Frail care facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay are buckling under pressure and can no longer accept Sassa patients without additional payments from relatives.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s 10 state-funded old age homes are on their knees as a meagre subsidy and the escalating cost of food and other basics create a perfect storm.
Instead of having a big bash with her friends for her 16th birthday, a teenager from Parsons Ridge gave back to the community by raising R10,000 for the Malabar Home for the Aged.