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Meet our Management Committee (MANCO). They are the day to day decision makers, leading the organisation to a bright(er)...
19/11/2025

Meet our Management Committee (MANCO). They are the day to day decision makers, leading the organisation to a bright(er) future.

On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November, DBSA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting was held in Garden Court OR Tam...
13/11/2025

On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November, DBSA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting was held in Garden Court OR Tambo.

Back, from left to right:
Lina Moseri (Limpopo Chairperson), Thelma Gasekoma (North West Representative), Alewyn Dippenaar (Co-opted NEC member), Org Scheepers (Western Cape Chairperson), Dr Johan Pretorius (Co-opted NEC member and Western Cape Office Manager), Thobile Ndlovu (National Secretary and Mpumalanga Chairperson), Olwethu April (National Youth Representative and Provincial Youth Representative: Eastern Cape), Ronel Maree (Co-opted NEC member), Albert Peters (National Treasurer and KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson), Mongezi Qupe (Eastern Cape Chairperson), Ntombekaya Msutu (National Womans’ Representative and Provincial Vice-Chairperson: Eastern Cape) and Wellington Pike (Gauteng Chairperson).

Front, from left to right:
Bianca van der Schyff (Vice Chairperson), Tracy Smith (Chairperson) and Rochelle McDonald (National Director).

Thank you for everyone who attended, and also the assistants who are not on this photograph.

Photo credit: Ryno Eksteen

In a recent visit to Gauteng, National Director (Rochelle McDonald) met with Professor Störbeck at the Wits Centre for D...
27/08/2025

In a recent visit to Gauteng, National Director (Rochelle McDonald) met with Professor Störbeck at the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies (Wits University).

They began with initial talks about shaping a course on effective communication with DeafBlind people.

On the first photo, anti-clockwise from left to right: Prof Störbeck, Ms Rochelle McDonald, her assistant Bradley Adendorf, mr Rhett Hermer,
and mr Tlou Letlolo (interpretor at Wits).

Photo credit: Mr Nenio Mbazima

Ms Rochelle McDonald (DBSA National Director) and Dr Johan Pretorius (DBSA Western Cape Provincial Manager) represented ...
11/08/2025

Ms Rochelle McDonald (DBSA National Director) and Dr Johan Pretorius (DBSA Western Cape Provincial Manager) represented DBSA at NG Kerk De La Bat in Belville yesterday. They each gave a heart warming personal testimony of their journey as deafblind individuals. The service was lead by Dr Jan Oberholzer.

📷 Photo credit: Ryno Eksteen

01/08/2025

At the Western Cape's committee meeting in June, Luzell Nell (DeafBlind SA Western Cape Vice Chairperson) sang, using sign language "God loves me, I read it in the Bible, God loves me".
The meeting was held in commemoration of Helen Keller's birthday of 27 June.

Video credit: Ryno Eksteen

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