Disability Rights

RDP houses unfit for people with disabilities

People with disabilities are prioritised for RDP houses but their homes are often not adjusted for them despite mounds of legislation

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News | 19 July 2018

“We are now visible” says albinism activist

People with albinism march in Durban

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News | 13 June 2018

Mother of raped, disabled child says police have failed them

“She could not identify an accused. The police could therefore not proceed with further investigation” says SAPS

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News | 5 April 2018

Survival of the fittest for Metrorail commuters

Elderly woman struggles to catch train even when it was an hour late

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Brief | 5 April 2018

Zuma promised me a house

73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home

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Brief | 1 December 2017

Blind students evicted from school

Training centre in Port Alfred shut because it can’t pay its rent

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Brief | 24 November 2017

Children with disability battle to find schools

“We have a serious crisis” says disability organisation

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News | 17 October 2017

Dial-a-Ride users say the service is deteriorating

Vehicles easily confused with MyCiTi buses put disabled commuters in danger, say passengers

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News | 12 October 2017

Teacher says she was fired for going blind

Department promises to investigate and asks for proof

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News | 6 October 2017

Homeless and in a wheelchair at 63

Zolile Ncapayi was abandoned by his family ten years ago

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Brief | 23 September 2017

Broken lifts and stairs for commuters with wheelchairs

Long wait before Cape Town’s train stations will provide access for people with disabilities

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News | 21 September 2017

New home for disabled Gugulethu mother

Generous response to GroundUp’s report on Cynthia Ntunje’s plight

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Brief | 12 September 2017

Less than 3% of schools can take disabled learners

Answers by the education minister in Parliament raise even more questions

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News | 8 September 2017

Blind Eastern Cape couple hope to go back to school

When I had my own eyes I had big dreams, says Port St Johns man

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News | 29 August 2017

Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

Parliament can help blind people access books

Only the publishing industry stands in the way

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Opinion | 2 August 2017