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Equal Education v Western Cape Education Department
On 12 March 2010, the ALP assisted Equal Education in submitting a request to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) under the Promotion of Access to Information Act. The request sought information on the literacy and numeracy pass rates and average test scores for grades 3 and 6 in the Western Cape.
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Central Methodist Church vs City of Johannesburg (Loitering Case)
Documents related to the Central Methodist Church vs City of Johannesburg (Loitering Case)
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Naude v The member of the Executive Council, Department of Health, Mpumalanga
On 21 October 2008 the Labour Court handed down the judgment in the case, Naude v The member of the Executive Council, Department of Health, Mpumalanga. The court found that Naude had been unfairly dismissed, awarded him R100 000 compensation, and costs in ALP’s favour. This is a victory for all doctors who seek to practice their professional ethically, even…
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South African Security Forces Union and Others v Surgeon General and Others
On 15 and 16 May 2008, a ground breaking case on the constitutionality of HIV testing policies that are used to exclude ALL people with HIV from recruitment to, promotion or foreign deployment in the SA National Defence Force was heard in the Pretoria High Court. The court was asked to declare the blanket exclusion unconstitutional, order the appointment or…
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NM, SM and LH v De Lille, Smith and New Africa Books
On Wednesday, 4th April 2007 the Constitutional Court handed down judgment on the case of NM & Others v Charlene Smith, Patricia De Lille, and New Africa Books. The case concerned the publication of the applicants’ full names and HIV status in the biography of Patricia De Lille, authored by Charlene Smith and published by New Africa Books, without their…
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EN and Others v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others (Westville)
Since October 2005 the TAC and the AIDS Law Project (ALP) have assisted HIV positive inmates at Westville Prison in acquiring ARVs that have routinely been refused to them by prison authorities. Situated in Kwazulu Natal, one of the provinces most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, Westville had steadfastly prevented TAC or other NGOs from conducting treatment workshops, treatment literacy programs,…
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Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa
Background, strategies and outcomes of the treatment action campaign case against the Minister of Health (2004) 19(2) South African Journal of Human Rights 278 by Mark Heywood Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa Related posts: EN and Others v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others (Westville) Since October 2005 the TAC and the AIDS Law Project……