Kindness takes old man off streets, into luxury

After three years on the streets of Sandton, or more specifically inside an electricity box, an elderly homeless man is living in a big home in the same affluent suburb after being taken in by the Legg family.

Mbeji ‘John-John’ Dube, 88, reacts as Kirsten Legg, who took him in, speaks to Times Select about his compassionate nature.
Mbeji ‘John-John’ Dube, 88, reacts as Kirsten Legg, who took him in, speaks to Times Select about his compassionate nature. (Alaister Russell)

After three years on the streets of Sandton, or more specifically inside an electricity box, an elderly homeless man is living in a big home in the same affluent suburb after being taken in by the Legg family.

To the family, he has  been “nothing but a blessing in our lives”.

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