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MONDAY IS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISABLED.

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Ninety-nine percent of the 4,8-million disabled people in South Africa are unemployed, Disability Resource Solutions said on Sunday. Managing director Lorna Fick said on the eve of the International Day for the Disabled that one in four families was affected by a person with a disability. "Corporate South Africa still has a long way to go before it meets the two percent target set by the government in terms of employment. "This will give substance to the Employment Equity Act which addresses the legacy of discrimination and marginalisation of people with disabilities," Fick said in a ,media ...

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