SECTION27 has made submissions on the draft notice relating to the election of members of governing bodies of public schools (2026) – Government Gazette No. 55155 of 6 August 2026.
The court order in the matter between SIAMISI MOTHEO/MAAK DIE FONDASIE REG/LUGISA UMGANGATHO & 47 OTHERS and the VELA LANGA PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY & 4 OTHERS has been finalised. Please find it attached. This court order follows an unopposed challenge to the school’s language policy at the Northern Cape High Continue Reading
25 April 2014 The Northern Cape High Court today ruled in favour of Siamisa Motheo / Maak Die Fondasie Reg / Lungisa Umgangatho – a community based organization of teachers, parents and concerned community members – and 47 parents of learners in Vela Langa Primary School in Upington, by declaring Continue Reading
On Thursday 9 May 2013 the Constitutional Court will hear the case of MEC for Education, Gauteng and others v Rivonia Primary School and others (“Rivonia case”).
This case revolves around a dispute concerning the balance of power between the Gauteng Department of Education (“GDE”) and the School Governing Body (“SGB”). Central to the case is the validity of an instruction by the GDE to the SGB to override its admission policy and to admit an additional learner to Rivonia Primary School.
Read a detailed account of SECTION27’s priorities in 2013!
The judgment of the Eastern Cape High Court, handed down on 3rd August 2012, is a groundbreaking vindication of the state’s duties to ensure children have a basic education.
SECTION27 salutes the Centre for Child Law, a number of School Governing Bodies from schools in the Eastern Cape and their legal team, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), for this important victory for the rights of learners to learn and teachers to teach.