On 13 October 2021 BLIND SA filed an application in the Constitutional Court requesting the confirmation of a High Court order declaring the Copyright Act of 1978 unconstitutional for violating the rights of people who are blind or visually-impaired. The respondents in the case – the Minister of Trade, Industry Continue Reading
OPPORTUNITY AT SECTION27 Researcher SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively Continue Reading
Media Statement: Thousands are dying and suffering because they can’t access patented medicines. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now! 8 November 2021 — Activists from the Fix The Patent Laws Campaign will march to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) tomorrow 9 November 2021 Continue Reading
People in South Africa are needlessly suffering and dying because many patented medicines are unaffordable. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now! Activists from the Fix The Patent Laws Campaign will march to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) on 9 November 2021 to urge Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 SEEKING TO INTERVENE IN YET ANOTHER UNSAFE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE CASE TO CALL FOR BETTER SECURITY AT SCHOOLS TO PREVENT DANGEROUS INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS. Tuesday 19 October 2021 – SECTION27 is applying to be admitted as amicus curiae in a case about unsafe school infrastructure in Gauteng, concerning a tragic incident Continue Reading
SECTION27 represents the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, an organisation that responds to incidents of sexual abuse against children and the parents of two children, one of whom was allegedly raped in 2015 while the other was sexually assaulted in 2017 by a caretaker at a public primary school Continue Reading
4 October 2021 — The Life Esidimeni Inquest has once again been adjourned by Judge Mmonoa Teffo, this time until 15 November 2021, to address continued administrative concerns. Some potentially implicated people have still not been able to secure legal representation, or cross-examine other witnesses. This comes as the fifth Continue Reading
BLINDSA AND SECTION27 CELEBRATE COURT ORDER DECLARING COPYRIGHT ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND ADVANCE TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FOR CONFIRMATION 22 September 2021, Johannesburg – BlindSA and SECTION27 welcome an order of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng, Pretoria Division) declaring that the Copyright Act of 1978 is invalid for violating the Continue Reading
SECTION27 analysis of Komape Judgment SECTION27 will continue to monitor implementation of the court order in the Limpopo Sanitation case 20 September 2021 On 17 September 2021, the High Court (Limpopo Division) delivered judgment for the second time in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education in favour Continue Reading