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Activist in wheelchair vows to fight GBV
Vukani
|September 11, 2025
"Even though I am in a wheelchair, I must be the first one to say no to the abuse of women, children, and those who are in wheelchairs like me," said Luyanda Veleko, a newly recruited ambassador for the Western Cape Department of Social Development's Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Ambassador programme.
Mr Veleko, a member of the Vuk'uhambe Disabled Organisation, shared his story at Heideveld Primary School on Monday, September 8
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