Picture of Jace reciving a check from Sanlam to the value of R70820

Sanlam supports us

Sanlam handed over a check of R70 820 on 14 December 2011. Thank you Sanlam for working with us to empower blind and partially sighted persons to do what they dare to dream!  
Photo of a smiling Sahara playing with a rubber crocodile

Great people make a huge difference

- in the lives of blind children Four-year-old Sahara recently lost her eyes to cancer. Although it's not uncommon for blind children to feel so inadequate that they’re too scared to...
People waiting, cane in hand, to go into the Dialogue in the Dark exhibition

Don't see it - before it is too late

Experience this enlightening exhibition! Don't miss out... The “Dialogue in the Dark” exhibition challenges the way people perceive blindness as sighted people are guided in...
Photo of the 2011 - 2013 Office Bearers with Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu

Our 40th Biennial Conference

The 40th Biennial Conference of the South African National Council for the Blind took place from 20 - 22 October 2011 in Kimberley in the Northern Cape, with funding from the National Lottery....

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Great people make a huge difference

Don't see it - before it is too late

Our 40th Biennial Conference

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25 Years of smiles

Poppy receiving her reward from Jace Nair at the staff year end function
One of our much loved staff members received an award for 25 years service to the South African National Council for the Blind. Poppy Mtsweni is a friend to many and for many of the staff and...

Petals bring pleasure

Photo of waveing people- one lady in the back holding Perklins Brailler box
The Petals, a charitable club contacted Council recently. They held an event collecting money for charitable causes and wanted to donate braillers to a school in Pretoria. Council facilitated the...

Biennial Review Document

The Biennial Review's Front Cover
The South African National Council for the Blind has ambitious plans that they need to fund. They believe that everyone has a basic right to eye care, education, rehabilitation, independence and...

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