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SUBMISSIONS TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ON THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL [B15-2025]
SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB) 2025/26. As a public interest law centre working to advance access to basic education and healthcare for all, our submission focuses on how the DoRB can be used to advance: Related posts: Submission on the Division Continue Reading
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SUBMISSIONS ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS ON GOVERNANCE
SECTION27 has made submissions on the establishment of the structures and processes of the National Health Insurance (NHI) regulations on governance. Related posts: Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill, 2008 The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the AIDS Law Project… Urgent call for organisational endorsements of two civil society submissions Continue Reading
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SUBMISSIONS ON THE DIGITALISATION OF BIRTH REGISTRATION IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
SECTION27 has made submissions to the Office of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), in response to the Special Rapporteur’s call for inputs on the Digitalisation of Birth Registration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Children’s Rights. Our submission focuses on how Continue Reading
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SUBMISSIONS TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS ON THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL [B7—2025]
SECTION27 has made submissions on the 2024/25 Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB) to the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations. Related posts: SECTION27 submissions to the Competition Commission … SECTION27 AND TAC: Join Submissions on the Criminal Law (sexual offences and related matters) Amendment Bill … BLINDSA and SECTION27 submissions Continue Reading
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SECTION27 makes submissions on the 2024 Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
SECTION27 has made submissions on the 2024 Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). Read the submission here: Related posts: SECTION27 submissions on the general comment to children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies SECTION27 has made submissions to the Office of the High… SECTION27 submissions to the Competition Commission Continue Reading
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SECTION27 submissions on the general comment to children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies
SECTION27 has made submissions to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights regarding General Comment 27 on children’s rights. Read our submission here: Related posts: SECTION27 submissions to the Competition Commission … Further submissions on Climate Change Bill by SECTION27 In 2022, SECTION27 made submissions to the Climate Continue Reading
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SECTION27 & THE TEDDY BEAR FOUNDATION SUBMISSIONS ON THE CHILDREN’S AMENDMENT ACT
SECTION27 and the Teddy Bear Foundation (TBF) welcome the opportunity to make submissions and provide input on the Department of Education’s proposed amendments to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. SECTION27 is a public interest law organisation dedicated to advancing the right to basic education and healthcare in South Africa Continue Reading
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Submissions to the select and standing committees on appropriations on the division of revenue bill [b 4— 2024]
South Africa faces economic challenges disproportionately affecting the marginalised. Recent incidents underscore urgent needs in education and health care. We advocate for transparent budgeting and protection of constitutional rights. SECTION27 seeks to address these issues before Parliament. Read our submissions here: Related posts: Submissions on the Division of Revenue Amendment Continue Reading
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SECTION27 SUBMISSION ON DRAFT INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN 2023
The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) stands as South Africa’s blueprint for securing its electricity needs, outlining strategies up to 2030 and sketching projections to 2050. However, recent assessments have cast a shadow over its efficacy and sustainability. The current iteration of the plan extends reliance on coal-fired power plants, with Continue Reading
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SECTION27 Submission on the DHA White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Protection: Towards A Complete Overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa
The White Paper calls for an overhaul of the current immigration laws, specifically calling for a single piece of legislation that will replace the current Citizenship Act, Immigration Act, and Refugees Act. The justification in the White Paper is that the current system is not properly managing the number of Continue Reading
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JOINT SUBMISSION BY SECTION27 AND THE TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL B11B-2019
This is a joint submission by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign in accordance with the Select Committee on Health and Social Services’ call for written submissions on the National Health Insurance B11B-2019 (“the Current Bill”). This submission is endorsed by the Cancer Alliance, the South African Depression and Anxiety Continue Reading
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THE CHILDREN’S ACT, 2005 DRAFT AMENDMENT REGULATION REGARDING CHILDREN
SECTION27 (Incorporating the Aids Law Project) and the Teddy Bear Foundation welcome the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Social Development’s Draft Amendment Regulations Regarding Children, No. 3608, dated 27 June 2023 (“Draft Amendment”).
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SECTION27 and BLIND SA’s submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
SECTION27 and BLIND SA have raised concerns about the severe lack of reading material available to individuals who are blind and visually impaired in South Africa. This situation infringes upon their constitutional rights to basic education, equality, dignity, freedom of expression, and the right to participate in their preferred cultural life. Fortunately, South Africa’s ratification…
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
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Joint Submission on Inclusivity of SOGIESC in Schools
SECTION27), the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) and Centre for Child Law (CCL) welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) Draft Guidelines for the Socio-Educational Inclusion of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in schools.
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Submissions on the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill
As the country finds itself in deeply challenging circumstances where two concurrent states of national disaster have been declared,new stories of endemic corruption within the state are emerging daily and economic growth grinds to a halt, SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the 2023/24 Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB) to the Standing and…
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SECTION27 AND TAC: Join Submissions on the Criminal Law (sexual offences and related matters) Amendment Bill
Related posts: SECTION27 submissions to the Competition Commission … Further submissions on Climate Change Bill by SECTION27 In 2022, SECTION27 made submissions to the Climate Change Bill… BLINDSA and SECTION27 submissions on the Copyright Amendment Bill BLINDSA and SECTION27 made submissions on the Copyright Amendment Bill… Draft IPRs from Publicly Continue Reading
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BLINDSA and SECTION27 submissions on the Copyright Amendment Bill
BLINDSA and SECTION27 made submissions on the Copyright Amendment Bill which was presented before the National Council of Provinces on 27 January 2023. This follows the 21 September 2022 Constitutional Court victory where the Court, declared the Copyright Act of 1978 unconstitutional and invalid because it limits access to literary Continue Reading
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Further submissions on Climate Change Bill by SECTION27
In 2022, SECTION27 made submissions to the Climate Change Bill that focus on the human rights impact of the climate crises. On 28 October 2022, SECTION27 made oral submissions to the Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. These submissions address two issues that arose during the question and answer Continue Reading
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SECTION27 submissions to the Competition Commission
Related posts: SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign welcome the increased budget for health SECTION27 and the TAC welcome the proposed increases in health… Budget Justice Coalition Submission: Mitigating the impact of the increase in the VAT rate on poor and low-income households We fully support the establishment of this Continue Reading