A homeless man was reunited with his family after a concerned citizen made it her mission to get him off of the streets.

After seeing a homeless old man on the streets of Tzaneen for the past seven months, Elizabeth Shingange decided enough is enough.

On Wednesday morning, July 25 she picked up the man named Wilson from the street next to the Tzaneen Police station and drove him to the Greater Tzaneen Muncipality.

Elizabeth requested to see the mayor to introduce him to Wilson but he was not available. She then got hold of Neville Ndlala, spokesperson for the GTM, and explained to him what the situation was and demanded that something be done to rescue Wilson from the streets.

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Elizabeth was directed to the department of social development but again insisted that Ndlala contact them with her being present.

Ndlala managed to track down the social worker based at the clinic at the GTM but she was off sick after an operation and referred Neville to the social worker based at another clinic in Tzaneen.

This social worker immediately reacted and drove to the GTM to meet the old man, from where she was instrumental in making contact with a social worker, based in Lenyenye, who is aware of the old man’s situation.

The social worker from Lenyenye then explained that the old man has a son who is collecting a social grant on his behalf but the old man chose not to live with him. Once again Elizabeth wasn’t going to let it go and insisted that the the social worker from Lenyenye drove to Tzaneen to see the old man.

After arriving at the GTM the social worker met with the old man and explained to him that his son is waiting for him to come back, whereby he responded with excitement. Freddy Ramalo from the local economic development department at the GTM also met Wilson, spoke to him and handed him R100 out of his own pocket.

Wilson was then helped into the social worker’s bakkie who would take him back to his son. Still Elizabeth wasn’t satisfied and got onto the back of the bakkie, instructing the social worker to drive to the police station to collect the little stuff that the old man possesses from the street where he has been sleeping. Wilson was then driven off by the social worker to be reunited with his son. Well done Elizabeth Shingange, the world needs more people like you!