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It is estimated that 10% of the global population live with disabilities. While their able-bodied peers enjoy access to quality education and employment opportunities, people with disabilities receive less support and are often excluded from schooling, employment and broader society. Little has been achieved in the employment of persons with disabilities since the inception of […]

A teacher with extensive experience educating children with hearing impairments has urged parents to seek professional help for their kids sooner rather than later. Maria Nemakonde has taught at the Tshilidzini School for Special Education, just outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo, for 10 years. She said it is difficult for parents to accept and understand that

South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month annually between 3 November and 3 December. The aim is to draw attention towards removing barriers and improving the quality of life of people with disabilities. Eyewitness News caught up with the organisers of Mr and Miss Albinism South Africa who said they aim to break stereotypes and

Patrick Selepe made history at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics by becoming the first person with a disability to serve as an official at the Paralympic wheelchair tennis event. Selepe’s journey started after being diagnosed with bone cancer at 19, when he had to have his leg amputated above the knee. “After getting out of hospital,

An ecstatic Anderton Naidoo, an MBA student at private higher education institution MANCOSA handed a copy of his Masters dissertation in braille to Professor Magnate Ntombela, principal of MANCOSA in commemoration of blindness awareness month in October which aims promote greater understanding of the realities of living without sight. Naidoo titled his dissertation “An Exploration