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World 100 metre breastroke world record holder and Olympic gold medallist Cameron van der Berg was back in Port Elizabeth on Monday morning for a fund raising breakfast.
Humewood golf club was the main beneficiary.
The 24-year-old from Pretoria said speaking engagements had kept him out of the swimming pool since his return from London - but that he was enjoying a break from the rigours of training.
He welcomed sports minister Fikile Mbalula's announcement at the weekend that South Africa's paralympians would now earn as much as their able-bodied counterparts.
Van der Berg said they trained as hard, if not harder than the able-bodied athletes and that they should not be discriminated against just because they are disabled.
