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SELF-EMPLOYED: Jenna-Leigh McDonald, a young person living with Down syndrome in Buffalo City, is seen here selling sweets from her home to generate a small income for herself. Picture: TAMMY FRAY
BUFFALO CITY METRO

High unemployment among Down syndrome youth

Unemployment among young people living with disabilities such as Down syndrome is a serious concern in Buffalo City. Down Syndrome Association Amathole (DSAA) support officer Faith Esbend, said she was aware of unemployed youth with Down…

  • Tammy Fray
APEAL

Urgent appeal for community assistance

The East London police have issued an urgent appeal for public assistance after a 34-year-old man with Down Syndrome, who was a passenger in a car that was stolen in Cambridge earlier today. Police spokesman Captain Mali Govender said the…

  • GO Reporter
DOWN SYNDROME

MANY THANKS

Eleven-year-old Sinalo Zezani was the most recent recipient of a wheelchair courtesy of the Sweethearts Foundation in partnership with the Pagegroup. Zezani was born with a genetic disorder known as Down Syndrome. Generally individuals…

  • Madeleine Chaput