Home affairs lashed for banning blind woman’s dog

02 April 2019 - 08:00
By BELINDA PHETO
Advocate Andrew Snider, Gail Glover from the Guide Dog Association, Amanda Bester with Reo, and lawyer Deirdre Venter outside the Cape Town High Court.
Image: Supplied Advocate Andrew Snider, Gail Glover from the Guide Dog Association, Amanda Bester with Reo, and lawyer Deirdre Venter outside the Cape Town High Court.

The Equality Court has ordered the department of home affairs to apologise to a blind woman for refusing to allow her access with her guide dog, Reo, at their Mossel Bay branch.

The department had argued that many people were still afraid of dogs due to their use by apartheid police, and that someone had screamed after seeing the animal.