eThekwini Municipality to issue food vouchers for senior citizens
The City has announced that it will be giving food vouchers to the elderly of eThekwini as part of the social relief initiative.
THE eThekwini Municipality has announced that they will issue thousands of food vouchers to senior citizens around the city as part of a social relief initiative. This programme is annually hosted by the municipality to celebrate the elderly.
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eThekwini speaker Councillor Thabani Nyawose said the food vouchers will be distributed to all 111 ward councillors from Friday, December 15. However, the food vouchers will only be available for collection from ward councillors from Monday, December 18 onwards.
The ward councillors will subsequently issue the vouchers to senior citizens in their respective wards.
“These are ward-based celebrations where senior citizens come together to socialise, engage with the municipality and get to take home some goodies,” said Councillor Nyawose.
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic regulations, the manner in which the programme was previously conducted had to be amended. Senior citizens are now issued with food vouchers to enable them to get supplies and/or treats. Ward councillors are encouraged to also accommodate PR councillors deployed in their respective wards and are encouraged to work with ward committees in issuing the said vouchers.
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