Disability Rights
Blind woman and mentally challenged grandson abandoned by authorities
No help from Home Affairs, Social Development or Health
News | 23 January 2020
Denying people in wheelchairs access to shops is discriminatory, argues lawyer
Mitchells Plain shop owner says policy was implemented to stop “rampant shoplifting”
By Barbara Maregele and Mosima Rafapa
Law | 15 January 2020
“We had no idea he couldn’t walk” claims shop owner who refused access to child in wheelchair
But child’s mom hits back in Equality Court papers
News | 9 January 2020
Court reprimands shop owner who denied access to child in wheelchair
“No one should be allowed to waste the court’s time unnecessarily” says magistrate
Law | 11 December 2019
Commuter Lunga Zawa uses a wheelchair. But Nyanga station is only accessible by stairs
Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled has been fighting since 2015 for better access
News | 29 November 2019
Mitchells Plain store owner given two weeks to respond to Equality Court
Store manager says shop owner might leave the country soon
News | 12 November 2019
Wheelchair user Nonkululeko Dziweni has to wait for two people to take her to the toilet in a mall one kilometre away
Buffalo City mayor hears Mdantsane residents’ complaints
News | 4 October 2019
“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”
Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability
News | 27 August 2019
Newcastle school for the blind in desperate need of funds
The facility is the only one of its kind in Amajuba district
News | 6 August 2019