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Cape Town based disabled coach leads youth from the streets to the national and global chess stage. A community leader with a disability is making powerful moves in Khayelitsha and is pulling a check-mate position on negative influences for the youth. With a desire to begin a chess academy to help young people veer away […]

If you’re ever short on inspiration and find yourself in Durban for a weekend, or are happy to just go online, take a look at what is being achieved by the Made for More organisation and some of the people behind adaptive surfing in South Africa. That’s pretty much how it played out for national

World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. World Children’s Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children’s rights, translating into dialogues and actions that

A massive outcry by civil society, parents and educators on the ability of taxpayers to claim relief for costs related to the education of the disabled has resulted in the South African Revenue Service (Sars) doing a complete turnaround. Harmful changes implemented in 2020 and again this year, which would have rendered many parents unable

A visually impaired surfer, Sabelo Ngema, 22, made the splash of a lifetime when he scooped the award for Sportsman of the Year With a Disability at the KwaZulu-Natal Sport Awards hosted at the Greyville Racecourse on Friday night. Ngema was born partially blind and lives with albinism, but this has not deterred him from

“People don’t take me seriously any more as a coach the second they realize my disability.” Marco Pietrowski, a professional fitness model and personal trainer, was involved in a car crash in 2013 that left his C3 and C4 vertebrae in his neck dislocated, and fractured his C5. “On 9 December 2013, I was in

Johannesburg has become an internationally renowned and vibrant metropolis, with almost 6 million inhabitants. It is the most powerful commercial centre on the African continent. Here are some fun facts about this buzzing city: Even though Johannesburg is well over 130 years old (founded on 4 October 1886 during the gold rush), it is still

Team South Africa has announced 34 athletes for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympics set to take place in Japan. The global showpiece will start on Tuesday, 24 August and end on Sunday, 5 September. “It’s a great honour and privilege for me. From a logistical sense, things have been going well, and we are excited at the prospect of going to

Flu symptoms, body aches, fatigue and an inability to smell were the first signs of Thandi’s Covid infection in May last year. Even without the positive test result, she knew she’d been hit hard by the virus. She describes the fatigue as “next level”, turning simple daily activities like showering, dressing and walking around her