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Covid-19: Durban old age homes on lockdown

Article Paddy Harper - 26 Mar 2020

Visits cancelled to residential centres as The Association for the Aged braces for the virus

Thanks, Jo Struik, for our literary legacy

Article Elsa Joubert 1 - 28 Jun 2019

In her memoir Cul-de-Sac, Elsa Joubert wryly muses on life and relationships. This is an edited extract

Old age weighs on HIV survivors

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Aug 2012

Many HIV survivors did not expect to live to become elderly, and their retirement years are bleak and lonely, writes Sarah Bosely.

What it feels like to be old

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Jul 2012

An innovative suit gives medical students an idea of what the elderly experience in their daily lives, writes Kate Connolly.

Decommissioned old age home still operating in Katlehong

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Aug 2011

An old age home in Katlehong is still accommodating people after it was shut down in 2009, Gauteng's department of health and social development says.

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