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…

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…

#BrailleIsNoCrime Help legalise braille books  Less than 0.5% of published works is available in braille and the majority are published by NPO’s such as Blind SA. President Ramaphosa held the Copyright Amendment Bill on his desk for fifteen months before he referred it to Parliament citing constitutional reasons on 16 June 2020, this after Blind…

Nonprofits team up to bring equal access to books for South Africans with reading barriers. Blind SA has signed a partnership with US Based nonprofit, Benetech, to establish a free library of accessible ebooks for blind and low-vision South Africans, as well as those with print disability. Members will have access to more than half…

DBE and PED LTSM and Inclusive Education Coordinators, School Principals Pioneer Printers has taken it upon itself to make the “Duma Says” Educational Booklet accessible to the visually impaired as a means to raise awareness of the Covid-19 pandemic. The educational book is available in the following formats to visually impaired persons:  E-Braille (BRF) format…

My name is Dineo Madile, I am 38 years old. I lost my eye sight in 2006 meaning I was not born blind. I went to a normal school from grade 1 until grade 12, I passed my Grade 12 in 2001and Graduated in 2005 and as I mentioned before I became blind a year…

Some documents and audio of Parliamentary Portfolio Committee DTIC 18 August 2020 proceedings on the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB). The Blind SA Constitutional Court action forced the President to refer the CAB to Parliament on 16 June 2020.   DTIC Background Document Audio of Proceedings MEDIA STATEMENT  TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON PRESIDENT’S RESERVATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COPYRIGHT…

Blind and visually impaired women are also victims of gender based violence – intimate partner violence, domestic violence, rape and sexual, emotional and psycho-social abuse. The incidents are not reported upon by Law Enforcement Agencies since the cases/incidents are generally not recorded by officials. Blind and visually impaired women are generally informed by police officials…