Disability Rights

“Give us opportunities not handouts” say people with disabilities

“Disabled people can run businesses like everybody else”

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Brief | 22 July 2019

Mother gave up her sick child because she lives in a shack without services

Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her

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News | 14 June 2019

Man with disability has waited 11 years for temporary accommodation

Councillor says temporary housing was given to people who did not need it

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News | 4 April 2019

People with disabilities demand jobs

“In South Africa, it is still very difficult for a disabled person”

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Brief | 4 April 2019

Blind Zimbabwean loses refugee status after identity muddle

Blessing Marindo has also lost his disability grant and is struggling to make ends meet

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Brief | 28 February 2019

Cape Town’s strained transport service for disabled people

City confirms that Dial-a-Ride is “oversubscribed”

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News | 17 January 2019

Sign language included as a subject for matric exam

Victory for deaf learners, says Dominican School for the Deaf

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News | 14 January 2019

The daily struggle of living in a wheelchair in a shack

“The simplest things, like brushing your teeth, require work”

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News | 14 December 2018

Mitchells Plain model set for Vegas

Teenager with Down syndrome has already won two awards

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News | 30 November 2018

Court victory for disabled Umlazi residents

Enduduzweni Centre members celebrate as their electricity is reconnected

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News | 28 November 2018

Disabled residents resist government plan to move them out

“If they want us gone, they must kill us, like they did Life Esidimeni”

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News | 17 October 2018

Involve deaf people in deaf education, say protesters

DeafSA members marched to the Western Cape Education Department on Friday

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Brief | 1 October 2018

Wheelchair users demand better transport

City’s Dial-a-Ride service criticised for being pricey

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News | 19 September 2018

Women create refuge for abused people living with disability

“In one house a child was tied to a fridge”

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News | 7 September 2018