Govt must lead by example

The government's failure to protect people with disabilities is continuing, despite the laws that were implemented to safeguard their rights.

- Masoka Dube

As a journalist with an interest in social justice and human rights violation stories, I have written many stories about people with disabilities who had been abused or discriminated against.

As the country commemorates Disability Month, a woman with a disability from Mpumalanga appeared at the Magistrate's Court in Bushbuckridge last week after she allegedly assaulted an employee from the department of social development (DSD), who reportedly mocked her because of her disability.

It was the third time Thandi Mdluli, from Oakley in Bushbuckridge, appeared in court and her case was postponed to 2 December, while the person accused of insulting her is continuing with her life.

The squabble between Mdluli and the DSD employee started last year when she reportedly posted her videos together with that of Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius.