Today, the report titled “Effective Remedies in Socio-economic Rights Litigation” was released. The report provides insights from a collaborative workshop organised by SECTION27, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, and Professor Sandra Liebenberg, H.F. Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch. The workshop primarily aimed to Continue Reading
SECTION27 representing the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) appeared as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the groundbreaking constitutional case that seeks to halt the government’s plan to procure 1 500 MW of new coal-fired power as stipulated in its 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. The African Climate Alliance (ACA), 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
6 August 2024, Johannesburg – Blind SA, represented by SECTION27, is taking the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), on an urgent basis, to the Equality Court (Western Cape) for unfairly discriminating against 50 blind and visually impaired students who are trying to complete the National Certificate in Small Business and Continue Reading
