported on something worth reading,mxm. thank you for running the story and the old man finally being safe and with famly. you did good.am glad all went well for you Baba...
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pierre2012
@GalfrendI just love happy endings :)
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Eitah? I hope all is well
@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
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Do u think he has one? I doubt
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KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
@WordofGod@katakata
wa tseba pelo yaka e ba bohloko ha ke bona satane a bapala ka hlalohanyo ya gago. ke hangata ke ho jwetsa and wena ha o batle go utlwa.
=====
Hahaaa!
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Phuphethakatha
Yes man ! Mshowerlozi must throw a party for this peer of his (2 yrs older). He showered himself, wives and cronies two days ago !!!Report Abuse
Joose
Thanx to Sowetan for publishing the story. @tleast the old man is rescued from that red a#$ sucking son of .....coz he was really finishing himReport Abuse
SKIZOBANTWANA
Lord have Mercy.. thanks Sowetan''@Pretorius
Youl'll b urn in H ell b loody sw!ne.. we fought so hard for the l!beration of this country and for our people.. but still some treat others l!ke d ogs. Jeeer
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ONEE
But again we need to take responsibility, becoz it start with people avoiding going home , for various reasons like they dont have enough money to go home or have nothing to show as they are working and decide to stay away for too long the next thing they see no reason to go home ever again, then cruel people take advantage of such, giving them jobs in exchange of alcohol or little pay.i must say a lot still need to be done in our country , if there was a person living like this in this new SA.
I hope you get more time to celebrate ur family tata
Report Abuse
TKay
@pierre2012@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
--------------------------
Do u think he has one? I doubt
____________________________________
He must have he left home when he was 37, there must be something
Report Abuse
MommaC
Well done Sowetan !What a lovely end to a tragic tale.
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Revulshionary
JACKPOT !!!....Report Abuse
Pheks
Siyabonga!Report Abuse
MORNACHIESS
Ok,what happened to that Brainless Pretorius ??Report Abuse
pierre2012
@TKay@pierre2012
@ TKay
and now he must trace his wi.fe and kids
--------------------------
Do u think he has one? I doubt
____________________________________
He must have he left home when he was 37, there must be something
--------------------------------------
Maybe but since they did not allude that, i doubt. Nonetheless i am happy for him.
Report Abuse
Dandan
Tasto@sabza007
@Sowetan: Thank you for publishing this story, you have just proved how useless is the Department of Labour.
Strue how useless this department of Labour is and you still find aboGwede going personal attacking aboKhoza as if alone they suppose to drive transformation at workplaces while D.O.L attend functions 365 a year !!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
you must be crazy , this is a function of North West Province -Department of Social Services to track down such cases , the social workers of North West must be ashamed of themselves, including citizens who must blow the whistle, in that sense Old Age home are still part of Department of Social Services.
And then you tell me how come you blame Gwede here , where does he comes from when social workers employed are nt doing their jobs, do you think Gwede must be God who is all over at once, for me you show yourself that you dont understand the functioning of the government
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cosmicg
Glory be to God Indeed!!! Well done to all involved!!Report Abuse
Galfrend
PierreHie,im good thanx.
This man probably abandoned his wi fe and kids long back. He was probably ashmed of going back to them after the way he treated them. No one would really leave their parent to suffer like this unless if the parent was somehow irresponsible.At his age,he must be having kids somewhere. Im just saying. Anyway thank God that he has finally find a proper home and hope Pretorious would be charged for mistreating the old man.
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golezwa
zacozis it God or ancestors...eish! so confusing
======================
both if you believe in both
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RobinH
This is very cool. I am impressed. Hats of to Age in Action!Report Abuse
OASIS
Lovely. Big ups to Sowetan and Age in Action!!Report Abuse
LEEMINAJ
modimo o phala baloi.....happy for millenniumsReport Abuse
dimpho_4U
aowa rea leboha kannete..@zaco, must come and answer us which one is it??Report Abuse
MommaC
DandanDo you have any idea of the case load of a social worker? They don't have the manpower to sort out the cases they have on their desks, there is no way they have the manpower to go wondering around the country looking for new cases.
Dept of Labour is supposed to have inspectors go around to each and every farm and workplace to ensure that contracts, minimum wage, work conditions and other labour practices are being adhered to. How did an old man with a disability get paid a miserable R300 a month on their watch?
Report Abuse
mageu#8zola
HiIts no racist comment, but how do you treat someone like this? Another human being like this? look, maybe it happen with black and black, but this is so wrong.
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MAARKENG-JANONG
KatakataHlompheha ngwana monna.
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magebula
Magaza ya ka hina kumani dyondzo,joni ahi kaya ra munhu.munhu atirhi a ya kaya.Report Abuse
Hosinkulu
mra hu fanele huri na mashaka, arali sowetan yi ngavha yisa hone nge Makhado thamusi vha do humbula huri vavha gai, ahu mna na muthu na muthiyi asina mashaka fhano shangoniReport Abuse
TooClip
uMnr Pretorius is the only good samaratin who would help this guy with a roof over his head and some cash for all these years.Sies to all the 47 million black brothers and sisters who chased the cripple away when he asked them for a job. Jirrrr
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sampras
"they moved from Makhado in Venda "a long time ago" after their parents died. "Our parents died in 1977 and we were left with nothing, so we came here in North West to look for jobs."Stop this thoughtless commentsof how can he leave home blabla!! he only 37 yrs blabla!! The moved he did not leave home.
It apartheid regime at that time.
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Biloko
Please can we stop calling this man a "garden boy"? If he were only 14 or 15, I suppose that description would be correct, but at his advanced age of 72, "Gardener" would be more appropriate.I am very glad to know that he has been helped to go home and that he is being looked after. I hope his employer will be investigated for paying him so little - how can anyone be expected to survive on R300 a month? That's equivalent to slavery - and starvation.
Go well, Mr Tshililo.
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Heyta
Jirr R300 a month not bad if you cant walk and work properly as a garden boy. @TooClip agree shame on us folk not helping the brother instead we chase him away and ignored him hoping the problem will go away. I am so ashamedReport Abuse
munzhedzi
well done sowetan and Age in action for helping the old man,Thank GOD,so happy for himReport Abuse
Ma-cayx
lol! just kills me how they call a 72yr old a Garden ''Boy''Report Abuse
Madale
Well done Sowetan.....Report Abuse
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