BY Phakamile Hlubi

The Home Affairs Department said on Thursday it will intervene in the plight of a poor paralysed gardener from the North West who is forced to work in inhumane conditions.

Elias Chirilo made headlines this week when it was reported that he was forced to crawl on all fours because of his disability and claimed he was abused by his employer who paid him only R 300 a month.

The department’s Ronnie Mamoepa said they will help the 72-year-old to get a social grant.

“We want to send a mobile unit to him on the farm.”