Donors get behind our special micro-business fund
… giving back lost incomes as pandemic bites During this past year, Covid-19 lockdowns have effectively wiped out the incomes of many blind and partially sighted entrepreneurs, or workers who relied on their jobs at sheltered workshops. Seeing the urgent need, Blind SA set up a special economic fund in April with a budget of […]
#EndTheBookFamine
BlindSA and SECTION27 take government to court to #EndTheBookFamine for persons who are blind or visually impaired. 7 April 2021, Johannesburg – BlindSA, represented by SECTION27, has approached the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division) to challenge apartheid copyright laws and fight for the human rights of persons who are blind or visually impaired. The […]
Basic Rights of blind and partially sighted people violated by Government
Blind and partially sighted people’s basic human rights in accessing reading materials in accessible formats – braille, daisy and audio etc. is still being violated despite Democracy since 1994. The outdated Apartheid Copyright Act of 1978 which does not have exceptions and limitations permitting the conversion of accessible formats for blind people does not conform […]
Joint SANCRC and SACSoWACH advocacy submission to Presidency
The SANCRC and SACSoWACH call on the President and Premiers to provide leadership of children’s rights as a national development priority in 2021 10 February 2021 Click here to view the full submission Click to view the letter to the president Click here to download the summary The South African National Child Rights Coalition (SANCRC) […]
The People’s Vaccine Campaign
Blind SA supports the People’s Vaccine Campaign and encourages blind and partially sighted people to choose to be vaccinated. Add your support by emailing: peoplesvaccinecampaign@gmail.com or on Facebook: C19 People’s Coalition
Blind SA leads march to end ‘book famine’
https://www.thisability.co.za/2021/02/01/blind-sa-leads-march-to-end-book-famine/ By Mokgadi Maponya Blind SA has participated in a march to the Union Buildings, Pretoria to demand, among other things, the right for blind persons’ organisations to translate material into braille and other accessible formats and to import braille books into the country. The march, which took place on December 10, from the Department […]
Open the doors of learning for the blind
https://www.thisability.co.za/2021/01/30/blind-sa-open-the-doors-of-learning-for-the-blind/ By Nkhensani Hlungwani Blind SA has called on the Department of Basic Education (DBE) together with the provincial departments of education to provide blind and partially sighted pupils and teachers with information in braille format. In a media release posted on its website as part of celebrating Braille Awareness Day on January 4, the […]
Guide for parents with disabilities and Covid-19
Click the image below to read the guide.https://blindsa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/final_parents_guide_covid_19_fn.pdf
WBU statement for World Braille Day – 4 January 2021
ENDORSED AND AUGMENTED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN BRAILLE AUTHORITY [SABA] January 4th 2021 is world braille day. In 2018, the UN General Assembly officially designated the world braille day as a day to raise awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for persons […]
World Braille Day 4 January 2021
Blind SA endorses the statement by the World Blind Union on the occasion of the World Braille Day, declared by the United Nations in 2018 as being the 4th of January annually. During this COVID-19 Pandemic and especially during this second wave of the pandemic, over 750000 blind and partially sighted people do not have […]