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At the end of October 2013, during members' statements in the National Assembly, the IFP raised the matter of three students who had been denied entry to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) because they are blind. The long-held dreams of Avukile Jeke (21), Lubabalo Sapepa (21) and Yanelisa Ginida (19) were shattered. At the time, I took up their plight in Parliament and called on the SA Human Rights Commission to investigate and for the Minister of Women, Children and People … [Read more...] about University access for three blind students