Today marks World Book and Copyright Day, established by UNESCO, a day that promotes reading, publishing and copyright awareness. SECTION27 and Blind SA highlight a painful and ongoing exclusion: for blind and visually impaired people in South Africa, that world remains firmly out of reach. To commemorate the day, the Continue Reading
The Talisman Foundation, a long-standing mental healthcare provider licensed for 200 mental health care users by the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), is facing imminent eviction from its premises in Johannesburg. Represented by SECTION27, the Talisman Foundation has occupied the property, owned by the Old Apostolic Church, for approximately 22 Continue Reading
SECTION27, together with the Life Esidimeni families, welcome the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to prosecute individuals implicated in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. This decision marks a significant step towards justice and accountability for 141 mental healthcare users who died between 2015 and 2016 following their unlawful transfer from mental health Continue Reading
As we close out Human Rights Month in South Africa, SECTION27 launches a new report highlighting a gap in the country’s education system: orientation and mobility training for learners who are blind and visually impaired. The Orientation + Mobility Report argues that without this support, thousands of learners are navigating both school Continue Reading
The Treatment Action Campaign, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa, and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia – represented by SECTION27, have reached a settlement with the Gauteng Department of Health and other respondents, following the contempt application heard on 16 and 17 March 2026. The settlement resolves proceedings by the applicants Continue Reading
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) – represented by SECTION27 – filed an urgent contempt application after state authorities failed to comply with a High Court order issued on 4 December 2025 to restore safe and unhindered access to the Yeoville Continue Reading
African universities and regional experts are working with Wellcome to establish new science and policy consortiums that will address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change – saving lives and livelihoods. Wellcome will provide an initial £40 million for two new consortiums in Southern and Western Africa with Continue Reading
True nation-building occurs when public money is used to improve the everyday conditions in which people live, learn, and receive care. After more than a decade in which fiscal consolidation, rising debt-service costs, and repeated bailouts diverted resources away from basic education and health, Budget 2026 reflects a welcome shift Continue Reading
On Thursday, 26 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will hear the matter of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality v Thubakgale and Others. The Municipality has approached the Court seeking to overturn a 2023 High Court order that held it in contempt for failing to provide the respondents with houses, and ordered a fine of R1 330 000 for the contempt. The residents applied for Continue Reading
Today, as South Africa commemorates the Constitution coming into effect, SECTION27 and WeThePeopleSA launch the Know Your Constitution Handbook to the South African Constitution. This constitutional literacy resource is part of a digital campaign celebrating the 30 years since the Constitution was adopted and signed in 1996, a milestone that Continue Reading
SECTION27 has launched a judicial review application in the Limpopo Division, Polokwane of the High Court on behalf of 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School, challenging decisions that found them guilty of “group copying” during their final 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. The decisions, taken by Continue Reading
The Cancer Alliance and SECTION27 note with disappointment the judgment delivered by the Johannesburg High Court today. The judgment concerns the section 18(4) appeal lodged by the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and the MEC for Health in Gauteng against the ruling of Judge Dippenaar delivered on 20 August 2025. Continue Reading
