Life has been kinder to the Sydenham nonagenarian since neighbours started feeding her in her dingy flat where she had been living in squalor since the departure of her two daughters in February. IOSNewsSA
But one thing the 93-year-old woman is not yet aware of is that one of her daughters, who routinely would fetch her pension money, is dead.
“She speaks of her two daughters being in hospital and that they will be returning soon,” said Easlin Young, convener of the Ward 31 portfolio committee for youth, gender and vulnerable persons.
In between the move from her flat to Abalindi, she was provided rent-free accommodation by community leader and former politician, Cyril George. Now, the volunteers are fixing up her flat so that returning there could be an option, pending professionally made decisions about her mental health and her capacity to stay there with a caregiver, said Young.
“They had to remove all the furniture. It was that bad. They have been scraping the walls and painting.”Young said Langeni was “very sentimental about her flat”.“The question needs to be asked: how much do we want to disrupt the life of a 93-year-old?”
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