17/12/2025
"Disability info South Africa" (DiSA) would like to thank “The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities” (NCPD) for renewing their advertising for a 8th year and for supporting the free information service that we supply to assist persons with disabilities.
The NCPD is a NPO with a footprint throughout South Africa that plays a lobbying & advocacy role when it comes to the rights of persons with disabilities. "We are an umbrella body coordinating the advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities in accordance with the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and more. We have nine provincial Associations for Persons with Disabilities with numerous projects and branches that focus on rural development as well as social."
The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities does advocacy work and supplies services leading to an equitable and inclusive society. "We are affiliated to the Rehabilitation International. Our programmes cover South Africa."
The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities offers a wide variety of different Services, which include:
1. Disability Equity Training: Disability Equity training is inclusive of all impairments and addresses definitions, an inclusive workplace, reasonable accommodation, terminology and much more! Training is done by an expert well trained team of persons with disabilities. The sessions are at least three hours but can be up to two days (depending on the needs of the client). Training is done in an interactive way, using multimedia and is not “heavy”!!! Training is tailormade for every sector, e.g., Tertiary education, Tourism, Banking, Mining etc.
2. BBBEE advice and services related to persons with disabilities, e.g., Job placement, Skills development, Preferential procurement, Ownership, Supply chain development, GBV Support, Litigation and Training, Entrepreneurship, Assistive devices, Youth Action Team, Arts and Culture, Human Rights. We will refer you to our experts in all Provinces or support you from our National Office in Edenvale.
3. Rebate application: The government allows a rebate on Customs Import Duties on imported vehicles and Ad Valorem Excise Duties on locally manufactured new vehicles for people who have physical disabilities as well as on specialized equipment. NCPD is the only organization authorized to recommend a person with an impairment to receive this rebate.
4. The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities owner of and organizes annual campaigns for "Casual Day" and the "Nappy Run". Both Projects supports a large number of NPOs and Schools in the Disability field and persons with disabilities.
5. Children with disabilities: Our work in respect of children with disabilities focuses on addressing rights violations and promoting rights, all with the aim of and to contribute to an improved dispensation for this most vulnerable and exposed group in our country. Rights violations and advancing the rights of children with disabilities are addressed through advocacy, training, lobbying and public education and awareness raising.
6. Raising awareness: Living in an age where information is for the most part a-click-away, to a large part of society, should mean that persons with disabilities enjoy all their non-disabled counterparts do, but despite democracy and the information age, persons with disabilities often still find themselves on the side-line when it comes to securing employment or even just having access to enjoy a sports match or theatre production. The need for raising awareness of impairment, disability, and related matters, we aim to raise the level of awareness about disability related issues through various initiatives.
Training: The NCPD is proud to be in a position to offer various SETA accredited training courses (short course, learnerships and internships) together with corporate partners who then get their BBBEE POINTS for the DTI scorecard. We also do short training for Professionals, for which these Professionals get CPD points. The courses for architects, and other professionals are not accredited for CPD points.
Other training includes:
• Caregiver training for carers of children or adults
• Governance training
• Fundraising training
• Disability Equity training
• Reasonable accommodation
• Inclusive design
• Various impairments and the implications
• Drivers of persons with disabilities
• Human Rights and advocacy
• Assistive device repairs
• Transport and driving training
• The majority of training sessions can be tailormade to suit your needs.
Beach permit application: The NCPD in partnership with the Department of Environmental Services, offers persons with severe physical mobility impairment the opportunity to gain access to certain beaches, by obtaining a permit from DEAT.
Hearing loss: Hearing loss can happen to anyone and NCPD would like to address the lack of services and support for this marginalised group through specific training and empowerment activities.
We provide the following training to corporates:
• To reach full potential in the workplace despite deafness or hearing impairment.
• Communicating with deaf or hearing-impaired employees in the workplace.
• From Paper to Practice: The White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the reasonable accommodation of persons with impairments/disabilities.
• (Accredited with 6 CPD points from HPCSA)
Workshops for Professionals working in the field of hearing loss and disability:
• The Protocol and Guideline for identifying functional needs of a hearing impaired or deaf adult (accredited with 5 CPD points from HPCSA)
The following session is available to individuals, family members or NPOs (including retirement centres):
• Making the most of life despite hearing loss.
Contact “The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities” on:
Danie Marais | Tel: +27 11 452 2774 | danie@ncpd.org.za
Lebogang Boya | Tel: +27 11 452 2774 | lebo@ncpd.org.za
Bernadette Rigney | bernadette@ncpd.org.za
