“I never had a problem with being disabled. I never thought that it’ll be a challenge, until I experienced the outside world, going into unknown spaces,” says 18-year-old Aphelele Rangula about her cerebral palsy. By Yaseen Bardien – GroundUp Rangula was born able-bodied, but at the age of four, her life took a dramatic turn. […]
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Disability Connect Work Enabled speaks to Gareth Dudgeon who lost mobility in his left arm and leg from a brain injury as a result of an accident in 2002. Gareth studied human movement science but is now a commercial property broker in sales and leasing. Despite his disability, Gareth describes himself as a health and
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A Khayelitsha mother says she’s desperate to find a place in a high school for her 16-year-old son who has been in primary school for 10 years now. By Mary-Anne Gontsana – Groundup Phumeza Hulushe’s son Linamandla is currently in the last year at a primary school near their home in Site B. He has
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Black Broad-Based Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) is only effective in meeting its goals if the transformative ethos of the legislation is embraced. IT-Online This is according to Rajan Naidoo, the director of EduPower Skills Academy, who says: “If B-BBEE is approached with a begrudging compliance mindset, merely ticking boxes, it will fail. However, the one way
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The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) is a leading disability organisation with over 80 years’ experience in enabling, supporting and enhancing the quality of life for persons with disabilities. The NCPD strives to make South Africa a country where persons with disabilities have access to equal opportunities and rights. Our goal
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Lebohang Monyatsi plays the role of Rosie on the soapie ‘Generations: The Legacy’ and she is the first South African woman in a wheelchair to be a runway model. By Palesa Manaleng, EWN As we enter the last week of Youth Month and just recently witnessed the Paris Fashion Week, Eyewitness News caught up with
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Global business collective, The Valuable 500, announces it has reached its milestone of securing commitments from 500 global CEOs and their companies worldwide. Global business collective, The Valuable 500, announces it has reached its goal of 500 international organisations committing to put disability inclusion on their board agenda, making it the world’s biggest CEO collective
Written by Brad Smith, Microsoft President More than 1 billion people around the world live with a disability, and at some point, most of us likely will face some type of temporary, situational or permanent disability. The practical impacts are huge. Employment and education rates are lower and poverty rates are higher for people with disabilities. And
Disability inclusion means understanding the relationship between the way people function, and the ability they have to participate in society. Every member of society should enjoy the same opportunities to participate in every aspect of life in a professional and personal capacity. Disability inclusiveness involves creates a welcoming, user-friendly environment for all team players, which
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By Godfrey Nanyenya Parents of this and future generations hold the key for engineering an inclusive society where everyone belongs. It’s up to them to teach the next generations to embrace disability as diversity. Although the disability rights movement has made immense progress over the years, we still have a long way to go. We must
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