Executive Mayor Gladys Khoza hands over title deed to an emotional Yvonne Golden. Photo: Tumi Riba.
A Toekomsrus family eventually received their title deed after more than 30 years of going back and forth with government over an error pertaining to a single digit in an Identity Document.
The family’s long-awaited dream finally came true on Tuesday March 29 when management of the Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) handed over what had been due to them since 1990.
Read next week’s Herald dated April 8 for an exclusive interview with the tearful Poete Bennet, 66, and his life partner Yvonne Golden, 62.
It took Poete Bennet and his wife Yvonne Golden 30 years to get their title deed. Photo: Tumi Riba.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
