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Social Development: Government Information: Library Guide: Disability

A guide to finding government information for Social Development students.

African Regional Organizations

African Union. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa. Date of adoption: 29 January 2018.

African Union. Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2010-2019.

African Union. Continental plan of action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 1999-2009.

East African Community. EAC policy on persons with disabilities. Arusha, Tanzania : EAC Secretariat, March 2012.

East African Community. EAC strategic plan for gender, youth, children, persons with disability, social protection and community development (2012-2016). Arusha, Tanzania : EAC Secretariat, March 2012.

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Social Policy Development. Toolkit on disability for Africa : introducing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [Geneva] : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy Development.

Africa, Southern

Mental health

South African Human Rights Commission. Report of the national investigative hearing into the status of mental health care in South Africa, 14 and 15th November 2017.  Braamfontein: SAHRC, 2019.

South Africa. Department of Health. Policy guidelines for the licensing of residential and/or day care facilities for persons with mental illness and/or severe or profound intellectual disability. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, 2018. In: Government gazette no. 41498 (16 March 20180, notice no. 218.

South Africa. Department of Health. Guidelines for the licensing of residential and day care facilities for people with mental and/or intellectual disabilities. Proposal for comment. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, May 2017. Shelf no. G 68 G 40860/2017, part 1 of 2 & G 68 G 40847/2017, part 1 of 5. Annexures

Western Cape. Department of Health. Mental Health Programme. Framework for Mental Health Services in the Western Cape Province. 1999. Shelf no. G PWC E:HEAL.99.FRAM

Western Cape. Department of Health. Health Impact Assessment Directorate. Mental illness in the Western Cape. 2015.

Broadcasting

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. Code for people with disabilities regulations, 2021. Pretoria : ICASA, 2021

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. Code for people with disabilities regulations. Pretoria : ICASA, 2014.

Report on the National Summit for Persons with Disabilities, Boksburg, 15-16 March 2011. Pretoria : ICASA, 2011. (Broken link.)

 

Education

Employment

South Africa. Department of Employment and Labour. Persons with disabilities in the workplace. Pretoria: Department of Employment and Labour, 202-?

Buckup, Sebastian. The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work. Geneva: ILO, 2009. (Employment working paper ; no.43)

International Labour Office. Skills and Employability Department. South Africa country profile, June 2006: promoting the employability and employment of people with disabilities through effective legislation (Southern Africa). Geneva: International Labour Office, 2007. 

People with Disabilities: Pathways to Decent Work: report of Tripartite Workshop, Pretoria: South Africa, 19-21 September 2006. Organized by the ILO Skills and Employability Department. Funded by the Government of Flanders and the Government of Ireland.  

South African Human Rights Commission. Disability toolkit : a quick reference guide & monitoring framework for employers. Braamfontein : South African Human Rights Commission, [2016.]

South African Human Rights Commission. Promoting the right to work of persons with disabilities : monitoring framework. Braamfontein : South African Human Rights Commission, 2015.

South African Human Rights Commission. Promoting the right to work of persons with disabilities : toolkit for the private sector.  Braamfontein : South African Human Rights Commission, 2015.

South Africa. Department of Labour.    Technical assistance guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities.    Pretoria :   Department of Labour, Chief Director of Communication   2002. G 68 E.LABO.04.TECH

Department of Labour. Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998). Code of good practice on employment of persons with disabilities. Pretoria : Government Printing Works, November 2015. In: Government gazette no. 39383 (9 Nov. 2015), Govt. notice no. 1085.

Department of Labour. Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998). Code of good practice : key aspects on the employment of persons with disabilities. Pretoria : Department of Labour, 2002.

FASSET. Disability toolkit.

Deller, Karen, Elmarie Koekemoer, Barbara Jones. Final research report for MERSETA OEM chamber: Empowering people with disabilities project 

Skills

Thabo Mbeki Development Trust for Disabled People, Disabled People South Africa, and Human Sciences Research Council. Strategies for skills acquisition and work for people with disabilities: a report submitted to the International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva: International Labour Organization, December 2006. (Copy and paste URL.)
 

Other African countries

Malawi. Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Welfare. National disability mainstreaming strategy and implementation plan (NDMS&IP), 2018-2023. Lilongwe: Department of Disability and Elderly Affairs, July 2018.

Malawi. Ministry of Persons with Disability and the Elderly. National Policy on Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, June 2006.

South Sudan. Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare. National disability action plan, 2020.

South Sudan. Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare. National disability & inclusion policy (NDIP) 2015. Juba, South Sudan: Ministry of Gender, Child & Social Welfare, 2015. Shelf no. G 624 E.SOCI.15.NATI

Tanzania. Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports. National policy on disability, July 2004.

Children with disabilities

Youth

South Africa. National Youth Development Agency. National Youth Development Strategy on Youth with Disabilities. Woodmead:  National Youth Development Agency, [2022.]

COVID-19

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. COVID-19 and rights of persons with disabilities: the impact of COVID-19 on the rights of persons with disabilities in South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, 2021. 

