'I have God and my soapies': SA's elderly waiting it out during Covid-19 pandemic

How are senior citizens — the most vulnerable group — coping in the Covid-19 pandemic? Often with remarkably good spirits, the Sunday Times found on visits to old-age and care homes around the country

31 May 2020 - 00:00 By CLAIRE KEETON, Yasantha Naidoo, ALEX PATRICK and LWANDILE BHENGU

Claire Keeton visited the Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH) in Woodstock, Cape Town..

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