Contents
- Overview
- Resources
- In the Media
- Opinion Pieces
Overview
SECTION27 is a founding member of the Budget Justice Coalition (BJC), a coalition of civil society organisations and that aims to build people’s participation in and understanding of South Africa’s budget and planning purposes.
The purpose of the BJC is to collaboratively build people’s understanding of and participation in South Africa’s planning and budgeting processes – placing power in the hands of the people to ensure that the state advances social, economic and environmental justice, to meet people’s needs and wellbeing in accordance with the Constitution.
The organisations who make up the BJC are: Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), the Children’s Institute at UCT (CI), Corruption Watch (CW), Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), HEALA, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Oxfam SA, Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD), the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM), the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), SECTION27, Ilifa Labantwana, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Centre for Child Law (CCL), Youth Capital, 350.org, Open Secrets, Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), Amandla.mobi, Black Sash, My Vote Counts as well as friends of the coalition.
SECTION27 currently holds the chairperson position, represented by our Budget Analyst, Matshidiso Lencoasa.
Resources
Gender Justice in every Rand: A Manifesto for Justice (2025)
In 2025, the Feminist Economics Working Group launched their very own public education resource, the Gender Responsive Budget (GRB) Manifesto – a tool that explains why GRB matters and the Budget Justice Coalition Demands.
Budget Analysis 2025
2025 was a critical year for budget advocacy. In this fact sheet, the Budget Justice Coalition has analysed what was in the “budget that never was”, the ‘and its potential impacts on human rights and social justice. Use this fact sheet as a baseline for comparing the revised budget when it is tabled in Parliament.
In the Media
Opinion Pieces
How gender-responsive budgeting in South Africa can combat entrenched inequality – By Juhi Kasan, Kirsten Pearson, Lisa Higginson, Thokozile Madonko, Aliya Chikte and Matshidiso Lencoasa
Quiet economic growth for whom? – By Matshidiso Lencoasa and Clotilde Angelucci
Women still carry heaviest burden of underfunded education system – By Matshidiso Lencoasa and Gauta Mashego
Reversing austerity: How Budget 3.0 can restore educational integrity and infrastructure in South Africa – By Mahfouz Raffee and Matshidiso Lencoasa
How much of a say do South Africans have in the budget? – By Matshidiso Lencoasa and BJC’s Bongani Xezwi
Postponed budget offers opportunity for rights-based fiscal reform – By Mduduzi Nkosi and Matshidiso Lencoasa
Budget 2025: The true state of the nation – By Matshidiso Lencoasa and Gauta Mashego
We are short-changing women with budget cuts, corruption and underspending in health – By Matshidiso Lencoasa
There are many avenues to address gender inequality – the budget is one – By Matshidiso Lencoasa