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A champion of the disabled from an early age, Masingita Masunga, a winner of the 2004 Shoprite Checkers/ SABC 2 Women of the Year Award, has overcome her own disability of cerebral... Read more

“The concept of managing by project is well suited for a non-profit industry as it allows you to use your limited resources with minimal wastage,” says Amor Malan, the vice-chairperson... Read more

Sandy Heyman is a free spirit. She has parasailed. She did an 80 kilometre walk in a wheelchair just before she turned 21 in 1963. It took her 17 hours through the night and she... Read more

With the Waterloo toilet-bidet in one there’s a whole new approach to personal hygiene, a revolution in the bathroom. Read more

Aquaquad launched its range of Rigid Inflatable Watercraft in 2003 at the Durban Boat Show – and now recognise a niche for selling these fun filled grown Read more

The South African Paralympic team did themselves proud, bringing home 15 Gold Medals, 13 Silver medals and seven Bronze Medals. Along with these tokens of great achievement, they... Read more

All in all the South African swimming team was a strong one, winning a total of 11 medals. Apart from Natalie du Toit Read more

"I’ve swum my best times here, what more could I ask for?" Read more

Zanele Situ was looking forward to defending her world record at the Athens Paralympics games. Read more

For Malcolm Pringle winning the gold in the 400m was not just about beating the present world record-holder, Tim Sullivan of Australia Read more

The gun went off and Oscar Pistorius fell forward onto his knees and hands. It was the qualifier for the 200m for amputees. Pistorius got up and showing incredible Read more

Teboho Mokgalagadi set a new world record when he won gold in the 100m (13,05 sec). Mokgalagadi, who is cerebral palsied, took two-hundredths of Read more

Ernst van Dyk won silver in the 800m wheelchair adding to his tally of silver in the 1 500m wheelchair and bronze in the 5 000m wheelchair. Read more

Fanie Lombaard threw a golden world record in the shot put for amputees at the opening of the track and field events at the Paralympics, throwing Read more

One of the most innovative projects in the QASA stable is the Bags of Hope project. Every person discharged from hospital in South Africa with a spinal cord injury Read more

The Quadriplegic Association of South Africa hosted the magnificent artworks of quadriplegic artists, at Media Park in Johannesburg between 17 and 19 September Read more

"I felt like I was not supposed to be there. After all, I'm in a wheelchair. It was just so much freedom." Born with cerebral palsy, and a classified quadriplegic, in October last... Read more

The first thing you see when entering Boehringer & Ingelheim's offices in Randburg are the two ladies behind the reception. Greeted with friendly smiles and warm requests of “How... Read more

Your vote is very important! Democracy is what the Struggle was about. That is what South Africa achieved in 1994. But what does it all mean and why is it so important? Read more

Here's the shortlist of South African Paralympics athletes, which has emerged from the Nedbank Championships for the Physically Disabled held in Durban at the end of March. Read more