Dozens of people marched to the Durban city hall on International White Cane Day to raise awareness about the rights of visually impaired people. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko
More than 50 people walked through Durban on Thursday to mark International White Cane Day and to call for greater awareness of the rights and needs of visually impaired people.
Organised by the KwaZulu-Natal Blind and Deaf Society, the group walked from Ismail C Meer Street to the Durban city hall, where they held up posters that read: “Drivers, my safety is in your hands” and “Give blind people the respect and dignity you would like for yourself”.
International White Cane Day, observed annually on 15 October, raises awareness of the white cane…
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A South African, an Australian and an Englishman are all having a drink
The Englishman and South African both drink from Pint Glasses, the Australian from a bottle.
The South African, upon draining his glass, drops in back down on the bar, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the glass.
\”In South Africa, there is so much sand that I never drink from the same glass twice!\”
The Australian, having drained his bottle, sets it down upon the bar and, upon seizing the South African\’s pistol, shoots his bottle.
\”In Australia, there is so much booze that I never drink from the same brand twice!\”
The Englishman, likewise having drained his glass, sets his glass upon the table, seizes the pistol the pistol from the Australian, and shoots the South African and the Australian, quite dead.
\”In England, there are so many of you bastards that I never drink with the same two twice!\”
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa’s natural and human fossil history dates back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years. Early dinosaur fossils have been discovered in the Western Cape and up to 80% of mammalian fossils found so far have been discovered in the Karoo.