THE 4th of January has been declared World Braille Day to commemorate the birth on 4 January, 1809, of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille.
He lost his sight as a child as the result of an accident in his father’s workshop and when he was about sixteen years old, he invented the Braille code.
For further information about Braille or Braille Services, please contact the manager of the Braille Services, Philip Jordaan at 011-
839-1793, or the Portfolio Holder for Braille, Christo de Klerk at 011-869- 8265.