Maternal and Child Healthcare Case June 2022
SECTION27, together with three affected persons, has launched litigation to confirm access to free healthcare for all pregnant women and children under six, including migrants.
Climate change will have “profound adverse mental health implications” for those living in South Africa
Johannesburg: 7 September 2021 A new report by community psychology expert, Dr Garret Barnwell, shows that climate change harms are already negatively impacting our mental well-being and these effects will only accelerate in the future, placing today’s youth and future generations in harm’s way. The findings of the report, commissioned Continue Reading
Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics.
Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics by: Matthew M Kavanagh, Ngozi A Erondu, Oyewale Tomori, Victor J Dzau, Emelda A Okiro, Allan Maleche, Ifeyinwa C Aniebo, Umunyana Rugege, Charles B Holmes, Lawrence O Gostin. Part of an interdisciplinary and international Continue Reading
SECTION27 statement on Budget 2020
Funding for socio-economic rights slashed in the 2020 Budget SECTION27 is concerned that the Minister of Finance has cut spending in the crucial areas of education and health in order to bail out state-owned enterprises and reduce public borrowing. He announced that “education infrastructure allocations are adjusted by R5.2 billion Continue Reading
FACT SHEET: FUNDING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
South Africa has two healthcare systems. One is private, serving a minority of the population who can afford to pay increasingly exorbitant monthly as well as out of pocket fees. The other is public, funded mainly by tax revenues and serving the vast majority of citizens. Although only 17 in Continue Reading
Our week ahead 03 – 07 October 2016
Tuesday 4 October Executive Director, Mark Heywood will be deliver a talk to the pupils at St Peter’s School in the UK in which he will provide realistic insight into what life can be like for those who have been denied access to opportunities and as a result have fewer Continue Reading
Shocking judgement in CHW trial
The 94 community healthcare workers (Bophelo House 94) arrested during a peaceful night vigil in July 2014 were today found guilty of attending a gathering for which no notice was given, in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. As part of her judgment Magistrate Thafeni ruled that the gathering for which no Continue Reading
SECTION27 intervenes in Aventis v Cipla on behalf of TAC
4 May 2012 The TAC National Council has resolved to seek admission in a legal dispute between the brand name drug company Aventis Pharma and the generic company Cipla, over a claim of patent infringement in respect of a drug that treats cancer called Docetaxel. SECTION27 is acting as attorneys Continue Reading
SECTION27 publishes the “SECTION27 REVIEW, April 2010 – December 2011”
“ … a great deal has been accomplished. But a great deal remains to be done … this journey has only just begun. Yet millions of lives depend upon it.” — From the forward by Vuyiseka Dubula, Chairperson of the SECTION27 Board of Directors
SECTION27 is pleased to announce the publication of the “SECTION27 REVIEW”.
The “SECTION27 REVIEW” is available by clicking “Read more” below, or by contacting Tummy Seboko (by email at seboko@section27.org.za or by phone at 011 356 4100).
The “SECTION27 REVIEW” reports on the work of SECTION27 from April 2010 to December 2011 and also assesses important aspects of the government’s compliance with its duties under section 27 of the South African Constitution. It features an introduction by the Executive Director, Mark Heywood, an organisational report, and essays by Mark Heywood, Adila Hassim and Jonathan Berger.
Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, 2005
The AIDS Law Project (“ALP”) welcomes the objectives underpinning Sections 27, 70 and 71 (“the Sections”) of the proposed Draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, 2005 (“the Bill”) to increase access to private health services. In this way, the Bill seeks to achieve its objective through the provision of tax subsidies for medical contributions and expenses to self employed and formally employed persons, including their dependants (beneficiaries). It also aims to remove the distinction between on site and off site medical services, an area of the proposals that we are particularly supportive of.