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World Sight Day: Eyes closed to increasing number of avoidably blind

Health, News

South Africa runs the risk of an added barrier to achieving its national goals if it continues to close its eyes to the increasing number of people who are avoidably blind. Cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors continue to be an…

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October 13, 2022

Communication barriers hinder health care for impaired patients

Communication barriers limit health care for impaired patients

Health, Health Systems, News

Every patient deserves to feel comfortable and able to speak to health service providers in a language they most understand. However, this isn’t always possible for visually or speech impaired individuals who need Braille and sign language to communicate. Health-e…

Montsho
December 30, 2021

Service delivery promises: Blind learners at Rivoni School have heard it all before

News

On Human Rights Day a school in Limpopo has nothing to celebrate as governing body representatives castigate government for a litany of broken promises.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 10, 2020

Blaze destroys visually-impaired learners’ rooms

News

Learners from Rivoni School for the Blind have protested for better accommodation and classrooms for months. Now, they've taken matters into their own hands.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 28, 2019

Protesting learners close roads to Elim Hospital

Our Health

Visually-impaired learners barricaded roads with burning tyres in protest over poor sanitation and infrastructure resulting in the disruption of access to health services.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 15, 2019

Hope for visually impaired rural people

News, Our Health

LIMPOPO – Despite most public libraries now offering hope to visually impaired people through the South African Libraries For The Blind Project, many blind people in rural areas remain unemployed with limited opportunities.