“This is the fourth time I’m sleeping out here.”
These were the words of unemployed father Leon Faro as he and other vulnerable Capetonians braved the cold on Monday night to be in line for assistance at the SASSA Local Office in Bellville.
He was one of dozens of elderly and disabled people who spent the night sleeping on cardboard wrapped in plastic, blankets, and layers of clothes, hoping to gain access to disability grants.
The first person in line arrived at 5am on Monday morning.
Faro shared his story, showing off his swollen hands from his disability, saying: Kyk my hande. Ek kannie werk’ie. (Look at my hands. I can't work)
