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Holiday shopping and festive fun planned for Renishaw Hills Christmas Pop-Up Market
The popular, family-friendly Christmas Market is returning to Renishaw Hills in Scottburgh on Friday, 29 November from 10am to 4pm. With local artisans showcasing handcrafted and homemade goods, this is the perfect time to get that Christmas shopping done early while having some festive fun in th...
Belvedere Group becomes RetireWell SA but more Life Rights contracts are breached…
It was in February 2021 when Carte Blanche interviewed self-declared wealthy retirement village and development mongers, Piet and Willem Steyn, who personally sit on the Trusts of the 12 retirement villages in the Belvedere Group… The excuse at the time for not honouring their contractual o...
Remarkable Rand Aid residents who redefine the image of ageing
The image of seniors in rocking chairs staring day-long at the telly is as outdated as dial-up modems for connectivity and steering locks for vehicle safety. The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over “The more candles on y...
RSCC enjoys the gift of giving on Mandela Day
Who said older people always need to be on the receiving end of community generosity? The residents and staff members of Rand Aid’s Ron Smith Care Centre (RSCC) were the ones who did the giving this Mandela Day when they baked cookies for a nearby youth centre. Busy hands and happy hearts chara...
A very special year….Senior Service’s 20th Anniversary!
By Clive Mantle 2022 is a special year for us at SeniorService! The year marks our 20th anniversary! YES, correct, SeniorService started in 2002 and we have been running our internet business since. For all of you who have only got to know us recently, here is the short story of our humble b...
New Life Community Services: 8 months Covid free record
When the reality of COVID 19 hit, few knew how to react, much less respond. Now as one reflects back on 2020 it has become the year that changed society, and how we go about our daily lives. This new normal has not come easy, especially for the frail and high risk among us. Yet …
Irene celebrates her centenary!
Ron Smith Care Centre resident Irene Watson celebrated her centenary on 8 September, with her daughter Fiona. Irene was born in 1921 in County Durham, England. Her father Richard was a farmer, while her mother Harriet assisted the local midwife. “I attended catholic junior school and was one of...
Marie celebrates her 99th birthday, after beating Covid-19 twice
Rand Aid Ron Smith Care Centre (RSCC) resident Marie Roberts celebrated her 99th birthday on 27 August. Aunty Marie, as she is fondly called at RSCC, contracted Covid-19 in both the first and third waves, and is renowned at the care centre as ‘a very strong lady who sailed through her second in...
Rand Aid celebrates its employees’ long and dedicated service
Rand Aid Association (RAA) recently held its annual Long Service Awards to celebrate its loyal and dedicated employees. 40 years’ service Mercia Sekgarametso was awarded for a phenomenal 40 years’ service at RAA’s Tarentaal retirement village. Mercia started working for RAA at the Bramley C...
Ron Smith Care Centre spreads Mandela Day cheer
Rand Aid Association’s Ron Smith Care Centre (RSCC) residents and employees celebrated Mandela Day this year by writing postcards and delivering sweets to residents and staff at Rand Aid’s sister care centre Thembalami and the Max Ordman Deaf Association (MODA). Rand Aid’s senior nursing ma...