OLD AGE CRISIS EKURHULENI

The future of local old age homes andfrail care centres could  come under threat, as lack of Government  support has seen homes closes in Gauteng.
Old people wake early in the morning cold or raining to queue outside municipality halls to get paid,sometimes they dont get paid for a reason not known to her.secondly if he or she does get paid, the kids or grand kids use the money for they purposes, thirdly electricity is so expensive the old cant afford any more. who cares.It was better for the old if they live in the old age homes but with the Governmentlacking support. this is despite the fact that the Gauteng Department of social development underspent R66 million of its annual budget, The old age homes will be the thing of the past. This means that, This means thatthe number of older people without a home is likell to increase. following the death of 12 residents at Sruisbult care centre, proves the lack of safety for old and that the centres are not being monitored correctly.
If nothing is done about this centres the old willbe on the street. the Question that arises is ,What happen to the money from the Department of Social development. I spoke to Robbie Nkabinde spokeman for thesocial development. He accuses the  department of funding non-complant old age homes while compliant care facilities remain grossly underfunded with littlte to no increase in financial resources.
 Its a shame that the Government we voted in let the older to run through thunder. The life of the old is deteriorating and unfortunatly their villages are disappearing too.Keep this in mind we are getting old too, if we dont fix this problem now, whos going to fix for us when times come. Iwish to point out that social development is inconsiderate state.Our Government is able to borrow other countries like Lesotho R2 billion and at the same time cant take of their own old age residents, its shame
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MESHACK MBANGULA