“Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string of crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted – brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy and wit.” – Sinead Burke By Niémah Davids On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on Tuesday, 3 December, disability […]
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2024 Theme: Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future The leadership of persons with disabilities is epitomised by the global disability rights movement’s slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”. It connotes the basic requirements of participation, representation and inclusion and calls for persons with disabilities to actively shape the
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The inclusion of people living with disabilities should not be a topic addressed only once a year during International Disability Month. This is the view expressed by Goodwin Thomas, treasurer of the Perseverance Disabled Group of Dikgatlong. Benida Phillips – Diamond Fields Advertiser THE INCLUSION of people living with disabilities should not be a topic
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The Electoral Commission (IEC), together with the South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB), has developed a voting aid, the Universal Ballot Template (UBT), to assist persons with disabilities and special needs to have an independent and secret vote during elections. 1. What is the UBT? The Universal Ballot Template is a voting aid
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In a successful mission to raise R10 000 for the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital’s RX Radio, Qaqamba Cuba and Ettienne Wilsnagh conquered the 109-kilometre Cape Town Cycle Tour and made it across the finish line. By Marsha Dean – Cape Times “I am very happy I did the race and managed to raise
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Applications are open for the annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards. Prizes range from R300,000 to R1.3m in funding, and each award winner will receive valuable business skills development, coaching, mentorship, and technical support. The awards are open to entrepreneurs who have an innovative solution that tackles social issues faced by
Africa’s biggest event for Disability workplace inclusion is back! Taking place, the 16 and 17 May 2024 at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg! The event brings together over 1200 delegates which include senior school learners, university students, entrepreneurs with disabilities, various HR and Transformation professionals, and government officials under one roof for an explosive
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Social grants are expected to increase to keep in line with inflation and increase access for those who are eligible. This does not include the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD Grant) also known as the R350 grant. This was announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during the Budget Speech delivered in Cape Town on
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Little Eden Society has announced the launch of the seventh annual CEO Wheelchair Campaign®. Little Eden is a dedicated non-profit organisation providing lifelong care to 300 children and adults who are differently abled intellectually. Set against the theme ‘Ride a Mile in My Wheels’, the annual campaign coincides with Intellectual Disability Awareness Month, unfolding throughout
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Katlego Seabela, a born-free unemployed paraplegic who still lives in a shack in Mamelodi Phase 2, east of Pretoria, struggles to identify with the fictitious character Tintswalo. By Noxolo Sibiya – Sowetan Live Raised by a single mother who worked as a security guard, Seabela grew up in an informal settlement in Mamelodi with no
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