Grassy Park sisters Gertrude Dearham (75), Whilemina Coxson (80) and Belinda Goldschmidt (66) have nowhere to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only has the home they\u2019ve shared for 15 years been reportedly sold but they\u2019ve been allegedly conned out of a deposit they paid towards a new accommodation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Normia Nguruve, a next-door neighbour who shed a light on the sisters\u2019 plight, says she met the trio about three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have been in Grassy Park for five years and I\u2019ve known them for two to three years. They always stayed indoors, and you would never see them outside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working as a seamstress for a living, Nguruve knocked on their door one day to see if they needed any work done on their clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I popped by, I saw that they really needed help with washing and that is how we became friends.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The siblings ended up together when Goldschmidt became ill. \u201cShe was told to move from the cottage to the main house on the property and then she got pneumonia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe other sisters were staying in their father\u2019s house in Grassy Park and moved out of their family home to stay with Belinda to take care of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir mother died, and the family home was given to their brother in the will so they could not return,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguruve further explains that they were approached by someone who claimed he was a lawyer who had alternative accommodation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn June, a person who claimed to be a lawyer said he was renovating a place in Grassy Park for them to stay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe came here and met with us, after which we signed a lease, and they gave a deposit for R2 500.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, since signing the lease and handing over the deposit the person has had excuses and then disappeared, she claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe decided to go to the property in Grassy Park to see whether it was available and the neighbours said others had also come looking for him because they had transactions with him. \u201cWe went to the police station and opened a case,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However<\/span>, People\u2019s Post<\/span> could not verify this information at the time of going to print. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Goldschmidt tells People\u2019s Post that they were given notice to vacate the property months ago.<\/span><\/span> \u201cI was married to the owner of the house and when we divorced, I was allowed to stay in the cottage on the property,\u201d says Goldschmidt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pensioners need to find accommodation in their limited budget range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe can pay R2 500 to R3 000 and the rest of the money goes towards our food and electricity. We have R500 for groceries, use a gas stove and the electricity is R1 000 a month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She further explains that they can\u2019t return to their family home as their brother had since passed on and the property now belongs to his widow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy brother who lived in the same house got married and has since passed away, now the house belongs to his wife, and we can\u2019t move back there. \u201cWe really need to find a place to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grassy Park sisters Gertrude Dearham (75), Whilemina Coxson (80) and Belinda Goldschmidt (66) have nowhere to go. 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