Sipho wants to share info about albinism
Albinism comes under the spotlight in Boksburg.

eMBALENHLE – Mr Sipho Shabangu (63) said people with albinism should not let bad remarks get to them.
“There is nothing wrong with our skin and we are as normal as everyone else.”
Mr Shabangu was among the delegates who attended the first National Albinism Conference that was held at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg on 26 and 27 October.
It was hosted by the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities in partnership with the Albinism Society of South Africa and focused on the rights of people with albinism.
The conference was one of the outcomes of the Presidential Siyahlola Monitoring Campaign which took place in Mpumalanga last year.
This campaign was in celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote and protect the rights of people with albinism.
The conference was one of the steps which the department has begun to begin the process of drafting legislation that outlaws discriminatory language against people with albinism.
It consisted of 300 delegates of whom 90 were children with albinism, and it aimed at complying with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 12 on child participation and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Article 7 on self-representation.
One of the highlights of the conference was the launch of the booklet Understanding Albinism which was developed by the Human Rights Media.
Mr Shabangu wants to share the information from the conference with people and parents of children with albinism.
He collected information of about 15 people living with the condition in the area.
Mr Shabangu advised young people with albinism to not listen to false information about the condition that will stop them from fulfilling their dreams.
“Accept yourself as you are as nobody else will do it for you.
“I have reached my age because I had a strong sense of self-belief and confidence.”
Contact Mr Shabangu at 072 948 6618.