Pledge Your Birthday
If you are reading this post, it can only be true that by now, you have celebrated several birthdays. Be it with friends or family, a small or large occasion,…
Reporting Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment is illegal in South Africa since its ban in 1996. However, despite the unlawfulness and unconstitutionality of corporal punishment, incidents involving the physical abuse of learners by educators…
Someone hurt me, what should I do?
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. When a…
The Special Investigating Unit findings of investigations into personal protective equipment tender fraud
The Special Investigating Unit has released a report of its investigations and outcomes into allegations on the covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement by state institutions. The report points to…
The Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles In February 2019, a group of 57 international education rights experts adopted the Abidjan Principles. The Principles provide an official reference text outlining the human rights obligations…
MEDIA STATEMENT: SECTION27 TAKES SACE SANCTIONS ON CASES OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON REVIEW
MEDIA STATEMENT: SECTION27 TAKES SACE SANCTIONS ON CASES OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON REVIEW In 2019, SECTION27 received two complaints of corporal punishment. In the first instance, a learner attending grade…
The week ahead: 21-25 September 2020
"This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. It's a decision that she must make for herself. And when government controls that decision for her, she's being…
Week Ahead 14 – 18 September 2020
“When he appeared for us, he did not do so as a man who is appearing for strangers, he did so as his contribution to a great cause to which…