“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell Monday 25 November 2019 SECTION27 joins the world in commemorating #16DaysofActivism against Gender-Based Violence with a focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Follow @section27news on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about the campaign. Tuesday 26 November Continue Reading
“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.” – African Proverb Translation: Don’t leap into a situation without first thinking about the consequences. Monday 18 Legal Researcher, Tendai Mafuma will be attending a civil society consultation on how to protect against State-Owned Entities capture, State-Owned Entities Continue Reading
We are less when we don’t include everyone. -Stuart Milk, a global LGBT human rights activist and political speaker. Monday 11 – Tuesday 12 Head of Communications, Nontsikelelo Mpulo will be attending the 7th Annual Disability Rights Conference organised by the University of Pretoria. The theme for this year’s conference Continue Reading
“I have never seen South Africa like this. We were playing for the people back home. We can achieve anything if we work together as one.” – Siya Kolisi, Springbok rugby captain, Yokohama Japan, 2 November 2019 The Week Ahead Tuesday 5 –Wednesday 6 November Attorney Sheniece Linderbroom, Field Researcher Continue Reading
Week Ahead 28 October – 1 November 2019 “Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said.” Wangari Maathai, Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize. Continue Reading
“Accountability is a statement of personal promise, both to yourself and to the people around you, to deliver specific defined results.” – Brian Dive, international manager, consultant and author. Monday 21 October Field Researcher, Sifiso Nkala will attend the Men’s Parliament final plenary meeting in Gert Sibande ahead of Continue Reading
“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” – Winston Churchill Monday 14 – Friday 18 October Solanga Milambo, Annah Maluleke, Motheo Brodie, Thembi Mahlathi, Vuyisile Malinga and Boitumelo Masipa will be conducting workshops in eight schools in Limpopo. These workshops will cover sexual Continue Reading
“Real leaders are not blinded by the trappings of power but recognise their role as servant.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Monday 7 October – Tuesday 8 October Executive Director Umunyana Rugege and Elinor Kern will be attending the 2019 RAITH Annual National Partner Convening. This meeting of all of RAITH’s current Continue Reading
“Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.”- Yasser Arafat Monday 30 September 2019 Head of Health Sasha Stevenson will be participating in the University of Cape Town Continue Reading
“The revolution will be no re-run brothers. The revolution will be live.”- American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, Gil Scott Heron Monday 23 – Friday 27 September Every September, the Member States of the United Nations meet at the General Assembly in New York to discuss the Continue Reading
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Our Week Ahead 09 – 13 September 2019 Let’s work together. Let’s heal together. And if you all are ready to do that work along with me, I can only leave you with these two words, me too. Founder of the #MeToo Movement Tarana Burke Monday 9 September Members of Continue Reading