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Branch

Epilepsy South Africa works through regional branches: Eastern Cape (East London), Free State/North West (Parys), Gauteng (Springs — Geduld and Daggafontein centres), Mpumalanga (Dullstroom), South Cape/Karoo (Knysna), and Wester…

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Work

South African law protects people with disabilities, including epilepsy where it substantially limits participation, against unfair discrimination at work, and employers are expected to make reasonable accommodation — adjusted sh…

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Depression

Anxiety and depression are more common among people with epilepsy than in the general population — partly the disorder, partly medication, and a great deal of it the isolation and stigma that come with it. It is common, it is not…

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School

Children with epilepsy generally belong in mainstream classrooms. What matters is that the school knows — tell the class teacher and the office, provide a written seizure plan, and put the first-aid steps somewhere visible in the…

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About the organisation

Epilepsy South Africa was established in 1967, originally as the South African National Epilepsy League, and took its present name in 2002. It is South Africa's only national non-profit dedicated specifically to epilepsy, working…

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