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Santam – Open to equal opportunities and transformation in the workplace

Santam insurance recently participated in the Citi Disability Career Expo 2022 at Nasrec in Johannesburg. Its strategic transformation policy makes sure that, as an organisation, Santam is able to accommodate people from various aspects of life, from opportunities at bursary level all the way to board level. Foremost for Thembi Manyike, Head of Talent Acquisition […]

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Disabled Travel Website Upgrade In Time for Festive Season Bookings

In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

The Disabled Travel Website is an excellent resource for disabled travellers looking for reviews of wheelchair-accessible holiday accommodation, restaurants and tourist attractions. And the great news is that the site has been upgraded just in time for the festive season.

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Thriving at home

Employee Profile, In the workplace / Disability Connect

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

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Kgothatso Montjane: South Africa’s Very Own Tennis Champion

In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

“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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SASSA announces payment date changes for july

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

Beneficiaries of pension and disability grants will be paid from 3 July and all other grants from 6 July. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has created two payment tranches to ensure compliance with the disaster management regulations and to protect the vulnerable from the month-end rush. The staggering of social grant payments was

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New award for disabled writers

Entrepreneurship, Incubation / Disability Connect

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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‘Anew’ opportunity as a barista

Entrepreneurship, SME Showcase / Disability Connect

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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The benefits of hiring deaf candidates

Graduates, Learnerships & Workplace Readiness, Thought Leadership / Disability Connect

According to eDeaf, the leading provider of (Deaf) Skills Development training in South Africa, the unfortunate stereotype still exists that deaf people are less capable than hearing employees in the work environment. The truth is, that deaf candidates can do anything, except here. In their continual efforts to break this stereotype and empower Deaf candidates,

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New system gives blind people a boost

Graduates, Learnerships & Workplace Readiness, Work Readiness / Disability Connect

Cape Town – The Cape Town Society for the Blind has launched an initiative to introduce a new computerised system specifically for the blind. The organisation is working to promote and market the JAWS (Job Access With Speech) computerised system. Converting text to speech The JAWS computer system converts text to speech among other functions

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