Hope Achievers founder spent R1m to help

Limpopo businessman and visionary Watson Luandi has spent more than R1-million of his own money rehabilitating substance abusers at his Hope of Achievers Rehabilitation Centre in rural Segwashi outside Polokwane in Limpopo’s Capricorn District.

- By Nakampe Lekwadu

The centre is home to 50 patients, including two professional soccer players, two engineers, one former Reserve Bank accountant, teachers and IT specialists.

The centre is showing some significant growth as more people are now calling the place home, far away from home.

Sunday World reported that former Kaizer Chiefs star Kgaogelo Sekgotha and Lerato Chabangu, formerly with Mamelodi Sundowns and Moroka Swallows, were fighting their demons.

“We are charging R3500 per patient per month,” he said.

“Presently, we have eight people who are not paying, and even those who are paying don’t pay in full, but we don’t turn a patient away because of their financial situation. Our monthly expenditure is just above R80000.

“I have spent close to R1-million over the past seven months.”