Make your Mandela minutes count

Use your precious time to help elderly people in need

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Looking for a place to call home?

If you're over 60, TAFTA can help

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What happens when you get too old to work?

There are 4.5 million people over the age of 60 in South Africa

What does the future hold?

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Make your race count for more by raising funds for Durban's elderly people

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Come and join us

Spend your 67 minutes on Mandela Day with our elders. There are so many different ways to get involved at our various residences in and around Durban ... from helping with clean up operations, gardening or games like Bingo and Skittles, to serving teas and lunches.

We also have a Wish List of badly needed items for each of our residences and wellness centres. Popular items include adult colouring books and Word Search puzzle books, adult diapers, facecloths and toiletries, curtains and table cloths (or fabric for making them), garden umbrellas, books for our libraries and washing powder. Click the button below for the full list.

Care of the aged was a cause close to Madiba’s heart. So if you can't be part of Mandela Day in person, please consider making a donation towards the cost of caring for our elders. Your donation, made online now, helps subsidise the cost of accommodation and frail care for elderly people with no income other than an Old Age Grant (R1500 per month).

For more information on how you can get involved on Mandela Day, please contact Fatima Nzama on 031 332 3721.





Volunteering

Help fill care packs with toiletry items for elderly people in need.

Accommodation for the elderly

Barns Cottages
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Cambridge Gardens

Upmarket Ridge Road block offering bachelor, 1 and 2 bedroom flats. Sold on Life Rights Scheme and suitable for fit and mobile seniors, with independent income.
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Cambridge Gardens
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Barnes Cottages

Modern, upmarket units in Essenwood, offering 1 and 2 bedroom units to rent, suitable for seniors with independent income. Full Ageing in Place services availble for those requiring assisted living.
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Amaoti
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Entokozweni

Development Village in Amaoti, offering cottages for grandmothers who are also caring for a maximum of two children under the age of 7.
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John Conradie House
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John Conradie House

A block of flats on Durban's beachfront, providing accommodation for fit, mobile seniors with a minimum monthly income of the Old Age Grant.
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John Dunn House
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John Dunn House

An old age home on the Bluff providing assisted living and frail care accommodation. Suitable for elderly people with a minimum monthly income of the Old Age Grant.
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Kings Hall
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Kings Hall

City Centre block offering bachelor and 1 bed flats with own bathroom and kitchen to rent or buy on Life Rights Scheme. Suitable for fit and mobile seniors.
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Langeler Towers
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Langeler Towers

Block of flats on the Beachfront offering affordable accommodation for older persons in one, two, and four bed units with own bathroom and kitchen.
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Lucas Gardens
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Lucas Gardens

Block of flats on the Berea offering studio, 1 and 2 bedroom flats for fit and mobile seniors. Sold on Life Rights Scheme.
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Ocean View
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Ocean View

Musgrave Road Home comprising 30 furnished suites with own bathrooms. Sold on Life Rights Scheme and suitable for for fit and mobile seniors with independent income.
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St Catherine's
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St Catherine's Close

Self contained 2 & 3 bedroom Berea cottages for sale on Life Rights Scheme. Suitable for fit and mobile residents.
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St Martin's Village
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St Martin's Village

Retirement Village in Sydenham offering 1 and 2 bedroom cottages for rent or for sale on Life Rights Scheme. Suitable for fit and mobile residents.
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Tafta Lodge
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Tafta Lodge

Beachfront block of single and double flats for rent. Suitable for fit and mobile seniors with a monthly income of R1600+
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TAFTA on Ridge
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TAFTA on Ridge

Block of flats on the Berea offering single rooms with shared bathrooms. Suitable for fit and mobile seniors with a monthly income of R3000+.
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Tafta Park
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Tafta Park

Retirement village in Bellair, offering studio, 1 and 2 bedroom cottages for fit and mobile seniors. Sold on Life Rights Scheme.
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