24 October 2023, Johannesburg – The Minister of Health, MEC and HoD for Gauteng Health and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital returned to Court on 23 October to report on compliance with the court order on free health care services for all pregnant and lactating women and young children. In Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. Guided by the principles and values in the Constitution, SECTION27 uses law in advocacy, legal literacy, research, community mobilisation and precedent-setting litigation to achieve access to healthcare Continue Reading
23 October 2023, Johannesburg – The Life Esidimeni Inquest will resume on 26 October 2023, at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria where SECTION27 will argue that the former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, the former Director of Mental Health Directorate, Dr Makgabo Manamela and the owner of Precious Angels 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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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
