Disability Rights
A Cape Town mom couldn’t find a school for her autistic son. So she started one
Phumeza Booi Welisa hopes to turn her daycare facility into a registered ECD centre
News | 15 October 2020
No arrests after deaf boy mauled by dogs
Eleven-year-old Jeniel Jafta uses a wheelchair and his right arm was amputated
News | 14 September 2020
Deaf people lose houses to land occupation
Khayelitsha occupation divides community leadership
News | 20 August 2020
Partially blind woman faces eviction
The owner of the shack Siphiwe Mdluli rents wants to move back in
News | 4 August 2020
Raising an autistic child in a shack
“He once disappeared and it gave us a fright. Now I have to stay and watch him all the time.”
News | 8 July 2020
Asylum seeker with spinal cord injury faces eviction from his shack
Markus Nyoni can no longer pay his rent because of the Covid-19 pandemic
News | 12 June 2020
Life in a shack when you’re in a wheelchair
Every day Nonceba Siyobi sits in the doorway of her home hoping a passerby will help her to the nearest toilet
News | 4 June 2020
School for disabled battles to stay open
Seven teachers resign at Oasis centre in Upington
News | 6 March 2020
Paraplegic man dreams of having a house
Lwando Sigaqa lives in a shack in Taiwan informal settlement
News | 26 February 2020