{"id":54958,"date":"2023-01-19T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/issues-heard-20230118-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:00:03","slug":"issues-heard-20230118-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/issues-heard-20230118-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Zulu listens to the elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_29a085db\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8088\/c05af75e97b94b609106c533ba9637ad.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2db435672b324cb28223123faa98e46e.jpg\" title=\"Mamiki Qabathe, Free State MEC.Photo: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Mamiki Qabathe, Free State MEC.Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_bef4be7f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8088\/c9d33f68e592498faea7ced648d1d7fc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3e1b87a5aa8040528cb87da3570eae1e.jpg\" title=\"Veronica Ntakumbana, executive Mayor of Lejweleputswa.Photo: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Veronica Ntakumbana, executive Mayor of Lejweleputswa.Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 150 elderly people spent quality time with the minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, during a special lunch hosted in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality boardroom on 9 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her co-hosts were Free State MEC Mamiki Qabathe and the district executive mayor, Veronica Ntakumbana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is usually held annually in December, and marks a commitment to caring for elderly people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe gathering was held in January as the minister\u2019s December schedule was very tight. It forms part of her ongoing campaign to raise awareness around the neglect and abuse of the elderly. Both Zulu and Qabathe are champions of the District Development Model in Lejweleputswa,\u201d says Khaya Mqeke, Lejweleputswa communications manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zulu cautioned the elderly to be vigilant when they access their pensions and social grants, and to report any abuse to the Department of Social Development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of Zulu\u2019s visit was to meet the forum of the elderly ,whose mandate is to take up and raise issues to the Department of Social Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem is not about finding out, but about what to do,\u201d says Mqeke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are issues with human settlement, and the fact that clinics and hospitals are far from where they live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso discussed were the transport problems experienced by the elderly and that there are no adequate places of entertainment to relieve them of the stressful environments they live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe department is at the forefront in 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