By Gcobisa Ntshona, Human Resources Director at LexisNexis South Africa As we embrace a new way of working, considering the perspectives and circumstances of your entire workforce – including people who might otherwise have been excluded or marginalised – has fast become one of the most crucial aspects of a company’s survival in these trying […]
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The severe impact Covid-19 has had on the lives of the persons with disabilities cannot be underestimated and this must be rectified. This was underscored in a meeting of the Presidential Working Group on Disability held on International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Working Group brings together several sectoral organisations and government departments to
Disability Awareness Month may be over, but the struggles of people with disabilities are not. This insightful article by Anna Mmolai-Chalmers of the Equality Programme at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, shares some serious concerns about the effects of the pandemic on the disabled. The effects of COVID-19 are perhaps more profound when viewed through
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The Pretoria High Court last week handed down an order (by consent), ordering the department of Basic Education (DBE) to make provision for all pupils with special needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court order comes after the Centre for Child Law (CCL), represented by Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), took the minister of basic
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You can only claim for a disability benefit if Covid-19 leaves you disabled as defined by your policy. Vulnerable employees who have been forced to stay at home and are unable to work are not likely to be able to claim lost income on their group life or individual disability policies unless they meet the
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At a time of increased physical distancing and retreat, those at the League of Friends of the Blind (Lofob) say kindness and communication is what is needed when interacting with the blind during the pandemic. The blind and those with visual impairments often rely on touch from the sighted. “We have our training programmes that
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Many South Africans are working from home due to the national lockdown. Among them, Mark Bannister who works as the chief engineer for the Department of Water and Sanitation in Pretoria. He found himself much more productive while working from home. Living in Midrand, I save two to three hours on the road each day
The SA Disability Alliance (SADA) have slammed the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities as being out of touch and not serious about issues faced by people with disabilities, revealing that the department’s disability unit was staffed by only three people. The consultative forum of national disability organisations expressed shock and disappointment at
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For too long, we have been teaching and assessing with the average student in mind, without considering students with disabilities and students from less-resourced environments. As higher education practitioners, we find ourselves catapulted into this Covid-19 online space with our diverse range of students with varying abilities. Also, part of this diversity, and lying on
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In international news, members of Congress in the United States are asking the Trump administration why federal money isn’t flowing to help disability providers and others funded by Medicaid who have been walloped by the pandemic. Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people
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