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Changing lives through team spirit
Marissa Nel & Associates conducted home visits to patients in dire need during the COVID high risk period. We visited Khayelihle William Mcitwa (known as William) at his home in Elubhacweni Location just outside Mount Frere.During our visit and assessing William’s...
A through knee amputee pensioner passionate about creating sustainability for his community
The inspiring story of a driven man together with a caring team supporting dreams to improve the quality of life of those less fortunate.The Marissa Nel & Associates team understands that responsible and sustainable CSI can have a significant impact, offering...
Honouring Our Core Values During Challenging Times
Due to our pensioner patients being categorized as high risk during COVID 19, all our mobile clinics had been rescheduled for a later date as a precautionary measure to avoid the pensioners having to use public transport to reach the clinics, as this would expose them...
Lwandise Receives the Gift of Mobility
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill Lwandise is a delightful and playful 6-year-old boy from a rural community in Qumbu near Mthatha, who lost both his legs above the knees. He was...
New limbs for amputees in poor rural area
Daily Dispatch | 28 May 2016 | By Vuvu Vena Nkosinathi Mbabane from Zithulele village in Mqanduli lost his leg doing what he loved 13 years ago, and only this month can he walk again with a prosthetic leg. Mbabane, 41, remembers his soccer team Zithulele Cosmos...
Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government and Titans
BUILDING NATIONS, RECOGNITION FOR AFRICAN LEADERS TOOK PLACE AT PREMIER OR TAMBO HOTEL ON THE EVENING OF 3 AUGUST 2017 Congratulations to Marissa Nel for winning the African Continent award in the Medical Category. The awards are the leading African recognition...
“It is not the end of a life, but it is a beginning of a new one”
October 23, 2016 | by takeabiteoutoflifesite “We should look differently at disability,” says Marissa Nel, a medical orthotist and prosthetist. Her practice, Marissa Nel & Associates, situated in Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng and Mauritius, aim not only to...
Car firm’s R14m plan to train disabled MBSA helps many challenged to gain confidence, boost skills
Daily Dispatch | 11 Mar 2017 | By MBALI TANANA IT WAS an exciting time for 58 disabled students who graduated from the Mercedes-Benz South Africa Learnership programme at the East London plant yesterday. The programme, which is often advertised in the Daily...
RMA’s prosthetics partner honoured in Businesswomen’s Association Awards
MyPR.co.za | September 2, 2016 | by Guest PR Filed Under: Health Rand Mutual Assurance wishes to congratulate its prosthetics and orthotics partner Marissa Nel on her achievement of being recognised in the Entrepreneur category of the 2016 Regional Business...
Mother weeps with joy as 10-year-old takes his first steps
The Times Live | 07 December 2017 | By Penwell Dlamini George Masiu had his limbs amputated after he contracted a rare degenerative disease.Image: Alaister Russell/The Times On Thursday afternoon‚ his mother‚ Angelinah Masiu‚ of Soweto‚ burst into tears as he took...