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According to a 2014 report by Statistics South Africa, based on the 2011 census, 7.5% of the country's population is regarded as having a disability. [1] [note 1] The highest proportion of people living with disabilities, by province, was found to be in the Free State, with 11,1% of its population having a disability, followed by the Northern Cape, with 11%, the North West, with 10%, the ...
The minister of women, youth and persons with disabilities is the minister of the South African government with political responsibility for South Africa's Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Between 2014 and 2024, the ministry was located in the Presidency, making its holders ministers in the presidency.
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) (formerly Department of Women) is a department of the Government of South Africa with the responsibility for women, youth and persons with disabilities. [1] As of May 2019, the Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities is Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. [2]
South African disabled sportspeople (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "South African people with disabilities" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Disability organisations based in South Africa (1 C, 4 P) P. South African people with disabilities (5 C, 10 P) R. South African disability rights activists (13 P) S.
In 2019, an estimated 18 million people received some form of social grant provided by the government. [2] Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. [3] The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. [4]
The social assistance disbursed by SASSA takes the form of various grants; most of them are means-tested and paid in cash on a monthly basis. These are the Child Support Grant, the Care Dependency Grant, the Foster Child Grant, the Disability Grant, the Grant-in-Aid, the Older Person's Grant (an old-age pension), and the War Veteran's Grant. [6]
The QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA) was established in 1978 as a non-profit organisation which strives to prevent spinal cord injury through high-profile information campaigns, as well as to protect and promote the interests of people with mobility impairments through lobbying and advocacy.