A new world has opened for two disabled Tshisahulu community members. This after a well-known local scrap metal company opened its heart and donated two brand new wheelchairs to them.

The two, Mpho Mathivha (28) and Nyamukamadi Mufamadi, were on cloud nine when Liaison Gapara of Running Waters Scrap Metal presented the two wheelchairs to them.

The handing-over function, which coincided with the quarterly meeting of the Tshisahulu-Itsani Home-Based Care´s board of directors, was held at the Dzindi Nature Reserve on Saturday afternoon.

The chairperson of the board of directors, Mr Victor Makumbane, said as an organization they had taken it upon themselves to look after people who were disadvantaged in the community. Makumbane said during one of their previous meetings, they received a report of two people who are in dire need of wheelchairs. “We went out and knocked on doors of different businesses until we reached Running Waters Scrap Metals, where we were warmly received,” he said. He said it did not take long to convince the company who promised to donate the wheelchairs.

Mr Liaison Gapara of Running Waters Scrap Metals said when a request was made for the wheelchairs, they did not think twice. The request fitted in squarely in the social responsibility wing of the company, he said.

Mpho Mathivha , one of the beneficiaries, said life had been tough for him. “I lost the use of my legs a long time ago and had a worn-out wheelchair with no seat. It had reached that stage that I could fall from it any time, but here am I today with my new wheelchair,” he said.