BHEKISISA: A rural mother’s 30-year journey of caring for a son with cerebral palsy

When Keneilwe Dikoma took her six-month-old son Lorato for a routine check-up in rural North West, she learned that his missed milestones were signs of cerebral palsy – a diagnosis that would reshape both their lives. Thirty years on, she cares for him around the clock while passing on what she learned to other familie

[Bhekisisa] His wheelchair no longer fits, and the local clinic often runs out of his medicine. Add to that three decades of living with cerebral palsy.