SECTION27 welcomes the decision by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to re-employ a recruit who was denied employment solely on the basis of her HIV status. In 2021, SECTION27 was approached by a client seeking assistance after she was denied employment by the SANDF because of her HIV Continue Reading
This is a joint submission by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign in accordance with the Select Committee on Health and Social Services’ call for written submissions on the National Health Insurance B11B-2019 (“the Current Bill”). This submission is endorsed by the Cancer Alliance, the South African Depression and Anxiety Continue Reading
21 July 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Sasha Stevenson as the next Executive Director. Sasha joined the organisation in 2012 as an attorney and was later promoted to Head of the Health Rights Programme, a position she held since 2018. Sasha assumed the Continue Reading
4 July 2023 – In April 2023, the Gauteng High Court upheld the right of all pregnant and lactating women, and children under 6, irrespective of nationality and documentation status, to access free health services at all public health establishments, including hospitals. This ruling followed an application brought by SECTION27 alongside women who Continue Reading
In April 2023, SECTION27 welcomed the Court order confirming that all pregnant and lactating women and children under 6 must be provided with free healthcare services at public hospitals. Along with our partner organisations, SECTION27 has campaigned for the right to access healthcare services for all persons in South Continue Reading
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 public healthcare facility in Gauteng. The minor made multiple attempts to access these services, in accordance with her rights under Continue Reading
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 Guidelines for the Socio-Educational Inclusion of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in schools. We welcome Continue Reading
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 by civil society organisations, Cancer Alliance, SECTION27, and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), in partnership with the Gauteng Treasury, the Continue Reading
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 of the court) in a compulsory licence application relating to a lifesaving drug to treat cystic fibrosis, called Trikafta, in Continue Reading
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 also public health. The Collective is a consortium of progressive civil society organisations, activists, healthcare workers, and researchers working on Continue Reading
