South Africa: Crossroads Woman Accuses Social Worker of Keeping Her Pension

A grandmother from Crossroads has accused a social worker of keeping back part of her old age grant of R1,350 per month.

Nomncwase Saule is 70 and lives in the Boystown area. She is from Qonce in the Eastern Cape but left home in high school. She told GroundUp that she met the social worker, Marriam Makhosana, who has offices in Nyanga, in 2013.

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