Khumbul'ekhaya changing lives

SABC1’s local docu-reality television series Khumbul’ekhaya continues to track the journeys of real South Africans who ask for help in their search to heal their relationships with lost or estranged family members.

The Khumbul’ekhaya team, together with the Mayor of Ethekwini Municipality and Mr Ishwar Ramlutchman unveiled a brand new house for Ntombikhona Zondi and her three siblings who featured on Khumbul’ekhaya.

The event took place on Thursday 1 September at 9am in Greytown, Entembisweni.

Ntombikhona and her siblings wrote in to the show requesting to be reunited with their fathers’ family, whom they have never met before. Their father passed on in 1999 and their mother in 2003. Ntombikhona has been the bread winner of her family ever since, and they have been moving from one extended family member to another without a place to call home.

“After their story was broadcast on Khumbul’ekhaya, we received a very moving response from one of our viewers, Ishwar Ramlutchman, who was greatly touched by their plight and wanted to reach out and extend a helping hand to them. He has in the meantime built a beautiful house for them in Greytown,” said a statement from SABC1.

The story of Ntombikhona and her siblings will be featured in the episode of Khumbul’ekhaya on Wednesday 21 September at 9pm.