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Support Autism, End the Stigma

The Department of Health calls on families and communities to support people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) otherwise known as autism in order to thrive and reach their full potential, and not to discriminate against them.

Autistic individuals as well as their parents and caregivers often face many challenges, but these do not have to define them because they have the same health needs and rights as the general population. They may in addition, have specific health-care needs related to autism or other co-occurring conditions requiring attention, support, and care.

Fighting period poverty with purpose across SADC

Driven by a passion to eradicate period poverty, entrepreneur Lesego Mathate embarked on a mission nine years ago to assist women and girls facing challenges in accessing essential menstrual hygiene products. Based in Centurion, Gauteng, her company, Neno Sanitary Pads, was founded in 2016 and became fully operational in 2017. The business supplies sanitary pads in bulk at competitive prices, primarily as a business-to-business dealer.  

Plastic waste paves way for innovator

What began in the rural heartland of Goromani, Hazyview in the Bushbuckridge Municipality, has evolved into a pioneering GreenTech company poised to reshape how South Africa thinks about roads and plastic waste.

 GrooveTech, founded in 2019, is the brainchild of Linah Maphanga — a passionate physicist with a vision to solve two of the country’s pressing challenges: waste management and deteriorating road infrastructure.

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