16 July 2024, Johannesburg – Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has filed an application against the MEC for Health in Gauteng, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and nine others. The application is in response to the GDoH’s failure to utilise the allocated R784 million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury Continue Reading
A patient-centred health system will remain an illusion under the NHI unless the public health system is ramped up to better serve users and a clear path is outlined for public-private partnerships, argue Bernard Mutsago and Haseena Majid.
On 9 March 2023, Gauteng Treasury ringfenced R784 million for the outsourcing of radiation oncology services – yet a full year later and no service provider has been appointed while over 3 000 cancer patients wait for treatment. The Gauteng Department of Health has failed in fulfilling its obligations to these patients and urgent action is needed, argue SECTION27, Cancer Alliance and TAC activists.
23 April 2024: World Book & Copyright Day celebrates literacy and copyright, but in South Africa, blind and visually impaired individuals await crucial copyright law reforms.
What better way to celebrate World Book & Copyright Day on April 23 than to sign bill that opens access to more books for visually impaired?
This article was first published by Spotlight NSP. Read the original piece on their website. By Elri Voigt One of the most notable shifts in HIV treatment over the past two decades is that the antiretrovirals used today have much fewer side effects than the older ones and do a better job at Continue Reading
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : Daily MaverickDemichelle Petherbridge For years it has been almost impossible for civil society to know whether the removal of pit toilets and other inadequate sanitation would ever be prioritised by the Limpopo education department – while pupils faced the daily risk of injury and Continue Reading
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24 | City PressMatshidiso Lencoasa READ ARTICLE HERE
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24Umunyana Rugege and Baone Twala Currently, South Africa’s compulsory licensing laws are so stringent that they make it very difficult to use compulsory licensing and require law reform to make them useful and accessible, writes Baone Twala and Umunyana Rugege. During his Budget Vote speech Continue Reading
FIRST PUBLISHED ON : WRITTEN BY : News24Blind SA and SECTION27 SECTION27, Blind SA together with thirteen other endorsing organisations have written an open letter to the President and four ministries asking that the Marrakesh Treaty, which facilitates access to published works for those who are blind or visually impaired, Continue Reading
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightKhanyisa Mapipa It is almost three months since – partly through the efforts of SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance – money was made available to the Gauteng Health Department to outsource radiation oncology services and address surgical backlogs in the province. In our article dated Continue Reading
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightKholofelo Mphahlele South Africa is observing Child Protection Week from 29 May to 5 June to shine a spotlight on the rights of children as enshrined in the Constitution and the Children’s Act. The campaign aims to ensure the rights, safety, and well-being of Continue Reading
