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By Thahasello Mphatsoe

Multimedia Journalist


WATCH: Elderly cry for help due to mistreatment at a retirement centre

91-year-old Lydia Marchetti, lived at this retirement centre since 2004, she watched the centre's state deteriorate throughout the years.


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Donovan McDonald, situated in Florida Johannesburg, is a senior citizens rental facility with 175 units. The elderly citizens from this retirement centre came in numbers fed up with alleged mistreatment and years of empty promises.

91-year-old Lydia Marchetti, who had lived at this retirement centre since 2004, watched the centre’s state deteriorate more and more throughout the years.

Read: ‘Please help us’ – Elderly citizens accuse City of Joburg-owned retirement centre of abuse

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