COURT CASE TO #ENDTHEBOOKFAMINE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO BE HEARD 21 SEPTEMBER 2021 8 September 2021, Johannesburg – BlindSA, represented by SECTION27, is going to court to fight for the rights of people who are blind or visually impaired by asking the court to amend Continue Reading
Johannesburg: 2 September 2021 SECTION27 welcomes the news that the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Learner Transport Policy was approved by the KZN cabinet on 9 June 2021 and came into effect on 1 July 2021. The implementation of this policy comes in response to sustained advocacy and litigation as far back Continue Reading
Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13-2017]. 9 July 2021 – Executive Summary SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13- 2017] (‘CAB’). Our submission reinforces the importance of the CAB’s exceptions for educational purposes from the perspective Continue Reading
BlindSA and SECTION27 are taking govt to court to challenge apartheid copyright law and fight for the human rights of persons who are blind or visually impaired.
4 June 2020 While the recently published draft learner transport policy published by the KwaZulu Natal Department of Education now makes provisions for learners with disabilities, it leaves out the crucial aspects of universal design and fails to make provision for learners at mainstream schools. On 1 June 2020, SECTION27 Continue Reading
News reports that a twelve year old child who had been raped repeatedly over a period of time by “umalume” who drove her to school in Manzimtoti has given birth should shock the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Education into action. This has emerged more than two years after the department Continue Reading
Following six years of persistent and ongoing engagement between the Minister of Basic Education, SECTION27 and our clients; the South African National Council for the Blind, the National Braille Authority and School Governing Bodies of schools
Children with extremely severe intellectual disabilities must be properly accommodated in the education system, they cannot be disregarded as ineducable or too costly to educate. This is according to the South Africa’s Constitution and a 2011 judgment of the High Court and reiterated in a SECTION27 report” Too Many Left Continue Reading
SECTION27 legal researcher, Tim Fish Hodgson delivered at presentation at the Disability Conference hosted by the Legal Resource Centre in Kwa-Zulu Natal from 12 – 13 November. Tim outlined some of the work SECTION27 has done in the Umkhanyakude District in Northern KZN. He spoke about the deficiencies in the Continue Reading
LEFT IN THE DARK: Education system is NOT effective for visually impaired learners Blind and partially sighted learners are failed by the education system – not accessing the tools they need such as braille textbooks, trained teachers and many other unique, but critical support measures. The failure by government to Continue Reading
SECTION27 presentation at South African National Council for the Blind Biennial Conference (14-16 October 2015) Silomo Khumalo SLSJ Research Fellow, SECTION27 Introduction Greetings to all present at this prestigious and important South African National Council for the Blind Biennial Conference. Thank you for the opportunity to share with you some Continue Reading
The term of the Occupational Therapy Board of the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) that was considering an application for registration made by the Orientation and Mobility Association of South Africa (“OMASA”) has ended. It is not clear if a new board has been reconstituted or whether the Continue Reading