Children with disabilities are at a significant disadvantage according to a UNICEF report. Raven Benny discusses With most of the school year completed and learners writing exams countrywide, I want to wish them and their loved ones well. This is a stressful time, but the rewards of their hard work will...
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Recovering our psyche
Raven Benny addresses the need to look for the silver lining and start the Oslow road to recovery as some normalcy returns amid the pandemic October 10 marked World Mental Health Day. The theme, “Mental Health in an Unequal World”, got me thinking. We are not only living in an...
The fight for equality continues
While the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight with the roll out of the vaccine, the fight for equal rights and access is not yet over. RAVEN BENNY Last year, around this time, the concern for many people with disabilities was to ensure they receive equal access to […]
We are all in this together
After a challenging year, RAVEN BENNY expresses the need for South Africans to come together in the new year Who could have known that with the first month of the new year behind us, staff back at work and kids going back to school that things would be almost normal […]
Time to fight the pandemic fatigue
As we enter our eigth month in lockdown, still battling the coronavirus, many struggle with pandemic fatigue as they tire of safety measures. However, Raven Benny calls on his fellow South Africans to keep heart and stay safe As the world awaited the outcome of the United States presidential elections, […]
Equality at its core
At the centre of the Black Lives Matter movement is a call for equality, for people of all races to be treated with dignity and respect Saying that black lives matter is not saying that only black lives matter. It is critical to understand this. Black Lives Matter is an […]
Braving the COVID-19 Storm and beyond
People with disabilities run the risk of being left behind amid the COVID-19 pandemic with a lack of adequate healthcare. Raven Benny calls on people with disabilities to be brave On May 6, at the launch of the Policy Brief on Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19, the United Nations […]
Change is good
At the start of a new decade, there are bound to be many changes. For QASA, this means publishing the ROLLING INSPIRATION magazine in-house ROLLING INSPIRATION has been the publication of choice for many people with mobility impairment and members of the disability community for a very long time. It...
Fighting for equality
While big strides have been made to improve the accessibility of public transport, many people with disabilities are being left behind. Is it time for the disability community to take matters into their own hands? As we exit transport month and enter Disability Rights Awareness Month, I want to share […]
SA healthcare at the crossroads
Although the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has been tabled, there is still much confusion and speculation about the future of healthcare in South Africa Since the first article on the NHI Bill in Issue 4 of ROLLING INSPIRATION for 2018, there has been a great deal of discussion around […]