Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD):
"Yes/No (Year of Ratification)"
- Yes (2007)
Law on persons with disabilities
Additional Laws and Policies relevant to Disability Inclusion
- The Constitution of South Africa (No. 108 of 1996)
- PEPUDA Act No. 4 (2000)
- South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996,
- South African Library for the Blind Act, No. 91 of 1998
- Education White Paper 6 Special Needs Education, 2001
- Children’s Act, No.38 of 2005.
- Child Justice Act, No 75 of 2008
- Social Assistance Act, No 13 of 2004
- Social Assistance Regulations of 2008
- Disability Policy, 2009
- National Disability Rights Policy, 2014
- National Rehabilitation Policy (2000)
- Mental Health Care Act, No. 17 of 2002
- National Health Act, No.61 of 2003
- Framework and Strategy for Disability and Rehabilitation Service in SA DoH, (2015-2020).
- The Strategic Policy Framework on Disability in the Post School Education and Training System (2018)
- Implementation Strategy to Guide the Provision of Accessible Public Transport Systems in South
- Public Transport Action Plan to Guide the Provision of Accessible Public Transport Systems in South Africa
- Public Transport Strategy, 2007
- National Land Transport Act, No. 5 of 2009
- Employment Equity Act (1998)
- Code of Good Practice for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (2002)
- Policy on Reasonable Accommodation and Assistive devices for Employees with Disabilities in the Public Sector 2014
- Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003
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