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james clayton, bbc news. with the tokyo parlalympics getting under way next week, a new campaign has been launched to try to improve the lives of more than a billion disabled people around the world. we the 15 will see landmarks light up purple tonight, to highlight the estimated 15% of the global population who are disabled. i m joined now by former paralympian, anne wafula strike, who uses a wheelchair after contracting polio as a child in kenya. it s lovely to have you with us today. to talk about this campaign. what more can you tell us about it? i think one important thing i would like to stress this morning is that this campaign is about disability, accessibility and inclusion. i think what i want people to realise is that disability does not come with a
26 April 2021 - 07:00
Sibusiso Mogale, a former Paralympian swimmer from Mbombela, Mpumalanga, who suffers from phocomelia, was scouted in his high school days in Johannesburg when he was trying to learn how to swim after almost drowning. His talent and drive were immediately noticed and as Mogale says “the rest is history”.
He started swimming in 2001 and it gave him the opportunity to travel the world while doing what he loved, but after 12 years of being a professional swimmer, he decided to come back home to Kabokweni to pursue his childhood passion, farming. He now has a piece of land that he rents in the small township , where he farms a variety of fruit and vegetables.