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People with disabilities

Disabled people in Ukraine at risk of being abandoned and forgotten

By Palesa Manaleng

Those who cannot flee are at risk of being abandoned in institutions, at home and if they are separated from family members during the chaos, they will have to...

  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula (in brown bucket hat and white T-shirt) uses a bus to showcase Tshwane's integrated transport systems on 25 October 2019. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Mbalula pleased public transport more accessible to people with disabilities

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has joined the Tshwane transport accessibility initiative to showcase integrated transport systems.

    1030 days ago
  • Joshua Chetty with the Minister of Education Angie Motshekga and Deputy Minister Enver Surty as well as the rest of SA's top performing matriculants at the SABC ahead of the MatricResults2017 announcement. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    [WATCH] #MatricResults2017: Special needs learner gets top award

    A Pretoria matriculant who achieved top performer status in the category for pupils with special needs says that he worked hard to ensure that his disability did not impair his dreams. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a youngster Joshua Chetty has overcome great challenges.

    1688 days ago
  • Joshua Chetty (seated) is one of the country's top matric achievers for the class of 2017. Picture: @DBE_SA/Twitter

    Disability no barrier for top Pretoria matriculant

    Joshua Chetty from the New Hope School in Pretoria suffers from cerebral palsy.

    1688 days ago
  • Picture: www.sahrc.org.za

    SAHRC holds conference on rights of children with disabilities

    The two-day conference focused on access to education, as the commission concludes that this basic right has been denied to those children.

    1772 days ago
  • Basic service provision in Diepsloot is still a huge problem. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    [LISTEN] The state of disabilities in Diepsloot: The good, bad & ugly

    702 host John Robbie interviews a Diepsloot community member about the Centre for people with Disabilities, which has called on South Africans to help them provide essential services to disabled people in Diepsloot.

    2257 days ago
  • Wheelchair. Picture: Freeimages.com

    The challenge of public transport for CT’s disabled

    It’s hard enough having to use public transport in Cape Town, but what about people with disabilities? The Dial-A-Ride User Forum’s Shirlene Jonker chats to CapeTalk’s Kieno Kammiers about a planned march over the issue.

    2305 days ago
  • Most state departments have failed to meet the target of employing people with disabilities.

    Govt. failing with disability targets

    Most state departments have failed to meet the target of employing people with disabilities.

    3447 days ago
  • Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana. Picture: Giovanna Gerbi/EWN

    Xingwana calls for tolerance

    Lulu Xingwana has urged society to be more understanding when dealing with people with Down syndrome.

    3657 days ago
  • An NGO says people with disabilities in South Africa have equality but only on paper.

    'Disabled people still face discrimination'

    A local NGO says people with disabilities in South Africa have equality, but only on paper.

    3678 days ago
  • A man using a wheelchair. Picture: EWN

    Police laugh at disabled man

    Ekurhuleni Police say they will deal with officers who laughed at disabled man.

    3699 days ago
  • The 37-year-old man accused of raping a Soweto teen. Picture: EWN

    MPs ashamed of recent spate of rapes

    MPs described a recent spate of violent rapes against women and children as "the shame of the nation."

    3753 days ago
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