A R30m Tembisa Old Age Home that has been closed for the past five years remains a white elephant while elderly people who are supposed to benefit from it continue to live under unpalatable conditions nearby. The facility has remained unused since 2019 after being shut down by the department of employment & labour due to rezoning and structural issues, yet remains under guard 24/7. The issue of Tembisa Old Age Home came to the fore at the Gauteng legislature when the DA's Jade Miller asked the MEC for social development about old age homes that the government had built but later closed without any indication of when they will be reopened. Phemelo speaks to the DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Social Development & Political Head for Tembisa, Refiloe Ntšekhe and we also get answers from the Director Responsible for older persons with disabilities at the Gauteng Social Development, Khanyisile Mathebula.