SECTION27 welcomes the order of the Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane clearing 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School of examination irregularities and ordering the release of their National Senior Certificate statements of results and certificates. For almost two years, these learners have lived under Continue Reading
On 23 September 2026, SECTION27 will represent 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School in the Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane. The learners will challenge the decisions of the Former Acting Head of Department of the Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) and Member of the Continue Reading
SECTION27 has launched a judicial review application in the Limpopo Division, Polokwane of the High Court on behalf of 50 former matric learners from Baphutheng Senior Secondary School, challenging decisions that found them guilty of “group copying” during their final 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. The decisions, taken by Continue Reading
SECTION27 is closely monitoring whether the Limpopo Department of Education (LDoE) will meet its own 31 March 2025 deadline to eradicate and replace all pit toilets at so-called “Priority 1” schools in the province. The department missed their initial 31 March 2023 deadline to do so and has repeatedly extended Continue Reading
Read Motheo Brodie’s City Press Op-ed about the LDOE’s lack of urgency to provide mobile toilets to schools in Limpopo.
Recent plans to eradicate pit toilets from schools in Limpopo are a step in the right direction, but still need work.
MEDIA ADVISORY: LIMPOPO SCHOOL PIT TOILET CASE TO BE HEARD TOMORROW 5 August 2021 – The Limpopo Division of the High Court will hear Rosina Komape and Others v. Minister of Basic Education and Others case of 2015 in Polokwane on Friday, 6 August 2021. This is the continuation of a case heard Continue Reading
The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019. SECTION27 will be representing the family of Michael Komape in their efforts to seek justice following the death of their son. Michael Continue Reading
MK-timeline2019 The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019. SECTION27 has been representing the family of Michael Komape since 2015 in their efforts to seek a semblance of justice Continue Reading
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Johannesburg 6 March, 2019 – SECTION27 is disturbed by the allegations of corruption perpetrated by the Limpopo Education MEC Ishmael Kgetjepe and condemns such corruption in the strongest terms possible because of its impact on the continued violation of the rights of learners. A recent City Press report has revealed that Continue Reading
Johannebsurg – 4 February 2019. The School Governing Body of Makangwane Secondary School has been vindicated in the judgment delivered by Judge Semenya of the Limpopo High Court on 1 February 2019. In the case of the School Governing Body of Makangwane Secondary School v the MEC of the Executive Continue Reading
