40 years?
And I thought my family was bad at keeping in touch. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Papage
Bomme le Bontate, stop leaving your life large at tender age, remeber home and family members. Dont put your family members under pressure to look after you at old age yet while young you never cared about them. Know that one day you will grow old and need them, some run away young and never look back until sowetan find them. Stop it Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
2nevvy4u
now this is a permanent solution to your problems gogo,halala!!! Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
MISSTY!!!
@Papage
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i always read ur comments and i must say,u make sense all the time... Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Mmarena
She said she was glad her life would change for the better. "I still want a house of my own," she said. Maphanga, who last saw her family about 40 years ago, saw them again for the first time on Friday
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Am sori but i have a problem, People leave their families to enjoy life and when things turns sour the same abonded families carries the burden. just check those years 40 years!!!!!!!! Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
somaartakeit
"Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home" LOVL the ward committee member prolly wanted to parade her as a trophy to advance his/her political position, why didn't they do anything for her in the last 4yrs she lived as a tramp?
PS: SA vote for Sowetan for service delivery only they manage to get things started whilst our leaders are trotting the globe at half a billion for tax payers account, doing absolute jerk cause there is no measurable benefits to justify such travel costs to foreign countries, instead we spend more and get less.
That is too long a time for a family not knowing your whereabouts. Glad she is with the loved ones though. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Limpopoist
Thanks to SABC touching live to report these story FIRST,
Sowetan ,dankie san for follow up Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Maratachelete
This story makes me feel proud to be a journo.It proves to me that good can actually come out from the media. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Flemza
I don`t know what to say here , was the Gogo not having any children , where are the children I suppose they are adults now Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Dj1Stunner
Rea leboga ge le boetje gae mokgekolo, Be kere kotse o modudi wa Mpumalanga kgane o tlogetje ba geno long ago, se segolo re leboga bophelo Koko o godishe bana bawe. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
tumzangwana
Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house.
;;;;;;;;;;;;
why didnt he want the family to take the poor magriza home?
Only when the media get involved is when officials jump in to avoid embarassment and to get free publicity...Cheap politics by incompetent tarts Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
somaartakeit
@Lehido, its not possible to embarrass these gov officials, cause to be embarrassed you first have to have a conscientious, the way these gov officials behave towards the ppl shows that they have no conscientious, I will give you an example.
The president says on his sloganeering speech at anc recent meeting in MIdrand he has sleepless nights over the plight of the poor then he turns around and buys himself a 2bil Boeing, please tell me where is the conscientiousness in that, he saw few wks ago how crappy our public transport but no he had to spend 2bil just on himself?
Our only saving grace is to vote anc regime out. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Pointman
That is one tough 76 yr old. I know some people who collapse in despair when they break a fingernail or don't get a pizza on friday. Happy days for her and her family. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Mamelodian
@ Papage, you are spot on. This means she left home at 36 and never cared to contact any family members forgeting that age will catch up with her.
O ne a hlaba le ke dikgala tsa go boela gae, and opted to sleep in a toilet instead, for years nogal.
Lebelo le a fela thota e sale.
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@Papage....
Thank U for saying what has been on my mind.This Old Woman does not have a single right of blaming anyone but herself...nor does she have a right of demanding a house.
Not seeing ur family for 40 years....an now it is our duty and responsibility as SA citizens to feel sorry for her...I dont think SO....
O jele botjha ba hae lekemekeme....nxa.. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Buc4life
Ppl. Watch Khumbulekhaya. You will see more of these stories.
When the story surfaced, I wondered where her family might be. Then, I remembered Khumbulekhaya. People dissappear in their tender years, and then they resurface with no one but themselves to blame. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Buc4life
Mamelodian
@ Papage, you are spot on. This means she left home at 36 and never cared to contact any family members forgeting that age will catch up with her.
O ne a hlaba le ke dikgala tsa go boela gae, and opted to sleep in a toilet instead, for years nogal.
I'm happy for her though.
...............
Motlhomongwe, o ne a ineile naga, le juba la gage, a tlogetse bana morago. Jaanong go boela morago was difficult. Eish. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Hoshpelepelewa26Zikuphi
MKathata a bo phelo, this are conditions.not going home or visit famaly. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
Buc4life
somaartakeit
@Lehido, its not possible to embarrass these gov officials, cause to be embarrassed you first have to have a conscientious, the way these gov officials behave towards the ppl shows that they have no conscientious, I will give you an example.
The president says on his sloganeering speech at anc recent meeting in MIdrand he has sleepless nights over the plight of the poor then he turns around and buys himself a 2bil Boeing, please tell me where is the conscientiousness in that, he saw few wks ago how crappy our public transport but no he had to spend 2bil just on himself?
Our only saving grace is to vote anc regime out.
