From the 9th to 10th October 2018, the KwaZulu-Natal Cabinet hosted the 2018 Senior Citizens Parliament that was held at the Amajuba TVET College Grounds, located in Section 2 of Ward 22, eMadadeni, Newcastle within Amajuba District Municipality. The event began with the celebration of International Day for Senior Citizens on Monday 8 October 2018.
The Senior Citizens Parliament comes at a crucial time and era where social disorder and moral degeneration continue trending as the cycle of community protests and violence steadily emerge in some Provinces. This adversely affects social fibre and good welfare of communities. On the other hand, it impedes the provisioning of government services and other basic needs of South Africans. So what is the Citizens’ Parliament, and why is it a world first? What role does it play towards changing social disharmony?
