PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 represents 50 former matric learners wrongfully accused of “group copying” at Limpopo School
SECTION27 has launched a judicial review application in the Limpopo Division, Polokwane of the High Court on behalf of 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School, challenging decisions that found them guilty of “group copying” during their final 2024 National Senior Certificate examinations.
In 2025, SECTION27 continued its efforts to promote access to healthcare and basic education, while tackling the barriers that threatened the realisation of these rights.
The Know Your Constitution handbook sheds light on what the Constitution says, how its different parts work, and demonstrate the power it makes available to the people of South Africa. We aim to bring the Constitution to life through people’s stories and experiences.
RESOURCE | Your Right to Healthcare in South Africa
This guide explains what the South African Constitution guarantees and what health services you are entitled to. It is for everyone living in South Africa.
PRESS STATEMENT | A longer wait for cancer patients: Cancer Alliance and SECTION27 disappointed at High Court ruling
The Cancer Alliance and SECTION27 note with disappointment the judgment delivered by the Johannesburg High Court today. The judgment concerns the section 18(4) appeal lodged by the Gauteng Department of Health and the MEC for Health in Gauteng against the ruling of Judge Dippenaar delivered on 20 August 2025.
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.
PUBLICATION | SECTION27’s Contribution in Eradicating Pit Toilets in Limpopo Schools
In 2024, SECTION27 commissioned an evaluation to assess its contribution to the eradication of pit toilets and the improvement of school sanitation infrastructure in Limpopo public schools.
S27 STORIES | When Healthcare Treatment is Obstructed, Rights Must Speak
A routine minibus taxi ride from Hillbrow to Orange Grove, north of Johannesburg, quickly turned into a nightmare for Flora*, a documented migrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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.
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.
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.
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