To read SECTION27’s submission to the National Council of Provinces surrounding the proposed merger of the School Infrastructure Backlog Grant with the Education Infrastructure Grant, download the following document:
9 March 2023, Johannesburg - SECTION27 welcomes Gauteng Treasury’s decision to set aside R784 million to finance radiation oncology and surgery backlogs in Gauteng. As a result of tireless interventions by civil society organisations, Cancer Alliance, SECTION27, and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), in partnership with the Gauteng Treasury, the…
MEDIA RELEASE: SECTION27 IS DISAPPOINTED BY YET ANOTHER MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT THAT FAILS TO CONSIDER THE HUMAN COSTS OF AUSTERITY The 2021 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) presented by new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to Parliament on 11 November has once again affirmed government’s commitment to austerity budgeting. The deep…
05 May 2020 Government’s COVID-19 economic response inadequate and punitive, says BJC Access to sufficient food and relief from economic hardship are fundamental rights entrenched in the South African Constitution alongside the right to access healthcare services. And yet, notes the Budget Justice Coalition (BJC), the economic measures put in place…
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