As civil society organisations committed to food justice, children’s health and education rights, we are alarmed by the recent handover of McDonald’s-branded ‘Mi Desk’ desks to two Cape Town schools, facilitated by the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. This follows similar corporate-branded desk donations from Old Mutual and Hollywood Continue Reading
20 February 2024, Johannesburg – SECTON27, representing the Centre for Child Law and the parents of two learners who were assaulted by their teachers, will partially appeal the High Court’s judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 26 February 2024. Despite corporal punishment being banned from our schools since Continue Reading
24 August 2023, Johannesburg – The Right to Read Campaign, made up of organisations that include the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Equal Education (EE), and SECTION27, invite you to their launch, on Wednesday, 30 August 2023. The 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Continue Reading
SECTION27 (Incorporating the Aids Law Project) and the Teddy Bear Foundation welcome the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Social Development’s Draft Amendment Regulations Regarding Children, No. 3608, dated 27 June 2023 (“Draft Amendment”).
30 May 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 on behalf of the Centre for Child Law (CCL) and two parents are partially appealing a High Court’s judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), following the actions of two violent teachers who meted out corporal punishment against two primary school learners in Continue Reading
29 March 2023, Johannesburg — SECTION27 welcomes the decision of the Department of Social Development (DoSD) to place a school caretaker, guilty of sexual assault on the Child Protection Register in terms of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. Following the findings of a disciplinary inquiry held by the North Continue Reading
Much confusion has been generated recently regarding the legality of performing medical male circumcision on boys below the age of 16 in South Africa. This confusion seems to be based on a poor reading of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. This confusion has caused some providers to be hesitant to perform circumcisions on infant boys, even where the parents have provided consent and slowed down the implementation of programmes ultimately aimed at preventing new HIV infections in the future.
