Asanda, 11, mobile at last

[caption id="attachment_205100" align="aligncenter" width="630"] NEW LEASE ON LIFE: Asanda Mazele, 11, of New Brighton, tries out the wheelchair she received with the assistance of local social worker Thembelani Lesman, centre, and church groups. With them are Asanda’s mother, Nontsikelelo, and twin brother, Ayanda
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Concerned social worker lobbied church groups to fund wheelchair

An 11-year-old New Brighton girl who had to be carried on her mother’s back for years was given a new wheelchair at the weekend. Social worker Thembelani Lesman came to the rescue of Asanda Mazele, who has never been able to walk or talk.