Rand Aid Association newsletter: Third 2025

Read all of Ron Smith Care Centre’s latest news.

My life revolved around alcohol, says 51-year-old James Algera who recently celebrated 10 years of sobriety. After growing up in…

Heads were scratched, suggested answers whispered, and merriment reigned at the fun quiz evening organised by Elphino’s Wanda de Groot…

Thembalami resident Joan Keylock (97) connects weekly with her daughters, who live all the way in Canada and New Zealand….

Years of yoga and ‘being of service to others’ is what Hylda Skutelsky, who turned 100 on May 25, attributes…

Rand Aid’s Tarentaal retirement village recently reopen its chapel for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown regulations came into…

A clean jar and a few non-perishable food items are all it takes to help fill a hungry tummy. Residents…

Four third-year University of the Witwatersrand occupational therapy (OT) students have just completed five weeks of training at SANCA Wedge…

At 90, Fred Krumples is a living repository of history, technology and life lessons – a man who has witnessed…

The Ron Smith Care Centre’s recreation team hosted a delightful flower-arranging party on January 17, bringing joy and creativity to…

The Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden (GOLF) social group at Rand Aid’s Inyoni Creek retirement village held its last event of the year…

Ron Smith Care Centre’s (RSCC) residents and staff enjoyed the Golden Games Special Olympics – a spectacular week of fun…

Inyoni Creek is joining the migration to fibre connectivity. Fibre internet connections are becoming increasingly popular in South Africa as…

KAREN GRIESSEL, A SOCIAL WORKER AT JOHANNESBURG’S SANCA WEDGE GARDENS TREATMENT CENTRE, TALKS ABOUT FAITH VERSUS FEAR AND HOW HAVING…