Media Advisory: Limpopo School Pit Toilet Case Postponed
SECTION27’s court case to fight for the eradication of pit toilets in Limpopo schools, which was originally set down to be heard by the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo…
Sanitation structural order Komape Case returns to court
SECTION27 is returning to the Polokwane High Court to continue the fight for safe, dignified and sanitary school toilets in Limpopo.
Plan to eradicate Limpopo school pit toilets by 2030 unacceptable and unconstitutional
SECTION27 is returning to the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division) on 24 May 2021 to continue the fight for safe, dignified and sanitary school toilets in Limpopo. We…
Education departments slacking on court-ordered reporting on NSNP, while 1.5 million learners are still not receiving meals
Over 1.5 million learners are still not provided with National School Nutrition Programme meals, with some education departments failing to report on rollout.
BlindSA and SECTION27 take govt to court to #EndTheBookFamine for blind people.
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.
SECTION27 and the Centre for Child Law are concerned by the recurring disregard of children’s rights
On 21 March in South Africa, Human Rights Day, we remember the struggle and sacrifices made in the fight against the brutal and oppressive Apartheid regime, and we commemorate the…
Reporting Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment is illegal in South Africa since its ban in 1996. However, despite the unlawfulness and unconstitutionality of corporal punishment, incidents involving the physical abuse of learners by educators…
Do you have questions about access to education?
SECTION27 has worked with Lawyers for Human Rights and the Jesuit Refugee Service Southern Africa to develop this pamphlet to help parents and learners to find out more about their…
Three things the basic education sector needs to do differently – and get right – in 2021
Throughout 2020, owing to Covid-19, pupils’ right to basic education was undoubtedly compromised, particularly among the poor and working class. As school is set to resume on 15 February, there…
Basic Rights of blind and partially sighted people violated by Government – BlindSA Featured
Media Release: Basic Rights of blind and partially sighted people violated by Government Blind and partially sighted people’s basic human rights in accessing reading materials in accessible formats – braille,…
The Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles In February 2019, a group of 57 international education rights experts adopted the Abidjan Principles. The Principles provide an official reference text outlining the human rights obligations…
Thinking sustainably about school sanitation: we need more than quick-fixes and empty promises Featured
Close to a year ago, the family of Michael Komape - a five-year-old learner, who fell into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Limpopo and drowned - won…