SECTION27, representing a parent of three learners, has approached the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg, for the re-enrollment of the learners, who have been excluded from a private school because of outstanding school fees. The hearing will be held at 10h00 on 9 June 2026. Two of the Continue Reading
As Child Protection Week draws to a close, SECTION27 has launched a new report, Protecting the Future Today: The Need for an Efficient National Child Protection Register to Curb Violence Against Children. The report reveals serious shortcomings in the implementation of the National Child Protection Register (NCPR), undermining its ability Continue Reading
Today, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) launch a new report exposing widespread failures in access to abortion services in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo. The report, Barriers to Abortion Services in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo: 2026, documents how systemic failures in the public healthcare system are denying women and girls access to Continue Reading
The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), Equal Education (EE), Children’s Institute (CI), SECTION27, KOPANANG AFRICA AGAINST XENOPHOBIA (KAAX), and Lawyers for Human Rights unequivocally condemn the recent wave of intimidation and violence targeting migrant persons, including children, in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Over the past several months, March and Continue Reading
The Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) releases a new report titled: Impact, Adaptation and Opportunity – South Africa’s Health System Post-PEPFAR. For over two decades, the United States used PEPFAR to support South Africa’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This support was abruptly withdrawn in January 2025. This report assesses the Continue Reading
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
