The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will on Wednesday, 10 October, open the annual Golden Games at the Olympia Stadium, Rustenburg. The Golden Games promote active ageing and socialisation amongst older persons and are held in line with the International Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing which encourages new approaches to ageing policies and programmes in order to promote a society for all ages.
The Minister will also address the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the South African Older Persons (SAOPF), which will take a day before the Golden Games at Sun City Hotel, Rustenburg, on October 9. The SAOPF is a formation of older persons that seeks to lobby all relevant stakeholders, including government, on issues of concern to older persons.
The overall aim of these initiatives is to improve the quality of life of older persons.
The details are as follows:
Golden Games
Date: 10 to 11 October
Venue: Olympia Stadium, Rustenburg
Time: 10h00
Annual General Meeting
Date: Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Time: 10h00
Venue: Sun City International Hotel, Rustenburg
Members of the media are invited to cover the events.
RSVP:
Jaconia Kobue
Cell: 082 313 4673
Petrus Siko
Cell: 083 647 0668
Media enquiries to:
Lumka Oliphant
Cell: 083 484 8067
E-mail: lumkao@dsd.gov.za
Lindo Nkomonde
Cell: 082 790 6108
Cell: lindokuhlen@dsd.gov.za
