MEDIA ADVISORY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DELIVER JUDGMENT IN BLIND SA CASE ABOUT COPYRIGHT ON WEDNESDAY 21 SEPT 2022 Constitutional Court to determine whether Copyright Act is unconstitutional for violating the rights of persons with visual disabilities. 20 September 2022, Johannesburg — The Constitutional Court will tomorrow deliver judgment in the Continue Reading
Johannesburg: 2 September 2021 SECTION27 welcomes the news that the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Learner Transport Policy was approved by the KZN cabinet on 9 June 2021 and came into effect on 1 July 2021. The implementation of this policy comes in response to sustained advocacy and litigation as far back Continue Reading
The National Learner Transport Policy was published in 2015. The head of department for the KwaZulu Natal Department of Education has therefore been aware of the inadequacy of the 2013 Kwa Zulu Natal Learner Transport Policy for at least five years. Paragraph 3.9 of the 2015 National Transport Learner Policy Continue Reading
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 legal researcher, Tim Fish Hodgson delivered at presentation at the Disability Conference hosted by the Legal Resource Centre in Kwa-Zulu Natal from 12 – 13 November. Tim outlined some of the work SECTION27 has done in the Umkhanyakude District in Northern KZN. He spoke about the deficiencies in the 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
According to the Constitution all people have the right to equal benefit of the law and to the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. The Constitution states that no one may be unfairly discriminated against on the grounds of their disability. When it comes to education the Continue Reading