South Africa: Blind Students Evicted From School

24 November 2017

The Konwaba Training Institute in Port Alfred was shut down two weeks ago and is unlikely to reopen. It owes R150,000 in rent to the Siwelele Co-operative, according to the owner of the institute, Nandipha Bhani.

In August, GroundUp published a story of a blind couple, Sibusiso Mdokwe and Sibusiso Dayimani, from Port St Johns, who were hoping to go back to school. A reader assisted them with the registration fees to study at Konwaba. But after two months, the institute has been shut and 28 blind students, including two who use wheelchairs, have been left stranded.

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