How many children must die before Government acts?
A statement from Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) We are horrified and angry at media and Department of Basic Education reports that five…
Launch of the SAFE initiative: Proof will be in the pudding
The DBE’s approach to issues of school sanitation and infrastructure more broadly have been far more obstructive than the SAFE Initiative might suggest. The difficulties of unsafe school sanitation are not new. Together with community-based organisation Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 has consistently raised the challenges with the DBE as far back as 2012. In this time we have seen no real urgency or political will to mitigate this emergency. And we have seen the urgency of the situation intensify.
Media Statement: Department of Basic Education argument dismissed in Norms and Standards case
Johannesburg, 19 July 2018 – SECTION27 welcomes the judgment of Acting Judge Msizi in the case of Equal Education v Minister of Basic Education delivered in the Bhisho High Court this morning.
SCA rules that #TextbooksMatter
STATEMENT: The Supreme Court of Appeal rules that #TextbooksMatter Johannesburg, 2 December 2015 – This morning (Tuesday 2 December 2015) a full bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered…
The Textbooks Case
In April 2014, SECTION27, representing Basic Education for All (BEFA) made an application to the High Court in Pretoria to force the State to deliver outstanding textbooks to schools in…
#TextbooksMatter campaign launched
Johannesburg, 9 November 2015 Tackling the biggest problem South African education is facing to date - #textbooks matter aims to improve Basic Education for All (BEFA). Two weeks from today,…
SCA to hear textbooks case
Supreme Court of Appeal to hear Limpopo textbooks case in November Johannesburg, 18 October 2015 - The appeal in the Limpopo textbooks case will be heard by the Supreme Court…
Remembering Michael Komape
SECTION27 and Basic Education For All (BEFA) commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Michael Komape on Tuesday 20 January 2015. Michael, a Grade R pupil, drowned in a pit…
Letter to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education
SECTION27 has written a letter to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education requesting a hearing into the Limpopo education crisis. Read more…