Disability Rights
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
Ten years after GroundUp revealed her plight, a disabled woman and her autistic son are still living in a tiny shack with no electricity or sanitation
Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better
News | 27 July 2023
Blind SA leads march, demands government ratifies treaty
It has been ten years since the Marrakesh Treaty was concluded to allow blind people access to published works in accessible formats
News | 27 June 2023