Wheelchairs on The Run

21/01/2026

20/01/2026

🌍👩‍🦽♿ *CALLING ALL TRAVEL LOVERS WHO USE MANUAL OR POWER WHEELCHAIRS!*♿🧑‍🦽🌍
Do you use a *manual or power wheelchair*, love travel, and have strong opinions about accessibility at accommodation and entertainment establishments? We want to hear from you!
*Access Assured* is hosting an online focus group to better understand mobility access needs while travelling for people who use *manual or power wheelchairs* — and your voice can help shape more inclusive experiences 💬✨
📅 When: TBC with participants
⏰ Time: TBC with participants
💻 Where: Online via Microsoft Teams
✅ Requirements:
• South African citizen
• Use a *manual or power wheelchair*
• LOVE to travel ✈️🏨
• Willing to complete a short survey before the session
• Comfortable engaging in discussion
• Camera must be ON during the session
👥 We’re looking for participants — volunteers will be screened to ensure we have a diverse group!
📧 Interested? Email alisha.labuschagne@outlook.com or WhatsApp on 0723446973 with your name and a short intro about yourself.
Let’s talk travel, accessibility, and real experiences — let's collaborate and contribute towards a working solution 🙌
💛

12/01/2026

Happy New Year 2026! As the global community enters this new year, disability advocacy organisations and activists are focusing on making 2026 a milestone for accessibility, and economic empowerment

Let's stand together and help one another make a difference
Leaders like Miss South Africa Disability 2025/26, Botseetse Kgaphola, are using the start of 2026 to push for a year in which "disability is not inability"
https://web.facebook.com/100067764184092/posts/happy-new-year-from-botseetse-kgaphola-miss-south-africa-disability-202526-as-we/1186682523600543

HAPPY NEW YEAR !💫

FROM BOTSEETSE KGAPHOLA -MISS SOUTH AFRICA DISABILITY 2025/26

As we welcome this new year, I do so with hope, strength, and gratitude. May 2025/26 be a year where inclusion is lived, dreams are pursued boldly, and every person is celebrated for who they are. Together, let us continue breaking barriers, changing narratives, and proving that disability is not inability.
Here’s to a year of purpose, progress, and limitless possibilities.�I am Botseetse Kgaphola and I stand firm in fighting devision and preach unity and progress .

Happy New Year! 2026 ✨

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas wishing you Peace, goodwill and love are our wishes for you in the upcoming year

10/11/2025

Our Little Heroes of Hope & Muscle Runners Go the Distance! 💪🚴🏃‍♀

On 8 Nov 2025, the MDFSA Gauteng Branch hosted a day of fun, fitness, and fellowship at West Rand School, Krugersdorp, uniting our incredible Little Heroes of Hope children’s cycle team and our dedicated Muscle Runners!

Together, they rode, ran, and raised awareness for those living with Muscular Dystrophy . . . proving that strength, determination, and hope come in many forms. 🌟

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated, volunteered, and cheered . . . and to our amazing sponsors: Asset Control, Wheelchairs on The Run and Cool Tech. Your support made every smile and every stride possible. 💚

To our heroes . . . you are the true heartbeat of our foundation! ❤️

07/11/2025

Raffle Winner -

A big thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets.
Your support helps the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa make a real difference.
Now for the exciting part - our winner is -

Ezette Homan

18/09/2025

when the body goes old, but the bones still want to
ride cheering on the old H.O.G.®
https://www.wheelchairsontherun.co.za/product-category/mobility-scooters-south-africa/

05/09/2025

29/08/2025

✨ Another Week, Another Step Forward ✨

This week, we walked with courage. We walked with heart. And we walked knowing we’re never alone on this journey.

As we wrap up the week, we’re grateful for every bit of kindness, every show of support, and every spark of hope shared with our community. 💙

Let’s carry this strength into the weekend and beyond—because together, we’re unstoppable.

20/08/2025

IT'S FINALLY OUT!

It's binging time, folks, 'cause Torsten Gross' "Just Hands: For the Love of Racing is out on Amazon Prime! 🏎️
https://amzn.to/45fF0fa

You may have heard Torsten's story or even met him at an , but you've never seen it like this! Follow this C6 quadriplegic over three years as he fights his way into GT racing with passion, grit and a very cool adapted Porsche.

Enjoy and let us know what you think!

[ID: Close-up of Torsten Gross in his racing helmet, eyes focused and intense. Below, multiple race cars speed around a track under lights. Text reads: “One racer. No limits. All heart. A quadtiplegic's fight to compete among racism's elite. Just Hands: For the Love of Racing. Available July 31, 2025 on Amazon Prime.”]

Just Hands Racing Foundation