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‘Teaching Deaf children is a calling, it needs passion and dedication’

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Sixty-three-year-old Maria Nemakonde is just two years away from retirement, something she’s not quite looking forward to. Nemakonde is a teacher at a school for children with special needs in Shayandima, outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. And she’s worried about what…

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
October 4, 2023

Poor state of Limpopo’s special needs schools put learners at further disadvantage says Human Rights Commission

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The Human Rights Commission met with school governing bodies and government to discuss the poor state of the Limpopo’s 35 special needs schools.

Mogale Mojela
December 14, 2020

Disabled child refused a place at school

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Out of the 32 schools that offer support to learners with cerebral palsy in Gauteng, an official at the Ekurhuleni district office has allegedly turned one family away, telling them there was no school suitable for their four-year-old with special needs.

Marcia Moyana
January 29, 2019

Disabled youth uses practical skills to raise funds

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Young adults with learning disabilities or physical challenges - often ridiculed and shamed – are the focus of a Tembisa training centre developed to address their specific needs.

Marcia Moyana
January 9, 2019

Too few schools for disabled kids

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It’s Tuesday afternoon on a dusty street of Kanana Park near Orange Farm in Gauteng. Fistos plays with other children until his mother calls him. Fistos doesn’t miss any communication with his mom, Cynthia Cutshwa (38). They understand each other.

Ramatamo
November 1, 2018

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‘Teaching Deaf children is a calling, it needs passion and dedication’

Poor state of Limpopo’s special needs schools put learners at further disadvantage says Human Rights Commission

Disabled child refused a place at school

Disabled youth uses practical skills to raise funds

Too few schools for disabled kids

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