Mluleki Mrwebi
19 May 2013
The South African Human Rights Commission has confirmed that it will investigate the state of South Africa
This comes after the Democratic Alliance had requested for the homes to be investigated.
DA Shadow Minister of Social Development Mike Waters said the SAHRC has indicated that they view the conditions that our senior citizens live in of national importance.
Waters further said a national hearing overseen by the Commissioner for Older Persons, Commissioner Joseph Malatji will be held on 11 June 2013 .
He added that the request for an investigation follows the Department of Social Development Old-Age Home Conditional Assessments report which found that of the 58 old-age homes surveyed, most were in troubling condition. I even visited some of these homes last month and found a few problem areas in need of attention.
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