The Cancer Alliance and SECTION27 note with disappointment the judgment delivered by the Johannesburg High Court today. The judgment concerns the section 18(4) appeal lodged by the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and the MEC for Health in Gauteng against the ruling of Judge Dippenaar delivered on 20 August 2025. 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
20 August 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27, and the Cancer Alliance, welcome the urgent judgment of the Gauteng High Court handed down today by Judge Dippenaar in the matter of Cancer Alliance v MEC for Health, Gauteng and 10 Others. The Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, approached the South Gauteng High Continue Reading
7 May 2025, Johannesburg – The Cancer Alliance represented by SECTION27 returned to court today in the matter of Cancer Alliance v the MEC for Health, Gauteng and 10 others. Today’s proceedings concerned an application for leave to appeal instituted by the provincial health respondents in the matter after a Continue Reading
SECTION27, representing the Cancer Alliance, will argue against the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and nine others for failing to utilise the R784 million designated for addressing radiation and surgical backlogs in the province. The Johannesburg High Court will hear the matter on Thursday, 21 November at 10H00. The provision of Continue Reading
The Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has been admitted by the Competition Tribunal as an intervening party in the excessive pricing case initiated by the Competition Commission. The case is against Switzerland-based multinational healthcare company, Roche Holdings AG and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as Roche). The Competition Commission lodged Continue Reading
MEDIA STATEMENT: CALL IT WHAT IT IS, GAUTENG GOVERNMENT: THERE IS A CANCER CRISIS IN GAUTENG! Health activists to march to Gauteng Premier’s office on 23 November 2021 to demand better access to cancer treatment 17 November 2021, Johannesburg — Health activists from Cancer Alliance, the Treatment Action Campaign and Continue Reading
