Disability Rights

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

Villagers start special needs day-care centre

Parents in rural Great Kei struggled to find suitable schools for their children with disability

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News | 28 August 2018

“I am a mother to myself, my siblings and also to our father”

Minor children care for their paralysed father in one-room shack

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News | 26 July 2018

Paraplegic man faces eviction

Swartland municipality says it is investigating possible alternatives although it is not obliged to do so

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News | 20 July 2018

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