This Mandela Month, Capitec Bank, announces its corporate social investment (CSI) initiative, #MakeADifference. The campaign, which spotlights the bank’s goal to help South African citizens live better, is also a celebration of 20 years of Capitec’s commitment to driving inclusivity within banking for millions of South Africans. It will be run in partnership with philanthropist […]
The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2021 is resilience and creativity of youth throughout the crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on young people and their response to the crisis. Although the pandemic has had many negative effects throughout the world, it has also been a great example of young people
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Justene Smith is a Disability Specialist at an organisation called Progression. Progression are the leaders in their field at providing workplace opportunities and solutions to help businesses understand and manage disability better in their space. We sat down with Justene, who explained how Progression is working to help EMPOWER people with disabilities and as well
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July is Mental Health Awareness Month and as we endure the third wave of Covid-19 in South Africa, there has never been a better time to focus on mental well-being. The stress, anxiety and isolation resulting from yet another lockdown are taking a toll on everyone. Experience tells us that this too shall pass, but
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Last week, disabled learners in Soshanguve benefited from the Disability Connect Work Readiness Programme, sponsored by PIC, which took place at Filadelfia School for the Physically Challenged. Youth Month is the perfect time to remind these learners to keep their eye on their abilities, and not be held by any any disability they may have,
Written by Jermaine Haughton, The Chartered Management Institute UK Unemployment is high for disabled people – but vocational rehabilitation services and flexible managers will help change that. Employers are missing out on millions of talented and qualified people with a disability, who offer skills that would add to their team’s productivity and performance. Worsened by
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This Youth Month, disabled learners in Soweto benefited from the Disability Connect Workplace Readiness Programme. It kicked off at Adelaide Tambo High School For the Physically Challenged and was sponsored by Momentum. While the benefits of hiring persons with disabilities may be widely acknowledged, demystifying, and highlighting the largely marginalised disability sector as well as
Source: BBC News Some of the world’s biggest firms have signed up to a campaign which aims to tackle prejudice towards disabled people in the business world. Companies with combined sales of more than $8 trillion and 20 million staff, including Apple, BP and Coca-Cola have joined the Valuable 500 initiative. But founder Caroline Casey
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By Devan Moonsamy, CEO of The ICHAF Training Institute Resilience is our capacity to recover from difficulties, our ability to bounce back from the problems we face. Psychologists are encouraging adults to foster resilience in children, as well as in themselves. It is highly applicable to persons with disabilities (PWDs) and to everyone in the
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By Carol A Adams, Professor of Accounting, Durham University Some of my favourite fictional characters include Spock and Seven of Nine from Star Trek, Dr Martin Ellingham from Doc Martin and Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor. Apart from being brilliant at their jobs, they are all considered by the autism community to have autism.
