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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

South Africa joins the global community to commemorate Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM) from 3 November to 3 December. Disability is an evolving concept and is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these.  Disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person’s lifetime.

Cross discipline para-athlete, Sean Clarke is taking the impossible to new extremes to help raise funds for 16-year-old, James Thusi Willers who is in desperate need of a new prosthetic leg. Over eight consecutive days (from 6-13 October), Sean is cycling 1 520km from Johannesburg to Cape Town and, after a short 24-hour recovery, the

At the 13th annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation and 8th annual Disability Empowerment Awards held in Johannesburg, Luvuyo Sume and Riaan Knight, founders of Prosthetic Engineering Technologies, clinched the top honour in the Disability Empowerment category. Bevlen Sudhu took home the first place in the Social Innovation category with his innovative solution, Re-Purpose. Each of