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OP-ED | Quiet economic growth for whom?
PUBLISHED BY: TimesLive WRITTEN BY: Matshidiso Lencoasa and Clotilde Angelucci Leading up to the medium-term budget policy statement, National Treasury’s director-general Duncan Pieterse has assured the country that Treasury is steering South Africa onto a path of “quiet but firm growth”, aimed at building credibility with investors. As the Budget Justice Coalition, we Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | Predators in Our Schools: Teddy Bear Foundation takes DBE and others to Court for Ignoring the National Child Protection Register
SECTION27, representing the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF), has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria seeking an order against the Departments of Social Development (DSD), Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) Basic Education (DBE), provincial education departments (PEDs), South African Council of Educators (SACE), and Educators Labour Relations Council (ELRC) to discharge Continue Reading
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JOINT STATEMENT | No rights without choice: Access to Safe Abortion is Reproductive Justice!
Ibis Reproductive Health, in partnership with SECTION27, Soul City Institute, MB Teen Lifestyle, Accountability International, Ipas Africa Southern Region and Tiko, will commemorate International Safe Abortion Day (ISAD) with an Imbizo on 29 September 2025 from 10:00 to 14:00 at The Forge in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. This year’s global theme – Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | TAC and SECTION27 call on UN Secretary General to save UNAIDS
24 September 2025, Johannesburg – The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and SECTION27 strongly oppose imminent plans to shut down UNAIDS, as announced by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. Actively dismantling the only dedicated UN body coordinating the HIV response will have a devastating impact on the lives of Continue Reading
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OP-ED | Life Esidimeni: The NPA has the evidence, now it must do its job
PUBLISHED BY: Sunday Times WRITTEN BY: Sasha Stevenson On August 15 2016, Virginia Machpelah died. She was 50 years old. She was 1.5m tall and at the time of her death she weighed 35kg. Her body was emaciated and dehydrated, with gangrene on both feet. The details of Machpelah’s death Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | Gauteng Health claims cancer matter is not urgent in new appeal; Cancer Alliance to oppose
9 September 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, representing Cancer Alliance, notes with disappointment the Gauteng Department of Health’s (GDoH) appeal to the recent judgment by the Gauteng High Court, in the case for radiation oncology treatment. Cancer Alliance intends to oppose this appeal and views it as yet another attempt by GDoH Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27’s clients – TAC and Sonke Gender Justice – admitted as amici in landmark case for sex workers in South Africa
3 September 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, representing the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), and Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), welcome the Western Cape High Court ruling to admit the organisations as amici curiae (friends of the court). The main application, brought by S.H and Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), against the Continue Reading
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Where Borders End, Dignity Begins
By: Kholofelo Mphahlele and Gillian Pillay Sunday, 15 June 2025 started off as another normal day for the Moyo* family. It is also a day that will forever remain etched in their memory. The Moyos, who reside in Springs, Gauteng, vividly recalled how their world forever changed after a devastating Continue Reading
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OP-ED | Silent threat: How air pollution may shape SA children’s faces
PUBLISHED BY: News24 WRITTEN BY: Kholofelo Mphahlele In South Africa, pregnant women living in areas with high levels of air pollution face an increased risk of giving birth to a child with a congenial anomaly, particularly craniofacial cleft lip and palate (CLP.) CLP is one of the five most common Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 and the Cancer Alliance welcome the Gauteng High Court’s Urgent ruling to protect cancer patients’ right to healthcare
20 August 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, and the Cancer Alliance, welcome the urgent judgment of the Gauteng High Court handed down today by Judge Dippenaar in the matter of Cancer Alliance v MEC for Health, Gauteng and 10 Others. The Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, approached the South Gauteng High Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | Life Esidimeni Families on the NPA’s Ongoing Delay in Prosecution Decision
19 August 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes an indication from the NPA, in a meeting yesterday with families, that they are moving towards a decision on prosecution in the Life Esidimeni matter. We are, however, concerned with the extensive delays by the NPA, even in the face of the inquest decision Continue Reading
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A Refugee’s Fight for the Right to See
By: Tsadok Yehudah We often take for granted just how much we rely on our sense of sight in our daily lives. For Michelle Myers*, a documented Ethiopian refugee living in South Africa, this was a diminishing reality as her world was literally fading to black. Michelle has called South Continue Reading
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OP-ED | SA’s school safety crisis demands accountability, not just words on paper
PUBLISHED BY: News24 WRITTEN BY: Gauta Mashego Schools do not exist in isolation; they reflect the challenges and struggles of the communities around them. The violence we see in schools often mirrors the deep-rooted issues facing our society. In South Africa, high levels of gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment and substance Continue Reading
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PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 welcomes new Board chair
12 August 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the appointment of Nyeleti Magadze as Chair of the SECTION27 Board, effective 1 August 2025. This appointment follows the retirement of Alice Brown, who served on the SECTION27 Board for 13 years, including six years as Chair. Nyeleti joined the SECTION27 Board in Continue Reading
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OP-ED | Women still carry heaviest burden of underfunded education system
PUBLISHED BY: Sowetan WRITTEN BY: Matshidiso Lencoasa and Gauta Mashego One of the clearest examples of education budgets hurting women the most is the ongoing scholar transport crisis. It’s Women’s Month again – a time for flashy campaigns, big speeches, and emotional tributes to the resilience of South African women. Continue Reading
