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Calling All CEOs – You’ve Been Challenged To Spend A Day In A Wheelchair !

March is Intellectual Disability Awareness Month and to raise awareness, Little Eden is calling on all CEOs to spend a day in a wheelchair and donate R50 000 to help the organisation continue caring for people with intellectual disabilities. Now in its fourth year, the CEO Wheelchair Challenge enables business leaders to discover first hand […]

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International women’s day – Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world

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Women stand at the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, as health care workers, caregivers, innovators, community organisers and as some of the most exemplary and effective national leaders in combating the pandemic. The crisis has highlighted both the centrality of their contributions and the disproportionate burdens that women carry. This year’s theme for the International

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Glaucoma – ‘the silent thief of sight’

Disability Spotlight / Disability Connect

Glaucoma is known as ‘the silent thief of sight’ because patients can lose their outer-most vision over time with no other symptoms. Due to the chronic nature of the disease, sight is stolen very gradually and by the time you realise it you may already have significant loss of vision. According to the South African

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COVID-19 is putting millions of people at risk of blindness

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Written by Princess Ifeoma Ike Public Health Optometrist/CEO Princess Vision Eye Clinic Limited Abuja, Nigeria and Global Shaper, Abuja Hub for The World Economic Forum Our eyes are one of nature’s complex wonders. It’s no wonder they are regarded as the window to the soul. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated safety measures have prompted a change in

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Mandeville Para Swimming Club is ready to conquer The Midmar Mile

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Written by Paddy Slattery, Director of Mandeville Para Swimming Club The Midmar Mile is widely recognised as the world’s largest open-water swimming event. It’s usually held every February at Midmar Dam, near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. Thousands of swimmers from across the world flock to the event, which attracts everyone from serious Olympic-standard competitors to more

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The cartoonists who aren’t afraid to talk about mental health matters

Disability Spotlight / Disability Connect

Even a short scroll through a social media feed can leave you feeling anxious, stressed and, at times, more than a little inadequate. Everyone’s life seems to be idyllic- with perfect children, a dreamy partner and the dream job. Even if you don’t struggle with mental health, studies have shown that social media can trigger

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Wheelchair tennis player Kgothatso ‘KG’ Montjane is Discovery Vitality’s latest ambassador

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Story by Dylan Rogers for Sports Industry Group In the process she joins fellow ambassadors Chad le Clos, Caster Semenya, Wayde van Niekerk, and Lucas Radebe. Montjane was born with a congenital birth defect that affected both her hands and feet, resulting in an amputation below the left knee at the age of 12. She

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Toyota’s #DriveBetter campaign raises funds to promote personal mobility for disabled youth

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

Toyota South Africa decided to make a difference by launching #DriveBetter – a campaign that makes it possible for good drivers to score points that are converted to Rands and then donated to charity. “It’s common knowledge that South Africa has an annual road death toll that is significantly higher than the world average, and

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World Cancer Day – Prioritise Your Health

In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

On World Cancer Day, 4 February, the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) encourages people to set and achieve personal goals enabling them to lower cancer risk and for cancer patients to optimise health, especially in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been all consuming, however, cancer control needs to remain a priority

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A WE CAN award for the DJ who certainly can

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By Samantha Malebana for ThisAbility A house, deep house and Afro music DJ has been awarded a We Can Arts Festival award for his contribution to the entertainment industry beyond his disability. Siyanda Makanya (42), also known as DJ Kabila, from Mthatha, Eastern Cape won the award at the festival that was held in Durban late last year. Makanya told ThisAbility that winning this award fuelled him

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