In Focus

The residents of the Merewent Cheshire Home came out in their numbers, armed with their placards and pamphlets, to raise disability awareness on International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), observed on Friday, December 3. On this day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) joins other partners around the world to celebrate a day for all.

Courtesy of Engen, children living with disabilities celebrated International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD) on 3 December 2021, grooming and riding horses at The EARTH Centre.  The EARTH Centre is a non-profit company made up of individuals who are passionate about strengthening and educating special needs and disabled people through horses.  The Centre in Ruimsig, Roodepoort specialises in interactive programmes

Each year, South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month between 3 November and 3 December. The latter is also the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and National Disability Rights Awareness Day. Earlier this month, the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, officially launched South Africa’s Disability

What is International Day of Persons with Disabilities? International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD) is a day which promotes equality for people with disabilities in all areas of society. This day was first announced by the UN in 1992 with the aim of advancing disability rights and protecting the wellbeing of people with disabilities. 

In 2019, the last time the Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge was played before the COVID-19 pandemic, the North West became the first province in the history of wheelchair basketball in South Africa to win the Under-23, senior men and senior women’s finals. The Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge is back and Paralympian and former national wheelchair

It’s National Disability Rights Awareness Month, the perfect time to spotlight the fact that of the three million South Africans who live with disabilities, only 1% have jobs. This alarming statistic clearly indicates that we need to do more to celebrate what people with disabilities can do, not what they can’t. This is the view

Isuzu Motors South Africa has unveiled tennis player Kgothatso “KG” Montjane as its new brand ambassador. It’s the latest investment in the South African sports space for the local motor manufacturer and follows its partnerships with the Blue Bulls rugby team and the Corporate Ironman race. “KG is an inspiration to us all. Isuzu Motors