The week ahead 27 -31 July 2020
"If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it." - John Robert Lewis John Robert Lewis was…
Joint media statement: Education rights organisations and school communities to now monitor government’s compliance with the school meals court judgment
20 July 2020 Joint media statement: Education rights organisations and school communities to now monitor government’s compliance with the school meals court judgment “I am excited by this judgment but…
School feeding victory and more, in SECTION27’s week ahead (20 – 24 July 2020)
The week ahead: 20 – 24 July 2020 “The essence of this matter aptly can be captured as: “For now I ask no more than the justice of eating.” Judge…
17 July 2020 Joint media advisory: Victory for Equal Education, Limpopo school governing bodies and over nine million learners as court rules that government’s National School Nutrition Programme must immediately resume for all learners!
17 July 2020 Joint media advisory: Victory for Equal Education, Limpopo school governing bodies and over nine million learners as court rules that government’s National School Nutrition Programme must immediately…
Our week ahead and the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM) study
13 – 17 July 2020 “The next UNAIDS strategy must address head-on the areas where we are still lagging, like combination prevention and human rights of key populations, and address…
Organisations Distributing Food Parcels During the Lock-down
We have put together the following list of organisations that are distributing food parcels to all people in need, including documented and undocumented migrants, during the national lockdown. Download and…
Week Ahead: 6-10 July 2020
The week ahead: 6 – 10 July 2020 "Nothing is more undignified than starvation, particularly the starvation of a child...Dignity plays a very important residual role in informing the content…
100 DAYS OF LOCKDOWN – 100 DAYS OF SECTION27’S WORK
Since the nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19 was announced, we have been busy at work defending the rights to basic education, basic nutrition and health for all.
Joint statement on supplementary budget: Activists lament the lack of additional funding to Basic Education sector,
25 June 2020 Joint statement on supplementary budget: Activists lament the lack of additional funding to Basic Education sector, concerned COVID-19 mitigation measures come at expense of long-term infrastructure needs…
Joint media alert: School nutrition court case to be heard tomorrow
1 July 2020 Joint media alert: School nutrition court case to be heard tomorrow, to ensure that education departments honour string of promises to provide meals to all nine million…
Joint Media Statement: School meals court case to be heard this Thursday 2 July, as education departments shamefully fail to honour latest promise
26 June 2020 Joint media statement: School meals court case to be heard this Thursday 2 July, as education departments shamefully fail to honour latest promise #SchoolMealsNow #9MillionMeals #FamiliesNeedNSNP “It…