Today was a special day for Elizabeth Christiaan of Farm Istawises in the ||Kharas Region as she celebrated her 101st birthday.
The Governor of ||Kharas, Dawid Gertze, and ||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson, Gerrit Witbooi, joined family and friends to celebrate Christiaan's milestone of 101 years.
The Zambian government has started distributing feature phones to pensioners who are the elderly beneficiaries of financial support under the Social Cash Transfer.
Hardap Governor Riaan McNab expressed concern over the inadequate housing and living conditions many elderly citizens endure despite their significant contributions to nation-building.
IPC MP Michael Mwashindange has raised concerns regarding hardships faced by elderly residents on Impalila Island at the far eastern strip of the Zambezi region.
He told the National Assembly that pensioners on the island have to buy food across the Botswana border and are required to pay import duties.
The |Khomas Regional Council and the Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency Office, under the leadership of Councillor Stefanus Ndengu, held a handing-over ceremony of Christmas gifts for the elderly in the constituency.
A belated Christmas celebration brought joy to pensioners and people with disabilities at Gam settlement.
The gathering was organised by a local teacher, together with the social group, Tjiuti Kora Tjike Kukore.
An elderly resident in the Summerdown area of the Otjinene Constituency has stressed the need for those elected into power to consider the needs of the people who vote for them, especially the elderly, and to prioritise issues such as owning land.
Residents of Katutura feel misled by the City of Windhoek and its campaign to write off the municipal bills of elderly residents.
The promised debt cancellation includes conditions of payment that residents say remain unaffordable for the elderly.
The elderly came to bid farewell to the late President Dr. Hage Geingob at the final held ||Kharas Regional memorial service.
A Catholic nun from the Benedictine Sisters of Oshikuku decided to spread some festive season cheer to the elderly at Utokota village in Shambyu, Kavango East Region.
This is Sister Wilhelmine Mukosho.
