Disability Rights
Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle
The “book famine” is over as Copyright Act declared unconstitutional
Law | 21 September 2021
Mother pleads with strained Dial-a-Ride service to help get her daughter to school
Her daughter is among thousands of people on the City-run service’s waiting list
Brief | 16 September 2021
Busiswa Pikinini has no hands, no feet - and no house
The 27-year-old is one of those hoping for housing in Khayelitsha’s informal settlements
News | 2 September 2021
Couple living with disability left homeless by fire
Yoliswa Maneli and Andisile January want to be allocated one of the many unoccupied houses in the area
Brief | 24 August 2021
This school for children with special needs was stripped bare by looters. Now the learners won’t even get meals
Golden Steps school in KwaZulu-Natal will not be able to re-open after the break
News | 21 July 2021
Hundreds making use of SASSA’s new online booking portal for disability grants
But activists remain sceptical on whether it will alleviate the overburdened process for all vulnerable beneficiaries
By Liezl Human
News | 21 June 2021
Special needs school in Makhanda will have to wait another three years at least
Ten years after a court order, Education Department has finally acquired the land
Brief | 9 June 2021
Toy Story: How orgasms helped me heal
In this video Makgosi Letimile explains how she used sex toys to help relieve incontinence
Video | 8 June 2021
Wheelchair users struggle to use sewage covered, pothole-ridden roads in Dunoon
One man says people charge him R130 to push his wheelchair to the shops or nearby clinic
Brief | 7 June 2021