Article written by Marieke van Rooyen In 2006, Donald Pitt was involved in a car accident that left him paralysed from the waist down. As a result of his physical injury, he suffered years of depression, never imagining that he would be able to drive again in future. Things changed, however, in 2010, when he…
A decade ago, Siphamandla Mtsolo survived a shooting. The trauma caused by the gunshot wound to his spinal column was severe, and resulted in him becoming a quadriplegic. Yet despite the loss of full body mobility, Siphamandla has pursued his life with determination and vigour. Today he is a confident thirty-year old, completing a Master’s…