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Civil society organisations take Gauteng Health to court over failure to spend R784 Million allocated for cancer patients
16 July 2024, Johannesburg – Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has filed an application against the MEC for Health in Gauteng, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and nine others. The application is in response to the GDoH’s failure to utilise the allocated R784 million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury Continue Reading
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Joint statement: Civil society calls on new Minister of Basic Education to fix the School Infrastructure Regulations to ensure children’s safety in public schools
11 July 2024, Johannesburg – Civil society organisations SECTION27, the Equal Education Law Centre (“EELC”), the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”) and Equal Education (“EE”) are extremely concerned about the Department of Basic Education’s (“DBE”) amended Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure (“School Infrastructure Regulations”). These Continue Reading
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Ms Mahlangu and Dr Manamela “both created the circumstances in which the deaths were inevitable”
10 July 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the judgment in the Life Esidimeni Inquest by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. In the oral summary of her judgment, Judge Teffo stated that former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, and the former Director of the Mental Health Directorate in Continue Reading
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Much-anticipated judgment in Life Esidimeni Inquest to be delivered on 10 July 2024
26 June 2024, Johannesburg – The judgment in the Life Esidimeni inquest is set be delivered on Wednesday, 10 July 2024 by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. At the inquest, SECTION27 argued that the former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, the former Director of Mental Health Directorate, Dr Makgabo Continue Reading
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New SECTION27 report shows how climate change affects children’s access to healthcare and basic education
19 June 2024, Johannesburg – Today, SECTION27 releases a new report titled, “Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.” The report focuses on the impact of climate change on children’s access to healthcare and basic education.It explores the current state of children’s rights in Continue Reading
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MEDIA INVITATION: SECTION27 to launch new report on how climate change affects children’s access to healthcare and basic education
11 June 2024, Johannesburg – Join SECTION27 for a webinar launch of our latest report, “Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa,” on 19 June 2024. The report, launched in Youth Month, sheds light on the intersection between climate change Continue Reading
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SECTION27 welcomes Gauteng High Court’s decision ordering the Department of Social Development to pay NPOs
23 May 2024, Johannesburg – On 22 May 2024, Judge Opperman of the Gauteng High Court granted an order directing the Gauteng Department of Social Development (GDSD) to finalise the adjudication of applications submitted by Gauteng social work non-profit organisations (NPOs) to the GDSD in November 2023. GDSD must do so Continue Reading
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We are hiring: Legal Researcher
SECTION27 is a high-profile non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining Continue Reading
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SECTION27 welcomes the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the BELA Bill despite concerns
17 May 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the National Assembly’s passing of the long-awaited Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill), which now awaits the President’s assent. The BELA Bill is a necessary piece of legislative reform that will align the current South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (Schools Act) Continue Reading
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SECTION27 demands that Gauteng government pay NPOs to prevent another Life Esidimeni
9 May 2024, Johannesburg – For the past few weeks, SECTION27 has been engaging with the Gauteng Department of Social Development (GDSD) on behalf of several non-profit organisations (NPOs) that offer welfare services to vulnerable people. These NPOs – House Otto Self-help Centre for Quadriplegics, Impumelelo Self-help Centre, Remme-los Residential Care and Continue Reading
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The Right to Read campaign calls for Reading Regulations as World Book Day is commemorated
23 April 2024, Johannesburg – The Right to Read (R2R) campaign joins the global commemoration of World Book Day, dedicated to promoting the joy of reading and the invaluable role that books play in literacy and education.World Book Day encourages everyone to read in their own way, in their preferred Continue Reading
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SECTION27, EE, EELC and LRC call on Parliament to protect the best interests of learners
SECTION27, Equal Education, the Equal Education Law Centre, and the Legal Resources Centre call on Parliament to protect the best interests of learners and reinstate clauses in the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (“the BELA Bill”) designed to ensure that school language and admissions policies do not unfairly discriminate against Continue Reading
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MEDIA INVITATION: Cancer patients, activists, take to the streets demanding that Gauteng Health use the R 784 million allocated for cancer treatment
26 April 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27, Cancer Alliance and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), and patients waiting for cancer treatment invite the media to a march to the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), on 30 April 2024. We are demanding that the GDoH spend the R784 million set aside by the Gauteng Continue Reading
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The Supreme Court of Appeal upholds the best interest of the child in corporal punishment case
10 April 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 and the Centre for Child Law (CCL) welcome the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in a corporal punishment case against the South African Council of Educators (SACE), in the matter CCL and others v the South African Council for Educators (SACE) and others. In a Continue Reading
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Blind SA & SECTION27 welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill
29 February 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 and Blind SA welcome the National Assembly’s vote in favour of the Copyright Amendment Bill (“CAB”) during its plenary session this afternoon. The CAB will now be sent to the President for assent, bringing South Africa’s copyright law one step closer to realising the rights Continue Reading
