Local organisations celebrates International Day for the Elderly in Kinross
Rethabile Njibu, Sasol social impact manager encouraged the elderly to to take good care of their health.
KINROSS– The nine elderly centres from around the Govan Mbeki Municipality townships gathered at Kinross Sasol Club to celebrate International Day for the Elderly on Wednesday, October 26.
Sasol organised this celebration.
Selina Machaea (66) from the Siyanqoba Old Aged Centre in eMbalenhle who won the Mrs Mpumalanga Old Aged pageant held in Nelspruit, showcased her modelling talent.
Machaea said what made her win, was her confidence. She encouraged other elderly people to believe in themselves.
These organisations celebrated the day with different activities such as choral performances and a beauty competition for women and men.
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Rethabile Njibu, Sasol’s social impact manager, encouraged the elderly to take good care of their health.
Ethel Makhele, the chairperson of the GMM Older Persons Forum said the international day for elderly persons should remind families and community members of the importance of the elderly people.
“Some of our peers are being abused by either their family members or some community members on the street.
“They need to understand that as you grow older, it will become your turn to forget easily and your thinking will become different from the time you were younger,” said Masuku.
The United Nations General Assembly designated October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons.
This was preceded by initiatives such as the International Plan of Action on Ageing, which was adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on Ageing and endorsed later that year by the UN General Assembly.
In 1991, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons.
