The road to justice in the case of Michael Komape
MK-timeline2019 The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019.…
Komape SCA Heads of Argument
Komape SCA Heads of Argument SKM_554e19013013340
Limpopo MEC Ishmael Kgetjepe must account for million rand bribe
Johannesburg 6 March, 2019 - SECTION27 is disturbed by the allegations of corruption perpetrated by the Limpopo Education MEC Ishmael Kgetjepe and condemns such corruption in the strongest terms possible because…
Court vindicates the rights of learners to safe and decent school infrastructure #EndTreeSchools
Johannebsurg – 4 February 2019. The School Governing Body of Makangwane Secondary School has been vindicated in the judgment delivered by Judge Semenya of the Limpopo High Court on 1…
How many children must die before Government acts?
A statement from Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) We are horrified and angry at media and Department of Basic Education reports that five…
Letter on the DA’s use of Michael Komape’s name
Mr M Maimane Federal leader: Democratic Alliance Parliament Plein Street Cape Town By email: leader@da.org.za Ms L Watson 79 Hans van Rensburg Polokwane By email: plo@dalimpopo.co.za/ leannewatson@vodamail.co.za 17…
Limpopo Sanitation Report
TOWARDS SAFE AND DECENT SCHOOL SANITATION IN LIMPOPO
Komape Structural Order – Report
Komape Structural Interdict Report 1 Komape Structural Interdict Report 2
It’s time to make safe school sanitation a national priority
President Ramaphosa, we require a more precise definition of what “not fit for purpose” means. Do schools with collapsing brick and mortar cubicles qualify within this category?
Blind and partially sighted children across South Africa finally have a chance at accessing braille textbooks.
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
#Justice4Michael Cape Town Exhibition
The #Justice4Michael Komape Exhibition will now be opening in Cape Town at the Castle of Good Hope. Come have a look and see the family’s extraordinary journey from 2014 to 2018. Opening night is Thursday 13 September
Launch of the SAFE initiative: Proof will be in the pudding
The DBE’s approach to issues of school sanitation and infrastructure more broadly have been far more obstructive than the SAFE Initiative might suggest. The difficulties of unsafe school sanitation are not new. Together with community-based organisation Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 has consistently raised the challenges with the DBE as far back as 2012. In this time we have seen no real urgency or political will to mitigate this emergency. And we have seen the urgency of the situation intensify.