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Jumping Kids excel at Youth Games

11 July 2018
Two Jumping Kids ambassadors, Emile Burgers (14) and Tebogo Mofokeng (18), returned triumphant from the 2018 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Youth World Games that took place in Athlone, Ireland last...

Empowering Africa’s child amputees

28 May 2018
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...

Epic race awaits

17 May 2018
With the help of Avis South Africa, our ambassador Reuben van Niekerk and his ‘Team Driepoot’ partner Kevin Benkenstein is again taking on the Absa Cape Epic (18 – 25 March) to raise...

Epic ‘threepeat’ for Team Driepoot

3 April 2018
Amputee mountain biker and Jumping Kids ambassador, Reuben van Niekerk and his Team Driepoot partner Kevin Benkenstein made it three team finishes in a row with a 398th overall position...

A strong finish

22 January 2018
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...

Para-athletes off to World Games

19 November 2017
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...

New face of anti-bullying

9 June 2017
It was announced this week that Paralympian, Ntando Mahlangu, is teaming up with Cartoon Network to launch the 2017 CN Buddy Network campaign in Africa. CN Buddy Network is a global...