28 May 2023, Johannesburg — SECTION27 launched a successful urgent application on behalf of a pregnant minor who was denied access to termination of pregnancy (TOP) services at a primary…
05 May 2023, Johannesburg — SECTION27, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) and the Centre for Child Law (CCL) made a submission to the Department of Basic Education’s (“DBE”) Draft…
WHO’s 75th anniversary comes at a fraught moment. The
vaccine apartheid that has marked the COVID-19 pandemic
response has once again raised questions about the
influence of corporate actors and their Global North partners
on global health.
As the country finds itself in deeply challenging circumstances where two concurrent states of national disaster have been declared,new stories of endemic corruption within the state are emerging daily and economic growth grinds to a halt, SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the 2023/24 Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB) to the Standing and Select
Committees on Appropriations.
9 March 2023, Johannesburg - SECTION27 welcomes Gauteng Treasury’s decision to set aside R784 million to finance radiation oncology and surgery backlogs in Gauteng. As a result of tireless interventions…
6 March 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 has sought consent on behalf of its clients, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), to intervene as amici curiae (friends…
20 January 202 - The Collective Voices against Health Xenophobia condemns Operation Dudula’s recent illegal attacks on patients at Jeppe Clinic in Johannesburg that not only endanger individual health, but…
18 January 2023 – SECTION27’s case for pregnant women and children who are denied access to free healthcare services in public facilities has been delayed. On 17 January 2023, an…
7 November 2022 - Action Caucus on Pregnancy and SRHR - CALS, Embrace, Women's Legal Centre and SECTION27 welcome the inclusion of obstetric violence at the Presidential Summit on GBVF.…
ON WORLD AIDS DAY, SECTION27 AND THE TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN TO PRESENT ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 30 November 2021, Johannesburg -- SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign…
People in South Africa are needlessly suffering and dying because many patented medicines are unaffordable. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now! Activists from the Fix The…
BLOEMFONTEIN, 8th AUGUST 2016: Today the #BopheloHouse94 are appearing in Bloemfontein High Court. The community healthcare workers (CHWs) are appealing their conviction in October 2015 in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. A…