Disability Rights
Court reprimands shop owner who denied access to child in wheelchair
“No one should be allowed to waste the court’s time unnecessarily” says magistrate
Law | 11 December 2019
Commuter Lunga Zawa uses a wheelchair. But Nyanga station is only accessible by stairs
Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled has been fighting since 2015 for better access
News | 29 November 2019
Mitchells Plain store owner given two weeks to respond to Equality Court
Store manager says shop owner might leave the country soon
News | 12 November 2019
Wheelchair user Nonkululeko Dziweni has to wait for two people to take her to the toilet in a mall one kilometre away
Buffalo City mayor hears Mdantsane residents’ complaints
News | 4 October 2019
“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”
Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability
News | 27 August 2019
Newcastle school for the blind in desperate need of funds
The facility is the only one of its kind in Amajuba district
News | 6 August 2019
Mom heads to Equality Court after son in wheelchair denied access to superette
Shop owner says there’s no space and he has to protect his store from shoplifters
News | 2 August 2019
“Give us opportunities not handouts” say people with disabilities
“Disabled people can run businesses like everybody else”
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
News | 14 June 2019