By Staff writer
Kate Jagoe-Davies, who was a pioneer in fighting for the rights of disabled people in South Africa, died last week at her home at Pringle Bay.
Jagoe-Davies was confined to a wheelchair after she had broken her neck at the age of 15 in a diving accident in East London.
Her husband, Bryan Davies, a retired UCT zoologist, said on Sunday Kate had been diagnosed with terminal renal failure in 2003 and given three months to live.
"I was privileged to have her for another six years and she died in my arms on Wednesday morning," he said on Sunday.
Jagoe-Davies, who was born in Tzaneen, grew up in East London.
She studied fine art at Rhodes University, after having to battle with the university authorities to allow her to attend university in a wheelchair.
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