By REGINALD KANYANE
North West MEC for Social Development, Sussana Dantjie will on Tuesday, visit Ipeleng Bagodi Old Age Home in Jericho. Dantjie’s visit follows the killing of an elderly man, Thema Motsepe (80) by two elderly men, Daniel Madumo (92) and Jeremia Mmatli (75), who were arrested and later died in detention.
The North West Social Development spokesperson, Petrus Siko said the infamous old age facility, has been operating without a licence and has never received any funding from the department because of its non-compliance with the Non-Profit Organisations Act.
“Dantjie has since the furore about the Jericho facility, called on community members to refrain from using the services of unregistered old age homes. She said community members can obtain information about fully registered and credible old age homes from the departmental service points, which are available in every local municipality.
“Dantjie, together with the local councillor and the departmental management, will engage the facility manager to chat about the future of the facility. She will visit the facility at 2pm,” said Siko.
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