Ubuntu PhotoNews: Southern Afrika's Elderly Population Abandoned
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Zimbabwe’s aged persons now largely live in remote areas amid mounting poverty facing the aged persons in the country and across Southern Africa. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times
Aging persons.
93-year old Bernard Shumba, a resident of Mabvuku high-density suburb in Harare, the country’s capital, has found poverty to be part of his life, adjusting to the challenge which has apparently hit many old persons in Southern Africa. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times
Aged man.
An unidentified older man doing his own laundry in some high-density area in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare at a time Southern Africa faces a situation of poverty for its older persons. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times
Elderly man washing clothes with hands.
Like the unidentified older woman shown in the photo in Zimbabwe, many Southern African aged persons are having to go about their day-to-day errands and chores without help, having to bear their burdens single-handedly. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times
