Profiles

Meet the beneficiaries, heroes and initiative ambassadors...

selected to share their stories since becoming part of our growing Jumping Kids family. Our initiative is championed by a roster of individuals advocating to create awareness of our mandate, including some of the country’s top Paralympians.

Tshepo Rasebeka

Associated with Jumping Kids since 2016
When Tshepo Rasebeka was only nine months old, he underwent a bilateral amputation through the knee, similar to that of his hero, Ntando Mahlangu. There are quite a few similarities...

Puseletso Mabote

Associated with Jumping Kids since 2013
In 2010 Puseletso Mabote underwent an emergency amputation after a truck crashed into the family vehicle on the way to school. The accident claimed his right leg from above the knee...

Ntando Mahlangu

Associated with Jumping Kids since 2012
Born with fibular hemi-melia; a severe congenital condition that affects both legs from the knee down; Ntando Mahlangu spent the first ten years of his life in a wheelchair. That...

Kananelo Mokhoke

Associated with Jumping Kids since 2013
Kananelo was born with a congenital condition affecting his growth, right hand and leg. Known as our ‘lion-heart’, he is developing into a confident young man that embraces his opportunities...

Sphelele Dlamini

Associated with Jumping Kids since 2014
Sphelele Dlamini was born with a condition that lead to the amputation of both his legs below the knee shortly after birth. Getting around on state-issued prostheses since he started...

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