PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO CARRY OUT A BASELINE STUDY – REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AIM OF CONSULTANCY SECTION27 seeks a qualified consultant with extensive experience in developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and conducting baseline assessments within the non-profit sector in South Africa. Requirements are outlined in more detail below. Continue Reading
SECTION27’s Year in Review: 2021 Edition Learn more about SECTION27’s cases, campaigns and activities in the pursuit of social justice over 2021 2021 has been a jam-packed year for SECTION27. This review highlights the work of our education and health rights programmes in furthering human rights and working towards achieving social Continue Reading
Johannesburg, 8 December 2021 –The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and SECTION27 welcome the news that Brian Hlongwa may finally be brought to justice after he and six other co-accused appeared in court yesterday on schedule 5 charges. According to a report from the Special Investigation Unit to the President of Continue Reading
1-year contract Start date: 03 January The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) is a coalition of twenty civil society organisations and social movements that seek to hold government accountable for the full and equal enjoyment of socio-economic rights in South Africa. BJC activities include enhancing public knowledge and participation in South Continue Reading
BLIND SA and SECTION27 call on Minister Patel to urgently publish regulations to improve access to accessibly formatted books for persons who are blind and visually impaired 3 December 2021, Johannesburg — Today, 3 December, we celebrate International Day for Persons with Disabilities, a day dedicated to raising public awareness Continue Reading
Health Reform – Perspectives and Proposals Executive Summary of the report: Health system reform efforts in South Africa appear to have stagnated. Following over a decade of discussion and debate, stakeholders are weary and do not trust each other’s motives and opinions. This stagnation is fatal. South Africa’s health system Continue Reading
ON WORLD AIDS DAY, SECTION27 AND THE TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN TO PRESENT ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 30 November 2021, Johannesburg — SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will present our concerns with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Health in Parliament Continue Reading
SECTION27 applying to intervene in the ACDP case – vaccinations for adolescents must continue so schools can reopen fully and safely! 30 November 2021 — SECTION27 is intervening as amicus curiae (a friend of the court) in the case of African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) v Minister of the National Continue Reading
MEDIA STATEMENT: CALL IT WHAT IT IS, GAUTENG GOVERNMENT: THERE IS A CANCER CRISIS IN GAUTENG! Health activists to march to Gauteng Premier’s office on 23 November 2021 to demand better access to cancer treatment 17 November 2021, Johannesburg — Health activists from Cancer Alliance, the Treatment Action Campaign and Continue Reading
SECTION27 receives Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant SECTION27 is proud to announce its receipt of a Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant to the value of $5 000, which was awarded to Dr Demichelle Petherbridge, an attorney at SECTION27 working in the Education Rights Programme. This grant will allow SECTION27 to continue its Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) recently published a research paper on South Africa’s basic education budget. The position paper was written by BJC members, Equal Education (EE) and the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) focusing on budgetary challenges affecting the education sector that need to be addressed in the Medium Term Budget Continue Reading