Johannesburg 30 November 2020: Today, the HIV Policy Lab, a collaboration among academics, United Nations and civil society partners from around the world, publish the first ever Global HIV policy…
(Washington, DC) — Last week it was announced that a dramatic cut in U.S. funding to South Africa’s HIV response will likely be reversed, so long as quality of services for people living with…
With only a year until 2020 – and the deadline to reach the 90-90-90 targets – South Africa is dangerously off track. Currently 7.1 million people are living with HIV…
“Collectively we have failed to respond effectively to TB, because it mainly affects poor people including criminalised and marginalised communities such as people who use drugs, prisoners and their communities
JOHANNESBURG, 30th MARCH 2017 - HIV and tuberculosis (TB) remains at crisis levels in South Africa. Every year around 270 000 people are still newly infected with HIV. A recent Statistics South…
Over the last 30 years, many aspects of the HIV response have been ‘exceptional’. One of the most remarkable has been the extent to which in theory, policy and (to…
26 September 2014, Pretoria – Twenty years ago the then AIDS Law Project (ALP) wrote its first letter to the Minister of Defence and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
Sister Sue Roberts On Tuesday 1 July 2014 Sue Roberts retires. I have known Sue for nearly 20 years. It’s remarkable that a large part of her life as a…
12 June 2014, Civil Society expects Minister to vote Yes on memorandum to recognize Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB) as a Public Health Emergency at 4th SA TB Conference on 13…
12 JUNE 2014, We wish to clarify a statement published in the Times yesterday “TB is killing us”. SECTION27 is quoted as stating: "The government knows what to do to…
MEMORANDUM: A PRISON SENTENCE SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE: WE NEED A SERIOUS, URGENT, PUBLIC AND MONITORED PLAN TO STOP TB IN PRISONS To be delivered by the Treatment…
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and SECTION27 today launched the much anticipated tenth issue of the NSP Review. The NSP Review seeks to engage with South Africa's National Strategic Plan…
We will be publishing an updated version of the basic education handbook by the end of this year.
The Handbook is a legal literacy tool that serves to empower communities, school governing bodies, principals, teachers and learners to understand education law and policy, to know when learners’ rights have been violated and what steps are required to protect learners’ rights. It is a valuable resource in providing information on case developments and legal frameworks in key-areas of education law and policy.
We still have hard copies available of the current edition. Email EdManual@section27.org.za for your free copy. Pay only for postage and packaging.
In light of the announcement by President Ramaphosa on Sunday 15 March 2020 that Covid-19 has been declared a national disaster, we have decided to take the following measures to protect our staff and limit the spread of the CoVid-19 virus.
Our offices will be closed and our staff will work remotely until 31 March 2020.
Meetings will be conducted via electronic means.
Our advice desk will only conduct telephonic consultations.
The number to call or Whatsapp is 060 754 0751.
In light of the announcement by President Ramaphosa on Sunday 15 March 2020 that Covid-19 has been declared a national disaster, we have decided to take the following measures to protect our staff and limit the spread of the CoVid-19 virus.
Our offices will be closed and our staff will work remotely until 31 March 2020.
Meetings will be conducted via electronic means.
Our advice desk will only conduct telephonic consultations.
The number to call or Whatsapp is 060 754 0751.