Social development department left 1,500 senior citizens in the lurch by withdrawing R1.5m, court hears

State pulled Eastern Cape elders’ funding in lockdown

An association representing 25 organisations that provide vital support services to the elderly has resorted to court after the provincial social development department left it and 1,500 elderly people in the lurch by pulling R1.5m in funding in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic...

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