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Why Managers Are Vital to Supporting Disabled People Back Into The Workforce

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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Firms ‘lose trillions’ by ignoring disabled consumers

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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Stricter penalties for discrimination proposed in new draft law – what you need to know

The Business Place, Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

The proposed changes are outlined in an amendment Bill for the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (Pepuda), and were published by the Department Of Justice And Constitutional Development last week. Under the proposed new law: Neither the State nor any person may unfairly discriminate against any person based on race, religion, gender

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Entrepreneur Portia Mavhungu’s Invention Gives Wheelchair Users Greater Independence

The Business Place, Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

Independence and privacy are taken for granted by so many. Centurion-based entrepreneur Portia Mavhungu realised this when she found herself wheelchair-bound after an accident in 2011. No longer able to use the toilet on her own, her loss of independence led to depression. “I realised how tough it is for disabled persons,” she says. “I

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What others see as a disability is in fact an enabler

In the workplace, Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

In a recent article on Disability Connect, we ran the story about Karabo Nguyuza, whose guesthouse had been declared the best in Tembisa by Gauteng Women in Tourism (WiT). We caught up with Karabo, who is writing a book about her experiences, to ask her more about herself, her motivation and her business. When diagnosed with polio at the age of 10, Karabo

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Supporting Business Owners with Disabilities

Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

While no business went unscathed by the national lockdown, small businesses felt the brunt of it. Fortunately, one organisation stepped up to help some businesses owned by quadriplegics and paraplegics. As South Africans were asked to stay home, many businesses were forced to close. For a small business or new businesses, a month or more

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Challenges that impede entrepreneurs with disabilities in SA

Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

South Africa needs to do more to support people living with disabilities who want to run their own businesses. At present it is hard for them to make a living. Helping them would benefit the broader economy too. Individuals with disabilities make up 15% of the South African population and it’s estimated that 8 in 10 people

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