{"id":271893,"date":"2025-07-30T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=271893"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:20:16","slug":"seniors-voice-concerns-over-health-safety-and-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/seniors-voice-concerns-over-health-safety-and-pensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors voice concerns over health, safety and pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most of the crimes against <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/elderly-scammed-in-brackenfell-20220323\/\">senior citizens<\/a> are committed in their own homes by family members or people that they know, said Brig MA Hartzenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"271896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/seniors-voice-concerns-over-health-safety-and-pensions\/seniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ART-L29&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753352057&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seniors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel (centre), with a panel of representatives from various departments who addressed issues affecting seniors, at the Frog Centre in Woodlands.\" class=\"wp-image-271896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seniors-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel (centre), with a panel of representatives from various departments who addressed issues affecting seniors, at the Frog Centre in Woodlands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sub-district commissioner was speaking at an imbizo for senior citizens last week.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Andries Nel had called the imbizo in response to a request from senior citizen clubs. Seniors from several clubs packed the Frog Centre in Woodlands on Thursday 24 July to air their concerns. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nel said seniors had identified several areas where they had on-going challenges, such as health, transport, justice services and Sassa access.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For today the focus will be on issues of health, transport, crime and justice services,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll follow up on water, electricity, home affairs and Sassa.&#8221; \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-laws-protecting-seniors\">Laws protecting seniors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He brought a panel of representatives from various government departments to address these issues.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ncebakazi Mlunjwa, provincial assistant director for court intermediary services, encouraged seniors to &#8220;be vocal&#8221; about their rights.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a law that speaks about you and protects your rights,&#8221; she said, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov.za\/legislation\/acts\/2006-013_olderpersons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senior Citizens Protection Act.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You can help to inform people about this act and its implementation by speaking up,&#8221; she said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She reminded seniors of their rights saying: &#8220;you have the right to manage your own finances&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If a family member takes away your Sassa card, that&#8217;s domestic violence,&#8221; she said. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elderly are vulnerable to abuse and it is everyone&#8217;s responsibility to report it if they suspected that an older person is being abused, she said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You have to report that. 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