Disability Rights

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Dial-a-Ride users say the service is deteriorating

Vehicles easily confused with MyCiTi buses put disabled commuters in danger, say passengers

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News | 12 October 2017

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Teacher says she was fired for going blind

Department promises to investigate and asks for proof

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News | 6 October 2017

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Homeless and in a wheelchair at 63

Zolile Ncapayi was abandoned by his family ten years ago

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Brief | 23 September 2017

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Broken lifts and stairs for commuters with wheelchairs

Long wait before Cape Town’s train stations will provide access for people with disabilities

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News | 21 September 2017

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New home for disabled Gugulethu mother

Generous response to GroundUp’s report on Cynthia Ntunje’s plight

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Brief | 12 September 2017

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Less than 3% of schools can take disabled learners

Answers by the education minister in Parliament raise even more questions

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News | 8 September 2017

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Blind Eastern Cape couple hope to go back to school

When I had my own eyes I had big dreams, says Port St Johns man

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News | 29 August 2017

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Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

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Parliament can help blind people access books

Only the publishing industry stands in the way

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Opinion | 2 August 2017