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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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Disability grant to increase in 2024

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

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 announces seventh CEO Wheelchair Campaign®

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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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‘Shack, road not for a wheelchair’

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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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Creating a safe space in sound waves: podcasts and radio can help promote empathy and reduce stigma

In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

We live in a world where discussions often stay on the surface, where difficult conversations are avoided to keep the peace or out of fear of discord. By Vuyile Madwantsi – IOL However, it’s within the depths of these uneasy dialogues — about mental health, race, sexuality, and other stigmatised topics — that we find

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NCPD’s Gender Based Violence Programmes

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

Gender Based Violence (GBV) and economic exclusion are two interlinked challenges. Our GBV program’s ultimate goal is disability-inclusive GBV services and access to justice, all anchored by economic empowerment of disabled women and girls. We believe the more women and girls with disabilities are economically independent the less susceptible they are to GBV. Our three

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Microsoft’s SeeingAI app has launched on Android

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

Artificial intelligence (AI) is 2023’s buzzword but unlike last year’s technological gold rush, some actual good is coming out of this year’s crop. Microsoft’s SeeingAI app, an app designed to help those with vision issues up to and including full blindness, has just turned up on Android. Brett Venter – Stuff The app allows a

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Learners with disabilities among the top matric achievers

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At a breakfast hosted by the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, at the MTN campus, three learners living with disabilities made it into the top achievers for the matric class of 2023. Asanda Mchunu and Xoliswa Nkabinde from Kwathintwa School for the Deaf in KZN, and Amahle Jemane from De La Bat School for

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Guide dog association to sue Uber over ‘discrimination’

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The South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind (Sagda) said it will take Uber SA to court after multiple cases of discrimination were reported by people with disabilities wanting to use the e-hailing service. By Umamah Bakharia – Mail & Guardian Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys, who will be taking the case to the Equality

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Disabled Alexandra woman defies the odds

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A love for dance has helped Nkateko Emily Mabasa defy the odds to become a community builder. By Fazila Olla – SA People News We all know just how important a role communities can play in shaping who we become tomorrow. However, like with most things in life, it has not been an easy path

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Book now for the Disability Summit and Career Expo 2024

Little Eden Society announces seventh CEO Wheelchair Campaign®

‘Shack, road not for a wheelchair’

Creating a safe space in sound waves: podcasts and radio can help promote empathy and reduce stigma

NCPD’s Gender Based Violence Programmes

Microsoft’s SeeingAI app has launched on Android

Learners with disabilities among the top matric achievers

Guide dog association to sue Uber over ‘discrimination’

Disabled Alexandra woman defies the odds

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