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Blind adventurer breaks down all the barriers

Close your eyes and walk 10 steps. Now put a correctly designed white cane in your hand and use it to navigate the same 10 steps. It is a world of difference – and that the difference adventurer and activist Chris Venter was making as he…

October 2020 social grant payment dates

Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 05 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) Disability grants will be paid from 06 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) All other social grants…

October 2020 social grant payment dates

Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 05 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) Disability grants will be paid from 06 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) All other social grants…

A journey to inclusion

The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club hosted a fundraising event for Healing Horses on Monday evening to raise awareness and funds for its work in improving the lives of differently-abled people, old and young. The RPAGC car park was full as…

HELPING HANDS: Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Centre held an evening to explain what the centre was all about and entertained visitors with snacks, a video and a talk by adventurer Dan Skinstad at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club last Thursday evening which was attended by over 100 people Picture: ROB KNOWLES

For the love of horses and people

To see a child or adult with multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy riding high on horseback when, before the therapy, they were even unable to sit upright is like a miracle for the parents, friends and teachers, and this is exactly the…