July is Mental Health Awareness Month. Employers should be aware that mental illness in the workplace can lead to decreased productivity, poor work quality, and even compromised workplace safety. Employers should take proactive steps to identify and manage mental illness in the workplace. As South Africa was placed in lockdown since 26 March 2020, to […]
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At a time of increased physical distancing and retreat, those at the League of Friends of the Blind (Lofob) say kindness and communication is what is needed when interacting with the blind during the pandemic. The blind and those with visual impairments often rely on touch from the sighted. “We have our training programmes that
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Many South Africans are working from home due to the national lockdown. Among them, Mark Bannister who works as the chief engineer for the Department of Water and Sanitation in Pretoria. He found himself much more productive while working from home. Living in Midrand, I save two to three hours on the road each day
“Your disability doesn’t define your abilities, and a dream doesn’t become reality through magic, but through determination and hard work,” says Kgothatso Montjane… who exactly two years ago this month in 2018 became the first black South African women to play at Wimbledon. “When I was still at school, I was a very active learner, who
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The Berbellion Prize, a new award dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing will recognise the work of an author whose “work has best spoken of the experience of chronic illness and/or disability.” The Berbellion Prize will be awarded for the first time in February 2021 for a book published in 2020,
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A perfectly brewed cup of coffee is a big drawcard for visitors and guests to hotels and for Phumzile Mazibuko, the barista from ANEW Hotel in Hilton, making the perfect cup of coffee is where she gets a chance to come into her own! Phumzile, who has been deaf since birth, is the hotel group’s
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Things some South Africans think are fine to say at work, are actually offensive. Discrimination is still rife in many workplaces – often through seemingly innocuous comments by people who are expressing their prejudices. Every day, many South Africans experience painful microaggressions in the workplace – often seemingly innocuous comments by people who might be well-intentioned, but who are actually
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The unfortunate fact is that the deaf are often marginalised. iCan Disability Academy was launched to better the lives of its students. This small training café based in Durban North is manned solely by the deaf with students learning about the hospitality trade in a one-year course. Learning hospitality and life skills to enable a
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For too long, we have been teaching and assessing with the average student in mind, without considering students with disabilities and students from less-resourced environments. As higher education practitioners, we find ourselves catapulted into this Covid-19 online space with our diverse range of students with varying abilities. Also, part of this diversity, and lying on
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Substance Abuse Awareness Day takes place on 26 June. In our country, there are many people dealing with the effects of substance abuse on a daily basis, with many people struggling to cope as it is. According to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), some people living with mental illness or suffering from
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