Disability Rights

Photo of a sign outside a prison

Law to stop detention of mentally ill in prisons

Bill to bring Criminal Procedure Act in line with the Constitution

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Law | 10 February 2017

Photo of a teenage girl in a wheelchair

Teenager’s joy at wheelchair gift

Public response “overwhelming” for Palesa Kwayiba

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Brief | 23 December 2016

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Paralysed man gets his medication

Compensation Fund apologises

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Brief | 5 December 2016

Photo of people with disabilities in march

Demand for sign language and braille in police stations

Gugulethu campaign for better services for people with disabilities

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Brief | 2 December 2016

Photo of people marching

Motorists blind to disability

A big walk by blind people from around the Eastern Cape raised awareness on the roads

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Brief | 21 November 2016

Photo of man in front of his hut

Blind man has to walk three kilometres to fetch water

The daily struggle of Ernest Mdunge and his disabled sister

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News | 16 November 2016

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Masiphumelele mother’s struggle to find school for deaf son

Her story highlights the problems faced by children with disabilities and their parents 

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News | 3 November 2016

Photo of people of Canaan Care Centre

Rare facility for kids with special needs

Parents and caregivers have been running their own facility in East London for ten years

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News | 2 November 2016

Photo of a man sitting on a bed

Stabbed on his way to the toilet, Khayelitsha man is now in a wheelchair

Sinethemba Mfaca spends his days trapped in his one-roomed shack

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News | 1 November 2016