Moyahabo Mabeba
Sophia Kutumela wept with joy when she received her RDP house.
The move ended decades of living in a rickety tin house with her adult children and grandchildren
For the 86-year-old widow February 11 will be a day to remember. That is the day Limpopo's local government and housing MEC Maite Nkoana-Mashabane handed her a proper house.
Kutumela from Extension 4, Marapong township, has lived her entire life with her big family in a small house at Ga-Seleka village outside Lephalale.
Her pension and her daughter's meagre domestic-worker wage was not enough to build the family a decent house, Kutumela said.
"I have spent most of my adult life with my grandchildren. It was awkward because we have grown-up boys in the house.
"I prayed that our situation would improve, but I had little hope. I am glad that my prayers have been answered," she said.
Yesterday, 1775 RDP houses were handed over to residents.
Tears of happiness as aged widow gets house
Moyahabo Mabeba
Sophia Kutumela wept with joy when she received her RDP house.
The move ended decades of living in a rickety tin house with her adult children and grandchildren
For the 86-year-old widow February 11 will be a day to remember. That is the day Limpopo's local government and housing MEC Maite Nkoana-Mashabane handed her a proper house.
Kutumela from Extension 4, Marapong township, has lived her entire life with her big family in a small house at Ga-Seleka village outside Lephalale.
Her pension and her daughter's meagre domestic-worker wage was not enough to build the family a decent house, Kutumela said.
"I have spent most of my adult life with my grandchildren. It was awkward because we have grown-up boys in the house.
"I prayed that our situation would improve, but I had little hope. I am glad that my prayers have been answered," she said.
Yesterday, 1775 RDP houses were handed over to residents.