disability

Stigma hinders rehabilitation of rural disabled

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The stigma attached to disabled people in rural communities is proving to be a real problem for caregivers in Limpopo who are being hampered in their efforts to help and educate.

Mogale Mojela
May 3, 2018

Rural woman gives hope to disabled kids

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LIMPOPO – The death of her disabled child caused was so painful for a Limpopo villager that she has established an aid organisation to help other children in need.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 16, 2018

Hundreds of toilets for rural community in Limpopo

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The provision of 400 toilets for the residents of Mavhunga village, outside Louis Trichard, has brought an end to years of struggle.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 9, 2018

Dream of special school finally realised

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Retired teacher Constance Mngomezulu, one of the founders of the Nokuthula Centre and Special School, was close to tears at the opening of the school’s new premises as she witnessed her dream finally realised

Ramatamo
October 31, 2017

Community accuse mom of neglecting disabled son

Health, Our Health

Months after authorities were alerted to the plight of a severely neglected 25 year-old handicapped man, nothing has been done to help him.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 26, 2017

Disabled mom gets son’s grant after 4 years

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After a four-year long struggle to receive a child grant for her son, a disabled mother in rural Limpopo has finally been paid something.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 18, 2017

Disabled mom’s 4-year wait for child grant

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A disabled mother in rural Limpopo has repeatedly applied for a child grant for her now four-year-old son, with no success.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 9, 2017

Help at last for disabled student’s sleep stresses

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A 19 year-old disabled student at the University of Venda, experienced going to bed at night as an extremely stressful end to his day. But thanks to a special new bed he has been given, he can now sleep happily.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 24, 2016

Blind students back in school after toilet delivery

Determinants Of Health

After weeks of protests about broken toilets, students from Rivoni School for the Blind are back at their desks.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 1, 2016

Disability’s hidden costs

Health, Our Health

A staggering 80 percent of people living with disabilities globally live in poverty, according to the National Department of Social Development.

mpholekgetho
November 27, 2015

Disabled lose out in South Africa’s quest for sanitation, water

Determinants Of Health, Health, Our Health

Imagine if you had to crawl outside on your hands and knees to use the toilet every time nature called. For at least 19,000 South Africans living with disabilities, daily indignities like these are just part of normal life as disabled people remain largely left behind in the country’s quest for sanitation and water.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 17, 2015

Limpopo boy defies stigma

Health, Our Health

A four-year old Limpopo boy is breaking stigmas around disability.

suprisenemalale
October 6, 2015

Documentary premiere: Legacy of exclusion

Health

More than half a million disabled children of school-going age in South Africa cannot access any form of education, according to Human Rights Watch.

fathimasimjee
September 17, 2015

Apartheid of the abled

Health

Imagine being 22 years old and still stuck in primary school simply because no local high school can accommodate your physical disability. This is the fate of Makhosi Ndabambi. More than 500,000 disabled South African children have no access to any schooling, because schools are only built for the abled.

fathimasimjee
August 24, 2015

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