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Photo of delegates at the 40th Biennial Conference 41st Biennial Conference
Arrangements for Council's 41st Biennial Conference is in full swing. As the name suggests, the conference is held every two years. This year the...
Picture with the words NPO Sustainability Certificate Council is sustainable!
We have good news! Council has been independently verified to be on a level 1 sustainability level, so if you need this in order to send a donation,...
A photo of two metal containers on a piece of land Making do
Council recently visited Ikageng Self Help Association for the Blind. The Association is one of our member organisations and as the name suggests, it...
Photo of Nosisa Cele working on a laptop Losing your sight doesn’t have to mean the end
Can you imagine how terrifying it must be to suddenly lose your eyesight – just because you took antibiotics? That’s what happened to...
This image has no alternative text. Call Centre students graduate
The latest group of Call Centre agents to emerge from Optima College graduated on 27 March. If the event was based on a theme, it would have probably...
Photo of blind women in a meeting Human Rights
On 21 March South Africa will be celebrating Human Rights Day. Although a public holiday is always welcome, we would like to remind the public about...
Photo of Francois and Kevin finishing the 2011 IronMan challenge Francois is Council’s Iron Man
Francois Jacobs, the first blind athlete to complete all three events at Ironman South Africa (3.8km swim in the sea, 180km cycle and 42.2km run) in...
Photograph of the cheque handover Absa hosts stakeholder event
At a stakeholder event on Friday 23 November 2012, hosted by Absa Community Investment, Absa handed over a cheque to Council to the value of R600 000...
My School Logo Do you have a My School/My Village Card?
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet is one of South Africa's biggest fundraising programmes. By getting a My Scool card, and nominating the South African...
Picture of a colourful hot air balloon with a banner that says: "go big" Casual Day raises R22 million
At the annual Casual Day Show and Tell function held in Pretoria on Friday 8 March, it was revealed that the Casual Day campaign raised R22 million...