Disability Rights
Last minute drive to clear disability grant backlog
Black Sash concerned that rushed medical assessments will affect the outcome of applications
By Liezl Human
News | 30 March 2021
Shack dweller Nikiwe Sipenuka has no feet and no hands. She has been waiting for a house for years
Unclear why provincial government has not prioritised her house
News | 17 March 2021
Victim of metro police violence still waiting for a new wheelchair
Zwelenkosi Ngidi’s wheelchair was broken in November last year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 February 2021
Despite a court order ten years ago, special needs school still has no building
Amasango Career School in Makhanda operates from six prefab classrooms
News | 23 November 2020
A Cape Town mom couldn’t find a school for her autistic son. So she started one
Phumeza Booi Welisa hopes to turn her daycare facility into a registered ECD centre
News | 15 October 2020
No arrests after deaf boy mauled by dogs
Eleven-year-old Jeniel Jafta uses a wheelchair and his right arm was amputated
News | 14 September 2020
Deaf people lose houses to land occupation
Khayelitsha occupation divides community leadership
News | 20 August 2020
Partially blind woman faces eviction
The owner of the shack Siphiwe Mdluli rents wants to move back in
News | 4 August 2020
Raising an autistic child in a shack
“He once disappeared and it gave us a fright. Now I have to stay and watch him all the time.”
News | 8 July 2020