Blind man finds his family

Patrick Rooi, the 31-year-old visually impaired man who arrived in Windhoek on Saturday from Upington, South Africa, has been reunited with his family.

Rooi, who arrived by bus, said he had been put on the bus by a woman he had lived with. The woman had apparently evicted him from her home, he told the media on Sunday.Yesterday, Police reported that Rooi’s relatives recognised his photograph in the newspaper and on television and came to his rescue.According to the relatives, Rooi had been sent to South Africa 24 years ago to attend a special school for visually impaired people.The woman had apparently evicted him from her home, he told the media on Sunday.Yesterday, Police reported that Rooi’s relatives recognised his photograph in the newspaper and on television and came to his rescue.According to the relatives, Rooi had been sent to South Africa 24 years ago to attend a special school for visually impaired people.