{"id":23629,"date":"2025-11-19T17:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=23629"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:56:41","slug":"recognising-your-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/23629","title":{"rendered":"Recognising\u00a0your ability\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23629\" class=\"elementor elementor-23629\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad59679 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad59679\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb21a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccb21a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowing your rights is the first step to claiming them, and South Africa\u2019s Constitution and Bill of Rights offers us a roadmap to equality, explicitly mentioning the rights of people living with a disability.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aea8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aea8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), shines a light on the challenges and triumphs of people living with disabilities, reminding us that many still battle daily barriers despite a constitutional guarantee to equal access to opportunities and services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de5dc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1de5dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/disability-928x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/disability-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/disability-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/disability-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/disability.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1168e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1168e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basic rights as a person living with a disability<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cba26e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cba26e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Bill of Rights guarantees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>No 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work rights as a person living with a disability<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d662e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4d662e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/walking-a-dog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23687\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/walking-a-dog.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/walking-a-dog-300x200.jpg 300w, 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AfroCentric implements programmes to recruit employees living with disabilities to provide work experience and training with the goal of permanent placement if a suitable vacancy arises.<\/p><p>We partner with external organisations to host unemployed learners living with disabilities, investing in their skills development to enhance their permanent employability.<br \/>Our EE policy includes a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination based on disability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c8401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75c8401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Employee wellbeing and benefits<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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