{"id":50212,"date":"2020-07-23T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T07:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/is-your-business-wheelchair-friendly-20200722-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:00:38","slug":"is-your-business-wheelchair-friendly-20200722-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/is-your-business-wheelchair-friendly-20200722-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your business wheelchair friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_03860b8c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9022\/ff7ee1c6712a4c60ac228c3484e63bce.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9022\/5c0f4b66ee524f60b7e29a8c4b5006ac.jpg\" title=\"Former South African squash player Greg la Mude looks on as his wife, Bianka, experiences life in a wheelchair at SUPERSPAR Sunridge during the launch of the Wheelchair Wednesday campaign.                                Photo:FULL STOP COMMUNICATIONS\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Former South African squash player Greg la Mude looks on as his wife, Bianka, experiences life in a wheelchair at SUPERSPAR Sunridge during the launch of the Wheelchair Wednesday campaign.                                Photo:FULL STOP COMMUNICATIONS<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>THE ninth Wheelchair Wednesday campaign was launched by SPAR Eastern Cape and the Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities (APD) with a special tribute to late president Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Mandela Day, local personalities from all walks of life were tasked to spend 67 minutes in a wheelchair to promote the initiative. 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