Media Release
Attention: Hon Thandi Modise, Speaker of Parliament Hon Duma Nkosi, Chair of Parliamentary Portfolio Committee (DTIC) Hon Amos Masondo, Chair of NCOP Cc: Hon Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa Hon Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Hon Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Arts and Culture Hon Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic […]
Blind SA and ReCreate SA In association with SA Disability Alliance SA Braille Authority SA National Council for the Blind A2K Right to Know
*We Stand Together! Hands Off Our Livelihoods! Fair Copyright Now!* #BrailleIsNoCrime #FairRoyaltiesNow #FairUseNow On International Human Rights Day 2020, Blind South Africans unite with musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers and educators from across South Africa to demand that government respect their rights. Currently it is illegal for blind persons organisations to translate material into […]
You can help fight this unfairness
At school, blind learners need their teachers or partially sighted schoolmates to guide them around the buildings. That means touch – a hand on an elbow or a shoulder – and social distancing now makes that a problem. It would not be like this if these youngsters had, at an early age, been taught the […]
Blind SA Bookshare
Are you ready to catch up on your reading during the year-end break? Since 26 October 2020, blind persons have access to thousands of books in accessible formats. Blind SA Bookshare is a free library service that will enable blind and partially sighted persons to borrow hundreds of thousands of books in braille, daisy, audio […]
Blind SA President Address 10 November 2020
BLIND SA PRESIDENT NTSHAVHENI NETSHITUNI – STAFF ADDRESS10 NOVEMBER 2020 GREETINGS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT, AND THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; AND ALL STAFF OF BLIND SA INTRODUCTION Standing before you showers me with the greatest honour one can ever imagine. I grew up in these buildings years ago as […]
Blind SA 74th General Assembly 31 October 2020
Blind SA 74th General Assembly 31 October 2020Ntshavheni Netshituni elected first black blind President of Blind SA Blind SA held a successful 74th General Assembly in Durban from 29 until 31 October 2020. Ntshavheni Netshituni was elected the first black President of Blind SA since its establishment on 26 October 1946. In 1992, Blind SA […]
White Cane Day still left its powerful message
Awareness has replaced activity this year, but White Cane Day still left its powerful message Internationally, the independence of blind people is celebrated annually on October 15th. But, with Covid-19 restrictions in place this year, our usual marches and public engagement on White Cane Day were replaced by awareness. Like sporting bodies that have had […]
International White Cane Day on 15 October 2020
Blind SA is to commemorate International White Cane Day on 15 October 2020 by creating awareness and advocacy during the covid-19 pandemic. Blind and partially sighted people using the white cane can enjoy greater mobility and safety by determining the location of curbs, steps, uneven pavement, and other physical obstacles in their path. The white cane […]
Blind SA Bookshare Library
The Blind SA Bookshare library is an ebook library that makes reading easier. South Africans with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, and physical disabilities can read in ways that work for them with a huge collection of titles in audio, audio + highlighted text, braille, and other formats. Around the world, people with reading barriers […]
Lorinda Diedericks – bursary recipient, graduate
“My work will create a safe context where traumatised people can share their stories in the presence of unconditional acceptance and respect…” My ‘work’? Yes! We can only imagine how important that short word is to Lorinda Diedericks, specially in a world where so few blind folk ever find permanent work at all. After years of […]