HTERE WERE SMILES and joy as some
of the residents will go to bed with their bellies full.
This was after a generous gesture by Former football stars, Brian ‘Spider’ Baloyi and Jerry ‘Legs of Thunder’ Skhosana.
Though they played for rival teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Pirates, yesterday they came together for a greater course.
Adelaide Ngulugulu (68) from Alexander struggled to contain her excitement.
She told Daily Sun, “I’m so happy, because during this lockdown, it is a nightmare at the shops. We are happy."
“Even when I go to buy, I will buy us a few items that are not here.”
She said she was thankful to Brain and glad that he has not forgotten them as his neighbors.
Ethel Mofokeng (68) said, “We are happy we don’t even know what to say, we didn’t see this coming.
“This food will help because the children are also at home.”
Another resident, David Matthews said “It is beautiful, it shows that some of the guys that have benefited from our communities find it necessary to in these troubled times to give back to the communities.
Brian said, “We decided to embark on a drive to see how we can help the communities.”
“We reached out to Hollywood Bets, we are thankful to them that we are able to do what we doing today.”
He said as part of the initiative that they have been doing over the last two years, with the school tournaments they’ve hosted, this is just an extension.
“What we doing here is just lending a helping hand to the community.
“The whole idea was motivated by my mom and my older brother.
He said that he hopes that other football professionals would give back to the respective communities and shouldn’t have to wait for their clubs to tell them what to do.
Skhosana said they just want to be grateful to the community by giving back to them because they are the reason why they are the people they are today.