.................................
Our president is on a string being pulled in all directions by all these puppies. That 2nd transition doc is nothing but a wish list of things that will always be difficult to implement. The president fails to see that his own cadres are actually pulling him down. Report Abuse
Mr Nxumalo sorry Sir you are late. why do you want to act now while the Media have intervined . you knew about this Gogo before and you did nothing but now you pretent as if you are a good samaritan because you are exposed. Our goverenment can only work when there is Media. Thanks sowetan keep up the good work . Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
magebula
Shem Kokwana wa Xikwembu hambi a lahlekelana ni vari kwerhu aya kwihi. Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
golezwa
at least she will now know her date of birth and eventually her age Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Left home and 36 years and never looked back............... Report Abuse
@tumzangwana
Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house.
;;;;;;;;;;;;
why didnt he want the family to take the poor magriza home?
************************************************************************************************
I guess because he won't benefit from proceeds (brown envelope) as the tender will have to be cancelled Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
@Buc4life
O ne a entse di vat en sit dule le juba. The juba died, mkhukhu collapsed and she ended up sleeping in the loo...
Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house
...................................................................................................
Ooohhh please after 4 yrs of sleeping in loo and you lot exposed by Sowetan?!
MommaC LOL that's actually funny... 40yrs am sure she was declared dead Report Abuse
I'm happy for her and let me hope she will do like wat that old me did ...i min wen
he said"Know i can smell nice and i hope to get a soulmate"......Gogos,all the best! Report Abuse
Jul 2, 2012
DIENGDIENG
DIENGDIENG
Some people you will never understand them.
where is this old gogo's children?
NO house at this old age ?
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MommaC
40 years?And I thought my family was bad at keeping in touch.
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Papage
Bomme le Bontate, stop leaving your life large at tender age, remeber home and family members. Dont put your family members under pressure to look after you at old age yet while young you never cared about them. Know that one day you will grow old and need them, some run away young and never look back until sowetan find them. Stop itReport Abuse
2nevvy4u
now this is a permanent solution to your problems gogo,halala!!!Report Abuse
MISSTY!!!
@Papage--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i always read ur comments and i must say,u make sense all the time...
Report Abuse
Mmarena
She said she was glad her life would change for the better. "I still want a house of my own," she said. Maphanga, who last saw her family about 40 years ago, saw them again for the first time on Friday++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Am sori but i have a problem, People leave their families to enjoy life and when things turns sour the same abonded families carries the burden. just check those years 40 years!!!!!!!!
Report Abuse
somaartakeit
"Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home" LOVL the ward committee member prolly wanted to parade her as a trophy to advance his/her political position, why didn't they do anything for her in the last 4yrs she lived as a tramp?PS: SA vote for Sowetan for service delivery only they manage to get things started whilst our leaders are trotting the globe at half a billion for tax payers account, doing absolute jerk cause there is no measurable benefits to justify such travel costs to foreign countries, instead we spend more and get less.
we have fools for leaders.
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Papage
Thanx MISSTY!!!, this block helps us to help one another, hope we can learn a tin ot 2Danki
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BaleliM
That is too long a time for a family not knowing your whereabouts. Glad she is with the loved ones though.Report Abuse
Limpopoist
Thanks to SABC touching live to report these story FIRST,Sowetan ,dankie san for follow up
Report Abuse
Maratachelete
This story makes me feel proud to be a journo.It proves to me that good can actually come out from the media.Report Abuse
Flemza
I don`t know what to say here , was the Gogo not having any children , where are the children I suppose they are adults nowReport Abuse
Dj1Stunner
Rea leboga ge le boetje gae mokgekolo, Be kere kotse o modudi wa Mpumalanga kgane o tlogetje ba geno long ago, se segolo re leboga bophelo Koko o godishe bana bawe.Report Abuse
tumzangwana
Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house.;;;;;;;;;;;;
why didnt he want the family to take the poor magriza home?
Report Abuse
Lehido
Only when the media get involved is when officials jump in to avoid embarassment and to get free publicity...Cheap politics by incompetent tartsReport Abuse
somaartakeit
@Lehido, its not possible to embarrass these gov officials, cause to be embarrassed you first have to have a conscientious, the way these gov officials behave towards the ppl shows that they have no conscientious, I will give you an example.The president says on his sloganeering speech at anc recent meeting in MIdrand he has sleepless nights over the plight of the poor then he turns around and buys himself a 2bil Boeing, please tell me where is the conscientiousness in that, he saw few wks ago how crappy our public transport but no he had to spend 2bil just on himself?
Our only saving grace is to vote anc regime out.
