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SECTION27 submission to Parliament on Climate Change Bill
Socio-economic rights will never fully be realised if we do not prepare and address for the climate crisis. Read SECTION27’s submissions to parliament on the Climate Change Bill here.
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BELA Bill Submissions June 2022
Joint media statement: Civil society calls for key changes to BELA Bill, as Parliament considers the biggest amendments to basic education laws in the past decade 15 June 2022 — Today, Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), SECTION27, Centre for Child Law (CCL), Children’s Institute (CI), and Legal Resources Centre (LRC), will be…
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NCOP submissions education infrastructure grants April 2022
Merging the School Infrastructure Backlog Grant with the Education Infrastructure Grant: Response to National Council of Provinces Committee on Appropriations – 6 April 2022 To read SECTION27’s submission to the National Council of Provinces surrounding the proposed merger of the School Infrastructure Backlog Grant with the Education Infrastructure Grant, download the following document: Related posts:…
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DORB 2022 submissions
SECTION27 will today make presentations before the Select Committee on Appropriations on the 2022 Division of Revenue Bill.
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Copyright Amendment Bill Submissions Jan 2022
DEAR PARLIAMENT, COPYRIGHT LAW MUST NOT LIMIT HUMAN RIGHTS – PASS THE COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL URGENTLY! 1 February 2022, Johannesburg — BLIND SA and SECTION27 have made joint submissions to the Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition on the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) following another call for public comments on the CAB made in…
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NHI presentation to parliament World Aids Day 2021
ON WORLD AIDS DAY, SECTION27 AND THE TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN TO PRESENT ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 30 November 2021, Johannesburg — SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will present our concerns with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Health in Parliament tomorrow, Wednesday 1 December 2021. …
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SECTION27 to present on Copyright Amendment Bill in Parliament 12 Aug 2021
MEDIA ADVISORY: SECTION27 TO PRESENT ON THE COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON 12 AUGUST 2021 10 August 2021 — SECTION27 will make submissions before the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) on Thursday, 12 August 2021. In our submission, SECTION27 will highlight the unconstitutionality of the current…
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Submissions on Copyright Amendment Bill – July 2021
Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13-2017]. 9 July 2021 – Executive Summary SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13- 2017] (‘CAB’). Our submission reinforces the importance of the CAB’s exceptions for educational purposes from the perspective of the Bill of Rights.…
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Submission on the Victim Support Services Bill
SECTION27 has made a submission on the Victim Support Services Bill. Our submission on the Bill is informed by the insights and experiences of our work in relation to good governance and accountability, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), HIV/AIDS, and Comprehensive Sexual Education. We focus on key changes to the Bill that will render…
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SECTION27 and TAC NHI Submission November 2019
Executive Summary SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) welcome the opportunity to comment on the NHI Bill. We have developed a submission on the Bill that focuses on key changes to the Bill that will render it constitutionally compliant, are implementable, and will make it capable of achieving its aim of moving towards Universal…
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BJC submission to the joint meeting for the select committees on Finance
The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) has made a submission to parliament’s Select and Standing Committees on Finance titled “Budgeting in the Age of Austerity: A Five-Year Review of Budget Policies and Outcomes”. The submission looks at how entrenched austerity in the past five years has had inimical effects on health and education in particular. The…
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SECTION27 Submission on State Liability Amendment Bill 16 of 2018
We understand that the purpose of the State Liability Amendment Bill is to reduce the impact of lump sum payments on provincial health budgets, allowing provincial health departments to better manage the competing demands on their resources. According to the memorandum, reducing the impact of lump sum payments for medical negligence will allow the State…
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SECTION27 Submission on the Health Market Inquiry’s Provisional Report
As an organisation that acts in the public interest, we are concerned about equitable access to health care services in the private sector, particularly, pricing and the drivers of the high cost of health care in the private health care sector. We recognise the importance of understanding the complexities in the private sector as part…
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NHI Joint Submission
NHI submission from SECTION27 and TAC – 21 September 2018 Related posts: 7 June 2016 SECTION27 Submission on the NHI White Paper SECTION27 welcomes the release of the White Paper on National Health Insurance (White Paper) for public comment. As an organisation that is committed to the realisation of the right of everyone to have access to health care services including reproductive healthcare and the right not to be refused emergency medical treatment as entrenched in section 27 of the Constitution, we support universal health coverage. We thank the National Department of Health (the Department) for inviting comments to the White Paper. We are in agreement with the White Paper’s recognition that “Prior to the 1994 democratic breakthrough, South Africa had a fragmented health system designed along racial lines. One system was highly resourced and benefited the white minority. The other was systematicallyunder-resourced and was for the black majority”. SECTION27 notes that the remnants of that racist and inequitable system still linger in post apartheid South Africa and see health system reform as vital to the broader vision of equality. We have, therefore, always been committed to working with the Department in the development of a policy that aims to realise the… SECTION27 Submission on the Health Market Inquiry’s Provisional Report As an organisation that acts in the public interest, we… NHI presentation to parliament…
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Submission to UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
SECTION27 collaborated with the Institute for Economic Justice and the Centre for Economic and Social Rights on a submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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MEDIA STATEMENT: Pregnancy policy ignores learners’ right to basic education
The proposed Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy in Schools (Draft policy) fails to frame itself with the right of learners (including pregnant learners) to access basic education, and the state’s duty to protect
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Section27 Submission to the Essential Services Committee
SECTION27 has made a submission to the Essential Services Committee on whether Education should be made an essential service. SECTION27 SUBMISSION TO THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Related posts: First SECTION27 submission on Draft Zero of the NSP This submission is one of three that SECTION27 is making… SECTION27 comments on the Promotion and Protection of…
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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 Expert Panel to consider appropriate mechanisms to ameliorate the impact of the VAT increase on poor and low-income households.
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FTPL CC Submission Excessively Priced Medicines
FTPL – CC Submission on Excessively Priced Medicines v2a Related posts: Health Professions Amendment Bill, 2006 The AIDS Law Project (ALP) welcomes this opportunity to make… Draft National Health Amendment Bill The National Health Amendment Bill (the Bill) was simultaneously published… RHAP Submission to the Health Market Inquiry Our submission will focus primarily on how…