News reports that a twelve year old child who had been raped repeatedly over a period of time by “umalume” who drove her to school in Manzimtoti has given birth should shock the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Education into action. This has emerged more than two years after the department Continue Reading
Children with extremely severe intellectual disabilities must be properly accommodated in the education system, they cannot be disregarded as ineducable or too costly to educate. This is according to the South Africa’s Constitution and a 2011 judgment of the High Court and reiterated in a SECTION27 report” Too Many Left Continue Reading
SECTION27 notes with concern media reports this week containing allegations about the living conditions and treatment of children with disabilities at Sisizakele Special School in the Umkhanyakude District of rural northern KwaZulu-Natal. Quoting teachers and learners at the school, the report contains serious allegations that children living in hostels “are Continue Reading
24th January 2013 Re: Media Invite: Memorial service of Thabo Cele, TAC Activist TAC leader, Comrade Thabo Cele passed away during December 2012, while he was hospitalized and treated for MDR TB. Thabo Cele was one of the pioneering members of TAC and was instrumental in forming, building and strengthening Continue Reading
The ALP made a submission to the KZN Health Department regarding draft of the Kwazulu-Natal Health Care Bill, 2007. In our view, the KZN Bill has the potential to complement the broad legislative framework provided by the National Health Act, 2003. In particular, it has the potential to provide much of the needed detail in respect of which the Act expressly authorises the provinces to legislate, thereby enabling provincial and local government authorities to render health care services in accordance with the needs of the people of KZN.