- To
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Peace Mabe
- From
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Lucky
- Subject
- Person with disabilities
- Date
- Feb. 10, 2025, 4:06 p.m.
Good day Minister
Hope you well
I am reaching out to you Minister as disabled person with my heart full of pain,hurt and disappointment for the treatment i received at FNB Stadium on Saturday the 1st between keizer chiefs and Orlando Pirates game .
Firstly I bought a ticket and when I get to FNB Stadium Gate G opposite SAFA house which is the Disabled parking and there is a sign there,I was denied access to disabled parking simply because the security said i did not have a parking ticket .and when I bought the ticket i mentioned the fact that i am disabled,nobody told me about parking tickets ,
it really did not make any sense to me to buy a parking ticket for using a disabled parking while I'm disabled and I have my wheelchair and wheelchair sign in the car,What hurts the most was the fact that normal people who had parking tickets were allowed access and parked in a disable parking while security made me wait outside.
I eventually called the stadium management and they were able to let me in.
Secondly minister I managed to go through the stadium gates however i was taken from pillar to post again by the security because i could not reach the seat i was allocated to .
Ultimately I was in the stadium Level 2,it was ok as I arrived early in the stadium but problems started when a game is about to began when more supporters arriving rushing for a kickoff,
They would stand in front of me and gather around me,some lean against me and my wheelchair.it was not nice at all, it was chaotic.
Please Minister am asking for your intervention so that all the stadium we can enter for free and seat next to the field like ko wits and Dobsonvile stadium.or our tickets as disabled can be specific so that we can watch a game comfortably and without any harm .
Am attending sundowns and pirates game on Saturday ko loftus,am even scared because no one give respect to disabled people.I might experience the same pain I did at FNB Stadium.
Last thing minister please talk to our president so that he can recognise and acknowledge us as people living with with disability.it is really heartbreaking.we are suffering.
Your help would be much appreciated
Sorry for a long email,
Your sincerely
Lucky 0728841636
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