The Week Ahead: 29 June – 3 July 2020
“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...”― Amilcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes…
MEDIA STATEMENT: Government fails to live up to COVID-19 socio-economic relief promises, says BJC.
25 June 2020 Government fails to live up to COVID-19 socio-economic relief promises, says BJC. The Supplementary Budget announced by Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni on 24 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
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 statement: Education justice organisations successfully advocate for amended basic education directions for Covid-19 – significant wins as new Directions published
24 June 2020 Joint media statement: Education justice organisations successfully advocate for amended basic education directions for Covid-19 - significant wins as new Directions published Yesterday, Minister of Basic…
All eyes on the supplementary budget during the week of 22 – 26 June 2020
“I had to get a job doing gardening to earn some money to buy food. My sister and I do not have enough food at home. Without the meals from…
Judgment in the AB and Another v Pridwin Preparatory School and others case
The judgment in the AB and Another v Pridwin Preparatory School and others Constitutional Court case held that where a learner is at an independent school, that learner’s education at…
Joint statement: Education activists and schools take Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments to court over backtracking on National School Nutrition Programme
12 June 2020 Joint statement: Education activists and schools take Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments to court over backtracking on National School Nutrition Programme Equal Education…
Week Ahead: 08-12 June 2020
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King Jr. American Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Many businesses have returned…
VICTORY FOR LEARNERS AT LIMPOPO SCHOOL: Limpopo Department of Education delivers after SECTION27 demanded compliance with school safety preconditions at Kharivha Primary School
VICTORY FOR LEARNERS AT LIMPOPO SCHOOL: Limpopo Department of Education delivers after SECTION27 demanded compliance with school safety preconditions at Kharivha Primary School 8 June 2020 - SECTION27 welcomes the…
School Safety Guiding Principles – a guide for learners, caregivers, educators and school staff.
School Safety Guiding Principles - a guide for learners, caregivers, educators and school staff. There are a number of preconditions required for schools to be reopened safely in the…
SECTION27 concerned that KZN draft learner transport policy is inadequate for learners with disabilities
4 June 2020 While the recently published draft learner transport policy published by the KwaZulu Natal Department of Education now makes provisions for learners with disabilities, it leaves out the…
MEDIA STATEMENT: SECTION27 prepares to take Limpopo Department of Education to court of over poor sanitation, again – this time in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
SECTION27 prepares to take Limpopo Department of Education to court of over poor sanitation, again – this time in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic 3 June 2020…