PUBLICATION | Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report
In August 2025, SECTION27 and the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance conducted research on the health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power stations in the Vaal.
SUBMISSIONS | Regulations on minimum uniform norms and standards for capacity of ordinary public schools
SECTION27 has made a submission welcoming the intention of the regulations to tackle overcrowding in schools and appreciates their focus on learner-to-classroom ratios and the efficient use of available space.
PRESS STATEMENT | Predators in Our Schools: Teddy Bear Foundation takes DBE & others to Court for Ignoring the National Child Protection Register
SECTION27, representing the Teddy Bear Foundation, has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria seeking an order against the Departments of Social Development, Justice and Constitutional Development, Basic Education, provincial education departments and others.
JOINT STATEMENT | TAC and SECTION27 call on the UN Secretary General to save UNAIDS
The Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 strongly oppose imminent plans to shut down UNAIDS as announced by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
Over the course of a 16-month advocacy campaign, we conducted research, convened partners, carried out media advocacy, participated in policy processes and engaged with policymakers and influencers.
This toolkit is designed to equip civil society organisations with a plan to address the advocacy and campaigning needs in the sector, in a joint effort to hold state actors responsible for child-facing basic education and health services in South Africa accountable.
Among other matters, 2024 saw SECTION27 achieving no less than five significant court victories in cases in access to healthcare and education, as well as climate justice.
Acts of sexual violence continue to threaten the rights of many children across the country, infringing on their constitutionally protected rights to equality, privacy, dignity, safety and health.
The Basic Education Rights Handbook is a legal literacy tool that serves to empower communities, school governing bodies, principals, teachers and learners to understand education law and policy, to know when learners’ rights have been violated and what steps are required to protect learners’ rights.
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.
On the night of 18 February 2022, while most of Queenstown slept, the community of Thulandivile woke to chaos. A…
SECTION27, representing the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF), has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria seeking an order against the Departments…
Ibis Reproductive Health, in partnership with SECTION27, Soul City Institute, MB Teen Lifestyle, Accountability International, Ipas Africa Southern Region and…
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