Disability Rights
Video: Cikizwa wants to go to school
The Eastern Cape learner is kept waiting for a place in high school, after five years of treatment for a spinal condition
By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani
Video | 13 October 2022
Disabled people moved because of Covid are living in filthy conditions
One man in Gqberha had to build his own ramp into his house
News | 13 October 2022
Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional
Court gives immediate redress for blind and visually impaired people
Law | 21 September 2022
Meet Dunoon’s gardeners with disabilities
“Some have hands, some have legs and some have ideas”
Brief | 30 August 2022
Horses work “magic” for children with disabilities
The South African Riding for the Disabled Association runs free lessons for 50 children a week near Durban
Brief | 1 August 2022
It’s hard to get a disability grant if you have a mental illness
People with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression complain about difficulty accessing grants
News | 20 May 2022
Home Affairs does nothing to help disabled learners get IDs
The state is denying learners their rights, says lawyer
By Liezl Human
News | 17 May 2022
Concourt to rule on access to books for blind people
Hundreds march in support of amendments to the Copyright Act that will improve access to published works for blind and visually impaired people
News | 12 May 2022
Court summons Education MEC over special needs school
MEC failed to comply with previous court ruling, says Judge
Brief | 10 May 2022