Annual reports on White paper

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Sixth Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities April 2021 - March 2022. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, September 2024. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 51271 (20 September 2024), Govt. notice no. 5224.

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Fifth Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities April 2020 - March 2021. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, September 2023. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 49325 (22 September 2023), Govt. notice no. 3901.

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Annual Progress Report of the Implementation of the White paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2017-2020. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, November 2022. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 47526 (18 November 2022). Approved by Cabinet, May 2022.

South Africa. Department of Social Development. First Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, January-December 2016. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, 2017?

International

Disability Data Initiative (DDI). "DDI is the work of a team of researchers based in East Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. We have a steering committee with various stakeholders, including advocates, international organizations, policy makers and researchers." (Source) Partners: The World Bank, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, and Fordham University. Disability Data Report, 2023, 2022, 2021

Disability Data Initiative Sub-Saharan Africa (DDI-SSA). ""The Disability Data Initiative (DDI) was founded by Prof Sophie Mitra at Fordham University. In 2021, the Initiative partnered with nine regional hubs, including the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), which now supports the work in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)." 

Disability and the Millennium Development Goals :   a review of the MDG process and strategies for inclusion of disability issues in Millennium Development Goal efforts.    New York :   United Nations,   2011.  G 494 E.UNDE.11.DISA

United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

United Nations. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

United Nations. Department of Social and Economic Affairs. Disability 

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with persons with disabilities: UN flagship report on disability and development 2018.

United Nations.    From exclusion to equality :   realizing the rights of persons with disabilities : handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention of the Rights of persons with disabilities and its optional protocol.    New York :   United Nations ;   Geneva :   UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights :   Inter-Parliamentary Union,   2007. G 494 J.IPU H14/2007

World Health Organization. Disabilities (topic)

World Health Organization. Disabilities and rehabilitation (programme)

World Health Organization. MiNDbank. Disability strategies and plans (national)

World Health Organization. World report on disability (2011)

 

Law reform

South African Law Reform Commission. Domestication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Pretoria: South African Law Reform Commission, 1 October 2024. (Discussion paper 163) (Project 148)

South African Law Reform Commission. Domestication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Pretoria: South African Law Reform Commission, 9 December 2020. (Issue paper no. 39) (Project 148)

South Africa. Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Disabilities Rights Framework & Disability Bill: SALRC & Department briefing, 03 February 2021.

Search the Parliamentary Monitoring Group for "disability bill".

Legislative sector

Legislative Sector South Africa. A framework strategy and implementation plan for dealing with disability in the legislative sector: final report. Cape Town: Legislative sector South Africa, August 2007.

Public service

South Africa. Department of Public Service and Administration. Report on the provision of reasonable accomodation and assistive devices for employees with disabilities in the public service, 2019. Pretoria: Department of Public Service and Administration, [2019.]

Policy statement on the management of the employment, development and career progression of people with disabilities in the Provincial Government Western Cape (2004)

South Africa. Department of Public Service and Administration. Policy on reasonable accommodation and assistive devices for employees with disabilities in the public service. Pretoria : Department of Public Service and Administration, [2014.]

South Africa. Public Service Commission. Branch: Investigations and Human Resource Reviews.    Assessment on disability equity in the public service /    Pretoria :   Public Service Commission ,   2008. G 68 E.PUBL.08.ASSE

South Africa. Public Service Commission.    Report on disability equity in the South African public service /    [Pretoria?] :   Public Service Commission,   2002. G 68 E.PUBL.02.DISA

 

Reports

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Draft Status Report on Compliance with National and International Obligations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Reporting Period, April 2021-March 2022. [Pretoria: Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, 2022.]

South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Final research report: impact of COVID 19 on persons with disabilities: COVID-19 and rights of persons with disabilities: the impact of COVID-19 on the rights of persons with disabilities in South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, November 2022. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 47526 (18 November 2022), Govt. notice no. 2752. Approved by Cabinet, May 2022. 

Ian Neethling, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Jané Joubert, Debbie Bradshaw. SA NBD 2 and SA CRA 2: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS). Tygerberg, South African Medical Research Council, Burden of Disease Research Unit, May 2017.

South Africa. The Human Rights Council Resolution 26/20 on: “the rights of persons with disabilities to social protection” Special Rapporteur questionnaire to states parties : response from the Government of South Africa, May 2015.

South Africa. Department of Social Development. First periodic country report to the United Nations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa: draft released for public comment by Cabinet on February 2015. 

South Africa. Presidency. Twenty year review : South Africa, 1994-2014. Background paper : disability. Pretoria : The Presidency, 2014.

Gender, Disability, Children and Youth Programmes Unit of the Policy Coordination and Advisory Services in The Presidency. Background report on targeted sectors for the Fifteen year review (2008)

South Africa. Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities.    Draft first country report to the United Nations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities /    Pretoria :   Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities,   2012. G 68 E.WOME.12.DRAF

South Africa. National Office on the Status of Disabled Persons (OSDP). Disability inputs : ten-year research : impact of government policies towards people with disabilities : final report (2003)

South African Human Rights Commission. Report of the National Investigative Hearing into the Status of Mental Health Care in South Africa, 14th and 15th November 2017.

