Disability Rights

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Wheelchair dependent man’s house fixed at last

"I can use the toilet without any help"

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Brief | 28 October 2016

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Paralysed teenager bitten by rats while sleeping

14-year-old Palesa Kwayiba, who uses a wheelchair, puts a brave face on the daily struggle of living in an informal settlement

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News | 26 October 2016

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Public transport is a nightmare for the disabled

“People treat us as if we chose to be in these wheelchairs”

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News | 14 October 2016

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Centre for disabled children closes

Attempts to get more support from Eastern Cape government were fruitless

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News | 7 October 2016

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Disabled man fetches water with a bucket tied to his crutches

Pietermaritzburg resident has little hope elections will change his plight

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News | 23 August 2016

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Education that caters for disabled learners is attainable

But government needs to show more political will to implement its policies

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Opinion | 16 August 2016

Photo of Montoedi Nyangweni in a wheelchair, with his mother Nokukhuthala

21-year-old in wheelchair just wants to go to school

Montoedi Nyangweni fell down a cliff fetching water from a river

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News | 19 July 2016

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Disabled and out of school

Over 58,000 children with disabilities may be out of school in the Western Cape

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Feature | 13 June 2016

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Disabled woman lives in a cardboard shack on a filthy hill

Poverty haunts Centerton, on the edge of the citrus town of Hankey

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News | 7 June 2016