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The chairperson for VW Lusikisiki VW Club, Bulelani Ganyaza, confirmed that they had started a partnership with the Pit Bulls Bikers Club because they noticed that they were doing the same thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are drivers of VW cars and we started this club because we had one vision of assisting other people. When we heard about this bikers\u2019 club, we decided to do something to assist because (Madotyeni\u2019s) situation was very bad,\u201d said Ganyaza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madotyeni said she did not know that her dignity would be restored. She said she was always worried during rainy days because she did not know what would happen to her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is like a dream to me because I never thought my life would change one day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI used to go to bed with an empty stomach but today I am smiling like other people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madotyeni was living in a one-roomed, mud structure, which had one side that collapsed in 2018 during a storm. She does not have an identity document, which made the situation worse, as she was unable to get a pension grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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