05/09/2025
🎉✊ We Did It! ✊🎉
Today marks a historic victory for disability rights in Cape Town! Following urgent legal action, the City has agreed to:
• Suspend its decision to cut Dial-a-Ride until 10 October.
• Reverse all reductions already made.
• Keep Dial-a-Ride running under the old terms while a review of the decision’s lawfulness takes place.
This is a huge moment of pride for our community, proof of what we can achieve when we stand together and say: enough is enough!
📄 Read our full press release here:
👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uP9fXJrPq-LuVgkQSuctG-6nP72n5hoD/view?usp=sharing
💙 Thank you to our allies: the People’s Legal Centre, attorney Andries Vermeulen, supportive City councillors, and every person who gave their time, networks, and expertise. This win belongs to all of us.
We have sent a clear message that disabled people will not be sidelined, and we hope this sets a precedent for the future. Disabled people across the country should also take heart! Together, we can make real change.
We’ve won the battle, but not yet the war. ⚖️ To keep the momentum going and to ensure Dial-a-Ride remains protected long term, please support our BackaBuddy campaign. We will not become complacent!
👉 https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/stop-the-dial-a-ride-cuts
Accessibility is not a privilege. It is a right. ✊
