Tag: Thrive

Rhulani Baloyi, an award-winning journalist and TV host for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), learned that she was partially ...

Former Member of Parliament and Disability Rights Activist, Thandiwe Mfulo was diagnosed with polio as a baby. As a result, ...

A woman from KwaZulu-Natal woman Christel Rohrs was diagnosed with facio scapula humeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in 2019.

Former Member of Parliament and trade unionist, Andrew Madella was diagnosed with polio as a child. As a result, he ...

Limpopo single amputee, Godfrey Kubayi, known as Seun Stew, a dancer, lost his left leg after an accident at work ...

Businessman Mbusi Nzimande became partially sighted when he was eight-years-old, due to retinal detachment.

An African National Congress politician and member of the National Governing Council for the African Peer Review of South Africa, ...

After attempting suicide in 2001, Siyabulela Lucas, a Call Centre Agent at a local bank and an aspiring entrepreneur, lost ...

Robert Masambo, a public servant in Mpumalanga, was born with polio. As a result, his leg had to be amputated.

Palesa Manaleng, a journalist and para-athlete champion, suffered multiple injuries, including a spinal cord injury in a cycling accident in ...

Commission of Gender and Equality Commissioner, Nomasonto Mazibuko was born with albinism.

Tshepo Modikwe, a community leader and employee at the Gauteng Department of Community Safety, was born blind due to glaucoma. 

Randi Ndele, a Land Surveyor from Limpopo, was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma at birth. This is a type of bone ...

Former Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) employee, Emilie Olifant, incurred a spinal cord injury from a car accident in 2003.

Gauteng rapper and radio presenter, Tebogo Poopedi lost his sight at age of 14 from an injury he incurred during ...

Former Western Cape Ward Councillor Luvuyo Zondani was shot in Gugulethu in 2014. He incurred a spinal cord injury.