The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) – represented by SECTION27, welcome the judgment handed down today by the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, which orders the state to take immediate and decisive action to end the obstruction of access to public healthcare Continue Reading
SECTION27 has made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health regarding the ongoing denial of healthcare services to migrants in South Africa. Our submission highlights the increasing intimidation and exclusion of migrants from public healthcare facilities, the role of anti-migrant movements such as Operation Dudula, Continue Reading
9 September 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, representing Cancer Alliance, notes with disappointment the Gauteng Department of Health’s (GDoH) appeal to the recent judgment by the Gauteng High Court, in the case for radiation oncology treatment. Cancer Alliance intends to oppose this appeal and views it as yet another attempt by GDoH Continue Reading
By: Hloni Manare and Benni Mudau Any parent would be left powerless at the sight of their child suffering from an unexplained illness. Hassan Tesfaye* and his wife, Aida*, Ethiopian asylum seekers who have been living in Pretoria, South Africa, for 16 years, were all too familiar with this sense Continue Reading
The January 28 waiver of the Stop-Work Order introduced on 24 January 2025 should be understood as a clear directive for all U.S. Global Health Foreign Aid recipients to immediately resume essential, life-saving humanitarian efforts. This includes providing medical supplies, services, food, and support for disease prevention and subsistence needs. Continue Reading
