COMMUNITY LEADER
o t d e i r r a M
k r o ity w n his commu
ropist, Linda
Twala.
is Zulu. Udondolo d udondolo, in cause it forms lle ca ities cred be her selfless activ regarded as sa ng limbs. You do not his, and many ot carried out within ki “T al w ur yo ity of un her part rmed and onic comm ic rfo a’s pe d leave his or dr e e an an sh m d ex ne Al ire p eo hi or sp m in ns so s, tio ry ar legs, la ye o re bu s e tw hi ala, e their Alexandra thos into what I am today. worker, Linda Tw ith philanthropy behind. Just lik bs er with th lim e ge m to ed d w t ld rie en and mou stick is bu see a fellow s. ng I and involvem w ki n al vo he w ge w e ria th re ar so m as ned. My heart gets metimes I feel ,” Twala explai work is as sacred ing suffering. So s and giving the body be an m hu k or he ity w y own clot pted him to ws to commun like taking off m clothed stranger. That’s Twala said that this prom He cited his vo by that sword. “I am looks after un at an th n to er tio e them ov the organisa metimes,” so en and swore to liv lfless work. I took my is op le in g in el pe fe e se disabled op of how deep th married to this still a child - ‘till death the elderly and was during that year humble offices e th m fro a al as It . said Tw rvices in vows when I w the community ety for the Care Afrika funeral se andra. his Twala Ama Alexandra Soci d Disabled ex e Al th of n do us part”. rts he ki w ts e ou the Aged an Wynberg, on th mother, and Welfare of . ing up, my late e th ow gr ith rn w ild bo d ch ve te as a d gi As work star Persons w take my meal an ed is philanthropy pany many years H Annie, used to riv ar com ck since then. who had just funeral service , Twala remembers an never looked ba the Care ve it to a stranger plained of hunger. ha “I 67 m lala Society for ago. Back in 19 at home and co struct me to go and bled The Alexandra ed Rose Tshaba m na , an om Aged and Disa in w elderly Welfare of the ve birth to what is e to get her d She would then hudlo’, which is made m an ho s hi d te ub ally ga who frequen s mother. prepare ‘umbh uple of teaspoons of oqizizwe Persons eventu edibles from hi co of Phuthaditjaba-Q a. a e d as ar n an sh in ow er n at te kn w y ea of da is dr to d an an ex p Al pa in with Avenue with the sugar and mixed as ‘Amasi’ or sour milk. Centre on 17th d used to walk an d ol e, as m w n ho he “S me the same fashio ch time she ca Centre is aid of a stick. Ea walking stick and point “Today, the Phuthaditjaba ung and took I y, el tiv ga r yo ne he ld lift ng this for both y mother she wou ying: When I die you must “Instead of taki a hive of activity bled, and the poor realised that m e sa y d sa e m di m t an d y at pu el an it se d tiv ea le si it po d sh old, ab a and so doing, pl st love of all an gs. She en of Alexandr bury me, and in e coffin as well. had the greate and downtrodd arted bein st an th ba m in tja hu k di ic w ha st llo walking surrounds. Phut d today it houses cared for her fe er someone a stranger its id 80 an h by burying would not cons s strike, but would operating in 19 noured her wis ick. This is in ho pa “I er ng ve hu gi n d st l an whe alking own child’s mea her with her w rather take her nger. ra it to a hungry st
ilanth Alexandra Ph
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