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Statement: Department of Basic Education and SECTION27 find common ground on Tshinavhe Secondary School Nutrition Programme
Department of Basic Education and SECTION27 find common ground on Tshinavhe Secondary School Nutrition Programme The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and SECTION27 have reached an agreement that will see the immediate restoration of the School feeding programme at Tshinavhe Secondary School in Limpopo. The School Governing Body approached SECTION27 to intervene after numerous attempts…
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SECTION27 Press statement: Learners at Tshinavhe Secondary School without school meals for two months
SECTION27 Press statement: Learners at Tshinavhe Secondary School without school meals for over two months 342 learners at Tshinavhe Secondary School in the Vhuronga 2 Circuit of the Vhembe District in Limpopo have not had a meal at school since the mid September. The School Governing Body of Tshinavhe Secondary School has made every effort…
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Activist Dialogue invite: The right to protest
Friends of SECTION27 hosts activist dialogues every fortnight discussing topical issues. This week we invite you to a dialogue on the right to protest. This pivotal right has increasingly come under threat in South Africa through political and police repression. SECTION27 tackles this issue with Simon Delaney, an attorney and former national director of Pro…
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SECTION27 PRESS RELEASE IN RESPONSE TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH’S BRIEFING TO PARLIAMENT TODAY RE: THE EASTERN CAPE HEALTH CRISIS
CAPE TOWN – National health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and newly appointed Head of the Eastern Cape health department Dr Thobile Mbengashe today addressed the Portfolio Committee on Health regarding plans to address the crisis in the province. Committee chair Mr Bevan Goqwana acknowledged that the briefing had been called after the committee had seen…
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PUBLIC INVITE: FIX THE PATENT LAWS CAMPAIGN
PUBLIC INVITE: FIX THE PATENT LAWS CAMPAIGN THURSDAY 17 OCT – SUNNYPARK, PRETORIA Activists will demand South Africa stops blindly handing out drug patents. PRESS CONFERENCE (10:30am) Holiday Inn, Sunnypark PUBLIC ACTION & RALLY (11:30am onwards) from Burgers Park to DTI campus Meintjies Street WHAT: The Fix the Patent Laws campaign – run by the Treatment Action Campaign…
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ECHCAC Press Statement: Deadline looms for Eastern Cape Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana
EASTERN CAPE HEALTH CRISIS ACTION COALITION Press conference: Deadline looms for Eastern Cape Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana On September 13 2013 the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) handed a memorandum to Eastern Cape head of department Thobile Mbengashe. In it we raised a number of issues in which we requested Eastern Cape health…
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Invitation: Public Consultation on Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property, 2013
Public Consultation on Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property, 2013 The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SECTION27 invite their members, interested members of the public, government officials and local media to attend a consultation regarding the Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property, 2013, which was recently released by the Department of…
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Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) statement on the health Minister’s pronouncements on the Eastern Cape health crisis – 19 September 2013
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi held a press conference to respond to the SECTION27/TAC report, “Death and Dying in the Eastern Cape” as well as the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition’s (ECHCAC) calls for better health care in the province. Please find the full press statement attached. Dr Motsoaledi- Press Statement on Health…
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SECTION27, TAC and MSF welcome DTI draft IP Policy
SECTION27, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have released a statement welcoming the DTI’s call for public comments on the National Policy on Intellectual Property (IP). Please follow the link to read the full press statement. SECTION27, TAC, MSF response to DTI draft I.P. policy Related posts: SECTION27, TAC and MSF South…
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Press conference and protest march invite: The Baby Ikho campaign to fulfill the right to health in the Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) invite all media to an important media conference. The conference will feature the release of a special SECTION27 and TAC investigative report into the collapsing health system in the Eastern Cape as well as several announcements on a groundbreaking public campaign to fix the Eastern Cape Health system.…
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SECTION27 welcomes Minister Motshekga's additional support to Limpopo
SECTION27 welcomes the decision by the Minister of Basic Education to send four senior managers to Limpopo to provide support in identified critical areas and thereby turn around the education crisis in the province.
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Press statement: SECTION27 congratulates Competition Commission on recent successes
SECTION27 congratulates the Competition Commission of South Africa on its recent groundbreaking and far-reaching successes in prosecuting anti-competitive behavior in the telecoms and construction sectors. Both these sectors are integral in improving the lives of South Africans through their role in information provision and communication (on the part of Telkom) and infrastructure development (by construction…
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Joint Statement by TAC and SECTION27 on access to medicines
SECTION27 and the TAC have released a statement highlighting recent improprieties by pharmaceutical companies and calling for more vigilance from all stakeholders in ensuring that we meet the goals of the National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS, TB and STIs.
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Fix The Provinces and Rural Health to Make the Health Budget Work for All Statement by SECTION27 and RHAP 16 May 2013
On 15 May 2013 the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, delivered his annual National Health budget and policy speech (here). The speech provides an opportunity for the Minister and his department to communicate progress they have made in delivering health services, the challenges they face and what they plan to do to advance the…
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SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign Concerned about the Shortages of Food at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
On 9 May 2013, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) received disturbing reports about the shortages of food for patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.