'If this is freedom, then I don’t want it,' says Eastern Cape granny | GroundUp_News
Family and neighbours say the government has failed her, as she lives in"deplorable" conditions. The family shares two one-roomed mud houses, one of which is barely standing after heavy rains last month.
"My children cannot get proper work or go to university because they don't have IDs. [The Department of] Home Affairs says I am too old to have given birth to my children. They don't believe I am their mother," said Nontsasa. "I feel that the municipality should have intervened a long time ago. How can you allow children and an old woman to live in such poverty if you really care about your people? Government has really failed here," said Makholosa.
"I have made initial contact with various government departments to try and help this family. We identified it as destitute. So I will have to make follow-up meetings with Home Affairs and Human Settlements departments soon," said Nzumo.
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