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DJ Sobey needs help
The old age home has 34 staff members and 49 residents
SIPHOSIHLE DYONASE
BRIGHT COLOURS
GIVING BACK: Mfesane Day
Care Centre in Cambridge
Location was the last of the
four schools to receive
stationery and reading
material donated by the
East London public towards
Penny’s Project. The project
forms part of the annual
PNA Stationers Back to
School Colouring-in
competition run in
partnership with the GO! &
Express. School
principal Zonke Vezi was on
hand to take delivery of the
contributions that will be
shared among 84 scholars.
Pictured from left are Zonke
Vezi, Mfesane teacher
Ntsikie Mabhoza, PNA
Stationers East London’s
monkey mascot Penny, GO!
& Express representative
Wendy Kretschmann and
PNA Stationers store
manager Elmarie Krouse
Picture: GO REPORTER
With DJ Sobey Old Age
Home facing the
threat of closing
down, the home has begun
asking for donations and
financial assistance from the
community in order to keep it
up and running.
As the GO! reported in
December (‘DJ Sobey facing
closure’, December 3 2020), the
old age home had not received
its subsidy from the department
of social development for
months on end.
According to committee
member John Bennet, the
department was supposed to
pay R2,000 per person to
supplement the R2,000 each
resident paid for themselves.
Fundraising project coordinator
Garth Van Heerden
said the board decided to hold a
donation drive of which they
managed to raise an amount of
R95,000 although their target
was to reach R100,000.
“DJ Sobey is not out of the
woods yet, the home is still
running at a deficit,” Va n
Heerden said, but he was
optimistic that things were
slowly improving.
“The appeal is to get more
community members, churches,
businesses and CSI projects
i nvo l ve d .”
The old age home is now left
with 34 staff members and
49 residents.
“Since January, when we
had 37 residents, we have been
able to admit some residents
following strict Covid protocols.
We should be at our optimum
number of 66 residents by the
end of July,” said DJ Sobey
board spokesperson John
Bennet. “We are very grateful to
the public who have really
rallied to assist us. Our primary
objective is to become more
sustainable, and less dependent
on government subsidies.
“Unfortunately, our plans to
build some cottages has been
delayed because we have been
told that the municipality does
not have our plans.
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DJ Sobey is not out
of the woods yet,
the home is still
running at a deficit
“They seem to have been
lost. We now first have to get an
architect to draw the existing
buildings and water/electricity
reticulation infrastructure.”
One of the donation drives
was organised by local group
Potjie Family Foundation which
managed to raise R10,000 for
DJ Sobey and a local family
(See page 1 for full story).
Other groups that have
gotten involved include the
Nomads Golf Club, Albert
Campbell Phambili Fishing
Company, Hawks Bikers Club
and Rotary Acts.
- Donations to the old age
home can be made to the
following account:
DJ Sobey Old Age Home
Nedbank
Account number: 1210235668
Branch code: 121021
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Broadcast satellite service DStv
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The company said scammers
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The company
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Customers receive an e-mail
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Job advertisement post on
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DStv warned of dangerous
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“ Always make your
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