
Teen blade-athlete shines at National Para athletics Championships
Johannesburg, 06 May 2021 – This year’s edition of the Toyota South Africa SASAPD National Track and Field Championships, that took place at the Westbourne Oval in Gqeberha, re-ignited our ‘Passion for Paralympics’ on home-soil. The event produced three World records, eight African records, and numerous South African records while hosting some of the best
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Track & field championships ignite “new normal” flame
Pretoria, 30 April 2021 – This year’s edition of the Toyota SASAPD National Track & Field Championships, that took place in Gqeberha (24-26 April), re-ignited our ‘Passion for Paralympics’ on home-soil. The event produced three World records, eight African records, and 44 South African records with the best Para athletes from South- and Southern Africa going
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Empowering Africa’s child amputees
1 June 2018 – Three local organisations, active in the realm of prosthetic technology and sport rehabilitation, joined forces this week to host a pilot training program at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa. The event, hosted from May 28th to June 1st, is geared to help SADC countries increase their level of support
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A strong finish
It is the start of a new year and, when reflecting on a challenging 2017, one thing is certain, Jumping Kids finished strong. To end 2017 off, we sent six of our young affiliates to the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games that took place in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal
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Para-athletes off to World Games
A team of 17 Para-athletes depart today, (29 November), to compete at the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games taking place in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal from November 30th to December 6th. This year marks the 7th edition of the Games which was established to provide international sporting opportunities for
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