Disability Rights
Wheelchair users demand better access to transport
We spend R600 out of our R2,180 grant on transport, say disability activists
News | 9 April 2024
Disabled learners turned away from school
Renovations at Mthatha school, closed last year after parents complained of poor conditions, have still not been completed
News | 5 April 2024
Mpumalanga delays building of school for learners with disabilities
School was promised over 10 years ago
By Masoka Dube
Brief | 13 February 2024
Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children
Eastern Cape education department sends task team to investigate
News | 9 November 2023
Disability group battles to keep going after robbery
The cash-strapped organisation in Musina has 250 members who rely on it
Brief | 31 October 2023
Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office
SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved
News | 27 October 2023
People living with disabilities march to Musina municipality for services and jobs
“The municipality has no heart for disabled people” says mother with three disabled children
Brief | 12 October 2023
Video: Meet the disabled South African dancer who wowed Britain’s Got Talent
“When people see you on stage it’s not like, ‘Aw that’s so cute!’ but they see the actual performance. And then [you] steal the show.”
Video | 11 October 2023
“I feel like disabled people are not seen or heard”
People living with disabilities in Delft air their grievances on Thursday
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 6 October 2023