Blind, deaf, mute and homeless

Miss-Delectable · 04-22-2008, 12:19 AM

VaalWeekly

This 39-year-old woman, who lives in Tshepiso Phase 2, recently had to vacate her RDP house in the area as it has become impossible to live in.

Mokoena has four children, but she lives with two, as one is living in the streets and she does not know where the other one has gone to.

Through an interpretation by her 9-year-old daughter, Ntombizodwa, Mokoena says that her house is built near a muddy water channel, which regularly overflows into her house.

"The roof is leaking and we always suffer to get the water out of the house when the channel overflows, even a night," says Mokoena. She adds that, recently, there was so much water in her house that she had to spend the night at a neighbour's house.

When she went back to her house the following morning, she was horrified to find that the front door was missing. She has not been able to live in her house since.

Vuyani Nel, the chairman of the South African National Deaf Association in Vereeniging, is heartbroken by the situation and says that this family has lived like this for three years.

Nel is also coincidentally Mokoena's former live-in partner and says that he had to move out of the house after he was forced to do so by police, who claimed that he had beaten up Mokoena's eldest daughter.

"I was in Port Elizabeth recently but I had to come back after I received numerous calls about this worsening situation that has still not been attended to after a lot of complaining to council," says a furious Nel.

He also claims that Mokoena has suffered a lot of abuse at the hands of thugs, but she could not be helped as police and council officials do not know how to help her.

At the time of going to print, the Emfuleni Local Municipality was unable to comment on the matter. They, however, promised to attend to Vaal Weekly's enquiry at their earliest convenience.

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Miss-Delectable Capt Tony Nelson, Jeannie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: No.1 Shopping Capital in Australia Posts: 10,238 Blog Entries: 3	Blind, deaf, mute and homeless VaalWeekly This 39-year-old woman, who lives in Tshepiso Phase 2, recently had to vacate her RDP house in the area as it has become impossible to live in. Mokoena has four children, but she lives with two, as one is living in the streets and she does not know where the other one has gone to. Through an interpretation by her 9-year-old daughter, Ntombizodwa, Mokoena says that her house is built near a muddy water channel, which regularly overflows into her house. "The roof is leaking and we always suffer to get the water out of the house when the channel overflows, even a night," says Mokoena. She adds that, recently, there was so much water in her house that she had to spend the night at a neighbour's house. When she went back to her house the following morning, she was horrified to find that the front door was missing. She has not been able to live in her house since. Vuyani Nel, the chairman of the South African National Deaf Association in Vereeniging, is heartbroken by the situation and says that this family has lived like this for three years. Nel is also coincidentally Mokoena's former live-in partner and says that he had to move out of the house after he was forced to do so by police, who claimed that he had beaten up Mokoena's eldest daughter. "I was in Port Elizabeth recently but I had to come back after I received numerous calls about this worsening situation that has still not been attended to after a lot of complaining to council," says a furious Nel. He also claims that Mokoena has suffered a lot of abuse at the hands of thugs, but she could not be helped as police and council officials do not know how to help her. At the time of going to print, the Emfuleni Local Municipality was unable to comment on the matter. They, however, promised to attend to Vaal Weekly's enquiry at their earliest convenience. __________________

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