Elder Abuse and Neglect in South Africa:

1 South Africa’s population numbers 47.5 million, 3.3 million of which is aged 60 years and over and constitutes 7.7 per cent of the total population. The ethno-racial composition of the total population is blacks 79.3 percent, coloreds 8.9 percent, Asians/Indians 2.5 percent, and whites 9.3 percent. ................
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