Mogale City Executive Mayor, Councillor Francis Makgatho visited one of the city’s most vulnerable areas where many elderly citizens live.
The Mayor, accompanied by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Councillor Evodia Cindi, and Siphiwe Tshabalala, one of the country’s famous professional footballers, visited the area together.
The purpose of the visit was to hand out blankets to senior citizens in Ward 33 as the elderly are among those most vulnerable and at higher risk of contracting and even succumbing to Covid-19.
The programme was directed by ward councillor Ramadi and started at the Rhinos Plot 7, and then moved on to Nooitgedacht Plot 89. This joint initiative was part of a Covid Relief Programme in partnership with the Siphiwe Tshabalala Foundation and the Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala Foundation.
During these trying times the Foundation has extended a helping hand to underprivileged and impoverished communities in the Mogale City area through the provision of food parcels and other essentials such as blankets.
The Executive Mayor urged senior citizens to continue to take precautionary measures to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, by leaving home only when essential to do so, always wearing a mask in public, keeping to strict hygiene practices, and adhering to social distancing.
Through this partnership, the municipality and the Foundation will endeavour to continue such relief efforts at a time when citizens need it most.
The municipality reminded the community to stay safe, stay at home and protect themselves and others.
