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The CJC stands in solidarity with the victims of #CycloneFreddy, calls for urgent climate action
29 March 2023, Johannesburg – The Climate Justice Coalition (CJC) stands in solidarity with our neighbours in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar who have been devastated by Cyclone Freddy. It is deeply unjust that those who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are bearing the brunt of it. Cyclone Freddy has surged through southern…
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Gauteng Treasury allocates R784 million to address surgical and radiation oncology backlogs following civil society intervention
9 March 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes Gauteng Treasury’s decision to set aside R784 million to finance radiation oncology and surgery backlogs in Gauteng. As a result of tireless interventions by civil society organisations, Cancer Alliance, SECTION27, and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), in partnership with the Gauteng Treasury, the province will now, among other…
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Media Alert: Blind SA, SECTION27, launch a Copyright Guide for people who are blind or visually impaired
23 January 2023, Johannesburg – Following the 21 September 2022 Constitutional Court victory, Blind SA and SECTION27 have drawn up a guide to Accessible Format Shifting titled #ENDINGTHEBOOKFAMINE for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired. The guide will be launched at a Right to Research Conference at the University of Pretoria on Tuesday, 24…
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Collective Voices against Health Xenophobia condemn Dudula’s attack on patients
20 January 202 – The Collective Voices against Health Xenophobia condemns Operation Dudula’s recent illegal attacks on patients at Jeppe Clinic in Johannesburg that not only endanger individual health, but also public health. The Collective is a consortium of progressive civil society organisations, activists, healthcare workers, and researchers working on issues of social justice and…
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Webinar: Free healthcare in South Africa – what the law really says
10 November 2022, Johannesburg – SECTION27 and partner organisations invite you to a webinar and launch of an online publication titled: ‘Free healthcare services in South Africa: A case for all mothers and children, at a webinar on 14 November 2022. This publication follows SECTION27’s court application after receiving complaints from pregnant women and mothers…
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Obstetric violence recognised at Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
7 November 2022 – Action Caucus on Pregnancy and SRHR – CALS, Embrace, Women’s Legal Centre and SECTION27 welcome the inclusion of obstetric violence at the Presidential Summit on GBVF. Feminists have long been lobbying for obstetric violence to be recognised as a form of gender-based violence (GBV). We welcome the 2022 Presidential Summit on…
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Medium Term Budget continues with expenditure cuts that will further increase inequality
28 October 2022 – The continuation of real terms spending reductions on public schools, health care services, social grants, and the old age pension, among others, represent violations of the Constitution’s guarantee of socio-economic rights and freedoms for all. The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) is disappointed by the tabling of another Medium Term Budget Policy…
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Medium Term Budget: A chance for government to meet its human rights obligations
25 October 2022 – The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) is an essential tool used to demonstrate the commitments made in the Constitution to achieve equality, dignity, and socio-economic rights for all. It is also a political statement made by government on how it understands these obligations. Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) and the Budget…
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SECTION27 and Centre for Child Law to appeal judgment on corporal punishment case
24 October 2022, Johannesburg – SECTION27, the Centre for Child Law (CCL) and the parents of two learners who were severely assaulted by their teachers are disappointed with the court judgment in the case of the Centre for Child Law v The South African Council for Educators. The judgment was delivered on 13 October 2022…
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WEBINAR: Putting Human Rights at the Centre of the MTBPS
Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) and Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) will host a pre Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) webinar on Tuesday, 25 October 2022. As the most significant health crisis in recent times, the Covid-19 pandemic has rightly dominated the health activism landscape over the last two years. As the heights of the…
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MEDIA ALERT: Dr Makgabo Manamela, Dr Barney Selebano and former MEC Qedani Mahlangu finally give evidence about involvement in Life Esidimeni tragedy
5 September 2022, Johannesburg – Senior officials from the Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH) who were implicated in transferring mental healthcare patients out of Life Esidimeni into unprepared and unlicensed NGOs in 2016 are scheduled to testify at the Inquest from today, 5 September 2022. Dr Makgabo Manamela, who was the head of the Mental Health…
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Contraceptives Research Press Release
PRESS RELEASE CONTRACEPTIVES ARE MOST COMMON MEDICINE STOCKOUT AT PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN 2022, STOP STOCKOUTS PROJECT RESEARCH FINDS Research findings indicate that many women and girls cannot access the contraceptives that they need, which places their sexual and reproductive health in jeopardy 30 August 2022, Johannesburg — At the close of Women’s Month 2022,…
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Media Invite: Access to contraceptives in South African public health clinics report
Contraceptive stockouts negatively inpact women and girls more deeply. As a result, for #WomensMonth 2022, the Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) invites you to attend a hybrid launch of a new research report entitled “Stop Stockouts Project: Access to contraceptives in South African public health clinics between April and June 2022.”
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Solidarity with SERI August 2022
Civic organisations stand in solidarity with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa.
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LDOE KOMAPE PLANS JULY 2022
Recent plans to eradicate pit toilets from schools in Limpopo are a step in the right direction, but still need work.
