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Div Louw: Rising beyond polio to become a champion

South African Parathlete Div Louw. [Mercy Kahenda, Srtandard]

Polio is a dreadful disease. But bring up the subject of immunisation and Div Louw, a South African, lights with passion as he leans heavily on his chair.

But behind the relaxed and convivial facade lies a woeful tale of tears, love and pain that Louw, a retired natural scientist, has been through.

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