Get the Copyright Amendment Bill into law

President Cyril Ramaphosa has until 21 September to sign the new Copyright Amendment Bill into law. By signing the Bill, South Africa can join the Marrakesh Treaty, which will allow persons who are blind and visually impaired to access hundreds of thousands of reading materials. Send a tweet urging the President to sign the Bill.

Tweet @CyrilRamaphosa

Joint statement: Civil society calls on new Minister of Basic Education to fix the School Infrastructure Regulations to ensure children’s safety in public schools

Civil society organisations SECTION27, the Equal Education Law Centre (“EELC”), the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”) and Equal Education (“EE”) are extremely concerned about the Department of Basic Education’s (“DBE”) amended Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure (“School Infrastructure Regulations”).

SECTION27 report shows how climate change affects children’s access to healthcare and basic education

SECTION27 released a new report titled, “Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.” The report focuses on the impact of climate change on children’s access to healthcare and basic education.

National Health Insurance

Since 2011, SECTION27 has been actively involved in the National Health Insurance programme, which is a vital part of health reform. In 2019 there were noteworthy advancements in this field, as the National Health Insurance Bill was officially released for public feedback on 29 July 2019. President Cyril Ramaphosa will sign it into law today.

SECTION27 and Blind SA welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill

SECTION27 and Blind SA welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) on 29 February 2024. The CAB will now be sent to the President for assent, bringing South Africa’s copyright law one step closer to realising the rights of persons who are blind or visually impaired.

Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women.

In April 2023, the Gauteng High Court upheld the right of all pregnant and lactating women, and children under 6, irrespective of nationality and documentation status, to access free health services at all public health establishments, including hospitals.

SECTION27 uses the law through litigation, advocacy, legal literacy, research and community mobilisation to advance socio-economic rights, in particular the right to access health care services and the right to basic education.

September 6, 2024

6 August 2024, Johannesburg – Blind SA, represented by SECTION27, is taking the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), on an…
August 29, 2024

29 August 2024, Johannesburg – As Women’s Month 2024 draws to a close, the Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) in partnership…
July 22, 2024

22 July 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 will approach the high court tomorrow to request a postponement of the case brought by Cancer Alliance,…

Publications

Contraceptive Supply Chain: Stockouts and their Causes

Climate Change As a Human Rights Risk

2023 Year in Review

Legal Mobilisation For Rights : Annual Review 2022

The state of abortion services in the Eastern Cape

Crossing the Road Storybook

WDA

Get the Copyright Amendment Bill into law

New report sheds light on the causes of contraceptive shortages

Ms Mahlangu and Dr Manamela “both created the circumstances in which the deaths were inevitable”

Joint statement: Civil society calls on new Minister of Basic Education to fix the School Infrastructure Regulations to ensure children’s safety in public schools

SECTION27 report shows how climate change affects children’s access to healthcare and basic education

National Health Insurance

Cancer patients, activists, take to the streets demanding that Gauteng Health use the R 784 million allocated for cancer treatment

SECTION27 and Blind SA welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill

Basic Education Rights Handbook

Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women.

Focus Areas

SECTION27 uses the law through litigation, advocacy, legal literacy, research and community mobilisation to advance socio-economic rights, in particular the right to access health care services and the right to basic education.

Press Room

Publications

Contraceptive Supply Chain: Stockouts and their Causes

Climate Change As a Human Rights Risk

2023 Year in Review

Legal Mobilisation For Rights : Annual Review 2022

The state of abortion services in the Eastern Cape

Crossing the Road Storybook

Sign the Copyright Amendment Bill, Mr President! #EndtheBookFamine

President Cyril Ramaphosa has until 21 September to sign the new Copyright Amendment Bill into law.

Ask the President to sign the Bill

Get the Copyright Amendment Bill into law

New report sheds light on the causes of contraceptive shortages

Ms Mahlangu and Dr Manamela “both created the circumstances in which the deaths were inevitable”

Joint statement: Civil society calls on new Minister of Basic Education to fix the School Infrastructure Regulations to ensure children’s safety in public schools

SECTION27 report shows how climate change affects children’s access to healthcare and basic education

National Health Insurance

Cancer patients, activists, take to the streets demanding that Gauteng Health use the R 784 million allocated for cancer treatment

SECTION27 and Blind SA welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill

Basic Education Rights Handbook

Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women.

Focus Areas

SECTION27 uses the law through litigation, advocacy, legal literacy, research and community mobilisation to advance socio-economic rights, in particular the right to access health care services and the right to basic education.

Press Room

Publications

Contraceptive Supply Chain: Stockouts and their Causes

Climate Change As a Human Rights Risk

2023 Year in Review

Legal Mobilisation For Rights : Annual Review 2022

The state of abortion services in the Eastern Cape

Crossing the Road Storybook

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