1958 - 1963
1963 - 1980
1980 - 1984
1984 - 1988
1989 - 1995
HISTORY
The South African Council for the Aged was founded on 13 September 1956 in Cape Town, following growing pressure for government and the general public to form a national body for the aged. Initially the purpose of the organisation was to promote the formation of local organisations for the aged and to co-ordinate the services. The organisation, renamed Age-in-Action, now represents more than 2.7 million older people. The organisation also has over 800 NGO's as members who provide vital services to more than 150 000 older persons in need of care.
Read the Executive summary of the organisation's history or download the complete history
(Word document, 621Kb) of Age-in-Action and find out what the people in the pictures below
did for the organisation.
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| Dr. Z Steyn 1958 - 1963 |
Dr. WJB Slater 1963 - 1980 |
Mr. ELA Folker 1980 - 1984 |
Ds. HS Visser 1984 - 1988 |
Dr. C Erasmus 1989 - 1995 |
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| Dr. H van der Linde 1995 - 1997 |
Rev D Lambrechts 1997 - 2007 |
Rev JM Phillips 2008 - |
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| Mrs. Z Droskie 1958 - 1984 |
Mr. SCA Eckley 1984 - 2000 |
Mrs. W Bryan 2000 - 2005 |
Ms. M Mokholo 2005 - 2009 |