SECTION27 has been admitted as amicus curiae in the Constitutional Court, in the matter of Endangered Wildlife Trust and Another v Acting Director General, Department of Water and Sanitation and Another. The matter is set down for hearing on 10 September 2026. SECTION27 acts in its own interest to assist the court with Continue Reading
The Southern African Consortium for Climate Change and Health (“SACCCH”) welcomes the opportunity to make substantive input for developing the content of the draft outline of the General Comment on the right to a satisfactory, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (“Draft General Comment”) to the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Continue Reading
South Africa’s health budget is failing to respond to the realities facing women, particularly those living in poor and rural communities. The public health system, which serves 84% of the population, operates within at least three overlapping pressures: high unemployment and poverty, persistent gender inequality, and the increasing impacts of Continue Reading
PUBLISHED BY: Daily Maverick WRITTEN BY: Jonathan West and Thato Gaffane Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue in South Africa – it is undermining constitutional rights by disrupting access to education, healthcare and other essential services. As floods become more frequent and severe, the government must urgently Continue Reading
SECTION27 has filed an application to intervene as amicus curiae in the matter of Endangered Wildlife Trust v Acting Director General, Department of Water and Sanitation and Atha Africa.
WRITTEN BY: Jonathan West The climate crisis is no longer looming on the horizon; it is a dark storm cloud sitting above our heads. From relentless heatwaves to unprecedented floods, the signs are all around us, growing more urgent by the day. These extreme weather events are not just environmental Continue Reading
SECTION27 represented the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) in an amicus intervention in the groundbreaking constitutional case that sought to set aside the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision, which the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) concurred to, to procure 1 500 MW of new coal-fired power Continue Reading
19 June 2024, Johannesburg – Today, SECTION27 releases a new report titled, “Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.” The report focuses on the impact of climate change on children’s access to healthcare and basic education.It explores the current state of children’s rights in Continue Reading
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
