At the beginning of the month, South Africa’s Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini officially launched this year’s national Disability Rights Awareness Month in Pretoria. The minister highlighted that persons with disabilities enjoy protection against discrimination on the basis of disability. Dlamini said that the right to substantive equality and dignity is enshrined in the country’s Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. African Dialogue Presenter Benjamin Moshatama spoke to Robert Masambo, National Chair of Disabled People South Africa and National Executive Director Antonius Spek, of the South African Council for the Blind.
