Disability Rights
Disabled man cleans his street from his wheelchair
Gqeberha 65-year-old hopes to inspire others to keep the streets clean
Brief | 20 January 2022
People with disabilities protest at Parliament
Qhakaza Disability Group demands better access to jobs, housing and transport
News | 8 December 2021
Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle
The “book famine” is over as Copyright Act declared unconstitutional
Law | 21 September 2021
Mother pleads with strained Dial-a-Ride service to help get her daughter to school
Her daughter is among thousands of people on the City-run service’s waiting list
Brief | 16 September 2021
Busiswa Pikinini has no hands, no feet - and no house
The 27-year-old is one of those hoping for housing in Khayelitsha’s informal settlements
News | 2 September 2021
Couple living with disability left homeless by fire
Yoliswa Maneli and Andisile January want to be allocated one of the many unoccupied houses in the area
Brief | 24 August 2021
This school for children with special needs was stripped bare by looters. Now the learners won’t even get meals
Golden Steps school in KwaZulu-Natal will not be able to re-open after the break
News | 21 July 2021
Hundreds making use of SASSA’s new online booking portal for disability grants
But activists remain sceptical on whether it will alleviate the overburdened process for all vulnerable beneficiaries
By Liezl Human
News | 21 June 2021
Special needs school in Makhanda will have to wait another three years at least
Ten years after a court order, Education Department has finally acquired the land
Brief | 9 June 2021