Lerato Mbhiza
Elderly men and women in KwaZulu-Nata’s Zululand District Municipality are living in fear of drug addicts and have pleaded for assistance because drug addicts break into their houses and steal their social payments and valuables.
Speaking during the weekend public hearings on the Older Persons Amendment Bill in Ulundi, the elderly said the attacks are common on the days they receive their social payments, and it is even worse for those who live alone or with little children.
Older persons’ rights activists and those who run old age centres appealed for more public awareness about dementia and its effect. The NGO said people need to be educated about this mental health issue which afflicts mainly the aged and stop labeling and attacking afflicted people as witches.
There is also an appeal to review the R17,85 per meal, per day funding for old age centres. This amount has been
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