“Thank you for the support shown by the community of Malvern. Thank you Joburg East EXPRESS. My son has a wheelchair now.”
These are the words of Ms Nokuthula Khumalo who recently, with the help of the EXPRESS, made a public appeal for assistance to get a wheelchair for her son.
Ms Khumalo appeared in the August 16 Joburg East EXPRESS edition pleading for a wheelchair donation for her son.
Her 26-year-old son, Mr Lindani Khumalo, was attacked on his way to work on May 27. He was attacked in Denver at about 4am, at the Denver Hostel entrance.
“He was viciously attacked which resulted in him being wheelchair-bound. All they took from him was a cellular phone and they left him unconscious. When I arrived at the scene, my son was covered with a blanket. I thought he had died. He spent five days in a coma at a hospital,” said Ms Khumalo.
“The community supported me when my son was in hospital. After the article in Joburg East EXPRESS, a group of women from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Malvern marched to Cleveland SAPS to ask the police to do a proper investigation and to ensure that the perpetrators get arrested,” said Ms Khumalo.
Mr Lindani Khumalo was discharged from the Germiston Bertha Gxowa Hospital on Wednesday, August 10.
“The Cleveland SAPS have now opened the case and thank you Joburg East EXPRESS,” said Ms Khumalo.
“I would like to thank ward 118 councillor, Clr Neuren Pietersen, who helped me a lot. I had no idea what I was going to do. He got a wheelchair for my son from Rotary,” said Ms Khumalo.
Meanwhile Cleveland SAPS spokesperson Constable Mpho Mashakane confirmed that they have opened the case.
“Cleveland SAPS have opened the case and investigations are underway,” she said.
