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Press statement: Systematic Problems in Drug Supply Have to be Addressed Now to Avert Future Crisis
After responding to a drug distribution crisis at Mthatha medical depot between 7 December and 24 January, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is handing all activities back to Eastern Cape health authorities. The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will mobilize 25 volunteers to assist in the handover
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Press statement by Detention Justice Forum
The recent deaths of prisoners at Groenpunt and St Alban’s prisons raise serious concerns about the ability of the Department of Correctional Services to guarantee the safety of prisoners. The Groenpunt death is particularly worrying as officials are implicated in the death of the prisoner, after an assault witnessed by members of the press and…
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Joint Press Statement: Landmark judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court on the management of tuberculosis in prisons
Today, the Constitutional Court overturned a ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of Dudley Lee vs. the Minister of Correctional Services.
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Invitation – World AIDS Day Conference
Join us at the World AIDS Day Conference – 30 November 2012
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Invitation – Education Conference
Join us at the Education Conference: 14 – 15 November 2012
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COMMENT: SECTION27 WELCOMES THE LAUNCH OF THE INTEGRATED SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME
SECTION27 welcomes the Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP), which was launched on 11 October 2012 and congratulates the Minister of Health as the ISHP has been identified as one of the components on NHI. An effective ISHP is also a vital intervention to prevent illness in children and improve educational outcomes.
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SECTION27’S RESPONSE TO ADVERTISEMENTS BY DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION INDICATING THAT TEXTBOOK LITIGATION “UNNECESSARY”
SECTION27 has read the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) “Response to the order of the North Gauteng High Court delivered on 4 October 2012 on the matter between SECTION27 et al and the Minister of Basic Education et al”, dated 5 October 2012 and published in several weekend newspapers.
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SECTION27 welcomes the report of the Presidential Task Team into the non-delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools and calls for urgent implementation of recommendations.
SECTION27 welcomes the release yesterday of the report of the Presidential Task Team established to investigate non-delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools. The report finds that the textbooks crisis arose from the failure of firstly, the Limpopo Department of Education and then the National Department of Basic Education (DBE) to procure and deliver CAPS textbooks.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: LATEST JUDGMENT ON TEXTBOOKS CASE TO BE HANDED DOWN TOMORROW, 4 October, 9h30
Tomorrow, the North Gauteng High Court will hand down judgment on the application brought by SECTION27, Hanyani Thomo Secondary School and Lutandale Primary School, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies.
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Media Advisory: TEXTBOOKS CASE TO BE HEARD BY NORTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT TOMORROW
Tomorrow, the North Gauteng High Court will hear a further application brought by SECTION27, Hanyani Thomo Secondary School and Lutandale Primary School, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies.
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WOMEN FOR JUSTICE FOR MARIKANA CONDEMN THE BANNING OF OUR PEACEFUL MARCH
We, the women of Marikana, were planning a peaceful march on Saturday, 22 September, in order to deliver specific demands to the Marikana Police Station.
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PRESS RELEASE: Discriminatory health insurance products and prescribed minimum benefits
Out of concern for the possible dilution of the right of health protection through medical schemes, a letter has been sent by civil society organisations, in the form of SECTION27, the Helen Suzman Foundation, and the Chair of Social Security at Wits University, to the Ministers of Finance and of Health.
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SECTION27 CALLS FOR DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION (DBE) TO WITHDRAW STATEMENT BY SPOKESPERSON LESUFI
According to news reports DBE spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi has stated that SECTION27’s return to court over the Limpopo text books crisis “is a fundraising tool where people believe that for them to get resources, they need to attack government.” He has also allegedly stated that “It is completely unfair. It is an abuse of the…
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Press statement: Department of Basic Education taken to court once more over Limpopo textbooks
Today SECTION27, Hanyani Thomo Secondary School and Tondani Lydia Masiphephethu, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, again approached the North Gauteng High Court in relation to the failure by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to deliver textbooks to Limpopo schools for 2012.
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Statement: Marikana Massacre: Civil Society demands justice and truth
The Marikana massacre is a defining moment in our history and cannot be allowed to pass without establishing the full truth, ensuring justice and providing redress for the victims and their families.