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"As a country we must stop paying lip service by having commissions and task teams and Zoom meetings. We need to implement existing policies effectively, and we need it to happen now!"

There are still so many misconceptions about disability in society at large. Disability does not mean inability. Society in general, individuals, the business sector and employers must learn that people with disabilities are also able and should not be written off.

As Suid-Afrikaners was ons bevoorreg om hierdie balletlegende van Distrik Ses ons eie te noem: Die eerste swart balletdanser wat by die Royal Ballet aanvaar is, wat gedans het by die kroning van wyle koningin Elizabeth II in 1953.

"The overall intention is to promote, celebrate, support and empower women in all spheres, all walks of life, all cultures and capabilities – ultimately, to ensure an equal, balanced society for all, now and in the future."

"Kyk ek na my geboortedorp, Wellington, sit daar Sondae twee afsonderlike gemeentes regoor mekaar met die standbeeld van Andrew Murray tussenin."

LitNet argiveer Radio 786 se maandelikse Barakat-program. Barakat, met Fatima Allie, word aangebied in samewerking met die Afrikaanse Taalraad en LitNet. Ter viering van Vrouemaand in Augustus 2021 gesels Fatima met Marlene le Roux en Ria Olivier oor die waarde wat Afrikaans tot hul lewe toevoeg. Vir die LitNet-insetsel gesels Robyn van de Rhede met Gadija Kamalie.

"Sy stem vir rede en deernis is weg. Ons as Afrikaanssprekende gemeenskap moet nou saamstaan en sy nalatenskap eer."

"Al is ek gebore as ʼn arbeiderskind wat boonop gestremd gelaat is nadat ek op die ouderdom van drie maande polio opgedoen het, was dit ʼn groot voorreg dat die mense om my geglo het in opvoeding. Hoe bevoorreg was ek nie dat ek my opvoeding in my moedertaal, Afrikaans, ontvang het nie."

"I accept this on behalf of so many disadvantaged women, persons with disabilities and also people who have no voice in life. I started my life in what can be seen as a cycle where you are born into poverty and would ultimately die in poverty."

Marlene le Roux, die hoof- uitvoerende beampte van die Kunstekaap, huldig Shaleen Surtie-Richards. | Marlene le Roux, the CEO of ArtsCape, remembers Shaleen Surtie-Richards.

"Soos net met ’n diva, was Tietie se brose liggaam bedek met ’n rooi kleed toe die lykdraers haar kom haal. Dit het my onmiddellik opgeval, want Tietie en rooi lippe was sinoniem."

"In that quiet mind, there brewed a thinker, a visionary, a philosopher – a lover of people; of all people. His vision was that of inclusivity with no excuses, no prejudice. In his life he lived his dream of dancing and travelling, and even having a family."

"Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het Afrika eers verlede jaar vry van polio verklaar, danksy inentingsprogramme. Hoewel die entstof reeds beskikbaar was toe ek gebore is, was ek te swart om dit by die wit kliniek te kry. Ek was drie maande oud toe ek polio gekry het."

"Die leemte wat Kirvan laat is onmeetbaar groot. Kirvan se nalatenskap, soveel groter."

"Teaterwese het ’n blink toekoms. Ons het soveel talent in hierdie land wat net ontwikkel moet word."