First published in the Business Day online Amidst the political upheaval to which we have become accustomed Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his 2017 budget speech. There will be plenty of debate around it, as there should be. But that is not where public scrutiny should stop: Provinces have been allocated Continue Reading
A special investigation into aeromedical services in South Africa. By Marcus Low and Ntsiki Mpulo for SPOTLIGHT. Aircraft have been used effectively to provide emergency medical services and to transport medical specialists and other supports services to deep rural and under-served areas in South Africa since 1960. However, an investigation Continue Reading
Raise High the Roof Beams, Cadres MARK HEYWOOD 28 NOV 2016 08:39 (SOUTH AFRICA) First published in the Daily Maverick In a speech to one of the ANC’s hastily convened cadre schools President Jacob Zuma recently asked ‘what it is that South Africa needs saving from?’ This was presumably in Continue Reading
SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign join Health Gap and other civil society groups in condemning the Ugandan police attack on a lawful LGBTI celebration in Kampala. On August 4, on the third night of a week of Ugandan LGBTI Pride celebrations, a vibrant and festive pageant underway at Kampala’s Continue Reading
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The judgment in six applications for leave to appeal was handed down on 24 June 2016 The Deputy Judge President handed down the court’s judgment. He first disposed of a technical matter that involved the exclusion of DRD Gold in respect of TB claimants. The court dealt with two Continue Reading
The Vuwani area resembles a ghost town, filled with scenes of textbook graveyards, charred walls and the remaining skeletons of furniture that once was. Basic Education for All (BEFA) and Section27 visited 22 out of 24 schools damaged or destroyed by fire in Vuwani, Limpopo at the beginning of May Continue Reading
This article first appeared on The Daily Maverick All photos by SECTION27. If you had asked most South Africans a fortnight ago where Vuwani was, smart money would be on very few knowing. It is a testament to the heartbreaking chaos and destruction that has taken place there this month that Continue Reading
This article was first published on the Daily Maverick Op-Ed: A 5-point plan to fix the basic education crisis At the beginning of this year Section27 welcomed the characterisation of the system of basic education by the Minister of Basic Education as being in a state of crisis and of Continue Reading
The policy has been approved and is to be published in September 2015, with guidelines in December 2015. The Department will make funding available to schools from 2017. There are some concerns and issues that are unclear: It might not accommodate all learners who need transport It refers to “needy learners” Continue Reading
First appeared on BD live by Tamar Kahn Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has moved to end a long-running industry row over the extent to which medical schemes are liable for their members’ bills, flighting a set of proposals that appears to appease funders at the expense of patients. Critics say the Continue Reading
The Competition Commission’s Market Inquiry into South Africa’s Private Health Care Sector offers an opportunity for us to voice our concerns and experiences of how the system has failed us. Where are the voices of the patients at the Competition Commission’s Market Inquiry into the Private Health Care Sector asked Continue Reading
SECTION27 and Basic Education For All (BEFA) commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Michael Komape on Tuesday 20 January 2015. Michael, a Grade R pupil, drowned in a pit toilet at his school in Chebeng village, Limpopo in 2014. This unnecessary tragedy highlighted the need to improve school sanitation Continue Reading