​Rofhiwa Marubini 
Gauteng MEC for Social Development, Morakane Mosupyoe has encouraged the elderly to register for the COVID-19 vaccination and emphasized that following COVID-19 protocols is essential as infection is on the rise. 
MEC Mosupye was speaking at a Mother's Day event at the Parish Church of Resurrection in Meadowlands, Soweto on Sunday 09, May where she presented the elderly with 40 blankets and 40 food parcels. 
She encouraged women at the church to be the Esther's and Maxeke's of this time and become agents of change in communities by defeating gender-based violence, hunger, unemployment, class and racial imbalances. 
 "Not all kings and queens wear crowns. We must be kings and queens in our communities that stand for something," said Mosupyoe.
Meadowlands Parish Church of Resurrection feeds 500 people through itssoup kitchen and food garden and dreams to own a farm in Soweto. 
Gauteng Department of Social Development has committed to establishing a sustainable programme, extending older persons programme and replicating the Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe Agro Village at the church.