More than 500 elderly people are expected to converge at Feather Market Hall to celebrate the official transfer of Old Age Homes to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Old Age Homes have in the past been run by Non-Governmental Organisations. When Executive Mayor, Danny Jordaan took office last year, the poor conditions of the Old Age Homes were one of the issues he raised sharphly. He committed to deal with this issue as a priority. Part of this commitment was to transfer these homes to … [Read more...] about A celebration for the elderly
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Three die in PE old age home fire
Three people were killed when an old age home caught fire in Port Elizabeth, according to the Nelson Mandela Bay Emergency Medical Services. The fire started at Ekuphumleni old age home in Booi Street, Zwide, on Saturday night. According to an EMS alert, two people with epilepsy died of smoke inhalation. A third who was wheelchair bound died from burn wounds. Five others were treated for smoke inhalation and taken to the Dora Nginza Hospital by ambulance a few hundred metres down the … [Read more...] about Three die in PE old age home fire
