As Child Protection Week draws to a close, SECTION27 has launched a new report, Protecting the Future Today: The Need for an Efficient National Child Protection Register to Curb Violence Against Children. The report reveals serious shortcomings in the implementation of the National Child Protection Register (NCPR), undermining its ability Continue Reading
The Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) releases a new report titled: Impact, Adaptation and Opportunity – South Africa’s Health System Post-PEPFAR. For over two decades, the United States used PEPFAR to support South Africa’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This support was abruptly withdrawn in January 2025. This report assesses the Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. Guided by the principles and values in the Constitution, SECTION27 uses law in advocacy, legal literacy, research, community mobilisation and precedent-setting litigation to achieve access to healthcare Continue Reading
2 October 2024, Johannesburg – Blind SA and the Institute for Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) have reached an out of court settlement, in Blind SA’s Equality Court challenge against the ICB for unfairly discriminating against 50 blind and visually impaired students. On 4 September 2024, SECTION27 representing Blind SA launched an Continue Reading
16 July 2024, Johannesburg – Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has filed an application against the MEC for Health in Gauteng, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and nine others. The application is in response to the GDoH’s failure to utilise the allocated R784 million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury Continue Reading
11 July 2024, Johannesburg – Civil society organisations SECTION27, the Equal Education Law Centre (“EELC”), the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”) and Equal Education (“EE”) are extremely concerned about the Department of Basic Education’s (“DBE”) amended Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure (“School Infrastructure Regulations”). These Continue Reading
10 July 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the judgment in the Life Esidimeni Inquest by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. In the oral summary of her judgment, Judge Teffo stated that former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, and the former Director of the Mental Health Directorate in Continue Reading
11 June 2024, Johannesburg – Join SECTION27 for a webinar launch of our latest report, “Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa,” on 19 June 2024. The report, launched in Youth Month, sheds light on the intersection between climate change Continue Reading
23 May 2024, Johannesburg – On 22 May 2024, Judge Opperman of the Gauteng High Court granted an order directing the Gauteng Department of Social Development (GDSD) to finalise the adjudication of applications submitted by Gauteng social work non-profit organisations (NPOs) to the GDSD in November 2023. GDSD must do so Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. Guided by the principles and values in the Constitution, SECTION27 uses law in advocacy, legal literacy, research, community mobilisation and precedent-setting litigation to achieve access to healthcare Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a high-profile non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining Continue Reading
A patient-centred health system will remain an illusion under the NHI unless the public health system is ramped up to better serve users and a clear path is outlined for public-private partnerships, argue Bernard Mutsago and Haseena Majid.
