PRESS STATEMENT | Civil society organisations welcome High Court ruling affirming the right to safe and unhindered access to healthcare

The Treatment Action Campaign, Doctors Without Borders and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia – represented by SECTION27, welcome the judgment handed down today by the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, which orders the state to take immediate and decisive action to end the obstruction of access to public healthcare facilities in Gauteng.

STORY | Forgotten in the Floods: Women of Thulandivile Rebuild from the Wreckage

On the night of 18 February 2022, while most of Queenstown slept, the community of Thulandivile woke to chaos. A nearby dam burst, unleashing torrents of water that tore through their small riverside town. Within minutes, homes filled with water, families were separated, and the community was thrust into extraordinary survival mode.

PUBLICATION | Basic Education rights handbook

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.

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) – represented by SECTION27, welcome…
Civil society organisations advocating for equitable access to healthcare in public facilities have launched an application at the South Gauteng…
SECTION27 notes the tabling of the 2025 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) at a time when the consequences of prolonged…

Publications

SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools

Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report

Annual Review 2024

Climate-proofing children‘s right to access Healthcare Services and their right to Basic Education

Opportunities and constraints in integrating Climate Justice in Health and Basic Education using an advocacy agenda

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PRESS STATEMENT | Civil society organisations welcome High Court ruling affirming the right to safe and unhindered access to healthcare

PUBLICATION | SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools

S27 STORIES | When Healthcare Treatment is Obstructed, Rights Must Speak

PUBLICATION | Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report

STORY | Forgotten in the Floods: Women of Thulandivile Rebuild from the Wreckage

PUBLICATION | Annual Review 2024

PUBLICATION | Someone Hurt Me

PUBLICATION | Basic Education rights handbook

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.

Latest News

Publications

SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools

Know Your Constitution Handbook

Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report

Annual Review 2024

Climate-proofing children‘s right to access Healthcare Services and their right to Basic Education

Opportunities and constraints in integrating Climate Justice in Health and Basic Education using an advocacy agenda

PRESS STATEMENT | Civil society organisations welcome High Court ruling affirming the right to safe and unhindered access to healthcare

PUBLICATION | SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools

S27 STORIES | When Healthcare Treatment is Obstructed, Rights Must Speak

PUBLICATION | Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report

STORY | Forgotten in the Floods: Women of Thulandivile Rebuild from the Wreckage

PUBLICATION | Annual Review 2024

PUBLICATION | Someone Hurt Me

PUBLICATION | Basic Education rights handbook

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.

Latest News

Publications

SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools

Know Your Constitution Handbook

Vaal Triangle Priority Area Health Impact Report

Annual Review 2024

Climate-proofing children‘s right to access Healthcare Services and their right to Basic Education

Opportunities and constraints in integrating Climate Justice in Health and Basic Education using an advocacy agenda

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