Hot Cares Christmas : "A Love Worth Seeing Through To The End"

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A Gauteng pensioner who miraculously survived being shot while protecting his wife in a home invasion, is in for another miracle ... and this one’s just in time for Christmas.

Johan de Bruyn was shot 3 times when robbers attacked his wife Wendy at the couple’s Kensington home a few years ago…

Doctors were amazed that he pulled through ..and since then his eyesight has deteriorated so badly to the point that he’s just about blind now.

But not for much longer…

Hot 1027’s Tara Penny has more..
30 Nov 2022 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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