South African Human Rights Commission. Research brief on disability and equality in South Africa, 2013-2017. Pretoria:  South African Human Rights Commission, 2017?

South African Human Rights Commission.    South African Human Rights Commission equality report :   commentaries on equality : race, gender, disability and LGBTI issues.    Braamfontein :   South African Human Rights Commission,   2012. G 68 E.HUMA.12.SOUT

South African Human Rights Commission.    Towards a barrier-free society /    Houghton, Johannesburg :   South African Human Rights Commission,   2002. G 68 E.HUMA.02.TOWA

South African Local Government Association. Disability framework for local government & reasonable accomodation : workshop report, 4-5 September 2012.

United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 35 of the Convention Initial reports of State parties due in 2009 South Africa. 2014.

Papers

South Africa. National Planning Commission. Disability background paper: the status of disability in South Africa. Pretoria: National Planning Commission, August 2020.

Research

Standards

South Africa. Department of Social Development, issuing body.    Minimum standards on residential facilities for persons with disabilities /    Pretoria :   Department of Social Development,   2008. G 68 E.SOCI.08.MINI

SANS 10400 Building Regulations. Facilities for disabled persons.

SANS 10400-S:2011. The application of the National Building Regulations. Part S, Facilities for persons with disabilities.

Statistics

Statistics South Africa. Profiling the socio-economic status and living arrangements of persons with disabilities in South Africa 2011–2022. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2024. (Report No. 03-01-37)

Statistics South Africa. Marginalised groups indicator report, 2018 onwards. Pretoria : Statistics South Africa (Report no. 03-19-05) Shelf no. G 68 A.MARG s.2022/5 (2019 onwards)

Oranje, Mark., and Merrifield, Andrew. A Comparative Analysis of 1996 and 2001 Census Data on Vulnerable and Special Target Groups.  Pretoria: The Presidency, 2003. Shelf no. G 68 A.POPU.03.COMP

Statistics South Africa. Census 2011: profile of persons with disabilities in South Africa (Report No. 03-01-59)

Statistics South Africa. Community Survey 2016. Profiling socio economic status and living arrangement of persons with disabilities in South Africa. Pretoria : Statistics South Africa, © 2018. (Report No. 03-01-23)

Statistics South Africa. Prevalence of Disability in South Africa : Census 2001.  Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2005. Shelf no. G 68 A.POPU.2001.44

Statistics South Africa. General household surveys. Shelf no. G 68 A.HOUS.GENE

Studies

South Africa. Department of Social Development. Elements of the financial and economic costs of disability to households in South Africa : a pilot study. Pretoria : Department of Social Development, 2015.

Toolkits

FASSET. Disability toolkit : employer toolkit for employing people with disabilities.

South African Human Rights Commission. Promoting the right to work of persons with disabilities: toolkit for the private sector. Braamfontein: South African Human Rights Commission, circa 2014. 

Year of Disabled People 1986

South Africa. Department of National Health and Population Development. Co-ordinating Committee. Year of Disabled People 1986. Disability in the Republic of South Africa.

Volume 1, Main Report. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (1)

Volume 2, Prevention. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (2)

Volume 3, Treatment. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (3)

Volume 4, The Development of the Disabled Person in the Republic of South Africa. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (4)

Volume 5, The Care of the Disabled.  Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (5)

Volume 6, Definitions. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (6)

Volume 7, Genetic and Congenital Defects (Birth Defects) Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (7)

Volume 8, Hearing Impairment (the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (8)

Volume 9, Visual Impairment. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (9)

Volume 10, Speech Impairment. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (10)

Volume 11, Physical Disability. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (11)

Volume 12, Intellectual Handicap. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (12)

Volume 13, Mental Disability. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (13)

Volume 14, Cerebral Palsy. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (14)

Volume 15, Epilepsy. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (15)

Volume 16, Autism. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (16)

Volume 17, Chronic Illness and Terminal Care. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (17)

Volume 18, Care of the Aged and Disablement. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (18)

Volume 19, Military Health. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (19)

Volume 20, Occupation Health. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (20)

Volume 21, Trauma. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (21)

Volume 22, Ethics and Disability. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (22)

Volume 23, Married and Family Life. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (23)

Volume 24, Training and Employment. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (24)

Volume 25, Housing. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (25)

Volume 26, Transport. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (26)

Volume 27, Physical Planning (Accessibility) Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (27)

Volume 28, Physical and Social Accessibility. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (28)

Volume 29, Rural Involvement. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (29)

Volume 30, The Employer. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (30)

Volume 31, Education for Black Disabled. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (31)

Volume 32, National Symposium on Disablement. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (32)

Volume 33, Financing. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (33)

Volume 34, Data Bases and Computerisation. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (34)

Volume 35, Legislation. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (35)

Volume 36, Register of Services. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (36)

Volume 37, Register of Research Reports. Shelf no. G 68 E.HEAL.87.DISA (37)