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Cape Town’s Madwaleni Hospital. (Dylan Bush/Bhekisisa)
CAPE TOWN

Long walk to recovery: This rural hospital revolutionised rehab

A road accident, a bad fall, a stabbing. A single moment and a traumatic head injury can change everything in your life, leaving you to relearn the basics — walking, talking,…

  • Joan Van Dyk
10 min read
Oscar Pistorius was proof for many disabled people that they could match the able-bodied.
DISABLED PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Oscar Pistorius tests new limits of disability

Did the Bladerunner’s athletic success really lose him the right to claim he feels vulnerable?

  • Phillip De Wet
4 min read
South Africa’s visually impaired people have access to only 0.5% of the world’s books.
BLINDNESS

The rich turn a blind eye to poor readers

The visually impaired are shackled by developed countries’ reluctance to change copyright laws.

  • Mara Kardas-Nelson
6 min read
COMMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

Enabling people with HIV

Is being HIV-positive a disability? Nosimilo Ndlovu finds an organisation which says it is.

  • Nosimilo Ndlovu
3 min read