OP-ED | Honour the Women of 1956 by Funding Women’s Safety and Care
PUBLISHED BY: WRITTEN BY: Sowetan Matshidiso Lencoasa Seventy years after more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings for our freedom and dignity, we mark Women’s Month under the theme “Empowered Women, Empower the Nation”. This theme reflects a truth we see every day: when women are empowered, Continue Reading
RETRACTION: Statement on Future Nation Schools and Sifiso Learning Group
20 August 2026, Johannesburg – On 20 July 2026, we published a press statement regarding Sifiso Learning Group (Pty) Ltd, Future Nation Schools (Pty) Ltd, and its officers in relation to Case No. 2026-125651. The statement referred to contempt-of-court proceedings concerning the exclusion of matric learners due to outstanding fees. Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | Eastern Cape school funding cuts threaten learners’ right to basic education
SECTION27 will intervene as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case between Makhanda Circle of Unity and Others v Head of Department, Eastern Cape Department of Education and Others. The applicants, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, are challenging the Eastern Cape Department of Education’s (ECDoE) decision to cut funding at Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | Court judgment advances protection for children against predators
SECTION27 and the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF) welcome the judgment handed down by the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria, in the matter between the Teddy Bear Foundation and a range of government entities. The matter interrogated the state’s obligation under the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 to ensure the efficacy Continue Reading
Running Out of Time: A Mother’s Battle to Save Her and Her Child’s Life
By: Thembi Mahlathi and Hloni Manare Any person living with HIV understands the importance of daily medication. For Nyasha*, a 35-year-old woman from Zimbabwe and living in South Africa for over a decade, access to lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) medication was not just a matter of routine but also survival. Nyasha Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | New report finds critical health gap in 2026 Gender Budget Statement
SECTION27’s latest report, ‘A Civil Society Assessment of South Africa’s 2026 Gender Budget Statement in the Face of Climate Shocks’ builds on its recent analysis of the national health budget. The report examines whether South Africa’s latest 2026 Gender Budget Statement (GBS) closes the gap between gender equality commitments and budget decisions. It reveals that, Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | Departments’ failure to keep, maintain and implement the National Child Protection Register taken to Court
On Tuesday, 28 July, the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF), represented by SECTION27, appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge the efficacy of the National Child Protection Register (NCPR). The TBF approached the court to ensure that people found guilty of sexual misconduct, or otherwise found unsuitable to Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 takes departments to court to ensure the proper functioning and enforcement of the National Child Protection Register
SECTION27, representing the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF), will be in Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday, 27 July, to ensure that the National Child Protection Register (NCPR) is implemented and maintained effectively. SECTION27 approached the court to ensure that people found guilty of sexual misconduct, or otherwise found unsuitable Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | No more delays – Minister Tau publish the patent law reform bill now!
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign calls on the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (dtic) to urgently release the Patent Bill for public comment. Despite repeated promises the long-awaited Bill – that could pave the way for a new era in access to medicines in South Africa – remains unpublished. Continue Reading
SUBMISSIONS ON THE DRAFT OUTLINE OF THE GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
The Southern African Consortium for Climate Change and Health (“SACCCH”) welcomes the opportunity to make substantive input for developing the content of the draft outline of the General Comment on the right to a satisfactory, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (“Draft General Comment”) to the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT | New SECTION27 report finds health budget fails women and climate-vulnerable communities
South Africa’s health budget is failing to respond to the realities facing women, particularly those living in poor and rural communities. The public health system, which serves 84% of the population, operates within at least three overlapping pressures: high unemployment and poverty, persistent gender inequality, and the increasing impacts of Continue Reading