UPDATE: 26 June 2024, Johannesburg – The judgment in the Life Esidimeni inquest is set be delivered on Wednesday, 10 July 2024 by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. The Life Esidimeni Inquest resumed on 26 October 2023, at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria where SECTION27 argued Continue Reading
Spotlight is a South African public health publication that aims to produce compelling, in-depth, public interest health journalism (see online at www.SpotlightNSP.co.za). Spotlight is published by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign, but is editorially independent and a member of the South African Press Council. Spotlight’s staff are employees of Continue Reading
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This is a joint submission by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign in accordance with the Select Committee on Health and Social Services’ call for written submissions on the National Health Insurance B11B-2019 (“the Current Bill”). This submission is endorsed by the Cancer Alliance, the South African Depression and Anxiety Continue Reading
12 September 2023 – SECTION27 and Blind SA will make oral submissions before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) during its 18th Pre-Sessional Working Group on 12 September 2023. The oral submissions are based on SECTION27 and Blind SA’s joint, written submissionsdelivered to Continue Reading
12 September 2023 – SECTION27 and Blind SA will make oral submissions before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) during its 18th Pre-Sessional Working Group on 12 September 2023. The oral submissions are based on SECTION27 and Blind SA’s joint, written submissionsdelivered to 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
6 September 2023, Johannesburg – The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) and SECTION27 welcome the judgment handed down by the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division, Pretoria) in the matter of Thubakgale and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others on 29 August 2023. The Court held that the Ekurhuleni Continue Reading
Over the past 4 years, SECTION27 and TAC have diligently monitored abortion service access in the Eastern Cape. Through interviews, facility visits, and interactions with the Eastern Cape Department of Health, we’ve identified numerous barriers: limited second-trimester abortion facilities, a shortage of trained providers and equipment, and high demand. This Continue Reading
30 August 2023, Johannesburg – Today marks the launch of the Right to Read Campaign (R2R) at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg in response to the shocking early-grade literacy rates in South Africa. In May, the results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) revealed that 81% of Grade Continue Reading
24 August 2023, Johannesburg – The Right to Read Campaign, made up of organisations that include the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Equal Education (EE), and SECTION27, invite you to their launch, on Wednesday, 30 August 2023. The 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Continue Reading
SECTION27 (Incorporating the Aids Law Project) and the Teddy Bear Foundation welcome the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Social Development’s Draft Amendment Regulations Regarding Children, No. 3608, dated 27 June 2023 (“Draft Amendment”).
