Khayelitsha resident Nontizana September is unable to apply for a much-needed pension or disability grant because Home Affairs bungled her birth date. WeekendArgus masoki23
Cape Town - Confusion over her birth date has left Nontizana September destitute with little hope of escaping her life of poverty and pain. She lives in a dilapidated shack with no windows, a broken door and openings all around the frame of her tiny home.
“I’ve been here for many years working and cleaning in people’s homes, most of my belongings and documentation was left back home and burnt in a fire which destroyed most of the house,” she said. September’s only surviving son was arrested last Sunday for the alleged murder of his live-in girlfriend, Zoliswa Keke.
Muneera Allie from the Human Settlements Department told Weekend Argus that September would have to “get assistance” from her local ward councillor. “We are now trying to gather enough information to prove that she was indeed born in 1952,” Mpengesi added.She depended on Keke to help her onto her wheelchair and push her around. “I had an operation on the one leg which is why I can’t walk, so I have to keep it warm,”she said.
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