{"id":58884,"date":"2021-04-29T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/donation-improves-students-mobility-20210429-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:51:45","slug":"donation-improves-students-mobility-20210429-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/donation-improves-students-mobility-20210429-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Donation improves students&#8217; mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_6d5977cb\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From the left is CUT vice-chancellor and principal\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8440\/5a875f7b57fb456c85d342607851b48b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8440\/5e546c8a981f452e8305ff0a42977299.jpg\" title=\"From the left is CUT vice-chancellor and principal, Prof. Henk de Jager, Xolisa Lubhelwa, Tsholofelo Tiba and Dr Ntsoaki Malebo (senior director: Innovation in Learning and Teaching) pictured at the handover ceremony held at the CUT Welkom campus on Thursday (22\/04).\n \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">From the left is CUT vice-chancellor and principal, Prof. Henk de Jager, Xolisa Lubhelwa, Tsholofelo Tiba and Dr Ntsoaki Malebo (senior director: Innovation in Learning and Teaching) pictured at the handover ceremony held at the CUT Welkom campus on Thursday (22\/04).\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Differently-abled students from the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) have welcomed assistance from the Unit for Development, which has handed over various assistive pieces of equipment which will help make their academic lives more manageable.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">After receiving a donation of R50 000 from the Ackerman Family Educational Trust, the Development Unit opted to assist a student who needed a wheelchair, another who needed new crutches, and devices for students with hearing and vision disabilities.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Xolisa Lubhelwa, a first-year Information Technology student sat proudly in his new electric wheelchair, excited at the possibility of moving around campus with ease. \u201cI love being mobile, I\u2019m always out and about and this electric wheelchair is going to help me immensely. When it would rain and I had to attend classes, I would often slip with my old wheelchair, especially when going up steep areas. Thankfully I can now travel without that worry. I\u2019d often see other students with electric wheelchairs moving about with ease, and I\u2019ve always known deep in my heart that I would join them,\u201d said Lubhelwa.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Second-year Human Resources student, Tsolofelo Tiba received new crutches as the rubber soles of his old crutches were worn out. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful as my old crutches were really worn out, and the new ones look shiny and new. 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