Report Abuse
Pointman
That is one tough 76 yr old. I know some people who collapse in despair when they break a fingernail or don't get a pizza on friday. Happy days for her and her family.Report Abuse
Mamelodian
@ Papage, you are spot on. This means she left home at 36 and never cared to contact any family members forgeting that age will catch up with her.O ne a hlaba le ke dikgala tsa go boela gae, and opted to sleep in a toilet instead, for years nogal.
I'm happy for her though.
Report Abuse
bulwazi
Lebelo le a fela thota e sale.____________________________________________________________________________________
@Papage....
Thank U for saying what has been on my mind.This Old Woman does not have a single right of blaming anyone but herself...nor does she have a right of demanding a house.
Not seeing ur family for 40 years....an now it is our duty and responsibility as SA citizens to feel sorry for her...I dont think SO....
O jele botjha ba hae lekemekeme....nxa..
Report Abuse
Buc4life
Ppl. Watch Khumbulekhaya. You will see more of these stories.When the story surfaced, I wondered where her family might be. Then, I remembered Khumbulekhaya. People dissappear in their tender years, and then they resurface with no one but themselves to blame.
Report Abuse
Buc4life
Mamelodian@ Papage, you are spot on. This means she left home at 36 and never cared to contact any family members forgeting that age will catch up with her.
O ne a hlaba le ke dikgala tsa go boela gae, and opted to sleep in a toilet instead, for years nogal.
I'm happy for her though.
...............
Motlhomongwe, o ne a ineile naga, le juba la gage, a tlogetse bana morago. Jaanong go boela morago was difficult. Eish.
Report Abuse
Hoshpelepelewa26Zikuphi
MKathata a bo phelo, this are conditions.not going home or visit famaly.Report Abuse
Buc4life
somaartakeit@Lehido, its not possible to embarrass these gov officials, cause to be embarrassed you first have to have a conscientious, the way these gov officials behave towards the ppl shows that they have no conscientious, I will give you an example.
The president says on his sloganeering speech at anc recent meeting in MIdrand he has sleepless nights over the plight of the poor then he turns around and buys himself a 2bil Boeing, please tell me where is the conscientiousness in that, he saw few wks ago how crappy our public transport but no he had to spend 2bil just on himself?
Our only saving grace is to vote anc regime out.
.................................
Our president is on a string being pulled in all directions by all these puppies. That 2nd transition doc is nothing but a wish list of things that will always be difficult to implement. The president fails to see that his own cadres are actually pulling him down.
Report Abuse
masende
@MISSTY!!!UTHANDA UQALILE NGENDODA ONGAYAZI THIXO,I ALWAYS TJERRRRR
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phegkodi
Mr Nxumalo sorry Sir you are late. why do you want to act now while the Media have intervined . you knew about this Gogo before and you did nothing but now you pretent as if you are a good samaritan because you are exposed. Our goverenment can only work when there is Media. Thanks sowetan keep up the good work .Report Abuse
magebula
Shem Kokwana wa Xikwembu hambi a lahlekelana ni vari kwerhu aya kwihi.Report Abuse
golezwa
at least she will now know her date of birth and eventually her ageReport Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Left home and 36 years and never looked back...............Report Abuse
Little_Dude
Fat lady sang atlast!Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
@tumzangwanaWard committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house.
;;;;;;;;;;;;
why didnt he want the family to take the poor magriza home?
************************************************************************************************
I guess because he won't benefit from proceeds (brown envelope) as the tender will have to be cancelled
Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
@Buc4lifeO ne a entse di vat en sit dule le juba. The juba died, mkhukhu collapsed and she ended up sleeping in the loo...
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Dalashishi
uze wabuya unondidwa ngestimela ebuya eku ndindeni,Report Abuse
Mellow
Ward committee member Lesley Nxumalo refused to let the family take her home. He told the family that Maphanga would get a house...................................................................................................
Ooohhh please after 4 yrs of sleeping in loo and you lot exposed by Sowetan?!
MommaC LOL that's actually funny... 40yrs am sure she was declared dead
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Dandan
Dalashishiuze wabuya unondidwa ngestimela ebuya eku ndindeni
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ngahluleka ukizibamba ngagqashuka ngehlaya , ukhokho wakho lo ombiza ngonondindwa
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MORNACH!ES015
I'm happy for her and let me hope she will do like wat that old me did ...i min wenhe said"Know i can smell nice and i hope to get a soulmate"......Gogos,all the best!
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DIENGDIENG
DIENGDIENGSome people you will never understand them.
where is this old gogo's children?
NO house at this old age ?
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Papage
I tell you, if you sit down with her she will tell all she use to do during her time, She looks like those Jezabels of of old timesReport Abuse
DIENGDIENG
it is true Papage .living her in JHB "stokvel" poppie .
enjoyed her money with boyfriends.
talking about her mothers house mxm
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