Activists call out political parties for excluding disabled people
The Citizen
Disability advocacy groups in South Africa accuse political parties of systematically excluding disabled people from leadership roles, candidate selection, and election campaigns, contributing to ongoing marginalization and a lack of meaningful political representation. The groups demand urgent engagement with political parties to ensure inclusive election manifestos and enforceable commitments for the rights and development of disabled people. Despite constitutional guarantees of equality, disabled individuals continue to face significant barriers in education, healthcare, employment, and access to basic services, highlighting a national crisis and a failure of political systems to protect and empower them.
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